Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

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Thanks to Jiange, for the 500 starting coins for the reward, I will update it specially.

By the way, talking about putting it on the shelves. This book is almost back to 800,000-100,000 yuan, and it was put on the shelves when the first big climax of the story arrived. However, this is the expectation. Maybe it won’t be on the shelves by then?

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{Time: March 12, 2003}

{Location: Planting flowers-Bashu}

Although he had all kinds of thoughts in his heart, looking at Ning Zimo's clear eyes, Wu Zhenyu felt more powerless.

Wu Zhenyu knew very well that the young man in front of him must have a considerable plan. Even if the Internet cafe management system he demonstrated to himself, I believe it was only a part of his plan.

In other words, even without him Wu Zhenyu, without Jisheng Technology, without the software Wanxiang Illusion, this young man named Ning Zimo can still boldly move forward in the direction of his goal.

These problems could not be fully digested or understood with his own perspective, and Wu Zhenyu felt that his brain had turned into a ball of mush.

"Okay, whether you say you have an unorthodox dream or you have a desire to resist the world, these are all proofs that you have vision and ideas. But now that you have found me, what do you mean?

What's the point of doing all this? After all, you can still move forward without me. Then why do you come all the way to Bashu to rub salt in my wounds?"

"Sprinkle salt?"

Ning Zimo couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this. Although he knew that laughing at this time was very abrupt, Ning Zimo still smiled and shook his head.

Finally, when Wu Zhenyu was about to explode, Ning Zimo calmed down and said in a deep voice:

"Brother Wu, it's a long story this time. This may have a lot to do with me and my childhood experiences. Please allow me to speak slowly and let me tell you why I want to do this.

matter."

Wu Zhenyu just couldn't bear the chuckle of the young man in front of him, and he felt that his successive frustrations were about to explode.

But when Ning Zimo calmly "discussed" with him again, feeling his clear eyes, the emotions he had accumulated just now gradually calmed down.

Seeing Ning Zimo waiting for his instructions, Wu Zhenyu nodded.

Seeing that Wu Zhenyu calmed down and agreed, Ning Zimo slowly spoke, "Brother Wu, when I was a child, I had a childhood friend. We were born on the same day in the same year and month, and the two of us have been the closest friends since we were young.

As we grew up as children, I gradually became "someone else's child". Although my son was not considered a poor student, he gradually lost his temper because his parents kept comparing me to him.

Interest in learning.

I was still young at that time, and Luffy and I often played games together in the arcade. But often when we were caught, his dad would always say that it was the games that ruined his grades. Over time, our relationship has not changed.

Oops, but he definitely lost interest in studying for a while.

I don’t know why adults misunderstood games at that time. The same situation also appeared in many aspects such as TV, sports, novels, etc. I couldn’t understand this situation.

I also like games, sports, and novels, but I have never been disturbed by these things. Even after I play games, I feel more relaxed. But why is it that games are blamed for my poor study?

?

Taking a detailed look at my history of playing games, it started from the Famicom era, through MD, SS, PS and computer games. It has been with me almost throughout my entire growth process and has given me many reflections.

Just like music, just like after I watched too many Michael Jackson music videos in the 1990s, when I grow up I will judge that many singers are just people in the entertainment industry and not making music.

Therefore, those good games that I have played will continue to elevate my aesthetics like Michael Jackson in the gaming world, so that after I have the peak experience, I will disdain ordinary things.

But it’s those things that I like that we, the younger generation, think are good, that the older generation can’t see or appreciate. They don’t know how to educate, so they blame the blame on the game. It’s obviously a very good thing, and it will make people laugh.

The people who come into contact have different experiences, perceptions and enjoyments. However, because of their ignorance and prejudice, they are labeled as electronic heroin.

The same goes for Internet cafes. Since the day they were born, Internet cafes have carried people's prejudices because of the game label they carry, and they have been disliked and boycotted by those who have the right to speak. The fire in Internet cafes in 2002, those overwhelming

There was public opinion about closing Internet cafes, how did you feel as a practitioner at that time?"

Ning Zimo paused for a moment, but Wu Zhenyu had been brought to a different world by him, and he couldn't escape yet.

Ning Zimo didn't seek answers from him, so he continued to talk to himself:

"In the eyes of the older generation, who have the right to speak, Internet cafes are a black industry, a land that should not exist in flower cultivation, and a cancer that will affect the healthy growth of the younger generation. Every 'righteous' wise person

Shidu couldn't wait to step on it to prove how unique his vision was.

But what is the essential reason why they visit Internet cafes? Are they really thinking about the next generation? Or do they just want to prove that they have a sense of existence and that they have unique vision as people who have experienced it? So, if you think about it carefully, what do they think about Internet cafes?

The anger and criticism about the game actually have nothing to do with the original interest in this matter."

Wu Zhenyu squinted his eyes. He felt that the young man in front of him gave him a very strange feeling. He seemed to be staring at things that others didn't pay much attention to.

"Doesn't anyone realize that, apart from the insights I just mentioned, games are actually just like software development, and various markets can actually be spawned around games?

People who like text stories can build a beautiful story background for the game to make the game majestic;

People who like painting can draw people, objects, and the world for the game to make the game three-dimensional;

People who like music can create soundtracks for the game to make the game come alive with different soundtracks;

People who like programming can also connect this series of things to form a complete world.

With this small screen, the game allows you to travel around the world without leaving home. Use your eyes, ears, and heart to experience different worlds. So even if they can deny the existence of these essences, can these things

Does it really no longer exist?”

Ning Zi paused in silence for a while, inevitably thinking about the scene where Luffy was caught again and Lu Jianguo grabbed his head and banged it against the wall in the arcade.

Only Ning Zimo knows the pictures that are engraved in his mind best. In the final analysis, they are all caused by prejudice.

After taking a long breath, Ning Zimo asked calmly, "Brother Wu, you should have heard of "StarCraft"?"

"I heard it, I like to play too."

Hearing that Wu Zhenyu also liked Interstellar, Ning Zimo's interest suddenly increased.

"If you like StarCraft, I wonder if you remember a game. It was the scene of the 17-year-old Canadian boy grrr who was born out of nowhere in the finals of the i2e2 StarCraft competition in 1999. He used a

Exquisite operation, using the clone operation of 9 Suicide Flying Bats at once, killing 5 flying dragons and 2 Devourers of the opponent at the same time.

In the King of Kings match in 2000, he first used Terran and Zerg to be beaten by his opponent, and then used Protoss to win three games in a row. I watched the video at that time, and it made my blood boil with excitement.

It was only then that I learned that foreign countries were already beginning to convert games into e-sports, and they had implemented it earlier than I knew.

So you see, games can really be a competitive event and an industry that can transcend games. In addition to people developing around games, it can also cultivate a group of event organizers, commentators, and sponsors. Teams have

Players, coaches, team leaders, translators, analysts, etc.

This group of people can have their own careers and win glory for the country. Can you imagine how much the current environment can be changed by the appearance of such a day? But what is our actual situation now? We keep saying that we want to catch up with the Premier League, but why have people already put it?

Games have become e-sports, but are we still standing still?

As for the Internet cafe industry, which was affected by games, it was also suppressed due to unreasonable disasters, turning an industry that could have developed healthily into ruins.

Now it's good. The ancestor's talk about being the number one scholar in three hundred and sixty lines can only be an empty talk now. China's 5,000 years of splendid history has only been reduced to "Everything is inferior, only reading is good"

!

Where do these prejudices come from? Why do some people continue to live longer and come back?"

Wu Zhenyu never interrupted Ning Zimo's "nonsense". He carefully observed every move of Ning Zimo when he spoke, and could clearly detect that Ning Zimo was really talking about something hidden in his heart.

sound.

Wu Zhenyu felt that something in Ning Zimo's words touched a certain place in his heart, making him want to make some sounds.

Slowly taking a cigarette, Wu Zhenyu imagined it and handed the cigarette to Ning Zimo.

After lighting one for him with his own hands, Wu Zhenyu also lit one himself.

At the end, Wu Zhenyu murmured, "I have also come from that time. I used to have no hobbies. I wanted to play football but was banned because I was afraid of getting hurt. I wanted to play with friends because I was afraid of delaying my studies and was banned.

I wanted to play the game but it was banned because it was electronic heroin.

All in all, in the eyes of the older generation, all fun is a waste of time. So studying became the only thing. After graduating from college and working, I suddenly found that I had no hobbies, and my life was so monotonous. I only thought about what to do.

To make money, so I have an illusion of everything.

To be honest, I didn't think much about it at the time. Even now, I only think about how to make more money, but I have never thought about whether I will be happy or not.

With this mentality, Wanxiang was unexpectedly developed into a way to make money, and then there was Jisheng. At that time, I thought I had found my own direction, but the fire in 2002 not only destroyed the lives of many young people

Passed away, and everything that happened next gave me a hard slap in the face.

Since last year, Jisheng's situation has been bad. The reason is just as you said, they want to kill this emerging industry. If they really do this, those of us who surround the Internet cafe industry will

I’m afraid we have to really find a new way out…”

Wu Zhenyu had gone through that moment, and he had experienced everything that Ning Zimo just said after the Lanjisu Internet Cafe fire incident in 2002.

He took a long breath, and the smoke took away a lot of the turbid air in his chest.

But Wu Zhenyu still felt that his heart was heavy, and even his voice was much lower when he spoke, "They did a lot to stop eating because of choking?"

Ning Zimo nodded, knowing that the "them" Wu Zhenyu mentioned was the same concept as his father's generation.

Wu Zhenyu lowered his head. He suddenly thought that he was finally forced to go to school, and he thought of the embarrassment he had and would face in finding a living, which made him feel uncomfortable unconsciously.

But Wu Zhenyu was still awake, "Zimo, I can sell Ji Sheng to you. But do you know your future path? The road of resistance will be very difficult!"

The style of painting suddenly changed, but Wu Zhenyu completely kept up with Ning Zimo's rhythm.

Hearing Wu Zhenyu's somewhat dejected tone, Ning Zimo shook his head, "It doesn't work with the other paths I want to take. What I just told you is my true personal dream. I just want to go there in my own way.

Prove something, with a vivid, shining result, like a slap in their face.

I have planned a very detailed route for this dream road. I am still very young and I can make a lot of money. But the end of the road is my answer. It is a slap, it is spit, and I even have to tell you viciously.

Worldly. This is my fucking dream, and this is what you spurn!"

Wu Zhenyu's eyes, which had been squinting, stared at the boss following Ning Zimo's sonorous and powerful words.

He also saw the ferocious look on the face of the young man in front of him who was gentle just now.

I don't know why, Wu Zhenyu suddenly felt that that result seemed to really happen.

Those worldly things will give this young man a slap in the face sooner or later!

There is no way to avoid it!

…

No one knows what else the two young people with a similar age difference talked about in the office of Bashu Jisheng Technology that day.

In short, Ning Zimo was there the day after meeting Wu Zhenyu.

Jisheng Technology officially changed ownership.

Jisheng Technology was acquired at a price of 1 million yuan, and the original company name of Jisheng Technology will be officially changed to "Coolplay Technology".

The original Jisheng team will choose to stay or leave within 2 weeks. Those who want to go with the company will need to move to the special zone with "Cool Play Technology". Those who want to stay in Bashu will receive severance pay.

However, Wu Zhenyu, the original founder of Jisheng Technology, will continue to serve as the general manager of Coldplay Technology.

On March 30, 2003, the official website of Vientiane Fantasy, a subsidiary of Jisheng Technology, was completely revised and launched a new domain name "Cool Play".

On the same day, all the new and old Internet cafe owners of the original Wanxiang Illusion suddenly discovered that the Wanxiang Illusion software had also been completely revised.

The original Internet cafe charging and billing methods have been upgraded to a variety of billing methods that can be flexibly set, which allows Internet cafe owners to adopt flexible marketing methods such as discounts or time-based charging.

The functions of document reports have been enhanced and corresponding printing functions have been provided. The added purchase, sales and inventory management and multi-store management will allow Internet cafe owners to conduct unified management of multiple stores under their banners.

As for other firewall, recovery, game updates, computer protection and other functions, they are all available.

However, the emergence of these new contents has made Internet cafe owners realize that there is a lot of room for improvement in this software in the future.

For all users, they only need to download and install it once, and future updates will be automatically executed.

The [Cool Play Platform] has the biggest change in fees. Within 3 years, it will only charge a symbolic fee of 1 yuan per client for the whole year. The future charging method will be officially announced on January 1, 2005.

.

This billing method is almost a loophole, because everyone has discovered that as long as you pay 1 yuan to the [Cool Play Platform] account, you can get the right to use all the machines in the Internet cafe. However, this billing method has

The time is only until January 1, 2005.

This change almost makes Internet cafe owners overjoyed. After all, this update from Vientiane Fantasy to [Cool Play Platform] obviously has a great improvement in functionality, but the cost is almost nothing. It’s good and bad, so why bother?

Although some old users who had paid expressed dissatisfaction and even called Jisheng Technology to question it, in the end all the voices were silenced, leaving only the wailing of other competitors.

…

It's not that Ning Zimo doesn't give them a way to survive, but because the gaming and e-sports industries are Ning Zimo's obsessive pursuit of one of his dreams.

In other respects, I can coexist peacefully with others.

But in his obsession part,

Either you die or I die!

Except Wu Zhenyu, even Han Qinghua.

Not many people know the significance of this change.

Maybe one day they will know, but what they will see at that time, like everything today, is just the beginning.