Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 38 The Year of the Internet Cafe's Complete Explosion

"I also heard that a Korean game called Miracle is incredibly popular this year, and it's expected to hit the Chinese market soon. The basic specs for it are a Celeron 2, and I have a feeling that future games will become increasingly demanding. The investment in the internet cafe industry is going to keep growing."

"I see." Cheng Yi nodded.

According to the current situation, Xu Hu's inference was indeed correct, but Xu Hu didn't know that in two months, a phenomenal national online game would emerge and dominate the world.

The reason why this online game has quickly become popular across the country is that, in addition to its simple and exciting gameplay, it has another biggest advantage.

The computer configuration requirements are extremely low.

Even a second-hand 300 computer that costs 486 yuan can be used with a 128kb modem for a smooth experience.

This great advantage instantly covered all computers in the country.

No one was spared and all became its loyal fans.

This game is called Legend.

Most importantly, with the popularity of Legend, 2002 became the year when Internet cafes completely exploded.

Firstly, the review of Internet cafes became extremely strict in 2002. Even if an Internet cafe wanted to increase the number of computers, it had to go through layers of approval. Secondly, the Internet cafe industry officially entered the era of online games, and the dependence of online game players on Internet cafes far exceeded that of single-player game players.

To be precise, since 2002, there have been as many customers as there are computers in the Internet cafe. This situation of overcrowded and long queues lasted until 2005 when things started to improve.

After more than half an hour, a young man ran down and said, "Brother Hu, everything is sorted."

"Come on, brother, let's go up and take a look." Xu Hu called out and went upstairs with Cheng Yi.

All the monitors and computer cases are connected and neatly placed around the room.

Seeing Xu Hu and Cheng Yi come in, a young man holding a socket with a long wire said, "Brother Hu, do you want to test it now?"

"Well, start from the first one." The Internet cafe owner waved his hand.

Several young people immediately began to plug in and turn on the host computers one by one. As long as Cheng Yi nodded, they would move the computer that could be turned on to the middle.

The test was completed after noon.

There are a total of 128 computers that can be turned on.

Cheng Yi left the address of the Internet cafe and had just agreed with Xu Hu on the delivery time and payment method when the hotel called.

"Where are you?" Zhang Lingyu's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Come to the entrance of the Technology Building opposite the hotel first." Cheng Yi said with a smile: "Once we have bought all the computers, we will start working after dinner."

"So fast?" Zhang Lingyu was a little surprised.

She has experienced the process of buying computers. Because the boss didn't know much and computers were expensive, she checked every computer over and over again. Every time she opened a new Internet cafe, it was like going through a tribulation. It took half a month just to purchase new computers.

Not long after, Zhang Lingyu, dressed in jeans, ran over from across the street and said, "Where's the computer?"

"It will be delivered soon. Let's go and eat first." Cheng Yi waved his hand and took Zhang Lingyu and Du Yusheng to the Chinese fast food restaurant downstairs in the Science and Technology Building.

It is the peak meal time now and the fast food restaurant is packed.

Cheng Yi and the other two waited for a while before finally finding a seat. In this era, business was incredibly hot in all brick-and-mortar stores. It was also during this period that the people accumulated too much money, and the economy was thriving, leading to a strong growth momentum in the domestic economy. It could be said that the beautiful future was being woven bit by bit by these people.

Looking at the bustling crowds on the streets, the crowded physical stores, and the smiles on the faces of young couples, a crazy idea suddenly flashed through Cheng Yi's mind.

What people criticized the most in the previous life was nothing more than the industry gaps caused by the Internet industry, which led to a competition between the Internet industry and traditional industries. The peak of the competition was the bet between Sister Dong and Brother Jun.

In fact, strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong with the Internet. Even if there are some minor mistakes, the ones who are wrong are only the individuals who use the Internet.

Overall, the rapid development of the Internet has more advantages than disadvantages.

For example, those top live streaming companies that have been criticized by many people.

They are Cheng Yi's biggest customers, and he can earn 0.5-15 yuan every time he helps them to display a pop-up window.

During the few days of warming up for their large-scale live broadcasts, Cheng Yi’s company would give them millions of pop-up windows on average every day. This is where the Gatling gun of the pop-up window world comes from.

Many people have mixed feelings about these companies.

If he could make these companies rely on him in this life, it would be much more satisfying than simply making money.

So in this life, he wanted to move this huge Internet industry chain. After all, if he was reborn and just engaged in e-commerce and live streaming, making some money and picking up girls, it would be too boring. After all, he is also a big villain on the Internet, and doing serious work does not fit his personality.

Besides, for an ordinary person like him, there is no difference between earning 100 million and earning 1 billion. As long as the money is enough to spend, it's fine. If he wants to do something, he might as well do something big. For example, he can rebel against Tiangang and help the lowest-level self-employed individuals to suppress these Internet giants and see what happens.

We're all making money anyway, so maybe we can double it by playing it more excitingly and having more fun?

Looking at the happy smiles on everyone's faces, Cheng Yi's mood naturally improved a lot.

"I'm not a savior. I'll try to deal with them first. If I can do it, I'll do it. If I can't, it's not too late to join later." Cheng Yi thought.

"Boss, what are you thinking about?" Du Yusheng couldn't help but ask when he saw Cheng Yi sitting in a daze.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I didn't think anything."

He looked at Du Yusheng and said with a smile, "Fatty, if our internet cafe closes down and you can't find a job after graduation, what are you going to do?"

"Me? Will I be unable to find a job? Even if I don't understand computers, tourism management can help me find a job." Du Yusheng said.

"I mean if." Cheng Yi smiled.

"If I really can't find a job, I will open a bookstore. My uncle runs a bookstore and makes a lot of money." Du Yusheng said with a smile.

Du Yusheng's answer made Cheng Yi more confident in the direction of this life. After all, he was one of the ten evil men on the Internet. As an evil man, he had to do evil things. In this life, he might as well be an extremely evil villain in the IT industry.

At the very least, we can’t let middle-aged men like the third roommate in the dormitory cry loudly.

Cheng Yi was about to say something else when Du Yusheng suddenly pointed to a place not far away and said, "Boss, look, it seems like you're reaching your peak."

Cheng Yi turned his head and saw Lin Qingyin, who was wearing a blue and white plaid skirt, walking towards him. Her expression was very cold, and her willow-shaped eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if she had encountered something unhappy.

"She's so beautiful, who is that?" Zhang Lingyu asked curiously.

"This is the top girl that the boss just got. What do you think of her? Pretty, right?" Du Yusheng whispered to Zhang Lingyu.

(End of this chapter)