Chapter 612: Video
Evan returned to the apartment with a bag of bread, "I'm back, Mike, do you want bread?"
Evan changed his slippers and shook his head without hearing his roommate Mike's response. I walked to Mike and took a look, and sure enough, Mike was wearing headphones and playing a game with a blank face.
"Still playing Half-Life?" Evan pulled a chair and sat next to Mike, he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose, the smell was too big, "You haven't been out for a week, don't fight, there's a comic con in the afternoon, do you want to go and see it?" If you want to see it, just take a shower, haven't you taken a shower in a week? The smell is so strong. ”
Mike shook his head silently, and from the headphones came a clear "fire!" character line and a "pop" gunshot.
Recently, there was a demo version of an FPS (first-person shooter) game, which was launched in less than two months, and for the first time in history, it swept the charts of major games with a demo version that can only play three levels, and was called the best FPS game in three years. And the developer of this game is a previously unknown game company called Valve.
Half-Life is the company's first game work.
Evan sighed helplessly, and took the headphones off Mike's head, "It's just a breakup, Jane has her own life, what's the use of you continuing like this? You are now working for half a life every day, and in a few days, you will only have half a life left." ”
Mike rolled his eyelids, silently retrieved the headset from Evan's hand, and put it back on his head, and there was another dense burst of gunfire from the headset.
Mike and Evan have both recently become single, Evan's girlfriend Jennifer broke up with Evan a month ago, apparently Evan has no feelings for Jennifer either, almost not very sad, how the young man should live. But Mike is different, Jane has been in a mess since she broke up with him, and she has been addicted to the game for the past two days.
No matter how much Evan tried to persuade him, Mike was just an expression, his eyes glued to the screen, killing one enemy after another.
The two have lived together for more than a year and have long become buddies who have a good relationship, Evan saw that Mike was still indifferent, and was about to say two cruel words to stimulate Mike, when he heard a ding dong and the doorbell rang.
"FedEx, Evan Williams? Sign here, and here. The courier in a FedEx uniform took out two slips, and Evan looked at the delivery address, his eyes lit up, and he picked up the pen and signed his name.
After the courier left, Evan couldn't wait to open the courier envelope in his hand.
"yes!" Evan was excited to see that the envelope was indeed something he had been thinking about lately.
Evan stroked the two cards in his hand, "It's finally here, it's great!" Evan rolled his eyes, and returned to Mike's room, grinning, "Did you hear that Matrix is going to have a conference on Wednesday?"
When Mike heard Evan's words, he reacted slightly, and with a shake of his hand, he was knocked out by the enemy with the last drop of blood.
"Jane told me ten days ago that she wanted to go to the show. Mike said in a depressed mood, "I went to the official website to grab the invitation, but I didn't grab it, and I don't need to grab it now." ”
Evan smiled, "If I tell you that I grabbed two, would you believe it or not?"
Mike's ears twitched, and it was obvious that the topic had sparked some interest, "Really?"
Evan shook the two-chapter greeting card-sized card in his hand, squeezed his eyebrows, and said, "It's like a fake." ”
Mike took the invitation letter in Evan's hand, and saw that on this invitation, the most eye-catching place was printed with a line of "one more thing", only the matrix logo and a line of small letters with the time and place written.
Mike's expression moved slightly: "One more thing?
Evan said disapprerovingly: "Who knows, it will be clear if you go and see." How about it? Are you interested in coming with me to San Francisco? It just so happens that there are two invitations here that you can go with me. ”
Mike's eyes lit up at first, then he didn't know what to think, and his eyes dimmed again, "Forget it, I don't want to move, you can go by yourself." ”
Evan smacked, "Are you sure? Do you know how sought-after this invitation is right now? Matrix is said to have only invited 500 i users to the launch. Invitations to auction on eBay are now up to $200 each. Let's go together, I'll drive, just go and relax. ”
Mike visibly wavered: "It's too far... ”
Seeing that Mike was finally a little loose, Evan hit the railroad while it was hot: "Look at what is written on this invitation, One More Thing, maybe there will be more than one new product released today, maybe the information of the new i will be announced." ”
Mike shook his head and said, "It's impossible, i has just been launched for less than half a year, maybe it's other products." Someone broke the news on the Internet before that it was a laptop, and I wasn't very interested in laptops, so forget it. ”
The corners of Evan's mouth twitched: "Even if it's just a notebook, I don't think Matrix will just come up with a product that has no new ideas, otherwise there will be no need to develop a new product, don't you want to see Matrix's new products up close for the first time?"
Mike hesitated, "Of course I want to, but 。。。。。。 ”
Evan shrugged: "It's nothing, it's just decided, we'll leave tomorrow, stay in San Francisco for one night, and go to Parkview Green to attend the press conference in the afternoon after tomorrow, that's it!"
Without waiting for Mike to think about it, Evan left an invitation, raised his ass and turned to leave, not giving Mike a chance to regret it.
"This is the ibook。。。。。。? Tang Miaomiao was both amazed and surprised when she saw the pure white ibook in Zhang Chen's hand, "This is also what you designed?"
Zhang Chen shrugged: "No, it's Jonny's design, and some modifications have been made later, what do you think?"
Tang Miaomiao picked up the ibook and looked at it carefully for a while, "It's so thin, this is the thinnest laptop I've ever seen, it's at least half thinner than your IBM, it looks very light, and it's so beautiful, if you don't look carefully, I don't believe it's plastic at all." ”
Zhang Chen smiled: "The shell is made of polycarbonate, and it has been improved by MIT's organic laboratory, and its strength and toughness are stronger than ordinary resins or plastics." In order to avoid the feeling of cheapness, the shell material is produced in five more processes than other competitors, and the inside and outside are all manufactured using the highest processing standards. Although the cost has increased a lot and the yield rate has also decreased, the effect is quite satisfactory. ”
Tang Miaomiao took the mouse and operated it in a new way, "It's really beautiful, there is only one color, white?
Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "For the time being, there is only one color, white, and then we will decide whether it will be black depending on the market reaction." ”
Tang Miaomiao saw an inconspicuous circle at the top of the screen, and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Zhang Chen looked at it: "Oh, this is a 300,000-pixel camera." You see, open this place, and you can ... ”
With Zhang Chen's operation, Tang Miaomiao suddenly saw the image of herself and Zhang Chen on the screen, "Wow, it's amazing." But what's the use of having a camera here?"
Zhang Chen smiled: "Of course it's useful, for example, take a selfie." There is also recording, you see, we have also prepared drivers and applications for the camera, click here, you can record the video. ”
The two were very close, Tang Miaomiao was dressed more casually at home, wearing only a wide T-shirt on her upper body, barely covering her white and tender thighs, and under the friction, Zhang Chen soon had some indescribable reactions.
Zhang Chen looked at the screen, couldn't help licking his lips, and his hands began to be dishonest.
"Oh, what are you doing. Tang Miaomiao twisted her body, and when she saw herself on the screen, she was also a little hot。。。。。
"No video, huh。。。。。。 Before Tang Miaomiao finished speaking, her mouth was blocked.