January 23, 2001.

Spring Festival.

Jiang Congtao is an office worker who drifts from Beijing. His home is in Xingyi, Guizhou. He is very busy with work and can return to his hometown once a year.

That is during the Chinese New Year.

At night, the whole family sat in front of the TV to watch the annual "Spring Festival Gala"

In 2001, technology was not very developed, especially the Internet industry had just started. People's entertainment methods were not as many as in the future, and there was no such thing as playing games or short videos. People's greatest pleasure was watching TV.

Especially the Spring Festival Gala, it is a must-see program for every household.

The theme of this year's Spring Festival Gala is [Bidding for the Olympic Games], so many of the hosts and advertisements in the program come around the Olympic Games.

In addition to traditional singing and dancing programs and crosstalk sketches, this time there is a relatively novel dance that indirectly reflects the changes of the times.

The name of the dance is "Internet Age"

It is performed by the mysterious boy group of young beautiful girls.

Unfortunately, it was too early, otherwise it would be a complete idol group in the next 20 years.

After watching for a while, Jiang Congtao was a little bored and returned to his room to turn on the computer.

I just bought the computer at home this year and installed it.

To a certain extent, the Internet has gradually become popular this year, and network distance has become an indispensable part of people's lives, and it has not been long since.

Jiang Congtao came into contact with a social software at the beginning of this year, the name of the software was QQ.

At first, he was recommended to register by his friends, mainly because they said it was easy to communicate online.

Later, Jiang Congtao met a girl online through QQ. The two became familiar with each other after a while and slowly established a super friendly relationship.

But it has not yet developed offline.

This feeling is actually even more seductive than in real reality. Since Jiang Congtao met this girl called [Clouds in the Sky], she would dream of her at night.

Although girls may not look like this, the hazy feeling is really beautiful.

After he got home, his heart was so itchy that he always felt that the net cable was pulling him invisibly.

Maybe it is the red line of the Moonie.

Fortunately, there is internet at home.

Jiang Congtao turned on the computer and then logged into QQ skillfully.

His avatar lit up and showed it online.

He glanced at it with anticipation.

Fortunately, [Clouds in the Sky] is online.

So he quickly double-clicked the other party's avatar and opened the chat box:

The boat travels south and north: in?

Two seconds passed.

Clouds in the sky: Hehe, smiling face.jpg How do you know I'm online?

The boat travels south and north: Are you stupid? Your avatar is bright.

Clouds in the sky: Haha, right.

(Haha this year is still a good word, and girls also like to use it. This word has a very great benefit. For the chat partner you like, you can express your joy. For the dog licking, you can smile without being polite, which makes you feel very friendly.)

Clouds in the sky: Haven’t you watched the Spring Festival Gala?

Traveling south and north: Well, this year's Spring Festival Gala feels so boring, so I'll go online to check it out.

Jiang Congtao did not dare to say [I miss you], but instead expressed this meaning in a tactful way through comparison.

"Taotao, are you living in a prodigal son?" (What are you doing?)

My mother's voice came from outside.

Jiang Congtao quickly replied, "I'll chat with someone else online. You can watch it first. I'm a little bitch."

The clouds in the sky sent a happy smile: "So too."

The boat travels south and north: Then what are you doing?

Yunbian: Bored, I just played mahjong with my friend online. Do you want to come with me?

Jiang Congtao's heartbeat missed a beat.

What does this mean?

The clouds in the sky are playing mahjong with people. Shouldn’t we play offline during the Spring Festival?

Could it be that she has other people besides herself as a chat partner?

But why did she invite herself?

Out of boys' jealousy, Jiang Congtao agreed.

The cloud in the sky sent a link to it: Aier Game Platform.

Jiang Congtao took a look at the logo and found that he seemed to have seen this game before.

Oh, right.

It's pushed by QQ pop-ups.

At that time, he thought the pop-up function was really annoying.

Let him want to kill the person who invented the pop-up function.

However, since the clouds in the sky are playing on it, he has no reason not to play.

As a Scorpio, Jiang Congtao feels it is necessary to control his future girlfriend's every move.

Open and install.

An icon is added on the desktop.

The icon is like a kitten surfing on a skateboard.

Very cute.

"Aier, what do you mean?" Jiang Congtao turned his head and thought for a second. He didn't quite understand what the name of this game hall had to do with the game.

He clicked in, and then according to what the clouds in the sky told her, he successfully entered the 4th district of South China and found 169 tables.

fine.

After entering, Jiang Congtao breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for the clouds in the sky, the other two are girls.

After playing for a while, Jiang Congtao realized that he was too attentive.

It turns out that Yun from Tianbian said that playing mahjong online is not about playing with acquaintances, but about playing with strangers alone.

After playing for a few games, time flies.

When he raised his head, it was already 11:59.

"Taotao, come out quickly and set off firecrackers."

"Okay, mom."

Jiang Congtao quickly typed a few words online: "Happy New Year."

reply over there: "Happy New Year."

The boats in the south and north: "Let's play games together next time?"

...

The right time, place and people.

The arrival of the Spring Festival undoubtedly brought a spring breeze to Bomi's game.

During this period, the number of online users of Bomi’s gaming platform has increased dramatically.

From 100,000 people before the New Year, it suddenly increased to 500,000.

In fact, this principle is easy to understand.

During the Chinese New Year, people are most relaxed. Apart from visiting and sending red envelopes, they can do very few things and basically have no entertainment activities.

In addition to playing mahjong and fighting landlords, I can only stay at home and watch TV.

So online games became the first choice.

This has always been like this since online games. Even by 2021, the busiest time of game companies will be during the Spring Festival. At this time, the data will basically explode.

Liu Guangran sat in the office watching the Spring Festival Gala while monitoring the data, but suddenly jumped up from his seat.

"Damn!"

What happened?!

It feels like riding a rocket. In just 4 hours of the Spring Festival Gala, the game platform increased by 100,000 online.

"Damn, don't these people watch the Spring Festival Gala?"

……
Chapter completed!