In this life, I will no longer be a scumbag to my childhood sweetheart - Chapter 26

The business is done, and the mood is relaxed.

Su Zelin opened QQ, a five-digit number, which will be very valuable if he sells it in the future.

Five-digit QQ can only be applied for in 1998. At that time, Internet cafes in China were still rare, and the high Internet fees also discouraged countless people who were looking for novelty, so there were naturally very few Internet users.

However, Su Zelin happened to be one of the earliest Internet users. He was the kind of person who liked to pursue new things very much, sometimes even at any cost. His family conditions were good and his parents gave him a lot of pocket money. Although he had never experienced an Internet cafe with a fee of 40 yuan per hour, he stepped into the first Internet cafe after the Internet fee dropped to 10 yuan per hour, and then became a regular customer.

At that time, he felt novelty about everything on the Internet. Not long after QQ was launched, he immediately applied for a trial.

If it was a year later, in 1999, he could only apply for a six-digit QQ. In 2000, he could apply for a seven-digit QQ.

If I were reborn in 1998, I would apply for a lot of five-digit QQ numbers. The good numbers could be sold for hundreds of thousands in the future, and the cheap ones could be sold for tens of thousands.

Seven-digit QQ numbers are not valuable, so Su Zelin is not interested in applying for more. Although it is a zero-cost investment, the cycle is too long.

The interface of the 2000 version of QQ is still very simple. It is just a pure network communication software. There are not many fancy things in the future, such as QQ pets, space, stealing vegetables, music…, none of these can be seen, and even QQ signatures will not appear until the 2001 version.

This communication software is currently completely free.

Su Zelin couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

Penguin was once simple, not the “recharge makes you happy, no money to play makes you numb!” in the future.

It was not until the 2002 version that Penguin launched its first value-added service – QQ Show, corresponding to the QQ version 2002 betaII.

Before launching QQ Show, Penguin had considered whether to charge for chatting. Fortunately, QQ Show earned it its first pot of gold. Otherwise, it is hard to say whether there would be a Penguin Empire in the future.

However, compared with the 1998 version of QQ, the 2000 version has some changes in function, with an additional pager text message.

As the name suggests, it can send messages to pagers.

In this era, mobile phones were still very expensive, and many people still used pagers, but I guess 99% of the people here have never used this function.

The custom avatar function has not been launched yet. Su Zelin’s QQ uses the classic avatar with sunglasses. In fact, the personality of QQ users can be roughly inferred from the avatar, for example, Su Zelin’s avatar likes to be cool.

This is not the most used avatar. Male netizens, especially young people, prefer another brown-haired male avatar because it looks more handsome, while the most popular avatar among female netizens is a burgundy-haired avatar. These two avatars may currently occupy nearly half of QQ users.

The pop-up interface, accompanied by a continuous cough prompt sound, a bunch of avatars jumped.

People who have just started using QQ will feel excited after seeing this scene.

But Su Zelin, the reborn, is relatively calm.

Almost all of these messages are from girls. Su Zelin will naturally not add male netizens when he has nothing to do. There are still very few men who like to pretend to be girls on the Internet. The gender of netizens can basically match the avatar.

Su Zelin is what later generations call a social bullshitter. In real life, he can make the cafeteria lady happy, and he is even more like a fish in water on the Internet.

He is open-minded and good at chatting, with a lot of flirting.

The opening remarks of others after adding new friends are like this.

“Hi!”

“Hello!”

“How old are you?”

“Are you a girl?”

“Nice to meet you!”

“…”

After getting to know each other, the second meeting was like this.

“Are you there?”

“Where?”

“What are you doing?”

“Have you eaten?”

“…”

If you want to collect 100 tips to kill the conversation, just look for the first generation of QQ netizens around 2000.

Basically, after a few chats, the girl will not reply.

As for Su Zelin’s style, it is like this.

Just added a new friend.

“Wow, that’s great, I caught a little cutie alive!”

Doesn’t this sound awkward and stupid, and even directly discourage friends?

No, it’s not.

Compared with those boring “Hi” and “Hello”, this chat is much more coquettish and can immediately leave a deep impression on female netizens.

In fact, many female netizens in this era are looking for excitement when chatting online. Between mediocre chats and coquettish chats, many people still prefer the latter.

As for why I don’t call her beautiful?

Because this title is too common. If a female is called a beautiful woman, it doesn’t mean anything. Others will be numb to it and won’t be happy. Instead, it is not as playful as a little cutie, and it is more intimate.

Of course, there will be female netizens who think such an opening is too frivolous and will choose not to reply.

But it doesn’t matter.

If there is no response, it means that the other party is not coquettish enough.

The chances of picking up such old-fashioned female netizens are too small. There is no need to waste three dollars per hour of precious online time on them. Just delete them directly.

Those who can withstand this opening and chat with you basically have a chance.

Su Zelin calls this technique “precisely defining the target group.”

By the way, it is also important to choose an online name, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.

For example, Su Zelin’s nickname is “One-year-old is very handsome.”

It’s very second-year, right?

But it’s still quite trendy in this era.

The key is that with this online name, others will not think you are a wretched uncle at first glance, but a young boy chasing the wind, and it is easy to let down their guard.

Youth is the capital, and everyone likes to eat young grass!

If you pretend to be profound and use names like “Wind passes without a trace”, “Surpassing oneself”, “Used to being alone”, etc., and think you are profound, in fact, it is difficult for others to judge your age, and they may lose interest in you after seeing your online name.

Choose a good nickname, add more female netizens, cast a wide net and catch more fish, there will always be people willing to chat with you.

For example, a certain girl replied: “Hahaha, you are so funny!”

One-year-old is very handsome: “I am not only funny, but also very handsome!”

MM: “Cut it out, stop being so conceited!”

One-year-old is very handsome: “I can’t help it. My good genes don’t allow me to feel inferior. I really envy those who don’t know how to be narcissistic. Unlike them, the word ‘handsome’ runs through my life!”

MM: “Pfft, I don’t know if you are handsome, but you must be very thick-skinned!”

One-year-old is very handsome: “If I am not thick-skinned, how can I protect you from the wind and rain?”

MM: “Hahaha, you are so smooth-talking, how old are you?”

One-year-old is very handsome: “How old are you asking?”

MM: “Age, what else can I ask?”

One-year-old is very handsome: “Hey, I’m scared to death, I thought you were so direct.”

MM: “???”

After a few seconds,

MM: “Bad guy!”

One-year-old handsome: “Okay, since we are so familiar with each other, I’ll tell you, the answer to both questions is 17.”

MM: “I only asked about age, not anything else, annoying!”

“…”

After chatting to this extent, it can be basically determined that the girl on the other side is also very coquettish, and it is easy to flirt with her.

But occasionally there will be challenges.

For example, the second meeting.

MM: “What are you doing?”

This is one of the techniques to kill the conversation, but it is only limited to men, and MM has the privilege.

This is a small test for the flirter. If you answer honestly, the topic will become boring if you are not careful.

So you have to take an unconventional approach.

Very handsome at the age of one: “I am making a wish!”

MM: “Making a wish in an Internet cafe?”

Very handsome at the age of one: “Yes, before logging into QQ, I prayed to God, hoping that you would be online. I didn’t expect that the wish would really come true!”

MM: “Hahaha, is it ^_^”

Very handsome at the age of one: “If I lie to you, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!”

MM: “Okay, I believe you!”

Very handsome at the age of one: “By the way, little cutie, let me tell you something very strange. I woke up this morning and suddenly found that I had grown taller overnight, and the quilt was not long enough!”

MM: “How is it possible, how can someone grow so much taller overnight!”

Very handsome at the age of one: “It is indeed impossible, because I later found that the quilt was just covered horizontally!”

MM: “Hahaha, you dare to lie to me, you are so bad!”

Very handsome at the age of one: “I used to be very simple and never lied to anyone. It’s all your fault that you led me astray. You must be responsible for me!”

MM: “Hahaha!”

Third online meeting.

Very handsome at the age of one: “Little cutie, I came here to surf the Internet tonight. I was walking alone at night. It was very dark around. I was so scared just now!”

MM: “Oh, you are still scared. Why do I feel that you are very brave?”

Very handsome at the age of one: “I am not afraid of anything else, but I am so handsome that I am afraid that others will not see me.”

MM: “Hahaha!”

Very handsome at the age of one: “It’s over, there is a power outage here!”

MM: “How can you still surf the Internet when there is a power outage?”

Very handsome at the age of one: “Because I am chatting with you!”

MM: “What does this have to do with chatting with me?”

Very handsome at the age of one: “You are so good at flirting. Maybe this is the power of love!”

MM: “Hahaha!”

“…”

During the chat, you can easily understand what kind of person the other person is. The chat style should be appropriately added.

If the female netizen is a lively and bold type, then say more flirtatious words and drive a car from time to time. They like this kind of tone.

If she is more sentimental, send her more chicken soup for the soul, and others will regard you as a bosom friend on the road of life.

Later, QQ launched the photo-sending function, and asking for photos also requires skills.

You can’t just ask directly, you have to be a little flexible.

“Can you send me a beautiful photo? I want to prove one thing to my friends – angels exist!”

“I dreamed of you last night. Although I haven’t seen you yet, you are so beautiful in my dream. I am sure it must be you. Send me a photo and see if my dream is right!”

“…”

If you are familiar with each other and the other party is good-looking, they will generally be willing to give photos. Such high-quality female netizens should be kept.

If you refuse politely, Su Zelin will understand.

After chatting for so long, it would be embarrassing to delete the account suddenly.

However, the chat style would change quickly.

“Are you there?”

“Where?”

“What are you doing?”

“Have you eaten?”

“…”

If the other party takes the initiative to find you, the reply is as follows.

“Oh!”

“Okay!”

“No way?”

“Haha.”

“…”

After a few times, it will become a passerby relationship.

People with thick skin may delete directly when they realize that the other party is not a beautiful woman.

But Su Zelin is a scumbag, but he is still quite principled. He is used to choosing to ignore others so as not to hurt others’ self-esteem.

Because he is so good at flirting, there are too many girls who actively send messages to Su Zelin, and many even claim to come to his city to play.

But Zelin never wants to meet his online friends in real life.

Perhaps it is because she has a childhood sweetheart who is too beautiful since she was a child, which has cultivated Su Zelin’s aesthetic taste. She doesn’t think any female online friend can compare to Qin Shiqing.

Besides, the QQ picture sending function has not been born at this time, so you can’t get photos and you don’t know what the other party looks like.

If you really come, you might have to press the F key with tears.

In the previous life, there was a college roommate who learned the flirting skills from Su Zelin and went crazy on the Internet. In just four years, he met dozens of online friends, and they all came to him.

The consequence of being hungry and not choosing food is that you are likely to run into a tank. However, that guy is also a kind person. His F key is broken, and he will not choose to escape just because the other party is a tank. It is not an exaggeration to call him a model of online love.

However, being too good at flirting can sometimes be troublesome. That is, every time you go online, there will always be a group of girls who will take the initiative to chat with you. Fortunately, most of the female netizens at this time type quite slowly, and the slackers who can type blindly are like Kato Lin.

With his hands clacking, he can operate like a tiger. He can deal with several girls with ease and chat happily. Occasionally, he can switch to Lianzhong World to play a few games of Landlord or take time to look at www.***.com.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, a girl came over. She had an afro and large-diameter beauty contact lenses, which was a typical non-mainstream outfit in this era.

A leopard print tight short dress with exposed belly and suspenders. She started to show off her sexiness deliberately before her hair grew out.

Su Zelin calmly closed the education network.

With girls around, you still have to have some face.

At this time, there were not many computers in the Internet cafe, but there were still three empty seats next to Su Zelin.

The girl looked at him twice, and sat down at the computer next to him intentionally or unintentionally, and pressed the power button.

Su Zelin looked handsome and cool, and this type was especially popular among non-mainstream girls. The girl’s choice also showed that she had a good first impression of him.

After logging in, the non-mainstream girl also put on big headphones, opened Winamp, and then logged into QQ.

She was obviously a rookie who had just started. She typed very slowly. She stared at the keyboard and found the letters for a long time before using her left and right index fingers to poke slowly.

It took a while to reply to the netizens’ messages, and her attention turned to Su Zelin.

The scoundrel was holding a cigarette and puffing out smoke. While staring at the screen, he typed skillfully with his ten fingers, and used keyboard shortcuts to switch between various software at will.

The non-mainstream girl’s eyes were straightened. She had never seen such a “high-end” operation.

“Handsome guy, you are awesome, you type so fast!”

Su Zelin was amused by her.

He had heard many compliments on himself.

“Handsome guy, you are awesome, you are so good at playing games!”

“Handsome guy, you are awesome, you can drink a lot!”

“Handsome guy, you are awesome, you can drive a Ferrari with one hand!”

“Handsome guy, you are awesome, it’s been two hours!”

“…”

And so on.

But it was the first time that Su Zelin heard someone complimenting him on his fast typing speed.

Damn, the shame of of time!

[TN:Damn, what a stupid chapter!]