Before eight o'clock the next morning, Zhang Chen pulled Su Zhuorui up from the bed and hurried back to San Francisco.

At noon, when they finally arrived in San Francisco, Zhang Chen and Su Zhuorui did not go home first, but went to the IBM store at Zhang Chen's request.

In the end, Zhang Chen spent $2,175 to buy a set of ThinkPad 300 laptops.

The ThinkPad 300 uses Intel's already launched Pentium MMX133 processor, 16M memory, and 1.2G hard drive.

But because this notebook belongs to IBM's low-end notebook, it is extremely bulky, and the weight of the entire notebook exceeds 5 kilograms, which is almost equal to the 15-inch alien that Zhang Chen bought in his previous life.

Zhang Chen asked clearly that the notebook is with a Windows system, but there is no Office, so it needs to be purchased separately. Zhang Chen bought an office set at a discounted price of $99 and asked the clerk to help install it.

Su Zhuohui has an Internet at home, and after Zhang Chen returned to Su Zhuoyuan's house, he connected a network cable to the newly bought notebook.

Su Zhuorui curiously looked behind Zhang Chen to see what this kid was doing, and after Zhang Chen turned on the phone, he skillfully found the FrontPage software in the Office and began to pull up the lattice line by line.

After pulling it for a while, I saw that Zhang Chen saved this page full of grids. Log on to the NetworkSolutions website and start registering a domain name online.

Zhang Chen asked Su Zhuohui for her credit card as a payment card, and registered dozens of domain names in one go. Each domain name costs $50, and you need to pay $30 per year for hosting in the future, which almost maxed out Su Zhuoyuan's credit card. If it weren't for Su Zhuorui's belief that Zhang Chen had the ability to repay, he would have tore this kid apart.

Zhang Chen found a free hosting server on the Internet, put the finished page on the hosting server, and named it "Milliondollar". ”

After readjusting the color scheme of the website, Zhang Chen nodded with satisfaction.

Su Zhuorui was a little confused in the back, Zhang Chen made a website? Why does this website have only one page? And what is the use of such a simple website? It is still called a million dollars?

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Chen put the logo of the little sheep and the alien on the first and second grids, and made two separate pages for these two logos, as long as someone clicks the mouse on the corresponding grid, they will enter the corresponding page, which will have a detailed introduction to these two brands.

Su Zhuorui couldn't help but ask, "Zhang Chen, what are you doing? ”

Zhang Chen snapped his fingers, "That's right, it's a website." To be precise, it's an advertising site. ”

Su Zhuorui laughed: "Advertising website? Just this you spent an hour doing? Oh, forty minutes of it was spent on registering a domain name." By the way, why is this site called Million Dollars?"

Zhang Chen smiled disapprenosingly: "There are a total of 10,000 grids on this website, and each grid costs 100 US dollars, which can be advertised for a month. If no one comes to advertise, I can buy the lattice myself. For example, I buy a grid, and you make a personal web page and put it on. What's more, I can print a batch of free rolls. It's free for the first month, and you'll only be charged after that, as long as the merchant agrees. ”

Su Zhuorui shook her head and smiled: "Then you can't find 10,000 merchants to buy lattices." This site is completely unprofitable. ”

Zhang Chen smiled mysteriously: "Who said that I was looking for 10,000 merchants? And I didn't want to make a profit by operating this website at all." ”

Su Zhuorui couldn't figure it out, and said confusedly: "You don't want to make a profit, so what's the use of you doing this?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "Keep it secret first, and you'll know later." ”

Su Zhuorui pretended to be disdainful, "Cut!" But in her heart, she was curious about what Zhang Chen was planning.

Zhang Chen suddenly asked, "Sister Su, I'll go out first and come back later." ”

Su Zhuorui hurriedly asked, "Where are you going, you can't do it alone." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "What's wrong with this, I'm such an adult, and the language is no problem, don't worry." ”

Su Zhuohui muttered: "The gods of heaven are mysterious, and I don't know what I think every day, Miao Miao is really heartbroken to have you as a student." ”

Zhang Chen smiled, didn't speak, picked up the coat he bought in Las Vegas and went downstairs.

There are a lot of bike shops in San Francisco, many of them ride bicycles, and they use bicycles as their main means of transportation and exercise equipment, and there is one not far from Su Zhuo Yuan's apartments.

Zhang Chen first asked the owner of the car dealership for a copy of California's laws on bicycle management. In addition to bicycles, helmets, reflective lights, front and rear lights were also bought according to the regulations, and the rear lights should also have a flashing function, reflective stickers on the pedals, and so on.

The owner of the bike shop was a white man in his fifties named Bill.

Bill couldn't help but say to Zhang Chen: "Even if it is not completely configured in accordance with the regulations, there is no problem, the management of bicycles in California is not strict, and the police basically will not care." ”

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "For the rules that can be followed, you still have to abide by them." Uncle Bill, could you please help me adjust the car better, and give me a map of SF. ”

Bill smiled, "Ok, no problem. ”

Zhang Chen put on a helmet, got on a bicycle, and found the address Tao Zhiwen had left for him on 17th Street.

Yes, Zhang Chen came to find Tao Zhiwen.

Zhang Chen had called Tao Zhiwen's house before, saying that he would ask Tao Zhiwen for help in person. Tao Zhiwen was very impressed by the little brother he met on the plane, today is Sunday, he just accompanied his wife and daughter to the art museum in the morning, and he just went home and was fine, so he readily agreed.

Zhang Chen came to the door of Tao Zhiwen's apartment and rang the doorbell.

After a while, the door opened. The one who opened the door was a young woman in her early thirties, and from the perspective of her skin, she was well maintained. But Asian women in the United States may be adapting to Western aesthetic habits, and their makeup is too tough, especially eye makeup, so they look a little mean.

When the young woman saw Zhang Chen, she showed a surprised expression: "Hey, it's Zhang Chen, right? I'm Tao Zhiwen's wife, Shen Mingjie, you can call me Jessica." Steven, your little friend is here. After saying hello, Jessica hurriedly let Zhang Chen into the room.

Tao Zhiwen's daughter is only four years old, with pigtails, she looks very cute, her nickname is Yaoyao, of course, she also has an English name called Jojo. According to domestic customs, Zhang Chen wrapped a red envelope of $100 for Yaoyao. Shen Mingjie pretended to give in, and finally accepted it with a happy face.

After sitting down, Tao Zhiwen asked Zhang Chen: "Xiao Zhang, you said on the phone that you were looking for me, what is the matter?"

Zhang Chen smiled, pointed to Tao Zhiwen's computer in the living room and asked, "Brother Wen, can your computer access the Internet?"