Born Again: A Journey of Love Rediscovered Novel Chapter 325

2009 was a year of explosive development for the Internet. In this year, Tencent successfully surpassed eBay and Yahoo and became the third largest Internet company in the world by market value, second only to Google and Amazon. Various types of websites also began to spring up like mushrooms after rain. came out.

In the same year, hot posts such as "Don't be infatuated with me", "What I eat is not noodles, but loneliness" and "Jia Junpeng, your mother calls you home for dinner" quickly became popular on the Internet, with the number of online users exceeding 320 million.

This period is called the carnival of the PC terminal and the real economy in the dusk, and it is also called the darkness before dawn in the era of mobile Internet and e-commerce.

To put it bluntly, when 2009 ends and 2010 comes, the PC side and the real economy will plummet and go downhill, while the mobile Internet and e-commerce will sing all the way to the top.

From John Qin's perspective as a reborn person, after the millennium, if you own a website with a decent number of users and a certain monetization ability, you can basically just sit back and collect money and enjoy the freedom of wealth. .

However, the information gap during this period is very serious, and the development situation of the era is not clear. Most entrepreneurs and capital are waiting and watching or hesitating, and few people will resolutely invest in the Internet industry.

Why?

Because many traditional companies are still accustomed to producing for the sake of making money, they have failed to change their thinking and cannot understand the new era of producing for traffic.

Just like Sony Records, it refused to accept the sale of digital albums at first, and even refused to join the free trial plan. As a result, it was stunned by The Pirate Bay. It never expected that a giant like itself would be obtained by a torrent website. The market has shrunk to the point.

In addition, for some companies that have already entered the Internet field, how to effectively monetize traffic is also a big problem.

Until this problem is solved, many people have no plans for rapid expansion.

In this situation before dawn, when everything is not visible clearly, the advantage of being a reborn person is highlighted.

With the right time, right place, and many buffs, John Qin definitely doesn't want to stop, let alone slow down.

He is no longer satisfied with running, he wants to fly.

At nine o'clock after breakfast, the temperature began to rise, and the bright sunshine shone on the campus. The employees of 208 greeted the new red sun and came to the office of the entrepreneurial base, waiting for John Qin to come to organize the meeting.

In addition to the core employees of 208, several supervisors and employees of the group group division also received John Qin’s notice and came to attend the meeting.

After all, the later development work will be carried out around the national promotion of Zhihu. As front-line workers, the people in the group division must understand the future direction and development plan clearly.

But when they arrived at Linchuan University and were led into the school by Wendy Wen, who was specially waiting here, they still felt like they were in a dream.

"Is the boss really a college student?"

"Well, I'm only a sophomore this year." Wendy Wen replied simply.

People in the group division had actually known about this for a long time, but they couldn't help but confirm it at this time, and their thoughts began to recall the signing conference organized by Manager Yue yesterday.

At that time, the boss came to the stage in a suit and leather boots, and faced the officials of Linchuan City and the wealthy businessmen of Linchuan City. He talked and smiled confidently, triggering rounds of overwhelming applause. As employees of the group, they I really feel honored.

But when the mind returns to reality and thinks that the boss is a college student, especially after visiting the campus where the boss has been studying, this contrast still makes people feel torn.

"It turns out that the boss, the old man, usually studies here." Sun Zhi couldn't help but sigh.

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Wendy Wen was stunned for a moment and thought to himself, don't slander our boss with your nonsense. Damn it, do you think the boss is a college student and he can study in class?

No, he does everything except studying, but he just doesn’t study.

At around 9:30, a group of eight people entered 208 and participated in the meeting with 208 employees.

This time, John Qin also returned to his previous meeting style. He focused on the key points as soon as he opened his mouth. He regarded all employees as tools and started to point out where to hit.

"Lan Lan, Tina Tan, can you apply for off-campus internship now?"

Lana Wei and Tina Tan nodded at the same time: "Yes, boss."

"Then all the marketing docking work for the Linchuan brand will be left to Lan Lan."

John Qin pursed his lips and said, "We are about to launch the second round of local marketing. The branch's marketing team cannot be kept free all the time. Someone needs to keep an eye on it. This matter will be left to Tina Tan. After the National Day, I'm sending you on a mission."

Tina Tan nodded immediately: "Okay boss."

"In addition, we divide the content work of the website into two parts. Felix is responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of content. Wong, if you continue to work on the script planning of short videos to attract traffic, you need funds to apply to Xu Yu."

"As for Suna, have you done the watermarking work over there?" John Qin looked at Nanako.

Susan nodded: "It's done. The watermark function is online. Although there will be bugs sometimes, it's not a big problem."

John Qin thought for a while: "Well, let's move the focus of the technical department to website maintenance."

"Okay boss."

"Where is Sun Zhi? Are you here?"

Sun Zhi immediately raised his hand: "Boss, I'm here."

John Qin winked at Lana Wei and asked her to hand Sun Zhi a form: "Recently, you have to learn about this Internet company in Hang City. Their company has a payment tool. You can call and make an appointment." Meet their person in charge."

"A company in Hang City?"

Sun Zhi took the watch handed over by John Qin and took a look at it. He found that it was Alibaba, which has recently become famous as a shopping website: "Alipay, do they still make payment tools?"

John Qin nodded: "This job is very important. You don't have to do anything for this half month, just be responsible for this one."

"Okay boss."

Alipay was spun off from Taobao by the Alibaba team in 2004, but since then it has been used as a payment tool within the group.

In 2008, this payment software wanted to be promoted and popularized across the country, but it was restricted by various means from banks, and its start collapsed.

It is said that the chairman of the group at the time became furious and declared that if the bank cannot change, then we will change the bank.

During this period, Alipay was not considered a formal financial tool. It was not recognized by banks, and various promotional activities could not be carried out. Except for Taobao users, few people would use it.

It was not until the central bank issued the "Measures for the Administration of Payment Services of Non-Financial Institutions" in 2010 that Alipay stepped into the sunshine with its chest raised and its head raised high.

That year, the four major banks knew that the tide of the times could not be stopped, so they opened up cooperation and delegated authority. Only then did a large number of third-party financial instruments led by Alipay obtain real instant payment licenses.

It is said that Alipay was bound to millions of bank cards overnight, and the number of users directly surpassed PayPal to become the world's largest electronic payment platform.

John Qin planned to send someone to contact them in advance to finalize the cooperation on online payment and wait for the issuance of the financial license.

After the license comes into effect, Zhihu's national promotion will be completed. By then, the channels for the national college student market will be opened, and it will be the big moment for group shopping to officially debut.

John Qin felt that there should be applause at this moment, but unfortunately there was not.

"Okay, let's all go prepare ourselves."

"Okay boss!"

John Qin stood up, in an inexplicably good mood, so he decided to go to the teaching building to take a class to adjust to the recent fast-paced life.

Damn it, a college student will only consider taking classes when he is in a good mood. Is this the law?

Jeju Wu Yanzu, you are such a bitch. You rely on your good looks all day long to deny face to the teacher. Isn’t it because you are the number one male star in the School of Finance? hateful!

John Qin cursed and walked out of the entrepreneurial base and came to the teaching building of the School of Finance. As soon as he entered, he was caught by the current chairman Ma Jiangming.

"Brother John, I have something to ask you."

"What's up?"

"Our department is going to have a welcome party, and I'd like to ask you for some sponsorship. Also, the dean wants you to come on stage and give a speech."

John Qin was stunned for a moment: "Welcome party? Why wasn't there last year?"

Ma Jiangming smacked his lips: "There are so many departments in Linda, and the space is not enough. We also applied last year, but we were ranked behind the eleventh. After all, we are not the kind of art department that is good at singing and dancing. This is normal. , but you said that the National Day has passed, so what’s the point of holding a welcome party?"

"So did you apply this year?"

"It's not that we got the application this year, it's that no one dared to compete with us."

John Qin raised his eyebrows: "Did the dean take people to study other departments?"

Ma Jiangming looked at him deeply: "Brother John, you really don't know why?"

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"Ever since you left school and you appeared in the public eye, all applications from our college have been given the green light, and few other departments are willing to compete with us."

John Qin was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that such an inexplicable place could be a bit satisfying: "Are you trying to flatter me on purpose?"

"No, Brother John, everything I said is true. From the school's point of view, your appearance in the school's group activities is a kind of publicity. Who dares to stand in the way?"

"Okay, you can submit a document to me regarding sponsorship and I will consider it."

Ma Jiangming nodded: "Okay, Brother John, I will hand it over to you before three o'clock in the afternoon."

John Qin took out his phone and checked the time: "It's already half past one, there's no need to be in such a hurry."

"That won't work. You didn't even attend class. If you can't be caught this time, the next time we see you will probably be half a year from now."

"I suspect you are referring to Sang Huai saying that I don't have classes."

John Qin stretched out his finger and pointed, looking like Wang Jingze's emoticon.