Chapter 360: Snatching the Crab

Originally, pagers could have been popular in the country for a few more years, but the appearance of the Xiaolingtong mobile phone changed all of this. Especially now that a bunch of manufacturers are launching their own brands of Xiaolingtong mobile phones, pagers that cost two or three thousand yuan a few years ago are now unwanted even at a few hundred yuan.

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

Not to mention, the appearance of the Xiaolingtong mobile phone has caused the price of mobile phones in the country to constantly fall. Under these circumstances, users are almost voting with their feet between pagers and mobile phones.

Although the revenue of Zhang Zhang Shushen's advertising planning company is not low, the main income of the couple still has to rely on Jiang Jiang Zuoxian of the pager station.

When pagers were seen to be setting like the sun, Zhang Zhang Shushen and Jiang Jiang Zuoxian prepared to go to America to look for opportunities. What they wanted most was to win the mainland sales agency rights for Dai Er computers.

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

Zhang Zhang Shushen and her husband first visited Apple, but what kind of bird state is Apple in now? The couple originally wanted to act as an agent for Apple's Newton handheld computer.

But this handheld computer, which looked very high-end, left Zhang Zhang Shushen and her husband greatly disappointed after seeing it. Although it supported photo and recording functions, the operation was too laggy, and the difficulty of operation was high, requiring users to specifically "learn." In addition, the battery life was poor, and the selling price was still very high.

After just a brief contact, Zhang Zhang Shushen and Jiang Jiang Zuoxian gave up on the Newton handheld, and then contacted Dai Er, but there was no result.

Zhang Zhang Shushen and her husband stayed in America for a few months. It cannot be said that they had no gains. In America, they saw the internet for the first time.

After Zhang Zhang Shushen made a phone call to a classmate studying in America, the other party left Zhang Zhang Shushen's phone number on a forum built by local international students, telling everyone on the forum about Zhang Zhang Shushen's arrival in America. As a result, that night, more than 30 classmates who were familiar with Zhang Zhang Shushen called the couple.

This was no small shock for Zhang Zhang Shushen and Jiang Jiang Zuoxian, who were exposed to the internet for the first time.

Now back in the country, Zhang Zhang Shushen and Jiang Jiang Zuoxian did not expect that they would actually see internet news in the country, and it was news about domestic investment in an American Silicon Valley internet company. The shock of this news to the two was also unimaginable.

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

And this Zhixing Foundation that popped up in the country actually invested in the hot American internet company Yahoo, which naturally surprised them.

Jiang Jiang Zuoxian, hearing Zhang Zhang Shushen's words, also shook his head. Although he had some slight complaints about Li, the founder of the Xiaolingtong mobile phone who snatched his pager station's rice bowl, he had to sigh at this moment, "I really didn't expect that someone in the country is already paying attention to the Silicon Valley internet!"

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

Jiang Jiang Zuoxian shook his head. He was once also called the proud son of heaven. Being able to use the wind of pagers to become a multi-millionaire in this era, he was also hyped by various people. But now, even if Jiang Jiang Zuoxian was unwilling, he had to admit that in terms of vision and investment, that man really left him several streets behind.

Zhang Zhang Shushen raised her head, looked at Jiang Jiang Zuoxian, and said with burning eyes, "It is true that Li Li Dongling and the Zhixing Foundation invested in Yahoo, but in the country, the first real internet company has not yet appeared!"

"Why can't we be the first internet company in Zhongguancun?!"

Hearing Zhang Zhang Shushen's words, Jiang Jiang Zuoxian couldn't help but be surprised. Investing in the internet is risky. In America, the internet is an emerging matter, not to mention in the country. What kind of flowers the internet can bloom in the country, no one knows.

Jiang Jiang Zuoxian knew Zhang Zhang Shushen's personality. Although she was a woman, her personality was strong. She had never admitted defeat since she was a child and was unwilling to follow the rules. The iron rice bowl in the eyes of others was extremely boring in her eyes. The internet had clearly become a new field she wanted to take risks in.

"Okay!"

Jiang Jiang Zuoxian gritted his teeth and said. He knew Zhang Zhang Shushen too well. If she wanted to do something, he definitely couldn't stop her. It would be better to do it with her. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether this life could continue.

Zhang Zhang Shushen was a person who acted decisively. Preparing to be the first internet company in the country, she immediately started to act. The couple took out more than 7 million in savings. Zhang Zhang Shushen was still worried that it was not enough, so she mortgaged the house and car to the bank and borrowed another 8 million, gathering 15 million to establish the Yinghaiwei company in Zhongguancun.

Zhang Zhang Shushen was not an unknown person in Zhongguancun. She had quite good relationships with Zhongguancun companies and the Academy of Sciences. The news of Yinghaiwei's establishment and its plan to be the first internet company in the country directly ignited Zhongguancun, which was already discussing the internet very enthusiastically.

When General Manager Guo Guo Jingyun of the Tianya Company heard this news, he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that there would be a company even more aggressive than the Tianya Company, actually wanting to enter the internet company first.

Regarding Yinghaiwei snatching the title of the first internet company in the country from Tianya, Guo Guo Jingyun did not have his mentality disturbed.

The Tianya Forum of the Tianya Net Company was still under development. Forcibly joining the fun at this time would be of no use to the Tianya Forum. The first person to eat crab might be full, but it is also possible to have their hand pinched by the crab!

Guo Guo Jingyun regularly received reports, newspapers, magazines, etc., about the internet sent from Silicon Valley. He knew clearly how fierce the money-burning of internet companies behind the glory in Silicon Valley was now.

These reports and materials were all ordered and air-freighted to the country by Li Li Dongling from America. Guo Guo Jingyun not only read them himself but also let the entire staff of the Tianya Company read them together.

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

Now the domestic internet industry is still a piece of wasteland, needing old oxen to plow the land and open up wasteland to plant the internet. Yinghaiwei wants to be a pioneer and be an old ox to open up wasteland. Guo Guo Jingyun is happy to see it.

However, glancing at the time and calculating the time of Li Li Dongling's flight landing, Guo Guo Jingyun was still preparing to report the actual situation of Yinghaiwei to Li Li Dongling later.

Regarding Yinghaiwei, what is the attitude of the Tianya Net Company? Ignore it, let Yinghaiwei develop, or invest in it, or even challenge it? Guo Guo Jingyun needed to know Li Li Dongling's attitude before he could make a decision.

Yinghaiwei only concerned Guo Guo Jingyun a little. For him, what he cared about most was the Tianya Pinyin Input Method and the Tianya Forum!

The establishment of Yinghaiwei and the appearance of the first internet company in Zhongguancun were major events for the entire Zhongguancun.

Just after announcing its establishment, even the company sign was still being made, Yinghaiwei immediately ushered in a large wave of media and visitors.

"Yinghaiwei wants to be the AOL of the mainland. It wants to handle internet access services for users. As long as a fee is paid, Yinghaiwei can provide services such as reading electronic newspapers, posting on forums, and using online chat rooms!"

Facing the media, Zhang Zhang Shushen put forward Yinghaiwei's goal: to be a domestic version of the AOL company.

AOL's main business now is to open internet access services for users, which is similar to the door-to-door broadband installation business provided by major operators such as telecommunications, mobile, and Unicom in later generations. It's just that at this time, what is handled is dial-up internet access using telephone lines.

Zhang Zhang Shushen's Yinghaiwei was ambitiously preparing to do what several major telecommunications operators in later generations spent a lot of effort and countless money to accomplish.

Now, not to mention the two major telecommunications operators, telecommunications and Unicom, even the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications does not have internet access services for ordinary users. Yinghaiwei doing this line of work is not snatching rice bowls. But when the several major telecommunications operators react in the future, it is hard to say whether Yinghaiwei can survive...

But Yinghaiwei, whose future is hard to say, attracted countless eyes at this time. After it announced its establishment, countless media reports and the eyes of the entire Zhongguancun were cast on Yinghaiwei. For those interested in the internet, Yinghaiwei became the internet holy land in their hearts for a time!

In contrast, the Tianya Pinyin Input Method launched by the Tianya Company, a product that can change the computer usage habits of countless people, did not have much popularity for a time.

But regarding this, the Tianya Company was not in a hurry, but began to cooperate with Shenzhou U-disk to prepare to launch the Shenzhou Tianya co-branded U-disk!

The autumn wind was blowing. When Li Li Dongling said he was going to Yanjing, it was still summer. This time returning to Hanxi, it had already entered autumn, and a chill was mixed in the gusts of autumn wind.

As soon as Li Li Dongling walked out of the airport, a tall figure in a trench coat was already waiting there. Seeing Li Li Dongling, she immediately walked quickly towards him.

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