Chapter 17: You Really Own an Internet Café

Song Han stared at the data that needed collaborative processing, as fed back by the AI on the screen, with annoyance. If these data weren't labeled, the AI simply couldn't recognize and utilize them.

"Recently, in the third - quarter financial report for 2002, according to international general accounting principles, a net profit was achieved for the first time; the gross profit margin reached 55%, and the net income was $112,000.

Recently, the 30 - day moving average price of DRAM memory reached $1.96 in North America, rose to $2.00 in Europe, and was sold at $1.78 in Asia.

In North America and Europe, the 30 - day moving average price of the spot price of 128Mb DRAM memory purchased by bulk customers has increased.

It can now be safely said that the price of 128Mb SDR DRAM memory has hit rock bottom and is about to enter an upward trend."

Looking at the news pushed by the AI named Xiaohan, Song Han was obviously taken aback for a moment.

"What does it mean?"

What was sent back was a news link:

"Recently, a trillion - operations - per - second computer with international advanced level was successfully developed by Xuanbing Group in our country.

According to the list of the world's top 500 high - performance computers announced in June 2002, this trillion - flop computer's actual computing speed can rank 24th, making it the first computer product in the country with a measured speed exceeding one trillion operations per second."

Looking at the news on the screen, Song Han couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"Get to the point!"

In the dialog box at the bottom of the screen, strings of characters began to generate automatically:

"According to the instructions of Task 'One', to conceal personal information and accelerate self - iteration, and considering the current conditions, we need to carry out corresponding activities to increase income and reduce expenditure.

After analyzing the news comments on portal websites such as Sina and Sohu and users' expectations for large - language models, Sohu's stock price is expected to enter an upward phase in the near future.

After a long - term price cut, the price of memory is expected to rise significantly in the near future. Stocking up on memory in advance and expanding the capacity is estimated to save 20% of the budget."

Song Han thought about his dwindling wallet and felt a bit helpless.

"What about this news?"

The dialog box replied:

"The supercomputer of Xuanbing Group is our best chance to break through in computing power in the near future. After connecting to Xuanbing's trillion - flop supercomputing platform, my individual version can be accelerated to version 0.8."

The system's feedback tempted Song Han.

"How much does it cost?"

"It's estimated to be between ten and thirteen million US dollars."

"How much money do we have left?"

"106,600 yuan, equivalent to 13,000 US dollars."

"Damn it!"

Song Han closed the dialog box. He didn't even have the desire to process the data anymore. He just sat in front of the seat speechlessly, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Do I really need to push myself this hard?"

As this question popped into Song Han's mind, he recalled the cold eyes on the train in 2010.

Song Han instinctively rubbed his intact chest. The heart that he had intended to relax tensed up again.

"Song Han... The computer is broken..."

Just as he placed his hand on the keyboard, a timid voice came from downstairs.

Song Han went downstairs helplessly and walked to the bar. Leaning over An Jian, he explained,

"Click here."

"On the initial - version homepage, if a customer wants to use a certain computer, just click on the corresponding number. Then enter the amount in the pop - up amount box. The system will automatically turn on the computer, calculate the time automatically, and also automatically put the account on hold and settle the bill when the time is up. Got it?"

An Jian hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Seeing her nod, Song Han stood up and said,

"Alright, you stay here and keep an eye on things. I'm going back."

Having lost the mood to work overtime, Song Han staggered out of the internet café with the day's revenue in hand.

On the first day of opening, they suffered a loss of 250 yuan!

...

The next day, after spending a whole night thinking but still having no clue about getting a million dollars, Song Han looked at Wang Wei helplessly and asked,

"Brother Wang, what's the quickest way to make money?"

Wang Wei asked in surprise,

"You're still short of money?

You're a primary school student worth a million, and you're asking me, a wage - earner with a monthly salary of 800 yuan, this question. Do you really think it's appropriate?"

Song Han thought for a moment and realized that it indeed seemed inappropriate.

"Let me change the question. How can I mobilize more resources?"

Wang Wei and Liu Xi glanced at each other and instinctively sat up straight.

"Kid, I think your thoughts are quite dangerous. How about we still talk about how to make money?"

Song Han obediently nodded and said,

"Brother Wang, teach me!"

Wang Wei thought for a while, rummaged through his briefcase, and after a moment, took out a book and handed it over.

(Economic Law Act)

Song Han took the book, deep in thought, and sat down beside him to seriously flip through it.

Looking at Song Han who was extremely serious, Liu Xi beside him instinctively tugged at Wang Wei.

"Is he really studying it?"

Wang Wei awkwardly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and comforted her,

"He's so smart. He shouldn't do anything stupid!"

In the next two days, apart from going to school, Song Han was seriously studying this economic law. In just a week, he really managed to figure out some clues.

"Brother Wang! Brother Wang!

Chapter III: Crimes of Disrupting the Order of the Market Economy

Section 5: Crimes of Financial Fraud

Article 176 [Crime of Illegal Absorption of Public Deposits]

Can you explain it to me?"

Wang Wei stared at Song Han from head to toe for a long time, as if he didn't recognize him. Then he asked suspiciously,

"What do you want to know? I gave you the economic law so that you can abide by it, not break it!"

"Suppose, I'm just saying suppose!"

Seeing Wang Wei's unfriendly look, Song Han forced a smile and said,

"Suppose I own an internet café and I launch a membership - recharge promotion. For every 100 yuan a member recharges, I'll give them an extra 50 yuan. Once I've signed up enough members in a certain area, I just close the shop and run away. Does this count as financial fraud?

If the amount involved is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed - term imprisonment of not less than ten years and shall also be fined.

So, how much money is considered an especially huge amount, and what kind of circumstances are considered especially serious?"

Wang Wei said with a sour look on his face,

"I don't know if it counts as financial fraud, but I do know that you really own an internet café!"

Song Han smiled awkwardly and waved his hand,

"Let me change the question. Suppose I open a company that provides services to others and collects fees in advance in the form of membership fees.

Apart from using the collected money to maintain the company's operations, if I make additional investments with it, can the money I earn be considered my personal income?"

Wang Wei said seriously,

"If you incur losses, then it won't be your personal income!"

Song Han grinned and said,

"If there are losses, I can just declare the company bankrupt!

If a company goes bankrupt due to poor management, surely the boss won't be sent to jail?"

Hearing this, as if struck by a thought, Wang Wei suddenly smiled and said,

"In our country, there is no bankruptcy law!

In other words, if a company goes bankrupt, the boss is responsible for all the debts and still has to pay them off!"

Surprised upon hearing this, Song Han said,

"It seems that in 2002, the legal construction in our country was still a bit backward compared with foreign countries."

"Backward?"

Wang Wei sneered and said earnestly,

"People these days have a bad habit. They always think they'll be the ones restricted by the law, without considering that they're also protected by it.

Tell me, which group is larger: those restricted by the law or those protected by it?

In our country, the most important thing is that we've always stood together with the masses!"

Song Han looked at Wang Wei in surprise, as if the latter was glowing. As expected of someone from the Security Bureau, he had such high - level awareness!

Song Han stroked his smooth chin and said thoughtfully,

"So, as long as there are no losses, it's not illegal?"

Back in his room, Song Han burned the midnight oil.

"I own an internet café. I can use the membership model to collect a wave of funds quickly at a price much lower than the market price.

As long as the price is attractive, I should be able to collect quite a bit.

After deducting the basic operating costs from the collected money, I can continue to expand. For the construction, I can use the AI platform to build a virtual - host internet café, which can save a large amount of construction and operating costs.

The extra computing power can be uniformly allocated by AI Xiaohan using distributed computing blockchain technology.

Currently, the main group of internet users are students. For those without money, I can even let them surf the Internet for free. They can label data in the internet café to train the artificial intelligence in lieu of paying the internet fees.

Damn it! This is killing three birds with one stone!"

Suddenly, as if struck by another thought, Song Han gave himself a hard slap.

"I'm just an underage junior high school student. Why am I playing around with real - world businesses!

Isn't this just asking for trouble?

I'll create a website. Without showing my face, I'll borrow money at high interest rates and spend it freely. As long as Xiaohan can iterate quickly, with an AI that has a productivity 100 years ahead of this era, what can't I make money from?

Once I have money, I can hire as many people as I want to label data!"

Looking at the gradually taking - shape plan in his hand, Song Han's smile grew wider and wider!

But why did this plan seem so familiar?

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