Godfather of national football

Chapter 14 The Rise of Weibo
"What is Weibo?" Mr. Zhang asked.

Li Guo explained for a long time, and Mr. Zhang seemed to understand, "Isn't that just a blog? There is already such a product."

"No, Weibo is different. Believe me, Weibo will become a popular trend in the future."

Mr. Zhang chuckled in his heart. If Li Guo’s description is not wrong, the difference between Weibo and blog is only the limit of the number of words. Just limit the number of words and become a new product?Mr. Zhang doesn't see it that way.

Li Guo knows that the influence of traditional media will soon fade, but the popularity of online media will increase tenfold or a hundredfold.

"Mr. Zhang, just say a word, can you do it? If not, I will ask Du Niang to cooperate."

This sentence is a trump card, Mr. Zhang is puzzled, this Li Guo is engaged in football, why is he suddenly so interested in Internet companies.

But Mr. Zhang also knows Li Guo's temper. He has a typical bullish temper. Fortunately, with Penguin's strong technical team, it is very easy to do a Weibo.

"Okay, coach, I listen to you,"

"One more thing," Li Guo said.

"You say,"

"I want to be the first user to add V authentication,"

"What is this plus V?" Mr. Zhang feels that his outlook on life has been washed away today. Who is the Internet expert?
Li Guo knew it but couldn't explain it clearly, "Well, I'll send the specific idea to your mailbox, and you can wait for the promotion."

Mr. Zhang chuckled in his heart, being a castrated version of the blog, and getting promoted?Thank goodness for not being scolded to death.

*****
A university dormitory.

Freshman Xiao Wang, as usual, started to surf the Internet after returning to the dormitory. Recently, the popular "Happy Football" has also been popular in the campus. As a young man, Xiao Wang once had a football dream, but since he chose the college entrance examination, his football dream was naturally broken.

So Xiao Wang, like everyone else, votes for his favorite contestants every day and pays attention to the latest developments.

Now the most popular person is Chen Duo, but Xiao Wang doesn't like him, he likes Mou Zhongqi who is ranked third.

The reason is simple, Mou Zhongqi is a fan of Inter Milan, and Xiao Wang himself is also a fan of Inter Milan, both of them believe in blue and black.

The football draft is different from other drafts. The appearance is second to none. The important thing is the team you support. This is clear. For example, Inter Milan fans will not support Juventus fans.

It is also impossible for Barcelona fans to support the contestants wearing Real Madrid jerseys, and Chen Duo, who is the most popular, declared himself a fan of Manchester United, so most of the Manchester United fans in China went to vote for him.

Opening the browser, Xiao Wang was going to vote for Mou Zhongqi, who he supports, as usual, and then go to the cafeteria to eat, but after the vote, the webpage prompted "Do you care?", "What does this mean?" Xiao Wang was a little puzzled.

Fortunately, the freshman dog's research spirit is endless. After 10 minutes, Xiao Wang figured out how to use this program.

You can follow your supporters, you can leave messages for your supporters, and you can also refute those comments that you don't like. With the attitude of giving it a try, Xiao Wang opened Chen Duo's Weibo and left a message below. Chen Duo is a scumbag, and Manchester United is a scumbag.

A few seconds later, someone replied immediately, you are the fucking scum, and you can't see Chen Duo. Well, let me tell you, people like you are losers.

"Damn," Xiao Wang's fighting spirit was instantly aroused, ready to fight Chen Duo's fans for [-] rounds.

At the same time, at the headquarters of Penguin.com, a young man wearing glasses hurried into the office of the technical director.

"Mr. Zhang, there seems to be something wrong,"

The person who said this was Mr. Zhang's assistant, Xiao Song. As an Internet company, the most feared thing is going wrong. No matter how big an Internet company is, its core assets are users.

"What's the matter? Take it slow."

"Since the early hours of yesterday, the company's server traffic has been abnormal,"

Mr. Zhang thought to himself, "The thing I was most worried about happened. It is probably a competitor's cyber attack."

"What's the reason? Is it a hacker attack?"

"Do not,"

"What's that for?"

"Actually, it's nothing. It's all dirty words, just netizens swearing at each other."

"abuse?"

Xiao Song handed over the report at hand, and Mr. Zhang took a look and gasped, "That is to say, all the interviews are from the newly released Weibo application?"

"Yes, but there is no valuable content, just messages between netizens,"

But Mr. Zhang understands that in the Internet industry, traffic is king. As long as there is traffic, no matter what the reason is, it will eventually be a gold mine.

Suddenly, Mr. Zhang remembered what Li Guo said before leaving, the words that made him wait for promotion.

*****
It was still a certain university dormitory. Xiao Wang was eating lunch, typing, and tearing at each other, "It's cool, I used to see things that I didn't like, and I had to smash the computer in anger. Now it's okay, I can leave messages, and I can also scold people."

No, someone left a message, "Inter Milan won several championships in the years when Juventus was relegated. Otherwise, at the level of Inter Milan, it is estimated that they will never win the Serie A championship."

Seeing the other party’s username—Zebra loyalist, Xiao Wang knew that the other party must be a Juventus fan, and immediately replied—“Juventus, didn’t you just win the championship by bribed the referee, otherwise, it’s Juventus’ level, I’m sorry.”

Soon, no one watched Penguin.com's voting process. Now everyone is comparing the number of fans, and the top three are still Chen Duo, Fu Shuang, and Mou Zhongqi.

No.1陈夺是1000万粉丝，No.2的傅爽是700万粉丝，No.3的牟中旗是550万粉丝。

As a result, a new problem emerged. The original rule was that the top 100 contestants with the most votes would advance to the finals, but now the voting session is in name only, and everyone is paying attention to Weibo.

So after discussing with Li Guo, Penguin temporarily decided to replace the vote with the top 100 fans, and the original vote was invalidated.

Li Guo also suggested to Mr. Zhang that he could make a "hot topic" on the right side of the webpage and put "Happy Football" on the top.

Now Mr. Zhang can be said to be obedient to Li Guo, and he will do it immediately. In this way, football has become the number one topic in China in a short period of time.

At this time, someone called Li Guo, "Hey, Mr. Li, I have already settled for you the 1000 million Hong Kong dollars of Penguin stocks you want to buy."

The corners of Li Guo's mouth curled up slightly, and he said "Thanks for your hard work," and then hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)