Chapter 131 Live Post
Thursday, August 24, 1995, this was a brilliant day in the history of computer development, and the 95 was officially released with epoch-making significance.
"You can hide under the bridge, row into the middle of the sea, or hide behind the sofa and cover your ears, but as soon as you get close to newspapers, radio, television, and shops, you'll be in the 95 million-dollar publicity campaign."
This is the report of the Washington Post on high-profile publicity before the release of 95. In fact, Microsoft costs far more than a few million dollars, but as high as $300 million, which is the most expensive commercial marketing activity in human history. Therefore, when this day comes, almost all media around the world that are related to technology have focused on Microsoft.
Due to the time difference, when Bill Gates introduced 95's various exciting new features to more than 70,000 viewers at Microsoft's headquarters, it was already August 25. Because 95 has built-in ie browser developed by Du Qiu, it attracted many media reporters to come for interviews, making the Snapdragon headquarters, which was deserted after the Internet conference for less than a week, was once again crowded.
Unfortunately, the group of reporters were idle. Du Qiu flew away from Yuncheng at noon on the 24th and sent his grandfather back to his hometown. After Lin Jiayin, the goddaughter, was born, Du Cunzhi was very worried because the registration date for primary school opening on September 1st was very close, so he couldn't worry about the school in his hometown.
After the Internet Conference, Jiang Danfeng officially resigned from Snapdragon. Bai Yuquan took over as administrative manager and became Snapdragon's new housekeeper. He politely and thoughtfully received: "Everyone, although Mr. Du is not here, he told us to open a live broadcast post in the company's official forum before leaving. Interested friends are invited to the conference room. Everyone can watch the live broadcast while communicating."
“What is a live post?”
"Every quarterly, Snapdragon sends several employees to the Microsoft headquarters in Seattle for training. Today, those employees are at the press conference. They relay their mobile phones and computers, post on the forum, and broadcast the grand event in real time."
"Oh, this is quite fresh. Let's go and take a look."
"Not only new, you can also interview the audience and Microsoft employees through replies to get first-hand news materials."
At the opening ceremony of the Internet Conference on August 18, Du Qiu praised the Internet, believing that its advantages in information dissemination will change the whole world. Before leaving, he specially arranged Bai Yuquan to open a live post on the forum to verify and demonstrate his theory.
"Bill Gates and Jay-leno, the famous talk show host of NBC TV, hosted the press conference together, introducing the various functions of 95 in a question-and-answer form..."
"When Bill Gates introduced his browser, did he mention Mr. Du?"
"No."
"Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer were dancing on the stage. They were very excited and they clapped their hands and danced. It was very funny, just like attending a party. Brother Zhao took photos with a digital camera and passed them to the Internet for you to see after the press conference."
"Photo more photos, it's best to take a few photos of Bill Gates from close range, and our newspaper will charge you at a high price!"
"The two starring actors Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry shot a teaching video disc for 95, and they were said to have come to the scene, but we didn't see it."
"Wow, Aniston is my dream lover, it would be great if I could take pictures of her..."
On this day, domestic netizens paid attention to major international events through live broadcasts on the Internet for the first time. In a sense, it was also a historic innovation. It not only surprised the reporters who came to interview and was deeply moved, but also attracted the attention of netizens from all over the country, making the Snapdragon official forum Dragon Sky record of the number of people online at the same time, breaking the 1,000-person mark in one fell swoop.
There were very few domestic netizens in 1995. After Long Tiankong was launched in May, it quickly became the most popular forum in China. However, even so, before the opening of the Internet Conference, the total number of registered people was less than 2,000, and the highest number of online users was only 419. Now the number of online users at the same time exceeded 1,000, more than doubled, indicating that under the extensive media coverage, the Internet Conference has produced very positive effects, stimulating more people to understand and use the Internet.
However, the media's focus also has side effects, that is, Du Qiu's personal life has been seriously disturbed, because his tortuous and bizarre life experience and the crazy and skyrocketing wealth myth are of great news value and have become a hot commodity in the eyes of major media. According to Dai Yi's statistics, from August 18 to 24, in just six days, his photos appeared on 15 provincial TV stations and 43 newspapers distributed nationwide. In a few days, he evolved into a famous person who everyone in the world knew.
"Wow, look, that's Du Qiu, right?"
Take a photo for me.”
"Mr. Du, can you sign for me?"
Because Yuncheng did not have a direct flight to Chuncheng, Du Qiu went to Beijing first and stayed there for a day, went to the Japanese Embassy to get a passport, and then took a plane from Beijing to Chuncheng. During this day, he took a photo with at least hundreds of people, and signed in with a sign.
In the waiting room of Beijing International Airport, Du Qiu signed a name for a little luoli who was accompanied by his parents, leaned on the back of the chair, took off the baseball cap that seemed useless, covered it on his face, and sighed in English: "People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. This sentence makes sense."
Jennifer, who was sitting next to him, smiled gloatingly and said, "Qiu, I have reminded you to adapt to your celebrity status as soon as possible, so you will become more famous in the future, so it is best to hire a professional bodyguard team, which will avoid many unnecessary troubles."
"Maybe you are right." Du Qiu was not confused about this issue and asked instead: "My hometown is very ordinary, with neither beautiful scenery nor long history. What are you doing with me?"
Jennifer wore an oversize pilot sunglasses, covering half of her face, and she couldn't see her expression. She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "It was your father who invited me to visit."
"He is just a polite invitation. Do you understand etiquette?"
"Your father is a respectable gentleman. As a lady, I cannot refuse his invitation, even if it is polite." Jennifer pointed to Aiko Komatsu who accompanied Du Cunzhi and Jiang Danfeng to the store not far away, and asked, "Why did that Japanese woman go to your hometown?"
"She resigned from the Japanese Embassy and is now my personal business assistant. She will follow me from Chuncheng to Osaka the day after tomorrow."
Jennifer was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you just hired a business assistant the day before yesterday? I still remember her name, Bai Jie, right?"
Bai Jie is the new private secretary recruited by Jiang Danfeng for Du Qiu. She worked at the Mingzhu Hotel before. She gave Du Qiu breakfast the morning of the opening ceremony of the Internet Conference. Influenced by a certain network before traveling through time, Du Qiu was deeply impressed by the name at that time, but she had no interest in people and thought she was just an ordinary account manager.
Later, after Jiang Danfeng's introduction, Du Qiu realized that he had misunderstood. In 1995, the title of "manager" had not depreciated to the point where everyone had it. Bai Jie's position as an account manager is equivalent to the marketing director 20 years later. She is a senior management staff member second only to the general manager in the five-star hotel.
In 1990, China carried out hotel star ratings for the first time. There were only 5 hotels in the first batch that were rated as five stars, including three in Yangcheng, one in Beijing, one in Pujiang, and one in Pujiang. The one in Jing'an Hilton Hotel opened in 1988.
In the 1980s, there was a shortage of talents in China, and technical secondary school students were all popular among the distribution. When the Hilton Hotel opened, in addition to requiring the waiter to have a good appearance and figure, it also had at least a college degree and had to know foreign languages. It can be said that those who could apply for the job successfully at that time were all selected from one hundred talents.
Bai Jie entered the hotel industry at that time. She worked in Hilton for six years and grew up from an ordinary restaurant waiter to an independent sales manager. Because she was born in Yuncheng, she dug her back from Pujiang when the only five-star hotel in Sanjiang Province opened last year.
Jiang Danfeng is a material girl. She often goes to Mingzhu Hotel to spend money. After a while, she met Bai Jie. She knew that she knew English, Japanese and some French, was good at dealing with complex interpersonal relationships, and was married and had children, so she didn't have to worry about having scandals. So after Du Chunhua urged her once, she quickly recommended Bai Jie to Du Qiu.
After the interview, Du Qiu was very satisfied with Bai Jie's flexible and efficient ability, and Bai Jie was also very satisfied with the high salary and unlimited development prospects given by Du Qiu. The two sides hit it off and quickly signed a work contract.
Du Qiu is an otaku, with a simple social circle and no one likes to mess around. He does not need a full-time private secretary. After finding that Bai Jie is very capable, he changed his private secretary to a private business assistant when formulating a contract to assist him in some business that has nothing to do with Snapdragon.
"Bai Jie is my business assistant in China, and my son is my business assistant in Japan." Du Qiu pushed the brim of her hat, looked at Jennifer with her head, and teased, "I still lack a business assistant in the United States. Are you interested?"
"Give me 5% of Snapdragon shares, I will be your assistant." Jennifer Lion spoke up, raised his right hand, opened his slender white fingers, shook it in front of Du Qiu, and said, "Business assistant, living assistant, financing assistant, public relations assistant, and even love assistant are all OK."
"I can understand the first four assistants, what does the last love assistant do?"
"I can introduce all the female stars in Hollywood, as well as supermodels in Paris, Milan, and New York, to you." Jennifer approached Du Qiu and whispered: "They have many like me, who like both men and women. I can be your Trojan horse."
Speaking of this, she used her index finger to push her sunglasses down, revealing her eyes that were fascinating, and chuckled, adding, "If it were you, I wouldn't mind playing threesomes."
Chapter completed!