At this time, an acquaintance appeared and took the initiative to say hello to Xu Yiyang.
"Hey, classmate Xu Yiyang!"
Xu Yiyang turned around and saw Lu Di, a reporter from China Shipping TV.
So he smiled and said, "Hello, Reporter Lu."
Lu Di smiled and asked, "Isn't it convenient for me to accept a brief interview in advance?"
Xu Yiyang nodded: "Okay, now?"
Lu Di smiled and said: "It would be great if I could do it now!"
Xu Yiyang said: "Come on then."
Lu Di hurriedly gestured to the cameraman, then took the microphone and said to the camera: "Dear viewers, on the first day of the 21st century, we came to Hongkou Stadium. In a few hours, 'ANTA Sports, New The semi-finals and the final championship battle of the Century Internet Café Cup - The Second China Overseas College Students CS Team Competition' are about to begin here, and we are fortunate to interview Xu Yiyang, the organizer of this competition."
"Classmate Xu Yiyang, say hello to the audience in front of our TV!"
Xu Yiyang nodded, faced the camera and smiled: "Hello everyone, I am Xu Yiyang. Thank you all for paying attention to the ANTA-New Century Internet Cafe Cup, the second China Overseas College Student CS Team Competition."
Lu Di asked: "Student Xu Yiyang, is there any special meaning in choosing the final event of the second CS team competition on New Year's Day in 2000?"
Xu Yiyang said: "Today is the first day of the year 2000, and it is also the first day of the 21st century. Since I was very young, people on TV have been looking forward to the cross-century, thinking that the 21st century will be a brand new era, so We have always had strong expectations for the new century.”
"In the last few years at the end of the last century, the Internet was introduced to China, giving us young people a way to connect with the world. The game CS was introduced to China through the Internet and became popular. Therefore, I think this game The game, as well as this competition, represents the pursuit and exploration of college students in the new century, so we set the final today."
At this time, CCTV's reporter from Zhonghai also arrived.
This is the same reporter who conducted an exclusive interview with Xu Yiyang last time.
The two also said hello, and then Xu Yiyang also accepted a brief interview with the other party.
Xu Yiyang has actually been worried that reporters will ask him about the negative impact of games. After all, parents in this era hate games of all natures and believe that this is the main culprit that prevents their children from getting into Tsinghua University.
However, what surprised Xu Yiyang was that none of the reporters from the two TV stations asked such a question. Everyone was asking him about his views on the Internet in the 21st century and how college students in the 21st century should view such forward-looking issues as the Internet. This made him realize that the 21st century is also a watershed in people's thinking.
Before the 21st century, conservative thinking was the mainstream of society, but by the 21st century, the mainstream of society immediately became how to keep up with the development and changes of the new century.
Even though it’s only been a year, society’s thinking patterns have already begun to change.
In Xu Yiyang's view, this is naturally a great thing. It proves that development and innovation have become what everyone desires most at this stage.
…
At noon, all teams participating in the competition arrived.
There is a lounge prepared for them backstage, one for each team. The specific order of the battle will have to be drawn on site.
Tong Yuewei tied her shoulder-length hair into a neat ponytail, put on the sportswear provided by Anta, and put her name tag on her chest.
There are three lines on the name tag, which read KOCS team, China Overseas International Studies University, and Tong Yuewei respectively.
This is the first time in two games that players have been given name tags, so everyone feels an unprecedented sense of solemnity and ceremony.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, spectators who had been waiting in line for a long time began to enter.
Most of the people who came to watch the game this time were college students. Of course, there were also some people from society who were interested in the game, but the proportion was not large.
Xu Yiyang cut off the channels for scalpers to get tickets from the beginning, so there were not many scalpers participating in this game, which ensured the rights of the viewers who really liked this game.
Soon, the venue of 5,000 people was packed.
Most of the audience were students from major universities, and many Chinese and overseas students also came. Among them, Gu Sijia, Ning Ruolin and some of Xu Yiyang's classmates all received complimentary tickets and came to cheer.
School leaders from China Overseas College were also invited to attend and sat in the VIP seats.
Tong Yuewei's parents and aunt also came, and Tong Fangquan even ran over to Xu Yiyang and told him: "Xiao Xu, our SMS portal and technical interface with Tengxun have been set up, and the mobile QQ service is expected to be online on the 3rd .”
Xu Yiyang smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Tong."
"It's not hard, it's not hard." Tong Fangquan whispered: "I heard a few young people in our company say that QQ is very popular now. If the mobile QQ business is launched, it may be able to generate one million messages a month. Fees have great potential to become our most profitable business. Why does it sound a bit unreliable to me? One million a month is too great, right? Do you think one million is reliable?"
"It's reliable." Xu Yiyang said with a smile: "But I think one million a month may be a bit conservative. Doing two million in the first month is not a big problem."
Tencent now has more than six million users, of which at least one-tenth, and possibly more than one-fifth, of them have mobile phones. Once this business is launched, it should not be a big problem to attract 200,000 users to subscribe. of.
Moreover, the information fee of 10 yuan per person per month is only a basic fee. If they reply to messages or receive excessive messages, the ARPU value of a single user, that is, the average income of users will be higher, and may even exceed 15 yuan per person. In that case , 200,000 people can contribute 3 million in information fees every month.
Tong Fangquan exclaimed and said: "Our China Overseas Telecom's total value-added business tasks this year are more than 100 million, which is 40 million more than last year's actual total. I was worried about where to get the 40 million to make up for it. According to you, it's too much Can mobile QQ handle half of the workload?"
At this stage, China Mobile mainly provides the most basic call and SMS services. Value-added services are limited by technical conditions. There is only one SMS value-added service, so it is indeed difficult to make any big breakthroughs.
Unlike later, Monternet suddenly opened the door to value-added services. Ring tones were the icing on the cake. Novels, comics, videos, and games were launched one after another. Value-added services even became the core business for operators to make money.
Therefore, in 2000, China Overseas Telecom's annual value-added business task volume of more than 100 million may seem small, but in fact it is already quite high. After all, it has only opened the tip of the iceberg of value-added business.
The total number of mobile phone users in Zhonghai is just over one million. Taking into account the increase this year, it is impossible to exceed two million. With a task volume of more than 100 million, on average, each mobile phone user costs at least dozens of dollars.
In other words, Tong Fangquan must at least make every mobile phone user subscribe to a value-added service worth five yuan per month, so that he can complete this year's task.
At first, he thought this was a fantasy, but now, he suddenly felt confident that Xu Yiyang had taken the lead in building this "Mobile QQ". If it was as Xu Yiyang said, it could reach two million a month, then it would be two million a year. Fourteen million!
Thinking of this, he sighed: "Oh, Xiao Xu, if this product can reach two million dollars per month, you will really help my uncle a lot!"
Xu Yiyang said hurriedly: "Uncle Tong, you helped my friend a lot in this matter, and I owe you a favor too!"
"No, no, no!" Tong Fangquan said, "If this product is completed, your friend and I will both owe you a huge favor!"
Xu Yiyang smiled and said: "Mutual benefits, let alone favors. If this thing comes to pass, my friend will also pay me a generous reward. If this reward is really received, I will also thank you!"
At this time, Song Xiaoman, who Xu Yiyang had recruited from the 4S store, saw him and waved to him from a distance.
Seeing her standing with a middle-aged man, Xu Yiyang nodded to her and said apologetically to Tong Fangquan: "Uncle Tong, please sit down first. I have something to deal with. I will go find you and Chen after the game starts." Aunt."
"Okay!" Tong Fangquan said with a smile, "Go and do your work first."
After saying goodbye to Tong Fangquan, Xu Yiyang walked up to Song Xiaoman. Song Xiaoman hurriedly introduced the middle-aged people around him and said, "Mr. Xu, this is Mr. Zheng, the general manager of Anta China Overseas Branch, Zheng Pengyu."
Xu Yiyang hurriedly stretched out his hand to him and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zheng! I am Xu Yiyang, you can just call me Xiao Xu."
Zheng Pengyu laughed and said: "Mr. Xu, I have wanted to see you for a long time, and I finally have the chance to see you today."
Xu Yiyang said with a smile: "I have always wanted to meet you. Are you satisfied with our strategic cooperation this time?"
"Satisfied, extremely satisfied!"
(End of chapter)