Chapter 190 The Internet Age Is Getting Closer

When he was online, Fan Wubing logged on the United States on T|News through his company's network, and found that there was a message on it, which was a case handled by the New York Police Department not long ago.

In March, officers from the New York Police Department examined a body and concluded that the deceased had died from a gunshot wound to the head.

The name of the deceased was Ronald Opus, and it was known from his suicide note that he originally wanted to commit suicide by jumping off the top of a ten-story building.

However, when he passed the ninth floor after jumping, a bullet shot out of the window, killing him on the spot.

After investigation, the police found that neither the deceased nor the person who shot the gun knew about the situation. The eighth floor was under construction at the time, and the workers had just installed a safety net there. That is to say, if Ronald Opps had not been shot and died However, his suicide plan was actually unsuccessful.

According to American law, generally speaking, if a person commits a planned suicide and eventually dies, even if the suicide process changes and fails to meet the suicide person's wishes, then the person should be considered a suicide according to the law.

However, when the police investigated the bullet fired from the ninth floor, the nature of the case changed again.

At that time, an old couple on the ninth floor had a quarrel and were quarreling. The old man took out a gun to threaten the old lady, and then pulled the trigger, but the bullet missed the old lady and flew out of the window. Hit Ronald Opus in the head.

According to American law, if a person intends to kill A but kills B by mistake, he should still be convicted of homicide against B. Therefore, the case should be a homicide.

But when the old man faced homicide charges, both the old man and the old woman agreed that they both thought the gun was empty. The old man explained that threatening the old lady with an unloaded gun was a practice he had been doing with his wife for many years. He had no intention of killing his wife. If what the old couple said is true, then this is a case of manslaughter.

The crux of the problem is, under what circumstances and by whom were the bullets inserted? Police found a witness during the investigation who testified that he saw the elderly couple's son loading the gun with his own eyes six weeks before the murder.

The police learned from a more in-depth investigation. Because the old lady decided to stop financially supporting her adult son. The son held a grudge. There was a killing intent. He knew his father's habit of threatening old ladies with guns. So the gun was loaded with bullets. Hope to kill the mother by the hand of the father.

Since this son knows the consequences of loading the gun with bullets. Well even if he didn't pull the trigger himself. He should also be charged with murder.

so.

In this case, the son of the old couple committed murder against Ronald Opus.

but. The peak turns. The police found out after further investigation. The son of the old couple was actually the deceased Ronald Opus himself.

He was cut off from his source of income. And the long-planned plan to kill with a knife has never succeeded. Depressed. Finally on this day he decided to commit suicide by jumping from the top of the ten-story building. However, he was killed by a bullet fired from a window on the ninth floor.

That is. Ronald Opus killed himself. Therefore, the case was still considered to be a suicide case.

After Fan Wubing read it, he felt that this case was really unbelievable, but he suspected that it was fake news, otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen in the world?

However, Fan Wubing also noticed one thing. The Internet age has begun to exert its huge influence. Although America Online is only an Internet company that has just been established for less than ten years, its growth rate has been very good. After the company went public in 1992, it raised 66 million U.S. dollars in one fell swoop, and now the company's market value has doubled several times, and the 10 million U.S. dollars that Fan Wubing invested at the beginning has now exceeded hundreds of millions. dollar up.

The core of AOL's strategy is inspired by founder Case's early work experience and fast food restaurants. He believes that no matter how good any technology is, if it is not practical, it will be eliminated by the market, and people like convenient and simple things, and technology is no exception. Therefore, he believes that AOL should provide people with convenient and fast network services, which makes AOL significantly different from most high-tech companies.

According to such principles, AOL does not sell complex software, complex computers, or do other business in the dark. They only sell convenience and network services to consumers who are tired of their work and study and hate complex software, but are willing to communicate with AOL user friends or strangers about hot topics in daily life or favorite topics. music, even business.

AOL's strategy of facing ordinary consumers is simply crazy in the eyes of Silicon Valley's technical elite. But this simple approach to consumers has brought his company big gains on the Wall Street stock market. As Steve Case, the founder of AOL, said, AOL is not concerned with technology, but to become a mass media and a part of the daily life of ordinary customers.

America Online is one of the few companies that makes using a computer easier and more fun.

Of course, America Online has

The most important reason is online advertising. When other companies still pay attention to online advertising), America Online has already started to implement its own advertising strategy. An unknown long-distance telephone company signed a one-million-dollar deal with America Online. , because online advertising is much cheaper than advertising on TV and newspapers, and checking out with AOL users through the Internet can also save a lot of extra expenses.

However, Fan Wubing also knows that the dot-com boom has not yet come, and when the dot-com bubble comes, he can at least earn back tens of billions of dollars from the initial investment of 10 million dollars. This investment is quite cost-effective.

Fan Wubing's investment in many famous companies in the United States is moderate. Generally speaking, it will not exceed 10% of their equity ratio. Such an equity ratio can allow him to obtain huge profits without worrying about being caught by the company. Rejected by other shareholders, or stopped by the US government on the grounds of threatening national security.

The most important point is that Fan Wubing will not interfere with the business strategies of companies with good growth, lest it will affect their development direction and cause immeasurable changes.

Basically, these companies are like livestock raised by Fan Wubing, which can be slaughtered when the harvest season comes.

In fact, this kind of business strategy is also pursued by most professional investors, but it is worth noting that if the harvest is too late, it is likely to be locked up.

Regarding the ISP business in China, the people under Fan Wubing have already started to negotiate with the capital cities of the provinces and those cities with relatively developed and economic conditions, and started to lay the backbone optical cables in the urban areas. This is a comparison. For large system engineering, it is very complicated to consider whether the distribution meets the current use requirements, and also consider the construction intention of municipal engineering, leaving room for future upgrades.

Of course, the support given by the central government to Fan's Internet Service Company is also relatively strong. The State Council held a special meeting and brought together top leaders from various provinces and cities to talk about the central government's support for network highways, and stated that Fan's Internet service The company enjoys the same development space as the General Administration of Telecommunications in the administrative regions of mainland China. The difference is that Fan needs to pay some fees to the local government.

Because of the interest demands, Fan's Network Service Company is able to negotiate with local governments with ease. After all, the local government sees the money and the possible benefits of the network service company's infrastructure construction, so it doesn't care much about it. Rejected, after all, if the General Administration of Telecommunications has laid the same thing, it will not pay them half a penny.

As a result, the laying of optical cables in most provincial capital cities has gradually begun. The preliminary estimate is that the first batch of tasks will be completed within half a year, and the domestic backbone network of Fan's Network Service Company will be built. to display some branches.

For example, although some cities are not provincial capitals, nor are they cities with a very developed economy, but they have a tourism foundation, and the occupancy rate of foreigners is very high, then the Internet should not be missing in hotels in such cities. Although the cost may be higher, it is essential.

Moreover, Fan Wubing also thought of what he should do after building a good network, which is to build his own enterprises into model projects in the Internet age, deliberately create an atmosphere where information determines everything, and use this as a starting point , Carry out vigorous publicity to other companies and encourage them to use their own complete sets of technologies to become customers of their own company.

For most upstarts in China, Fan's Investment Group is like a mountain that must be looked up to. In front of this commercial giant, the top 20 private companies combined are far behind, let alone go it alone. Fight, with this demonstration role, Fan Wubing doesn't need to worry that they will miss this learning opportunity at all.

Moreover, Fan Wubing still has a trump card in his hands, which is to use the resources in his hands to build a bridge between Chinese companies and the West. When the time comes, the business volume will continue to double, and they will not be able to take advantage of their own. Boat.

Although the number of enterprise users is small, they are an important user group that can be opened at this stage. What is certain is that Fan Wubing and other network pioneers who are full of longing for the future and equally at a loss Different, he is very clear about the profit model of Internet companies, at least he will not take so many detours.

The information highway in the United States will be laid next year. Fan Wubing hopes that the main fiber optic cable in China will be completed within this year. In this case, at least the first batch of Internet service companies in China will not be too late. .

As for how far they can go, it depends on their good fortune. Fan Wubing is willing to assume the responsibility of enlightening and leading the way for basic users, but there is no need to cultivate many powerful opponents for himself.

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