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As evening approached, Zhao Ye suddenly remembered the matter of developing a browser.

He didn't consider at the time that in this day and age, if you want to develop a browser, you first have to develop the World Wide Web.

In my past life, every time I entered a website address, I would first type "".

It is the World Wide Web, a large-scale, online information repository, abbreviated as Web.

The World Wide Web operates on a server-based model, using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to organize information into richly illustrated hypertext. Users can access other sites from one site using links and actively obtain information, i.e., access website content.

The hypertext servers used in previous lives were usually referred to as servers.

A browser is a web client program that runs on the user's host computer.

The emergence of the World Wide Web transformed the internet from a resource used only by a few computer experts into an information resource accessible to the general public. Since its inception, the number of websites has continued to grow, marking a significant milestone in the development of the internet.

The world's first website

Tim Berners-Lee only began researching this year, but the technology was not mature enough. It was not until 1991 that it made its first appearance on the Internet, causing a sensation and achieving great success, and was widely promoted and applied.

Zhao Ye felt that if he were to develop the technology first, he might be awarded the title of "Father of the World Wide Web," though he didn't know if he would be able to win the Turing Award. In any case, Tim Berners-Lee won the 2016 Turing Award for "the invention of the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and the fundamental protocols and algorithms that enabled the expansion of the World Wide Web."

Both the title of "Father of the World Wide Web" and the Turing Award can greatly increase one's fame and influence, so Zhao Ye wants to compete for them.

Of course, if Zhao Ye succeeds in developing it, he will, just like in his previous life, announce that the World Wide Web will be permanently free. This would both prevent the emergence of other standards and win goodwill from the technology community for Zhao Ye and Wujiang Group, attracting outstanding talent to join the company.

The technology itself isn't difficult; it's just that people didn't think of applying hypertext to the internet.

Over the next few days, Zhao Ye put aside the development of the Origin Engine and turned to technical development.

First, Zhao Ye developed HTML, which is a hypertext markup language, a descriptive language.

Then, he developed the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

In less than a week, Zhao Ye developed the world's first web server and the first web client. Although the web server was so rudimentary that it could only be described as Wujiang Group's phone book, allowing users to access the host to look up the company's publicly available contact numbers, it was in fact a WYSIWYG hypertext viewer and editor.

Zhao Ye developed such a rudimentary device mainly to obtain a patent first and solidify his status as the inventor of the "World Wide Web".

That same day, Zhao Ye immediately arranged for someone from Wujiang Patent Management Company to apply for the patent.

At the same time, Zhao Ye also wanted to recruit Tim Berners-Lee to Wujiang Group to oversee its improvement.

Zhao Ye was afraid that if he continued his research, he would find that what he invented was too similar to what he had "invented," which would not be good.

Zhao Ye had considered developing a different standard, but this would be too time-consuming, and he was already more familiar with it and had mastered many advanced technologies.

Another, and perhaps the biggest, reason: to eliminate potential competitors.

When Wujiang Group launches its standard, there won't be any other standards on the market, which is why it will be so popular.

If, at this point, a standard developed by Tim Berners-Lee were to emerge, the question would be: which standard would the Western world prefer as the standard?

Given the nature of Western countries, they would naturally choose the standard developed by Tim Berners-Lee.

This means that Wujiang Group's standard has failed.

Wujiang Group is not arrogant enough to be able to stand up to the whole world.

Therefore, it would be best to bring Tim Berners-Lee under our control.

Tim Berners-Lee was in Geneva, Switzerland, at the time, entering the renowned particle laboratory established by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), whose principal investigator was Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate Samuel C.C. Ting.

Tim Berners-Lee was walking home from get off work when a dark-haired woman walked towards him and waved to him.

"Mr. Tim Berners-Lee, please wait!"

Tim Berners-Lee stopped and looked at the Chinese woman with a puzzled expression.

"Hello, ma'am, who are you? Is there something you need?"

"I am Cui Lenan, an employee of Wujiang Group stationed in Geneva. Do you have time now? I would like to speak with you on behalf of Wujiang Group."

Tim Berners-Lee had naturally heard of the name Wujiang Group, but he wondered why Wujiang Group wanted to talk to him.

"I have time!"

"Let's go to a nearby restaurant and chat while we eat."

"OK."

A short while later, the two went to a nearby restaurant and found a seat by the window where no one was around.

After ordering from the waiter.

Tim Berners-Lee couldn't help but ask again, "Ms. Cui, what does Wujiang Group want with me?"

Cui Lenan got straight to the point: "We would like to invite you to join the Wujiang Group!"

Upon hearing this, Tim Berners-Lee shook his head and said, "Thank you for the kind offer from Wujiang Group, but I'm doing just fine here and have no intention of switching jobs."

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