No. 046 British Edition

Looking at the rising curve of various data of the torrent download artifact, Wei Dongsheng was in an excellent mood.

Wei Dongsheng registered the vest number at will, logged in to Lei Jiafei's shirtless technical forum, and simply flipped through a few hot posts.

Different netizens have different focuses, and in addition to the technical tirades of the bitstream protocol, there are many popular and interesting discussions.

Take this discussion, for example.

A domestic user posted a question: "The bitstream protocol published by the open source of the torrent download artifact says that the idea comes from the BitTorrent software made by Bram_Cohen. I looked it up and couldn't find any relevant information at all. Do any overseas students know about Bram_Cohen and BitTorrent software? What does the original BitTorrent look like and what features does it have? Who's more efficient compared to torrenting? ”

From the second floor to the fifth floor, you can ask for relevant information or help call familiar overseas friends.

The netizen on the sixth floor is an international student, and he replied in doubt: "What country is Bram_Cohen in?" I didn't retrieve BitTorrent. ”

The seventh to seventeenth floors were confused, and it wasn't until the eighteenth floor that someone revealed: "If you want to know about BitTorrent, ask me." ”

Netizens on the eighteenth floor chatted with the altar friends for a few minutes, and posted relevant information for a long time: "BitTorrent is a free software that was only released in October 2002. Even in the United States, BitTorrent has a very limited circulation, spreading only in small circles. I have some friends who follow Japanese anime, they have a hard time finding genuine resources, and they accidentally found that this software can download videos and audios online, and they immediately became loyal users of BitTorrent. However, BitTorrent isn't as powerful as you might think, and you don't have to expect the original. Compared to torrenting artifacts, BitTorrent is rough like a primitive man's bone knife. My friends in the anime circle,After trying the torrent download artifact,,I've all ruthlessly uninstalled BitTorrent.,Five-body worship that the torrent download artifact is really an artifact.。 ”

Netizens on the eighteenth floor released the BitTorrent software and its source code again, and this hot post has been turned into a technical comparison and analysis post of BitTorrent and torrent download artifact.

This discussion has spawned a new hot discussion: "The torrent download artifact is produced by Yanjing Spring and Autumn Software Co., Ltd., and when Spring and Autumn Software Company declared the copyright, it said that the reason why the Bitstream protocol was thoroughly announced was because the idea of the Bitstream protocol originated from Bram_Cohen. Spring and Autumn Software said that it did not have Bram_Cohen contact information and could not obtain authorization in advance, so it could only publicly apologize for the act of taking it without telling it, and then invite Bram_Cohen to improve the bitstream protocol together. As far as I know, Bram_Cohen has been semi-unemployed in order to develop the BitTorrent software, and his life is very poor. Who in the jar is familiar with Spring and Autumn Software Company, and are they really willing to hire Bram_Cohen? ”

Most of the replies to this post are not nutritious.

Flipping to the latest reply, Wei Dongsheng found that this reply actually came from Lei Jiafei's vest. Lei Jiafei provided his contact information to the landlord with the vest number: "I just tried to join Spring and Autumn Software, I have the landline phone of Lei Jiafei, the person in charge of Spring and Autumn Software Torrent Download, and I will chat with you in private later, you can call and ask if you have time." ”

At the same time, the phone on Wei Dongsheng's waist rang, and it was Lei Jiafei's phone: "Mr. Wei, I have analyzed Bram_Cohen's technical level, and in our company, he is definitely the second strongest after you." Let's recruit Bram_Cohen in our company. ”

Bram_Cohen is the true founder of the BitTorrent protocol.

Wei Dongsheng's plagiarism of future mature technology is based on the rational consideration of capitalists in pursuit of profits. Personally, if conditions permit, Wei Dongsheng respects Bram_Cohen's copyright, and even more respects his intellectual labor in creating the BitTorrent era. If Bram_Cohen is really in distress, if Bram_Cohen is really willing to join Spring and Autumn Software, Wei Dongsheng will of course readily agree to accept him.

Wei Dongsheng immediately promised Lei Jiafei: "If he is willing to come, we will definitely want it." ”

Lei Jiafei euphemistically expressed difficulties: "The salary of programmers in the United States is relatively high. ”

Wei Dongsheng didn't know the market in 2002 and asked, "How high?" ”

Lei Jiafei: "I have conducted a simple survey on the Internet in the past few days, and the average salary of programmers in Northern California is $113K per year, and the average salary of programmers in Southern California is $94K per year, and if we want to hire Bram_Cohen, we have to offer him at least $100K an annual salary." ”

K means thousand.

The number of K to represent wages is a derivative of the comma every three digits in the English environment. The first comma is K, which means thousand; The second comma is M, which means million. 100K US dollars, which is 100,000 US dollars, is converted to 827,000 yuan at the current exchange rate.

The average annual salary of programmers in Huaguo, even if it is limited to Yanjing, has only climbed to 150,000 yuan in 2016. Even if it is a relatively popular project, the annual salary of skilled core members is usually only 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, which is not as good as the market in the United States in 2002.

This is also a side embodiment of Huaguo's human resource cost advantage.

At this moment, the highest salary of a programmer in Spring and Autumn Software is only 20,000 yuan per month. If you rush to Bram_Cohen, you will definitely break the salary structure in an instant, and it is very easy to attract the imbalance of employees, and even scold Wei Dongsheng for worshipping foreign countries and exploiting domestic programmers, and only willing to give foreign programmers high salaries.

These concerns did not linger too much in Wei Dongsheng's mind.

Bram_Cohen As the father of BT, it should be measured by the standards of the industry's technical experts. The technical bull is a company's Dinghaishen needle, how good the enterprise is, how high the gold content of the technical bull, the annual salary of the technical bull and the annual salary of ordinary programmers are never on the same level.

Moreover, Wei Dongsheng embezzled Bram_Cohen created the intangible capital of the seed era, and he felt guilty. It seems that the legendary plug-in and the legendary private server infringe on the rights and interests of Shanda Network, first of all, because of the environment of the times, and secondly, the Chen Tianqiao brothers will never sink because of this, should they be rich or rich. Therefore, Wei Dongsheng has a sense of guilt about Shanda Network, but it is not strong. And Bram_Cohen if life is poor and without the honor of BitTorrent, it may be difficult to turn over in the future, Wei Dongsheng feels a strong sense of guilt about him in his heart, and wants to do his best to help him.

Mo said that the annual salary of 800,000 yuan is 3 million yuan per year, and Bram is also worth hiring.

Wei Dongsheng considered the pros and cons, and quickly replied to Nuo Lei Jiafei: "If he is willing to come, don't say 100K, it is 150K, and I will give it too." ”

Lei Jiafei: "I understand. ”

After getting Wei Dongsheng's authority, Lei Jiafei immediately communicated with the other party on the phone to coordinate the recruitment of Bram_Cohen.

Wei Dongsheng continued to search the forum, and found that the forum users who released the BitTorrent software set off a new topic: "I spread the gospel of the torrent download artifact to the US imperialists, and now a group of classmates say that they can't understand the Chinese interface, and they are clamoring to translate the Chinese interface into the English interface." I only knew that there was a Sinicization group, which turned English and Japanese into Chinese interfaces; Now that I have witnessed the rise of the Anglochemical group, a group of purebred Yankees want to translate Chinese into English interface, which simply subverts my three views. Oh my God, oh my God, what should I do? Do you infringe on the copyright of Spring and Autumn Software without conscience, or do you correct their outlook on life and teach them to learn broad and profound Chinese? ”

This post is full of topicality, and the followers giggle and express their opinions:

"I have to teach them Chinese."

"Necessary, Chinese."

"Copyright protection starts with you."

"Teaching Chinese, teaching pinyin, starting from a, o, e, i, u, ü."

"I think 'Nunchuck' is good."

"Listen to a nunchuck, ask: What is the grammar of hum ha-h-ha-h?"

"When I heard grammar, I had to stand up and say a couple of words. When I think about it, the Yankees don't understand the present perfect tense and the past perfect tense, and the English test paper is stunned to take the test. When I first came to Massachusetts, I encountered a Yankee who couldn't tell the difference between the present perfect tense and the past perfect tense, so I subconsciously wanted to come forward and testify. Hey, don't mention how embarrassing. In the future, we will also test grammar and kill them. ”

"Wait for us to complete the Chinese test paper, test the difference between the big seal and the small seal, and test the difference between Cantonese and Hokkien."

A few serious discussants opened a new post to suggest: "Unlike NetAnts, torrenting artifacts are universally applicable to all countries, and there is every reason to rush out of Asia and go to the world." Friends who are ready to apply for Spring and Autumn Software Company just now, go and make suggestions to Spring and Autumn Software Company, and release the English version as soon as possible. Before the advent of plagiarism software, quickly seize the international market. ”

As this user said, the technical content of the torrent download artifact can not only crush domestic counterparts, but also continue to crush international counterparts.

However, Wei Dongsheng had no intention of leading Spring and Autumn Software to open up the international market.

There are two main reasons for this.

First, it is extremely difficult for download tools to make a profit from the download business. The core user experience of a download tool is download speed, and maintaining a high download speed comes at the cost of squeezing the network environment. The public's ideal download software may be summarized into four "simple interfaces, no messy ads, smooth operation, and fast download speeds". Unfortunately, these core experiences are the perfect way to stop download software companies from making a profit. If the download software company wants to make a profit, it can only provoke the user's psychological bottom line again and again, making the user more and more disgusted with it.

Article 2: Copyright issues in European and American countries. For example, Napster's Musicshare software was sued by the Recording Industry Association of America in December 1999, forcing Napster to shut down the distribution of all songs in July 2001. And so on, there are countless similar copyright cases.

The promotion of torrent download artifacts to Europe and the United States will not only make it difficult to rely on the download function to make a profit, but will instantly usher in a continuous stream of lawsuits from stakeholders.

This is undoubtedly a loss-making business.

Wei Dongsheng was idle and had a pain, so he went to the international market.

However, although Wei Dongsheng is unwilling to spend energy to occupy the international market, he will not give up the market to other competitors. Therefore, Wei Dongsheng vetoed the proposal of Spring and Autumn Software Company to produce an English version of the torrent download artifact, but anonymously produced the English version of the torrent download artifact, and at this time it had been covertly uploaded to a forum in the United Kingdom.

Sensing that European and American countries have generated market demand, Wei Dongsheng immediately offered the English version of the torrent download artifact and replied to these netizens: "The landlord is now late in spreading Chinese, and the English version of the torrent download artifact has appeared." Lo and behold, here's a link to a forum in the UK. ”

After verifying that the link was correct, the forum immediately set off a new round of uproar, and it was shocking that the torrent download artifact had appeared so quickly.