ATPnovel Chapter 183 Weibo Technology Recruiting People
Chapter 183 Weibo Technology Recruiting People
These past few days, Lu Ran has felt that the atmosphere at the company is a bit off.
Although they were all working diligently, a sense of disappointment could be seen in their expressions.
"Old Zhou, come to my office." Lu Ran called out to Zhou Mingzhe.
"What's happened these past few days? Why do you all look so unhappy?" Lu Ran asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Sigh, it's all because I was stealing vegetables in the middle of the night," Zhou Mingzhe said, staring at his dark circles.
It's mainly my own produce; if I don't keep an eye on it, it'll probably all be stolen in one night.
Upon hearing this reason, Lu Ran was both amused and exasperated.
While this proves that Happy Farm is indeed very successful, it has also affected daytime work.
"Here's what you're going to do," Lu Ran said solemnly. "Add a setting to 'Happy Farm' so that once 30% of the farm's plants have been stolen, they can't be stolen anymore. We can't let this little game, which is supposed to be relaxing, interfere with our normal work."
Lu Ran knew that although adding this setting might not necessarily make users sleep obediently, it would at least improve things a lot.
If there are truly passionate farm enthusiasts, at least they don't have to worry about being too late and having nothing left.
Today is only the seventh day since "Happy Farm" was launched, and it has already become a game played by almost all TUTU users.
You know, TUTU already has quite a few active users, how many... how many again?
"How's the user growth going lately?" Zhou Mingzhe was right there, so I might as well ask.
"Didn't I send you the data yesterday?" Zhou Mingzhe asked with a puzzled look.
"Ahem... I was just testing you to see if you remembered these key data, wasn't I?" Lu Ran replied without batting an eye.
"Uh...this is our latest data." Zhou Mingzhe quickly handed over a set of data.
Lu Ran was shocked when she saw it.
In just a few days, TUTU's user base has grown significantly.
Daily active users: 12,347,892
Average usage time: 137 minutes
New users yesterday: 3,247,891
The most outrageous thing is the curve showing the number of people online at 3 a.m.
Normally, the number of online users at this time is around 200,000, but last night at 3 a.m., the number of online users surged to more than 3 million.
The curve began to rise sharply at 2 a.m., reached its peak at 3:05 a.m., and then slowly declined, remaining above 600,000 until 4 a.m.
It's obvious that this wave is from those who get up in the middle of the night to steal vegetables.
Lu Ran stared at the curve for a long time, then said to Zhou Mingzhe, "Change this 30% limit. Add it quickly."
After Zhou Mingzhe left, Lu Ran opened her farm and found it had been ransacked.
In the record of stealing vegetables, the first place is "Zhou Mingzhe", who stole vegetables twenty-three times.
The second is "Tan Yu", who stole nineteen times.
The third is "Shen Yuege", who stole seventeen times.
Lu Ran: "..."
Oh well, as long as they're happy.
At least TUTU's data has continued to grow because of Happy Farm.
The original Happy Farm was developed on a small website, but QQ took advantage of its large user base and eventually acquired QQ Farm on QQ Space.
In this life, TUTU did indeed go against the grain, relying on "Happy Farm" to bring in a considerable number of users.
But Lu Ran knew that it wouldn't be long before other platforms copied "Happy Farm".
To retain users permanently, you need both your own strength and a constant stream of new content.
Eighteen million users.
This number is obviously insignificant compared to the numbers displayed on Weibo, Kuaishou, Douyin, WeChat, and even Baidu Tieba.
Currently, the mainstream social media apps on the market include Weibo with nearly 300 million monthly active users, Kuaishou and Douyin with nearly 500 million, Baidu Tieba with nearly 400 million, and WeChat with nearly 700 million.
Compared to the software mentioned above, TUTU is still a complete novice, and it doesn't even have the strength to sit at the same table as Bilibili.
However, TUTU is already a phenomenon in the context of emerging social media platforms.
After all, the social media market has been largely divided up by a few leading companies, so it is truly remarkable that they have been able to develop to this size in the remaining gaps.
"Oh, right, there's another problem." Zhou Mingzhe pushed up his glasses. "Our servers are about to break down. Last night at peak times, CPU usage spiked to 97%, and we almost crashed."
"add."
"The budget is insufficient."
Lu Ran thought for a moment and said, "I'll take care of the money. You focus on finalizing the emergency expansion plan, and I'll figure out how to get the funding."
Zhou Mingzhe nodded, then added, "There's something else."
"explain."
"These past two days, several colleagues have contacted me," he paused, "Weibo Tech."
Lu Ran raised an eyebrow. They've already started poaching their own people so quickly.
...
That afternoon, Lu Ran called Zhou Mingzhe into his office.
"Tell me in detail, what does Weibo want from you?"
Zhou Mingzhe adjusted his glasses, but his expression remained calm: "Headhunter. The offer is an annual salary of three million, stock options not included, for the position of Technical Director. Responsible for the research and development of a new project."
"You agreed?"
"No," Zhou Mingzhe shook his head. "If I had agreed, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you now."
"I rejected them not because of salary or benefits, but because of our different philosophies."
Lu Ran nodded. He knew Zhou Mingzhe's personality very well. At the beginning, he agreed to join without even discussing salary.
It's more reliable to recruit yourself than to recruit Zhou Mingzhe.
Zhou Mingzhe then pulled up an email and forwarded it to Lu Ran: "Take a look, this is it."
Lu Ran opened the email; it was an invitation from a headhunter at Weibo Technology.
The wording was very polite, saying that they admired Zhou Mingzhe's technical skills and hoped to have the opportunity to talk.
But what caught Lu Ran's attention was the last paragraph of the email:
"We are very interested in your company's recently launched 'Happy Farm'. If Mr. Zhou is willing to join us, we can consider bringing his team. We offer excellent compensation."
The words "leading a team" were bolded.
Lu Ran narrowed his eyes: "They're not just trying to poach you, they're trying to steal the entire tech team?"
"It seems so," Zhou Mingzhe said. "And I suspect that it wasn't just me who received the invitation. Some of the core members of our team may have been contacted as well."
Lu Ran leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers lightly on the table.
Weibo Technology.
One of the leading social media platforms in China, with nearly 300 million monthly active users, and multiple product lines including Weibo, Weibo Video, and Weibo Games.
The rise of TUTU has clearly caught their attention.
Lu Ran felt that it was definitely not just Weibo Technology.
If TUTU grows bigger and stronger, it will take a slice of the pie from many companies, and poaching of employees like this will definitely happen frequently in the future.
However, Lu Ran remained completely calm.
The absence of anyone at TUTU Technology wouldn't have a significant impact on him, because the core of TUTU Technology is himself.
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