On the train home, Uncle Zhao behaved a little strangely, often watching Zhang Lexing want to talk and stop. It wasn't until he was about to get off the train that Uncle Zhao seemed to have made up his mind and said something that he didn't understand, "Child, you have to be firm in your class position......

Zhang Lexing was very confused, and said in his heart: "I shouldn't have done anything out of the ordinary, could it be that it would be very serious to say a few more words to Dr. Yu?"

I wanted to ask Uncle Zhao for an explanation, but Uncle Zhao kept silent, which made Zhang Lexing have nothing to do, and the last stage of the journey was quietly spent in such a strange silence......

Back at home, Zhang Lexing put away his luggage, cleaned up the house briefly, and sat in front of the desk by the window in a daze. Uncle Zhao's previous strange performance has long been forgotten, and Zhang Lexing is now full of thoughts about whether his software will find a seller in the United States and whether it will sell at a good price. Zhang Lexing is still very confident in the software he wrote, although he is not sure about replacing VisiCalc, which is just like the sky, but it is estimated that it should not be a big problem to sell five or six thousand sets, so he should be able to share tens of thousands of dollars according to the current popular share ratio. If he persists in this way for a few years, Zhang Lexing feels that he should be able to accumulate a lot, and when he faces good opportunities in the next few years, he will no longer have to worry about the lack of start-up funds. Thinking about it, Zhang Lexing actually fell asleep on the desk......

In the first week after coming back, Zhang Lexing was full of anticipation every day, fantasizing about hearing the sound of Li Bo downstairs calling him to listen to the phone, and even the routine time of using the Apple II every day was a little absent-minded. However, Uncle Zhao's side returned to normal, and he began to study programming as before. As the days passed, Zhang Lexing's fiery mood gradually faded, and he no longer paid too much attention to the movements downstairs as before, and gradually put his mind on the study of operating systems and application software, writing and writing programs to make mistakes, or engaging in theoretical research on software, and occasionally drawing comics. Except for the occasional worry about his software, life is basically simple and uneventful. Just when Zhang Lexing thought that Dr. Yu would not have any more news and planned to die completely, suddenly a transatlantic phone call came, and his peaceful life began to ripple again.

On this day, Zhang Lexing was debugging the new software he had just written in the computer room as usual, when Li Bo called him to answer the phone from downstairs, Zhang Lexing didn't react for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he went downstairs with an excited cigarette and ran quickly to the guard room at the gate. Standing in front of the table where the phone was placed, Zhang Lexing calmed down and reached out to pick up the phone.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Lexing, who is looking for me?" Li Bo didn't make it clear just now, and Zhang Lexing wasn't sure if it was Dr. Yu's phone number at this time.

"I'm Yu Youcheng, I have something to discuss with you......

Hearing Dr. Yu's kind voice on the phone, Zhang Lexing was very happy. Unfortunately, as the saying goes, happiness begets sadness, I didn't expect that the phone call could also be fulfilled, Dr. Yu didn't finish his sentence, the telephone call effect suddenly became very poor, not only the background noise was super large, but also the call sound was loud and small, which may be the common problem of transoceanic telephone in the analog era. In this way, Dr. Yu muttered on the phone for a long time, and Zhang Lexing almost didn't understand a word, but vaguely heard Dr. Yu mention that he would come over after the National Day before the end of the call. Although Zhang Lexing didn't figure out what Dr. Yu was looking for him in the end, he finally got the news, and listening to Dr. Yu's initial tone shouldn't seem like a bad thing, Zhang Lexing began to have new expectations......

The days of waiting always passed slowly, and just when Zhang Lexing's patience was about to wear out, Dr. Yu finally came. This is a very ordinary day, Zhang Lexing stayed in the computer room as usual, and during this time, his mind often could not focus on software design, so he had to make a few small games to pass the time. When he was playing and investing, a shout suddenly came from outside, "Zhang Lexing, someone is looking for you at the door!"

Zhang Lexing hurriedly walked out of the computer room and looked down against the guardrail of the corridor, and it turned out that it was the doorman Li Bo shouting downstairs.

"Lexing, someone is looking for you at the door. Li Bo looked up and saw Zhang Lexing coming out, and then shouted: "It looks like an overseas Chinese who came back from outside." ”

Zhang Lexing was secretly happy in his heart: "Could it be that Dr. Yu is here?"

Zhang Lexing hurriedly went downstairs and followed Li Bo to the door. From a distance, it was really Dr. Yu, who had not seen him for a long time, and Zhang Lexing hurriedly greeted him. At this moment, on a small white building not far behind Zhang Lexing, a pair of vigilant eyes watched the situation here.

"Dr. Yu, long time no see. Hmm, how about that software of mine?" Zhang Lexing was very nervous, uneasy in his heart, not knowing whether Dr. Yu brought good news or bad news.

"Good news, that software of yours is pretty popular. Dr. Yu smiled and patted Zhang Lexing on the shoulder, "In the past few months, more than 30,000 sets have been sold, and according to the ratio I negotiated with the salesman, the share is about 3.5 million US dollars." ”

"How much?" Zhang Lexing couldn't believe it, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"$3.5 million!" Dr. Yu replied in the affirmative.

Zhang Lexing felt dizzy, he didn't expect the software to sell so well now. He excitedly shook Dr. Yu's hand and said gratefully, "Dr. Yu, thank you for running for me, you have worked hard during this time!"

"It's okay, we're also destined. Dr. Yu said with a smile.

"Well, Dr. Yu, can you tell me about the situation during this time, I'm really curious about how this software is marketed, and even more curious about how there is so much money. Zhang Lexing asked curiously.

"Okay, and listen to me slowly. Actually, I didn't expect the software to sell so well beforehand. Dr. Yu nodded and slowly recounted his experience of going to the United States......

When he first got Zhang Lexing's software, Dr. Yu didn't have much expectations, although he felt that Zhang Lexing's computer level should be quite high during the conversation, but no matter how high the level is, I am afraid that the current environment in the mainland will not be able to make software suitable for Americans, and maybe few people know what Americans look like. It was just out of politeness, a sense of intimacy with the same text, and a very pleasant chat with Zhang Lexing at that time, that Dr. Yu agreed first, so as not to affect the enthusiasm of young people.

When Dr. Yu returned to the United States, he was so busy with things that he almost forgot about the software. Fortunately, Dr. Yu had an Apple II at home, and when he was using it, he suddenly remembered the software he brought from the mainland, so he put it in the floppy drive to see how the software was doing. Dr. Yu plans to try it if the software is not too bad, after all, he has already made a commitment, of course, if the software can't be done, there is no need for it. After the software was launched, Dr. Yu habitually wanted to get the software manual, but he remembered that there was no such thing at all, and he was slightly disappointed, but then he found that this spreadsheet software is very simple to operate, and he can use it without reading the manual, even if there is occasionally something that he does not understand, he will quickly learn it with the help of the software, and compared with the popular VisiCalc, he found that the spreadsheet VisualForm made by Zhang Lexing is more powerful, and it is very easy to use, Dr. Yu feels that this software is very promising。 So I went to find a friend who was doing software sales, Walker, and demonstrated the software operation, plus Walker tried it himself, VisualForm's excellent performance completely conquered Walker, and he immediately made a decision to express his willingness to represent.

After some haggling, Dr. Yu and Walker signed a contract that stipulated that Dr. Yu would provide the development of VisualForm and subsequent versions, while Walker's company would be responsible for copying floppy disks, printing instructions, advertising, and distributing the product to various locations. Dr. Yu will receive 40% of the retail revenue and 50% of the wholesale revenue of the software, which is a reasonable ratio at this time, mainly because the sales and promotion at this time are too simple.

After Walker's promotion, VisualForm's sales caught up with the former king VisiCalc in just two months, and orders flew like snowflakes. The market demand is diverse, and the hot sales of VisualForm have attracted many companies to ask Walker if they can provide versions of other machines, but the developers are still nested in the mainland, Dr. Yu called several times but did not get in touch, and finally got through the phone but could not say clearly, and rushed back immediately in a hurry.

……

"Dr. Yu, it's all up to you to sell the software this time. Zhang Lexing said gratefully: "I have thought about it, I can do programming, but it is too difficult for me to export software." You know more about the U.S. than I do, and you have a lot of connections, and if I want to sell my software, I really need someone like you to help me. I would like to ask you to be my partner, and I hope you will say yes. ”

Dr. Yu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Okay, but I'm not in a good financial situation right now, so I don't have the money to invest in you." ”

"Dr. Yu, since you have agreed, I want to give you 30% of this share as a partner, which is your rights and interests as a partner. ”

"It's too much, I didn't do anything, I just helped you find a seller, and 10% is enough," Dr. Yu denied.

"Well, let's take a step each, 20 percent, can you see it? I can count on you for future external contacts. Zhang Lexing hurriedly persuaded Dr. Yu to accept it, after all, now that he has left Dr. Yu, he doesn't even want to send a set of software abroad.

"Well, since you're so insistent, then I'm disrespectful. Dr. Yu smiled and accepted, "By the way, can you develop other machine versions of VisualForm?" Now Walker is dying, and when he was in the United States, he asked me several times almost every day. ”

Zhang Lexing said distressedly: "It's no problem to write software, as long as you give me some time and familiarize yourself with the programming environment of other machines, you should be able to figure it out." The main reason is that there is no development platform, and how can the mainland have those foreign computers now? ”

Dr. Yu pondered for a moment: "I can solve the problem of developing the platform, but I just want to get it here and it is more troublesome." I happen to start the next class in Hong Kong, why don't you come to Hong Kong to develop?"

"You're laughing, how can I get out, I don't even have a passport. Zhang Lexing smiled bitterly.

"That's fine, I'll figure it out. Dr. Yu felt that this was a small problem, after all, his father-in-law still had some energy in the mainland.

"That's great, I'm sorry for you. Zhang Lexing was very happy, he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to go to Hong Kong, maybe his plan could be much earlier.

"It's okay, who made us partners now. Hehe" Dr. Yu said with a smile, "I don't think it will be too long, and I will send someone to pick you up when the time comes." ”

"Thank you so much. Zhang Lexing also laughed.

Dr. Yu remembered something important and hurriedly said, "Well, do you have a photo? If not, go and take a picture. ”

Welcome to the majority of book friends to come and read, the latest, fastest, and hottest serialized works are all here!