The opening ceremony of the Internet Conference was held at the Sanjiang Provincial People's Congress Conference Center. It is a building completed in the 1980s. It has a solemn appearance and a solemn interior. It is very suitable for bureaucratic meetings. However, it lacks modern multimedia equipment and is not suitable for gatherings of netizens. However, in Yuncheng in 1995, it was difficult to find an indoor venue that can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time, so it can only be used.

At 9 a.m., Wang Xingguo, Vice Governor of Sanjiang Province, delivered the opening speech, and then Hu Qiheng, Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chairman of the Chinese Computer Society, said. Both of them were official articles, which were boring, so the netizens sitting below were not very interested. Apart from the appropriate applause, there was almost no interaction. The atmosphere was similar to the principal's speech at the opening ceremony of the middle school.

"Next, please invite the initiators and advocates of this Internet Conference, Mr. Du Qiu, eo of Snapdragon Technology Co., Ltd., to give a speech, please applaud..."

Under the cordial care of a leader, the conference arranged a popular female host from Sanjiang Provincial TV to be the host. Before she could introduce her on the stage, Du Qiu had not yet gotten up from the stage, and there were shouts in the conference center.

"Mr. Du, I love you!"

"Brother 8, you're so fucking cool!"

"8 Boss, show the man a picture and make a laugh first!"

Du Qiu's network id is un2758. It is inconvenient to type with letters and numbers, so it gradually became alienated when it was circulated on the Internet. In foreign countries, netizens omitted the letter "un" and replaced it with the number 2758. In China, it went further and only used the last number "8" to replace it, so names such as 8 brother, 8 general, 8 boss, etc. appeared.

In 1995, the Internet in China was just starting out, and netizens were as pure and immature as a young lamb. Du Qiu, an experienced driver who was over ten years old, was mixed up with it, like a tiger going down the mountain, unstoppable. After the official Snapdragon BBS was launched in May, he often drove on it, complaining about current affairs, spoof classics, dirty jokes, and show off skills. He made netizens crazy and worshipped them. He was a top internet celebrity in the 1990s. Therefore, before the person came on stage, the applause he received was far away from the two leaders.

Du Qiu waved his hand and walked up to the rostrum. When the female host passed by him, she smiled and whispered: "Mr. Du, you are so handsome."

"Thanks."

Du Qiu walked behind the podium in the center of the rostrum, took out a piece of folded paper, and opened it slowly. Everyone thought he was going to give a speech, so they calmed down. Unexpectedly, he suddenly said, "The one who made me laugh just now, cut the lunch box at noon by half, and then put another chicken leg on it."

He used a chicken leg to hold up is his usual catchphrase on BBS. As soon as this statement came out, the whole room was filled with the noisy atmosphere that young people should have when they gathered, which made the bureaucrats who usually didn't go online inexplicably and confused.

"First of all, I would like to sincerely thank Governor Wang and Dean Hu. Without their enthusiastic encouragement and strong support, there would be no such conference... In addition, I would like to thank Yuncheng and Sanjiang University..."

Hou Chengzong, an academician of the Institute of Quantum Physics, also came and sat in the third row with Chen Zhiyang. After listening to a few words, he shook his head and said, "When Xiao Du was giving a speech at your Sanjiang University, he made three rules after he came to the stage, forbidding this and that one, and refuted your face, and rushed forward like a calf. Now he is smooth and knows how to flatter you first when he comes up."

The beginning of this passage was actually written by Chen Zhiyang for Du Qiu. He smiled and said, "Everyone is knowledgeable, and Xiao Du has experienced it."

Hou Chengzong snorted with a grudge and complained: "He was originally a good scholar for academics. If he had a safe study of technology, he would become a great man sooner or later. Now he followed your baby son to make money everywhere, and he developed a smell of money. He wasted his talent by throwing his pearls into the darkness and wasting his talent!"

Chen Zhiyang has been doing management for more than ten years and has long since no pursuit of academics. He disagreed with these remarks, but it is not easy to refute them. He just smiled and took advantage of the opportunity of applause to gently vaguely pass.

Du Qiu read the thank-you speech according to the manuscript, gave enough face to several leaders, took off the microphone fixed on the podium, walked to the edge of the podium, faced the audience close to the point, and started a formal speech.

"Eight days ago, after Netscape went public on the Nasdaq, the Wall Street Journal commented that it took 43 years for General Electric to become a company with a market value of US$2.7 billion, while Netscape only took one minute, worth US$4.50,000 per second. Isn't it an exaggeration?"

Someone immediately responded loudly in the audience: "It's so exaggerating!"

In addition to 5oo netizens and more than 8o Snapdragon employees, there were dozens of reporters and hundreds of related households who came to attend the Internet conference. There were crowds of people in the conference center, and at least 7oo people sat. However, Du Qiuxun looked at the sound and immediately recognized the person as Zhou Hongyi, because among the dozens of people around him, he was the only one wearing a big red polo shirt.

Its bosses like to wear solid color clothes. For example, Jobs has been wearing black turtlenecks for more than ten years. Zuckerberg's wardrobe is full of the same brand and the same style of gray T-shirts, but few like red. The most famous one is Zhou Hongyi. Because he likes to talk, people give the nickname "Red Cannon" and is very easy to recognize.

In the time and space before traveling through time, a reporter summed up the personalities of several domestic IT bosses, saying that Lei Jun is diligent, Ma Huateng is gentle, Ding Sanshi is smart, and Zhou Hongyi is daring to break through. In the pioneering stage of the Internet, daring to break through is the most important thing. He also studied for a computer undergraduate degree at Chang'an Jiaotong University and a master's degree in systems engineering at the School of Management. He understands both technology and management. Even if there is no information in memory, he is still a top talent urgently needed by Snapdragon. Therefore, after Du Qiu found his trace on BBS, he immediately called him to come to attend the Internet conference in person.

"My friend, do you think Netscape is not worth that much money?"

Zhou Hongyi was still an unknown man at this time. Unexpectedly, Du Qiu would interact with him in front of everyone. After looking around, he stood up and said, "I don't think it's worth it."

"I have the opposite view of you. I think Netscape is seriously underestimated. Why not do this? How about we bet?"

"What bet?"

"Snapdragon and Netscape are competitors, and I know the founder of this company. If you bet on Netscape's future market value, it will be unfair to you." Du Qiu first faked himself, then pondered for a few seconds, and said: "Let's bet on the prospects of the Internet for the next five years. I think before August 18, 2ooo, there will be at least 10 Internet companies with a market value of more than 100 million US dollars, and at the same time there will be at least 10 Chinese Internet companies with a market value of more than 100 million RMB. Do you think it is possible?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into pieces like cold water droplets of hot oil. Even the stable government officials could not sit still and whispered to each other. You should know that in 1995, there were only three listed companies in Sanjiang Province, all of which were old state-owned enterprises with decades of history, and the total market value was only more than one billion yuan...

Those who have $100 million will not think about it, but if 10 companies with a market value of more than 100 million will be released within 5 years, then their political achievements will not be blowing balloons, but rockets...

Amid the turbulent discussion, Zhou Hongyi raised his voice and replied firmly, "I don't think it's possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, a netizen in the back row made a fuss and said, "You have to have a lottery ticket, what will Boss 8 use as a lottery ticket?"

"That's right, boss 8, don't be stingy, get some decent lottery."

"Mr. Du, use your checkbook to hit them in the face!"

"Come on, is anyone bet on the periphery with me? One bet of 10 yuan."

Du Qiu made a bet with Zhou Hongyi temporarily, and did not prepare in advance. He touched the pocket of his jeans and now there was nothing else except the car keys. So he took it out and held it in the air and showed it: "This is the car I just bought last week, it is worth about 150,000 yuan. How about using this as a lottery?"

Damn it!

The lively and noisy conference center suddenly became quiet. Netizens in the back row stretched their necks, and the leaders in the front row turned their heads, and everyone's eyes were wandering between the car keys and Zhou Hongyi. Zhou Hongyi felt that Alexander was very sincere and declined with a sincere smile: "Boss 8, I can't afford to bet on such a big lottery."

"It's okay, I only have this one on my body, so bet with it, and you can also find an item from your body as a lottery ticket." Du Qiu pointed to the camera that was hanging around his neck and said, "Why not bet on your camera."

Zhou Hongyi raised the camera and looked at it, shook his head and said, "This is a point-and-shoot camera, it is only worth a few hundred yuan. You are losing money by betting on it."

"A few hundred yuan is equivalent to your half-month salary, right?"

"almost."

"This car is equivalent to my half-month income, so they are equal." Du Qiu acted in an unintentional manner as a local tycoon who spent money like a lot of money, and then said aggressively: "If you want to bet, bet, sit down without gambling. A man should have confidence in himself and don't shrink. I don't care. What do you care? You can't bear to spend a few hundred dollars?"
Chapter completed!