Chapter 7 Wealth and Power in the Sun--Li Han

Some people say that if the Internet is suddenly cut off now, the whole world will be paralyzed.That may be an exaggeration, but it illustrates just how important the internet is to the modern world. The first time the Chinese touched the Internet was in 1987, but it took almost another 10 years before the number of Internet users in China reached one million.It was at that time that China's first batch of Internet companies were born, including Wang Zhidong's Sina, Ding Lei's NetEase, Zhang Chaoyang's Sohu, Chen Tianqiao's Shanda, Ma Yun's Alibaba, and of course Ma Huateng's Tencent.

Recently, "Southern People Weekly" reporter Xue Fang published a new work "Penguin Fierce - Ma Huateng's Chinese Kung Fu".With the unique writing style of a business reporter, the author describes how a "docile" and "obscure" little penguin transformed into a "fierce penguin" recognized by the industry; In the absence of power and power, relying solely on technology, starting from instant messaging tools, gradually involving value-added telecommunications, online games, online auctions, search, social networking... an "Internet empire" has been established.

In the world, almost no industry can experience the disparity between heaven and hell and return to the world in 10 years like the Internet.At one time, it subverted all traditional models with its destructive power. It was the latest and purest enterprise, without any stains, shining in the sun, which made many aspiring young people believe that there was still a lot to do without traditional social resources; at one time , it was denounced as a waste of social resources, an adult game that is not fun, and even regarded as a scourge that burns money by enclosing land.Now, however, we can see that the magical .com is still in the spotlight and, after a hell of a hell, is back on Earth in a more authentic form.

We must admit that no other industry can compare with the impact of the Internet on people's work, study, and communication habits in the past 10 years.Moreover, it has produced new ideas, new models and new strengths in the Chinese economy. Ten years ago, almost all Internet companies faced a problem: how to make money from the Internet? Financing is easy, but burning money seems to be easier.Tencent is certainly no exception. At that time, "Ma Huateng and his entrepreneurial team worked so hard just to let most netizens download QQ from the Internet for free and then use it for free," Xue Fang said.Once, Ma Huateng even wanted to sell QQ. Fortunately, no one was willing to take it over. Finally, he decided to "raise it by himself".But soon, Ma Huateng was no longer embarrassed, and the new generation of Internet upstarts also found a way out. "The Internet transmits information, not tangible products. It is impossible for businesses to completely abandon value-bearing commodities." Obviously, they all realized this. question.Therefore, in the 2000 wealth list, we saw the names of Internet entrepreneurs for the first time, including Wang Zhidong, Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Lei, and Wu Ying.This undoubtedly gave new hope to the network industry.

Listing, whether it is a traditional industry or a new industry, makes it a development goal. Sina, Netease, Alibaba, Shanda, and of course Tencent, have all gone public one after another.And those traditional "red capitalists", "officials who go to sea", and thousands of ordinary people just look at those young people born in the 70s, from a small attic in Zhongguancun, Beijing or a grid of a few square meters in Guangzhou All the way to Nasdaq, and become a star of Nasdaq. There is no hidden first pot of gold, no behind-the-scenes stories that are not humane, they just appear in the sun, and let ordinary people who have just awakened their wealth consciousness believe that their model is for reference, although the chance of success in China It's only one in a billion, but at least you're not out of chance.On the Internet, everyone is equal, and it is this charm of the Internet that has attracted so many wonderful young people to devote themselves to it.

We seem to be able to assume, is it only in the young industry of the Internet that myths can be created? Is it only in the same young China that there are such passionate legends?