Chapter 147 - 142: Acquire Qingfeng Company? Don’t Know What’s Good for You?
Chapter 147: Chapter 142: Acquire Qingfeng Company? Don’t Know What’s Good for You?
Lu Feng left the villa community and headed straight for Qingfeng Network Company.
Qingfeng Network Company was located in the Bund Business Building in Tianzhou City’s Bund District.
When Master Kai had initially invested, the previous owner had rented an entire floor here. Now, it had become the official office space for Qingfeng Network Company.
When Lu Feng arrived at the company, the receptionist immediately stood up respectfully. "President Lu!"
He rarely showed up, but they remembered he was the big boss. His photo was on the company’s wall of executives.
Lu Feng nodded and went inside.
This time, he could clearly tell the atmosphere among the employees was different.
The last time he was here, he could sense the anxiety among the staff.
The previous director had absconded with the company’s funds, so it was no wonder they were anxious.
After all, they could have lost their jobs at any moment. But this time was clearly different. As he walked in, he saw employees bustling about, every single one of them working with immense drive.
"The numbers are up again! Today’s download count is definitely going to break another record!"
"Yeah, total downloads have reached 13 million."
"Our Qingfeng software is seriously amazing!"
"..."
As people in the tech industry, they could all see just how powerful the Qingfeng Intelligent Assistant was. At this rate, Qingfeng Network’s user base would likely hit the 100 million mark very soon.
What did a user base of a hundred million mean? It meant being at the top of the industry. Reaching several hundred million would make them an internet giant.
In the past, such a giant had one name: Penguin.
Now, in addition to Penguin, there was another: Douyin!
The only worry now was whether they would be targeted by those giant corporations.
After all, that was what internet giants did best, and Penguin was the most ruthless of them all.
Penguin controlled the largest user base, so naturally, it didn’t want anyone else to command that kind of traffic.
Thus, Penguin had repeatedly suppressed all sorts of internet companies with unfailing success. Their only failure came when they tried to suppress Douyin.
Yet that single failure had allowed Douyin to stand on equal footing with Penguin, and now it was even on track to surpass them.
In other words, to become a giant, one first had to get past Penguin.
Now, it seemed one had to get past both Penguin and Douyin.
"President Lu!"
"President Lu!"
"..."
As Lu Feng walked in, the employees of Qingfeng Network Company all greeted him one after another.
Lu Feng nodded to them and went straight to Wang Kai’s office.
Wang Kai was in the middle of a discussion with Wang Xin.
Having two brothers run an entire company was a major liability; most bosses would prevent such a situation from ever occurring.
’But he clearly wasn’t afraid. For one, not even Wang Xin could crack the Intelligent Assistant Software. For another, he was certain he could handle the two brothers.’
’If the two brothers were looking to die, he wouldn’t mind obliging them.’
’He could get rid of both of them without anyone ever knowing.’
When the two brothers saw Lu Feng, they both stood up in unison to greet him.
The moment Wang Kai saw Lu Feng, he ushered him over to a seat at the desk.
They had called President Lu over today, of course, to give him a report.
Wang Kai said, "President Lu, our user base has reached 13 million, and we’ve already begun to monetize."
"We’re already charging?" Lu Feng asked, surprised. "Isn’t that a bit too fast?"
Wang Kai shook his head and explained, "President Lu, growth in the internet industry isn’t measured by time, but by traffic. Generally, once a company’s user base reaches one to five million, they start considering monetization."
"Some short-sighted or cash-grab games will even start charging when they have as few as 100,000 users. Right now, we already have more than 13 million."
"On top of that, we just released a single, universal female-themed skin for 20 yuan, and 2.1 million people have already bought it. That means the company just brought in 42 million yuan in revenue. Our only cost was a team of eleven people who spent two days on it, and their monthly salaries are just 20,000 yuan each."
Lu Feng was shocked to hear this. "Are all internet companies this profitable?"
Wang Kai smiled. "Not all of them. I’d say we’re an exception. After all, our company’s Intelligent Assistant Software is just that good. User retention is incredibly high, which makes us a special case."
Lu Feng nodded. "Then make sure to create more skins. We should learn from Penguin."
’As expected,’ he thought. ’If you want to get rich quick, you have to get into the tech industry.’
’Still, the benefits of traditional industry are something the internet can’t match. Its role in the socio-economic chain is far more important to the country, and that’s a contribution the tech world can never replicate.’
Wang Kai continued, "Right now, our only fear is that once outsiders find out how popular our software is, they’ll try to find a way to crack it."
Hearing this, Wang Xin spoke up, not the least bit concerned. "Let them try. The most they’ll be able to do is crack the decoy encryption layer I set up. When they get through that and discover an even more terrifying layer of code inside, they’ll be completely dumbfounded. And when they waste even more time only to realize it’s fundamentally uncrackable, they’ll fall into despair."
As he said this, Wang Xin couldn’t help but laugh.
He had deliberately set it up that way just to mess with them.
Lu Feng chuckled at his words. Wang Xin clearly had a mischievous streak.
’But he knew the score,’ Lu Feng thought. ’The Qingfeng Intelligent Assistant Software was a massive hit, it was uncrackable, and it was making a ton of money.’
「Meanwhile, at Penguin Headquarters.」