After the gathering of the Golden Bull Club, Song Weiyang immediately rushed back to Shenghai and stayed at home for a few days with his wife and children, and then ushered in the "First China Internet Conference".

The bigwig of the Ministry of Information Industry personally attended and delivered a speech, Academician Zhou of the China Association for Science and Technology delivered a congratulatory speech at the conference, and leaders of many departments from the central to the local government attended. Almost all the Internet-related enterprises in the country have sent representatives to participate, and many practitioners from Europe, America, Japan and South Korea have also been invited, and more than 1,000 people have attended the conference.

Sohu, NetEase, Sina, Sogou, Tencent, Lianzhong, Kingsoft, Alibaba, ...... The presidents or CEOs of these companies are here, and even William Zhu, as the president of Excalibur Network Company, currently has only one online game product, "Legend", and has been invited to participate in the conference and several sub-forums.

This year, Song Weiyang has been officially promoted from the executive director of the "Internet Society of China" to the vice chairman (there are more than 20 vice presidents in total). He will speak at both the China Internet Conference and the upcoming General Assembly of the Internet Society of China. There's no way, the richest man in China, and the richest man who has invested in many Internet companies, it can't be said that he is not invited to participate in this kind of occasion.

On the eve of the opening of the meeting, Song Weiyang was specially summoned by the big man, and the two sides talked about the future prospects of the Internet, and talked about the current shortcomings of China's Internet industry, without mentioning the key contradictions (PHS) between them.

On the day of the conference, the leaders spoke all morning, and the people in the audience not only did not doze off, but pricked up their ears to listen carefully, for fear of missing any keyword.

In addition to the clichés, the leaders also elaborated on China's Internet development policies, elaborated on e-government, urban informatization, broadband technology and construction, network and information security, and other important contents. There is a huge amount of information in the speech, some things were legal before, and they may not be legal after the conference; there are also elaborations on e-government and urban informatization, although they are only things in the general direction, but they represent the country's development layout in the field of networking, and there are unlimited business opportunities hidden in it.

The luncheon was semi-buffet-style, Song Weiyang had just picked up the meal and sat down, and his table was quickly filled, and even some leaders took the initiative to sit over and chat.

After eating, you can rest for 30 minutes, Song Weiyang entered the lounge, Ma Xiaoyun, Xiao Ma Ge, Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Ming, Lei Jun, Ding Sanshi, Zhu William and others came in one after another. Although everyone knew each other before, at this time, with Song Weiyang as the central link, they got together to chat and fart. Just like Brother Xiaoma, he is an old friend with Lei Jun and Ding Sanshi, but in recent years, he has rarely been in touch, and he has almost become passers-by.

Chatting and chatting, Ding Sanshi began to vent his bitterness: "If I act as an agent for Korean online games in the future, I will jump from the upstairs of the (Shenghai International) Conference Center!"

"Isn't your "Elf" very popular?" asked Brother Pony puzzled.

"I'm just on fire in my heart," Ding Sanshi said, "Korean companies are all bastards, and they have been dragging on and not solving bugs, and they refuse to give me the source code to solve it myself!"

Rebus suddenly joked: "It's our fault, we shouldn't have developed "Gold Mountain Ranger". ”

"What's the situation?" Ma Xiaoyun didn't know anything about online games.

Rebus explained: "Lao Ding represented a Korean online game called "Elf", and he could actually change the data through "Golden Mountain Ranger". This is really outrageous, "Golden Mountain Ranger" is a software specially designed to modify stand-alone games. ”

Zhang Chaoyang was surprised: "Is there such a thing? Are Koreans sick in the brain?"

Half a year ago, NetEase was making a slow progress in redoing "Journey to the West", and it was itchy to be itched by "Legend", so it acted as an agent for a 3D online game called "Elf". This online game is not only fun to play, but also the first non-turn-based 3D graphics online game in China, which instantly attracted the attention of countless players.

The server was full during the open beta of "Elf", and even if the fee was so expensive later (the point card is more expensive than "Legend", and it does not sell monthly cards), the number of people online at the same time was as high as 100,000. If the follow-up operation is done properly, "Elf" can be on par with "Legend", if not surpassing "Legend".

At this moment, the plug-in appeared, and it was a ready-made plug-in - Jinshan Ranger.

A player tried to use the software released by Kingsoft a few years ago to modify the data of the 3D online game "Elf", and the modification was successful!

However, the source code of the game is in the hands of the Korean company, and Ding Sanshi cannot fix the bug at all, and the Korean side has been delaying it for almost a month, and it has not solved this thorny problem for a long time. Ding Sanshi could only make a ruthless move, banning or downgrading nearly 100,000 accounts to the initial level within two months. This matter is known all over the country, and under the huge pressure of public opinion, NetEase forced these players to write a letter of repentance, which restored the account to normal conditions.

European "Elf" agents were frightened and directly banned Chinese mainland IP logins, for fear of making European services a miasma.

The Golden Mountain Ranger is mighty!

In another time and space, the Korean side dragged on to fix this bug, and soon a new catastrophic bug appeared: players only need to throw the equipment to the ground, then instantly unplug the network cable, and when they enter the game again, they can copy the equipment.

This bug caused the top equipment in the game to fly all over the sky, but at that time, SARS was encountered, and the Koreans dragged it out and couldn't solve it, making Ding Sanshi want to die.

Also being cheated this year is Ogilvy Electronics, which has represented a Korean online game called "Peacock King", which is scheduled for public testing at 7 o'clock one morning. But at 6 o'clock, an hour before the open beta, the South Korean side suddenly brought a new version, and it was very different from the old version...... Ogilvy Electronics gritted its teeth to open a new version, and encountered a series of bugs, not to mention, the Korean company has been dragging its feet and not doing follow-up updates.

Of course, no matter how badly he was cheated by the Koreans, Ding Sanshi's mood is still much better than last year, because the world Internet winter has passed.

The Nasdaq has been picking up since September, with major Internet stocks bottoming out in a sustained and small way, and now the stock prices of NetEase, Sohu and Sina are steadily rising. Among them, NetEase's stock price rose the fastest, and the increase was eye-catching in the entire NASDAQ, which must also have a credit to "Elf", after all, 100,000 people were online for two or three consecutive months, and the monthly statement can give investors great confidence.

"Knock knock!"

Shen Si immediately got up to open the door, and when he saw a foreigner standing outside, he immediately said in English, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

The foreigner smiled: "I am Zhang Chaoyang's teacher, and we were supposed to come over together, but I was delayed by something temporarily." ”

"Please come in!" Shen Si said quickly.

As soon as the foreigner appeared, everyone in the room stood up collectively and shook hands enthusiastically.

Negroponte is recognized in the West as "the most influential master in the field of computer and communication technology". When he met Zhang Chaoyang, Zhang Chaoyang still didn't know anything about the Internet, and the first seed investment in history Sohu was also paid for by Negroponte privately.

This old man has been to China several times, and on one occasion he was even specially received by a big leader, and people all over China who are engaged in the Internet know him.

For a long time, Zhang Chaoyang claimed to be the descendant disciple of Negroponte, and at this time, he smiled and introduced everyone, as if he had become the owner of this lounge.

What is surprising is that Negroponte actually looked at Ding Ming differently: "You are the maker of the Sogou Network Encyclopedia Plan?"

"Strictly speaking, I'm just an executor," Ding Ming said very modestly, "The online encyclopedia plan was proposed by Mr. Song Weiyang. ”

"I see," Negroponte smiled, "the Sogou Encyclopedia in the East and the Wikipedia in the West are both great revolutions in the history of Internet communication." I've been studying Wikipedia all this time, and although there are still problems of one kind or another, there is no denying that it will change people's lives. By the way, Wikipedia is a non-profit, how does Sogou Encyclopedia operate?"

Ding Ming replied: "Sogou Encyclopedia provides advertising space on the right side, but it cannot break even for the time being, and I estimate that it will operate at a loss for a long time in the future." ”

"It's better to make a non-profit website and rely on donations to stay in business," Negroponte said, "so that it can maintain the integrity of the encyclopedia and allow Sogou Encyclopedia to go further, after all, you can't let a private company undertake a public welfare project." ”

"I'll think about it. Ding Ming said perfunctorily.

This old man obviously doesn't understand the situation in China, and if Sogou Encyclopedia relies on online donations to solve the financial problem, then the website can be closed next month.

But no one dares to underestimate Negroponte, he is a god in the minds of Chinese Internet entrepreneurs, Ding Sanshi rushed to ask: "Sir, what do you think is the biggest business opportunity for China's Internet in the future?"

"Wireless broadband and P2P technology, in the final analysis, is P2P technology," Negroponte said without thinking, "P2P can make it possible to link unlocked files and data stored on computers to the Internet, and such technologies are not far away and can turn people's lives upside down." ”

Brother Xiao Ma was originally a technical master, and he instantly realized: "I am doing network instant messaging, and the product name is QQ, which is similar to ICQ in the West." When it comes to the expansion of P2P, in the future, QQ users can not only transmit text and picture information to each other, but also transmit all data files such as audio and video to each other. ”

Not to mention QQ, the future of Thunderbolt, electric donkey, Kugou music, until the expansion and application of the technology launched by Tencent. Even the blockchain, which was very popular later, Bitcoin or something, has a basic technology of P2P.

Negroponte also said: "Wireless technology and P2P are mutually promoting, I think in the area of communication technology, China's wisest choice is to skip 3G, promote the development and application of WIFI technology, and directly enter the 4G era." It's exciting to think about, wifi, 4G, a crazy digital era!"

Song Weiyang, who was originally absent-minded, suddenly widened his eyes when he heard this, and he wanted to ask: "Are you also a traverser?"

Ma Xiaoyun was confused when he heard this, and secretly asked Ding Sanshi: "What is Wifi?"

Ding Sanshi said: "You can understand it as a wireless networking technology, and someone put forward this theory about five or six years ago. However, due to technical limitations, it was not until two years ago that it began to be put into practical use, and the development speed in these two years has been particularly fast. ”

Song Weiyang had to admit that a great god is a great god, and it is not in vain.

If people say a word casually, they have already revealed unlimited business opportunities, just see if you can understand the true meaning.

Negroponte asked Song Weiyang: "Mr. Song, I will be the first to speak in the afternoon, and you will be the second to speak." What topic are you going to talk about?"

Song Weiyang smiled: "WEB 2.0 concept. ”

"Interesting, did you create a concept of your own?" said Negroponte.

"Sort of. Song Weiyang said.

(What Negroponte said in this chapter is not a random fabrication by Wang, but what he said in an interview with Sina in 2004.) Including China, which should skip 3G and go directly to 4G, should vigorously develop and use P2P and wifi technology...... ）