Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: August 1, 2003}

{Location: United States-California}

When Chen Shijun parked his car in the parking lot in front of MySpace, his whole demeanor changed a lot. So when Sachs saw him in the office, he curiously asked Ning Zimo:

"What did you say to him? Why do you feel like he became so energetic after he went out to pick you up?"

Looking at the back of the man walking in the wind, Ning Zimo smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's simply because he thinks the Myspace project is not technically difficult, so I found another thing for him that is suitable for him to do."

"Are there any new projects?" Sachs asked curiously.

"Well, a new project will be officially launched next year." Ning Zimo winked at Sachs, "You will know then."

"Oh, are you still so mysterious?" Sachs raised his eyebrows and then smiled, "As long as you coordinate well, lest he loses any passion in the company recently."

"Don't worry, he and I have already had a clear discussion. Myspace will find a suitable node for him to leave. Next year, let Chen develop the oil pipeline project alone."

"No problem," Sachs nodded. "This will also prevent him, a purely technical talent, from being depressed when he stays with me."

Ning Zimo shrugged helplessly and said, "I didn't think carefully enough about this problem when I recruited everyone to work together early in the morning."

"Man, you worry too much." Sachs put his hand on Ning Zimo's shoulder and said, "We are all partners, and we are comrades who have experienced the storm together in Beibao. Although you have always been planning the way forward.

, but that’s because we all know you’re a very good leader.”

"Isn't he an arbitrary tyrant?" Ning Zimo teased.

"You actually think of yourself like this? Do you need to be equipped with several beauties to be worthy of the title of this tyrant?" Sachs smiled, then winked at Ning Zimo and said, "I think I'm worried

A lot, because there is no shortage of beauties around you."

Ning Zimo rolled his eyes, because when the decent people around him were dishonest, he would become the easiest target to be ridiculed.

handsome,

Is there anything wrong?

Seeing Ning Zimo's reaction, Sachs laughed even more brazenly.

After a long while, he came out of his own world, patted Ning Zimo on the shoulder and said, "Okay, no more joking, go get busy. The person you want to find arrived earlier than you."

"So fast?"

"Probably because of your influence."

***+***

After dealing with Chen Shijun's problems and talking about the oil pipeline project. Not only did he get support from his partners, but he also gained new gains. Ning Zimo was in a good mood and could finally be busy with some scheduled things.

When he walked into the only reception room of myspace, his eyes met the person sitting alone in the room.

Ning Zimo was in a good mood with a smile on his face. He walked up to the man and stretched out his hand, "Hi, Bram, I am Chen's colleague, Ning."

"Hi...I'm Bram"

Ning Zi smiled silently and shook hands with Bram, thinking who could connect this dull-looking person with bittorrent?

Bram Cohen,

The father of bittorrent.

Bittorrent is a p2p technology that allows users to download files from many different sources while downloading, thus speeding up download times. This feature is especially useful for users who download faster than upload because of the different download speeds.

The nodes will help users broaden their download channels.

Therefore, the more popular a file is, the faster users can download it. When many people download the same file at the same time, these people will also upload the data to other users.

This kind of downloaded file is called a seed. When Ning Zimo thinks of seeds, he thinks of those files that once existed on his hard drive.

Even if Ning Zimo doesn't like piracy now, Bram Cohen did bring a very convenient technology to people in the early days of the Internet.

Speaking of which, the success of skrpe is due to Bram Cohen's technological innovation.

Therefore, even though Bram Cohen looked blank when he met him for the first time, Ning Zimo felt close to him.

Suddenly remembering the rumors about the person in front of him, Ning Zimo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Blem, I have to say, your way of spreading bittorrent is a genius idea. But in the end, it was Zhengtu Linux that saved you.

I don’t know what you were thinking at that time.”

When Ning Zimo said such abrupt words when they met for the first time, Bram's first reaction was to frown.

Bram himself knew that the key person opposite him who took the initiative to contact him was talking about what happened to him.

It was in the summer of 2001 that Brian developed a bittorrent program based on p2p technology. In order to better promote his software, he collected many free erotic movies to attract more people to test his software.

program.

This method indeed allowed his program to be well promoted among erotic movie lovers. It was at that time that bittorrent software had its most basic audience.

But what Brian didn't expect was that it would be this summer that bittorrent would really become famous.

At that time, the famous software company Red Hat released its Red Hat Linux 9 operating system, and it was also available for free download. However, due to bandwidth problems, Red Hat's download server was overwhelmed by the sudden increase in download users, resulting in many people downloading it later.

Less than red hat linux9.

At this time, it was a user named Foster who had downloaded red hat linux 9 and published it in bbs as a bittorrent seed.

At that time, users who could not bear the slow download speed of redhat flocked to the site. In just three days, netizens exchanged a total of 21,150g bytes of data. You must know that this amount of data is equivalent to the volume of books in the Library of Congress.

At this time, the bittorrent program developed by Brian really became popular.

That was the time when he was at his most glorious, and bittorrent became famous all at once.

But Brian has always felt that in the initial development of bittorrent, the promotion of pornographic movies was of great help to him.

What surprised him was that the young man in front of him actually knew about this.

Is he a beneficiary of bittorrent’s publicity?

Thinking of this, Brian's eyes became vivid when he looked at Ning Zimo.

"Ning, how did you know it was me who did those things?"

"You will understand if you pay a little attention to the source and the source of the torrent. Speaking of which, I have also used bittorrent to **** many young ladies."

Ning Zimo revealed the dirty information, leaving Bram unprepared for the moment.

But since we were all men, Brian quickly reacted.

"Wow, I didn't expect you to have the same hobbies."

"Hey, who's youth does not have some experienced guidance from the opposite sex? There is nothing to be embarrassed about."

When Ning Zimo said this, Brian, who just didn't understand the meaning of the word "young lady", suddenly felt fond of Ning Zimo. The atmosphere immediately became harmonious due to the deviant words, and Brian was no longer as awkward as when they first met.

"Ning, you are such an interesting person. I never thought that the co-founder of myspace could be like this..." Bram didn't even know what word to use to describe his impressions of Ning Zimo.

With a smile on her face, Ning Zimo gestured to Brian to sit down first, "Are you trying to say that I'm not serious?"

"Oh, no~~I didn't mean that."

"Hahahaha~~ I'm just kidding." Ning Zimo leaned on the stool relaxedly, raised his chin at Brian and said, "After all, it's our first time to meet, and the atmosphere will be more harmonious, so it will be easier for us to talk about subsequent matters.

"

"Okay, Ning. This is indeed a good opening for you, because I am really not a sociable person." Brian smiled nonchalantly, and then asked reassuringly, "Ning, thank you for your flexibility.

Then let’s talk about business first. I was very curious before I came here, how could someone suddenly come to me who has no reputation?”

"Oh my god, you can't belittle yourself, you have already made a name for yourself in the industry."

"Which reputation are you referring to?"

Bram suddenly made a self-deprecating joke, which immediately made Ning Zimo amused.

"Man, you are not a sociable person. At least, our current conversations have always been harmonious."

Brian nodded, "Okay, then we'd better stop it, otherwise the conversation won't go on."

"Okay, I think so too"

Ning Zimo took a deep breath and let himself calm down for a while, then said, "Bram, I have used bittorrent before, and I appreciate this software very much. The reason why I asked Chen to help me find your contact information

, because I want to do something with you."

The young man in front of him admired him very much, and Bram nodded happily. But he did not speak, and left the stage to Ning Zimo.

Seeing his open attitude, Ning Zimo continued, "Okay, that's it, Bram, I thought of some projects that can be completed using bittorrent technology. This project is not like your open source bittorrent that cannot be profitable, but

A profitable project. For this reason, I would like to invite you to join us.”

"Okay, are there any good projects?"

???

After saying a few words, Bram nodded and agreed without even hearing what project he said. This situation made Ning Zimo feel that the person in front of him seemed a little unreal.

Shouldn’t we encounter all kinds of problems?

Seeing Ning Zimo's confusion, Bram smiled and explained, "Ning, although I think you are very young, you are really a very capable person. Because you mentioned me as soon as you invited me.

The biggest problem I have now.

The profit model of BitTorrent has always been something I have been thinking about. Although I created BitTorrent, I initially set up the MIT license open source model for BitTorrent, which put me on the same starting line as everyone else who got the source code.

.

From 2001 to now, I have been thinking about how to start a profitable company for bittorrent, but I have never thought of a solution. But you are different. You told me that there is an opportunity to open source bittorrent technology and make a profitable project.

.You said, if there is such a good thing, why don’t I participate?”

"oh……"

Ning Zimo felt that it could be explained in this way.

Bittorren is an open source software. Anyone can copy and spread it, and can even develop commercial software based on this technology. But whenever others use bittorrent technology, they will be disappointed because of its open source model.

You will not receive any profit from others.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Fatty G from V Club can easily invite Brian to develop steam for him, and then slowly reach the peak of his life.

Since it is very easy to invite Bram, then Ning Zimo will feel very happy by delaying G Fat's development for some time.

Thinking of this, Ning Zimo felt better: "Well, the project I want to invite you to participate in is a project called 'wegame'. It is an online game mall. People can purchase and download games through the igame platform...

…”