Author: Fan Yitong

Chapter 58 A false alarm

Since operating systems based on graphical interfaces have become more mature and browsers have been born, the development of Internet technology has accelerated significantly.

In the past two years, IT technology has been updated very frequently, and various new products, new business formats and new concepts continue to impact people's understanding of the traditional computer and Internet industries.

In order to adapt to development needs, superiors are constantly adjusting their supervision and cognitive scope of the Internet.

For example, the "Measures for the Administration of Audiovisual Products" introduced last year, and the "Temporary Regulations on Film Management" to be mentioned at today's briefing meeting, etc. Relevant departments may also be aware of the importance of Internet information dissemination, but they may not really estimate the impact of the Internet on

Serious impact on all aspects of public life.

Although these interpretations and implementation details of current laws and regulations mention the dissemination of information on the Internet, they are only due to the inertia of supervision of information channels and media fields, and do not really strengthen the constraints on the dissemination of Internet information.

For example, the above-mentioned regulations on the management of audio-visual products and films only mention a few words about the Internet. The real focus is still on rectifying the "three noes" video halls, cracking down on pirated optical discs, video tapes, tapes, films and other traditional areas, and cleaning up "three noes".

Illegal transactions in the gray area.

It has been less than half a year since the domestic liberalization of public network services. There may be less than 100 commercial websites registered with the telecommunications department across the country, and this area in the capital is estimated to account for half of them.

We know the Yellow Pages of Sanshui Network, the Time and Space Information Network of Beijing Technology, and the Northern United Online of Jinxi Culture, as well as several official publicity websites and semi-public education websites.

On this scale, it is impossible to issue relevant laws and establish new departments to manage it.

Whenever there are new regulatory measures involving the Internet field, the telecommunications department will notify everyone.

This was not the first time that Jin Shang had participated in such a briefing meeting, so there was no scene where the security guard suspected Jin Shang's identity when he saw that he was too young, and then took out his ID and slapped him in the face at the speed of light.

Because he arrived early, Jin Shang chatted with the staff at the door for a while, telling some gossip about the nearby area, and then walked into the telecommunications building unhurriedly and went straight to the side meeting room.

It's still some time before the meeting starts, but many people have already arrived.

Jin Shang glanced around and found that the people present were basically familiar faces that he had met several times. Most of them were middle-aged people in their thirties and forties who were in the prime of life and energetic. People like Jin Shang who at first glance thought they were students at school.

"Child" is indeed very conspicuous.

"Mr. Xiao Jin is here. I just mentioned your website. It is indeed much more pleasing to the eye after the revision. News updates are very timely. It is much more timely than radio and television, newspapers and magazines."

The first person to greet Jin Shang was his old acquaintance Sun Daqi. Since his Yellow Pages business got on the right track and he established a connection with the department in charge of foreign trade and economics, he has become busier and busier. It has been a while since he last met.

"Brother Sun took time out of his busy schedule to come here!"

"No matter where you are, you are just making a living in this industry, so how can you ignore the opinions of Telecom?"

As long as you still want to make a living in the IT field, you will have to deal with the telecommunications department sooner or later. Every change in policies and regulations, and tariff adjustments may affect the life or death of the network service provider.

To put it bluntly, there is not even a particularly targeted law, and there is no yamen dedicated to management. The emerging Internet is not even an industry. It is similar to many other new business forms and can only be regarded as a pilot project.

There are more than twenty people in the conference room now, and when the time comes, it is estimated that it will not exceed fifty. It is not much different from the last time.

Jin Shang greeted a few acquaintances and then sat down next to Sun Daqi.

"What else are you talking about this time? Isn't it just to talk about the temporary regulations on film management?"

Jin Shang was a little confused and asked in a low voice. After hearing this, Sun Daqi smiled and said:

"I don't know the specific situation, but it shouldn't be a bad thing. If there were really bad signs, it would have been widely spread."

"That's right!"

Today's Internet market is still very fragile. It is not even in its budding stage. At most, it is winter and spring, and the ice and snow are beginning to melt, and we can see a little bit of vitality. The attitude of relevant departments towards supervision is always in the duality of development and security.

Under the value goal, a series of management regulations issued only exist as intentional prerequisites and auxiliaries.

Prioritizing development is the main tone. The urgency of content supervision during this period is far inferior to the urgency of developing informatization and modernization.

While Jin Shang and Sun Daqi were chatting, footsteps approached. Jin Shang raised his head and saw a middle-aged cadre in work uniform walking over.

"Director Hao?"

Jin Shang was about to stand up to say hello when he was held down by skinny hands. The person coming was a cadre in charge of government and enterprise service operations in the telecommunications department. His name was Hao Qilian. He was nearly fifty years old and had fought with Jin Shang several times.

I'm pretty easy to talk to.

In the past three months, Jinxi Culture has completed a lot of procedures, reduced tariffs, and has not been stuck in qualification certification, thanks to the cooperation of Director Hao.

"Don't be nervous, Xiao Jin. I'm here this time because I want to ask you something..."

As he spoke, Hao Qilian came over and whispered,

"Someone reported that the operation of Jinxi Culture was illegal and carried out operations beyond the scope. Do you have any news? Our telecommunications company received a notice of co-investigation to see if there are any problems with the operation of your company's website."

"Hey! Is this happening? I, the boss, don't know anything..."

If you want to check, you have to ask the boss Jin Shang to provide qualifications and supporting materials. Why is there not even a formal notice?

"What's the specific situation? I'm completely confused!"

Hao Qilian thought for a moment and guessed:

"Your company has been making a lot of moves in the industry recently. The internal and external analysis of the operation of Internet cafes has been relatively clear. There is nothing to say. It's just that after the website revision, some scopes are difficult to define. Does Northern United Online count as publishing newspapers and magazines online?

News gathering and editing, advertising and promotion services?”

Director Hao's question immediately stumped Jin Shang. After thinking about it for a moment, Jin Shang answered thoughtfully:

"If you follow the relevant regulations word for word, it will definitely not count. But...it still needs to be determined by experts. To put it bluntly, this is a blind spot, and there is no specific definition..."

"We are also considering this issue! By the way, your offline qualifications and documents are complete, right?"

"Please rest assured, leaders, that our company has almost all the certificates available in relevant fields. There are absolutely no problems with qualifications and procedures."

"Then I know what I'm doing! I didn't let you know about the report of your company's out-of-scope operation. It's probably because the relevant departments have checked it and found no flaws within their powers. I don't know which department should be responsible for things outside the jurisdiction.

So it was pushed to our direct manager, Telecom.”

Thanks to Jin Shang's calculation of all areas where problems might arise when he first registered the company, on the surface, he would definitely not be caught.

The problem lies in the online business. There are really no regulations to refer to, so the real determination depends on how the directly regulated telecommunications company makes a decision.

"What do you think Director Hao should do next?"

"The first thing you want to do is to take the lead. Even if your company is relatively weak, if you are taking someone else's cake, it will be obvious to those who are interested. In the next period of time, if you have any big moves related to the website, please wait for a while and wait for the limelight to pass."

Say it again."

After a pause, Director Hao added:

"You can do whatever you want to do when publishing information on the website. For some minor problems, China Telecom will help you out. Unless there is a higher-level order to stop it, it should be fine."

"Thank you, Director Hao."

Jin Shang said sincerely.

When he first started running the website, Jin Shang thought that such a day would come, but he didn't expect that it would come so quickly.

In the early days, the update speed of the website was very slow, and it basically focused on local sports news and market information. At most, it was an interesting bulletin board on the Internet.

The revised comprehensive portal website updates hundreds of articles a day, involving news of all sizes at home and abroad, covering all aspects of life.

This influence is different.

Just because the website doesn't seem to have much attention now doesn't mean it will have fewer users in the future.

Regarding the whistleblower, Jin Shang's mind immediately flashed to Jingcheng Technology, a direct competitor, and secondly to colleagues in the media industry who felt that the existence of the comprehensive portal was a bit of an eyesore.

Seeing that Jin Shang promised that he would not cause any more trouble, Hao Qilian nodded with satisfaction:

"Although Xiao Jin is young, he is still very safe in his work. Your... portal should not be promoted with great fanfare for the time being. Only after several similar websites are online and a hundred flowers are blooming, and no major problems are found, can we go forward and provide feedback to our superiors.

"

"I'm very satisfied to be where I am now."

"We are like fish and water, supporting each other. If Xiao Jin has any good ideas in the future, feel free to mention them. The Internet is a new thing, but you young people have a better time. An old man like me can't react.

"

"You are too modest."

Jin Shang politely echoed a few words, and then mentioned casually,

"After the comprehensive portal website is revised, there will be no further need for a while. However, the business scope of our Jinxi Culture is relatively large. The next main promotion is a puzzle game platform, focusing on chess and Go.

, traditional cultural entertainment such as playing cards and mahjong, and another program for online chatting and making friends..."

"What's the matter? Don't worry."

Director Hao waved his hand and made the decision. As long as you don't explore blind spots in legal regulations such as online news, audio-visual products, movies, etc., there is really nothing to pay attention to in "small-scale" dating software and game platforms.

Playing chess and cards on the Internet has no legal risks as long as it does not involve money transactions; as for online dating software, it doesn't matter. These days, private companies and telecommunications are competing for business in the communications field, which is impossible even in dreams.

Later, this impromptu briefing session lasted for nearly two hours before ending.

The general content is almost as expected. The film industry is now in a sluggish state, and it wants to revitalize it but doesn't know where to start. The reform of film studios and distribution companies in various places is in full swing. No one knows what the effect will be.

However, it is indeed possible to crack down on the "Three Nos" video halls and destroy the production and sale of pirated audio and video products. The Internet, a new channel that was mentioned incidentally, must also cooperate.

Nowadays, the Internet speed is very slow, and downloading movies is very troublesome. At this time, peer-to-peer technology (P2P) has not developed, and the Internet has not yet had the foundation to have a serious impact on entities.

The development of the motherland in this life has tended to be stable, and various rules and regulations are better than those in the previous life. Although infringement of intellectual property rights and copyrights has not been completely eliminated, it is much more friendly to creators.

What really makes Jin Shang sigh is the attitude of Chinese people in this world towards piracy and counterfeiting. Even if they are short of money and cannot often spend money to buy genuine copies to support creators, they will naturally refuse to buy and watch pirated copies.
To be continued...