Chapter 982, there is another bottomless pit (seeking a monthly ticket)

  In the conference room of Earth.com, Liu Qingshan is listening to reports from Adrian and the main creators.

  In the original time and space, the first Internet website was created this year; but now, the earth network has developed thrivingly.

  Relying on free email and free anti-virus software, the two big killers, Earth Net has become the world's largest portal website, bar none.

  There is nothing wrong with this name, because so far, all the portals add up to only three or five.

  Those were established only this year, and the scale is relatively small.

  As of the first half of this year, the number of registered users of Earth Net has exceeded five million.

   Not only that, while most other Internet companies are at a loss, Earth Net has gradually figured out its own profit model.

   Through web page advertisements and email push advertisements, last year Earth Net made a profit of more than 20 million U.S. dollars.

  Of course, this amount of money is not enough for them to burn themselves, and it is not enough to buy servers. In fact, the Earth Network is still in a state of needing blood transfusion.

  No way, Internet companies, in the initial stage, are like this.

  And those investment banks with a keen sense of smell are also aware of the huge development prospects of the Earth Network, waving banknotes, and want to invest in the Earth Network.

   Unfortunately, as the company's largest shareholder, Liu Qingshan is not short of money and does not need financing.

  Looking at such a big piece of fat, they just can’t eat their mouths. Of course, the vampires on Wall Street are not satisfied, so some people began to intentionally manipulate the stock price of Earth.com.

  Originally, the stock of Earth Network has been rising all the way, with a good momentum.

  Especially after Liu Qingshan, the largest shareholder, owns two large oil fields in succession, the stock has jumped a lot.

  But those guys on Wall Street are not jealous. If they work together, they can bring down the economy of a country, let alone your company.

  Therefore, in recent months, the stocks of Earth Net have been falling all the way, which made Adrian and the others very anxious.

   Obviously, these guys want to see Liu Qingshan's jokes. After all, during the Nobel Prize last year, the bet between Liu Qingshan and Professor Merton was widely spread.

  Although the bet this time is not too high, in the eyes of outsiders, it is Liu Qingshan who stands out for his mentor, Professor Peter.

   No matter which party fails, it means ruin.

   After listening to Adrian's report, Liu Qingshan also fell into deep thought. It seems that he still underestimated the greed of human nature. Behind this, there must be the shadow of Professor Merton. After all, he has been on Wall Street for so many years.

  But it's not like I don't have a chance to turn things around. After all, there are still several months until the end of the year.

   "Hunter, have you worked out the instant messaging software you researched?" Liu Qingshan turned to Hunter, the person in charge of the R&D team.

  Hunter still looked like a fool, he snapped his fingers: "Boss, no problem, the internal test is currently being completed."

   After finishing speaking, he added another sentence: "Boss, why don't you help me take a look, although you are not good at technology, but in terms of creativity, we all admire you."

  Cough, cough, Adrian coughed twice, and kept winking at Hunter, and Hunter seemed to react, grinning with a big mouth.

   With these guys, Liu Qingshan didn't bother to care about it, and went directly to Hunter's computer.

  Glanced at the icons on the computer desktop, Liu Qingshan quickly found an icon.

   This is a cartoon image of the earth, the main color is light blue, with a nose and eyes, and a small white wing on each side.

  The wings are very small, compared with the spherical body, it looks a bit funny.

   At the bottom are two capital English letters: GV.

  The name of this software is globalvillage, which translates to global village, which is more in line with the characteristics of instant messaging software.

  Liu Qingshan skillfully clicked on this icon with the mouse, and Hunter next to him whistled again: "As expected of the boss, you can find it accurately!"

  Actually, there are not many icons on the desktop at all. Hunter, this guy obviously didn't mean what he said.

   Afterwards, Liu Qingshan selected the registration item on the pop-up small window, and began to register his own account.

   "Boss, wait a moment, I will go and operate it in the background for you. The number one, which is the account 000001, has been reserved for the boss."

  Hunter also learned to flatter this time.

   "Six digits, it probably won't be enough in the future, forget it, let's add more digits in the future." Liu Qingshan muttered.

  Hunter and others blinked together: Boss, do you know how many good codes can be evolved from these six digits? Do you want everyone in the world to register a good code?

  Liu Qingshan glanced at their expressions, then curled his lips: Don't you know that trumpets still exist in this world?

   After Hunter finished dealing with Liu Qingshan, Liu Qingshan boarded his Tianzi No. 1. As the boss and the creator of this software, he certainly has the qualifications to enjoy this kind of glory.

  In Liu Qingshan’s view, the interface is very simple, try the function, and you can send text and official emoticons.

  There are no voice, picture and other functions left.

  However, the function of transferring files is still available.

   "Boss, I will add you as a friend, please pass it."

  Hunter logged into his account on the computer next to him, which was number 002.

  Liu Qingshan also saw the little globe start to flicker, and clicked on the pop-up window: Superman requests to add you as a friend.

  Looking at the other person's profile picture, it really looks like a superman in a cape.

  Liu Qingshan almost sprayed his tea on the keyboard with a sip of tea: You have the nerve to be called Superman?

  But on the Internet, it is so magical, and this is what makes it attractive.

   "Boss!" Accompanied by Didi's notification tone, Hunter sent a message with a somewhat obscene smiling face.

  Liu Qingshan also replied: "Please wear your pants outside, and then call yourself a superman."

   After chatting for a few words, Liu Qingshan felt that it was okay, and the function and so on, will be improved slowly in the future.

   While Liu Qingshan was chatting with Hunter, several accounts applied for friends. Liu Qingshan knew that they were all employees of the company, so he clicked to agree.

  Looking at these screen names, Liu Qingshan couldn't help laughing: "I remember that there doesn't seem to be any women in our research and development team. Who is this beautiful girl?"

   Unexpectedly, someone changed their gender during the internal test?

  But this is also one of the joys of online chatting, with a sense of freshness and excitement.

  Hunter and others looked at each other: "Boss, we don't have that kind of hobby."

   At this time, Da Mei Niu sent a message to Liu Qingshan: Qingshan, old classmate, have you come to the United States yet?

  Liu Qingshan's mind flashed: "Are you Yu Sanshui?"

  Yu Sanshui is of course Yu Miao, Liu Qingshan's classmate at Peking University, who is quite talented in computers.

  After the other party responded with an OK gesture, Hunter and others were dumbfounded: This is impossible, it is an internal test now, how did outsiders enter the server?

  Then there is only one possibility, the other party is an illegal intrusion, but the anti-virus system did not call the police?

  Liu Qingshan chatted with Yu Miao on the opposite side, and then invited Yu Miao to come to Los Angeles to help Hunter and the others improve their security settings. Obviously, the current GV still has great hidden dangers.

   "I'm in Los Angeles right now, I'll be there soon." Yu Miao replied again.

  After Liu Qingshan finished chatting, they all looked at him with weird eyes when they saw Hunter.

  Hunter couldn't help it first: "Boss, who is that guy, he seems very powerful?"

   "You guys will know when it comes later." Liu Qingshan wasn't too surprised. With Yu Miao's talent and hard work, who knows how far she will grow?

   After just over an hour, Yu Miao arrived. She is really a beautiful girl.

  At first, Hunter and the others were still a little unconvinced, but after Yu Miao clacked on the keyboard for a while, Hunter and the others immediately changed their attitudes, and each of them began to nod and bow, serving tea and water.

  Treating these technical men is actually very simple, as long as you can defeat them with technology.

   Yu Miao joined the team and worked with Hunter and the others on research; Liu Qingshan worked with Adrian to launch GV software in due course.

   "Boss, how do you charge for this? We plan to charge monthly, ten dollars per month. What do you think?" Adrian asked Liu Qingshan for his opinion.

  Liu Qingshan smiled and waved his hands: "Same as before, free of charge."

free!

   Adrian opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to close it. Well, another bottomless pit came.

  Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry: "At present, we are vigorously developing user groups, Adrian, don't worry, as long as there are people, they will be the greatest wealth in the future."

  Although Adrian still can't understand it now, he has always believed in Liu Qingshan's words.

   Wait until noon, Liu Qingshan will invite everyone out for dinner, who knows that those technical geeks have ordered takeaway, and they are all focused on modifying the code.

  Liu Qingshan stopped bothering them and returned to Columbia Pictures.

   Entering the gate, several journalists who were squatting immediately surrounded him, their eyes sparkling with excitement, like hungry wolves.

   "Mr. Mountain, have you read the newspaper? Mr. Looney spoke in the newspaper, saying that he wants to teach you a lesson."

  "Mr. Mountain, Mr. Tony Getty was interviewed by the TV station and expressed his hope to have another gamble with you. Would you choose to fight?"

  Obviously, the remarks made by Liu Qingshan during the interview yesterday produced good results.

   Among them, the credit of the reporters is also indispensable.

   Facing these questions, Liu Qingshan smiled: "Please tell those gentlemen, I am happy to accompany you."

   Oh, the reporters climaxed instantly: Mr. Mountain, sure enough, he never disappointed them!

  The next operation was still a familiar formula. The reporters communicated among them, and that night, they gathered Liu Qingshan, Luni and others together.

   It was a reception in name, but in fact, it was a signing event.

  Under the joint witness of the media and the legal team, another gamble of 500 million US dollars shocked the entertainment industry in the United States.

  The bet is quite complicated, and the core content is: Forrest Gump, the box office in North America must exceed 250 million, and the global box office must exceed 550 million.

  The reason for the 50 million more than the original is because Looney and others said that after the bet was published in the newspaper, it was tantamount to promoting the movie in disguise, so the requirements for the box office have also increased accordingly.

  Liu Qingshan just smiled slightly at this, then picked up the pen and signed his name on the agreement.

   All the guests at the scene gave warm applause for his free and easy and boldness.

   Based on this alone, Looney and others were thrown out a few streets.

   But Looney and the others didn't care. The failure of the last bet made them the target of ridicule by the media. This time, they must save face.

  Of course, Looney and the others won’t bet against Liu Qingshan in a flash of enthusiasm.

  They also conducted careful research, and even invited more than a dozen film critics who had seen the film, as well as professionals from other major film companies, to conduct a risk assessment.

  After all, the previous films that Liu Qingshan’s company shot had created box office miracles, and Looney and the others had no idea.

  The views of the film critics are also very clear: the films produced by Hurricane Films and Television before, whether it is Home Alone or The Matrix, are more popular.

   It is not so easy for a feature film like Forrest Gump to get a high box office.

They came to the conclusion that, for Forrest Gump, the probability of the gross box office exceeding 100 million is 45%, the probability of exceeding 200 million is 15%, and the probability of exceeding 500 million is only 45%. There are about two percent.

   I don’t know how these people came to this conclusion. In short, Looney and the others are very excited:

   If they dare not gamble like this, then they really become cowards!

  That's why there is this bet. The bet is the same as last time. Looney and the others are trying their best to get revenge.

  The next day, basically all the entertainment newspapers reported this news. Liu Qingshan never came to the United States without setting off a storm.

  The movie Forrest Gump has also aroused the interest of many people, and some of them also want to go into the theater to see what kind of movie it is.

   It can be seen that Looney and his team are not idle, at least they have foreseen this part of the box office.

   But in the end, everything has to talk about quality.

   Finally on the third night, the new film produced by Columbia Pictures was released nationwide.

  Looney and the others originally didn’t want to contribute to the box office, but they were really itchy in their hearts. Thinking about the tens of dollars they had, it wouldn’t affect the overall situation, so they went to a theater together.

  They are going to see for themselves how bad this movie is.

  The audience in the theater was basically full. When it was time to play, the logo of the Torch Goddess of Columbia Pictures appeared first, and the torch in her hand was shining brightly.

   After entering the feature film, as a white feather fell from the sky and was collected by A-Gump in his notebook, the story unfolded accordingly.

  Basically the same as before, except for a few minor changes. For example, Ping-Pong diplomacy, there is more of Forrest Gump on the Great Wall.

   There is also the stock that Forrest Gump bought, which has also changed from Apple to the stock of Earth Network.

  Liu Qingshan would not be so stupid as to advertise for Apple, but also for his own company.

   "Shit, this movie is so bad, how can a mentally handicapped person be qualified to represent us!"

  After the movie was shown, Tony Getty finally couldn't help but breathe out the fragrance.

  Looney and others also nodded along, yes, in the eyes of their so-called elites, that's how they see it.

   With a swish, almost everyone in the cinema cast their eyes on them.

  Some people's eyes are still shining with the light of hope, while others are shining with tears.

   But when they looked at Looney and the others, their eyes all turned into anger.

   I don't know who took the lead in shouting: "Get lost!"

   Then in the theater, a huge storm formed: billowing...

  (end of this chapter)