"Okay, boss, I'll contact them right away."
Song Sining knew the situation was urgent and quickly made arrangements.
If the version was updated and the social plaza was launched, but there wasn't a single post on the plaza, and no active users!
Wouldn't that be the end of it!
Wouldn't it seem like no one was using MeiYou?
So, even before the 2.0 version update, Wang Yi had Song Sining arrange for those part-time students to write many topic-generating posts to warm up the platform and spark user interaction.
These posts were paid for, and the quality was quite high.
There were also extra bonus incentives; the more popular a post, the more extra bonuses!
Soon, Wang Yi released MeiYou 2.0.
The part-time students who received the news immediately updated the software and uploaded their posts.
To get the extra bonus, they also called classmates and friends to reply to their posts and interact, increasing their popularity!
Thus, just fifteen minutes after the MeiYou 2.0 update, there were already over thirty new posts!
Below each post, there were dozens of replies, making it very lively.
The genuine users who updated were immediately shocked, never expecting MeiYou to be so popular!
To have so many people posting right after the update!
Moreover, the topics of these posts were all of interest to women.
For example, chatting about the latest trending variety shows, movies...
Chatting about this year's popular lipstick shades, bags...
These topics instantly piqued the interest of other users, who immediately replied and exchanged views.
Someone also posted an outfit picture, asking if the combination looked good, which attracted many users to discuss and offer suggestions.
Even more, someone asked if their period broke last month, and their "relatives" were five days late, wondering if they might be pregnant...
This post instantly attracted a lot of attention and comments.
Some offered comfort, some suggested buying a test strip, and others said they were in the exact same situation...
There were also posts showing idol photos, attracting many fan replies, with popularity soaring continuously.
But as the replies went back and forth, anti-fans were drawn in, and the two sides started fighting...
Watching the anti-fans go all out, spewing insults at their idol.
The blogger was furious, gritting their teeth, but also thought, with this level of popularity, the one hundred yuan extra bonus was guaranteed!
It was a mix of pain and happiness.
Someone else asked,
"My long-distance boyfriend came and insisted on having sex during my period... Is such a boyfriend reliable?"
Below, a group of people replied,
"Sister, break up with him quickly, you can't be with him..."
...
Everyone also discovered that posting, replying to interactions, and checking in could all increase their points level!
Other users also got excited and began actively posting and interacting...
For a time, the entire social plaza became lively.
The number of posts rapidly increased, with a wide variety of topics.
In just one hour, the initial thirty-odd writer posts grew to over two hundred!
The number of users participating in interactions exceeded ten thousand.
This was still under the premise that only twenty thousand users had updated to version 2.0.
Once all one hundred thirty thousand users updated, the popularity would rise another level, and the number of posts would break through thousands, or even tens of thousands!
Wang Yi was delighted by this!
With the social plaza HerHer Circle, MeiYou's user stickiness and software usage time both skyrocketed!
From the backend data, many people had been continuously browsing, replying, and posting since updating to version 2.0, unable to stop!
Gossip and chat are human nature.
And HerHer Circle had everything, and since it was all women, it allowed everyone to speak freely, perfectly fitting their social needs.
"Version 2.0 is a success!"
Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
If it were just version 1.0, which only recorded periods, Wang Yi wanting the front page of the Jeju Evening News would be unrealistic.
But with version 2.0, as long as the other party experienced MeiYou, they would naturally realize MeiYou's power, and there was a high probability they would give the front page, at worst, the second page!
This way, hundreds of thousands of users would be gained!
More importantly, once the story of him founding MeiYou at 18 spread, it would definitely be a hot topic!
This time, the Jeju Evening News came, so next time, other media in Jeju, and even radio stations, would come!
What the media needed was the hot topic and gimmick of Wang Yi discovering "leakage" from 985 and creating MeiYou at 18!
And what Wang Yi and MeiYou needed was media exposure and traffic!
No one would refuse a win-win situation.
If they could even attract TV stations, just a few mentions in the news would bring a large number of users!
In this day and age, many people read newspapers, and even more people watch TV!
While Wang Yi was pondering, he received a call:
"Hello, is this student Wang Yi?"
"A woman, excellent!"
Wang Yi's face lit up with joy; the more female the reporter, the more they could appreciate MeiYou's power:
"Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"
"I'm Xiao Anqing, a reporter from the Jeju Evening News. I'd like to interview you. Do you have time?"
"Yes, when approximately? I've been busy with my startup recently, so I need to arrange my time in advance," Wang Yi said.
"You're still starting a business?"
Xiao Anqing was a little surprised:
"What field are you in? Is it convenient to talk about it?"
"Of course, I'm developing a non-profit software that cares for women's health," Wang Yi said with a smile.
"Caring for women's health!"
Xiao Anqing became interested:
"Student Wang, has your software already been developed? Can I try it out? Or is it still in the planning stage?"
Wang Yi didn't hide anything:
"My software has been launched and has just updated to version 2.0. Currently, it has over a hundred thousand users. You can download and try it out, it's called MeiYou!"
"Great, great. Then you go ahead and be busy, I'll try it out and contact you later!"
"Okay."
Wang Yi hung up the phone and continued to monitor the backend.
In his previous life, Wang Yi had worked at a major company for several years, nearing thirty and a mid-life crisis, before finally joining a state-owned enterprise for retirement.
He was very concerned about safety reviews.
The posts on MeiYou's HerHer Circle social plaza had a review mechanism and many sensitive words.
If there were too many sensitive words, the post would be locked directly and only released after a manual review confirmed no issues.
Currently, it seemed fine; they were all normal posts, with no anti-social or anti-human lunatics appearing...
Seeing that everything was normal, Wang Yi continued to code, working on MeiYou 3.0 Android version, adding an e-commerce platform – MeiYou Selection!
Wang Yi was responsible for the core code; as for the rest, he would hire people in a couple of days and assign it to employees.
The code for e-commerce functions was not ordinarily complicated.
On the other side, Xiao Anqing downloaded MeiYou using her iPhone 4.
Following the prompts, she registered step by step, entering her last period date and cycle.
Instantly, MeiYou calculated her next period calendar, as well as her daily chances of pregnancy, ovulation day...
All clearly marked on the calendar, at a glance!
"These features are great! With this software, I won't have to calculate my period every month anymore! I can give it 70 points!"
Xiao Anqing was very pleasantly surprised and then clicked on HerHer Circle:
"Is this the social plaza? A feature just updated today?"
"There are so many people posting! Variety shows, celebrities, movies, trivial matters, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, ha ha ha, it's really interesting."
"In the future, if I can't write news articles, I can come here for material! That's great! This software, 90 points!"
The more Xiao Anqing looked, the more she liked it, and unknowingly, she became a fan of MeiYou!
She'd use it to record her period from now on!
She'd use it to kill time browsing plaza posts and find material when she had nothing to do!
Then, she checked MeiYou's launch time, and her eyes deepened:
"Student Wang, you are extraordinary!"
(End of chapter)
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