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There is an engineer in Japan named Hara Masahiro.
He works for a company that produces parts for Toyota Motors. In order to manage the production process, he codes each part and scans and identifies it on the production line.
However, traditional barcodes can only store 20 characters and cannot carry a large amount of information about parts. Yuan Changhong developed and researched and invented a "QR code" in 1994 that can accommodate more characters.
He applied for a patent for this technology, but there was no fee and it was open to the public.
In the early 2000s, some Chinese people working in Japan felt that QR codes had great potential, so they brought them back to start their own businesses in Japan, and they were considered early promoters.
However, for a long time, QR codes were of no use in China until WeChat Pay came on the scene in 2013, and scanned the QR code as the payment entrance.
Why 2013?
Because in this year, the country clarified mobile payment standards, smartphones also became popular among major consumer groups, the time was right, the place was right, and QR codes began to explode.
The QR code at this time is completely different from the original QR code in Japan. Domestic companies have made a lot of technical upgrades, some of which are real technologies, and some of which are just fake.
For example, a company called Weka Times sued Alipay and WeChat Pay for infringement of the invention patent "system and method for collecting and analyzing multi-field QR codes".
I didn't win any lawsuits.
This is a story for later, so let’s not mention it for now.
The mobile payment standard has not yet been clarified, and Yao Yuan cannot do it at all. He created this QR code to add friends, scan it, and the other party's information will appear...
It's a preliminary foreshadowing, not the main focus.
The main feature is another function: circle of friends!
January 4th, working day.
This year's Spring Festival is early, New Year's Eve is on the 22nd, and the company's administrative department is already making preparations. Due to the 10th anniversary celebration, the scale of the annual meeting will be smaller, and the year-end bonuses and new year's goods will be in place.
It's actually very sad.
In the 1980s and 1990s, it was very simple. Everyone was happy to distribute calendars, hairtail fish, apples and so on. Now that conditions are better, we are still a major Internet company, and we have to lose several kilograms of hair every year to distribute new year products.
"The money is already in place. It doesn't matter whether we give you things or not. If you give us too much, everyone is too lazy to move them. Who needs those hairtail fish now?"
Just make a desk calendar, magnets, dolls, and the word "Fu", delicate and light, as long as it comes to your heart."
Early in the morning, Jiang Chao came to the company early as usual. As soon as he arrived on the 18th floor, he was stopped by several familiar colleagues who helped him make suggestions.
He's so impressive. After talking a lot, he walked through the long corridor with his bag and arrived at the door of Mr. Yao's office.
"Brother Cheng? Why are you here so early?"
Jiang Chao was surprised to see that Cheng Wei was already cleaning the house, and hurried over: "Give it to me, I'll do it!
"Okay, from today until the Spring Festival holiday, I'll do it...you go have breakfast.
Cheng Wei refused, Jiang Chao blinked, said nothing, put down his bag and went to eat.
In the blink of an eye, it was 8:30, and Yao Yuan was swaying to work. He shook his thermos cup and said, "Call the Wechat Business Department for a meeting!"
"good!"
A few minutes later, everyone gathered in the conference room.
Yao Yuan was still very concise, saying: "The 10th anniversary is over, and I feel relieved. The battle with WeChat is still going on. The meaning of the competent authorities is very clear. As long as it is kept within this limit, they will not care.
Therefore, the channel blockade of China Unicom and China Telecom will continue. In a few days, there will be a Meilan press conference to give me more strength than last year. By March, I want the number of users to reach 100 million!"
"For the two new functions, don't worry about the QR code for now. We should vigorously promote the circle of friends. You don't need me to teach you how to do it, right?"
"Don't worry, we will complete the task!
"In addition, the group will have some major adjustments this year, which will be announced shortly... Okay, let's adjourn the meeting!"
Done in ten minutes.
Back in the office, Cheng Wei asked: "Should I tell you to take a look?"
"Um!"
He sent the document, Yao Yuan scanned it and said: "Okay, send it!
As a result, the entire 99 Group employees received an internal announcement.
Article 1: Maiwo Network will acquire Xigua Studio, and 99 Entertainment will acquire Qianqian Music Network and Maoyan Movies to achieve their goals within the year.
If completed, Maiwo Network will have communities, web games, mobile games, and client games.
99 Entertainment owns Maili Video, Jiahe, Hugelive, Qianqian Music, Maoyan Movies, as well as artist management, offline performances, etc.
Among them, Maoyan Films also has Lei Jun’s shares.
As for 99 Network Technology, which Yao Yuan himself is in charge of, Weibo, WeChat, and Maimai are all still 100% controlled.
According to the data released on the 10th anniversary: there are 300 million community users and 100 million Weibo users. The community is already its last glory, and Weibo will soon replace it.
Yao Yuan is making a distinction: the rest of 99 Network Technology are all social products, while Maiwo Network will become a company focusing on games.
There are several similar companies, such as NetEase.
It started with an email and portal website, and gradually turned into a game company. Its market value of more than 60 billion US dollars is almost entirely supported by games.
It's a bit sad to say.
Yao Yuan has no intention of revitalizing the community. The remnants of the old era will remain remnants after all, and the wheels must move forward.
The first announcement was a major adjustment, and the second was a personnel notice. The general idea was: After the Spring Festival, Cheng Wei, assistant to the chairman, officially resigned and was replaced by Jiang Chao.
The company canteen provides four meals a day, breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper.
At dinner time, Cheng Wei returned to the office with two insulated lunch boxes, pork with pickled vegetables, pan-fried hairtail, braised chicken nuggets, stewed eggplant with potatoes, mushrooms, rapeseed, cucumber peel, and two portions of rice.
Jiang Chao wisely left first.
Yao Yuan didn't order takeout today. He washed his hands and said with a smile: "It seems like it's the first time to eat canteen food seriously. Do you want to drink alcohol?"
"Drink something!" Then he opened a bottle of wine.
Cheng Wei was not in a good mood. He took a sullen breath and his face suddenly turned red. Yao Yuan waved his hand to signal him to slow down and said, "Don't act like you're about to die. You've made yourself drunk. How can I ask you questions?" "You?"
Ask!" He put down the cup.
"Have you found the office yet?"
"After the search was completed, we rented an office space in Zhongguancun. After registering the company, we hired a front desk staff. We will look for it again after the new year.
"Where's the software?"
"I'm looking for someone to do it, but all my savings have been spent."
Yao Yuan thought for a while and said: "I will give you 1 million US dollars, even if it is an angel investment, I will take 15% of the shares.
"OK!"
Cheng Wei did not hesitate, nodded in agreement, and said: "I did some research and found that there is already a taxi-hailing software called [Yidao] on the market. They are specializing in taxis.
The vehicles are sourced from car rental companies. Each vehicle is equipped with a dedicated driver, and the models are divided into three grades: high, medium and low. Passengers can click on the software to see the vehicle closest to them and then select it.
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to start with taxis."
There are three types of taxi-hailing software: private cars, taxis, and private cars.
There are no legal regulations for private cars now, and they are easily punished. They are all walking in a gray area - let alone 2012, even 2023 will be a mess.
This meeting also does not involve mobile payment. It is about ordering a taxi online and paying offline.
"Taxi operations are relatively closed, and outsiders generally cannot get in. Moreover, most taxi drivers are middle-aged people, and their penetration rate of smartphones is not high."
"I'm mentally prepared!"
Cheng Wei nodded and said, "I may not have learned much about my skills after following you for so long, but my self-confidence and execution ability are top notch."
"Well, I wish you success and a bright future!"
"Um!"
Cheng Wei raised his glasses and clinked them. The 40-degree white wine dried up directly. His face became even redder, and even his eye circles were red. I couldn’t bear to leave Mr. Yao!
I can’t bear to spend my days and nights in Yingshi Building!
Yao Yuan still had to comfort him, but he was thinking in his heart that online taxi-hailing was a new and extremely broad growth point, but it also had life-and-death consequences, just like group buying.
Didi, Meituan, and ByteDance are collectively known as TMD, and they are the three small giants in the post-Internet era.
Not only that, they are magically connected to people's livelihood.
The three platforms of food delivery, online ride-hailing, and live streaming have received a large number of graduates, young people who are unwilling to enter factories, and unemployed middle-aged people.
Of course, the unemployed groups in later generations have spread to young people. It is said that there are 6 million people who work for more than one hour a week, and they are considered employed!
Yao Yuan didn't say much.
The competition on the taxi-hailing track is also a long process. It is useless to talk too much now. Let Cheng Wei fight first.