My rebirth is different

Chapter 492

Some time ago, Yu Wenfei appointed himself a new position called "Chief Experience Officer"!
It means that he will use the most stringent requirements to "prick" all the products of the company until he thinks they are acceptable and satisfied with the use, then the products can be launched.

No wonder, in this era, there should be no one with a higher vision than him, just like in the process of Facebook from development to version update, a sentence or two from Yu Wenfei can often solve the problems that Lu Qi and the others have struggled with for a long time. What comes out is also surprisingly beautiful, usable and user-friendly.

Therefore, if this chess and card game platform wants to go online for official operation, Yu Wenfei must first approve it.

After thinking about it, Yu Wenfei said, "Chess games may not have as many audiences as you imagined. In other words, things like Go and Chess are not very suitable for our Facebook user group. I suggest combining cards and mahjong The game is placed in a more prominent place. In addition, the playing methods of poker and mahjong are different in different places, and the habits of users in each place must be considered.”

Lu Qi was a little confused. Go and chess are understandable, because most of the users who play this game are older, and the Facebook user group is generally younger, so naturally they don't like to play Go and chess.

But Yu Wenfei's second suggestion, he is a little confused, there are so many provinces in the country, if the gameplay is brought up from all over the country, wouldn't it be too complicated, this is not in line with the company's consistent "concise, simple and friendly" "Style.

"Then... Mr. Fei, if you do this, the menu bar may appear very messy, and the various gameplays will be mixed together, which will make users not know how to choose. This will add a lot of difficulty to users in terms of use."

Lu Qi said tactfully, it was difficult for him, a straight man who is a technical man, has always been straightforward when speaking.

However, Lu Qi also understands that Yu Wenfei's status is getting higher and higher as the company grows bigger and bigger. As a subordinate, he must be careful when talking to the big boss.

Yu Wenfei smiled. Since he raised this question, of course he has a solution, and this solution is related to what was originally planned, that is, several large data centers!

"This is very simple. Aren't we going to build several large data centers? After the number of users of the chess and card platform increases, it is impossible for everyone to concentrate on one server. There will be partitions. Then we can log in according to the IP of the user. Address to determine the user's location.

When he logs in to the platform, the system directly reminds him to register with the corresponding regional server.After entering the server, the game list only has the general gameplay of several major types of chess and card games, and the local gameplay of mahjong in his region. Users can choose to download and add it to their exclusive game list! "

Doing so perfectly solves the problem raised by Lu Qi.

Users choose local servers to experience faster internet speed and better experience.At the same time, the players in the regional server where he is located are basically from that area. The players in the entire server are accustomed to playing cards and mahjong in the same way.

In addition, although the game platform provides many kinds of games, there are also many ways to play, but these will not directly appear in the player's game list, but the player can add them according to their needs.

The final effect is that each player's platform interface is very clean and refreshing, with only his favorite types and gameplay on it, and the players he meets are even locals!

Lianzhong, Bianfeng, China Game Center and other game platforms that have been in business for several years have never thought about this solution.

On their platform interface, the game directory on the left column is densely packed with a lot of gameplay, making players feel scalp numb.

This is the difference in the understanding of the product, and the things made are worlds apart!
What is user experience?

This is!
When Yu Wenfei opened his mouth to explain, Lu Qi had already taken out a pen and paper and quickly wrote it down.

After writing it down, he raised his head and sighed: "If Mr. Fei is a product manager, he will definitely be the best! Every time, he uses the simplest and most humane solution to solve the conflict between product functionality and user experience. .”

Yu Wenfei smiled and said: "Okay, don't flatter me. You should implement these functions as soon as possible. This game platform is very important to Facebook, and Tencent's game platform will be launched soon, right? This is a Formidable opponent."

Those old game platforms, such as Lianzhong winger Yu Wenfei, did not pay attention, because they were not opponents of the same magnitude at all.

Based on the number of Facebook users and user activity alone, as long as the game platform is online, it will definitely beat those old platforms.

But Tencent's game platform should not be underestimated. Like Facebook, Tencent has a huge user base. It is estimated that it will be the real competitor in the future.

Yu Wenfei also had a bit of a headache. With the development of Facebook, there were more and more competitors. Some were challenged by others, while some were launched by themselves.

But there is no way. The Internet industry says it is big, but it is small, but it is actually very small.

Moreover, based on the characteristics of Internet companies, this industry is completely an ecological environment where big fish eat small fish. No matter which sub-industry you start, when you develop to a certain scale, you must expand your business scope and go to others. The site grabs food.

After the development of the Internet to a certain extent, if there is no strong external intervention, then the entire industry may only be left with two or three giant companies monopolizing the entire industry. under the wings.

Without any exception, there will be no new giants rising...

Since Yu Wenfei has established Facebook and set foot in the Internet field, of course he has only one goal, and that is to reach the peak and become one of the giants.

Or, there is no "one".

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Today's version of this platform has not passed the meeting, and was sent back to continue to modify and polish.

Although Yu Wenfei also wants to launch the product earlier, after all, in the Internet industry, the first-mover advantage is too great. If Tencent takes the lead and then forms an advantage, it will be difficult to catch up.

This point can be seen from the comparison between Facebook and Sina blogs.

But what he can't tolerate even more is that an immature product is pushed in front of users, and the long-term impact of that is even more fatal.

Sometimes, the user's first impression of you may last a lifetime.

It would be better if there are no competitors, and users have to use your product, then you can slowly improve and change the impression of users.

But in a fully competitive industry, users have too many choices, and they will vote with their feet.

Therefore, Facebook can go online in advance, and then slowly add functions and update the version, because when Facebook goes online, there are no competitors in the market.

But the game platform is different. There is an old platform like Lianzhong winger that has been operating for several years, and there is a strong new player like Tencent behind it. There is no room for mistakes.

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"How's the progress of the music and video project teams?"

After discussing the chess and card game platform, Yu Wenfei asked again.

"Those two projects are a bit troublesome, involving technical difficulties in audio and video decoding and large file compression transmission. I am recruiting professionals in this area." Lu Qi replied.

Yu Wenfei nodded. It is not easy to make a good product. It takes enough time to develop it.

"Softbank's investment has already arrived, and we have to discuss how to spend the money." Cai Congxin interjected.

Softbank’s efficiency is still very high. Xue Chunhe and the team leader have done due diligence. Of course, all the data and financial statements provided by Facebook will not have any problems, so everything is going smoothly.

According to the agreement, [-] million U.S. dollars will go directly to Facebook's company account, and the other [-] million U.S. dollars will go to Star Technology's company account.

All of this money is to be reinvested, so there is no need to pay taxes.

"This money has already been planned, 60.00 million US dollars, or 40.00 billion yuan, [-]% of which will be used to build our data center! The remaining [-]% will be used for music, video, board games platform." Yu Wenfei said bluntly.

Cai Congxin is a little tongue-tied, 60.00%, that is, one billion yuan is used to build a data center?

Is it worth investing so much!

"Mr. Fei, it seems that we don't need a large-scale computer room for our business volume now. I think the existing computer room is quite large, and the loading speed of our Facebook is also the fastest in the industry." Cai Congxin asked suspiciously.

When he first came here, he visited the huge computer room of Facebook, which occupied a whole floor, and it was full of densely packed cabinets, and even the servers were purchased from IBM's high-end machines.

Cai Congxin was very emotional at the time, Yu Wenfei was really willing to spend money on hardware.

But it is understandable, because the opening speed of Facebook is also well-known in the industry, and users have praised it.

In the end, he didn't expect that Yu Wenfei would use more than half of the [-] million US dollars investment he just received to build a data center.

This step is too big...

You must know that in the Internet industry at that time, companies like Tencent, which had more users than Facebook, did not have their own computer rooms.

Cai Congxin learned that Tencent is now renting the computer room of Pengcheng Telecom.

"Mr. Cai, it seems to be enough now, but it won't be enough soon! Our new projects are all hardware-hungry! Especially the video platform, if we want to do well, we need too much hardware and bandwidth. support." Yu Wenfei explained with a smile.

(End of this chapter)