Chapter 1403 - 1397: Gloating (Part 2)

Chapter 1403: Chapter 1397: Gloating (Part 2)

On the Hua family’s three major websites, advertisements for Tencent Company’s Tengxun Computer Security Manager appeared, accompanied by links and feature descriptions. Even on the homepage of Luoyi Network Company, there was a letter of gratitude personally written by Wang Jian to Tencent Company, sincerely thanking Tencent Company for their timely assistance and heavily promoting the powerful features of the Tengxun Computer Manager. This act made Jiang Cheng deeply appreciate Wang Jian’s adeptness in dealing with people.

Wang Jian’s gratitude was indeed heartfelt. Although not as exaggerated as on the letter, after yesterday’s events, he clearly recognized Tencent Company’s strength.

With just this software, Wang Jian concluded that Tencent Company would inevitably occupy half of the internet industry’s territory in the future. Such a formidable company would undoubtedly be a powerful ally if they could foster a good relationship. There’s no denying that Wang Jian’s perspective was uniquely insightful.

Compared to Luoyi Company, the other two companies, although they didn’t take measures like sending a letter of thanks, the chairmen personally called Tencent Company to express their gratitude and inquire about the computer security manager.

Tencent Company uniformly replied, "What we provided yesterday was only a trial version, valid for just one day. If you wish to continue using the software, you’ll need to purchase it. The official version has not been released yet; an announcement will be made on the internet upon release."

After this event, the three major websites’ attention to security was incomparable to before.

It’s important to note that just yesterday, the three companies suffered losses of at least eight figures, which they could not afford to repeat.

Today, Tencent Company was incredibly busy. Old Ma temporarily hired two more people, adding to the previous reception staff to act as operators answering questions from enterprises about the Tengxun Computer Security Manager Enterprise Edition.

Meanwhile, Old Ma and his team were working overtime to maintain and upgrade the enterprise edition, as it was originally intended to promote the home version, but unexpectedly, the enterprise version became popular first.

This was quite normal, considering it was only the year 2000. As of mid-2000, Hua family computers ranked eighth globally in terms of ownership, with 164.1 million units in the West District, ranking first, accounting for 28.32% of the world’s total computer ownership, averaging one computer for every two Western District people; Hua family computers totaled 15.9 million units, averaging 88 computers per 10,000 people.

Most of these were enterprise-use computers; how many were personal? Jiang Cheng and others lacked experience in this area, and Jiang Cheng was used to an era in the future where individuals owned one or even many computers, so he overlooked this point initially.

Moreover, this maintenance would involve a critical update, adding a millennium bug killer. Once this version is released, it’s clear to Jiang Cheng and others that it will cause a frenzy, with traffic enough to crash a server. Due to funding issues, Tencent Company’s current servers were quite inadequate, so Jiang Cheng and Zhang Mengmeng had to quickly work on server maintenance to ensure that millions could access it simultaneously.

At this time, some companies outside who used computers extensively and were concerned about their computer security were already impatient. After all, the cost they paid annually due to computer security issues was no small amount.

Three days later, this day was recorded in world history. Because the millennium bug, which had troubled the entire world for months, was resolved. And the company that solved this problem was a little-known company in the Hua family district, Tencent.

On this day, Tencent released the new generation of Tengxun Computer Security Manager’s home and enterprise versions on the internet. This update’s main content was a millennium bug killer program; once users ran the Tengxun Computer Security Manager, the manager would automatically delete the virus on their computers and establish a robust firewall. The home version was completely free! The enterprise version cost five hundred Hua Family Coins per computer per year.

At this time, five hundred Hua Family Coins was no small amount, as many senior programmers only earned six to seven hundred in a month! However, since the Tengxun Computer Manager Enterprise Edition had already gained a reputation before its official release, its sales on the first day reached an astonishing one billion yuan! This was in just one day!

The companies were unconcerned about the money, believing that the security of their company’s data was paramount. After all, in the computer age, computers became the primary tool for work and the most critical tool for storing information, but their security was concerning. Tencent Company’s strength was evident, as seen with Wang Jian’s letter of thanks!

Meanwhile, the home version hadn’t seen many downloads yet, but every downloader was someone with a certain level of computer knowledge.

So, it didn’t take long for someone to discover that this security manager could clear the millennium bug!

This quickly sparked a storm within the Hua family district.

Haijiao Forum.

A post titled "The Nemesis of the Millennium Bug Finally Appears! The Era of Computer Security is Coming" appeared on the forum. This post detailed Tencent Company’s assistance to three website companies, the launch of a free home version computer security manager, and the integrated millennium bug killer! People praised and lauded Tencent Company.

Soon, this post was wildly reprinted and discussed on the forum. Finally, our Hua family district has its own antivirus software! Amazing! It’s unbelievable that the world couldn’t solve the millennium bug, and it was our district’s company that resolved it, bringing glory to the area!

Tencent Company? I’ve never heard of it before! But this computer security manager is indeed outstanding!

"Same as the comment above! Amazing!"

The forum was flooded with praise, and within just one day, the post’s readership reached millions! Almost every Hua family netizen had seen the post, making Tencent Company famous in the Hua family network.

Meanwhile, in a mysterious institution, an elderly man in uniform was sitting in a chair, with a middle-aged man in uniform before him, reporting something.

"That’s about everything." The middle-aged man finished and closed the folder in his hand.

Tencent Company? Interesting. Go check out this company; I want detailed information," the old man said calmly, his eyes shimmering. "Also, have the matter of the millennium bug extermination reported. It’s a bothersome issue after all; it’s best for everyone to know and resolve it."

Yes, Boss." The person saluted and left. Back at Tencent, Old Ma excitedly reported the day’s results to Jiang Cheng and others in the conference room; in just this one day, Tencent’s total profit exceeded one billion! Now, at least district-wide, Tencent is a first-class standard company, but this is just a day because things need time to ferment.

That evening at seven, the Hua Family District’s news broadcast reported Tencent Company’s millennium bug extermination news and promoted Tencent’s website, quickly informing the entire district.

Overwhelming news articles began pouring out, and phones kept ringing off the hooks on Old Ma, Old Zhang, and Old Xiao’s phones the whole night. As Tencent hasn’t yet grown large, they couldn’t afford to be dismissive, so they treated each call carefully.

Looking at them, Jiang Cheng couldn’t help but reflect, "It’s good that no one knows we exist, or we’d end up like them." Jiang Cheng was somewhat gleeful.

Zhang Mengmeng was munching on a chicken leg with one hand, holding a bottle of Coke with the other, voraciously eating and drinking.

"Yeah, yeah." She nodded absentmindedly, at this point, her eyes only on the big chicken leg before her, not caring what Jiang Cheng was saying.