The first store of the legendary Internet café, after the three-day preferential period, began to officially operate.

In 1998, Internet cafes were still a relatively rare industry in Haijin.

As far as Zhang Yi knows, there are only two Internet cafes in Haijin at present.

One is in Haijin University, there are only more than 10 computers, the configuration is extremely different, and the price is 25 yuan an hour.

The other is on the science and technology street, on Anshan West Road, which is said to be an Internet café, but in fact, it is more appropriate to call it a café. The environment is very good, but there are few computers, and the price is 30 yuan an hour, which is really outrageous.

The price launched by the legendary Internet café is nearly half lower than that of its competitors, not to mention, the discount of charging 1000 to get 1000 and charging 100 to get 50 free is worth it, and the enthusiasm for card recharge is beyond Zhang Yi's expectations.

The most important thing is that the configuration of the computer is really the highest configuration on the market at present, and all the games can be played refreshingly.

Now people who play in Internet cafes, the most important thing is to play games, the demand for Internet access is not too much, after all, there are too few Chinese websites.

When Zhang Yi was fine, he walked around the Internet café to see what the people on the Internet were indulging in.

In addition to some games such as Red Alert, Dune, Age of Empires, and Heroes of Might and Magic, the most popular in Internet cafes is VV chat software.

People who are proficient in typing can open several windows at the same time and chat with different people.

Even people who are not familiar with keyboard typing are also fun, using one-finger Zen magic skills, chatting happily.

Looking at the upper and lower floors, nearly 500 computers, basically full of people, he had an idea, called a waiter over, and whispered. The waiter nodded at him in understanding, then turned and quickly left.

After a while, the waiter came back with a pile of printer paper from outside, and then gathered all his colleagues and gave some orders.

Soon, a piece of paper was handed out in front of everyone who went online, and everyone who was surfing the Internet didn't care about these things at all, just cared about the game in front of them. A classmate or friend next to you, noticing the content on the paper, immediately reminds everyone playing the game to fill out the form.

At this time, everyone found out that the first line of words on the paper was reminded in large characters: those who fill in the form carefully will be exempted from one hour of Internet fees.

The enthusiasm for filling in the form was activated in an instant, and many people stopped the game at hand and answered the content of the form seriously.

There are not many questions, mainly about the opinions on the Internet café, as well as some requirements for the software, etc.

After filling out the form and writing the machine number on the machine, everyone plunged into the world of the game again.

The collected table was quickly summarized into Zhang Yi's hands.

He sat in the coffee lounge area of the hall, looked carefully one by one, and had some good opinions, which he recorded with a pen.

It took more than two hours to put down the last form and pinch the tired corners of my eyes.

Unexpectedly, I had an idea and discovered another function of the Internet café.

It turns out that developing software by yourself is just done behind closed doors, everything is taken for granted, and there is always a layer of separation between it and the end user. Now, through this kind of irregular questionnaire survey, collecting the preferences and needs of Internet users is simply the prototype of big data in the future.

It's just that this big data is completely collected manually, which is a bit expensive, but the advantage is that this data is completely real and valid.

It's just that the process of collecting data is a bit cumbersome, and it seems that there is a need to develop a survey software specifically for Internet café users.

What software to develop and what functions to integrate now is a piece of cake for yourself.

However, without the statistical data obtained from market research, we have always relied on the advantages of reborn prophets, and we have not been able to achieve a target. These forms reflect the needs of the user in a very timely manner and are exactly what he needs most.

As he was meditating, he suddenly noticed a person sitting next to him.

When I opened my eyes, I saw it on the first day of opening, Jingjing's younger brother.

When he saw Zhang Yi noticing him, he hesitated and asked, "I saw you standing with my sister a few days ago, are you very familiar with her?"

Stunned for a moment, he really didn't know how to answer, this prospective brother-in-law's question. In my heart, I wanted to say to him: Of course I know, I am your brother-in-law.

Now this can only be thought of, if you say that, it will probably scare him.

"We're friends, didn't your sister tell you?"

"I asked her, and she ignored me, and told me to go back to school to study, and didn't let me go online!

"Your sister also cares about you, you are also an adult, you have to understand!"

"I've seen you in the Internet café several times, and you don't use the Internet when you come here, you always go around, what are you doing?

"Oh yes, it's an Internet café employee. Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and responded.

"Working in such a big Internet café, I guess I don't need to pay for it!

Looking at Jingjing's little fan brother, Zhang Yi was really speechless at his envious expression.

"Is it easy for you to go to school, and you come here all day to surf the Internet, aren't you afraid of affecting the curriculum?"

"I'm a junior in college, and I'm about to find an internship in a unit, and I don't have any classes!"

He is a junior, he is only a freshman, he should be older than himself, how embarrassed to be his brother-in-law in the future, depressed!

"I'm graduating soon, what do you want to do in the future?" he asked casually.

"I want to learn computer programming and develop my own games!"

"Have you ever studied a programming language?"

"I haven't studied, I'm majoring in trade, I've only touched the school's 386 computer a few times, and I still use a floppy drive to start, it's too backward!"

"The computers you have here are too high, and the owner of this Internet café is really rich. My living expenses are not much, all rely on the money my sister earns from work, and I can only come to the Internet once after saving a week. When he said this, his expression was a little gloomy.

Zhang Yi's heartstrings moved, she didn't give Jingjing a lot of money, but she didn't give her brother a living allowance, probably because she didn't want him to spend money indiscriminately.

"Do you really want to learn to code? I can give you a chance, but I have a request!"

"What a request, you say. He asked excitedly.

"You must learn C language within two months, if you can't do it, I won't bother others to intercede for you!"

He looked at Zhang Yi's eyes and said with some doubts: "You help me, why?"

"Because my sister and I are very good friends, and the most important thing is to test you to see if you can really learn to code well. ”

"However, I have too little time to surf the Internet, and although the prices here are already very cheap, I really can't afford to come to learn programming every day! I don't want to ask my sister for money, her salary, in addition to giving me living expenses, has to be sent home!"

"You don't have to worry about the Internet fee, I'll solve it for you, but if you can't learn the C language within two months, you have to pay me 3 times the Internet fee, if you don't have money, you can work here to pay off the debt!

He was stunned, lowered his head and thought for a moment.

"Okay, I promise you, but how can I be sure I'm learning C?"

"After 2 months, I will produce a C language test paper, and I can rest assured that the test content will not go beyond the scope of C language learning at university. ”

He clenched his head and said loudly, "Okay, I promise you!"