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As a result, the SAM Association resumed accepting orders.

This time, SAM has also begun to surface, and SAM will be responsible for the after-sales problems of the CDAD synchronization device.

In addition to the CDAD synchronization device, SAM also began selling improved calculators, which were only about $20 more expensive than similar calculators in supermarkets because the calculators were wholesaled from California by torches.

In addition, the SSAS advertising system is also rented on a long-term basis by SAM, which pays SAM a monthly contract fee according to a fixed amount of sponsorship.

In addition, after the first orders of the Latin School, SAM began to provide products and services to the whole United States, and users in other regions can purchase CDAD by mail order or post on the forum, and SAM will send the products to them as soon as possible.

In addition, the SAM Association announced that it will start recruiting members for the whole network again, with about 5 members. We encourage you to submit your own works on the forum as one of the selection criteria.

In addition, SAM also announced on the forum that the next step will be to launch an online software store, where authors can sell their software and earn money.

After these two announcements, many hackers who were still waiting and watching were stimulated to join SAM's calculator platform.

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Before you know it, a week has passed, and it's Saturday holiday time again.

Arthur has been busy with the affairs of the association for the past few days, and he didn't go to bed until late last night, so he didn't have a morning exercise with Lin Hong today.

Learning martial arts pays attention to "fist does not leave the hand and does not leave the mouth", Lin Hong has practiced boxing since he was a child, and he has been wind and rain.

But Arthur's learning of Chinese Kung Fu is nothing more than his own interest, and has not yet reached a very crazy point. Lin Hong can't say anything about this, anyway, this kind of thing. It depends on personal perseverance. If you can persevere, you may be able to practice a name for yourself. Otherwise, at most, you will become a little more flexible than before. That's all.

These days, the affairs of the association also occupy a lot of Lin Hong's time, mainly to make CDAD devices in a hurry.

I'm going to go to Matthew's house later, because the torch will come today, and everyone has known each other for so long, and they have never met, so naturally they want to go over and see each other.

"Stone: Do you have time this afternoon?" While eating breakfast, Vina asked.

"Afternoon? There should be. In the morning, Arthur and I were going to Matthew's. It should be possible to get back by noon. Is there anything I can do to help? ”

Usually, Lin Hong and Arthur will help Vina and them do some housework within their ability.

"Nope." Vina put the newspaper in her hand on the dining table, "That's right, Arthur's uncle Mark has a show today, let's go and see it together." Mark Boleyn, that crazy guy, you should still have an impression of him, right? ”

When Lin Hong heard Vena's words, he couldn't help but wonder, he not only had an impression of Arthur's uncle, but also was very profound.

The first time he came here, he saw him make a crazy machine that completely destroyed the lawn in the yard, can he not be impressed?

Does he have a gig?

Lin Hong didn't ask in detail, anyway, he could see it in the afternoon.

It was already past nine o'clock when Arthur got up, he hurriedly ate something, and drove his motorcycle to Matthew's house with Lin Hong.

Since the establishment of SAM, Matthew has made the garage his bedroom, and his computer is here anyway, so he moved his bed here.

When Lin Hong and Arthur arrived, Matthew and Pissen were debugging a newly assembled CDAD unit.

If it weren't for the fact that the current orders have become scattered, instead of dozens of units at a time as before, Matthew would have considered hiring workers to help with the assembly.

"The torch hasn't arrived yet?" Lin Hong walked into the garage first.

Matthew carefully put on the cylindrical shell of the CDAD: "I just called, I've arrived in the city, and I can get here in about half an hour." Pissen, test it out. ”

"Hmm!"

Pison took a calculator and began to run around the corner of the fourth brother in the garage, and finally said:

"That's it."

Matthew sat down and sighed, "This thing is really troublesome to make. It's hard for me to imagine that when we were in the first batch, we made 40 units at once! ”

Since the beginning, one after another, a total of almost 50 units have been sold.

The probability of repair is about 10%, but fortunately, they are all minor problems and are easy to solve.

The profit of one is about 30 US dollars, that is, since the company was founded, they have made a total of about 1,500 US dollars, and with their investment, the total assets of SAM are about 10,000 US dollars.

But that's pretty good, because the company was just starting out and making money, in the words of Matthew's father, "very good." His father specializes in consulting services for small and medium-sized enterprises, and has seen too many companies lose money every year, and at the beginning they can only eat their old capital, and if they don't find their own profit model before the old capital is eaten, there will only be one end - bankruptcy.

Few companies are able to be as profitable from the start as SAM. At this point, SAM has been ahead of many companies, so Matthew's dad is very optimistic about them.

Half an hour later, the torch finally arrived, and he drove himself in a Volkswagen pickup truck.

"Haha, guys, hello!" The torch jumped out of the car and immediately greeted them very warmly.

"I am the torch, my real name is Warren Roberts...... Don't tell me yet, let me guess your names. ”

Torch was very burly, with long blond hair, and was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and it was evident from his words that he was a very enthusiastic man.

"You're definitely our CTO, stone, hehe, that's for sure." The torch directly gave Lin Hong the title of chief technology officer.

"Hello, Torch." Lin Hong nodded at him.

Next, Torch guesses their names one by one, showing his very careful observation.

Everyone didn't expect that Torch's personality in real life would be as enthusiastic as fire, not at all as steady and calm as in the Internet.

However, it was precisely because of this that he quickly got along with Lin Hong and the four high school students.

After visiting Matthew's garage, Torch was very envious and looking forward to this working environment.

Matthew told Torch about some recent things at SAM, and after a few people chatted for a while, Torch talked about the purpose of coming this time.

"I've decided to resign." He said straight to the point, "I can't stand the dead working atmosphere and rigid system of our company!" I'm going to put my heart and soul into SAM! ”

Everyone was still a little surprised by his decision.

After all, they are all part-time, and they usually have their own studies to complete.

Matthew thought carefully for a moment and said:

"You've really decided?"

"Yes. I am optimistic about SAM, and I believe that our products will definitely go to the United States. At present, the orders for the whole country have not yet started, and I believe that as long as the local chapters are established, everyone will experience the convenience of CDAD, and they will definitely be interested in this equipment. ”

There is the same consensus on this point, and the situation of the Latin school speaks volumes.

It's just that considering the fact that the production speed cannot be improved, their external strategy is still relatively conservative.

Matthew also knew that if SAM wanted to really develop, it had to take the road of formalization, and if it was a group of students doing this, there was little chance of developing and growing.

Back then, Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs both started their businesses after dropping out of school, and they eventually achieved great results.

Matthew wanted to learn from them, but his parents didn't agree with that, because he was only in high school, and even if he had to drop out, he would have to wait until after college.

Now that Torch is able to start a full-time business, this is good news for SAM.

So, a few of them discussed the next development plan of SAM in this garage.

When Torch arrives in Boston, Sam's office will be found elsewhere because Matthew's garage is too small and his parents' car has to be parked, which is very inconvenient. Considering the cost, I will also find a garage, which is a little larger and can live directly in it.

In the beginning, we produced our products by hand, but if necessary, we would outsource them to factories.

At noon, after lunch at Matthew's house, Lin Hong and Arthur left early. Because this afternoon, there is something going on at home.

On the way home, Lin Hong asked, "Arthur, Vena said that your uncle Mark had a show today, what kind of performance?" ”

Arthur was leaning over to drive the motorcycle, and he hadn't heard Lin Hong's words clearly for the first time, and he barely understood after repeating it.

"Actually, it's not much to look at, it's just that some of the machinery he made is running around on the field, which doesn't make much fun."

When Lin Hong heard his words, he remembered that Vena had introduced himself to Mark Pollin.

He founded an organization called the Survival Research Lab, which often performs in the United States and even in Europe, and he describes his performances as "industrial performing arts."

Lin Hong was deeply impressed by the "Destroyer" he modified with Arthur's motorcycle, and he was a little curious, wondering what kind of machinery he would do for performance this time? (To be continued)