Not long after Zhong Yuemin returned to the United States, Apple released its latest Lisa computer, priced at $6999, which is very expensive, but much lower than the original price in Zhong Yuemin's impression, and it seems that Jobs felt the pressure of the Wall-E computer.

IB's imitation Zhong Yuemin can be completely ignored, but the LISA computer is Lao Qiao's painstaking work, and he bought back seven or eight units overnight, and took a few partners to experience the evaluation.

Jane sat at her desk and experienced Lisa's operating system, "They also use a graphical interface system, and the operating logic is very different from ours, but the underlying changes are also made on the Unix system, and the macro design logic is the same as the Windows system." ”

On the other side, Johnny and others have disassembled another machine, the LISA screen and the host are integrated shapes, the overall size is smaller than Vali Beta, and the distribution of circuit boards and components inside is extremely neat after disassembly.

"Oh my god, this designer must be a Virgo!" Johnny exclaimed, "This arrangement is so beautiful!!"

"But the cost has also increased greatly, to complete such a product design, you need to do tens of thousands of verifications, and there is no way to guarantee the pass rate, I think Apple people are simply crazy!" Stephen said with his arms crossed.

"But sometimes there is no difference between a genius and a madman!" Zhong Yuemin said, "Such an extreme design greatly saves space!" The biggest problem is the cost, Lisa is too expensive, it is simply a luxury!"

Peter laughed, "I think her sales must be dismal!"

"We can only sympathize. "Beta already has most of the needs of users, and I really can't imagine what the next generation of computers will look like," says Johnny. ”

"I don't think Mr. Moore will agree with you. Zhong Yuemin said, "We must be ready to provide users with better computers." ”

……

A meeting was going on in the conference room when there was a sudden cheer outside the door.

"What's wrong?" Zhong Yuemin wondered.

Peter went out to take a look, "Boss, it seems that a new version of the email system has been launched." ”

"Oh?" Zhong Yuemin asked, "Are there any new features online?"

"Let's see!" Johnny immediately turned on his computer and logged in, "Stephen spent a day and a night in your office last time, and suddenly yelled and went back to his office, and there is no news until today!"

"During this time, the innovation lab seems to be crazy, eating and delivering, sleeping on the floor, and hardly seeing anyone get off work!" Jian said: "Listening to the administrative people, the laboratory is now like a garbage station, smelly and dirty!"

"So exaggerated?" Zhong Yuemin was speechless, he went to Hong Kong for about a week, according to this statement, the Innovation Lab did not get off work for a whole week!

"Stephen has added a personal homepage where everyone can edit their information, including name, address, company he works for, job title, area of interest, email address, home phone number, .........," Johnny said, studying the content on the page.

"Oh my God, these are all individuals!" Jane is a woman and is particularly sensitive to disclosure.

"Each item can be edited, you can choose not to fill it in, and each piece of information can choose the scope of disclosure. Thor looked closely, "The design is wonderful, and the user's feelings are very respectful!"

"Hey, what's this?" Johnny slid to the bottom of the page and read, "Recommend a friend?"

"Is this Stephen?" Peter, who was standing aside, suddenly pointed to a name in the list and said, "The reason for the recommendation is a colleague, click to see." ”

Johnny clicked in, and there was a page with only the name and email address, and everything else was hidden, "This is Stephen, I know his email address." ”

"Click here to see that there's a button to apply as a friend. Peter pointed to the screen and said, "If you apply as a friend, can you see more information?"

"It doesn't seem to work, and you have to wait for the other party to agree. Johnny went back to the Recommend Friends list screen just now, "It seems that most of these people are colleagues!"

Johnny said as he clicked through the rows, all of them applying for friends!

"Huh?"

It didn't take long for the mailbox to be reminded one after another, and about a dozen people agreed to Johnny's friend request.

Johnny clicked on Stephen's first, which showed almost all of Stephen's information, graduation school, work, research field, and the most important thing was that it wrote a statement from Zhengyou:

I am male, hobby male, healthy, funny, wide range of interests, want to find a like-minded soul mate, spend a lifetime together, interested parties please send an email to i.

"This Stephen is coquettish!" Thor said, "I wonder if he just added a feature just to find a girlfriend?"

"Definitely, don't look at his usual wilting, it's actually an absolute sullen!" Johnny stared at the screen as he ruthlessly lifted Stephen's old bottom, "Oh! these are all schoolgirls! It's a pity ......"

"What is a pity?" asked Peter.

"It's a pity there are no pictures, it would be nice to see what they look like!" said Johnny.

"Huh~" Everyone disdainfully, "I'm afraid you're even more obscene than Stephen!"

Stephen's mailbox system is a bit like a junior version of the school's intranet or Facebook, because of the speed and storage space, this junior version only has text, and no other pictures can be hung.

But with this simple personal homepage, people have achieved a breakthrough in virtual socialization.

"It's like opening up a whole new world, completely different from the real world, where people can get to know each other and communicate with each other. Peter excitedly pondered the homepage of Wall-E's mailbox, communicating with five or six people at the same time.

Most of the post-80s and post-90s generations have experienced this feeling, just like just registering QQ, adding countless friends, and chatting with people one by one.

At this time, there are very few people who can access the Internet, and most of the friends added on the Internet are acquaintances, and they may not have spoken much in reality, but they have opened the conversation box on the Internet.

Peter couldn't help but say, "It's not just WALL-E, he should have a brand new name!"

"Maybe it could be called WALL-E. Zhong Yuemin replied looking at the slow and headache-inducing email.

"yes! It's WALL-E!" Peter excitedly said, "a new space that is different from reality!"

"Send Stephen an email and come to my house for dinner in the evening to celebrate the birth of WALL-E. Zhong Yuemin picked up his things, "I'll go grocery shopping first." ”

"Yas!"

"I'm going to eat Coke chicken wings!"

"Kung Pao Chicken!"

"Mapo Tofu!"

"Fish-flavored shredded pork!"

“……”

Zhong Yuemin shook his head as he walked, after all, foreigners are foreigners, and they still prefer to eat this kind of sweet and sour dishes, and they don't understand the breadth and profundity of the eight major cuisines at all.

……

"Ling'er, I'm back!"

"Yueyue, you're back!" a figure jumped out of the living room, "You're back, hurry up and play with me!"

Zhong Yuemin had a little headache, "Why don't you call me Minmin, instead of me Yueyue?"

"It's so good!" Qin Ling said, "How nice Yueyue is!Why don't you like it?"

Looking at Qin Ling's teary eyes, Zhong Yuemin could only grit his teeth, "I like it, I like it very much!"

"Hee-hee!" immediately put away the tears.

"Did you have a good meal today?" Zhong Yuemin looked at her dotingly.

Qin Ling pursed his lips and didn't speak, his fingers tugged at the hem of his clothes, rubbing them back and forth.

Zhong Yuemin knew what was going on at a glance, "Aunt Hu, Ling'er didn't eat well today?"

Aunt Hu was embarrassed, "I don't eat meat, I don't eat vegetarian! I have done all kinds of tricks, I really don't know what to do!"

"Okay, I see, you go get busy first. Zhong Yuemin said, "In the evening, I have a banquet at home, I bought some ingredients, you can watch and clean up." ”

"Mr. Zhong, do you want to cook yourself?" Aunt Hu said unexpectedly.

"yes, pack up the ingredients and wait for me to start the fire. ”

"Okay, I'll go!"

Aunt Hu is a nanny specially invited to take care of Qinling, a native of Suzhou, who has been a nanny in the United States for more than ten years.

But I don't know why this good cooking skill is ineffective for Qin Ling.

Zhong Yuemin looked at Qin Ling helplessly, Qin Ling didn't dare to look at him, he lowered his head, his eyes dodgy.

"Shall I make you noodles and eat them?"

"I'll eat what Yue Yue makes!" Qin Ling said with a smile.

"Okay!" Zhong Yuemin couldn't help but smile and rubbed her hair.

Zhong Yuemin made noodles from scratch, kneaded dough, rolled dough, and had to deal with Qin Ling, a troublemaker, and tossed for an hour before the noodles went down.

Crack the fiery dried chili peppers with a blender, pat two or three cloves of garlic, blanch three or two green vegetables, and cut a few slices of bacon.

When the noodles are cooked, they are served in two large bowls, put the greens, minced garlic, bacon, and chili powder on them, and pour a spoonful of hot oil.

One bowl per person, mix with chopsticks, red, green and white stir together, don't say anything, eat with a big mouthful, it's happy!

"Here's for you!"

Zhong Yuemin was eating, and two or three slices of bacon flew in the bowl, "This is not right!"

Zhong Yuemin put the bacon in his mouth, "Oops, I know I should put the sauce beef, but I am too late to make it today." I'll get it for you tomorrow, good!"

"Hmm!"

"Do you still eat oily noodles?"

"It's delicious!" Qin Ling Hula Hula ate, and after a while, he lit up the bowl, "I've eaten it all!"

"Okay, that's awesome!" Zhong Yuemin praised, "Actually, your grandmother's noodles are the most delicious, and they are much better than my two-knife skills!"

"My grandmother?"

"Yes, you grew up with your grandmother since you were a child, and your grandmother loves you the most, and she keeps everything delicious for you!" Zhong Yuemin stared at Qin Ling hopefully, "Do you remember your grandmother?"

Qin Ling was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't remember." ”

"Think again?"

"Oops, headache!"

Zhong Yuemin hurriedly said: "Forget it, don't think about it!"

"I still want to eat oily and spicy noodles!" Qin Ling hugged his head and said pitifully.

"You've eaten such a bowl of sea, and you're still eating?"

"I've been hungry all day!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do it for you!" Zhong Yuemin raised his hands and shouted at the kitchen: "Aunt Hu, change to a Qinchuan bowl tonight, those vegetables are chopped to make marinade, and the beef is marinated with ingredients." ”

……

When it was time for the evening, Johnny, Stephen and others came, and Jane also brought a bouquet of flowers to Qin Ling.

Qin Ling is a little recognized, but she still likes Jane who gave her flowers.

When everyone sat down, I thought that ten or eight plates would come up as before, serving Chinese food with all the color, aroma, and sour and sweet, but it turned out that one person came with a big bowl, which was not much smaller than a basin.

"Today's noodle buffet, please enjoy it, there is still it in the pot, what flavor do you want and Aunt Hu. Zhong Yuemin said before the meal: "Whether the food is good or not is another matter, but please be careful, don't break these bowls, it's not easy to make such a set!"

"Is this Chinese?" muttered Thor as he looked at the sea bowl that was two circles larger than his face.

"Of course, it's Chinese food, and it's the food of a province called Shaanxi that has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years, and these noodles are the specialty there. Zhong Yuemin said: "You taste it first, it is definitely no worse than mapo tofu!"

"Can you give me a fork?" Thor had a bowl of wide noodles, a finger's width of a noodle, and he really didn't know how to eat it.

"Of course you have to use chopsticks to eat noodles!!" Qin Ling suddenly interjected, and ran to teach Thor how to use chopsticks!

Peter was also in trouble, he felt that the noodles in the bowl were too oily, which was not in line with his diet, he ate a diet of little salt and often soaked oats in milk for a day.

Qin Ling saw that he didn't move his chopsticks, so he immediately helped him stir the noodles and toppings together, and then served them to him: "Eat!"

Peter hesitated, but he couldn't speak.

Qin Ling insisted on serving it to him, "It's fragrant!"

Peter couldn't stand her enthusiasm, grabbed his chopsticks, and took a small bite of noodles.

"Oops! Eat in a big gulp!" Qin Ling said and gave Thor a demonstration, hula and ate half a bowl of noodles in his bowl.

It may be that Qin Ling's refreshing eating appearance infected Thor, and he no longer had scruples, buried his head in the sea bowl, and pulled up the noodles in one go.

"Oh my God! I felt every cell in my body groan, as if the parched earth was meeting nectar for the first time!

"I'll just say, how can anyone who doesn't like oily and spicy noodles?" Qin Ling muttered: "If there is, you must have never eaten it!"

Zhong Yuemin almost didn't laugh, but the effect of Qinling was leveraged, helping these foreigners open a new door to food.

"Where is Shaanxi in China, I must try the local authentic noodles, all kinds of noodles!" Stephen was also happy: "It is said that the noodles of the world originated there!"

"It's not that it is said, it is, when our ancestors were eating noodles, you were still picking wild fruits!" Qin Ling argued.

Today was her most comfortable day, and these programmers were no different from her, childish, curious, and the key thing was that no one thought she was strange.

……

Li Kuiyong squatted on the streets of New York, and Zheng Tong and He Dayong next to him also squatted in a row, each with a bottle of Coke in his hand.

"Yuemin's deal is really big enough!"