Chapter 139: It's also a value
The yellow square box sits on two similar iron boxes, and below it is a large plastic box with buttons on the bevel, and a price tag glued to the upper left corner of the glass screen, on which are marked two sets of numbers: "1298$ (4KB) 2638$ (48KB)." ”
Zheng Jianguo glanced at it twice, but Fan Dailin didn't continue to speak, as if he felt that he couldn't afford to buy it if he wanted to, Zheng Jianguo took two more steps and stopped, looking at a box marked with the word ATARI2600 in front of a TV, and the salesperson next to him leaned over, and said with a look on his immature face: "This is the Atari game console, now there is a discount for only $99 and you can take it away, you can play on the TV at home——"
After saying a few words, seeing Zheng Jianguo look at himself and looking down at the game console, Akon hurriedly came to him and turned on the TV and then increased the volume on the TV, a squeaky music came, picked up the handle placed next to him and shook it, only to see a small ball on the color screen flying to the left in the middle, and then a vertical line on the left moved the ball back to the right, and immediately said with excitement: "How is it, isn't it fun?"
“——”
Zheng Jianguo blinked his eyes and looked at the TV, then raised his head to look at the chest of the salesman who wanted to sell him the game console, then smiled again and walked away with Fan Dailin, leaving a question mark on his face Akon looked at his back and blinked, his freckled face was full of curiosity: "This person seems to be very familiar - oh, he is the Republican who was on Time magazine?! Yes, it is said that he went to study at Harvard Medical School, and the rent in this area is the cheapest in downtown Boston." ”
Akon threw these out of his mind after many thoughts flashed through his mind, and it wasn't until a few days later when he saw the latest Boston Journal at work that he passed by and looked twice at the face he had seen, but he didn't want to draw his attention just these two glances:" Zheng Jianguo didn't talk about his studies and research yesterday, but what we can confirm is that his English speaking ability is increasing at a visible rate, except that the lack of vocabulary will make him unable to speak in interviews and use written communication instead, and the latest thing he talks about is a game.
This is a game inspired by the magic cubes he just got his hands on, and the game is made up of seven parts in his setting, which in the case of letters such as S, Z, L, J, I, O, and T falling from the top to the bottom, and then the player can control the letters made up of blocks to roll and eventually lay them flat into a tight row when they fall to the bottom.
If you tile a row with these 7 random letters, then according to Zheng, the most fun scene will appear, this row will disappear after making a pleasant sound, and at the same time give the player an increase in the score to distinguish the player's skill level, which is a different way to play than all the game rules on the market——"
"This guy, just said it directly?"
Just as Akon was full of surprise after imagining this kind of gameplay, in the Harvard Medical School with the theme of dead branches and snow not far away, Fan Dalin also looked at the newspaper in his hand with a surprised face: "You, if you don't say it, you may be able to sell it for money-"
"Well, I just came up with this in an interview, and I didn't expect this to sell for money?"
Zheng Jianguo blinked and said it with a look of disbelief, and continued without waiting for her to speak: "I thought that only game consoles and TVs could be sold for money. ”
"This is also a value, but I don't know. ”
Finding that this person actually came up with it during an interview, Fan Dailin had to throw away the vague idea of being able to sell for money, and then looked at the newspaper in his hand and said, "Then maybe someone will come to talk to you." ”
Fan Dailin's tone was a little uncertain, of course, this was taken for granted in Zheng Jianguo's cognition, after all, the famous "Tetris" swept the growth process of his baby and grandson, and the popularity of twenty or thirty years was not comparable to those pixel games at this time, so he quickly went to the changing room in the office to change clothes, nodded at a few teachers with a hairline and went out, looked at Fan Dailin in the distance and said, "Let's go to the laboratory to see the slides today, right?"
Waiting for the freshmen to start in April, Zheng Jianguo's main task during this period is also to strengthen the study of English, especially for the medical aspects that ordinary Americans do not use, he has chosen to soak in the laboratory in the past few days, on the one hand, to learn the experimental process and techniques, on the other hand, he is also learning how to operate the instruments and equipment that he never dreamed of.
Of course, the laboratories that Zheng Jianguo can observe are also places where some medical students do their own small experiments, and it really involves the research direction and the content of the project, but it is not something he can enter casually, seeing that less than an hour has passed, and the students of the second year have left after finishing, Fan Dailin found that he was still in high spirits, so he said: "They are doing cell culture experiments-"
"Squeak—"
The closed laboratory door opened, and the medical students who had left earlier probed inside, their brown eyes swept over Zheng Jianguo, and they looked at Fan Dailin next to him: "Teacher, there are a few visiting gentlemen outside who want to see Zheng-"
"Oh, just call me Zheng. ”
Seeing that this second-year medical student looked at him and stopped talking, Zheng Jianguo nodded with a smile, although his arrival was personally received by the secretary of the school department and the secretary and dean of the college department, but after entering the school, he did not introduce it to the students of the college, but only introduced it at the school meeting of the college on Monday the day before yesterday, which was regarded as a visit to the heads of various departments.
And most of these students are from the newspaper report, just because his interview before flying from Washington to Boston also attracted a fresh "new acquaintance" Emma, and the purpose of the trip was to introduce Andre Arnaud, a reporter from the Boston Area Newspaper, and agreed that he would shoot a documentary about Zheng Jianguo's study and life at Harvard Medical School in the future, which is why he would talk about Tetris, which can be regarded as helping each other.
"Hmm. ”
The student's face nodded unchanged, and Zheng Jianguo turned his head to look at Fan Dailin: "Then I can go now, right?"
"It's your freedom. ”
Fan Dailin brushed the long hair around her ears, and when she entered the hospital, she tied the permed long hair behind her head, saw Zheng Jianguo nodding and put away the notebook and walked outside, and followed out of the laboratory to the reception room next to the entrance, looking at the four mature middle-aged people in suits, leather shoes, top hats and leather shoes, they looked stunned, and their small eyes instantly opened and then flickered and stood beside Zheng Jianguo, and then heard him speak: "This is my tutor, Mr. Corris, you can continue——"
"Oh, I'm the product manager at Fairchild Entertainment—"
Corris was obviously the leader among several people, holding the top hat in his hand and clenching his hands to speak, and the other three also showed a look of concern, but before Corris's words fell, his eyes moved to Fan Dailin next to him, and he hesitated and said: "Mr. Zheng, what I am going to talk about next is a personal privacy issue involving you, can you ask this tutor to avoid it?" This is Adam Brockman of Rhoth Law Firm, he is the third-party witness I invited——"
"Did you bring a tape recorder?"
Zheng Jianguo blinked and looked at Coris in front of him, he couldn't find what this fairchild company was doing in his mind, and he didn't particularly care about it in his demeanor, but before he finished saying this, Fan Dailin's voice came from his ears: "Fairchild company is one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, but it seems to be engaged in game consoles in the past few years——"
"Boom—"
When semiconductors and fairchild companies came into his ears, Zheng Jianguo's mind was like being struck by lightning and his breathing stopped, and he turned his head to look at Fan Dailin next to him, and he also remembered that in his previous life, it seemed that someone said that even the Qiao gang leader of fruits came out of this company, and there were also people who became the founders of several companies, and immediately felt that the roots of his tongue were hard: "Teacher Fan, can you help me find a tape recorder and a blank tape? Even if I bought it—"
"Well, okay, I'll borrow it. ”
Fan Dailin seemed to see Zheng Jianguo's piercing gaze in a trance, but before she finished speaking, the two little suns disappeared, and immediately felt that this person's plan was a normal way to deal with it, of course, she didn't expect that Zheng Jianguo had this kind of experience before, turned around and pushed open the door of the reception room and walked out, the remaining Zheng Jianguo turned his head and looked at the four people in front of him, greeted the four pairs of eyes full of scrutiny, and said, "You guys are here for the game?"
"Yes!"
On the bridge of Corys's towering nose, his blue eyes swept over Zheng Jianguo in front of him, of course he wouldn't say that he came here because Fairchild's business had encountered major problems, and the huge amount of manpower and material resources invested in the game machine had dragged down the life and death of the entire company, and if he didn't want to save it, he could only be sold, not to mention, the semiconductor side had also dropped from the third place in the world five years ago to the sixth place, of course, this is nothing compared to being sold:" We make game consoles and are interested in promising game design. ”
"The product manager of your company, who is interested in you, is the senior in charge of game development, and they all came over and pretended to talk to me casually~"
Zheng Jianguo frowned slightly, and then said with a bright smile on his face, turned his head to look at the closed door of the reception room, sat on the chair next to him, crossed his hands and leaned on the back of the chair, and said with a straight face: "Well, Mr. Corris, you are wasting our precious time, after I took my tutor according to your request—do you still plan to wait until she comes to talk?"
"Ahem—"
As if coughing in his throat, Corris subconsciously glanced at the man next to him, and then sat up straight and said, "Mr. Zheng, if I send you an invitation to cooperate, I don't know what kind of conditions you want to get?"
"One-third of the net profit. ”
Zheng Jianguo said that after seeing the sudden change in Coris's face, he also knew that Teacher Fan was afraid that he would come back at some point, and then continued to speak: "In this way, you will get the cooperation of me, a possible Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine who is concerned by reporters, I saw that the communication between me and the reporter when I came was broadcast by newspapers and television, and now that there is this game that looks good, I believe it will produce a more satisfactory benefit for you and me——"
"Well, Mr. Zheng thinks about it, it's very comprehensive. ”
Corris licked his lips and looked at the man next to him again, but Zheng Jianguo didn't follow his gaze, but he didn't think that people would speak: "Well, but your design has been published in the newspaper now, and it must not be long before some unscrupulous developers release it——"
"That's officially what I want. ”
Zheng Jianguo turned his head to look at the middle-aged man, his eyes wandered over his nose full of freckles, and continued: "As far as I know, the United States is the country with the most lawyers in the world, and people will find lawyers for help when they suffer from unfair treatment, those who have money can find good lawyers, and those who don't have money can apply for legal aid.
"Yes, and it's free!"
Next to him, the middle-aged man who had been leaning on him said it, then stood up and took out a shiny small box from his pocket, took out a business card and handed it to Zheng Jianguo with both hands, and said in a dull voice: "Mr. Zheng, I am Adam Brockman of Rosbo Law Firm, and it is a pleasure to meet you." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Brockman. ”
Standing up and taking it with both hands, Zheng Jianguo put it in the pocket of his underwear, made a gesture of please to the seat next to him, and continued: "Please take a seat." ”
"Thanks, you can call me Adam. ”
Adam Brockman sat back on the sofa with a smile on his face, then turned his head to look at Corris next to him, who also touched his nose and leaned on the back of the sofa, and continued to speak without moving: "How about a fifth?
"I know that the programmers who develop games are paid, and there are also some company owners who look down on them and think that they have no skills and can only work. ”
Zheng Jianguo suddenly laughed, these days, in addition to reading books and newspapers, what he does is to chat with people non-stop, as for the content, there are all kinds of things in the sky and on the ground, of course, in addition to reporters, the opponent who can usually talk is Fan Dailin, and I know that she has a younger brother who likes to eat, drink and have fun.
And the talk is so in-depth, it is also Zheng Jianguo considering that since he wants to find the first pot of gold in the game, the first reaction when he saw the magic cube a few days ago was the famous Tetris in later generations, and there was almost nothing that the post-80s generation did not know, and then he had the opportunity to understand the state of the game at this time, only to find out that the supermarket salesman recommended to him was still an old game six or seven years ago, and when he saw that that thing could be sold for money, he had no reason to suspect that Tetris would lose money:" The performance of the game console doesn't play a big role, only a good game, that is, the content, can attract players, don't you want to engage in bundle sales?"