Chapter 190: The Internet Era Is Getting Closer

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In the morning, Fan Wuxian went to AOL to watch the news through his company's network, and found that there was a news on it, which was a case handled by the New York Police Department not long ago.

In March, NYPD personnel examined a body and concluded that the deceased had died of a gunshot to the head.

The deceased's name was Ronald. Opus, from the suicide note he left behind, learned that he had intended to commit suicide by jumping from the top of a ten-story building.

However, when he jumped off the building and passed in front of the ninth floor, a bullet came out of the window, killing him instantly.

After investigation, the police found that neither the deceased nor the person who fired the shot knew a situation, when construction was underway on the eighth floor, where workers had just installed a safety net. If Opus hadn't been shot and killed, his suicide plan would not have been possible.

Under U.S. law, generally speaking, if a person commits a planned suicide and eventually dies, even if the suicide process changes and the suicide does not go as the suicidal person intended, then the person should be considered to have committed suicide under the law.

However, when the police investigated the bullet fired from the ninth floor, the nature of the case changed.

At that time, an old couple on the ninth floor had a quarrel and were arguing, the old gentleman took out a gun to intimidate the old lady, and later pulled the trigger, but the bullet did not hit the old lady, but flew out of the window and hit Ronald. Opus's head. Under U.S. law, if a person wants to kill A, but kills B by mistake, then he should still be convicted of homicide against B. Therefore, the case should be a homicide.

But when the old gentleman faced the charge of homicide, both the old gentleman and the old lady said in unison. Both of them thought there were no bullets in the gun. The old gentleman explained that intimidating the old lady with an unloaded gun was a practice he had been arguing with his wife for many years. He had no intention of killing his wife. If what the old couple said is true, then this is a case of manslaughter.

The crux of the matter is. Under what circumstances and by whom are bullets loaded? During the investigation, the police found a witness who testified that he had seen the elderly couple's son load the gun six weeks before the incident.

And the police learned from a more in-depth investigation that the old lady had decided to stop giving financial support to her adult son, who had a grudge. There was murderous intent. He knew that his father had a habit of intimidating old ladies with a gun, so he loaded the gun with bullets, hoping to kill his mother by his father's hand.

Since this son knew what the consequences would be if he loaded the gun, even if he did not pull the trigger himself. He should also be charged with homicide.

So, the case became the son of the old couple against Ronald. Opus committed homicide.

However, the peak turned around, and the police on the old couple's son was actually the deceased Ronald. Opus himself.

He was deprived of his financial resources, and his long-brewing plan to kill people with a knife had not succeeded, and he was depressed, and finally on this day he decided to commit suicide by jumping from the top of a ten-story building. However, he was hit by a bullet fired from a window on the ninth floor

Other words. Ronald. Opus killed himself, so the case was ultimately determined to be a suicide.

After Fan Wuxian saw it, he felt that this case was really incredible, but he suspected that it was fake news, otherwise where would there be such a coincidental thing in the world?

However, Fan Wuxian also noticed one thing. The Internet age is already beginning to exert its immense influence. Although AOL is only a network company that has only been established for 10 years, its growth is already very good. Since the company went public in 1992, it has raised $66 million in one fell swoop, and now the company's market value has increased several times, and the $10 million that Fan Wuxian invested at will has exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars at this time.

The core of AOL's strategy is inspired by the founder Case's early work experience and fast food restaurants. He believes that no matter how good any technology is, if it is not practical, it will be eliminated from the market, and people like convenient and simple things, and technology is no exception. Therefore, he believes that AOL should provide people with convenient and fast Internet services, which makes the United States differentiated.

In accordance with this principle, AOL does not sell complex software, complex computers, or do other business in the dark. They only sell convenience and web services to consumers who are tired of their work and study, hate complicated software, but are willing to communicate with friends or strangers who use AOL in the United States about hot topics of daily life, or favorite music, or even business experience.

AOL's strategy of facing the average consumer seems to Silicon Valley's tech elite to go crazy. But this simple consumer-facing approach has brought his company handsomely on the Wall Street stock market. As noted by AOL founder Steve Brown. AOL is not focused on technology, as Case puts it, but with becoming a mass media and a part of the everyday lives of ordinary customers.

AOL is one of the few companies that can make using computers easier and more fun.

Of course, an important reason for AOL's profitability is online advertising, when other companies have no concept of online advertising, AOL has begun to implement its own advertising strategy, an unknown long-distance telephone company signed a million-dollar business with AOL, because online advertising is much cheaper than doing it on TV and newspapers, and checking out with AOL users through the Internet can also save a lot of additional expenses.

However, Fan Wuxian also knows that the ** of the Internet company has not yet come, and when he can at least return tens of billions of dollars from the original investment of 10 million US dollars, this investment is quite cost-effective.

Fan Wuji's investment in many well-known companies in the United States is moderate, generally speaking, no more than 10 percent of their equity ratio, such an equity ratio can allow him to obtain huge profits without worrying about being rejected by other shareholders of the company, or being stopped by the US government on the grounds of threatening national security.

The most important point is that Fan Wuxian will not interfere with the business strategy of those companies with good growth. so as not to affect their development direction, resulting in immeasurable changes.

Basically, these companies are like animals raised in captivity by Fan Wuxi, and it is time to harvest the land. You can slaughter it.

In fact, this kind of business strategy is also pursued by most professional investors, but it is worth noting that the harvest is too early, and the investment profit cannot be maximized. And if the harvest is too late, it is likely to be trapped.

Regarding the ISP business in China, Fan Wuji's people have already begun to negotiate with the provincial capitals of the provinces, as well as those cities that are more developed and have better economic conditions. Begin to lay the backbone optical cable in the urban area, which is a relatively large system project, not only to consider whether the distribution meets the current use needs, but also to take into account the construction intention of the municipal project, leaving room for future upgrades, which can be said to be very complicated. The central government's support for Fan's network service company is also relatively large, and the State Council held a special meeting to pull the top leaders of various provinces and cities over. Talked about the central government's support for network highways. It also states that Fan's Network Services enjoys the same development space as the General Administration of Telecommunications in the administrative area of Chinese mainland, except that Fan's needs to pay some fees to the local government

Because of the interest appeal, Fan's network service company seems to be at ease in negotiating with various localities, after all, the local government sees the money. I saw the benefits that could arise from the infrastructure of a network services company. I don't rule out this matter so much, after all, if the General Directorate of Telecommunications lays the same thing. But I won't pay them half a penny.

In this way, the fiber optic cable laying work in most provincial capitals has been gradually carried out, and the initial expectation is to complete the first batch of work tasks within half a year, build the domestic backbone network of Fan's network service company, and appropriately develop some branches.

For example, although some cities are not provincial capitals, nor are they very economically developed cities, but they have a tourism base and a very high occupancy rate of foreigners, then the hotel in such a city should not be missing the Internet, although the cost may be high, but it is essential.

Moreover, Fan Wuxian also thought about what he should do after building the network, that is, to deliberately create an atmosphere in which information determines everything by building a model project for his own enterprises in the Internet era, and taking this as a starting point to vigorously publicize other enterprises and encourage them to use their own complete sets of technology to become customers of their own companies.

For most of the emerging nouveau riche enterprises in China, Fan's Investment Group is like a mountain that must be looked up to, in front of this business giant, the top 20 private companies together are beyond the dust, let alone alone, with this demonstration role, Fan Wuxian does not need to worry that they will miss this learning opportunity.

Moreover, Fan Wuxian also has a killer weapon in his hands, that is, to use the resources in his hands to build a bridge between Chinese enterprises and the West, and when the business volume will continue to multiply, they will not worry about the sweetness on their own ships.

Although the number of enterprise users is not much, it is an important user group that can be developed at this stage, it is certain that Fan Wuxian is different from other network pioneers who are full of longing for the future and are also at a loss, he is very clear about the profit model of network companies, at least he will not take so many detours.

The information superhighway in the United States will be completed next year, and Fan Wuxian hopes that the main fiber-optic cable line in China will be completed within this year, so that at least the first batch of network service companies in China will not start too late.

As for how far they can go, it depends on their creation, and this user takes on the responsibility of enlightening and leading the way, but there is no need to cultivate many strong opponents for himself.

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