Chapter 466: The Same Wonderful Effect

Looking at the report on Tianya Net in the *Yanjing Technology News*, Zhang Shuxin's expression was very solemn. Yinghaiwei had just been established not long ago, and the website hadn't even gone online yet.

Tianya Net could be said to be the first Internet company in Zhongguancun, and even in the country and Asia, to eat the crab. Even during the Chinese New Year, the eyes of the entire Zhongguancun were almost all focused on Tianya Net.

What is the Internet, and how is it played? No one had a concept. Silicon Valley was still exploring, let alone domestically. The appearance of Tianya Net naturally became the object of observation and discussion by all parties.

"Tianya Net has created a new media method, allowing numerous users thousands of miles away to communicate and comment on the same thing in real-time. This is something that has never happened before!"

"Tianya Net allows football stars, and celebrities from Hong Kong, etc., to 'meet' with users through a computer, allowing users to meet their idols at close range. This is the change brought to life by technology."

"My newspaper exclusively interviewed Mr. Guo Jingyun, General Manager of Tianya Net. Guo Jingyun claimed that one day in the future, celebrities will be able to meet and communicate with the public through computer screens. This technology may be realized in the next few years!"

Not only *Yanjing Technology News*, but other major media in Zhongguancun, *Yanjing Civil and Commercial News*, *Yanjing Experimental News*, and media like *Yanjing Business News* and *Yanjing Evening News* all had reports. As for *Computer News* and *Computer World*, there was no need to mention them.

Among them, there were media that treated Tianya Net as a novelty news report, and there were also media invited by Tianya Net's "public relations."

But regardless of which type, there were quite a few media reporting on Tianya Net news today, especially the several activities that Tianya Net was holding, which had signs of breaking the circle.

"Amazing!"

"Tianya Net should have experts pointing the way. Tianya Net has linked the Internet with the real world!"

Zhang Shuxin flipped through the reports on Tianya Net page by page. After reading them, she couldn't help but slap the table and said to her husband, Jiang Zuoxian.

Zhang Shuxin herself had been a reporter, and the company she opened previously also did agency, planning, and public relations businesses. Naturally, she could see the methods Tianya Net used.

Not many people understood the Internet now; it could only be considered a "niche" industry. If it was just tossing about on the computer, it would be like the previous BBS forums. Those who knew were all programmers in the original circle. The general public might not know at all what Tianya Net was.

But by holding activities on Tianya Net and then through media reports, they successfully let the outside world know of Tianya Net's existence, or at least have a general impression.

Just like 8848 in his previous life, although it played itself to death because of management and operation, 8848 held a 72-hour online survival challenge on TV, using 8848's online shopping to survive. The result, well, was naturally that several challengers almost starved to death...

But this activity, after being released on TV, also caused a sensation in the country, making 8848 famous in one fell swoop. Ali and the like, in front of 8848 back then, were simply not enough to look at.

Regardless of the ending of 8848, that activity with the TV station made it famous in one fell swoop. Now what Tianya Net is doing also has the same wonderful effect as the activity held by 8848 in his previous life, and the purpose is also the same.

Compared to the excited Zhang Shuxin, Jiang Zuoxian was a bit worried, "Tianya Net has become the first Internet company. In the future, when Yinghaiwei's website goes online, it may not necessarily have such a great influence. And Tianya Net's businesses will probably also compete with Yinghaiwei. Additionally, there are only so many users in the country who can go online now. If they all go to Tianya Net, then..."

Jiang Zuoxian didn't finish, and Zhang Shuxin also understood what he meant, worrying that Tianya Net would become Yinghaiwei's opponent.

He was right about one thing. Looking at the situation since Tianya Net went online last night, other BBS sites were in what kind of state—they were basically sucked dry, and users all ran to Tianya Net to spam.

There are too few Internet users now, just those few people. If they all ran to Tianya Net, then how many people are left for other websites?

Regarding Jiang Zuoxian's worry, Zhang Shuxin didn't care, "Yinghaiwei is different from Tianya Net. Tianya Net is at most an upgraded version of BBS. What Yinghaiwei wants to do is to be the Eastern AOL (America Online). Yinghaiwei wants to bring network cables and the Internet into thousands of households in the country!"

Looking at the confident Zhang Shushen, Jiang Zuoxian felt a bit uneasy in his heart. If Yinghaiwei were to compete head-on with Tianya Net, that would be one thing, but Jiang Zuoxian dared not resort to any underhanded tactics.

The roots of their couple were in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Additionally, they also had some connections in departments like the Planning Department and the Electronics Department. In his previous life, Yinghaiwei also entered its peak period because it received investment from a company under the State Economic and Trade Commission.

But with Yinghaiwei's roots, compared to Tianya Net?

Even Jiang Zuoxian didn't think Yinghaiwei had a chance of winning. Who in the entire Zhongguancun didn't know which company was Tianya Net's parent company?!

Yinghaiwei racked its brains to get the support of a company under the State Economic and Trade Commission through the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Planning Department, etc. For Tianya Net, as long as it wanted, as long as its parent company came forward, it could make the State Economic and Trade Commission directly express its support.

It is estimated that the three major oil companies, China State Construction, China Railway Construction, China Communications Construction, and the Development Bank under the State Economic and Trade Commission would all be willing to be generous to Tianya Net!

After eating, Gao Dawei flipped through the newspaper. As a senior football fan, he certainly wanted to take advantage of the holiday these few days to play a few games with a group of old buddies.

Although domestic media had also reported that there were inside stories in the football industry, Jia A teams playing tacit games, and black-box operations for relegation, etc., it hadn't made fans as desperate as they would be decades later.

Including Gao Dawei, who had a good family background, who bought tickets with real money every month to support the football match on-site, he also looked forward to the country being able to enter the World Cup one day, just like countless fans.

Gao Dawei, who was flipping through the newspaper, was not interested in things like the Internet, but he was interested in Ronaldo's news.

Gao Dawei had seen some videotapes of Ronaldo's matches. When he saw the "death pendulum" dribbling on the football field for the first time, that kind of shock was unimaginable for fans like Gao Dawei. Gao Dawei had no doubt about Ronaldo's title of "Alien."

Seeing that there was an overseas interview with Ronaldo on Tianya Net today, Gao Dawei hesitated for a moment, but still got up and went to the study. He still wanted to see Ronaldo's interview.

There was a computer in the study, and the computer screen was covered with a cloth. In this era, for important home appliances—TVs, computers, and even refrigerators—many families covered them with cloth. How much protection it had was hard to say, but at least one could feel at ease after covering it.

Sitting in front of the computer, Gao Dawei used an unfamiliar operation method to log in to Tianya Net on the computer. After waiting until he was sweating profusely, Gao Dawei felt that it was more tiring than playing a game. When the Tianya Net page finally appeared on the computer, at this moment, Gao Dawei simply felt like he was in tears. Going online felt too damn difficult, but this sense of achievement was almost comparable to him scoring a goal on the football field!

Using an unskilled operation method, Gao Dawei entered the Tianya Sports section. After entering, Gao Dawei had a feeling of discovering a new world.

"Who are the top ten football kings in your mind?"

"Is Roberto Baggio the world's number one football king now?"

"Will Zidane become the best player in Ligue 1 this season?"

Seeing these posts, Gao Dawei raised his eyebrows. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. Every football star has their own supporters.

As long as it involves this kind of dispute over football kings or whether the best player is well-deserved, it will definitely be a huge argument. People who try to convince the other party on the Internet have all been proven to be delusional!

Gao Dawei naturally also had European football stars he liked. He clicked on a post and saw that there had already been a hundred floors of argument in the post, and it was still arguing endlessly.

Gao Dawei also typed a lot and posted a post. This was also thanks to the Pinyin input method promoted by Tianya Net; otherwise, if it were Wubi, he estimated that the scolding war wouldn't be so intense now.

Browsing posts, replying to posts, and outputting a few emotions along the way, after this, Gao Dawei was still a bit unsatisfied, but looking at the time, more than an hour had passed. He wrote down the ID account of the person who was scolding him, and Gao Dawei prepared to go and scold this guy for another three hundred rounds when he had time!

In the Tianya Sports section, besides posts, there was also a column for *Football Club* magazine. Clicking into it, he could even read past issues of *Football Club* magazine for free, as well as some comments on players by *Football Club* magazine, etc., which surprised Gao Dawei.

Returning to the homepage, Gao Dawei saw that Editor-in-Chief Zhong Lifei of *Football Club* magazine had already started the telephone interview with Ronaldo.

The speed of questioning was not fast, but the questions asked still surprised Gao Dawei a bit.

Zhong Lifei asked a total of ten or so questions. Aside from irrelevant and mutual flattery questions, the most important one was that Zhong Lifei asked whether Ronaldo would transfer after the end of this season. Ronaldo did not directly deny it, which in reality was already an attitude—he wanted to go to a big club to make a name for himself!

Another question was asked: would he come to the country to hold activities? Ronaldo claimed that whether to start an Asian tour needed to be discussed with the mainland sponsor, Dongling High-Tech. If Dongling High-Tech needed it, then Ronaldo would come to the mainland to participate in activities during the off-season!

When seeing this answer, Gao Dawei, like the fans who were browsing the interview post, had a thought in their hearts: as long as Dongling High-Tech was willing, Ronaldo's domestic tour could be done!

It was hard to say how many people paid attention to this Ronaldo interview on Tianya Net, but during the interview, Tianya Net showed that it couldn't log in several times due to excessive load, and the webpage lag happened I don't know how many times.

But after this wave, the user scale and activity of the Tianya Sports section clearly improved by more than a little bit. Additionally, there were media reporters lurking on Tianya Net who directly reported that Ronaldo was about to transfer and the news of starting a mainland tour, much earlier than their European media counterparts!

"According to reporters, it was learned from the Tianya Net interview that European football star Ronaldo will start a mainland tour during this year's off-season!"

"Leon Lai appeared in the Tianya Net Entertainment section, claiming to serve as a fundraising ambassador for the Children's Foundation to raise funds for the promotion of sugar pills, which is the polio vaccine..."

"Tianya Net registered users exceeded 9,500, becoming the largest Internet company in Asia!"

After the New Year, in the car heading to the Dongling High-Tech headquarters, Li Dongling looked at the reports in the newspaper in his hand, seeing that there were quite a few reports about Tianya Net on it. ===== CHAPTER 467 =====