"Yongluo, don't you have classmates at Berkeley?" On an ordinary day in October, Cao Yongluo has been transferred to the Santa Barbara campus for a month.
He made an appointment with Zhou Xin via email, but Zhou Xin was too busy and said he would treat Cao Yongluo to dinner when he was free.
Cao Yongluo’s roommate in Santa Barbara is also a Chinese international student, Zhao Guangzeng, who also came from Yanjing as an exchange student.
"Yeah, my old roommate was in Berkeley too."
"Then does he know Zhou Xin?"
"Zhou Xin? My roommate's name is Zhou Xin."
"Which one is new?"
"Although Zhou was an old country, his destiny was restored. His name is composed of the first and last characters of this sentence."
"Fuck, look at this."
Cao Yongluo leaned over and looked at the other party's monitor. On it was the Sina page, with the title clearly reading:
"Chinese students started a business in the United States, and sales exceeded 10 million US dollars in 50 days!"
On the top are the "Angry Birds" program icons, and on the other side is Zhou Xin's photo.
Cao Yongluo pinched himself: "Dig!"
After saying that, he squeezed Zhao Guangzeng away, and then sat in front of the other party's computer and looked at it carefully.
As written above, he sold half a million copies of the game, with sales of 10 million US dollars, had dinner with Bill Gates, and then sold the system to Microsoft.
It made Cao Yongluo feel like he was watching a fairy tale.
There is no online article yet.
Otherwise, he will think that this is a typical brainless Internet article, which is too unscientific.
Everyone is studying abroad, why are you so awesome?
However, the feeling of jealousy only appeared in Cao Yongluo's mind for a short while. What was more, he was ecstatic, having a thigh to hug.
With tens of millions of dollars, Amerikan is considered a rich man even in 2020, let alone it is 1998.
Cao Yongluo boasts that he has a good relationship with Zhou Xin, but Los Angeles is a bit far from San Francisco, about four hundred kilometers.
Seeing his excited reaction, Zhao Guangzeng asked, "Is he really your roommate?"
"It's really me. We share a dormitory. He goes to Berkeley and I come to Santa Barbara."
"Dig, was he as good as he was in college?"
"Absolutely. I am ranked first in all professional courses in the microelectronics major at Yanda, and then I was able to transfer to Berkeley as an undergraduate. It would be strange if I am not great."
"Brother Cao, haven't you always said that you have a friend in San Francisco and you want to have dinner with him? Is this the one you want to have?"
"Yes."
"When he invites you to dinner, can he take me with him? 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 was also from Yanjing. He came from Shuimu to Santa Barbara to exchange, and he was also not short of money.
In this era, Mr. Yan Jing who can go abroad for exchange is basically not short of money.
Cao Yongluo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll 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 how much their revenue is. "
Zhao Guangzeng opened the homepage of Riot Games, then pointed to a number on the homepage and said: "This is the sales volume of their games.
Now this number is 572,839, and the price of a copy of the game is $19.99. Just multiply it and you will know how much revenue they have.
And I heard from my friends in China that Zhou Xin seemed to have been interviewed by CCTV.
He was a well-known figure in the study abroad circle before, and he transferred directly from Yanda to Berkeley.
Now that he is more famous, almost everyone is talking about this figure.
You know what kind of person is most lacking in the country right now, isn’t it someone who can earn US dollars?
Made $10 million in two months, and that number keeps soaring.
Everyone can see Riot Games’ official website, so it would be strange if it wasn’t reported. "
The news was leaked from Wu Shiqiang, and it cannot be completely regarded as leaked by him.
After all, all of Riot Games’ liquidity is placed in the San Francisco branch of China National Bank, and the deposits they hold increased by eight million in just two months.
It would be strange not to be noticed.
First, the person in charge of the San Francisco branch knew about it, and then it spread back to China, and then it spread to the ears of the media.
Later, when Zhou Xin went to the San Francisco branch to handle business, Wu Shiqiang asked to interview him.
Zhou Xin has never minded making himself more famous in China.
He agreed simply.
So after the news was broadcast, it quickly became popular all over the country.
Famous schools, instant wealth, the Internet, going abroad, US dollars, etc., all the popular elements are gathered together.
The craze for "Yenjing Man 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 you can download their games, bypassing the middle party. " Zhao Guangzeng added.
Obviously he has a deep understanding of Zhou Xin and what the other party is doing.
"Don't you need to sell CDs or cassettes to others?" Cao Yongluo is no stranger to video games. He has played them all from Famicom to Sega's handheld consoles.
But he had never heard of this method of selling games.
"Yes, you transfer money to them, and then you will receive a SMS verification code. Enter the SMS verification code here and you can download the game."
Zhao Guangzeng demonstrated it to Cao Yongluo based on 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 creative Internet invention this year.
Even Microsoft bought this system.
I don’t know how much the system was purchased for. "
"In this case, wouldn't it be possible to distribute the 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 500,000.
But even if it’s a cassette or a CD, isn’t there still a risk of piracy?
Have you never seen pirated cassettes of various games in China? "
Cao Yongluo scratched his head in embarrassment: "It's not like the genuine version is too expensive!
A genuine cartridge costs several hundred yuan, and it only has one game.
A pirated cartridge can contain 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 even afford a genuine cassette with a month's pocket money back then.
However, in order to support my old classmates, I can still support the $19.99 genuine game. "
“The most interesting thing about riot is their electronic community.
Registration in the riot gaming electronic community can only be completed through the matching of mobile phone number and SMS verification code.
After successful registration, you can unlock an extra easter egg in the next ten levels. "
After Zhao Guangzeng finished speaking, he jumped to another page from the official website of riot games.
Riot Games E-community.
