System: Master Your Life-Chapter 777 - 193: Viewing Renovations with Shang Wanjun, Shang Wanjun’s Second Novel, Xu Lin Develops New Software (4)

"First launch the Windows PC version, then later launch the Mac version and mobile Android and iOS versions."

These are the four main platforms, and Xu Lin wouldn't miss any of them.

Next, Xu Lin began to register the software online.

Since it's not a gaming software, he doesn't need a license number, but online registration is required.

It can be done online, very simple.

But Xu Lin didn't need to worry about these things, just getting the cloud server set up is enough.

Subsequent approval is a matter for later.

It's well known that the internet has a rule of wild growth.

Which means you can mess around as you please in the beginning.

Like those chaotic software, such as those looking at lewd content, do they have registration? Their servers are all abroad.

Yet users can still use them, even pay and charge money.

So.

Xu Lin won't bother with too much, everything will be handled once online.

Software name: Academic Browser.

Plain and unadorned.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Xu Lin uploaded this software to his personal website.

After that, Xu Lin posted a notice on Weibo: I have developed a browser specifically for academic use, featuring functions such as paper reading, foreign language translation, and accessing any academic website abroad. Students, teachers, and researchers with academic needs are welcome to use it. Besides, it's 15 RMB per month globally, don't bother if unwilling to pay, non-academic users shouldn't disturb as it's not suitable for you.

"What the hell, does the software need to be paid for? Why would I use it?"

"It's specially used for reading papers, and not only that, you might not even be the target group in need."

"Can it access any academic website abroad? Is it true?"

"Downloaded, let me check it out first!"

To some extent, this type of software is still quite niche.

As for domestically, over a billion netizens exist, yet the undergraduate rate is less than 5%.

Surely this group gets online.

However, although the undergraduate rate is over 4%, not all of this group belong to academic users. Many people directly go to work after graduation and won't touch papers for life, undergraduates generally have paper needs only before graduation, moving up to master's and doctoral students, who use more especially doctoral students, yet the number isn't large.

Lastly, there are university teachers and researchers, which are even smaller groups.

Xu Lin's software is indeed quite niche.

Thus, Xu Lin can only target globally, like translation functions, supporting translations in any language to English and vice versa.

Why English?

Because English is the primary common language in academics, the higher level of study the more important English becomes.

After Xu Lin posted on Weibo, groups like students, many immediately opened Xu Lin's personal website and downloaded the software.

There's a free two-hour usage initially.

Here's the problem, after the two-hour free trial ends, can't I just delete the software and download it again?

Hmm?

Xu Lin anticipated this, once installed on a computer, it's marked, later uninstalling and installing again won't work.

However, actually serious paper readers pay, if you seriously read a paper, you might finish in one or two hours, and before that, looking for papers takes at least an hour.

After Xu Lin uploaded the software, he didn't focus on it further.

He still has to develop another computer software.

The second computer software is a download tool for magnetic resources, only supporting downloading.

Understand it as a Thunder alternative, without playback and cloud functionality.

But Xu Lin can maximize the download speed, depending on your internet speed.

Still monthly subscription, yet this time it's 10 RMB monthly.

Because it targets a wider audience.

The non-playback function, as a big part of magnetic resources are adult content.

Xu Lin supports downloads, merely as a transfer point, what you download is unrelated to him, he doesn't know either.

Lastly, it only supports magnetic downloads, with no other functions.

Thus, Xu Lin needs very few codes.

Simple dozens of lines suffice.

But Xu Lin's version is slightly complex, needing over two thousand lines to complete.

Past three in the morning.

Xu Lin created a Baidu Cloud link, placing the software on the public account, then made a Douyin account specially to introduce how to use the software.

He didn't upload to his personal website, knowing clearly that magnetic link downloading tools ultimately are used mainly by those seeking adult content.

The Douyin introduction, starting line: Bros, found a magnetic download tool ten times better than Thunder...

After releasing the video, Xu Lin invested 20,000 RMB in Douyin promotion.

What does 'evil cultivation' mean?

Xu Lin is truly evil cultivation, completely unconventional, taking shortcuts whenever possible.

"Here I come, let me see what's up?"

"Hmm? The download speed can max out? Is it true?"

"Won't be pretending, right?"

"Let me check first."

Most viewers scroll through the video won't use it, but some will, later letting it slowly spread.

Past three, finished Douyin account video.

Xu Lin opened Young Master Xu's Weibo again.

What's the status now?

Xu Lin glanced at the comments, finding four hours past, reviews are overwhelmingly positive.

"Young Master Xu, you're practically my dad, I dream of having such a convenient paper browser!"

"Same here, really useful, accessing overseas journal sites easily, saving on VPN, can get into databases not purchased by schools, extremely convenient, also one-click translation, even translation is accurate!"

"Only frequent paper readers know how powerful and convenient this software is, already recommended to people around me!"

After watching for a while, Xu Lin checked the payment situation.

Four hours passed, did anyone pay?

Yes!

"Huh? Unexpectedly over two thousand people paid?"

Over two thousand people, each paying 15 RMB monthly, only generates over thirty thousand in revenue.

Yet Xu Lin is not in a hurry, waiting for the future growth, he estimates to earn a lot, and he's targeting globally, not limited to domestic use, later, just one million users and Xu Lin receives fifteen million monthly.

He doesn't believe globally won't have one million users.

Even domestically can reach over one million users later.

Note, annually graduates are over ten million, near five million undergraduates, and over one hundred thousand postgraduates, totaling six million minimum, Xu Lin only needs one-tenth.

Plus other teachers, researchers, et cetera, Xu Lin aims for over a million monthly domestic users, theoretically feasible.

Future monthly revenue starts at over ten million.

Clearly very promising!

"Need to set up foreign online payment options, tomorrow focus on international promotion."

Xu Lin won't give up on overseas markets, the whole world's market is much larger than domestically.

This whole night, Xu Lin busied with these two software works.

Before knowing it, dawn arrived.

Xu Lin didn't sleep the whole night, in the morning, he promptly headed to school.

Also attending classes in Ning Yuhuan's class.

"Why not go to classes?"

The latter asked with some doubt.

"Normally not much time, today just accompanying you, plus skipping classes doesn't affect me, my GPA ranked first for two semesters."

"Oh!"

Ning Yuhuan now said: "Honey, I also received the National Scholarship for sophomore year."

"Results released?"

"Released!"

"Great then."

Starting 2024, National Scholarship became ten thousand, a significant amount for Ning Yuhuan, also it's a major student honor proving you're an excellent student.

"By the way, I'll send you a paper browsing software, install it on your computer to read papers."

Xu Lin sent Ning Yuhuan the academic browser, it's a free version for her, no payment needed for casual viewing.

"A paper browsing software?"

Xu Lin simply introduced its functions to her, "You can use it to read papers, quite convenient."

"Oh, sure."