Chapter 174 Even if this little money is wasted, will it affect our lives?
In the company a few days later.

"Mr. Huang, this is the current situation. After the number of users reached 4.5 million, the growth rate has become very slow."

"Really? Do you have any good suggestions?"

Huang Xu sat behind his desk, looking at Park Hee-soon standing in front of him, wanting to hear his ideas.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he doesn't have a solution, he just wants to hear some of Park Hee-soon's ideas and see what his abilities are.

As a boss, the biggest problem Huang Xu faces now is that he has no people.

He doesn't have enough people to help him solve the problem now.

Therefore, Huang Xu wanted to examine Park Hee-soon's abilities to see if he had the potential to be the company's general manager.

"Mr. Huang, I think the number of software users has reached a certain level. It is very difficult to continue to grow. Can we consider profitability?"

"Okay, do you have any suggestions?"

When Huang Xu heard his answer, he had actually sentenced him to death.

After all, I told him before that the company will not consider profitability at the moment. The primary task is to expand the number of users, and profitability is something that needs to be considered later.

However, he did not express his thoughts, but waited patiently for Park Hee-soon's advice, ready to give him another chance.

What if he could come up with a better solution?
But then he was disappointed.

"Mr. Huang, we can charge a fee when the next version is updated, or we can limit some functions so that only those who pay can experience the completed functions."

"Okay, I'll think about it."

Huang Xu listened to Park Hee-soon patiently and did not comment on his suggestion. Instead, he let him leave.

Finally, looking at his back as he left, I felt a little sad that talented people are rare.

It’s not that he doesn’t have the ability, but he can only be responsible for some technical aspects. It’s still quite good for him to take on a position like technical director.

But we can't blame him. We can only say that people's vision is limited nowadays and they can't see the future development trend clearly.

Although Huang Xu did not work in the Internet field in his previous life, he was able to understand some common sense in that environment.

“Users are wealth.”

Yes, these six words became common sense for all Internet people a few years later, but now not many people agree with them.

Park Hee-soon’s proposal just now is actually not that bad, and it is also the consensus of most Internet people nowadays, which is to make profits by charging fees.

However, Huang Xu, who has the memories and experience of his previous life, has a very clear understanding that free is the king.

Therefore, Huang Xu directly rejected his proposal. After all, Huang Xu had already made a plan on how to make a profit.

And most importantly, it is not the right time yet. The primary goal now is to increase the number of users as much as possible.

It would be best to expand massively while not many people are paying attention to this market, leaving similar software with no chance of survival.

But the most important issue now is South Korea’s population problem.

As a country with a population of only more than 40 million, South Korea's current number of more than 4 million users basically includes the vast majority of users who own smartphones, and has reached its current limit.

After all, it is only 2013 now, and there are still a few years before the explosion of smartphones in the future.

Moreover, the Korean smartphone market is not as prosperous as the domestic smartphone market.

Therefore, there are actually not many people using smartphones in South Korea now. The fact that they have these current users has already exceeded Huang Xu's expectations.

But precisely because of this, Huang Xu's mind became active.

"Can this software be promoted to China as well?"

After all, when it comes to population and market, South Korea cannot be compared with China at all.

Even if it weren't for its special status, the market in South Korea would not be as big as many provinces and cities in China.

Huang Xu didn’t have this idea before.

But now Huang Xu has some different ideas. He wants to give it a try to see if he can promote this software to China.

If he can really succeed, he may even be able to guarantee his future life by relying on this software, whether he sells it or operates it himself.

Therefore, after Huang Xu came up with this idea, he started to think about it.

"Well, first of all, what stage has Meiyou in the previous life reached now?"

“If we start promoting it, is there a chance to acquire it?”

"Secondly, if there is no promotion, can we start in advance?"

"There is also the issue of promotion now."

Just as Huang Xu was thinking about how to promote the product in his notebook, his uncle Huang Wenfu knocked on the door and walked in.

"Xiao Xu, are you busy?"

"It's okay uncle, just dealing with a small matter."

When Huang Xu saw that it was Huang Wenfu, he hurriedly stood up to greet him, then took him to the tea table and started to boil water to make tea.

Only then did he look at Huang Wenfu curiously.

"Uncle, why did you come back so early? Shouldn't you stay with Auntie for a few more days?"

The reason why he has been so busy these days is actually partly because of Huang Wenfu.

Therefore, after seeing his aunt coming to Korea, Huang Xu asked his uncle to take his aunt out for a walk.

After all, it was her first time in Korea, so she had to experience the local customs and culture.

Although Uncle Huang Wenfu has been in Korea for several years, he actually doesn’t know that much about Korea and basically spends his daily time around the hotel.

Therefore, Huang Xu also wanted him to have a good rest, accompany his aunt, and also experience the customs and culture of Korea.

"Well, it's good to have rested for such a long time."

Huang Wenfu looked at Huang Xu with a smile on his face all the time. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with his travel and vacation over the past few days.

Of course, this may also be related to Li Qiuyue's arrival.

Therefore, in the next few minutes, he focused on introducing some of his experiences in the past few days, and then stated the purpose of coming to Huang Xu today.

"Xiao Xu, your aunt said she wants to invite you and your girlfriend to have a meal together. What time do you think is suitable?"

"Oh, uncle, actually I, as the younger generation, should be the one to treat you to a meal."

When Huang Xu heard his uncle's invitation, he quickly refused and told him about his situation.

In fact, when his aunt first came, Huang Xu wanted to treat her to a meal, but was rejected by Huang Wenfu.

According to him, he is an uncle, so how can he let the younger generation treat him?
And there was another important thing, which was that he wanted to spend more time with his wife, so the welcome dinner was postponed for a few days.

But what he didn't expect was that so many days would pass by in this push.

Therefore, after returning today, he went straight to Huang Xu and invited him to the dinner. Huang Xu saw that his uncle was so determined, so he no longer refused, but confirmed that he would bring his girlfriend to the dinner on time tomorrow night.

Then I started to report to my uncle what had happened during the days he was away.

Although Huang Xu is the boss of the company, Huang Wenfu is actually the real manager in daily work.

Of course, the reason why Huang Xu can be so leisurely and carefree on weekdays is precisely because of Huang Wenfu’s hard work.

Therefore, after seeing his uncle coming back, Huang Xu quickly handed over everything he had on hand to Huang Wenfu so that he could have an impression.

Otherwise, if you are away for more than ten days, some things may be difficult to handle when you return to the company.

Everything went smoothly in the beginning, but later on, when Huang Xu talked about his company's software, which now has more than four million users, he still found it a little unbelievable.

Holding the document that Huang Xu had just handed over, he checked the numbers on it again and again, and looked at Huang Xu with disbelief.

"The software you created is now used by four million people?"

"Yes, isn't it clearly written there?"

"I know, but the question is how could it happen so quickly? It's only been a few days."

Huang Wenfu looked at Huang Xu's calm expression and his defense was slightly broken at this moment.

Although he didn't know much about the Internet, he knew that the number of more than three million users was actually an exaggerated number.

And the most important thing is that this software was only released a few days ago.

How did it reach this number so quickly?

And Huang Xu just reported that apart from paying some money and allowing the charity organization to carry out some offline promotion, Huang Xu did not do anything else.

They didn't even use the methods they had used before, such as celebrity promotion and creating hot topics.

That's why I was so shocked.

Huang Xu looked at his uncle's shocked expression and felt a little proud in his heart.

After all, this number does have something to do with his promotion method.

So he began to explain.

"Uncle, this is actually easy to understand. The reason why we can reach this scale is mainly because the software meets the needs of users and there are no similar alternatives on the market."

Yes, the reason why this software can expand so quickly is that there is a demand for this type of software in the market and there are no alternatives.

And whether in South Korea or China, smartphones are still a novelty.

The concept of smartphones actually developed very early. It first appeared in 1993 and evolved from handheld computers.

However, because many technologies were not very mature at that time, development was relatively slow.

It was not until 3G technology matured that it gradually gained a certain market.

However, what really made it take off was the release of the first generation of fruit machines by Steve Jobs in 2007, which marked its first rise.

However, due to the lack of software and mediocre performance, it was not until the release of the fourth generation of Fruit Mobile in 2010 that it really caught the attention of the public.

However, due to their high prices, smartphones are only popular among high-income people and do not have many daily life software.

It was not until last year that the emergence of the Android system, coupled with the efforts of many smartphone manufacturers, made smart devices truly accessible to the masses.

The Mayu software was developed while there are no similar alternatives on the market, and this software is very important for women.

This is why, after the initial publicity, Mayu has become able to spread from person to person within a dozen days and has reached its current level.

After Huang Xu's explanation, Huang Wenfu finally understood why Meiyu had reached its current level in such a short time.

However, as he approached him, he frowned and looked at Huang Xu with some confusion.

"So, Xiaoxu, how can such software make money?"

"Hey, uncle, this software is not profitable yet, and it may be difficult to make a profit in the future."

"why?"

The confusion on Huang Wenfu's face became even more serious, and he obviously did not understand Huang Xu's thoughts.

If it's not profitable, then what's the point of making this software?

And it cost such a huge price.

You should know that although Huang Xu only promoted it through charitable organizations, it does not mean that Huang Xu did not spend any money, or spent less money.

You have to know that Huang Xu spent a lot of money to convince these charitable organizations.

The first thing was to donate 100 million won to get them to agree to promote the product. The second thing was to spend 300 million won to customize sanitary napkins and other female physiological products.

All in all, Huang Xu's promotion this time cost nearly 400 million won.

That’s four hundred million.

Although the Korean won is not valuable, even if converted into Chinese currency, it is more than two million.

If they hadn't become wealthy from their chain stores, it would have taken him nearly ten years of working to earn the two million.

Even in their hometown, these two million yuan are something many people cannot earn in their entire lifetime.

That's why he obviously didn't quite understand Huang Xu's actions at this time.

Huang Xu looked at his uncle's question and did not hide it, but patiently explained some of his thoughts.

"Uncle, I said that we won't make a profit because the conditions are not ripe now. I didn't say that we won't make money in the future, right?"

“Do you know Taobao in China?”

"If we turn this software into a Taobao for women, with so many female users, even if we only sell sanitary products to them, we will make a lot of profit."

"And this is just the beginning. When the market matures, whether we sell clothes or beauty products on the software, it will be a vast market."

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"The most important thing is, as long as we have so many female users in our hands, then no matter what we do, it will be easy to succeed."

"Is this okay?"

After listening to Huang Xu's explanation, Huang Wenfu suddenly found that his brain was not working well enough. It took him a long time to come to his senses, but he was obviously a little unconfident.

"Can it be done?"

Huang Xu looked at Huang Wenfu's unconfident expression and expressed his excitement at this time.

"Uncle, this is just an attempt. Even if it doesn't work, so what?"

"Even if this little bit of money is wasted, will it affect our lives?"

(End of this chapter)