Rebirth of the Wild Age

For the Chinese people in 1998, surfing the Internet was an absolute high-consumption behavior. It costs 8 yuan per hour for the Internet fee and 4 yuan for the phone fee. Compared with the national average monthly salary at this time, if you surf the Internet for 10 hours a day, you will basically spend all your salary in a week.

At this time, most Internet cafes in China cannot connect to the Internet. At most, they can only play "Warcraft 2" and "Red Alert 2" through the LAN.

Internet cafes that can access the Internet charge at least 18 yuan per hour!

However, this still cannot stop the charm of the Internet. Many college students live frugally for a month and go to Internet cafes for a few hours, which is more comfortable than doing health care.

Sohu.com successfully raised 6 million US dollars, and the news that Zhang Chaoyang turned from a grassroots to a multi-millionaire instantly aroused heated discussions in the whole society. Many people are hearing about the Internet for the first time, and they don't know what it can do, but when they brag, they speak eloquently.

Zhang Chaoyang has become an Internet entrepreneurial hero, and is also regarded as an idol by many young people.

Even Ding Ming was interviewed by many newspapers, and because of his dropping out of school to start a business, he was hailed as the "Chinese version of Bill Gates" by the good news media.

Song Weiyang's investment in Sohu.com was also talked about by the media. People speculated about how many shares Song Weiyang took and how much his net worth had increased.

At the same time, there are countless young people in China who turn their attention to the Internet. Some are looking for opportunities to make money, but most are just looking for access to the Internet, which has become a very high-end and trendy entertainment.

The number of Internet users in China, because of media reports on Sohu.com, unexpectedly experienced a crazy surge.

The number of Internet users has increased and the number of computers is not enough. Internet cafes have become a profitable business.

A native of Jin Province named Wang Yuesheng once dreamed of going to university. He took the college entrance examination three times, but did not get an admission letter from any university. During the tutoring period, the only source of income for his family was 15 laying hens.

Therefore, Wang Yuesheng chose to dig coal, and then borrowed 200 yuan to make cement prefabricated parts, and then secretly sold oil. Until 1992, the government finally allowed private gas stations to operate. At this time, Wang Yuesheng's oil depot had a reserve of 800 tons. By 1997, he had 12 gas stations under his name.

This spring, Wang Yuesheng came to the capital, the original purpose was just to recruit a few college students from famous schools. But a famous school is a famous school, how could it be possible to go to work at a gas station? People's choices are in order: study abroad, enter foreign or famous enterprises, become civil servants, enter large state-owned enterprises, chain gas stations are not considered at all.

Wang Yuesheng, who couldn't recruit college students from prestigious schools, unexpectedly found a roomful of college students from prestigious schools in an Internet cafe in Zhongguancun.

This local tyrant who failed the college entrance examination three times had an inexplicable admiration and yearning for college students, so he immediately decided to open an Internet cafe. Since I can't recruit college students from prestigious schools, let them come to my Internet cafe to surf the Internet!

Feiyu Internet Café was born from this, and opened 5 branches within eight months, which is actually more profitable than opening a gas station.

The online business handled in batches in Internet cafes is much lower than the personal Internet access fee. As a result, Feiyu Internet Cafe’s nightly fee is priced at 8 yuan per hour (20 yuan in other times), which can barely earn some water and electricity bills. This has caused a large number of students in prestigious schools near Zhongguancun to escape to the Internet in the middle of the night.

The story similar to Feiyu Internet cafes is being staged all over the country, and the number of Internet cafes is growing rapidly along with the number of Internet users.

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deep city.

Brother Xiaoma was a little excited when he saw the report on Sohu.com. But he didn't know how to use the Internet to make money, and at the same time, he felt that he was not suitable for business, so he threw away the newspaper and became the director of the R\u0026D department of his paging business company honestly.

Huadu.

Ding Sanshi just got 163's free email system, and the business is booming. There are more and more registered users of 163 mailboxes—but he still doesn't know how to make money, so he can only continue writing programs to subsidize his family.

the capital.

A face-blind patient named Dong Ge was wandering the streets at this time, and he was unemployed. But the reason why he lost his job was not because the financial turmoil caused the company to close down, nor was he laid off because of the bankruptcy of a state-owned enterprise, but because the Chinese government declared pyramid selling to be an illegal activity.

You must know that the main force of China's MLM at this time is not grandpa and aunt, but college students who are favored by heaven. They regard MLM as a way to reach the sky, and they join in by means of loans and borrowing money, each of them is full of entrepreneurial passion.

Dong Ge's MLM company is still a Japanese company, with monthly sales of more than 1 billion yuan. He has worked in the company's computer, business, and logistics departments. He has just become a supervisor. The company has provided him with a computer and a mobile phone. Every time he travels, he is given a subsidy of several hundred yuan, and he can also live in a five-star hotel.

Seeing that he was about to reach the pinnacle of his life, pyramid selling turned out to be illegal, the boss ran away, and Brother Dong also lost his job!

When young people came to Zhongguancun, looking at the newly opened Internet cafes and the towering Zhongguancun buildings, they once again had the idea of ​​self-employment. He lived in a shed built by farmers nearby, and fought guerrilla warfare in Zhongguancun to sell pirated CDs. His business was pretty good, so he rented a storefront to continue selling pirated CDs.

This facade, the name on the signboard is "Jingdong".

And Wang Zhidong, who has gained both fame and fortune in history, should have received 6.5 million US dollars in venture capital last year. But because Song Weiyang's "Three-Body Problem" took away many chat room users, the traffic of Lifang Online has been tepid, and it has not yet won the favor of international venture capital institutions.

Sina seems to be showing signs of miscarriage.

Fortunately, Stone Group is strong, and Stone Lifang received 5 million Hong Kong dollars in investment a few years ago, and Wang Zhidong has a lot of funds in his hands.

Moreover, the article "Dalian Jinzhou Doesn't Believe in Tears" still appeared on the Lifang Forum. In October last year, the Chinese team missed the World Cup, and the fans hugged their heads in pain. This article received tens of thousands of hits within two days, and was published in full by "Southern Weekend".

When Sohu.com received US$6 million in financing, Wang Zhidong immediately went to the United States and received US$5 million in Wall Street venture capital in one fell swoop. Immediately afterwards, he got in touch with Huayuan.com in the United States, and the two parties were discussing the merger—after the merger, it would be Sina.

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Eastern Zhejiang.

Ding Daguo's small hardware business is getting more and more difficult, mainly because the pressure of competition is too great, and there are more and more peers doing this business.

In the past, when making small hardware, no matter how much it produced, it could be sold, but the production capacity could not increase, and it was still difficult to get raw materials in the 1980s. Now raw materials are everywhere, and the production capacity is soaring. As a result, the products cannot be sold, and the backlog of goods in the warehouse is increasing.

If this continues, the factory will go bankrupt.

Fortunately, there have been a sudden increase in real estate projects these days, and Ding Daguo has obtained two real estate listings in a row through government relations. If it wasn't for the investment in the relationship, and the price was very low, Ding Daguo's factory wouldn't have to worry about it this year.

There is another dinner tonight. A friend is hosting a banquet for a local middle-level leader, and they invite Ding Daguo to accompany him. Maybe they can help him win a certain project.

"Wei Bureau, I'll do it first as a respect!" Ding Daguo finished his drink with his neck raised.

Bureau Wei gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, Boss Ding is a good friend!"

Ding Daguo's friend laughed and said, "Old Ding has always been a good friend. Seven years ago when I was in trouble, he would lend me 50,000 yuan without saying a word, otherwise I would still be begging on the street now."

"That's really showing loyalty. I like to make friends with people who talk about loyalty. Come, have another drink!" Wei Ju said with a smile.

Ding Daguo said: "It is my honor to be able to make friends with Wei Ju. In this way, I will drink three cups, and Wei Ju will drink one."

Wei Ju laughed loudly: "You are looking down on my drinking capacity!"

Ding Daguo said: "Wei Ju is a big shot, I'm a small businessman, only three cups can show my sincerity."

"Okay, Boss Ding, let's toast!" Wei Ju said happily.

In the 1990s, when making friends and talking about business, it was to compare who could drink better. When you drank others to your heart's content, it was also a pleasure for others to help you with things.

The alcohol test is not a joke.

Wei Ju is obviously also a master of the alcohol test. After drinking a catty of white wine, his face is still red. After talking about the gossip in the city, he talked about the anecdotes in the province, and finally brought the topic to the high-tech industry: "The current world is changing rapidly, traditional business is not easy to do, and high-tech can make a lot of money. Do you understand computers? "

The friend shook his head again and again: "We are all rough people, graduated from elementary school, how can we know anything about computers."

Ding Daguo said with a smile: "I do have a computer at home, and it is usually dusty, and I only use it when my son comes home from vacation."

Bureau Wei said, "If you don't understand computers, you don't even know how to use the Internet. That's called the Internet Information Superhighway, just like the real highway, and the transportation is very fast. The information superhighway is for transporting information. If something happened, you can check it online in China and you will know!"

Ding Daguo flattered him immediately: "Ju Wei knows a lot, and he is worthy of being the leader. Come, let me toast you again and express my admiration for you!"

Wei Ju laughed loudly, drank a glass of wine, waved his hand and said, "Actually, I'm half a bucket of water, but my son knows a lot. Don't look at this kid who just went to high school, but he is very good at playing computer games. The monthly Internet fee at home is Several hundred yuan. Just last month, the city organized a computer technology competition, and my son won the first prize, and the prize was a pair of roller skates!"

Ding Daguo gave a thumbs up: "Father Tiger has no sons, the son of Wei Ju's family will definitely enter a prestigious school in the future!"

"Hahaha," Wei Ju was very proud, "Do you know how my son won the first prize? He typed more than 300 words in a minute, and he also did wps and computer article typesetting. No other student could beat him."

"Awesome!" Ding Daguo hurriedly cheered.

Wei Ju laughed all over his face: "My son admires two people the most, one is Song Weiyang and the other is Zhang Chaoyang. These two young people are experts in computers and the Internet, and they earn millions of dollars every minute. My family The kid also said that he will specialize in computer science when he is in college, and this line of work has a bright future!"

The friend suddenly said, "Daguo, isn't Song Weiyang your son's college roommate?"

Wei Ju was surprised: "Lao Ding's son knows Song Weiyang?"

Ding Daguo smiled and said, "Yes, I even gave Song Weiyang a watch."

"Then you're lucky," Wei Ju said, "I heard from my boy that one of Song Weiyang's college roommates didn't even study, so he started a company with him this time. After two years, a poor student will become a poor student." With a net worth of several million, the speed of making money is very fast!"

Ding Daguo smiled and said, "I've met all of Song Weiyang's college roommates, which one is Bureau Wei talking about?"

Wei Ju scratched his head and said, "The surname seems to be Ding, what's his name?"

Ding Daguo felt that something was wrong, and reminded: "Ding Ming?"

"That's right, that's right, it's called Ding Ming," Wei Ju reacted abruptly, "My son also admires this Ding Ming very much. He said that he dropped out of school to start a business, and he is the Chinese version of Bill Gates."

"That's my son!" Ding Daguo said depressedly.

Wei Ju said: "Old Ding, you are blessed, your son is very powerful."

"That's terrible," Ding Daguo said angrily, regardless of the situation, "I sent him to Fudan University with great effort, but I actually dropped out of school to start a company. If you don't tell me, I don't know! This little bastard, I will kill him!" He can't!"

"Hahahahaha!" Wei Ju couldn't stop laughing.