eurekapd Chapter 172 Issuing Internship Certificates
Chapter 172 Issuing Internship Certificates
The office of "TuTu Technology" in the CBD.
"Mr. Lu, we've surpassed 100,000 registered users!"
A young intern wearing black-rimmed glasses excitedly rushed into the conference room, holding a tablet computer in his hand.
At the conference table, Lu Ran, Zhou Mingzhe, and several core members were discussing product iteration plans.
Upon hearing this news, Zhou Mingzhe looked up and adjusted his glasses: "100,000? It's only been online for three days."
"They're all college students!" The intern handed over the tablet. "Our 'Campus Promotion Officer' program is incredibly effective! We now have ground promotion teams in over two hundred universities across the country. Anyone who joins our ground promotion team receives a custom-made rabbit plush toy."
"Most importantly, they can also issue internship certificates."
"President Lu's internship certificate is truly impressive."
"Hmm, you did a great job. Have you received your internship certificate yet?" Lu Ran asked.
"not yet."
"Here, take it, I'll stamp it for you myself. You can stay if you want after the internship ends."
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Lu."
After the stamp was completed, Lu Ran took the tablet, which displayed a simple backend data panel.
The user growth curve is almost a steep upward straight line.
Daily active users: 12,347,892
Average usage time: 31 minutes
Most popular features: Rabbit Camera (45% usage), Interest Circles (32%), Jump Jump mini-game (23%)
"How's the feedback on the account registration mechanism?" Lu Ran asked.
Another female product manager immediately replied excitedly, "It's a sensation! After switching to purely numeric IDs, users are going crazy trying to get them! We started distributing them from 100000, and now we've reached over 160 million in the queue. Many people are trading short-digit IDs on forums; a six-digit ID is being sold for fifty yuan!"
Upon hearing the report, Zhou Mingzhe frowned: "President Lu, won't this cause problems? Our accounts are all free; this involves virtual transactions."
"Let's leave it for now," Lu Ran said with a smile. "This shows that users are comfortable with our account system. Once this wave of hype has died down, we'll introduce official trading channels and rules. For now, let them fight it out. The fiercer the competition, the higher the buzz. After all, we're just getting started, so we'll use any idea that can increase our brand awareness."
He swiped the screen and saw an interesting statistic: "The '3 AM Coding Help Group' is ranked number one in activity?"
"Yes!" the intern exclaimed excitedly. "It's mainly computer science students. They post code in the community late at night asking for debugging help, and some even livestream themselves doing their assignments. A few of our colleagues from the tech department have also joined in, occasionally helping to answer questions and being worshipped by the students as if they were geniuses. So the activity level of this community has remained consistently high."
Hearing his subordinate's reply, Lu Ran chuckled: "This circle is great, keep it up. When we recruit in the future, we'll poach from here. If there's a problem our tech department can't solve, Lao Zhou, you can also lend a hand."
After listening to the report from his subordinates, Lu Ran stood up, walked to the whiteboard, picked up a marker, and said, "User growth has exceeded expectations. Next, we need to do three things."
Everyone simultaneously pulled out their notebooks.
"First, server expansion. Zhou, you're in charge. Don't skimp on the initial budget; I need stability. There absolutely can't be any lag during peak user periods."
Zhou Mingzhe nodded: "We're already in talks, and the new server will arrive next week."
"Second, content ecosystem." Lu Ran wrote "UGC" on the whiteboard. "Right now, users are just playing with the features; we need to guide them to produce content."
"Let's start by organizing a 'Most Beautiful Rabbit Photo' contest. The first prize winner will receive a brand new mobile phone, the second prize winner will receive front-row tickets to Shen Yuege's concert, and the third prize winner will receive a limited edition 'That Year, That Rabbit' figurine."
"That's great!" The girl in the operations team's eyes lit up. "We can collaborate with the official 'That Rabbit' animation account; the traffic-driving effect will definitely be good."
"Third," Lu Ran paused, "the accumulation of social relationships. Currently, users mainly use interest-based circles, and the usage rate of social networking features among acquaintances is not high."
"We want to promote the 'mutual following' mechanism. The next update will add 'People You May Know' recommendations based on your address book, school, or city.
He put down his pen and looked around at everyone: "TUTU's original intention wasn't to replace WeChat, but to create a lightweight social network. But even the lightest social network needs a real relationship network as its foundation. Understand?"
"clear!"
The meeting ended, and everyone dispersed.
Zhou Mingzhe stayed until the very end, and only after everyone had left did he ask softly, "President Lu, does Xingyao have any new movies or TV series being released recently? We could actually collaborate on that."
Lu Ran was tidying up his files when he heard this and looked up: "It seems there are indeed a few. The promotion for youth idol movies is also quite good. When 'The Return of the Condor Heroes' is released, I'll try to arrange a matchmaking event."
"It's just a pity that we don't get along with Starlight Entertainment. I heard that their 'Reign of Assassins' was well-made and the promotion was also very effective." Zhou Mingzhe pushed up his glasses and sighed. "And it's going to be released next Saturday. If we could cooperate, it would definitely help our TUTU develop faster."
"Oh? Starlight's martial arts movie is only being released now?" Lu Ran looked somewhat surprised. "I remember they started promoting it a long time ago. I thought it had already been released."
"No, I don't know why they delayed the release for more than a month," Zhou Mingzhe explained. "But they are indeed very popular right now."
Hearing Zhou Mingzhe's words, Lu Ran seemed to be deep in thought.
I wonder how my father-in-law's movie turned out.
If the movie "Hero" is well-made, it can indeed crush other martial arts movies of the same genre around the world.
However, this movie needs time to mature; it's the kind of movie that you understand more and more the more you watch it, and the more impressive it becomes.
If my father-in-law were to run into Starlight Entertainment's "Sword Rain in Jiangnan," he might not necessarily gain any advantage in the early stages.
However, Lu Ran wasn't particularly worried. Often, the one who laughs last is the real winner.
Besides, don't you still have your own?
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