manynovel Chapter 131
Chapter 131
He generated a registration code based on the name on the remittance slip, wrote it on a piece of paper, and sent it out along with a floppy disk.
After mailing the letter, he stood at the post office entrance, still clutching the money order stub in his hand.
Twenty yuan.
He folded it and put it in his pocket.
When he got home, he put the receipt into the tin box. There was already quite a bit of money in the box—ten-yuan notes, five-yuan notes, one-yuan notes, and coins. He counted them, and with the twenty yuan, he had a total of over three thousand one hundred yuan.
He closed the box and put it back on top of the wardrobe.
Then he sat on the bed and stared blankly for a while.
Three thousand one hundred dollars.
In this day and age, that's enough for one person to live on for more than half a year.
But he wanted more than that.
What he wants is to be able to survive and thrive in this world through his own abilities.
He did it in his past life. From an abandoned, disabled orphan to the founder of DeepSeek. He did it.
In this life, he can too.
He stood up, walked to his desk, and turned on his computer.
Continuing to write CodeLight.
the end of April.
The second registration payment has arrived. The third, the fourth, and the fifth.
By the end of the month, I had received a total of 23 remittances, amounting to 460 yuan.
Including the profits from floppy disk sales, the total revenue for April exceeded eight hundred yuan.
When Cheng Yuxin helped him with the accounts, her eyes widened in surprise.
"Eight hundred yuan?" she said. "You earn more in a month than I spend in three months of my living expenses."
Lin Feng didn't say anything, and put the money into the tin box.
Cheng Yuxin stared at the box and remained silent for a while.
"Lin Feng, what are you saving money for?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment.
"Buy better computers. Buy servers. Rent office space. Hire people."
Cheng Yuxin looked at him with a complicated expression.
"You want to start a company?"
Lin Feng nodded.
"It will open later."
Cheng Yuxin remained silent for a few seconds.
"When will you open it?"
Lin Feng smiled.
"No rush. Let's finish the editor first."
Early May.
An unexpected phone call came in.
Lin Feng was writing code when the phone rang. He answered it.
"Hello, is this Lin Feng?" A man's voice, speaking standard Mandarin with a slight southern accent, asked.
"Yes, that's me. And you are?"
"My name is Chen Zhiyuan, and I'm an editor at Computer Weekly. We received your submission in March, which was published. I'm currently working on a column introducing domestic shareware developers, and I'd like to interview you, is that alright?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment.
Interview?
"How old are you?" Chen Zhiyuan asked.
Lin Feng thought for a moment and decided to tell the truth.
"sixteen."
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone.
"Sixteen?" Chen Zhiyuan's voice rose a half-octave. "You're sixteen?"
Lin Feng said, "Yes."
Chen Zhiyuan was silent for two seconds, then smiled.
"Lin Feng, I've read your CodeLight, and it's very well written. It's rare to see software of this caliber at sixteen in China. I'd like to introduce you and your software in my column; what do you think?"
Lin Feng thought for a moment.
"Can."
Chen Zhiyuan asked him several questions—how he learned programming, why he wrote CodeLight, and what his future plans were. Lin Feng answered them one by one.
After hanging up the phone, he sat there, staring into the receiver.
Interview.
A column in Computer Weekly.
He had been interviewed many times in his past life—when DeepSeek was released, when Project Nantianmen was announced, and even when that txt file was discovered. Those interviews made him famous, but they also brought him trouble.
In this life, he doesn't yet know whether fame is a good thing or a bad thing.
But at least CodeLight will sell better.
He smiled and put the microphone back.
In mid-May, the column was published in Computer Weekly.
The title is "The Story of Lin Feng, a Sixteen-Year-Old Programmer, and CodeLight".
The article is short, about a thousand words, and introduces Lin Feng's basic information, the functions of CodeLight, and his plans for the future.