Chapter 085: They're Right

At 10 a.m. on September 8, 2009, Apple's first product launch event officially began in the auditorium of Harvard University.

At the same time, the picture of the inside of the auditorium was broadcast in real time to several public areas outside the auditorium, and at this time, the number of students in the public areas exceeded 2,000.

Facebook, which has 1 billion users, also pushed ads to all users for the first time, and the headline of this ad is: A company that claims to have reinvented the mobile phone? And the content of the advertisement is Apple's press conference.

In the auditorium, Peter made a brief opening speech as the host, and then, Wen Ming walked out of the backstage amid applause.

The applause of reporters and IT practitioners was polite, and of course, there were also reasons for Wen Ming to solve their accommodation, transportation expenses.

And the applause of the other nearly 2,000 students was very sincere, because Wen Ming's success made all of them admire and envy, even if they were jealous, they would not be stingy with their applause at this time.

"Thank you for coming......

After a brief opening remark, Wen Ming got to the point.

"In many people's minds, Apple is a game company, or rather, a mobile game company."

Wen Ming's words, the person who touched him the most was Microsoft's Donners, whose WP system has been developed to the final internal testing stage, which is almost equivalent to completion. Therefore, he had time to watch Wen Ming's press conference.

"You're a genius and an idiot, and you really sold ins."

Donnas commented on Wen Ming, because in his opinion, Wen Ming has enough cash flow to make the ins product go to the next level. At that point, it won't be a mere $1 billion valuation. Of course, there is also the possibility of failure, but Wen Ming is only 19 years old at this time, if a 19-year-old young man is afraid of failure, what else can he achieve?

"Donus, is this the one you saved?"

Watching the live broadcast with Donus was the real person in charge of Microsoft's WP project, because they heard that Apple's mobile phone was equipped with a new mobile phone system, so they decided to watch this press conference.

It is possible to despise the enemy, but it is absolutely impossible to ignore the enemy.

"yes, he's the one I saved."

Donnas suddenly laughed when he thought of this, although he thought that Wen Ming's decision to sell ins and invest in the mobile phone industry was idiotic, but he also had to admit that the person he rescued from the sea was really a genius.

In the auditorium of Harvard University, Wen Ming stood on the podium and talked eloquently.

"In fact, our Apple slogan is: Born to change the world! Of course, this sentence was actually an empty phrase I used to trick my friends into helping me build the company. ”

There was a burst of chuckles at the scene, and the stories of Wen Ming and his roommates, most of whom were familiar to the students at several nearby universities.

"No one can change the world, not even the president of the United States."

Wen Ming smiled, looked at the 3,000 audience and said, "But there is a lot more we can change than this world." ”

On the projection screen in the background of the stage, the entry screen of Plants vs. Zombies appears.

"For example, developing a game can change the attitude of many good students to study hard, so that they will waste their studies because of the game."

The laughter sounded again, the game Plants vs. Zombies can now be said to have swept the world, and among the students present, there are also many people who have delayed their exams because they have to clear this game.

On the background screen, the login interface of ins appeared again, and soon it turned into tens of thousands of photos, with the world map as the background, constantly flashing and flowing.

"For example, we have developed a social software that will change the behavior of many people, so that the prayer before a meal becomes a few photos to share with others."

Facebook's push has reached more than 500 million users, and the reason why it was not promoted to all users is that the event was published in English, and only users who use the English interface client will be able to receive the push.

And of those users, more than 30 million clicked on it because of that exaggerated title.

When they saw Wen Ming, they were still very unfamiliar, and they were not very familiar with Apple, but when Plants vs. Zombies appeared, when ins appeared, they sighed, and then said: It turns out that this is all developed by Apple.

Just like some singers, singers are not popular, even if Apple's Plants vs. Zombies, ins, and talking Tom have taken the world by storm, not many people can remember the names of the companies that developed these programs.

"My good friend James asked me a question: Why are all these programs you develop wasting people's time?"

Wen Ming spread his hands to the audience and said, "Do you think I'm wasting your time?" ”

There were many responses at the scene, and after listening to it for a while, Wen Ming said with a smile: "It seems that it is indeed a waste of many people's time." So, can you tell me how happy you are using these programs? ”

This time, the response is relatively overall, because the software released by Apple is entertainment software, and since it can be popular, it naturally brings a good mood to users.

And the online audience who watched the live broadcast of this press conference also nodded in unison, and the prelude to Wen Ming had already attracted them.

"Since everybody is happy, we should keep going."

Wen Ming put away his smile and said, "But in the process of going down, we found a problem. ”

The promotional animation of Candy Crush Saga appeared on the background projection, and after the development of this game, it was not officially released, because Wen Ming needed to use it to increase iPhone sales.

"This is a match-solving game that we developed, and the rules are very simple, not much different from match-solving games."

Wen Ming introduced: "However, we have designed more elements for it to make it more playable. ”

"So, here's the problem."

Wen Ming said: "I found that the vast majority of mobile phone products on the market cannot run this game well. ”

Some of the parameters of the game "Candy Crush Saga" appeared on the screen, which were a little unfamiliar to many people, but the vast majority of people on the scene could understand that they were either IT practitioners or students from prestigious schools.

"It's been many years since smartphones appeared, but the time when it really became popular is these two years."

Wen Ming said: "But the smartphones on the market are not born for games, which makes me, a developer who focuses on wasting everyone's time, feel very lost. ”

In fact, Wen Ming's original line was that the smartphones on the market could not keep up with the development of mobile games, and they were denied by Sith and Peter at the same time. When you haven't really succeeded, offending other phone manufacturers, and all of them, is no longer self-confidence but idiocy.

Wen Ming's joke made him reap a good-natured laugh, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "So, I thought, why can't I make a phone so that it's a game developed with me?" ”

This sentence made many people lose interest instantly, because it sounded like Wenming had developed a game console that could make phone calls.

Just when many viewers on the Internet were about to turn off the live broadcast, Wen Ming said with an innocent face: "I didn't expect that after the mobile phone I developed was manufactured, everyone who saw it said to me: You reinvented the mobile phone!" ”

"At first, I would blush because I was shy, but when I started trying the phone, I found ......"

"They're right!"