A local area network (LAN) internet cafe is still an internet cafe, and it will use network switches.
Let's just use the name of the internet cafe now, so we don't have to change it later.
In a big city like Shanghai, you need at least a hundred internet cafes, otherwise it won't be enough.
China has a large number of cities.
The consumer base is still very strong.
The current number of internet cafes in China (2,000) is far from sufficient to meet consumer demand.
Moreover, China's economy today is similar to that of 1993, with a significant increase in per capita income.
Tenglong Internet Cafe charges very little, partly because it doesn't have internet access yet.
The rise of the internet in China will take several more years, and internet access will be very expensive.
In order to reduce the cost of the Tenglong Internet Cafe project, Zhao Ye thought of the diskless network system for internet cafes from his previous life.
A diskless network system consists of two parts: a server and clients. In a diskless network system, clients do not need to be configured with hard drives. All clients connect to the server's large-capacity hard drive via the network and boot from the system image on the hard drive. Files on the server's hard drive can be read on all clients.
This reduces the need for a large number of hard drives, saving costs. Diskless networks also save energy and electricity because they do not use hard drives.
Furthermore, diskless network systems for internet cafes are easy to manage and maintain. When a new game is released, if the internet cafe uses a disk-based network, every single computer needs to be updated, which is extremely cumbersome for internet cafes with many computers. Diskless networks can handle new game installations, game upgrades, and software updates all at once, making it very convenient and simple.
Another issue is security. The entire system becomes relatively more secure under diskless network management.
During the meeting, Zhao Ye introduced the diskless network system for internet cafes, including the technical challenges, and provided detailed solutions.
Zhao Ye looked at Qiu Bojun and said, "Let Wujiang Computer Company be responsible for developing the diskless network system."
“Okay, boss!” Qiu Bojun readily agreed. Developing diskless network systems was Wujiang Computer Company’s forte, and he himself was quite interested in diskless network systems.
In addition, Qiu Bojun also considered the application scenarios of diskless network systems in more fields.
Diskless network systems can be used not only in internet cafes, but also in network classrooms, corporate LANs, hotels, and more.
In Qiu Bojun's view, the biggest advantage of diskless network systems is not saving hard drives, but "management and maintenance".
Just as Zhao Ye was about to announce the end of the meeting, he suddenly remembered something and said to Qiu Bojun, "Oh, by the way, Wujiang Computer Company should also develop internet cafe billing management software. The main functions of this software are managing user top-ups, game billing, checkout, computer startup, and shutdown."
Qiu Bojun immediately understood upon hearing the words "internet cafe billing management software." Managing user logins and logouts, and calculating usage time, would be quite cumbersome without software. Small internet cafes with only a few computers are manageable, but with more, the staff becomes overwhelmed. However, internet cafe billing management software is actually a small program, easy to develop.
To do something well, you must first have the right tools.
The boss really thought of everything!
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The entire Wujiang Group is operating at high speed, and this year is a year of great success for Wujiang Group's VCD listing.
VCDs are popular in many countries and regions, including China, India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and South America.
The PHS phone is also rapidly expanding its reach and is very popular in many countries.
The "Tomahawk" game console became a global sensation, completely solidifying Wujiang Group's dominant position in the gaming industry.
This year, Wujiang Group's revenue has been soaring, with net profit alone exceeding US$14 billion!
In addition, Wanjiang Real Estate has sold more than 95% of its assets and made a profit of US$12.5 billion after paying off bank loans!
By the end of 1989, Zhao Ye had someone tally up Wujiang Group's cash reserves, which had reached over 60 billion US dollars!
Before Zhao Ye's rebirth, Apple's cash reserves were a staggering $165 billion. However, it is now 1989, and Wujiang Group's $60 billion is worth far more than Apple's $165 billion.
In terms of industry scale and diversification, Apple is far inferior to Apple.
Its influence cannot be compared to that of Wujiang.
It is no exaggeration to say that Wujiang Group is now the world's largest company. In terms of revenue, only Walmart can rival Wujiang Group, but in terms of profit, Wujiang Group far surpasses Walmart.
That year, Wujiang Group registered as many as 12,500 patents, leading other companies by a precipitous margin and firmly holding the world's number one position.
As we all know, scientific research requires huge investment and involves countless trials and errors, each of which is very costly.
The outside world has always thought that Wujiang Group's R&D costs are very high. Little do they know that, with Zhao Ye's guidance, he directly tells the developers what products to develop, in which direction to develop, and even what technologies to use.
This resulted in Wujiang Group's R&D costs being far lower than people had guessed.
What the outside world may not know is that Zhao Ye is already considered a god-like figure by the researchers at Wujiang Group.
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Japan.
Before Yoshiaki Tsutsumi took the helm of the Seibu Group, the Seibu Group was not a very large company; it could only be considered a medium-sized company.
In recent years, the Seibu Group has developed rapidly, staging an astonishingly rapid growth in industries such as hotels, retail, and real estate!
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