Silicon Valley.
ICQ company.
Although it is almost 8 p.m., not all the employees in the company have left work. Instead, they are all on duty, ready to go.
CEO Weisger asked solemnly, "Goldfinger, is there any problem with the server equipment?"
"Everything is OK!"
As the company's chief technology officer, Goldfinger smiled and said, "The servers I rented from Cisco and HP, plus our existing servers, are enough to ensure that 3 million people are online at the same time without any lag."
Weisger nodded and asked another person, "Wadi, are all the network navy teams in place?"
Wadi nodded and said, "My sword has been thirsty for a long time!"
As the chief creative officer of ICQ, Kyle did not express any opinions at this moment, but watched quietly. After all, he was not the CEO of the company, and the power was in the hands of others. However, he was the largest individual shareholder of ICQ, and the better ICQ developed, the greater his interests would be.
Arrive on time at 8 o'clock!
"Now I declare that ICQ will be officially launched at 8:00 pm on November 15, 1996!"
Vesig raised his arms fiercely in the air.
He was excited, no, everyone was excited!
"Great, we've finally been waiting for this day!"
"The months of hard work will not be in vain."
"Juno was a box office hit, and we had product placement in the movie!"
"That's right. The more popular the movie is, the better it is for our ICQ."
.....
Everyone started talking excitedly.
With one order, ICQ was officially launched.
The hired water army forces also left messages crazily on major portals, BBS and other forum websites.
BBS forum.
As the largest Internet forum in North America and even the world, it gathers countless enthusiasts from all over the world every day, with the number of registered people alone reaching 50 million.
[Do you know instant messaging? ICQ is the revolutionary future~! ]
As soon as this post was posted, it was clicked on crazily by netizens. Well, okay, it is currently pushed by hired water army troops.
However, as time goes by, it has attracted many netizens to participate.
Jasmine is the most beautiful: "ICQ? Instant messaging? What is this?"
Little Man: "I don't know, it's probably similar to email."
Huge Whirlwind: "The above people are out of date. They don't even know the latest and most popular ICQ, and they still dare to surf the Internet?!"
Dog lovers: "Bullshit! What's the latest and hottest thing? It's just nonsense."
The man of the century, who was fully fired up, said: "That's right! I have seen too many similar posts on the BBS forums, and that software is not very good."
The whole world loves me: "ICQ instant messaging? Is it more convenient than making a phone call?"
....
Although the water army team tried their best to push this post, there were too many netizens who did not understand the situation, and they were at a disadvantage for a while.
But.
The situation began to change as some netizens who had watched the movie "Juno" came in.
My broadsword is the sharpest: "Haha, I came here after watching Juno, and finally found this magical and cool software."
Doudou was unhappy: "On the top floor! I came here after watching a movie, too."
The coolest high school student: "+1! I think ICQ is awesome."
Red Ice Cream: "+1 more!"
The daughter of a wealthy family: "Wow, friends, I just downloaded ICQ, and I have to say that the experience is great, much better than email~"
Huge whirlwind: "Haha,
Finally, someone with good eyesight came over. Just now a few idiots said ICQ was not good. Fuck them~!"
Dog lovers: "I was wrong! Icq is awesome! (broken voice)"
Century Dating Expert: "Hey, can I say I downloaded it right away?"
....
As many netizens who have watched "Juno" participated in the discussion, and the netizens pushed the thread, the number of people discussing this thread increased. Soon, it was pinned to the top of the forum!
Number of clicks: 34050;
Comments: 19,800;
Likes: 27900;
You know, ICQ has only been online for less than 10 minutes!
This data alone is enough to beat many emerging software companies.
At the same time.
The advertisements that ICQ bought on major portals also began to take effect, which gradually increased the popularity of ICQ.
Many netizens downloaded the ICQ software with the mentality of "giving it a try" and "cool software".
Within half an hour of going online, the number of downloads exceeded 150,000!
....
Icq.
Visger, Vardy, Goldfinger and others began to hug each other excitedly.
"Man, am I dreaming?" Wadi said excitedly to everyone.
"Hehe~!"
However, the response to Wadi was everyone's silly smile. They did not expect that ICQ would be so crazy once it was launched.
Weisger hugged Kyle and thanked him: "Mr. Page, without you, there would be no success of ICQ. We thank you!"
"It's nothing, I just took a brief participation, the main credit goes to you." Kyle waved his hand.
Having said that, Kyle's heart was also filled with excitement.
"In the original time and space, ICQ had a difficult start due to a lack of capital investment and promotion. As a result, it took half a year for the number of registered users to barely exceed one million. Now with my capital investment, including product placement in "Juno", it has become more and more successful." Kyle thought to himself.
Kyle is a little arrogant!
It can be said that without Kyle's participation, ICQ would probably still experience a long period of lows like in the original time and space.
.....
The next day, 9 am.
As soon as Kyle joined Page Pictures, he enjoyed the feeling of being the centre of attention.
"Boss, we succeeded! Our movie Juno won the single-day box office championship yesterday, with a box office of 29 million US dollars!" Sister Martha said excitedly.
Not only was Sister Martha excited, but everyone in the entire company was also excited.
"I can't believe we won the North American box office championship in a single day!"
The person who said this is a veteran in the company.
He had worked at the company for eight years before Kyle bought it. He thought he would just live his life in a muddle until the company went bankrupt or he retired. However, he never expected that after Kyle took over the company, it would achieve such a huge development.
How many third-rate film companies can achieve a single-day box office championship in North America?
No!
Not one!
In addition to the six major Hollywood studios, the only film companies that can achieve the North American single-day box office championship are top second-tier companies such as Summit, Touchstone, and Fox Searchlight.
Today, with the popularity of "Juno", Page Pictures can be said to be a leader among Hollywood's third-tier film companies.
As for second-tier film companies?
No one dares to think about it now!
After all, the standard for a second-tier Hollywood film company is to at least have distribution channels covering the entire United States, otherwise, it is not qualified at all.
Just as everyone was encouraging and congratulating, CEO Victor also came out of the office.
Victor smiled and said, "Boss, we succeeded. Juno grossed $29 million on its first day, ranking first on the box office charts that day, surpassing NBA superstar Michael Jordan's Space Jam."
Hearing this, Kyle was immediately relieved.