A week later, Grigory found Seryosha early in the morning with a five-inch floppy disk. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Here, I'll show you something good." Grigory opened Seryosha's computer as he spoke, waited for the program to start, plugged in the floppy disk, and after entering a series of instructions, a familiar object appeared in front of Seryosha.

"Tetris?" Seryosha cried out in disbelief. "Where did you find it?"

"It's a little bit of a small thing, there are some introductions to the BASIC compiler in the manual, so I made one, and I tried it and it was fun! Are you going to call it Tetris? That's a good name too! Grigory said with a smile.

"You can do it, but it's a little more complicated, and it would be nice if you could reduce a few graphics!" Seryosha suggested while playing. Grigory's Tetris has a few more shapes than the original version, making it more difficult to play.

"Isn't the game supposed to be as complex as possible?" Grigory asked, puzzled.

"Not really! If it's too hard, it's not that engaging! Seryosha said as he played.

"Alright, I still have to go back to school, the floppy disk is left for you, and if there is anything fun to tell me, I can continue to make it!" Grigory was ready to leave after saying that, and Seryosha sent him all the way outside. After saying goodbye to Grigory, Seryosha went back to play the game. It wasn't until the Voronezh Institute of Communications Science called in the afternoon that Seryosha reluctantly stopped.

The Voronezh Research Institute of Communications called to inform Seryosha that a prototype of their pager had been produced, and asked Seryosha when he would be free to take a look. Seryosha was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly asked Professor Sobchak for a leave of absence, left Leningrad, and took the fastest train to Voronezh.

Voronezh is located south of Moscow, about the same distance in a straight line as the city of Gorky, but the city of Gorky is located to the east of Moscow. The city of Voronezh is similar to the city of Gorky, the whole city is located in the Don River valley, it is also a large river port city, and Voronezh is also the capital of the Voronezh region, and it is also an important industrial city, but it does not produce cars here, and the Tubonev Design Bureau's jet production line is located here.

In recent times, Seryosha has been running back and forth on this route for a while. Although it took almost two days to spend on the road each time, Seryosha gained something every time. The cooperation with the Voronezh Institute of Communications Sciences has always been very pleasant, although the researchers also know that they are using their working time to help Seryosha with personal work, but the money given by Seryosha is much higher than the salary, and no one can give up such a large amount of extra income, although in Seryosha's opinion it is not worth mentioning at all.

However, when Seryosha saw the prototype made by the engineers of the institute, he really didn't know what to say. This thing is so different from what Seryosha imagined. First of all, Seryosha's first feeling is that this thing is a bit too big, it looks like a calculator with an antenna, the upper part is an LCD screen, the lower part is a keyboard, and the keyboard on it actually lists all the Russian letters and numbers, Seryosha really doesn't understand what to do with these things?

"Can you tell me what the keyboard is for?" Seryosha asked a little unhappily.

"These are for sending messages, and I'm sorry we slightly changed the text display you proposed to add the ability to send messages to this pager." The person in charge replied with some talk.

"Oh? Can you show me a demo? Seryosha asked with some curiosity, he felt that maybe he was wrong to blame others, but they actually inadvertently made something new that they didn't have now!

So under the cover and explanation of the engineers of the Voronezh Institute of Communications Science, Seryosha finally understood what they had made.

"Wow! This thing can actually send text messages, it's a god! Seryosha said with heartfelt emotion, he finally understood why this thing was so big, it turned out that he could not only receive messages, but also send messages. It's exactly like the SMS function of the future.

"So what's your opinion?" The other party still asked with some apprehension.

"You've done a great job! I would like to know, is there an English version? Seryosha then asked.

"We made an English version, but the keyboard is slightly different, and there are fewer letters in English than our Russian one, so it's actually easier to implement!" The person in charge breathed a sigh of relief and began to introduce their newly developed mobile phone and car phone, which is indeed much smaller in size, and the call quality has also improved. But in general, it was the pager that shocked Seryosha the most.

"I wonder if I can make some more improvements to the pager, like adding a few casual games, something like this!" Seryosha said as he took out the disk that Grigory had given him from his briefcase, handed it to the engineer, and then when Seryosha finished the demonstration on the computer here, the other party nodded affirmatively.

"It shouldn't be much of a problem, but it may increase our storage overhead, and it may increase the cost of users!" The engineer thought about it for a moment before replying.

"What are our current costs?" Seryosha asked.

"It's about $90 or so, mainly because there are things that have to be imported!" The engineer replied with some emotion that there were not many people in the USSR who could afford something at this price.

Seryosha felt that the Americans should accept this thing, and this was the initial price, and with the increase in production, the cost should still decrease.

"Can you produce a batch for me first, the number is about 100 units, the English version, and a set of supporting operating equipment. The sooner the better! Seryosha asked a little impatiently, he felt that this thing could already be used. In short, no matter what, first occupy the market and earn this money.

"That's fine, of course, but it costs about a hundred thousand dollars, you ......," the engineer said with some skepticism. It's not a small amount of money, and it's not something that everyone has ever paid for.

"Money is not a problem, I will prepare the funds in place immediately, you just need to concentrate on R&D and production, and I will take care of the rest!" Seryosha patted his chest and reassured.