Chapter 8 Start charging

"Xiao Bai, how many installations of Tai Chi voice assistant are there now?" After returning to his seriousness, Liu Haoyu asked Xiao Bai.

"There are already 428 million." Xiaobai replied directly without hesitation.

"428 million." After thinking for a moment, Liu Haoyu looked at Xiaobai with a serious look on his face, "How many people will pay if the charging system is implemented now?"

After asking this question, Liu Haoyu looked at Xiaobai eagerly, waiting for his answer.

For him, this is a very important starting point. With money and Xiaobai's skills, Liu Haoyu has vaguely seen a technological empire in his own hands in the future.

"Well! It's really difficult to estimate. The consumption habits of Chinese people have led to most people liking free. However, according to my analysis of the 428 million people who have downloaded Taichi Voice Assistant, there will be at least one-third 10% of people choose to pay." This time, Xiaobai thought for a moment before giving an uncertain answer.

Human nature is difficult to calculate. Regarding this, Xiaobai can only make an estimate based on the consumption habits of these people.

"Is it one-third? It's pretty good to have so many people." Hearing this number, Liu Haoyu moved his lips and nodded with satisfaction.

The consumption philosophy of Chinese people is that free is the best. It would be great if one-third of people could choose to pay to use it.

More than 100 million people choose to pay. If they charge ten yuan a month, that’s more than one billion.

Now that he has decided, Liu Haoyu began to say to Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, open Alipay and WeChat payment channels in our software, the monthly subscription is 15 yuan, and the annual subscription is 150 yuan. In addition, a message will be pushed to each customer. Before the end of the month, no Those who subscribe to the monthly subscription service will suspend the Tai Chi voice assistant service. Let’s ignore the issue of paying taxes for now. We will first receive a sum of money to start the company.”

In the end, Liu Haoyu also felt helpless. He had no start-up capital, and he was also most afraid of trouble.

For software developed by individuals, a small amount of profit is nothing, but if it is a large amount, you need to pay taxes and so on. However, you can only wait until you find a professional manager and leave everything to the other party to make up for it.

"In addition, to release information to the most famous headhunting company in the country, I need a professional manager quickly, preferably within a few days. By the way, the work location is set to be in Xinyang City, and the company's headquarters will also be there in the future. Put it here." Liu Haoyu then ordered that he didn't understand or know how to manage the company, so he definitely needed a reliable professional manager to help him take care of it.

"Okay!" Xiaobai nodded and said nothing else. Xiaobai started to operate directly according to Liu Haoyu's request.

Not long after Liu Haoyu's words were spoken, all users who were using mobile phones and had Tai Chi Voice Assistant installed on their phones had the Tai Chi Voice Assistant virtual characters pop up on their phones.

"Hello Master, I received a message from the system here. The content of the message is: From now on, Taiji Voice Assistant will implement a charging model, with a monthly subscription of 15 yuan and an annual subscription of 150 yuan. The free trial period will end at the end of the month. Starting next month, Unpaid users will no longer be able to use Tai Chi Voice Assistant services normally. Thank you for your understanding and support. I wish you a happy life!"

Some people who were not using their phones also received this message as soon as they unlocked their phones.

As a result, some online forums are about to start flooding the internet again.

"Oh my god! I'm still a student, how can I charge a fee? It's over now, my 'Mommada' is leaving me." (Mommada is the custom name of the voice assistant.)

"It's so lousy to get the name upstairs. The fees are understandable. Developing software and doing research and development also costs money. I have paid for one year! I wanted to recharge for ten years, but unfortunately it can only be recharged for one year at most."

"There are really rich people upstairs, but 15 yuan a month is really not expensive. Now it costs 20 yuan to open a Tengxun membership, and it doesn't do anything."

“Don’t like the fees”

"Am I the only one who didn't find out how to pay? Please answer..."

"The IQ upstairs is worrying, you might as well ask your Tai Chi voice assistant directly!"

"The correct answer is to ask the assistant and it will jump to the payment page for you."

As a fan of Tai Chi voice assistant, Hu Gang also received this message from the system.

"Is there any charge?" Hu Gang nodded and whispered to himself.

"Lisa, I want to pay!" As an experienced player of Tai Chi voice assistant, what Hu Gang does on his mobile phone now is basically just moving his mouth except playing games.

"Okay, you have been redirected to the payment page, please select!" Lisa's voice came from the mobile phone.

At the same time, the mobile phone screen has jumped to a payment page. Lisa's avatar has also shrunk to the size of a fingernail and is suspended in the corner of the phone.

Hu Gang glanced at the page opened on his mobile phone. There was a custom number of months, 15 yuan a month, and a yearly link, 150 yuan a year.

"It's not expensive!" Hu Gang still agrees with this price. The current applications on the market basically charge this price.

As for charging, as a reporter, I naturally understand very well. The development of any application is indispensable for the support of money. If Taichi Voice Assistant has no other income channels, charging is inevitable.

As such a powerful voice assistant, it is estimated that it only requires a lot of servers, which all require money. After all, a powerful voice assistant requires a powerful database support.

However, what Hu Gang didn't expect was that this Tai Chi voice assistant that a novice made casually had no database at all. Instead, it had a built-in intelligent program that could independently analyze and answer users' questions, and then directly obtain the latest information from the Internet. Best answer.

At the same time, it also has the ability to learn and record the user's usage habits, so Tai Chi Voice Assistant is not as dull to use as other similar software.

Asking the same sentence, in different tones, and in different situations, you can get different answers. This is also the reason why it can cause huge repercussions in China. In addition to its strong operational capabilities, this is also one of them.

"Lisa, just help me pay for one year!" Without any hesitation, Hu Gang said calmly into his mobile phone.

"OK!"

In just a few seconds, the page on the phone automatically jumped, showing that the annual payment was successful. At the same time, the phone received a deduction text message from the bank, showing that 150 yuan had been deducted.

"The payment has been successful! Master, Lisa can continue to serve you, I am so happy!" After paying, Lisa showed a very happy expression on her face.

I have to say that this is also a very powerful point of Tai Chi voice assistant. It simulates a virtual character avatar and has its own expression while chatting with the owner, which also adds a lot of fun to the chat.

"I'm very happy too, okay Lisa, I'm going to be busy!" Hu Gang also had a smile on his face, and talking to Lisa was like talking to a friend.

"Okay, Master, please be busy first!" After saying that, the screen of the phone went black and entered standby mode.

After thinking for a moment, Hu Gang picked up the laptop beside him and started clicking on the keyboard with both hands, editing on the computer.

Six o'clock in the afternoon.

When it was time to get off work, Li Liangping began to say goodbye to his colleagues. The joy on his face made some colleagues look stunned and puzzled.