Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 523: Rubbish software, even dogs don’t use it!
It has been 279 days since the online car-hailing industry was stopped.
After the taxi industry underwent rectification, people have indeed felt the standardization of taxi services - chaos such as refusal to pick up passengers, not using meters, and taking detours have almost disappeared, and illegal taxis operating around train stations and airports have also almost disappeared.

The black car drivers who used to run around secretly were helpless when they saw the passengers everywhere, but they still didn't dare to commit crimes. The law enforcement was too strict. If they were caught, they would be fined 5000 yuan, which was not enough to cover the fine. Some drivers didn't believe it and ended up falling for the trap called fishing enforcement.
The regulations have been implemented, but there are fewer taxis. Even on statutory holidays, the queues waiting for taxis in front of the train station often stretch for hundreds of meters, which is daunting.

This situation is quite similar to the current state of the film market: it is flooded with a large number of bad movies, and the audience is forced to be "fed shit", causing many people to no longer be willing to go to the cinema.

Some experts and industry insiders, however, have educated the audience, calling on everyone to go to the cinema more often to support movies and not always watch those mindless skits and commentary videos.

The result? When a movie that truly respects the audience and does not treat them as fools comes out, the audience's long-pent-up desire to watch the movie explodes instantly.

If you dare to use your sincerity, I dare to pay you real money - this movie was highly praised by the audience, becoming a landslide winner in terms of box office and word of mouth, while those once high-handed experts and bad movie directors had their faces swollen by reality.

The same is true for today’s online car-hailing market. The contradiction between the public’s urgent need for convenient travel and the severe shortage of taxis has long been suppressed.

This time, with the relaxation of policies, this demand was released like a flood, especially in those cities in the south that were shrouded in continuous rain. The powerful momentum of the market shocked the entire industry.

The return of online ride-hailing services is not only a business recovery, but also a return of public support.

The booming performance of the online ride-hailing market has not only rekindled capital's enthusiasm for investing in this industry, but also provided the media with a steady stream of reporting material.

Even Uber, an overseas giant that has long coveted the Chinese market, has begun gearing up, planning its entry plan, and quietly laying the groundwork for the early market, like a shark that has smelled blood.

"Mr. Cheng, please apply for emergency flow control!"

Cheng Wei came back to his senses and immediately closed his mouth. He quickly drank some soy milk and swallowed the bun in his mouth. He didn't even eat breakfast and gestured with his hand, "Let's go check on you."

Zhang Bo introduced the current situation while walking
In fact, he arrived at the company earlier than Cheng Wei, but there was nothing he could do. He started receiving alarm calls on his mobile phone at around 6:, and as time went by, the number of alarm calls increased.

Didi’s alarm level adopts the traditional classification of Internet companies, from P0 to P4, with decreasing priority.

For example, the team below P1 will handle bugs and issues on their own.

As CTO, Zhang Bo generally receives only P0 (emergency) level alerts, which may involve system crashes and affect the use of core functions. They must be repaired immediately, usually requiring the full commitment of the team.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the technical team, where many technical and operational staff were already busy.

Cheng Wei looked at the curve chart on the data panel and found that the number of user downloads and orders began to increase steadily from around 6 o'clock. After 7 o'clock, the curve soared like a stock without a daily limit. The business scale has at least tripled compared to before the suspension, directly jumping to a new level.

Then, under Zhang Bo's introduction, he looked at the technology-related data curves, and several lines jumped repeatedly on the warning line.

"This line is the safety threshold. If it exceeds this threshold, it may cause lag, which users can directly feel. In addition, the interface response time of some major core businesses has tripled. In other words, when a user clicks the [Call a Taxi] button, it used to respond within 1 second, but now it takes at least more than 3 seconds. If there is lag, it will be even longer."

Zhang Bo sighed as he spoke, "The traffic impact is getting higher and higher, it's really crazy. Although the technical side has made sufficient preparations in advance, adding optimization systems, expanding server resources, and even making certain redundancies, it still seems insufficient now."

The operations manager also introduced the current situation. "The market explosion came without any preparation or warning, and it rushed directly to the climax. Now our drivers are working at full capacity, and the total order volume is more than five times the number of drivers."

Cheng Weiyi gritted his teeth and raised his hand to interrupt the other party, "Alright, limit the flow first."

Zhang Bo, "Flow control can only ensure the stability of current users, which is a temporary solution. For long-term considerations, I suggest cooperating with Tengxun Technology and letting them provide resources to completely eliminate future problems."

"Okay, I understand. You should solve the current problem first."

"OK!"

The next moment, Zhang Bo quickly started the flow-limiting emergency plan with the technical team.

The on-site technicians were so busy that the scene was in chaos.

Faced with such enormous traffic pressure, everyone had to go all out and race against time to optimize the system and expand resources to ensure that the platform would not collapse.

Time flies by. Many Didi technical employees run into the company. When they arrive at their workstations, they put down their computer bags and ask their colleagues, "What's going on? How is it going?"

This sudden "sweet burden" is not only a test of the strength of Didi's technical team, but also an extreme challenge to its operational capabilities.

Although Cheng Wei couldn't understand the densely packed technical information on the bulletin board, the bright red strings made his heart tighten and were shocking.

"Have I underestimated the long-pent-up desire in the market?" he muttered to himself.

If they had known this would happen, who the hell would have spent 100 million yuan on promotion? This is really shooting oneself in the foot, adding fuel to the fire.

Cheng Wei couldn't help but re-examine the "Quick Taxi" plan he had previously formulated with Chen Weixing.

Yes, what’s the situation over there?
"Yes, what's the situation over there?" He was just about to call Chen Weixing, but unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have telepathic connection and called him first.

After the two of them checked their accounts, they found that their situations were similar; they were indeed in the same boat.

"Alas, the early bird catches the worm, but there are so many worms that my stomach is about to burst. Is this what they call pain and pleasure?" Cheng Wei said with a wry smile.

"Damn, we used to laugh at Wang Weijian for being slow to react, but now look what happened. Even though he didn't promote it, there are so many drivers. I guess he's secretly having fun somewhere right now." Chen Weixing added helplessly.

"I really want to see what's going on over there..."

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, knowing in their hearts that this battle had just begun.

Wuhan, take a taxi to the frontline command center.

"Hahahaha~~~~" Wang Weijian's hearty laughter echoed in the office, attracting the attention of colleagues around him.

"Boss Wang, what are you so happy about?" a subordinate asked curiously.

"I just received news that Didi and Kuaidi are stuck like the old slides. Before we even made a move, the other party is almost unable to hold on."

"Ah? There is such a thing?"

"Don't believe it? Go check it out yourself on the Internet. A bunch of netizens are jumping up and down and cursing." Wang Weijian waved his hand, motioning him to check.

In fact, Wang Weijian did not see the news on the Internet. Long before public opinion fermented, he received a call from Mr. Xu of Qingteng College and learned that there might be a problem with the opponent's App, which gave him peace of mind.

According to the deployment of the Orange Plan, Dadi Chuxing was originally scheduled to launch its offensive in a week, and now they are just carrying out their daily operations step by step. However, today's market changes have given them an unexpected opportunity.

When the online ride-hailing market pressed the pause button, Didi and Kuaidi chose to "hibernate", while taxi services did the opposite and expanded wildly.

Over the past year, they have invested a total of 5 million yuan, focusing on several things: grabbing territory, occupying resources, seeking cooperation, and recruiting reserve online car-hailing drivers.

As a subsidiary of Bi'an, Dadi Chuxing follows the model of Ele.me - in the online car-hailing market, whoever controls the driver group and has the transportation capacity will have the initiative in the market.

All of this is for today.

Originally, Wang Weijian was worried that without pre-promotion, he would be outperformed by Didi and Kuaidi.

Now it seems that everything is the best arrangement.

The operational data of taxi travel shows that the capacity has reached 60%. However, with the "lag" of Didi and Kuaidi, their data has continued to rise, and this is under the premise of zero investment in promotion.

If you strike while the iron is hot.
No doubt about it, the plan has changed. Let's kill him while he's sick.

A few minutes later, Wang Weijian brought forward the originally planned promotion time and sent an email to Chen Tong, COO of Bi'an, to apply for a package of online promotion resources for Didi Chuxing.

After clicking "Send", he leaned back in his chair, his eyes deep, and muttered to himself, "Next, let me show you the results of taxi travel in the past six months."

As Wang Weijian issued orders one after another, the atmosphere in the front-line command center gradually became tense and excited.

Everyone knows that a war without the smoke of gunpowder has quietly begun.

That morning, due to the explosion of orders from Didi and Kuaidi, and the short preparation time, the two companies' transportation capacity had already been saturated, causing countless office workers to become "husband-waiting stones" on the roadside, waiting anxiously.

For some people, ten minutes had passed and still no driver accepted the order. After finally seeing an empty car on the side of the road, many people excitedly waved to it, but the driver silently turned on the "empty car" light - it turned out that he had already accepted the order, but just forgot to turn off the indicator light.

After all this trouble, many users of Didi and Kuaidi taxis are about to be late.

You should know that not all companies offer flexible working hours like Bi'an, and you will be fined for being late.

As a result, these people couldn't wait any longer and simply gave up taking a taxi and rushed to the subway station or bus stop.

As he walked, he took out his phone and uninstalled the Didi and Kuaidi apps he had just downloaded two days ago, cursing: "What a crappy app! It's rubbish! Even a dog wouldn't use it!"

Tianjin, 9 am, XX Technology Company.

Liang Weimin is the boss of this company. The company's product is an APP for local tourism. The staff is not large, with only about a hundred people.

Today, he arrived at the company on time as usual. Just as he was about to enter the office, he suddenly frowned, feeling something was wrong. He took a few steps back and looked around, and found that the workstations that should have been full were actually half empty today!

Liang Weimin quickly ran to the HR department and found that the situation there was similar. He laughed angrily and asked the HR manager, "Did the sun rise from the west today? Are you all disappearing?"

The HR manager explained awkwardly, "Uh... Mr. Wu, the feedback we received today is that many people couldn't get a taxi, which delayed their time."

“Is this a reason? Why can other people arrive at the company normally and not be late?
You, please make a list of all the employees who are late today and the reasons for them, and send it to me.

Anyone who does not have a valid reason will have their salary deducted according to the company's rules and regulations! This is outrageous!"

After saying that, Liang Weimin flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

Half an hour later, Liang Weimin received an email from HR. He opened the document and looked at the statistics, frowning more and more:
"I couldn't get a taxi?" What kind of bullshit excuse is this? Aren't there subways and buses? It's obvious that you don't take your job seriously. Deduct your salary!
"Taxi refused to pick up passengers?" Are there still taxi drivers who dare to refuse to pick up passengers? Do taxi drivers want to quit their job? Are they treating me like a fool? No problem, I will deduct your money!
"There was a traffic jam..." Can you be a little creative? Can't you just be honest and say you overslept? If he apologizes, maybe I'll let him go and continue to deduct money!
Looking at the words "Didi Taxi" that frequently appeared in the statistical table, Liang Weimin suddenly reacted.

He saw a Didi ad a few days ago. Is there really something wrong with Didi? The probability of these employees working together to lie is really low. He looked at the statistics: 129 people were supposed to be at the company this morning, and 43 were late.

"Did I wrongly accuse these employees?" Liang Weimin murmured in his heart.

If only a few people were late, he could make an example of them to scare the others without mercy.

But he was a third late, and he really couldn't bring himself to do it. What if these guys quit and it would take time to recruit people? Who would make money for him?

Don't listen to the Internet saying "If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will", it depends on the situation. One size fits all? That's what a fool would do!

Liang Weimin thought about it and downloaded the Didi App. As soon as he opened it, he saw a pop-up announcement: "Due to network fluctuations, some users have experienced lags. The technical team is working to resolve the issue. Didi sincerely apologizes. Blah blah."

He tried clicking a few times and found that the app was indeed laggy. Sometimes it took a long time to respond, and it was even worse than the app they made themselves.

"The law does not punish everyone, so why not do a good deed every day? At worst, they can delay their get off work." Liang Weimin was thinking this when he suddenly saw the following reason for being late:
".If I say there's a plane jam on the road, will the company believe me?"

The corner of Liang Weimin's eye twitched slightly, and he cursed in his heart, "Forget about other employees, but this guy must be severely deducted from his salary! He really dares to make up any excuse, and he blocked the plane? Why don't you block the rocket? There are planes running on the road, are you writing a novel?"

Just as he was about to close the document, he suddenly noticed that there was a picture attached below.

He took a closer look and was stunned -

"Hey, good guy!"

Liang Weimin opened the Toutiao on his mobile phone and searched, and there was indeed relevant news.

I am really convinced. Never mind. Who told Tianjin to be so overbearing?

He immediately replied to the email, "For all employees who are late for work today, their leaving time will be postponed by double the length of time they are late."

At the same time, with the arrival of spring in the online ride-hailing market, another major event happened in the Internet field.

Meituan officially announced today that it will pay social security for full-time and stable part-time riders across the country, gradually covering more than 100,000 people.

At the end of the announcement, a Meituan spokesperson solemnly stated: "Meituan will continue to increase resource and financial investment, continue to improve the rider welfare system, and strive to contribute more positive forces to building harmonious labor relations."

The news quickly attracted widespread attention
(End of this chapter)