An interview with Xiao Lin at the station (kaoyan.com)

Webmaster website profile: Kaoyan.com is currently the leading postgraduate website, providing a large number of authoritative postgraduate grind information and guidance materials, for the preparation of postgraduate exams and has been the study of friends to provide a spiritual home.

"In half a year, by the end of June, if I do not see any improvement, I may leave, and grind the gas station may not do it, and die." "Speaking of this, Kobayashi in the phone that the voice is a bit low," they have spent too much time, reading time is almost gone. Can't always look like this, old to invest money AH. ”......

70 dollars and 1500 dollars .

May 99, Lin Yipeng in Shandong University School of Management to read a junior, intends to test the advertising department of the graduate students. One day at noon, want to find some information on the Internet, busy for half a day, also did not find what grind the site. He was disappointed, and spent a lot of time gathering information, and added a column to the 163.net homepage to put a small amount of data in it.

After a few weeks, he occasionally in the "computer newspaper" read an article, introduced abroad has a www.webprovider.com site can register for free international domain name. Yi Peng According to the prompts, according to the steps to try to register a few 10 names, including the girlfriend's English name, found that people robbed first. Think oneself want to grind an examination, why not register "Kaoyan"? A check, no one registered, hurry up! In mid-June he received a confirmation letter for this domain name.

"I rented a house on campus, I bought a computer, I often skipped school, want to take an examination of the www.kaoyan.com to do it quickly." In fact, there is not much content, what the 2000 postgraduate enrollment brochures, fees and so on, not more than 20 Lais things. "said at first to do the site that, Yi Peng a little excited," with FrontPage do. Did not learn computer technology, can only fumble while doing, on and off spent one months, after the completion of the copy to the floppy disk, to get the Internet café upload. ”

In the first half of 99, only a few internet cafes appeared near Shandong University, and Yi Peng was a frequent guest of "New Vision" and "Golden Net" of Internet cafes. Maintenance of the work of the entrance examination station, must be carried out there. The school guest House also has a place, has placed several computers, uses the 56K modem to dial the Internet, doubles as the game room. "The game is very cheap, the internet is very expensive, 8 dollars an hour, every time, the others are playing games, I almost became the only customer." ”

Summer vacation, Yi Peng back to Fujian Zhangzhou home, with the summer vacation to do the site. Hanging online all the way, making pages, constantly uploaded, updated, that month phone bills and net bills nearly 2000 pieces! He found that using webprovider free space, there is a small disadvantage, every time browsing the Web, will automatically jump out of a banner. "I searched a lot of data, want to hide the ads, finally in the ' home of the Net Bug ' forum found the answer. With others to provide the code, the site all redo, about 700-800 pages, spent a few nights, and then try again, sure enough to solve the problem! ”

Soon after the opening of the September, Yi Peng browsed the website, found that the sudden visit can not find any content. This can make him anxious bad, do not know how to do. He wanted to register the free domain name, the use of 10 trillion space has a 3-month limit, also received several emails, urging him to pay the cost of 70 dollars, but did not take seriously ... Anxious to hurry, gotta find a way, to million nets, network God and other companies sent letters for help, are heard. At that time, I also often on the home of the ' Octopus Harbor ', a moderator replied that he did ' Zhangzhou business Network ' can help, must first pay 1500 yuan, including registered domain name, virtual host, etc. No way, to the entrance examination of the gas station to save back, I ask a friend hurriedly help me pay the fee! "A week later, the website is functioning again.

"Postgraduate" to overcome the postgraduate examination

"I have a fellow in the School Network Center to work, I would like to ask him to introduce in the mountains of education online to do a mirror." Accidental opportunity, I went there to find him, by the way met the responsible teacher. The Web site in the disc with a carry-on, on the spot to see him, feel good, promised to put up. "Later, Yi Peng also went to the network Center to help, did a week, the idea of a little change." "At that time, the network in the domestic heat up, entrepreneurial story more and more." Center of the teacher said, you want to come, can ah, the only condition is not to grind. I hesitated repeatedly, decided to simply work-study, continue to make the site bigger. "He was able to get an independent machine and be" extremely excited "with unlimited access to the Internet.

January 2000, the senior of Yi Peng face employment to find work. Xiamen has a master of all Education Network Company's general manager, he is very interested. "I promised to work there after graduation, can go on to do an examination of the gas station, they provide the server is very good, I can do anything to improve the function of the site, especially the ' Postgraduate forum ' after the launch of the response is good, March, is the postgraduate score prizes, online to ask scores, communication, more than 10 tens of thousands of per day browsing The forum has more than 100 people online every day. "In the Fujian Hotline's website statistics ranking, Kaoyan.com's ranking from the 五、六十名 straight to the runner-up position, after the Fujian hotline.

The university students start competition in full swing in all over, Yi Peng found several to do with the postgraduate class site friends to participate in the competition, Are mainly college students: Beihang University to do Kaoyan.net, Nankai College to do Kaoyan.163.net, plus his kaoyan.com and so on, 7 of people composed of a team to make a proposal, representing the Nankai University competition. September, he has gone back to work in Xiamen, specially leave to go north to participate, the result of this is called "Quest" team won the champion of Tianjin.

After the game, back to Xiamen, the education website closed, on a few months of the class Yi Peng into unemployment status. In Zhangzhou hometown stayed for two or three months, want to find work, everywhere hair resumes, but get interview opportunity of the company more in the field, traffic inconvenience, he simply intends to go to Beijing.

I don't dare to come down on the 5 floor.

At the end of 2000, he arrived in Beijing and stayed in the dormitory of Tsinghua students. "Looking for 3 months of work, also did not make me particularly satisfied, or that no company is particularly satisfied with me." "Yi Peng and a few friends to set up a team, intend to do a good job as an entrance examination station." "The company does not have the money to register, first oneself does, like the self-employed Bai." ”

He lived in the 5 floor, after all, is the school dormitory, after living two or three months, in and out of the building was a little creepy. "The building is a more than 30-year-old middle-aged woman, very fierce appearance, often in the building door to catch me, said I am not Tsinghua students." "He smiled and said," I took her to lunch when I went out, a few days ago, she was caught, limit me a few days to leave. These days, I did not dare to go downstairs, oh, light eat bubble noodles. ”

Yi Peng in Beijing's spending is very frugal, living in school with classmates "rub rice to eat." One thing especially happy, February 24 this year, the entrance examination station in the Dragon Hotel made the first national netizens meeting. We scraped together and borrowed nearly 7000 dollars from our friends, where we had 12 tables and 380 yuan for each table. Online there are more than 300 people to register, picked 125, plan to open 12 tables, some foreign friends did not come, dishes ordered too much can not be returned. "More than 30 netizens from the field to Beijing, Hubei, Shandong, Changsha, and Chengdu." "admitted, did not pass the examination, is preparing for the test, there are 10 or so not test." "They also invited the domestic postgraduate" Math tutor first person "Chen Wen Lamp as a guest to attend the party. Chen is the Central University of Finance and economics teacher, just enter the door, was surrounded by countless people, to please sign, that scene is not worse than the star.