Back to the prime of life

Chapter 110 Setting Goals

"What made you think of doing this?"

On campus, Yu Na and Lu Changge walked together.

"A few days ago, I rewatched that press conference. At the press conference, Steve Jobs said that the iPhone is a device that combines a mobile phone, an iPod, and an Internet communicator. How do you understand the concept of an Internet communicator? An Internet communicator."

"A device that connects to the internet?"

Lu Changge nodded, "That's the literal meaning. In other words, in the future, mobile phones can surf the Internet like computers, watch videos like computers, and use various software like computers.

So imagine if you could move desktop apps to your phone? Take QQ, for example. I know there are mobile QQ apps, but the Symbian-based QQ app is idiotic and the experience is terrible. It can't shake up the popularity of QQ on desktops. But if you had another instant messaging app and installed it on your iPhone, wouldn't that be different?

Not only are the features and user experience significantly ahead, but since mobile phones can be carried around in your pocket, this also means that instant messaging software can be truly 'instant.'"

Yu Na frowned. "If we deduce this way, there will be all kinds of software."

"Right. Actually, you don't need to delve too deeply into apps. Just looking at this phone, you'll see that with its large screen and touch controls, it's a true dimensionality reduction compared to other phones. In other words, even apps with the same functionality will feel much smoother on an iPhone."

This principle is easy to explain.

But Yu Na is not a technical expert, and she doesn’t know much about Objective-C language. She just knows about it and has never really learned it.

So she took Lu Changge to find someone, a teacher from the School of Computer Science named Chi Yongsheng, who was in his early thirties and had surprisingly thick hair.

Yu Na said he understood better.

Indeed, Mr. Chi, who had a little belly and wore thick glasses, was very kind. The first thing he said was to suggest that Lu Changge learn C language first.

Lu Changge said, "Didn't they say Objective-C is more complicated and different from C?"

"It's definitely different, but precisely because it's more complex, it's best to have some basic programming knowledge before systematically learning it. You can't start learning Objective-C without understanding basic concepts like variables, data types, and conditional statements. You'll be lost if you do that."

Lu Changge was shocked.
There's a difference between insiders and outsiders.

"I took the C language class and I did OK."

Teacher Chi stood up and took a book called "Objective-C Basics" from the bookshelf on the side. He said, "Then take a look at this one first. When you're ready, you can read some more advanced books."

Seeing that he was about to dismiss her, Yu Na said, "Teacher Chi, Lu Changge is quite stubborn, and he's really interested in this. He's not like others who mention it today and then give up after a couple of days. He's quite eager to learn."

Chi Yongsheng glanced at Lu Changge, and with a little teacher spirit, he said: "Learning is of course a good thing. No problem, classmate Lu, come to me anytime if you have anything."

"Thank you. Teacher Chi, can I have your phone number?"

"Okay."

In school, this kind of thing is relatively simple.

Since it was the first time, there was no way anything could happen, so after a brief contact, Lu Changge left.

On the way, he said to Yu Na, "I'm going to spend some money and ask him to take time out to give me extra lessons. Are you interested in learning together? After all, it's the same whether he teaches one person or two people."

"Sure, but will he agree?"

Is there anything you won’t agree to? As long as the price is right, is there anything you can’t agree to?

In fact, Lu Changge had not thought carefully about what software he would develop in the future. He just knew that there were many opportunities here.

Putting aside other things, if he really develops an instant messaging software that can be downloaded from the Apple App Store in a year or two, even if he can't beat Tencent, it will still scare it awake in the middle of the night.

He could also slowly build his own team, and eventually he would succeed in one thing. Even if it was a small app, once it was mature and had a few users, it could be sold to someone else for a lot of money, not just in the millions or tens of millions. This was the real treasury.

Although the e-commerce he discussed with Han Jiayi two days ago was also good, the trend of e-commerce was already quite obvious, and there were many competitors, and Lu Changge was not a very advantageous person among them.

There are already full-category giants like Alibaba and JD.com, and the rest are vertical e-commerce companies that rely on special models and certain industry segments. Not only is the market space small, but it is also very easy to fail if you are not careful.

He didn't even try to grab the leftover soup since he hadn't finished the meat.

In addition, if the risk of opening an e-commerce store is small, then the risk of developing an app online based on ideas and technology is even smaller. The most you risk is that you don’t have the money to promote it and no one is interested in it.

Of course, if you really start a business, you can't adopt this kind of bad attitude.

This is the strategy, you must be contemptuous and have confidence that you can succeed.

Tactically, you should aim for 100 points, so that you may get 80 points in the end.

So Lu Changge set a goal for himself that night, to work on instant messaging software, learn all the necessary technologies, and make sure to get it out no matter what!

He has money and time, so if he doesn't know how to do it himself, he will ask others for help. He is determined to work hard and figure it out!

So for the next period of time, Lu Changge began to plan a strategy to capture Chi Yongsheng.

First, he needs to have the right attitude and read the introductory book carefully before he can ask relatively reliable questions. Ultimately, the key between teachers teaching and students learning lies in how students learn.

Lu Changge just felt that having someone teach him could reduce the difficulty of learning and save him study time.

So he went to the library again the next day.

He had already learned C language, and he took it out to review it again. He also took out some specific programming software that he used to practice and familiarize himself with C language and tried to write some of it himself.

Programming is actually a language that computers can understand. This language has specific rules and grammar. Once you master it, you can just write it. Of course, there is a huge difference between how skillfully and beautifully you write.

But in the final analysis, the more you use it, the more familiar you will become.

In the afternoon, Yin Anyan called him and asked where he was. Lu Changge answered truthfully.

She said, "In the library? I saw you didn't have classes this afternoon, so I thought you were free."

"Do you miss me?" Lu Changge began to tease her.

At this moment, Yin Anyan was facing her roommate's gaze. She felt a little guilty and said, "It was Aimai who came to you. She said she wanted to pay you back."

"Repay the money? I don't need to go there specially for this matter. You can keep it for me."

"They want to return it to you as a thank you, so what's the point of me keeping it for you?"

Ai Mai was also waiting on the side. Seeing this, she gestured, "If he doesn't have time, we'll do it next time."

In the end, Lu Changge didn't come. When can he pay back the money?

After hanging up the phone, Yin Anyan felt a little helpless, "He's in the library."

"Then let's wait until he's free." Ai Mai didn't rush.

An Yihuan said, "Your family's Old Lu is amazing. He has a lot of money but he still has the patience to study. In comparison, Cheng Yongyi is too much. I really need to talk to him when I have time and ask him to align himself with Lu Changge's standards. Stop being so out of touch all day long!"

(End of this chapter)