Annoyed, Tang Huan didn't send a notice, and went directly to AOL's office building, only to find that there were more than 500 employees here, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as being busy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"AOL's network is so congested, what are you doing?" Tang Huan asked Steve Case, who was sweating profusely, dissatisfied, "When I visit now, it's unbearably slow. ”

"Taking advantage of the popularity of the Internet concept in recent months, we have launched a series of promotions, including a batch of free client floppy disks with a free trial account, which has caused the access load to exceed the carrying capacity." Steve Keys replied with a smirk.

Tang Huan raised his eyebrows, pointed to the core of the problem and asked, "A batch?" So what is the exact number? ”

"Two hundred thousand floppy disks." Steve Keys reported humbly.

"You guys are really good, ruthless! Is it that when you see that the latest budget has just arrived, you can't suppress the desire to spend big? Tang Huan raised his hand angrily and drew a half circle in the air, "I don't know what the effect is, maybe it is that American Online has become an American line." ”

Steve Case hurriedly grabbed a document to his boss to see, "Although AOL's access speed has been criticized recently, and even the traditional media have come to laugh at it, the real situation is surprisingly good - AOL's brand awareness has doubled again, and so far, more than 10,000 new subscribers have been added, and the momentum has not stopped." ”

Tang Huan looked at the document in surprise and said to himself: "Is this a swarm of singing about AOL, and the result is a rebellious effect?" ”

Seeing that the big boss's face softened, Steve Case secretly breathed a sigh of relief and further explained: "Actually, network access speed is a highly subjective concept. Prior to this, AOL's network was good enough to be proud of the entire industry, and it has been dragged down by the recent surge in visits, which is nothing more than on par with its peers. Especially for those new users who are attracted to the Internet, they are more concerned about the frustration of their first contact with the Internet, and AOL has no one in terms of ease of use. As for the sudden network congestion, they will think that the Internet is meant to be like this. ”

Tang Huan was not so easy to fool, he snapped the file shut, looked at Steve Case, and asked again directly to the core of the question: "So you tell me now, what is the accounting cost for each real user developed by AOL?" ”

"Close to $400." Steve Keys scratched his head and turned as fast as he could, "I think it's worth it, though." At this stage, with no more than 5 percent of the U.S. population of nearly 250 million using the Internet, there is tremendous room for further development -- and it should be done at all costs to win over the number of users. ”

"You're doing a good job of seeing the big picture." After Tang Huan said something undeniable, he stood up and ordered, "Go, accompany me around." ”

Steve Keys is a workaholic, and even his employees are playing with him, and the entire company's operations team is full of passion.

Feeling the unique atmosphere of Silicon Valley, Tang Huan affirmed the work of Steve Keys and others from the side, "AOL's IPO is on the agenda, and everyone's hard work will definitely be rewarded." The reward of stock options is absolutely indispensable. ”

The big boss's statement was naturally very inspiring and made the inspection process seem relaxed.

While walking through the computer room area, Tang Huan saw two familiar little figures in an office through the window.

Seeing the big boss's different face, Steve Keys hurriedly took cover and stepped aside. However, Tang Huan was not blinded, he pushed the door directly, walked in, and saw that in front of an old-fashioned Fangyuan network server, 11-year-old Jin Chang was being commanded by 7-year-old Jin Jia, constantly comparing the monitor and recording data.

"Amazing, my son, I actually ran to the machine room to toss." Tang Huan reprimanded in a deep voice.

Jin Chang replied calmly: "Dad, don't wronged people, okay, let's temporarily borrow a server with a fixed assigned address on the Internet here to verify an invention." ”

Jin Jia, who changed her teeth and now spoke straightforwardly, also explained: "Dad, we have made an instant messaging program and are debugging it." In the future, our whole family will be able to chat through the Internet, no matter where we are on the planet. ”

Zhao Yazhi's Jinying, Jin Jie and Lin Qingfang's Jinjia, Jin Yan, has been quiet and calm since childhood, and all have shown remarkable mathematical talents, and they are superb at a young age, and even breathtakingly relied on real materials to pass the senior engineer in the Zheru training and certification system.

Therefore, watching these two little guys tossing around on the Fangyuan server, Tang Huan, who is a father, was not surprised, but felt that they were a little messy.

At this time, Steve Keys explained: "Despite their young age, they spoke very well and introduced their inventions in a complete way, so that I felt that they were not inferior to adult-led development projects, so I provided two hours of computer time a day through this obsolete Fangyuan network server." ”

Seeing that Steve Keys had a nose and an eye, Tang Huan half-believingly observed the program that the little brothers were busy with, and when he noticed the string "i_seek_you" on the title bar of the software - "I'm looking for you", he not only laughed and said: "What, it's called ICQ?" ”

Jin Chang hurriedly cleared up the relationship and said: "This fairy tale name is Jin Ying, Jin Jie came up with it, and it's really difficult for their artistic cells." ”

Jin Jia, who wiped a handful of snot with a handkerchief, retorted unconvinced: "I think the names that Seventh Brother and Starling came up with are very good, the meaning is simple and clear, and catchy - you see when Dad read it just now, he pronounced icq for the first time, and how smooth the three syllables sound!" ”

"It's too messy, I have to calm down outside......" Seeing the two little guys discussing so carelessly, Tang Huan rubbed his stomach that was so sore because he forcibly held back his laughter.

You must know that in the development of the Internet during this period, there were three mainstream applications - the World Wide Web, e-mail, and instant messaging. Among them, the World Wide Web was launched the latest, and it is also of the greatest significance as a platform.

In fact, after the fourth-generation Fangyuan personal computer with 32-bit architecture gradually became the mainstream, Zheru broke the situation that instant messaging is exclusive to UNIX users, and included instant messaging programs in the enterprise office assistance software suite products; However, as far as the entire Internet is concerned, there was no incentive to invest and deploy at that time, after all, the application, like e-mail, needs to maintain server resources on the Internet, and the scale of users is very limited.

Tang Huan didn't expect that his little people would now regard instant messaging as an improvisation and have a lot of fun.

In all fairness, on the Fangyuan computer platform, where the underlying system development interface is increasingly rich, the technical difficulty of compiling an instant messaging software system is not very high, but it is also suitable for children to give full play to their talents and practice their hands.

What really made Tang Huan laugh was that their results were actually called "i_seek_you" - God knows, this time he really didn't cut off his beard, and there was no need to be so thoughtful - such a simple thing, just make one by yourself and just crush it directly.

The richest man rubbed his sour cheeks and thought about it seriously -- the time has come for the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, to launch an instant messaging system for the vast number of ordinary users. His own sons also happened to meet by mistake.

Tang Huan's real gratification for this little surprise is that his sons have mastered the way to do things - they know how to find and lobby for the central server necessary for the Internet-based instant messaging software. Although there are reasons for this to play a privileged role, there are also many examples of the second generation of powerful people not being able to make good use of such resources.

Tang Huan was thinking in his heart, and the cheers in the office came out from the crack in the door, attracting him to return to the office, and asked lightly: "What, the debugging was successful?" ”

Jin Chang waved his fist and replied excitedly: "At home, the three groups led by Jinge, Jinming, and Jinliang, as well as the Aristotle and Socrates teams in England, and the Plato and Athena groups in Milan, can have multi-party conversations. ”

Looking at the strings scrolling rapidly on the monitor screen, Tang Huan asked again in surprise: "The functions you have achieved are not limited to point-to-point. ”

After Jin Jia hit the enter key on the keyboard, she tilted her head and replied, "There are only two people talking, how can it be compared to a large group of people chatting together." ”

Well, even the group function has been tossed out - Tang Huan, who finally couldn't suppress the smile on his face, pulled over a chair and sat down, and said in a serious voice: "Children, I think we should have a good talk about this little program called icq." ”

Jin Chang leaned over happily and asked with bright eyes, "Dad, are you optimistic about our project and planning to make a venture investment?" ”

"You just tossed out a toy, just entertain yourself, and want to fool me into making an investment." Tang Huan immediately straightened his face, "Zheru has so many professionals, won't I ask them to be a better one?" ”

"Dad, you're bullying people." Jin Chang muttered angrily: "It's a big deal, I'll ask my mother for funds, we brothers, a little bit of one person, it's enough for the project to run." ”

This is really embarrassing - Tang Huan is just used to naturally suppressing the other party's momentum before negotiation, but he didn't expect to be counterattacked by his own son.

"Your mother can send your two brothers $100 each, and I can invest hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars, as long as you give me a satisfactory plan." Tang Huan quietly followed the good temptation.

Jin Chang, who crossed his waist, was really defeated all of a sudden, and stretched out his finger happily and said, "Then we will pull the hook and not regret it." ”

After Tang Huan confirmed his promise, he asked seriously: "I can wait for the plan, but now I want to know what kind of sober understanding you have of your achievements, such as the shortcomings in technology." ”

Jin Jia was the first to reply: "During the test, Athena kept complaining that it was not fun to just send texts. Next, we plan to add objects such as images and icons to the scope of support. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Jia's little face showed a look of distress, "Our program also needs to be strengthened in terms of security, Jin Yan, a troublemaker, once hacked into the server and hijacked the message package of the communication channel." ”

"That time doesn't count, Jin Yan belongs to the inner ghost, and it can't be prevented." Jin Chang glanced at Jin Jia and hurriedly added.

After scolding with a secret smile, "a small thing with a small ghost", Tang Huan just wanted to continue to get to the bottom of it, Jin Jia pointed to the monitor and said happily: "Don't talk about it." Mom has come back from work, I haven't seen her in a long time, and I want to hurry home. ”

Yes, the function of this instant messaging software is, first of all, "find mom". I want to invest and help seriously, and I don't know if it's too wishful thinking - Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows speechlessly, got up and said, "Then I'll wait for your plan." ”

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Lin Qingbian is now taking over the play, naturally there are thousands of choices, and there are only two in the near future - one is "The Sequel to Smiling Proud Jianghu" directed by Tsui Hark on the Xiangjiang side, and the other is "007" on the Hollywood side. This time, she just finished filming the latest "007" and came back from Morocco in North Africa to rest.

Compared with this period in the original time and space, MGM and Luen Mei were bought and sold, and then there were a lot of licensing disputes, and even the filming of "007" was delayed, and now these two companies are running well, and Luen Mei's "007" series, of course, can be launched as scheduled in accordance with the established steps.

According to the practice of releasing one "007" every two years, this is equivalent to between the "licence_to_kill" - "Murder License" the year before and the "golden_eye" in 1995 - "GoldenEye", there are two more "007" movies that should be released in 1991 and 1993 out of thin air, and this year's work belongs to the former.

The official orthodox "007" series was already the 16th part the year before last, and the result was that the original content was almost consumed, and the screenwriters had to prepare new materials.

Last year, Tang Huan went to Baghdad to retrieve Prince Fahd's body, which stimulated the adrenaline rush and inspiration of Hollywood people who like the theme of personal heroism, and they have started to create based on it. The "007", which will be released this year, is one of them. (To be continued.) )