madnovel Chapter 140: Momo exploded on its first day of launch; Ma gave Gou Youqian a gift.
Chapter 140: Momo exploded on its first day of launch; Ma gave Gou Youqian a gift.
Chapter 140: Momo's Launch Day Was a Hit; Ma Mou Gave Gou Youqian a Gift (10k)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Science and Technology Park, Mingfan Technology Office.
With the official launch of the Momo app promotion, the office suddenly became much less crowded.
Apart from product manager Ma Tongtong, new media operations manager Yang Mingxia, Du Yujiao, and some development and testing teams, everyone else has set out, taking part-time intern college students to various universities in Shanghai.
If the team's ground promotion team is insufficient, everyone will step in; everyone becomes a ground promotion agent.
Yang Mingxia sat in front of the computer, her fingers flying across the keyboard, while simultaneously opening more than twenty web pages and eight QQ group windows, keeping abreast of the online promotion progress of various universities.
Ma Tongtong was on edge, monitoring the backend data.
Meanwhile, in the graduate school dormitory building of the School of Mechanical Engineering and Power Engineering.
Zhang Xuhao, Kang Jia, and Wang Yuan, who had just returned from a business trip to Beijing, had already gone back to their dormitory.
The three of them slumped in their chairs, their faces etched with exhaustion. Their suitcases were carelessly tossed aside in a corner, unpacked yet.
Their research trip to the capital was arduous, but very fruitful, even exceeding their expectations.
The density of universities in Beijing is significantly higher than in Shanghai, and although there are several local food delivery platforms, it's still largely traditional...
The level of online ordering services offered by phone is significantly lower than that of Ele.me.
This means they have at least a one- or two-month window to quickly send their ground sales teams to Beijing, seize the market, and establish a first-mover advantage.
Two months is enough time to plant Ele.me's flag all over major universities in Beijing.
"Wang Yuan, why don't you ask Qinghua to come to the dorm too? The four of us can have a little meeting to discuss how to promote our business in Beijing," Zhang Xuhao said while soaking his clothes.
"Okay, I'll give him a call." Wang Yuan took out his phone, found Zhang Qinghua's number, and dialed it.
"Brother Hao, has Arctic Capital said when they'll make the payment?" Kang Jia asked again. "We're going to expand northwards, and the costs won't be low."
"Last time I asked Mr. Li, he said he would transfer the money to us today or tomorrow," Zhang Xuhao said.
5 minute later.
Ding!
Zhang Xuhao's phone beeped with a text message.
He immediately put down the clothes in the basin, quickly wiped his hands, and went to get his phone. He opened the text message, which was from Arctic Capital.
After carefully reading the message, he excitedly exclaimed, "Konka, Wang Yuan, and Mr. Li from Arctic Capital said they've transferred money to us! They'll give us 50 first!"
Ten thousand US dollars!
"Wow! Not bad at all!" Kang Jia clenched his fists and waved them in the air. "That solves the funding problem for expanding into the capital! 50 US dollars should be enough for us to burn through cash in the capital for a while!"
Just then, Zhang Qinghua, sporting dark circles under his eyes, pushed open the door and entered.
After joining the Ele.me team, Zhang Qinghua's potential was fully realized.
He and two other undergraduate students from the computer science department worked tirelessly, day after day, until they finally helped Ele.me build its official online food ordering platform.
He was clearly sleep-deprived during this period and lost a lot of weight, but he was very energetic.
"Why are you all so happy? What good news is this?" Zhang Qinghua asked curiously as he came over and picked up a longan from the table to eat.
"The money from Arctic Capital has arrived!" Wang Yuan exclaimed excitedly. "The first 50 US dollars have arrived!"
"Wasn't it a million US dollars? Why are you only giving me 50?" Zhang Qinghua frowned, chewing on longan pulp as he asked indistinctly.
"They have a better pace when it comes to funding!" Wang Yuan said. "50 US dollars is enough for us to live on for a long time!"
"Okay, that makes sense—" Zhang Qinghua then said, "Then can we rent a proper office?"
That way I won't have to live in constant fear of my boss finding out I'm working here.
"I also think we should rent a proper place. Let's rent one in that science and technology park off-campus; your advisor and classmates won't go there," Wang Yuan said, then looked at Zhang Xuhao, "What do you think, Hao-ge?"
Zhang Xuhao nodded, already wearing his coat and picking up his briefcase: "Okay, it's time to properly rent an office. Wang Yuan, I'm leaving this to you. When you have time, go check out the science and technology park and rent a cost-effective one."
"Okay, no problem!"
Zhang Qinghua picked up his phone and glanced at the time. He said anxiously, "Brother Hao, let's have a meeting first. I have to go to my boss's place later. I'll get scolded if I'm late."
Zhang Xuhao had already reached the door when he turned back and said, "Okay. But I need to go to the bank now to handle some payment matters. Let Kang Jia and Wang Yuan explain our promotion strategy and new system requirements to you first. I'll be right back."
After Zhang Xuhao finished speaking, he turned to look at Kang Jia, only to find that Kang Jia was staring intently at the computer screen, looking at the Yinshui Siyuan BBS.
This is Konka's routine operation.
Now that Ele.me's daily order volume is increasing, he has gotten into the habit of checking posts every day to collect user feedback and see if there are any complaints or suggestions.
"Wang Yuan, you talk to Tsinghua University. I'm going to the bank now," Zhang Xuhao said, turning and leaving the dormitory.
Wang Yuan began to speak with great enthusiasm: "Tsinghua University, the market in Beijing is much easier to do than here. You really should come and do some research with us."
"I want to go too, but unlike you guys, my mentor supports your entrepreneurship." Zhang Qinghua sighed, looking helpless. "Right now, I still have to sneak around, always asking for leave without a reason!"
"Alright, Jia and I will tell you—" Wang Yuan said, then turned to look at Kang Jia, only to see that Kang Jia was still staring intently at the computer screen, fiddling with her phone as she looked.
"Jia-ge, you don't need to be so diligent in browsing this forum every day. Come and talk to Tsinghua University about this—" Wang Yuan walked over and patted Kang Jia on the shoulder.
Kang Jia looked up and interrupted Wang Yuan: "Wang Yuan, our school forum hasn't had a viral post in a long time, and now another one has appeared."
"What's the hot topic?" Zhang Qinghua was the first to huddle in front of the Konka computer, his head almost touching the screen.
"Wow! I just discovered a fun app that lets you see everyone nearby."
While Kang Jia was speaking, the Momo app was almost downloaded on his phone. The progress bar moved forward little by little, and his eyes were filled with curiosity.
"[People Nearby] again? My senior mentioned this when I left the lab," Zhang Qinghua said curiously. "He said you could use it to find girls at Huashi University. I thought he was joking."
At this moment, Wang Yuan also came over.
"The icon for the Momo app is so refreshing!" Zhang Qinghua flicked her slightly parted bangs, her eyes sparkling. "I really like the gradient color."
"Hmm, this logo looks pretty flashy. Tsinghua University, it really suits you." Wang Yuan glanced at the red shirt...
Zhang Qinghua, wearing red pants, laughed.
"This isn't just being flashy, it's trendy, trendy, you know!" Zhang Qinghua rolled his eyes at Wang Yuan, ignoring him, and hurriedly said to Kang Jia, "Brother Jia, hurry up and open the app, I'm really curious about what's in there. Hurry, hurry up!"
Konka opened the app, and the splash screen began.
A few stars slowly lit up in the sky, and the city lights were turned on one by one, gradually transforming the scene from darkness to brightness.
The screen then goes blank, slowly revealing Momo's gradient logo icon, below which is a short slogan:
Hello, stranger.
At that time, the iPhone still had a 3.5-inch screen with low resolution and low color saturation, but the simple and beautiful splash screen clearly conveyed a sense of cleanliness, white space, and room for imagination, which immediately caught the attention of several people.
"Holy crap, that was a pretty cool opening!" Zhang Qinghua muttered.
Konka scrolled through the "People Nearby" list, the profile pictures arranged from top to bottom, each displaying its distance—0.5km, 1.2km, 2.8km—
Wang Yuan couldn't help but exclaim, "So many people are using Momo! It's really interesting that you can see how far everyone is from you! Look at this one, only 30 meters away. Could it be from the girls' dormitory next door?"
"Click on it, click on this pretty girl's profile picture, let's see if we can chat or say something, quick!" Zhang Qinghua said, reaching out to tap Konka's screen, his index finger eager to try.
Kang Jia quickly pushed Zhang Qinghua's hand away, saying seriously, "Qinghua, don't mess around, this is my phone. If you want to chat, download it yourself."
"Qinghua, Jia is a pure and devoted guy, let's not give him any random recommendations, let's download one ourselves." Wang Yuan said with a smile, taking out his phone and starting to search.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Qinghua reacted instantly, immediately took out his Meizu smartphone, and went to the app store to download it.
He first went to the Meizu app store and searched for "Momo". He entered the keyword, clicked search, and the result was no results.
Then I searched on China Mobile's MobileMarket, but still couldn't find it. Finally, I searched on the JiFeng Marketplace, but still couldn't find it.
2 minute later.
"Damn it, how come I can't find Momo in so many app stores!" Zhang Qinghua was very angry.
"I can't find it on my phone either," Wang Yuan, who uses a Motorola, added.
"Oh, the post just said that only iPhones have the Momo app right now; the Android version won't be released for another day or two," Kang Jia said with a smile, shaking his iPhone with a hint of smugness on his face.
"Why are we Android users being discriminated against? Why are Apple phones given priority?"
Zhang Qinghua, who doesn't own an iPhone, could only watch helplessly as Konka tried out Momo, peering longingly from the side.
Konka's thoughts had already shifted from the Momo app itself to Ele.me.
His hand unconsciously slowed down as he scrolled through the page, and his eyes gradually became deep.
If Ele.me also developed an app where users could see the distance to nearby restaurants and estimated delivery times, the user's food ordering experience would be greatly improved.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered his phone conversation with Arctic Capital.
At that time, Eric led them to envision whether Ele.me's future intelligent delivery and map navigation would be feasible when the daily order volume reached hundreds of thousands or millions of orders.
At that time, whether it was myself, Hao Ge, or Wang Yuan, it all felt very distant, like it would be several years from now.
But now, seeing Momo and thinking back to what Eric said back then, it seems—it's not impossible.
Konka's finger hovered above the screen, remaining still for a long time.
The forum post that Konka saw was just one of many.
Yang Mingxia and her friends have already posted the thread on the forums of eight major universities in Shanghai using different accounts:
"Does anyone use [Momo]? Come chat!", "I used Momo and saw several girls from Fudan University!", "How many interesting people are hidden around Fudan University? I was shocked after opening this app!", "Open Momo and you can see strangers around you!"
Each post has a carefully crafted title; some take an artistic approach, some a novelty approach, and some a practical approach, all with the same goal: to attract users with different tastes to click in.
On Weibo and Renren's local section, some topics have also started to emerge:
#The people I pass by every day are all on Momo#, #Making new friends on Momo#, #College students are all using Momo#, #Using Momo to meet up with people nearby to play badminton#
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These posts and topics also included some screenshots of the Momo app, which were blurred out, and deliberately showed the profile pictures of handsome men and beautiful women.
The plane landed.
Lu Siyu, who was the first to cancel airplane mode, hurriedly said, "Boss, Ma Tongtong just said that the Momo APP is now online and you can download and try it out."
"Oh, let me see." Geng Zhi said, then opened the App Store, searched for Momo, and was about to click to download it.
"Boss!" Lü Siyu quickly called out to Geng Zhi, "Downloading with mobile data is more expensive. Why don't you wait until you get off the plane and into the lobby before connecting to the WiFi to download?"
Lu Siyu's words immediately reminded Geng Zhi, and his finger, which was about to click to download, paused slightly.
He took a closer look at the size of the Momo app's installation package: 10MB.
This is a problem.
He's used to using WiFi at school, so downloading an app isn't a big deal for him.
But this is an airport!
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He's a small business owner now, so he doesn't care about this little bit of data usage fee. But what about the vast majority of users?
We are still in an era of data anxiety, and WiFi is far from being widespread.
For university students, while there is WiFi coverage on campus, the availability is limited, typically only in public areas such as libraries, teaching buildings, and lecture halls. Many places on campus lack WiFi, and dormitories mostly rely on wired internet connections.
In the home setting, WiFi routers are gradually becoming more common, but not every household has one; most people still prefer to connect their computers directly with a wired network cable.
Needless to say, public places outside of the city center, except for some Starbucks and McDonald's which have public WiFi, are also limited.
Apart from that, it is not available in most other places.
And this is just the current situation in Shanghai; what about other second- and third-tier cities? The situation is definitely worse.
Therefore, most people access the internet via their mobile phones using data plans from mobile operators. This means that users have to pay real money for the data they use to download apps and chat.
At this time, although the three major telecom operators had reduced the price of 3G data, it was still very expensive.
以中移动为例，此时主流套餐依旧是5元30MB、10元70MB、20元150MB的套餐，超出1KB就要1分钱。折合下来，每超出1MB就要10块钱。
At this time, the Momo version only had the most basic functions such as pure text chat and people nearby, and the installation package was already 10MB.
If a mobile user has used up their monthly data allowance and wants to download the Momo app, it will cost them 100 yuan!
This cost makes it difficult to promote in areas without WiFi.
If features such as sending chat images, group messaging, event posting, and voice functionality are added in the future, the installation package will be even larger, and the download cost will be even higher.
This is extremely unfriendly to Momo users!
Optimization must involve technical optimization!
With this in mind, Geng Zhi sent Ma Tongtong a few messages, proposing a request to optimize the installation package, and making it a very high priority task.
"Why aren't we allowed to disembark yet?? When are we going to be allowed to get off?" Lu Siyu, who couldn't wait any longer and wanted to try downloading the latest version of the Momo app, complained in a low voice.
"Siyu, are you running low on data?" Geng Zhi asked with a smile.
"Yes, I have the 20 yuan for 150MB package, but I used it up quite a bit these past few days in Beijing, so I don't have much left," said Lü Siyu.
Geng Zhi glanced out of the cabin window, then, without waiting any longer, clicked the download button. The progress bar began to slowly advance.
Seeing this, Lü Siyu no longer hesitated and clicked to download Momo.
Although I feel bad about wasting data, as a company employee, I should at least be the first to experience our own products, right?
Geng Zhi opened the list of people nearby and was shocked to find that there were already 12 strangers within 10 kilometers of him.
Aside from Lü Siyu and 10 bot accounts, there was actually one real person—a user located 3.2 kilometers away, whose profile picture was a cat.
He continued scrolling down the list, and found that there were already forty or fifty real people using Momo within a 40-kilometer radius.
Geng Zhi guessed that his team had probably already acquired new users at several universities, including Shanghai International Studies University, Fudan University, and Tongji University.
He continued scrolling down, turning page after page within a 100-kilometer radius, and before he had finished, he estimated there were over three hundred real people.
"The effect seems pretty good." Geng Zhi smiled slightly and praised.
Geng Zhi immediately opened QQ, and messages started flashing non-stop in the [Momo Squad] QQ group, with over 99 unread messages.
[Yang Mingxia]: "The posts from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, and Shanghai University had the highest number of replies, with five posts from these three universities exceeding 100 replies each!"
[Shu Beibei]: "Our progress at Fudan and Tongji Universities is going smoothly. I can see over forty real people within a 5-kilometer radius on Momo now!"
[Lu Zhijie]: "The results here at Shanghai International Studies University are also quite good, and the male-to-female ratio is about 1:3, with far more girls than boys."
[Zhao Jie]: "Several of my classmates have given feedback that there is no Android version, so they can't experience it. We need to launch the Android version as soon as possible."
[Shu Beibei]: "@Song Qing, I have a user here. After he installed Momo, he can't see me in the [People Nearby] list! I'm standing right next to him! Look quickly!"
[Zhao Jie]: "Just now, someone was quite interested in our Momo app, but because there's no Wi-Fi—"
Inside the office of Mingfan Technology.
Yang Mingxia was keeping an eye on the various posts and topics, while Ma Tongtong, Huang Haitang, and Lei Dakun were frequently checking the messages in the QQ group.
I thought the app had undergone multiple rounds of thorough testing and verification before its launch.
However, the testing we did in the office was vastly different from the actual product launch scenario. Even after launch, some bugs were still reported.
Occasionally, issues arise such as not being able to refresh for people, message packet loss, message desynchronization, and geographical distance not being displayed, as well as the persistent location drift problem.
Huang Haitang and Lei Dakun were extremely busy, going to see server-side developers Lü Sifeng and Song Qing one minute and client-side developer Zou Lu the next.
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"Zou Lu, what are you daydreaming about?" Lei Dakun patted Zou Lu on the shoulder when he saw that Zou Lu still had two minor bugs to fix.
"I just received a requirement from the product manager," Zou Lu said, stunned.
"Hmm, what's the requirement, and then?" Lei Dakun asked, puzzled.
Zou Lu did not answer him, but got up and walked directly to Lü Sifeng's seat.
He paused for a moment before speaking, "Mr. Lü, the product manager just said that I must keep the compressed file size of the next version of the app under 7MB. That's... unlikely!"
"Oh? Why do you need to control the size of the compressed file?" Lu Sifeng asked subconsciously.
"7MB? That's hard to believe!" Chu Jiatong quickly chimed in, "My Android installation package is already 12MB after packaging."
"Why does Ma Tongtong want the installation package size to be controlled? Is she suggesting it, or is she insisting on controlling it?" Lu Sifeng asked, waving at Ma Tongtong who was discussing with Huang Haitang.
"Absolutely," Zou Lu replied. "She said the current package size is too large, consumes too much data, is not user-friendly, and makes it difficult for our operations team to conduct on-the-ground promotions."
"Just download it using WiFi," Chu Jiatong said.
"Not every place has WiFi," Lei Dakun chimed in. "The product manager is right. If I were outside, I probably wouldn't be willing to spend 10MB of data to download an app."
"Then just download it when you get home! You'll have WiFi when you get home!" Chu Jiatong said.
Just then, Ma Tongtong came to her side. Upon hearing Chu Jiatong's words, she immediately explained, "But once they get home, even with WiFi, users may stop installing Momo for various reasons, and we'll lose a user for nothing."
Lu Sifeng understood and nodded: "Should we focus on the corpse experience, or should we try to optimize it?"
"But I just did a rough calculation, and it's very difficult."
As Zou Lu spoke, he pulled over the whiteboard next to him and began writing on it as he spoke, breaking it down: "The core functionality of 'People Nearby' is about 2MB, the chat module is at least 1MB, UI resources such as images and icons are about 3MB, third-party libraries are 1.5MB, interest groups are 1.5MB, and others are 1MB, totaling at least 10MB. There's basically no room for optimization."
After Zou Lu finished speaking, he looked at Ma Tongtong and Lü Sifeng and shook his head helplessly.
"These packaged services you've provided are all client-side; it seems like we on the server side can't really offer much help," Lü Sifeng said, then asked Zou Lu and Chu Jiatong, "Is there really no room for optimization in these?"
"I've thought about it for iOS, and there's basically nothing, unless we ask Ji Liufang to help compress the UI resources, but I don't think we can compress them much," Zou Lu said.
"It's about the same on my Android side, but the package size is probably a bit larger than on iOS," Chu Jiatong chimed in.
Upon hearing this, Ma Tongtong immediately called Ji Liufang over.
"Liu Fang, we need to reduce the size of Momo's installation package. We need to compress the resources. Could you compress the UI resources you provided?"
Ji Liufang thought for a moment and then replied, "The resources I provided are already compressed. If you compress them further, you can only convert PNG24 to PNG8, which will result in a lower quality."
"How much can it be reduced after compression?" Lu Sifeng asked hurriedly.
"I have to give it a try, but I estimate it will still need at least 2.5MB, and I won't be able to reduce it much," Ji Liufang said.
Lu Sifeng pondered for a moment, then said to the product manager, "Tongtong, the task of slimming down the installation package is still quite complex and cannot be solved in the short term. I suggest we focus on other features and new version iterations. We can optimize this package size requirement gradually, what do you think?"
"No way!" Ma Tongtong shook her head decisively. "As long as there are no fatal bugs, the need for a smaller app size is the highest priority. If we don't optimize it now, the impact will be huge when we roll it out on a large scale later."
"Product, your requirement is really difficult to meet, it's technically impossible!" Chu Jiatong shrugged.
The friendly chat atmosphere slowly began to turn a little heated.
Chu Jiatong and Zou Lu believed the demand was unreasonable and impossible to fulfill. However, Ma Tongtong firmly refused to back down, citing her desire to experience the corpse.
Lu Sifeng also believed that the user experience was very important, but he didn't quite understand the client's logic. Seeing that Zou Lu and Chu Jiatong both said that it couldn't be optimized, he was at a loss for what to do.
"Tongtong, why don't you go back and get busy first? Our technical department will discuss it further and we'll keep you updated as soon as we have any news," said Lü Sifeng.
"Okay, Engineer Lü." Ma Tongtong said and left to continue her discussion with Huang Haitang.
"Mr. Lü, the product manager's request is so bizarre, it's clearly unreasonable!" Chu Jiatong said angrily. "I've never seen anyone make such a brainless request!"
Chu Jiatong was agitated. On one hand, he really had no good way to solve the problem of the app's excessively large installation package. On the other hand, he was afraid that if the Android version followed the same standard, it would affect the Android version's release date tomorrow.
He had made a promise to Geng Zhi, so if he couldn't log on tomorrow, he would be proven wrong.
Before Lü Sifeng could reply, Zou Lu spoke up first: "Engineer Lü, what do you think—why don't you talk to the boss and ask him to get involved and put some pressure on the product manager?"
Lu Sifeng pondered for a moment and nodded: "You two go ahead and get busy, I'll talk to the product manager again."
As he spoke, Lü Sifeng walked over to Ma Tongtong and said, "Tongtong, shall we go to the conference room to talk?"
"Okay, Mr. Lü."
In the conference room.
"Tongtong, I understand your needs, and I agree with them. But after talking with the two client-side engineers, I realized that compressing the package size to under 7MB is technically very difficult to achieve."
Lu Sifeng paused slightly, then continued, "When you were at Tencent and Alipay, did they have experience in this area of client-side development?"
Ma Tongtong pondered for a moment, then answered frankly, "Mr. Lü, to be honest, when I was at Tencent, they didn't have Android or iOS products yet."
"When I was at Alipay, although I was in charge of the app, Alipay was a product that was a necessity. Users who wanted to download it would find a way to do so, regardless of the size of the app. It's different from the nature of Momo."
"If Momo's app size is too large, it will inevitably lead to the loss of new users. So this is an important and urgent matter."
We can't let this issue delay our goal of reaching one million users in a month.
When Ma Tongtong mentioned the goal of "millions of users," Lü Sifeng was speechless for a moment.
The goal of reaching one million users is related to whether the company's valuation is $2000 million or $3000 million, which is a very important issue.
Lü Sifeng fell silent.
To the left, he can't handle the product management. To the right, he can't handle the client-side development either.
The main thing is that both sides seem to make a lot of sense!
Being a CTO at a company is really tough! Decision-making ability is so important!
Or perhaps we should just pass the difficult problem to our junior colleague to make the decision!
After thinking for a moment, Lü Sifeng spoke tactfully: "Tongtong, I understand and agree with what you're saying. But technically, it's still not realistic. How about this, let's wait for our junior brother to arrive and discuss it with him, and see?"
"Mr. Lü, actually," Ma Tongtong said slowly, "this request was brought up by the boss today."
"Huh? This—" Lu Sifeng's mouth dropped open.
"I just relayed the difficulties that Zou Lu and Jia Tong mentioned to the boss, and he said there's a solution to the package optimization problem and to wait for him to come back."
As Ma Tongtong spoke, she directly showed Lü Sifeng her chat history with Geng Zhi.
After reading the chat history, Lü Sifeng realized that he had wronged Ma Tongtong.
Even before she first called her, Ma Tongtong had discussed with her junior brother that the demand for slimming and shaping was difficult to meet.
"Manager Ma, since you also know this problem is difficult, why didn't you just say in front of Zou Lu and Jia Tong that this request was raised by your junior brother? If you had said that, they wouldn't have complained about you." Lu Sifeng asked, puzzled.
"If I said that, it wouldn't be me, Ma Tongtong, who would get scolded, but the boss," Ma Tongtong joked.
"Uh—this—" Lu Sifeng didn't know what to say.
"Mr. Lü, actually, for us product managers, no matter who originally made the request, as long as we accept the request, we are the primary person in charge. This is the responsibility of a product manager."
"Therefore, I don't need to use the boss to pressure people. As long as I believe it's right, I will carry it out."
Lu Sifeng had no formal work experience yet, and he carefully considered Ma Tongtong's words, which actually made some sense.
After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "What if, I mean, what if, Junior Brother, you made the wrong request?"
"I would try to persuade the boss first, but if the boss still insists in the end, I will carry it out without hesitation. I will make the wrong thing right," Ma Tongtong said.
Lü Sifeng fell silent again.
Is this really how things should be in the workplace? He didn't know.
"So—we're at a stalemate now. Manager Ma, what's your suggestion?" Lu Sifeng asked.
Ma Tongtong checked the latest QQ message and said, "The boss said he's arrived at the park and will be going upstairs soon."
Two minutes later, Geng Zhi arrived at the office.
After putting his bag in the office, he went straight to Ma Tongtong's seat without even turning on his own computer.
"Tongtong, how's the user growth going?" Geng Zhi asked.
"Boss, the number of new users at each university is picking up." Ma Tongtong replied while looking at the backend data, "So far, the number of new downloads has exceeded 400, and the number of registered users is 357."
"Okay!" Geng Zhi nodded. "What's the app's crash rate?"
Ma Tongtong couldn't see the data in the backend, so she had to look to Lü Sifeng.
"So far, only one user's app has crashed, which is less than 0.3%," Lu Sifeng replied.
"What about the total number of people and the total number of private messages?"
"240 people initiated the chat, with a total of 4290 chat messages," Lü Sifeng replied again.
The rate of initiating conversations is about 67%, and each conversation averages seventeen or eighteen messages, which is pretty good — Geng Zhi muttered to himself.
Geng Zhi had already calculated the answer when Yang Mingxia finally used a calculator, and her answer was only different from Geng Zhi's by the decimal point.
"Wow, the boss is really good at math! No wonder he scored 403 points!" Yang Mingxia couldn't help but admire him.
Geng Zhi then briefly looked at other data, and the data kept rising.
Ultimately, it was found that achieving this result on the iOS platform alone, in less than half a day of promotion, was indeed beyond expectations, and could even be described as a minor explosion.
Once the Android version is launched, the user base will grow rapidly, leading to exponential growth, and the goal of 5000 registered university students will likely be achieved.
After reviewing the data, Geng Zhi convened a meeting with relevant personnel to discuss the issue of reducing the size of the app's installation package.
In the conference room.
Ma Tongtong, Lü Sifeng, Song Qing, Zou Lu, Chu Jiatong, Lei Dakun, Huang Haitang, and Ji Liufang also attended the meeting.
"Zou Lu, Jia Tong, you two, explain the difficulties of slimming down the installation package again," Geng Zhi said, his gaze sweeping over the two of them.
Chu Jiatong looked at Zou Lu, gesturing for him to go first.
Zou Lu stepped forward, walked to the whiteboard, picked up a black pen, and wrote down the components and size of the installation package as he spoke, then explained again: "Boss, the iOS package mainly consists of UI resources and a chat module—even with optimization, the package size will not be less than 9MB, that's the minimum."
After he finished writing, he put down his pen, turned around and looked at Geng Zhi with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
After listening to Zou Lu's explanation, Geng Zhi nodded and looked at Chu Jiatong: "What about Jiatong?"
"Boss, my situation is similar to Zou Lu's," Chu Jiatong replied.
"Don't just say 'almost,' what exactly does it mean? I need to know the specific composition of the package," Geng Zhi said. "Write it on the whiteboard too."
Slightly embarrassed, Chu Jiatong stood up and wrote down the complete data from the Android client.
Geng Zhi glanced at the data for the two people on the whiteboard and slowly said, "I've looked at your breakdown, and you can actually reduce the size to under 7M."
"Huh?" Chu Jiatong was clearly startled, his eyes widening, unsure whether his boss truly understood client-side development or was just giving unsolicited instructions.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then swallowed it back.
Geng Zhi got up from his seat, walked to the whiteboard, picked up a red pen, and said, "The client can compress data from these sources."
As he spoke, he began to write on the whiteboard.
"Code can be streamlined. You need to check for redundant code, debugging code, and useless libraries. There are also code compression tools available."
"Resources can be loaded on demand. For example, some image resources can be dynamically downloaded from the server. Some non-standard formats can be optimized."
"The LLVM compiler's optimization levels can optimize ————"
"Some third-party libraries can use the native API to—"
Geng Zhi listed seven or eight points that could be improved in one breath.
After speaking, he looked at the dumbfounded Zou Lu and Chu Jiatong: "Are these solutions feasible?"
The meeting room was quiet.
Zou Lu was stunned for a few seconds before he came to his senses: "Boss, from what I've heard, it should be feasible—resource loading on demand requires the cooperation and support of Engineer Lü's server."
"The server is fine," Lü Sifeng said immediately, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "I can provide the resource download interface."
Image compression service.
And so, after a few people debated the issue for half a day, and with a few straightforward words of guidance, a solution was found, which only required a few developers to try it out.
"Hmm? Junior brother solved the problem already? I haven't even said a word yet —" Song Qing thought to himself.
Lei Dakun, Huang Haitang, Ma Tongtong, and Ji Liufang also remained silent. They exchanged glances, and then the meeting ended.
What I thought would be a long argument was resolved so easily?
Outside the conference room, Chu Jiatong, still utterly bewildered, couldn't help but catch up with Geng Zhi.
"Boss, I want to know, how do you know so much about client-side development?" His eyes were full of confusion and curiosity.
Geng Zhi continued walking without stopping, and said casually, "Nothing special, just practice makes perfect."
After saying that, he turned and went to the CEO's office, leaving Chu Jiatong standing there stunned.
Chu Jiatong was stunned for several seconds before she came to her senses and hurriedly asked Song Qing, "Song Qing, our boss did client-side development before—"
Huh? I'm a little confused.
Song Qing chuckled and patted Chu Jiatong on the shoulder, a knowing look on his face. "You just don't understand! Working under my junior brother, being completely bewildered is the norm. Actually, I'm even more bewildered than you, but this kind of bewilderment is really exhilarating!"
Chu Jiatong: "It actually feels really—good!"
Meanwhile, in the CEO's office of [Jiaotong University Matchmaker].
Li Haipeng and Ma Chunmei have just signed an equity transfer agreement, agreeing to transfer all of his 6.5% equity to Ma Chunmei at a valuation of 1500 million yuan, cashing out 97.5 yuan before tax.
Subsequently, he voluntarily resigned to prepare for starting his own business.
After acquiring the shares, Ma Chunmei held 39% of the company's shares. This means that Baihe.com's shareholding is less than two-thirds, so she will not have absolute control of the company and can be subject to checks and balances.
As soon as Li Haipeng stepped out of his office, Zhang Xinxin rushed into the [Jiaotong University Matchmaker] office.
"Mr. Ma, an app called 'Momo' is all the rage on Jiaotong University's Drinking Water Source BBS! I made some inquiries, and it's very likely that this is the MM project that Gengzhi incubated before," Zhang Xinxin said.
"Who cares if it's a GG project or a MM project? It has nothing to do with our company!" Ma Chunmei glared at Zhang Xinxin. "[Jiaotong University Matchmaker] is ours, it has absolutely nothing to do with Geng Zhi anymore, what's the rush?"
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Zhang Xin wanted to say something more, but after being rebuked by Ma Chunmei, he didn't dare to speak anymore and quietly withdrew.
Ma Chunmei was in a good mood, so she picked up two boxes of gifts, took a large red envelope, and headed towards the office of the MBA department of Antai College of Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Ma Chunmei did well on this year's postgraduate entrance exam. She's currently diligently preparing for the re-examination.
Feeling that she was well prepared for the re-examination, she visited Professor Gou Yougan, the head of the re-examination group, on the advice of her father, Ma Wencai.
Boom boom boom!
"Please come in!"
"Hello, Dean Gou!" Ma Chunmei greeted him politely as she entered, and then closed the door behind her.
Gou Youqian was designing a case study for a business course when he saw Ma Chunmei come in carrying two boxes, and he frowned.
What is this girl trying to do? Is she here to harm me?
"Hello Professor Gou, my name is Ma Chunmei. I applied to your university for graduate studies this year. I————"
"Hello, classmate, please open the door first." Gou Youqian suddenly felt a little nervous and didn't hear Ma Chunmei's introduction clearly.
Upon hearing this, Ma Chunmei didn't open the door. Instead, she quickly took out a thick red envelope from her pocket and whispered, "Professor Gou, this is just a small token of my appreciation. Please—"
Gou Youqian quickly stood up, pushed away the red envelope, opened the office door, and then asked, "Classmate, please reintroduce yourself."
Ma Chunmei glanced at Gou Youqian and said softly, "My name is Ma Chunmei, and I am the founder of [Jiaotong University Matchmaker]."
"Oh? You're Ma Chunmei!" Gou Youqian asked curiously.
What he was really thinking was: You're the Ma Chunmei who tricked Xiao Geng, aren't you?