E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 197: Episode 197: New Opportunities Arise with the New Platform

Chapter 197: Episode 197: New Opportunities Arise with the New Platform

Wanting to develop a Symbian version of the forum was an impossible task.

Not to mention 51buy, even the parent company had no corresponding forum under the Symbian system...

The boast Zhou Xueyin made really gave Kang Siyin a lot of trouble.

After a week of painful struggle, Kang Siyin couldn’t take it anymore, went home after work, and said, "Yinyin, please let me go... It’s impossible to develop a forum like Discuz on Symbian, there are no precedents!"

It’s not just you, my head hurts too... Now it’s mainly Android and Apple phones, which are not yet common to everyone. There’s no point in developing for them now..." Zhou Xueyin was also troubled by this matter.

"So what do we do now? It’s been a week, and there’s no progress!" Kang Siyin agonized, scratching her scalp. "Yang Shixiong was called away to seclude himself to develop a new system; I really have no clue what to do..."

"Ah... Ah! I really just dug a hole for myself and then jumped into it without hesitation... Ah!" Zhou Xueyin yelled as if venting throughout the house.

"Yinyin, how about this? What if?" Li Jiniang looked at Zhou Xueyin with cunning eyes, then called Kang Siyin and Yao Shanshan over to whisper.

"We can only do it this way..." After hearing Li Jiniang’s words, Zhou Xueyin nodded helplessly, even though the idea was quite damaging and not really in line with her usual way of handling things, but in a situation with no solution, this was the only way to go.

In the following period, every week Kang Siyin reported a development progress to Zhang Yongzhong. Zhang Yongzhong didn’t understand this field, nor did Zhu Dayan. Anyway, as long as the others were busy and it didn’t interfere with his money-making, he just turned a blind eye.

However, the traffic from the mini-games was only temporary; indeed, the traffic in October was higher than in September and nearly doubled in activity, but by November, the curve began to flatten out, and by December, there was even a declining trend in day-to-day traffic.

"Brother Yong, what’s going on? It’s only been three months, why is it running out of steam? Could it be that everyone has realized it’s just sensationalism?" Zhou Xueyin joked with Zhang Yongzhong during a team-building dinner.

"Ha... It’s the end of the year, a drop in traffic is normal, completely normal! Wait and see the holidays! Ha ha... Ha..." Zhang Yongzhong laughed it off.

However, the New Year traffic boom Zhang Yongzhong hoped for failed to materialize, and the data didn’t increase but decreased instead.

During the Spring Festival, while meeting with classmates, the most common question was: Have you registered for Weibo? What’s your Weibo ID? How about we follow each other?

Actually, before focusing on Weibo, Zhou Xueyin had also followed social media platforms abroad.

She had registered on a short messaging platform similar to Weibo and although she had interacted with people abroad, she had not found any way to make money from it, maybe she was still too naive.

In previous class gatherings, everyone used to exchange QQ numbers or share forums they often visited. But this time, surprisingly, everyone was asking about Weibo.

It seemed she needed to broaden her horizons and should not be confined by the singular social media method of forums.

"Yinyin, I’m planning to resign and study film post-production!" After the Spring Festival holiday, Wei Jingzhu suddenly talked to Zhou Xueyin about his future plans.

"So suddenly?" Zhou Xueyin felt a bit caught off guard when she heard his plan, "Why do you want to switch careers?"

"It’s no fun anymore; I’ve thought about it... Just look, anyone could handle the stuff I deal with every day. Anyone could easily replace me. I want to do some groundbreaking work, something irreplaceable, something I can claim as my own achievement!" Wei Jingzhu said firmly.

"Hmm... Indeed, to be honest, I too have started to feel like the forum thing is almost done..." Zhou Xueyin nodded thoughtfully.

"I forgot when or where I heard this, someone said that the future is definitely going to be dominated by internet on mobile phones. Everyone will express their opinions on mobile, anywhere and anytime on social media..." Wei Jingzhu took out his phone, "Look at mobile QQ, the interface is much more user-friendly than it used to be, which shows that the big companies are optimistic about this area!"

"That’s true, but moving the forum to mobile is indeed a bit difficult. Kang Kang has been researching for so long with no progress, and Yang Shixiong also said to forget it, just skip to developing for Android..." Zhou Xueyin was at a loss, "Oh! Another thing, you might know more about this than I do!"

"What is it?" Wei Jingzhu looked at Zhou Xueyin, puzzled.

"Like Weibo and other social platforms, how do they make money? Is it just a platform for quick content display?" Zhou Xueyin curiously asked Wei Jingzhu.

"Weibo? I haven’t really researched that. But similar platforms abroad, they just take advertisement orders and then push them out, showcasing to their followers. If there’s a link, they get paid based on the number of clicks on the link. That’s roughly the model." Wei Jingzhu explained vaguely.

"Oh~~" Zhou Xueyin nodded thoughtfully again, "So, the domestic platforms could also operate that way? Just do advertising displays? Just condense the content posted on forums and make it short and concise?"

"Pretty much! Why? Got a new idea?" Wei Jingzhu seemed to see that the brow clouded with worry was clearing.

"How about this? Shall we strike out on our own? Get out of here?" Zhou Xueyin suddenly whimsically suggested.

"I don’t mind leaving here... What exactly do you want to do?" Wei Jingzhu looked at her, confused.

"I haven’t thought of the specific plan yet... Let me first research that foreign platform! I think using their profit model, the domestic Weibo platform can definitely be made to work! I’ve been too focused on the here and now, not broadening my vision enough!" Zhou Xueyin shook her head vigorously, "That’s really not my style of doing things!"

"Great! Whatever you decide to do, I support you! I’ve always said I’ll stand by you, supporting you in whatever you want to do!" Wei Jingzhu looked at her adoringly.

"But I still need to discuss it with Jixiang, Kang Kang, and Shanbao. You’ve got to be considerate in life, right?" Zhou Xueyin smiled contentedly.

However her smile didn’t last long, as an unknown phone call came in: "Hello? Zhou Xueyin, the person in charge at 51buy? We’ve received a report that your website is suspected of spreading obscene and harmful information. Please come to the Haidian Public Security Bureau this afternoon for an investigation of your site!"

"Okay... I understand..."

What was bound to come had come, and Zhou Xueyin was prepared; she knew that with Zhang Yongzhong messing around, it was she who would ultimately take the blame...

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.