Chapter 850 God Y

In late April, spring has quietly arrived in Yanjing.

Pedestrians on the street took off their heavy winter clothes, their clothes became lighter, and their figures walking on the road also became lighter.

On Saturday morning, Lin Weimin, accompanied by Ma Dudu, came to Gaojing Hutong, an area to be demolished on the west side of Jinghua Museum.

After a long winter, the countdown to demolition has officially begun here.

The government has found places to stay for the more than 300 families living here, and the compensation money was deposited into the residents' bank accounts three months ago.

Now Gaojing Hutong has become a place where moving companies look for work. Sometimes they get so many jobs that they are almost overwhelmed.

"Hey, whose tricycle is this? Can you park it properly?"

At the entrance of the alley, a tricycle was parked randomly, blocking most of the space at the entrance of the alley. A young man who was moving shouted.

After a while, a middle-aged woman came out from the yard next to us and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, there's only one carload left. I was in a hurry and didn't park the car properly. Please go first."

The middle-aged woman held the cart to make way for the young man's cart. After the other party left, a loader came out carrying a cabinet on his back.

"Master, please put it down gently. The legs of my cabinet are a bit broken and can't stand any bumps."

"Help me hold on."

The two families were busy for five or six minutes and finally left.

Lin Weimin and Ma Dudu stood at the entrance of the alley and watched the scene. Ma Dudu introduced: "It has been almost half a month since the move, and people are leaving one after another. But there are still dozens of families who are dragging their feet and have to wait until two days after the demolition before moving out."

"The rules allow people to do so, so there's nothing wrong with waiting." Lin Weimin said casually.

The two walked around the demolition area and found that most of the residents had moved away, and Gaojing Hutong suddenly became deserted.

There are fewer residents, but more rag pickers.

There are many people around here who are moving and throwing away things these days, which has created a new niche for rag pickers.

After seeing the relocation of Gaojing Hutong, Lin Weimin asked, "What about the roller skating rink?"

"The original factory building has just been demolished, and they are transporting the construction waste out these two days. I'll take you to have a look."

The roller skating rink that Lin Weimin asked Ma Dudu to find for Xiao Doubao is in Xicheng District. It was originally the factory building of a street-run factory in the district. The street-run factory went out of business a few years ago, and has been left there ever since.

The straight-line distance from here to Lin Weimin's courtyard is less than 2 miles. My daughter can come here anytime she wants to roller skate. It is very convenient.

Lin Weimin took a fancy to the place and asked Ma Dudu to negotiate with the street office to rent it for a long time. He spent 3.6 million yuan to rent it for 30 years, and the rent was paid in one lump sum. The conditions were very favorable, and the street office agreed without hesitation.

But the original factory building was not suitable for a roller skating rink, so it had to be demolished and a roller skating rink was rebuilt on the original site.

With the help of the street office, the construction procedures were easy to handle and were completed a while ago.

When the two arrived here, the original factory building had long disappeared, leaving only a pile of rubble. An excavator was clearing the construction waste, and a dump truck was waiting on the side to load it.

"In two days, the site will be cleared. In two days, the municipal planning staff will come to give us the coordinates, and the Guangfu construction team will be able to enter the site to work. These excavators and dump trucks are theirs."

Lin Weimin smiled and said, "His business is getting bigger and bigger. I heard that he recently set up a real estate company?"

Ma Dudu said jokingly, "Boss Li is very rich. If he doesn't make a move, it's fine. But if he does, it's a big deal."

In 1991, the government promoted housing system reform, changing from the previous situation where the state was fully responsible for real estate development and construction to mobilizing social forces to participate in real estate construction. Real estate companies began to develop like mushrooms after rain.

Despite some setbacks in 1992, the real estate market has gradually developed in recent years.

Especially after the state promulgated the "Urban Real Estate Management Measures" in 1994, real estate developers have become the main force in domestic demolition and housing supply guarantee, and the once popular unit-funded housing construction is gradually disappearing from the stage of history.

The two joked for a while, and Lin Weimin asked, "When will it be finished?"

"I gave the drawings to Guangfu's project manager. Construction will start on May 1st and will definitely be completed in August."

Lin Weimin was slightly surprised, "So fast?"

Ma Dudu smiled and said, "Our house is simple! It just has a few foundations and steel beams and columns, and the roof is a steel grid structure. It's only 1,200 square meters, so how could it not be fast? This is because ground construction takes a lot of time, otherwise it would be much faster."

Lin Weimin nodded, "Okay. Let's finish it soon, so that the little girl won't nag me anymore."

After walking outside for a whole morning, Lin Weimin returned home at noon and saw Chen Xujia with his daughter.

"Weimin is back."

"What a rare guest! It's rare for you to visit our home." Lin Weimin said with a smile.

Shen Xujia talked to Lin Weimin for a few words, looking happy and in a good mood.

At noon, Shen Xujia and her daughter stayed at home for lunch. While cooking, Tao Huimin said to Lin Weimin furtively, "Xujia said that Wang Shuo broke up with that little vixen!"

"Yeah, I heard about it."

"Look at that bastard Wang Shuo. He has turned our home into this state!"

"Yeah, it's outrageous. I scolded him a while ago."

Teacher Lin expressed his clear and firm revolutionary stance.

"Last year, that little vixen even went to Xu Jia's house to clamor for her. Now that she can't get any advantage from Wang Shuo, she ran away very quickly."

Tao Huimin seemed very happy for her sisters.

Lin Weimin said quietly, "A fly won't bite an egg that has no cracks. You should persuade Chen Xujia not to be too happy too soon. Even if Xu Xiaomi is gone, there are still Zhang Xiaomi and Wang Xiaomi."

Hearing this, Tao Huimin became suspicious, "Not really?"

"I'm just giving you a heads up."

Tao Huimin thought for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll ask Xu Jia to pay attention to this later."

After lunch, Tao Huimin and Shen Xujia took their children out shopping.

It was a rare quiet time at home. After taking a nap, Lin Weimin went to the study and turned on the computer.

According to statistics, the total number of computers connected to the Internet in China this year reached 299,000, of which 49,000 were connected directly to the Internet and 250,000 were connected via dial-up. The number of Internet users was about 620,000, most of whom were connected via dial-up.

The speed of dial-up Internet access is still ridiculously slow, but fortunately the Internet access fee is being reduced every year. With the continuous reduction of Internet access fees, the number of Internet users in China is also rapidly increasing.

Starting next year, a large number of Internet companies will emerge in response to the trend of the times.

While waiting for the web page to buffer, Lin Weimin was thinking that it was time for Guowen Publishing House to make arrangements in the Internet field.

While I was daydreaming, the web page in front of me finished buffering.

Shuguang BBS is the first Internet forum in China, founded in 1994. Lin Weimin was one of the earliest users of this forum, and he occasionally surfed the forum.

At this time, the active users on the BBS were basically people working in the computer hardware and software fields, and the largest number of people came from scientific research, education, national party and government agencies, factories and mines, post and telecommunications, and other industries.

Lin Weimin was a layman in computers and the Internet, but he was familiar with the development of the Internet industry at home and abroad. He often criticized current problems from the perspective of the general trend, and won himself a great reputation. He was considered one of the great gods on the Shuguang BBS.

Last week, there was a post on the Suguang BBS where some netizens were discussing the prospects of Netscape. The poster claimed that Netscape would definitely win the browser war with Microsoft and become another giant company in the Internet field.

When Lin Weimin saw it, he made a few remarks, which simply expressed his pessimism about Netscape's future development, which resulted in dissatisfaction among the two netizens.

Netscape is now one of the most sought-after high-tech companies in the U.S. capital market. Its Netscape Navigator browser occupies 70% of the browser market share, which is equivalent to controlling the entrance to Internet traffic. It has more than millions of users worldwide. Almost all Internet users who go online have used Netscape products.

On August 9, 1995, Netscape's initial public offering (IPO) saw its stock price rise to $75 per share at the close of the first day, setting a record for first-day profits in the U.S. stock market.

Netscape founder Jim Clark's shares were worth $663 million on the day of the IPO, and another founder, Marc Andreessen, was worth $58 million. Some of Netscape's early employees were also worth millions of dollars on the same day.

Some people even compared Netscape to "Microsoft in the Internet field", and Netscape founder Jim Clark surpassed Bill Gates in popularity.

It was also in this year that Microsoft saw the threat from Netscape and began its formal counterattack.

Microsoft first proposed the acquisition, but Netscape rejected it without hesitation.

Microsoft then proposed to cooperate with Netscape to form a strategic partnership. In order to achieve the cooperation, Microsoft even promised to make concessions in the operating system. This unprecedented "kneeling" force is enough to show the pressure Netscape exerted on Microsoft.

But Bill Gates' concession did not satisfy Jim Clark and Marc Anderson. They did not want to become a vassal of Microsoft, but to replace it.

In the end, the negotiations between the two sides broke down and Microsoft had no choice but to fight back strongly.

Facts have proved that Microsoft, which has an absolute dominant position in the field of PC operating systems, is not as vulnerable as people imagined. In just a few months, Microsoft launched IE1.0 and 2.0.

Last year, in order to compete with Netscape, Microsoft bundled IE browser with the recently released Windows 95 and provided it to users for free.

You should know that Netscape's browser charges each user $45. Bill Gates' decision was crucial and laid the foundation for Microsoft's victory in the browser war with Netscape.

Right now, the competition between Netscape and Microsoft is still in full swing. Lin Weimin said that he is not optimistic about the future development of Netscape. In the eyes of some people who think they understand Netscape, this is just sensationalism.

Faced with doubts, Lin Weimin did not say much. He was not optimistic about the competition between Netscape and Microsoft, but he did not say that Netscape was not developing well. Even if it lost in the competition, it was still the second.

Moreover, in a corner where no one noticed, Lin Weimin had already made more than 10 million US dollars by selling Netscape's stocks. He was just a secondary market investor, and it was not easy for him to earn this amount.

Lin Weimin has quite a few investments like this in the U.S. stock market. Apart from some speculative investments, he intends to hold most of his investments for the long term and rarely engages in speculation.

Lin Weimin has a small investment company in the United States. It does not engage in futures, hedge funds, or venture capital. It just invests in stocks in the secondary market and buys and sells bonds, with the main focus being stability.

Lin Weimin knew very well that he was just a foreigner in the United States, without any deep background or technical support. It was safest for him to rely on his advantage as a foresight person and take a steady approach.

After going online, Lin Weimin browsed the posts on the forum in the past few days and saw a user named "kissmykicks" speaking under the post he replied to last week, strongly supporting him and leaving him a separate message.

Lin Weimin had an impression of kissmykicks. He was one of the active users on the forum and seemed to be very knowledgeable about the software.

"God Y, have you sold all your Netscape shares?"

"God Y, what do you think of Microsoft?"

Lin Weimin's online name is "Ye", so he is called "Y God" by people on the forum. This name has no special meaning, it is just a random name. If you insist on using a word, it can be understood as "Ye", which is a bad taste of taking advantage of others.

When discussing with someone last week, Lin Weimin mentioned that he had bought Netscape shares. Now the browser war between Netscape and Microsoft is in full swing, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Netscape's prospects are not optimistic and its stock price has been falling recently.

Lin Weimin did not have too many concerns over the internet connection and replied, "I sold it a long time ago, the year it was listed."

At the end of 1995, Netscape's stock price reached $171 million per share, six times the IPO issue price. Lin Weimin decisively cleared his position at that time and had already made a lot of money.

After answering the first question, Lin Weimin turned to the second question.

“The release of the Windows 95 operating system has greatly changed the way personal computers are used, making computer operation more intuitive and simple.

Microsoft has become the undisputed leader in the field of PC operating systems, with a strong foundation that is difficult to shake. So I am not optimistic about the browser competition between Netscape and Microsoft. "

After replying to the post, Lin Weimin was about to browse other posts, but kissmykicks replied immediately.

"Y-God is awesome. Netscape's stock price peaked when it went public. You made a lot of money on this investment. Y-God, is Microsoft really unshakable?"

"It depends on which aspect you look at. If you look at various software based on computer operating systems, then Microsoft can be almost invincible as long as it uses bundling as a weapon.

But you have to understand, there is no such thing as eternal hegemony in the world.

As awesome as IBM was back then, hasn’t it become a thing of the past in the era of personal computers?

Besides, even though Microsoft is powerful, it is impossible for it to monopolize all software fields. The nascent Internet is vast and has unlimited opportunities. Microsoft is just a drop in the ocean.”

After casually answering the other party's question, Lin Weimin closed the forum and checked his email.

(End of this chapter)