The Proud Life of Rebirth

But who would have thought that icq would launch the Huaxia version first before they launched the product!

This is really disappointing and frustrating. Months of hard work have been wasted like this, and all expectations and longings in my heart have disappeared at this moment.

If icq only launched a Chinese version, then Ma Teng still has the confidence to fight against it. After all, his product is derived from icq, and he has made some changes on it. Both the operation and the interface style are more suitable for Chinese people than icq.

But after watching the Huaxia version of ICQ, the last glimmer of hope in his heart was also shattered.

In all fairness, the Huaxia version launched by icq this time is indeed much better than the oicq made by him and Liu Dong. Compared with it, the oicq developed by him and Liu Dong is like a beggar meeting a local tyrant.

Even some new functions on icq made Ma Teng feel bright. For example, it can support multi-person chat, and even support voice chat, which is definitely very attractive to users. Just imagine, there is With this software, relatives and friends who rarely meet in different places can chat and call through the network platform, which is much cheaper and fresher than making long-distance calls.

After a long time, a wry smile appeared on the corner of Ma Teng's mouth and said: "It seems that we underestimate the people in the world. We are not the only smart people in the world. Obviously, Dragon Net Technology is also aware of the future prospects of the Internet industry. We will not lose to them." Injustice, not to mention anything else, just talking about the applicability of the software, they are much better than us."

"Are you planning to give up?" Liu Dong frowned at Ma Teng.

"What if we don't give up? What else can we do? In terms of software, they are doing better than us, and in terms of timing, they have already seized the opportunity. How much market share do you think our products can get even if they are launched on the market under such circumstances? ?”

Liu Dong opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he shook his head with a wry smile. He also understood that they had no competitiveness in the current situation.

Ma Teng stared at the signature of Dragon Net Technology under the software on the screen, and said, "I'm really curious about Dragon Net Technology now, are they just cooperating with American Second World Internet companies, or are they from the Second World? Subsidiaries?"

"You still care about other people's affairs?" Liu Dong rolled his eyes and said.

"It's so-called knowing yourself and knowing your enemy and winning every battle! If you don't even know the details of your competitors, then how can we fight against them?" Ma Teng looked at Liu Dong and said.

Liu Dong was a little stunned, then frowned slightly and said, "Didn't you say you gave up?"

Ma Teng smiled, patted Liu Dong on the shoulder and said, "Dongzi, we have known each other for not a day or two, don't you understand my character? Ma Teng is the kind of person who shrinks when encountering some setbacks." People? I decided to give up icq, because we have already lost completely in this respect, and even if we persisted, we would only lose even worse. But I did not say that I would give up the Internet industry. It will definitely become a national industry, and the business opportunities contained in it are unimaginable. We lost in instant messaging software, but it does not mean that we will also lose in other areas! I have a hunch that Dragon Net Technology will be our industry leader A great rival in the game, so we have to get to know him first."

Liu Dong stared blankly at Ma Teng, and after a while he smiled wryly: "Ma Teng, I admire your determination and ambition, but don't you think you are a little too optimistic?"

Ma Teng frowned and asked, "How?"

"I think you've forgotten the reality of our current situation? So far we have invested all our money in software development, and now the two of us don't even have 1000 in our pockets! Our only bargaining chip is This instant messaging software in your hand, but now it has become a thing of no value. With only 1000 yuan, you still want to leverage the Internet industry? Don’t you think it’s a bit ridiculous?” Liu Dong said.

Ma Teng nodded, with a bit of hatred in his eyes and said: "Yes, the biggest problem now is the source of funds. Now we need funds to invest in new projects."

"So your idea is likely to be impossible to realize. During this period of time, we took oicq to look for investors everywhere, but no one answered us. What's more, we don't have any bargaining chips in our hands, so it is even more impossible for anyone to answer us. Where are we going? Get money?"

Ma Teng didn't say a word, a penny can't beat a hero, even if he is full of ambitions, but without enough research and development and operating funds, there is no chance of realizing his ambitions.

"Why don't you... find a solution with your father? I'm not talking about you. Your family is in such a good condition. Why do you refuse to ask your family? Even if you just ask your father to borrow some money first, we can earn money later. If you are willing to do this, our oicq will be listed first, how can we make our months of hard work all in vain?" Liu Dong looked at Ma Teng , with a bit of complaint in his eyes.

In his opinion, Ma Teng just has the temperament of the young master. He always wants to prove his worth through his own ability, so he refuses to ask his family for life and death. Given his family's conditions and connections, if he asks his family for a loan Money is used to operate, is oicq as it is now?

Ma Teng hesitated when he heard the words, but it wasn't that he didn't want to speak to his family.

After graduation, Ma Teng's father had already made corresponding arrangements for him, but Ma Teng rejected his father's kindness and insisted on developing according to his own wishes.

This made Ma Teng's father very angry. The father and son even had a big fight, and in the end it became even more violent.

Ma Teng moved out of the house, and before he came out, he told his father that he would use his ability to prove to his father that he could make a career without the help of his family!

How could he go back and ask his father for help under such circumstances?If he did that, wouldn't that mean he had surrendered?

Seeing this, Liu Dong sighed. Sometimes he really doesn't understand the mentality of rich kids like Ma Teng. They have enviable family backgrounds, but they still like to make mistakes for themselves.

Standing up and looking at Ma Teng, Liu Dong said: "Ma Teng, you should think carefully about what I said, this may be our only solution. We are all grown up, we can't go on like this forever, if we can't find a solution Then I have to go back to work at my original unit. I am different from you. You are a son of a rich family. Even if you struggle for ten years and fail, you still have nothing to lose. But I am different. My family still counts on me .”

After speaking, Liu Dong turned and left Ma Teng's house.

Watching Liu Dong leave, the expression in Ma Teng's eyes became more complicated.

After a long time, he rubbed his somewhat numb face, looked deeply at the icq software on the screen again, then turned around and went out to the bar not far from home.

At this moment, he really wants to drink, and for some reason, he just really wants to drink.

The name of this bar is very distinctive, called Destruction Bar.

The bosses are two young people from other places. They heard that they just graduated from university last year, and they came to Shenzhen to develop, but they didn’t go well. They finally resigned and opened this bar here.

Since this is not a prosperous area, the business has been mediocre since the bar opened, but Ma Teng likes to come and sit here when he has nothing to do.

"Hey, Mr. Ma, you are so early today." The bar is not open yet, and the two bosses are sitting in front of the bar and chatting while drinking wine.

One of them saw Ma Teng coming in, and said with a little surprise in his eyes.

Ma Teng chuckled and said, "I want to drink two cups suddenly, won't I disturb you?"

"Hey, look at what you said, don't bother me, please sit down, anyway, it's not yet business hours, you can drink whatever you want, it's my brother's treat." The boss who spoke carelessly said.

"Isn't that good? You are open for business, how can you treat me?" Ma Teng smiled and sat down at the bar.

The boss waved his hand and said: "How much money can I get for a few bottles of wine? Besides, you come here often, today is considered as a reward to you, an old customer, and you won't see us after tonight." , you are destined to come here at this time."

"Oh? What do you mean?" Ma Teng frowned and looked at the speaker.

Chapter 1478

The young boss took a bottle of beer and opened it and handed it to Ma Teng. He sat down beside him and said with a faint smile, "We have sold the bar. The new owner of the bar will come over later. From tonight onwards, the bar will be closed. It has nothing to do with us."

Ma Teng frowned slightly and asked: "Why? Although your bar business is not very good, at least you shouldn't lose money, right?"

The young boss chuckled, picked up half a bottle of beer on the table and took a sip, "Mr. Ma, if I were 50 or 23 years old, I would definitely enjoy my current life. Leisurely, comfortable, nothing to do with my buddies Just drink a little wine and brag, no matter how much you earn, just enough to live on. But I am only [-] years old this year, I am still young, and what I am pursuing is not the kind of retirement-like life."

Sighing softly, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "To tell you the truth, my brother and I came to Shencheng with great ambitions. Everyone is saying that this is a city full of opportunities, and it is true, but obviously This place doesn’t seem to be suitable for me and my brother. We’ve been in Shencheng for almost a year, and we couldn’t work for a few days after looking for several jobs. Afterwards, the two of us combined, who is still working seriously these days? We might as well go to sea, but we can’t do anything, so we finally decided to open this bar after thinking for a long time, but after the bar opened, we realized that it was too easy for us to think about everything. For many people, Shencheng is a dream city , but it is clearly not ours for us."

Ma Teng didn't speak, took a sip from the wine bottle, and then asked, "Then where are you going?"

The two bosses looked at each other, and then one of them said: "I plan to go home and follow my father to do business in a down-to-earth manner, and Ajie is going to join one of our brothers. Before we came to Shencheng, that brother had invited We, but we refused, but now it seems that if he had agreed to him, the nearly one year would not have been wasted."

These two bosses are none other than Mo Shaokun's dormitory brothers Chen Hai and Xu Jie!

In fact, they should have just graduated from college this year, but the last semester of their senior year was basically fine. Many of them chose to leave campus early to take part in work or internships.

Not long after meeting Mo Shaokun last time, Chen Hai and Xu Jie came to Shencheng. As they said, they were full of ambitions when they first came.

This seems to be a common problem of all young people. They always feel that they are no worse than anyone else, and that they will definitely be able to accomplish great things!

But the ruthless reality shattered their dreams. The two of them repeatedly failed in job hunting. They finally found a job, but it was far from what they had imagined.

Later, the two decided to go to sea to do business, but they just walked out of the campus and knew nothing, so what could they do?

After investigating for a long time, they felt that bars should be a good idea. With the improvement of people's living standards these days, leisure and consumption places like bars are becoming more and more popular.

Xu Jie's family's conditions are mediocre, but Chen Hai's family is rich, and the two combined, and finally Chen Hai became the big head, and Xu Jie just took a small amount of money as a token, and opened a bar together.

I thought that after the bar opened, the business would be as good as those nightclubs they visited during the inspection, but who would have thought that since the first day it opened, people would come to the door every three days to make trouble.