It is agreed that the 18th line will be top-notch?

Yang Ruoqian stared at the chat box for a long time, and then silently replied: "You speak first, and I will decide whether I am here or not."

The Leopard app was created jointly by Yu Jingyu and the security guard. Now that the traffic has suddenly increased, it is hard to say whether she will make any unacceptable demands.

For example, introducing advertising and making money from traffic?

For example, adding more paid services...

Another example is cutting down on spending on traffic - anyway, the Leopard app has so much traffic not long after it was launched, far exceeding expectations at the time, so it is reasonable to cut the budget appropriately.

If Yu Jingyu dares to do these things, Mr. Yang will only have one attitude - not here, not see you!

Yu Jingyu: "...Boss, it's not a big deal. It's just that our Leopard app server is a bit insufficient. Can you allocate some money to rent us a better server?"

Oh, it turns out it’s going to cost more, so that’s okay.

Yang Ruoqian typed back: "It's no problem... What's your budget? Have you decided on it?"

The server of a large social platform has always been a necessary and major expense, used to securely store various user data and platform data.

Large groups such as Tengshun have more than millions of servers working around the world, and have even established a security department specifically for this purpose.

In order for this data to be properly stored, data center cooling is a huge expense.

Even in a data center with only 25 servers, cooling measures must be continuous. The cooling tower must be filled with water at least twice every hour to ensure that the temperature of the cold aisle in the computer room does not exceed 30 degrees and the hot aisle cannot exceed [-] degrees. .

Whenever the cooling unit is out of power for 5 minutes, the temperature in the computer room can soar to 70 degrees.

According to industrial electricity billing, monthly comprehensive maintenance costs at least 300 million yuan.

How can we save on a monthly expenditure of 300 to [-] million yuan?
Seeing that her boss agreed, Yu Jingyu first sent a pleading emoji, and then typed a little cautiously: "Mr. Yang, can you just... allocate 50 a month? Don't think this number is outrageous, but it is really necessary. What an expense!”

God knows how much courage it took Yu Jingyu to type out this paragraph and click send.

When editing this message, Yu Jingyu didn't know how many times she deleted it.

As someone who secretly spoke ill of the boss and was caught on the spot, and who was assigned an important task but asked for 50 per month before seeing any profit... will he be thrown out by the company security?
But there is no way, the fee of 50 is already the figure after trying every possible way to reduce costs, and really can't save a penny.

When Yang Ruoqian saw this figure, which was far lower than expected, he immediately expressed a different opinion: "How can 50 be enough? When we build this platform, our goal is to be among the top ten in the country at the minimum and number one in the world at the upper limit!"

"50 yuan in maintenance fees? Too little! Look at other people's data centers. Maintenance fees can easily cost hundreds or tens of millions. What's wrong, others can spend millions, but ours can only cost hundreds of thousands? "

"When other companies see it, they think we can't afford a server! Buy another one, one for each person!"

Yu Jingyu: "...The boss is very generous. Thank you for the super rocket. So, just 100 million? 100 million can basically solve the problem very well. After these customers are stabilized and we make money, we will change the server in the future." You can be responsible for your own profits and losses."

Why did he only talk about 100 million after talking for a long time?
Yang Ruoqian hates the fact that iron cannot become steel - he is indeed a student who is still in school and has never seen much of the world. He is so cautious about spending a mere 100 million a month.

"Since you have said that you will replace it with a better server in the future, why don't we just go ahead and replace it with a better server now?"

Yu Jingyu, who was still studying and whose thinking and logic was still at its peak, was suddenly confused.

Anyway, I will change to a better server in the future, so why not change now?
This may sound a little bit reasonable, but if you take a closer look, you will find it is too outrageous - if you put it this way, you will make money in the future anyway, so it doesn't matter if you take on a lot of debt now?

I can't!

But that was the boss's opinion. How could Yu Jingyu dare to violate it?
"Boss, why don't you give me a number... This little girl has limited knowledge and cannot make such big decisions."

"I'll allocate 500 million to you. If it's not enough, report it to me immediately. Do you have any opinions? Speak enthusiastically and don't have any scruples." Based on his own experience, Yang Ruoqian casually mentioned a number that would not violate the regulations.

With the current user traffic of Leopard, it is definitely impossible to build a data center specifically for this purpose to benchmark Google.

But a server with a monthly maintenance fee of 500 million can still be built.

"How can I have any opinions?" Yu Jingyu complained, "But there is another small matter. I would like to ask for your advice."

It's just to ask for opinions, not to issue a critical illness notification... Yang Ruoqian nodded with relief: "Go ahead."

"Our app currently only has a monthly subscription as a paid item. Once activated, you can change the font to make the name more eye-catching, and the price is not expensive. I feel that it is not easy to recover the cost by relying on this service alone. "

If the server rental fee is only 50 per month, that's it. Now Yang Ruoqian waved his hand and multiplied it by 10 to super double, and the profit pressure was suddenly full.

Just relying on this value-added service and this monthly fee cannot cover the operating costs at this stage.

If you want to make money, you can either add more value-added services, or you can look outwards and find advertisers willing to invest money for advertising placement.

Although the app is still in the cost-burning stage of new development, it would be better to spend less...

What a ghost!

Yang Ruoqian didn't even think about it and just found an excuse to refuse: "Our app has just been launched now. Regardless of the large traffic, the user stickiness is actually very low. If we do this, all the people will run away. It's not easy for us to do it." The reputation is gone too.”

Yu Jingyu asked again: "What about the publicity expenses? What about the benefits? I feel that creators and users now have high evaluations of our app. A large part of it is not because of the benefits. I feel that the intensity of burning money can be reduced to a large extent." .”

No, why are you still talking about saving money?
Interns are just interns, and they are far less polite and obedient than older employees.

"Do you understand the principle of striking while the iron is hot?" Yang Ruoqian rolled his eyes, "Now that the situation is great, we should increase our efforts. How can we give up halfway? Don't always think about saving money. You need to know that only by being willing to pay back money can you earn more. money."

At this point, a message popped up on the phone that the download of the Leopard app had been completed.

Yang Ruoqian suddenly lost interest in discussing the issue of saving money with Yu Jingyu, so he closed WeChat and opened Baopu.

After simply registering an account and giving himself an ID called "The Big Boss of Losing Lights", Yang Ruoqian successfully entered the app.

In terms of preferred content, he chose four categories: "Games", "Movies", "TV Series" and "Novel".

The interface layout of the entire software is basically the same as the beta version I saw last time. Except for some interface optimizations, Yang Ruoqian is very familiar with it.

After roughly scanning some of the content on the homepage, Yang Ruoqian clicked on the rating interface in the lower right corner.

This is what he cares about most.

The original intention of the Baopu app was to be a film and television drama rating software, focusing on entertaining oneself and burning money along the way.

Other than the ratings, other interfaces are just to cheat the budget.However, as soon as I opened the scoring, I saw a huge score.

"YTG 1-2 NP"

Mr. Yang was stunned for a moment... What the hell is this?
Wait, YTG...why does it look so familiar?

Isn't this an e-sports team that I created casually and now leaves it to Ruan Min'er to manage? !

Why does it appear under this rating column?

However... after YTG won the world championship last year, Mr. Yang completely gave up on this team and stopped paying too much attention to it.

A steady stream of sponsor advertisements came in all over the place, turning a big money-burning company into a big profit-making company.

Now it seems like it is no longer as dominant in the league as it used to be?

Could it be that... the e-sports club project can be supported again? !

Yang Ruoqian was refreshed - is a failed project going to be revived?
At this time, he didn't care about the strange thing about the game appearing in the movie review app, and clicked on the details page of the game rating.

Under the 1-2 rating, there is a long list of comments about the players on both sides.

YTG-Daruan, "Paramecium can only carry out simple life activities."

YTG-XX, "Earthworms can only wriggle, but they can be used for fishing."

YTG-KJP, “Pretending to be a professional player.”

“…Single Cell vs. Paramecium.”

Seeing netizens unceremoniously mocking his own players, Mr. Yang became more energetic and happy as he watched.

OK!

It seems that YTG's recent performance has been really bad. Look how angry the netizens who have always been gentle and reasonable have become.

Although these comments may seem hilarious, they are also really vicious.

Perhaps, last year's YTG championship was just an accident, and now YTG has returned to the position that should originally belong to them?

When YTG's performance becomes worse and worse, its popularity becomes lower and lower, and its sponsors are disappointed again and again... will those sky-high sponsorships disappear?

The most important thing is that if YTG slowly loses its popularity, then the bunch of industries opened around Qianda Plaza opposite may also be affected!
It seems that this whole game has failed due to YTG's performance, and there is a possibility of being exploited.

As long as YTG can return to the money-burning nature of an e-sports club, return to its lost track, and stop on the brink, it will still be a good arm of the group.

Yang Ruoqian looked through the records of professional competitions again and found that although YTG's results this year were not as good as before, they still managed to maintain the level of a T1 team. If they don't perform abnormally, there is still hope for entering the World Championship.

There is a decline, but it is not obvious yet...

"Now these Internet-addicted teenagers are at a low point. They have suddenly changed from champions sought after by thousands of people to objects of ridicule. Their mentality must not be stable..."

"I have to seize this opportunity and break their will in one fell swoop."

Just as he said, Yang Ruoqian temporarily put Baopu in the background and opened the chat box with Ruan Min'er.

As soon as he came up, he started to talk about which pot he didn't use: "I looked at your recent performance and it seems that you are under a lot of pressure, right?"

Probably because he was resting after training, Ruan Min'er quickly sent a message: "Mr. Yang... you also saw it. I'm sorry. We didn't perform well and let you down."

Even Ruan Miner, who has always been lively and optimistic, has this attitude? !
Remember how high-spirited Ruan Miner was back then?
Yang Ruoqian's heart was relieved: "There is nothing to be sorry for. You have already won the championship once, you have proven yourself, and you have brought huge benefits to the group. You can stand tall and speak openly."

“How is it possible for someone to be at the top of their game all the time?”

"The only thing you have to do now is to have fun, eat, drink, and enjoy the treatment that a winner should have. Just compete in games or whatever. It doesn't matter whether you win or not. The group doesn't care at all."

"You've been under a lot of pressure lately, haven't you? So, I'll allocate some more money to you, and you can decide for yourself what you want to eat, play, and buy."

"So what if you lose? Just win! Play, play hard, what are you training for? Cancel all recent training tasks and go out to play!"

After Yang Ruoqian finished typing this sentence, he smiled proudly.

First, take the moral high ground and tell these young guys that they are already very good and no longer need to win to prove themselves.

Secondly, let them relax mentally and solve their worries - even if they lose the game, the group will still not give up investment and let them lose the pressure in life.

Finally, they corrode them materially and take up their training time with eating, drinking and having fun, making their already not so good state worse.

Triple blow, YTG is not afraid of falling!

Ruan Min'er: "Boss, we..."

Yang Ruoqian didn't give any room for argument: "Okay, it's settled. I will let the finance department contact you later. Remember, the competition is not important!"

"By the way, you have been using that training venue for a year. Is it a bit old? While you are out playing, I will find someone to renovate it and add other facilities."

"..."

At this time, in the training hall opposite, all YTG members were looking at the screen, looking at these words sent by Yang Ruoqian, and remained silent for a long time without saying a word.

Just now, when I heard that the boss of Kuaiguang Group personally inquired about the recent competition, they were already prepared to be scolded, even recruit reinforcements, make them sit on the bench, or even terminate the contract directly.

What awaited them was completely different from what they imagined.

The mood of several people can be described as extremely complicated.

Ruan Min'er glanced at her teammates who had been fighting with her for a year, and slowly typed a few words: "Boss, everything is up to you."

(There is a slight possibility that I will have to take a day off tomorrow. It depends on the situation. There is a high probability that it will be updated) (End of this chapter)