Lu Yiming led Shi Qingxue, walked directly in front of Shen Junjie and Xiao Yuanyuan, and came to Ma Chenshu.

Ma Chenshu stepped forward and reached out his hand, his expression even more eager: "Mr. Lu, I have long admired your name."

After Lu Yiming shook his hand briefly, he also smiled and said, "Nice to meet you."

Although the middle-aged man in front of him was unprepossessing and his words were somewhat flattering, Lu Yiming did not dare to underestimate him at all.

The Xia Kingdom has a vast territory and rich resources, and its commerce has been developed since ancient times. However, the transportation was backward and information was inconvenient. Therefore, the ancients did business with fellow villagers and relatives. Under their leadership, business groups and business gangs were gradually formed.

In the history of Xia Kingdom, the ten major merchant gangs such as Lu merchants, Su merchants, Fu merchants and Qin merchants were very influential. Among them, Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the most prominent. Their organization was strict and their inheritance

For a long time, it was no worse than the Jews.

In modern times, with the increasing prosperity of maritime trade, the Ningbo Gang and the Chaoshan Gang had the greatest influence. The former was mainly based in China Shipping and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while the latter was active in Xiangjiang, Guangdong Province and even the entire Nanyang.

Therefore, the Chaoshan merchant gang can be said to have a long history. It was also called the "Red-headed Ship Merchant Gang" in ancient times. It was roughly formed in the late Tang Dynasty and developed in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Now, it has a world-class influence.

For example, Li Chaoren is the leading figure in the Chaoshan business gang. He dominates Xiangjiang and is the richest man in Asia.

In addition to Li Chaoren in Xiangjiang, the Chaoshan Business Gang also has huge power in the South Sea Kingdom of Siam. The members of the Chaoshan Business Gang, headed by the wealthy Xie Guomin, have been among the top three in the local rich list all year round and are almost equal to those in Siam.

Synonymous with wealth, it affects all aspects of local life.

Only by truly coming into contact with this force can we know how powerful their energy and influence is.

As far as Lu Yiming knows, several of the richest men in the Xia Kingdom in the future are actually from the Chaoshan Business Gang. For example, the richest man Huang who sells electrical appliances, and Boss Xu with a simple and honest smile are all behind this economic force supporting their business kingdom.

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Such a circle was something Lu Yiming could not touch in his previous life.

But now, he can talk and laugh with these people.

Of course, Lu Yiming did not pay attention to Ma Chenshu because he was not familiar with this person. He was more familiar with the young man standing next to Ma Chenshu.

With a fair face and no beard, and wearing a pair of glasses, he even looks a little silly.

At this time, Xiao Ma, who is still young, is not yet the Internet capital giant who will "create happiness with salary" in the future. He is only 27 years old this year. At his prime, he seems a bit shy and unsociable even among his peers.

Even when Lu Yiming took the initiative to reach out and say hello, he seemed a little hesitant and dull.

Although it cannot be said to be an ordinary family, Xiao Ma can only be said to be ordinary.

In Pengcheng alone, there are many second-generation rich people with better conditions than him, but in the future, there are only a few who can be as dominant as him in Xia State's Internet industry.

Lu Yiming was silently observing this future industry overlord and the founder of the Penguin Social Empire, but he couldn't see anything at all. He could only feel the deep emotion of witnessing with his own eyes the beginning of a strong wind at the end of Qingping.

Who would have thought that twenty years later, in the Xiaguo Internet, the tech geek in front of us would actually be the overlord of one party, able to command the heroes with just a move of his hand?

Although Xiao Ma was famous in later generations, now Lu Yiming behaved calmly and asked casually: "I heard that you recently opened a company?"

Ma Teng seemed a little reserved in front of Lu Yiming. He nodded and replied after a moment's delay: "Yes."

Seeing that his son Ma Teng couldn't hold back a fart for a long time, Ma Chenshu felt anxious.

However, Ma Chenshu worked part-time as an accountant in Ma Teng's company and was very familiar with the company's business. He quickly took over the conversation and introduced it to Lu Yiming: "Now they are developing a software specifically for online paging."

Lu Yiming immediately understood that he was no stranger to this business.

In the late 1980s, pagers began to appear in the Xia Kingdom.

Since 1990, paging stations have sprouted up everywhere, and the prosperity of the paging market has made competition among paging stations increasingly fierce.

However, as mobile phones began to appear slowly, in the second half of 1995, the paging business gradually lost ground due to the strong offensive of mobile phones, and the number of paging users began to stop increasing. In 1996, there was a decline.

The number of users has decreased, and the number of paging stations has also dropped sharply.

But don’t think that pagers have just been launched on the stage of history. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The more fiercely the market is, the more prosperous it is. Otherwise, how can there be so many people trying to squeeze in even if they are struggling?

In fact, the paging industry created an era of huge profits in Xia Kingdom for ten years.

Even in the four years from 1995 to 1998 when development was stagnant, the number of new paging users nationwide each year was more than 15.93 million, which was by no means a sign of decline.

Industry, the profits in it are still very generous.

The year 2000 was the year when China's paging industry reached its peak. After that, it really started to take a turn for the worse, and the paging market was shrinking day by day.

"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"

The reason is that current mobile phones are still very expensive and are considered luxury goods. Even the cost of calling is ridiculously expensive. With the current per capita income of the people of Xia Kingdom, they simply cannot afford such consumption expenditure.

Therefore, people who use pagers are not in the minority now, but rather belong to the mainstream. People like Lu Yiming who hold mobile phones in their hands and "Hey, Hey, Hey" every day are the real "heresies" and "minorities."

Today, Ma Teng looks like he is naked in front of Lu Yiming. Maybe Lu Yiming knows him better than Ma Teng himself.

However, things like encyclopedias are just a summary of information. What is Ma Teng like as a person, his family, and his thoughts? These things have to be known by those who really come into contact with him. Lu Yiming before his rebirth did not have this opportunity, but now, Lu Yiming

But he was chatting and laughing with Xiao Ma Ge and his father.

Lu Yiming asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly think of doing this?"

When it comes to his career, Ma Teng, who was originally taciturn, becomes more talkative.

I saw him facing Lu Yiming and describing his business philosophy: "Today's phone bills are too expensive. They charge by the minute. Many people have to hold a stopwatch when making calls. If the time is short, they feel a loss, and if the time is long, they feel distressed.

In terms of money, I think it would be better to use a pager to transmit text messages, which can save a lot of communication expenses."

The so-called pager is more commonly known as a bp machine. Its working principle is to select the useful signal to be received from the paging signal and interference transmitted by the base station, restore it to the original baseband signal for paging the machine, and generate

Sound or vibration, display numbers or letters, Chinese character messages.

I have to say that Ma Teng is indeed very discerning and found the right entry point for his first business venture.

At present, Pengcheng is the experimental field of reform and opening up. Thanks to its connection with Xiangjiang, trade is prosperous and the economy is developed. And business itself is an industry that is extremely sensitive to information, so there is a huge demand for business in this area, and making money is impossible.

problematic.

Ma Chenshu said with great expectation: "Although my son's company has only been established a few days ago, my son has already had a lot of entrepreneurial experience and has achieved success. Now the company my son has just registered is called'

Tencent Computer Systems Co., Ltd. is currently actively seeking external financing. I wonder if Mr. Lu is interested?"

It doesn't matter if you have more money or less, the key is that Ma Chenshu attaches great importance to Lu Yiming's connections.

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong also looked at Lu Yiming eagerly, eager to get his approval.

There is no way, a grassroots company like them is eager to have a larger living space, lest any wave of the market comes over and drowns their small body.

The company hasn't started making money yet, but its expenses are not small. They are worried about where to find a sponsor. Now Ma Chenshu has contacted a rich young man like Lu Yiming. For them, it's just like taking a nap.

A pillow fell from the sky?

However, just as they were excitedly calculating how much money Lu Yiming would invest in them, Lu Yiming smiled slightly and said: "I'm not interested in the paging system at all. After all, according to historical rules, it is the time for this thing to be replaced by mobile phones.

It’s a sure thing.”

Lu Yiming shook the Motorola in his hand and smiled at the three of them: "Come to me again when you have bigger dreams. I believe your talents and ambitions go beyond the paging system."

He took out a few of his business cards from his arms and gave them to Ma Chenshu, Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong.

Lu Yiming's choice was really beyond everyone's expectations.

Although Lu Yiming was a little disappointed not to get the investment, Ma Chenshu clearly felt that Lu Yiming recognized Ma Teng. He immediately said to Ma Teng: "Why don't you thank Mr. Lu?"

"Thank you, Mr. Lu."

Although the investment was not secured, a connection was established at least. Ma Chenshu felt that it was still fruitful. He thought of the meal and said quickly: "Mr. Lu, it's time for dinner now, let's go have dinner first."

Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Please."

"please."

A few people went to the dining area on the third floor of the Binhai Hotel and asked for a single room, and then sat in order.

As soon as the tea was served, Zhang Zhidong couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Lu, you just said that the paging system will be replaced by mobile phones is a sure thing, let us have greater ambitions and dreams. So what do you think will be the mainstream in the future?

What could it be?"

Lu Yiming spoke firmly and said without hesitation: "The Internet is the future."

"internet?"

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Zhang Zhidong said with some excitement: "Mr. Lu, to tell you the truth, the two of us also believe that the Internet is the future. This technology will surely influence all aspects of human society and bring about unprecedented changes."

As an ancient civilized country, the Xia Kingdom currently has traditional ideas and meanings that are still very strong. Even ten years later, some people still regard the Internet as electronic heroin.

Therefore, although Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong have long believed that the Internet is the mainstream of the future, they do not dare to invest all their money in the Internet wave. Instead, they make some money by doing stable business such as paging systems and accumulate the first pot of gold.

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Lu Yiming, who has witnessed the future with his own eyes, naturally has no doubts or hesitation about this, and his words are even more categorical: "With the emergence of radio, television, the Internet and other electronic media, and with the rapid development of various modern transportation methods,

, the time and space distance between people suddenly shortened, and the whole world shrank into a 'village'."

The term "global village" was first proposed by Canadian communication scientist McLuhan in his book "Understanding Media: The Extension of Man" in 1964.

With the laying of the information highway and the arrival of the Internet era, this concept gradually became known to the public.

"Global village?"

Ma Teng and Zhang Zhidong chewed the term carefully.

Zhang Zhidong said excitedly: "Wonderful! The concept of the global village is really wonderful. In the past, long-distance communication was often measured in months, but now, information can be transmitted on the Internet with just one tap on the keyboard. This
To be continued...