Chapter 315: It's on Fire
"Daddy, look at this!" The little girl in red, who had asked Zhong Yuemin a question before, was excitedly operating a bright yellow Vali Alpha.
"Oh my God, how did you get to operate a computer so quickly?" the little girl's dad watched in amazement as she quickly switched between pages with the mouse.
The little girl stretched out her index and middle fingers, "Mr. Min has already taught you!
"So how do you know how to use these programs?"
"These icons are like picture books in school, they are very clear!" the little girl also taught her father, "You can control this arrow by moving the mouse, you can select it with a single click with your index finger, and you can open the program with two clicks in a row." ”
Dad watched the little girl in amazement, which was completely different from the computer in his image full of code that ordinary people couldn't operate, and he muttered, "This is really a world-changing product!"
"Daddy, Alpha is fun, shall we buy one?" the little girl looked at her father with a look of hope.
"This ······" Dad was obviously a little embarrassed, he said softly to the little girl: "This machine is really great, I also want to buy it for you, but the money at home may not be enough, wait for Dad to work hard and save enough money to buy it, okay?"
The little girl was a little disappointed, she looked at her beloved red alpha with great reluctance, but nodded understandingly, "Yes." ”
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Almost everyone at the scene was impressed by this fashionable and easy-to-use WALL-Alpha computer, and some of them were already thinking about whether to buy one to go home, but the price of WALL-Alpha was not announced, and everyone was a little worried.
Zhong Yuemin observed the emotions at the scene, and he took the microphone, "I just realized that I made a huge mistake!"
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on himself, he continued: "I am selling goods, and I forgot to announce the price!"
Everyone at the scene laughed.
"WALL-E Alpha Computer, his price is $2,499!" Zhong Yuemin announced, as all the computer screens in the Wall-E House popped up with a page indicating the price, which Stephen controlled through the local area network.
Everyone was surprised, for the price of Alpha, but also for Stephen's small technical demonstration.
Zhong Yuemin also had a bigger surprise, "All the guests on the scene will get a $100 coupon for buying an alpha computer today, which can be directly deducted!"
"Oh~" The crowd cheered, and there was nothing more attractive than a good price.
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The little girl smiled in the crowd as she turned her head to look at her father, a searching look in her eyes.
Dad looked at her watery eyes, and his heart was about to melt, "We can afford it, we can buy it home today!"
The little girl excitedly rushed into her father's arms and kissed him gratefully, "Thank you, Daddy!"
But in a blink of an eye, she was bothered by another question, she hesitated, and asked loudly in Zhong Yuemin's direction: "Sir, I want red alpha, is the price the same?"
Looking at the little girl's serious expression, Zhong Yuemin smiled, "Of course, we won't raise the price because of your preference for beauty!"
The little girl smiled, "Thank you, sir, I'm going to buy a red alpha!"
"OK!" Zhong Yuemin responded, "Because you are the world's first WALL-E Alpha user, I will give you the right to use the $100 coupon in perpetuity, as long as you buy any WALL-E product, you will get a $100 discount!"
"Wow!" everyone cheered and applauded for the lucky little girl, and the little girl blushed excitedly, looked at her father a little helplessly, and bowed to Zhong Yuemin.
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The little girl's question also quickly detonated everyone's curiosity, and almost everyone had questions.
"Mr. Min, the Alpha computer seems to work with all operating systems, can you tell us about it?" a professional reporter took out a pen and paper and recorded it quickly.
"Yes, the system is called the Windows system, and it uses a new graphical interface that greatly simplifies human-machine interaction and user experience. Zhong Yuemin said: "I believe everyone has just experienced that with the Windows system, everyone can quickly learn the computer, and mankind will enter the computer age!"
"Papapa······" Everyone applauded this historic moment.
Someone else asked, "Mr. Min, is the mouse also your invention?"
"The mouse has had a prototype before, we have only perfected and innovated!" Zhong Yuemin said: "We also tried to find the original inventor, but we did not succeed, and we hope to help us find him with the help of the reporter friends present!"
"So you're going to pay for the patents?" said one reporter with bad intentions.
Zhong Yuemin said calmly: "Of course, Walli always respects intellectual property rights, and hopes that all intellectual property owners will get the remuneration they deserve, so that more people can actively innovate and promote the development of society!"
"Mr. Min, what kind of new products will Alpha have next?"
"The next product is being planned, and it is not convenient to disclose it for the time being. ”
There are those who are worried about the WALL-E company, "Mr. Min, Wal-E Alpha is so cheap, will you make any money?"
"Thank you for your concern, we have retained enough profits for us to develop a new generation of products. ”
"Mr. Min, all the screens have become the same screen just now, what kind of technology is used? Will the computer that the customer buys home also be controlled by WALL-E?"
I don't know if it's good intentions or harboring evil intentions, but Zhong Yuemin still expressed his gratitude.
Then he replied: "The LAN technology just demonstrated, which can link all computers together and share information, computing power and storage space with each other, is the same picture just now because the computers of the WALL-E House are all connected to the main control computer through cables, and can only be achieved by setting up in advance."
In other words, your computer will not be connected to the LAN at all without being connected by complex devices. ”
"Does that mean that if all the computers in the world are connected to a local area network, then everyone can exchange information with each other?"
Zhong Yuemin looked in the direction of the question, but he didn't expect it to be the little girl in red, and exclaimed: "What a smart little sister-in-law!"
Yes, if all the computers in the world are connected to the local area network, then this local area network can be called the Internet!" Zhong Yuemin paced, combing through his expression, "As long as there are computers, everyone can socialize, trade, and share knowledge on the Internet, and this will become a new cyberspace that is different from reality!"
After Zhong Yuemin finished speaking, he found that the scene was silent, and everyone, including the employees of the Wall-E company, looked at him in surprise, all of them were shocked by the cyberspace he described, as if there was everything in it.
This is the first time he has made such a technical outlook in public, and it may be a bit ahead of the general public.
Zhong Yuemin put down the microphone, and the reporters at the scene rushed to Zhong Yuemin's side as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and launched a new round of questions, everyone was so excited that they couldn't help themselves, they thought that this trip was to interview the mysterious author, but they didn't expect to eat such a big melon.
Zhong Yuemin had no choice but to constantly deal with reporters' questions, some of them were asking questions, some were recording, and some were even writing press releases, and they were very busy.
When the questions were almost over, a reporter who had been typing on the computer not far from Zhong Yuemin suddenly asked: "Sir, I just used the text editor on the computer and have written a lot of manuscripts, how can I take them with me?"
"Huh~" The reporters present despised his chicken thief, and they all envied this kid's fast brain, editing records on the computer is obviously much faster than handwriting!
Zhong Yuemin also secretly thought that this kid was smart, "There is another disk read recorder on the computer host, you can record the manuscript on the disk, and then take the disk away." ”
"So when I get home, how do I get the manuscript out of the disk?"
"Maybe, you need to move a Vali Alpha home!" Zhong Yuemin replied with a smile.
"Haha······" The peers laughed.
The reporter gritted his teeth, "I want to buy one! It's so convenient to use this to edit text! You can write an article of 1,000 words in half an hour, and you can revise it at any time if you make a mistake!"
"We're working on technology to connect WALL-E computers to inkjet printers, so that in the near future, journalists will be able to say goodbye to writing with pen and paper altogether. Zhong Yuemin said.
"I'll buy one too!"
"I want it too!"
"Me!"
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Zhong Yuemin's flickering made the reporters who watched the excitement at the scene excited, and many people directly mentioned one, and after a while, nearly 100 computers were sold, which made the sales staff of Wali Company crazy.
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"Hello, Mr. Min. ”
Just as Zhong Yuemin was wandering around the hall and greeting customers, a little girl in red clothes walked over.
"Hello!" Zhong Yuemin squatted down with a smile and looked at the other party.
"My name is Lisa, and I'm here to say thank you for giving us such a big deal so much that my dad can afford Alpha. The little girl smiled.
"You're welcome, Lisa. Zhong Yuemin replied, "I'm very happy to be able to lower the price of Alpha so that you and many other people who like computers can afford it." ”
"You're such a nice guy," Lisa said happily, "will I be able to work at WALL-E when I'm older?"
"Of course, you are very welcome to join us, and I hope that when the time comes, you will be able to help us create a more powerful and powerful WALL-E computer. Zhong Yuemin encouraged.
"Just like WALL-E?"
"More powerful than the robot WALL-E!" Zhong Yuemin stretched out his little thumb, "Let's pull the hook." ”
"Well, pull the hook!" the little girl happily stretched out her little thumb and made a promise to Zhong Yuemin.
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Taking advantage of Zhong Yuemin's free time, Stephen followed like a ghost, startling Zhong Yuemin.
"Boss, what you just said about cyberspace, which is different from reality, will it really be realized?"
"Completely predictable. Zhong Yuemin replied, "What, are you more interested in the Internet?"
"Of course, this is a whole new world, and whoever controls this place is God!" Stephen's eyes were almost full of sparks!
"No one can be a god, cyberspace is virtual, everything depends on the real world, you need to have enough terminal equipment, network communication facilities and fast enough and stable transmission speed. Zhong Yuemin said: "Only when all this is satisfied, cyberspace will exist." We can do something about it. ”
"Like you said before, social, trading, gaming, information sharing?"
"Yes, there are so many things that we may not be able to do in our lifetime. Zhong Yuemin patted Stephen on the shoulder, "Come on." ”
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On the second day, about Zhong Yuemin, WALL-E the robot, WALL-ALPHA, WALL-E, Mouse, Windows System, Internet······ Almost all of the articles were headlines in major newspapers.
These show one thing, WALL-E is on fire!
"Min, aren't you surnamed Zhong, why do you call you Mr. Min in the newspaper?" Jane said strangely, looking at the newspaper report.
Zhong Yuemin shrugged, "No one asked me, maybe they think Min is my surname! ”
"Look at this picture, am I handsome?" Johnny squeezed over with a newspaper, "This reporter took such a good angle, do you think I'm going to be a celebrity?"
"Go~"
"Jane, how are the company's shipments and cash flow now?"
"It's all good, we sold a total of 300 computers yesterday, and the production is very orderly. Jane opened the electronic account book on the computer and said to Zhong Yuemin.
"OK, it seems that there is not much money in the account. ”
"Of course!," Jane complained, "for so long, it has been billing, billing! buying production equipment, parts, building Wall-E's house, labor wages, R&D······ And advertising, it's all about spending money!"
"Haha, you have to get in!" Zhong Yuemin said with a smile, "I'm going to expand the Wali House to the whole of the United States, and allocate another amount of money!"
"But we really don't have much money!" Jane complained, "and I'm an engineer! Not an accountant, do you have to hire a finance guy as soon as possible?"
Zhong Yuemin immediately promised, "OK, I'll try my best to arrange it!"
"Okay. ”
Mike also has an opinion here, "Master, I'm in charge of production management, and now I'm in charge of Wal-E's House, isn't that what I'm good at?"
Zhong Yuemin really felt the headache at this time, the stall was expanding too fast, and there was a shortage of people everywhere.
"Let's work hard first, I will get everyone out of the chaos as soon as possible!" Zhong Yuemin had to make an empty promise in the face of the complaining people.