Reborn in 1984: Starting with the Development of Chinese Character Cards Chapter 342 Saving Money is the Key On the morning of October 10th at 11:00 AM, Wujiang Group held a grand press conference at the Lujiazui International Convention Center to officially introduce itself to the public.

Zhang Xiaolong, as the president of WeChat, spoke on stage for the first time.

He highlighted the features of WeChat, then compared it with ICQ and Facebook, and concluded that WeChat will be the most suitable social networking software for Chinese people to use among acquaintances.

ICQ is a social networking platform for strangers, and ICQ friends usually do not tell each other their real identities and contact information.

Both WeChat and Facebook are social networking apps for acquaintances, but Facebook is more like a typical social media platform, which is more open. Anyone can browse Facebook's "Moments," just like on Weibo, where even people who are not your "friends" can comment and like posts, and your social relationships are also spread by the platform.

WeChat, on the other hand, is more closed, like a walled enclosure. Only your friends can see your Moments; outsiders cannot.

Deep down, Chinese people carry on the cultural traditions of feudal society, and most people regard their genuine social relationships as their own resources and do not want outsiders to know about them.

"After registering a WeChat account, the system will prompt you to enable phone contact permissions by default. Click 'OK,' and if your phone contact also happens to have registered a WeChat account, you can add them as your WeChat friend!"

"What are the benefits of adding someone as a WeChat friend? As we all know, we have to pay for phone calls or text messages, but after adding someone as a WeChat friend, you can connect to Wi-Fi on your phone and chat with them for free."

"WeChat not only has text and voice chat, but also video chat!"

Zhang Xiaolong explained.

Everyone was taken aback upon hearing this.

Mobile phones can now support video chat, that's amazing!

Zhang Xiaolong smiled, took out his phone, and said, "You heard me right, WeChat supports video chat. Let me demonstrate it for you! Oh, by the way, who do you want me to connect with?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below the stage began chanting "Zhao Ye's" name.

Zhang Xiaolong smiled upon hearing this: "Okay, then I'll connect with the boss. Luckily, he's one of my WeChat friends. Let me find him first... Okay, I found him. Click on him to enter the chat interface. See here a '+' crosshair? Click it to see more content, and then we'll see the 'video call' option. Click it to connect with the other party."

As he spoke, Zhang Xiaolong tapped "video call".

Zhao Ye was watching the live stream when everyone started urging Zhang Xiaolong to have a video call with him, so he took out his phone beforehand.

The two quickly connected online.

Through Zhang Xiaolong's phone screen, it can be seen that Zhao Ye is currently in the office.

At this moment, the press conference venue erupted in cheers!

WeChat really does support video calls!!!

Everyone was immediately thrilled!

"Chairman Zhao, hello, this is Zhang Xiaolong. I am currently at the press conference of Wujiang Group. Would you like to say hello to the guests here?" Zhang Xiaolong greeted them, then half-squatted down and pointed his phone screen at himself and the guests below the stage.

"Of course!" Zhao Ye nodded with a smile, then waved to everyone, "Hello, I'm Zhao Ye. Welcome to Wujiang Group's press conference. I also hope that everyone will support and like WeChat!"

Upon hearing this, everyone responded in turn.

"No problem, absolutely!"

"WeChat is amazing! It can even make video calls. It's definitely going to be a hit!"

"Hehehe, just because sending text messages on WeChat is free, I have to support it! What's more, WeChat also has voice and video functions, it's ridiculously powerful! If I add all my phone contacts to WeChat, I'll save a lot on phone bills in the future. I'm so damn smart!"

"Indeed! My phone bill is at least fifty yuan a month, sometimes even more than 100 yuan. If WeChat had existed earlier, my phone bill wouldn't be so high!"

"..."

Zhang Xiaolong's evasive introduction is how one can enjoy WeChat's free features.

In reality, most of the time there's no Wi-Fi available. In these situations, users can only use mobile data, which costs money and isn't cheap.

Once you become addicted to smartphones, you'll find yourself constantly running out of data.

At first, 20 or 30 MB of data might seem like a lot, but later on, even tens of GB of data might not be enough.

However, this does save many people money on phone bills. Just for this reason, many people download WeChat, and WeChat will experience exponential growth because users will spontaneously recommend WeChat to their relatives and friends. In this way, everyone has WeChat, and people will avoid making phone calls and use WeChat to communicate instead. Isn't that great?

Saving money is a fine traditional virtue of the Chinese people!

Therefore, if WeChat uses "saving on phone bills" as its breakthrough point, it will definitely become popular in China very quickly.

Indeed, that is the case.

By noon, tens of thousands of smartphone users, who had been waiting for a long time, entered the HarmonyOS store to download it.

Of course, Wujiang Group wouldn't leave its advantages untapped; it directly sent a WeChat advertising text message to all smartphone users in China. Simultaneously, Wujiang Group mobilized vast internet resources for comprehensive, all-encompassing promotion.

The sheer volume of WeChat advertisements on the internet is striking.

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