Reborn since 1993

Chapter 354: Grabbing Crabs

Originally, pagers could be popular in China for a few years, but the emergence of Xiaolingtong mobile phones changed everything. Especially now that a large number of manufacturers are launching their own brands of Xiaolingtong mobile phones, a pager that cost two or three thousand yuan a few years ago, now no one wants it for a few hundred yuan.

This includes Bird, the leader in domestic pagers, which has transformed into mobile phones. This has led to a sharp decline in the domestic market for pagers, because even the worst mobile phone is more advanced than a pager and has more functions.

Not to mention, the emergence of Xiaolingtong mobile phones has caused the price of mobile phones to continue to fall in the country. In this case, users are almost voting with their feet when choosing between pagers and mobile phones.

Although Zhang Shuxin's advertising planning company has a good profit, the couple's main income still depends on Jiang Zuoxian from the paging station.

When the pager industry was on the decline, Zhang Shuxin and Jiang Zuoxian prepared to go to America to look for opportunities. What they wanted most was to obtain the sales agency rights for Dell computers in mainland China.

Both of them have many classmates studying and working in America, and they also have many connections there.

Zhang Shuxin and his wife first visited Apple, but Apple was in a state of disarray. The couple originally wanted to be the agents of Apple's Newton handheld computer.

However, after seeing this high-end-looking handheld computer, Zhang Shuxin and his companions were greatly disappointed. Although it supported photo taking and recording functions, the operation was too slow and difficult, requiring users to "learn" it. In addition, the battery life was poor and the price was very high.

After only a brief contact, Zhang Shuxin and Jiang Zuoxian gave up on the Newton handheld game console and then contacted Dell, but there was no result either.

Zhang Shuxin and Jiang Zuoxian spent several months in America, and it cannot be said that they gained nothing. In America, they saw the Internet for the first time.

Zhang Shuxin had a phone call with a classmate who was studying in America. The classmate left Zhang Shuxin's phone number on a forum set up by local international students and told everyone on the forum that Zhang Shuxin had arrived in America. As a result, that night, more than 30 classmates who were familiar with Zhang Shuxin called the couple.

This was a big shock to Zhang Shuxin and Jiang Zuoxian, who were experiencing the Internet for the first time.

Zhang Shuxin and Jiang Zuoxian, who have now returned to China, did not expect to see Internet news in China, and the news was about domestic investment in American Silicon Valley Internet companies. The shock of this news to the two was unimaginable.

The two of them had just returned from America and had specifically learned about the American Internet. Even in America, the Internet is an emerging industry, a very fashionable, trendy, and risky new industry.

Naturally, they were surprised that the Zhixing Foundation, a newly emerged domestic company, actually invested in Yahoo, a popular American Internet company.

Jiang Zuoxian shook his head when he heard Zhang Shuxin's words. Although he had some complaints about Mr. Li, the founder of PHS, who had taken his job at Chuan Gu Tai, he couldn't help but sigh, "I really didn't expect that someone in China is already paying attention to the Silicon Valley Internet!"

"That Li Dongling's vision is indeed..."

Jiang Zuoxian shook his head. He was once known as a child of destiny. He was able to take advantage of the pager boom to become a multi-millionaire in this era. He was also praised by many people. But now, even if Jiang Zuoxian was unwilling, he had to admit that in terms of vision and investment, that man was indeed far ahead of him.

Zhang Shuxin raised his head, looked at Jiang Zuoxian with burning eyes and said, "It's true that Li Dongling and Zhixing Foundation invested in Yahoo, but in China, the first real Internet company has not yet appeared!"

“Why can’t we be the first Internet company in Zhongguancun?!”

Hearing Zhang Shuxin's words, Jiang Zuoxian couldn't help but be surprised. Investing in the Internet is risky. In America, the Internet is an emerging business, not to mention in China. No one knows what kind of flowers the Internet can bloom in China.

Jiang Zuoxian knew Zhang Shuxin's character. Although she was a woman, she had a strong personality. She never gave up and was unwilling to stick to the old rules. What others saw as a stable job was boring to her. The Internet had obviously become a new field that she wanted to venture into.

"Row!"

Jiang Zuoxian gritted his teeth and said that he knew Zhang Shuxin too well. He could not stop her from doing what she wanted to do. It was better to do it with her, otherwise it was hard to say whether she could live on. Zhang Shuxin was a man of action. She was going to start the first Internet company in China, so she started to act immediately. The couple took out more than 7 million in savings. Zhang Shuxin was still worried that it was not enough, so she mortgaged her house and car to the bank and borrowed another 8 million. She raised a total of 15 million and established Yinghaiwei Company in Zhongguancun.

Zhang Shuxin is no unknown figure in Zhongguancun. She has very good relations with Zhongguancun companies and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The news that Yinghaiwei was established and was going to be the first Internet company in China directly ignited Zhongguancun, which was already discussing the Internet very enthusiastically.

When Tianya Company's general manager Guo Jingyun heard the news, he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that there would be a company that was more radical than Tianya Company and actually wanted to enter the Internet company first.

Guo Jingyun was not upset by the fact that Yinghaiwei snatched away Tianya's title as the first Internet company in China.

The Tianya Forum of Tianya Network Company is still under development. It will be of no use to force yourself to join in the fun at this time. The first person to eat the crab may be full, but he may also get his hand pinched by the crab!

Guo Jingyun regularly receives reports about the Internet from newspapers and magazines from Silicon Valley. He knows very well how much money the Internet companies behind the glorious Silicon Valley are burning now.

These reports and materials were all subscribed by Li Dongling from America and airlifted to China. Guo Jingyun not only read them himself, but also asked all the employees in Tianya Company to read them.

This was also the reason why Guo Jingyun, Zhou Hongyi and others were worried about the cost issue of Tianya Forum when Li Dongling was in a meeting at Tianya Company, because they knew how much money Yahoo, Netscape and other large and small companies in Silicon Valley were burning.

The domestic Internet industry is still in a wasteland. It needs hardworking people to plow the land and open up the wasteland before the Internet can be cultivated. Ying Haiwei wants to be a pioneer and be the hardworking person to open up the wasteland, and Guo Jingyun is also happy to do so.

However, after looking at the time and calculating the landing time of Li Dongling's flight, Guo Jingyun still planned to report the true situation of Ying Haiwei to Li Dongling later.

What is Tianya.com's attitude towards Yinghaiwei? Should they ignore it and let Yinghaiwei develop, or invest in it, or even challenge it? Guo Jingyun needs to know Li Dongling's attitude before making a decision.

Guo Jingyun only paid attention to Yinghaiwei for a while. For him, what he cared most about was the Tianya Pinyin Input Method and the Tianya Forum!

The establishment of Yinghaiwei, the emergence of Zhongguancun’s first Internet company, is a major event for the entire Zhongguancun.

Ying Hai Wei, which had just announced its establishment and whose company brand was still in the making, immediately welcomed a large wave of media and visitors.

"Yinghaiwei wants to be the AOL America Online of the mainland. It wants to provide Internet access services to users. As long as they pay a fee, Yinghaiwei can provide services such as reading electronic newspapers, posting in forums, and using online chat rooms!"

When facing the media, Zhang Shuxin put forward the goal of Yinghaiwei, which is to become the domestic version of AOL.

AOL America Online's main business now is to open Internet access services for users, which is similar to the door-to-door installation of broadband services provided by major operators such as China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom in later generations, except that this time, dial-up Internet access is provided using telephone lines.

Zhang Shushen's Yinghaiwei was ambitiously preparing to become one of the major telecom operators in the future. It took him a lot of effort and spent countless amounts of money to accomplish this.

Now, not to mention China Telecom and China Unicom, the two major telecom operators, even the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has not yet provided Internet access services for ordinary users. Yinghaiwei's involvement in this business is not considered to be a job grabber, but in the future, when the major telecom operators react, it is hard to say whether Yinghaiwei can survive...

Although it is hard to say what the future of Yinghaiwei will be like, at this time, it has attracted countless eyes. After it was announced, countless media reported on it, and the attention of the entire Zhongguancun was cast on Yinghaiwei. For those who are interested in the Internet, Yinghaiwei has become an Internet holy land in their hearts!
In contrast, the Tianya Pinyin Input Method announced by Tianya Company, a product that could change the computer usage habits of countless people, did not receive much attention for a while.

But Tianya Company was not in a hurry about this, but started to cooperate intensively with Shenzhou USB flash drive, preparing to launch a co-branded Shenzhou Tianya USB flash drive!
The autumn wind was blowing gently. Li Dongling said that when he went to Yanjing, it was still summer. But when he returned to Hanxi this time, it was already autumn, and there was a chill in the autumn wind.

As soon as Li Dongling walked out of the airport, a tall figure wearing a windbreaker was already waiting there. When he saw Li Dongling, he immediately walked towards him quickly.

(End of this chapter)