Age of Legends

Chapter 169 Can’t refuse
When the senior year of high school started, the group function of Penguin was also launched. In fact, this function is not too difficult to make. Sometimes it is just a matter of proposing something and it can be realized. However, the reason why it took two years in the future was entirely due to the limitation of the server.

The launch of the group function will lead to further usage of server resources, and the chat records and member information of each group member must be stored on the server.

At the same time, when sending group messages, the server must accurately distribute the data to group members, and the data transmission volume and transmission pressure will also increase. With the launch of the group function version, the number of QQ registrations and the number of people online at the same time have both seen a surge.

However, when it was first launched, word of mouth was very bad, as evidenced by the delay and lag in message sending.

Zhang Chen thought it was no wonder that taking big steps can easily lead to failure. He just wanted to set up the QQ group in advance to facilitate his actual application, but who knew that it would almost crash the Penguin server.

We had to expand urgently, so we rented a few more servers from the telecommunications bureau. We felt the prices were a bit high, so we went to Huaqiangbei to buy a lot of servers and assembled them ourselves. We rented and bought servers, and only relied on the funds injected by Zhang Chen and Wang Bowen, as well as the income from outsourcing software production for the entire team, to get through this crisis. With Penguin's size before financing, it really cannot bear this burden now.

After this problem is solved, the early application of QQ groups will be welcomed.

Zhang Chen was finally able to set up the various teams into different categories. In the evening, when Wang Bowen came online, before Zhang Chen could take any action, Wang Shuowei pulled Wang Bowen and Zhang Chen into a group called "The Emperor's Uncle and His Princes".

Needless to say, the father and son were together, Wang Shuowei was using the desktop computer, and Wang Bowen was using the laptop next to him.

"Are you two still not asleep?" Zhang Chen sent a message.

"No, this is not your group chat version that has been released. Lao Wang asked me to help him with it! They added him to the Penguin team group, but Lao Wang doesn't know where to find him!"

Wang Shuowei felt that he was showing off. Today, he was in Zhao Tao Internet Cafe and heard many people discussing the recent launch of the group chat version. Everyone was creating groups for each other and forming various small circles. He found it funny. Some young people created groups called "Glorious Years", and some established "Fengyun Club" and "Ba Dao Tang".

This is also a feature of Internet cafes where young people gather. Wang Shuowei just felt happy when he heard them talk about the various functions of the group.

Wang Shuowei is a reserved person. He can keep many things in his heart and not say them out loud, and he can also please himself.

People say that if you don't return home when you are rich and powerful, it's like walking in the night in fine clothes. But some people in this world like to pretend to be "walking in the night in fine clothes".

The cool thing about this is that - as a protagonist, I travel through the world where people tell stories about me. You don’t know my hidden talents, so I have a sense of self-detachment and freedom.

Of course, although Wang Shuowei was not the creator of this new feature, he at least witnessed and participated in the whole process! The two people who did this were my father and my best friend. What role did I play in this? They both often asked for my opinions during this process!
Well, although these opinions are about what to eat for lunch and where to stay, they are also valuable opinions on logistics!

After returning from the Internet cafe, Wang Shuowei felt that he was not satisfied yet, so he went online again and picked up Wang Bowen's notebook and installed the new version on it.

Although Wang Bowen is an investor, he is always out and about, and Zhang Chen is also the contact person for the launch of the new version of QQ. Wang Bowen follows Zhang Chen's feelings and supports Zhang Chen behind the scenes, so even if Rongcheng is notified, Wang Bowen doesn't pay much attention and needs Wang Shuowei to update him.

At the same time, Wang Shuowei also saw that the number of students in the "Yude 2001 Class " he founded was increasing.

At the beginning, Wang Shuowei invited some people to create a group and gave them permission to invite their classmates to join. As time went by, more and more people joined as classmates became available and came online.

Of course, not everyone had a computer at home or access to the Internet at that time, so this group still only had about half of the class, which was considered efficient. In the future, this group will gradually become full. Because QQ is spreading more and more among students these days, basically everyone will register a number and have their own social account.

But someone discovered the clue.

"Hey, why is the group leader Wang Shuowei?"

"Wang Shuowei, you are so quick!"

"Fuck, Wang Shuowei, give me administrator privileges!"

This is because there are all kinds of people who are upset that Wang Shuowei has become the group leader. What is his merit? At the same time, some people are upset that they didn't create a group first. Some people actually created their own groups, but because they were reserved, they didn't mobilize the masses like Wang Shuowei did, which resulted in their own groups being abandoned and only a few people joining.

This caused some confusion. After some people came in, they said, “Is this the real class group? There were not many people in the several groups I entered before!”

Then when someone was pulled in, everyone gave him a warm welcome after asking who he was.

The reason why the number of registrations and online users reached a new peak after the QQ group went online is that many students are actually too shy to ask for other people's QQ numbers. They did not expect that a group would be so straightforward and bring the social circle closer together.

As a result, after hearing about this, many people, even if they don’t have a computer at home and don’t often go to an Internet cafe to surf the Internet, will turn on a machine, log in, and experience this function.

Many people in Class Five naturally went there for those with whom they did not have a close relationship and were too embarrassed to ask for their QQ numbers.

For example, the most searched people in the Class 5 group are Shen Nuoyi and Zhang Chen.

And everyone looked around.

"Didn't you notice that Shen Nuoyi from our class didn't join in?"

"Zhang Chen isn't here either! Wang Shuowei, what's wrong with you? Why don't you add your best friends?"

Wang Shuowei invited Shen Nuoyi, and Zheng Xue also invited Shen Nuoyi, but Shen Nuoyi obviously did not have access to the Internet and did not join in to experience the new version of the group chat function at the first time.

On Zhang Chen's side, Wang Shuowei directly sent a message, "I added you to the class group, why don't you come in? People are asking where you have been?"

Zhang Chen was the first one to see Wang Shuowei's message inviting him to join the group. The reason why he didn't join immediately was because the group chat function was still in the first version and had not been further improved. As a result, the first version released by the Penguin team did not have the function of blocking messages and only displaying the number of messages. There is still a lot to be improved. Zhang Chen is now dividing the team into groups, and there is still a lot of information to be processed, so he at least cannot turn a deaf ear to the class group by turning off the sound.

Once added, the message will definitely keep ringing in my ears, which is really annoying.

He responded to Wang Shuowei: "You guys play first, I'm still busy here."

Wang Shuowei knew that he had a lot of things to deal with. After all, the female leader Jiang Rong was in charge of the editing of the provincial TV program, and some script planning had to be discussed with Zhang Chen. "You are such a busy man!" Wang Shuowei sent the text message and didn't care about it. He saw that the class group became more active again, and Shen Nuoyi joined in.

Zheng Xue boasted in the group: "I was the one who called Shen Nuoyi! Tell her to quickly join the class group and take a look!"

Shen Nuoyi had indeed not been online. After hearing what Zheng Xue said, she immediately turned on the computer and logged in. After logging in, she looked through the previous posts like everyone else.

After looking through the list, I looked at the class list again. As expected, Zhang Chen was not there.

Now her message box is constantly knocking on the door. She sees many friend requests from classmates, and even many strangers adding her, leaving comments like "XXX from the next class, let's meet each other." "Alumni, pass me a beautiful girl!"

When Shen Nuo saw all this information, he put it aside, returned to his friend list, and saw Zhang Chen’s dolphin avatar.

She thought about it, clicked in and sent a message, "Are you there?"

Although the avatar was gray, it was possible that the other party was invisible, so she asked first.

After a while, the avatar flashed in color and responded: "Yes."

Shen Nuo typed: "The class group has been established. Zheng Xue called me to inform me. I just joined it... You haven't joined yet?"

After Shen Nuoyi and his parents returned to Rongcheng from their hometown, the vacation was almost over. In fact, during the time in his hometown, Shen Nuoyi used to be able to spend time with his family happily and relax, but this time he seemed to have some inexplicable anxiety.

It also stems from the subtle estrangement between him and Zhang Chen.

Of course, Shen Nuoyi also has her own reservations. For example, she missed Zhang Chen's birthday and returned to Rong with Han Zhouxuan that night. Even though she was scolded by her mother, she couldn't help but take the gift for Zhang Chen at night and wanted to give it to him in person.

Missing Zhang Chen's 18th birthday because of a good friend, and then apologizing to Zhang Chen in person and saying something like "I'm sorry" is something she couldn't do given her coldness and reserve.

But that doesn't stop her from trying to make up for it in this way.

But she didn't expect that Zhang Chen also left Rongcheng, and left suddenly, without telling her about it during those days.

This gave Shen Nuoyi an idea in his mind, "Is he pretending to be aloof on purpose?" "To get revenge on me?"

So Shen Nuoyi also said that she was just passing by and did not come back home on the same day to give him a gift. Otherwise, where would she put her face?
Then she went back to her hometown with her parents. When she came back, the vacation was basically over, and she had not yet met Zhang Chen properly.

Zhang Chen did not ask her out again, but given her lonely personality, it was hard for her as a girl to bring herself to ask Zhang Chen out alone.

And the most important thing is that Han Zhouxuan has been inseparable from her during this period of time. Unknowingly, school is about to start, but she has always been thinking that they will meet soon, thinking that she will be able to get in touch with Zhang Chen at that time, and then give him the souvenirs she brought back.

Today, by chance, the q group came online. She looked at Zhang Chen's gray avatar and finally couldn't help but take the initiative to break the ice and open up the topic.

“I think it’s a bit noisy…”

This is how Zhang Chen responded.

Shen Nuoyi was silent for a while on the other end of the computer.

What do you mean? It's a bit noisy, so you don't join in?

After thinking for a long time, Shen Nuoyi didn't know how to respond, so he just replied: "Oh..."

But she felt a little depressed and uncomfortable in her heart.

I thought to myself, Zhang Chen, is it necessary for you to do this?
This girl has a feeling of depression that she wants to vent...

But then suddenly the messages in the group became heated.

She clicked on the group chat suspiciously and saw the eye-catching message, "Zhang Chen has joined the group chat."

There was a frenzy of criticism in the group.

"Zhang Chen sent you a message but you didn't reply! Don't you want to be in our class? Don't you want to be my friend?"

"Zhang Chen, you finally showed up! Where have you been?"

"Wang Shuowei said he sent you a message! You are so nervous!"

"Whoever attacks you and scolds you to death, we will be grateful to him immediately!"

Then Zhang Chen said, "I saw Wang Shuowei's message. I didn't join because I thought you guys were too noisy. But... I met someone I couldn't refuse."

What greeted them was even more fierce criticism and abuse, followed by pressure to reveal who the hero was.

On the other side of the screen where the light was flooding, Shen Nuoyi's beautiful face under her phoenix eyes revealed a beautiful blush.

(End of this chapter)