You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 3 Make money early and enjoy it early
"Boss, bring me a pack of cigarettes."

"Boss, please give me another bottle of water."

"Boss, do you have a phone number for ordering lunch boxes?"

After a wave of college students arrived, the Internet cafe became noisy again.

Unlike his classmates who were excitedly surfing the Internet, Qin Shaoyan leaned back on the sofa in a comfortable posture and fiddled with the computer in front of him casually.

Compared with the light and agile optical mice of later generations, today's mechanical mice appear bulky and slow, and feel quite uncomfortable.

But Qin Shaoyan didn't care, his purpose was not entertainment.

The Internet content in 2003 was far less colorful, standardized and orderly than that of later generations. It can be said that it was very scarce.

Needless to say, there are a lot of high-P warriors who can be easily found on Zhalang to show off their postures. Just the wheelchair area and the dressing area of ​​the small station can make people feel boring.

Compared with the secretive and endless temptations of 2023, 2003 stands out for its fierceness and directness.

Gee, it’s simply too vulgar, too camera-less, and too unartistic.

This is a period when the Internet is growing wildly. It can’t be regarded as a hundred flowers blooming, but it can also be regarded as overgrown with weeds.

Qin Shaoyan was too lazy to criticize, he had more important things to do.

[System startup...]

[Start scanning...scan to match electronic devices...]

[Start software analysis...]

[Parsing completed, please choose one of the following codes to decompress...]

【1：Webpage】

【2: Video software】

【3:Office software】

【4: Antivirus software】

【5: Game engine】

……

Looking at these options, Qin Shaoyan was really surprised. The system is quite unique.

There are many options, but choosing is painful.

Qin Shaoyan's purpose is very simple, which is to find an opportunity to make a fortune quickly, quickly achieve financial freedom, and then just sit back and enjoy it.

The purpose is to be short and quick, don't delay for too long, so as to avoid long nights and many dreams.

Office software, anti-virus software, and video software are directly PASSed. There are many competitors for this kind of professional software, and piracy is rampant in the market. Simply selling software to large companies cannot raise the price at all.

If you want to sell it, you have to spend money on promotion first, and only by accumulating a certain number of users and market can you raise the price. Qin Shaoyan will not do these projects even if he has money.

For web pages, the investment is small, but the technical threshold is low. There are various websites everywhere, and it is difficult to get ahead in this red sea.

2003 was not a good year for the grassroots entrepreneurs of Huli.com. At this time, the two giants Penguin and Alibaba had already made their debut.

Penguin has exceeded 100 million users since last year. It has made a lot of money relying on its SP business. At the same time, it has also received financing and has begun to take off.

Taobao was launched at the beginning of the year. Due to the SARS epidemic, online shopping users have increased significantly, and the prospects are bright.

The shadow of the Internet bubble has faded, and the surviving giants have thrived one by one on the SP business.

If we had been reborn two years earlier, we could still have made a profit by relying on the first-mover advantage, but now the difficulty is different.

In the early days of the Internet, one step was slow and one step was slow, and rising stars had to rely on technology or capital to gain a foothold.

If you want to start from scratch and build a website to make a fortune, there is no hope at all.

Qin Shaoyan took a sip of Lei Bi and landed on the screen not far away. Bold and exciting pictures were loading slowly.

At this time, Mayday had not yet been born, and the resources on the Internet were still relatively scarce. It seemed that it would be a good idea to build a website with great potential.

However, there are barriers to this stuff. We are still in the barbaric era of the Internet. No one needs to bother to look for it. There is a lot of marginal content on major portal websites.

After Sitong Lifang merged with Huayuan.com in 1999 to form Sina.com, it launched a series of "CLUB Yuan" columns, focusing on online dating.

If you want to grab customers from major portal websites, firstly, you need to increase your visibility, and secondly, you need to have excellent content quality.

If they brush you off, you will brush on it even more, and if they stimulate you, you will be stimulated even more, and your website will flourish in no time.

And then… I’ll get ten years of free room and board.

Alas, starting a business is so damn hard.

Then there is only one option left, and that is the game engine.

For Qin Shaoyan, it is the most cost-effective option. Compared with other software, the game return rate is very high.

The game engine is the most important part of the game and the core foundation of the game. After all, making a game is not about finding one or two programmers, just messing around, and a popular game will appear.

This was the early stage of the development of the game industry, which could be said to be extremely hot. Internet giants were eager to make a move and couldn't wait to get their hands in and make money.

Except for a handful of people in Internet cafes who criticize art, most people are working hard in legends. In this era when online entertainment methods are scarce and games are rare, the monotonous grinding of monsters can also bring endless fun.

From King of Kings and The Stone Age in 2000, to Jin Yong's Heroes in 2001, to Westward Journey, Miracle, and Magic Baby in 2002, various online games have sprung up, but they still cannot shake the throne of Legend .

Legend has been like a prairie fire since its launch in 2001, burning across the country. Chen Tianqiao, the boss of Shanda, became the richest man in the country by relying on the game Legend.

The prosperous scene in the Internet cafe was like a treasury waving to him - let's play games.

Qin Shaoyan patted Xiong Jiajia next to him, "Have you brought the USB flash drive?"

Xiong Jiajia's eyes were still fixed on the screen, and he was trying hard to kill the monster, "It's in my pocket."

Qin Shaoyan was not polite and went directly to look for it, "Bring it here and let me use it."

"What do you want to do?"

"I'll copy something."

"Copying? Don't put a bunch of viruses in it for me."

"Copy a few pornographic films, and I'll go online and download some information."

Qin Shaoyan gently inserted the U disk into the USB port on the back of the chassis, right-clicked on the mouse and clicked on Properties.

512M space.

At this time, it is considered a USB flash drive with a large capacity and should be enough for use.

[Choose to decompress the game engine code]

[Decompression in progress...Decompression progress...10%...20%]

[Decompression completed]

Qin Shaoyan looked at an unzipped package that appeared out of thin air in the U disk space. He suddenly became excited and rubbed his hands subconsciously.

But he quickly calmed down, and this was only the first step.

After all, games are so easy to make. He can make do with planning, but he really has no idea about programming and art.

The professional threshold for these two professions is quite high, and Qin Shaoyan doesn't think he can handle it in a short time unless the system gives him another setback.

Therefore, he wants to invite a few people to work together.

To find people, you need to find experts, and you have to pay wages, and the wages are not low, otherwise it will be difficult to make high-quality products, and there is a high probability of screwing up the first project.

After all, we come back to the original question, how to make money.

You can't just work as a pharmaceutical agent again, then rely on your classmates' connections to bribe a few directors, and then just wait and count the money.

He really couldn't do this kind of thing. After all, a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way.

When you are reborn, you cannot say that you have to be aboveboard in doing things. At least some money cannot be taken. It is too hot to handle.

And time is too slow.

Qin Shaoyan quickly searched on the portal website, trying to find some useful information.

Information is sometimes money.

After browsing for more than two hours, Qin Shaoyan accidentally saw a piece of news, which finally made his messy brain clear.

"Boss, I'm getting off the plane."

He stood up in a hurry and hurried out of the Internet cafe, leaving only the surprised looks of his classmates.

The fiery sun has set low, and the golden afterglow shines on the street, like a golden avenue.

The fresh air with residual heat outside cooled down Qin Shaoyan's head a little, and his pace slowed down.

As he walked, he thought about his plan.

Deduced over and over again, perfecting details and filling in loopholes.

After passing through alleys, Qin Shaoyan entered an old residential area. He took out the mask he bought when passing by the drugstore and carefully put it on his face.

As he approached his destination, he hesitated again and circled the residential area several times, always feeling hesitant.

After lingering until nightfall, he gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind.

How can a man be hesitant when he is reborn?

Qin Shaoyan resolutely walked into the dark corridor. Under the dim light, a row of large red characters was printed on the black wall.

"Engraving seals and applying for certificates"

(End of this chapter)