Why don't you believe I'm a reincarnated person?

Chapter 42 The Rise of Green Bubbles

"You bastard, Ye Kai!"

"We've been deskmates for so long, and you've never told me your birthday!"

Miss Shen felt very disappointed that she couldn't send her birthday wishes to her classmate right at the first moment of his birthday, and she sulked all morning.

"Young lady, goddess, this only proves that my status in your heart isn't high enough!"

"I remember it clearly. When we registered for the college entrance exam, you personally verified all the students' identity information. How could you not have had the opportunity to know my birthday?"

"But it's all my fault. After all, I was just an unknown, insignificant student back then, and I couldn't catch Miss Shen's eye."

Ye Kai was quite experienced in this kind of thing, and immediately took all the responsibility upon himself.

However, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that Ye Kai did not admit to any fault on his part. Instead, he employed a deceptive tactic, ultimately pointing the finger at the ancient Greek god of the compass.

"Okay, okay!"

"How about I add a chicken leg to your lunch?"

Shen Jiayi tugged at her much longer hair and suddenly felt that what Ye Kai said seemed to make some sense.

Although they were classmates before, their relationship was only at the level of ordinary classmates, and they didn't interact much.

If she carefully analyzed her previous thoughts, Shen Jiayi might have looked down on Ye Kai, who was a complete academic failure.

So when did the relationship between the two undergo a qualitative change?

It was probably that morning when Ye Kai was awakened by himself using a compass, and he said that he had been reborn?

It seems that's really the case.

In short, although Ye Kai spent his birthday at school this year, he didn't lose out at all.

Two top female students from the senior year of high school were serving him. One brought him a birthday cake, and the other gave him extra chicken legs. Who else at Xinghua No.1 High School could receive such treatment?

The boys in the next class saw this and were so envious they cried.

Although the envious and jealous gazes of many were directed at Ye Kai like sharp blades, he didn't care at all. If looks could kill, what would be the point of assassins?

"Big brother!"

"How about we install a chat application together so we can stay in touch?"

Xixi always manages to appear out of nowhere next to Ye Kai, bringing him new information.

At this moment, he was like a connoisseur presenting a treasure, holding up his phone and recommending a new instant messaging chat tool to Ye Kai.

"Green bubbles?"

When Ye Tian saw the familiar green bubble icon, he felt a sudden sense of disorientation, and the familiarity of the era overwhelmed him.

That's true. Green Bubble started its public beta test in January last year, and Tencent put a lot of effort into promoting it. However, the popularity of this instant messaging tool, which later became popular throughout the country and even the world, is not that high, and the number of downloads is less than 1 million.

The initial version of WeChat was designed for the iOS system, and its interface and functions were relatively simple. It only supported importing existing contact information via QQ number and provided only simple functions such as instant messaging, sharing photos, and changing profile pictures, taking a minimalist approach.

Last May, WeChat launched an Android version that supports automatic association of contacts in the phone's address book and multi-person conversations.

The addition of the brand-new voice chat feature is a highly representative function of WeChat in the mobile internet era, allowing people to chat in real time using both text and voice modes.

This feature broke the monopoly of the three major mobile operators on the voice market, so by the end of last year, WeChat had more than 5000 million users.

In October of last year, WeChat added features such as "Shake" and "Drift Bottle," sparking a phone-shaking craze, to the point that many people would sit together and shake their phones during gatherings.

Students are relatively slower to adopt WeChat; their most frequently used chat tool is the already very mature QQ.

WeChat itself leans more towards social networking among acquaintances and is more business-oriented, resulting in a relatively high adoption rate among adults.

However, one of the most important reasons why WeChat was able to grow so rapidly was its stranger social networking function, namely the "People Nearby" function module that was later deliberately downplayed.

In May of last year, WeChat launched the "People Nearby" feature, which directly led to an increase of 10 million users within a month, shocking the industry.

"good!"

"It's the same flavor, but it's a pity that the Moments feature and video call feature haven't been developed yet. However, I imagine these two features are already under intensive design."

Looking through the ancient version of WeChat that had already been downloaded and installed, Ye Kai couldn't help but admire Zhang Xiaolong's ingenious design concept and Tencent's enormous promotional power.

When WeChat and Tenpay introduce the function of binding bank cards next year, users will be able to make one-click payments through official accounts, QR codes, and apps. That will truly usher in a new era of mobile payments.

Many people believe that WeChat Pay's contribution to popularizing mobile payments far surpasses that of its predecessor, Zhifubao, which was later plagued by various negative news.

The only opportunities for Zhifubao to increase its presence are the brief moments during the Spring Festival Gala when people send red envelopes, and when older women go to the vegetable market to scan codes to receive red envelopes and buy groceries.

Let's add each other as friends!

Ye Kai suggested that several classmates take out their phones, download Green Bubble, and add each other as friends.

Perhaps because two of Xinghua No. 1 Middle School's most beautiful girls were present, the students' enthusiasm for adding friends was unprecedented, and they added 68 WeChat friends in less than ten minutes.

"Okay, once the Moments feature is released, all these people will be considered acquaintances through likes!"

"I really want to try out the 'People Nearby' feature from the ancient WeChat era..."

Although Ye Kai had this thought, he restrained himself.

Before the rise of live streaming and short video creation platforms, WeChat's "People Nearby" feature was so powerful that it was almost an irreplaceable tool for hooking up.

As a high school senior with lofty aspirations to serve his country, a prospective candidate for a top-tier university in central China, and a future industry leader, Ye Kai felt he should maintain his composure and not let premature exposure to harmful online information lead him astray.

That would truly be a personal downfall, a societal tragedy, and a tremendous loss for the nation and its people.

"What are you doing?!"

Thinking of this, Ye Kai couldn't help but glance at Shen Jiayi, who was trying out various functions of WeChat, but found that she was furtively covering her phone screen, not knowing what she was doing. So he patted her on the shoulder and suddenly attacked her.

"ah?!"

Shen Jiayi's hand trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.

"Are you trying to die?!"

Shen Jiayi was so angry that she punched Ye Kai twice, but the force was weak, and she looked like she was not in the right and was not strong enough.

Ye Kai glanced at her phone and saw the fishing line on her screen.

Message in a bottle...