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Even so, some people should still feel the sincerity in it.

Zhao Han was encouraging: "Be careful in everything you do! If our friends can do it, then we can do it well! If our friends can do it well, we will do it the best and be the first in its category!" "

Being first of its kind is actually not necessarily difficult.

First of all, the Chinese Pinyin input method will exclude coders from non-Chinese speaking areas from competing.

It only competes with domestic coders, and domestic coders are still in demand and very scarce.

Most of the people with good technical skills are hired by big manufacturers to study for some tracks that look more promising. There are not many programmers who will study for the pinyin input method track.

In the future, tens of thousands of companies will be involved in the online game industry, and there will be hundreds of video websites in the video industry, but only a few will be left in the future.What is even more exaggerated is the group buying website. Later, there were thousands of websites in the business, and only single digits were left.

Later, there were only dozens of Chinese input method companies at most, and the intensity of competition was not even as intense as that of novel websites.

Mainly, no one could have imagined that the Chinese Pinyin input method would have 2 million users in the PC era, and would reach 5 million users in the mobile Internet era.

If I had known earlier, I am afraid this track would have been very winding!

Unfortunately, most of them don't know... so that whoever makes a disruptive product first in this field in the future will probably win.

What needs to be vigilant is Sogou Lab, a subsidiary of Sohu. In 05, Sohu hired a new employee named Ma Zhankai. Ma Zhankai sent his resume to all search engine companies and introduced in detail the keywords of popular words that search engines continue to generate. Thesaurus is naturally suitable for Pinyin input method. Based on this personal opinion, he went to apply for a job.

As a result, Yahoo, Baidu, and Google ignored him, and only Sohu gave him an interview opportunity.

Later, Ma Zhankai joined Sogou Labs, a subsidiary of Sohu, and was developing the Sogou Pinyin input method by himself.By the second half of 06, the research and development was completed, and after being quietly uploaded to major software download platforms, it unexpectedly became a hit.

It was only after 07 that Sohu really took it seriously.

As for search engine companies, they probably found out that in 05, Ma Zhankai submitted a resume introducing his personal research. So in 07, Google, which did not do evil, took the lead and copied Sogou's thesaurus, becoming the first to plagiarize Sogou's pinyin. Big factory.

If plagiarism is not an evil act, Zhao Han has nothing to say.

After Google took the lead in plagiarism, it made Sogou famous.On the other hand, major Internet companies have become restless, rolling up their sleeves and copying!

Then, a big battle ensued. Sogou Input Method had a first-mover advantage and had something to offer, so its market share hit [-]%!

After the pop-up ads, word-of-mouth dropped, and gradually dropped to [-]% or even [-]%.After that, Baidu, iFlytek, etc. gradually had opportunities.

If so, Sogou input method will be patient and will not pop up.Even if the pop-up window controls the number of times, it will not be like this.

The fatal blow to word-of-mouth is mainly the bundling and downloading of Sogou Browser, which is a cunning operation.

Even though Sogou gradually changed its ways, the former gangsters still allowed Baidu and iFlytek to take advantage of the situation.

From the monopoly of Pinyin input method, it has become a three-thirds world.It can be regarded as Sogou’s own fault.

……

Currently, Chen Jingjing is polishing the code, that is, optimizing it whenever possible, as much as Cao Xueqin polished "Dream of Red Mansions".

Optimize the code as much as possible to the extent that it cannot be optimized at her level.

As long as it can be changed for the better, make changes.

As for Zhang Tiantian, she is responsible for optimizing server-related software technology.

Although the company has not yet developed cloud server technology, it is already researching and making technical reserves for related distributed server technology.

Since Zhang Tiantian was responsible for the research and development, this set of technology was also named Tiantian Cloud.

"It sounds like our technology is similar to a virtual server, but in fact, it's much more powerful than that!"

Zhang Tiantian introduced, "Didn't you brag before about building a cloud server?

A large amount of computing and storage are distributed in computer rooms all over the country. Computing power, storage resources and bandwidth resources are allocated through the software level. To expand the website server, just apply for more computing power and storage resources!

The technology I developed is this, and it is also very cutting-edge internationally. It is considered to be ahead of the times! "

"Is there any technical bottleneck?" Zhao Han remembered.

Alibaba Cloud, the leading cloud service provider in China, is going to be a big name in the future. It is not going smoothly. Wang Jian, a technology tycoon, has been working for four years without any results and was almost considered a liar.

In order to do cloud computing, technology tycoon Wang Jian gave his boss Jack Ma the opposite: "Cloud computing is bound to replace traditional IT equipment and become the underlying infrastructure of the Internet world."

Ma Yun said that although he didn't understand, he was greatly shocked. Then, against all opinions, he supported Wang Jian's cloud computing.

After four years of work, a lot of funds were burned, and there were complaints within Alibaba. Many people felt that Wang Jian, who was engaged in cloud computing, was a big liar.

After the Feitian distributed operating system, the foundation of cloud computing, was completed, under Wang Jian's leadership, Alibaba's entire group achieved de-IOE.

That is to gradually get rid of the original dependence on IBM minicomputers, Oracle databases and EMC storage.

Alibaba Cloud services are centered around the independently developed Feitian operating system. You decide what hardware and software you need, rather than relying on external manufacturers.

In a sense, Alibaba has quietly solved the problem of stuck core technologies in some areas.

Later, Alibaba continued its efforts and made another mobile operating system - Cloud OS. Well, it was an open source modification of Android.It is reasonable and legal and complies with the rules of open source. In the beginning, Samsung, Meizu, etc. supported Cloud OS. At its peak, [-] or [-] mobile phone manufacturers supported it, including some big brands.

Later, Google used all its resources to block Cloud OS, forcing major manufacturers to give up using Alibaba Cloud OS system.Then, only some inferior copycat phone manufacturers continued to use cloud OS, and the ecosystem could not develop, and then it gradually faded away.

In a sense, Alibaba was once a passionate young man, and cloud computing de-IOE-oriented, which is actually relatively low-key.

But the high-profile launch of Cloud OS is a puncture to the lungs of major Silicon Valley companies.So, Google took action to kill Cloud OS.

In a sense, Alibaba Cloud is a preview of what will happen before Huawei builds its core technologies.

Ali met resistance and then gave up.Therefore, the suppression has not escalated further.

Huawei, on the other hand, faced the pressure and continued to break through the upper limit of technology, poking the lungs of its peers time and time again. Then, the pressure inevitably escalated.

Later, two cases of Alibaba and Huawei showed that low-key cloud services actually involve core technologies, but they may not directly stimulate Yingjiang.

When it comes to the consumer field, for example...Huawei's mobile phone sales briefly ranked first in the world, which is too conspicuous.

Therefore, Zhao Han felt that, based on the experience of Alibaba and Huawei, we would start with some core technologies that would not poke the lungs of Yingjiang.

Zhang Tiantian thought for a while: "The cloud computing server is also modified from Linux. I refer to some open source Linux codes. According to the technical information shared by some open source experts, the open source technology can enable more than 1000 servers to process data online at the same time! I think of ways to improve gradually! On the one hand, Linux will have open source achievements from all over the world being constantly shared, and on the other hand, I will also make changes myself!"

"Oh! Accumulate slowly, don't rush! On the one hand, absorb open source knowledge and resources, on the other hand, do independent research and development! Even if Linux is open source, anyone can use it to modify it, but the best technology may be hidden by others, no What you can share can only be developed by yourself!”

Zhao Han also nodded.

Later, Dr. Wang Jian of Alibaba Cloud encountered technical difficulties with 5000 servers processing data online at the same time. At that time, the open source distributed computing solution using Linux systems could support up to 4000 servers.

Wang Jian wants to make 5000 units and break the record!

Therefore, Wang Jian chose to do it by himself if open source was not possible, take the lead again, and write the code of Feitian operating system from scratch.

As for Wang Jian, he also achieved de-IOE with Feitian operating system.This feat made Wang Jian elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, making him one of the rare Internet company executives to receive academician-level honors!

Zhao Han was not familiar with Wang Jian and was not from Hangzhou, so he did not feel confident that he could deceive a big boss like Wang Jian.

And... Wang Jian is very good at burning money. If you want to recruit him, you have to have money for him.

For the time being, Zhao Han could only look at Zhang Tiantian and hope... Even if she is not as good as Wang Jian, the low-end version of Wang Jian should be okay, right?

Chapter 254: Above the storm, the installed capacity exceeds 400 million

The end of April.

Thanks to continuous promotion and user reputation, the installed base of Jingjing Pinyin input method has exceeded 400 million.

It is much higher than the historical download volume of Sogou Pinyin in 06.

Because the Sogou Pinyin input method was not taken seriously at first, and it was Ma Zhankai, a new employee, who worked on it alone.In line with this, I finished everything and uploaded it to the download site.

Half a year later, the number of users exceeded 200 million. This was achieved without any attention and without any advertising.

Then, Sohu boss Zhang Chaoyang, Sogou Wang Xiaochuan, and a bunch of senior executives listened to Ma Zhankai’s PPT!

Ma Zhankai speaks directly from the download site data. The number of QQ downloads is incredible. According to statistics from major download sites, the total downloads exceed 5 million times.

Pinyin input methods are all kinds of miscellaneous fish, and most of the user experience is very average. However, in this track that no one pays attention to, the total number of downloads of all Pinyin input methods is half that of QQ!

In other words, if you round up the Pinyin input method market, you will have an awesome product with half the number of QQ users!

The entire Sohu and Sogou executives were directly convinced by this download data!Then, in 2007, Sohu began to invest money to promote the Sogou Pinyin input method, but Sohu still invested a little bit of money, which was not profitable!And as Sogou Pinyin is really special, as long as you invest a little bit, the number of users will increase rapidly, and the cost-effectiveness of the investment is astonishingly high!After that, the Sogou team was formed, and the core product changed from search to Pinyin input method!

As long as Jingjing Pinyin input method is developed before Sogou input method, it is destined to become a hit!The reason... Ma Zhankai has summed it up very well!

The total number of downloads of those useless Pinyin input methods reaches half the size of QQ.

If a great pinyin input method were to come out, wouldn't it be the beginning of the world's return?Countless users of other Pinyin input methods have come to vote for it?

Generally speaking, the version of Jingjing Pinyin input method launched in 04 is definitely better than the version of Sogou Pinyin input method from 06 to 07.

This is what Zhao Han came up with after using Future Sogou.

The current Jingjing Pinyin Input Method is a few years ahead of the later Sogou Input Method, and the amount of advertising it invests in is more cost-effective.

Therefore, Zhao Han is not surprised that the download volume is almost comparable to that of Xunlei these days!

Historically, the number of users of Sogou Pinyin input method was not lower than that of Xunlei.Therefore, it is not surprising to Zhao Han that Jingjing Pinyin can match the download growth rate of Xunlei PK, the new application software downloaded in 04 to 05!

"There are 400 million installed bases, and there are no high-profile reports from mainstream media! There are only official advertising soft articles from download sites." Zhang Tiantian couldn't help but be speechless.

Zhao Han said: "Although professional software and hardware media will report on some particularly popular dark horse applications, most news exposures are paid!"

"Yes!" Zhang Tiantian naturally knows the so-called survival method of professional media.Software and hardware are both products and commodities.

then……

If you want more coverage and more exposure, you have to pay.

Of course, there are also some professional reports, or the biggest news in the industry, which do not require payment and must be reported, otherwise it will not be professional.

Ordinary application software is not required by you, so why do you get more coverage?

This is actually how media in many professional vertical industries survive.

Computers, software, hardware and other media are the industry's favorites.

Most people rely on selling newspapers and magazines to make a profit...impossible!Only by eating more can you make money!

Just like many self-media on the Internet later.

For example, if you are engaged in self-media for consumer electronics, if you are a fan of consumer electronics, the sponsor is the brand in the industry. If you give more, you can create more programs.

For example, the self-media of automobiles is particularly serious. For example, in the era of electric vehicles, some self-media of fuel vehicles have not kept up with the times. They have made some remarks that are very professional and have become the butt of jokes.

As for electric vehicle self-media, different brands are on the same side, with different sources and very different positions.

Zhao Han is well-informed and knows that the more professional the media is, the more interesting the drama will be. In fact... after purifying the concentration, it will be more suitable.

You are not a media financier, so why should the media continue to report on your products?

What, your product is popular?There are so many popular products, are you the number one in the market? Do you have to be the one?

If not, then there is no need!I gave you the money and told you something else.

"This is actually better. If there are more reports, peers will inevitably pay more attention, and there will be more competing products! Build walls high, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king! This is the king of kings!" Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh, "Lao Zhu, in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he actually did not have an advantage in terms of strength at the beginning, but he focused on accumulating more hard power and was not so keen on fighting for territory in the short term. In the end, he had soldiers and food, but his opponent was tired of soldiers and food, and then , and began to sweep across the world!"

"In real-time strategy games, the farming party is invincible if they can survive without being pushed away!" Zhang Tiantian couldn't help but understand.

"Yes!" Zhao Han said, "We are weak in the early days, but time is on my side! As long as we give enough time to develop, the later competing products appear, the stronger we will be. In a few years, even if a big manufacturer comes, It’s hard to shake our advantage!”

"So, you registered users and uploaded the input method's personal vocabulary and usage habits to the server?" Zhang Tiantian smiled.

"You understand, Fatty Zhang!" Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh, it would be great if she lost weight.In fact, Zhao Han has seen Zhang Tiantian's old photos. She is indeed a beauty. Unfortunately, she has gained weight.

The beauty of the fat beauty has seriously declined.

This can be regarded as, in order to prevent people from being addicted to their beauty, they eat fat and destroy themselves.Of course, I don’t know if she can lose weight.

"Humph!" Zhang Tiantian didn't feel offended at all by being called fat. She had already accepted the persona of fat.

A talented woman really doesn't care about appearance.She had peak looks, and she wasn't just bragging. After seeing her previous photos, you knew she was a beauty.

It's a pity that beauties get fat easily, they just need to eat and drink a lot.

The skin center of the Jingjing Pinyin input method was also created with the help of a group of programmers led by Chen Jingjing.

Of course, the most difficult thing in the skin center is the art. There are some people in the company’s e-commerce department who are good at photography and using PS to retouch pictures. They are probably... considered art artists, right?I just made do with it, it can be said to be the center of the skin, but it works.

"For the time being... we only provide official skins for users to change skins for free." Chen Jingjing pointed to several skins.

After Zhao Han changed it, he found that the main colors and appearance of the input method were slightly different, and some IP images could not be changed.

"Later, we need to purchase some copyrights, for anime and games, and make some popular anime and games into skin themes, so that relevant fans will buy it." Zhao Han thought for a while, "We must also pay attention to the price, the price is too expensive If so, I won’t do it! The skin is prepared to make money for a fee!”

"Yeah!" Chen Jingjing wrote down the key points.

"In the future, users will be allowed to upload skins, and the copyright will mainly be reviewed. Users do not own the copyright and cannot upload it at will. In addition, we will use this as a project to attract copyright-owning companies to produce skins and share the sales."

Zhao Han said, "Some domestic manufacturers, such as Meiying, actually have some IPs that are very recognizable and well-known. You can first contact Meiying, or... some cartoonists and the like."