Schiller decided to buy himself a computer.
Schiller also had a computer in his previous life. When he was studying abroad, he assembled his own desktop computer. After becoming a professor, he basically only used the office notebook issued by the school.
The electronic assembly level of all Schillers is basically the same. To say how good it is, you still have to ask about the trash can that contained many discarded parts in S.H.I.E.L.D.
Assembling a computer in this era is not just about buying the parts and installing them in the case. Assembly can be almost equal to making it with your own hands, so assembling a desktop computer was not among Schiller's options from the beginning.
Then the only thing left is to buy a finished machine, but Schiller still prefers to buy a laptop, which can solve the two problems of not having a computer in the office and the manor at the same time. Although laptops in this era are not thin and light, they are It would be fine if it was carried in a car.
Greedy actually kept a laptop he got from Marvel in Gray Fog, but this laptop was made for him by Stark. When it is rounded and thrown, it can smash through the moon. For someone who just wants to use it to check electronics. The email was a bit too advanced for Schiller, so Schiller decided to buy one himself.
Schiller and Merkel drove to the shopping street in the South District, where the Gotham Electronic Equipment Procurement Center is located.
Thanks to the booming development of Gotham's logistics industry, it has become the largest electronic components warehousing center on the East Coast. Many large electronic equipment groups have set up logistics warehouses here. The retail electronics industry for civilians has grown in just two years. Within a few years, it has developed far beyond other cities on the east coast.
In this era, not many people own computers, and only rich people can afford mobile phones. However, people are still entering the era of electronic information. Refrigerators, televisions, fax machines, video recorders, stereos, and electronic doorbells all have slightly different living conditions. The better Gothamites have one or two of these in their homes.
The Gotham Electronic Equipment Procurement Center is located in a whole commercial building. As soon as Schiller drove the car nearby, he found that the parking spaces here were overcrowded. He had to go around two more streets and found one in the back alley of the building. parking space.
After getting off the car, before entering the building, I saw bustling crowds coming and going at the gate, mostly young people and families, all dressed in fashionable clothes.
Gotham can't be called a fashion city, but in this crazy city, people's daily lives are fashionable enough. Schiller actually saw some photographers who looked like outsiders doing street photography in the square in front of the door.
It finally feels like a millennium, Schiller thought as he walked into the building of the Electronic Equipment Purchasing Center.
This is not an electronics supermarket, but has different offices set up by brands. Each company will have brochures of their flagship products on the newspaper rack at the door of the office. You can read them outside the door before deciding whether to go in. .
Some companies also set up exhibition stands, most of which were concentrated on the first floor, which was also the place with the most people. Schiller had a clear goal, so he was not in the mood to hang around. He went directly to the elevator to the fourth floor and found the two largest offices here.
These two offices belong to two companies respectively, one is Wayne Group and the other is Luther Group.
Where else can you go to buy electronics in DC World? The most famous computer system in the world now is not the Microsoft system, but the Wayne system. Brands such as Apple and Sony have to step aside. Whether it is hardware or software, Wayne and Luther are the real companies. Giant.
This is not surprising. Bruce Wayne was not busy with Batman's career as soon as he debuted. Instead, he spent several years in college. In the past few years, he didn't have much time to study psychology. In addition to psychology, All other disciplines have been studied to the pinnacle, including the research and development of computer software and hardware.
Wayne Group launched a new laptop computer equipped with Wayne 1994 system in early 1994. Yes, the boot image is a bat.
Schiller suspected that Bruce might have developed a technology similar to Windows 95's direct access to the GUI interface in order to make the bat pattern appear in front of everyone unpreparedly when booting up.
And it's more likely that he developed the computer system just to make the bat pattern visible to the world.
Schiller picked up the Wayne Group's product brochure and looked at it, and found that Wayne Group dealt in almost all categories of electronic products, including all types of household appliances, and the first page of the brochure had a brand new laptop printed on it.
Unlike today's laptops with 16-inch screens, the laptops of this era are more like notebooks, a small square box with a small screen and a keyboard that is as compact as possible, giving the overall appearance a matte finish. It's pitch black, with a Wayne Group logo printed in the center of the front.
Schiller believes that Bruce definitely thought about changing the logo to a bat. The failure may be due to other shareholders of Wayne Group desperately blocking it. After all, bats have a bad connotation in some areas and may affect computer sales.
After reading the product manual, Schiller did not decide immediately. He came to the door of another company. The Luther Group's laptops were going to be much more normal.
Just about two months ago, Luther Group also launched their latest laptop "Light of Humanity L2", which is also equipped with the new Luther system.
The shopping guides at Luther Group were very enthusiastic. When they saw someone reading the product manual, they immediately rushed out of the office. Before Schiller said what he wanted to buy, they had already brought over the latest laptop computer.
The shopping guide immediately opened the laptop to show Schiller the interface. The interface of Luther Group's laptop was quite fancy, and the user interaction was also very advanced. It looked like an XP system.
Schiller hesitated a little. Originally, a person who was familiar with Batman's technical capabilities would definitely choose Wayne Group products as much as possible, because the quality of Bat technology was definitely guaranteed.
But Schiller really couldn't stand the backward user interaction system of this era. No matter what he did, he had to enter a series of codes.
Everyone thought that Schiller didn't like to receive emails because he was old-fashioned and unwilling to accept advanced electronic equipment. Only Schiller himself knew that he didn't want to be tortured by these backward old-fashioned machines.
"Sir, if you have requirements for convenience and home interaction, you must choose our L2. Compared with L1, it greatly improves the convenience of the user interaction interface, simplifies the operation process as much as possible, and also has built-in With functions such as saving multiple web page operations and saving email account passwords, this is really the best choice if you check emails frequently.”
The shopping guide keenly saw that Schiller was a buyer with purchasing power and was interested in this product, so he promoted it very hard. He then took out the price tag and introduced it.
"We are within the three-month promotion period and can give you a 30% discount. The original selling price of US$9,200 will only cost US$6,440 after the discount. This price includes tax. You must not miss it..."
Schiller looked back at the square black box of the Wayne Group, and then at the silver-gray equipment of the Luther Group without any logo on the whole body, and he felt a little hesitant in his heart.
Ten minutes later, Merkel put the box with Wayne's logo into the trunk of the car. He sat in the driver's seat, and Schiller got in the passenger seat. The two drove back to Rodriguez Manor. .
After returning, Schiller called back Halle and Barry, who were all dirty from playing in the garden, and asked Merkel to take them to take a shower and change clothes, and then put the box containing the computer on the coffee table.
"Wow, you bought a computer?!" Hallie immediately shouted, threw herself directly on the computer box and said, "Quick, quick, quick! Take it apart quickly, I want to play games!"
Schiller sat on the sofa opposite, took a sip of coffee, and then said: "Help me bring up the email interface first. After I read the email, you can use it as you like."
Barry and Harley were busy unpacking the computer box, and after a while they took out the square black laptop from it. Harley held the laptop, which weighed about seven pounds, with some effort, and looked through it up and down, left and right. .
"I bet the boot image is a bat."
"Don't bet on the obvious."
Halle and Schiller looked at each other and sighed together. Halle put the laptop on the coffee table. Merkel brought the power supply. After plugging in the plug, the screen quickly turned on.
Harley and Barry frowned and started playing with the computer. After about ten minutes, Harley raised her head and said, "The interactivity of this system is a piece of shit."
Barry also sighed and said: "This is too troublesome. If you want to access the web page, you have to write an access code yourself."
Schiller took the notebook handed over by Merkel and wrote his email address on it with a pen. After handing it to Hallie, Halley typed on the keyboard for a long time before turning the notebook over and saying: "Okay. , this is your email address, call us after you read it, and we’ll go have something to eat first.”
After saying that, Harley pulled Barry and left, while Schiller started playing with the laptop alone.
Merkel stood behind Schiller with a cup of coffee, watching Schiller click all over the screen very awkwardly.
Many people may not understand that there is no such thing as UI design in relatively backward web pages. You can only know whether you can click on a place after you click it. There is no smooth click animation like that of modern web pages when you hover the button with the mouse. design.
Schiller had been busy for a long time, and Merkel looked tired. After taking a sip of coffee, he asked: "Sir, why don't you buy a laptop from the Luther Group? That seems much more convenient."
After Schiller took a sip of coffee, he sighed and said, "Maybe it's because I like black."
The rumble of thunder sounded in the sky, and dark clouds gathered over the city again. Within a few minutes, heavy rain fell, and the people of Gotham finally experienced what it means to be greeted by dew after a long drought.
The long-lasting heavy rain finally briefly dissipated the annoying sweltering heat, and a hearty rain fell from the afternoon to the evening, until the nights in Gotham became cool and humid again.
When Schiller raised his head again, lights were on all over the manor, giving off a warm hazy glow in the humid air.
Schiller moved his sore neck and said angrily and depressedly: "This computer has the beauty of a supercomputer."
At this moment, a "click" and two children's screams came from the back garden.
When Merkel and Schiller walked to the door leading to the back garden, they saw a familiar figure on the familiar tree branch - that was Batman.
At this moment, Merkel gained a new understanding of Batman's ability to run into the muzzle of a gun.
Bruce: hi
(End of chapter)
