Since they are reborn, they must be supported by the school beauties.

Chapter 154 There's no way to compare, it's just not comparable.
The idea for this so-called "fishpond" product was something Chen Cheng came up with on the spur of the moment, inspired by Tang Jiakai.

He drew inspiration from the product architecture of "Xianyu".

As the largest personal second-hand trading platform in later generations, Xianyu has many original product features. Here, you can not only buy second-hand items from netizens all over the country, but also focus on a nearby community or a certain area to exchange and exchange second-hand items.

This product feature is called a fishpond.

Chen Cheng found the name very interesting. For a relatively serious company like Alibaba, "fishpond" could be considered their most relaxed and down-to-earth product feature, so Chen Cheng was very impressed with it.

He just suddenly realized that because of the popularity of Stephen Chow's movies in the early years, the "salted fish" culture among college students had been popular in China for a long time. Calling oneself a "salted fish" is not very elegant, but "idle fish" is very apt. Everyone likes to post nonsense when they have free time.

If you directly use the names "Xianyu" and "Fishpond" in your application, you're sure to gain the favor and approval of college students.

Then who will say I frequent forums or BBS? That's so outdated. These days, everyone's into "fish ponds" (online communities).

Forget about the Galo forum, how about we just hang out in the Galo fishpond instead?
Moreover, there's a popular term in online forums these days called "flooding" or "posting nonsense."

So, if a user is a "leisurely fish" (a user who spends their free time browsing and posting on other things), isn't that the perfect match?

Tang Jiakai was completely astonished by Chen Cheng.

He had never admired anyone at Jiangda University before, but Chen Cheng, a freshman, was the first.

The key point is that everything he described was too new, too interesting, and too powerful for him.

With this kind of product logic, it would be an injustice if Renren.com didn't become popular.

Moreover, if his "fishpond" strategy takes off, not only will the Galo Forum be affected, but countless university forums across the country will likely be swept away by the "fishpond" in one fell swoop.

At that moment, he also realized that the power of code can vary greatly depending on who holds it.

The founders and technical teams of countless campus forums are still single-mindedly cultivating their own small plot of land.

However, Chen Cheng's product logic could potentially wipe them all out. Online wars don't even require people to know each other, have any conflicts, or have any contact.

If I were to unleash a powerful attack, countless competitors thousands of miles away could die without even knowing why.

This is practically a code-based nuclear strike.

Overwhelmed with excitement, he immediately began to think, and then said to Chen Cheng, "With such a great product plan, we must develop it and test it as quickly as possible. I have some classmates I know well and who I have a good relationship with. Although they don't have Chen Wei's strong personal abilities, they are still top students in the computer science major at Jiangnan University, so their basic skills are guaranteed. Plus, you are an excellent product designer yourself. If you provide the direction, they will definitely be able to implement it well!"

Chen Cheng said happily, "That's great! If they are regular developers, I can give them a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan."

Tang Jiakai nodded: "This salary is already very high. Chen Wei, working for Yang Siqi, probably earns at most this much per month."

After saying that, he asked Chen Cheng, "Have you decided where to set up your office?"

Chen Cheng said, "Ideally, I could find a place on campus, but I'm new here and don't know any leaders. I don't know how to apply, or if there are any publicly available places that can be rented to students."

Tang Jiakai pondered, "Although the school is very large, the venue resources are really limited. Yang Siqi was able to apply for venues and equipment mainly because he has a good relationship with the leaders of the college, is the president of the student union, and has the endorsement of a product like the Galo Forum. He has advantages both publicly and privately. Apart from him, I can't find such connections. I guess you have an even greater chance."

Then, after thinking carefully for a moment, he said, "However, your campus network is indeed amazing. It's just that it has just been launched and its popularity is not high enough yet. Once it becomes more well-known, you can take the project introduction to the leaders of the college. They will definitely pay attention to it. Maybe they can approve an office space for you in the administration building. Moreover, our school has its own server center. You can host the server there, which will save you a lot of money compared to hosting it outside."

Chen Cheng shook his head: "Forget it. If the college agrees to grant me a venue, it will definitely want to take the opportunity to promote the campus network and define it as a Jiangnan University student entrepreneurship project to promote everywhere. I still want to keep a low profile and not be so ostentatious."

At this point, Chen Cheng added, "If it's a small website, it would definitely be very beneficial to put the server in the school's computer room. But if the campus network breaks through ten million users in the future, the school's computer room is simply not enough. If it can't handle the load, we'll have to move it out, and we'll probably have to shut down the service again. That would be too troublesome."

Chen Cheng recalled that in the early years, many internet companies frequently shut down and relocated their servers, which involved the physical relocation of servers, such as moving an entire data center from an inland city to Guangzhou or Shenzhen. Once a server was moved, the website would be down for at least a day. Fortunately, netizens were more tolerant in those days. Ten years later, if a website was down for even a day, users would criticize the company mercilessly.

The more data accumulates, the more difficult it becomes to migrate. Therefore, Chen Cheng plans to first entrust the currently rented servers to a professional service provider for hosting, and then start investing in purchasing his own servers and building his own data center.

Tang Jiakai was initially puzzled when he saw that Chen Cheng looked down on some of the school's convenient facilities. However, when he heard Chen Cheng talk about the troubles of relocating the school in the future, he realized once again that this junior was looking at things from a completely different perspective than him. While he was still thinking about tomorrow, Chen Cheng was already thinking about a year or even several years into the future.

That's foresight; there's no way to compare.

So he suggested, “If you don’t mind spending a little more money, I think you can find a more secluded second-floor shop in the commercial street. Most shops in the commercial street do good business and are expensive on the first floor, but there are usually not many people on the second floor. Some restaurants have two floors, but most of the time there are no customers on the second floor. If you set up a space for ten computers, it would probably only cost about two thousand yuan a month.”

After saying that, he added, "By the way, the price will definitely be higher than outside. If you rent a space of a few dozen square meters outside, it will probably only cost a few hundred yuan."

Without hesitation, Chen Cheng said, "Let's find someone at the school. It's close by, and it'll be easier for everyone to respond. Senior Tang, could you please help me contact some reliable technicians? We'll start with ten people. I'll take some time to go to the commercial street to see if there's a suitable venue." "No problem."

Tang Jiakai readily agreed: "I'll take some time to inquire about it, and I'll contact you anytime if there's any news."

"it is good!"
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After saying goodbye to Tang Jiakai, Chen Cheng rushed back to the third dormitory before the dormitory building closed.

Su Hexiang ran in just then, carrying a backpack. He recognized Chen Cheng from behind, put his arm around Chen Cheng's neck warmly, and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, how's your work going? Is there anything I can help you with?"

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "If you're not busy tomorrow at noon and in the evening, come back and do some basic services for everyone. When everyone gets busy and can't leave, you can help buy food, water, or something like that."

"Okay!"

Su Hexiang laughed and said, "Besides hanging out with you guys, I don't have anything else to do. You'll all be busy, and I'll be bored by myself."

Back in his dorm room, Chen Cheng opened the school's intranet backend again. Tang Jiakai quickly sent him his contact information, and Chen Cheng also sent him his account and granted him administrator privileges.

Tang Jiakai sent him a message in the background: "Let me check first to see if there are any security vulnerabilities. If there are, I will deal with them directly without touching user data or front-end functions."

"it is good!"

Chen Cheng didn't stand on ceremony with him, after all, he was now considered Chen Cheng's employee and partner.

At this time, the number of registered users on Renren.com had exceeded 10,000 and was still growing rapidly.

Chen Cheng browsed through some photos uploaded by users and found that, just as he remembered, most of the netizens' digital photos were taken with computer webcams, resulting in poor image quality, and many people's outfits were rather unconventional.

He asked his roommates, "Are there many internet cafes with computers that have webcams these days?"

Wang Yifei spoke first: "Not many. The internet cafe we ​​often go to only has three or five computers with webcams."

Kong Desheng said, "The webcam doesn't seem to be very useful. Currently, only MSN supports video chat, and QQ hasn't released this feature yet."

Liao Pengfei complained, "QQ is slow at everything. MSN supported video chat last year, but it still hasn't come out. I don't know why everyone uses QQ. MSN is obviously easier to use than QQ."

Chen Cheng listened to the conversation between the three and nodded thoughtfully.

MSN, such an old software, those three letters are both familiar and unfamiliar.

If Kong Desheng hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have heard of those three letters for at least a decade.

Looking back, MSN was actually popular for a while. In Chen Cheng's opinion, this instant messaging software from Microsoft was ruined because it didn't use phone numbers as user IDs, but rather email addresses.

This is a very annoying thing.

Since humans first came into contact with communication, the most familiar thing to them has been numbers.

The earliest telephones gradually evolved from five digits to seven or eight digits, and mobile phone numbers are also 11 digits. People have long been accustomed to using numbers as ID numbers.

Moreover, Chinese people have an obsession with the continuity of numbers, and even more so with numbers like 5689, so QQ numbers are what truly cater to the tastes of Chinese netizens.

Email addresses, a long string of letters and numbers, are utterly boring and incredibly troublesome.

Moreover, applying for a QQ number feels like a random lottery. If you get a lucky number, or even a triple number, you can be happy for months.

In comparison, MSN using a custom email address as an account is far inferior.

Chen Cheng suddenly thought that it would be great to add a photo-taking function to the school's intranet photo album. It could directly access the computer's webcam data and display an interface similar to a selfie camera, allowing users to take photos and upload them to the album with one click. This would definitely greatly increase the album's usage rate.

What if we could have video chat on the school's intranet?

After all, QQ won't have this feature until next year.

Once the Renren (校内网) friend system is established, the ability to video chat will definitely be a major selling point.

It would be even better if a simple beautification algorithm could be developed.

(End of this chapter)