Li Congxin tore off the note on the door, opened the rolling shutter door, and looked at his bookstore. For the first time, he felt that his bookstore was a little disorganized.
During this trip to Jinling, what Li Congxin gained the most was things related to bookstores. The staff of Deep Space Company took him and several other bookstore owners to visit more than a dozen bookstores, large and small, including large chain stores and Deep Space.
Showcases inside the park.
There are so many bookstores from large to small, and each bookstore has its own characteristics, but these bookstores have one thing in common, that is, their books are arranged in a very organized manner.
These rules are not just a matter of putting a certain type of book together with a certain type of book, or placing them according to sales volume, but a set of rules composed of many details.
Li Congxin loves French literature, so in his bookstore, there are many French literature books on the back shelf. He has always believed that this is the characteristic of his bookstore.
But after walking around in Jinling, he found many problems. As a bookstore opened at the entrance of a middle school, Dongzhong Bookstore lacked pertinence and neglected to cultivate the interests of young people. Those books such as Balzac, Stendhal, and Pluto
It may not be what students like to watch, nor may it be suitable for students to watch.
Yu Dong said something that impressed Li Congxin deeply. He said that the bookstore at the school entrance should be a strong continuation of school education, and it should complement the school.
Opening a bookstore in front of a school naturally gives you a responsibility, and you must keep children's education at heart.
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Yu Dong invited not only Li Congxin this time, but also many other bookstore owners in front of schools, just to convey such a concept to them.
Of course, Yu Dong not only emphasized their responsibilities, but also told them some benefits.
All bookstores in front of schools, as long as they join the Educator Bookstore Alliance, certain books will be cheaper in the future, and some books that are in short supply will be given priority to these bookstores. In addition, schools may cooperate with bookstores.
Bookstores in front of schools are very important, and it is impossible for Yu Dong to open a bookstore in front of every school, so he simply uses existing resources to select some relatively reliable bookstores to cooperate with.
Li Congxin and others are just the first batch. Later, Deep Space Company will invite more bookstores to join the Educator Bookstore Alliance.
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Yu Dong looked through the information of these bookstore owners in the office for a while, and then called Jiang Jie.
"You ask someone to make a website for their Educators Bookstore Alliance. It doesn't need to be complicated and it just has normal functions. You're not in a hurry, just take the time to do it."
Jiang Jie agreed, "Okay, I will arrange for Li Yu and his team to do it later. By the way, Brother Dong, the platform space we built for Xueleshan is almost ready. Do you want to come and take a look?"
"So fast?" Yu Dong was a little surprised.
The so-called space and steam are actually the same thing. The name space was given by Jimmy for two reasons. On the one hand, space is the jump button in many games, which is very suitable for the name of a game platform. On the other hand, space is the jump button in many games.
, this name also fits the Deep Space Company very well. After all, the English translation of Deep Space is deep space. If deep is removed, space is left.
After Jimmy told Sierra about the platform, Ken Williams, the founder of Sierra, decided to do it without saying a word and handed over the construction of the platform to Deep Space Computer. This matter also came to Jiang's side.
In Jay's hands.
The name of the platform was given by Jimmy, but the software requirements were all proposed by Yu Dong.
For this software, Jiang Jie served as the product manager himself and kept looking for Yu Donglai to discuss needs.
For this software, Yu Dong initially put forward many requirements, such as space forums, friend lists, and game time recording community groups. The first things he mentioned were these social functions.
After mentioning the requirements for social functions, Yu Dong also proposed that the platform needs to have browsing categories and provide free trials of games. If possible, it would be best to have high-definition game trailers.
The requirements raised by Yu Dong are actually based on the complete version of Steam, without considering whether the current technology can achieve these things. Therefore, Jiang Jie, the product manager, needs to talk to Yu Dong about what can be achieved and what cannot.
accomplish.
But in fact, many things that Jiang Jie said could not be realized were finally realized. The difficulties Jiang Jie talked about were always overcome by himself.
However, after most of the functions were added, Yu Dong discovered that this software was not very friendly to ordinary people. Because the software had too much content, the loading time on the Internet was very long. Some computers just had to drive a space.
It's all quite laborious.
After experiencing it once, Yu Dong told Jiang Jie that he should delete whatever he could, and give priority to ensuring practicality and fluency, and then look for other options on this basis. When Yu Dong was experiencing the experience, he looked at the loading screen that remained motionless.
There is only one thought in my mind, and that is to shut down this damn software as soon as possible.
Later, Yu Dong raised only three requirements. First, the homepage screen should be simple and beautiful. Second, the Internet loading time should not be too long. Third, the free trial function and browsing categories should be retained.
In fact, Yu Dong wanted to retain the social attributes of this software, but considering the current technology and network conditions, he finally reluctantly abandoned these things.
Jiang Jie told him that it would probably take two to three years or more to add all the functions proposed by Yu Dong.
Yu Dong is not in a hurry about this. He believes that the deep space computer technology can eventually solve the problem as long as it gives them a direction.
However, it hasn’t been long since the last requirement was raised. Unexpectedly, Jiang Jie and the others had almost completed the software.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, ask someone to prepare it, and I will go down and take a look later." Yu Dong said.
Jiang Jie smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come over."
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Half an hour later, Yu Dong appeared at the deep space computer.
Jiang Jie asked Yu Dong to demonstrate the semi-finished space they made.
Space's logo is very simple, just a box plus space, with a blue background, which is similar to that of Deep Space Company.
The loading speed of the platform is quite fast, at least on the demo computer. The homepage is also very simple, with several categories clear at a glance, but the games on the recommended page are all blank.
"Have you tried it with an ordinary computer?" Yu Dong asked.
Jiang Jie smiled and said, "Of course I've tried it. It's a little slower than the demo computer, but it's pretty smooth. Do you want me to find an old computer and give it a try?"
Yu Dong waved his hand and said: "Don't bother, let Williams and the others take a look later. If possible, just follow this template and go online. I still don't know much about computers. There are no games in this demo version now. The games will be put in later."
Will there be any new problems after that?"
"No, Brother Dong, although what you see now is blank, everything you need to do has been done, it's just missing a cover. The platform actually just provides a path, and the rest is left to the game itself.
"
Yu Dong nodded: "I probably understand."
"And there are a lot of test procedures later, so there won't be any problems." Jiang Jie smiled and handed another folder to Yu Dong, "This is a plan I made, which lists out the details in detail.
I have arranged the functions to be added to the platform in the future. This game trailer is relatively easy to implement and can be placed at the front. The search function is also easy to implement. However, there are very few games on the platform in the early stage. There is no need to use the search function. You can view it as
It depends on the situation. When there are so many games on the platform that a search function is needed, it can be used at any time. When the search function is installed, the labeling mechanism and the player rating mechanism can also be arranged at the same time."
"Game time records can also be arranged together with the scoring mechanism. Didn't you say before, Brother Dong, that when a player evaluates a game, others can see the player's game time, which is more useful for reference."
"Yes." Yu Dong nodded, "Yes, in this case, the scoring function will be valuable to ordinary players, and it will also reduce the number of points brushing and malicious slander. In addition, in this way, people will watch during game time.
After that, players will also compete with each other."
"As for social functions such as forums, friend lists, and community groups, they can be arranged together and put a little later."
Yu Dong read through the schedule written by Jiang Jie and said, "On the whole, this schedule is very reasonable, but plans are plans, and everything is subject to change. So I hope that we will
Do everything that needs to be done in advance, so that you can easily cope with any changes you encounter later. For example, if these social functions encounter some special circumstances later, you need to implement the functions on space at any time. Can you do it?
?”
"Any time... I don't dare to brag about this, but if you give us a week or two, there should be no problem. Of course, if the time is earlier, adding these functions will have to sacrifice the smoothness of the software.
, this is unavoidable.”
Yu Dong nodded to express his understanding, "Okay, you contact the Williams couple and let them know when the platform will be launched. They have been talking about game agency recently. I heard from Jimmy that the results should be pretty good.
"
"Hi." Jiang Jie said nonchalantly, "Even if others don't sell games on space, our own games alone are enough to sell. We have many games, "Resident Evil", "Escape", "
"Lianliankan" and these can support a platform. And there is also "Half-Life", so it will definitely be no problem."
Yu Dong snorted with his nose, "If this is the case, the space will be finished sooner or later. If there are not enough games, it will not be attractive to users. If the number of users on the platform is too small in the future, I will settle the score with you."
Jiang Jie shrank his neck and said timidly, "Boss, we are only responsible for production. These requirements are all raised by you. If there are not enough users later, you can't blame us."
Yu Dong raised the corners of his lips and said, "If something is not good, I don't blame you, the person who makes it, but you should blame me, the person who buys it?"
Jiang Jie argued, "Brother Dong, your logic is wrong. You are indeed the one who buys things for our deep space computer, but for those users, you are the ones who sell things. You say that the things are not good.
Do you blame yourself as a seller?"
Yu Dong waved his hand, "Okay, let's not talk about this. Go and communicate with the Williams couple quickly. I am also looking forward to purchasing a game on space as soon as possible."
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The Williams couple had just woken up when they received Jiang Jie's call.
They were not surprised by Jiang Jie's call. Recently, they often communicated by phone because of space matters, and because of the time difference, they always contacted each other in the morning or evening. Today's call was not too early.
Once before, the couple was woken up by the ringing of the phone while they were still sleeping in bed.
"Mr. Williams, I have good news for you. Space is almost done. YU has also seen it and said it can be launched according to this template."
"Is it any different from the version we saw before?" Roberta Williams asked from the side.
"The difference is not big, but some buttons have been optimized, and the categories have also been subdivided."
"Okay, after we take a look at it, let's start preparing to go online. Next week, I will send you a game list." Ken Williams said.
"No problem, then when do you want to go online?"
The Williamses looked at each other for a moment, then Ken Williams said, "How about Juneteenth?"
Jiang Jie raised his eyebrows, "It's the day when "WALL-E" is released globally. Are you sure you want to launch it on that day? You know, the media will definitely focus on "WALL-E" that day."
Roberta Williams laughed: "Space is a newly launched game sales platform. Apart from its connection with Deep Space Company, it has no eye-catching features, so it doesn't get much news.
It’s better to put the media attention together with the release date of YU’s new book, so that we might get some side attention.”
In fact, this decision was not made by them on the spur of the moment, but was finally made after several discussions. Before that, they actually asked Jimmy whether they would vigorously promote Deep Space when it was launched on the platform, but the reply given by Jimmy was
Let them make their own arrangements.
Xueleshan's current situation is not good. If Deep Space hadn't acquired them, they would probably be disbanded now. It's a bit difficult for them to spare their energy to promote this platform.
In this case, they can only use their brains.
Jiang Jie didn't say anything else about this. Although they both belong to the same parent company, in terms of the space business, they are Party B and Xueleshan is Party A. Since Party A has determined the launch time and they can go online at this time,
Of course there is no reason to refuse.
Chapter completed!