"Yongluo, don't you have a classmate at Berkeley?" On an ordinary day in October, Cao Yongluo has been on exchange for a month at the Santa Barbara campus.

He made an appointment with Zhou Xin by email, but Zhou Xin was too busy and said that he would invite Cao Yongluo to dinner when he was free.

Cao Yongluo's roommate in Santa Barbara is also a Chinese student, and Zhao Guangzeng, who also came from Yenching.

"Yes, my former roommate was also in Berkeley."

"Then does he know Zhou Xin?"

"Zhou Xin? My roommate's name is Zhou Xin. ”

"Which is new?"

"Although Zhou is the old state and his life is renewed, his name is composed of the first and last words of this sentence."

"Damn, look at this."

Cao Yongluo leaned over to look at the other party's monitor, which was a page from Sina.com, and the title read:

"Chinese students started a business in the United States, and the sales volume exceeded 10 million US dollars in 50 days!"

Above is the "Angry Birds" program icon, and on the other side is a photo of Zhou Xin.

Cao Yongluo pinched himself: "Dig a groove!" ”

After finishing speaking, he squeezed Zhao Guangzeng away, and then sat in front of the other party's computer and watched it carefully.

It says that the game sold 500,000 copies, sold 10 million dollars, had dinner with Bill Gates, and then sold the system to Microsoft.

It made Cao Yongluo feel like watching myths and stories.

There are no online articles yet.

Otherwise, he will think that this is a typical brainless online article, which is too unscientific.

Everyone is out to study abroad, why are you so good?

However, jealousy only appeared in Cao Yongluo's brain for a short time, and it was more ecstasy, and he had thighs to hug.

Tens of millions of dollars, even in 2020, Ameriken is considered a rich man, let alone 1998.

Cao Yongluo boasts that he has a good relationship with Zhou Xin, but Los Angeles is a little far from San Francisco, about 400 kilometers.

Zhao Guangzeng saw that he reacted so excitedly, and asked, "Is it really your roommate?" ”

"It's really me, we're in a dorm, he's going to Berkeley, I'm coming to Santa Barbara."

"Dig grooves, was he so good when he was in college?"

"Definitely, Yanda Microelectronics is the first in all professional courses, and then I can transfer to Berkeley as an undergraduate, so it's no wonder if it's not great."

"Brother Cao, didn't you always say that you have a friend in San Francisco and want to eat with him? Isn't that the one? ”

"Yes."

"When the time comes, can he bring my little brother with him when he invites you to dinner? I also want to pay a visit to the big guys. ”

"The other party invited me to dinner, I don't know if I can take you with me."

"It's okay, I'm in for a treat, you can help me ask, as long as the other party agrees."

Zhao Guangzeng is also a native of Yanjing, and he is also not short of money from Shuimu to Santa Barbara in exchange.

In this era, Yan Jingye, who can go abroad for exchanges, basically has no shortage of money.

Cao Yongluo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask when he calls me."

I still don't understand how Sina knows so much?

Based on my understanding of Zhou Xin, the other party should not announce what his revenue is. ”

Zhao Guangzeng opened the homepage of Riot Games, then pointed to a number on the homepage and said, "This is the number of games they make."

Now that number is 572839, and the price of a game is $19.99, so just do a multiplication to see how much they are making money.

And I heard from my friends in China that Zhou Xin seems to have been interviewed by CCTV.

Before that, he was a well-known figure in the study abroad circle, and he transferred directly from Yan University to Berkeley.

Now it's more famous, and almost everyone talks about this person.

Do you know what kind of people are most lacking in the country right now, aren't they people who can earn dollars?

Ten million dollars were made in two months, and that number continues to soar.

Everyone can see the official website of Riot Games, so it's no wonder that it's not reported. ”

The news leaked out from Wu Shiqiang, and it can't be completely leaked by him.

After all, all of Riot's liquidity was in the San Francisco branch of Huaguo Bank, and their deposits increased by eight million in just two months.

It's no wonder it's not noticed.

First, the person in charge of the San Francisco branch knew, and then it was transmitted back to China, and the spread reached the ears of the media.

Later, when Zhou Xin went to the San Francisco branch to handle business, Wu Shiqiang asked to interview him.

Zhou Xin has never minded making himself more famous in China.

He said yes very simply.

So after the news was broadcast, it quickly became popular all over the country.

Prestigious schools, getting rich, the Internet, going abroad, dollars, etc., have collected the current popular elements.

The craze of "Yanjing People in New York" has not yet passed.

"Actually, the most valuable thing is not the game itself, but the way the game is released.

Bank transfer, and then you can download their game, bypassing the middleman directly. Zhao Guangzeng added.

Obviously, he has a deep understanding of Zhou Xin and what the other party did.

"Don't need to sell CDs or cassettes to anyone?" Cao Yongluo is no stranger to video games, from red and white machines to Sega's handheld consoles, he has played them all.

But he hadn't heard of this way of selling games.

"Yes, you transfer money to them, and then you will receive an SMS verification code, and then enter the SMS verification code here, and you can download the game."

Zhao Guangzeng gave a demonstration to Cao Yongluo according to the homepage of Riot Games.

Then he said: "Including Bill Gates to eat with him, this is what Bill Gates personally admitted."

Bill Gates praised the way Angry Birds was released, saying it was the most innovative internet invention of the year.

Even Microsoft bought the system.

As for how much money was paid for this system, I don't know. ”

"In that case, wouldn't it be possible to give the downloaded game to someone else for free?"

"Yes, that's the only drawback, and if it weren't for that, the sales would be much more than half a million.

But even if it's a cassette or a CD, isn't there a risk of piracy?

Haven't you seen pirated cassettes of all kinds of games in China? ”

Cao Yongluo was embarrassed to touch his head: "It's not that the genuine version is too expensive!"

A genuine cassette costs a few hundred, and there's only one game.

And a pirated cartridge can have several games, at least four games.

The price is only one-tenth of the price of the genuine cassette.

No matter how rich you are, you can't afford to buy a genuine cassette.

I couldn't afford to buy a genuine cassette with a month's pocket money.

However, in order to support my old classmates, I can still support the genuine game for $19.99. ”

"The most interesting thing about Riot is their e-community.

Registration can only be completed through a mobile phone number and SMS verification code package.

Successful registration unlocks an additional easter egg for the next 10 levels. ”

After Zhao Guangzeng finished speaking, he jumped from the official website of Riot Games to another page.

Riot Games E-community。