Hearing someone call them, Sun Hao and Ni Ying turned around and were surprised to see Wang Xin and a few other students standing at the school gate. At this moment, Wang Xin was looking at Sun Hao and Ni Ying with malicious intentions.
"Wang Xin, what do you want?" Seeing that the person who called Sun Hao was Wang Xin, Ni Ying couldn't help but recall what happened in the forest some time ago. Although Sun Hao managed to beat Wang Xin and the others away, he was also injured. Thinking of that scene and seeing Wang Xin's teasing and malicious expression, Ni Ying couldn't help but become nervous. She thought that Wang Xin was going to fight with Sun Hao again, so she hurriedly took two steps back and said to Wang Xin.
"What do I want to do? Look at what you're saying. What else could I be thinking? It's just that some self-righteous people always think that their songs are so amazing, but in the end, they came back without getting anything, right?”Although Wang Xin hated Sun Hao, she had not forgotten that she had suffered the greatest humiliation in her history. However, she couldn't do anything about it even if she couldn't defeat Sun Hao. Moreover, they were at the school gate now. There were surveillance cameras. Even without these, Wang Xin was still surrounded by the few people from last time. She definitely couldn't defeat Sun Hao. This time, she wasn't prepared. When she had the chance next time, Wang Xin had already thought about it. When the time came, she would find a few more people to teach Sun Hao a lesson.
"How do you know I didn't get anything?”Looking at Wang Xin's fierce eyes but not daring to step forward, Sun Hao felt very funny. This person was really jealous. He couldn't accept that others were better than him. He always thought that he was so great. He was okay in middle school, but he would definitely suffer in society. However, these were not under Sun Hao's jurisdiction. If they were friends, Sun Hao would kindly remind them, but for this person who repeatedly caused trouble for Sun Hao, Sun Hao didn't care about him.
"Don't think that I don't know. I saw the news last night. Didn't you participate in the Cola Cup band competition? The first place was the Flower band, and the second and third place weren't you guys. You didn't even get a place this time. I really don't know why the principal gave you guys a few days off.”Wang Xin saw yesterday's news. Sun Hao's band was not in the top three. However, what Wang Xin didn't know was that due to Sun Hao's young age, according to the convention of the international adult group competition, the organizing committee didn't announce the ranking of Haotian's band to the public. Instead, they only awarded the prize at the venue. At this time, the reporters weren't as gossipy as Sun Hao's previous life, reporting everything. Therefore, Wang Xin only saw the top three of this competition, and Sun Hao and the others weren't among them. Therefore, Wang Xin arrogantly said to Sun Hao.
Seeing Wang Xin like this, Sun Hao really felt sad for his ignorance. Even if Sun Hao really didn't get the award, would Wang Xin get it if she went? At least Sun Hao and the others had practiced hard for more than three months before participating in the city qualifiers. If Wang Xin were to participate, she probably wouldn't even be able to make it to the competition in City H, let alone the national finals. Thinking of this, Sun Hao felt that Wang Xin was really too arrogant. Now, Sun Hao didn't even want to look at him. Instead, he held Ni Ying's hand and prepared to go for dinner without saying a word.
Seeing Sun Hao leave without saying a word, Wang Xin laughed even more arrogantly.
In a restaurant near the school, Ni Ying and Sun Hao sat on both sides of a table. Although Ni Ying trusted Sun Hao, she was looking at Sun Hao in confusion after hearing Wang Xin say that Sun Hao didn't get a place.
" Actually, it's like this…" Sun Hao explained to Ni Ying what happened in the competition. Although he didn't get a placing, he received a special award, which was the same as the first prize.
"I see. I was wondering why you guys couldn't get a place if you sang so well. It seems that Wang Xin is really too jealous.”After hearing Sun Hao's explanation, Ni Ying finally understood the whole story. She also understood what Sun Hao meant when he said that he was equal to the champion on the phone yesterday. However, when she thought of Wang Xin's words, she couldn't help but show a disgusted expression and say,"This person is really annoying. We should stay away from him in the future.”
"Mhm, hehe." Sun Hao also thought so, but when Sun Hao saw Wang Xin's fierce gaze at the beginning, he knew that Wang Xin must be someone who would protect her enemies. However, after thinking about what kind of big waves a junior high school student could cause, he didn't take it to heart.
After a week of separation and reunion, the two of them were very happy at this time, so they continued to eat while talking about Sun Hao's experience in B City. Of course, Sun Hao didn't mention Zhang Shuya's matter because Sun Hao knew that girls were more jealous. When it was not necessary, it was better not to mention these things. Moreover, Sun Hao and Zhang Shuya had nothing to do.
As the two of them chatted, it was time for afternoon classes. Since Sun Hao had taken a week off, he didn't have to go to class in the afternoon, so Sun Hao sent Ni Ying to the school gate. The two of them lingered for a while before Ni Ying reluctantly returned to class.
Seeing Ni Ying go to school, Sun Hao also walked home.
In the evening, Sun Hao's parents were very happy to see that their son had returned safely. Because Sun Hao had informed them on the phone in advance, his mother, Huang Shufen, bought a lot of vegetables when she got off work and prepared a big table of dishes to welcome Sun Hao back. At the dinner table, her parents asked Sun Hao about the competition. Sun Hao only vaguely said that he had won the Excellence Award. It was not that Sun Hao did not want to tell the truth, However, if Sun Hao's parents knew that their son had received the same prize money as the champion, they would be too surprised.
After the meal, Sun Hao locked himself in his room and recalled some of the events that had happened during the competition in B City. Sun Hao felt that he really needed to get some money now so that he could start his own record company. In that case, whether it was releasing records or holding concerts, he would have the final say and would not need to listen to others. However, establishing a company required a huge amount of funds to back it up. Building a decent company required tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of funds. Sun Hao was only a first-year junior high school kid. Where could he get so much money? Thinking of this, Sun Hao couldn't help but feel distressed.
Lying on the bed, Sun Hao began to think. What was the most popular thing from the end of 1999 to the beginning of 2000, and could earn a lot of money in a short period of time?
At midnight on December 20, 1999, the Chinese and Portuguese governments held a political handover ceremony at the Macau Cultural Center. The Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macau and Macau returned to the motherland. This is another grand occasion for the Chinese nation to realize the great cause of the motherland's unification after Hong Kong's return to the motherland on July 1, 1997.
Macau used to be a small fishing village. Her real name was Haojing or Haojing Ao, because at that time the port could be called Ao. Macau and its vicinity are rich in oyster (oyster). The inner wall of the oyster shell is as bright as a mirror, so Macau is called the oyster mirror (the traditional Chinese word for oyster is oyster). Later generations changed the name to the more elegant "Hao Jing". In the "Macau Chronicle" published during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was said: "The name of Haojing is recorded in the History of Ming Dynasty. Five or six miles from east to west and half way from north to south, there are two north and south coves, where boats can be anchored. Some people say that the north and south two bay, round as a mirror, so called Haojing.”From this name, a series of nicknames such as Haojiang, Haijing, Jinghai, etc. were derived.
The name of Macau originated from the goddess of the Chinese dynasty, the Queen of Heaven, who was greatly respected by fishermen. According to legend, a fishing boat was sailing on a clear and calm day when a thunderstorm suddenly blew, and the fishermen were in a critical moment. At this moment, a girl stood up and ordered the storm to stop. The wind stopped, and the sea returned to calm. The fishing boat arrived at Haijing Harbor safely. After getting ashore, the girl walked towards Mother Pavilion Mountain. Suddenly, a ring of light shone and the girl turned into a wisp of smoke. Later, people built a temple to worship Mazu at the place where she landed.
In the middle of the 16th century, when the first batch of Portugal people arrived in Australia, they asked the residents what the local name was. The residents mistakenly thought that it referred to temples and replied that it was called Ma Ge. The Portugal translated it into Macau, which became the origin of the name of Macau in Portuguese.
In the following 400 years, the Eastern and Western cultures had been blending here, leaving behind many historical and cultural heritages, making Macau a unique city.
Since the return of Macau on December 20, 1999, it has become a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with a high degree of autonomy in accordance with the Basic Law of Macau. Under the guidance of the policy of one country, two systems, the social and economic characteristics of Macau would be preserved and continued.
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Although Sun Hao hadn't been to Macau before his rebirth, he knew that Macau was a place with many casinos. Although Sun Hao also considered whether his luck after rebirth was so good, he didn't want to take the risk for the time being because his current funds were too little.
So what was the most profitable thing around the year 2000? Right, it was the Internet. Since the Internet had just become popular in China at this time, there were still many business opportunities for this new thing. Sun Hao had read many novels before his rebirth. They talked about how people would develop the Internet after their rebirth, establish some company, and earn hundreds of millions. However, this was basically based on the protagonist having special abilities or some supercomputer in his head. However, Sun Hao thought for more than an hour. He silently said," Computer, computer, come out quickly."”After that, no one paid attention to him, so Sun Hao gave up helplessly.
Moreover, building a portal website required renting a large server, and it would take about ten years to develop to a certain extent. Sun Hao couldn't wait that long. Moreover, renting a server at this time was especially expensive, unlike in 2009, when a decent server could be rented for a few thousand yuan.
So what business opportunities were there for web-based platforms? Right, an internet cafe!
Thinking of this, Sun Hao couldn't help but sit up from the bed.
The internet café industry in China only officially started in the year 2000. Sun Hao remembered that the first time he went to an internet café in his previous life was in the second year of junior high school. At that time, the internet café was very run-down. It would be good if there were ten or twenty computers. Moreover, the internet speed was very slow, and it was difficult to open a web page.
From 2000 to 2002, the number of small internet cafes began to expand rapidly, and large-scale competition began in the industry. The management was relaxed, so it was the best time to open an internet cafe now. By the middle of 2002, it would not be possible.
Why? Everyone must know that in 2002, a fire broke out in an internet cafe in B City. The impact of the fire was so great that it led to the rise of the national internet cafe. All the small internet cafes were closed for a while, and even the large internet cafes were struggling.
However, it was not easy to open an Internet cafe. First of all, the geographical environment was one of the biggest factors in opening an Internet cafe. In other words, it could be the key to survival and development. The geographical location and popularity of every place were different. Everyone knew that it was good to have a lot of people in a place close to a school, and it was even more profitable. However, the country had a regulation that prohibited Internet cafes from being 200-400 meters away from a school.
However, Sun Hao's school was also surrounded by many other schools, and City H's S University was also nearby. Therefore, opening an internet cafe between S University and S High School was definitely a guarantee of customer flow.
Secondly, the configuration of an Internet cafe was an important factor in whether or not an Internet cafe could attract people. In his previous life, if Sun Hao wanted to go online, he had to look at the configuration written on the sign at the door before entering. If the configuration was not good, Sun Hao would rather change to another Internet cafe than suffer inside.
In this day and age, most people used the CPU of the late thirties, which had 128mb of memory and a 40g hard drive. Video was no longer necessary in this era because of the internet speed. The crystal head, network cable, and monitor were generally 15 inches. This set of configuration would cost about 6,000 yuan now, but Sun Hao still had a lot of money on hand. It was enough to buy dozens of units.
Opening an internet cafe also required a switch, a hard firewall, a software firewall, and a series of other equipment. Therefore, the overall cost was still relatively high.
The tables and chairs were the third most important thing in an internet cafe. Imagine if a customer came to an internet cafe and sat down on a table that was dirtier than the floor and a chair that was thick, hard, cold, and lacking this and that. Everyone could imagine how they would feel at that time. Therefore, Sun Hao had to consider this aspect.
There were also some things that were particularly important and played a vital role in making profits.
The first was the price. The price couldn't be too high. Once Sun Hao's internet cafe was too expensive, people would think that it was better to go out for a few hours than to stay here for an hour. Therefore, they had to set a price that was acceptable to the public.
There was also the issue of the membership system. In Sun Hao's previous life, when he entered an Internet cafe, he would basically find a notice on the bar counter that said," Get 10 yuan for every 50 yuan charged." Although this seemed to reduce the income per hour, for the sake of long-term benefits, the benefits of doing so were obvious.
The other point was to create a game theme. Although there weren't many games at this time, they could do something like the Interstellar Competition or the Red Alert Competition to increase their popularity.。
Also, for the opening event, he had to make sure that there was a day of free testing. When people knew about Sun Hao's Internet Cafe, they would probably come again.
Thinking of this, all the problems were almost solved. There was still the issue of the license, but there was no need to worry about it. Liu Zhongda's father was a government official and also a deputy chief. It was very easy to get a license for an Internet cafe. Sun Hao had visited Liu Zhongda's house many times in his previous life. He could tell that she was very easy to talk to.
Doing what he thought of was Sun Hao's style after his rebirth. Therefore, Sun Hao immediately picked up the phone beside his bed and called Song Chunfeng.
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