The Millennium Semiconductor Survival Guide.

Chapter 16
From bank transfers to mobile phone verification codes to entering verification codes to download games, this is a complete set of product solutions to solve how to avoid high commissions from game publishers.

More importantly, it is helpful for players' impulsive consumption. For players, after they try the game, they can directly find the nearest bank and initiate a transfer, then they can receive a verification code and then download the game.

You don't necessarily know which store has the game you just tried, but you do know where the nearest bank branch is.

In this era when American's political correctness is not so serious, it is definitely an elite who can enter Microsoft.

Ashley and Stephen quickly realized the ingenuity of Zhou Xin's design.

"It's a really cool idea."

"The most important thing is to be able to solve all the problems of the present and the future at once.

After the development of this system is completed, our subsequent games can also be sold in this way. "

"And we can make the whole package into a system and sell it to system game manufacturers."

"Yes, I believe that all game companies will not mind having one more distribution channel.

Even if they have to work with game publishers. "

Ashley and Stephen were amazed, they were completely convinced of Zhou Xin.

This complete solution alone is beyond what they can think of.

Of course, this will also bring problems, that is, the work is more complicated.

Originally, it only needed to make a game, but now it is necessary to develop a system for mass sending of SMS verification codes and payment verification.

And there were only three of them.

So people have to be added.

They quickly realized the problem.

"Newman, we need to add people, and the three of us alone cannot solve this problem in a short time.

I know a very good programmer, and I want to get him involved.

Since the other party is still in college, we don’t need to give him shares in the early stage, we just need to pay him a little salary. "

On nights when there were no exams, Zhou Xin would stay with Stephen and Ashley in their rented garage.

He can also program. After coming to this era, I don’t know if it’s because of the fusion of souls. Zhou Xin has a feeling that his learning ability and memory have gone up to a higher level.

Previously, Zhou Xin only knew python and a little C language foundation. After entering Microsoft for an internship, he picked up C language again, and his learning progress was fast.

He worked as a developer and product manager at the same time.

Stephen felt that their progress was too slow and mentioned that he wanted to add another person.

"According to the current progress, we may not be able to perfect the entire system by the end of this year."

Zhou Xin nodded and said, "Okay, what's your friend's name?"

He believed in Stephen's vision.

You must know that Stephen is also a master, and the programmers he can fancy are definitely not ordinary people.

Stephen added: "Louis, full name is Louis von Ahn.

But he went to school in Pennsylvania, and he is still in college, so he can only work for two months, and he has to go back to school after school starts. "

"Okay, let him come over," Zhou Xin said.

Zhou Xin had never heard of this name before, maybe it was some kind of fate.

Because Louis von Ahn is the inventor of the captcha.

The verification codes needed for various logins in later generations were first invented in 1999 by 21-year-old Louis von Ahn.

At that time, in order to solve the problem of massive spam emails sent automatically every day, Yahoo deliberately found Louis von Ahn who was still studying.

Louis von Ahn proposed to use pattern recognition to solve the problem of robots automatically sending emails.

After the technology was invented, it was adopted by Yahoo in less than a week, and later generations became popular all over the world, and various versions of verification codes were derived.

So Ashley and Stephen both thought it was a genius idea when they heard the SMS verification code.

Because now there is not even the most basic graphic verification code.

"Newman, I told Louis that he wants to come and see us before deciding whether to join us."

"Okay, no problem, let him come over, we will reimburse him for the air ticket.

He has no place to live after he comes here, so he and I can live in the dormitory in Berkeley, or just live here. "

Because Berkeley didn't have much to do besides the exam.

In order to catch up with the schedule, Zhou Xin stayed in the garage they rented most of the time, including sleeping at night.

It's also closer to where Microsoft works.

Although Microsoft provides free accommodation to interns.

Louis is also an activist. He has always had a heart to start a business.

In other words, there is no Internet person in this era who does not want to start his own business.

It is impossible to work part-time, and part-time work is also for starting a business.

It was already the beginning of July, and college students in American were also on summer vacation.

For Zhou Xin, he also successfully completed the last exam of his senior year, and just missed a graduation ceremony, and successfully obtained a bachelor's degree from Berkeley.

He knew that after this summer vacation, he would start studying for a doctorate under Hu Zhengming.

In other words, he needs to have some achievements and be able to get rid of Hu Zhengming's control.

Everyone is just out of their own positions. Hu Zhengming hopes that Zhou Xin will work well under him. He provides a doctorate in exchange for Zhou Xin's labor force.

And Zhou Xin has already received a complete round of doctoral education, and he came to Berkeley again to get a diploma, not really wanting to work hard like other doctors.

Neither side is wrong, it's just out of consideration of their own interests.

So even though some information would be leaked to the other party, Zhou Xin still chose to let Louis come.

Because the other party is only a college student, Zhou Xin is sure that he doesn't have that much thoughtfulness.

When Zhou Xin was screening partners at Microsoft, he deliberately excluded those who were more thoughtful.

Luis came to California and saw that in any garage, what they wanted to do was so great.

Game developers want to kill channels, but most game developers choose to become channels themselves.

No one has thought, or no one has thought, to directly kill the channel through the combination of the Internet and SMS.

Louis felt in his heart that Silicon Valley is indeed Silicon Valley, and the things to do in a random underground garage are so amazing.

After understanding exactly what Riot Games wanted to do, Louis agreed.

With the addition of newcomers, their progress accelerated again.

Louis is indeed a rare genius when it comes to SMS verification codes.

With him, the entire SMS verification code and bank statement system can be handed over to Louis.

Ashley and Stephen are fully committed to developing games and websites.

Zhou Xin, on the other hand, is looking for major banks to discuss cooperation.

This doesn't do the bank much good.

Zhou Xin traveled all over the big and small banks in the greater Los Angeles area.

In the end, Hua Guo Bank Los Angeles Branch was willing to cooperate with him because the other party was a Chinese studying abroad.

By the end of August, everything was ready.

(End of this chapter)