In the mid-1990s, the emergence of VCD brought an audio-visual feast to people across the country. At the same time, computers began to develop in the private market.
In 1997, a software called "Super Decoding" was put on the market, building a bridge between VCD, DVD and computer platforms, solving the problem of computer users having difficulty using optical drives to play VCD and DVD discs. Once the software was launched, it won widespread popularity. Good reviews.
In 1998, "Jianghu" was launched. In just two months, the number of registered users exceeded 10,000, with more than 1,000 people online every day, and the server was fully loaded for a long time.
In August of the same year, North Latitude Technology was established on Zhujiang Road, Jinling City.
In 1999, "Jianghu" received capital injection from Bubu Sheng Group. The number of servers increased rapidly, the network covered the whole country, the number of registered users exceeded 500,000, and the highest number of people online at the same time exceeded 30,000.
In 2000, Beiwei Technology acquired the instant messaging business of Centen Technology for 1 million yuan, and opened a data channel with the "Jianghu" server to establish the first cross-platform social network.
At the end of 2001, the tribal network integrated into the instant messaging module was launched and began to be promoted in domestic universities. Its personalized algorithm, interest association and social model based on schools and departments were quickly sought after by college student netizens. By the spring of 2002, in a short time In just three months, the number of active users has exceeded 600,000. On average, one in seven Internet users logs into Tribe.com at least once a day.
In the winter of 2002, the data of "Jianghu" - Penguin - Tribe.com was fully connected. Tribe.com launched a circle of friends module to provide photo upload and display functions. Penguin was under pressure and the user group experienced a large-scale migration.
In 2003, Tribe.com had more than 3 million daily active users, making it the No. 1 social networking site on the Chinese Internet.
In the summer of the same year, Tribe.com was listed on NASDAQ in the United States and quickly occupied the overseas social media market.
The information on the big screen kept scrolling, and the young students sitting below the small auditorium kept whispering to each other and whispering about more detailed and fragmented information about the tribal network.
A little behind, reporters and photographers from major media outlets in East China were "standby" because the guy who had just been rated as "the most influential person in the world" in Time Magazine was a busy man. Send him a message The person in charge of Jinling University who invited him did not expect that he would agree to be a guest here.
The female teacher wearing a brown windbreaker walked to the podium, and the audience suddenly fell silent.
"Students, today we are honored to have Mr. Zhang Zhang, the founder and CEO of Tribe.com, as our guest at Jinling University. Everyone welcomes him with applause."
Wow~
There was a round of applause from the audience.
Different from the applause given to those bureaucrats in the past, the students below are sincere to this person, because basically everyone is using his tribal network.
The female teacher walked down with a smile on her face. About ten seconds later, a man in a suit and leather shoes walked out from the backstage and came to the front of the podium. The sound of a camera shutter was heard in the audience, and flashes of light continued.
"Hello, classmates, my surname is Zhang and my given name is Kai. I can open my arms wherever I want."
Hahaha~
There was a burst of laughter in the audience, because this man who had just appeared on the cover of "Time Magazine" disclosed his account on Tribe.com and wrote a memorable article, which included "I can post it anywhere." "Open" this quip.
"Just now in the back, President Li asked me to come on stage and say a few words to everyone. I felt that this was too outsider, so I should just chat a few words, because I also spent my college life in this city, so, to a certain extent, You are my juniors and juniors.”
Wow.
There was warm applause from the audience.
Lin Yue stretched out his hands and pressed it: "Actually, I said this because I wanted to get closer to you and allow me to finish work early and eat the feast promised by Principal Li, because he said he had prepared Maotai that had been aged for fifteen years for me."
There was another burst of laughter, and many single girls looked at him with bright eyes. He was interesting, humorous, and approachable. He was a young rich man who started from scratch and worked hard to be worth billions. He was a perfect Prince Charming persona.
Then a female reporter in a turtleneck raised her hand.
Lin Yue stretched out his right hand, motioning for her to stand up and ask questions.
The female reporter said: "Mr. Zhang, I would like to ask under what circumstances did you want to establish a social networking site like Tribe.com? You must know that before 2002, you already had two social products, "Jianghu" and Penguin. The latter’s user base is growing rapidly.”
Lin Yue glanced at someone in the audience and said: "Actually, I had this idea as early as the millennium. I think some of my classmates have also heard about my life experience. For a while, I especially wanted to know about those classmates who lost contact. I miss them very much. I was thinking how great it would be if there was such a software that could allow us to understand each other’s current situation and even daily life even if we are thousands of miles apart. And the current popular real-time Communication software cannot do this. Based on the professionalism of a programmer, I began to think about the feasibility of this idea, and finally launched Tribe.com a year and a half later."
"No wonder after the tribal website was launched, the initial promotion activities were carried out in major universities. So, you launched the tribal website to understand the situation of your classmates?"
"You can say that." Lin Yue said with a smile: "Progress comes from demand."
"Then this classmate must be very important to you?"
Lin Yue's eyes swept across the auditorium, and he paused for a moment at someone's seat: "Yes, it's very important."
The female reporter thought for a while, did not continue to ask, said thank you to him and sat down.
At this time, a girl sitting in the first row raised her hand.
Lin Yue waved again, indicating for her to stand up and ask questions.
"Senior, there are rumors circulating on the Internet that you used to study at Jingnan University of Technology, but were expelled during your junior year. The reason announced by the school was that you violated school discipline, but the real situation is that the people in the Academic Affairs Office made a mistake. Target, in order to protect the girl who was wrongly accused, you chose to bear all the blame. Is this true?" The girl is also a talent, so she just followed the stick and called him senior.
Lin Yue nodded: "It's true."
The girl asked again: "Can I ask about your relationship with that girl?"
Girls always yearn for love. If a young, outstanding, successful, and wealthy man has a fascinating life story, he is simply the dream lover of all women.
The female reporter was embarrassed to ask this question. Although she really wanted to know, her professional ethics told her not to be so gossipy. However, what she didn't expect was that the girl in the front row asked her the question she was forced to ask.
This is also a question in the hearts of many students present, because compared to random guesses and compared to the gossip circulating on the Internet, the answers from the parties involved are more convincing.
"What's my relationship with that girl?" Lin Yue smiled at her and suddenly turned to look at a female audience member in the third row wearing a long sweater: "You can ask her this question in person."
Wow~
The whole place was in an uproar.
No one expected such a dramatic change. They thought he was the only one appearing in the small auditorium, but who knew that all the male and female protagonists in the story were there.
People looked at the female audience member who was holding coffee and listening to his story quietly.
She didn't feel timid or shy because of everyone's surprised looks. She looked up at the girl who asked the question, with a smile between her eyebrows that could warm the whole winter.
…
In the afternoon, on a bench at the edge of the playground of Jinling University.
Ruan Guan opened the zipper of the handbag and took out the pair of gloves that Zheng Wei had complained about and had been knitted and dismantled.
"A year ago, when Zheng Wei left Jinling, he said that I might never be able to give away this pair of gloves in my lifetime."
She took his hand and helped him put them on one by one.
"She's wrong."
Lin Yue looked at her side face and said, "How have you been in these years?"
Ruan Guan said: "What do you think?"
"sorry."
She shook her head and did not pursue the issue because it was meaningless, because she was not Zheng Wei, she was Ruan Wan.
"It's cold outside, let's go."
Lin Yue nodded, got up from the bench, and she took his arm and walked towards the school entrance.
"Zhang Zhang, can you tell me why you left without saying goodbye four years ago?"
