Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Annoyed, Tang Huan went straight to the office building of AOL without any notice, and found that the 500-plus employees here were too busy to describe it as if they were too busy.

"AOL's network is so congested, what are you doing?" Tang Huan asked dissatisfiedly about Steve Case, who was sweating profusely. "When I visit now, it is unbearably slow."

"Taking advantage of the popularity of Internet concepts in the past few months, we launched a series of promotional activities, including giving away a batch of client program floppy disks containing free trial accounts, which caused the access load to exceed the carrying capacity." Steve Kay Si San answered with a smile.

Tang Huan raised his brows and pointed to the core of the problem and asked, "A batch? What is the specific quantity?"

"Two hundred thousand floppy disks." Steve Case reported with a guilty conscience.

"You guys are really good, cruel enough! Didn't you see that the latest budget just arrived, and you couldn't restrain your wanton?" Tang Huan raised his hand in a half circle in the air, "I don't know how effective it will be. Could it be that AOL has become U.S. busy?"

Steve Case hurriedly took over a document for his boss to watch. "Although AOL's access speed has been criticized during the recent period, even the traditional media have come to join in and laugh, but the real situation is But it was unexpectedly good-AOL's brand awareness has increased exponentially again. Up to now, there have been more than 10,000 new subscribers, and the momentum does not mean to stop."

Tang Huan looked at the file in surprise, and said to himself: "This is a swarm of bad news about AOL. Did the speculation have a rebellious effect?"

Seeing the big boss’s face eased, Steve Case secretly breathed a sigh of relief and further explained: “Actually, network access speed was originally a very subjective concept. Prior to this, AOL’s network situation was excellent. Enough to be proud of the entire industry. Recently, it has been dragged down by the surge in traffic. It is nothing more than being equal to the peers. Especially for those new users who are attracted, they are more concerned about the frustration of the first contact with the Internet. No one can match AOL in terms of ease of use. As for the sudden network congestion, they would think that the Internet is the way it is."

Tang Huan was not so foolish. He snapped the file and closed the file, staring at Steve Case, and then pointed to the core of the question again and asked: "Then tell me now that every time AOL develops a real user , How much is the accounting cost?"

"It’s close to $400." Steve Case scratched his head and turned as quickly as possible: "However, I think it’s worth it. At this stage, in the US population of nearly 250 million, Internet use No more than 5% of the total, and there is huge room for further development-in order to win the number of users, it should be no hesitate."

"You have exercised your overall view of the situation well." After Tang Huan said undeniably, he stood up and said, "Go, walk around with me."

Steve Case is a workaholic. He even led his employees to death. The entire company operations team is full of passion.

Feeling this unique atmosphere of Silicon Valley, Tang Huan affirmed the work of Steve Case and others from the side, "AOL ipo is on the agenda, and everyone’s hard work will definitely be rewarded. Stock option rewards are absolutely indispensable. ."

The statement of the big boss is naturally very exciting and makes the inspection process seem relaxed.

As he walked through the computer room area, through the window, Tang Huan saw two familiar little figures in an office.

Seeing the big boss's face turned different, Steve Case hurriedly took cover and stepped aside. However, Tang Huan was not deceived. He pushed the door directly and walked in. In front of an old-fashioned Fangyuan network server, 11-year-old Jin Chang was being commanded by 7-year-old Jin Jia, constantly checking in. The monitor, swiping the pen to record the data.

"Awesome, my son, went to the computer room to toss." Tang Huan reprimanded in a deep voice.

Jin Chang calmly replied: "Dad, don't wrong people, okay, let's temporarily borrow a server with a fixed address on the Internet to verify an invention."

After changing teeth, Jin Jia, who is now speaking out loud, also explained: "Dad, we have made an instant messaging program and it is debugging. From now on, our whole family can chat via the Internet no matter where in the earth."

Jinying produced by Zhao Yazhi, Jinjia produced by Jinjie and Lin Qingxian, Jinyan, has been a quiet and steady temperament since childhood, and has shown remarkable mathematics talents, and has excellent chess skills at a young age. , And even astonishingly relying on the real materials, passed the examination of the senior engineer in the philosophical training certification system.

Therefore, watching these two little guys tossing on Fangyuan server, Tang Huan, who is the father, was not surprised, but felt that they were a little foolish.

At this time, Steve Case explained to the side: “Don’t look at their young age, but they speak in a very organized manner. They introduced their inventions and creations completely, so that I feel that they are compared with the development projects led by adults. It’s not inferior, so through this obsolete Fangyuan network server, two hours of computer time per day are provided."

Seeing that Steve Case had a nose and eyes, Tang Huan dubiously observed the programs that the younger brothers were busy with. When he noticed the string "i_seek_you"-"I'm looking for you" on the title bar of the software, he Not only laughed and said, "What, it's called icq?"

Jin Chang quickly clarified the relationship and said: "This fairy tale name was invented by Jin Ying and Jin Jie, and it's really hard for them to be artistic."

Jin Jia, who wiped her nose with her handkerchief, retorted unconvincedly: "I think the names that Seven Brothers and Starlings came up with are very good, with simple and clear meanings, and they are catchy-you see when Dad was reading just now. I chanted icq in one go, how all three syllables sound!"

"It's too messy, I have to calm down outside..." Seeing the two little guys discussing so arrogantly, Tang Huan rubbed his stomach because of forcibly holding back the laughter.

You should know that during the development of the Internet during this period, there were three mainstream applications-the World Wide Web, e-mail, and instant messaging. Among them, the latest launch of the World Wide Web has the greatest significance as a platform.

In fact, after the fourth generation of Fangyuan personal computers with 32-bit architecture gradually became the mainstream, Zheru broke the situation that instant messaging was exclusive to Unix users. In the launch of the enterprise office assistance software suite, instant messaging programs were included. ; But as far as the entire Internet is concerned, there was no incentive to invest and deploy at that time. After all, this application, like email, needs to maintain server resources on the Internet, and the user scale is very limited.

Tang Huan didn't expect that his little ones would now treat instant messaging as an impromptu and have a great time.

In all fairness, it is not very technically difficult to compile an instant messaging software system on the Fangyuan computer platform where the underlying system development interface is becoming more and more abundant, but it is also suitable for children to use their talents and practice hands.

What really made Tang Huan unbearable was that their results were actually called "i_seek_you"-God knows, I really didn't cut my beard this time, and I don't need to be so deliberate-make something so simple. , Just crush it directly.

The richest man rubbed his sour cheeks and thought about it seriously-the Internet, especially on the World Wide Web, is indeed time to launch an instant messaging system for ordinary users. My own sons also hit and missed it at the right time.

Regarding this little surprise with surprise, Tang Huan’s real comfort is that his sons have mastered the method of doing things-taking the central server necessary for instant messaging software based on the entire Internet, they know how to find and Lobbying. Although this has its own reasons to play a privileged role, but there are also many examples of the second generation of powerful people unable to make good use of such resources.

Tang Huan was thinking about it, the cheers in the office came from the crack of the door, attracting him to return to the office, and asked faintly: "Why, the debugging was successful?"

Jin Chang waved his fist and replied excitedly: "At home, the three teams led by Jin Ge, Jin Ming, and Jin Liang, and the British Aristotle and Socrates team, and Milan's Plato and Athena team , You can start a multi-party call."

Looking at the rapidly scrolling strings on the monitor screen, Tang Huan asked again in surprise: "The functions you implement are not limited to point-to-point."

After Jinjia tapped the Enter key on the keyboard, she cocked her head and replied: "There are only two people talking, how can it be compared to a large group of people chatting together."

Well, even the group function has been tossed out together-Tang Huan, who finally couldn't suppress the smile on his face, pulled a chair over and sat down, and said earnestly: "Children, I think we should just call it this Let’s talk about the icq mini program."

Jin Chang leaned over happily and asked with bright eyes: "Dad, are you optimistic about our project and plan to make venture capital?"

"You just tossed out a toy, just for self-entertainment, and you want to fool me into investing." Tang Huan immediately sullen, "Zheru has so many professionals, I won't ask them to make one. Is it better?"

"Dad, you are bullying people." Jin Chang muttered angrily: "The big deal is that I will ask my mother to ask for funds. We brothers, if we pool together a little, it will be enough for the project to run."

This is really embarrassing-Tang Huan was just used to naturally suppressing the other party's momentum before the negotiation, but he did not expect that his son would rise up to fight back.

"Your mother is at most sending your two brothers 100 dollars a person, while I can invest hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars, as long as you hand me a satisfactory planning book." Tang Huan calmly persuades you. Tao.

Jin Chang, with his hips akimbo, was suddenly defeated. He stretched out his fingers with joy and said: "Then we pull the hook and don't regret it."

After confirming his promise, Tang Huan asked seriously: "I can wait for the planning document, but now I want to know what kind of clear understanding you have about your achievements, such as technical deficiencies. "

Jin Jiaxin took the lead in answering: "During the test, Athena kept complaining that only text is not fun. We plan to add objects such as pictures and icons to the scope of support."

Speaking of this, Jin Jia's little face showed a distressed look, "Our program needs to be strengthened in terms of security. Jin Yan, the troublemaker, once invaded the server and hijacked the message packet of the communication channel."

"It doesn't count that time, Jin Yan belongs to the ghost, and it is impossible to guard against." Jin Chang winked at Jin Jia and quickly added.

After laughing and cursing secretly, "Little things like human beings, little ghosts", Tang Huangang wanted to continue to ask questions. Jin Jia pointed to the monitor and said happily, "No more chatting. Mom came back from work. I haven't seen her for a long time. ~www.readwn.com~ I want to go home quickly."

Yes, the function of this instant messaging software is to "find mom" first. I want to make a serious investment and help, but I don't know if it's too wishful thinking-Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows speechlessly, got up and said, "Then I'll wait for your planning book."

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Lin Qingxian is now picking up the show, naturally there are thousands of choices, and there are only two recently-one is "Swordsman Sequel" directed by Tsui Hark from Xiangjiang, and the other is "007" from Hollywood. This time, she just finished filming the latest "007" and came back to rest from Morocco in North Africa.

Compared with the original time and space in this period, MGM and Lianmei were bought and sold tragically, which caused a lot of licensing disputes, and even delayed the shooting of "007". Now these two companies are operating well. I don’t know how good it is. Of course, Lianmei’s "007" series can be launched as scheduled according to the established steps.

According to the convention of releasing one "007" every two years, this is equivalent to the extra space between "licence_to_kill"-"License to Kill" the year before, and the original 1995 "golden_eye"-"Golden Eye". The two "007" films that should be released in 1991 and 1993, but this year's work belongs to the former.

The official orthodox "007" series was already the 16th part the year before last. As a result, the original content was almost consumed, and the screenwriters had to prepare new material.

Last year, Tang Huan went to Baghdad to pick up the remains of Prince Fahd solo, which stimulated the adrenaline and inspiration of Hollywood people who like personal heroism, and they used it as a prototype to start their creations. The "007" to be released this year is one of them.