Rebirth in the Internet Era: Starting with Games

Just how terrifying would it be if a programmer who has spent his entire life gaming were reborn in 2002?

Legend of Mir? The Blue Moon game I whipped up actually got copied by the company behind Legend of Mir itself. So whose servers are the official ones, anyway?

World of Warcraft? My server infrastructure is the best in the country! Right out of the gate, we offer both monthly subscriptions and prepaid game-time cards. Players can choose whichever they like. Now that's what I call caring about players!

Taoyoubao, the game-trading platform I casually put together, ends up inspiring Jack Ma-and paving the way for Taobao.

Competitors everywhere cry out in despair:

"How does this company, Century Horizons, turn every game it publishes into a hit? MU Online, World of Warcraft, DNF, League of Legends..."

"Publishing games is one thing, but now it wants to export our culture through games it develops in-house. And its ultimate ambition is to build an entire gaming ecosystem!"

"From online PC games to mobile games, it steamrolls everything in its path. Nothing survives."

"Are they going to leave any room for the rest of us to survive?!"

Armed with an enormous cash flow, Century Horizons begins expanding its business empire, throwing heavyweight punches amid the internet boom, riding the waves and surging ahead.

Years later, a new supergiant emerges above all the internet titans: S. Towering over every old and new incarnation of BAT-Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent-it stands atop the summit, looking down on the world, in a league entirely of its own.

Countless internet moguls can only marvel: "Where on earth did this young man named Chen Hao come from? Does he have no sense of fair play?!"

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On February 22, 2002, Pony Ma, Zhu Jun, Chen Tianqiao, and others all suddenly feel drained and dispirited, as though their good fortune has been stolen away.

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