Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 73: Make Money: Start with Free

Once upon a time, there were two sayings circulating in the programmer community.

The first type is "moving forward in a mountain of shit". This means that even if the code left by your predecessors for the original system you are responsible for is as good as shit, you would rather add shit to shit than blindly optimize or reconstruct it. Even if you can see that there is a problem with it at a glance, just ignore it as long as it can still run online.

Otherwise, it is very easy to fail to optimize and instead light a huge firework on a pile of shit. That picture is wow~ It can be said that posting shit pictures on the wall is a praise, and the one who takes the blame is definitely not the leader but you who is responsible for the work.

The second type is “taking a few steps when nothing matters”, which means don’t worry about the quality of the code, just run the program first and string together the processes. As long as it can run smoothly, nothing else matters. If there are bugs in the process, fix them; if there are problems, solve them.

Now Chen Mo is following the second approach, getting everything running first and constantly correcting mistakes in the process.

Chen Mo looked at the visit statistics of Tuan 123 in front of him. He used to sigh and complain about why the number of visitors was not increasing, but now he is in a state of pain and happiness.

The average daily visits to Group 123 on the screen started from single digits but the data started to surge to an average of per day on Monday this week. After just three days, the daily average exceeded . Perhaps due to the promotion by flyers and Weibo small Vs, the number was approaching per day on Friday.

Since yesterday was Saturday, the data soared, reaching a peak of 13.

It can be predicted that according to this trend, next week the daily number will exceed 20 due to the spread of word of mouth, which is not a fantasy.

This has far exceeded Chen Mo's expectations.

But this is the case when Chen Tong has not made any effort. It is conceivable that if Chen Tong makes an effort next week, millions of visits are conceivable.

Anticipating such a rapid growth trend, Chen Mo found that he had overlooked a fact: after publicity, traffic would come in. Currently, Tuan123 could only support an average of one million visits per day at most.

This is just a query. Once the second phase is launched, various functions will need to interact with users. The number of user requests and server responses will be several times higher than before, which places very high demands on network bandwidth and server performance.

But he has no money now!

Therefore, the correct process should be the launch of the first phase of Tuan 123 -> promotion -> expansion of the computer room bandwidth and addition of servers -> online team building (profit realization) -> launch of the second phase of Tuan 123.

Yesterday my body was feverish, my mind was storming, and I gained a lot.

Early this morning, Chen Mo was back to full health. He immediately asked Sun Ziwei to suspend the development of the second phase of Group 123 and told him his latest ideas.

Sun Ziwei didn't say anything after listening, but just touched Chen Mo's forehead with his hand.

"The fever hasn't recurred, why are you still talking nonsense?"

Slap the other person's paw and say, "I'm fine."

"Then let's think about it. Is the purpose of online team building to make money?"

"Yup!"

"The group building website wants to make money, and you are offering it for free. I am worried that after this outbreak, you will be reduced to your original form."

"What the hell." Chen Mo didn't expect this guy to react so strongly. "Correction, it's not free forever, it's free from the beginning."

"Then how do we make money?"

“Selling themes and features?”

"Huh?" Sun Ziwei didn't feel clear, but he was eager to learn. "How are you selling it? Tell me more."

"If your name is Da Zhuang, and you are a very rich boss who wants to enter the Internet market, and you find that the O2O group buying market is extremely hot, and you want to get a piece of the pie, but you have no technical team and no relevant experience. You currently have two choices.

The first option is to recruit a bunch of technicians, form a technical team of more than ten or even dozens of people, and then spend one to three months to imitate the group buying websites on the market from scratch and build your own group buying website according to your ideas. When the website is launched, you will find that it costs tens of millions of dollars and takes several months to launch.

The second option is that you accidentally find a website with a ready-made website building system, and you only need to hire an employee who knows a little about network technology to complete it from beginning to end. It may only take 1 day, and it is completely free.

What is your choice?" Chen Mo persuaded and guided step by step.

As if any hesitation would be disrespectful to his own intelligence, Sun Ziwei immediately answered, "Of course it's the second one, I'm not stupid!"

Chen Mo gave him an encouraging look, "Very good, after your Dazhuang group buying website went online, as time went on, you found that more and more group buying websites that looked exactly the same were launched on the market, and you felt like you had hundreds of more brothers.

At this time, you find that the original website building website has launched a variety of website themes and customized functions, but these are all charged, and the prices range from low to high according to the quality, and even the highest quality has restrictions. Will you buy it or not? "

"Buy it. If you're going to buy, buy the highest one. Besides, I have plenty of money, why would I hesitate? The main point is differentiation!" Sun Ziwei patted his chest, looking like a wealthy boss, and laughed.

"Okay, then my goal has been achieved."

"Hey, I feel like your routine is so familiar, I think I've seen it somewhere before?" Sun Ziwei was a little slow to realize it. Chen Mo didn't want to waste time, so he directly pointed it out, "Have you heard of Zhengtu?"

"Oh, yes, yes, isn't this just the group-buying version of selling paid items?"

"Are you talking about making money from point cards or paid props?"

Sun Ziwei nodded in agreement; he was convinced.

"Sun thief, how much money do you have now?" Chen Mo changed the subject and said something irrelevant.

"I have plenty of money, just tell me how much you want."

Chen Mo thought for a moment and gave a number. "2?"

"It's just this little. I look down on you. Spend it as you please!" Sun Ziwei threw a card over with a heroic look. "The password is my hometown zip code!"

"Okay, let's continue chatting when I come back."

After saying that, Chen Mo took the card and went out.

After a while, Sun Ziwei came back to the cold reality and realized that his hard-earned money had been swindled away by that shameless person.

Damn, I’m too immersed in the role!
Deposits in danger!

A few hours later.
Chen Mo came back with a packed lunch, which included vegetables and meat, and looked very rich. He returned the card to Sun Ziwei and saw the latter's leisurely eyes.

"What did you do with the money?"

"I was worried that our website wouldn't be able to handle the increased traffic, so I rented a few servers and expanded the bandwidth."

"Just tell me how much money is left in the card."

"Well, at least it's enough to get you through to the end of the month when you get paid."

Sun Ziwei blinked his eyes, wanting to cry but unable to, "Brother, please at least leave me some more!"

"Don't worry, when our website sells, we'll split the profit 50-50!" Chen Mo's Da Bing said what he meant.

Sun Ziwei was very touched when he heard this, but immediately shook his head like a rattle, "No, no, you are the one who came up with the idea, and you also thought of all the process planning. I am just helping you at best. It's 90-10, you have 90% and I have 10%."

"That June 4th!"

"Nine-one!"

"Seven-three?"

"Nine-one!"

The other partners were all pushing for a 50-50 split, but this stubborn guy was the best. Chen Mo was furious at his lack of resistance. "Fuck, 80-20! You just invested money in addition to the labor cost. If you don't agree, I'll be angry!"

"OK then."

The two men reached a verbal agreement on dividing the spoils.

In the remaining time, Chen Mo began to conduct stress tests on Tuan 123, simulating two scenarios: large traffic impact and high concurrency, and estimating the maximum peak traffic that could be sustained.

And improve the website warning and traffic preprocessing mechanisms as a whole, such as cache optimization, middleware configuration optimization, load balancing, etc.

On the other hand, Sun Ziwei shifted his position and changed his strategy. According to Chen Mo's latest plan, he divided the current functions of the team-building network into two parts, and the basic version only retained the most core framework and functions.

The professional version has various website themes and customized functions, which can be improved through continuous upgrades and iterations.

He is currently doing the final development on the base version.

The two of them had a clear division of labor, did not disturb each other, and were immersed in it.

Chen Mo knew very well that only in this way could he ensure his survival, and then he could consider how to live a better life in the next step.

Something big and comprehensive, having nothing but wanting everything, means total mediocrity and is doomed to failure.

That's what stupid bosses and uninformed parties want.
(End of this chapter)