Chapter 237 Business and Webmaster Ma’s Reply
In his previous life, Li Xiaofan was familiar with the book "Tencent Biography (1998-2016 China Internet Evolution)" written by Wu Xiaobo and published by Zhejiang University Press.
This is one of the business biography books that Li Xiaofan often reads at his bedside.
This "Tencent Biography" mainly records the story of Pony Ma Huateng from starting his business on November 11, 1998 to establishing the huge Tencent business empire in 2016. Pages 15 and 16 of the first chapter of the book also briefly mention the story of PonyMa becoming the webmaster of Huiduo.com in mainland China in 1995. But with only two pages, Li Xiaofan was not impressed.
This evening, Li Xiaofan accidentally bumped into the Chinese Huiduo website.
He was surprised and delighted to see PonyMa's post on the S forum.
The advantage of CFido is that every email message sent by everyone is retained in
On the S forum, netizens from all over the world can view and leave messages and communicate by sending emails.
In fact, unlike Mr. Ma from Hangzhou who only came into contact with the Internet when he went to the United States in early 1995, 1a is already an experienced Internet user.
After graduating from college in 1993, Pony made his first fortune by developing stock software. In 1994, with a technical background, he came into contact with CFido for the first time. He once described his excitement after "touching the Internet" for the first time: "At that time, all of us computer software programmers thought that all programming was performed locally. When I saw the remote platform for the first time and saw words spit out on the screen, I was very excited. It felt like a new door had been opened..."
At the beginning of 1995, after being an active user of CFido for half a year, Pony decided to spend 50,000 yuan, bought 4 phones and 8 computers, and built a four-line platform called Ponysoft at home. In the first two years since CFido established its website, Pony spent all day and night on the Internet, receiving mail packages and sending replies. When on a business trip, I would leave a note for my mother to teach her how to troubleshoot network problems in case netizens are unable to connect to the Internet...
I was in CFido back then
Also on the S forum are Lei Jun, Qiu Bojun, Ding Lei... and a large number of domestic Internet hardcore figures.
Li Xiaofan found this CFido
After reading the Chinese forum, I felt like I had found a treasure. I even forgot to eat and kept reading various posts on the forum. It wasn't until 11 o'clock in the night when the building security came to inspect the office that he realized that it was already midnight and he had even forgotten to eat dinner.
Then he came across an interesting post:
CFido
On the S Chinese forum, a netizen named AndyYip just returned from traveling in Thailand. He left a message on it saying: "I came back from Thailand and will tell you the most popular jokes in Thailand:
Heifer rides a motorcycle--Niu B Honghong
Heifer stands upside down - Cow B reaches the sky
The little mother and daughter were drunk in the wine vat - Drunk Cow B"
Then, PonyMa replied to the post under this email: "The heifer jumps high - the cow B"
Li Xiaofan was overjoyed when he saw this post, so he used his email address to give himself an online name called "F1Lee" and followed PonyMa's post with: "I'm here to join in the fun: the little bull cries the heifer - the cow B is dead, the heifer is visiting relatives—cow B is home, the heifer is carrying a parachute—cow B is flying all over the sky.”
After following the post, Li Xiaofan stretched, then turned off the Internet, turned off the lights, and went home from get off work.
When they returned to the terraced house dormitory, in the living room, two girls, Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen, were preparing to turn off the TV and go upstairs to sleep.
"Girls, wait, I have something to tell you!" Li Xiaofan stopped them both.
"What's going on, Director Li?" Liu Mengchen now changed his name to Director Li for Li Xiaofan, who leaves early and comes back late every day to start a business.
"Come on, girls, sit down obediently. I want to talk to you about a very important event that involves the future of each of you!"
Liu Mengchen smiled and said: "What's wrong, Director Li, do you plan to marry us two off, or do you want to take in both of us sisters?"
Guo Hanyue said angrily: "Go away, you damn girl is not serious! Just listen to what Afan has to say."
"Girls, are you interested in starting a business with me?" Li Xiaofan looked at the two girls in front of him and smiled.
Liu Mengchen asked curiously: "Start a business? How can we help you? We don't understand foreign trade business, nor your circuit board testing business. Do you want us to help you sell sunglasses on Orchard Road and work as a salesperson? ?”
"None of them!" Li Xiaofan was happy after hearing this.
"If you want to start a business with me, hurry up and take the Singapore optometrist and optician qualifications in your spare time!"
Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen asked strangely: "Optometrist and optician? Afan, what do you want to do?"
"Next I plan to open a chain of optical stores in Singapore..."
Guo Hanyue asked: "The optical shop you are talking about is the kind of optical shop that sells myopia?"
"Well, it's mainly an optical shop that provides professional services to a large number of myopic people in Singapore."
The two girls asked a series of questions: "Who are these optometrists and opticians? How do they take the exam? What are they used for?"
"Girls, actually I wanted to open an eyewear store in Singapore at first, but later I found that the threshold and qualifications were too high, and the capital required was relatively high, so I had to settle for the second best and start a sunglasses business with a relatively low threshold. Now I feel that I have the strength to open my first eyewear store, so I want to discuss with you to see if you are interested in participating in my eyewear store business."
Li Xiaofan continued: "A few days ago, Tang Bo introduced me to a business forum of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. At that event, I met President Chen of the Singapore Eye and Optometry Association. Through President Chen, I finally understood the entire chain and various links of the local optometry industry in Singapore."
"This optometry industry involves four professions, namely: ophthalmologists, optometrists, optometrists and opticians. The first profession is ophthalmologists in hospitals and clinics. They mainly treat eye diseases and can also sell glasses, but Singaporean ophthalmologists do not need to sell glasses. The second profession is optometrists. This profession not only sells glasses, but also examines and treats functional eye diseases. The third profession is opticians. This profession You cannot check for diseases, and your main job is to provide glasses fitting services. The last profession is optometrists. Optometrists only do optometry work, mainly checking vision and giving degrees. The above four professions related to the optometry industry have very clear division of labor. "
"If we open an eyewear store in Singapore, it will mainly involve the following three professions: optometrists, optometrists and opticians. The optician has the highest technical content. I will make my own arrangements for those you can't handle. I suggest that you take the exams for optometrists and optometrists, which are relatively easy among the three professions..."
Now, Guo Hanyue and Liu Mengchen understood and asked, "Afan, where and how to take the exams for optometrists and optometrists?"
"When you are free, I will take you to the Singapore Eye and Optometry Association, which is responsible for the qualification examination and certification of optometrists and optometrists. They have relatively detailed regulations on the qualification certification of optometrists. For example, after obtaining the qualification, you must receive continuing education every year and reach a certain score before you can continue to work as an optometrist..."
After Li Xiaofan's introduction, the two girls finally understood.
Li Xiaofan said: "You two have obtained a college diploma in nursing in your spare time in China, and have work experience in Singapore hospitals. Now, I feel that as long as you pass the professional English test, it should not be a big problem for you to obtain the local optometrist and optometrist qualifications..."
"Well, Afan, we think we can give it a try. If we fail, there is no loss anyway."
"That's right, life requires constant breakthroughs and dare to try!"
The next day at noon, Li Xiaofan returned to the office after practicing golf.
He turned on the computer to dial up the Internet, and after entering the CFido
S forum, he found that PonyMa, the webmaster, had actually replied to him.