In the eyes of students at East China University of Technology, He Yongsheng is a relatively capable student. Although he comes from a province in central China and his family is not very well off, he bought a second-hand Santana 2000 during his college years, becoming one of the few students who owns a car.
He Yongsheng was also quite mature in his dealings with people at school, and had a good relationship with the counselor. Although he often skipped classes, he was never punished by the school. His classmates often saw He Yongsheng taking several boys to restaurants, and there were always two or three Zhonghua cigarettes on the back seat of the car.
In the past two years, college students have been relatively honest, and only a few students have rented a house outside, and He Yongsheng is one of them.
He Yongsheng did not rent a house to live with his girlfriend. He rented an entire house outside the school and put seven or eight computers in it, specifically for his team members to play the online game "Legend of Mir 2" together.
That’s right, He Yongsheng made his fortune by playing the online game “Legend of Mir 2”. He was just an ordinary player of “Legend of Mir 2” at first. In order to play the game, he skipped classes and spent the whole day in the Internet cafe.
Later, he met a master in the game. The master said he had a way to make money using plug-ins and asked He Yongsheng if he was willing to follow him. This master was also one of the first gamers to use the "wax-free plug-in". He Yongsheng reaped a lot of benefits from following him.
In December 2001, a master discovered a system bug in the blessing necklace. Players could repeatedly click on NPCs to get 3,000 gold coins. This was also the first money-making incident in the history of "Legend of Mir 2".
He Yongsheng became a wealthy man in Mengzhong City. He placed advertisements on the public screen to purchase any high-end equipment, and then sold the high-end equipment to make a profit.
He tasted the sweetness of gaming for the first time because he saw the money he made back. He had borrowed money from all his college roommates to top up his account for playing games and recharging his account for "Legend of Mir 2".
Later, He Yongsheng could not borrow money, so he had to make up various excuses to ask his parents for money. Although He Yongsheng's parents did not understand why their son spent so much money in school, they still gritted their teeth and helped him to collect enough money. For the peasant parents who have worked hard all their lives, their son who studied in a key university is their last hope in this life.
He Yongsheng felt a little guilty when he lied for the first time, but his guilt didn't last for a few days, and he finally walked into the Internet cafe without hesitation to continue playing games. He knew that his grades were not good, and if he continued to play like this, he would most likely be expelled from school because of too many failed courses.
However, he indulged in the joy of online games, because his friends in the game would not comment on his rustic clothes, nor would they look at him strangely for applying for scholarships. His teammates in "Legend of Mir 2" would only envy him for buying more high-end equipment and reply on the screen, "Big brother is awesome, give him a double-click 666!"
Under the guidance of the great god, He Yongsheng also felt that it was too slow for one person to make money, so he gathered a group of like-minded friends to set up a simple game studio. At first, they all sat in a row in the Internet cafe to play games.
After "Legend of Mir 2" was updated to version 1.28, casino plug-ins appeared in "Legend of Mir 2". He Yongsheng's team was still the first players to get the casino plug-ins.
He Yongsheng's team used WPE packets to send win commands to the fairy to get chips and exchange them for money. He Yongsheng's team became the richest man in every server. The prices of brand-name equipment doubled again and again. Some top-quality equipment was sold for hundreds of millions of gold coins. The price system of "Legend of Mir 2" almost collapsed.
The official "Legend of Mir 2" has issued a ban on game players who use casino plug-ins. Game IDs that use casino plug-ins will not be able to log in to "Legend of Mir 2" within 525,600 seconds, which is a full year.
However, game plug-ins seem to be emerging in endlessly, including Dark Palace package, Zuma's Best Guard package, Destiny Mission package, Blessing Oil Mission package, and Old Man Liu Mission package.
Although some accounts of He Yongsheng's team were blocked, they still used game plug-ins to continue to profit from "Legend of Mir 2".
The astute He Yongsheng found that it was not necessary to play "Legend of Mir 2" in an Internet cafe, so he rented a house and made it his team's base for playing games. He Yongsheng's team also formally established an underground game studio, and the team members also developed downlines. Their studio would sell the latest plug-ins to downlines all over the country to make a profit.
He Yongsheng finally met the master who introduced him to the game. It turned out that the master was a programmer at a game company in Puhai City. He Yongsheng now finally understood why the master was able to come up with the latest plug-in for "Legend of Mir 2" in the first place.
The reason why this great god agreed to meet with He Yongsheng was because He Yongsheng's studio had already taken shape, and he wanted to have in-depth cooperation with He Yongsheng. He had a way to multiply He Yongsheng's monthly income by at least 10, as long as He Yongsheng was willing to cooperate with his work.
He Yongsheng had some concerns at first. He felt that making such a high-profile effort to fleece the official "Legend of Mir 2" was like walking on the road of crime. He might become a negative example of "Today's Statement".
The master consoled him, saying that everyone did it, and the law does not punish everyone. Moreover, it is a common practice for game studios to use plug-ins to make profits in games. This belongs to the gray area, and the government will not investigate unless the public reports it.
Although the official "Legend of Mir 2" vowed to crack down on game studios that use plug-ins, it has always been a lot of noise, but little action. The master said that he has already cooperated deeply with several studios in Puhai City, and everyone can make money together, which is good for both you and me. These days, the bold will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation.
The master hinted at He Yongsheng, "Do you think the money you hand over every month is handed over to me? These studios together make tens of millions a month, and I dare not take it all for myself. I also have a boss behind me, and my boss is very powerful. Even if the higher-ups want to investigate the studio, we will get the news, and if there is any disturbance, you can just stop for a few days."
He Yongsheng could not resist the temptation and agreed to the cooperation plan. In March 2002, a large-scale border duplication incident occurred in "Legend of Mir 2".
When players enter Mengzhong City from the Snake Valley, they can quickly trade their equipment to their friends to achieve the effect of copying equipment. After Xinya Network blocked this bug, the astute He Yongsheng discovered that if you log in to the game on one computer first, and the character enters Mengzhong from the Snake Valley, and then log in to the second computer immediately, a copy of the same character will appear in Mengzhong.
Since the copied equipment is different from the equipment refreshed by the package, the equipment refreshed by the package has a brand new ID, and the system defaults to being legal. However, the ID of the copied equipment is exactly the same as the old equipment, so when the server is restarted, the copied equipment disappears.
He Yongsheng's studio took advantage of the information gap and sold the copied equipment on various servers. The experts also appreciated He Yongsheng's research spirit and shared the BUG with other studios, so more gamers were deceived.
At this time, there was a rumor in "Legend of Mir 2" that the studio that sold the duplicate equipment was actually the programmer of Xinya Network. They knew about the bug in the game, but deliberately did not solve it, and used this game loophole to deceive game players to make profits. This rumor was very popular among "Legend of Mir 2" game players, and some game players left "Legend of Mir 2" and switched to "Heaven", an online game represented by Shanda Network.
The reason why this rumor spread so widely is that someone shared photos of him working at Xinya Network and his work badge in the Penguin group. Although he hid his name, work number and department, players still clearly knew that this gamer was indeed a programmer at Xinya Network. He also shared the equipment in his "Legend of Mir 2" account.
Although He Yongsheng's studio blocked a batch of accounts again, He Yongsheng did make a lot of money this time. He generously gave each of his partners in the studio a bonus of 2,000 yuan, and He Yongsheng himself bought a second-hand Santana 2000. As the saying goes, money is the courage of a hero, and He Yongsheng immediately changed his style after having money. He first found the counselor, ate with him, smoked and drank constantly, and soon became good friends with the counselor.
After He Yongsheng got a car, he became a celebrity in school. The long-legged senior girl whom he had been pursuing hard during his freshman year also reluctantly became his girlfriend.
He took the senior sister to Nanjing West Road for shopping and bought her branded bags and clothes. That night, He Yongsheng and the senior sister stayed in the "world's tallest hotel" Jinmao Grand Hyatt Hotel. Although he did not take down the senior sister, the senior sister wearing black stockings still taught the novice He Yongsheng a lot of knowledge.
During the Qingming Festival, He Yongsheng drove his second-hand Santana back to the village to worship his ancestors. He Yongsheng, who returned home in glory, enjoyed the envious looks of the villagers. They didn't know anything else, but they knew that He Yongsheng had become rich and even smoked Huazi cigarettes.
He Yongsheng's parents looked at their son's Santana. When they saw the name on the vehicle's license, they finally believed that this car worth tens of thousands of dollars was bought with their son's hard-earned money.
He's parents were very honest and were afraid that their son would go the wrong way. Last semester, their son was still asking them for money, but next semester, he bought a car. This strong psychological contrast was really hard for the honest parents to accept.
He Yongsheng gave his parents 5,000 yuan, and he was going to take 10,000 yuan. But his girlfriend said she wanted to buy some Puhai specialties for her parents, and she had no money, so He Yongsheng, as an ATM, naturally had to help.
Because the long-legged senior sister said that it was He Yongsheng's way of showing filial piety to his future father-in-law and mother-in-law in advance, He Yongsheng transferred another 3,000 yuan to the senior sister.
He Yongsheng comforted his parents, saying that he had already started his internship in advance. Because he was good at computers, he was now interning for an Internet company with his classmates. He also bought this Santana with the project bonus awarded to him by the company.
He's mother couldn't believe that her son actually had a girlfriend at school. When she heard that his girlfriend was tall and beautiful, she was a little worried that her son could not keep such a beautiful woman. But when she thought that her son was the first young man in the village to buy a car, she put this worry aside. She now really believes in the saying "knowledge changes destiny", and she also hopes that her family will get better and better . After the Qingming holiday, He Yongsheng returned to Puhai City. You can skip classes, but you can't miss playing games. There was a major news in mid-April. A Boeing passenger plane of Air China crashed in Busan, South Korea.
This hostile sentiment gradually spread to the Internet, and negative news such as "Boycott the Korean garbage online game "Legend of Mir 2"", "Let the pro-Korean Xinya Network get out of mainland China", and "Song Yi, the major shareholder of Xinya Network, has become a Korean citizen" were often heard on the public screen of the "Legend of Mir 2" game.
Some newspapers in southern China also published reports criticizing the online game "Legend of Mir 2". Experts believed that online games were electronic opium and that young people addicted to online games could easily lose their ambitions. However, what was strange was that the experts only criticized the leading company in the online game market, New Asia Network, but tacitly ignored Shanda Network, which operated the online game "Lineage".
Li Yu felt that the media's reaction was not right, so he called Song Yi and asked him how to deal with it and whether he needed to refute certain reports.
Song Yi was not panicked. This was the so-called "a tall tree attracts the wind". All kinds of monsters and demons would emerge. The roots of the New Asia Group in the mainland were in Yanjing. The New Asia Group's advertising was basically concentrated in CCTV, Yanjing TV Station and Yanjing Youth Daily.
"Most of the experts' words are just bullshit, don't take them seriously. They are just jealous of the money made by "Legend of Mir 2" and want to extort money from our company to make us pay for safety. Of course, some game companies are also instigating this and trying to take advantage of the situation."
"I am a person who responds to soft words rather than hard ones. If you talk to me nicely, I might agree to advertising cooperation. But if they use the American carrot and stick approach, first hit me with the stick and then reward me with a sweet date, expecting me to be grateful, then they are dreaming! My grandfather passed away a long time ago, and I don't have the habit of being someone else's grandson!" Song Yi said viciously.
On May 8, 2002, Xinya Optoelectronics (Puhai) Co., Ltd. was established in Puhai City. The company's registered address is located in the first phase of Zhangjiang Power Harbor in Puhai City, with an injection capital of RMB 200 million. Xinya Optoelectronics is the largest high-tech enterprise in chip packaging, testing and design settled in Zhangjiang Power Harbor.
On the day Xinya Optoelectronics was established, relevant leaders from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Puhai City, Pujiang New District and Zhangjiang Science Park attended the company's opening ceremony.
The top five shareholders of Xinya Optoelectronics are Xinya Network, Eshan Electronics, Puhai Industrial Group, Xinya Capital Fund and Yiyingshenghui Investment Partnership. The shareholding ratios are 30%, 20%, 20%, 18% and 12% respectively, and the total shareholding ratio of Xinya is 60%. As the actual controller of Xinya Optoelectronics, Song Yi announced at the opening ceremony that Xinya Optoelectronics will set up global R&D centers in Santa Clara, Tokyo, Seoul and Puhai at the same time. The R&D center in Santa Clara will be managed by Jim Keller, the former chief architect of AMD. Jim Keller presided over the development of K7 and K8 processors at AMD and designed the x86-x64 architecture.
The president of Xinya Optoelectronics is Dr. Jingang Zheng, who previously worked at the Industrial Technology Research Institute of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan and is also a high-end talent in the chip field.
In fact, Song Yi had planned to establish Xinya Optoelectronics last year, but the reason why it was delayed until May was to find a suitable person to lead it. Jim Keller later joined Apple and developed the A4 and A5 processors for Apple. Zheng Jingang later served as the vice president of R&D at Huaxin International. There is no doubt that the scientific research level of both of them is not the same as Cheng Qian, the scammer who developed DSP chips.
Song Yi stated that in the next five years, the Xinya Group will invest at least 500 million yuan per year in Xinya Optoelectronics R&D. Xinya Optoelectronics is the research and development aircraft carrier invested by the Xinya Group in the mainland. Puhai City will also become the second largest investment destination in the mainland after Yanjing. Xinya Optoelectronics will also introduce more high-tech talents in the chip field from overseas.
Lee Yi-ji, president of New Asia Capital Fund, also attended the opening ceremony. As the CEO of a well-known Korean venture capital firm, he also expressed his support for New Asia Optoelectronics' technological expansion route in the chip field over the next five years.
The leaders of Puhai City admired Song Yi's determination in technological expansion and asked him if he needed any help from the city or district in attracting overseas talents. Zhangjiang Science Park can provide policy support for high-tech enterprises such as Xinya Optoelectronics.
Song Yi hopes that the district can provide convenient policies to Xinya Optoelectronics' technical team in three aspects: employee housing, children's schooling and social security.
As a result, the leaders of Pujiang New District considered that Xinya Optoelectronics would have a R&D team of 150 to 200 people in the future. The district leaders approved a piece of land in Hanzhen, Pujiang New District, for Xinya Optoelectronics, on which Xinya Optoelectronics could build a staff community.
This is really a pleasant surprise for Song Yi. Xinya Optoelectronics Staff Quarter is also the first real estate project of Xinya Real Estate in Puhai City.
Song Yi knew that Puhai Line 2 would have a subway station in Hanzhen, and the average price of residential areas near the Hanzhen subway station later exceeded 70,000 per square meter. Although the construction scale of Xinya Optoelectronics' staff community is not as large as Yanjing's Wangjing project, it is more than enough to build seven or eight buildings and twenty or thirty villas in the community.
Puhai City officially implemented the land auction system in 2003, and various real estate giants have flocked into the Puhai real estate market. At present, the high-quality plots in Puhai City are in the hands of state-owned enterprises under each district of Puhai City. If Xinya Real Estate wants to enter the Puhai real estate market in the future, it will inevitably have to deal with local real estate companies in Puhai City.
Song Yi has no intention of seeking plots in core areas such as Huangpu, Xuhui and Jing'an, and the current situation of New Asia Real Estate does not support it to compete with Hong Kong-funded real estate companies that have moved north. Although urban plots are not considered, Song Yi is familiar with the popular plots along the middle and outer ring roads of Pujiang New District. Even if New Asia Real Estate focuses on these areas, it can grow into a first-class real estate company in the country.
In addition to Xinya Optoelectronics, Xinya Network, Xinya Advertising, Xinya Real Estate and Xinya Investment have all established branches in Puhai City. The general manager of Xinya Network Puhai Branch is Guo Haibin, the general manager of Xinya Advertising Puhai Branch is Zheng Yiping, and the general manager of Xinya Real Estate Puhai Branch is Zhou Zhiyi.
In fact, Zhou Zhiyi had just worked in Yanjing for three months and had just become familiar with the Wangjing real estate project when he was transferred by Song Yi to Puhai City to be responsible for the Xinya Optoelectronics employee community project.
"Brother Song Yi, you'd better give me a reason to convince me, otherwise I will definitely complain to my mother. You wouldn't be reluctant to rent the villa in Lijing Garden to me, so you deliberately transferred me from Yanjing to Puhai?" Zhou Zhiyi suspected.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Yanjing is quite dusty, and I'm afraid that working outdoors all year round will be bad for your health. LG Electronics, Asan Electronics, Xinya Optoelectronics, and Xinya Capital will jointly invest in a semiconductor factory in Liangxi City."
"I have suggested to Chairman Ju Guangsheng that Ju Guangmo be in charge of the Liangxi semiconductor factory project. He will basically stay in Liangxi City for the next two to three years. Puhai City is only 130 kilometers away from Liangxi City, and it only takes two hours to drive there. It will be more convenient for you and Guangmo to date on weekends." Song Yi teased his cousin Zhou Zhiyi.
"What? We haven't confirmed our relationship yet." Zhou Zhiyi was still a little shy.
"Really? I heard that this kid, Ju Guangmo, flew to Yanjing several times this year in the name of investigating the Chinese market. Isn't someone dating him?"
"I was originally thinking of giving you a large flat-floor luxury house with a river view in Puhai City as a love nest for you and Ju Guangmo in the mainland. It seems that this gift will not be needed." Song Yi said.
When Zhou Zhiyi heard Song Yi say this, he immediately smiled and said, "You have a conscience. Since you bought me a house, I won't complain to my mother."
Song Yi laughed in his heart, your mother sometimes calls me dad, what's the point of complaining to her. She criticized me on the surface, and when it was time for others, I would spank her to vent my anger.
Chen Tianqiao was obviously shocked by the series of big moves made by the New Asia Group in Puhai City in May. He said sourly, "New Asia made such a big move in Puhai City. Is Song Yi trying to show me his power?"
On May 16, China Telecom and China Netcom were established, forming the three major telecommunications operators.
On May 17, the Puhai Public Security Bureau deployed a special crackdown on "infringement of online game copyrights." Puhai police launched a thunderous attack and destroyed several underground game studios in Puhai, including the criminal gang headed by He Yongsheng.
He Yongsheng and 11 others were taken coercive measures by the Puhai police for suspected copyright infringement. In order to escape punishment, He Yongsheng, a junior student, gave away his superior. Chen, a Chinese employee of Puhai Shanda Network, and Jin, a Korean employee, were also arrested.
Because this was a special operation deployed by the city, Chen Tianqiao was unprepared for the arrest of Chen and Jin. The overwhelmed Chen Tianqiao hurriedly called Chen Zairong in Seoul, hoping that he would rescue the two Shanda employees through diplomatic means. Song Yi's thunderous counterattack finally made Chen Tianqiao understand what it means to be a fierce dragon and not cross the river. Thank you for your monthly ticket support, see you tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)