Computer newspaper interview, at 10 a.m. the next day.

The computer newspaper is a subordinate unit of the Yuzhou Association for Science and Technology, and the office location is also borrowed from the Yuzhou Association for Science and Technology. For convenience, Zhang Chen stayed in the Hotel of the Association for Science and Technology.

The whole of Yuzhou is like a big construction site, full of tower cranes and forklifts. The construction of the Huanghuayuan Bridge is about to start, and the surrounding demolition and relocation have been non-stop all night, so noisy that Zhang Chen has not slept well all night.

The next day, Zhang Chen appeared at the computer newspaper office with two dark circles under his eyes.

It was Li Zhigao who interviewed Zhang Chen, and Li Zhigao was very interested in this teenager and took the initiative to ask Chen Zongzhou to apply for an interview with Zhang Chen.

Li Zhigao himself is a genius boy, admitted to Yuzhou University at the age of 17, completed a doctorate in optoelectronics at the age of 27, and just joined the computer newspaper last year.

The reason why he joined the computer newspaper is also very simple, to make money.

Li Zhigao could have stayed in school to teach, but when he saw the gray-haired old professor bargaining with the vegetable vendors in the vegetable market for a dime of the vegetable price, he decided that he would never let his future life be as aggrieved as these predecessors.

Therefore, after Li Zhigao contacted the computer newspaper, he resolutely left the school, even though he did not know about the IT industry, but his intuition told him that this industry is the future development direction, and it is possible to make a lot of money!

And Zhang Chen is a living example.

IDG invested 5 million in the computer newspaper, and Li Hesheng, as a senior executive of the computer newspaper, participated in the whole negotiation and felt the charm of the combination of capital and technology for the first time. And he and a group of computer newspaper executives had already learned from Liu Ming that the young man in front of him was the person in charge of IDGVC Huaxia.

It is said that it is an interview, but in fact, it is more like a chat, and the computer newspaper will find what you need from various materials afterwards to form the final version of the interview.

After listening to Zhang Chen's experience of founding the lattice website and ICQ, Li Hesheng asked: "As the largest IT technology newspaper in China, what do you think is the future development direction of Computer News?"

Zhang Chen pondered for a moment: "In a short period of time, print media will still be the mainstream of the entire media market. But in ten years, with the popularization of the Internet, the living space of paper media will become smaller and smaller. Let's put it this way, the changes brought about by the Internet to human society are all-round, and any industry must adapt to the arrival of the Internet era. However, I believe that as a media at the forefront of the times, Computer News will be able to take the lead in transforming itself over other media. ”

Li Zhigao asked: "Then in the short term, what advice do you have for the computer newspaper?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while, "In a short period of time, not to mention the Internet, even personal computers have not been popularized. The readership of the computer newspaper is limited by the group that wants to buy a computer and has already bought a computer. Among them, only a small number of people have already bought computers, and most of the people who buy computer newspapers are interested in computers, but they can't afford to buy them. Therefore, I think that the computer newspaper can start from the two directions of hardware and games, and improve it. ”

Li Zhigao blinked, "Hardware, games?" Hardware Li Zhigao understands, this is also the established strategy of the computer newspaper, originally the computer newspaper opened four editions, and only one of them introduced hardware. Now the computer newspaper has become four and thirty-two editions, of which five or six are hardware pages. But what the hell is a game? Computer games? Increased investment in this area, too lo, right?

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it's hardware and games." Nowadays, there are many people who want to buy computers, but not many people really know all aspects of hardware knowledge. Therefore, this part of the readers has a very high demand for hardware information. And games are the real growth point in the future. Last year, the Legend of Sword and Fairy was launched, and nearly 50,000 copies were sold in just one year, and the number of pirated copies was hundreds of times. And this game is mainly aimed at the Chinese-speaking area, that is to say, people who have computers in China now may have this game in their computers. ”

"In China, Lianxiang defines personal computers as home computers, which is a very sensible approach. But again, I have only one definition of a home computer, which is the entertainment center of the home. ”

"Since it is an entertainment center, the most basic entertainment function on the computer is to play DVDs and games. But now domestic computer users, there are very few ways to understand the game, last year there was a magazine on the market, called Volkswagen software, I believe you have also heard of it. When Dasoft was first launched, almost the entire magazine was an introduction to the transfer software and an in-depth analysis of some software. But now, the game sector of Big Soft has accounted for 1/4 of the Big Soft layout, and it will definitely be higher in the future. ”

Li Zhigao digested what Zhang Chen had just said, and was a little disappointed. In his opinion, Zhang Chen should not have come up with the real thing. Although what Zhang Chen said just now makes sense, it does not have the spirit of the IT elite at all, but some, how to say, conservative?

Zhang Chen only made some suggestions for the future development of Computer News in view of the current market situation, and did not reveal too much about the future market trend and made too shocking predictions.

It's not that Zhang Chen cherishes himself, now that IDG has successfully injected funds into the computer newspaper, Zhang Chen certainly hopes that the development of the computer newspaper will get better and better.

But Zhang Chen has considered it, and at most he will reveal the general trend within a year or two. After all, people in any era are not stupid, in fact, many business models in later generations have been thought of and done at present, but because they do not have the objective conditions, they have all collapsed.

For example, Yinghaiwei, and Sitong Lifang, the most significant example is 8848.

The steps are too big, and it is easy to pull the eggs.

The one who is half a step ahead is the genius of success. One step ahead, the madman who has failed.

Zhang Chen didn't want to be the egg that was ripped off, nor did he want to be the madman of the pathfinder.

Therefore, Zhang Chen may point out some suggestions that are beyond the times but feasible now, but he will definitely not venture forward, and there will always be more companies that die by themselves than those that are defeated in the competition.

The reason why Zhang Chen wants to invest in the computer newspaper is because for many years to come, the computer newspaper will be the most authoritative media in the domestic IT industry. Mastering the computer newspaper means mastering the mouthpiece of the pre-Internet era.

Zhang Chen saw Li Zhigao's expression and smiled slightly: "What I just said is the specific tactical issue of the computer newspaper within one or two years, strategically, now that the computer newspaper has received investment from IGD, it should start the electronic and Internet of the computer newspaper as soon as possible." ”

Li Zhigao perked up: "Are you referring to the electronic version of the computer newspaper? Now that we are already working on it, we are expected to issue an additional CD-ROM in January next year, which will contain the electronic version of the computer newspaper for the whole year of '96. ”

Zhang Chen shook his head with a smile, and said word by word: "Computer newspaper must build a portal website based on IT information. ”

(End of chapter)