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

Chapter 213 Data is not a burden, it's an asset.
After hearing Chen Cheng's words, everyone fell into deep thought.

In terms of strategic vision, they are naturally no match for Chen Cheng.

After all, Chen Cheng was reborn, and he knew the trajectory of the next twenty years better than anyone else.

However, everyone can understand the current situation from Chen Cheng's analysis.

QQ is Tencent's Achilles' heel; if anyone dares to create a similar product, Tencent will fight them to the death.

If Renren.com were to develop its own client application now, it would be tantamount to actively becoming Tencent's biggest enemy.

Chen Cheng doesn't want to develop a client application for another reason. Just like his analysis of why Tencent couldn't succeed with Xiaonei.com, developing a client application for Xiaonei.com would be just as difficult; it simply lacked the necessary foundation from the start.

Almost all internet users across the country now have a QQ account, and almost everyone logs into QQ whenever they go online. It's safe to say that customers are unlikely to abandon QQ in the short term.

Therefore, even if Renren.com launches its own client, customers will at most open both clients, or simply not open the Renren.com client at all, but they will never abandon the QQ client.

Developing your own client would be pointless and ultimately useless to users, except for provoking Tencent. It would be a thankless task.

So he said to everyone, "Between the client and the lightweight application, we choose the latter. Therefore, we will no longer discuss the pros and cons of the client. Instead, we will focus on analyzing the problems of the lightweight application and solve its drawbacks one by one."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Chen Wei said, "It's not difficult to embed a friend list and chat page within the page. As for preventing accidental closure, that's also not difficult. We can add a confirmation function to the Renren page code. When the user closes the page, a prompt will pop up, and the user must click to confirm before closing. This will greatly reduce the probability of accidental closure."

"very good."

Chen Cheng praised, "This is the meaning of a team. Once the direction is set, everyone works together to solve all the problems that will arise in that direction."

Xiao Peng said, "I don't think there's a big problem with caching. HTTP caching is basically forced caching, so even if the browser is reopened, it won't be a problem as long as it's not restarted."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "That reduces one disadvantage."

After saying that, he suddenly remembered something and smiled, "Actually, our in-site chat has a very strong advantage that I don't know if you've noticed?"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. In-system chat had advantages? Compared to QQ, it felt like an ancient product; what advantages could it possibly have?
Seeing that no one could answer, Chen Cheng stopped being mysterious and said directly: "Our advantage is our in-app chat. All chat history is stored on the server. No matter where you log in or what day you log in, you can see the in-app messages you sent to others. QQ is different. Unless you don't change your computer, your chat history will not be saved once you change computers. That's our advantage."

Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

QQ currently does not offer a chat history roaming feature.

In reality, this so-called roaming is just cloud storage. In the early days, QQ did not save chat history between users in order to save its own server space. If users wanted to save it, they could only save it locally. If they were using the internet in an internet cafe, the system would be restored as soon as the computer was restarted or a system restore card was used, and no chat history would be left.

Later, Tencent launched a roaming feature, which was essentially still a paid service.

Chen Wei said, "Mr. Chen is right. Our internal messages are indeed stored on the server. If we make the chat function more user-friendly, we should be able to attract a number of users. However, this will increase our server storage costs considerably."

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "If we're only storing text, how much storage cost would that be? Even if someone is a great chatterbox and writes 50,000 words a day, it's only 0.2 MB. We can afford that."

Xiao Peng hurriedly asked, "Should we add this feature to the membership section? Only members can enjoy it."

Chen Cheng shook his head and said, "This feature should be positioned as a universally accessible feature so that all users can enjoy it."

At this point, Chen Cheng said seriously, "You need to realize that user data is never a burden or a liability to us, but an asset. The more user data we have, the less likely they are to leave us in the future, and the higher the cost of forcing them to leave. People like them, who regard user data as a major enemy of wasting money in order to save a little bit of cost, will realize their ignorance and shortsightedness sooner or later."
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On the first day of membership launch for Renren.com, many people were secretly monitoring the website's data.

Since Xiaonei.com did not disclose any information, Tencent, NetEase, and other internet companies all estimated Xiaonei.com's revenue by analyzing the proportion of members within a specific group. While their conclusions differed, they were generally above five million. Tencent's estimate of total revenue from first-day memberships and Xiaonei Show was at least seven million, making it the closest to the actual figure.

Seeing that the proportion of campus-based QQ Show users had reached at least 15%, Tencent immediately realized that suspending the development of QQ Show was a major strategic mistake.

Unexpectedly, the market potential for this product is so large. Even more unexpectedly, it was only temporarily shelved. I thought that no one but me would develop such a product, and that shelving it would just mean delaying its launch for a while. But to everyone's surprise, Xiaonei.com actually launched it a few days ago, and now it seems that sales are quite good.

The entire team was severely affected, feeling like they had gotten up early but arrived late.

The boss was the first to recover from his frustration. He immediately addressed everyone, saying, "Now is not the time for regrets. Our QQ Show can catch up quickly. But the most urgent task is to ensure the smooth launch of our Alumni Directory No. 3. Fortunately, we can continue developing our QQ Show so that it can be completely synchronized with the Alumni Show in the Alumni Directory. Users who buy a set of QQ Show can simply spend a little more money to synchronize it to the Alumni Directory!"

The product manager couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ma, since they're all part of our QQ ecosystem, will QQ Show items in the alumni directory still cost extra?"

"Of course!"

Without hesitation, Mr. Ma said, "Although they are all QQ Show items, having an additional channel for presentation will naturally cost more money. However, we will not charge the original price. If a user spends 20 Q coins on a full set of QQ Show items, then he only needs to pay an extra 4 Q coins to have the set synchronized. It will definitely be worth it for him."

The team members looked at each other, and many felt that this was a case of double charging, but since the boss had said so, no one said anything more.

Mr. Ma clapped his hands and encouraged everyone: "Now we still need to go all out to ensure that the third one goes online smoothly!"
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Li Dong, who was far away in Yanjing, had been keeping a close eye on the latest developments on Renren.com.

When he calculated that the revenue from Renren.com members and Renren Show had reached at least five million, he immediately reported this news to his boss.

After reporting the data, he said to his boss, "I think Xiaonei.com has already established its advantages and user stickiness. Even if Tencent launches its own product immediately, it will probably be difficult to shake Xiaonei.com's position. Moreover, Xiaonei.com's revenue capacity has exceeded expectations. It will definitely invest more funds in its own development and continue to expand its advantages. Tencent's Xiaonei.com product may not be able to keep up."

The team leader didn't expect that Xiaonei.com could be commercialized so quickly. Many websites take at least several months or even more than a year to gradually find the direction for commercialization, but Xiaonei.com has been online for less than a month.

This incredible speed of development has far exceeded his conventional understanding of internet products, and has made him start to take it seriously.

After a moment's hesitation, he said, "Regarding Renren.com, I did underestimate its potential. If we had discussed investing before it was commercialized, it would have been a very worthwhile deal. But now that it has just validated its judgment in commercialization, if we follow up immediately, we might be at a disadvantage in negotiations. Moreover, MIH of South Africa has always wanted to increase its shareholding in Tencent. We have the opportunity to sell our remaining shares at a very high price. If this cash-out is successful, it will be a very impressive investment case for our team. If we invest in Tencent's competitor now, it will inevitably have a certain impact on Tencent, and I'm afraid it won't look good for everyone."

Li Dong said, "Boss, it's not too late to follow up with Xiaonei.com now, because its founder originally planned to wait until the commercialization was verified before raising funds, so that it could have a higher valuation. Even if we contacted him before, he wouldn't talk to us in detail."

At this point, he added earnestly, "Now is actually the best opportunity to follow up. We need to show our sincerity, fully recognize the value and prospects of Xiaonei.com, give them a valuation that satisfies them, and complete the investment as soon as possible. That's the most important thing!"

The team leader nodded slightly and said, "Wait a moment, I'll make a call and ask."

As he spoke, he picked up his phone and made a call.

On the phone, he asked the other party, "Mr. Ma, when will Tencent's Xiaonei.com be launched? That Xiaonei.com is gaining momentum lately, you need to hurry up!"

"Launch on the 3rd? The 3rd of this month? That's the day after tomorrow! Great, great, fantastic! I hope your product will be a huge hit!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, he hung up the phone and said to Li Dong, "Tencent's alumni directory will launch on the 3rd, and they'll start promoting it tomorrow. Their CEO, Mr. Ma, is very confident. Let's wait and see how Tencent's alumni directory performs after its launch. If Tencent's alumni directory becomes an instant hit, then Xiaonei.com's future will be bleak."

Li Dong said with some surprise, "It's going online the day after tomorrow? That's really fast."

The team leader smiled and said, "Tencent has 100 million users. Who knows, the alumni directory might have over three million registered users on its first day of launch, and surpass Renren.com in scale within two days. Let's look forward to it together!"

(End of this chapter)