Chapter 262 Teach you step by step how to build a social platform
Gonzalez put down the phone receiver in his hand. Just now, he had a phone call with a colleague in Chile. According to colleagues, the discovery of Gillis 581C has become a top trending event in the international astronomical community, and all astronomers are talking about it.
"How's it going? Have you confirmed it? Is that Gillis 581C fake?" Hernandez came over excitedly, hoping that things would turn around.
“That planet is real. Several European observatories that cooperate with us have confirmed that after calculations, they came to the same conclusion as the Chinese.
And this This incident has become a hot event in the entire astronomical community. Several astronomical research institutions in the United States and Europe have applied for cooperation with us, hoping that we can share the data.
In addition, the director also asked me to express my gratitude to the Chinese scientific research team. If they had not discovered Gillis 581C, there would not be so many institutions seeking cooperation with us. "
"Why! Obviously we gave the data to them, and they should be grateful for our gift. Why should we express our gratitude to them! "Hernandez is unconvinced.
"Because of the spectral data of Gillis 581C, we don't have to worry about next year's funding, and we will be rich. Our year-end bonus may also depend on this discovery. "Gonzalez replied.
Hearing this answer, Hernandez suddenly felt extremely aggrieved. He thought he was here for the dragon people, but he didn't expect that after a long time, he still had to Expecting people to eat.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a visitor came. Gonzalez walked to the door and opened it, only to see Professor Fang and Professor Li standing with smiles on their faces. At the door, the two of them were holding a gift box in their hands
"Mr. Gonzalez, I heard that you are going back to China, so we came here to say goodbye." Professor Fang said, holding up the gift box in his hand, and then said: "A little thought to express our gratitude, please accept it. ”
Without reaching out to avoid hitting the smiling person, not to mention that he came with a gift, Gonzalez invited the two of them in.
When he opened the gift box, he saw a porcelain tea set inside. Gonzalez quickly pretended to be surprised and expressed that he liked the gift very much.
After the two sides exchanged a few words, Professor Fang showed a regretful expression.
"Mr. Gonzalez, it's a pity that you are going back to China soon. If you can stay for another week, you should be able to meet Professor Michel Mayor."
Hearing the name, Hernandez next to him couldn't help but exclaimed: "Are you talking about Professor Michel Mayor of the University of Geneva?"
"Yes, that's him! Professor Mayor plans to come to Tsinghua University for a three-day visit, and he will arrive next week." Professor Fang's tone was full of show-off.
The Chilean duo opposite had a look of horror.
Your astrophysics center, which still uses equipment from the 1980s, can actually attract a visit from Michel Mayor. This is like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate and a sparrow turning into a phoenix!
There are so many top observatories in the world in Chile, but even if you want to invite Michel Mayor, they are actually willing to visit this shabby place like yours? It’s so unreasonable!
At this time, the Chilean duo was completely in a state of envy, jealousy and hatred.
The expressions of the Chilean duo fell into Professor Fang's eyes, and he immediately felt very happy.
"Boys, do you still dare to sneer? Yesterday you ignored me, but today I have made it impossible for you to reach your heights!"
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Michel Mayor is a Swiss astrophysicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, winner of the Shaw Prize in Astronomy, winner of the Einstein Medal, member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and member of the European Academy of Sciences. Academician of the French Academy of Sciences... (Seven or eight lines are omitted here)
Michel Mayor's greatest achievement was the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star, 51 Pegasi.
It is basic common sense to us that planets orbit stars. However, before Michel Mayor discovered 51 Pegasus, this was just a guess among scientists.
At that time, scientists could only determine that in the solar system, planets orbited stars. Once they left the solar system, they would still not be like this. They could only rely on guesswork without evidence.
Until Michel Mayor confirmed that there was a planet orbiting the star 51 Pegasi. This also proves that there are also planets orbiting stars outside the solar system.
At the same time, this also proves that the solar system is not the only one in the universe. In the vast universe, there are countless solar systems, and perhaps there are countless planets similar to the earth, and countless planets similar to humans. Intelligent species.
This discovery also earned Michel Mayor the Nobel Prize in Physics.
There are still some people who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their astrophysics achievements, but these winners are more or less related to NASA, either receiving funding from NASA or cooperating with NASA on projects , the 2006 Nobel Prize winner John Mather is simply a researcher at NASA.
After all, NASA is a product of the Cold War. It was created by the Americans to confront the Soviets. In the eyes of many astronomers, NASA's scientific research motivations are obviously impure. They do not conduct scientific research because of their love for astronomy, but to overpower the Soviets.
Therefore, many scholars who study astronomy are looking forward to getting scientific research funds from NASA, but at the same time they despise NASA from the bottom of their hearts. They typically scold the cook when eating.
And Michel Mayor is a pure academic. He taught at the University of Geneva and later served as director of the Geneva Observatory. This purely academic career also established Michel Mayor's academic status in the field of astronomy.
Of course, Michel Mayor is also really powerful. In addition to confirming that planets orbit stars, he also invented the HARPS spectrometer, revealed a large number of super-Earth subgroups in close orbits, and constructed a hypothesis for planet formation. , any of his research results are heavyweight.
And Michel Mayor has also trained many talents in astrophysics. Most of the well-known astrophysicists in Europe today have attended Michel Mayor's " Safe course”.
With academic status, scientific research achievements, various awards, and a group of disciples who can stand alone, Michel Mayor is just like the "academic power" in the European astronomy community. In Jin Yong's novels, that would be Zhang Sanfeng and Wang Chongyang.
Because of this, when the Chilean duo heard that Michel Mayor was coming to Tsinghua University for a visit, they showed horrified expressions.
The Center for Astrophysics of Tsinghua University does not even have the latest interstellar maps. Where is it worth visiting by Michel Mayor?
I can understand whether you, Master Zhang of Wudang, are visiting the Huashan Sect or the Kongtong Sect, but what the hell are you visiting the Ax Gang? Is the Supreme Treasure your illegitimate son?
As for the Astrophysics Center of Tsinghua University, they never dreamed that they would have the opportunity to receive an astronomer of Michel Mayor's level.
In order to welcome Michel Mayor’s visit, the entire Astrophysics Center has become busy. If time permits, Professor Li would like to hire a construction team to renovate the Astrophysics Center.
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At this time, Zhang Wei directly became a hands-off shopkeeper again.
What does Michel Mayor's visit have to do with me? I'm a biologist. I'm going to the biology laboratory to do experiments. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do!
Then Zhang Wei quickly came to the office building rented by Xiaonei.com and met Wang Xing.
"Junior brother, you really guessed it right. Facebook has canceled the registration restrictions!" Wang Xing said.
"Actually, this is not difficult to predict. There have been rumors in the United States for a long time!" Zhang Wei replied.
“To be honest, I actually didn’t expect it. I thought Zuckerberg would always stick to the campus social market segment, but I didn’t expect that he would have to introduce it to non-campus users so soon. Open.”
"In fact, at the end of last year, Zuckerberg merged the college version and the high school version of Facebook. It can be seen that his ambition is not to socialize on campus."
Zhang Wei paused and then said; "Back then, We have agreed that if Facebook is open to social groups before the end of the year, this function will also be launched on our school network. Now there should be no doubts about this within your team!"
"I am willing to admit defeat! Even if there are still people who are unwilling, I will convince them. We have to be trustworthy to investors!" Wang Xing nodded seriously, and then continued: "But if registration is fully open, there will be some in a short time. Difficulty." "What's the difficulty?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
“Once the school network is fully open for registration, there will inevitably be a lot more users, which will also put pressure on the server. I am worried that the existing server may not be able to handle so much data. ." Wang Xing replied.
"I understand, we just need to add more servers?"
"This is the best solution at present." Wang Xing nodded.
"And then renting a new server will cost a lot of money?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.
Wang Xing smiled awkwardly, acquiescing to Zhang Wei's statement.
"Hey, senior brother, you are quite good at asking for money, and you don't even mention half a word of money!" Zhang Wei let out a long sigh.
"Actually, I am also planning to raise funds recently. Several venture capital companies are very interested in our school network, but the conditions they offer are quite harsh, and I think it is inappropriate." Wang Xing continued.
“I am definitely not as suitable as your junior brother!” Zhang Wei chuckled, and then said; “Okay, I will invest another one million in the school network!”
“Or US dollars? Wang Xing asked excitedly.
"Euros! I don't have that many dollars on hand, but I still have some euros." Zhang Wei replied.
Zhang Wei won all the euros from the World Cup, and now they have all been transferred to banks in Switzerland. After a while, Zhang Wei plans to transfer the money to Hong Kong and Singapore to avoid the impact of the European debt crisis. coming influence.
"The euro is better, the euro is more valuable than the US dollar!" Wang Xing said, staring at Zhang Wei carefully for a long time, and then asked: "Junior brother, one million euros is not a small amount, you just invested it, What does your family do? Do you do international trade? "
"How do you tell it's international trade?"
"It's definitely international trade. You only have so much foreign exchange to use for trade, right?”
“Then to prove that our family is engaged in international trade, I will invest one million yen for you next time!”
“No! How much is one million yen?”
"Then invest in Korean won!"
"The Korean won is even worthless! By the way, why don't you invest in pounds? One million pounds is fine!"
The two joked with each other for a while. , Zhang Wei's voice changed, and he continued: "Brother, let's get down to business. I'm not investing one million euros this time, and it's not for nothing. If I invest this money, I have to hear a sound! I also have requirements. "
"I understand, you are an investor, so it is natural for you to make demands." Wang Xing also put on a serious look and asked, "What are your demands? Just say that you need a certain number of registrations. Users still need a certain number of active users. You set a goal and we will work hard to achieve it.”
“I don’t have any requirements for registered users and active users, or I am relatively confident about this. I think the number of users of Xiaonei Network will definitely grow rapidly, and it will definitely exceed 100 million in two years.”
"Breaking 100 million in two years? How dare you think about it!" Wang Xing shook his head. He obviously had no confidence in this number.
Zhang Weize continued: "My request is to add several functions to the school network. The first one is the sharing function, which is to share the updates, articles and photos published by myself."
“This is easy to do, just share it with your friends. But I think this function is of little significance. We have already launched a function where you can see the latest updates from your friends on the homepage. Even if you don’t need to share, the information you posted , when friends go online, they can also see it on their own homepage," Wang Xing said.
“I’m not talking about sharing it with my friends, but sharing it on other social platforms. For example, QQ space.”
“You mean, publish it on our school network The information can be directly synchronized to QQ space, so friends in QQ space can also see the information you posted? ”
"Yes, that's what I mean." Zhang Wei nodded.
"That won't work!" Wang Xing quickly shook his head.
"Why? Technology can't do it?" Zhang Wei asked quickly.
"Technically, it can be done, as long as you link your own QQ space. But if you do it as you said, then others can see the information posted by friends directly through QQ space. Who will Come to Xiaonei.com! This is equivalent to giving away our users to others!”
“But it is also a mechanism to increase user interaction. , Improving user participation is the core of our service.”
Zhang Wei paused for a moment before continuing, "And there are far more users in QQ space than in our school. With the help of QQ space, we can expand the scope of content dissemination and thereby enhance our brand value. In fact, we borrowed QQ space The east wind of space.
As for users, I am not worried. We can think about it from another angle. Our Xiaonei network can share content to various social platforms, but other social platforms do not have this function. , then will you choose to publish information on Xiaonei.com or other websites?
To go to Xiaonei.com, you only need to write a message and then click to share it, and friends on other platforms can see it. But if you go to other platforms, , you want to repost information one by one, which one is more convenient?
Over time, do you spend more time on the school network or on other social platforms? Staying on the school network means that you will spend most of your time interacting with your friends on the school network.
Most people use social platforms mainly to interact with their friends, right? I haven’t interacted with you for a long time. Will you continue to use this social platform? Definitely go to a platform where you can interact with friends!”
"I understand! Junior brother, you are amazing, you actually have such a long-term view! I will do this as you say, and I will immediately ask the technical department to develop this sharing function."
Wang Xing nodded. , then asked: "What is your second request?"
"Brother, did you grow vegetables when you were a child?" Zhang Wei seemed to ask an irrelevant question.
"Growing vegetables?" Wang Xing shook his head blankly.
“You haven’t stolen food, have you?” Zhang Wei asked next.
"Well, when I was a child, my family's financial situation was not bad. My family ran a cement factory, and almost all the cement in our city was supplied by my family. So if you want to eat whatever food you want, you can buy it directly. There is no need to steal it." Wang Xing said with an embarrassed look.
"I bet you are still a rich second generation. Come on, we don't have the same language." Zhang Wei sighed, and then said: "Forget it, let's put this aside for now. After two days, you can come to me. Weiguang Technology, let me show you what stealing is!”
(End of this chapter)