Chapter 188 Synchronization

On Friday night, Lin Hong was chatting with Phylise online in his room.

The software they use is the "CQCQ" written by Lin Hong. The current version has reached version V0.09, which has initially realized the basic functions of the server side and the client.

Lin Hong runs the server on the official server of the SAM Association, because the IP is fixed. After logging in, the client and the server directly send a signal, indicating that they are online.

At the same time, it will also send a consultation command to the server to request users who are currently online.

The original IRC protocol was designed according to the prototype of the chat room. You must enter the designated "channel" to send messages to it.

However, at present, the CQCQ software written by Lin Hong is only used by him and Felix. After each time you log in to the software, it is more troublesome to add a channel. He simply omitted this step for the time being. After each login, he will enter a public channel by default, which can directly Messages are sent from this public channel.

[Felice: The patent for the infrared agreement has been successfully applied for, and the patent acceptance notice has been issued in my hands. Come to New York tomorrow.

[STONE: There have been a lot of things recently. I may not have time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Let's put it at your place first.]

[Felice: But you still have to come. The patent negotiation with ATT has almost been carried out. If nothing unexpected happens, you can sign the contract the day after tomorrow.]

Seeing this sentence, Lin Hong couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

[STONE: So fast?]

[Felice: I'm not happy. The other party has urged me several times. If you hadn't had no time, you would have been able to get the money long ago. Why don't you ask, why don't you ask how much it was sold?]

[STONE: I can rest assured that you do things. Since you, a business genius, have come out, you will definitely not be less.]

[Felice: 780 million US dollars!]

Lin Hong looked at the number and immediately started to be stunned.

[Felice: Why don't you talk? I've tried my best. You don't blame me for selling less, do you?

[STONE: No, it exceeded the original more than two million. I can't believe it for a while. What is the exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB now?

[Felice: It scared me and thought you thought I was selling it cheaply. The current exchange rate is 1:5.323, which is converted into RMB 4,151.14,400! Congratulations on becoming a multimillionaire in China!

Lin Hong couldn't help shaking when he saw this number and almost fell off the chair.

He rubbed his eyes and was sure that he hadn't seen the flowers.

There are more than 40 million!

It's not a mistake, is it?

[STONE: Are you sure it's 5.323? The last time I saw it in the magazine was about 3.7.

Lin Hong has always thought that one dollar is equivalent to about three US dollars, which he saw in a financial magazine before. Before coming to the United States, he did not go to the bank to exchange foreign exchange in person. His mother prepared it for him.

[Felice: Are you kidding? The magazine you read was two years ago. The exchange rate two years ago was 3.765, and now it is 5.323. According to my judgment, the RMB will continue to depreciate. I suggest that you do not exchange it and continue to hold the US dollar to ensure the appreciation of your assets!]

After listening to Phylise's words, Lin Hong remembered that the magazine he read seemed to be the same as before, and the exchange rate would change at any time.

So, is it true?

I'm about to have more than 40 million RMB?!

Lin Hong has a feeling of dreaming, although his memory of dreaming has been very vague.

Lin Hong had some psychological preparation, but this time when he saw this number, he still felt a feeling that his breathing accelerated and his blood pressure rose.

There is excitement, tension, and expectation.

This feeling has rarely appeared since he broke through to the dark level. I was crazy about the dance before, but I was just more excited and indulgent. I didn't feel as nervous and overwhelmed as I am now.

It took Lin Hong several minutes to calm down.

[STONE: Then I will go to New York the day after tomorrow. When will the contract start?]

[Felice: It should be after two o'clock in the afternoon. Well, I'll send someone to pick you up. It's not convenient for you to come here alone.

[STONE: All right, thank you!]

[Felice: Uncle Stone, you are so polite to me! Don't you Chinese pay attention to the more familiar you are, the more rude they are?

[STONE: Er... Now we are also starting to be polite.]

After chatting for a while, Phylce began to propose some suggestions for improving the software to Lin Hong.

Felice doesn't know anything about software technology, but she always looks at the use problem from the perspective of a user.

For example, in the previous channel, she didn't know how to enter it at the beginning, so she finally omitted this step of the channel.

And today, she put forward another requirement, that is, the file transfer function.

She hopes to be able to easily share files with Lin Hong, such as the text document of the contract.

However, Lin Hong has not implemented this function for the time being, and the IRC protocol supports such a function.

According to Phylise's idea, it's better to make this sharing simple, not to involve commands or anything else. It should be displayed graphically, and the operation should be more vivid. It's better to pass paper documents at ordinary times. People who don't know technology can understand it at a glance.

Now that there is a demand, Lin Hong has added this function to the list to be developed.

[Felice: By the way, I have a sister who has seen this software once, and she also wants to use this software to chat with me.]

[STONE: Yes, very welcome!]

[Felice: But if she comes in, she can also see the content of our chat, right? You can also see what I chatted with her.

[STONE: You can use another channel.]

[Felice: How to use it? That channel is so troublesome. You have to enter it manually every time. Can you not use the channel?

[STONE: I want to think about it.]

[Felice: Can it be made like a mobile phone? There is an address book in it. When you want to contact someone, choose the other party's name, so that the two can establish a connection and don't care about the channel at all.]

Lin Hong also figured it out when he saw this. The function that Phylize wants is to contact point-to-point. She doesn't need a chat room-like group chat function.

At the beginning, Lin Hong wanted to make this software for the chat room software. Now because other people are not very optimistic about it, only he and Phylise use it.

According to Phylize's idea, it seems to use it as a tool for communication between friends, just like making a phone call.

Lin Hong thought for a moment and thought that it was not bad to make such a function, which could even replace the function of the telephone, but the telephone is voice communication, and this is text communication.

[STONE: I will modify the software tonight, add the functions you mentioned, and you can let your good sister download and use it tomorrow.]

[Felice: Do I have to download and install again?]

[STONE: Yes, there's nothing I can do. It's equivalent to a new software. Of course, it needs to be reinstalled.]

[Felice: It's too troublesome to look like this. That FTP is too difficult to operate. Can you make it simpler? You have an upgraded version. Isn't it enough to upgrade directly? Why do you need to download the update every time?

Lin Hong couldn't help smiling when he saw her words. He knew that what Felix was most afraid of was tossing around. The last time I chatted with her, I knew that the radio station she used for the first time was also someone else's. Later, when she met Lin Hong, she immediately asked the housekeeper to find someone to install it for her, and taught her how to use it. It took several weeks to learn the basic operation.

Seeing her words, Lin Hong felt funny at first, but then he couldn't help reflecting.

Yes, why do you have to use FTP to download it again every time? I can completely implement an automatic update program directly!

He realized that he had been thinking from the perspective of a technician. In his opinion, downloading a software using FTP can't be easier, but for ordinary users like Phylise, it's a nightmare. In the past few days, every time the software is upgraded, Lin Hong has to teach her how to do it step by step on the phone. Despite the telephone support, it still takes her a long time to successfully download the file.

Every time he teaches Phylce to use FTP software, he is also very uncomfortable. In his opinion, it is obviously a simple operation like a mathematical problem such as 1+1=2, but Phyllis can't understand it.

Lin Hong has deeply understood that there is an insurmountable gap in the way technical and non-technical users think about problems.

Thinking of the Windows operating system that Microsoft is currently developing, Lin Hong also roughly understands that the computer operating system and software are gradually improving in the direction of being simple and easy to use. This kind of thinking is actually an imitation of the natural world, linking the concepts in computers with some common things in life, so that ordinary users can understand it very easily when they first come into contact with it.

According to the previously recorded requirements, Lin Hong began to redesign the function and interface of "CQCQ".

He tried his best to imitate the basic functions of the mobile phone. Many people in the world have mobile phones, but they may not necessarily call at the same time. Only the telephone company knows who has mobile phones, and those people are kept in their company's database.

In the same way, the CQCQ software installed on a computer is equivalent to a mobile phone. How many people are online in the CQCQ software, and there is no need to display everyone on the software, as long as it is saved in the database on the server side.

Each mobile phone corresponds to a number, so each CQCQ software also corresponds to a number. As long as you know this number, you can contact the other party, and you can also add this number to the software so that you can contact at any time in the future.

At the beginning, Lin Hong's CQCQ software was designed after the previous IRC software. Tonight, inspired by Phyliz, he began to perform a major operation on the software, and there were some major changes in the structure.

In this way, one night passed, and the V0.1 version of CQCQ software was finally born smoothly when the first ray of sunshine appeared in the sky!