The current president of the YU Umbrella Association, Jeff, is currently attending the Deep Space Annual Conference in Jinling. The promotion of the deep space card in the YU Umbrella Association has been finalized. When the annual conference is over, Jeff will immediately return to the United States to handle this matter.
, they need to apply for deep space cards for more than 70% of the association members within two months.
In fact, some of the people present no longer need to apply for Star Cards.
Star Card is universal, and cards previously issued in China can also be used in the United States. Some of them have already applied for Star Card when they went to China.
For example, Hanes currently has a Star Card in his pocket, with hundreds of points left in it that he has not used. Although this card cannot be used in the United States, Hanes likes to carry it with him, as if this card can prove his identity.
Same.
The Little Bear Bookstore where they are located has already set up a deep space points payment system, but if they want to use the Starry Sky Card in the store, they need the bookstore to officially activate the payment function, which will take a few days.
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Steven Case watched the live broadcast of the Deep Space Annual Conference on TV and rubbed his dry eyes. The time of this live broadcast was very unfriendly to him. He looked out the window. It would be dawn in a while.
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After dinner last night, he originally decided to go to bed, but he tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.
Recently, he has been troubled by the Amazon matter. Those financial analysts who act according to the prevailing situation always like to speculate on the situation. It is obviously Amazon's matter. Not only does it involve Deep Space Company, but it also involves America Online.
A problem that was not a problem in the first place was constantly magnified by them with a magnifying glass, as if AOL was about to collapse. Many people will believe these statements. After all, AOL's recent stock performance has indeed been poor, and it is difficult for people to have a negative opinion of them.
confidence.
Since I couldn't sleep, I simply got up and turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast of the Deep Space Company's annual meeting.
Perhaps, he originally wanted to watch the live broadcast, and not being able to sleep was just an excuse.
He was not interested in the previous red carpet walk. He was so drowsy that he almost fell asleep for more than an hour. It was not until Jimmy came on stage to give the year-end report that he cheered up.
Later, when YU said that he would give out one million Star Cards with 100,000 points in them, he became sober.
During the several-hour live broadcast, it was YU's words that caught Stephen Case's attention the most. His first reaction after hearing these words was that YU was responding to the doubts from the outside world.
During this period, the outside world had a lot of speculation about Deep Space Company, but Deep Space Company has never responded. Originally, Steven Case thought that Deep Space Company wanted to treat it coldly. Now it seems that they do not want cold treatment, but
It is to respond with practical actions.
That's right, no matter how much you say it, it won't be as concrete as real action.
If deep space points can maintain their value in China in Europe and the United States, then these 100 billion points can be worth more than 100 million US dollars.
Although this is not real money, the stimulation to the market is real. Even these 100 billion points stimulate the market more than the equivalent of more than 100 million U.S. dollars, because when the money is distributed to the people, they may still return it.
It is possible to save it, but if the points are distributed to the people, they will definitely use them eagerly.
In other words, in the short term, goods worth at least US$100 million will be consumed in the market.
Let me ask, which businessman would not be tempted after seeing this 100 million US dollars?
It is estimated that many businesses are now thinking of catching up with this trend and cooperating with deep space companies to get a portion of the US$100 million.
Steven Case couldn't help but sigh, Deep Space used this move to directly help them get out of the quagmire of the Amazon, and instantly became a hot potato.
He looked at the computer screen next to him. Under the official account of ABC TV station Deep Space Tribe, netizens had very strong reactions to the Starry Sky Card.
【Who can tell me what I can buy with 100,000 points? 】
[I don’t know about it in the United States, but in China one hundred thousand points can buy one hundred novels, or top up a Dongdong membership for more than ten years.]
[Let’s put it this way, I have spent points on meals in the deep space park before, and one meal only cost more than two hundred points, which means that one hundred thousand points can eat four to five hundred meals. ]
【Wow, it’s so valuable!】
[Ahem, it’s actually not that valuable. It’s just that prices in China, especially in the deep space park, are relatively cheap. And deep space points shouldn’t be able to be paid in restaurants in the United States. Even in China, they can only be paid in deep space.
Used in the canteen in the park.】
[This is also very impressive. That’s one million cards. Deep Space Company is really generous.]
[Excuse me, I have already applied for a Star Card in China before. Do I still need to apply for it again? 】
[No need, YU said it very clearly just now. Every card is universally accepted. All you need is one. Don’t you pay attention? 】
[I heard that I can redeem game consoles, is it true? 】
[Of course, you can, go to Sony’s official website and take a look, they have issued an announcement overnight!]
When he saw this comment, Steven Case narrowed his eyes and quickly found Sony's official blog.
Sure enough, Sony's official account just posted a new tribe, and the lower right corner showed that this tribe was posted five minutes ago, which means Sony posted the tribe just when YU came on stage to speak.
In just five minutes, there were already more than a thousand comments under this tribe. This popularity made Steven Case really envious. There is no tribe with such popularity among their company's tribes.
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The content of Sony's announcement is very simple, it is for the Deep Space Points redemption game.
[Sony: PS2 officially goes on sale on March 4, 2000. Players can redeem PS2 with a Star Card. They only need to prepare 288,000 points. After paying 300,000 points, they can get any additional "Resident Evil". 】
Sony's announcement blog is simple and crude, but the content is not simple at all.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! [Three hundred thousand points, a PS2 plus a "Resident Evil", so it seems that one hundred thousand points is really valuable. 】
[But it’s not easy to get 300,000 points. In China, you can get about 10 points for buying a novel. Even in the United States, a book can only get 30 points at most. If you want to get 30
For 10,000 points, you need to buy 10,000 Deep Space books. How is this possible?】
[Yes, from this point of view, this point is quite useless and of no use to me. Who can buy 10,000 books? 】
[You guys are stupid, deep space points can be freely traded. Even if you don’t have them, you can always get them as long as you pool them together.]
[No, why do you always want to use points as money? I feel that Deep Sky launched the Star Card just to give back to users. At least if you buy their things, you can exchange the points for something. 】
[Actually, points are not difficult to obtain at all, there are many ways to do so.]
【for example?】
[I heard that in the new WCG competition, the top three in each region will have prizes, including deep space points.]
[Let me tell you a way, go directly to some bookstore owners, they will definitely have extra points in their hands, you can just spend money to buy them, it will be more cost-effective than normal acquisition. 】
[I feel that 300,000 points are not difficult to collect at all. Find a few friends, buy books, records, games, and peripherals owned by Deep Space Company, and watch their company's movies. It won't take long to collect them.
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[I feel that there is no need to save hard, let it take its own course. When you have more points in your hand, you can exchange them if you see anything that can be exchanged. It is equivalent to making extra money. And the most important information of Sony’s tribe is that Sony and Shenzhen
Now that we have cooperated, you can also get points by purchasing PS in the future.】
[Yes, exchanging points for game consoles is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you can get space points by purchasing a game console. According to my experience, you can get about 3,000 points by purchasing a game console, and 3,000 points are enough.
Let’s change to a novel.]
[It doesn’t seem like much for a novel.]
[Not so much? The key is that you had to buy the game console in the first place. Originally, you bought the game console and got nothing but the game console. Now, because of the emergence of the Star Card, you can get an extra novel when you buy the game console. 】
[Three thousand points should be enough to exchange for two months of Dongdong membership.]
【Then I choose Dongdong membership.】
Looking at the comments under the announcement, Steven Case frowned. The Star Card Shop's stall was bigger than he thought.
In his view, Deep Space not only regards the Star Card as a benefit for users, but also wants users to develop the habit of using Star Card.
Although Deep Space has not started the business of directly redeeming points with cash, Steven Case believes that this step may not be far away. Even if Deep Space does not take this step, it may eventually use other methods instead.
If the Deep Space Company only wants to use the starry sky as a benefit to users, then they can only use products that are limited to their own products, and there is no need to cooperate with companies like Sony.
But what makes Steven Case feel strange is why YU didn’t mention Amazon from beginning to end?
This is very unreasonable. Logically speaking, Amazon has now encountered a bumpy road and its stock has been falling continuously. As the actual controller of Amazon, Deep Space Company should provide a helping hand at this time. It is impossible to just watch Amazon fall into the abyss.
At a time when Deep Space is fully launching the Star Card, the best way to win over Amazon is to bind the Star Card to Amazon.
Binding the Star Card to Amazon will definitely be a strong boost to Amazon's business, and may allow investors to regain their confidence in Amazon. Not to mention anything else, the 100 billion points given away by Deep Space Company alone
, the business stimulation for Amazon will not be small.
You know, in 1997 Amazon's sales were less than 200 million US dollars. By 1999, they had grown a lot, but they were still less than 700 million US dollars.
To be honest, Steven Case almost wants to buy Amazon stocks, but it feels strange that Deep Space has not expressed its position now.
Did they think the time was not ripe, or did they not think about it at all?
Steven Keys rubbed his brow. He really wanted to call YU or James and ask them what they thought about it.
There are many people who have the same worries as Steven Case, and Yang Qing, the vice president of Lenovo Group, is one of them.
He turned on the TV at the last moment, just when Yu Dong came on stage.
Watching Deep Space Year made Yang Qing feel a little awkward, but in order to understand his opponent, he had to overcome this awkwardness.
Although Yang Qing was greatly shocked when Deep Space issued 100 billion Deep Space points at once, what shocked Yang Qing the most was the speed of Deep Space Company's deployment.
He didn't understand at all why Deep Sky was so confident in promoting the Starry Sky Card in a short period of time. Although he was not familiar with this aspect of the business, he could imagine the difficulty involved.
Card making is the first problem. There are tens of millions of cards, and these cards are not ordinary cards. The production process is a little more complicated.
Even if Deep Space can solve the first problem, they will still face the second problem: issuing cards.
How can these tens of millions of cards be delivered to users? All by mail? This is obviously unrealistic.
What about subsequent maintenance? What about customer service?
There are so many problems facing deep space that Yang Qing's scalp feels numb just thinking about them.
As a bystander, Yang Qing admires Deep Space's layout capabilities, but as an opponent, Yang Qing hopes that Deep Space will encounter Waterloo.
If the Deep Space move goes well, Lenovo may face a behemoth in China that is beyond their imagination. Even if they reach a strategic cooperation with AOL, AOL will not be able to help them, let alone
Now AOL is one of the top two companies.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lenovo's entry into the Internet started with a bang, but the subsequent development was not ideal. The fm365 website they launched did gain some traffic at the beginning because it was tied to Millennium Computers.
It also makes everyone in the company feel that defeating the "Deep Space Family" is just around the corner.
But it didn’t take long for them to discover that the traffic gained by fm365 increased very slowly and was of low quality.
When many users use Millennium Computer, they will first log in to Dongdong and then open the website. At this time, because of the computer, they will open fm365, but then they will jump directly from fm365 to a website of the "Deep Space Family"
, and will not stay longer on the fm365 page.
Before, they thought about setting the fm365 page so that it could not be directly transferred to the "Deep Space Family" website, but in the end they still did not have the guts.
Now it seems that if they want to enter the Internet, Deep Space Company is a mountain standing in front of them. As long as they do not cross the mountain of Deep Space Company, Lenovo's idea of ​​entering the Internet is nonsense.
At that moment, Yang Qing felt a trace of regret in his heart. If he had called him to discuss cooperation, he could have lowered his attitude.
But his attitude did not affect the direction of the incident, because at that time they did not want to cooperate with Deep Space, not because they looked down on Deep Space, but because they believed that relying on the computer business they could use a perfect attitude to launch the Internet without cheap Deep Space
Companies, it's just that the cold reality has smoothed their edges.
When we held a high-level meeting some time ago, everyone's opinions seemed to have changed, from being disdainful to cooperating with deep space to being interested in cooperating with deep space.
Perhaps by the end of the Deep Space Annual Conference, this situation will completely change, and then they will have to actively seek cooperation with Deep Space.
When Yang Qing was about to turn off the TV, he suddenly received a call from Chairman Yanagawa Yuki.
After talking for about four or five minutes, Yang Qing hung up the phone with a helpless look. As he expected, the company's trend had completely changed, and the news came faster than he expected. It seemed that the chairman was also looking at deep space.
Live broadcast of the annual meeting.
The chairman's intention is very simple. Let him contact Deep Space Company tomorrow. There is no need to talk about cooperation in detail, just communicate with each other and pave the way for the relationship.
It can be heard that the chairman must be very anxious, otherwise, he should not be allowed to contact Deep Space Company at this time.
The Deep Space Company is still holding its annual meeting today, and it will definitely be busy for a while later. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so how can you have the time to talk to them?
Chapter completed!