American Entertainment 1982 Chapter 93

  Chapter 93 Don't rush to think about social responsibility (second update)

"Hey, Tommy, there are four important functions you marked that cannot be implemented on SSD-2 for the time being. Everyone needs to complete their own homework. It may take two or three weeks before you can free up time to help you. But this software At present, it has been unanimously praised by the jerks in the meeting. Those few small innovations such as automatic segmentation, text search, and footer marking have turned the indispensable WordStar into **** in their mouths, and Congratulations..." Eric walked into Tommy and Jason's dormitory while talking loudly, and then saw Jason sitting in front of the computer in a hurry to deal with the two girls:

   "No one told me that the two of you are now living in a co-ed dormitory."

"Ladies, I promise to solve your problems tonight, even if you don't sleep, come one by one, I can hold on physically, the first lady, what is your problem?" Jason didn't care Say hello to Eric and ask the first girl.

The girl pushed her glasses: "The cursor control key, I hope it can be a combination of letter key sequence and Ctrl key. This software chooses to use a diamond-shaped combination of 8, 2, 4, and 6 keys to control the cursor's up, down, left, and right. Users who rely on and form muscle memory are not used to it, and I always subconsciously misoperate according to the key positions I remembered before, so I hope to change it to the same shortcut keys as WordStar.”

"The purpose of developing this software is to make controlling the cursor no longer as complicated as WordStar. You need to remember sixteen key combinations to move the cursor. To move the cursor with WordStar, you need to press Ctrl+Q to enter the cursor movement first. state, and then press Ctrl + other messy keys to complete, right? It's very simple now, you only need to remember these four numbers, plus Ctrl, no pre-commands are required, instant operation.” Jason exhaled In one breath, he flipped through the notebook left by Tommy, and introduced to the girl:

   "We are advancing technology, but ma'am you are suggesting that we go backwards, so sorry, we will not listen to your valuable opinions, second lady, what is your problem?"

The second girl gave another feedback. She found it very convenient when using the document function of SSD-2 to write. The only fly in the ointment is that some operation methods need to be re-recorded. And the format code is different from WordStar, and the key combination is directly displayed on the screen, so that when writing, you don't need to read the operation guide issued by Tommy, and you can continue working after calling up the command at a glance, and at the same time, it will not increase the size of the software. .

"OK, thank you for your valuable opinion, may I ask your name, if we complete the update, we will send you the latest beta version as soon as possible." Jason carefully recorded the other party's opinion, and then imitated Tommy's previous The scum said to the girl.

   "Jessica Pearce, social science major." After the girl finished speaking, she and her companions left the E-66 dormitory.

   After recording the other party's name, Jason turned on the computer and operated according to the girl's instructions, and then looked at Eric: "Boss, are you here to visit the prison?"

  Wait for the girls to leave, Eric closed the door, took out a cigarette and lit it, and asked Jason, "Where is that guy Tommy? I thought it was only a small test inside the SSD."

"I don't know, maybe I went to some other dormitory to help people install software. Except for classes, part-time jobs, and homework, he spends the rest of the time trying to get his classmates to help try this SSD-2, and then give him feedback, you What do you want to congratulate him for? Finally, he is going to design this week's party, and I suggest not to do that, because he will definitely be perfunctory.” Jason got up and took two bottles of Coke from the refrigerator, and handed one to Eric, as if meeting someone When it comes to someone who can complain, he chatters endlessly:

"Since that guy is busy working on software, there hasn't been any alcoholic beverages in the refrigerator for a long time. If anyone in Stanford's freshman class can get the 3S title when they graduate, it must be Tommy, an idiot. It's too stressful to be a roommate with this kind of person , Watching the other party work hard while I am lazy, it is easy to feel guilty about wasting my time. Let me put it this way, self-studying computer-related courses has left me with no time to read magazines for two weeks. If it is not every weekend, I can go back to SSD to attend parties. Chatting with the girls, I've already jumped off the roof."

Eric took the Coke: "No, I want to congratulate him. The night before yesterday, when Charles and I were out drinking with a few SSD alumni who started working in a Silicon Valley software company, we chatted about Tommy and you rookies, I heard that Tommy's software is very practical. An alumnus wants to meet Tommy to see if it is possible to trick his boss into buying it and make Tommy a fortune. Charles and I are very happy, which means that Tommy A **** can earn at least a hundred thousand yuan, and we will let him bleed to celebrate, but this kind of thing is ultimately up to Tommy to make his own decision, so I came to see him."

   "What did I just say?" Jason was stunned for a moment after hearing Eric's intention, and then asked Eric.

  Eric shook his head slightly: "You said that being a roommate with Tommy is too stressful, and you are going to jump off the roof."

"That guy has hundreds of thousands of dollars right away. As a roommate, the biggest pressure on me right now is how to spend that money for him!" Jason stared at Eric and asked loudly, "But are you sure, a plagiarized one is coming?" The software is stupid* ready to spend hundreds of thousands to buy it? Hundreds of thousands?"

"This kind of thing is very common. Last month, there was an idiot at DTS next door. He developed a small software that can add text to pictures. It sold for 200,000 yuan. From development to sale, it took less than two Zhou, and the original intention of that guy to develop that software was just to write "You are a slut" on the photo of his cheating girlfriend behind his back, and then post it all over the school. If he wrote it by hand, he was worried that the police would pass The handwriting comparison found him, so he chose to use computer fonts to print, so that the police could not trace.” Eric said to the excited Jason:

   "Every time we meet him when we go to the bar for a drink, we can hear him thanking his ex-girlfriend for being a slut, allowing him to earn two hundred thousand and find a more beautiful girlfriend."

  After listening, Jason said enviously, "I'm all lucky for him."

   "Tommy!" Eric stared, looking at Tommy Hawke who was sitting in front of the computer looking at various feedback information, with an angry tone:

"You can **** ask the other party if they invest in it instead of buying its copyright, but you can't...you can't tell him that your next idea is to put the advertisement on "Happy Seekers", "Children and Parents", "Big Brothers" On the back cover of Metropolis! Who uses a computer to buy this junk magazine! I won't be angry if you post it in **** Playboy, at least its interviews are very in-depth, "Happy Seeker"! F*ck! You treat your own SSD-2 as a bitch! Everyone worked so hard to make it for you, you have no respect for it! No respect for everyone, and no respect for the brothers who support us after graduation! You can Say no, say you're not going to sell it now, I'll understand and support you, but you can't take me for an idiot!"

Jason carefully observed the situation, and thoughtfully piled baseball bats, boxing gloves and other things near the two of them for their convenience. After he finished all this, he sat back silently with a bag of potato chips on the bed, waiting for the two sides to officially start fighting.

Eric is a good guy recognized by rookies, and he rarely loses his temper. The reason for his anger is that when he happily introduced to Tommy an alumnus who graduated from SSD and wanted to learn about Tommy's software, he tricked the boss into buying it with money. When Tommy came down to make a fortune, Tommy hoped that the other party would fool the boss into investing. Eric asked Tommy what he thought, and Tommy actually told him that it was necessary to place advertisements in those useless magazines. The reason for Eric's anger is that he feels that Tommy has been joking around, doesn't respect him at all, and doesn't believe what he says.

"Happy Seeker" is the most popular *trading magazine in California. Its largest customer base is *clients and call girls. *Purchasers buy magazines to learn about the market on it. Compared horizontally, call girls who are going to sea are looking for The recruitment information of entertainment companies, or simply buy the advertising space to publish recruitment advertisements.

The latter two are old-fashioned cheap family women's magazines in the United States. Since the Great Depression, they have been the main sources of news and life skills for middle- and lower-class women. Children are hungry, what part-time jobs are suitable for them to earn some pocket money, how to take care of multiple children, how to buy cheap clothes, how housewives can save money, etc. As for the advertisements, they are all kinds of discounted cheap goods.

   But now, Tommy Hawk is telling him that he's going to put software ads in these magazines, isn't that a joke? What is he?

  Tommy stood up, took out a cigarette and handed Eric one, and said softly, "Listen to me, Eric? I can give you a reasonable explanation."

   "It's better like this." After Eric finished cursing, he took the cigarette offered by Tommy and lit it, and sat on Tommy's chair, ready to listen to Tommy's explanation.

Tommy leaned against the end of the bed and looked at Eric: "First of all, I don't want to sell the copyright just to make a fortune, or even if I want to sell it, I have to go through a lot of trouble first, and I can't sell it for hundreds of thousands, and then double it. Several times or dozens of times, maybe I will consider that if we want to sell at a high price, we need data. When those people want to buy it, they will ask you about software sales and income. According to the market situation in Silicon Valley this year, as long as this If we sell 10,000 copies of this software, we can get a purchase price of at least 3.5 million, 100,000 or 1.5 million, how to choose? Of course it is the latter."

   "Unless you're taking a break from school to start a company now, you don't have time to sell it." Eric exhaled a puff of smoke and said to Tommy, "So, you're going to take a leave of absence?"

  Tommy took a cigarette and lit it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and then said to Eric:

"No, the current plan is to ask the students to test and minimize the difficulty of operation. At the same time, I ask Holly Keener from the Blonde Club, the blonde girl from the rookie night. She studies social engineering and is in the engineering school. She works part-time at the Entrepreneurship Education and Research Center in China. She is helping me bring the software there, and let the teachers and guest lecturers there help to try it out. If the feedback is good, they are interested in supporting this project, and I can get about 50,000 credits. Then I found the active feminist organizations in Stanford University. The Blonde Club is very familiar with those organizations. I have asked Renee to help me understand the situation. If possible, I will cooperate with them to open a non-profit training company. I use the venture capital to purchase a batch of the cheapest computers, and they invest in management. In this way, students from non-profit organizations will take turns to take charge of the daily management of the company. As a co-founder, I don't need to waste too much time on it, anyway. There is nothing to manage, you can continue to study normally."

"The superficial purpose of the training company is to encourage women to go out of the family and find equal job opportunities. In fact, the deep-seated purpose is to pay less tax. The training will not charge, but ladies need to buy software, the price is low, 49.99, which is almost 10% of WordStar. One, the lowest-level call girl earns enough money to pick up a customer, and I plan to purchase fifty cheapest compatible computers, priced at 600 yuan, which is 30,000 yuan in principal to support training Plan, which means that we can make a profit after selling a thousand copies. After the training, the non-profit organization can also recommend jobs for those women. Everyone gets benefits. I get some money. got the jobs, and the software got the sales.”

"You use a group of low-level women to attack the current white-collar clerks? Make those clerical jobs as cheap as waiters in fast food restaurants? When the capitalists see that even prostitutes know how to operate computers, those white-collar clerks will earn nearly 300 yuan a week. It quickly became less than two hundred yuan." Eric said.

"Smart people's investment is hard to get, Eric, but poor people's money is easy to earn. The poorer they are, the more eager they are to find opportunities to change their destiny. If they want to make money, they need to grab the jobs of those white-collar workers. I It's just helping the ladies of the proletariat, providing them with weapons, so that they have the confidence to grab the money of the proletariat, and lower the price by the way.” Tommy nodded, without denying this:

"Those clerks who want to maintain their elite status should learn some new skills. There may not be 50,000 billionaires in California, but there are definitely several times as many as 50,000 housewives or call girls. For fifty yuan, you can have one Opportunity, so that I can find a decent job, and I don't have to be scolded by my husband as a waste, and I don't have to sell my body. Someone will be willing, not all poor people are willing to sink forever.”

  Erik thought for a moment, and suddenly a question came to his mind: "What if those women can't find a job? I mean, although it sounds like the white-collar industry will quickly become worthless, what if they can't find it?"

Tommy said as a matter of course: "Of course, go back and continue to be a housewife or a call girl~ Before becoming a capitalist or a politician, don't rush to think about social responsibility, Eric, what we want is that we can sell this thing High prices or sales figures that attract large investment, rather than really dedicated to helping women in California solve employment problems."

   The second four thousand words are here~

  (end of this chapter)

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