"Boss, I don't think we need to consider QQ as our main competitor right now. They are only popular in the Chinese market. Our main markets are currently concentrated in Europe and North America."
"Although QQ has ambitions, it may not necessarily compete with us for the European and American markets."
When Chris first reported this network communication software to the engineering department, he had considered this possibility, but he quickly dismissed it, as the target audience and aesthetic preferences in Europe and America were too different from those in China.
"But have you ever thought about this? Right now, it's not ICQ that's treating QQ as a hypothetical enemy, but rather QQ that's treating ICQ as a hypothetical enemy."
Chen Dong reminded him, "Think about why they took over our development plan and why they launched other products ahead of time?"
Chris turned his head to the side and muttered to himself, "Boss, didn't you also reveal their product development direction?"
"What are you talking about?" Chen Dong snapped.
Chen Dong did underestimate his opponent, but it was indeed unethical of Tencent to simply take the product development direction that Chen Dong casually mentioned and claim it as their own.
However, no one has any evidence to prove that this thing belongs to them, especially since QQ has already launched the upgraded and revamped version, while ICQ is still in the research and development stage.
"Let's not discuss this anymore. I kept you here because I wanted to ask you, what direction do you plan to take ICQ development next?"
Chris glanced at Chen Dong, then tentatively asked, "Big Boss, are you also eyeing the Chinese market?"
Judging from Longteng's recent reactions, it seems that Longteng reacts swiftly as soon as there are any developments in the Chinese market.
Most importantly, after Penguin Technology received investment from Dailusi Media, the company's CEO and even the big boss went to Penguin Technology to negotiate terms with them.
If they weren't eyeing the lucrative Chinese market, why would they personally intervene for a small tech company?
Chen Dong did not deny it, but explained: "After the economic opening up, the economic strength of Huaxia District has been gradually becoming stronger, and the economic development will inevitably lead to the popularization of the Internet."
"In the future, the China region will not only have demographic dividends, but also infrastructure dividends and a network with extremely wide coverage. This pie is no smaller than the pie in the European and North American regions."
Chris was somewhat unconvinced. "Then how can you be so sure that these benefits will definitely be reflected in the China region in the future?"
After all, factors such as population, infrastructure, and network coverage need to be determined by government agencies and local network operators.
Chen Dong smiled and said cryptically, "You don't need to know about this."
"I am Chinese, and perhaps it is precisely because I am Chinese that I can see the speed and direction of China's development more clearly."
"Chris, China is now far behind Europe and America. However, although the political systems around the world are different, the network and economic systems have certain commonalities."
Chris looked at Chen Dong with a puzzled expression. Chen Dong continued:
"Think about it, what was the economic situation like when the network was developing in Europe and North America? And think about it again, what was the network structure like when the economy was developing in Europe and North America?"
"The internet is the virtual battlefield of the economy, and you must recognize this."
After listening to his boss's words, Chris finally understood.
"According to your logic, if we concentrate ICQ's future market in Europe, North America, China, and Southeast Asia?"
Chris had just proposed the idea when he immediately shook his head and rejected it, saying, "But it's really too difficult for a product to achieve such a wide reach."
"Our development direction is to satisfy young people in different regions, as well as their different aesthetic preferences."
"This is not just a problem for us, it's an insurmountable problem!"
Chris is a young man who speaks more directly, unlike the seasoned veterans in the engineering department.
When he encountered a problem, he always pointed it out directly, instead of doing what they did: reluctantly accepting the task assigned from above, then racking his brains in private, only to have it fizzle out due to the excessive technical difficulty.
Chris's biggest concern was the practicality of their project development, development strategies, and business policies.
"Alright, I'll give you a basic direction, but you'll have to figure out the specific details yourselves." Chen Dong thought for a moment; it was indeed very difficult for them to come up with a development direction out of thin air.
After all, they had previously outlined so many development directions, which have now been applied to QQ's own products.
“Our ICQ already has a very complete social networking function, so there’s no need to make any changes to that area.”
"Moreover, given QQ's current product structure, if we were to develop ICQ for social networking features, it would inevitably overlap with QQ's product functionality."
Chen Dong's eyes darkened. "So I think we don't need to optimize the product, but rather we need to come up with a killer feature."
Chris looked at Chen Dong curiously and asked, "What kind of trump card?"
"Online farm".
"farm?!"
Chris asked in confusion, "You mean we're going to add an online virtual game to the ICQ social software?"
Chen Dong nodded and continued, "Didn't you already have virtual mini-games integrated into your ICQ product before?"
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