Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 138 Cheers, Friends

Huang Ganping grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth while saying, "Did they tell you that this system is outdated?"

"I did." Cheng Yi nodded.

Huang Ganping then asked, "Did they tell you that UNIX is a system from the 70s?"

"I did." Cheng Yi nodded.

"Then why do you insist on buying it?" Huang Ganping asked.

"I think UNIX, which is more secure and stable, is the only system that can compete with Windows," said Cheng Yi.

"Haha." Huang Ganping smiled and looked at Liu Guiwu and said, "Liu Baopi, how much do you plan to sell it for?"

"It's not much. Just give our chip R&D department two million. I will give him the entire system and help him modify the software." Liu Guiwu also grabbed a handful of peanuts.

"Doesn't your conscience bother you? You're asking for two million for this system that's been sitting in the garbage dump for four years?" Huang Ganping said bluntly, "I can't believe you've become such a profiteer in just four years."

"How am I a profiteer? This is a system that we spent eight years of hard work on, debugged millions of times, and spent tens of millions on. Is it too much for me to charge two million?" Liu Guiwu said anxiously.

"That's too much." Huang Ganping and Yu Sen both nodded.

"Hey? Yu Sen, you promised this two million." Liu Guiwu was a little anxious.

Yu Sen sighed, "Agreeing is agreeing, going too far is going too far, the two are not in conflict."

Liu Guiwu snorted coldly and said, "I took two million just because I don't want anyone to take away our hard work. In the eyes of others, this thing may be garbage, but in my eyes, this is my fucking youth. Youth is priceless. Have you heard of it?"

Liu Guiwu's words were recognized by Huang Ganping and Yu Sen. Huang Ganping looked at Cheng Yi and said, "Can you tell me why you bought this system?"

"Just speak nicely and don't talk nonsense." Yu Sen patted Cheng Yi's arm.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Let me tell you what you like to hear. That is, a great industry starts with the system. I want to make a domestic system comparable to Windows, to enhance our country's prestige and boost our..."

"Be serious." Yu Sen shouted.

"Speak for the things you don't like. I just want to save costs for the internet cafe. The Windows system is updated every year, and the hardware and software configurations are improved every year. My family can't afford it." Cheng Yi said frankly: "If I develop a system myself, at least I can avoid frequent hardware and software upgrades, right?"

"Fuck you! The difference between your two statements is too huge." Liu Guiwu couldn't help but curse, "Which one is true and which one is false?"

"Actually, they're both true. We can combine the two." Cheng Yi said with a smile, "Just now, I told Mr. Liu that I wanted to open an Internet cafe with one million computers. Mr. Liu thought I was daydreaming, but this is my dream. Just like your dream is to promote domestic systems and manufacture domestic chips, my dream is to have my Internet cafes spread across every corner of the country. Wherever the post office can go, my Internet cafes can go."

Cheng Yi continued, "Of course, you may not agree with my dream, but I am indeed moving forward on this path. Imagine if one million internet cafe computers all used a domestic system. If each computer in an internet cafe has about five mobile customers, then five million people would be using this system every day. What about ten days, a month, three months, a year? One million computers can cover hundreds of millions of netizens."

"I know you look down on us internet cafe users born in the 80s, thinking we're a wasted generation. But no matter what you think, we born in the 80s are the future of our country. We're young, we're energetic, we're willing to accept new things, and sooner or later, we'll be able to carry the entire country on our shoulders."

Cheng Yi's words stunned Liu Guiwu and the others. Indeed, in their eyes, the post-80s generation is a wasted generation, and they still think so until now.

Excluding the recognition of the post-80s generation, Cheng Yi's idea of ​​an Internet cafe boosting system was like a new idea in the renaissance period, which made them fall into deep thought.

They had never thought of this idea because it was too crazy.

It's like they want to eat the plate of pork skin jelly on the table, but they have to open a pig farm.

All three were silent.

After a while, Liu Guiwu smacked his lips and said, "You, your idea... is a bit too unbelievable."

"You should love your own children. If you don't pave the way for your own children, how can you expect others to pave the way for your children?" Cheng Yi said another sentence that touched Liu Guiwu's soul directly.

At this time, Huang Ganping remained silent.

He recalled the dispute between the "market faction" and the "technology faction" of Lianxiang Group back then. Isn't this exactly the same as the situation in front of him?

If you want to eat pork, do you buy it ready-made at the market, or do you raise it yourself on a farm?
99% of people choose the former. After all, the latter is full of thorns. You have to buy piglets, hire experts to breed more disease-resistant piglets, and also go through a series of interference and threats from external factors such as foot-and-mouth disease and swine pneumonia.

Using Internet cafes to promote the operation of domestic systems is a more difficult path than the technical path of Lianxiang Group back then.

Liu Guiwu said, "Your investment is too huge. It will cost hundreds of millions. Where did you get so much money?"

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; small streams accumulate to form a river or sea." Cheng Yi said with a smile, "There is no such thing as an easy thing in this world. We can only take it one step at a time."

Liu Guiwu quietly looked at Cheng Yi, who looked relaxed but determined, and suddenly felt that the scene was a bit sci-fi. Are these the words of an eighteen-year-old young man?

"This approach is feasible." Finally, Huang Ganping, who had been silent all the time, spoke.

He looked at Cheng Yi excitedly and said, "As long as you can persevere and not give up halfway like some people, you will definitely succeed!"

“???” Liu Guiwu and Yu Sen both stared at Huang Ganping with contempt.

Huang Ganping glanced at Liu Guiwu and said, "Liu Baopi, just hand over that system. That system is more suitable for Cheng Yi. In your hands, it is just a roll of used toilet paper."

"Huang Mazi, isn't what you said too harsh?" Liu Guiwu said angrily.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry." Yu Sen quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Calling it used toilet paper is really too much. Our toilet paper is new and has never been used since it was made."

Liu Guiwu became even angrier.

He ignored them out of anger. After a while, he said, "It's okay not to have money, but I have two requests." "Mr. Liu, please tell me." Cheng Yi immediately looked at Liu Guiwu.

Liu Guiwu said, "The first request is that we, the Huaxia Software Group, buy shares. We'll give you the system, and we'll own 2%. Isn't that too much?"

"2% stake?" Cheng Yi was stunned.

Liu Guiwu's words brought smiles to Yu Sen and Huang Ganping's faces.

Liu Guiwu is not investing in the company at all, but rather wants to provide Cheng Yi with a protective umbrella to the best of his ability.

The future expansion of Internet cafes will definitely be full of dangers. If Cheng Yi just relies on his hard work, he might be hacked to death one day. Now that China Software Group is on the list of shareholders, many people will think carefully before taking action.

Cheng Yi immediately understood Liu Guiwu's intention. He was now equivalent to taking Liu Guiwu's child away. Liu Guiwu's move was to pave the way for the child's future.

Just as he said, if you don’t pave the way for your own children, how can you expect others to pave the way for your children?
"Do you agree?" Liu Guiwu asked. "If you agree, I'll make my second request."

"I agree." Cheng Yi nodded.

"Alright, that's a breeze!" Liu Guiwu slammed the table and pointed at Huang Ganping, saying, "My second request is that you take this bastard away from me. He runs a restaurant right under my nose every day, and it's making me very uneasy."

"This..." Cheng Yi was stunned.

"What's the matter? You look down on him? Don't look at his ugly appearance, he is the vice-monitor of our Huazhong University of Science and Technology Computer Junior Class." Liu Guiwu said.

"No, I'm afraid Mr. Huang won't agree." Cheng Yi said with a wry smile.

Huang Ganping didn't answer whether he agreed or not. He grabbed the bottle of Erguotou, poured himself a glass, and poured another for Liu Guiwu, saying, "Liu Baopi, let's remove the thorns in our hearts today. Come, I'll toast you a glass."

Liu Guiwu grabbed his wine glass, clinked it with Huang Ganping's, and said with a bitter smile, "Okay, pull it out."

"I'll go with you." Yu Sen also poured himself a glass.

The three old men in their 60s finished their drinks and all laughed heartily.

The three of them were once young and frivolous, had dreams, and dedicated their youth to a great dream.

But this is not the world where you can get rewards just by giving.

Dreams and reality seem to be separated by a wall, but few people can push it open.

The three old men drank cup after cup. When they were drunk, they linked arms around each other's shoulders, first laughing, then crying. As they cried, they began to sing their favorite songs from their youth in off-tune voices.

The sky you look up to is a man’s sky.

A boy who once dreamed under the starry sky.

I don’t know how high the sky is, and I don’t know how far the sea is.

But I swear to take you far away, to the ends of the earth...

Looking at the three old men crying together, Cheng Yi also felt a little sour in his nose. He stood up, left the table, and sat in a seat by the window.

Liu Guiwu and his generation are all lone rangers who have to carry stones across the river. They have built something from scratch, and the hardships and sufferings they have endured are beyond imagination. Especially in this era when technology, industry and trade are generally not understood, they are still desperately moving forward without knowing the immensity of the world. All they hope for is hope.

Perhaps their biggest dream is "Stars in the distance, please light a lamp of hope for me."

"Did they scare you?" At this time, Huang Ganping's wife brought a plate of food to Cheng Yi and said a little embarrassedly: "They are not usually like this."

"I can understand." Cheng Yi smiled.

"Although I don't know what happened, I feel they are very happy." Huang Ganping's wife laughed: "Since Huang left his job in 98, this is the first time I have seen him so happy."

Huang Ganping’s wife left after saying this.

Cheng Yi looked at the endless stream of people outside the window, and his heart gradually calmed down.

He could feel that from today on, he was not fighting alone.

"Now, I, Liu Guiwu, an outstanding student of the Junior Class of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, will sing a song for our deputy monitor Huang Ganping! I wish monitor Huang Ganping a better future!" Liu Guiwu staggered to his feet, twisted up his tie to use as a microphone, and sang loudly.

My friend, you are leaving today.

Finished this glass of wine

Forget the sorrow of being alone on that journey

Drunk till the end of the world

Maybe you will drift without stopping from now on

Let's raise this glass together
Cheers, my friend.

　First update! I spent the whole morning writing this chapter. I tried to capture the challenges faced by older programmers, which took some thought. The next update will be a little later as I need to go to the office. Today will be the fourth update.

　　
　
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