Chapter 296 Pangu’s Future
Three games are being developed.
They are "The World", "Dragon" and "Kart Racing" respectively.
In the entire fiscal year 2001, the most popular game under Hongmeng Games was "Legend of Legend 2". From its official operation to the present, a total of 23 million people have registered, and an average of more than 650,000 people are online every day, which is worthy of its name. China’s number one game.
Through "Legend 2 Hot Blooded Legend", revenue of 320 million Chinese coins and a net profit of 140 million Chinese coins were created throughout 2001.
In addition, in 2002, the large-scale martial arts online game "Tianxia", which has been developed by Dijiang Studio for two years, will be officially launched. ”
Xu Liang couldn’t help but sigh. Since the founding of Hongmeng, “Tianxia” has existed. There have been nearly 20 internal and public tests in total. After two years of research and development, it has finally reached the market. When.
“When are you going to officially go public? "
"On February 1, 2002, it was officially launched for operation. Half a month later, on February 15, charging officially started. "Wu Xifan said.
"It's just in time for the Chinese New Year. Can you manage the time? "Xu Liang asked.
"Yes. I have already informed the subordinates that anyone willing to work overtime during the Spring Festival will receive three times the salary and will be given priority in promotion and appointment."
Xu Liang nodded.
His butt determines his head. In the past, when he heard about overtime work, he would feel disgusted and secretly cursed his boss for being exploitative and not a human being.
Listening to Overtime now, I feel inexplicably happy.
“Pay attention to appease the emotions of employees.”
"Yes."
After waving for Wu Xifan to sit down, Xu Liang's eyes searched around the crowd and landed on a fat man wearing a black suit, a round face, and black-rimmed glasses.
"Lao Shang, you are the third one."
Shang Zhengfeng was stunned for a moment, he thought it would be Bing's turn next.
After all, everyone knows that this is what the big boss wants.
Shang Zhengfeng said after calming down.
“As of now, the number of Hongmeng Pay users has exceeded 5.7 million. At present, we mainly rely on the small amounts of cash left by users in their personal accounts for short-term investment profits. However, the monthly revenue is only about 8 million. At present, There is no way to cover the revenue.
In addition, the profit model we hope to add to the homepage has been rejected by the head office.
So it will be difficult for us to make real profits in a short period of time. ”
Xu Liang nodded, and it was his order to veto Hongmeng Pay’s advertising, in order not to damage the user experience of Hongmeng Pay.
As for the real profit model of Hongmeng Pay, he also knows it very well, but now is not the time.
Hongmeng is not large enough to withstand the wrath of the five major banks in the country.
We can only tolerate it temporarily.
“Lao Shang, how many companies have signed online payment cooperation agreements with Hongmeng Pay now?” Xu Liang asked.
“There are currently 18 companies including China Eastern Airlines, Ctrip, Dangdang, and Joyo.com.”
“What about China Unicom and China Mobile?”
“China Mobile is still negotiating, but China Unicom refused.”
“Why China Unicom?”
“They think our online payment is not safe. , refused to cooperate with us."
Xu Liang frowned, looking helpless.
The pioneering stage of Internet finance is always very difficult.
"China Unicom will let it go first and focus on mobile."
"Yes."
Xu Liang turned his eyes and said, "Fuyong, you will be next."
Hideo Fukunaga nodded and took out the documents he had prepared long ago.
"In the entire fiscal year 2001, Hongmeng Japan generated revenue of 1.83 billion Chinese dollars and net profit of 272 million Chinese dollars. Internet search has replaced games as the company's most profitable department, accounting for 30% of the total revenue.
The further development direction of the Internet business will be to follow the footsteps of the parent company, expand advertising users, and enter the outdoor advertising market..."
In addition to tedious and time-consuming reporting, subsidiaries have to do it. listen.
One after another, this annual meeting lasted for three days before it was over.
"Lao Xie, Lao Fang, come to my office."
Xie Wen and Hongmeng Company HR Fang Dexin came to Xu Liang’s office.
After Lu Hui served tea to the three of them, Xu Liang said.
"Lao Fang, your next task is to contact the major human resources organizations and ask them to help us find top talents who are proficient in database research and development."
"Database research and development?"
Fang Dexin instantly thought of Pangu Company, which was only an empty shell.
"That's right. The next development direction of Pangu Company is big data and cloud computing. To realize these two major businesses, a powerful database is the foundation." Xu Liangdao.
"Mr. Xu, during this time I have investigated the information of foreign 'non-relational database' R&D companies, and there are still many choices..."
Xu Liang interrupted Xie Wen words.
"Lao Xie, I understand what you mean. If I can buy it, of course I will not be stingy with money. But foreign database companies can only handle tens of millions of data.
And I want to Database software needs to handle billions or even billions of data
The gap is too big. "
Xie Wen frowned, he did not want to give up his idea easily.
"Mr. Xu, there are currently less than 50 million Internet users in the country. ”
“I know, but as leaders of Internet companies, we must not only look at the present, but also focus on the long term. China has a population of nearly 1.4 billion, and the world has a population of nearly 7 billion. Although most of the potential is far from being developed, we at Hongmeng must prepare in advance.
Only in this way can we always stand at the forefront of technological development and not be eliminated by the times. "Xu Liang said calmly.
"Old Xie, I know that after acquiring Sina, the company's financial situation is not ideal. However, you should also see that Bing's revenue is rising rapidly. It is foreseeable that it will become the company’s second growth pole after Hongmeng Games.
I assure you that we have enough money to do database research and development work. And it will never delay the development of the company's other businesses. "Xu Liang continued.
Xie Wen nodded and said nothing more.
Xu Liang is the boss of the company after all, and saying so much has given him enough respect.
It would be disrespectful to stop him again.
——
Sun Mingzhen lay on the bed tiredly after the clouds closed and the rain stopped. After resting for a long time, she finally regained some strength.
Looking at the man beside him.
“When will you go to South Korea again?”
"So reluctant to leave me?"
Sun Mingzhen pressed her head against the man's chest, her tone full of attachment, "Oppa is my only man."
stroking her smooth skin With a white back, Xu Liang thought for a moment and then said.
"I will go there after the Chinese New Year to see my uncle and aunt."
"Really?"
"Of course."
Xu Liang nodded affirmatively.
"Oppa, that's great."
"You are my woman, I won't treat you well."
Xu Liang smiled.
After being cozy for a while, the conversation between the two quickly turned to work.
“Let’s go back and sell the entire website this time. The price can be appropriately lower, but we must sign the same binding terms as those in China, and we must not give Google or other companies a chance.” Xu Liang said.
Although under the impact of Pangu Browser, the number of new users of the website directory is getting fewer and fewer, but it is still a good portal, so you should still be vigilant.
"Don't worry, Dad, I understand."
"Other businesses will continue to advance according to the previous plan, especially Internet search is the top priority."
"Yes."
After a serious explanation, the two hugged each other and fell asleep.
——
The next day, let the Golden Eagle take Sun Mingzhen back to South Korea.
Drive to the Ideal Building.
Sina's headquarters is still here.
Sina is much larger than last time.
Not long after Xu Liang arrived at the office prepared for him, Wang Zhidong came over.
“Mr. Xu.”
“Sit down and talk.”
Lu Hui quickly served tea to the two of them.
“Sina Wireless’s business is good, right?” Xu Liang said with a smile.
Wang Zhidong nodded, excitement showing on his face.
Although it has only been more than two months since joining Monternet, Sina's wireless revenue has exceeded 30 million in January 2002, and is growing rapidly. Not surprisingly, it will exceed 35 million in February.
Coupled with Sina’s monthly advertising revenue of nearly 85 million Huaxia coins.
Sina not only turned a loss into a profit, but also made a monthly profit of more than 40 million Huaxia coins.
However, Sina has now delisted from Nasdaq, otherwise the stock price will definitely double.
“Thanks to Mr. Xu’s guidance, otherwise Sina almost missed one of the most important profit points.”
“Don’t be happy too early, the wireless business will only be prosperous for a few years.”
Wang Zhidong was shocked, "Why? Could there be any changes in the middle?"
"Of course. The reason why the wireless business is so profitable is because China Mobile gives 85% of its profits to SP content service providers. When the market is developed, do you think China Mobile will give you so much more?"
Wang Zhidong fell silent. .
Capital is all about profit. If he were the CEO of Mobile, he would not be willing to give up such huge profits to others.
Xu Liang continued: "When China Mobile lowers its profit share, in order to maximize its profits, SP content service providers will naturally play tricks on the content, such as pornography and violence, and force customization. , text message traps, difficulty in unsubscribing, etc.
Of course, the most deadly of these is not yet known.
As the bandwidth speed gets faster and the hardware continues to develop, the functions of mobile phones will become more and more powerful. When the mobile era comes, Monternet will be completely dead. "
Wang Zhidong has watched the video of the big boss's speech at Stanford University and knows his judgment on the future development of the Internet.
"So, the wireless business can only be used as a source of profit in a short period of time, news , games, and Tieba content are the future of Sina? "Wang Zhidong asked.
Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction.
"Not bad. In the future, Sina will be the largest news aggregation website in the Chinese language, providing the most professional and people-friendly news content.
Games, Tieba, and email are all supplements to Sina.
By the way, has Tieba been developed now? ”
“The development has been completed and is currently in the promotion stage. "Wang Zhidong said.
"Tieba is a community website. If you want to expand its influence, entertainment stars are the most suitable entry point. They have many fans and can quickly open up the situation. ”
(End of this chapter)