At the beginning of 2011, Weixin had just come out and mobile payment was still in its infancy. It was not easy to make online mobile payments. You had to go to the bank.
Mei Fang had already taken care of this matter during the summer vacation, so he could use Taobao to order his laptop online.
However, logistics in this era cannot be expected to be fast. The three Alienware M11Xs that Mei Fang spent 40,000 yuan to purchase took a full week to transport from Shanghai to Jiangcheng, and were not delivered until the weekend of the first week of school.
The task of informing Aunt Liang that "the school has distributed computers" was completed by Lin Youxi.
In the eyes of her stepmother, Lin Youxi has always been a good child with excellent character and academic performance and hard work, so she has always believed in what Youxi said, which also made Lin Youxi feel a little guilty.
At the same time, in order to reassure Aunt Liang, everyone's laptops were usually placed in the living room for use. This involved the issue of pulling in network cables to apply for broadband. Mei Fang found a way to coax Aunt Liang into applying for the extremely rare 10M telecommunications bandwidth at the time.
In this era, the bandwidth of home computers is mostly around 2M, which means a download speed of 200K. To Mei Fang, who returned in 2022, this is absolutely the slowest of the slow. A 10M bandwidth can only guarantee a speed of around 1M.
Of course, the price is about 4 times that of 2M, and the annual Internet fee is 3,200, which can be said to be a huge amount of money, equivalent to Liang Meijuan's monthly salary.
Although Mei Fangxiayuan said she could pay for it herself, Liang Meijuan was worried that the children would not have enough living expenses, so she gritted her teeth and paid the money.
Liang Meijuan didn't ask too much about what the children did, and she trusted Mei Fang and the others quite a lot, which was something that any other parent in the three families could not do.
But even so, Liang Meijuan had been hiding their actual actions, which made the three little ones feel uneasy.
So they would help Liang Meijuan with housework on weekends. Xia Yuan would clean the house, and Lin Youxi would accompany Liang Meijuan to buy groceries.
Only the little brat Mei Fang was busy installing the computer and configuring the network environment. He would only lend a hand when Xia Yuan needed help with cleaning.
"You don't need these paper boxes anymore, do you?"
Xia Yuan put down the broom, picked up the unpacked box of the laptop and asked Mei Fang, "Don't you want me to throw it all away?"
"Please keep the warranty certificate. The box is not needed."
"Are these the ones?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah... Just put it on the coffee table. I'll get it later."
Mei Fang took a look and continued to busy himself with configuring the computer. While he was busy, Xia Yuan suddenly pinched his shoulders from behind and started to get close to him, "Have you finished the computer?"
"Well... almost."
"So starting today, are you going to code with Youxi again?"
"Besides coding, there are other things to do. I need to look at the planning proposal written by Zhang Ming and the text written by Yue Xinyi."
Xia Yuan was surprised and asked, "He really started to help you?"
"Well... But there will be more time during the summer vacation. I guess there won't be time when school starts. After all, I gave him such a nice car. I have to squeeze him hard."
While Mei Fang was talking, Xia Yuan kept leaning on his shoulder and looking at the screen, but she would only be so unscrupulous when Youxi and Aunt Liang were not around.
Of course, Mei Fang didn't know that Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi had made an agreement not to take their relationship any further. He was still trying to pull and balance the situation. As long as Yuanyuan didn't do anything that crossed the line, he wouldn't resist.
"Is there anything I can help with? Everyone is helping you now. I've asked Yue Xinyi to help with the copywriting for the game, and she's having a lot of fun writing it."
"Well... then you can learn some music arrangement software. It will not only help me make game sound effects, but also be helpful for you to make music in the future! Well, you can take a look at Fruit Arranger. It is a relatively powerful music arrangement software."
"Okay, then I'll search and download it, and then study the tutorial."
Xia Yuan pulled Mei Fang's clothes to dry his hands, and then sat down beside him.
Mei Fang saw that her mop was placed aside, and that only the last floor was left to be mopped, so she took the initiative to take on the job.
"Shall I help you finish mopping the floor?"
"Yes, thank you for your help. Thank you, Fang!"
When Mei Fang was almost done mopping the floor, Aunt Liang and Lin Youxi came back and knocked on the door. Xia Yuan immediately climbed down from the chair as if he had been electrocuted.
She stepped on her slippers and quickly ordered Mei Fang to open the door. She took the mop and pretended to finish the final work.
"I'm back."
"Yeah... Yuanyuan is mopping the floor. She's really working hard."
Xia Yuan smiled guiltily at Aunt Liang, "It's okay, it's my duty... Hey, don't walk too fast, the ground isn't dry yet."
"Yeah, okay."
Lin Youxi carried the vegetables to the kitchen with Liang Meijuan. Liang Meijuan pushed Lin Youxi and said, "Youxi, go watch TV or play computer with Ah Fang and the others. I'll cook."
"It's okay, Auntie, I'll help you—"
Liang Meijuan was unhappy:
"My job is to take care of you three, why do I need your help everywhere?"
"You are all good kids, but you usually eat in the school cafeteria. I have more things to do on weekends. You can't take all my work. It will make my life boring."
When Liang Meijuan said this, she deliberately spoke loudly so that Xia Yuan could hear it, meaning that children did not need to be too sensible and obedient.
"After dinner, the three of you should go out for a walk. Don't stay at home all the time. It's boring."
"All right… "
So the three little ones were kicked out of the house by Liang Meijuan in the afternoon.
"Where are we going to play? Where are we going to play?"
Mei Fang shook his head. "This place is very far from the city. It takes about two hours to drive there and back."
"Ah..." Xia Yuan said with a bitter face, "That's too far. I won't be able to catch up with the evening self-study class."
"It's so hot now, why don't we go to a milk tea shop and spend the afternoon?" Lin Youxi suggested, "Then everyone can find something to do."
"Well... things that can be done outside—"
Xia Yuan thought for a moment, "Does Ah Fang have any good ideas?"
"Oh, I just happen to have something I want to ask everyone's opinion on."
Mei Fang explained, "It's about the naming of our game studio."
Prior to this, the "Early Bird" that Mei Fang released on the Internet was created under the name of [ClaringMay] (Smart Mei) as an independent game producer. Next, he plans to take advantage of the launch of Pingguo 4 to begin accumulating reputation and fame in the domestic gaming industry.
"Life Restart Simulator" and "Royalty" are his works that he plans to release on the App Store during the National Day in October. Since they are text games with strong interactivity, the program development and art resources have already been completed.
Now we just have to wait for the table configuration to be completed and bug testing to be done, so we need a studio name.
The name of this studio means a lot to Mei Fang.
The previous games were just replicas of the success of their predecessors. Creating it was Mei Fang's first step in expanding his gaming empire and a stepping stone for him to gain a foothold in the industry.
The three of them found a milk tea shop opposite the school and sat down. Because it was the weekend during the summer vacation, there were some classmates who lived on campus and were having a party. Mei Fang and the other three were not shy about it and sat down in an inconspicuous corner. Xia Yuan asked for stickers and pens and gave them to Mei Fang and Lin Youxi.
"Ah Fang, before you think of a name, let me ask you a question."
Xia Yuan rubbed his hands and said, "Uh... I can only help you with the game now, not as much as Yue Xinyi and Guo Yun. Is it really appropriate for me to help think of this name?"
"What's inappropriate about this? We are just a start-up trio, and this is not determined by the amount of division of labor. And Yuanyuan, your work will become more and more important in the future. You must be mentally prepared. I will treat you very strictly."
"Hmm... That's good."
Xia Yuan smiled and stuck out her tongue, "Actually, I was just being polite..."
Lin Youxi suggested, "Since this is a studio founded by three people, the common naming method is to take one character from each person's name to form the studio, right?"
"Then it's called Mei Youyuan Studio. It's quite attractive."
Mei Fang usually likes to use this phrase to make fun of others, and this time he was hit hard on the head by Xia Yuan.
"Don't use such an unlucky name! Your last name is too difficult to deal with! Don't use Mei as your name!"
"Fate is the same as fate, fate is the same as fate, there is fate, there is fate..."
Lin Youxi copied all the permutations and combinations. Xia Yuan watched her working on it and couldn't help but sigh:
"That won't work... I can't think of a good word to put together the names of these three people!"
"Then think of another word combination."
Mei Fang suggested, "Let's take the initials of our names in pinyin to rename the studio, such as M from Mei Fang, L or X from Lin Youxi, and Y from Xia Yuan."
Mei Fang put his hands on his hips as he spoke, looking very proud, "In this way, we can be called Mi Xiyou, or Mi Leyou. When we become famous in the future, we will also be the Mi Xiyou Big Three."
"This method is indeed a good one, but what about the Mi Xi You Big Three—"
Xia Yuan said disdainfully, "It sounds too weird! Neither Missy nor Journey to the West sounds good, it's far-fetched."
"I think so too." Lin Youxi nodded.
"You actually despise me, but I think I'm pretty good..."
I'm in trouble.
I didn't expect naming would be such a hassle.
"Then drink some milk tea first and think about it!"
The three of them sipped milk tea while looking for new ideas, and Xia Yuan was gradually conquered by the sweet pleasure brought by the milk tea.
"Oh! This milk tea is delicious! In addition to pearls, there are many other ingredients added to it, including pudding, coconut, and sago!"
"Sago... Sago..."
Mei Fang slapped his forehead and said, "I have a good idea! Xia Yuan's X, my M, and Lin Youxi's L, the initials of our three surnames can form the word Sago, right?"
"Hey! This sounds good, I like it!"
Xia Yuan raised her hand to express her agreement, "I like this name, Sago Studio, it sounds very sweet!"
Lin Youxi added, "I remember the English name of Ximi is sago, which sounds very similar to the Japanese '赛高'. It is a very suitable choice for the English name and domain name of the studio. It is simple, easy to read and catchy."
"Yeah! Then let's settle it like this! Sago Studio, mmmm, it's really sweet!"
Xia Yuan sipped the milk tea with sago and smiled happily.
Thanks to Tianshang Duyan for the second leader reward! This update of the underworld is an extra update. The plot has gone through a transition, and it will be updated normally tomorrow.
Thanks for forgetting to write the title! Sorry!
(End of this chapter)