With the release of Windows 95 imminent, Silverberg was so busy that he was not prepared to stay in China, and after getting off the plane at Beijing International Airport, he stayed in the waiting room and waited for the latest flight to the United States. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Yunlai, who came to pick him up, used the Xinhua News Agency's signboard as a pretext to conduct a brief interview with him, asking some official clichés such as "cooperation prospects" and "evaluation of Snapdragon", and then said goodbye and left with Du Qiu, Du Jiabin also followed, and asked: "Mr. Du, reporter Liu, can I take a ride?"

"Welcome, welcome, honored. Liu Yunlai drove a Land Cruiser, he opened the trunk very enthusiastically, while helping to carry the luggage, while complimenting: "Manager Du has made great contributions to the cooperation between China and the United States software industry this time, and solved Microsoft's urgent needs. ”

"This time it was Brad himself who came to talk about it, and I don't have any credit for being an entourage translator. Du Jiabin stuffed his backpack into the trunk and said with a wry smile: "I don't want to be promoted and raised, as long as those programmers in Zhongguancun scold me a few words, I will be satisfied." ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. Liu Yunlai closed the lid of the trunk, laughed and said: "You have facilitated the cooperation between Microsoft and Snapdragon, so that all the computer companies in Zhongguancun have lost face and lost their linings, and they will definitely scold them even more." ”

"They can't make a browser, what's the use of scolding me? I'm just a professional manager, technology depends on strength to speak, scolding people can't solve problems." ”

"Careful-eyed people are everywhere, and Manager Du doesn't have to mind. ”

Liu Yun came to the airport to pick up Du Qiu and had other important matters, but because Du Jiabin was there, it was inconvenient to talk deeply, so on the way back to the city, he only talked about some recent domestic and foreign political gossip.

After sending Du Jiabin to his destination, Liu Yunlai asked, "Where is Mr. Du going to live?" or Kempinski?"

"Brother Liu just called me by my name, he always came and went, not only shouting, but also stumbling when he listened. Du Qiu smiled and said politely, "I want to go to the Beijing Hotel, I heard that the food there is good." ”

"The Tan family cuisine at the Jingcheng Hotel is indeed a must. Liu Yunlai said while driving along the street with familiarity: "The article published by "Lookout" last time has attracted widespread attention and has received a good response, and they plan to sort out the remaining dozen or so articles and make a series of special topics, what do you think?"

"I have a manuscript fee, of course I can't ask for it. ”

"Lookout" is a large-scale political and economic news weekly sponsored by the Xinhua News Agency, and it is also the earliest news weekly in New China, and its circulation has always ranked first among domestic news weeklies, and it is one of the necessary publications of party and government departments in various places.

E-commerce is blank in China at this time, but not in the United States, as early as the 80s, there were online mail order companies, in 1995 there were more than 3,000 large and small shopping websites, from real estate to toys, from air tickets to books, almost everything, Du Qiu's article is actually very simple, is to introduce the basic concept and business model of e-commerce, and then pointed out that the railway and highway transportation network of large and medium-sized coastal cities in China has been basically completed, the key to restricting economic development is no longer transportation, but the speed of information interaction, advocating to vigorously promote the construction of Internet infrastructure, accelerate information circulation, and prosper the market economy。

There is no problem with this set of theories themselves, but in fact it is a bit out of touch with the national conditions, because in 1995 China's transportation facilities construction was very backward, the capacity of railways and highways was very tight, and it could not carry large-scale logistics and transportation, and it was not until after 2000 that the basic needs were almost met, but just like Du Qiu could not wait so long, the bureaucrats in various places could not wait so long, the investment in railway and highway construction was high, the construction period was long, the results were slow, and the interests of all parties were involved, and it was a mess, and the construction of the Internet was much simpler, as long as a few million dollars of investment, it could be opened in a few months, and it catered to the strategy of rejuvenating the country through science and education, which had just been releasedPutting on the cloak of promoting economic development with high technology is a shortcut to promotion and wealth.

This shortcut is especially true for the bureaucrats of the post and telecommunications department, because in 1994 the State Council approved the institutional reform plan of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the General Post Office was separated from the administrative sequence of the organs, and became the enterprise bureau of professional accounting, and in April 1995, China Telecom officially registered the enterprise legal person, and the split of postal and telecommunications has become a sure thing, and the split will inevitably bring chaos and opportunities。

"Brother Liu, the response you said is very good, what kind of good method is it?"

"I had dinner with the CEO of AsiaInfo a few days ago, and he said that after the opening of the Internet in Beijing and Pujiang in January, only three cities received business, but in the last half a month, the number of cities that have come to them for consultation has suddenly increased, and more than a dozen cities want to open the Internet within the year. ”

AsiaInfo is China's earliest Internet access service company, is also China's first Internet company listed on the NASDAQ, in January 1995 Beijing and Pujiang access to the Internet project was done by them, the company's two founders have had a significant impact on China's Internet industry, one later left to become the founder and CEO of Netcom, the other continued to stay in AsiaInfo, to undertake a total investment of tens of billions of yuan of "Golden Shield Project" contracts, including firewalls.

Du Qiu had heard of this company for a long time, and asked, "Brother Liu is very familiar with this company?"

"I've been studying the plan for the portal you mentioned recently, so I've had a lot of contact with people who are engaged in the Internet, and I don't know each other very well, but I just know each other. What, you have business to talk to them about?"

"There is no business, but there are very few enterprises engaged in the Internet in China, and they are all peers, who want to know each other and communicate with each other. ”

"Are you going to stay in the capital for a few days? If you have enough time, I will help you contact them, you are now the most famous programmer in China, more popular than Andy Lau in the industry, and many people want to see what you look like. ”

"I will go to the Japanese consulate tomorrow to apply for a visa, if it is passed, I will go to Japan the day after tomorrow, if it does not pass, I will stay in the capital for a few more days. Du Qiu remembered another very famous company in China's early Internet industry and asked: "I heard that China Telecom opened its Internet value-added service license to the outside world a while ago, is it true?"

"There are a total of 5 companies that have obtained licenses, of which four are in Beijing and one is in Pengcheng. ”

"What kind of business have those companies in the capital carried out?"

"What kind of business, now it costs 20 yuan for an hour of Internet access, and the phone bill is calculated separately, and few people can afford to spend it. Liu Yunlai parked the car in front of the traffic light and said: "One of them is called Yinghaiwei, they set up an email registration center in the United States, and then sell email with computers and modems, which is essentially no different from those who sell computers in Zhongguancun, but there is an email gimmick, no technical content, far worse than your Snapdragon." ”

The well-known Yinghaiwei actually does such a low-level business......

Du Qiu sighed and said: "Now the Internet fee is indeed too expensive, if it can be reduced to 2 yuan an hour, it would be good, the cost will be reduced, there will be more netizens, and if there are more netizens, the Internet industry will prosper." ”

"China Telecom has a monopoly, there is no competition, and there is not enough money to make, how can it be possible to reduce the network fee to 2 yuan. Liu Yunlai shook his head, turned to the things he was most concerned about, and asked: "Du Qiu, last time you said that if you operate it properly, you can make a portal website go public in the United States in three or four years, what kind of operation method is it?"

"Brother Liu, the portal has different ways to play, if you want to make a lot of money, you only need to sell the concept, it can definitely be listed before 2000, if you want to do a career, then it's another matter. ”

"How do you sell concepts?"

"If you sell a concept, you go and register a popular website name, for example, use the Xinhua News Agency's golden signboard, go to Silicon Valley or Wall Street to preach, saying that you want to be China's Yahoo, you can easily raise tens of millions of dollars, and then recruit a group of people, copy the news from major domestic newspapers on the Internet, and then find a few heavyweight leaders to inspect and visit, and it won't be long before you can go public. ”

Liu Yunlai was thoughtful when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "What about doing business?"

"If you want to do business, jump ship to Snapdragon. (To be continued.) )