The small-scale discussion sparked by Star Chat did not attract the attention of many people, let alone alarm giants like Penguin, who cared more about the game rankings launched by the Xingyuan application platform than Star Chat.

From the moment Xingyuan Application Platform 2.0 was launched, Penguin has been paying attention to the game rankings.

In just 7 hours, the national list of game rankings on the Xingyuan application platform has been refreshed nearly 10,000 times. The change was so fast that even Penguin’s senior executives were stunned.

Currently, there are only over 5 million users of the Xingyuan application platform upgraded to 2.0, which is only a drop in the bucket compared to the regular users of Penguin's products.

But these users’ enthusiasm for game rankings far exceeded Penguin’s imagination.

For this reason, Penguin executives even directly organized a countermeasures group to discuss it.

"Tell me! What do you think of the game rankings on the Xingyuan application platform?" asked the leader of the countermeasures team.

"Team leader, I personally think this is just because the players were moved by the money offensive of Xingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. After all, except for some online game leagues, there is no precedent for paying players." A middle-aged man wearing glasses

said.

"I don't think it's that simple. You have to know that even the leagues of large-scale online games are only for high-end players. There are few opportunities for ordinary players to participate in game competitions and get rewards." A capable man in his early 30s

the woman said.

"I agree. I think the ranking list of Xingyuan Application Platform is like the CF Hundred Cities League launched by our company last year. Their goal is to fully mobilize registered users to participate in the game." said Zhang Jian, an old acquaintance of Luo Fan.

“It’s not easy for the boss of Xingyuan Technology Co., Ltd. to mobilize players’ enthusiasm in this way!

Lao Zhang, you've talked to him before, what's your impression of him?" the team leader asked.

"To be honest, it was pretty average. I went to him for the patents in his company's name.

My first impression of this young man was not good. He was too immature. He asked me, Meng Xianbin from Alibaba, and Yu Yin from Baidu to meet, and he talked to us about two patents in front of us, without any inconvenience.

Consider whether we will join forces to lower the price.

Moreover, his patent is still placed in the name of the company, so that we can find it at a glance, instead of taking the approach of personally holding the patent and licensing it to the company.

Taking the above two points into consideration, I think he is still a little immature in terms of business operations.

But this young man is very thoughtful and capable. The two mobile games 2048 and Fruit Ninja are both excellent, and I heard that he wrote those two patents himself."

"But I heard that he studied economics instead of computers! How did he know how to program?" the team leader asked.

"Based on my investigations during this period and reports from the official media, I feel that his programming is most likely self-taught," Zhang Jian replied.

"Is it possible to learn to this level by self-study?" the capable woman asked, stunned for a moment.

"He was able to get into 211 without any English score. This shows that his IQ is different from ordinary people, and it is not surprising that he can be self-taught." Zhang Jian said.

"Is this the legendary genius?"

"maybe!"

"Do you think it is possible to recruit such talents into our company?"

"Geniuses are all arrogant. Now that his Xingyuan application platform is booming, it is unlikely to win over him." Zhang Jian thought for a while and said.

"I think so, and rather than dragging him directly to our company, I think financing his company is a better choice," the team leader said.

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At the same time, in Luo Fan's office, Xu Jiale and Cao Shuai were chatting with Luo Fan about Xingchao.

"Boss, is your idea of ​​Star Chat really just a built-in social software to match the game?" Xu Jiale asked straight to the point.

"Brother Xu, what do you think the positioning of Xingchao should be?" Luo Fan asked.

"It's definitely impossible to compete head-on with Penguin, but we can learn from Weibo, avoid its edge, and open up a battlefield in another field!" Before Xu Jiale could speak, Cao Shuai spoke first.

"Another field? Which one specifically?" Luo Fan continued to ask.

"Business, I think our Star Chat should be positioned for business people. Currently, Penguin is mainly focused on social networking for young adults. There has not been much action in the more professional business social networking field. We can take the opportunity to seize the opportunity from this aspect." Xu Jiale said.

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"I think so too. Currently, we have Weibo for collective social networking and YY for real-time voice in games. It is impossible for StarChat to start from these two aspects.

Therefore, the most suitable direction is business social networking, and our face-to-face group building is very suitable for promoting this aspect.

Imagine that two companies have just signed a contract and want to know each other's work progress at all times. Isn't the best way to set up a group chat like this? You can ask questions in the group anytime and anywhere." Cao Shuai agreed.

"If we can add a file transfer function to our group to transfer some ppt or documents, it will be more convenient and more suitable for us to develop in this area."

"Yes, I can add..."

The two of them were talking to each other, which made Luo Fan feel dizzy.

"Okay! I understand what you are thinking, but at this stage, there is only one development direction for Star Chat, and that is - in-game voice.

Any action we take now may attract the attention of others. At this stage, it is because the game rankings help us attract the attention of most people, otherwise there would have been a big problem long ago.

Since you all came here to ask questions today, I will simply tell you that my future plan for Star Chat is to occupy about 20% of the social market.

With penguins here, our limit is about 20%. In fact, if it exceeds 10%, it is considered a success.

As you can imagine, my positioning of Star Chat is also business, but in addition to business, I also want to develop Star Chat in an education-related direction.

My goal is that in the future, every class in every school will use our Star Chat to communicate.

Office workers cannot do without our Star Chat for work-related social interactions, do you understand what I mean?"

Xu Jiale and Cao Shuai looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

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