Urban God-level Youth-Chapter 550 - 552 Toll System

Luo Junliang hurriedly stood up and extended his hand when he saw Qin Hao and Chang Jing enter, "Mr. Qin, it's a pleasure to meet you. I've long admired your reputation."

Qin Hao shook hands with him politely and said with a smile, "Mr. Luo, you're too polite. I used to watch movies on your company's AiKu Video when I was in high school."

Luo Jun laughed heartily, "That's my honor."

He then greeted Chang Jing warmly, "Mr. Chang, hello. They say Xinghai Company has an exceptionally talented and beautiful CEO, and indeed the reputation is well-deserved."

After Qin Hao sat down, he said to him, "Mr. Luo, please have a seat."

All three were seated, and Chang Jing's secretary poured some water before excusing herself.

Luo Junliang took a sip of the tea and said with a smile, "Good tea. If I'm not mistaken, this should be authentic Tieguanyin tea from An County in Nanjia Province."

After speaking, he looked at Qin Hao, wanting to know if he had guessed correctly.

Qin Hao cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Luo, I don't understand much about tea. I'll let Mr. Chang explain."

Luo Junliang was taken aback, damn it, he had tried to brown-nose but ended up complimenting the wrong person.

Chang Jing's lips curved into a faint smile as she said, "Mr. Luo is right, this is indeed authentic Tieguanyin tea from An County in Nanjia Province. It seems you have a good understanding of tea."

Luo Junliang quickly explained, "I'm not very knowledgeable about tea myself, I've just had this kind a few times."

Now that Qin Hao didn't know about tea, further boasting about his own knowledge would only embarrass Qin Hao.

Qin Hao spoke up, "Mr. Luo, let's discuss the main topic directly. If you like this tea, I'll have Mr. Chang send you some later."

Luo Junliang nodded, "Good, then I'll thank you in advance, Mr. Qin. I've come to discuss a potential cooperation with your Xingyu Network Communication Company. I have a question for you, Mr. Qin. Will Star Domain Network charge fees in the future?"

Qin Hao replied affirmatively, "Star Domain Network will never charge its users."

Luo Junliang continued his line of questioning, "Then, how many users can Star Domain Network handle at most before it reaches its limit?"

Qin Hao said, "Mr. Luo, you don't have to worry about that. Even if everyone in the world used Star Domain Network at the same time, it wouldn't affect the network's speed."

At these words, Luo Junliang was taken aback. Support for the entire global population to be online simultaneously without an issue? What kind of powerful processors would that require?

If Star Domain Network continued to be free forever, then its user base would be extremely vast and terrifying, easily occupying the global market wouldn't be a problem.

If Tenglong Group had built its internet empire with TT social software, then Qin Hao now would build an even more formidable internet empire with the edge provided by Star Domain Network.

This would overturn the old internet structure and create a completely new internet landscape.

Qin Hao's rocket car was about to take off, and now was an excellent opportunity to get on board. Once aboard, the situation might change entirely.

Luo Junliang had pondered long into the previous night. His AiKu Video had always been overshadowed by the video platforms of the three giants. Although his product was good, those giants had already divided up the traffic, leaving him with only the scraps.

Many internet companies like his were suffocated by the pressure from the three giants.

Just when you showed signs of rising on the internet, either you were acquired by Tenglong Group or Amao Net Shopping. If you didn't agree, you would face unbearable suppression.

These two giants would never just watch a new internet company rise as it would affect their interests and status.

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Luo Junliang looked at Qin Hao and asked, "I've come here today to seek cooperation with Mr. Qin. How can I get Star Domain Network to open its services to AiKu Video for free?"

Qin Hao replied with a smile, "As long as it doesn't conflict with any software under Xingyu Company, anyone who wishes to cooperate is welcome. However, I do not accept cooperation from companies in the fields of social software, e-commerce, and search engines.

In order to enhance user experience, all internet companies that cooperate with Star Domain Network must enable login through Xinghai Social Software."

Luo Junliang nodded slightly. He was involved in video apps, and he didn't have the capacity to dabble in other sectors—that was a game for the big players.

He felt that Star Domain Network's offer couldn't be so straightforward, "Mr. Qin, are there any other conditions?"

Qin Hao said with a smile, "I invested fifty billion in the development of Star Domain Network, and most of it is already spent. If Mr. Luo's app wants to use the services of Star Domain Network for free, some network maintenance fees will be required."

Indeed, Star Domain Network was open to all users for free, but Qin Hao did not intend to offer it for free to these internet companies.

Although Star Domain Network's staff was small, their monthly payroll alone exceeded a million, not to mention the salaries of the software developers. Future company expansion and staff recruitment all needed funding.

Both Chang Jing and Luo Junliang were stunned upon hearing this. Paying network maintenance fees? Wasn't it supposed to be free?

Luo Junliang asked, "Mr. Qin, could you please elaborate?"

Chang Jing was also curious as she looked at Qin Hao; she had never heard him speak of these network maintenance fees before.

It was only now that Qin Hao had thought of it – offering free services to these internet companies without charging them anything was not such a good deal.

He thought for a moment and said, "For video apps like Mr. Luo's, I've tentatively decided to charge based on the number of monthly active users.

For example, if AiKu Video app has fewer than one hundred thousand monthly active users, no fees will be charged.

If there are between one hundred thousand and five hundred thousand, we will charge one hundred thousand in network maintenance fees per month; from five hundred thousand to one million, we will charge five hundred thousand per month; for one million to five million monthly active users, the charge will be one million per month.

From five million to ten million, the fee will be three million per month; for ten million to fifty million, it will be five million per month.

For fifty million to one hundred million, we will charge ten million per month in maintenance fees, and for apps with traffic over one hundred million, we will charge twenty million per month."

Chang Jing and Luo Junliang were dumbfounded by his detailed charging system, utterly shocked.

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It was as if he had invented a whole new network charging mechanism.

Previously, the three major carriers charged ordinary users for internet access. Now, Qin Hao was charging the companies behind the apps that users log into.

This was truly pioneering.

Chang Jing looked at Qin Hao with tremendous astonishment. How did he come up with this? She really wanted to

As for the maintenance fee, it could be said to be very low. Last month, AiKu Video had over two million active users. According to Qin Hao's charging system, they would have to pay one million in maintenance fees per month.

One million was not much at all for an app with over a million in traffic.

Due to decent traffic, AiKu Video alone made over five million in advertising revenue each month, so one million in network maintenance fees was trivial.

Apps with over a hundred million in traffic were just TT software and Amao Net Shopping's e-commerce platform on the internet. The value they generated was not something that could be measured by mere twenty million, with traffic over a hundred million alone valuing venture capital companies at tens of billions of Federation coins.

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