Chapter 7 You are not a real noob!
After drinking the tea, Lu Yiming explained to Lin Yuzhen the differences between the two operating softwares, DOS and Windows.
Generally speaking, the former is for professionals, while the latter is more popular and commercial.
When it comes to software, the lower the cost of using it, the easier it is to promote it.
Compared to DOS, which requires special learning to use, Windows is so simple that even a fool can easily master it, making the computer no longer just a production tool, but also a combination of life and entertainment functions.
It was precisely relying on the Windows operating system that Microsoft dominated the entire computer software market, and Bill Gates himself became the richest man in the world.
Before the millennium, domestic information was blocked and many news and information from abroad were simply inaccessible to ordinary people.
Even the fact that Bill Gates was the world's richest man was the first time that Lin Yuzhen heard about it.
Shocked, her cherry-colored lips could not close, revealing two rows of pure white teeth. Her eyes were wide open, and she covered her mouth with her hands in surprise and asked, "The richest man in the world! How rich must he be?"
Lu Yiming connected the computer to the telephone line and started dialing the Internet. He replied nonchalantly, "It's not much money actually. It's about a little over 50 billion US dollars."
"More than fifty billion! US dollars!"
After getting the answer, Lin Yuzhen couldn't help but scream out loud. It was obvious that both the numbers and the units had brought her an unimaginable huge shock.
"If converted to China, wouldn't it be more than 400 billion?"
The more she imagined, the more shocked Lin Yuzhen's heart was. Just a simple conversion was enough to make her brain almost crash.
Can people really be so rich?
Twenty years after reform and opening up, the concept of money is taking root in people's minds. Ordinary people in China have gradually begun to get used to using the amount of wealth to measure a person's achievements and height. The story of Mou Qizhong exchanging canned food for an airplane and eventually becoming the richest man in China is still talked about.
Obviously, if the rich are mountains, then the figure of 400 billion is definitely at the level of Mount Everest, enough to make anyone marvel and look up to it.
When Lin Yuzhen heard this, her heart was already trembling. Her eyes turned into the shape of money. She looked at Lu Yiming eagerly: "Learning computer programming, is it really so profitable?"
The implication was that she wanted Lu Yiming to teach her as well.
But Lu Yiming was busy making money right now, so he didn't have time to teach. Even if the beauty begged him, he wouldn't do it. After all, he was a principled man. He shook his head and refused without hesitation: "Whether you make money or not depends on who you are. If you want to learn something, you must have a rare talent."
"I do! I have great grades!"
Lin Yuzhen patted her chest and raised her chin.
"No, you didn't. Go to bed and stop dreaming."
Lu Yiming waved his hand in disdain, signaling her to stop being an eyesore and that he was going to get down to business.
"Humph, if you don't want to teach me, then don't teach me, you stingy bastard!"
Lin Yuzhen was so angry that she stamped her feet, pouted, and ran away with her ponytail swinging.
Lu Yiming ignored Lin Yuzhen and sat in front of the computer to install some necessary software.
Taking advantage of the downloading time, Lu Yiming opened the Yahoo website and browsed the news.
At this time, Robin Li was still working for Infoseek, a famous search engine company in Silicon Valley. He was still one year away from returning to China and two years away from founding Baidu.
It is still difficult to browse news on the Internet in China.
After a while, Lu Yiming felt a heat on his back and was startled. He turned his head suddenly and found that Lin Yuzhen had been standing behind him without him knowing when.
At this moment, the two of them stared at each other, their faces no more than ten centimeters apart. Lu Yiming could smell the faint scent of soap emanating from Lin Yuzhen's body.
This little girl didn't give up and even wanted to learn from me!
Lu Yiming stretched out a finger, pressed it against her forehead, and gently pushed her away, saying rudely, "What's the matter? Are you trying to take advantage of me? Your face is so close to me that it's affecting my work!"
Lin Yuzhen, on the other hand, took several steps back in fear, her heart pounding, her cheeks flushed, she covered her chest, and pouted to express her dissatisfaction: "Do you want to scare me to death?"
"You little girl, are you the first to complain?"
Lu Yiming was speechless. It had only been a short time since they knew each other, but the goddess image of this beautiful and smart girl had already collapsed.
Lin Yuzhen, who revealed her money-grubbing nature, took a few deep breaths under Lu Yiming's disdainful gaze, and continued to persevere in her plan to steal his skills. She pretended to be disdainful and pointed at the webpage and asked, "It's all in English. Can you understand it?"
Sun Jiatong is the best English teacher in No. 1 Middle School. Lin Yuzhen has been learning English with Sun Jiatong since she was a child. Now, she can not only get high scores in English exams every time, but her spoken English is also good.
But even so, she still found it difficult to understand the English on the computer screen.
However, Lu Yiming was able to read with great interest and at a very fast speed. Often, before Lin Yuzhen had finished half of the book, Lu Yiming had already turned the page. His English level was even higher than that of Lin Yuzhen, the recognized academic master in the school!
Lu Yiming didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. Although he was a poor student in high school and college, he started working after graduation. He worked in a software company that specialized in outsourcing orders from foreign software companies. How could he survive without knowing English? He would not even be able to communicate in basic ways.
In this way, he was forced to hone his English skills. Unexpectedly, now that he was reborn, his English skills would come in handy.
"What's the big deal? I have something even more powerful."
Rebirth was too bizarre, so Lu Yiming didn't know what to say and could only brush it off.
Seeing how casually Lu Yiming spoke, Lin Yuzhen was very suspicious.
"You're not pretending, are you?"
After all, given Lu Yiming's current state, it is difficult to associate him with the word "bad student".
If Lu Yiming, who can read English manuscripts fluently, is a poor student, then can Lin Yuzhen still be considered a top student?
Lin Yuzhen felt that Lu Yiming was actually pretending!
She pointed to one of the lines and asked, "Then tell me, what does this sentence mean?"
"A wise man will not sit down and cry for the failure, they must be looking for ways to save them with optimism."
Lu Yiming read it out naturally with standard pronunciation, and then said: "'Wise people will never sit down and wail over failure, they will definitely look for ways to save it optimistically.' This is a sentence from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2."
Seeing that Lu Yiming not only read out the sentence in fluent English, but also translated it into Chinese and indicated the source, Lin Yuzhen looked at Lu Yiming as if he was looking at an alien!
Lu Yiming not only really understands English, but is also very familiar with famous foreign works!
Is this the strength of a poor student?
too strong!
At this moment, Lin Yuzhen's gaze towards Lu Yiming changed!
At the age of a teenager, he can not only speak fluent English, but also understand foreign literature, which is fatally attractive to women!
You know, this was the 1990s, the most Western-worshiping decade!
