NetEase's Extraordinary Men and Women started in 2001. In 2003, it had 1.5 million members, each paying 10 yuan, which means the revenue was more than 10 million.
But it only lasted for a few years. As SP lost its glory and more and more online games were played, no one started to do it anymore. Then came the blind date websites such as Baihe.com and Zhenai.com.
Yao Yuan looked at the very male and female page, scanned it roughly, and discovered the "very good friend" function.
Except for the different name, the gameplay is exactly the same as "Close Friends"!
There is no fluctuation in his heart, and this thing is not his own original work, it is all half-life experience, so he will not have a sense of moral anger, and he will justly accuse others of plagiarism...
In 20 years' time, if you want to make products surrounded by numerous monopolies, you must go through a combination of plagiarism, acquisition, and suppression. Only when you are not dead will you be considered established.
It's relatively better now, but it's still relative.
Yao Yuan thought about how to deal with this matter. Firstly, don't even think about suing. Secondly, his foundation was too weak. It was just a text message alliance, and even the payment channel was borrowed from SP.
If you continue to develop new features, it is equivalent to giving money to others.
"..."
Yao Yuan thought it over and decided to get some benefits first.
I'm going to blackmail someone... ah, I'm going to use my love and reason to persuade them to give me some compensation.
But if you want to blackmail someone, ugh, convincing the other person is even worse with just a close friend.
Immediately, he contacted Yao Xiaobo.
"Let's add a new feature."
"Another addition? It's too fast. We just finished the lottery."
"Everything must be done quickly in the new century. This function is like this..."
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NetEase, a very male and female project team.
Qian Wensheng listened to the next report:
"We are already ranked first in Baidu's bidding. At present, we can only say that there are some gains, but I recommend long-term investment, because Baidu will use this as its core business and must vigorously promote it. I am optimistic about Baidu's traffic diversion effect."
"Very Men and Women has been online for 5 days, and the number of members has officially exceeded 2,000, and the goal has been initially achieved."
"We have collected members' feedback and are implementing the best ones."
Qian Wensheng nodded happily, arranged it one by one, and opened a very male and female page. The more he looked at it, the more comfortable he became. After all, this was his first time in charge of a project team, and he had a good start.
NetEase is one of the three major portals, so the traffic goes without saying.
The club was lively and lively, one member was registered in a short time, the appointment information was refreshed very quickly, and everyone responded with high enthusiasm and participation.
Qian Wensheng looked at it for a long time, paused, and couldn't help but think of the Love Club again.
So I sneaked in again, and as soon as the page was refreshed, I saw a big announcement: "The function of making friends is officially launched! The Internet is connected by a thread, cherish this relationship, and quickly make a relationship with your person!"
What the hell?
Qian Wensheng was confused and clicked on it to find out more - he had already registered as a member.
“If you have found your destined person, you can apply for [Mate]. The specific method is as follows:
Two people apply at the same time, enter each other's name, answer questions and pass the tacit understanding test, and they can get it. Including: exclusive color of user name, unique information display, [connection] badge..."
Hiss!
Qian Wensheng took a breath, the person who built this website was not just a little smart, he was a big smart guy!
This connection not only made it more interesting and enhanced user stickiness, but also vaguely gave him a sense of another level of gameplay, as if as long as he broke through this layer of window paper, he would leap over the dragon's gate and become a successful person.
It's a pity that his qualifications are limited and he has no clue.
However, this connection made Qian Wensheng happy to see Liexin again. He only thought about it briefly and called the technicians: "Let's add a small function..."
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"It's too cold in the autumn in the capital. Please keep warm and don't freeze."
"Hmm, I'm going to buy a down jacket tomorrow. It's a bit cold in the north, but it's still hot in my hometown right now."
"Oh, I really want to visit the Jiangnan water town you mentioned, but it's a pity that I don't have the chance."
"Why don't you have a chance? I can take you there!"
"Okay! I'm looking forward to that day, 嘤嘤嘤~"
In the Internet cafe, Jiang Chao was having a heated chat with the goddess. After struggling for a moment, he finally asked: "Actually, I have wanted to ask for a long time. I think we are already friends. Why didn't you approve my application?"
"..."
The other party was silent.
Jiang Chao finally found the courage and asked, "Or do you mean you don't regard me as a friend?"
"..."
The other party continues to be silent and seems to be offline.
well!
Jiang Chao sighed, why is this? Why? Why?
The name "Smiling Girl" has become a symbol in the club, symbolizing purity, sweetness and the best of everything. I don't know how many people want to be her first close friend.
It's a pity that no one succeeded.
Today there was finally a breakthrough, and the other party actually escaped.
"What are you running from?"
"Are you still having trouble? Tell me and I can help you!"
Jiang Chao was affected by the boy's mood, irritated and helpless, scrolling through the BBS.
"I have been online for 3 years, so I can be considered an old Internet user. I have seen many small websites, and most of them become complacent and do not want to make progress after achieving a little success.
You know, the Internet is different from other industries. It changes every day. If you don’t make progress, you will fall behind... But I dare say this club is so aggressive that I can’t even keep up.”
"Yes, yes, they keep us playing in different ways all day long, and a new feature comes out every once in a while. I originally just wanted to have sex, but now I have feelings."
"You're such an emotional daddy, you just want to show off your badge!"
"Hahaha, I just took a look and found that only 12 bonding badges were issued. I am the one who happened to be one of them!"
"Have you noticed that there is no gender restriction when applying for a badge?"
"Huh? What do you want to say!!!"
Jiang Chao was happy, and his depressed mood was somewhat relieved.
Like many members, he just wanted to play for a while at first, and he would get emotional while playing, and would feel uncomfortable if he didn't come for a few days. At this time, another post was suddenly refreshed:
"Damn it, I'm convinced, the very man and woman took away the marriage again!"
"I went shopping just now and found that the very men and women also have an additional function called [Destined], which means they get married and change their vests!"
"It's not enough to copy one copy, but you keep copying it. Why are you so shameless?"
The replies quickly exceeded 10, then 100, and everyone online came in to curse.
Some people called for scolding at NetEase, some called for the webmaster, and some offered suggestions. Jiang Chao was also very angry. He cursed a few words and went to the webmaster's message board and said:
"It's been copied again. It's so shameless. Let's see if we can sue you? We all support you!"
Everyone was filled with indignation, but there was nothing they could do, so they expressed their support verbally.
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"Brother, we can't go on like this!"
Yao Xiaobo was very excited on the phone and said: "If we publish one, they will copy it. Big websites have so much traffic and they still steal our stuff. Do small websites have to be bullied?"
"Please keep your voice down, I'm deaf."
"Why should I keep quiet? This is our business! How about we sue him?"
"How to sue?"
"Just sue him for plagiarism, the evidence is there!"
"Do you know how much it costs to litigate a lawsuit? Do you know how long it takes from start to finish? Others can afford it, but we can't afford it."
"That, that, that..."
"Okay, just forget about it."
Yao Yuan hung up the phone, and Yao Xiaobo frowned at the phone for a long time, suddenly a little disappointed. He thought that the elder brother was scared, or had no choice but to just ignore it.
How can this work? This is what I worked so hard on!
Yao Xiaobo, with his poor social experience and mind, thought hard for a while and then slapped his face: "Right, expose them! Find the media!"
He immediately found the hotlines of several newspapers and called them one by one to explain the situation.
Then I waited and waited, I contacted five companies, three reporters responded to the letter, and two asked about the specific incident, but their tone was uninteresting.
Only one thing seemed to be done. Yao Xiaobo regained hope and asked: "Comrade reporter, you must expose this matter. It is not easy for us college students to start a business."
"No problem, no problem. This matter is quite new and should be ready for publication."
"That's great, you must write down NetEase, then we are the victims, Love Dating Club."
"You still want to write your name?"
"What's wrong?"
"Writing your name is another matter..."
The reporter suddenly became enthusiastic and said: "Manuscripts like this usually don't have a specific name because they are suspected of advertising. If you want to write a name, you have to... you understand, right?"
Yao Xiaobo felt half-hearted.
His mind drew inferences like never before. I thought it would cost money to put my name on it. So, on the other hand, if NetEase spends money, wouldn’t it mean that they don’t have to put their name on it?
Thinking of this, Yao Xiaobo felt angry and helpless. Is it true that small websites can only be bullied?
…………
"Good morning, Commander Yao!"
"Good morning, Director Yu!"
Early in the morning, Yao Yuan came to work with a bag on his back. No reporters were there, only Yu Jiajia was sitting there.
"Where are the people?"
“Go to Ningbo and check out the spots in advance.”
"Ningbo? Oh, Golden Rooster Awards, why didn't you go?"
"I have to sit down!"
Yu Jiajia stretched her waist and said with a lack of interest: "Besides, what is there to gain from the Golden Rooster Award? Pork is divided every year."
Yao Yuan smiled, sat down on a random computer, logged into QQ, contacted the administrator of the SMS Alliance, and asked: "Brother, you are going too far!"
"Well, uh, I'm really sorry."
The administrator obviously knew about it and apologized: "We are divided into two departments. I am only responsible for maintaining the SMS Alliance and have no control over that. I can only say sorry to you."
But don’t worry, I’ve looked at the recent data of Qingyuan Dating, and my income is relatively stable.”
"This is not a stable and unstable thing. What you are doing is discouraging the enthusiasm of small websites. Who will be willing to develop after a long time?"
Yeah, demotivating!
But other small websites don’t produce content like you do. They just make a fortune and run away!
The administrator was scolded innocently and had to pay for it. Yao Yuan vented his anger and said: "In this case, you give me the phone number of the person in charge of the very male and female column."
"Brother, we have something to discuss, don't be impulsive."
"I'm not impulsive, I just want to talk to him."
"But I, this..."
"No one knows that you gave it to me. If you don't give it to me, we will terminate our cooperation immediately."
"No, no!"
Qingyuan Dating is the most profitable one in the NetEase SMS Alliance. For performance reasons, the administrator had no choice but to give him a phone number.
Yao Yuan stood up with his cell phone, went to a secluded stairway at the fire escape, and dialed.
After ringing for a while, the other party answered: "Hello? Who are you?"
"Qian Wensheng?"
"It's me, who are you?"
"Love Club."
"..."
The person on the other side was silent for a few seconds and then asked: "What do you want to do?"
"I just want to say that it is not easy for us to start a business, and it is even more difficult to achieve small results. Unlike your big websites, which have money and connections, they can do whatever they want.
We didn't have any cost for making mistakes. We walked on thin ice every step of the way. We worked hard to attract more users. In the end, we stayed up for days and nights to come up with a good idea. You can take it and use it if you want. Are there any of you like this?
?”
"Brother, I hear your voice is young, so I call you brother."
Qian Wensheng definitely couldn't apologize, he wouldn't even admit his mistake, but after all, he was a rookie in the workplace, so he was a little touched in his heart, so he said as calmly as possible:
"There is no right or wrong in this matter. It seems to be true on the surface, but in fact it is not. Because competition is like this, you eat me, I eat you, whoever is polite to the other."
"Then you are not ready to withdraw?"
"Why should I withdraw? You are a close friend, I am a very good friend, you are connected, and I am destined. The laws are not perfect, so you want me to withdraw?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will sue you and expose you?"
"Haha, brother, you are too young..."
Qian Wensheng was overjoyed, and simply said: "I think it's not easy for you, so I just said a few words to you. No one else would bother to do it. If you think it's useful, go ahead. I can only advise you, the workplace is like a battlefield."
, don’t be too naive.”
well!
Yao Yuan sighed, why do some people like to act like hooligans and refuse to listen to what others say?
Since the other party is not a human being, I don’t need to be.
"Two conditions, remove the things you stole and increase the share of the SMS alliance." Yao Yuan said.
"Neuropathy!"
Qian Wensheng no longer wanted to pay attention to him, but just when he was about to hang up, he suddenly heard: "You'd better agree, or I'll find a hundred people to call the TV station every day to report you for plagiarism!"
"snort!"
Qian Wensheng dismissed it.
"I'll find a hundred people to send pornographic messages to your place every day and report you for pornography!"
"you dare!"
Qian Wensheng's expression changed.
"I'll find a hundred people who post reactionary articles online every day and report you for subverting the regime!"
"grass!"
Qian Wensheng cursed loudly.
"I'll find a bunch of old men and women to sit in front of your company every day and accuse your boss of raping his grandson!"
Qian Wensheng’s face turned green!!!
"spit!"
Yao Yuan spat, damn, you really don’t think of me as a gangster!