The Millennium Semiconductor Survival Guide.

Chapter 24 Electronic Communities
"Yongluo, don't you have classmates in Berkeley?" On an ordinary day in October, Cao Yongluo had been exchanged to UC Santa Barbara for a month.

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

Cao Yongluo's roommate in Santa Barbara is also a Huaguo student, Zhao Guangzeng who was also exchanged from Yanjing.

"Yes, my former roommate was in Berkeley."

"Then does he know Zhou Xin?"

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

"Which one is new?"

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

"Fuck, then look at this."

Cao Yongluo leaned over to look at the monitor of the other party. On it was the page of Sina.com, and the title read impressively:

"Students from Huaguo started their business in the United States, and the sales volume exceeded [-] million U.S. dollars in [-] days!"

On the top is the "Angry Birds" program icon, and on the other side is Zhou Xin's photo.

Cao Yongluo pinched himself: "Dug!"

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

As written above, the game sold 50 copies, with sales of 1000 million US dollars, and had dinner with Bill Gates, and then sold the system to Microsoft.

It made Cao Yongluo feel like watching a fairy tale.

There is no web article yet.

Otherwise, he would think that this is a typical brainless web article, which is too unscientific.

Everyone came to study abroad, why are you so good?
However, the emotion of jealousy only appeared in Cao Yongluo's brain for a short while, and it was more of ecstasy, having thighs to hug.

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

Cao Yongluo claims to have a good relationship with Zhou Xin, not to mention that both of them are in Los Angeles.

Zhao Guangzeng saw how excited he was, and asked, "Is it really your roommate?"

"It's really me. We live in the same dormitory. He goes to Berkeley, and I come to Santa Barbara."

"Dug, was he as good as he was in college?"

"Sure, Yanda Microelectronics major is the first in all professional courses, and then I can transfer to Berkeley as an undergraduate. It's no wonder I'm not good at it."

"Brother Cao, didn't you always say that you have a friend who is also in Los Angeles, and you want to have dinner with him? Is this the one?"

"Yes."

"When the time comes when he treats you to dinner, can you bring me, my little brother? I also want to pay my respects to the boss."

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

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

Zhao Guangzeng is also from Yanjing. He exchanged from Mizuki to Santa Barbara, and he is also not short of money.

Lord Yanjing, who can go abroad for exchange in this era, is basically not short of money.

Cao Yongluo nodded and said: "Okay, I will 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 their revenue. "

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

Now the number is 572839, and the price of a game is $19.99. Just do a multiplication to know how much their revenue is.

And I heard from friends in China that Zhou Xin seems to have accepted an interview with CCTV.

He was a well-known figure in the study abroad circle before, and transferred directly from Yanda University to Berkeley.

Now that he is more famous, almost everyone is talking about this character.

Do you know what kind of person is most lacking in China now, isn’t it the person who can earn dollars?

Made $1000 million in two months, and the number keeps soaring.

Riot Games' official website can be seen by everyone, it's no wonder it wasn't reported. "

The news was leaked from Wu Shiqiang, and it cannot be completely regarded as leaked by him.

After all, all the working capital of Riot Games is placed in the Los Angeles branch of China National Bank, and their deposits have increased by 800 million in just two months.

No wonder it wasn't noticed.

First, the person in charge of the Los Angeles branch knew about it, and then it was reported back to China, and then it was passed on to the media.

Later, when Zhou Xin went to the Los Angeles branch to handle business, Wu Shiqiang suggested that CCTV wanted to interview him.

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

He promised very simply.

So after the news was broadcast on CCTV, it quickly spread all over the country.

Famous schools, sudden wealth, the Internet, going abroad, US dollars, etc., have gathered all the popular elements nowadays.

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

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

Bank transfer, and then you can download their games, bypassing the middle party directly. "Zhao Guangzeng added.

Obviously he has a deep understanding of Zhou Xin and what the other party is doing.

"Don't need to sell CDs or cassettes to others?" Cao Yongluo is no stranger to video games, he has played everything from red and white machines to Sega handhelds.

But he hadn't heard of this method of game distribution.

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

Zhao Guangzeng demonstrated it to Cao Yongluo according to the riot games homepage.

Then he said: "Including Bill Gates having dinner with him, which Bill Gates personally admitted.

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

Even Microsoft bought the system.

I don't know how much the system cost. "

"In this case, wouldn't it be possible to distribute downloaded games to others for free?"

"Yes, this is the only drawback. If it weren't for this drawback, the sales volume would be far more than 50.

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

Haven't you seen pirated cassettes of various games in China? "

Cao Yongluo patted his head in embarrassment: "It's not that the genuine one is too expensive!
A genuine cassette costs hundreds of dollars, and there is only one game.

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

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

No matter how rich you are, you can't afford genuine cassettes.

I couldn't afford a genuine cassette with my pocket money for a month.

But in order to support old classmates, I can still support the genuine game for $19.99. "

"The most interesting thing about Riot is their electronic community.

The Riot game electronic community can only complete the registration by matching the mobile phone number and SMS verification code.

After successful registration, an extra easter egg in the next ten levels can be unlocked. "

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

Riot Games E-community.

(End of this chapter)