The richest man

Chapter 221 The Internet Age Is Coming

"Many people wonder what IE browser is used for?" Zhang Jun took two steps, asked himself and answered, "In short, it can retrieve, display and transmit Web information resources on IE browser, such as a web page , a picture, a video, or any content presented on the Web, users can use hyperlinks to browse interrelated information through a browser!"

Speaking, in the vcr, the staff began to demonstrate how to use the IE browser.

Open the ie browser, enter the URL "Yahoo", and then open the Yahoo portal.

The news content of the Yahoo website is provided by "China News Agency". The content is very rich and divided into categories, covering almost all the current hot news.

When they saw the Yahoo website, exclamations suddenly rang out from the audience.

"This...isn't this moving the newspaper to the Internet?! Damn, this is awesome! People want to read news in the future, just go online and watch it. Not only the news is timely and fast, but also the content of the news is richer and more diverse. !" Senior media professional Roger Qiong said in shock, paused, and suddenly lost his voice, "It's over! The Internet is so fast and convenient. In the future, the newspaper industry may decline!!!"

Now in Europe and the United States, computers have begun to be popularized. In the past, few people connected to the Internet because there was no need to connect to the Internet. However, once the IE browser is released, it will definitely explode in popularity and become very popular. It will become one of the fires that ignite the Internet boom!

Roger Jean's face was flustered, and he felt that he might face the crisis of losing his job.

At this time, he was startled suddenly, since he predicted that the Yahoo website would be popular, why didn't he embrace it?Since Yahoo is a media website, it definitely needs media professionals like itself.

Roger Qiong couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and they bloomed with greater brilliance. He looked at the big screen with his eyes intently, expecting that the Yahoo website could bring him more surprises.

At this time, the staff began to demonstrate more functions of the Yahoo website, which mainly introduced forums and chat rooms.

A forum, also known as a BBS, is an online communication place where information or opinions can be posted.Strong interactivity and rich content.The forum is divided into many sections according to different topics. Users can read other people's views on a certain topic, and they can also post their own ideas to the forum without reservation.

A chat room, as the name suggests, is a room for chatting. There are many categories, such as movies, music, technology, cars, sports, literature, games, companies, midnight love stories, sexual men and women, etc...

The guests in the audience were completely stunned.

The Yahoo! website is so fun and fun!
The invention of BBS and chat rooms has made many people excited, and they can't wait to log in to the Yahoo website to post and chat!
"The Yahoo! website is great! I've fallen in love with it!" In front of the TV, George Moder, a sophomore computer science student at Stanford University, said excitedly. While watching TV, he quickly turned on the LegendBook laptop, wanting to Logged in to the Yahoo website, but after turning on the computer, he suddenly froze. He didn't have an IE browser...

At this time, a pop-up window suddenly popped up in the lower right corner of the computer, prompting "Hongmeng system update. After the system update, new functions such as IE browser will be added! Do you want to choose to update the system? Yes/No?"

George Mode was very pleasantly surprised, "Haha, I still have to choose, be sure to click [Yes]!!!"

After finishing speaking, George Mode immediately clicked to update the system.

This update system not only allowed downloading of the IE browser, but also did not cost any money. George Mode was extremely happy.

The ie browser is only over 5Mb, but unfortunately the internet speed is too slow at this time, and it takes about ten minutes to update.

At the press conference, Zhang Jun had already announced that it was over.

The ie browser is provided free of charge to all Hongmeng system personal users, while commercial users need to pay for it. You need to register an account to log in to the Yahoo website to post and chat.At this time, people are still relatively unfamiliar with the Internet, and their trust is not high, so there is no real-name system.

George Mode finally downloaded the ie browser. He didn't expect that the default website after the ie browser was opened was actually Yahoo, which was much easier.

George Mode was overjoyed. Looking at the rich and varied news on the webpage, he held back his excitement and clicked "User Registration" to apply for a Yahoo account.

After applying for an account, he went directly to the discussion to see what the netizens posted. Soon he was immersed in the Internet, posting, communicating, entering the chat room, adding friends with like-minded people, and making friends with beautiful ladies. Chatting, staying up all night...

The Hongmeng system uses the pop-up window update reminder function on the Internet, and millions of people have downloaded the IE browser that night, and the Yahoo website has also become a hit, and the popularity is extremely hot!
On the second day, word of mouth spread, countless users spread the news, and the Internet Explorer and Yahoo website quickly became popular all over the world, becoming the hot topic of doing things right now.

At the same time, the share prices of listed companies in major newspapers around the world have plummeted, almost avalanche.

Obviously, everyone is aware that with the rise of Internet Explorer and Yahoo!, a new form of media will emerge.

The traditional newspaper industry will definitely face shocks and huge losses.

The news of Yahoo's one million users in one night shocked these newspaper groups even more.

From now on, everyone will use computers to read news, so of course there will be fewer people who read physical newspapers.

"Legend Technology is using technology to directly subvert a traditional industry!!" Keith Elsey, an editor of a newspaper, sighed. He also logged on to the Yahoo website today. He has to admit that the news on the Yahoo website is all-encompassing and rich. , It is much better than a newspaper with only a few pages. After reading the news, you can express your own opinions in the comment section below, which is difficult for physical newspapers.

In addition, "forums" and "chat rooms" provide users with a platform for communication, which is very attractive, thus bringing huge traffic to the Yahoo website.

Keith Elsey shook his head, sighed, picked up the phone, called his financial advisor, and asked him to quickly sell the stock of the Los Angeles Times for him.

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Comcast Corporation of the United States, a provider of high-speed Internet and broadband services in the United States.

It had just been invested by Legendary Technology Company a month before, and sold 55% of the shares.

"I now understand why Legendary Technologies invested in Comcast. They knew that the Internet would be popular!" Comcast CEO Bill Felton said with a wry smile.He is not only the CEO of the company, but also one of the major shareholders of the company.

When he saw the IE browser and the Yahoo website, he realized that he had lost money and sold Comcast too cheaply.

Now, many people come to open an account, and Comcast's orders are booming.

Bill Felton has begun planning to build more high-speed fiber optic lines and win exclusive Internet service in more cities.

"Felton, people from Sequoia Capital are here, they want to invest in our Comcast!"

"Bill, Defont's men are here too!"

"KPCB also called, wanting to invest in Comcast!"

"..."

Bill Felton was not surprised when he heard this. The popularity of the Internet Explorer and the Yahoo website means that the Internet has great potential for development.

As the largest high-speed Internet and broadband service provider in the United States, Comcast Corporation of the United States will definitely be favored by countless investment companies.

"Reject them all. Just say that our company accepted the investment from Legend Technology Company a month ago, and there is no shortage of funds at present! If there are flowers needed for financing, we will notify them."

"Okay!" The secretary nodded.

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The investment companies felt sorry when they learned that they were rejected. Legend Technology has already controlled Comcast, and they have no chance to invest.The legendary technology company is not short of funds.

Sequoia Capital CEO Abel Rowley hung up the phone, sighed, and said to his colleagues: "It failed. Legendary Technology has taken Comcast first."

Hearing this, the vice president said: "Then we will choose to invest in Comcast's competitors. The market is huge, and we are only starting to do it now. The return on investment should be very high!"

Abel Raleigh nodded and said: "Well, that's all I can do! Speaking of which, since the Internet Explorer and the Yahoo website appeared, I found that the development prospects of the Internet are full of infinite possibilities. For example, Yahoo website, if it is an entity Newspapers, no matter how it develops, there is a ceiling, and when it reaches a certain level, it will be difficult for users to grow.”

Abel Raleigh paused for a moment, and exclaimed, "But the Yahoo website is different. As long as there is a network, all Internet users in the world may be users of the Yahoo website. The reason why there are fewer Internet users now is because many The family has not yet opened the Internet. In the past, it was because of the high cost and no fun of opening the Internet. It was not necessary to open the Internet, but now it is different. The Yahoo website turned out to make people feel the fun of the Internet.”

Another vice president added: "Not only the Yahoo website, games developed by Legendary Technologies, such as "CS Counter-Strike", "Dune", "Red Alert", "Warcraft" and other games can be played online. Only now The Internet speed is relatively slow, and most people choose to play games online in "Legendary Internet Café".But it can be expected that when the speed of the network increases, people can open the network at home, and then conduct online battles through the Internet! "

When everyone heard the words, they nodded in agreement.

At present, Sequoia Capital has formulated an investment plan, focusing on the Internet.

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Central, Hong Kong.

Zhang Jun drank tea and chatted with Shangguan Muye and several executives of Legend Technology Company in the office.

"Boss, the IE browser and the Yahoo website are too successful, more than 300 million users have downloaded the IE browser within a week!" Bai Chengtian, vice president of Legend Technology, said excitedly.

Shangguan Muye continued: "Yahoo.com has nearly 185 million registered users, a total of 5000 million posts, and a maximum of 20 people online at the same time in the chat room!"

Zhang Jun smiled calmly and said: "The results are not bad, we need to make persistent efforts. IE browser needs to add more practical functions, and at the same time increase the speed of the browser. Yahoo website also needs to add more content, such as adding online shopping and publishing novels online In addition, special attention should be paid to search engine technology, and in the future I will separate the search engine and establish a company.”

After Zhang Jun finished speaking, Shangguan Muye, Bai Chengtian and others were astonished.

Search engines are indeed very important. If you want to search for the information you want online, you must use a search engine.There is a search engine box called "Google" in the middle of the top of the Yahoo homepage.

The main thing that surprises everyone is shopping online and publishing novels online.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems to work again.

"Boss, the idea of ​​shopping online and publishing novels online is simply awesome, maybe it will rewrite the entire retail and novel industry!!!" Shangguan Muye sighed.

Zhang Jun smiled and nodded: "This is for sure. With the increase of Internet users, the number of Internet users may increase to more than one billion, or even more. Not to mention the high cost of opening a physical store, the main sales target is also It can only be limited to the local area, and the online store is different. You can sell the goods to people all over the world, and then send the goods through logistics. Of course, some links involved in this are more complicated, such as the payment link. For To facilitate users' payment, we need to develop a third-party payment software that is unblocked around the world. When users purchase goods, they pay through the payment software. The money in it will not be transferred to the merchant immediately, but will be deposited into an account of a third-party payment software. After the consumer confirms that the product is correct, the money will be transferred from the account of the payment software to the merchant. In this way, some problems encountered in the transaction process can be solved and consumers will not be deceived by the merchant..."

"For novel websites, you can open a VIP subscription model, first publish a certain number of free chapters, and then start charging. If users want to continue reading the following chapters, they need to pay to subscribe to the VIP chapters."

After Zhang Jun finished speaking, everyone fell in admiration.

This is, Zhang Jun said again: "Whether it is to develop e-commerce or online novels, we first need to cooperate with publishing houses. At the beginning of e-commerce development, it is not appropriate to act too hastily, first start with physical books, and then gradually expand the types of goods. Network Novels need works, first move some physical works to the Internet, and then guide novel lovers or writers to publish novels on the website. I will let Penguin Press acquire more publishing houses, and then you will cooperate with Penguin Press.”

After a pause, Zhang Jun suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, set up a new company, the company's name is Amazon Online Bookstore, which sells both physical books and e-books! Put the link of Amazon Online Bookstore on the Yahoo website, and use Yahoo's In addition, let’s make a preparation plan for the logistics and storage center, imagine that when Amazon becomes the largest online supermarket in the United States, and the number of users increases to tens of millions, what kind of logistics and storage center do we need to meet the demand.”

"Boss, are you in too much of a hurry? It may take many years to increase tens of millions of users..." Shangguan Muye frowned.

Zhang Jun shook his head and said, "The development speed of the Internet will exceed your imagination, and the construction of the logistics storage center will take several years. We must plan ahead."

The speed of Internet development in this life will only be faster than in previous lives.

Amazon in the previous life was also established in 1994. After receiving investment, it also immediately deployed logistics and warehousing, which gave Amazon a great advantage in the competition and developed into the largest online retail giant in the United States.

Zhang Jun is just more than a year ahead of Amazon.

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At this time, the Internet was detonated, and the number of domain name registrations skyrocketed.

However, when applying for a domain name, many companies are depressed because their company's domain name has been taken away.

Motorola Inc.

President Owen Dreiser was furious: "Who is so shameless to register our company's domain name?!"

With the increase of Internet users, many companies have established official websites to promote their products.

"President, the one who preempted our company's domain name is an overseas offshore company called Domain Name Management Company. It has frantically registered tens of thousands of domain names and makes money by selling domain names! The price is clearly marked, and the price of our Motorola top-level domain name is 250 million US dollars!"

When Owen Dreiser heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood: "Damn, they are stealing money! A domain name dares to ask for 250 million US dollars!"

"President, they said that 250 million US dollars is only the current price. The further you go, the higher the price..." the secretary reminded in a low voice.

"They're treating Motorola like a fool and fat sheep. I absolutely don't agree!" Owen Dreiser said with a firm attitude, shaking his head. He couldn't condone such unreasonable demands of a blackmailing nature.The role of the official website is not great at present, and there is no need to spend 250 million US dollars to buy a domain name.

Enjoying the same treatment as Motorola, there are also a large number of legendary technological rivals such as Sony and Nintendo.

Zhang Jun not only wanted to disgust them to death, but also took the opportunity to make a small fortune.

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Legendary Technology has been enjoying a lot of glory recently.

iMac computers, ie browsers and Yahoo websites are popular all over the world and earn a lot of money.

At this moment, people were amazed that Penguin Publishing had exploded and made frequent moves to acquire major publishing houses around the world, as if it was going to develop into the world's largest publishing house group.

At this time, no one can understand Zhang Jun's layout, it's just a publishing house, and it doesn't matter much if you think about it.

"Zhang Jun didn't focus on developing the Yahoo portal, why did he suddenly start a publishing house? It's really strange."

"Could it be that Zhang Jun is going to release a new book? When he released a new book before, he bought a publishing house."

"Well, maybe!"

"..."

It's not a big deal, the news spread, and the whole world thought that Zhang Jun was going to publish a new book.

When the news reached Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun was a little confused: "When did I say I'm going to publish a new book?"

"Boss, fans are looking forward to your new book now. If you don't release a new book, they may be very disappointed... Otherwise, you write a book. Anyway, boss, you write books very fast!" The beautiful female secretary is also Zhang Jun. The little book fan can't help but look forward to it.

"Uh……"

Zhang Jun was taken aback, thought about it carefully, and decided to write a novel, but instead of publishing a physical book, he would publish an online novel.

"Write "Harry Potter" and put it on the Amazon website for serialization." Zhang Jun thought to himself, "It will not only promote the Amazon website, but also win the IP of "Harry Potter."

Spending a little time every day writing two chapters is nothing to Zhang Jun, who has "Hong Kong's No. [-] Fast Shooter".

He said to his secretary: "Well, since the fans are looking forward to it, I'll write a book, and you can reveal it to the public. The new book is a series of magical novels."

"Yes!"

The secretary was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly nodded in response.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jun's personal secretary officially confirmed the news that Zhang Jun was going to write a new book.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately became the global front page news.

"The next work of science fiction master Zhang Jun is a fantasy novel. This new book may be on par with "The Lord of the Rings"!"

"Seven years of sharpening a sword! Zhang Jun, a famous genius writer and the richest man in the world, spent seven years and finally wrote a magical masterpiece!!!"

"..."

Before Zhang Jun started to write a word, the whole world was touting his new book.

It’s okay not to brag, fans don’t watch it!
Besides, for a genius like Zhang Jun, the novels he wrote must be wonderful.Moreover, the Penguin Publishing House under his name has frequently acquired publishing houses, apparently to prepare for the release of new books by Zhang Jun.

The preparations for the release of the new book are so full, which shows that Zhang Jun is full of confidence in his new book.

In a villa on Victoria Peak.

Zhang Jun frowned.

"In the previous life, "Harry Potter" was a problem at the beginning. After reading it, many editors thought it was childish and unattractive. I don't know how people will evaluate it in this life. But it should be the same as the previous life. Welcome, "Harry Potter" has been hacked by many people, saying that the literary level of this novel is not high, but they have won the Andersen Literature Award and the Hugo Award. One is the Nobel of children's literature, and the other is fantasy literature If "Harry Potter" has no height, what is height? "The Three-Body Problem" also won the Hugo Award..."

Zhang Jun was sure, and his confidence rose.

Now start to "scribble" on the LegendBook notebook,
In one night, he wrote more than 3 words.

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With the rapid development of the Internet, Legend Technology's routers, switches, and modems have been selling well, especially routers, which almost occupy more than 80% of the market share in production, and they are almost forming a monopoly.

The evaluation agency speculates that Legendary Technology will earn more than $40 billion this year from the router alone.

In the next few years, the faster the Internet develops, the demand for routers and switches will increase dramatically.

Many companies have seen this market with huge potential. However, the threshold for routers and switches is relatively high, and it is not easy for any company to enter.Legend Technology's technology is far ahead of other companies.

At this time, some politicians in the United States began to propose a plan to build an information superhighway. Once the plan is passed, the development of the Internet will enter a fast lane.

At this time, a congressman approached Legend Technology, hoping to provide funds to help him run for office.

"Once I become the president of the United States, I will definitely promote the information superhighway plan with all my strength. Your company is the dominant player in the Internet field, so it will naturally benefit the most!" The middle-aged man said confidently. He believed that Legendary Technology would definitely support him.

(End of this chapter)