Back to the prime of life

Chapter 109 iPhone
Lu Changge has not yet told his roommates that he is planning to build a high-end swimming pool.

There's no need to. Let's wait until it's done. They can't offer any constructive suggestions.

The five of them didn't realize it either, because Lu Changge was the kind of person who usually went swimming, and he had asked them to do all kinds of things, except for playing piao.

In addition to Hui Chuankun, Tang Huaicheng and Qin Jun also cannot swim.

Li Ming was different. He could tread water, do the doggie paddle, do the breaststroke, and even the sidestroke—all of which came from being a good swimmer. But he couldn't do the butterfly stroke, a more advanced stroke. Born in a large village pond, Li Ming was a basketball player, so he couldn't do the butterfly stroke.

Cheng Yongyi's family is well-off. He graduated from a training course and is proficient in breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly stroke.

Lu Changge is similar to Cheng Yongyi, he learned it later.

Hui Chuankun and the others were extremely envious of the three people moving back and forth in the pool, each one more comfortable than the other. Especially that bastard Li Ming, he was the only one who could tread water, and he was so comfortable in the pool that he even swayed right in front of the three of them.

Qin Jun performed a breath-holding whirlwind freestyle, which was very noisy and impressive, but he had to stand up to breathe after a few strokes.

Li Ming mocked him, "What kind of landlubber is this? Can't you just breathe while you stretch your hand sideways?"

"Get lost, stop talking nonsense here. I just haven't had much contact with it. I'll be fine after a little adaptation."

Lu Changge was not as mean as Li Ming. He first warmed up with a standard 200-meter freestyle. After a few rounds, Cheng Yongyi seemed to want to compete with him. After all, they were the only ones with standard movements.

Li Ming is a good swimmer, but he comes from a poor background and his movements are not standard, so he cannot swim fast. If he forces himself to swim fast, his energy will be depleted quickly.

The only one who can compete with Cheng Yongyi is Lu Changge.

So Cheng Yongyi asked them to help keep time.

Qin Jun said, "Old Cheng, aren't you asking for trouble?"

"That's not necessarily true. I've learned that."

Everyone spread their hands and told others that they could tell by their physiques that Lu Changge exercises regularly, while Cheng Yongyi is so thin that his ribs are clearly visible. What else could they compare to?

After the movements became standard, he could swim long distances without feeling tired, but that was a slow swim. If you really compare his speed, Cheng Yongyi would start to pant after swimming three or four laps.

Lu Changge started to swim gracefully on his back, "Want to try the butterfly stroke?"

"Forget it, forget it. Butterfly stroke is more tiring." Cheng Yongyi walked to the side from halfway instead of swimming to the side. It was obvious that he had no strength left and was gasping for breath.

"So what's the point of standard? With your mediocre skills, I can easily beat you." Li Ming said with a smile.

As for Lu Changge, he also came over to rest after swimming continuously at a high intensity.

"Li Ming, do me a favor."

"What?"

"Put your tongue in your mouth and ask those lifeguards on the shore how much they make a month."

Li Ming's face was filled with question marks. "No, why would a big boss like you care about how much money others are fighting for? Do you want to experience the suffering of the world? Do you know how hard it is to make money?"

Qin Jun had just wanted to mess with him, and now he directly picked up the water and splashed it on him, "You just go when I tell you to. You chew all day long."

Li Ming was not annoyed and said, "Look at this guy, he's jealous of me, haha, his face has turned green."

Lu Changge ignored this guy. He glanced at Hui Chuankun, then he also left the pool and went to look at the course promotion poster on the wall.

I've told him this before.

Then he said to Qin Jun: "Old Qin, if you are really jealous of him, why don't you learn from him and sign up for a class."

"Forget it, I don't have any money. This place looks pretty upscale, and a class here would cost me a fortune."

"I didn't ask you to study here. Find a cheaper swimming pool."

"No, I'll just figure it out on my own."

Lu Changge rubbed his nose and thought of a plan. "Only when you learn it can you laugh at Li Ming Tu Ba Lu, unless you want to be mocked by him every time."

Qin Jun got angry when he heard this, "Damn, if you say that, then I have to learn it. Once I learn it, I'll beat him to death!"

Very good, very good, everyone worked hard. Lu Changge put on his goggles and said, "I'll continue swimming."

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A few days later, there was news from Wang Hongcheng.

He found someone who had run a heated swimming pool, but that guy failed. Wang Hongcheng asked if this would work.
Lu Changge said that this was great. Success is difficult to replicate, but it is useful to listen to the lessons of failure.

This is the first favor.

He also helped very well with the second favor.

Wang Hongcheng got the first generation of iPhone for Lu Changge through his own means.

On January 1 this year, Steve Jobs released the first generation of Apple mobile phone in the United States, and on June 6, the iPhone was officially launched in the United States.

The first generation iPhone had a screen of only 3.5 inches, a maximum storage capacity of 16GB, only 128MB of running memory, and no third-party applications.

But it has a unique touch screen design and also supports Internet access through a browser.

Wang Hongcheng didn't quite understand this. He said, "This phone looks beautiful, but it can't be used in China. I asked, and it currently only supports US carriers. You can only use it as a large iPod."

"Then just treat it like an iPod."

Lu Changge does not have that kind of Apple worship, nor is he an Apple fan, but the objective fact is that the swipe that Steve Jobs used to unlock the phone screen at the press conference ushered in another era.

Even the first generation iPhone did not have an App Store or an application market, and could not download third-party applications.

Moreover, because it does not cooperate with domestic operators, it cannot make calls or connect to the Internet in the country, so the Internet access function is naturally not available in the country.

But Lu Changge still bought it, partly because he had money, and partly because he wanted to buy it and try it out to see what it looked like.

After getting this, he went back to school to find Yu Na.

If I remember correctly, although this phone does not have an app store, Apple released the SDK, or application development kit, in the first half of 2008. Its main purpose is to allow developers around the world to develop third-party apps for the iPhone. The fundamental purpose is to enrich the iPhone ecosystem.

The reverse explanation is, if a smartphone does not have hundreds of apps such as WeChat, Taobao, Alipay, Tik Tok, etc., would you use it?

In a word, the more apps available for download and the more functions a mobile phone can perform, the more competitive it will naturally be.

Therefore, Apple is very efficient. It released the SDK in the first half of the year and officially launched the App Store in July, thus ushering in a magnificent mobile Internet era.

Lu Changge's reason for visiting Yu Na was simple. He showed her the phone he had bought and asked her a question, "If I want to develop an application for the iOS system, what should I learn?"

When Yu Na saw the phone, her eyes widened. "Oh my god, how did you get it? I don't think it's available in China."

"you know too?"

"I know. I watched the video of that press conference online!"

Lu Changge said, "Then this matter is simple, no need for a complicated explanation. Can you answer my question just now?"

"Why would you develop an app for it? You can't even download apps on this phone."

"He will open up, otherwise this phone is meaningless."

"Okay. Apple's operating system is indeed unique. If you want to develop apps for it, the first thing you need to do is learn Objective-C. This programming language is quite complex. You're learning C now, right? You only have a superficial understanding of it, right? Once you master C function calls, you'll find that Objective-C function calls are different and even more awkward."

Lu Changge pursed his lips and said, "I want to learn. I can't say I want to become a programming master, but I have to at least understand it."

In fact, we also need to learn about Android, but the first Android-based mobile phone has not yet appeared. It is a bit too prescient to target Android now.

"why?"

"Because I think this phone will be popular, I want to develop some applications that are compatible with it."

(End of this chapter)