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Yang Zhiyuan, a young man addicted to the Internet, is crackling and tapping on the keyboard, chatting with people on the glamorous BBS forum.

The future founder of Yahoo, the "first person of the Century Network", and an independent non-executive director of Alibaba, was completely unaware at the moment that his portal had been cut off.

If Kang Jianfei had not appeared, Yang Zhiyuan would have founded Yahoo with his friend David Ferro in May next year, creating a mythical miracle in the history of the Internet.

In fact, in March of this year, Yang Zhiyuan and his friend David were collecting various websites and editing them into software. Nowadays, there is no search engine, it is very inconvenient for everyone to look up information on the Internet, and it is very difficult to even find the URL. Yang Zhiyuan's website software was well received as soon as it was released.

On this basis, Yang Zhiyuan and David founded Yahoo.

Because both were poor teaching assistants and researchers, Yahoo started out at a workstation at Stanford University. Due to the large number of visits to the website, the school was very troubled and complained that this thing affected the normal operation of the school computer.

Yang Zhiyuan and David had to go to Silicon Valley to seek investors, and after getting venture capital funds, they officially started their own company.

"Jerry!" David Ferro pushed the door in, he was not only a good friend of Yang Zhiyuan, but also a teaching assistant when Yang Zhiyuan was a graduate student.

Yang Zhiyuan's hands left the keyboard, turned around and smiled: "Think clearly? ”

David Ferro nodded and said, "Yes, I decided to join EITC (Oriental Network Technology Company). ”

"Then we'll apply now!" Yang Zhiyuan got up and said.

"So fast?" David was surprised.

"Now a lot of people want to join this company, we have to hurry." Yang Zhiyuan said.

Since the advent of Oriental Charm, Yang Zhiyuan and David have become loyal users of this website. They found that many of their ideas were put into practice by this website, and they felt like they had found a soulmate.

Dongfang Network Technology Company is not far from Stanford University, and the two of them went out to take the bus and soon came to the company building.

"Applying? Let's go in and line up. The front desk lady smiled and pointed inside.

Different from the desertion when the company was first established, the current Oriental Network Technology Company has several applicants coming to the door every day, but unfortunately they are no longer short of people.

Yang Zhiyuan and David could only line up honestly and waited for about 20 minutes before it was their turn.

Chen Shouying, who was in charge of the interview, asked with some surprise: "You two interview together?" ”

"Yes." Both nodded at the same time.

Chen Shouying took their job application slips, and after reading the content, she was a little interested.

Born in Taipei, Yang completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at Stanford University in four years and is now working as a researcher. David, who is a little older, is a teaching assistant at Stanford University and is preparing to apply for a Ph.D. at the university.

What satisfies Chen Shouying the most is that the two people in front of him also have their own works, which is a small software that collects hundreds of URLs.

"Is there anything else you can handle?" Chen Shouying asked.

"Of course," Yang Zhiyuan said with a smile, "David and I also made a software, which is an upgraded version of the URL collector. It's similar to a phone directory, with 14 categories including news, entertainment, science, education, and more, and then it can be broken down into sections. Users only need to enter keywords to query the corresponding website information. ”

Chen Shouying was taken aback when he heard this, isn't this the search engine that the chairman asked them to develop? Someone has already made it!

Of course, Chen Shouying needs to be further investigated.

Because at this time in the Internet industry, there are already people engaged in automatic search software, but unfortunately it is not very convenient and accurate to use.

The search engine of Yang Zhiyuan and the others is purely handmade, and all the entries are collected by them by category. This has nothing to do with technology, it must be piled up by manpower and time, and it is impossible to complete it in a short time.

When Yang Zhiyuan and David took out their search software and handed it to Chen Shouying for on-site testing, the accuracy suddenly shocked Chen Shouying, and immediately said: "The software of the two is very practical, the company decided to buy it, and the two of you can also join the company's search engine department to be responsible for the in-depth research and development and maintenance of the search engine." ”

Yang Zhiyuan and David glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes.

According to what Chen Shouying just said, they were definitely not small employees after entering the company, and they became department heads at the beginning.

In fact, neither Yang Zhiyuan nor David realized how valuable the search engine was, and the company only paid $300,000 to buy their software.

In mid-November, the search engine function of Oriental Charm Network was launched, which once again triggered the frenzy of Internet users.

Computerworld, an American science and technology magazine, commented: "EITC (Oriental Network Technology Company) is a revolutionary company that has ushered in the commercial era of the Internet and allowed the Internet to enter thousands of households. Ordinary Internet users who do not understand computer technology at all can easily and freely surf the Internet and use e-mail to communicate with the world......"

According to the background data statistics of the Oriental Charm Network, in December alone, 4.8 million people entered the Internet through the Oriental Charm Network, which is the only portal in the world at this time.

Such a terrifying number of visits naturally attracted the attention of major venture capital firms.

After New Year's Day, people came to the door almost every week, hoping to invest in Oriental Network Technology Company, and the funds were often tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars.

As the general manager of the company, Jiang Qinghua has only one reaction: hehe.

At the same time, the success of Dongfang Network Technology Company has also led to a wave of frenzy of Internet entrepreneurship. Various types of business websites have sprung up around the world, trying to get a piece of the delicious cake in this era of network pioneering.

Microsoft's side was also stimulated, and quickly launched the research and development plan of the Internet Explorer, preparing to win the fat of the browser market.

Jiang Qinghua, the general manager of the company, is now very annoying, and the media comes to interview him every day, and he has even become the cover character of "Computer World", known as "Internet pioneer" and "the first person to surf the Internet", and is worshiped by countless Internet enthusiasts.

However, few people know that Jiang Qinghua is just a computer novice, and he can't even type in Chinese.

For this reason, Jiang Qinghua managed the company while frantically learning computer technology. He does not seek to become a computer elite, but only hopes to master basic knowledge, so as not to be laughed at when he goes out in the future.

Dongfang Network Technology Co., Ltd. is like a lightning bolt, crossing the dark night sky and illuminating the land of the Internet wilderness era.

Well, to put it mildly, the company has been losing money.

(To be continued.) )