Chapter 33: 50 Million in One Hour!

"Huh?"

Liu Xiaotong subconsciously stopped what she was doing and looked at the message on her phone screen.

"Official member, 10 yuan per month."

"That's not expensive."

Liu Xiaotong entered the top-up page without hesitation and topped up for a year of membership in one go.

In her view, even if Tiantian Assistant only had entertainment value, the price of 10 yuan per month was not expensive, let alone the fact that Tiantian Assistant was not just fun to use, but truly very practical, allowing her to free up her hands for most of the time she operated her phone and greatly increasing convenience.

There were not a few users like Liu Xiaotong.

At the same time, many users whose trial periods had not yet ended inadvertently discovered that the membership top-up portal on the software's homepage, which had originally been gray, had turned colorful at some point, clearly indicating it had become operational.

Out of curiosity or affection, many people chose to top up before their trial period ended.

On the other side.

At Tianqi Technology Co., Ltd., dozens of people sat in a conference room, staring intently at the real-time backend data on the projection screen.

"It's moving! It's moving!"

Someone exclaimed.

"Holy crap! The numbers are jumping so fast, this growth curve looks like it's about to fly into the sky."

"It's already passed one hundred thousand!"

"My god, it's still skyrocketing!"

The crowd was in a stir; some people were even dancing with excitement and shouting aloud.

"Boss, this trend is very good!"

Liu Xuewei forcibly suppressed her excitement, looked at Su Xin, and said with feigned calmness.

Although this company was not hers, the entire team had been built by her from scratch, step by step, including the company's various systems, which were all perfected under her leadership.

If Su Xin were compared to the parent of Tianqi Technology Company, then she was the nanny who had raised the company from a child to adulthood; in terms of feelings for the company, she did not have much less than Su Xin.

Now, seeing the good revenue trend of Tianqi Technology, it was like seeing the child she raised growing sturdily, and she was incomparably excited in her heart.

"Mm! It will be even higher later."

Su Xin smiled confidently.

According to his previous estimates, the number of members in the first month could reach about 30% of the existing users; with the total number of users currently just reaching eighty million, the number of official members in the first month could likely reach over twenty million.

Of course, that was an estimate based on the previous pricing strategy.

Initially, after he and Liu Qingli discussed it roughly, they both felt that a membership fee of 20 yuan per month was relatively reasonable, balancing future development and short-term profits.

But later, as the two of them discussed it multiple times over the phone and clarified the future development strategy, and then carefully learned about the payment situations of many membership-based software on the market from professional consulting firms, they finally decided to cut the membership fee from the initially proposed 20 yuan to 10 yuan.

Don't look at it as just a small difference of 10 yuan; the gap reached a full 100%.

Many people with ordinary family backgrounds might feel that a membership fee of 10 yuan per month was affordable, but a membership fee of 20 yuan was somewhat hard to accept.

After all, Tiantian Assistant was meant for long-term use, not impulsive consumption.

For Su Xin, Tiantian Assistant was the foundation for many future strategies, so its most important aspect was market share, and profit was secondary.

The strategic goal jointly formulated by Su Xin and Liu Qingli was to make Tiantian Assistant popular within a year, making every mobile phone user in the country an official member of Tiantian Assistant as much as possible.

If it were 20 per month, 240 per year, considering long-term use, this price was actually a bit too expensive for many users.

No matter how practical Tiantian Assistant was, there would definitely be many people who refused to pay, and, according to data derived from consulting firms, this proportion could very likely be as high as 30%.

Looking at the total of over one billion mobile phone users in the country, the number of users who refused to pay for Tiantian Assistant could be as high as about four hundred million.

And after the pricing was lowered to 10 yuan, the number of users refusing to pay would drop sharply to about 5%; in other words, the price reduction strategy was equivalent to being able to increase the number of official members of Tiantian Assistant by more than three hundred million.

This was a very large gap.

Even if these added paying users could not offset the profit gap brought about by the price reduction, the potential value after Tiantian Assistant became popular was far greater than the superficial profit.

What's more, Su Xin had other strategies to increase the revenue of Tiantian Assistant.

Under everyone's gaze.

On the big screen, the growth curve of the number of members leveled off after a while; of course, this so-called leveling off was only compared to the nearly linear growth trend at the very beginning.

In fact, if compared with other paid software, the growth trend of Tiantian Assistant's membership numbers was still very exaggerated.

By around ten o'clock, the number of paid official members had already reached over four million, many of whom directly chose to top up for a year, which brought Tianqi Technology's revenue directly to over fifty million!

This was only after just one hour!

Seeing such a growth curve and revenue data, some people were so shocked that their minds went blank, their eyes widened, and they sat there foolishly.

There were also some people who were cheering and celebrating excitedly as if they were crazy.

Su Xin stood up, walked to the big screen, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and said loudly:

"Everyone!"

The discussions in the conference room instantly subsided, and everyone looked at Su Xin with excitement and admiration.

"As you can all see, the growth of Tiantian Assistant's membership is gratifying, and our Tianqi Technology finally has income. I won't be modest in saying that my contribution is indeed the greatest, but it absolutely could not have been done without the support of everyone here!"

"I announce that everyone will be rewarded with one month's salary! It will be issued together with the first month's wages."

As soon as the words fell, many people shouted excitedly:

"Thank you, Boss!"

"The boss is truly wise!"

"Boss, I love you!"

To them, rewarding money was the most practical thing; they had been employed for less than a month, most of the time was spent on training, and some people's work hadn't even officially started yet, yet they received a month's bonus, which truly made them overjoyed.

Su Xin was not good at making formal speeches, so he said a few words and let everyone disperse, then took three management members, including Liu Xuewei, to another small conference room.

"How is the production progress of the voice packs and dynamic image themes?"

After the few people took their seats, Su Xin got straight to the point and asked.

Lin Yifan, the technical department manager sitting to his right, immediately replied:

"Currently, three character themes and two voice packs have been produced, but due to funding issues previously, we couldn't afford celebrities; these two voice packs were both recorded by company colleagues, and I'm afraid they won't be able to generate much interest from users."

Su Xin nodded:

"Reward each colleague who recorded a voice pack with ten thousand, and besides, the company already has decent revenue, so arrange the celebrity voice packs as soon as possible; remember, in one week, I want to carry out the first update for Tiantian Assistant, and by then, at least twenty voice packs and ten character themes must be online."

"Regarding the budget for hiring celebrities, you can discuss it with Manager Chen, then write a report and send it to me via WeChat."

Manager Chen was the finance department manager Chen Yi, and the two of them replied simultaneously: "Understood."

"Additionally, Manager Chen, please implement the matter I just mentioned about rewarding one month's salary as soon as possible; everyone, including you all, will receive it."

Chen Yi immediately beamed with joy and nodded in response: "Understood, boss!"