Chapter 6 I'll Treat You to Popsicles
"That's right. For someone as talented and gifted as me, programming is just a piece of cake, isn't it?"
Lu Yiming obviously didn't take Lin Yuzhen's contempt to heart, and then looked at Zhu Hanwen: "Teacher Zhu, where do you think it would be more appropriate to put my computer?"
Being left aside by Lu Yiming like this, Lin Yuzhen was so angry that her cheeks puffed up and she felt very unhappy.
Every boy she met was attracted by her beauty. They either pursued her openly or tried to strike up a conversation with her, or at worst, they would steal glances at her.
But Lu Yiming was different. After coming in, he just casually greeted her and completely ignored her.
Although he thought Lu Yiming was unreliable, as a teacher, Zhu Hanwen felt that he should still encourage his students to have a serious goal, so he nodded and agreed to the request: "There is a utility room of two or three square meters at the entrance. If you don't mind, I will clean it up and you can put your computer there."
Lu Yiming got what he wanted, and immediately complimented him cheerfully: "That's great, I originally thought I would have to sit in the lobby, but now it's upgraded to a private room."
"It's just two or three square meters, barely enough to fit a computer in."
Zhu Hanwen said as he stepped forward to help.
Although the place is narrow, it is close to the school and is quiet and clean. Therefore, Lu Yiming is very satisfied with it. It is much better than an Internet cafe. At least it is a place where people can work with peace of mind.
As soon as Zhu Hanwen took out the broom, Lu Yiming quickly rolled up his sleeves and took it over: "Teacher Zhu, I can do it myself. It's great that you took me in. Why would I bother you to help me clean the house? I'll do it, I'll do it."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Yiming had already walked into the utility room and started to work.
Seeing Lu Yiming working so hard, Zhu Hanwen was very pleased, but at the same time he felt it was a pity. He thought that if Lu Yiming could study so hard, his grades would have improved long ago.
But it’s not bad for now. Looking at the situation, what Lu Yiming said about teaching himself computer programming is very likely to be true.
Thinking of this, Zhu Hanwen's originally anxious heart gradually calmed down.
After about twenty minutes, Lu Yiming had cleaned up the utility room.
"Teacher Zhu, I'll take these waste papers to the waste collection station and sell them. I'll give you the money this afternoon. I'll take out the garbage when I go downstairs."
Lu Yiming wiped the sweat from his forehead. After a busy period, he finally finished sorting out the clutter.
Zhu Hanwen smiled indifferently and said, "You can sell these waste papers and keep the money yourself."
Lu Yiming, who was in need of money, did not refuse: "Thank you, Mr. Zhu."
Lin Yuzhen, who had been helping just now, was unhappy. She pouted and muttered, "How shameless."
"Then I'll treat you to some popsicles later?"
Seeing Lu Yiming being so understanding, Lin Yuzhen nodded happily: "That's about right."
“How shameless.”
"Hey, you guy!"
"Do you still want to eat the old popsicle?"
Lin Yuzhen opened her eyes wide, bit her teeth and glared at Lu Yiming fiercely, pursing her lips: "Eat."
It looked as if he didn't want to eat the ice cream, but wanted to eat Lu Yiming alive.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Yiming stopped teasing Lin Yuzhen and quickly moved the utility room.
Sun Jiatong, who had just finished washing the dishes, also ran over to see what was happening.
Lu Yiming quickly connected the host and the monitor, then took out the Windows 98 system installation disc given by Manulife and started installing the system.
While the computer was installing the program, Lu Yiming leaned against the window and carefully studied the cables outside. He breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the school has Internet access, otherwise it would be really troublesome. I'll go outside to buy some network cables and take the garbage and waste paper down with me."
Half an hour later, Lu Yiming came back with an Internet cable and some popsicles.
Everyone ate popsicles, letting the sour and sweet taste flow on their tongues, and then watched Lu Yiming busying himself there.
It was very easy to install a network cable at that time. After all, it was still dial-up Internet access. For families with a telephone installed, they could just plug in the network cable. It was completely different from the network boxes in later generations.
By the time everyone finished eating their popsicles, Lu Yiming had already pulled up the network cable.
Coincidentally, the system was installed, and accompanied by a burst of electronic synthesized sound, a colorful and distorted grid logo with a tail appeared on the display.
Seeing the computer successfully boot up and run, others were more excited than Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming sat in front of the computer desk, concentrating on checking the configuration of the computer. After all, this was an important means of production, and his chances of getting rich depended on it.
16M large memory, 8G massive storage, and the MP3 function that was just released this year, equipped with home multimedia entertainment functions. If this configuration is thrown into a flea market in 20 years, even a junk collector probably won't even look at it twice. But now it is a standard configuration for the rich, absolutely enviable.
Lin Yuzhen's fair and tender face couldn't help but move closer, her shining eyes full of envy.
In the summer of 1998, there were about 1.5 million computers in the country, which accounted for less than 0.02% of the total population. Many of them were used for scientific research and office purposes, and there were few individuals and families who could afford to buy computers.
To many people of this era, computers are similar to Zenith technology, equally out of reach and mysterious.
As one of the key high schools in the city, the teaching conditions at No. 1 High School are naturally not bad. There are still computer classes, but the computers and software systems used are antiques from ten years ago, and naturally cannot compare to the "rich man's computer" that Lu Yiming just bought.
"Why does this computer of yours look different from the one used in computer class?"
Lin Yuzhen had no idea about hardware configuration, but she could still tell the difference in the operating interface.
The computer classes in school obviously use a bunch of old computers. Not only do they have very poor performance, but the operating programs are also DOS. To open any program, one has to learn the complicated instruction codes first. It is nothing compared to Windows, which uses the desktop window mode and is completely fool-proof.
Lin Yuzhen's eyes were filled with curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
Lu Yiming raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Why, you want to know?"
"Um!"
Lin Yuzhen nodded heavily, blinked her eyes and started to act cute.
But Lu Yiming didn't buy it at all, he just smiled and said, "Pour me a cup of tea first, and I'll tell you."
“…”
Lin Yuzhen was furious, but she still obediently poured a cup of tea over: "Humph, drink it to death!"
As a beauty, Lin Yuzhen has long been accustomed to using just a look or a word to make those superficial boys revolve around her and let her drive them around.
But all her tricks were ineffective in front of Lu Yiming and she was completely defeated.
