MTL - Back To 1995-Chapter 56 quick fix

   Chapter 56

   As an Internet developer, there is nothing more exciting than a cross-generational product coming out of your own hands.

These few recruited developers who are responsible for developing Hotmail mailboxes have this feeling now. The previous e-mail products are almost complementary to each other. Whether it is registration or sending, it is very complicated, even changing computers. Unusable.

  Especially the office computers of major companies are all equipped with firewalls, which even make it impossible to log in to the e-mail. Now Song Yang is going to launch the Hotmail mailbox, which is a new concept of mailbox!

  Song Yang put a plan in front of Joe Tus, "Currently, the mainstream email products are all charged and have various restrictions. Even if you change a computer, you can't log in!"

"The Hotmail mailbox we are going to launch is a brand-new mailbox. After registration, you can anonymously access the Hotmail mailbox in the web browser of any computer, and register for free use. In addition, it provides email attachment virus scanning and mailbox search. Waiting for service!"

Song Yang proposed a new set of mailbox design and concept. Joetus looked at the plan in his hand, and his heart was greatly shocked. Wang An's company now has an email service business. He can even imagine that once the Hotmail mailbox is launched, Some e-mail products are afraid that they will be hung up and beaten.

Not to mention anything else, just one free one can definitely call those paid mailboxes, not to mention the mailboxes that provide 10M storage space when they come up, which is too attractive compared to those e-mails that only charge 2M space. too much.

   As for other web page logins, virus scanning, etc., not to mention, allowing users to choose between Hotmail mailboxes and other mailboxes, as long as they are not blind, they can know which one to choose.

  Song Yang and Chotus had a long conversation with Willis and other development engineers in the small office, and then went to the side office.

After    entered, Chotus was a little silent, still thinking about the Hotmail mailbox he saw just now, because Wang An's company has mailbox business, he can think of more.

The previous e-mail has many restrictions on charges, so it has not become the mainstream in the Internet industry. After the emergence of Hotmail, it is likely to change this situation. Telegrams, faxes, etc. may all disappear completely because of it. !

After all, compared to the tedious telegrams and faxes, e-mails are much more convenient, especially Hotmail e-mails. As long as you log in to the computer and log in to the Hotmail e-mail account in the browser, you can check and send e-mails to any object. It can be imagined that it will set off a storm in the office industry.

However, Joetus still has some questions he wants to ask Song Yang, "Song, you must know that the cost of e-mail is much higher than that of search and other services, and even comparable to the cost of browsers, but it is profitable. The level is far from these businesses, especially since Hotmail mailboxes still provide so many services, how will Hotmail mailboxes make profits in the future?!”

  Song Yang smiled, "President Joetus, have you forgotten, where you are now, which company is below?"

  Song Yang's meaning is very clear. He started his business by double-clicking the company. He didn't insert any advertisements in his Hotmail mailbox. Song Yang felt sorry for himself.

   But for Song Yang's answer, Qiaotus just looked at Song Yang. With this statement, it is enough to fool others, but it is not enough to fool Joetus.

E-mail is not a browser, so just open it and take a look. The mainstream groups who use e-mail must be for office use. These people open their e-mail only to see the emails sent to themselves by their boss, colleagues and customers. Nothing to see what ads!

   Seeing Joetus' expression, Song Yang restrained his smile and said to Joetus, "President Joetus, the most important thing in the Internet industry now is not profit, but traffic and number of users!"

  Jotus was stunned for a moment. Song Yang's words seemed to have lifted the mysterious veil of the current Internet industry, revealing a red fruit industry to him.

What kind of revenue and what kind of Internet concept are all bullshit. Now, as long as a website can attract users to register and increase the traffic of daily traffic, who is the darling of the market, making money is a matter of the future, and now it is to make the cake bigger Say it again!

"As long as Hotmail mailboxes can occupy the e-mail industry and have 3 million, 5 million or even 10 million users, what will be the impact if Hotmail mailboxes are diverted to Yahoo, Netscape or other products?!" Song Yang said. said Chotus.

Chotus took a deep breath. He couldn't imagine what the scene would be, but he knew that Hotmail really had 10 million users. No matter how much money it lost, companies all over the world would be rushing to get it. , Whether it is an Internet company or not, as long as you get the Hotmail mailbox, you can get 10 million users. Which company is not interested.

Think about what product to promote, send an email advertisement directly to all Hotmail mailbox users, even if the traffic monetization rate is low, it can attract tens of millions of users, which is more expensive than advertising on TV. But it is much lower. As long as there are users, are you afraid that you will not find a way to make money?

   "What do you need Wang An Company to do?" Joe Tus asked Song Yang.

   "Funding, Technicians, Email Patents!"

Joe Tus thought for a moment and said, "Three million dollars, Wang An Company wants to get 40% equity of Hotmail mailbox, and can provide 30 software engineers for the Hotmail mailbox project. Wang An Company holds transmission, encryption, 17 patents such as graphics and texts can also be transferred to Hotmail in exchange for 10% of Hotmail's equity!"

  Song Yang looked at Joe Tus, he was really rude, he really gave a "rookie contract", it was catching the rookie and trying to smash the wool.

"impossible!"

  Song Yang refused without thinking, "President Joe Tus, this time I'm looking for you to work with you because of the last time, but Hotmail can choose from not only Wang An's company!"

   "Five million dollars, Hotmail mailbox can be transferred to Wang An's 20% equity, and the patent transfer can be exchanged for 10% of the equity, this is the limit of what I can do!" Song Yang said to Joe Tus.

  Jotus couldn't help being a little silent. Song Yang gave Hotmail a valuation of up to $25 million as soon as he came up, which is much higher than the mainstream mailboxes on the market today.

   looked at Song Yang a few times, Joetus shook his head and smiled, and he sighed a little, now that Song Yang is really different from the last time.

   "Song, you can enter the first team now, you are no longer a rookie!" Chotus stretched out his hand and said, which is to agree with Song Yang's conditions.

Does the development of Hotmail require five million dollars? Chotus finds a few rookies to spend half a year or a year and spends three hundred thousand dollars to develop it, but the key is creativity, which is proposed by Song Yang Yes, Qiaotus knew that Song Yang would not find any company to cooperate with Wang An and offer a higher price, and the other party would not refuse at all!

  Song Yang took it out, asked Irene to prepare a drink in advance, and poured a glass for Chotus, "President Chotus, I said, we will become collaborators!"

  Jotus nodded, then glanced at the two busy office areas outside, turned back and said to Song Yang, "Song, as a collaborator, do you need to tell me about your other new projects?!"

Song Yang didn't expect Joetus to have such a keen sense of smell, but Song Yang would not reveal it easily. Now that we have the Internet industry, we are all about creativity. One step ahead is one step ahead. Now Hotmail and ICQ are both confidential and we have to wait until After the development is completed and it is launched to the market, publicity and promotion will be carried out.

   "There are some unimportant small projects. When the time comes, President Chotus will know!"

   Seeing that Song Yang was reluctant to say more, Qiaotus could only sigh, Song Yang kept such secrets, obviously the so-called "small projects" were more valuable than Hotmail mailboxes.

This made Joetus sigh, he didn't know how Song Yang came up with these ideas, digital advertising, webmail, and now there is a mysterious project. Joetus really didn't know what Song Yang would do in the future. No matter what else, Chotus is sure that America, the Internet stadium, will definitely have a place for a rookie like Song Yang in the future!

   "Wang An's company will cooperate with the Hotmail mailbox. We hope this project can be completed as soon as possible!" Joe Tus said to Song Yang when he got up.

Once it is determined to invest in Hotmail mailboxes, Wang An's mailbox business will have to be adjusted, and even some businesses will have to be abandoned, but once Hotmail mailboxes really become the overlord of the e-mail industry, relying on this project, Wang An The company is big enough to make a fortune, and his reputation as Jotus will be even more prosperous!

After   Jotus left, Song Yang called in Wesley, who was in charge of two new projects.

   "Jotus and Wang An have agreed to invest in Hotmail mailboxes. Funds and technical personnel will arrive soon. I hope this project can be completed within two months!"

Now it is almost mid-July 1995, Song Yang wants to make Hotmail mailboxes as soon as possible, and then promote them, blow up the balloon of Hotmail mailboxes, and wait until Christmas to attract at least tens of millions of users of Hotmail mailboxes. Okay, then there will be a big gold owner who will come to the door to take the order.

   (end of this chapter)