Chapter 160 The Leader

In 1994, after the Chinese people connected to the Internet and sent out the first e-mail. China has officially been recognized by the international community as having entered the Internet age.

But judging from the actual situation, the Internet is still far away from ordinary people. After all, at this stage, the Internet is only in the hands of a few people, in China, specifically. The application of Internet technology is limited to a small number of elites in Tsinghua Park and the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Fan Wubing's company. Already connected to the network. But not through domestic special lines. Instead, he reached an agreement with the United States through his own satellite. Not only is it very fast. Resources are also relatively abundant. At present, domestic experts don't have a comprehensive understanding of it, and most people just use it as a new communication method to communicate with the outside world. It's like phone calls, faxes, things like that.

If there are no variables. Domestic non-governmental applications. It should not start until two years later, with Ying Haiwei as the pioneers of Internet applications in China. He will lead the Chinese people into a new Internet era with full enthusiasm.

Fan Wubing still remembered the huge billboard that was erected in Zhongguancun, Beijing back then, with the words clearly written on it. How far is the Chinese from the information highway - 1500 to the north. This billboard became one of the most watched commercial events in China that year, and also made Ying Haiwei and its founder Zhang Shuxin the focus of that year.

It's just that when Ying Haiwei started his business. Fan Wubing was still hanging out on the university campus, Wang Tiandi's economic situation was only relatively low among the provinces in the country, and even in the provincial capital cities, college students majoring in computer science at that time did not have many opportunities to get in touch with practical applications. Not to mention understanding this new thing.

The first time I heard this term was when their department head came back from the United States. Translated a book about the information highway in the United States, and only mentioned it when selling to them. Although the mouth of the head of the department who would come out of his mouth with a sentence or two of foreign language from time to time was a bit crooked. But one thing is still true. Will gradually come into our lives.

At this time, when Fan Wubing recalled the head of the department, he still had some impressions. And one of the things he remembers most clearly was when he was doing his homework. It is to design a website with hTmL language code. At that time, the students in the class felt a little crazy, because they didn't know what to do? In the end, Fan Wubing made a beautiful website with simple database operations. And the more popular application plug-ins such as counters at that time, so his website became everyone's template.

Although the design is a bit of a hindrance. But everyone is still very enthusiastic about copying, and it doesn't take any effort at all, just change the name and it will work.

From entering China, to going to civilian applications. It took a full two years and ten years in between. This is certainly related to the high Internet costs, but from the root cause. Or because the intensity of promotion and publicity can't keep up.

Not many people in the government understand the significance of the Internet, but at the academic level. They are just keen to hold advanced communication methods in their own hands to show their unique nature. Little is known about the changes that the Internet can bring to the lives of the masses. Or just don't want to think about it at all.

Fan Wubing knew. It's next year. The U.S. Highway Project will be fully completed. And Americans will also enter the Internet era from now on. As a result, countless new economic industries have been born, countless multi-millionaires, billionaires, and countless high-tech industries and information industries have been born.

As for China, it is just starting from scratch. No practical application has emerged. Although China is also building high-speed highways in full swing, they are not high-speed information highways, but high-speed highways with reinforced concrete structures between cities. this stage. Developed countries have already experienced it decades ago.

The gap is very large, but the market space is also very large, and no industry can make its influence so great that it is unparalleled. Fan Wubing licked his lips. He felt that he had found a workable career again.

Numerous cases in the world's business history can prove that the first entrant in the industry may not be the winner who persists until the end. He plays the role of an enlightener at the same time. Play the role of pioneer too.

As the saying goes, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. If you want to think about those pioneers who were trampled to death by the back waves, you have to think carefully about the principle of doing this. Where is the bottom line and where is the profit point?

At that time, Diying Haiwei was the first Internet company in China. Regardless of the business they are in or the company itself. From the perspective of the outside world, they are all different. Their profit model is that users pay a certain fee to Ying Haiwei, that is, they can connect their computers to the Internet, chat online, receive emails, and read electronic newspapers.

This is exactly the same as AOL's business model, the only difference is that AOL did not need to directly face competition from other giants in the industry at that time. In China, however, there is a giant company named China Telecom. It's just that it didn't realize the market prospect of Internet access service at that time. Therefore, Ying Haiwei did not set foot in this field before China Telecom. On the one hand, it acts as a pioneer in the market. On the other hand, it also experienced short-term glory.

Ying Haiwei took the lead in the Internet enlightenment movement in China and acted as the leader of China's Internet. At that time, no one thought that Ying Haiwei would become a historical term a few years later. The Internet Enlightenment Movement he advocated was inherited. China, Vietnam and the United States are the countries with the largest number of Internet users.

However, the gap between China and the United States is too great. Just when Ying Haiwei's staff explained to the public the difference between the Internet and Internaxonel. Yahoo has entered the Nasdaq stock market with the concept of the Internet. On the day of listing, the market value reached more than 800 million US dollars.

What exactly can the Internet do? What can it bring to society? It is something that Ying Haiwei must work hard to explain to the public and relevant regulatory authorities.

What does the Internet mean? Is it media, communication or information technology? Who is in charge of this industry. Telecommunications industry management? Or media management? These situations were very vague at the time. Even the pioneers were a little unclear.

Forerunners in the market certainly have more opportunities. Just when Ying Haiwei's preparations were going very smoothly, China Telecom, who realized the importance of Internet access services, suddenly began to set foot in this field. China Telecom slashed Internet access fees. As a result, Yinghai Weisheng suffered huge losses and lost a large number of users, and then began to lay off employees and gradually faded out of the public eye.

The overturning of the previous car, the lesson of the latter.

Before Fan Wubing started to get involved in the Internet industry. These problems must be solved, and they must have independent communication lines and absolute control over these communication lines. In this case, they cannot rely on telecommunication lines. If they do that, they are just working for others.

However, if the existing communication lines are not used, relatively high-cost optical fiber communication equipment must be used.

But Fan Wubing also thought about it, although the cost of using optical cable lines and optical communication equipment to intervene in the Internet is higher. But I undoubtedly am. It's just to bypass the monopoly of telecommunications. Plus your own business. There are enterprises that produce optical cables. There are also enterprises specializing in the development and production of communication equipment, as well as a large number of relevant technical personnel, who want to establish an Internet service provider company. It is conditional.

The most important thing to do now is to deal with the postal department, or bypass them. Obtain a license for your company to conduct Internet business in the mainland. For this point, Fan Wubing is quite sure.

After all, the domestic Internet has not yet taken shape, and everyone does not understand this thing. I can completely persuade the government to agree to become the first ISP in China by sacrificing some interests in other aspects. With their own strong financial strength. And with a full understanding of the Internet, it is easy to gain a firm foothold, and then promote it nationwide to become bigger and stronger.

If he is both an ISP and a p, I am afraid that few Internet companies can surpass him. Fan Wubing can completely control the domestic Internet industry in his own hands, which is quite a scary thing.

But in order to do this. Fan Wubing now had to make a little sacrifice and make concessions in some places. Fortunately, his future father-in-law suddenly appeared in the rare earth industry. This thing can be borrowed and used.

Therefore, Fan Wubing issued an order to his rare earth joint enterprise. From now on, it will no longer sell products to the outside world, and all products will be put into stock. Make strategic reserves.

Once the news came out, the entire industry was in an uproar. If Fan Wubing decides like this. It is equivalent to paying by himself to support all the employees of the rare earth joint enterprise. How much will it cost? !

And the only company that can compete with Fan Wubing, Shen Peiming and others, is also very surprised. I don't understand why Fan Wubing made such an uncalmly decision? In this way, your own company will have no competitors, and there will probably be a huge increase in the price.

"My son-in-law is doing things. Why is it so unexpected?" After hearing the news, Shen Peiming felt a little puzzled.