Chapter 456 360 Layout Around the World!

Chapter 456 360. Lay out the whole world!

"I didn't expect Qingsang that you would take the initiative to come to me for dinner." Sun Zhengyi sat across the table, crossing his legs and said with a smile.

After arranging the company's future plans with Akanishi Ken last time, Qing Zhiyuan acted very quickly and immediately pulled Son out for dinner.

Qingzhiyuan believes that the content he is good at is in games, film and television and other products, but in some high-dimensional areas, such as national network construction, global corporate connections, online banking, and the financial field, it seems to be somewhat inadequate.

But fortunately, we have partners like Son Zhengyi. Son also has his own areas of expertise, which can complement Qing Zhiyuan, which is very good.

The two drank some wine first and soon started talking.

"Didn't I create an instant messaging software before?" Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Well, that thing is really good." Son nodded seriously, "I'm still using it now. How many users does RTT have now?"

"There are 3 million neon products in China," Qing Zhiyuan said.

3 million seems to be a very insignificant number, but in 1997, for Neon computer users, this was already a very exaggerated and amazing number.

You must know that there are only more than 10 million computer users of Neon now, accounting for one-tenth of the total population.

In other words, one in every three computer users uses RTT.

However, this figure is still based on pokeni having been in business for almost two years.

In this era, the instant messaging tool created by P-net is equivalent to a dimensionality reduction attack. It has almost monopolized the entire Neon computer instant messaging market. However, even in the absence of competitors, the penetration rate is still not very high.

All we can say is that there is still a long way to go and there is still a long way to go.

Of course, there are actually reasons why others are reluctant to enter the field of instant chat.

The most important reason is that there is no return in sight.

According to general business thinking, RTT should be made into paid software, and you need to pay a certain amount to use it, but what?

P-net directly broke this iron rule by offering it for free, and everyone was immediately confused.

If you open a room for users to use for free, how can you still make money?

And you have to pay high network fees, server maintenance fees, and a lot of fees every month.

Someone has specifically evaluated P-net's RTT software:

As long as the number of users increases by 1 million, P-net will incur losses of more than 100 million yen per month due to RTT.

This number is simply terrifying.

In other words, P-net is currently losing money at a rate of 300 million yen per month. No matter how much pokeni makes, it always feels like one day it will not be able to keep up with the speed of this bottomless pit.

The US$100 million in financing provided by Masayoshi Son (equivalent to approximately 11 billion yen) will almost be spent by the end of next year.

If the user growth rate is fast enough, it may bottom out in the first half of next year.

The rest will have to be sustained by the parent company.

Based on this situation, many people are deterred from entering the field of instant chat, and instead turn to other tracks.

To be honest, up to now, let alone others who don't understand the value of this thing, even Sun Zhengyi himself has some doubts.

"It's already 3 million, it's really amazing." Son Zhengyi smiled and took a sip of wine, then raised his head and looked at Qing Zhiyuan,

"So RTT, how do you plan to cash it out in the end?"

"Let's get users first, then wait until computers become more popular, and then slowly consider converting users into money-making fields in the future," Qing Zhiyuan said.

He paused, then smiled evilly, "Actually, when it comes to Internet products, we are preparing to build a game platform, which can also be understood as a game supermarket."

Since it was already being worked on, Qing Zhiyuan told Son some of his ideas for the game platform.

However, Qing Zhiyuan only mentioned briefly that the company would adopt point card payment in the early stage, and how the game could be monetized in the end, and did not explain the details so clearly.

After listening, Son clapped his hands and applauded.

"It's so interesting. This thinking is actually a bit similar to ours at SoftBank," Son said. "We are selling various software, but you are thinking about selling games.

Ah, of course, our business does not conflict with each other, so Qingsang, you can rest assured. "

The name SoftBank was actually quite careless. Masayoshi Son initially named the company this name just because the company’s business is selling various software, just like a software bank, and it actually has nothing to do with the financial industry. .

However, as the company's business continues to expand, in addition to continuing to sell software, SoftBank now also assumes a very important business function——

invest.

Masayoshi Son is a born gambler with a complete set of investment theories that have proven successful over time.

Therefore, the company's business is gradually tilted towards investment business. As long as he has money, Masayoshi Son will always find various ways to invest it and buy shares of companies with potential that he thinks are worthy.

Then resell it and earn the difference.

The reason why the equity related to P-NET has not been sold yet is mainly because P-net is not profitable yet and it is difficult to evaluate the value.

Son is planning to hold it for a while longer and take another look at it, lest he sell it at a loss if he sells it early.

If there is anyone in the world who hopes for the success of P-NET more than Qing Zhiyuan, then this person must be Masayoshi Son. After all, SoftBank has invested US$100 million in P-net, which is not a small amount.

This is why Qing Zhiyuan dared to tell Son Zhengyi the company's secrets with confidence.

"If we can succeed and get through this link, users in RTT can import it to the game platform." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "And the scale will become bigger and bigger in the future. Not only can we make money by selling games, You can also make money through in-game payments.

To a certain extent, whether it is RTT, P-NET's portal, or the future Dandelion platform, they all have a strong channel role.

You can get certain returns through advertising.

Profitability is only a matter of time. "

Qing Zhiyuan's words gave Sun Zhengyi a strong inspiration, like a shot in the arm, directly making him excited.

Son is a businessman with a very bright mind, and he quickly realized the possibility.

If it can be done well, then this will be a great initiative and can produce countless monetary benefits in the future.

"However, there is a problem here." Son Zhengyi frowned and said, "How to do online payment? You can't put the game online for sale."

"As expected of Sun Sang, he quickly figured out the key to the problem." Qing Zhiyuan laughed.

Seeing Qing Zhiyuan's sly smile, Son Zhengyi felt at ease.

"It seems that Qingsang has a solution?"

"Um."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously, "But, only you, Sun Sang, can do this."

"Um?"

Son Zhengyi pointed his finger at himself in confusion, "Me?"

"If even you can't push it, I don't know who to go to." Qing Zhiyuan said, "What I want is for SoftBank to take the lead, and then find Neon's bank to cooperate and launch online payment functions. "

"Online payment function?" Sun Zhengyi's heart was pounding. Although he had not figured out the key yet, this word had great appeal.

"Yes, online payment function."

After the Neon economic bubble burst, from March 1993 to 1997, the overall non-performing loans in the Neon banking industry showed an increasing trend.

It is precisely to stimulate the vitality of the financial industry that the Neon government has carried out a series of reforms.

For example, the banking law was revised to relax restrictions on banking business and allow foreign-funded enterprises and enterprises in other industries to participate in banking business. Neon's online bank came into being in this context.

Neon's first online bank, Japan Net Bank, was funded and established by Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank (later merged into Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation), Fujitsu, Neon Life Insurance and other companies.

In other words, in order to seek change, Neon's traditional bank took the initiative to revolutionize its own life at that time.

Now, at this point in time.

The tide of the times is silent and calm on the surface, but in fact there is already an undercurrent surging underneath.

However, Qing Zhiyuan does not intend to get involved in the corresponding business, mainly because the water inside is too deep.

Any business related to the National Bank is actually quite deep.

He couldn't control it, so he might as well hand over this arduous task to the right person.

In this world, no one understands the value of online payment better than Masayoshi Son, so as soon as he heard Qing Zhiyuan's explanation, he immediately became excited.

"If you want to realize the online payment function, this is what I think. The client can have access to bank accounts. Today, when computers are fully integrated into the financial system, this function should not be difficult."

Last year, in 1996,

XeNtrex, one of the first online securities brokers in the United States, has been launched, providing investors with online stock trading, stock quotations, market news and other functions, which greatly facilitates investors' trading operations.

The realization of online stock trading can also be realized corresponding to the bank account access function.

"The problem lies in the encryption algorithm and network permissions. You can consult a more powerful encryption expert in this regard." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Yeah." Sun Zhengyi nodded.

"Then as long as individual or corporate users have access rights to the bank, and then set up the corresponding user encryption system and payment password system, online banking can be established."

Qing Zhiyuan said, "Although the interaction between these data and transaction behavior occur online, what is simulated is real offline transaction behavior. How much should be transferred from the bank, where the funds flow, and then deposited into the corresponding Among the accounts...

These are all traceable.

In the same bank, it should be able to be queried in the database. "

"I see."

"I'm trying to see if I can push it."

Son’s eyes shone.

In fact, this matter is really a windfall for SoftBank. The news released by the Neon government is really good for other companies and gives an opportunity to many people who want to enter the financial industry.

The most profitable thing in the world has never been a game or an industrial product, but finance.

As long as they can step into this field, it is equivalent to opening the door to the financial industry, which is a dream come true for SoftBank.

Then they are truly software + bank.

To some extent, SoftBank's investment business is equivalent to banking.

"But why don't you do it?" Masayoshi Son came back to his senses from his fantasy and asked in confusion.

At this dinner today, Qing Zhiyuan directly gave him a big gift.

Even Masayoshi Son didn't know how to thank him.

"I don't have the ability, otherwise do you think I don't want to?" Qing Zhiyuan curled his lips, "How deep the water is, I don't need to tell you, Mr. Sun, you can understand it, right?"

Thinking of this, Masayoshi Son couldn't help but take a breath.

It's quite troublesome. If you want to get through the joints, you never need to get the product or the plan, but the people.

As for who to find, what relationships to use, and what to do, Masayoshi Son already has a rough idea in his mind.

"Okay, I understand."

"By the way, there is one more thing, and I hope you can help promote it, Mr. Sun." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"Hmm?"

"The online game supermarket I mentioned just now, being able to realize online payment is only the first step, the most important thing is the network transmission speed. If the speed is not high, the game cannot be downloaded in a short time, so I hope Mr. Sun can improve this area as soon as possible."

"Hahahaha, that's it." Masayoshi Son laughed, and felt that it was really pleasant to meet a partner like Qing Zhiyuan.

"We are now developing in the laboratory, not only the network protocol, the new protocol for data packets, and the more confidential encoding method, but also how to improve the network speed.

Although it is still in the experimental stage, the progress is still relatively ideal. It is estimated that in the next one to two years, the network speed should be able to increase to about 8M per second."

In fact, ADSL was born in Bell Labs in 1989.

Asymmetric digital subscriber line loop is known as the "express train on the modern information highway".

It is deeply loved by customers for its high downlink rate, wide bandwidth and excellent performance, and has become another new, faster and more efficient access method after MODEM and ISDN.

In 1995, the international standard was also formulated, and in theory it can be applied to real life on a large scale.

It's just that it has not been popularized in Japan so far.

This involves some wrangling over rules and standards, as well as the interests of operators.

Fortunately, SoftBank is promoting this matter, and 2 years is not a long time. It passed in the blink of an eye.

In the previous life, at the end of the 20th century, that is, around 1999, Japan had actually completed portals, e-commerce, mobile Internet and other super tracks on the Internet road, which even exceeded many people's imagination. It can be said to be quite advanced.

Of course, the leading country is still the United States. The coverage of ADSL in the United States has almost reached 15 million computer users, and this number is still growing.

In other words, for Qingzhiyuan, the best way to operate is to go to the United States first.

There are enough computer users, bandwidth, and advanced technical support.

From the perspective of the development of the Internet industry, it is most effective to develop in the United States, and then wait until after 2000 to turn to China, then the Internet will be almost there.

However, entering the US market will face a relatively big problem, that is [data security]

If you are a Japanese company, you will definitely be investigated if you develop social chat tools in the United States, and there is a high probability that you will end up losing all your money.

Thinking of doing RTT or Facebook in the United States, Qingzhiyuan is unlikely to do so. It can only see if it can be sold at a good price.

As for the Dandelion game platform, there is no restriction in this regard, so Qingzhiyuan plans to open a subsidiary of P-net in the United States to provide platform services.

And as early as two years ago, in October 1996, the first online bank was born in the United States-Security First Network Bank, which is the world's first open bank that handles all its banking business through the Internet.

Internet banking business is also ready.

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Qing Zhiyuan has always been a man who wants to do what he thinks and does it to the best of his ability.

So after talking with Masayoshi Son, he has a rough idea of ​​the future Internet development in Japan.

Qing Zhiyuan is really making every effort to promote the whole world.

Then, he began to rush to his subsidiary P-net without stopping, found the person in charge of the company, the current president of P-NET, Toki Yosuke, and also brought Akanishi Ken together.

"I want P-Net to set up a new subsidiary in the United States."

"Huh?" Toki Yosuke was stunned for a moment, and didn't react at first.

Subsidiary of a subsidiary...

Russian nesting dolls, right?

Or is it Yugong moving mountains, and his descendants are endless?

"This company has a strong strategic significance."

Qing Zhiyuan explained his plan again, and the two of them suddenly realized it.

Compared with Japan, it is obvious that the United States has a better soil for game platforms.

In this case, it would be a pity not to bring the Dandelion game platform to the United States.

"Okay, I understand, President." Dongmu Yosuke nodded seriously.

Open a subsidiary, set up a game platform, connect to the US network, support online game downloads and payment, and provide some long-term online games with social attributes in the game platform.

It's probably like this.

The process may take some time, but it shouldn't be very difficult.

"If this is the case," Qing Zhiyuan thought, "then the games that need to be put on the US game platform will change."

"Huh?" Akanishi Ken's heart jumped for no reason.

What does it mean?

The versions on both sides are different? !

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By the way, I don't plan to write about the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

On the one hand, in order to avoid risks. If you don't write well, it's easy to get 404.

On the other hand, I'm not good at writing about finance, so just pretend that nothing happened in this timeline.

No update tonight

Thank you everyone

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