Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 154: Chapter 143: The Technological Hegemony of Apple Company

Money is a good thing.

When Zhao Yi received the one million yuan prize money, his mood became very pleasant.

In the past month, his income had decreased significantly.

First of all, the income from the Rubik’s Cube calculator had declined. After the mass registration and use of the calculator, both domestically and abroad, the number of new registered users per day was limited.

This is, after all, just a calculator, and tool software sales are limited in the long run.

Since the disclosure of the ’Effective and Irrelevant Carry Filtering Method,’ some companies have developed similar calculators, and ’flawed versions’ or ’imperfect Rubik’s Cube calculators’ can already be found online.

These are designed based on the ’Effective and Irrelevant Carry Filtering Method,’ but due to the hasty design and less streamlined internal programming, some Rubik’s Cubes with multiple steps cannot be calculated. However, for cubes with fewer than seventeen steps, an ordinary home computer can solve them in just a few seconds.

Although the ’flawed version’ is not perfect, free download and use is the key factor.

That greatly affects the market.

Both domestically and abroad, registration numbers are decreasing daily. At its worst, the number of daily registrations in China fell below one thousand, nearly insufficient to cover the server operation cost.

Zhang Zhen suggested disbanding the Rubik’s Cube calculator.

For such a small revenue, running a separate server is not worth it, and there will be continuous losses down the line. It would be better to switch to a smaller server and announce a period of free use.

"Do you care about the source code? The best solution is to sell the software along with the source code," Zhang Zhen said. "I heard from a colleague that Apple Company is interested in buying the source code, as they want to integrate the Rubik’s Cube calculator into their application system." ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com

"For mobile phones?"

Zhao Yi asked.

Zhang Zhen replied, "Probably for computers. Apple’s mobile phones aren’t great. I heard they are developing a new mobile operating system, but who knows how successful that will be. I only like Nokia."

Zhao Yi silently despised him in his heart, knowing that Apple Company’s intention to buy the source code was definitely for their new mobile phone.

The mobile phone developed by Apple Company alone is almost ready to be released.

It will be a product that shocked the world!

Apple Company’s rise to prominence relied on selling mobile phones. In just a few years, they squeezed Nokia to the brink of bankruptcy. The release of Apple’s new mobile phone will also mark the arrival of the smartphone era.

So...

"How much do they plan to offer?"

"We haven’t discussed it yet. I’ll first ask for your opinion, and I think we should get at least a few hundred thousand dollars," Zhang Zhen estimated.

A few hundred thousand dollars is quite a lot.

After the disclosure of the ’Effective and Irrelevant Carry Filtering Method,’ large technology companies have the capability to independently develop Rubik’s Cube calculators, requiring only manpower and time investment.

Zhang Zhen calculated the development, debugging, and other factors, including the fame and popularity bonus, a one-time payment of several hundred thousand dollars, even if it is five hundred thousand, would amount to around four million yuan.

The Rubik’s Cube calculator brought in less than ten million net income; selling it for a few million more would be about right.

Zhao Yi considered it and agreed.

He had no reason to refuse.

Universe Interactive Technology Company cut the robot operating system project, resulting in Zhang Zhen no longer needing Zhao Yi’s algorithm outsourcing services. Zhao Yi’s free time was spent on robot programming, which could not bring direct income.

It is hard to get used to having no part-time jobs!

Earning several million at once would make the bank account balance look better. Zhao Yi wants to invest in good projects and make some money in the future.

Money.

Nobody ever complains about having too much of it!

So, we still need to work hard!

...

A week later.

The end of the semester exams arrived at the thirteenth middle school.

The end of the semester exams are conducted uniformly in the province and are ranked provincially. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

The Zhengyang Municipal Education Bureau takes the exams very seriously.

In order to minimize the possibility of cheating and simulate the College Entrance Examination environment, the Education Bureau decided to give the first and second grade students two days off, shuffling the students from neighboring towns’ high schools and arranging the exams at several schools.

This is similar to the Joint Entrance Examination.

Changing schools for the exam brought pressure to the students.

Zhao Yi was lucky; he was only assigned to Zhengyang No.1 High School, which was closer to his home. In contrast, other students, such as Sun Liang and Zhao Linlin, had to travel some distance and take a shuttle bus arranged by the school to get to their exam centers.

Lin Xiaoqing was even luckier; she was directly assigned to the exam center at the thirteenth middle school.

The first subject was Chinese.

Recently, Zhao Yi had been immersing himself in Chinese. The progress was noticeable; he was able to answer three ancient poetry questions and had an idea for the reading comprehension analysis.

For the other questions, he let his imagination run wild.

The mathematics exam in the afternoon was interesting. As Zhao Yi was waiting at the door of the classroom for it to open, a group of ’exam friends’ was amazed by his presence --

"Zhao Yi, it’s one thing for you to take the Chinese exam, but you’re even taking the math exam too?"

"You’ve already solved the world’s math problems, and now you’re here with us taking a high school math exam?"

"How about this, apply to the Education Bureau to not take the exam at all and be given full marks directly!"

"I think it will work!"

"Don’t worry, no student in the whole province will object!"

Zhao Yi was a bit helpless.

When the invigilator arrived, she also expressed the same opinion, "Zhao Yi, why don’t you not take the exam? I will apply to the higher-ups for full marks for you?"