Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: January 23, 2001}

{Location: Flower Planting-Qin Province-Hannan City}

"Zimo, it's already noon. You've been busy all morning. You should be done, right? Get the things done at hand quickly. In half an hour, we will go to your second aunt's house to celebrate the New Year."

"Auntie, will you come back this year?"

"If she doesn't come back, she will call your second aunt's house."

"Okay, Empress Dowager!" Ning Zimo responded while typing on the keyboard with his hands.

Today is New Year's Eve, and it is definitely family time from afternoon to evening.

Fortunately, after working for 14 hours from yesterday to noon today, the small program worth W dollars in my mind has been completed.

In a few days, a specific thing was finally fully implemented.

Whether the lie of earning 5,000 US dollars can be corrected and attract the attention of paypal depends on the mini program sent along with this email.

Under Luffy's gaze, Ning Zimo typed the last word and attached the attachment. He checked it again carefully and finally pressed the enter key.

An email with a newly released mini program traveled through the phone line, followed the submarine optical cable in the Atlantic Ocean, and swam towards the distant bald eagle.

Looking at the feedback message that the message was sent successfully, Ning Zimo, who was leaning on the back of his chair, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when Ning Zimo was relaxing his body, Luffy, who came early in the morning and sat on the sidelines to watch, suddenly asked, "Do you think it is necessary for me to learn these things too?"

Before Ning Zimo could answer, Luffy asked again, "What do you think of my idea?"

"Ah?" Ning Zimo was stunned.

There were some deviations between Luffy's ideas and what he wanted to bring to Luffy.

Luffy, Ning Zimo and his sister Zhang Junya are in the same class, but compared with the two top-ranked brothers and sisters, Luffy's score can only be ranked between 100-150 in the senior grade group of Han No. 1 Middle School.

2001 was also the most critical year for Luffy. Although his development was not bad in his previous life, he had to concentrate on getting into the Demon Jiao University.

At first, I just wanted to broaden Luffy's mind, but if Luffy took up programming as a hobby at this time, it would definitely increase his academic burden.

Ning Zimo didn't dare to guarantee whether Luffy was in danger of failing the exam under such influence, so he could only stop his thoughts at this moment.

"You don't have to be anxious. Programming is more about problem-solving thinking.

During these times, all you have to do is listen and watch. When you get to college, you will have the opportunity to learn."

After all, it is difficult to reach a high level of a high-level computer language without systematic learning.

Not to mention, programming cannot be truly learned by mastering a certain language. The real difficulty lies in programming thinking and problem-solving abilities.

Ning Zimo looked at Fa Xiao and quickly organized the words in his mind.

“‘Programming thinking’ is the thinking process of ‘understanding the problem and finding the path’.

It consists of four steps of decomposing the abstract algorithm for pattern recognition.

The first step of decomposition is to break a large, complex problem into smaller steps that are more executable and better understood;

The second step of pattern recognition is to find similar patterns and efficiently solve the segmentation problem.

The third step of abstraction is to focus on the most important information and ignore useless details.

The fourth step of the algorithm is to design a step-by-step solution path to solve the entire problem."

There is nothing wrong with saying that science and engineering change the world.

A truly excellent thinking model in science and engineering is different from ordinary people.

Dialectical thinking is common sense, and problem solving is our duty.

After a pause, Ning Zimo gave Zu Lufei room to lower his head and think. When he raised his head to look over again, he continued to explain, "Just like if you master the correct learning method, you can improve your learning efficiency.

The truth is that understanding programming thinking is the best way to improve programming skills."

Ning Zimo patted the younger one on the shoulder, "You can't rush anything."

"But you suddenly accelerated your pace, which made me feel very threatened." Luffy's words revealed his helplessness.

"Hey hey hey, I haven't told you yet, but my parents have agreed for me to take a break from school for a year and a half to focus on the path I have chosen."

"Ah, are you taking a break from school?"

Luffy's mouth grew wider, and the changes in his pupils clearly revealed his surprise.

Looking at Ning Zimo nodding his head again, this time, even his jaw could hardly close.

"Why are you suspending school? You are second in the school in this mock exam!"

"I'm just taking a break from school, not dropping out." Ning Zimo raised his eyebrows at Luffy indifferently, "I will definitely be lagging behind for a while. If you don't catch up during this time, when I come back, you'll be gone."

Blame me for not giving you face!"

"Damn, please don't be too arrogant! Rabbits will bite when they are anxious."

"Hey, I still have a temper. If you have the skills, use them in your studies, hahahahaha."

"Ning Zimo, you are really bullying others!"

"Bite me...ah..."

"Oh, Luffy, how could you bite Zimo!?"

Before Ning Zimo could thank his mother for rescuing him, her next words knocked him to the ground.

"Isn't it dirty if a pig bites a pig?"

Fortunately, Luffy's attention span is only about 7 seconds.

At least this time, he won't care too much about his suspension from school.

***+***

Oh, big brother, big brother, what are you talking about~~~My two pockets plus one dollar only cost thirty-two yuan~~~

Then take it, as much as you want

What kind of bicycle do you want? What kind of bicycle do you want?

Oops, yes, yes, yes~~~

Why are you like this?

I didn’t say I wanted a bicycle? You said you wanted a bicycle~~~

What a joke, I have no control over this wife, so she asks someone for a bicycle when we meet.

I didn't say I wanted a bicycle!

I won’t take you out again~~~

This year, the golden partners of Uncle Benshan, Auntie Gao Xiumin and Fan Wei were still in "Selling Kidnappings".

This classic program, even though Ning Zimo has 20 years of experience, still makes people laugh out loud the last time they watch it.

Other programs may have their highlights, but after all, personal preferences are different.

Therefore, the name "Heaven and Earth" can still attract some of Ning Zimo's attention.

The rest of the time was basically spent chatting with my grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle, sister, father and mother.

On New Year's Eve, it started snowing during the day, but at night, the house looked completely different.

The second aunt's house has a warm and peaceful scene, and the warmth of family is extremely precious.

The 37-year-old soul enjoys wantonly through the 17-year-old body.

I'm afraid that this time next year, I won't have this opportunity.

"Grandpa, grandma, Happy New Year."

"Hey, Zimo, Junya, happy new year!"

***+***

On the other side of the ocean, 16 hours later than planting flowers, there is an office with a PayPal logo somewhere in Palo Alto, California.

Before 8:30 in the morning, a man with an oriental face suddenly stood up on the floor, with a work badge hanging on his body - Pan Yu

He squinted and groped on the computer table beside him, and finally found what he was looking for - glasses.

Putting on his eyes, he gently kicked the other side and immediately sat in front of the computer.

As he shook the mouse to wake up the computer, another oriental face with curly hair stood up behind him.

"morning"

"Morning"

The two people with their backs said hello, but still maintained their own rhythm.

Suddenly, the man looking at the computer frowned, and his head, which was already close to the monitor, moved closer.

He maintained this action for less than half a minute before he suddenly exclaimed, "Chen, Chen, come and take a look."

The curly-haired man named Chen was fiddling with his hair. When he heard his companion's surprise, he turned his head dully.

"What's wrong, Pan? Is there anything worth shouting about? Did we lose hundreds of thousands of dollars again?"

"No, no, no, you must come and take a look. This is the perfect solution for us to save tens or millions of dollars every month."

The curly-haired man named Chen was fiddling with his hair just now. Three seconds after hearing his companion's words, he hurriedly approached Pan's computer as if he suddenly remembered something. With just one glance, he was immediately caught by the content displayed on the screen.

Caught eyeballs.

A rectangular picture is displayed on the screen, with several letters randomly arranged on the picture. A paragraph is displayed below, "Please click on the position of the letter jkl."

Chen, who took over the mouse, was driven by curiosity and clicked on the letters j and k from the five letters displayed on the screen. Then the program displayed that the verification was passed and refreshed the picture.

This time, four letters were refreshed on the screen, but two were larger and two were smaller. The prompt was also changed to, "Please click on the lowercase letters."

Chen frowned, then tried to click on the two larger letters, only to find that the system prompted a wrong selection.

Two attempts completely aroused Chen's curiosity.

He tried many more times and found that the content to be verified was changing disorderly every time.

This change made him excited, and he clicked the mouse faster and faster.

A minute later, when he let go of the mouse, he looked at Pan with excitement in his eyes.

"Come on, let's go find Levchin and tell him the good news."

Chen reached out to grab his companion behind him but failed because Pan had already stepped out first.

Chen smiled and calmly sat on the stool and continued to play with the small program.

It seemed that to him, the rectangle on the screen was like an interesting game, with a strong attraction.

In less than half a minute, the sound of rapid footsteps came from far and near, and then a deep male voice sounded in my ears, "Let me try."

Chen looked up and saw a man with bald eagle glasses standing next to him.

"Levchin, come and take a look." Chen smiled and gave up his seat, and the man he called Levchin sat down immediately.

The crisp sound of rapid mouse clicks resounded throughout the quiet office, and the tapping sound became faster and faster. After several minutes, the crisp clicks of the mouse finally stopped.

Levchin raised his head, and people could clearly see the incredible expression on his face.

"Pan and I had the same expression as you just now," Chen shrugged and said with a smile, "We didn't expect that although this program is small, it is very creative."

"This is a revolutionary program that is hundreds of times better than the gausebeck-levchin verification program we are developing."

Levchin exchanged glances with Chen and Pan, and took another long breath.

"You all know what this program means, which means that the difficulty of cracking it can almost make those damn vampires give up machine registration and switch to manual registration.

This means that it is more than 10 times more difficult for them to register a money laundering account. It also reduces our losses in fraudulent transactions by more than 70%."

As he spoke, he suddenly raised his voice, "Pan, is this your work?"

Pan shook his head and smiled happily, "It's not me, but he is our flower grower."

"Oh my God, you amazing Orientals"

"Yes, I also think he is very powerful." After Pan finished speaking, he held it in for a while before continuing to answer, "I think we should buy this program."

"It must!" Levchin nodded affirmatively, "It can save us so much money, how can we reward him?"

"That's your business."

After hearing Pan's words, Levchin stood up after thinking for a while and patted Pan on the shoulder, "You reply to him first and tell him that we are discussing buying his software. I will go and apply for funds with Peter."

"Don't leave in a hurry. Pan probably didn't even read the email just now."

???

Levchin's first steps stopped when he was attracted by Chen's words.

Looking back, Levchin asked in confusion, "What's wrong? What else is going on?"

With a smile on his face, Chen pointed at the screen and said, "I have said that in addition to this small program, he also has two good ideas to increase our chances of winning in the war with eBay!

"

"What???"

Levchin turned around and walked to the computer in a few steps, and happened to see the content that Chen was pointing at.

If you are interested in my verification program, please reply to me as soon as possible. At the same time, I want to tell you that I have two good ideas that can increase your chances of winning in the war with eBay!

!!!

Levchin glanced at Chen and saw him spreading his hands and shrugging. He straightened up in confusion, glanced at Pan again, and said with a wry smile, "Who is this person? How can he be so sure of his creativity?

Can it solve a big problem that so many of us can’t solve?”

"Who knows, but there's nothing to lose by trying, right?"

Levchin shrugged helplessly, "I'm also curious, but let's get this great verification program first."

"Bingo!"