Chang Fuguo was busy with matters at Snail Industry, while Shiguang Information had not remained idle either.
Shiguang Information's headquarters building in Shanmei's urban district, along with its newly operational server center, greatly enhanced the company's information-processing capabilities.
Jiang Miao and several vice presidents were all deeply troubled. Perhaps only Li Duji, the Security Department inspector directly under the parent company, appeared completely unruffled.
What troubled them was Shiguang Blog's profitability.
Sun Meixin, the vice president in charge of Boku, turned on the multimedia projector and stood up. "As for Boku's profit model, one confirmed avenue is the paid subscription section for knowledge content. The other, the advertising section, has yet to receive approval from the parent company. Overall, the profitability outlook is worrying."
Jiang Miao knew perfectly well that if the parent company had not continually pumped money into it, Shiguang Blog could never have developed so quickly, much less become such a rare haven of integrity.
At present, Charity Home and Legal Aid, two of Shiguang Blog's sub-programs, were both unprofitable sections—and both also offended plenty of people.
Yet those two sections had also given Shiguang Blog 48.61 million users, making it a newly risen internet giant.
Liu Bin, the vice president in charge of technology, continued, "The Software Laboratory has completed the integration of the industrial software platform. Our industrial software platform currently includes eight specialized industrial software programs, all with independently owned intellectual property rights. We hold 276 related patents, with an average overlap with foreign industrial software patents of less than 30%."
Jiang Miao nodded. "Then get ready to launch it. Are we using the model we prepared before?"
"The model we designed earlier. Basic entry-level functions will be free to use, while some advanced functions will require payment." Liu Bin pulled up the specifics