The opening ceremony of the Internet conference was held in the Sanjiang Provincial People's Congress Conference Center, which is a building completed in the 80s, with a solemn appearance and a solemn interior, which is very suitable for bureaucratic meetings, but lacks modern multimedia equipment, and is not suitable for netizen gatherings, but in 1995 in Yuncheng, it is difficult to find an indoor venue that can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time, so it can only be improvised. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Wang Xingguo, vice governor of Sanjiang Province, delivered an opening speech, and then Hu Qiheng, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chairman of the China Computer Federation, delivered a speech.

"Next, I would like to invite Mr. Du Qiu, the initiator and advocate of this Internet Conference, CEO of Snapdragon Technology Co., Ltd., to deliver a speech, please applaud......"

Under the cordial care of a certain leader, the conference arranged a popular female host of Sanjiang Provincial TV Station to be the master of ceremonies, she had not finished introducing on the stage, Du Qiu had not yet gotten up in the audience, and the conference center resounded one after another shouting.

"Mr. Du, I love you!"

"Brother 8, you're so cool!"

"8 boss, show the uncles a face, sell a smile first!"

Du Qiu's network ID is UN2758, letters and numbers are inconvenient to type together, so it gradually became alienated when it circulated on the Internet, and the two letters "UN" were omitted by netizens abroad and replaced by the number 2758, and in China it went further, only the last number "8" was used instead, so there were titles such as 8 brother, 8 total, 8 boss and so on.

In 1995, China's Internet was just starting, netizens were as pure and immature as newborn lambs, Du Qiu, an old driver with more than ten years of Internet experience, mixed in, like a tiger descending the mountain, unstoppable, after the opening of the official Snapdragon BBS in May, he often drove on it, posted some complaints about current affairs, spoofed classics, dirty jokes, Posts such as showing off skills and pretending to be forced made netizens crazy and worshipped, which can be called a super Internet celebrity in the 90s, so before people came on stage, the applause received far exceeded those two leaders.

Du Qiu waved his hand and walked onto the rostrum, and when the hostess passed by him, she smiled and complimented softly: "Mr. Du, you are so handsome." ”

"Thank you. ”

Du Qiu walked behind the podium in the center of the rostrum, took out a folded piece of paper, and opened it unhurriedly, everyone thought he was going to give a speech, so they quieted down, but they didn't expect him to suddenly say: "The one who made me laugh just now, the lunch box at noon will be halved, and a chicken leg will be deducted." ”

Buttoning up a chicken leg is his usual mantra on BBS, and as soon as this remark came out, the room burst into laughter, and the conference center was filled with the noisy atmosphere that young people should have, making those bureaucrats who usually don't use the Internet inexplicable and confused.

"First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Governor Wang and President Hu, without their enthusiastic encouragement and strong support, this conference would not have been possible...... In addition, I would like to thank Yuncheng and Sanjiang University for ......"

Hou Chengzong, an academician of the Institute of Quantum Physics, also came, sat in the third row with Chen Zhiyang, shook his head and said after listening to a few words: "When Xiao Du gave a speech at your Sanjiang University, after taking the stage, he made three chapters of the law, prohibiting this and forbidding that, and also refuted your face, and went on a rampage like a calf. ”

The beginning paragraph was actually written by Chen Zhiyang for Du Qiu, and he said with a smile: "People are all knowledgeable, and Xiao Du has been experienced." ”

Hou Chengzong snorted hatefully, and complained: "He was originally a good seedling for academics, if he studies technology with peace of mind, he will become a great tool sooner or later, and now he is following your baby son everywhere to make money, and he has experienced a copper smell, and the pearl is dark, and his talent is wasted!"

Chen Zhiyang has been in management for more than ten years, and he has long had no pursuit of academics, so he didn't think much of this remark, but it was not easy to refute it, so he smiled and took advantage of the opportunity to applaud, and gently vaguely passed.

After reading the thank-you speech according to the script, and after giving face to several leaders, Du Qiu took off the microphone fixed on the podium, walked to the edge of the rostrum, faced the audience closely, and began his formal speech.

"Eight days ago, after Netscape went public on the NASDAQ, the Wall Street Journal commented that it took GE 43 years to become a $2.7 billion company, and Netscape only took one minute, and every second was worth $45 million, isn't it an exaggeration?"

Someone in the audience immediately responded loudly: "It's too exaggerated!"

In addition to 500 netizens and more than 80 Snapdragon employees who came to participate in the Internet conference, there were dozens of reporters and hundreds of related households who came to see the excitement, and the conference center was crowded, at least more than 700 people were seated, but Du Qiuxun followed the prestige and immediately recognized this person as Zhou Hongyi, because among the dozens of people around, only he was wearing a red polo shirt.

IT bigwigs like to wear solid color clothes, such as Jobs has been wearing black turtlenecks for more than ten years, Zuckerberg's wardrobe is full of gray T-shirts of the same brand and style, but there are fewer who like red, the most famous of which is Zhou Hongyi, because he likes to fight, so people give him the nickname of "Red Cannon", which is very recognizable.

In the time and space before the crossing, a reporter once summed up the character of several IT bigwigs in China, saying that Lei Jun is diligent, Ma Huateng is gentle, Ding Sanshi is shrewd, Zhou Hongyi dares to break through, in the pioneering stage of the Internet has just started, dare to break through the most important, and in Chang'an Jiaotong University to study computer science, in the School of Management to study a master's degree in systems engineering, both understand technology and management, even if there is no information in memory, it is still a top talent urgently needed by Snapdragon, so Du Qiu found his traces on BBS, and immediately called him in person to invite him to come over to participate in the Internet conference。

"This friend, do you think Netscape is not worth that much money?"

Zhou Hongyi was still a nobody at this time, he didn't expect Du Qiu to interact with him in front of everyone, and after looking left and right, he stood up and said, "I don't think it's worth it." ”

"I'm the opposite of you, I think Netscape is seriously underrated, why don't you do it, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

"Snapdragon and Netscape are competitors, and I know the founder of this company, so it's not fair to you to bet on Netscape's future market value. Du Qiu first pretended to clear himself, then pondered for a few seconds, and said: "Let's bet on the development prospects of the Internet in the next five years, I think that before August 18, 2000, there will be at least 10 Internet companies with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars on the NASDAQ, and at least 10 Chinese Internet companies with a market value of more than 1 billion yuan, do you think it is possible?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience exploded like cold water dripping into hot oil, and even those government officials who were stable couldn't sit still, and they began to talk one after another, knowing that in 1995, there were only three listed companies in Sanjiang Province, all of which were old state-owned enterprises with a history of several decades, and the total market value added up to more than one billion yuan......

Those with 10 billion US dollars will not be wanted, but if 10 companies with a market value of more than 1 billion yuan are produced within 5 years, then the political achievement will not be blowing up balloons, but riding rockets......

In the midst of the disturbing discussions, Zhou Hongyi raised his voice and replied categorically, "I don't think it's possible. ”

As soon as his voice fell, a netizen in the back row made fun of it and said: "Bet on having a lottery head, what is the 8 boss going to use as a lottery head?"

"That's right, 8 boss, don't be stingy, take some decent lottery heads. ”

"Mr. Du, smash them in the face with your checkbook!"

"Come on, come on, is there anyone betting with me? 10 yuan a bet. ”

Du Qiu made a bet with Zhou Hongyi temporarily, and did not prepare in advance, touched the pocket of his jeans, and found that there was nothing else except the car key, so he took it out and held it up in the air and said: "This is the car I just bought last week, it is worth about 1.5 million, how about using this as a lottery head?"

No way!

The lively and noisy conference center was instantly quiet, the netizens in the back row stretched their necks, the leaders in the front row turned their heads, and everyone's eyes were on the car keys and Zhou Hongyi. ”

"It's okay, I only have this on me, so bet on it, and you can find an item from your body as a lottery head. Du Qiu pointed to the camera he hung around his neck and said, "Why don't you bet on your camera." ”

Zhou Hongyi raised the camera and looked at it, shook his head and said: "This is a point-and-shoot camera, it is only worth a few hundred yuan, you will lose too much to bet on it." ”

"A few hundred yuan is equivalent to half a month's salary of yours, right?"

"Almost. ”

"This car is also equivalent to half a month's income of mine, so they are both worth the same. Du Qiu played a super tyrant with a casual attitude, and then said excitedly: "If you want to gamble, gamble, don't bet and sit down, manly man, have confidence in yourself, don't be afraid to cower, I don't care, what do you care?

Zhou Hongyi was only 24 years old at this time, had just graduated from graduate school, was full of longing for the future, and he was a reckless character who dared to rush and dare to break through, and when he heard the words, he aroused his ambition, so he said loudly: "Okay, I'll bet with you!"