Before 2004, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Internet Regulatory Department (MOIT) were not as strict as they are now.

At that time, the Internet café industry had not yet formed a fixed management model, and many people were crossing the river by feeling the stones, and studying while operating.

Some small Internet cafes, even games need to be manually updated by the network management, and the cashier's computer is not as high-end as it is now, using a pirated "green tea" system, and then it comes with its own Internet café management mode.

It's very basic, and it doesn't work well at all.

Don't Chang'an remembers that this situation changed probably in 2004 after the birth of "Vientiane Network Management".

After the "Vientiane Network Management" came out, it formed some kind of cooperation with the Internet supervision department, so most Internet cafes use this kind of software to manage Internet café computers, of course, it is also for the Internet supervision department to monitor.

Vientiane was so popular that many Internet cafes in the country introduced this management system seemingly overnight.

Don't Chang'an remembered that there seemed to be a special forum for promotion at that time, and then there was popularity, and then offline sales, which was the success.

What kind of forum is it?

Don't Chang'an stood in place, thinking about it for a long time and didn't remember.

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Then, he chatted with the webmaster for a few more words.

Through chatting, Chang'an learned that the management of the computer in this Internet café only uses a program of automatic billing and getting off the machine, and when the time comes, the machine will shut down by itself, but if you don't go, turn on the machine again, you can also play.

"Then what if someone doesn't leave when the time comes, and then continues to play secretly?"

The network manager smiled and replied, "I'm watching here, who dares not to leave?

"Oh, too. Don't Chang'an said: "Okay, brother, you wait here, I'll go home and get the money, and the machine will definitely show me." ”

The webmaster played the game and nodded absentmindedly, which was considered to be an agreement.

……

After returning home, Don't Chang'an asked her mother for 60 yuan.

Don't ask him, "What are you doing?"

Don't Chang'an said: "It's useful." ”

According to the price of 01, 60 yuan was still very valuable at that time.

At that time, the shredded hot and sour potatoes were only 2 yuan a plate, and 60 yuan was enough for four people to have a big meal.

At that time, the monthly salary of ordinary workers in Jiangzhou was about 500 yuan, and there were also high 6 or 700 yuan, but it was generally like this, and those with more than 1,000 were considered high-income.

"What do you mean by being useful? What do you do with it, and you can't use so much money?"

"Mom, I'm really useful. ”

Don't think about it, and when she saw that her son was so persistent, she didn't say anything, and went back to the house to get him the money.

In fact, the network manager asked him for 60, which is really unreasonable, because according to the normal price, it is only 5 yuan for an all-night, and 10 yuan for a day's flight.

That buddy didn't see that Chang'an was too old, so he raised the price, and then privately got some money from it.

Don't Chang'an didn't make a deal with him, because once he couldn't negotiate and turned off the machine, the fruits of his labor in the morning would be in vain.

60 is 60!

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After returning to the Internet café, Don't Chang'an paid the money, exactly 60.

The webmaster counted, then nodded at the machine.

Don't Chang'an thanked him and sat down directly.

After sitting down, Bei Changan first optimized the interface of the WO268 navigation page, and then put links to some popular websites.

Throughout the afternoon, he searched for a number of useful websites and categorized them.

The classification is very simple, there are three categories in total, cool station directory, famous station navigation, and a selection of useful websites.

The interface is clean and clear, as long as it is literate, you can understand it at a glance.

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After finishing all this, Don't Changan packaged the source files of the website, put them on the desktop, and then started to work on the second thing, creating a domain name.

He was going to apply for all the domain names he had thought of a few days ago and set them aside.

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In '01, it was simple and easy to apply for a domain name, but the most important thing was that you didn't have to pay a domain name space management fee.

Everything is free.

It wasn't until 02 that the relevant policies were introduced, and personal domain names began to be charged, but the price was not high.

Generally speaking, the maintenance fee for a domain name for a year is two or three hundred days.

Of course, it will be higher later.

The application is very simple, first find a registrar, then enter the name of the domain name you want to register, and wait for the registrar to pass the two-factor authentication.

After success, go to the website to check by yourself, and then when the status changes to application, you can directly apply officially, wait for the notification, and you're done.

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In just one afternoon, Don't Chang'an registered the domain name on his book from beginning to end, and then he thought about some more, such as 58.com, etc., etc., in total, there are almost a dozen.

After finishing all this, Don't Chang'an came up with the previous idea again.

If you can make a software to manage Internet cafes before "Vientiane Network Management", there are too many benefits.

Money is only one aspect, the most important thing is actually resources, the resources of Internet café netizens across the country.

He can use these resources to promote his WO268 and bundle the software with the WO268 navigation page.

But all the Internet cafes that use management software, the default WO268 navigation when surfing the Internet, which will be a huge exposure and appreciation opportunity for their personal website!

In addition, if you add a game menu to the software, then there will be no more than a few game companies that come to you to talk about joining and promoting when you have popularity in the future!

Finally, and more importantly, you can be the first to know the development situation of the Internet in China!

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, so he opened WO268 and began to look for a forum about the management of Internet cafes.

He first found a few hackers' BBS, all of which have a network management community, but there is very little content about Internet cafes.

Later, Don't Chang'an searched for keywords at will, such as network management forums, network management, Internet café forums, etc., but there were none.

Finally, when he closed the page, in an inconspicuous corner at the bottom of the page, he saw a BBS established in 99, called "Network Management Home".

Click to go to the home page.

After browsing, Don't Chang'an found that this was exactly what he wanted!

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This website, because it has just been established for two years, so the traffic is not very large, generally come here, are some Internet café managers and website builders, the posts made on it, are also to share some experience in website construction and management.

Through observation, Bei Chang'an found that there are many posts, all of which are asking for management software for Internet cafes, but there are almost no software with real practical value.

There are only some small programs, as well as the management software bundled with the pirated windoes system, and the functions of the software are not very user-friendly, and the practicability is extremely poor.

Seeing this, Don't Chang'an found that his idea should be feasible!

If you make a software yourself, and then publish it on this forum, promote your products for free through this forum, and wait until you accumulate a certain number of users, you will be charged for it, and the effect and income should be considerable.

The most important thing is that you don't need to invest too much in the early stage of making software, a computer, a few CDs, and you can do it.

These advantages are fully in line with the requirements of other Chang'an, fast and efficient, and he feels that as long as the operation is done properly, he can completely monopolize the market before Vientiane comes out!