Since 1983

In May 1996, China's first Internet cafe was born in Shanghai. The name was "Weigate", and the online price was 40 yuan per hour. It was not called an Internet cafe at that time, but a computer room.

In November of the same year, an Internet coffee shop was opened at the west gate of the Capital Gymnasium, which became popular in the media in the form of Internet and coffee leisure. The founder was interviewed by Clinton, and Clinton wrote him a note: "Thank you for promoting the Internet."

It is difficult to verify who came up with the word Internet cafe, but now it is naturally Teacher Xu.

There are few users, and there are not too many computers. To put it bluntly, it is used for advertising.

June in Beijing, early summer.

As soon as the morning class ended, Zeng Xiaoqiang ran out from the campus, followed the avenue and turned into an alley, and stopped in front of a small building. A conspicuous big brand: Times Internet Cafe.

An inconspicuous small brand, Sohu Company.

He is a sophomore this year, and his family is in a difficult situation. He works as a part-time typist here, and he volunteered to sign up for the network administrator. Well, yes, the boss said it was called the network administrator.

The salary is very small, but the Internet is discounted.

When he arrived, there were several cars parked at the door, and it was very lively inside. More than a dozen computers were all turned on, one person was facing the screen, and there were four or five people crowded around.

"cockroach!"

"Fatty!"

Another network administrator greeted him, and said in a low voice with a proud face: "See? It's all big media, they come here uninvited, crying and shouting to report to us."

"Exaggerated?"

"Tsk! This is the first one in the capital, and we have to choose after weeping and shouting! Just look at it, within two days, we will be popular all over the country, rushing out of Asia and going to the world."

The fat man patted him and left.

The huge room is getting more and more crowded, and more people are sitting in the leisure area, ordering cheap tea and waiting anxiously. After a long time, a reporter got up and said, "So that's it, thank you, it's really high-tech."

"If you are familiar with it, you will get used to it, it's nothing."

As soon as the seat was vacant, there was a sudden scramble for it. A young and strong man sat down and shouted: "Boss, what, how do you do this?"

"Wait a minute, how long have you been playing?"

"One hour!"

It's the same price as the one in Shanghai. It's expensive, but there are also many rich people. Zeng Xiaoqiang came over and asked, "What do you want to play?"

"What do you have?"

"Click here if you want to play the game."

He operates on the Windows95 interface, "These are self-contained mini-games, Hearts, Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell.

For stand-alone games, we will install them after a while and post them outside. "

No way, Red Alert was released in October, Diablo was released in December, and the 95th version of Xianjian was released in 1997. "Warcraft 2" is there, but I haven't got it yet.

"Click here if you want to go online."

Zeng Xiaoqiang poked the IE browser again, and it came up to Sohu.com, "Click on what you want to see, and click X to close it. This is a BBS, you need to register a user name, and you can post and comment."

The first generation of the Internet was crude, but shocking to the masses. The point of the revolution is this: Nobody thought of this before.

When the website slowly opened in front of his eyes, this person suddenly discovered that the text on paper can be presented in such a way.

The latest news is yesterday, one column after another, dazzling. He lit and watched indiscriminately, enjoying the pleasure of novelty far more than the sense of reading.

Before I knew it, I looked at the time, damn it, there are still ten minutes left!

Also, what else is there?

He clicked on the BBS in a panic, registered a user name clumsily, and then saw an article in the sports section:

"Guoan is out of action this year. There is not even a decent shooter in the team. Gao Hongbo is too old to do it! Hurry up and take down Su Maozhen and Hu Zhijun!

This year will definitely be the hegemony in Shanghai. Wanda has not lost in 11 games. I predict that Wanda will be the champion this year! "

Fuck you! ! !

He is a loyalist of Guoan, and he was about to start spraying with his hand on the keyboard, but there was a shout: "The No. 8 machine is on time! It's on time!"

"Take another two minutes, two minutes, ouch, I..."

When I touched my pocket, I didn't have enough money, that's a heart-stopping one! He got off the plane angrily, and was reluctant to leave, curled up with a corner and muttered: "Damn, next time I spray that grandson to death, Wanda will be the most annoying."

"Dude, are you a fan too?"

A person next to him suddenly said.

"Ah, I support Guoan."

"Oh, my friends, my friends!"

The two shook hands, "I'm from XX University, and I'm planning to hold a fan meeting online, do you want to join?"

"Okay, Zhengchou couldn't find an organization!"

In an instant, the buddies felt safe.

It is said that in 1994, the first BBS Shuguang station in the mainland went online; in 1995, the first BBS "Shuimu Tsinghua" of China Education Network opened.

In 1996, Lifang Online; in 1998, Xici Hutong; in 1999, Tianya...

In the early days, BBS was definitely a big killer, attracting netizens to stop.

And like chat rooms, mailboxes, virtual communities, etc., technically can tackle key problems. Sohu plans to launch one by one, which can attract users' interest and prevent others from imitating them.

...

Upstairs, Zhang Hu was circling excitedly.

"How many media outlets are here?"

"There are at least seven paper media outlets, and Beijing TV is also here."

"Okay, as long as they report, Sohu will definitely be mentioned, free advertising!"

"But I don't really play much, and it is estimated that there are not many visits." The technicians are worried.

"It's okay, Mr. Xu gave us a one-year gestation period. At present, we mainly lay the foundation and cultivate user habits. Hey, that's right..."

Zhang Huhu had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly thought: "We will add another function later, linking to other websites, which is equivalent to navigation."

"Isn't this increasing the traffic for others?"

"That's true."

The Internet is wading across the river, and there is nowhere to touch the stones. It made sense for him to think about it, "Then let it go for now..."

"Mr. Zhang! Mr. Zhang!"

At this moment, Zeng Xiaoqiang ran upstairs, "CCTV is here, we are afraid of saying the wrong thing, so go down and have a look."

CCTV?

Zhang Fox was pleasantly surprised. Before he could answer, the phone rang again. As soon as Tang Jian picked it up, he hung up after a while, "An overseas media stationed in China wants to do an exclusive interview tomorrow."

Wow!

Everyone cheered up, wrapped in a great sense of accomplishment and vanity. I thought there would be a period of fermentation, but it turns out that the Internet is too turbulent, and it will become popular if it is said.

"The opening of the first Internet cafe in Beijing ushers in a new era of the Internet?"

"Take you to find out what the Internet is."

"Rely on the map when going out, and look for Sohu on the Internet."

For several days in a row, there were long reports. This is a major trend brought about by the country's attention and technology changes.

In 1995, there were less than 80,000 Chinese netizens, but by the end of 1996, the number had become 150,000. Sohu took advantage of the popularity of the first Internet cafe, which also made many people jealous.

...

"It is to promote the National Sports Commission on the information highway, put all Chinese sports in it, and let the world understand Chinese sports..."

"Let me tell you, this question is very complicated... You should make an appointment first. In terms of the procedure, you should make an appointment first. Otherwise, it will be difficult to give you a satisfactory answer..."

After coming out of the Sports Committee, he was more like a grunting horse than a fox. Although he was a little disappointed, he immediately cheered up.

There are two people in the same company, one is Fan Xinman, who is shooting a short documentary in "Oriental Time and Space". She and Fuhao Ma are from the same village, and after being fooled by a meal, she helped make a movie.

It records the embarrassment of Fuhao Ma selling Chinese Yellow Pages everywhere in the capital in 1996, but being rejected in various ways.

Fan Xinman is also Zhang Jizhong's ex-wife, and the two are getting divorced.

Another named Sun Yanjun, the deputy editor-in-chief of "China Trade News", was also fooled by a meal, and took him to various ministries and commissions, all of which ended in failure.

"Don't be discouraged, let's go to some units. There are many units in the capital. If it doesn't work, we can hold a press conference and invite the media and entrepreneurs to come and talk face-to-face." Sun Yanjun encouraged.

"I'm not discouraged. I just think that in a few years, the capital will not treat me like this. In a few years, you will all know what I do." Ma Fuhao shook his head.