Chapter 21: A New Era of Internet Cafes
Just when "Network Genesis" began to show its clues in front of domestic players and "Lianzhong Game World" began to quietly become popular, Zhang Lexing received an encrypted email from Ma Guanghai, who had sneaked into Indonesia for a few days, through the satellite network, and after scanning it with special decryption software, the content of the email was gradually revealed, the text of the email was not long, but it also concisely introduced the situation after Ma Guanghai led the team into Indonesia, and it turned out that the female staff named He Wanping found it.
Since Ma Guanghai left on May 16, according to the agreement, Zhang Lexing has not taken the initiative to contact him, and there has been no news for seven days.
According to Ma Guanghai's email, they first entered Malaysia as tourists, and after preparing the necessary equipment, all the staff infiltrated Indonesia through secret channels, and set up a small logistics and communication camp in a secret location on the outskirts of Jakarta to house those large communication equipment that is not easy to carry and serve as a storage point for backup materials, and left two team members to guard it. The rest of the team members were divided into two teams, A and B, with Team A disguised as local Chinese and carrying small arms mainly to the city of Jakarta, intending to find the missing He Wanping, while the other team B followed the route of the French interview team before its disappearance to investigate the possible causes.
It was the fourth night that Team A entered the city of Jakarta after finding He Wanping, and although the riots had basically subsided, the local police officers roaming the streets had caused a lot of trouble, at least Team A could not ask people on the street with photos, so they had to quietly inquire among the local Chinese while slowly searching around the burned house of He Wanping's cousin's house. On the afternoon of the fourth day, Team A received inconclusive news from the local Chinese, saying that there was a woman who looked like He Wanping hiding in a Chinese community in the suburbs. These days, I have received a lot of news like this, and although I have returned empty-handed every time, for the hope of that eventuality, Team A still took advantage of the night to come to the Chinese community. After a detailed search, Team A finally found He Wanping, who was already very emaciated, in a house that had been without power and water for more than many days, and also found several young European and American men and women hiding inside.
According to the scheduled plan, after team A found He Wanping, they wanted to escort her safely to Jakarta International Airport, which is about 20 kilometers away from the city. Fly to the airport regularly in the afternoon to help the Chinese in need get out of this place that is like hell for them, so what Team A has to do is to find a way to get He Wanping to the safe area of the airport before the plane takes off.
But I didn't expect that there were still a few foreigners hiding here, it stands to reason that European and American people should be safe here, even when the riot was the most ferocious, I haven't heard of people from Europe and the United States being killed, although it is a bit strange, but Han Baichuan, the captain of Team A, didn't think much about it, and was ready to take He Wanping and leave as planned.
"No, I have to take them with me before I want to go. Unexpectedly, He Wanping simply refused.
How can this be done, with He Wanping, after all, they are all Chinese, and they are not too conspicuous here, but if you bring these foreigners, it is not as obvious as raising flags in the streets in broad daylight, and these foreigners dare not go out, there must be something that offends the locals, and they want to take them on the road, so everyone has to go on the road together. Han Baichuan didn't dare to agree casually, so he had to persuade He Wanping again, but no matter what he said, He Wanping looked like he didn't eat oil and salt.
Han Baichuan felt that his head was too big, and in desperation, he had to think of those foreigners, and sent a team member with good English to communicate, but he didn't expect to ask about a very thrilling experience, and also figured out why He Wanping had to take them away. But now Han Baichuan can't make his own decisions, after all, he didn't expect so many people to be sent away at the beginning, so he had to send a team member to the small camp in the suburbs to feedback the situation here to the people who can call the shots in the rear, so there is this email that Zhang Lexing received.
After reading this email, Zhang Lexing also roughly understood the beginning and end of this incident, when He Wanping's cousin's house had an accident on the 13th, she happened to drive out with her cousin's aunt to pick up something, and she was spared, so she could only temporarily avoid being killed at a friend's house with her aunt, but she didn't expect a group of thugs to rush in that night, He Wanping jumped out of the window and fled to the street, but only more thugs greeted her, like a group of hungry wolves, and threw her to the ground. Just when He Wanping thought she was finished, five men and one woman and six Americans who passed by reached out to her, and two of them looked a little drunk and swung their fists at the rioters.
It's a pity that the strength of the hot-blooded young man is still weaker, but he was beaten into a rolling gourd by the thugs who rushed up, and the two who made the first move were directly killed. So the messenger of justice became a suffering lamb, several people all fell to the ground, endured the blows and kicks from time to time, and even sticks, just when they thought they were hopeless, but suddenly the peak turned around, and a young Chinese single-handedly killed in, relying on a pair of iron fists, knocked over dozens of thugs around them to the ground, and everyone was saved. The young man also took them to a safe place to stay and provided some food and water, but then disappeared. So speaking of which, these foreigners can be regarded as He Wanping's life-saving benefactors, if it weren't for their intervention, even if that young man arrived, it is estimated that her flesh and blood would have been blurred, which is why she insisted on taking these foreigners away.
The matter is clear, Zhang Lexing has also keenly discovered the available places, these days the news from various channels has not mentioned that there are Americans killed, which shows that the local government is covering up the matter, if you can get people out, then ......
Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing immediately replied to an email, asking them to find a way to get those Americans out on the basis of ensuring He Wanping's safety. After receiving the reply, although he was already mentally prepared, Han Baichuan couldn't help but sigh and began to plan how to get this group out safely......
After sending the email, Zhang Lexing sighed, He Wanping can find it, there is finally one less thing to worry about, as long as she can be sent back to Hong Kong safely, whether it is to the company or her family, she has a good explanation, and then she only needs to think about how to use those Americans to add some trouble to the Indonesian government.
When Zhang Lexing was pondering, a phone call suddenly came in, he reached out and picked up the handle of the phone and put it to his ear, and Wang Mengyao's voice came from the receiver: "Boss, I just received a notice that China has determined to implement the Internet café license system, and I have written an email to you for details, please check it." ”
"Well, got it, I'll check it out. Zhang Lexing's heart was a little excited, which can be regarded as good news.
Putting down the phone, Zhang Lexing logged in to the office system, and there was indeed a letter from Wang Mengyao in it, so he clicked on it and took a look. According to Wang Mengyao's email, just yesterday, after a period of consultation with several central ministries and commissions, a resolution was finally passed on "using Internet café licenses to manage Internet cafes and allowing the rational development of Internet cafes that have obtained licenses." More crucially, Zhang Lexing's original proposal to "allow the use of computers to engage in electronic game entertainment business activities," "Internet café computers must use operating systems," and "game classification system for industry associations" have all been approved.
The Internet café license is also the same as Zhang Lexing's original suggestion, divided into A, B two, A license can provide all Internet café services including computer games, B license can only simply provide web browsing services, as for the license business area is divided into the national chain type, the provincial chain type, small chain and single Internet café license, the initial A license will only approve the national chain type and the provincial chain type, responsible for the examination and approval of the work to the cultural department, other involved in the public security, information industry, industry and commerce, fire protection and other departments.
Wang Mengyao also said in the email that after getting the news, she also did an investigation, and the cultural department will issue about eight national chain Internet café A licenses in the near future, which is intended to be implemented as a pilot of this system, which includes Zhang Lexing's company has automatically owned one, and other participating companies include China Unicom, Great Wall Broadband, Ruide Online, Zhongqing Network Home Co., Ltd., China Digital Library, China Cultural Relics Information Consultation Center, Zhonglu Time and Space Culture Development Co., Ltd. and several other enterprises. In order to facilitate Zhang Lexing's understanding of the situation, Wang Mengyao also attached the profiles of these companies to the email.
"China Unicom was founded on July 19, 1994...... According to the investigation, the company plans to launch an Internet business this year, and it is estimated that the purpose of obtaining an Internet café license may be related to this......"
"Great Wall Broadband was established in early May this year, the main business is Internet access, computer network engineering, etc., plans to introduce the most advanced broadband network technology in the world, the development of domestic Internet resources...... Major investors include Great Wall Technology Co., Ltd., China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Great Wall Development Technology Co., Ltd. ......"
"Ruide Online was founded in September 1996 and is a service provider with ISP business...... I have already opened an Internet café in Beijing, and the purpose of obtaining an Internet café license should be to make full use of my own resources......"
"Zhongqing Network Home Co., Ltd. was established in early May by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and Yiyang Group...... According to internal sources, China Youth Network Home Co., Ltd. will mainly develop customers under the age of 18, with the aim of creating a green Internet space for teenagers......"
"China Digital Library was established in ......"
"China Cultural Relics Information and Consultation Center ......"
"Founded in early May, Zhonglu Time and Space Culture Development Co., Ltd. is a large-scale cultural communication company funded by the China Audio and Video Publishing Group directly under the Ministry of Culture, and according to internal sources, it is also allowed to receive customers under the age of 18......"
For these suddenly extra competitors, Zhang Lexing is not worried, anyway, his purpose is to promote the system, as long as this system can be popularized, it can open up a new market for domestic game companies, it doesn't matter who realizes it, and on China Unicom, As long as the current Post and Telecommunications Bureau does not end up with China Telecom in the future, Zhang Lexing will not worry at all, and as for the China Digital Library and the China Cultural Relics Information Consultation Center, which are completely out of tune with the Internet café, there is no need for him to worry.
However, the two of Zhongqing Network Home Co., Ltd. and Zhonglu Space-Time Culture Development Co., Ltd., can see some clues from the time of establishment, it is obvious that they come with a certain idea of the leadership, and they all take into account the young people under the age of 18, in terms of the composition of the Internet café market, in this aspect, these two companies do have strong competitiveness, at least others obviously can't do it. However, Zhang Lexing is not worried at all in this regard, in fact, from the beginning, he did not plan to open his Internet café to minors to avoid many hidden dangers in the future, unless the country has a relevant opening policy, he will consider this aspect.
In the last part of the email, Wang Mengyao also made a special statement that this is still news that has not yet been announced to the public, and the person who told her the news said that there may be variables, so she suggested that the company make a formal response after the relevant situation is officially announced. Zhang Lexing also agrees with this point, domestic policies are sometimes like this, not to mention that they have not yet been announced, even if sometimes the regulations written in black and white can be interpreted by different departments into completely different meanings, so he did not plan to rush to the Internet café immediately.
In fact, before, in the name of Fengyun Game Club, a similar place like an Internet café has been opened, and even the initial beta version is running there, Zhang Lexing's idea at that time was to provide a place for players to gather and activities, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to cultivate some Internet café management talents, so as not to officially enter the Internet café, but also have to temporarily cram, invite some completely inexperienced people to come back and fool.
However, although the Internet café is not in a hurry to open for the time being, some things can still be started in advance, such as registering a company called Fengyun Investment Holdings in Beijing, as the main body of investment in the future chain Internet café, such as through acquisition and integration, starting from Beijing to gradually create one or several large-scale technical service companies, as a technical support for the comprehensive development of Internet cafes in the future, and at the same time, it can also be used as a skeleton to build a team for the future game ground promotion. In short, there are many things that can be done in advance, so Zhang Lexing immediately found a short meeting with the relevant departments and assigned the relevant tasks, and then he just quietly waited for the official announcement of the relevant policies of the Internet café, so that he could take his first step at the right time.
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