Chapter 178 Witness an Important Moment in the History of the Internet

Tang Xinyi said coquettishly: "Why is the TV so good, yet it ignores the Lun family!"

Li Xiaofan was happy when he saw this. He stood up, hugged Tang Xinyi and sat on his lap: "My dear, this TV show is very interesting. Can we make out after watching this show?"

"What kind of crappy show is it? It's more important than me?" Tang Xinyi said angrily.

Li Xiaofan hugged her tightly and smiled: "Haha, dear, of course you are important! However, this program is very exciting, let's not miss a few minutes! Let's watch this program together first. The program being played now is called Puter icles , the Chinese should be called "Computer Chronicle", the episode being aired is about emerging Internet technology, the theme is "Network"..."

After Li Xiaofan said this, Tang Xinyi also focused her attention on the TV screen.

There is an introduction to the current Internet at the beginning of this "Network" program: last year, starting in 1994, American communities can be directly connected to the Internet, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives began to provide information services, the first online shopping mall in the United States went online, and the first RT-FM, an online radio station, has started broadcasting. American users have begun to order pizza directly through Hut online. The Prime Minister of Japan, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, etc. have begun to provide online services. The first online bank, First Virtual, has begun operations...

Then, a host named Stewart appeared on the TV screen.

In the scene broadcast, the host Stewart is appearing in an online coffee shop on the street in the United States. The so-called Internet coffee shop at that time was a place where the public could pay to surf the Internet and drink a cup of coffee. In fact, it is equivalent to the Internet cafes that sprung up in mainland China later.

Stewart faced the screen in this online coffee shop and told the audience: "In the emerging world of the Internet, you can meet real and virtual people. The person you are communicating with on the Internet may be a real person. , maybe a fictional character, but it’s a really fun thing to get the best of both worlds…”

Stewart then spoke with a professional guide for today's show: Markoff, a technology reporter for The New York Times.

Markov is considered a senior Internet user. He talked in front of the screen and told the audience that he most likes to use email on the Internet, which is very convenient and convenient.

Markoff said that he currently has thousands of emails from netizens all over the world in his mailbox. The email client he is currently using is called Eudora, which is an early product of Qualcomm, a major American mobile phone chip manufacturer. Qualcomm obtained a license from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for free distribution in 1991, and after 1ra was released as a consumer product, it quickly became popular. It ran on IBM PCs and Apple Matosh devices, and at its peak had tens of millions of users around the world. The Windows version of Eudora was written in the then-popular C++ programming language.

On a TV screen, Markoff used a screenshot of Eudora's inbox to show an email reply he received from Apple founder Steve Jobs. At that time, after Steve Jobs purchased Spix Animation Studio, he was working hard to develop the world's first fully 3D animated film "Toy Story"...

Markov also told the audience in front of the screen that he likes to download various interesting software from the Internet. He uses a program called An Archie, which can be used to view computers around the world that have software archives.

At that time, in 1990, since the World Wide Web did not exist at that time, the ftp file transfer protocol software became the main tool for sharing files. But to share files, you must have an ftp server. At that time, you had to use an ftp client to retrieve ftp data. However, a lot of data was scattered in different places. Then the ancestor of search engines was born: Archie.

On September 10, 1990, three students from the University of Montreal in Canada launched the world's first Internet search engine "Archie" and became the ancestor of modern search engines.

"Wow, that looks cool, but we want to know, what are the risks to us, the public, from using the Internet as a network?" Stewart marveled.

Markov laughed: "When we surf the Internet, we must not leak our passwords and credit card account numbers on the Internet. This is too dangerous! Another interesting thing on the Internet is that you can not only post text and Pictures and even music!"

Markoff then showed footage of an online concert by Severe Tire Damage, a rock band composed of engineers from Xerox, Digital Equipment and Apple, which posts their music on the Internet.

It also displays the personal webpage of Rolling Stone, a band from England at that time.

At this time, the TV screen switched back to host Stewart.

This time, host Stewart introduced another Internet professional to the audience.

This Internet professional is a beautiful woman named Charaba Watson, who was the product manager of puServe, the largest Internet service provider in the United States at the time. She will demonstrate to the audience how to connect to the Internet.

Chalaba Watson used a computer to demonstrate the puServe US Internet service and told followers that they could use it to register for the USE news group.

But she smiled and said: "Due to technical limitations, the current network speed may be a bit slow. It may take about 1 minute to load this service, but I believe that with the development of technology, the speed will increase in the future. I hope it will take two or three seconds to download in the future..."

Stewart added with a laugh: “One of the remarkable things about the current internet is that you have to spend a lot of time waiting!”

Next, the host Stewart also asked Chalaba Watson to demonstrate FTP, showing the most popular FTP sites in the world at that time, including Apple. At that time, many books could be downloaded from the Book Stalimited site...

Charaba Watson also demonstrated another feature of puServe: a web browser called air mosaic. She showed the audience the homepage of Pizza Hut at that time...

Stewart said some people are even making money on the Internet. For example, this is the Whole Earth Catalog.

Stewart said that the Internet is not just for business, users can also publish some community information on the Internet. There is an enthusiastic netizen named George who helps non-profit organizations connect to the Internet and obtain information from the Internet. Using this website, users can obtain relevant records of elected officials...

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At the end of the show, host Stewart finally said that this is just the tip of the iceberg of the entire Internet!

Later, Tang Xinyi was as deeply attracted by this TV show as Li Xiaofan.

After the program ended, she sighed to Li Xiaofan: "After watching this program, compared with these American netizens, we feel like the country bumpkin YAHOO mentioned by Jerry Yang and Philo. We are too behind! After I return to Singapore, I will immediately Go to Singtel to apply to activate the Internet surfing function in the company office and at home..."

"Well, it's necessary! Come on, my dear, I was already impatient when I held your hot body just now!"

"Haha, really?"

"Um!"

Tang Xinyi said coquettishly: "I don't seem to think too much about it now... Hehe, I'm so worried about you!"

"Haha, that's not up to you! Come on, my dear, lie down and enjoy the tender and passionate service that Douglas provided to Sharon Stone in the movie "Basic Instinct"!"

After saying that, Li Xiaofan laid Tang Xinyi down on the bed and pulled off the two sexy black lace suspenders on her slender thighs...

Tang Xinyi was so itchy that her branches trembled, and she said angrily: "I hate it, don't do it!"

It was another passionate night, and the big bed in the room on the sixth floor of the Fairmont Hotel withstood another severe test of falling apart!

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On Monday morning, Li Xiaofan received calls from Moritz and Jerry Yang respectively, informing Li Xiaofan that Sequoia Capital had officially approved the plan to invest in Yahoo. The two partners, Jerry Yang and Ferro, expressed no objection to the investment contract agreement.

Now we are waiting to see when everyone will be free. The three parties will sign a formal investment agreement together, and Sequoia Capital can start the capital injection process.

Of course, among the three parties, the most anxious ones are the two partners, Jerry Yang and Ferro, who are waiting for the rice to be cooked.

Because the three parties had already seen this final investment contract agreement several times, the final signing was nothing more than a simple formality.

Finally, Li Xiaofan simply suggested that everyone go to the Tangyuan Chinese Restaurant owned by Tang Xinyi's second sister Tang Zixin in the afternoon. After the signing was completed, he invited everyone to have a Chinese meal to celebrate.

Moritz actually liked Chinese food, and Jerry Yang and Ferro even more so, so the three of them all raised their hands in favor of Li Xiaofan's proposal.

So at about four o'clock in the afternoon on April 10, 1995, I was in the Tang Yuan Chinese Restaurant on 28th Street next to the San Francisco Botanical Garden.

Moritz represented Sequoia Capital, Jerry Yang represented Yahoo, and Li Xiaofan represented Singapore Yifan Private Limited. The three signed the formal investment contract agreement for investment in Yahoo.

According to this investment contract agreement, Yahoo will increase its capital to US$4 million. The two founders, Jerry Yang and Ferro, will hold 50% of the shares, and each of them will hold 25% of the shares. Sequoia Capital invested US$1.6 million to hold 40% of the shares, and Li Xiaofan's Singapore Yifan Private Limited invested US$400,000 to hold 10% of the shares.

The agreement stipulates that after the contract is signed and comes into effect, Sequoia Capital and Singapore Yifan Pte Ltd must remit the agreed funds to the designated Yahoo account within two weeks...

After signing, Li Xiaofan invited Tang Xinyi and the proprietress Tang Zixin, as well as Moritz, Jerry Yang, Ferro and others to take a group photo together.

While taking a group photo, Li Xiaofan whispered to Tang Xinyi beside him: "Dear, you know, you two sisters and I have witnessed an important moment in the history of human Internet. This photo may be very precious in the future!"

Tang Xinyi smiled and said: "Fan, it seems that since arriving in San Francisco, every time you take a photo with Yahoo and others, you will say that this is a moment to witness history. There are too many historical moments..."