rebirth from small pockets

Chapter 371 Meeting with netizens in 1999

Yanjing Airport, an exit.

When a figure appeared at the exit, Chen straightened the A4 paper in his hand.

In fact, he doesn't need this thing at all, even if the person he wants to pick up today is a netizen he has "never met".

That's right~ today Chen Li is here to meet netizens. This was actually a rare event in 1999.

If it were someone else, then Chen Li would naturally have no interest in meeting any netizens. After all, online social networking has just begun to emerge these days.

To put it bluntly, with the popularity and promotion of ADSL, there are all kinds of monsters and monsters on the Internet these days.

Just like later, in 1999, when the average annual income was not very high, the income of Internet users had already skyrocketed.

Some time ago, Chen Li met a netizen on OQ. He was known as a rich man in Jiangsu Province, with an annual income of tens of millions.

This is actually nothing~ after all, even in 1999, there were many people with an annual income of over 10 million.

It’s just that this guy said that he was just in his early twenties, and he started from scratch and built a huge family fortune at such a young age.

Seeing this, the first reaction that popped into Chen Li's mind was

The guy opposite is probably doing "pyramid marketing" which has been determined to be illegal these days!

But after chatting for a few words, Chen Li realized that this guy was just talking and had no intention of getting Chen Li to join the gang.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the other party is really a super young man these days, but the chance of this is probably infinitely close to 0.

This made Chen Li feel a little emotional. He felt that on the Internet these days, anyone can really be touched.

It is said that there are still people pretending to be descendants of high-ranking officials, veterans of the previous dynasty, or even ancient nobles on the Internet.

In short~ As long as you can’t think of it, there is no netizen who can’t pretend to be it.

Of course~ the netizens Chen Li wants to meet this time are naturally not those fake ones.

Uh~ Actually, that's not right, because this guy is actually a fake.

Moreover, this guy was pretending to be a person of the opposite sex~which is what netizens later hated the most. Shemale!

To be fair, transsexuals on the Internet will basically be scolded once they are exposed.

But this person, even if his identity was exposed, Chen Li did not scold him.

Because this person’s OQ nickname is Leng Yurou!

Of course, this nickname is actually meaningless, because the other party's nickname has been changed several times in the past two or three months.

It was precisely because of the other party's behavior of changing his avatar and nickname that the other party immediately lost his vest and was "discovered" by Chen Li.

Later, the other party directly admitted that he was a staff member of Tencent and was acting as an "undercover" by pretending to be a user. The reason was that he wanted to investigate the user's experience with OICQ.

Chen Li actually swore at that time~ but it was not considered a curse, at most it was just a few "catchphrases" added.

Of course, this was Chen Li's pretense, because he had actually discovered the other party's identity a long time ago.

How can any ordinary netizen not chat every day and ask Chen Li every day what is good and bad about OICQ?

But at that time, Chen Li was not sure who the Leng Yurou was opposite him.

In the past, Xiao Ma from Tengxun himself took the initiative to reveal that in the early days of his business, in order to retain users, he had to pretend to be a girl to chat with users.

Brother Ma has done this before, so have the other people who started the business at that time also done this?

Regarding this point, Chen Li felt that there should be no doubt.

At the very least, those technical guys like Xiao Ma have definitely done this.

But this actually doesn't matter to Chen Li.

Regardless of whether the Leng Yurou opposite him is one of the Five Tigers of Tengxun, or even if he is not one of the Five Tigers of Tengxun, or even if he is just an ordinary employee with a relatively high ranking in the Tengxun Work Account, Chen Li is confident that he can pass through the relationship between him and Tengxun.

Those few have a relationship.

So~ even though he knew that the other party was a shemale, Chen Li still chatted with the other party for a long time, until the moment when the other party was exposed.

Chen Li's luck was pretty good. The Leng Yurou across from him turned out to be Tengxun's No. 1 employee, Ma Xiaoteng, who was later known as Brother Xiaoma.

You know, the one Leng Yurou uses is not the 1001 OQ number that Xiao Ma himself owns.

After Chen Li applied for an OQ number early in the morning, he actually added OG numbers from 10001 to 10005!

In the early days, these numbers were not set to refuse to add friends, so Chen Li easily passed the application.

But~ these numbers are obviously the work numbers of those people at Tengxun, and they usually don’t chat with anyone at all.

And this Leng Yurou was actually Chen Li who took the initiative to add Chen Li when he tried to chat with the QQ number 10001 but was rejected.

Hmm~ So Chen Li has always suspected that Leng Yurou on the other side of the network cable might be Brother Xiao Ma, but he just didn't dare to confirm it.

Until his identity was exposed, Ma Xiaoteng announced his identity, and he positioned himself not as the CEO of Tencent, but as a technical engineer of Tencent.

This point~ was actually ridiculed by Ma Xiaoteng himself in his previous life.

According to Ma Xiaoteng at the time, because Tengxun’s plate was relatively small, he, the boss, often had to travel around for business.

In order to avoid being looked down upon, Ma Xiaoteng deliberately printed his business card as a software engineer because his boss actually had to run around like a salesperson.

However, there is actually another way to say this!

It is said that Ma Xiaoteng was not very good at dealing with strangers at the time, so he often seemed a bit immature when communicating with some bosses.

The counterpart to Ma Xiaoteng is another one of the Tencent Five Tigers. How do you put it? To describe it in these days, he probably looks like a boss, while Ma Xiaoteng is more like a boss.

Technical.

This is a bit embarrassing! Because many times, everyone mistakenly thinks that Comrade Zeng is the boss of Tengxun, while Ma Huateng is just a part-timer at most.

It is said that this kind of embarrassment happened many times ~ so later Ma Xiaoteng simply printed his business card as a software engineer.

Anyway, the company's operations were originally in charge of the old Zeng, so Ma Xiaoteng could just focus on technology.

But later, the old man left Tengxun shortly after Tengxun was listed. There are rumors on the Internet that this has a certain relationship.

Of course, the authenticity of rumors on the Internet is naturally limited.

After all, even though this old Comrade Zeng left Tengxun, he did not fall out with Tengxun, so this rumor is somewhat unfounded.

In short, in the early days, Ma Xiaoteng always claimed to be a software engineer at Tengxun.

But Chen Li couldn't hide this matter at all.

Because he only needs to know the three words Ma Xiaoteng to know the other party's true identity.

After their identities were exposed, Ma Xiaoteng and Chen Li did not "break off their relationship" directly, but continued to chat.

Over time, the two of them became more and more interested in chatting, and they have risen from ordinary netizens to the stage of "friends".

In addition to chatting between the two, Ma Xiaoteng mostly asks questions about OICQ, which has a growing number of users.

As an OICQ user, Chen Li answered Ma Xiaoteng's questions.

But this time~ Ma Xiaoteng came to Yanjing on a business trip for work reasons, and the other party proposed to meet Chen Li.

Naturally, Chen Li would not refuse Ma Xiaoteng's invitation.

Moreover, although Ma Xiaoteng did not say it directly, Chen Li also guessed why the other party came to Yanjing.

Tengxun wants to sell OICQ!

It’s funny to say that the earliest OICQ was not actually developed for the purpose of social software.

In the early days of Tengxun's establishment, its main business was to establish online paging systems for paging stations. This kind of software development project for enterprises or units can be said to be the best choice for almost all small and medium-sized network service companies!

The thing developed by Tengxun was based on a certain foreign social software, and finally OICQ was born.

Okay~ To say that it came out of nowhere is naturally a bit exaggerated.

In fact, Tengxun in the early days was quite difficult!

It was originally intended to build an online paging system for paging stations, but the business in this area was not completed. Instead, a social software was developed.

Of course, it’s not that social software is bad, it’s just that it doesn’t make money!

Since the company was founded, there has been little income, but a lot of money has been invested in it.

This makes Ma Xiaoteng very depressed!

So this time Ma Xiaoteng came to Yanjing~actually for one purpose. To sell OICQ!

In fact, Ma Xiaoteng was also helpless, because he had found some connections in Shencheng and Yangcheng, and other members of the Tenxun Five Tigers had also found some connections.

But almost no one is optimistic about the OICQ in their hands.

But this is normal. After all, even Ma Xiaoteng doesn't know how to make money from this thing, let alone the bosses who know little about the Internet.

How to make money~ is actually a very important mark in the Internet circle these days.

Know how to make money~ Even if the way of making money is a bit exaggerated~ everyone is willing to pay, after all, there is hope!

But if you don’t know how to make a profit, even if the project is currently developing very well, everyone still feels a little unsure.

Just like OICQ~ after passing the difficult stage of recruiting users in the early stage, OICQ has now begun to develop steadily.

As the user base becomes larger and larger, the requirements and pressure on Tengxun Company are also increasing.

Ma Xiaoteng’s purpose in founding the company is not as lofty as Ma Xiaoyun said.

Ma Xiaoyun keeps saying that he wants to build the world's top Internet company ~ and Ma Xiaoteng's purpose of founding the company is to make money.

But now, Tengxun not only cannot make money, but also keeps losing money because of OICQ.

There are some problems with this.

Therefore, after discussing with several other founders of the company, Ma Xiaoteng decided to sell OICQ.

But after some research, no one in Guangdong Province was interested in their OICQ.

In the end, Ma Xiaoteng had no choice but to turn his attention to Yanjing.

After all, Yanjing is the center of the domestic Internet these days.

After all, well-known Internet companies such as Sohu and Jiulang are all in Yanjing~ plus some old computer-related companies are also in Yanjing.

So, Ma Xiaoteng decided to come to Yanjing to try his luck.

It just so happened that one day before coming to Yanjing, Ma Xiaoteng and Chen Li were chatting on the Internet, and Ma Xiaoteng mentioned this matter.

Ma Xiaoteng knew that Chen Li was in Yanjing, so he proposed to meet him if he had time.

When Chen Li heard this, it was a good idea, so Chen Li was picked up at the airport today.

"horse"

As more and more people exited, Chen Li's probing eyes found the person he was waiting for.

But when he was about to shout out, Chen Li, who reacted instantly, quickly suppressed his words.

There was no way~ He had actually never met Ma Xiaoteng at this time.

So in fact, Chen Li didn't know Ma Xiaoteng.

Although Chen Li had seen this person many times on the Internet and in the media in his previous life, at this time, they really didn’t know him!

Chen Li suppressed his words and then raised the A4 paper in his hand.

At this moment, Chen Li's height played a big role.

Although his height of 1.85 meters is not particularly tall in the north, he is definitely not short either.

At least among the people picking up the plane at the moment, Chen Li is the tallest.

The advantage of height was quickly verified. Ma Xiaoteng dragged his suitcase to Chen Li.

However, Chen Li, who had reacted at this moment, still pretended not to recognize Ma Xiaoteng, and his eyes were still looking around.

"Long Aotian?"

Ma Xiaoteng's eyes were filled with doubts and a hint of helplessness in his tone.

Because he saw that what was written on the A4 paper was not Ma Xiaoteng, but Leng Yurou.

Damn it~ He had told Chen Li his real name a long time ago, but this guy still used the name Netizen. This was definitely intentional.

Next to Ma Xiaoteng, Zeng Lijing, who was wearing a shirt and tie, was trying hard to suppress a smile. It was obvious that he also knew that Ma Xiaoteng was exposed as a fake girl chatting with Chen Li.

"Ah~ I am, you are. Leng Yurou?"

Chen Li tried hard to restrain himself, but his voice was a little loud.

It was so big that Ma Xiaoteng reached out and grabbed the A4 paper in his hand while looking at the other people around him.

"Fuck~ Didn't I tell you?"

"My name is Ma Xiaoteng~Ma Xiaoteng!"

"And the nickname of my number has been changed. Why do you still use this name?"

It was obvious that Ma Xiaoteng was anxious. He was really anxious.

There is no such thing as social death these days, but it is obvious that when the nickname Leng Yurou is put together with Ma Xiaoteng, Ma Xiaoteng directly experienced a social death.

Fortunately~ we are at the airport now, and most of the people here are here to pick up people.

So no one pays attention to the situation of Chen Li and Ma Xiaoteng, and naturally no one cares about Leng Yurou.

"Cough~hehe!"

"I was a little anxious when it came out~ When I was writing it, I subconsciously wrote it as Leng Yurou."

"I can't help it~ After all, I have been chatting with Leng Yurou for a month or two."

"You suddenly changed. I'm not used to it!"

Chen Li looked at Ma Xiaoteng with a smile, and the man's face turned red in anxiety.

"You, me...what the hell...!"

Ma Xiaoteng was speechless. He was really speechless.

If I had known this, it would be better not to meet!

This stupid Long Aotian is so shameless!

This was obviously intentional, but he still looked innocent, which made Ma Xiaoteng very angry.

However, Ma Xiaoteng was annoyed, but Zeng Lijing on the side smiled and stretched out her hand towards Chen Li.

"Zeng Li Jing~!"

"Chen Li~!"

Chen Li stretched out his hand and shook hands with Zeng Lijing, and they both said at the same time:

"Nice to meet you!"

(End of chapter)