Wu Qiuya heard that using this software can chat and communicate with strangers from all over the world, Wu Qiuya was surprised: "Isn't that the same as using a computer to send text messages?"

However, Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but think of the sky-high Internet bill she had at her uncle Zhu Hanwen's house, and asked with lingering fear: "Will the charges be very expensive?"

Lu Yiming tapped the keyboard lightly and smiled softly: "I told you, I don't like money. I don't do this to make money. I just want to make friends with users. So, this software will be free forever."

"free?"

“And it’s free forever?”

Everyone, including Li Zhengkai, was shocked.

Lin Yuzhen stared at Lu Yiming in disbelief: "You, a profit-seeking businessman, can you ever be so generous?"

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by a profiteer? Since when have I ever been only interested in profit? After all, if you talk nonsense like this, I can sue you for defamation."

"Hmph, what a slander, how dare you say you are not greedy for money!"

Seeing the two of them starting to talk and laugh again, Wu Qiuya suddenly became anxious and came over to act as a light bulb again: "Classmate Lu Yiming, you are so amazing. You can make a piece of software independently. It's really amazing."

It was almost as if they were in love, but Wu Qiuya's surprise was not fake.

Even in the 21st century, programming technology is definitely a high-level skill that can be shown off to high school students, let alone the late 1990s when even "every village has access to the Internet" has not yet been realized.

Lu Yiming scratched his head, but didn't think it was anything to boast about: "Well, I prefer playing computer games, so it makes sense that I can program, right?"

Wu Qiuya looked confused after hearing this: "Is it reasonable? But Li Zhengkai also likes to play computer games, why can't he program?"

Li Zhengkai had not found a suitable topic for a long time. Now when he heard Wu Qiuya mention his name, he thought he could appear again. However, when he heard Wu Qiuya revealing that he likes to play computer games, his face turned black.

.

If you like playing computer games, you need to be able to program? What kind of deceptive logic is this!

Seeing that this topic seemed to be out of the question, Li Zhengkai was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

However, no one cared about his feelings. Everyone's attention was focused on the software demonstrated by Lu Yiming.

What Lu Yiming did was naturally a certain piece of software that would become famous in later generations.

At this moment, in the distant country of Israel, there is a software with the same function that has been running for two years.

On November 16, 1996, three Israelis, Visig, Vardy and Goldfinger, got together and jointly developed a software that enables people to communicate quickly and directly on the Internet.

They named the new software icq, which means "iseekyou (I'm looking for you)", which can be called the originator of IT social networking.

Three years later, a domestic manufacturer copied this software intact and named it oicq.

Later, due to too many lawsuits, he had to change his name to qq, and then started a legendary road and became one of the global Internet giants.

Lu Yiming would naturally miss such a thoroughfare.

Wu Qiuya stared at the computer screen for a long time and couldn't figure out what to do, so she had to ask: "Lu Yiming, how do I use this software?"

Lu Yiming pointed to the cute cat head icon on the computer screen and demonstrated to everyone: "Open this software, and the login form will pop up. When you open it for the first time, there is a registration button. Click Register first, fill in the registration information, and then the system will

You will be automatically assigned a five-digit number, which is your account number. Then fill in the account number in the upper box, fill in the password you set in the lower box, and you can log in. "

Lin Yuzhen also poked her head over: "Why does the system assign an account to me? Can't I fill it in myself?"

Lu Yiming shook his head sharply: "No."

Lin Yuzhen was not convinced and asked: "Why?"

Lu Yiming sniffed and said with a smile, "I'm happy to."

Just kidding, how much money does Xiao Ma make every year from selling accounts? This is a gold mine. Can you fill it in yourself?

Want to know about the pretty account?

Want to know about the super pretty account?

Later, Lu Yiming pointed out to the two of them and said: "I suggest you register one quickly. Now you still have a five-digit account, but in the future it may be five, six, seven, eight or ninety. When others look at it, they will think, "Oh, you have a five-digit account."

, turns out to be a veteran, disrespectful and disrespectful, isn’t it beautiful?”

Lin Yuzhen rolled her eyes, obviously not taking this seriously: "How many millions or tens of millions of people do you want to use this piece of crap like yours? Seventy, eighty or ninety digits? Dream on, you have so many computers.

It’s expensive. Where can you find so many rich people who can afford computers?”

Wu Qiuya encouraged her and said: "The avatar of this software is so cute. It will definitely be popular. We must have confidence in Lu Yiming."

Lu Jiajia was concerned about another question: "Lu Yiming, what will happen after the successful landing? What will it be like?"

"I will demonstrate it to you once, and you will understand it after reading it."

Nowadays, computers still use dial-up Internet access, and there is no such thing as a wireless network card, so now Lu Yiming has no way to log in to the software. He can only find some pictures of the functional areas that he made when designing the software before and show them to everyone.

The software designed by Lu Yiming is called minute-mail in English, which means instant mail, abbreviated as mm, and its Chinese name is Miaomiao Chat. The interface is almost the same as the QQ software operation interface in the past few years - of course, Lu Yiming is also completely

It can create various cool appearances, such as the qq9.5 version, various frosted glass special effects, gradient perspective effects, etc. - the key is that the current computer configuration cannot carry it.

Although Brother Ma always copies everything, it is undeniable that he still has certain advantages in being able to succeed.

The advantage is that it is simple and easy to use.

QQ initially built its products by relying on services that treat customers as gods, so it was able to outperform and outperform its predecessors, killing the old-timer icq in an instant.

This is still worth learning and learning from.

As the owner of Crown QQ, Lu Yiming started playing QQ in 2000. After playing for more than 20 years, he has experienced various version iterations, and he also understands the advantages and disadvantages of various versions.

So it can be said that copying it now is very familiar. It has not only improved the dull black and white gray color scheme of the original version of qq, but also cut off some redundant parts that were generated during the exploration of qq back then.

This software developed by Lu Yiming is rich in functions, simple and beautiful.

This is the best design, which saves a lot of failed attempts and directly iterates to the version that is most popular with users. The remaining problem is to solve the stable operation of the system.

In the initial stage, the technical difficulty of this kind of chat software is not great. At least Lu Yiming can develop it alone.

Of course, as the number of users increases, the technical difficulty will increase exponentially, and a technical team will have to be recruited to keep an eye on it. But that will happen in the future, at least not yet.

In the following time, Lu Yiming was like an enthusiastic product manager, patiently introducing the various functional designs of mm to everyone.

"Here is your avatar frame. You can use dozens of avatars that come with the software. It also supports custom pictures."

"Next to the avatar frame is your user nickname. You can choose this as you wish. It can show your personality and preferences."

"Under the user's nickname, there is a personalized signature, which can be your motto, your mood at the time, etc."

"Here is your account level. The longer you log in, the higher the level. Level one is one star, level two is two stars, and level three is three stars. After three stars, it will turn into a moon, which represents

Level 4. Level 5 is a moon and a star, and so on. Level 16 becomes the sun. Level 64 becomes a crown. The highest level I currently set is level 256, which is four crowns.

The only level with four identical icons arranged, it can be regarded as a symbol."

"The white part with the largest area in the middle is your friend list. This is also the core function of this software. You must become friends with another mm user before you can chat anytime and anywhere. I added Li Quanwang's here

mm number.”

"Different friends can also be grouped into groups, such as classmates, relatives, lovers..."

"It's not just one person chatting with another person. You can also create mm groups here and bring people in the same circle into the group to chat together. For example, our class can set up a class group and include everyone with mm numbers.

Come in and let’s all chat together in real time. In the same way, the few people we participated in this exchange event can also form a group, and so on.”

"The bottom ones are the commonly used functional areas. The add friend button, create group chat button, and create group button mentioned just now are all here. Subsequent functions will also appear here."

The current function of the software is very simple. After all, it is a tool for everyone to communicate. Lu Yiming does not really want to make a lot of money with this software, so he does not do any of the various things such as various members and various shows.

After listening to Lu Yiming's introduction, Lin Yuzhen became more and more excited: "These designs sound amazing just by listening to them. In the future, as long as you log in to your mm account, you can communicate with other people through the Internet anytime and anywhere?"

Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Well, as long as the other party is online and willing to pay attention to you, that's it."

As a young person, Lin Yuzhen has a strong ability to accept new things. She immediately raised her hand and shouted: "I want to register an account!"

"I also want!"

"I want too."

Several girls started shouting one after another, unwilling to be left behind.

Lu Yiming could only smile and appease them: "Well, when we get to Xiangjiang, I will find a place to connect to the Internet, and then I will teach you how to register. After registering, we can add each other as friends and we can contact each other through this software."

Li Zhengkai, who was sitting in the corner, saw with his own eyes all the girls chattering around Lu Yiming, and heard that Lu Yiming had developed such awesome software, and he was very excited. After the battle between heaven and man, he couldn't help but speak.

Said: "I also want to register an account."

He thought, by adding Wu Qiuya’s mm number, wouldn’t it be possible to chat with Wu Qiuya at home? He was a little excited just thinking about it!

Lu Yiming agreed wholeheartedly: "Well, I will help you register when we get to Xiangjiang."

Although Li Zhengkai always finds fault with himself and likes to argue with himself, Lu Yiming is a man in his thirties and forties, so naturally he will not get angry with a young man like him who is sixteen or seventeen years old.

Not to mention that after testing for a while, mm will be officially released and promoted to the outside world. Lu Yiming is also happy to find a few more people to help him test for free and find bugs.

As the car drove into Causeway Bay, it frightened several waterbirds passing by the lake, and stopped next to Victoria Park.

Zhu Hanwen clapped his hands and greeted everyone: "We have arrived at the destination. Please pay attention to order. Don't run around when you get off the car, especially you, Lu Yiming."

After being called by Zhu Hanwen, Lu Yiming lazily stood up and responded feebly: "Yes, yes, I understand."

The other students got out of the car and looked at the people passing by and the tall buildings in the distance, and their eyes suddenly revealed a strange look.

"This is Xiangjiang."
To be continued...