"If it can really be linked to mobile phones, our Panda Chat will definitely become even more popular."
However, although Panda Chat has a large number of members, the amount of money recharged online is far from enough to cover the company's expenses.
After all, with over ten million registered users, Panda Chat requires better servers and more technical staff to maintain it. The company has expanded repeatedly and now has a team of hundreds of people. Supporting these highly paid technical talents every year is a considerable challenge for the company.
Moreover, server costs are too high. A good experience requires spending money in this area, but too much money is spent without being able to recoup it. Even though Chu Yu has the money to invest, Yan Hongzhe still can't help but have doubts about the company's future.
In the year 2000, a cyber storm swept the globe, and internet companies like Hongyu were inevitably affected. Yan Hongzhe was also very worried and faced unprecedented pressure.
Chu Yu reassured him, "Isn't Panda Chat going to cooperate with the telecommunications company?"
"But this cooperation benefits Panda Chat, but not much for the telecom companies. Would they agree to it?"
Chu Yu knew this, of course. Telecom companies weren't stupid; they certainly wouldn't provide services for free. However, Chu Yu could charge a membership fee. Once a membership was activated, sending messages to a mobile phone wouldn't incur any additional charges.
In this day and age, sending text messages on mobile phones costs money. Couples in love send text messages regularly every day to save money, and even so, it is normal to spend several hundred yuan on phone bills every month.
Several hundred yuan is not a small amount. If you spend 10 or 20 yuan to open a Panda member, you can not only listen to music for free, but also send unlimited text messages. As a result, the number of registered members of Panda Chat will increase significantly!
For every registered member, Hongyu will give the telecom company a commission, and the telecom company can also install Hongyu software on their computers. In this way, everyone can benefit, so why not?
After listening, Yan Hongzhe realized that she wanted to charge fees in this way. Hongyu's games were already charging fees, but the revenue was still not enough to support the company. Yan Hongzhe was unsure whether the so-called memberships could pull the company out of the internet storm.
“Okay, I believe you. Let’s give it a try. We’ll only know if it works by trying,” Yan Hongzhe said.
Chu Yu comforted him, "Don't worry, I've said it before. You'll be in charge of the technology, and I'll be in charge of operations and making money. Even if Hongyu can't be revived by membership fees, I have enough money to support Hongyu through the crisis. Hongyu is the largest internet company in China, and it will surely grow into an internet empire in the future. I have confidence in Hongyu."
Yan Hongzhe nodded. Fortunately, the cooperation between Chu Yu and the telecommunications company went very smoothly.
Nothing went wrong. She is now the richest woman in China, with an extraordinary status and multiple companies under her control. Telecom companies aren't stupid; they also want to cooperate with such a high-quality company.
After the two sides started cooperating, a pop-up window appeared in Panda Chat asking for membership registration.
On that day, all millions of online members simultaneously received a message.
Su Xue is a high school student in a southern county. In recent years, the school has started offering computer classes, and Su Xue's students have also been able to have their own computer lab thanks to donations from well-known philanthropists.
Su Xue had never attended a computer class before. You had to wear shoe covers to enter the computer class. Although Su Xue didn't know why, she had heard that computers were expensive, and the school's rule was probably to prevent dust from students' bodies from affecting the lifespan of the computers.
Su Xue put on shoe covers and entered the classroom.
The computer teacher only covered a small part of the material before letting everyone play on the computers freely.
The students were very happy. Every computer here had Panda Chat, which was downloaded by the senior students. The computer lab had a network, so the students would go to web forums to browse news and chat online.
Su Xue also has a Panda account. When she logged into her Panda account, she saw the Panda push notification.
"What does this push notification mean? Does it mean I can send messages to mobile phones after registering for a 10 yuan membership? Or is it free?"
Wang Lan next door said, "I know what you mean. It means that for 10 yuan, you can send messages to everyone's mobile phone. Even if the other person is not online, they will receive your panda message on their mobile phone and can reply to you when they see it. Your chat is free because you have a membership."
Su Xue was stunned for a moment. Su Xue had a boyfriend from the next county. The two could only see each other once a month. Su Xue would occasionally send messages to him on Panda Chat, but her boyfriend could not go online every day. He would usually use his time during shower class to go to an internet cafe outside and spend half an hour online to reply to Su Xue's messages.
However, Su Xue's family didn't have a computer, so the two of them rarely saw each other, and Su Xue usually only saw his messages every few days.
Sending text messages and making phone calls is not impossible, but they don't have the money to top up their phone credit.
These days, making phone calls and sending text messages is too expensive. Everything costs money, and monthly expenses can easily amount to tens of yuan. Su Xue is just a poor student, and she can't bear to spend so much money, so she is very restrained when sending text messages, only sending two or three a day. After all, if she sends too many, she won't be able to cover her living expenses.
After hearing Wang Lan's words, Su Xue quickly did the math in her head. Texting was expensive. Su Xue didn't have a monthly plan, and a text message would cost about 20 cents. Making a call would cost 40 or 60 cents per minute. If Su Xue had a monthly plan, it would cost 50 yuan a month, which would allow her to make 100 minutes of calls and receive 50 free text messages.
But it's still expensive. She can't control the length of her phone calls, and she can't help but send one text message after another. The cost has become the biggest obstacle in her relationship with her boyfriend.
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