"I'm sorry I didn't help you." The two sent Hoffman away, and James held Zhou Shuo's hand with remorse and said regretfully.

"Don't say that, James, you've helped me a lot." Zhou Shuo patted his hand and comforted him.

This is not wrong, although I did not reach a cooperation with the SBC, but at least I had contact with them. In the United States, where people are not familiar with the place, the worst thing is not that they are rejected, but that they do not even receive rejection. At least if you know where the problem is, you can have a way forward.

"Well, if there's anything you need me for, you're welcome." James was clearly a little frustrated that he hadn't done Zhou Shuo a favor.

I don't know if it's because I've been in China for a long time, and James's personality is also a bit Chinese. Since relying on Zhou Shuo's ERP system to climb to the middle level of Microsoft, I always feel a little indebted to him. How do you say it in Chinese? The debt of human affection can't be paid off!

Zhou Shuo thought about it, and suddenly nodded with a smile: "Don't say it, I really have a place where I need Mr. James's help." ”

James's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly patted his chest and nodded: "You say, I will help if I can do it." ”

"Mr. James will be able to do this." Zhou Shuo blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "I want to find a place where I can access the Internet, preferably with many people." I'm not familiar with the Internet in the U.S., can you please tell us about the websites you use most often? ”

"Oh, you're talking about Internet cafes." James suddenly realized: "I know that there is an Internet café in Ludao, which is the largest and best in Seattle, and it can definitely meet your requirements." ”

Zhou Shuo smiled. Hurriedly nodded and said, "That's it, please." Seattle is unfamiliar to me. ”

"Wrap it up on me!" James opened the car door and invited Zhou Shuo to sit up. He ran at a gallop.

The night view of Seattle is very beautiful, and unlike the quiet and darkness of the night in Embroidery City, it is full of hustle and bustle and color. Neon lights, advertising screens, all kinds of light and colors fill the human eye. The sound of cars, music, and all kinds of sounds resounded all over the world.

James's car merged into the river of cars at night, zigzagging around the city, and finally came to a stop in front of a large building on the outskirts.

"This is it, E2Cafe, Seattle's most famous internet café." James parked the car. Said proudly.

Zhou Shuo jumped out of the car and looked up. Around him was a large parking lot, and by this time two-thirds of it was already full of cars. Not far away, a red two-story building was constantly being filled in and out.

The design of the building is very modern, with floor-to-ceiling glass on the entire wall on the ground floor, a ship's bow on the second floor, and even a rooftop with parasols on half of the side. The entire building is surrounded by soft neon lights, and soft music and joyful laughter are constantly heard.

"How's that, isn't it?" James saw Zhou Shuo in a daze. Said proudly.

"Well, it's good." Zhou Shuo sighed a little, Seattle does not say that every inch of land is expensive, but it is also the number one big city in the United States. An Internet café can be opened on such a scale. It can be seen what the future of the Internet is in the United States.

The two walked into the Internet café, and a huge front desk suddenly came into view. James took out a membership card with ease, registered it, and took Zhou Shuo to continue to go deeper.

The interior of this internet café is very spacious. Unlike the Internet cafes that were popular in China in the early years, the environment here is very beautiful.

The entire café is divided into several areas. There is a whole machine next to the seat of the machine, and there is a booth isolated by plants. VIP seats with computers on the coffee table are also available in private dining rooms. If you really want to talk about it, it will be at least a decade before such high-end Internet cafes will appear in China.

The two of them found a booth at a coffee table and sat down, of course, how to surf the Internet, of course, James didn't need to say. He also omitted some common sense content, and directly opened a website and introduced.

"One of the main services of the Internet is to send and receive e-mail. People who use the Internet are very fond of emailing, but unfortunately there are very few websites that can provide this service, and all of them require a fee. ”

"I use Eudora to receive mail, and it automatically filters out some of the content I don't need. But there are still a lot of emails that I need to sort out, no way, everyone loves to use it too much. ”

James said, and began to click on his emails one by one. Zhou Shuo gestured to see if he minded reading the content of the email. James smiled generously and nodded in agreement.

Zhou Shuo watched James open a list of several mailings, and the directory of mailings was very long, almost hundreds. The content of these emails is very short, almost always just a few sentences, or even a few phrases. Only a handful of them really resemble a letter, written very long and divided into paragraphs.

"How often do you usually receive emails?" Zhou Shuo asked thoughtfully.

"Almost every day." James pursed his lips and said, "It's like a part of life, and you have to keep replying to him, otherwise it feels like something is missing." ”

Then he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "But this process is both fun and painful, and this damn internet speed can make people wait crazy." Truth be told, you can't surf the Internet without a good patience. ”

James enthusiastically continued to demonstrate to Zhou Shuo: "If you need to download software, you can use Archie software, which can search software archives that are displayed around the world. You see, I can even search for servers in Germany and the UK on the other side of the Atlantic! ”

"And this!" James opened the Netscape browser, typed in a web address, and said, "This is my favorite site, yahoo!" It can find almost all the websites on the Internet, and you can't do without it! ”

Looking at the slow-loading web page, James sighed and said, "The Internet is good everywhere, but it's too slow, which greatly limits its development." ”

Zhou Shuo laughed and said, "James, you said, if I can double the Internet speed, will the situation be better?" ”

"Double? Isn't that ...... 56Kbps？ James was taken aback, shook his head and said, "It's too difficult, and many companies are working on this technique." However, the material of the telephone line itself limits the transmission rate, and after the use of echo cancellation technology, the telephone line channel has been increased from a single channel to two channels, which is almost the limit. ”

Zhou Shuo raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You don't necessarily need to increase the channel to speed up, as long as you can transmit more content at the current speed, it is equivalent to increasing the network speed." ”

"You mean, the Compression Technique?" James thought for a moment and nodded: "I heard that some people are also studying this aspect, and compared with increasing the transmission bandwidth through hardware, it is indeed a possible route." ”

"But, huh." He then smiled helplessly: "This is even more unreliable than the innovation of hardware technology, hardware research and development can come up with a timetable, but those who study mathematical algorithms have to wait for a flash of inspiration." ”

"Oh, yes, it was a flash of inspiration." Zhou Shuo nodded and said with a smile: "I just had a flash of inspiration a few days ago. ”

How can there be so many flashes of inspiration in this world, in fact, this is the technique that Zhou Shuo applied to cable modems. The data pump he designed himself for this purpose is what it does. Later, Menghai Microelectronics Design Center was established, and the first ASIC design was to complete the hardware implementation of this algorithm.

"You?" James said incredulously, "Oh, dear Zhou! I'm just getting used to the fact that you always work miracles! ”

He thought for a moment and exclaimed, "If it's true, it's no less than a revolution for the Internet." Zhou, this algorithm is too important! Can you tell me what method you used? I can't wait to find out! ”

"Of course no problem, I used ......"

Halfway through Zhou Shuo's speech, James slapped his head and suddenly interrupted: "Wait a minute! I'm confused, you have to apply for a patent first, and you can't let others know about your skills before that. ”

Zhou Shuo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh at James's cuteness. It can be seen that sometimes good people and bad people are really things that have nothing to do with nationality, even if there are people like Farrell and Trench in the United States, there will also be kind and lovely people like James, this is the so-called raising a hundred kinds of people with the same rice.

He patted James on the shoulder, and Ha Lu Ha Da said with a smile: "James, don't worry, I have already applied for a patent for this technique." Not only patents, but I have even designed a chip that uses this compression algorithm. ”

James patted him on the shoulder and said, "I don't know what to say, Zhou, not only do you have a set of inventions, but you are also so safe in business." You're a genius! You're a natural genius! ”

It is important to know that the patent of the software algorithm has been criticized by others, and it is believed that it has greatly hindered the development of software technology. Software algorithms are defined by patent law as purely intellectual activities and do not accept patent applications. However, if a software can solve some technical problems in production, or has hardware as a carrier, this can be regarded as a patent protection.

If Zhou Shuo applies for an algorithm as a software patent, it may be bypassed by others through different implementation methods. But if the algorithm is used as a problem-solving technique, and there is hardware as a carrier, then this kind of patent is solid.

Zhou Shuo smiled indifferently and said, "Regarding this news, James, can you help me spread it on the Internet?" (To be continued......)