rebirth from small pockets

There was once a popular saying on the Internet~!

“If you don’t decide on foreign affairs, ask Google; if you don’t decide on internal affairs, ask Qiandu!”

This means that no matter what you do, you can almost find the corresponding answer on the two search websites Google and Qiandu.

Of course, although this is somewhat exaggerated, it is definitely not excessive.

In his previous life, Chen Li basically wanted to find some information on the Internet. His first choice would also be to search on Qiandu.

As for Google~due to its failure in domestic operations, Chen Li has not used it much.

So here’s the question~ Before the rise of Qiandu, what did ordinary netizens like Chen Li use when they needed to search for the websites or information they wanted?

The answer is.hao123!

Isn’t it surprising? It’s not 3721 as everyone imagined, but a website navigation such as hao123.

The reason is very simple ~ because when 3721 became popular in the previous life, Qiandu had already appeared.

To put it bluntly~ In the previous life, 3721 and Qiandu were the real competitors.

But before these two appeared, everyone could only rely on memory or record the URL they wanted, or else rely on collections and URL navigation like hao123 to find the URL they wanted.

But after everyone became familiar with the Internet, and after the rise of 3721 and Qiandu, website navigation like hao123 played less and less roles, and was slowly eliminated by the market.

But now, although 3721 is not considered to have entered the market early, it has been promoted on a large scale in advance because of the red pony safety guard.

And unlike in the previous life when 3721 was called rogue software, the binding of 3721 and security guards at this time is still far away from the bad reputation of rogue software.

The most critical point is that in this period when Google has not yet entered the domestic market and Qiandu has not even appeared, the emergence of 3721 has unexpectedly filled this market gap.

This really surprised Chen Li~ No, this can no longer be described as surprised, he was even a little shocked.

Because according to market feedback from Red Pony Technology, 3721’s current customer satisfaction is extremely high.

Chen Li in his previous life had never used 3721 at all~ After all, compared to the 3721 at that time, Chen Li was already accustomed to Qiandu's operation mode.

In addition, Qiandu had the last laugh in his previous life, so Chen Li has always looked down upon the 3721 business.

The reason why Chen Li invested in 3721 was for two reasons.

First, although 3721 failed, it was indeed sold at a high price. As long as Chen Li entered the market early, he would definitely be able to make a fortune.

The second point is of course getting to know Zhou Hongyi. Although this guy's reputation in his previous life was not very good, the 350 security software he created ended up dominating the industry.

Whether it is 3721~ or the future 350 security software, for Chen Li, who was able to get out of the game very early, it is almost the same as picking up money.

Therefore, Chen Li naturally wanted to participate.

But even so, Chen Li never had any expectations for 3721.

Even though 3721 is now owned by Red Pony Technology, Chen Li still wants to wait for a suitable opportunity before packaging and selling 3721's business to other companies.

For example~that strange giant known as the Internet world. Yahu!

In particular, Ali, who invested US$1 billion in Yahu in the previous life, is gone. So who should be the company that takes over Yahu’s investment of US$1 billion?

Is it Shengda, Yahu's favorite partner in the previous life? But what if Chen Li also goes to Shengda to get involved?

Chen Li carefully calculated and found out that if that was the case, then Yahu might eventually choose the partner to cooperate with.

Probably a thousand degrees!

So ~ Chen Li has already made preparations to sell 3721 to Yahu, and then use hao123 and a large amount of funds to invest in Qiandu.

In this way, even if Qiandu becomes the leading hegemon among Internet companies, the company's flag will definitely have the word "Chen" printed on it.

This matter~ To be more serious, Chen Li wanted to prevent Qiandu from making the same mistake as Ahri in his previous life. After all, with him here, Yahu would definitely not let Yahu control Qiandu.

Even on a small scale, Chen Li can take this opportunity to make a lot of money. After all, no matter how he calculates it, he will become Qiandu's super-majority shareholder.

But the plan never kept up with the changes. No one expected that once 3721 was launched, the response was quite good.

This also allowed Red Pony Technology to immediately re-prepare the corresponding departments to be responsible for 3721's business.

And this also led to a situation, that is, the R&D department of Red Pony Technology originally wanted to conduct new in-depth development of 3721. As a result, the response of 3721 is now good, so the R&D department has saved a lot of manpower and material resources.

come out.

However, the saved manpower and material resources cannot be wasted, so Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi turned their attention to the most delicious piece of the cake, computer software.

That is. Office software!

When it comes to office software, the first impression that pops into most people's minds these days is probably Microsoft's Microsoft Office series of software.

The so-called Microsoft Office was actually a promotional name at the beginning, referring to a collection of packages that were originally sold separately.

The main reason for doing this is that the price of the packaged software is much cheaper than purchasing it separately.

The Microsoft Office series includes the famous Word~Excel and PowerPoint software.

Especially Word and Excel, these two software can be said to be the most commonly used and popular software among office software.

How high is it? Anyway, in his previous life, Chen Li was a person who was engaged in nightclub business, and he was also proficient in using these two softwares.

Word is used to write reports to the boss and Excel is used to make reports.

In addition, almost all office clerk jobs require proficiency in these two office software.

Of course ~ this is twenty years later.

But now in 2000, even if Chen Li has no memory of rebirth and no system help, he can easily join some large companies just by using these two office software.

After all, in 2000, most people were not even familiar with typing on a keyboard, let alone being proficient in using various office software.

It can be said that whether it is Word or Excel, as long as you can master any software proficiently, it will definitely not be difficult to find a job with a good salary in 2000.

There is no way~ Domestic computer technology started too late. As the popularity of computers in the country increases, a large number of related positions will be vacant.

A senior brother of Chen Li in his previous life only got an ordinary three-level exam. As a result, when he graduated in 2000, it coincided with the expansion of college enrollment. College students began to become worthless, so he encountered many problems when looking for a job.

But in the end, this guy returned to his hometown, Huilong County, and easily joined the government affairs department and became a civil servant.

At first, everyone thought this guy was someone from above. However, during a meal, this guy drank too much and everyone learned from him ~ Qingqing: This guy taught himself related office software when he was in college.

Although I can’t say that I’m proficient in it, it’s okay to at least make a table and enter some work documents or something.

Later, when the county recruited civil servants, this guy's other qualifications were far inferior to others, but just because he could use computer office software for office work, he was hired.

It would be basically impossible for this kind of thing to happen twenty years later, but during this period around 2000, it was really a normal phenomenon.

There is no way~ There are too few people who know computers these days.

Even though according to statistics, the number of Internet users in China is as high as millions, in fact, if you go to an Internet cafe, you will find that the vast majority of people are typing on the keyboard with one-finger meditation.

Sometimes there is a problem when running a program, and these people have only one way to solve the problem, and that is to restart.

Even if you find the network administrator to help you solve the problem, the network administrator will ask you to restart.

Isn’t there a saying on the Internet that restarting can solve 99% of computer problems?

Of course, this statement is definitely wrong. The reason why this statement appears is because 99% of the so-called solved problems are actually caused by users' ignorance.

If there is something wrong with the computer, no matter how you restart it, the computer will not get better out of thin air.

This situation, let alone 2000, is still very common even 20 years later.

However, this situation is mainly for ordinary home users.

As for those companies, even at this time in 2000, people who knew computers and office software had reached a certain level.

After all, many positions in the company require computers to work, so when they recruit people, they will naturally prefer those who understand computers or can use office software.

Therefore, for office software these days, the main customer group is still corporate users.

Just like Microsoft's Microsoft Office series, which is used by almost only some enterprises in China.

Hmm. What I’m talking about here is the genuine version!

After all, cracked versions of Microsoft Office have been released a long time ago, and even many domestic companies use cracked versions.

There is no way~ You must know that the cost of these office software is not low, and you have to pay every month, which is not very good for some small businesses.

So under such circumstances, Yinshan Software quickly occupied a place in the domestic software market with its strength.

After all, with the popularity of computers in China, the size of the software market is increasing year by year.

As the overlord of the domestic software industry, Yinshan Company's life is still very comfortable.

Therefore, even if Yinshan Company lost the previous security software dispute with Red Pony, Rebus did not make an appointment with Chen Li.

On the contrary, Red Pony has just announced that it will enter the office software industry. As a result, Rebus can't sit still.

In fact, before meeting Chen Li, Rebus had already met Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi, more than once.

For example, not long ago, Rebus met Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi at a security software bidding meeting held by a certain government department.

Well~ Actually, Rebus went there on purpose that time.

It turned out that Red Pony Technology had the last laugh that time, but Rebus showed no dissatisfaction and even treated Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi to a meal after the bidding meeting.

Turns out there was something wrong with the meal.

In fact, in the eyes of outsiders, the representative figure of Red Pony Technology is undoubtedly Ma Xiaoyun.

After all, this guy is the CEO of Red Pony Technology, and any actions of Red Pony are usually informed to the outside world through him.

But people in the industry know very well that the core of Red Pony Technology is actually Zhou Hongyi.

Because as the chief technical engineer, all products of Red Pony Technology should be related to Zhou Hongyi, so Zhou Hongyi is the real core of Red Pony Technology.

Speaking of which, someone once had an idea for Zhou Hongyi and wanted to poach him.

It's a pity that Zhou Hongyi is the third shareholder of Red Pony, so poaching is of no use to him.

But at the dinner table where Rebus invited Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi to eat, Rebus unexpectedly learned the news that there was someone behind them!

To be precise~ there is a technical team behind them, and the representative of this technical team is Chen Li, the second shareholder of Red Pony!

Yes~ After Red Pony experienced two rounds of financing, Chen Li has become the second shareholder of Red Pony Technology.

It wasn't Chen Li who invested money to keep his shares, but this guy Zhou Hongyi sold some shares.

But there is nothing wrong with this. Exchanging some shares for better living conditions is a normal transaction.

In fact, Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi did not betray Chen Li. They were just tricked into saying something by Rebus after they drank too much. Then Rebus asked some of his contacts for help, and finally got this information.

After all, it would be fine if no one investigates some things, but in the eyes of some caring people, they definitely cannot be hidden.

Chen Li, the second shareholder and technical consultant of Red Pony Technology, is actually the real core of Red Pony Technology.

Especially the "mysterious" technical team behind him, which is unknown to anyone until now.

Yes~ Rebus' investigation of Chen Li was limited to Chen Li's disclosed information and the technical team behind him.

As for how many people there are in the technical team, whether they are domestic or foreign, and what their technical level is, no outsider knows.

But Rebus knew that he should have actually dealt with Chen Li and the team behind him once.

That was the Internet hacker war last year, in which Rebus himself participated.

At that time, hackers from across the ocean were aggressive and hacked many domestic websites in a short period of time.

Rebus still remembered that he and some of his friends could no longer hold on, but at this time, someone stood up.

Someone sent Rebus and his friends a piece of software, and after using that software, hackers from across the ocean were unable to break through their defenses.

After ensuring the defense, Rebus and his friends only had one purpose left, which was to attack.

As a result, those websites on the other side of the ocean suffered.

If this matter ended here, that would be it. However, after this matter passed, when Rebus wanted to study the defense software, the software disappeared inexplicably.

Not only his software, but also the software of Rebus’ friends have also disappeared.

At first, Rebus thought it was the work of the expert team, but later he learned that some people's software had not disappeared, which made Rebus a little unbalanced.

However, this idea did not last long. It was not until Red Pony Technology launched the free security guard and supporting anti-virus software that Rebus realized that the previous things were probably done by Ma Xiaoyun and Zhou Hongyi.

To put it bluntly, that software disappeared inexplicably because of Rebus

It's a competitor!