My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 355 I really just wanted to freeload
When I saw Steve again that evening, he looked much more haggard.

Qin Zhiming, who had come eagerly to see his idol, was astonished: "Is he jet-lagged?"

The billionaire was under a lot of pressure, so he invited Wei Dong to an izakaya for a drink, barely paying any attention to the companions brought by the genius.

But this translator was much better than yesterday's. Not only did he bring Steve's business autobiography for autograph, but he even made soup!

Wei Dong was completely unaware of this: "Holy crap, do you have to be so obsequious to foreigners...?"

Qin Zhiming only embellished the story without hiding anything: "He's jealous of why I treat you so well, because you two are the only business geniuses I've ever seen."

Steve's expression softened slightly: "Tell me, what business genius does he possess?"

Wei Dong interrupted by pulling out a deck of cards: "This solitaire game is on the computer, right? This time, when we're promoting advertising and sales in Tokyo, we should focus on this."

He's an expert at this game; working the night shift is very boring.

In the days before smartphones, he learned to flip cards himself from the security booth after watching tax clerks flip cards on their computers.

This is one of the very few games that disabled people can play.

No language translation is needed. The cards are quickly arranged from few to many and then flipped over to draw cards, starting with the most difficult three-card flip.

The other two, who were both quite intelligent, were able to understand it quickly, and Steve immediately asked who owned the copyright.

Forty years later, even Rang Weidong doesn't have this kind of awareness: are there copyright issues with playing cards?
Shouldn't Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) also charge a fee?

So he told Qin Zhiming not to take advantage of this. If this is some unique practice in Citibank, it would be laughable if a foreigner tried to claim the copyright and was exposed.

I can't afford to lose this person.

But the translator still had to recount the genius's miracle to Steve: "He simply saw the karaoke video I made for my sister and recommended that I should sign karaoke rights for these kinds of songs with various singers in Hong Kong. Doesn't Citibank have that yet? This system works like this..."

Steve, who was multitasking, had already called his assistant in to learn the rules of the game and then send them back to Citibank to arrange for the production process and install it into the computer.

Even if the game rules are recorded one by one, the final outcome will still be attributed to Wei Dong's copyright.

Even if he says it's free, since this thing is included in a commercial product, it must follow the practice of copyright traceability.

Citibank remains a world-class example of strictly adhering to business rules.

Rang Weidong naturally claimed that he learned it while dealing with businessmen "from all over the world," and simply brought out the Minesweeper game as well.

Steve then said he had seen this digital logic game before.

It is indeed possible to do this on a computer.

How about a more complex Sudoku puzzle?
This is even more popular at Citibank, where it's a crossword puzzle that's often featured on the last page of magazines and newspapers.

Qin Zhiming was even able to skillfully identify that this advanced intellectual game, which he had learned from the United States, had just become popular in Japan.

But Rang Weidong's contribution certainly lies in adding this kind of educational game to Apple computers.

This was a detail that Steve overlooked, at least 85 years ago.

After playing all night, Rang Weidong, with the help of Qin Zhiming, a true computer novice, gained more insights: "We should develop image editing and retouching as the most important program, especially for female users, who will be full of enthusiasm for modifying their photos on the computer to make themselves more beautiful."

The laid-off translator sitting next to Rang Weidong immediately widened his eyes. "Is there really such a thing?"

Qin Zhiming laughed heartily and said, "That's right, that's right."

Steve nodded in agreement, but was also very disappointed that his computer couldn't handle the genius's ideas.

At that time, Apple computers were just black and white gadgets with 128K of memory. Considering that the CPU was like that of the Famicom, they still dared to ask for $2500. They were really ripping people off.

The so-called graphical system is actually a single-task program. When you boot up and enter the graphical interface, selecting any application will exit the graphical system, and when other applications exit, the system will restart.

Ultimately, this so-called graphical interface is just a standalone menu. Once you select a dish, it shuts down to free up desktop space for other programs.

It's that simple.

Editing images is such a complex task that I really can't afford it.

As for getting Wei Dong to run "multitasking" on the Android system he's used to, that's even more impossible.

In fact, Steve's current pain stems from the fact that computer hardware is not yet able to support many of his and his geniuses' wildly imaginative ideas.

Therefore, many of his advanced ideas resulted in computer products that were both expensive and ineffective.

This period, before Moore's Law accelerates, is a critical time and is extremely frustrating.

There are many amazing ideas for Wei Dong to showcase his talents, but there are limitations that prevent them from being realized.

I feel your pain!

If it weren't for the two annoying translators, he would have loved to confide in his genius companion about all the shocks he had experienced that day.

Just today, he was dismissed from his position as general manager of the computer department and reassigned as "global architect." In reality, this was a nominal exile, a way of luring him to Japan to participate in the World Expo!

So, in his frustration, he raised his glass and drank heavily! Wei Dong couldn't understand the pain of a true genius being surrounded by idiots.

Conversely, the layman comforted him: "Then there's no need to modify it. If you can create a beautiful image and set it as your desktop background, making your computer look much nicer, it will definitely generate more sales."

Steve gestured to his assistant to write down Wei Dong's idea and tell him to put it into practice as soon as possible, while they drank.

Wei Dong could tell he was trying to drown his sorrows in alcohol, so he chuckled and said, "Why drink? Let's play cards, small stakes, ten dollars a hand."

Qin Zhiming's eyes lit up. "You're robbing me!"

As expected, Steve, who was thoroughly enjoying the novelty, lost $150,000 that night!

Bombs were flying everywhere!
If he didn't have to go to another meeting, he could have been playing until dawn!

The billionaire wasn't annoyed at all. While instructing his assistant to write a check, he, despite his poor skills, decided to go back and study the game properly, planning to try again tomorrow: "Yes, I'm bringing my own cards to eliminate any possibility of cheating. You wouldn't, would you?"

Wei Dong laughed heartily as he accepted the check: "Bring whatever brand you want..."

He refrained from setting up the signs beforehand, afraid of scaring away the potential customers.

Then they split the profits with Qin Zhiming, leaving Wei Dong without any US dollar deposits in his account.

The karaoke bar owner knew he was just playing a supporting role: "Just take your service fee. If you had the skills to participate in a Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) tournament, that would be great. It's starting to become popular among Hong Kong's wealthy circles. Next time, let's go and dominate the game."

Qin Yuye also wanted to go to some brothels and get drunk.

The two men had decided to go back to playing video games, and while playing, they discussed how to modify the device and what improvements to make it.

This feeling is just too good.

Moreover, we got some ideas from Steve about how they were working on Apple computers today. The two clever laymen had a somewhat ambiguous discussion, and we'll continue to try to get information out of them tomorrow.

The personal computers at that time, including their operating systems, were very basic and not a complex or large system. So the mainland computer industry, which was a blank slate, might be able to catch up, or at least not be left behind.

That's what Wei Dong thought.

There was no video recording that night; the three of them came down and verified each other's words.

Resigned to his fate, Qin Yuye had no choice but to sit on the edge of the bed and act as a recorder for the two men playing video games.

But then I suddenly felt that this feeling was pretty good.

It was filled with a pure and enthusiastic atmosphere of entrepreneurial effort.

By the fifth day, Steve had lost more than $400,000 to Rang Weidong!
If he hadn't been able to improve his win rate by going back and forth, he would have lost even more.

But he was the one who brought the cards, and he was the one who dealt them. Wo Yaoyan couldn't even bring himself to say that. He just got more and more excited as he lost. It was only a little more money. The main thing was that he had never felt his intelligence had been so thoroughly crushed before!

Next, has the game program that Wei Dong urged us to get implemented while playing cards been completed? Are the images ready to be used as desktop backgrounds? Have the ads started airing? What happened to the testing we were promised?

Actually, Steve, who was somewhat resigned to his fate and wanted to clear his mind, just turned around and urged his assistant, "Come on, who should catch this time?"

Under these circumstances, the "brand new" Macintosh computer advertisement finally aired simultaneously on three television stations in Tokyo!
When a US-listed company launches an advertisement, it certainly won't stingily choose some small TV station; it will always choose the channels and time slots with the highest viewership coverage.

Normally, multinational advertising agencies handle the advertising; this time, it's just a matter of replacing the previous grandiose, yet eerie and terrifying, advertisement with something else.

The three of them played cards at the izakaya again, while Qin Yuye sat seriously in front of the TV, holding the remote control: "Let's start!"

Qin Zhiming's arrival involved making further adjustments to the previously filmed commercials.

He's already started a film company; he's the most professional, and he can find even more professional experts in Tokyo.

The screen opens with a beautiful girl sitting with her knees drawn up in a ballet pose against a softly lit background, with a computer next to her.

The pose of sitting with knees drawn up is captured cleverly. From the front, only the slightly crossed, straight lower legs are visible between the legs, and the angle makes it look like the person is not wearing anything!

It can be paired with a girl's bright, gentle smile to maximize Qin Yuye's charm, making people think, "Really? Really?!"
Are these nude models putting on a show to entertain the computer?

The question is whether this receives a lot of attention.

It's said that many izakayas with TVs on the walls fell silent for a moment.

The three people playing cards couldn't help but turn to look at the screen, and Steve even secretly slipped two cards into the deck!

I've been losing so much these past few days, I'm covered in lice, and I'm really worried.

Her entire body was hidden by her knees drawn up, but her voluptuous waist and hips were still visible, smooth and attractive, her arms outstretched...

The computer screen lights up, drawing attention to the screen.

The camera zooms in to show a graphical street scene, where a young girl's smooth, delicate hand rests on a computer screen, and an arrow clicks to open a file, showcasing "a simple computer that anyone can control by typing."

The camera zooms out further, revealing the girl's bust, waist, and hips in a perfect hourglass shape on the side of the frame. The computer screen slides across the screen like an iron, displaying the words "Accompanying you every moment."

At this moment, looking at her bare chest, waist, and back, with half of her jeans covering her hips, she looked exceptionally sexy and charming.

They're just skirting the line and selling sex appeal!
(End of this chapter)