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Chapter 611 Heartbeat Stops
"...It feels quite strange. Christmas has already passed for three days."
After saying happy, Lin Yao immediately took off the Santa hat on her head and threw it aside, complaining as if she had just been forced to work.
Mu Wanqing chuckled and shook her head.
"Is there something wrong?"
After the joke.
Lin Yao straightened her expression, then raised her head and asked.
Mu Wanqing usually only looked for her during this time period when she had something to do.
"Recently, many people have sent invitations."
Mu Wanqing also straightened her expression, took out the information in her arms, and handed it to Lin Yao: "Take a look."
Lin Yao took the information handed over by Mu Wanqing, flipped it open and took a look, then was slightly startled.
"Chain supermarkets?"
She raised her head and looked at Mu Wanqing with some surprise: "They should know that there is a service fee for accessing WeChat, right? According to the sales of large chain supermarkets, this is a lot of money."
"I asked specifically, and they understand."
Mu Wanqing nodded: "But they still insist on accessing WeChat's QR code payment."
Lin Yao pondered for a moment and said softly: "It seems that the other party thinks this is the general trend. Instead of struggling to support it, it is better to take the initiative to embrace it and be the first to reach a cooperative relationship with Linmu Studio and enjoy the traffic dividend of WeChat..."
Yes.
The QR code payment function was officially pushed for update in the early morning of the 23rd and was first applied online.
In just a few days, some merchants have already responded and want to connect Linmu Studio's QR code payment to their own payment system.
Among them.
There is also a famous chain supermarket.
"It should be...what about it? Do you need to agree?"
Mu Wanqing asked: "If it can be connected, our QR code payment will quickly expand its territory."
"No agreement."
Lin Yao closed the document in her hand and put it on the table, without any hesitation: "Be polite and reply that the security has not been verified for the time being, and ask the other party to wait patiently."
"...Well, why?"
Mu Wanqing agreed first, and then asked curiously.
"QR code payment is indeed risky."
Lin Yao explained: "We can hold ourselves to strict standards, but an emerging technology without unified standards can easily become a gray area, especially when it comes to money.
We use QR code payment in first-party products, so we can control the risks anyway and let users use it with peace of mind, but once it is expanded to third parties, it may not be the case."
"This is also the reason why I insisted on limiting QR code payment to first-party products in the early stage. In addition, for competitors, our actions too fast are not a good thing. It is very easy to become a monopoly oligarchy, which is not what we want to see.
Let other competitors follow up first. Since the main focus of Linmu Studio's WeChat is security, we should always use security as a selling point."
Mu Wanqing listened carefully to Lin Yao's words and nodded slightly.
Lin Yao smiled.
In fact, there is one thing she didn't say.
That is.
According to the development trajectory of her previous life.
It is estimated that QR code payment will soon usher in a heavy blow.
No.
Maybe it should not be called a heavy blow, but a security assessment.
This is normal, such a way to completely subvert the previous payment system.
It would be strange to watch it develop in an unordered manner.
A unified safety standard.
It is necessary in every aspect.
"Also, Miss Mu, please prepare it."
Lin Yao slightly raised her snow-white chin and suddenly looked at Mu Wanqing.
"You say." Mu Wanqing lowered her head.
Lin Yao thought for a while and said, "Please tell Li Qi to sort out the detailed introduction, management system, operation process, etc. of QR code payment, as well as our own QR code payment information transmission standards, payment tokenization technology application, QR code timeliness, third-party transaction limits, transaction verification, etc., and compile them into a file." "
Also, ask him to write in more detail, preferably without any omissions, and take 200% seriousness!"
"Ah? Isn't this our internal management plan?"
Mu Wanqing was a little surprised: "Why do we have to compile it into a book?"
The black silk glasses girl couldn't figure it out.
"I want to defect and take the documents to surrender to the enemy."
Lin Yao smiled brightly at her and said mischievously.
"..."
Mu Wanqing glanced at Lin Yao, and then said unhappily: "Okay, tell me who your next employer is? I'll defect with you."
Lin Yao pretended to be surprised and said: "Really? The famous Manager Mu of Linmu Studio is willing to defect to the enemy with a nobody like me?"
"Yes."
Mu Wanqing stretched out her hand and pinched Lin Yao's soft cheek, and said firmly: "I'll go wherever you go!"
"...Let go, let go, your hands are so cold."
It's December now.
The temperature is very low.
Although the heating is on in the office, it is inevitable to have cold hands and feet.
Mu Wanqing's sudden attack.
Lin Yao immediately shuddered, shrank her neck, and began to laugh and struggle.
"No, you tell me where you are going to defect first?"
Mu Wanqing was in a good mood as she looked at Lin Yao, who was shrinking her neck and almost shrunk her head to the collar of her sweater.
"Don't go too far."
Lin Yao shrank her neck and shook her head, but found that she
still couldn't break free, so she began to warn Mu Wanqing. Mu Wanqing didn't know whether she didn't hear it or didn't care, and still didn't let go of her hand.
Lin Yao was not polite either. With lightning speed, she reached out and pulled out the shirt that Mu Wanqing had tucked into her dress, and then put her cold palm on her flat side.
"Ah..."
Mu Wanqing also shuddered, but her reaction was more exaggerated. She straightened her waist and her body was stiff.
After all, the face and belly were suddenly attacked, which was a different matter.
Lin Yao smiled mischievously, showing an expression of turning the tables.
The next second.
"It's so cold... let go... let go quickly..."
Mu Wanqing reacted and twisted her body a little, trying to get rid of Lin Yao's icy attack.
Lin Yao bargained, "Let go of my face first."
But Mu Wanqing seemed to be really afraid of such a magic attack, and she didn't even have the strength to bargain.
She immediately let go of Lin Yao's face and held Lin Yao's shoulders instead.
Then, as if she had lost her strength, she stumbled forward.
Lin Yao was stunned, watching the black-stockinged and glasses-wearing girl fall towards her.
Just when she wanted to pull out her hand to hold her, it was too late.
Lin Yao's palm, which was attached to Mu Wanqing's side, inevitably moved upwards as Mu Wanqing fell.
"Ah..."
Two seconds later.
Lin Yao let out a short cry of surprise.
Mu Wanqing's plump black-stockinged long legs rested on Lin Yao's knees, and her whole body half leaned on her. A faint blush quickly appeared on her bright and beautiful face.
"..."
Mu Wanqing bit her lip and pressed hard on Lin Yao's shoulder.
Lin Yao's round oval face also showed a little blush, and her heartbeat inexplicably accelerated a lot. She argued: "It's not my fault, right?"
"...Help me adjust it back quickly, it's crooked."
Mu Wanqing didn't care whose fault it was, and didn't care, just whispered a reminder.
"Oh oh oh..."
Lin Yao suddenly reacted and quickly helped her adjust it.
During.
Mu Wanqing stopped pressing Lin Yao's shoulders, and changed her posture, gently hugging Lin Yao's snow-white neck.
At this moment.
Both of them felt.
The heartbeat of the other party was like a drum.
Mu Wanqing felt it for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing, whispering: "Puff... my heartbeat is so fast."
"That's your heartbeat!" Lin Yao immediately refuted.
"No."
"It is." "It's not
..."
"Say it again, believe it or not, I will untie it for you directly?"
Lin Yao directly used the killer.
Mu Wanqing didn't say anything, just put her face on Lin Yao's face and smiled softly.
"..."
Lin Yao turned her back to Mu Wanqing, and her pretty oval face was also slightly flushed, with a hint of embarrassment.
That was indeed her heartbeat...
"Can you tell me now? Why do you need to prepare an internal management plan?"
The two were silent for a while.
Mu Wanqing took the initiative to change the subject.
"Yes, in fact, it is to deal with the possible suspension that may come next..."
Lin Yao finally answered Mu Wanqing's question seriously.
As they talked.
The heartbeats of the two finally returned to normal, and everything returned to normal.
However.
That moment just now.
It is estimated that both of them will find it difficult to forget.
...
That night.
Lin Yao was sitting on the sofa, chatting with Lin Xi about the performance of Linmu Financial Holdings as a foundry during this period.
As they chatted,
Lin Yao was lost in thought.
"Xiaoyao?"
Lin Xi suddenly found that there was no movement next to him, and turned his head to see.
He saw his sister hugging her thighs, sitting on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling, lost in thought.
I don't know what she was thinking.
"..."
Lin Xi was a little helpless, and stretched out her hand in front of her and waved it.
Lin Yao noticed the white palm in front of her, and finally came back to her senses and turned to look at Lin Xi.
Lin Xi asked gently, "What are you thinking about?"
"..."
Lin Yao didn't say anything, but let go of her thighs, suddenly turned sideways and leaned on Lin Xi.
Lin Xi was stunned, looking at Lin Yao who got into his arms, a little surprised, but still hugged her.
But Lin Yao was not content, after hugging her sister.
She started to use the same trick again.
She put her cold palm on Lin Xi's smooth side.
Lin Xi: "..."
No response.
Lin Yao moved up.
Still no special reaction.
She simply went all out and replayed what happened during the day, then looked up at Lin Xi.
The two sisters looked at each other.
Lin Xi's oval face, which was 70% similar to her sister, was full of confusion.
Lin Yao gritted her teeth.
Click.
"What are you doing, Xiaoyao?"
Lin Xi finally responded. She blinked and asked with a bit of amusement.
She didn't mind at all.
"...Nothing."
Lin Yao was a little disappointed.
There was indeed no change in her heartbeat.
In fact, it was normal to think about it carefully.
The two sisters lived together day and night, and even slept together during this period.
So soon, Lin Yao stopped the experiment, pulled out her hand, and continued to think.
She just left Lin Xi aside.
Lin Xi was slightly startled, and then laughed.
She laughed out of anger.
"Okay, you tease your sister and then say it's nothing, right!?"
Lin Xi put the clothes aside, then slowly stood up, pounced on Lin Yao, and pressed her on the sofa.
"Eh!?"
Lin Yao finally reacted.
The feeling of heartbeat finally came.
But this time it was because of panic...
"Sister, I'm wrong, I'm wrong, it's not okay!"
"Too late!"
The two sisters were in a mess.
Beside.
The ragdoll cat glanced at the two sisters on the sofa, got up very sensibly, shook his fluffy hair, walked to the corner, and fell asleep again...
...
On December 28th.
The helmsman of Linmu Studio experienced a small incident.
There were some fluctuations in his heart.
But this is an extremely personal matter.
Even Lin Yao, the person involved, actually only cared about it that day, and basically forgot about it the next day.
Her greatest advantage is that she can quickly adjust her emotions.
If there is no opportunity.
She probably will continue like this...
Even the person involved is like this, let alone affecting the decision-making of Linmu Studio.
This is impossible to happen, of course, there is no way to talk about affecting other things...
The new products of Youmei Technology, the games of Linmu Studio, and the updates of its applications.
In the past two days, the heat still has no intention of decreasing.
The new products were released on December 27, and the main surprise was ordinary users.
Two days after the product was released,
all major Future offline stores restocked the product.
Various content producers in the technology circle also experienced the product and began to release reviews of related products.
After all, this is the largest traffic entrance in recent times.
No one can get around it.
And these reviews
are equivalent to letting the reputation of Youmei Technology's products ferment again.
Subjective ones don't even need to go through the process and start to praise it directly.
And objective ones will of course talk about the shortcomings of the product.
For example, the ear pressure problem that noise-canceling headphones have always had.
The ecological uncertainty problem that tablets have always had.
But before saying these, these objective reviewers will spend more space to introduce the advantages of these devices.
Compared with the advantages they mentioned,
those shortcomings seem so insignificant.
In this case,
if users see such reviews and have needs, it would be a ghost if they don't feel tempted.
This happens to be the end of the year.
The major Future offline stores just restocked their stocks, and they ran out of stock again just one day later.
Now no one doubts that Youmei Technology's products will fail this time.
There is no doubt about the success of these products.
Jiaming Alliance has already recognized it.
They began to disassemble the three new products launched by Youmei Technology, and at the same time stepped up efforts to study the implementation logic behind these products.
As for what to do.
It goes without saying.
In fact, it is not just competitors like Jiaming Alliance.
In the field of mobile payment.
As soon as Linmu Studio launched QR code payment, competitors paid close attention. After experiencing QR code payment online.
They have already confirmed that this is the future!
Related peers who followed the trend have been gearing up for a long time.
Of course.
There are also mobile games.
Although the current revenue of "Day of Reincarnation" is still unclear.
After all, the game has only been in public beta for two days.
However.
In the relevant player communities, related posts can now be seen every day.
And there are discussions about everything, characters, gameplay, systems, stories, XP...
How much players like this game.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
In addition, the producer of this game is still Linmu Studio...
the top player in the industry.
The schedule for imitation has also been put on the agenda...
In the past two days.
Linmu Studio can be said to have become a target.
In various fields.
Major competitors are staring at Linmu Studio and their products.
Then they have bared their fangs...
Let’s not talk
about hardware. It’s a dream to want to make a benchmark product in a short time.
Games also need some time.
Competitors need time to see the performance of "Day of Reincarnation" and also need time to think about how to imitate.
Besides, it takes time to draw a beautiful girl.
Only QR code payment.
This new payment method is derived from the QR code social networking pioneered by WeChat.
The peers follow up the fastest.
Because when WeChat QR code was launched, all peers followed up.
This gave them a certain understanding of QR code.
After experiencing QR code payment in person.
Everyone understands the benefits of this payment method.
Now.
Linmu Studio, as in the past, carefully chooses to only support the first party.
Offline only supports Future offline stores.
This is a godsend for peers in the field of mobile payment.
Grab the market.
Although many people also know that
Linmu Studio chose to only support the first party, it must have its own concerns.
This has been confirmed countless times.
But they can no longer care.
Now there are two choices.
Either watch Linmu Studio dominate the mobile payment market.
Or take the risk and compete with them.
If mobile payment is limited to online, it’s okay.
The income is probably not as good as lending.
However,
when the scope of mobile payment is expanded to the entire market, including online and offline.
Then this piece of cake
is really too tempting...
December 29.
In the afternoon of that day.
Linmu Studio’s offline QR code payment had just been online for two days.
Tianhu announced that Tianhu Payment would also add QR code payment.
Then.
This is like a signal.
One after another, major third-party payment institutions have announced that they will add QR code payment functions to their payment platforms.
And this is not the end.
Soon.
These third-party payment institutions have stepped out of the online world and turned their attention to offline merchants.
Of course,
they were not invited.
They took the initiative to recommend their own QR code payment systems. They
even paid for promotion
in order to seize the market. Of course
, there are many merchants interested in this.
After all, Linmu Studio has confirmed that QR code payment is indeed convenient... Many merchants have seen the future.
Otherwise, Linmu Studio would not have received an invitation.
Therefore,
facing the third-party payment platforms that have taken the initiative to find them,
they are still very happy to cooperate.
Soon,
on New Year's Day,
the first day of the new year,
the first supermarket that supports QR code payment appeared.
Of course, it supports Tianhu payment.
But this is enough to become a gimmick.
Many users who have experienced QR code payment in Future offline stores are still willing to continue to try QR code payment if they have shopping needs.
In addition,
Tianhu payment is the earliest follower of WeChat.
Many users still keep this alternative option on their mobile phones.
Future offline stores cannot be visited often because the products are too expensive...
But if you still want to try QR code payment, then using Tianhu payment in ordinary supermarkets is also a good choice.
This concept of users
has greatly affected the promotion speed of QR code payment.
It has also greatly affected the attitudes of merchants and third-party payment institutions. As soon as
the New Year's Day holiday
was over,
other third-party payment institutions immediately contacted merchants in their own locations more frantically,
determined to quickly seize the market.
Within a few days,
the status of merchants has risen again and again.
Now for merchants, it is not that I have to choose you just because you are famous.
Now it is.
How much promotion fee do you give?
Whoever gives more promotion fee, we will connect to their QR code payment!
Faced with this situation.
Tianhu Payment and other major third-party payment institutions are still rushing to give money to merchants.
And slowly, they are also beginning to develop in the direction of exclusivity.
In simple terms, it is
to make merchants only support their own QR code payment, or at least promote their own QR code payment.
Competition.
Just like that... appeared.
Soon, major third-party payment institutions were not even satisfied with first-tier cities, and they began to penetrate the sinking market.
And the major third-party payment institutions thought similarly, so soon, they started fighting, and the dog brains were almost beaten...
Compared with this.
The initiator of all this.
The initiator of QR code payment.
Linmu Studio.
Instead, did not join the battle.
They still have no intention of extending their tentacles to third parties.
A peaceful look...
even.
Just when they were fighting fiercely over there.
The person in charge of Linmu Studio’s WeChat even came out to explain that the QR code payment is still under verification, and it will not be promoted in a hurry until it can’t guarantee absolute safety.
Such words
are still useful to users.
After all, WeChat’s main focus is safety, and users’ deepest impression of WeChat is also ease of use and safety.
But I just feel... very strange.
“Linmu Studio leads the trend, Linmu Studio shocks everyone, Linmu Studio is in a mess...”
Although this is a joke.
But such a statement left by a user has indeed begun to spread widely...
Because Linmu Studio’s operation is really not in line with business common sense.
They were the first to make epoch-making functions, but they were the slowest to move. They
were even too lazy to promote it.
This is the case with QR code payment now, and the same is true for mobile payment before.
However.
Last time they did this, they became the final winner.
It’s outrageous.
I just don’t know what will happen this time...
Users still have the leisure to pay attention to these.
But competitors have completely ignored them.
Linmu Studio?
If they don’t move, why bother with them?
Now other third-party payment institutions are the jackals!
The melee continued.
QR code payment began to occupy the counters of offline merchants at an extremely exaggerated speed.
Various third-party payment institutions made their debut.
This situation lasted for more than ten days.
Then.
It came to an abrupt end.
On January 9th.
Just when the third-party payment institutions wanted to print out the brains of their competitors.
A piece of paper pressed the pause button on everything.
This urgent document came from the big brother of all domestic banks. The title was "Letter from the Payment and Settlement Department on Suspending Offline Barcode (QR Code) Payment and Other Business Opinions". The
specific content of the document was very simple.
It was to stop face-to-face payment services such as barcode (QR Code) payment.
At the same time, Linmu Studio and Tianhu were required to report detailed introductions, management systems, operating procedures, etc. of the relevant products. As
soon as this urgent document came out.
The competitors who had been fighting for nearly half a month had not reacted.
Linmu Studio took the lead in issuing an announcement, announcing the suspension of QR code payment in Future offline stores...
The competitors who were fighting to the death in the market at all levels
were all stunned.
After they realized what was happening, they all felt like they had eaten shit, and could only reluctantly suspend all business...
Tianhu.
Mou Feng read the entire document and murmured, "So, you guys have been prepared for this?"
I sent it first and revised it later. I'm very busy at the end of the year, and I get off work later and later. Please forgive me during this period
(End of this chapter)