Hello, 1983

In the conference room of the Earth Network, Liu Qingshan was listening to the report of Adrian and the main creators.

In the original time and space, the first Internet website was launched this year; but now, the earth network has developed thriving.

With the two big killers of free email and free antivirus software, Earth.net has become the world's largest portal, no one.

There is nothing wrong with this title, because so far, all the portal sites add up to three or five.

Those were only established this year, and the scale is relatively small.

As of the first half of this year, the number of registered users of the Earth Network has exceeded 5 million.

Not only that, at the moment when other Internet companies are mostly in a state of loss, EarthNet has gradually figured out its own profit model.

Through webpage advertisements and email push advertisements, the earth net made more than 20 million US dollars last year.

Of course, this amount of money is not enough for them to burn themselves, nor is it enough to buy a server. In fact, the Earth Network is still in a state of needing blood transfusions.

There is no way, Internet companies, in the initial stage, are all like this.

And those investment banks with a keen sense of smell are also aware of the huge development prospects of the earth network, waving banknotes, and want to invest in the earth network.

It is a pity that, as the company's largest shareholder, Liu Qingshan is not short of money and does not need financing.

The vampires on Wall Street were of course dissatisfied when they saw such a big piece of fat, but they couldn't eat it, so some people began to deliberately manipulate the stock price of Earth.net.

Originally, the stock of the earth network rose all the way, with a good momentum.

Especially after Liu Qingshan, the largest shareholder, has successively owned two large oil fields, the stock has skyrocketed by a lot.

But the guys on Wall Street are not jealous. If they work together, they can bring down the economy of a country, let alone your company.

So in recent months, the stock of Earth Network has been falling all the way, making Adrian and the others anxious.

Obviously, these guys wanted to see Liu Qingshan's joke. After all, during last year's Nobel Prize, Liu Qingshan's bet with Professor Merton was widely rumored.

Although the stake this time was not too big, in the eyes of outsiders, it was Liu Qingshan who came forward for his mentor, Professor Peter.

No matter which side fails, it represents a disastrous reputation.

After listening to Adrian's report, Liu Qingshan also fell into contemplation. It seems that he still underestimated the greed of human nature. Behind this, there must be the shadow of Professor Merton. After all, people have been in Wall Street for so many years.

But it's not that there is no chance of a comeback on my side, after all, there are still several months until the end of the year.

"Hunter, have you come up with the instant messaging software you're researching?" Liu Qingshan turned to Hunter, the head of the R\u0026D team.

Hunter still looked like he was hanging around. He snapped his fingers: "Boss, no problem, we are currently completing the internal test."

After finishing speaking, he added: "Boss, why don't you help? Although you are not technically good, but in terms of creativity, we will serve you."

Cough, Adrian coughed twice, and kept giving Hunter a wink. Hunter seemed to have reacted, grinning and laughing.

With these guys, Liu Qingshan didn't bother to bother, and went directly to Hunter's computer.

Glancing at the icons on the computer desktop, Liu Qingshan quickly found an icon.

This is an image of a cartoon globe, the main color of which is light blue, with a nose and eyes, and a small white wing on each side.

The wings are very small, which is a bit funny compared to the spherical body.

At the bottom are two uppercase English letters: gv.

The name of this software is called Global Village, which is more in line with the characteristics of instant messaging software.

Liu Qingshan skillfully opened the icon with the mouse, and Hunter next to him whistled again: "As expected of the boss, I found it accurately!"

In fact, there are not many icons on the desktop. Hunter is obviously wrong.

Afterwards, Liu Qingshan chose to register on the small window that popped up and started registering his account.

"Boss, wait a moment, I'll go and operate it in the background for you. Number one, the account 000001, has been reserved for the boss."

Hunter also learned to flatter him this time.

"Six digits, it's probably not enough in the future. Forget it, let's increase the digits later." Liu Qingshan muttered.

Hunter and the others all blinked their eyes: Boss, do you know how many good codes can be evolved from these six digits? Do you want everyone in the world to register a good code?

Liu Qingshan glanced at their expressions, and then pouted: Don't you know that there are trumpets in this world?

After Hunter finished dealing with Liu Qingshan, Liu Qingshan boarded his own Tianzi No. 1. As the boss and the creator of this software, he certainly has the qualification to enjoy this glory.

In Liu Qingshan's view, the interface is very simple, and if you try the functions, you can send text and official expressions.

There are no voice, picture and other functions left.

However, the function of sending files is still there.

"Boss, I'll add you as a friend, you can pass."

Hunter logged into his account on the computer next to him, number 002.

Liu Qingshan also saw that the little globe began to flicker, and clicked on the pop-up window: superman requests to add you as a friend.

Looking at the other person's head, it really looks like a superman in a cape.

Liu Qingshan almost sprayed the keyboard with a sip of tea: You are too embarrassed to be called Superman?

But on the Internet, it's so magical, and that's what makes it attractive.

"Boss!" Hunter sent a message along with Didi's beep, and a slightly wretched smiling face.

Liu Qingshan also replied: "Please wear your shorts outside, and then call yourself a superman."

After chatting for a while, Liu Qingshan felt that it was okay. The function or something will be improved gradually in the future.

When Liu Qingshan was chatting with Hunter, there were several more accounts to apply for friends. Liu Qingshan knew that they were all employees of the company, so he clicked to agree.

Looking at these screen names, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but want to laugh: "I remember that there seems to be no lady in our R\u0026D team. Who is this beautiful girl?"

Unexpectedly, in the internal test, someone will change gender?

But this is also a fun part of chatting online, with a sense of freshness and excitement.

Hunter and the others looked at each other: "Boss, we don't have that kind of hobby."

At this time, the big beautiful girl sent a message to Liu Qingshan: Qingshan, old classmate, have you come to the United States?

A flash of light flashed in Liu Qingshan's mind: "Are you Yu Sanshui?"

Yu Sanshui is of course Yu Miao, Liu Qingshan's classmate at Beijing University, and he is quite talented in computers.

After the other party replied with an ok gesture, Hunter and others were dumbfounded: This is impossible, it is an internal test now, how did outsiders enter the server?

Then there is only one possibility, the other party is illegal intrusion, but the anti-virus system did not call the police?

Liu Qingshan chatted with Yu Miao on the opposite side, and then invited Yu Miao to come to Luocheng to help Hunter and the others improve the security settings. Obviously, there are still great hidden dangers in the current gv.

"I'm in Luocheng now, I'll rush over there." Yu Miao replied again.

After Liu Qingshan finished chatting, they all looked at him with a strange look when they saw Hunter.

Hunter couldn't help at first: "Boss, who is that person, he seems to be very powerful?"

"You will know in a while." Liu Qingshan was not too surprised. With Yu Miao's talent and hard work, who knows how far she will grow?

In just over an hour, Yu Miao arrived. She is really a beautiful girl.

At first, Hunter and the others were a little unconvinced, but Yu Miao tapped on the keyboard for a while, and Hunter and the others immediately changed their attitudes.

Treating these tech guys is actually pretty easy, as long as you can beat them with tech.

Yu Miao joined the team and researched with Hunter and the others; Liu Qingshan and Adrian researched and launched the gv software in a timely manner.

"Boss, how do you charge this? We plan to charge it on a monthly basis, ten dollars a month, what do you think?" Adrian asked Liu Qingshan's opinion.

Liu Qingshan smiled and waved his hand: "The same as before, it's free."

free!

Adrian opened his mouth wide, and it took a long time to close it. Well, another bottomless pit.

Liu Qingshan is not in a hurry: "At present, we are vigorously developing the user group, Adrian, don't worry, as long as there are people, they will be the greatest wealth in the future."

Although Adrian still can't understand it, he has always believed in Liu Qingshan's words.

At noon, Liu Qingshan would invite everyone out to dinner. Who would have known that all those tech houses ordered takeout and focused on modifying the code.

Liu Qingshan stopped bothering them and returned to Columbia Pictures.

After entering the gate, several reporters immediately gathered around, their eyes flashing with excitement, just like hungry wolves.

"Mr. Mountain, have you read the newspaper? Mr. Looney said in the newspaper that he wanted to teach you a lesson."

"Mr. Mountain, Mr. Tony Getty was interviewed by the TV station and expressed that he would like to bet with you again. Will you choose to challenge it?"

Obviously, Liu Qingshan's remarks in the interview yesterday had good results.

Among them, there is no shortage of the contribution of the journalists.

Faced with these questions, Liu Qingshan smiled: "Please tell those gentlemen, I am happy to accompany you."

Oh well, the reporters climaxed: Mr. Mountain, they have never been disappointed!

The next operation is still a familiar formula. The reporters communicated in the middle, and that night, they gathered Liu Qingshan, Looney and others together.

In name, it was a reception, but in fact, it was a signing party.

Witnessed by the media and the legal team, another $500 million gamble shocked the American entertainment industry.

The bet is quite complicated. The core content is: Forrest Gump, the box office in North America must exceed 250 million, and the global box office must exceed 550 million.

The reason for the 50 million more than the original is because Looney and others said that after the gambling appointment was published in the newspaper, it was equivalent to promoting the film in disguise, so the requirements for the box office were also increased accordingly.

Liu Qingshan just smiled slightly, then picked up the pen and signed his name on the agreement.

For his free-spiritedness and forthrightness, all the guests at the scene responded with warm applause.

Based on this alone, Looney and others were thrown a few streets away.

But Looney and the others didn't care. The failure of the last bet made them the object of ridicule by the media. This time, they must regain their face.

Of course, Looney and the others wouldn't be so hot-headed that they would bet against Liu Qingshan.

They also conducted thorough research, and even invited more than a dozen film critics who have seen the film, as well as professionals from other major film companies, to conduct risk assessments.

After all, several films made by Liu Qingshan's company have created box office miracles, and Looney and the others have no idea.

The opinions of film critics are also very clear: the films produced by Hurricane Films before, whether it is Home Alone or The Matrix, are more popular.

It is not so easy for a drama like Forrest Gump to get a high box office.

They came to the conclusion that the total box office of Forrest Gump has a 45% chance of exceeding 100 million, a 15% chance of exceeding 200 million, and a 500 million chance. There are about two percent.

I don't know how these people came to this conclusion, in short, they were very excited to call Looney:

If they don't dare to gamble, then they really become cowards!

So there was this bet, the stake was the same as the last time, Looney and the others were going all out to get revenge.

The next day, basically all the entertainment newspapers reported the news. When Liu Qingshan came to the United States, there was not a single incident that didn't cause a storm.

And Forrest Gump's movie has also aroused the interest of many people. Some of them also want to go into the theater to see what kind of movie this is.

From this, it can be seen that Looney and his team are not idle, at least foresaw this part of the box office.

But in the end everything has to talk about quality.

Finally, on the third night, the new film produced by Columbia Pictures was released in the United States.

Looney and others didn't want to contribute to the box office at first, but they were really itchy, thinking about the tens of dollars they had, it wouldn't affect the overall situation, so they went to a theater together. .

They were going to see for themselves how bad the film was.

The audience in the theater was basically full, and when it was time to play, the first thing that appeared was the logo of the Torch Goddess of Columbia Pictures, and the torch in hand was radiant.

After entering the feature film, as a white feather fell from the sky and was collected by Forrest Gump in the notebook, the story also unfolded.

Basically the same as before, with a few minor changes. For example, in ping-pong diplomacy, there is more Forrest Gump on the Great Wall.

There is also the stock that Forrest Gump bought, which has also changed from Apple to Earth Network stock.

Liu Qingshan wouldn't be stupid enough to advertise for Apple. If he wanted to, he would advertise for his own company.

"Shit, this movie sucks, how can a retarded person be qualified to represent us!"

After the movie was shown, Tony Getty finally couldn't hold back the fragrance.

Looney and the others also nodded, yes, in the eyes of the so-called elites, that's how they see it.

With a swish, almost everyone in the movie theater cast their eyes on them.

Some people's eyes are still shining with hope, while others are shining with tears.

But when looking at Looney and the others, his eyes all turned into anger.

I don't know who took the lead and shouted: "Go away!"

Then in the theater, a huge storm formed: rolling...

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