Reborn in 98, its rise began with ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 224 MM
Hearing that using this software, you can chat with strangers from all over the world, Wu Qiuya couldn't help being surprised: "Isn't that the same as using a computer to send text messages?"

But Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but think of the sky-high Internet bills she had at her uncle Zhu Hanwen's house, and asked with lingering fear, "Will the charges be expensive?"

Lu Yiming tapped on the keyboard lightly, and smiled softly: "I told you, I don't like money, and I don't do this for making money. I just want to make friends with users. So, this software will be free forever."

"free?"

"And it's still free forever?"

Including Li Zhengkai, everyone was shocked.

Lin Yuzhen stared at Lu Yiming in disbelief and looked left and right: "You profiteering profiteer, are you ever so generous?"

"Hey, hey, what is a profiteer? Since when did I only seek profit? Familiar with me, if you talk like this, I can also sue you for defamation."

"Hmph, what slander, dare you say that you are not blind to money!"

Seeing that the two started chatting and laughing again, Wu Qiuya became impatient, and came over to act as a light bulb again: "Student Lu Yiming, you are really good. It is amazing that one person can make a piece of software independently."

It was close to returning to the trap, but Wu Qiuya's surprise was not feigned.

Even in the 21st century, programming technology is definitely a high-level skill that can be shown off for high school students, not to mention the late 90s when the "village network" has not yet been realized.

Lu Yiming scratched his head, but he didn't think there was anything to brag about: "Well, I like playing computer games more, so it's reasonable to be able to program, right?"

Wu Qiuya was puzzled after hearing this: "Is it reasonable? But Li Zhengkai also likes to play computer games, why can't he program?"

Li Zhengkai hadn't found a suitable topic for a long time. Hearing Wu Qiuya mention his name now, he thought he could make an appearance again, but in the end, he heard Wu Qiuya revealing his old background of his liking for playing computer games, and his face turned black up.

If you like to play computer games, you need to be able to program?What kind of stupid logic is this!
Seeing that this topic seemed to be out of the question again, Li Zhengkai was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

However, no one cared about his feelings, and everyone's attention was focused on the software that Lu Yiming demonstrated.

What Lu Yiming made was naturally a famous software in later generations.

At this moment, in a distant country of Israel, there is a software with the same function, which has been running for two years.

On November 1996, 11, three Israelis, Weisger, Wadi and Goldfinger, got together and jointly developed a software that enables people to communicate quickly and directly on the Internet.

They named the new software ICQ, which means "ISEEKYOU (I'm looking for you)", which can be called the originator of IT social networking.

Wu Qiuya stared at the computer screen for a long time without knowing what to do, so she asked, "Lu Yiming, how do I use this software?"

Lu Yiming pointed to the cute cat head icon on the computer screen, and gave a demonstration to everyone: "Open this software, and the login form will pop up. When you open it for the first time, there is a registration button here. Click register first, fill in the registration information, and then the system will A five-digit number is automatically assigned to you, which is your account number, and then fill in the account number in the upper box, and the password you set in the lower box, and you can log in."

Lin Yuzhen also poked her head over: "Why should the system assign an account to me? Can't I fill it in myself?"

Lu Yiming simply shook his head, "No."

Lin Yuzhen was not convinced anymore, and asked, "Why?"

Lu Yiming sniffed and said with a smile, "I am willing."

Just kidding, Brother Xiao Ma earns money every year by selling accounts. This is a gold mine, can you fill it out yourself?

Let me know about the pretty number?
Do you know about the super handsome number?
Afterwards, Lu Yiming instructed the two of them and said: "I suggest that you register one quickly. You are still registering a five-digit account number now, and it may be five, six, seven, eighty, or ninety in the future. When someone sees it, hey, you have a five-digit account number." , it turned out to be a veteran, wouldn't it be nice to be disrespectful and disrespectful?"

Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes, and obviously didn't take this seriously: "Do you want millions of people to use this piece of shit? Seventy, eighty, ninety digits? Just dream, you have too many computers. Expensive, where can you find so many rich people who can afford computers."

But Wu Qiuya said encouragingly: "The avatar of this software is so cute. It will definitely be popular. We must have confidence in Lu Yiming."

Lu Jiajia was concerned about another question: "Lu Yiming, what will happen after the successful landing? What does it look like?"

"I'll demonstrate it to you, and you'll understand after reading it."

Now the computer still has dial-up Internet access, and there is no such thing as a wireless network card, so now Lu Yiming has no way to log in to the software, so he can only find some pictures of the functional areas that he made when designing the software for everyone to see.

This software designed by Lu Yiming is called minute-mail in English, which means instant mail, abbreviated as MM, and its Chinese name is Meow Meow Chat. It can make a variety of cool appearances, such as the version of QQ9.5, various special effects of frosted glass, gradient perspective effects, etc. The key is that the current computer configuration cannot handle it.

Although Xiao Ma copied everything, but he was able to succeed, it is undeniable that he still has certain advantages.

This advantage is simple and easy to use.

QQ first built its products by relying on the service of treating customers as gods, so it was able to outperform the blue and beat the old ICQ in seconds.

This point is still worth learning and learning from.

As the owner of Crown QQ, Lu Yiming started playing QQ in 2000. After more than 20 years of playing, he has experienced various iterations of versions, and he knows the advantages and disadvantages of each version.

So now it can be said that it is easy to copy. It not only improves the rigidity of the original version of QQ's simple black, white and gray color matching, but also cuts off some redundant parts that were produced during the exploration of QQ back then.

The software developed by Lu Yiming is not only rich in functions, but also simple and beautiful.

This is the best design, which saves a lot of failed attempts and directly iterates to the version that is most popular with users. The remaining problem is to solve the problem of stable operation of the system.

In the initial stage, the technical difficulty of this kind of chat software was not too great, at least Lu Yiming could develop it by himself.

Of course, as the number of users increases, the technical difficulty will also increase geometrically. At that time, a technical team must be recruited to keep an eye on it.But that's for the future, at least not yet.

In the following time, like an enthusiastic product manager, Lu Yiming patiently introduced the various functional designs of MM to everyone.

"Here is your avatar frame. You can use dozens of avatars that come with the software, and it also supports custom pictures."

"Beside the avatar frame is your user nickname. You can choose this one however you like, and it can show your personality and preferences."

"Under the user's nickname, there is a personalized signature, which can be your motto, or your mood at the time, etc."

"Here is your account level. The longer you log in, the higher your level. The first level is one star, the second level is two stars, and the third level is three stars. After three stars, it will become a moon, which means Level 64. Level 250 is a moon and a star, and so on. Level becomes the sun. Level becomes a crown. At present, the highest level I set is level , which is four crowns. The only four are the same The level of icon arrangement can be regarded as a symbol."

"The white part with the largest area in the middle is your friend list. This is also the core function of this software. You must become friends with another MM user to chat anytime and anywhere. I added Li Quanwang's here MM number."

"Different friends can also be grouped, such as classmates, relatives, lovers..."

"It's not just one person chatting with another person, you can also create a MM group here, and pull people in the same circle into the group to chat together. For example, our class can form a class group, and invite everyone with MM number Come in, let's chat together in real time. Similarly, the few people we participated in this exchange event can also form a group, and so on."

"The bottom is the common function area. The add friend button, create group chat button, and create group button just mentioned are all here. Subsequent functions will also appear here."

The current function of the software is very simple. After all, it is a tool for everyone to communicate. Lu Yiming didn't really want to make a lot of money with this software, so Lu Yiming didn't do any things like drilling various members and shows.

After listening to Lu Yiming's introduction, Lin Yuzhen became more and more looking forward to it: "These designs are amazing just by listening to them. In the future, as long as you log in to your MM account, you can communicate with other people through the Internet anytime, anywhere?"

Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Well, as long as the other party is online and willing to talk to you, that's it."

As a young man, Lin Yuzhen still has a strong ability to accept new things, and immediately raised her hand and shouted: "I want to register an account!"

"I also want!"

"I want too."

Several girls shouted one after another, unwilling to be left behind.

Lu Yiming had no choice but to comfort them with a smile: "Well, after arriving in Xiangjiang, I will find a place to connect to the Internet, and then I will teach you how to register. After registration, we can add friends to each other, and we can communicate through this software."

Li Zhengkai, who was sitting in the corner, saw all the girls chattering around Lu Yiming with his own eyes, and heard that Lu Yiming had developed such an amazing software, he was also very moved.After the battle between heaven and man, he couldn't help but said, "I also want to register an account."

He thought, adding Wu Qiuya's MM number at that time, wouldn't it be possible to chat with Wu Qiuya at home?Just thinking about it makes me a little excited!

Lu Yiming agreed wholeheartedly: "Well, I will help you register when you arrive in Xiangjiang."

Although Li Zhengkai always finds fault with himself and likes to argue with him, but Lu Yiming is a man in his 40s and s, so naturally he would not be angry with a young man of sixteen or seventeen like him.

Not to mention that after a period of testing, MM will be officially released and started to be promoted to the outside world. Lu Yiming is more than happy to find a few people to help him test for free and find bugs.

The car drove into Causeway Bay, startled a few water birds passing by the lake, and stopped beside Victoria Park.

Zhu Hanwen clapped his hands and greeted everyone: "We've arrived at our destination, everyone pay attention to order, don't run around after getting off the car, especially you, Lu Yiming."

After being called by Zhu Hanwen, Lu Yiming lazily stood up and replied feebly: "Yes, I understand."

The other students got out of the car and looked at the people coming and going, and the tall buildings in the distance, and suddenly there was a strange look in their eyes.

"This is Xiangjiang."

"It's so prosperous."

"There are so many people."

"It seems that even the air is sweet."

"It would be great to live in a place like this."

There are many tourists chatting and strolling around, even foreigners. The breath of an international metropolis is blowing in your face, full of novelty everywhere, and the pictures are vivid and powerful, much more powerful than reading newspapers or hearsay.

Because of the cumbersome customs clearance procedures, although Zhu Hanwen is close at hand, Zhu Hanwen himself has not been here a few times.He pointed to the distance and said to everyone: "Students, look here and here, follow me."

Everyone looked in the direction of Zhu Hanwen's finger, and saw an old building full of Victorian style from a distance, full of a heavy sense of history.

Lin Yuzhen curled her lips, and said in a puzzled tone with surprise: "This is Huangren College? It doesn't look very good, it looks so shabby."

Huangren College was first established in 1862. Not only did the name of the school change several times, but the original school building was destroyed by the war, and it was rebuilt after the end of World War II. Naturally, it is not as good as Baiyun No. Middle School, which has not been established for ten years. "novel".

However, among schools, no one has a better living environment than anyone else.

Lu Yiming looked at the school emblem of Huangren Academy from a distance, and saw the red shield-shaped emblem with the three characters "Diligent and meritorious service" written on it.

He turned his head and smiled at Lin Yuzhen: "Don't underestimate this school. As one of the first cities to open a port, Xiangjiang is one of the first cities where Western powers gather here. Frequent commercial and cultural exchanges make it urgently needed Professional talents who are proficient in both Chinese and English, Huang Yan College came into being from this.”

Seeing that Lu Yiming told the history of Huangren Academy at his fingertips, Lu Jiajia couldn't help showing amazed eyes: "Lu Yiming, you know so much, you even know this."

Wu Qiuya seemed to be quite interested in this kind of thing, and urged him enthusiastically, "Then what happened later? What happened later?"

Li Zhengkai who was next to him almost cried when he saw Lu Yiming chatting with his sister again.

If I had known, before I came here, I should have asked my cousin to help me collect the materials of Huangren Academy, and then memorize them, so wouldn't it be me who is in the spotlight now?

This wave is really bloody!

Lu Yiming then continued to introduce: "In the teaching here, the Chinese subjects should learn the traditional Four Books and Five Classics, and the English subjects mainly learn translation, as well as Western literature and history, as well as some scientific subjects from Western powers. Considering the social environment at that time In other words, this knowledge is still very advanced for us, and it can open the eyes of Chinese people to see the world.”

Lin Yuzhen always felt that Lu Yiming's tone of voice was a bit strange, so she wondered, "What about now? Isn't it advanced now?"

(End of this chapter)