Chapter 0049: The Hardworking Youth

What is youth? It is a wilderness, a jungle, a fervent run under the scorching sun, a standstill in the pouring rain.

Likewise, it is also the time in life most worth striving for.

Zhao Fusheng had once read a book that said, when you endure loneliness, you realize life is not as hard as you imagined.

To bear how much praise, you must first bear how much slander.

The reason he wanted to learn programming was because Zhao Fusheng knew that in the future, if there was any chance for one to get rich overnight, aside from demolition, it would only be the internet.

Zhao Fusheng knew very well what kind of person he was. He had a bit of cleverness, the slickness and shrewdness of an adult, and vaguely remembered a little about the future in his mind, but he couldn't guarantee that these things would definitely happen.

Therefore, the resources he could leverage were actually limited.

Coupled with the constraints of his family background, Zhao Fusheng understood that if he wanted to get his first pot of gold, relying on advertising planning would undoubtedly take a long time, after all, such matters depended on luck.

Fortunately, he knew a path with low risk and low cost.

That was the internet.

In 1999, home computers had not yet become popular in China. It would be around 2001, with the spread of computers, that people would truly realize what changes this square box would bring to the world.

As someone who had lived in the era of information explosion for a long time, Zhao Fusheng knew that although the internet craze was about to begin, in fact, as a certain movie said: 'Those who want to make money from e-commerce are all fools. Websites need to be built with money. If you don't risk the child, you won't catch the wolf. What does a website rely on? Click-through rates. Once click-through rates go up, buyers follow. Whatever money you put in, add a zero and sell it directly to the next buyer. I tell you, as soon as someone talks about acquisition, cash out immediately. Don't even talk about stocks.'

So, from start to finish, Zhao Fusheng never thought about doing e-commerce.

His surname was not Ma, nor did he have connections to the heavens. He would be content to live his own small life behind closed doors.

What Zhao Fusheng was considering was making a navigation webpage.

He vaguely remembered that when he first learned to use the internet, every time he wanted to find a website, he would go to that website directory. The first URL he remembered was hao123.com. At that time, he even thought, how boring the founder must be, giving such a strange name to a webpage.

Recently, he took the time to use the internet in Zheng Yao's office and found that no one had discovered this issue yet, and navigation webpages had not appeared. If so, he could definitely do it.

The reason he was so confident about this was because before his rebirth, Zhao Fusheng had read a novel called 'The Return of the Ordinary Man', where the protagonist started his career by doing this.

Of course, he was not as formidable as the protagonist in that book. That person had a good memory and could remember many things. Although Zhao Fusheng also had some things in his mind, the problem was that the other person was reborn in the original world, while he was reborn in a seemingly similar but different world. That was awkward.

Therefore, most of the time now, Zhao Fusheng was cautious and treading carefully, afraid of making a wrong step.

Having failed too many times, he really did not want to repeat the same mistakes this time.

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The greatest advantage of attending university is that as long as you want to learn, there is no knowledge you cannot acquire.

The next day, Zhao Fusheng found the computer science books he needed from the school library.

In fact, to create a webpage, it was generally enough to learn a few specialized languages like FP, DW, and Java, because it wasn't a particularly difficult hurdle. With the memories in Zhao Fusheng's mind and his current educational level, all he lacked was the accumulation of time.

Thus, everyone suddenly discovered that this guy Zhao Fusheng, besides his professional course books, had started taking an interest in computer programming.

Since the final exams were approaching, no one thought much of it, just assuming that Zhao Fusheng was reviewing his lessons.

Little did they know, his goal was to learn how to create webpages in the shortest possible time.

Zhao Fusheng found that time sometimes passed very quickly, especially when he was focused on something. In the blink of an eye, another weekend arrived.

Because the final exams were imminent, his time was very tight. He had to both review his professional course knowledge and hurry to learn the process of creating webpages, after all, who knew when someone might beat him to it and create that navigation webpage first.

There was no way around it; to stay one step ahead of others, one had to put in more effort.

Zhao Fusheng was now extremely regretful. It was only when using books that one regretted not having read enough; if he had learned more in his previous life, he might not have to work so hard now.

It is often said that joy gives light spirits, but in essence, only when one harbors hope does one feel full of anticipation for the future.

Just like Zhao Fusheng now, no matter what he did, he was very happy.

Fan Baobao didn't go home this weekend because the advertisement was about to be filmed. Originally, Fan Baobao had taken three days off, but Zheng Yao dashed her hopes with a single sentence, so she had to make use of the weekend free time to shoot.

After dinner, Li Yuan and Aunt Zhao took Fan Beibei downstairs for a stroll, while Uncle Zhao sat in the living room watching TV. As for Zhao Fusheng himself, he returned to his bedroom to continue reading.

When Aunt Zhao came back in the evening and saw that her son's room light was still on, she couldn't help saying to Uncle Zhao, "What's wrong with Fusheng?"

"Who knows, he's been reading in his room all along," Uncle Zhao replied.

"Reading all along?" Aunt Zhao looked surprised.

Uncle Zhao nodded. "Haven't you noticed? Ever since the Fan family's trouble, Fusheng has become much more mature."

Aunt Zhao nodded with a mix of amusement and exasperation. "Indeed, that kid, he's become sensible now that he has a wife. He's so attentive to Baobao."

Clearly, Aunt Zhao was jealous.

"Oh, kids, isn't that how it is when they're in love..." Uncle Zhao naturally dared not comment on his wife's jealousy over their daughter-in-law, quickly soothing Aunt Zhao. "Besides, don't you know our son? I heard that last time when you were being bullied, that kid went crazy and almost beat the guy to death."

"Of course, just look at who gave birth to him," Aunt Zhao said proudly. Lately, her son had been the talk of many neighbors in the community. When parents educated their children, they would say, 'Look at that kid from the Zhao family.'

This had made Aunt Zhao, who always cared about face, bask in glory for several days.

Women, before marriage, compare height and looks; after marriage, they compare husbands and children. Most people in this community were old neighbors; even going downstairs for a stroll, they'd run into colleagues and acquaintances. Aunt Zhao used to envy other people's children, but this time, it was her turn to be envied.

"I must wash some fruit for my son." Seeming in a great mood, Aunt Zhao happily went to the kitchen.

Uncle Zhao opened his mouth, wanting to say that he should have some fruit too, but seeing his wife's expression, it was clear she hadn't included him. He simply shook his head and picked up a newspaper to read.