Before the start of school, Yan Yan invited a few good classmates to his home.

They are all female classmates, and Lin Chaoyang is very satisfied with this.

"I like to eat whatever dishes and what foods are there to avoid, tell my uncle."

Lin Chaoyang transformed into a chef, focusing on being at home.

A group of girls chattered for a long time, Lin Chaoyang wrote down one by one, and then arranged for someone to buy groceries.

Seeing Yan Yan having fun with a few classmates, Lin Chaoyang caught a single female classmate.

"Xu Peiyao, right? Your parents really know how to name them."

"Hello Uncle Lin."

A female classmate named Xu Peiyao was a little nervous when facing Lin Chaoyang. She is a nationally renowned writer. She always saw Lin Chaoyang's name in books.

"What books do you like to read?"

"These are all classic books recommended by the school. I have read your books, "The Wreath Under the Mountain", "The Chess Saint", "The Death of Van Gogh" and "The Test Master".

Xu Peiyao listed all the works that are more "easy to read" in the sequence of Lin Chaoyang's works. Based on her age, she has a relatively rich reading volume.

Seeing that she had read a lot of her own works, Lin Chaoyang was delighted. She was a fan of books, so it was easier to do it.

After buying the vegetables, Lin Chaoyang's "informer" has developed almost the same.

He rolled up his arms and sleeves, spent more than two hours, using his unique skills to buy eight dishes. The girls in the flower season had a big appetite and smiled.

"Have a meal!"

Lin Chaoyang picked up a dish for Dongdong, and he immediately withdrew his gaze like a frightened person.

Lin Chaoyang looked in the direction he had just looked, his eyes locked on Xu Peiyao, and his brows couldn't help but frown.

To be honest, the few young sisters who played with Yan Yan were very good-looking, and it was not surprising that the young man Mu Ai was attracted by his childhood.

But you kid is too unstable. Didn’t you still revolve around that “tomboy” a few days ago?

It's really troublesome for a kid with a lot of hormones!

After the Lantern Festival, Lin Chaoyang's new book has been well-established. The third volume has been written for more than half and is expected to be completed before May.

That morning, two guests came to Xiaoliubukou Hutong, deputy editor-in-chief Wang Zhaoqian and editor Zhu Changsheng.

The two of them came to the door, naturally for Lin Chaoyang's new book.

In fact, he has received at least six or seven groups of editors over the past year. All of them are senior editors of domestic front-line literary magazines and publishing houses. Everyone has nothing more than new books.

Lin Chaoyang has been writing a new book for more than three years, and the news about his new book has long been spread in the literary world. Everyone knows that he is writing a masterpiece based on the history of the Tang Dynasty.

For such a work, major domestic literary magazines and publishing houses naturally covet it.

"It's still writing, not that fast."

"I just finished the first two volumes - not that fast. I plan to write at least half of them before publishing them one after another."

After talking to Lin Chaoyang about the progress of the creation of the new book, Zhu Changsheng took the initiative to ask about his thoughts on publishing.

The editor-in-chief of Lin Chaoyang's works in "Contemporary" are Zhu Changsheng, and the two have always had a good relationship.

"Chaoyang, your novel is a huge and destined to leave a strong mark in the history of contemporary literature. The publisher must choose.

You have worked with "Contemporary" and are outstanding in terms of reputation and influence in the industry. You know all of these, so I don't need to introduce them.

As long as you are willing to hand over the new book to us, you can just raise the conditions."

"Old Zhu, this is not a matter of conditions. I just want to focus on my creation now, and I have not considered what I have published yet."

"Yes, yes, I understand. Your works have never been worrying about publishing, but we are always in a relationship-"

Che Yi said it three times, but he was not tired of it. Seeing that Lin Chaoyang was firm in his attitude, Zhu Changsheng and Wang Zhaoqian had to say goodbye first and leave.

A few days later, another editor came to visit Lin Chaoyang with Li Xiaolin. This time it was Cheng Yongxin from Harvest magazine.

After entering the door, Cheng Yongxin did not mention what he had published. He was just concerned about Lin Chaoyang's creative progress. After chatting for a while, he stood up and said goodbye.

Before leaving, he said, "I will come to Yanjing next month to organize the manuscript. I will talk to you later. I guess you will have almost finished writing the third volume at that time."

Lin Chaoyang smiled unconsciously when he watched him leave. This man was quite interesting. It seemed that he was planning to squat the manuscript, but he didn't know if he could afford it.

In March, spring is bright.

News from the UK that the British Monopoly and Mergers Committee suggested to the Ministry of Trade and Industry that the deal to acquire Manchester United club by British satellite TV is not in the public interest, which also means that News Group's idea of ​​getting involved in the Premier League has temporarily failed.

At this time, there are two choices before Manchester United shareholders.

First, continue to wait for the suckers who are willing to give them super high premiums to appear again, and second, accept the 4.2 given by Tao Yushu

A quotation of £100 million.

In fact, everyone understands that even the quotation of £420 million is far more valuable than Manchester United itself.

So Manchester United shareholders did not hesitate for a long time and finally decided to officially sell Manchester United to Ming Pao Enterprise.

The acquisition of Manchester United for £420 million is equivalent to US$742 million, which is a heavy pressure for Mingpao, a media giant that has been listed for many years.

If Mingpao Enterprise hadn't had Star TV, the cash cow, it would have really not been able to support this acquisition costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

After the news of Mingpao's acquisition of Manchester United club came out, the outside world was not optimistic about Tao Yushu's operations.

It costs hundreds of millions of dollars for a football club, which is too expensive no matter how you look at it, but this is just from the perspective of the Xiangjiang stock market and business community.

First, it acquired the "Standard Evening News" and then the Manchester United Club. Ming Pao's company made frequent moves in the UK, which suddenly gained fame in the UK and also made a big name internationally.

In a week, it has been headlined by important economic and sports publications in various countries many times, attracting countless attention.

And this effect is exactly what Tao Yushu pursues.

Of course, this is not a great success, but a shaping international reputation for Mingbao enterprises, which is also the only way for Mingbao enterprises to develop globally.

As of mid-March, the London Evening Standard, which has been reprinted for one and a half months, has gradually become an indispensable reading material for working people in London after get off work every day.

Because of the crowded subway space, the London Evening Standard has specially reduced its size. Every evening on the London Underground, workers with the London Evening Standard can be seen everywhere on the armpits.

When the news that Ming Pao's acquisition of Manchester United club was widely spread in the UK, the sales volume of the London Evening Standards issue quietly exceeded 700,000 copies, becoming the largest evening newspaper in the UK.

In one month, from the original 60,000 sales to 700,000 sales, this is the charm of free.

From Tiantian Daily to London Evening Standard, Mingpao Enterprise's free route has been successful, but it cannot be relaxed at the moment. After all, the free route is to burn money first and then achieve benefits. Everything has to wait for half a year before it can achieve real results.

A few days later, Lin Chaoyang went to Tao Xiwen in Yan University's studio.

His QQ has been online for more than a year, it has iterated multiple versions and accumulated nearly 800,000 users.

"This is Xiaoguang."

"This is a night cat."

Tao Xiwen introduced the only two technicians under his command to Lin Chaoyang. When he first returned to China a few years ago, he always liked to hang out in the studio to tinker with his own things. One very important job is to be a "website manager".

Huiduo.com was born in the United States. It is a BBS website building program that connects through telephone lines and forwards letters in a point-to-point manner. It is an alternative communication network built by technology enthusiasts.

Unlike the later Internet, Huiduo.com does not support online communication, and a telephone line can only be used by one person. After the user uploads the content, he must come down quickly, otherwise others will not be able to get up.

In 1991, Luo Yi, a native of Wandao who settled in Yanjing, opened the first site of Huiduo.com in China, the "Great Wall" station, and the FidoNet station group in China was called CFido.

At the beginning, almost all Chinese students who went to Huiduo.com were transferred from overseas to long distances, including Tao Xiwen.

Gradually, domestic technology enthusiasts also found this place. Some of their super enthusiasts opened their own sites in various cities. These sites were connected into a network and became the cradle of the first generation of Chinese netizens.

When Tao Xiwen became the website manager of the Yanjing Station of Huiduo.com, there were only 4 Huiduo websites in the country, all of which were distributed in major cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing, with a total of less than 100 active users.

His "Tao Station" is the most luxurious site in China. It has 6 telephone lines and 8 computers, which can accept transmission applications from 6 users at the same time.

A few years ago, the initial installation fee for Yanjing's phone was ridiculously high, and it cost 8,000 yuan per unit.

After Tao Xiwen returned to China, a considerable portion of his savings were spent on this.

Xiaoguang and Night Cat met in this process. Of course, this name is the Internet nickname of the two. Xiaoguang is Wu Xiaoguang and the night Cat is Feng Linyi.

Wu Xiaoguang is a student majoring in astronomy and power at Nanjing University. He was addicted to computer programming in college and was good at writing C language.

After graduation, he was assigned to work at the Meteorological Bureau.

Feng Linyi is the webmaster of "Night Cat Inn" on another site of Huiduo.com.

The two met Tao Xiwen online and admired his outstanding technical ability and theoretical knowledge. After the QQ was released last year, the number of users gradually increased.

Tao Xiwen was a little too busy, so he absorbed the two of them into the project.

"You two are brave enough. If you say you don't have such a good job, just come over to do this QQ with uncertain future?"

After hearing Tao Xiwen talk about the situation between the two, Lin Chaoyang asked with a smile.

Wu Xiaoguang said: "Brother Wen is a genius. It is much more interesting to work together than to go to work. With him, we also learned a lot."

Wu Xiaoguang is actually the same age as Tao Xiwen, and he is called "Brother Wen" entirely because he admires Tao Xiwen's knowledge and skills.

Seeing that Tao Xiwen led the team so vigorously, Lin Chaoyang praised him.

Then Tao Xiwen introduced the current development status of QQ to Lin Chaoyang, focusing on the situation of competitors. The pioneer of instant messaging software was Israel's ICQ, which was acquired by American Online for US$287 million in June 1 last year.

According to Tao Xiwen's communication with classmates in the United States, America Online acquired Netscape and is spending most of its energy on fighting the browser market with Microsoft, almost letting ICQ flow.
To be continued...