novelraw Chapter 239 : Catching a Ride on a Product Tailwind
Chapter 239 : Catching a Ride on a Product Tailwind
Chapter 239: Catching a Ride on a Product Tailwind
As of August 30th, the download count of Feifan Antivirus successfully broke through 500,000.
The number of paid users reached 450,000.
Profits exceeded 20 million.
And Feifan Antivirus had only been online for just one week.
This was an undisputed business miracle.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
Netizens, media, various major forums, all were discussing this internet newcomer called Feifan Technology on a massive scale.
Everyone was discussing the reasons why Feifan Antivirus could create a miracle.
Netizens analyzed and discussed online, and following the hot topics, the media and the three major portal websites also specially published a report on Feifan Technology.
The major media invited relevant experts in the internet field to explain the reasons for Feifan Antivirus' success to the public.
In the media, experts talked at length, and finally reached a conclusion.
Although last year, the domestic internet industry had ushered in a winter, with many internet companies suffering heavy losses or even going bankrupt.
But with the emergence of Feifan Technology, it greatly encouraged those internet companies that were in the process of starting up.
At the same time, it also proved that the domestic internet market still has great potential.
And the discussions among netizens about why Feifan Antivirus could succeed were even more numerous.
All the discussions boiled down to just a few points.
Powerful firewall functionality, various simple yet novel functions, an acceptable price, and continuous advertising promotion, so Feifan Antivirus succeeded.
All of these discussions and reports became free advertisements for Feifan Antivirus.
Of course, there were also people who felt gloomy.
In the same antivirus field, the various major developers almost divided up the entire domestic antivirus market.
However, now, without any warning, an internet newcomer company had directly dropped a bombshell into the antivirus market.
Especially facing their product, they were completely helpless.
Their product strength couldn't compare to Feifan's, they had no way to fight back at all.
Watching Feifan Antivirus' download numbers continue to rise in just one week, shooting up to 500,000, the heads of these companies were almost bald from pulling their hair out.
Keep in mind that in 2001, the total number of domestic internet users was only about 22 million.
And the number of users with computers was probably around 10 million.
The market was that small, yet it had to be divided among the major developers.
As a result, Feifan Technology directly snatched away 500,000 users.
And that was just the download count for one week.
Most importantly, this number on the official website was still constantly increasing.
What did that mean?
It meant that more and more users were starting to abandon their products and move towards Feifan Antivirus.
For a time, the entire internet antivirus market was in turmoil, and all the antivirus developers began holding overnight meetings to discuss countermeasures.
Unlike their anxious peers, at Feifan Technology, it felt like a celebration every day.
A seven-day download count of 500,000 far exceeded the expectations of every employee.
If we say that initially everyone was still unclear about the prospects of the new company, at this point, every single person felt honored, because they had truly created a miracle.
Compared to others, Chen Fan was the most calm.
After Feifan Antivirus became an overnight hit, Chen Fan met with Liang Shichu again.
"Everyone has worked day and night on research and development during this period and has been very hardworking. I've decided to take out a portion of the company's profits and give everyone a bonus to reward everyone."
Liang Shichu naturally had no objections to this proposal.
"How much bonus would be appropriate?"
Now, facing Chen Fan, he had already wholeheartedly accepted him, completely treating him as his own boss, and not just an investor.
Chen Fan thought for a moment: "Let's give 5,000 to each R&D staff member, and 1,000 to ordinary employees."
Liang Shichu was somewhat surprised, "Wouldn't that be too much?"
Chen Fan smiled, "This is the company's first product, and I know everyone has put in a lot of hard work. It's only right to take out some money to reward them."
"But...just this one time, the next time bonuses are issued, it will have to follow the company's bylaws."
Liang Shichu smiled, "Then I'll thank the boss on behalf of everyone."
Chen Fan was indeed being generous, essentially giving everyone more than three extra months of salary all at once.
Of course, in Chen Fan's view, this money was well spent.
Currently, the company didn't have many employees, with a total of less than 50 including administrative staff. Even if everyone received a bonus, it would only be less than 200,000 given out.
Compared to over 20 million, this 200,000 really wasn't a large amount.
Most importantly, with this bonus, employees would develop a sense of belonging to the company, and it could also establish Chen Fan's image in the hearts of all employees in one fell swoop.
Multiple benefits from one action, this money was well spent.
After handing over the bonus payout task to Liang Shichu to implement.
After this matter, Liang Shichu also said that everyone had been exhausted during this period, and he wanted to organize a group dinner in a few days to allow everyone to fully relax, and asked for Chen Fan's opinion.
Chen Fan smiled, "You don't need to ask me about things like this, you're the company's general manager, you can arrange it yourself."
"Additionally, you can set the standard for the dinner a bit higher, let everyone fully relax, just remember to get a receipt, the company will reimburse it."
Liang Shichu smiled: "I'll invite the boss to join us and have fun together at that time."
Chen Fan waved his hand, "I won't go, it's enough with just you there."
To be honest, he didn't want to go to the group dinner more because he didn't want to steal Liang Shichu's spotlight.
He preferred to be a behind-the-scenes operator, and didn't want to take away Liang Shichu's control over this company.
Regarding his relationship with Liang Shichu, if Liang Shichu could become like Ma Yun in the future, he would prefer to be like Sun Zhengyi.
At the end of the meeting, Chen Fan told Liang Shichu one last thing.
"I recently developed a small website, you can add it to the company's download link when you get back."
"I want to catch a ride on our Feifan Antivirus' hot topic and help increase the click count."
Liang Shichu curiously asked, "What kind of website is it?"
To be honest, as the person in charge of the company, with the product having just launched and everything going so smoothly, he wasn't really willing to add any miscellaneous things.
Because if it wasn't handled properly, it could easily trigger a chain reaction, and at that time, the company's reputation would be tarnished, and Feifan Technology would be the one suffering.
Chen Fan explained with a smile: "Don't worry. It's just a green web navigation site, nothing messy."
"Web navigation?"
Chen Fan: "You know hao123, right? I also made a similar web navigation site."
Liang Shichu certainly knew about the hao123 navigation site, but he was a bit puzzled.
"Currently among domestic users, hao123 has the highest market share. At this time, to create a similar type of web navigation site, wouldn't it be...meaningless?"
Chen Fan smiled, "If it was before, it would indeed be very difficult to surpass hao123, but now there might be an opportunity."
Liang Shichu then understood, Chen Fan wanted to take advantage of Feifan Antivirus' tailwind to increase the user count of his own website.
But he was still a bit puzzled.
"A navigation website like that, to put it bluntly, is almost pure free labor with an extremely singular profit model that can't earn much money, right?"
Chen Fan revealed a strange and inscrutable mysterious smile.
"Who knows...but since the website has already been made, we might as well give it a try."