After chatting with everyone, Zhang Chen learned that Xu Chaojun was really more than a year younger than himself, only 16 years old this year, and he was not in any juvenile class, but he went to school early when he was a child, jumped a level, and passed the regular college entrance examination.

And Zhou Feng is the science exploration flower of the college entrance examination in Gusu Province, and he is only three points away from the champion. And Wang Xiaochuan, who is the most widely known in later generations and the most successful among these people, was specially recruited by Tsinghua University, like Zhang Chen. Moreover, it has just won the gold medal of the International Information Olympiad on behalf of Huaxia, which is the first time that Chinese people have won the gold medal in this event.

Wang Xiaochuan has the same geekish temperament as Wadi and Larry Page, and is the least spoken of these people. I couldn't imagine that this young man, who didn't look amazing and had few words, would be able to talk eloquently in front of Ma Yun more than ten years later, and insisted on Ali's investment in Sogou.

Although these Tsinghua students know more about the Internet than the average person, they are only scratching the surface.

As soon as they first came into contact with the Internet, they were conquered by the imaginative online world. At this time, how can you not be excited to see a living Internet legend appear on the shore of the West Lake, talking and laughing with your own people?

Hu Chen has the unique familiarity of the people in Beijing, and after chatting a few words, he boldly asked: "Zhang Chen, I heard that your ICQ is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars, is it true?"

Everyone turned their burning eyes to Zhang Chen, which was also the question they wanted to ask the most. Although they are all intellectuals, it is very vulgar to talk about money, but if you don't talk about it, you are stupid.

Zhang Chen smiled and shook his head: "It's just a valuation now, and I only have a part of the shares, not so much." ”

After all, Hu Chen is only an 18-year-old boy with not so much social experience, so he still continues to ask: "Then how much is your current share worth?"

Zhang Chen's face was embarrassed, and Zhou Feng glanced at Hu Chen: "Trade secrets, don't ask blindly if you have nothing to do." ”

Hu Chen cried out: "I'm just asking, now that it's so fierce on the Internet, it's hard to see the real person, why don't you inquire more?"

Zhang Chenyile: "I won't sell the shares in hand in a short period of time, so it's really hard to say how much it's worth." There is the possibility of being worth hundreds of millions, and there is also the possibility of losing everything and not making a dime. ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, the risk of this Internet is too great, right? The little man Xu Chaojun's eyes lit up: "You mean you can really make hundreds of millions?"

Zhang Chen said: "It's just that there is this possibility, now there are tens of thousands of Internet companies in the United States every year, but there are so many that are really successful." It's possible to make a big profit before you really fail. But this ratio is too low, and I can't say whether ICQ can become one of the big profitable projects. ”

When they heard this, they were all thoughtful. Zhang Chen carefully observed everyone's reactions and found that everyone's reactions were different.

Zhou Jie, Hu Ning, and Wang Xiaochuan didn't react, and it seemed that they were just listening to it as an anecdote.

Zhou Feng was very envious and looked at himself with admiration.

Xu Chaojun's eyes were the hottest of these people, and he could see that he had a strong desire to get rid of poverty.

As for Hu Chen, he looked like a gossip, and he just wanted to dig out more material.

Looking at this group of young people who were about the same age as himself and in their prime, a sense of historical testimony arose spontaneously from Zhang Chen's heart.

This is the future of Huaxia Internet!

Zhou Feng was more careful, and asked why Zhang Chen came to Tsinghua University?

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "I am similar to Xiaochuan, I was recruited by Tsinghua University, but I will not be able to enter school until next year, so I will come here to do something this time." ”

When everyone heard this, they excitedly said, "Then you will become our junior next year? ”

Zhang Chen shook his head and said, "I should be in charge, not a computer." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Hu Chen said: "Why are you going to manage it? You are so strong, how good it is to come and play with everyone in our School of Information." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "I can't get in if I want to, I was recruited by the management, and the School of Information doesn't want me." ”

Everyone nodded, this is true, I almost forgot about this stubble just now.

Zhou Feng shook his head regretfully, and then said with relief: "It's okay, since they are all in the same school, and their interests and hobbies are similar, it is always convenient to communicate with each other, we are waiting for you to join." ”

Zhou Feng's hobby for computers is simple and strong, if Wang Xiaochuan gradually began to transform into a real investor and boss in the later period, then Zhou Feng is one of these people who has always struggled on the front line of technology.

In later generations, Zhou Feng has been working in online art since he was studying at Berkeley, and he has been working for more than ten years, and he has always devoted himself to researching technology. In the circle of the Internet, it can be said that there are very few existences.

Among this group of people, Zhou Feng and Wang Xiaochuan are the two people with the best skills now, and they have only been in the first half of their freshman year, and they have already begun to write some small programs. Xu Chaojun, on the other hand, spends his spare time doing VB outsourcing for a software company, and can earn hundreds of yuan a month.

Standing here, most of them are tech nerds, and a group of people are chatting and talking about programming. Zhou Feng has been in contact with C++ and is full of praise for the practicality of C++, and although he is still a rookie, he is also a rookie of Tsinghua University.

Zhou Feng suddenly asked Zhang Chen: "Which technology are you interested in now? I have decompiled ICQ, it should also be written in C++, right? Especially the 2.0 version in the first two months, the code is really beautifully written." Zhou Feng exclaimed.

Zhang Chen smiled: "I don't know much about technology, but I think in the future Internet world, Java will have great development, if you are interested, you can get in touch." ”

Everyone was stunned: "Java?"

Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes, when Java was first developed, it was developed as an embedded language, so the package was small and suitable for network transmission. And Java is easier than C++, but the functionality is not bad, and there will definitely be good development in the future. ”

Everyone looked at each other, although everyone had heard of this language, which was just launched last year, but they really didn't know about it carefully. Hearing Zhang Chen say this, I really have to go to the computer center to find information in this area.

Hu Chen sighed and said, "If you leave and go, if you don't go back to the dormitory, the dormitory manager will scold you again." Alas, the microcomputer center is not allowed to use it at night, otherwise it would be possible to go over and check the information now. ”

Zhang Chen's heart moved, "You didn't buy a computer?"

Zhou Feng smiled bitterly: "A computer is more than 10,000, and a compatible machine is at least 8,000, how can you afford it?"

Hu Chen also shook his head: "Now there is an alien computer, which is also more than 8,000 yuan, and the configuration is no worse than more than 10,000 yuan." After the Chinese New Year, if there is another promotion or something, I am ready to ask my family to buy me one, it is too inconvenient to have no computer. ”

Zhang Chen's heart moved: "If there is a company that provides you with computers for free, but you usually have to use your spare time to write code for this company, would you be willing?"

(End of chapter)