Hu Zhengming was surprised, and the surprise was that the paper written by the other party was similar to the thesis written by a doctor who had undergone a long period of academic training.

Even if Zhang Zhongbo is asked to write this paper, it will not be better than Zhou Xin's writing.

Generally, even if there are a large number of papers to refer to, some newcomers still cannot avoid the mistakes they should make.

"Very good, I can't even find fault with it, I'll put up a name and vote for IEEE's Solid State Circuits magazine."

I also published this magazine about MOSFET models before. ”

Zhou Xin nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Hu Zhengming always knew that Zhou Xin's talent was very high, but the other party's talent was so high that it was still beyond his expectations.

Exams, essay writing, scientific research ability, these points are impeccable.

The only thing that is in doubt is hands-on ability, that is, the ability to do experiments.

In the field of integrated circuits, experiments must be done.

Hu Zhengming is not in a hurry, the other party will graduate from his bachelor's degree in about four months, and after Zhou Xin comes to study for his doctorate, he will make corresponding requirements to the other party.

"Go to Microsoft to work hard, of course, we have to say it first, if Microsoft wants to keep you, even if Microsoft is willing to give you a work visa, you can't agree, you have to come to study for my doctorate."

Of course, what Hu Zhengming is most afraid of is that he will be qualified to become a regular because of his excellent performance in Microsoft as an intern.

Needless to say, Microsoft's treatment is naturally needless to say, what if Zhou Zhouxin can't resist the temptation and gives him to the pigeon?

It's not easy to recruit a Ph.D., and it's even harder to recruit a Ph.D. with such a high talent.

And with his understanding of Zhou Xin's capabilities, it is not difficult for the other party to stay at Microsoft.

This is the Hu Zhengming he is familiar with, Zhou Xin smiled: "Professor, don't worry, it won't."

The Internet is work, and integrated circuits are life. ”

Hu Zhengming couldn't understand this stalk at all, let alone understand how integrated circuits are life.

Zhou Xin further explained: "My interest in integrated circuits is far greater than my interest in the Internet. ”

This is the truth, the Internet products in 1998 have nothing that can make Zhou Xin a little fresher.

......

"I'm sure we'll make it!" Stephen waved his hand vigorously.

"I think so, too, this game is very interesting, it's special.

If my favorite game before was Fallout, it's now it. Ashish was equally excited.

At this time, it has been two months since Zhou Xin interned at Microsoft.

In the past two months, Zhou Xin met Stephen and Asish, programmers and UI designers respectively.

Both of them are typical tech nerds, and in addition to their work, they play games, and they have always wanted to be able to make a game by themselves.

So under Zhou Xin's intentional friendship, the three soon formed a three-person group that was inseparable at Microsoft.

Eventually, after a discussion, they planned to start their own business journey in their spare time.

And the idea that Zhou Xin came up with is Angry Birds.

It's too complicated for three people to do it.

Like Angry Birds, it's a good fit for this era.

It is not difficult to develop.

Silicon Valley has always had a tradition of entrepreneurship, and workshop entrepreneurship is especially popular.

It's just that I didn't know if I didn't do it myself, and I was dumbfounded as soon as I did it, and the garage in Silicon Valley was rented for about $2,000 a month.

When Google was founded in 1998, Sergei Brin and Page rented a garage in Menlo Park for $1,700.

You must know that Menlo Park is a very remote county in southern California, with a population of about 30,000.

In 1998, a garage could be rented for $1,700 a month.

Zhou Xin, Ashish and Stephen were able to rent a garage for $2,000 a month, or because of Stephen's personal connections.

They rented Stephen's father's garage.

This price is very expensive for Zhou Xin, after all, his internship salary at Microsoft is only two thousand dollars a month.

The internship salary of Microsoft Ameriken in 2015 was 3.5k US dollars per month, and according to the conversion of Ameriliken's per capita GDP, it was estimated that the Microsoft internship salary in 1998 was 2k per month.

Because Microsoft's position in 98 years has basically not changed since 2015.

(I can't find specific data for 1998, so I have to rely on estimates.) ）

And for Ashish and Stephen, it's okay for them to pay for all of the two thousand.

The rent is divided equally among the three of them, and then the family computer is moved, and Zhou Xin uses an IBM ThinkPad 560X from the second-hand market.

The ThinkPad of that era already had a small red dot.

Under Zhou Xin's plan, they spent two months, and they made the first dozen or so levels.

Zhou Xin nodded and said, "This is just the first step of RIOT!" ”

Yes, Zhou Xin used the name of the fist directly, if Blizzard hadn't been established as early as 1991, Zhou Xin would have robbed the name Blizzard.

Ameriken is much easier to register a company than to register a patent.

Riot Games, also known as Riot Games, owns 70 percent of the company, while Ashish and Stephen each have 15 percent.

The main reason why Zhou Xin can occupy the majority of the capital is that he is a game producer.

Yes, the concept of a game producer has been around for a long time, as early as 1982.

By 1998, game companies were fully aware that an excellent game producer was the key to the survival of game companies.

Ashish and Stephen, as avid video game enthusiasts, are well aware of this.

Of course, the two of them also want to be game producers, but in the usual conversation, Zhou Xin is too much ahead of them about the concept of the game.

Therefore, the two may have an opinion on the proportion of shares, but they both accepted this ratio in the end.

After the first draft of Angry Birds came out, the two had no opinion on this equity distribution.

"We now need to talk about how the game is going to be released.

I think we need a little skill!

Instead of going to the game publisher, we should let the game publisher come to us! ”

Stephen didn't seem very confident: "Newman, I know this game is excellent.

We can see this from the demo.

But after all, Riot Games is just a startup.

We don't have the capital to communicate with the channel yet.

I think we still need to take the demo and go to the game publisher. ”

Ashley nodded, "Yes, and more importantly, we need to get it right."

There are still too few levels now.

It's only 10 levels, which is not enough for a puzzle game to support a complete release game. ”

"Is it possible that we don't necessarily have to make money from the game itself?"

The free one is the most expensive, as a player who has experienced the baptism of the goose factory, Zhou Xin has a deep understanding of this sentence.

"You mean?"

"We can build our own website and put it on the official website for everyone to play for free."