Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world.

"Here, here's some foam paper. This stuff can pretty much protect the floppy disk. It shouldn't be a big problem when it's sent to Japan."

"Thank you, can this be cheaper? Ten yuan is still too expensive."

"Forget it, that's all. This is what I usually save myself. You can take it."

The salesperson in front of the floppy disk sales counter waved his hands in a generous manner.

Zuo Zhen had already guessed that this thing probably didn't require money.

Foam paper is relatively rare now, but it is not a very expensive thing.

The other person probably asked for ten yuan because he wanted to make some extra money for himself.

The salesman gave it to Zuo Zhen for free because what Zuo Zhen said just now was very interesting and gave him the feeling of seeing a new world.

Will computers look very different in ten years?

He is a top student and has been abroad, so what he says should be more reliable.

The salesman felt that this was an exchange of equal value. He gained some very novel knowledge from Zuo Zhen, and he gave Zuo Zhen packaging materials for free.

After Zuo Zhen thanked him, he left and returned to school. Now that he had a new business during the day, he had to spend more time typing code at night.

The computer floor of the library was closed at night, and the janitor, Uncle Ma, also came home from get off work. Zuo Zhen walked to Uncle Ma's desk, found a key from the drawer, and prepared to open the door of the computer room.

But when he walked to the door of the computer room, he found that the door was ajar.

Zuo Zhen opened the door curiously. The light in the computer room was not turned on, so he could quickly locate the target.

Those were the two computers in the center of the computer room, and there was a person sitting in front of one of them.

It was Yu Mengchen.

Zuo Zhen could recognize who it was just by looking at his back.

I'm afraid only one girl, Yu Mengchen, has entered the entire computer room so far.

Kyungsan University's computer major has had three classes of students so far, and each class has only male students. It is the only major in the entire school that does not have female students, which is a bit tragic to say the least.

Why is Yu Mengchen here?

Zuo Zhen was a little curious.

During the day, Yu Mengchen had basically finished the art work. All that was left was for Zuo Zhen to put together the overall game program and then test it more.

"Yu Mengchen? Why are you still here? You're not working on the art of Squirrel War, are you?"

"what!"

Yu Mengchen let out a frightened cry, then hurriedly stood up from his seat and looked at the door. Then he was slightly relieved when he saw that the person who came in was Zuo Zhen, but at the same time he looked a little blushing.

"Well... well, I've actually finished the art for the squirrel fight, and I'm working on something else."

"Something else?"

Zuo Zhen walked over and took a look at Yu Mengchen's screen, and then saw that the screen was the simple version of the pinball game that Zuo Zhen originally made.

This pinball game completely imitates Atari's PONG tabletop pinball game. There is a collision block at the bottom of the screen that can move horizontally, and there are blocks at the top of the screen. Those blocks can be destroyed by continuously hitting them with a small ball, and finally they are eliminated. The game is completed when all blocks are dropped.

This was quite popular in the prehistoric era of gaming, and indirectly gave birth to Atari, the former gaming giant.

Of course, it is already a small shrimp now.

"Did you...replace all the art in the pinball game?"

Yu Mengchen nodded sheepishly: "Well, I found that you still have this game on your computer, so I clicked on it out of curiosity and played it, and then I found that the screen of this game is a bit crude."

Zuo Zhen looked at the screen and noticed that the style of the pinball game he made had changed very obviously.

The first is the collision block and pinball in the game. After adjusting the painting style, these two look more three-dimensional. Yu Mengchen also specially decorated the pinball with a highlight.

The pinball game that Zuo Zhen played before was just a simple white dot, without anything fancy. This kind of game was more interesting at the beginning. After playing other better games, this pinball game will be abandoned soon.

But now, the graphics alone can attract some people to try it. At least it seems to be a bit bluffing, much better than the pinball game Zuo Zhen originally played.

"Sorry, Zuo Zhen, I modified the game content without your permission."

Seeing Zuo Zhen being silent for a long time, Yu Mengchen was a little panicked. She seemed to be worried that Zuo Zhen would be dissatisfied because she rashly changed the game.

Zuo Zhen said: "What you did is really great. Are you just changing the art of this game at night?"

"Ah."

"How long have you been working?"

"That... didn't take long."

"How long is it specifically? More than three hours."

"I really found a good No. [-] employee. You're working overtime like this. You're making me, the No. [-] employee, feel ashamed."

Yu Mengchen felt relieved after hearing this.

It seemed that Zuo Zhen didn't want to blame himself.

Yu Mengchen said quickly: "No, no, actually I think I should do more. You asked me to help, but I seem to have nothing to do after just doing a little bit."

"Are you worried that I won't want you after you finish this job?" Zuo Zhen seemed to understand what she meant.

Yu Mengchen was a little panicked and didn't dare to look at Zuo Zhen.

She really thought so.

It is rare to have someone who recognizes her. She hopes to do more so that she can get more recognition from this person who recognizes her and not abandon herself.

"Why are you worried about this? From now on, we will be the strongest partners. I never thought it would end just by asking you to help me make one game."

Yu Mengchen raised his head after hearing this: "Then... you still want to make more games? But can you make a lot of money if you make more of these things? You see, not many families in our country have computers now. "

Yu Mengchen has always felt that Zuo Zhen is just for fun. After he proves that he has strong programming skills, he will make some more high-end things.

Teacher Zhan Weishan, who came over occasionally, said that he seemed to want Zuo Zhen not to focus more on game production, but to make more professional software with him.

"That's just now. Our country is developing at a rapid pace. One day video games will shine in our country, but right now I really haven't thought about making money by producing games domestically."

Zuo Zhen paused, and then continued: "I plan to look overseas. Wouldn't it be better to make money from foreigners and in turn help us grow?"

"what?"

"I already have some rough plans. Selling games domestically is just an add-on. Overseas is the market we need to fight for at this time."