339: Chapter 339 Revenge

Since Gu Hui had already said this much,

if Gu Xuantian still didn't understand, he might as well go get his IQ checked.

Discovering that Gu Hui was no longer stopping him from taking revenge on Shen Yan, an irrepressible joy flashed across his face.

Ever since he was young, anyone who offended him, whether it was Gu Mingming or those who disliked his methods, never ended well.

Therefore, he was certain that this time would be the same; he would definitely make Shen Yan suffer terribly.

Thinking this, he excitedly said to Gu Hui, "Thank you, Grandpa! I'll go take care of it right now!"

...

The next morning.

Shen Yan arrived at the company early.

Since he had already decided what project to work on next, as soon as he got to the office, he downloaded all the software related to creative short-form videos on the internet onto his phone.

Before starting the project, he hoped to thoroughly understand the differences among these homogenized software applications.

Only by understanding these applications could he create one that was better than them.

While he was engrossed in browsing the software, Chen Guangke knocked on his office door.

"Come in."

Chen Guangke entered the office carrying his laptop.

"Are you really planning to create a creative short-form video software for the internet?"

Hearing Chen Guangke's question, Shen Yan nodded.

"This is a trend. I think we should give it a try."

Chen Guangke frowned, sounding somewhat hesitant.

"But everyone is already used to using the short-form video software big fish. Even if we create another short-form video application, it might not necessarily make people download the one we develop."

Shen Yan understood Chen Guangke's worry.

It was the same as how everyone was accustomed to using a particular software for adding contacts; no one would change and download a new application without a good reason.

However, he didn't think this was an unsolvable problem.

If people truly valued habit above everything else, then the idiom 'update and iterate' wouldn't exist.

Thinking this, he told Chen Guangke, "It's fine. Once we develop the software, I will think carefully about the promotion strategy. Right now, the most important thing for us is to develop the software first."

"I just downloaded all the software of the same type and found that the quality of the short videos on most of them isn't that good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Guangke nodded in agreement.

"That's right, the quality of short videos on most applications is actually quite inconsistent."

"I love browsing short videos as soon as I get home, so I know many self-media creators like to post their videos on different short-form video applications."

"But no matter how they distribute traffic, the most popular ones are still those two applications: one is big fish, and the other is Koushou."

"These two applications are the most popular ones on the market today."

Shen Yan tapped his desk with his hand, then looked up and asked Chen Guangke, "So, the short video content itself doesn't determine the download volume?"

Chen Guangke tilted his head slightly.

"Actually, you can't say that exactly. I think the quality of the short videos is very important, but the key is that most self-media influencers post their videos across different applications."

"If they can see his videos on any application, why wouldn't they just use the one they are already accustomed to?"

Shen Yan felt that what Chen Guangke said made sense.

After lowering his eyelids and thinking for a while, he asked Chen Guangke, "If it were you, what would you plan to do?"

Chen Guangke pointed at himself with his finger, looking somewhat surprised.

"Me?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"If it were you, whether thinking from a creator's perspective or a user's perspective, what kind of software would you want to make?"

Chen Guangke frowned and remained silent.

He was a technical person.

Technical people's ideas were always more aligned with reality.

If Shen Yan asked him what kind of software he wanted, he would only express what kind of software he was capable of making.

After thinking it over and over, he told Shen Yan, "I don't think my reference can give you advice, as what I would say already exists in similar software on the market."

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Shen Yan didn't press him.

"Alright then. How do you think we can make people willing to download our software?"

Chen Guangke couldn't answer this question.

If he could answer it, he wouldn't find the third project so difficult.

Feeling discouraged, he replied to Shen Yan, "I don't think you should be asking me this question. You should go ask that person at the Branch Company."

"Didn't she insist on doing the third project yesterday? Now that we are discussing it, she should be here too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yan couldn't help but laugh wryly.

It was true that Chen Guangke liked Wu Ya.

But whenever he encountered Wu Ya, he acted like a child, always wanting to compete, which was incredibly childish.

"Don't worry. Since I asked you, I will definitely ask her again later."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke didn't say anything more.

He placed his hand on his chin and thought carefully for a while before replying to Shen Yan, "Thinking from a user's perspective, if I wanted to download a new application, there must be something particularly attractive about that new application."

"Although I really want to say that the attractive part would be features or other things, I have to admit that under normal circumstances, what attracts me is usually just games."

"Of course, I don't mean we should embed games in the short-form video software for people to play. I mean we must offer a gimmick that interests the majority of people."

A gimmick?

That made sense.

Most people nowadays liked fast-paced things.

They didn't have the patience to read lengthy explanations.

They would only reluctantly click to take a look if the title matched their interests.

So, if they wanted to attract the majority of people to download their software, they first needed to figure out what their software's gimmick would be.

Just as he was completely immersed in this issue, his phone suddenly rang.

He thought his own phone was ringing.

After glancing at his phone, he realized it wasn't his ringing.

"Your phone is ringing?"

Hearing the question, Chen Guangke belatedly realized that his phone was the one ringing.

He took out his phone, glanced at it, and said, "It's Jiang Yuan calling."

Saying that, he answered the call and put it on speakerphone, asking, "Why are you calling me at this hour?"

Jiang Yuan's anxious voice came through the receiver.

"It's bad! You need to come over here quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Shen Yan and Chen Guangke exchanged a look and said in unison, "We're coming over now!"

Half an hour later.

The two men got out of the car at the entrance of the laboratory.

As soon as they entered the lab, they saw Jiang Yuan looking extremely anxious. They walked up and asked Jiang Yuan, "What happened?"