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  Chapter 706 The Internet is a big piece of fat

  The lunch was very sumptuous, and the large and small shareholders of Earth Net ate very happily.

   After leaving Chinatown, we drove to the company's location together.

  Silicon Valley, this is really the first time for Liu Qingshan to visit, and it feels quite interesting.

  In his imagination, such a high-end place would definitely be extremely prosperous, just like the scene of high-rise buildings and elites everywhere.

  In fact, sitting in the car all the way, I feel that this place is a bit like a countryside.

  The vegetation is very lush, and there are not as many high-rise buildings as imagined. Maybe the car turned a corner, and in the shade of the trees, I saw the mark of the apple bitten by someone.

   There are still many giants in the Internet industry who don’t know what to do at the moment.

  The headquarters of the Earth Network, let alone a small two-story building, looks pretty solid.

  No way, San Francisco is a famous earthquake zone.

  The company's logo is quite eye-catching, and it is also an idea of ​​Liu Qingshan: a pair of hands, holding a blue planet.

   "The environment is good."

  Liu Qingshan took a deep breath and looked at the surrounding trees. He kind of likes this kind of place, it's better than all those reinforced concrete shells.

   At least working in such a place, the air is fresh and good for the body and mind.

  After entering the company, Liu Qingshan felt that the office conditions needed to be improved. At least they should be equipped with decent computer chairs. Don’t let these employees who sit there all day typing code be disabled.

   There are about forty employees working in a large office with cubicles, basically each person is equipped with a computer.

  Liu Qingshan pay attention to observe, the Chinese can account for nearly one-fifth of it.

  Jiang Renyi clapped his hands to attract the attention of the employees:

   "Everyone, stop what you are doing first. Let me introduce you solemnly. This is the chairman of our Earth Network, Mr. Liu Qingshan!"

   A low exclamation sounded, and then the employees began to applaud enthusiastically.

  Although it was the first time for most of them to see the real face of this Chairman Liu, they still knew a little bit through channels such as TV or newspapers.

   After all, Liu Qingshan is here, and he is considered a moderate celebrity, especially in the past month or so, when he is in the limelight.

   As for learning through the Internet, well, Earth Net is the first portal website.

  Yahoo, MSN, and America Online are all gone.

  That's right, Liu Qingshan's Earth Network, regardless of how it develops in the future, must first grab the title of the world's number one.

   So far, we have successfully grabbed two: the first company to set up free mailboxes, and the world's first portal website.

  The next goal is to provide the world's first free antivirus software.

  Liu Qingshan smiled and waved to the employees: "Good afternoon, everyone. Although it is the first time we meet, I already feel everyone's enthusiasm for work."

  "Everyone here is mostly young people, which makes me feel energetic. This is also in line with a sunrise industry such as Internet technology companies. Let us work together to support the earth network with both hands."

  Liu Qingshan didn’t say too much. If a company wants to form its own proprietary culture, it also needs a process. It’s not just a few words of chicken soup.

  As long as the Earth Network develops smoothly, the benefits of employees continue to improve, coupled with the stimulation of the share reward mechanism, employees will naturally be of one mind and one mind with the company.

   "BOSS, let's take a look at our website first." Hunter was eager to show their greatest achievements.

  Because in this era that is still dominated by paper media, the creativity of the portal website Earth Net is indeed very different, and of course it also appears to be very high-end.

  The current Internet is considered by everyone to be an emerging industry with an extremely bright future.

  However, how to develop in the future, and what kind of development it can develop into, no one has a clear direction and goal.

   It can be said that many companies are now in the trial and error stage, because it will cause a waste of resources and even take a lot of detours.

  Mostly, they walked and found that they had entered a dead end, and then the company naturally went bankrupt.

  However, for Liu Qingshan, this problem does not exist. He can take the shortest path and reach the correct nodes smoothly.

   As for the way to make money on the Internet, this is still being explored.

  The current situation is that everyone realizes that the Internet is a big piece of fat, but they just can’t eat it, and their eyes are thirsty.

  So most Internet companies are burning money.

  It’s like the Earth Network, which sounds awesome, but in fact, last year’s profit was only more than half a million dollars, not even enough to pay the company’s employees.

  However, after listing and financing, the situation should improve.

  That’s right, Internet companies like Earth.com are considered good now, at least they have profit points, and most of them are making money at a loss.

  At this stage, it is a time of turmoil, and many companies are using the name of Internet technology companies to enter Nasdaq to collect money.

   Big deal, after finishing this wave, change to another company and continue playing.

  Of course, Liu Qingshan’s Earth Network is going to continue, and collecting money is not the main purpose.

  Hunter led Liu Qingshan and others to a computer, and then opened a small globe icon on the desktop, and then waited patiently.

   At this time, you can't ask for too much internet speed.

   After finally entering the page of the website, Liu Qingshan also saw the long-lost scene:

  The web page is opened bit by bit from top to bottom, as if there is a snail underneath, pulling slowly.

   That feeling reminded Liu Qingshan of the first time he went to an Internet cafe to surf the Internet, he had to wait for several minutes to see a picture...

  The Earth.com page is very clean and concise, even if it is not concise, the network speed does not allow you to add too much content.

   Textual things are better. If you put a few pictures in it, then you have to wait patiently until the flowers are gone.

  The content of the Earth Network is currently mainly news, and there are not many news, only a dozen or so.

  Including several current affairs news, some from the United States, and some from the world.

  For example, there is an article in World News: The Iran-Iraq War has officially ended.

  In addition, there are news about literature, art and sports. Liu Qingshan saw a very interesting piece of news, and it was also the only piece of news with pictures on Earth Net.

  In the picture, it was Liu Qingshan who stretched out his fist and greeted Muhammad Ali.

   "Boss, of course we want to promote you on our own website." This guy Hunter proudly expressed his credit, probably he got the news.

  The content of the news is that the boxing champion Ali received acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment.

  Liu Qingshan took the mouse and clicked, and there was a very conspicuous link under the news, so he clicked in.

  It is actually a comment area, or a small forum.

   After registering on the Earth Network, you can speak and discuss and interact.

   At the beginning of the development of the Internet, this was the most popular and beloved content. After all, it was possible to communicate with people thousands of miles away.

  There are already more than 20 comments in it, Liu Qingshan has a look, there are some who wish Ali a recovery.

  Of course, some people said that he went to the doctor in a hurry, and questioned that Ali's brain was completely broken.

   "Boss, I heard that you came up with this idea. It's amazing. After reading the news, everyone wants to have something to say."

   "Since joining this discussion function, more and more users have registered on our earth network, and now we have nearly 80,000 users!"

  Hunter adores Liu Qingshan not only because he is his boss, but these technologists are actually very proud of themselves.

  If you want to convince them, you must either surpass them technically, or convince them creatively.

  As for 80,000 users, this is quite a lot nowadays.

  The servers purchased by Earth Net can only accommodate 100,000 users in total.

   At this time, Adrian, the executive vice president, interjected: "Boss, we have collected feedback from some computer practitioners on Earth Net these days."

   "The vast majority of them think that our earth network is too simple, do you want to improve this aspect?"

  This is also a common problem of Internet companies and companies nowadays. Practitioners believe that the Internet and computers should be high-tech, and of course the more complex the better, so that they can surpass those users.

   It is this superior attitude that causes many companies to complicate simple problems and bring great trouble and confusion to users, but they often enjoy it.

   "Adrian, we don't need to listen to those people's opinions." Liu Qingshan looked around and saw many people cast their gazes over, obviously everyone was thinking in the same way.

  So he decided to change the wrong thinking of the employees:

   "Let's imagine that if we are ordinary users who use computers, we don't have professional knowledge, right? It's even the first time to go online, and we belong to the kind of computer novice who doesn't understand anything."

   "Hee hee, computer novice, this term is very interesting." Hunter couldn't help but interjected.

Liu Qingshan nodded: "Yes, Xiaobai, if you are such a Xiaobai, you click on our earth network, if we set up the webpage as a maze, you operate indiscriminately, and you don't even see any news, you Do you have the urge to scold your mother?"

  The employees in the office let out a burst of laughter, obviously agreeing with Liu Qingshan's statement.

   "So the more concise and clear the page of our earth network, the better, just like the link of this discussion area, if it is not obvious, it may be ignored, and naturally no one will click to discuss it."

  Many employees began to nod their heads, so that after empathy, the organization became much clearer.

  Liu Qingshan continued: "As computers enter the home, there are more and more such computer noobs. This requires that the simpler and more practical the things designed by our developers, the more acceptable they are to people."

   "Please remember, this is the general trend of the development of this industry, I hope you don't make detours!"

  More than half of the employees began to nod, and the rest were also contemplating.

  You must know that the theory that Liu Qingshan talks about is contrary to the mainstream at present.

  Liu Qingshan casually clicked on the link of the free email address on the webpage, and registered an email account casually, which took about a minute:

   "It's like this mailbox, if it takes ten minutes for users to register successfully, and we now, which takes one minute to register, which one will users prefer?"

   Everyone smiled, and the answer was self-evident.

  Liu Qingshan then continued: "So I remind everyone that we must consider the problem from the perspective of the user."

   "Just like the free mailbox we launched, compared with the paid mailboxes, which one does the user prefer to use, I don't need to say it?"

  The employees nodded in unison: If there is an advantage, it is the one who does not take advantage of it. This principle is common all over the world.

   At this time, someone raised a question again, this time it was Nathan who likes music:

   "Boss, but we give users free mailboxes. What good is it for us? We don't get any benefits?"

  Someone immediately added: "And we need to pay for the addition of large-capacity servers and other equipment."

   How to make money is a big problem that plagues all Internet practitioners nowadays.

  Liu Qingshan smiled, and returned to the registration email page: "There is a text note here, if you want to use our email for free, you must agree to this agreement, allowing the website to send emails to users."

  Most of the people present are developers, of course they are the clearest, but they have not yet grasped the mystery.

  Liu Qingshan paused, seeing that everyone was still confused, so he continued to guide: "So, what emails will we push to users?"

  Everyone present was thinking about it. Suddenly, the executive vice president Adrian's eyes lit up, and he yelled: "Advertisement!"

  Liu Qingshan gave him an approving look: "That's right, it's an advertisement."

  When it comes to this, everyone present also understands that the money-making model of advertising is very clear to them.

  But advertising on computers and the Internet really refreshed their cognition.

   "Oh, why didn't I think of that, boss, you are such a genius!" Hunter began to flatter him with excitement.

   No, he was definitely not flattering, but he was really conquered by this idea.

  Others looked at Liu Qingshan with a little more respect.

  Global Network has such a leader, the future prospects will definitely be extremely bright.

   "But, boss, will users feel disgusted by the advertisement?" Adrian considered the issue quite comprehensively.

  Liu Qingshan smiled: "If you want to use the mailbox for free, you have to pay a small price after all, and for those who have just learned to use computers, they don't think that advertisements are spam."

  This principle is the same as when you first started watching TV, even if it was broadcasting commercials, everyone still watched with gusto.

   Adrian was the most excited. Before, he had been struggling to find a way to make money. Now, he can justifiably advertise.

  Other employees are also very excited. The arrival of Liu Qingshan has given them a clearer understanding of the future, and at least clarified the general direction of development.

  Seeing that the people's hearts are available, Liu Qingshan clapped his hands again: "Everyone, our Earth Online is coming soon, everyone is a hero, and the company will not treat everyone who makes contributions badly."

   "So I announce that the first batch of employees of Earth Network, that is, everyone here, will get a certain amount of shares in the company!"

  “Although some people may only get a few tenths or a few tenths of a share, everyone believes that when our earth network becomes a large company with a market value of billions or even tens of billions, how much value will be created by the shares in everyone’s hands.”

  After Liu Qingshan finished announcing, the office immediately burst into cheers.

   In the air, there seemed to be a stack of printing paper flying.

  (end of this chapter)