QQ Show

Wuhan University.

"Brother Lin, Sina's team removed the UC's advertisements."

"Why?"

"They said UC's performance data hasn't been good these days."

"They've only run the ads for a few days, and our data is already doing well."

"Also, the follow-up investment they promised won't proceed for now."

"Are they trying to stage a coup?"

"No."

"Hmph, 'no'? It's clear they're after our controlling stake. Thought Sina was something special and that I clutched onto a big thigh. Didn't expect all these giants to be cut from the same cloth."

"Brother Lin, Sina mentioned that Tencent has taken action."

"What can Tencent do in such a short time? They can't just copy our UC Show."

"It seems they've really copied it."

Lin Qifeng's expression changed.

He immediately opened his computer and downloaded the latest version of QQ. On the screen, the latest QQ feature was prominently displayed: QQ Show.

...

At noon, after class, Chen Yu received a call from Wang Chang.

"Little Brother Chen, you're amazing. You guessed right."

"Guessed what?"

"Haven't you logged into QQ?"

"I'm in class. I can't be on QQ every day."

"Alright, I'll just tell you directly. Tencent has really copied UC Show."

"QQ Show?"

"Yes, QQ Show. I didn't expect Tencent to move so quickly. I thought it would take several months to develop this feature, but they managed to do it in just a week."

"This feature isn't that complicated. If they put their mind to it, they could develop it in a week."

"However, while it's similar to UC Show, QQ Show is a paid service. I don't have the data yet, so I don't know how their pricing will work."

"You'll find out soon."

Chen Yu smiled.

QQ Show was one of the early revenue generators for QQ. Leveraging QQ Show, Tencent managed to overcome a prolonged period of financial tightness. According to the historical trajectory, QQ Show was supposed to be launched later, and their main source of funds should have come from the partnership with China Mobile's Monternet. However, due to UC's unexpected entry, QQ Show was introduced.

"As for the instant messaging sector, let's not focus on that for now, Sis. There's an important task ahead for the website."

"What's the important task?"

"Expanding the sections."

"Expanding again?"

"Yes, the homepage's information is too simple, and we need to create dedicated gaming sections. Moreover, we must improve the secondary pages for each gaming section. These secondary pages will include industry news, image galleries, forums, game videos, celebrity interviews, and more."

"My goodness, do we need to create a secondary page for each game?"

"Yes. Of course, the secondary pages for each game can share a common template."

"That's not too bad. If we had to design a unique template for each game, it would be exhausting. But, Little Brother, 5173 has been very active lately, with site expansions, hiring players to write guides as Manager Zhang mentioned. Do you have enough funds for all this?"

"Don't worry; it's not a problem."

Chen Yu reassured Wang Chang not to worry, and he promised that the development costs for site expansions would be separate.

"How about it, Jian Ge? How did contacting the major gaming workshops go?"

After hanging up the phone, instead of going home, Chen Yu went to the office. After having a quick meal with Zhang Jianming, he inquired about the morning's situation.

"We've contacted the major workshops, and we've received over 100 articles."

"Wow, they write so fast?"

"Money talks."

Zhang Jianming laughed. "You're so generous with your payments. Some of them can't even earn a hundred yuan in a day, and you're paying them 100 or even 200 for a single article. They've put their gaming aside and are writing posts for you."

"No problem. As long as the post content is high-quality, a few hundred yuan is nothing."

"A few hundred yuan? Today, we've already spent nearly 10,000 yuan."

"No worries, no worries."

Chen Yu was also taken aback.

He didn't expect content development to be so costly.

It had just begun, and they'd already spent 10,000 yuan.

What was more critical was that they'd only received a little over 100 articles.

"Oh, Wang Pangzi sent me a message."

"Does he have articles too?"

"Yes, he sent me more than ten. This guy is even more productive than any workshop."

"No problem, it doesn't matter who writes it. We don't have any grudges with Wang Pangzi, and he's a good guy."

"I know."

Zhang Jianming opened Wang Pangzi's QQ chat. "Boss Zhang, are you there?"

"Brother Pang, can't we chat normally now? Why do you have to call me 'Boss Zhang' all the time?"

"Hehe, you're not 'Boss Zhang' anymore. So, um, are you still accepting articles?"

"Yes, we are. What's up?"

"I have some articles. The only thing is, there are quite a few."

"How many?"

"About 50 or so."

"My goodness, where did you find time to write so many articles? You didn't just write them haphazardly, did you?"

"Why would I? I wrote all of them myself. You'll see when you look at them. I sent you my email address."

Zhang Jianming logged into his email.

Sure enough, Wang Pangzi had sent a compressed file.

He downloaded the file, and it contained a series of posts about The Legend of Mir 2.

"Comprehensive Guide to Wizard Skills in Legend."

"Comprehensive Guide to Taoist Skills in Legend."

"Comprehensive Guide to Warrior Skills in Legend."

"Newcomer's Guide to Legend."

"Introduction to Special Equipment in Legend."

"Siege Guide in Legend."

"PvP Tips in Legend."

"Legend..."

He counted them—neither too many nor too few, exactly 50 posts.

"Brother Pang, where did you get all these articles?"

"I told you, I wrote them."

"I know, but how did you write so many posts all at once? You didn't copy them from someone else, did you?"

"Try searching on Baidu, see if anyone else wrote something identical to mine."

Zhang Jianming did a quick search but didn't find any matches.

This proved that the articles Wang Pangzi sent were original.

"All right, how much do you plan to sell these posts for?"

"Weren't they priced at 100 each before?"

"But you have so many of them."

"Can't I write more? These articles represent my hard work. You don't know that I've been writing these articles since I started playing 'Legend.'"

"Why did you write these articles?"

"Of course, to set up a gaming workshop."

"Uh, do you need to be so professional?"

"If you're not professional, how can you make it? Back then, we were working together, but if you guys left, who could I rely on? I had to learn some things myself. All the new hires I have now must read my 'Legend' guides from start to finish."

"Brother Pang, you're quite something."

At this point, Zhang Jianming also admired Wang Pangzi.

Despite being a shrewd person, his abilities were indeed top-notch.

"Are you accepting them?"

Zhang Jianming looked at Chen Yu.

"We'll take them all."

Chen Yu had also reviewed the articles sent by Wang Pangzi.

He had to admit that they were exceptionally professional.

It was no wonder this guy managed to run a gaming workshop so successfully after Chen Yu left.

Without a doubt, he had real skills. It wasn't something just anyone could accomplish.

"Great."

"Brother Pang, we'll take them all. I'll transfer the payment to your account later."

"Okay, I've got things to do for now."

Another 5,000 yuan spent.