Reborn 2005: The Internet Myth

On August 16, Wang Zheng arrived at Stanford in the afternoon to go through the admission procedures.

Stanford’s annual enrollment is actually not very large, about 1,600 students.

Because he is a related household and does not need to live in the school, his admission procedures are much simpler and can be completed in less than half an hour.

From now on, he is also a student at Stanford, majoring in international relations.

Next is course selection. In addition to the eight required courses for majors in the first semester, you must also take an elective course on "Cultural Values." Although it is listed as an elective, it is required for international relations majors.

Moreover, the "Writing" course is also compulsory for all majors.

In addition, he had to choose two courses related to cultural and ideological fields. Wang Zheng chose them according to the class time, trying to concentrate the course time and minimize the fragmented time of the course.

If undergraduate students want to graduate early, it will basically take at least two years, mainly because of the issue of credits. Some courses require enough credits to start studying.

Relevant people will say otherwise... After all, Wang Zheng is now worth billions of dollars and is running towards becoming a billionaire. His admission to Stanford is also a major event worthy of being written into the history of the school.

Let's make each other successful.

Anyway, the goal Wang Zheng has set for himself is to graduate by the end of next year.

After finishing school matters, Wang Zheng had no time to wander around the school and drove to San Francisco.

In the past week, Jeff has really been busy. He has basically traveled to the east and west coasts of the American League and several major European countries.

The results have been impressive. The payment platform is still just an empty shell, but it has already received investment intentions from more than 30 of the world's largest commercial banks, investment banks and insurance companies.

The shares held by these companies are not large, and the total is less than 20%. The purpose of their shares is also very simple, some are simply for investment, and some are to obtain preferential fees for online payments.

PayPal's profit model is very clear but also very simple. Each transaction charges a certain handling fee to the payee, especially for cross-border transactions. The handling fee is quite high.

Although the new payment platform also charges handling fees, its diversified profit model will reduce its handling fees a lot. This preferential policy is very attractive to leading companies with frequent international transactions.

In the afternoon, as soon as Jeff returned to San Francisco, he couldn't wait to make an appointment with Wang Zheng for an interview in the evening.

Jeff seems to have a special liking for the "laundry room", and we still have dinner here.

As soon as he walked in, Jeff greeted Wang Zheng without changing his dining position.

After Wang Zheng sat down, he immediately asked: "Jeff, I thought it would take at least a week or two for you to finish it."

"You underestimate Rothschild too much." The two of them are now considered comrades in deep bondage, and some small jokes are harmless. Jeff smiled and said: "But it is not all my fault. In a moment...wait a minute,

They're coming."

Jeff waved towards the door. Wang Zheng looked and saw a man and a woman walking towards them.

The man is about 55 years old, very tall, white, with gray hair, but wearing a suit and leather shoes, tall and strong, and looks very energetic.

The woman is very young, no more than 30 years old, wearing a sapphire blue evening dress, and has a very strong figure. Her short black ear-length hair makes her look particularly different, and her facial features are different from those of typical Westerners, a bit like

The feeling of a mixture of East and West.

Jeff stood up and hugged the two of them. After sitting down, he immediately introduced: "Justin Fehr, Dickens Russell, Gabriel Russell, and Gabriella are Dickens's daughters."

After knowing each other's names, Jeff explained to Wang Zheng: "Russell is the administrator of Sutong Capital. Sutong Capital has helped a lot with the payment platform."

Wang Zheng looked at Dickens and said with a smile: "Thanks to Sutong Capital for its great assistance, I believe it won't be long before the 'QuickPass' goes online."

Wang Zheng has not been idle these days. He has mobilized manpower from Ultron and tinkered with the "Cloud QuickPass" passed down from Daxia to create a payment website called "QuickPass", which is called "QuickPass" in Chinese.

For quick payment.

The name comes from the fast payment brand launched by UnionPay in the future. It is catchy and easy to remember, so Wang Zheng simply used it.

Dickens smiled, blinked his green eyes, and replied: "Phil, we have noticed you since Meta was launched. Your entrepreneurial ideas are amazing. That's why we broke the rule of not investing in the first round.

, I hope to join Quick Pass as soon as possible.”

The operating model of Sutong Capital is really refreshing.

Other venture capital companies all hope to enter as early as possible to obtain maximum benefits. However, Sutong Capital only invests in companies that are stable enough and capable of long-term development, which is unique.

After exchanging a few words, the waiter began to serve the food, and the four of them chatted while eating.

Wang Zheng noticed that Jeff seemed to be more familiar with Gabriel. The two were similar in age, and judging by their conversation, they should be classmates.

Especially when talking about the financial industry, Gabriel's speeches tend to be more positive, but he talks more about special names, and there are some contents that Wang Zheng seems to understand but not understand.

Dickens would give advice as an elder. This person indeed had a very profound foundation in the financial industry. His words were concise and comprehensive, and he explained the essence of various issues very thoroughly.

After chatting for a while, Wang Zheng understood that the father and daughter were most likely the CEOs that Jeff had found for the QuickPass platform.

However, Wang Zheng does not reject it. Sutong Capital has a lot of connections in Europe and the United States. Although the background is a bit mysterious, they do not hold a large share, only 3%.

Wang Zheng and Rothschild have previously signed a concerted action agreement. Rothschild's voting rights belong to Phil International. Together, the two parties own 77% of the shares, which can still achieve absolute control.

Just as he was thinking about it, Gabriel turned the topic to Wang Zheng and asked: "Phil, I have no doubt that Quick Pass will be a huge success, but I am very worried about network security issues. After all, it relies on the network to operate.

, there are quite a few super hackers nowadays.”

Wang Zheng swallowed the steak in his mouth and said with a smile: "Now Phil International faces hundreds of hacker attacks every day, but have you ever heard of information leaks?"

The three of them thought for a moment after hearing this, as if they had never heard of such a thing happening.

Wang Zheng explained: "First of all, the servers used by Phil International are gradually being replaced by our own developed Ultron operating system. It is fundamentally different from traditional win, Linux and other systems. Existing attack methods are impossible.

To break through the defense of the Ultron system."

"Secondly, I have a very advanced data encryption technology that ensures that no one except our servers can crack the encrypted data."

"These two items combined will make our user data flawless and indestructible."

This encryption technology is "E2E". This program was originally used in the field of anti-cheating in online games and was also used by Wang Zheng to encrypt transaction data.

In order to complete the encryption, the client of QuickPass Bank will be made into an application instead of loading the web page directly from the browser.

The size of this application is very small, it is very convenient to download and install, and it can ensure data security.

However, Jeff was obviously more interested in the operating system that Wang Zheng mentioned, and immediately asked: "Operating system? Specialized system or general-purpose system?"

"It's a general system, and you can probably see it in September."

The cloud computing platform is expected to be completed in another month and will be officially released on September 30 as originally planned.

The Dickens father and his daughter obviously did not expect that while Wang was building an online social empire, he was preparing to launch online banking business, and he also quietly developed a new universal operating system.

Dickens praised: "Phil, you are the most amazing entrepreneur I have ever seen. I can't believe that you can start so many businesses at the same time, and the businesses fit and complement each other. It's perfect."

"Thank you." Wang Zheng smiled implicitly and said, "Maybe it's fate that favors me."

There is nothing wrong with this. If it were not for the blessing of fate, he would most likely have entered a mid-life crisis.

But what seems to be a joke, Dickens particularly agreed: "Most of history is written by these people who are favored by fate. Phil may be just that kind of person."

Jeff laughed, "Phil, did you hear that? It seems I have to follow you closely, and maybe my name will be mentioned in history in the future."

"Jeff, you're close enough now!" Wang Zheng joked, feeling that the heat was almost over now and it was time to get down to business.

Then he turned to look at Dickens and asked: "Mr. Russell, your knowledge in finance is beyond my imagination. I would like to invite you and Miss Russell to join QuickPass Online Banking and create a new financial era together. What do you think?

Sample?"

The Dickens father and daughter looked at each other, and after a slight hesitation, they both nodded in agreement.

Dickens spread his hands and said with a smile: "I originally planned to recommend Gabriel to join the quick payment job, but I didn't expect that I would also get involved."

Jeff also didn’t expect that his previous agreement with Dickens was to recommend Gabriel as an executive, but he didn’t expect that Wang Zheng would directly invite Dickens and said with a smile: “Uncle Dickens, instead of traveling around the world, he pioneered

Only a new era can leave a legend. It’s time for you to come out and write your own legend longer.”

"I don't have any legend. I just live longer. The future will always be yours."

Dickens waved his hand, looked at the time and said: "I'm old and it's time to go back and rest. Jeff, please take me back. Gabriel, you can chat with Mr. Phil for a while. By the way, don't forget

Please tell your mother that we will temporarily settle in California starting tomorrow."

Jeff left with Dickens, leaving Wang Zheng and Gabriel alone at the dinner table.

This... Wang Zheng looked at Gabriel, and she was also looking at Wang Zheng calmly.

The dining table after dinner is not a good place for two people to connect emotionally.

Wang Zheng thought for a moment and then invited: "Gabriel, are you interested in taking a look at our upcoming products?"

Gabriel nodded lightly: "Of course, I'm really curious about what Internet banking is like according to genius entrepreneurs on the Internet."

I didn’t drink much tonight, just a few glasses of champagne. And California’s drunk driving laws are not that strict, so Wang Zheng drove Gabriel in the direction of Menlo Park.

Getting in the car, Gabriel asked curiously: "Justin, do you only drive BMWs? I thought you were so young, you would at least drive a cool Ferrari or Lamborghini. And you drive too slowly, right?"

, if I were a traffic policeman, I would definitely question you."

In California, on expressways like San Francisco to Menlo Park, if you drive too slowly, for example, maintaining a speed of 60 to 70 kilometers, you will most likely be targeted by the traffic police.

If it is driven at about 80 kilometers, there will be no problem.

Gabriel was not the first person to complain about Wang Zheng's slow driving. He still shook his head, stared at the road seriously and said, "Safety first."

He is the soul of Ben Si, who has long passed the age when passion dominates the brain.

Therefore, taking risks, speeding, and other risky behaviors should be avoided. Although it may seem like a boring life, the opportunity to do it again is too rare. He still has a lot of things to do.

Don't want to die.

Besides, there is no need for Wang Zheng to show off or show off himself with behaviors that look "cool" but are actually dangerous.

When young people do such things, 95% of the time it is to attract the attention of the opposite sex.

With his current worth, not to mention the rich and powerful, most top stars can only look up to him and do not need him to attract them.

Money is already the best attraction.

For the first time, Gabriel had some doubts about herself. No matter when she was a student or now, countless men wanted to show off in front of her and use various methods to attract her attention.

This kind of behavior, which she always labeled as "childish", was everywhere around her, even Jeff Rothschild was no exception when he was young.

She really didn't expect that she would meet such a "cautious" man today.

There was silence in the carriage for a while. A sudden ringtone interrupted her random thoughts. She heard it and it was Wang Zheng's cell phone.

Wang Zheng glanced at it and picked it up anyway. Before he could put it to his ear, the call immediately said "Daddy!"

You can hear it very clearly in a quiet car.

…

Wang Zheng glanced at Gabriel with some embarrassment, put the phone to his ear, pressed the volume button several times at the same time, and asked: "Isa, why are you free to call me at this time?"

The girl on the other end of the phone was completely unaware and said excitedly: "Daddy, there is a movie asking me to be the heroine!"

Is Omei finally going to take over from her sisters and start to appear on the screen? That is a good thing, after all, she is famous in the Meta community, which is also of great benefit to Meta.

"what movie?"

"Do you know Transformers? It's the science fiction movie derived from the toys produced by Hasbro! It's so cool!"

It’s actually Transformers?!

Wang Zheng was also a little surprised. This movie is still a very classic. Wang Zheng, who loves science fiction, would occasionally dig it out and watch it again.

"Congratulations Isa, is there anything I can help you with?"

The O-mei on the other end of the phone suddenly got stuck. She hesitated for a moment and then said: "Daddy, I just want to ask you if you want to invest in this movie. The director said there is still some funding gap..."

Wang Zheng knew as soon as he heard this that this was Explosive Shell's usual trick.

If the funds are not enough, actors come to make up the money.

Moreover, this guy loves to do explosion special effects, and his money can be compared to that of truck driver Cameron.

This guy is very proficient in bringing money into the group.

However, it is undeniable that the Transformers series is indeed a good popcorn movie, each one can make a profit, and the investment is not lost at all.

Moreover, WeChat does need some movie copyrights, so it is completely necessary to do some preparation work in the film and television industry in advance.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng asked: "How much more money do we need?"

"Ten million..." Aomei said cautiously. She knew Wang Zheng was rich, but she was really not sure whether Wang Zheng would invest in movies for her.

After all, most movies make a loss. No one knows whether they are losing money or making a profit before they are released.

This money is not much, WeChat has the money in its own account, and there is no need to even use Phil International’s money.

Moreover, this movie is sure to make a lot of money, so Wang Zheng said very cheerfully: "No problem, I will ask Catherine to contact you tomorrow."

After receiving Wang Zheng's affirmative reply, O'Mei breathed a sigh of relief and replied very sweetly: "Thank you daddy, I have learned two new postures~"

Ahem.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zheng glanced at Gabriel in the passenger seat. She was looking at him with narrow eyes, "Justin, you are so generous. You are willing to spend 10 million to pick up girls."

Wang Zheng defended: "This is just an investment!"

Gabriel suppressed a smile and nodded, but did not answer again.

After about twenty minutes of silence, they finally drove back to the villa in Menlo Park, parked the car, and Wang Zheng opened the door and invited Gabriel to walk into his office on the first floor.

There are three monitors on his desk, connected to three hosts respectively, running different operating systems. One is the win system, and the other two are the personal and server versions of the Ultron system.

Wang Zheng started the win system host, found the software called "QuickPass" on the desktop, clicked to open it and gave the position to Gabriel.

"This is the QuickPass app. You can log in to your own account to try it. You can log in with a Meta account."

After Gabriel sat down, he did not log in to his account first. Instead, he opened several CMD windows at the same time. After quickly entering some different commands, he switched to the software interface and started to log in to his account.

Wang Zheng watched her operation with great interest, which was quite interesting.

She was trying to get the server address of QuickPass. It seemed that Gabriel also had certain attainments in network security technology.

However, the result was destined to disappoint her. Gabriel did not obtain any valid information until the account was logged in.

This software is encrypted through "E2E", and no one will be able to crack it twenty years later, let alone now.

Gabriel is not discouraged. The software interface after logging in is quite simple. The interface style is exactly the same as the future mobile version of Alipay, but it is simpler and does not have so many dazzling functions.

The basic functions of the main page are functions related to bank card management and transfer. There are two other button entrances at the bottom, which are the two main business entrances of financial management and insurance.

The financial management section clearly divides the more common financial management methods such as stocks and funds, but the content inside is only simulated for the time being, not real stocks.

As for insurance, it is relatively clear, including life insurance, property insurance, automobile insurance, health insurance, liability insurance, etc.