Chapter 1397: Lessons From Feixin!

As ICQ became popular in Hong Kong.

As long as there is a computer at home or in the office, everyone will basically have one or apply for two or three ICQ numbers. These numbers may be used for work or in daily life.

For example, in terms of work, before this, the internal work of the Imperial Group was carried out through a regional network. Although it was possible, it was definitely not as convenient as ICQ now.

Now superiors, subordinates, and colleagues all use ICQ numbers to communicate with each other regardless of anything.

So much so that in the small city of Xiangjiang, the total number of ICQ downloads in April and May has exceeded two million. Some of them should be people with several ICQ numbers, and some may only have one number.

Even so, it can be said that it is still very crazy.

For example, the employees of the Imperial Group, and even family members, basically have one person per person.

Even Yang Jirong and his wife followed the trend and, with the help of Ah Zhu, also applied for an ICQ number.

June 3, 1994.

Friday.

morning.

Yang Ming was in front of his chairman's office. He didn't notify Lin Xiuzhi and directly sent a message to Meris' ICQ number.

When the ICQ beeping sound came from the computer in Malice's office, he opened it and found that it was the ICQ number sent by his boss.

The current ICQ number is 8888 for Yang Ming and 2222 for Mailisi. They are both very good numbers.

After Meris saw the message, he replied OK.

Go upstairs.

When he saw the boss Sir Yang, he smiled and said: "Boss, this ICQ is really convenient."

"It will become more and more convenient in the future. When mobile phones develop to a certain extent in the future, you can directly contact them instantly through ICQ on your mobile phone."

"Boss, you changed the world."

“It wasn’t me, it was technology that changed the world.”

Yang Ming knew that he was not that capable. He just clicked on the technology tree in advance. Under his inspiration, ICQ appeared in advance.

From Meris' point of view, the boss, Sir Yang, was far more powerful than he imagined, and he didn't know when a more powerful communication might be revealed.

"Mailisi, I'm going to visit Pengcheng in two days."

Pengcheng?

Just go through customs.

Very close.

"Boss, are you going to Pengcheng?"

"I just went to see the newly established QQ company."

The one in Xiangjiang and abroad is called ICQ, but in China it is called QQ. The program codes of these two companies are the same at the beginning, but gradually there may be some differences, including in terms of functions.

The boss wants to see that new company?

"Boss, shall I go with you?"

"Need not."

Yang Ming just told him.

For him, he still attaches great importance to QQ. Historically, QQ's profits have been very high, and its market value has exceeded one trillion, making it one of the top Internet companies in the country.

At this time, Yang Ming went to inspect this new company to show his importance.

However, in the view of Meilisi and others, ICQ's market and influence may be greater. This can be seen from the fact that ICQ General Manager Cage has established branches in various countries around the world.

Including M country branch, Dongyang branch, Korea branch, branches in European countries, etc.

According to the current daily download volume of ICQ, if this company is listed on the stock exchanges in Hong Kong, New York or London, its future market value will be really high.

The most important thing is that Meris can also see that the higher the number of downloads, the higher the traffic, and the higher the number of users, the greater the value of the company.

As for the domestic market, although there are more than one billion people, Meris still cannot see the real value.

Finished talking to Melis.

Melis returned to his office.

This time.

Yang Ming planned to take He Chaoluo, Yingla, Alina and Huo Jianning with him, while Lin Xiuzhi stayed in the company.

That afternoon.

after get off work.

Yang Ming saw the ICQ message sent by his mother. It seemed that his mother had also learned to use ICQ.

I just don’t know, will this ICQ trigger an online dating situation?

Yang Ming thinks it's very possible.

Historically, around 2000, QQ not only appeared as a non-mainstream service, but also triggered the trend of online dating.

But now it's just triggered in advance.

Yang Ming replied to the message.

Zai and Alina, Yingla got into the car.

Taking the car back to the Repulse Bay Mid-level Villa, Yingla said: "Sir, my second brother said that the emergence of ICQ may damage his telecommunications business."

Thaksin is now one of the telecommunications kings in Siam. Especially in the 1980s, after cooperating with the Imperial Group to introduce pagers and other businesses, Thaksin has grown bigger and bigger in the telecommunications industry from southern Siam to Nanyang. .

With the development of mobile phones, Taxin's telecommunications business is indeed getting better and better.

However, unexpectedly, the Imperial Group suddenly released ICQ instant messaging software to the world, which immediately shocked many people.

"The general trend is inevitable and no one can avoid it. Even if he wants to ban this thing, he can't."

This reminded Yang Ming of Fetion in his previous life.

Historically, Fetion was the latest launch of China Mobile, and it also sent text messages directly for free. It was developed earlier than WeChat in Tangxun, and even had a maximum number of users of more than 500 million.

However, in the end, it was still vulnerable to WeChat.

In fact, China Mobile did the same thing in its early years when doing other businesses. From the SP business of the year to various school information communication, rural information communication and other businesses, they were all imported from the original old users, developed, and achieved small success.

When there was no WeChat in the Fetion business, Fetion was also good, but after WeChat, Fetion declined.

Why is this so? We can only say that China Mobile does not have the Internet gene after all, and products that require refined operations are obviously not good.

Because the nature of China Mobile determines that these value-added services of China Mobile are outsourced and basically completed by partners.

How can partners devote themselves to such Internet-based operations?

It is enough to complete the task and get the income.

Besides, the level of the partners cannot be too high, otherwise the company will do it alone and will not rely on China Mobile.

In addition, Fetion also took many wrong paths in the early stage. For example, it was initially limited to China Mobile users and could not be used by China Unicom and China Telecom users. China Mobile made Fetion a threshold to compete with China Telecom and China Unicom, and closed itself off.

Second, the number of free messages that users can send is limited, not unlimited.

So when WeChat came out, all mobile phones could install and use it, regardless of China Telecom, China Unicom, or China Mobile, and it was free and unlimited to send, and only consumed traffic, so WeChat became popular.

In addition, WeChat's user experience is very good, and various innovations are constantly emerging, while Fetion is still operated and developed by partners, and the pace of innovation is slow, so the gap with WeChat is getting bigger and bigger.

It has to be said that China Mobile, which relies on monopoly, obviously has a good hand, but it plays so badly in the end.

In Yang Ming's view, it is not only a pity, but also a business wake-up call.

Yang Ming feels that neither he nor the Empire Group can have such a problem.

Now, it is obvious that Taxin has also encountered this problem. Facing the emergence of ICQ, Taxin may feel that it will affect the development of its telecommunications market.

Of course, if it were not for the Empire Group, Taxin might have joined others to ban ICQ directly.

However, good things cannot be banned at all.

In the current situation where sending a text message costs a few cents, ICQ is now sending messages instantly and for free. Although there are still not many people who can afford computers now.

So, in fact, for telecom giants like Tashin, it is not a big impact.

However, if the other party has this concern, the mentality may be very similar to that of China Mobile back then.

"Sir, I think so too. ICQ is the development of Internet technology. How can my second brother ban it? I am afraid that not only ICQ will appear, but more instant messaging software will follow suit."

Technology is developing faster and faster now.

However, the wealth created and brought is increasing.

. . .

Yang Ming's Rolls-Royce stopped at the door.

When he got out of the car, he saw Yang Jirong and his wife, Azhu, and Lin Dezhong were already waiting.

"Peter, your dad and I have made friends online through ICQ."

"Mommy, making friends online is not that simple. Don't reveal your identity. However, if you are a powerful computer expert, it is easy to find us through the network IP address."

In the 1990s, Internet and even telecom fraud actually began to appear, but it was not as rampant as in the future.

That is to say, things like this do have advantages and disadvantages.

It seems that the company needs to be reminded.

Yang Jirong and his wife couldn't believe that there was such a thing.

Yang Ming himself was a computer expert in his previous life. He certainly knew that it was easy to check the other party's messages through the IP address.

Therefore, some wealthy people in Hong Kong may feel that ICQ will leak their information and may not be willing to communicate through ICQ.

In the evening.

Yang Ming and Yang Jirong and his wife and others finished breakfast.

I haven't come to see Deng Liyun for some time. Deng Liyun didn't go to Qionghai during the Spring Festival.

When Yang Ming came to the mid-mountain villa where Deng Liyun lived.

Now in addition to Deng Liyun living here, there are also her good friend Lin Qingxia, and her two apprentices, Nakamori Mingcai, and Zhuo Yiting.

Nakamori Mingcai has already retired from the entertainment industry.

Zhuo Yiting is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, but under the training of Deng Liyun, plus her good voice, she has gained a lot of market in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and even China by relying on cover singing in recent years.

Some records even sold very well.

However, in Deng Lijun's opinion, it is always difficult to become famous in the entertainment industry by always covering other people's songs. You must have your own representative works.

In this regard, Deng Lijun and Nakamori Aki are very clear that it is really difficult to become popular without your own original works.

And Deng Lijun has always wanted to tailor new songs for the other party, but there is no suitable one yet.

Now, when she saw Yang Ming coming over, Deng Lijun was very surprised.

"Sir, how do you have time to come?"

"You also know that I basically go to get off work and rest on Saturdays and Sundays."

When Yang Ming was in Hong Kong, he went to work during normal hours and rested at other times. Deng Lijun also knew this.

"During the Spring Festival, I heard that you brought back two singers from Qionghai."

Deng Lijun was talking about Luo Lin and Zhu Mei.

However, now these two people have been learning music in Hong Kong, especially Luo Lin, who is really talented in music. When there are many teachers teaching him, he learned a lot. In just a few months, his name has been spread in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

However, Luo Lin still hasn't made his debut. Instead, Luo Lin feels that the Hong Kong entertainment circle is definitely not simple, and this is not simple, mainly because he thinks that many singers have great singing skills.

Whether it is the top ten kings of Hong Kong or the top ten queens of Hong Kong, or even many singers who have not become kings or queens, he thinks they are not simple.

Nowadays, Liu Dehua, Guo Fucheng, Zhang Xueyou, and Li Ming in Hong Kong are all beginning to reach their peak. Their new songs are very popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan, and even Southeast Asia.

There are also Chen Baiqi, Zhang Guorong, Huang Jiaju, and Principal Tan, and their performance is also very good.

Especially Chen Baiqi, Zhang Guorong, and Huang Jiaju have a lot of fans.

These singers are not only good at Cantonese songs, but also very good at English songs and Mandarin songs.

This made Luo Lin notice that it is not easy to become famous in the Hong Kong music scene, and he not only really learned to compose and write lyrics, but also learned various Eastern and Western musical instruments.

As for his girlfriend Zhu Mei, she is a little less talented than him, but if she is trained by Asia Records, she can still become a female singer with a certain degree of fame.

Deng Liyun has never met these two people, but she has heard that Yang Ming accidentally discovered them in a bar when he went on vacation in Qionghai.

This surprised Deng Liyun. How did Yang Ming find such a potential singer in a bar?

"You mean Luo Lin and his girlfriend? Luo Lin, I am more optimistic about him, but he is not suitable for the entertainment circle and music scene in Hong Kong. I let him come to Hong Kong to study now, and then he will return to China to develop."

"Like Zhang Qiang?"

At this time, Zhang Qiang has become popular all over the world.

Because Zhang Qiang is now a more powerful singer in female rock music, and is very popular with fans at home and abroad.

"No, he is more suitable for China than Zhang Qiang."

Yang Ming thought that he should go back to the Northwest.

In his opinion, Luo Lin is more suitable for the Northwest.

Although the atmosphere in Hong Kong is very good, it is difficult to cultivate a unique Taolang.

Deng Liyun couldn't figure it out, and didn't say anything more.

The two chatted in the room.

"Sir, you haven't written a song for a long time."

Write a song?

Yang Ming has no time to write or think about it now.

Of course, there are still good songs.

In fact, there are a lot of them.

But he can't remember them all.

"Do you still want to release a new album?" Yang Ming was a little surprised.

Now she is 41 years old.

Of course, she still looks like she is about 30 years old, but Deng Liyun has retired long ago and has not appeared in public.

"Sir, I don't plan to release a new album. I want you to write a song for Zhuo Yiting."

Yang Ming knew that Zhuo Yiting was Deng Lijun's last disciple, who had been training him since he was a few years old. Zhuo Yiting usually went to Hong Kong for classes, and was trained by Deng Lijun after class.

In addition, Asia Records had already signed Zhuo Yiting, who was the most famous child star of Asia Records. (End of this chapter)