Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 352

Lu Yiming took Shi Qingxue, walked directly in front of Shen Junjie and Xiao Yuanyuan, and came to Ma Chenshu.

Ma Chenshu stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and his expression was very eager: "Mr. Lu, I have admired your name for a long time."

After shaking him lightly, Lu Yiming said with a smile, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Although the middle-aged man in front of him was not good looking, and his words were flattering, but Lu Yiming did not dare to underestimate him at all.

The Xia Kingdom has a vast land and rich resources, and its commerce has been developed since ancient times, but the transportation is backward and information is inconvenient. Therefore, the ancients did business with fellow villagers and relatives. Driven by them, business groups and business gangs gradually formed.

In the history of the Xia Kingdom, the top ten merchant groups such as Lu Shang, Su Shang, Fu Shang, and Qin Shang were very influential. Among them, the Shanxi Merchants and Hui Merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the most prominent. For a long time, it has nothing to lose compared to the Jews.

In modern times, with the increasing prosperity of maritime trade, the Ningbo Gang and the Chaoshan Gang had the greatest influence.The former is mainly based in Zhonghai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while the latter is active in Xiangjiang, Guangdong Province and even the entire Southeast Asia.

Therefore, the Chaoshan merchant gang can be regarded as having a long history. It was also called the "red-headed ship merchant gang" in ancient times. It was roughly formed in the late Tang Dynasty, developed in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and now has a world-class influence.

For example, Li Chaoren, he is the leader of the Chaoshan merchant gang, who is the richest man in Asia.

In addition to Li Chaoren from Xiangjiang, the Chaoshan Merchant Gang also has a huge influence in the Siamese country in Nanyang. It is synonymous with wealth and affects every aspect of local life.

Only when you really get in touch with this force, can you know how much their energy and influence are.

As far as Lu Yiming knew, several richest men in Xia Kingdom in the future actually came from the Chaoshan merchant gang.For example, Huang Shoufu, who sells appliances, and Boss Xu, who has a simple and honest smile, are all behind this economic force that supports their business kingdom.

Such a circle was beyond Lu Yiming's reach in his previous life no matter what.

But now, he was able to chat and laugh happily with these people.

Of course, Lu Yiming didn't pay attention to Ma Chenshu, because he was not familiar with this person.What he was more familiar with was the young man standing beside Ma Chenshu.

With a white face and no beard, wearing a pair of glasses, he even looks a little silly.

Xiao Ma, who is still young at this time, is not the Internet capital giant who will make people "create happiness with salary" in the future. He is only 27 years old this year. He is in his prime, and even among his peers, he seems a bit shy and unsociable Even when Lu Yiming took the initiative to reach out to say hello, he seemed a little hesitant and dull.

Although it can't be said to be an ordinary family, Brother Ma can only be said to be ordinary.

In Pengcheng alone, there are many wealthy second generations with better conditions than him, but in the future, there are not many people who can be the leader of the Internet in Xia Kingdom like him.

Lu Yiming was silently observing the future industry overlord and the founder of the Penguin social empire, but he couldn't see anything at all. He could only feel the deep emotion of witnessing the gale at the end of Qingping.

Who would have thought that 20 years later, in Xiaguo Internet, the technical geek in front of him would be the overlord of one party, and he could command all the heroes with every gesture?

Although Brother Pony has a great reputation in later generations, but now, Lu Yiming behaved calmly and asked casually, "I heard that you recently started a company?"

Ma Teng seemed a little cautious in front of Lu Yiming, and he nodded and replied after a half-beat: "Yes."

Seeing that his son Ma Teng couldn't hold back a fart for a long time, Ma Chenshu felt anxious.

However, Ma Chenshu worked part-time as an accountant in Ma Teng's company, so he knew the company's business very well, so he quickly took over the conversation and introduced it to Lu Yiming, "Now they are developing a software for online paging."

Lu Yiming immediately understood that he was no stranger to this business.

At the end of the 80s, pagers began to appear in Xiaguo.

Since 1990, paging stations have sprung up everywhere, and the prosperity of the paging market has intensified the competition among the paging stations.

However, as mobile phones began to appear slowly, starting from the second half of [-], the paging business was gradually defeated by the strong offensive of mobile phones, and the number of paging users began to stop increasing.In [-], there was even a decline, with fewer users and a sharp drop in the number of paging stations.

But don't think that the pager has just rolled out of the stage of history. In fact, on the contrary, the more brutal the market, the more prosperous it is. Otherwise, how can so many people break their heads and squeeze in?
In fact, the paging industry created an era of huge profits in Xia Kingdom for a full decade.

Even in the four years from 590 to [-], when the development was stagnant, the number of new paging users in the country was more than [-] million every year, which is by no means a declining industry. The profits are still huge.

The year [-] was the year when China's paging industry reached its peak. After that, the paging market really began to decline, and the paging market gradually shrank.

The reason is that the current mobile phone is still very expensive, which is a luxury, and even the call charges are ridiculously expensive. With the current per capita income of the people of Xia Kingdom, they simply cannot afford such consumption expenses.

Therefore, there are not a few people who use pagers now, but belong to the mainstream group. People like Lu Yiming who hold a mobile phone in their hands and "hello" every day are the real "heresy" and "minority".

Today's Ma Teng, in front of Lu Yiming, looks like he has no clothes on. Maybe Lu Yiming knows him better than Ma Teng himself.

However, things like encyclopedias are just a summary of information. Specifically, what about Ma Teng, his family, and his thoughts, these things have to be known to those who have actually come into contact with him.Lu Yiming before his rebirth did not have this opportunity, but now, Lu Yiming is chatting and laughing with Brother Xiao Ma and his father.

Lu Yiming asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of making this thing?"

When talking about his career, Ma Teng, who was still taciturn, became talkative.

I saw him facing Lu Yiming and talking about his business philosophy: "Currently the phone bill is too expensive, and the money is charged by the minute, and many people have to pinch a stopwatch to make a call. If the time is short, they feel bad, and if the time is long, they feel distressed. For money, I think it’s better to use pagers to transmit text messages, which can save a lot of communication expenses.”

The so-called pager is more commonly called a BP machine.Its working principle is: select the useful signal to be received from the paging signal and interference transmitted by the base station, restore the original baseband signal for paging the machine, generate sound or vibration, and display numbers, letters, and Chinese characters.

I have to say that Ma Teng is indeed very discerning, and he has found the right entry point for his first venture.

Right now, Pengcheng is the experimental field of reform and opening up. Relying on its connection with Xiangjiang, the trade is prosperous and the economy is developed, and the business itself is an industry that is extremely sensitive to information, so there is a great demand for this business, and it is impossible to make money. questionable.

Ma Chenshu said with full expectation: "Although my son's company has only been established for a few days, my son has already had a lot of entrepreneurial experience before, and all of them have achieved success. Now the company my son has just registered is called ' Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd' is currently actively seeking external financing, I wonder if Mr. Lu is interested?"

It doesn't matter if you have more money or less money, the key is that Ma Chenshu attaches great importance to Lu Yiming's connections.

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong also looked at Lu Yiming eagerly, eager for his approval.

There is no way, a grassroots company like them is eager to have a larger living space, lest a random wave of the market will overwhelm their small body.

The company has not yet started to make money, but the expenses are not small. I am worried about where to find a financial support father.Now that Ma Chenshu has contacted a rich young master like Lu Yiming, for them, isn't that just a pillow falling from the sky just to doze off?
However, when they were excitedly calculating how much money Lu Yiming would invest in them, Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said, "I'm not interested in the paging system at all. After all, in terms of historical law, it's very important for this thing to be replaced by a mobile phone." A sure thing."

Lu Yiming shook the Motorola in his hand, and smiled at the three of them: "Come to me when you have bigger dreams. I believe that your talents and ambitions go beyond the paging system."

He took out some of his business cards from his pocket and sent them to Ma Chenshu, Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong.

Lu Yiming's choice really exceeded everyone's expectations.

Although Lu Yiming was disappointed that he didn't get the investment, Ma Chenshu obviously felt that Lu Yiming recognized Ma Teng, so he immediately said to Ma Teng, "Thank you, Mr. Lu?"

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Although the investment was not secured, the connection was established anyway. Ma Chenshu felt that it was fruitful. He remembered the meal, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Lu, it's time for dinner now, let's go to dinner first."

Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Please."

"Please."

Several people went to the dining area on the third floor of Binhai Hotel and asked for a single room, and then sat down in priority.

As soon as the tea was served, Zhang Zhidong couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Lu, you just said that the replacement of the paging system by the mobile phone is a certainty. Let's talk about it when we have greater ambitions and dreams. Then what do you think will be the mainstream in the future?" What could it be?"

Lu Yiming's tone was firm, and he said without hesitation: "The Internet is the future."

"the Internet?"

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Zhang Zhidong said a little excitedly: "President Lu, to tell you the truth, the two of us also believe that the Internet is the future. This technology will definitely affect all aspects of human society and bring about unprecedented changes."

In the current Xia Kingdom, as an ancient civilization, traditional ideas and meanings are still very strong. Even ten years later, some people still regard the Internet as electronic heroin.

Therefore, although Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong have long believed that the Internet is the mainstream of the future, they dare not put all their eggs in one basket and invest in the wave of the Internet. Instead, they do some stable business such as paging systems to earn some money and accumulate the first pot of gold. .

And Lu Yiming, who has already witnessed the future with his own eyes, naturally has no doubts or hesitation about this, and what he said is even more decisive: "With the emergence of radio, television, the Internet and other electronic media, with the rapid development of various modern transportation methods , the space-time distance between people suddenly shortens, and the whole world shrinks into a 'village'."

The term "global village" was first proposed by Canadian communication scientist M. McLuhan in [-] in his book "Understanding Media: The Extension of Man".

With the laying of the information superhighway and the advent of the Internet era, this concept is gradually becoming known to the public.

"global village?"

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong chewed the noun carefully.

Zhang Zhidong said excitedly: "Wonderful! The concept of a global village is really wonderful. In the past, the unit of long-distance communication was 'month', but nowadays, information can be transmitted on the Internet with just one click on the keyboard. Isn't it the same as visiting neighbors in the village? It really turned the huge earth into a village!"

These three words immediately made Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong feel like a treasure, just like a rebel army that has just started, found its own general development plan and theoretical guidance, and instantly had a clear grasp of the future situation.

Speaking of which, the food was served, and everyone chatted while eating.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon between majors.After drinking and eating, we all parted.

On the way back, Zhang Zhidong couldn't calm down for a long time, and his heart was ups and downs, as if he saw the turbulent waves of the era, sweeping towards him.

Even Ma Teng, who has always been quiet, seemed a little excited, and said with emotion: "Mr. Lu is indeed as rumored. He really looks like a dragon and a phoenix. His demeanor is heart-wrenching."

Zhang Zhidong couldn't help complaining: "You're only flattering now, isn't it too late, why didn't you say that in person just now?"

Ma Chenshu laughed and said, "That's right."

Ma Teng immediately argued red-faced: "How can this be called flattery? I really admire Mr. Lu, okay?"

After chatting, Zhang Zhidong couldn't wait to ask Ma Teng: "Then what should we do now? Are we still working on this paging system?"

Ma Teng thought for a while, and still felt sorry for the previous investment: "The pager still needs to be developed, but I think we should have a more ambitious goal. A few days ago, I accidentally discovered a very interesting foreign software on the Internet. It's called OICQ. As long as there is a computer, two people can communicate through text even if they are not face to face. I think we can also make one."

As a technical nerd, Ma Teng has always been very unaccustomed to talking face-to-face with people.

The OICQ software perfectly helped him avoid this problem. It can communicate with people without having to meet people face-to-face. It is simply a perfect social mode.

Zhang Zhidong himself often surfs the Internet, so he naturally knows this software, and was immediately surprised: "Are you planning to copy this OICQ?"

Ma Teng blushed again immediately, and argued for himself: "Can things on the Internet be counted as plagiarism?"

(End of this chapter)