In May 1996, China's first Internet café was born in the magic capital, the name is "Weigate", the Internet price is 40 yuan / hour, at that time it was not called an Internet café, it was called a computer room.

In November of the same year, the West Gate of Capital University of Physical Education opened an Internet coffee house, which became popular in the form of Internet and coffee leisure. The founder was received by Clinton, who wrote him a note: "Thank you for promoting the Internet." ”

It is difficult to verify who came up with the word Internet café, but now it is naturally Mr. Xu.

There are few users, I don't have too many computers, and to put it bluntly, it's for advertising.

June in the capital, early summer.

As soon as the morning class ended, Zeng Xiaoqiang ran out of the campus, turned into the alley along the avenue, and stopped in front of a small building. A conspicuous big brand: Times Internet Cafe.

An inconspicuous small brand, Sohu Company.

He is a sophomore this year, his family is in difficulty, he works as a part-time typist here, and he took the initiative to sign up for the network manager. Well, yes, the boss said it's called the network manager.

The salary is small, but the internet access is discounted.

When he arrived, there were a few cars parked in front of the door, and it was very lively inside. More than a dozen computers were all on, one person facing the monitor, and four or five were crowded around.

"Xiaoqiang!"

"Fatty!"

Another network administrator greeted and whispered with a glorious face: "See, are you there?" It's all big media, uninvited, crying and shouting to report on us. ”

"Exaggerated, huh?"

"Tsk! This is the first one in Beijing, crying and shouting that we still have to pick it! Just look, in two days, we will become popular all over the country and rush out of Asia to the world. ”

The fat man patted him and left.

The huge room is getting more and more crowded, and more people are sitting in the leisure area, ordering a cheap tea and waiting anxiously. It took a long time for a reporter to get up and say, "I see, thank you, it's really high-tech." ”

"Familiarity will be familiar, nothing more. ”

As soon as the seats were empty, someone suddenly scrambled, and a young strong man sat down and shouted, "Boss, this, how can you get this?"

"Wait, how long are you playing?"

"One hour!"

The same price as the one in the magic capital, expensive dead, but there are also many rich people. Zeng Xiaoqiang walked over and asked, "What do you want to play?"

"What do you have here?"

"If you want to play a game, click here. ”

He operates on the interface of Windows 95, "These are the built-in mini-games, Hearts Wars, Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell.

If it's a stand-alone game, we'll install it later, and we'll post it outside when that happens. ”

No way, Red Alert was released in October, Dark was released in December, and Sword and Fairy 95 was released in 97. "Warcraft 2" is there, but it hasn't been gotten yet.

"If you want to go online, click here. ”

Zeng Xiaoqiang poked the IE browser again, and it came up to Sohu.com, "You can order whatever you want to see, and click × when you close it." This is BBS, you need to register a username, you can speak and comment. ”

The first generation of the Internet was brutal, but it was shocking to the masses. The significance of the revolution is that no one had ever thought about it before.

When the website opened slowly in front of his eyes, this person was surprised to find that words with paper as the carrier could be presented in such a way.

The latest news was yesterday, and it was dazzling in columns and columns. He lit and watched indiscriminately, and the pleasure of enjoying novelty far exceeded the sense of reading.

Unconsciously looking at the time, there are ten minutes left!

And, what else?

He clicked on BBS in a panic, clumsily registered a username, and then saw an article in the sports section:

"Guoan has no drama this year, there is not even a decent shooter in the team, Gao Hongbo is too old to do it! Hurry up and take down Su Maozhen and Hu Zhijun!

This year must be a Shanghai hegemony, Wanda has not lost 11 games, I predict that Wanda will be the champion this year!"

Fuck your uncle's !!

He was a diehard member of the country, and he was about to spray when he pressed the keyboard, but he shouted: "The No. 8 machine is at the point!

"You allow two more minutes, two minutes, ouch, I'm ......"

I got off the plane angrily, and I was reluctant to go, so I shrank into a corner and muttered: "Damn, next time I spray that grandson to death, the most annoying thing is Wanda." ”

"Dude, you're a fan too?"

A person next to him said suddenly.

"Ah, I support national security. ”

"Oops, like-minded, like-minded!"

The two shook hands, "I'm from XX University, and I'm trying to hold a fan club on the Internet, do you want to join?"

"Okay, I'm worried that I can't find an organization!"

In an instant, buddy has a sense of security.

In 1994, the first BBS Shuguang station in mainland China was launched, and in 95 years, the first BBS "Shuimu Tsinghua" of China's education network was opened.

96 years, Lifang Online, 98 years Xici Hutong, 99 years Tianya ......

In the early days, BBS was definitely a big killer, which attracted netizens to stop.

And things like chat rooms, mailboxes, virtual communities, etc., can be tackled technically. Sohu intends to launch them one by one, which can attract the interest of users and avoid others from imitating them completely.

......

Upstairs, Zhang Fox excitedly circled.

"How many media outlets came?"

"There are at least seven print media, and Beijing and Taiwan are also here. ”

"Okay, as long as they report, they will definitely mention Sohu, free advertising!"

"But I don't really play much, and I don't think there are many visits. "Technicians are worried.

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Xu gave us a year of gestation, and the main thing at present is to lay the foundation and cultivate user habits. Hey, yes, yes......"

Zhang Fox had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly thought: "After a while, we will add another function, linking to other websites, which is equivalent to navigation." ”

"Doesn't that increase traffic for others?"

"That's right. ”

The Internet is wading through the river, and there is nowhere to touch the stones. It makes sense for him to think about it, "Then let it go first......"

"Mr. Zhang!"

At this time, Zeng Xiaoqiang ran upstairs, "CCTV is here, we are afraid of saying the wrong thing, you go down and take a look." ”

Cctv?

Zhang Fox was pleasantly surprised, and before he could respond, the phone rang again. As soon as Tang Jian took it, he hung up after a while, "An overseas media in China wants to do an exclusive interview tomorrow." ”

Wow!

Everyone was perked up, enveloped in a great sense of accomplishment and vanity. I thought there was a period of fermentation, but it turned out that the Internet was too prodigal, and it was on fire.

"The opening of the first Internet café in Beijing, ushering in a new era of the Internet?"

"Let's find out what the Internet is. ”

"Go out by the map, go online to find Sohu. ”

For several days in a row, there were long and long reports. This is a general trend brought about by the country's attention and the change of science and technology.

In 1995, there were fewer than 80,000 Internet users in China, and by the end of 1996, there were 150,000. Sohu took advantage of the popularity of the first Internet café, which also made many people's eyes red and heartbeat.

......

"It is to give the National Sports Commission publicity on the information highway, put all China's sports in it, and let the world know about China's sports ......"

"Let me tell you, it's a complicated question...... You should make an appointment first, you should make an appointment in advance, and it will be difficult for you to give a satisfactory answer if you don't make an appointment......"

Coming out of the sports committee, he was more like a purring horse, a people's rich man, and a baba who was more like a fox, although he was a little disappointed, he immediately cheered up.

There are two people in the company, one is named Fan Xinman, who made a short documentary in "Oriental Time and Space". She and Ma Fuhao are fellow villagers, and they were fooled and helped make a film.

It records the dilemma of Ma Fuhao selling Chinese Yellow Pages everywhere in Beijing in 1996 and eating all kinds of closed-door soup.

Fan Xinman is still Zhang Jizhong's ex-wife, and the two divorced and tore apart.

Another named Sun Yanjun, the deputy editor-in-chief of "China Trade News", was also fooled and took him to major ministries and commissions, all of which ended in failure.

"Don't be discouraged, let's run some more units, there are many units in the capital. If it doesn't work anymore, we can also hold a press conference, invite the media and entrepreneurs to come and talk face-to-face. Sun Yanjun encouraged.

"I'm not discouraged, I just think that in a few years, the capital will not treat me like this, and in a few years, you all know what I do. Ma Fuhao shook his head.