Chapter 419 Grassroots
When the 8th Wind Ball arrived in Hong Kong, news that Kangsheng, Qingshan Forum, and the fallbacks were about to jointly organize the first Internet Webmaster Conference also spread online.
Returnees, geeks and businessmen have jointly made the first generation of Internet rich people. In contrast, grassroots Internet people who lack capital and overseas vision can only survive in a crack.
But no one could have expected that the change had begun.
Yanjing, Chaoyangmen Street.
"Abei, why are you here? The backwards are going to hold a webmaster conference in Beijing. Have you signed up?"
In a Starbucks in Fenglian Square, a thin young man is fiddling with a powerbook that has fallen out of paint.
This is the Powerpc, G4 processor laptop launched by Apple in 2001, and the last Apple laptop that is not an Intel core.
The biggest feature of this notebook is the use of titanium alloy from the aviation industry to manufacture notebook shells.
Apple has been working hard, but what is unexpected is that this thing will lose paint after half a year of use, and there is no worse disadvantage than this.
Of course, as a loyal fan of Apple, nothing is unacceptable. This young man named Abei is one of them.
Just last year, Yao Ming, who is 2.28 meters tall and 2.8-inch Hollywood dwarf star Vinitroyer jointly endorsed the computer, which was the first time Apple was close to the Chinese market.
Abei was a little annoyed. It was obviously not a happy thing to be interrupted by someone in the middle of writing the code, but he didn't say anything. He glanced at the visitor and asked, "Why did you find it?"
The person who came was a short and fat young man, who might have walked a little hurry, but he was still panting after sitting down.
He calmed down for a moment, but did not answer. He picked up the cup of coffee on the table and took a sip of the day. The fat man knew Abei very well. This person came to Starbucks not to drink coffee. He ordered coffee just to take over a table for legitimate reason.
Abei didn't want to, "I've drunk this cup of coffee."
"I don't dislike it!" The fat man didn't care and took another big mouthful. Seeing that there was only one cup left, he sighed with satisfaction.
Few people would stalk on the computer to write code in public. The movement here attracted many people to look at each other, but fortunately, neither of them paid attention to it.
Abei asked, "Why are you here?"
The fat man held up the tortoiseshell-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose and complained angrily: "I won't answer the phone if I didn't call you. If Ah Cheng hadn't said you were here, I would have almost gone to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
Abei couldn't help laughing. He was also very curious about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs next door, but he had to let the armed police at the door go.
"My mobile phone is left at home." After a pause, Abei explained again, "Douban Hutong power maintenance, that Starbucks closed today, so I can only come here."
Since its first store in Guomao in 1999, Starbucks has spread across major commercial districts in Yanjing.
The fat man had no time to take care of these things, and he said anxiously: "Do you know, the laggards are going to hold a webmaster meeting, right in Yanjing. Have you signed up?"
"What kind of webmaster meeting?" Abei was a little confused. He has been doing website development for a while, so he has no time to take care of other things.
"It was initiated by Kangsheng, who was worth 100 million yuan, and Qingshan Forum and the backward people also participated. There is also a very famous name called the Internet Entrepreneurs Conference. This statement is quite fresh. It's the first time I saw it." The fat man was clear, and he explained the whole story in just a few words.
"It's quite fresh." Abei nodded, "But does this have anything to do with us?"
"Why is it okay?" The fat man was anxious. "Aren't we also building websites? Although they have not been online yet, they have all the plans out. We are also Internet entrepreneurs, right?"
"The website is still alive, why are you joining in the fun?"
The fat man blinked his eyes and said anxiously: "Don't, this webmaster conference has prepared a entrepreneurship fund of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan. You can apply with a plan, and venture capital participation. You can accept financing applications during the conference. Where can you find such a good opportunity?"
Abei was stunned. Now it is the world of the portal. It is better to operate a personal site. It is good to earn a thousand-eight hundred yuan per month for advertising fees, and most of them have to pay for it. He can't figure out what Kang Sheng is going to do.
"Hey, why are you dazed?" The fat man glanced at Abei, thought for a while, and reminded him again: "Don't think about it. If you listen to me this time, we must participate. Even if it's not for money, it's okay to communicate with our colleagues."
Abei did not object anymore. He also wanted to see what this Internet entrepreneur conference was.
"Abei, I solemnly remind you that the website must be changed. You cannot call it Duzhi, otherwise how can you say hello to people at that time? It will be too bad." Speaking of this, the fat man looked determined, "It's not good to take a name, you have to get along with the animals. Even if you call it Jianguomenwai Street, Douban Hutong is better than this, right?"
Abei was choked and he couldn't do anything about this fool.
The hiker was born in Sina chat room, which is homophonic to travel. He likes this title very much, so he took the name Donkey Track.
Even the partners couldn't accept it, and Abei muttered in his heart, maybe he should change the name of the website, or maybe he could get financing.
Thinking of this, Abei couldn't help laughing. If investors' money is so easy to get, the world would be too crazy.
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"Liao San, have you heard that the laggards held a webmaster meeting and were in Yanjing. They also booked two nights of accommodation. I heard it was a four-star hotel?"
"I signed up yesterday. I'm just waiting for confirmation. There are only 300 places in demand, and I'm in high demand." The young man named Liao San was very excited.
His website can share more than 2,000 yuan in advertising every month, which makes him live a very comfortable life in this small fourth-tier county.
However, Liao San also has his own pursuits. In today's advertising alliance promotion, cheating has become a consensus among all webmasters. He really wants to communicate his experiences with his peers in person, and maybe he can increase his income.
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Nowadays, Internet people like Abei and Liao San are everywhere.
Through the Discuz Application Center, the news of the webmaster conference sent by Qingshan Forum and the Lost Resident Forum quickly swept across the entire network like a typhoon.
"Qingshan Investment provides 300,000 entrepreneurship funds to help individuals with free assistance."
"Heavyweight Internet celebrities share entrepreneurial experience"
"The helmsman of overseas venture capital funds came to the scene to tell the story of Internet financing"
"External link and SEO technology sharing and exchange meeting"
"Opening ceremony for the financing platform for Internet entrepreneurs."
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As a grassroots Internet person, this webmaster conference is undoubtedly very attractive. Even if you don’t want anything, it is good to communicate with your peers about technology.
To everyone's expectations, as soon as the news of the webmaster conference was announced, it quickly caused a sensation in the Internet.
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Rongke Information Center, Kangsheng Technology.
Since Chen Qiaoshan went to Hong Kong, his office has been occupied by Yan Xiaoqin, and now it has become the command center of the website manager conference.
"We have received 1,700 valid applications. Friendship Hotel has only reserved 300 beds for us. What should we do now? Why don't we contact Dashan and ask him for his opinion?" Liu Chang was very surprised. She never expected that this would be the situation.
At the beginning, she was not optimistic about the Laushima webmaster conference.
Not only can you not see the penny income, but you will also spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even if Chen Qiaoshan is not short of money, there is no such reason for squandering.
Liu Chang really couldn't figure out why he couldn't get along with the money.
Yan Xiaoqin said: "No need to call him. I have contacted Peking University Resources Hotel. There are 200 beds available on No. 8 and 9."
Liu Chang was startled, "What do you mean, do you want to expand the scale?"
Yan Xiaoqin nodded, "The conditions of the resource hotel are a little worse, but as long as there is air conditioning, it is still OK to squeeze out 200 people. If it really doesn't work, you can still pay for it at your own expense. There are so many hotels in Yanjing, so there will always be no lack of these people's residences."
Liu Chang had a headache. Although there were only two hundred more people, many things had to be re-planned.
Not only accommodation, but more importantly, the arrangement of the meeting process, from the printing of tickets and brochures to the selection of conference halls, even the budget has to be remade.
"I've found out that you two are generous enough. After this trip, the cost is enough for you to buy another house, right?" Liu Chang said with a smile. Looking at Yan Xiaoqin, she felt something in her heart that was not envious or something else.
Fatty Sun was also helping. When he heard this, he was happy, "Sister Chang, just say that they are prodigal sons. It's better to give me the money than to burn it out in vain. There is no reward at all, and I don't know what the mountain is going to do."
"For you, why?" Wang Lin rolled her eyes, "You are not very capable. Online dating can make your husband beat her nose and face so bruised. Is it promising?"
Fatty Sun was stunned. A strange online relationship made him deeply realize the false and ugly Internet.
During this period, he suffered a lot of runs, but he couldn't hide. The stationmaster was short of staff at the same time, so Fatty Sun could only bite the bullet and help.
Yan Xiaoqin said: "Sister Chang, you go to the Friendship Hotel in person. The multi-functional hall in the VIP building is not suitable. At least you have to rent the Juying Hall in the Friendship Palace, as well as two buffets and the exchange meeting on the night of the 8th, you have to communicate again."
Liu Chang couldn't help but touch his forehead and sighed: "Can Juying Hall accommodate nearly a thousand people. Can we use 500 places so big?"
"There are still a large number of Internet people around Yanjing. We must leave enough room to avoid panic."
"Brother Dai, we will meet the head of Lynk & Cott China tomorrow. This is the plan. You have a preparation first. You must get enough initiative at that time."
"Sun Guangming, you are responsible for recruiting summer students. The reception and meeting process from the 7th to the 10th is required. You coordinate with Sister Chang and you can't make any mistakes."
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Yan Xiaoqin checked and checked one by one according to the revised plan by Chen Qiaoshan. At the end, she took a list and stared at Yao Yong curiously and asked: "Brother Yao, Qiaoshan wants you to be responsible for the theater in Beibingmasi Hutong. He didn't tell me in detail, do you know what's going on?"
"Theater?" Fatty Sun was very good at dealing with things. When he heard this, he stared at Yao Yong and asked, "Network Manager, why do Dashan want you to find a theater? Also, where is the Beibingmasi Hutong?"
Yao Yong glanced at Yan Xiaoqin and smiled mysteriously, "Just next to the Central Academy of Drama, there is a small theater there. The place is not big, there are two or three hundred locations. Don't ask me what you want, I don't know if you ask me."
Fatty Sun suddenly had a whim, "Why didn't you ask Shuimu Nianhua to hold a concert?"
Yao Yong smiled and said, "What do you think?"
"If you like to talk or not, what's the point of keeping it?" After a pause, Fat Sun said indignantly: "Network Manager, we have sang together a lot, and I don't think you sing much better than me. Why do you become famous!"
Fatty Sun basically yells when singing, but he doesn't know that he is a tycoon. Everyone is tortured by him a lot, so he naturally feels sarcastic.
As for what Chen Qiaoshan wants to do, no one is pursuing it.
Chapter completed!