On June 27, the match entered the knockout stage, and due to Chen Zishan's little preference, the two finally went to Marseille's Villadrome Stadium to watch the quarter-final between Italy and Norway. At 5:30 p.m., with the referee's whistle, the game officially began. Unlike in the group stage, Italy and Norway played more cautiously at the beginning, after all, it was already a knockout round. Because the scene was still relatively dull for the time being, and Baggio did not appear, Chen Zishan did not rush to take out the binoculars, but observed the situation on the field through the TV in the private room.

Zhang Lexing noticed that Chen Zishan was a little emotional, and in order to liven up the atmosphere, he said some of the preparations he had made in advance: "Shanshan, do you know the origin of this stadium? ”

"You know, it's mentioned in the World Cup watchbook." Chen Zishan took out the booklet he was carrying, looked at it, and said: "Well, it was built in June 1937, and it hosted the 1938 World Cup and the 1984 European Cup, and is currently the home ...... of Marseille."

"Sanshan, you're right, but it's not detailed enough." Zhang Lexing nodded and said: "Actually, the construction of the Velodrome Stadium began as early as 1933, but it was later suspended due to financial problems, and if it wasn't for the 1938 World Cup, maybe this stadium wouldn't even be built." ”

"Oh, I see!" Chen Zishan flipped through the booklet again, and there was really no anecdote written on it.

"Not only that, but Italy, which is playing on the pitch now, has a lot to do with Norway and the stadium."

"yes, what's the origin?"

"Let's start with the last World Cup, Italy and Norway met in the group stage, when Italian goalkeeper Pagliuca was sent off and made history, giving birth to the first goalkeeper to be sent off with a red card in the World Cup...... The first World Cup match hosted by the Stade Velodrome in 1938 was also Italy vs. Norway, which won 2-1 against Norway and successfully defended the World Cup title that year......

"I really can't believe that there are so many interesting records." Chen Zishan was a little fascinated when she heard this, and even turned her eyes from the TV screen to Zhang Lexing.

As he spoke, the Italian player took advantage of a mistake by the opponent to grab the ball, dodged the opponent's tackle, and then made a straight plug from the backfield to Vieri on the forward line to try to launch a fast attack. After Vieri won the ball, Chen Zishan quickly turned her eyes to the TV screen and watched the development of the situation nervously.

After winning the ball, Vieri did not make any fancy moves, but like a heavy tank, he rushed directly into the penalty area between the two players of the opposing team, and a Norwegian player next to him still could not stop Vieri's charge. After rushing into the penalty area, Vieri used his strong body to cling to the defender next to him and hit a back corner, but the goalkeeper was caught off guard and could not intercept the ball, only to collapse to the ground and watch the ball fly into the net behind him. The whole attack was simple and fluid, and it only took about 10 seconds from the time the ball was won to the time it flew into the Norwegian goal.

Although a slow-motion replay of the entire goal process appeared on the screen afterwards, Chen Zishan was still annoyed, and there was always a feeling of missing the wonderful process in her heart. In the following time, except for halftime, she stared intently at the screen at other times, and she didn't care to listen to Zhang Lexing talking about some anecdotes about this World Cup on the side. Until the end of the game, the score was still fixed at 1-0, and the Italian team successfully advanced, but I don't know if it was because Baggio did not play, or because there was no new goal, Chen Zishan always felt a little regret in his heart.

That evening, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, another knockout match was decided, with defending champions Brazil beating Chile 4-1 to advance to the quarter-finals. In the following days, several other teams participating in the knockout round also came to the stage, except for Croatia and Denmark, which were a bit surprising, and most of the other strong teams passed smoothly or riskily, such as the French team, which played with Paraguay until extra time without the slightest championship, and if it wasn't for Blanco's flash of inspiration, maybe the French team would not have been. The ability to attract attention in the entire one-eighth final is naturally a battle between England and Argentina like Mars hitting the earth, whether it is the single-rider breakthrough of the wind-chasing teenager Owen, or the free kick attack of Veron and Zanetti "absolutely cooperating", and even the red card that the fledgling Xiaobei ate can be talked about for a long time.

The World Cup is in full swing, domestic fans are also fascinated by staying up late to watch, and the domestic game industry has also become surging. Although there is no portable satellite communication equipment, it is not as convenient as in his office to query the company's internal information at any time, but through the e-mails he receives every day, Zhang Lexing can still maintain his attention to the matters he cares about. For example, the regulations on the management of Internet cafes, which he has always been concerned about, were finally officially issued on June 1, and the main content is not much different from what he originally understood.

"Through the approval of business licenses, the nascent industry of Internet cafes should be reasonably managed...... The Internet café license will be divided into two types: Class A and Class B, the Class A license is a full business, in addition to Internet services such as web browsing, mail sending and receiving, etc., it is also allowed to provide additional services including computer games on demand, etc., and the Class B license is a restricted business, which is only allowed to provide Internet services such as web browsing and mail sending and receiving...... The main examination unit of the Internet café license is the cultural department at or above the provincial level, and the relevant approval process is as follows...... All licensed Internet cafes are required to use operating systems on their computers to facilitate supervision and management...... These Regulations shall take effect immediately on the date of issuance, and the relevant departments of all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions shall immediately clean up and rectify the business premises that have been operating Internet café business in the areas under their jurisdiction...... The examination and approval of Internet café licenses will officially start on July 1, and the first batch will issue a certain number of national and provincial chain licenses, and the approval of single Internet café licenses shall not exceed the prescribed number ......"

At the same time, there is also a temporary regulation issued by the Press and Publication Administration to strengthen the management of computer games, "From September 1 this year, all listed games must be marked with age-appropriate reminders on the outer packaging in accordance with the game classification system of industry associations...... Games installed in Internet cafes are also required to be marked with age-appropriate reminders...... and must not provide games that are not in line with the player's age for the player's use......"

In addition to the introduction of regulations and regulations in the email, there is also Wang Mengyao's report on the application for an Internet café license and the announcement of the game classification system of the China Game Industry Association, since the issuance of the regulations on the management of Internet cafes at the beginning of the month, Fengyun Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., which has just been established, began to prepare for the application for a national chain A Internet café license, and the first Internet café in the plan also began to be planned and designed in the reserved area on the upper floor of the Oriental Electronic Game City, and the equipment procurement will begin after the official license is obtained. Following the issuance of the temporary regulations by the Press and Publication Administration, the game classification system of the China Game Industry Association was also publicly released, and not only did each member receive a detailed manual of classification standards, but Zhao Haiguang also published a summary introduction of the game classification system in some professional game media and mass media.

Compared with the regulations on the management of Internet cafes, the temporary regulations of the Press and Publication Administration have had a more significant impact on domestic game companies, and the most obvious change is that some games that were originally reserved for the release after September have been suddenly brought forward to the summer vacation, and most of them are imported from overseas. However, at this time, the game approval system is still quite relaxed, at least Zhang Lexing can find gangster games like "The Godfather" in this year's game listing list, which is simply unimaginable ten years later.

Wang Mengyao also mentioned in the email that the two most popular hot spots in China are now - "Lianzhong Game World" and "Network Genesis", of which "Network Genesis" has been launched for more than a month, and has successively opened a number of game servers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and the number of registered users of the game soon broke through the 10,000 mark, and the number of online users has also soared all the way to - more than 2200 people, but unfortunately it is scattered to servers in several cities, and even the Beijing server with the largest number of people is barely over 1000 people. As a result, half of the two game servers that were enthusiastically prepared were not used up, and the load balancing test that was originally planned was completely unproductive due to the light load.

This situation makes the employees of Fengyun Network depressed,The disc is basically a free gift,There is no charging plan in the short term,The only thing that can be used as a result is the number of registrations and the number of people online,Especially the number of people online,Although there is nothing to compare directly,But we are also a graphical online game,How can it be stronger than those text-only Mud。

Later, through the forum, ICQ and offline and other ways to do some investigations, the employees of Fengyun Network finally found the crux of the problem, it turned out that there are several ways to surf the Internet at this time, one is the so-called "163", you can access the Internet, the charge is relatively higher, the other is the so-called "169", you can see basically some information ports around the country, but the price is very cheap. The game server of "Cyber Genesis" is directly connected to the Internet, and only users of "163" can access it, which is the main reason for the low number of online users.

The problem has been found, and Zhou Haoxuan, the operation director of Fengyun Network, has begun to solve it, and he plans to move the game server that is currently useless to the computer room of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau, so that it can serve those "169" users who cannot directly access the Internet, and the client only needs to put a small patch.

With the help of ICQ, the number of registrations has exceeded 70,000 in just over a month, and the number of online users has stabilized at about 4,000, and occasionally 4,700 or 4,800.

So much so that since late May, in some places where conditions permit, many people rushed back to the office after eating at noon, poured a cup of tea, and then sat down in front of the computer and talked with the mouse with the human hand. The leaders of some units are also pleased to find that the number of employees who are willing to stay and work overtime has increased significantly, but when the leaders walk away, those employees who are "working overtime" will immediately re-transfer the hidden ICQ and "Lianzhong Game World".

Many netizens who are accustomed to surfing the Internet in the middle of the night are no longer lonely, not only can they use ICQ to call friends, meet newcomers, and they can immediately learn from each other when they are interested, and have patience and time to play two games of Go or chess.

Seeing that the situation was getting better and better, Bao Yueqiao, Jian Jing and Wang Jianhua and others all felt extremely happy, and they also recruited two new employees, expanding the scale of the company from 3 to 5 people. After hearing about the difference between "163" and "169" from the "Network Genesis" project team, Bao Yueqiao also made the same decision, preparing to buy a new game server and go to the computer room of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau and the server of "Network Genesis" as a companion, so that the number of registered and online people of "Lianzhong Game World" will reach a new height.

At the end of the email, Wang Mengyao also forwarded the news from the Dream Fund, the precursor who has been expanding frantically finally can't support it, last year's slight surplus was dragged down by the dismal sales of "Water Margin Juyi" at the beginning of the year, due to not catching up with the schedule of the TV series, coupled with the impact of piracy, the "Water Margin Juyi Chapter", which invested a lot, finally ended up with a loss. At this time, the leading company blindly embarked on several projects, Tianjin Pilot was tossing "The Legend of King Gesar", and the Beijing headquarters opened "Monkey King", "Jingzhou", "Dream of Red Mansions" and other projects at the same time, all of which were waiting for rice to be cooked, but the expected funds were gone because of the loss of "Water Margin".

Bian Xiaochun, who was unwilling to fail like this, found his dream fund again, and wanted to get some more investment to survive this difficult situation, maybe he would have a chance to turn over. However, after the evaluation of the professionals of the Dream Fund, with the current domestic market, the Internet café market will definitely not be able to develop a large area in the short term, and the competition of the original bundled sales channels will be more intense, so the prospects of these projects of the leading company are not so optimistic, that is, the "Monkey King" with a high degree of completion is still a little carved. The results of the evaluation report are not optimistic, according to the original agreement, the final decision has to be made by Zhang Lexing, so there is such an email that has been forwarded, an email that pins the last hope of the leading company.

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