It was currently 2013, considered the golden age of China's internet.
Broadly speaking, the period from 1980 to 2000 could be seen as the commercialization and popularization of the internet; from 2000 to 2010 was the era of mobile internet; from 2010 to 2020 saw mobile internet develop rapidly and the internet penetrate every aspect of people's lives; and after 2020, the shift was from mobile internet toward intelligence.
China's internet industry in 2013 was in the midst of a chaotic free-for-all, with a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred boats racing ahead. Everyone was wildly throwing around money to stake out territory, frantically expanding internet use cases and mobile payment applications.
The resulting battles over food delivery, group buying, ride-hailing, bike sharing, e-commerce, and more saw every major capital faction fighting fiercely across China, using every tactic at their disposal.
Meanwhile, in the field of blockchain-based digital cryptocurrencies, the well-known Bitcoin ushered in its first explosive surge. Over nine months, it rose from its yearly low of thirteen dollars to over eleven hundred dollars. That wave lasted for more than a year before collapsing in 2015 and dropping to just over two hundred dollars.
This time, Wang Yan had once again ended up in a computer-related major. Naturally, he would work on the internet and continue delving deeper into artificial intelligence.
In truth, Wang Yan no longer cared what major he was assigned to. It was nothing more than the two broad fields of liberal arts and sciences. In the liberal arts, he was broadly knowledgeable and deeply skilled, with extensive research in language, literature, art appreciation, history, culture, and more.
As for the sciences, after all these years of study, Wang Yan had become something of an all-rounder. He understood not only what things were, but why they