novelraw Chapter 237 : The Feifan Antivirus Goes Online
Chapter 237 : The Feifan Antivirus Goes Online
Chapter 237: The Feifan Antivirus Goes Online
"Boss, need house call service?"
Upon hearing this voice, Chen Fan immediately went forward and opened the door.
Ma Xiaoshuai was standing outside.
Chen Fan was a bit surprised: "Why did you come here?"
"But I thought you went home? Why bother coming here during the nice summer vacation?"
Ma Xiaoshuai gave a snickering laugh and shook the fruit in his hand.
"I heard you're alone here, almost bored out of your mind. So I came to keep you company."
"Get lost!"
"How did you know I live here?"
"Isn't it obvious? You mentioned it in the dorm last time."
Chen Fan scratched his head, "Did I say that?"
Ma Xiaoshuai entered the room, curiously looking around the house.
"Tsk tsk, not a bad house."
"No wonder you don't want to sleep in the dorm. Old Chen, tell the truth, do you usually bring your girlfriend here for a good time every day?"
Chen Fan cursed with a laugh: "Get lost!"
"You must have a dog's nose. You know I'm cooking today, so you came over to mooch food and drinks."
Ma Xiaoshuai laughed heartily: "Buddy, you may not have other strengths, but you sure are lucky."
Saying that, Ma Xiaoshuai went and sat on the sofa, curiously glancing around.
"Hey, is this Li Lizheng's house? So you two were living together here before?"
Ma Xiaoshuai looked inquisitive: "What's it like living together with Li Lizheng?"
Chen Fan looked speechless, "She has a name, you know?"
"And this house belongs to me now. I bought it."
"Damn!" Ma Xiaoshuai exclaimed, "You're awesome, this is the highest level of picking up girls."
Chen Fan shrugged: "It's just because this place is convenient."
Ma Xiaoshuai curiously asked: "Say, do you still have any of Teacher Wen's personal belongings? Take them out for me to admire."
Chen Fan was speechless, "I didn't realize you had this kind of fetish?"
"Should I find a couple pairs of Teacher Wen's socks for you to sniff properly?"
"Get lost!" Ma Xiaoshuai cursed with a laugh, "I meant photo shoots."
"No, no, Teacher Wen took everything with her when she left."
"What a pity." Ma Xiaoshuai leaned back on the sofa with a regretful look, gazing up at Chen Fan.
"Why are you still standing there? Go cook!"
Chen Fan pointed at this guy.
"Fine. The son has arrived, so as the father, I'll make you a nice meal."
Ma Xiaoshuai roared with laughter, not minding at all that Chen Fan was taking advantage of him.
During the meal, Ma Xiaoshuai tasted Chen Fan's cooking for the first time.
"Hey, not bad skills."
Ma Xiaoshuai raised his glass, "Brother, I've decided that since you look so pitiful alone this summer, I'll stay here to keep you company."
"No no no." Chen Fan waved his hand: "Hurry up and leave after you're done eating. I can see you just want to mooch food and drinks."
"No way! I'll be so bored alone at home." Ma Xiaoshuai pointed to the master bedroom next door.
"I'm not picky about sleeping environments, that bedroom is fine for me."
"I won't mooch, I can provide you with special services instead."
"Go bother your uncle..."
No matter how Chen Fan tried to drive him away, Ma Xiaoshuai stubbornly refused to leave.
For the rest of that summer vacation, the two grown men didn't go out, staying cooped up at home all day.
Chen Fan was shut in the study building a website, while Ma Xiaoshuai lounged on the sofa watching movies. This guy went out and rented a huge stack of discs, watching from day to night.
Later, when he got tired of movies, Ma Xiaoshuai took a trip home to get a laptop.
With a computer now, he got in touch with the equally bored Luo Wenjie and Wu Di who were at home for the vacation. These buddies would loudly yell and play games all day.
When Chen Fan took breaks and came out occasionally, he was surprised to find Ma Xiaoshuai and the others weren't playing CS, but an online game called 'Stone Age'.
Seeing this game, Chen Fan suddenly remembered, that's right, this year is 2001, the Legend of Mir online game should be going into public beta testing soon.
Back then, Chen Tianqiao of Shanda revived the company and even topped the domestic rich list for a time by relying on this game.
Just how powerful was the Legend of Mir game? Let's put it this way, even more than twenty years later, all kinds of private servers for Legend of Mir were still extremely popular.
If he paid attention to it ahead of time now, and set up a private server when the time came, staying ahead of everyone else, he could definitely make a huge profit as long as he was careful.
But Chen Fan really didn't have the time or energy to deal with things like operating private servers.
He currently had too many things to handle already.
Time passed unknowingly until mid-August, a month had gone by.
Chen Fan's web navigation site had been successfully built a week ago. Chen Fan specifically named it 'Go Navigation Home', not seeking a fancy name, just wanting netizens to easily remember it after hearing it once.
Of course, what Chen Fan truly cared about was the development of the antivirus software.
At Feifan Technology, the software development had reached the final crunch stage.
Under Liang Shichu's leadership, all the company's technicians were working overtime.
Until 10pm on August 20th, Chen Fan was watching Ma Xiaoshuai play Stone Age when Liang Shichu's call came through.
"It's done."
On the other end of the phone, Liang Shichu excitedly shouted.
As an honest and kind-hearted technician, at this moment even Liang Shichu could not conceal his excitement.
And through the phone, Chen Fan could hear the employees cheering in the office.
Chen Fan smiled.
"Congratulations. Everyone worked hard."
Liang Shichu snickered, then seriously asked: "When will you come take a look at the product?"
"Tomorrow."
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the company early tomorrow morning."
Chen Fan smiled. "See you tomorrow then."
The next day, while Ma Xiaoshuai was still snoring away after an all-nighter, Chen Fan took the keys, drove Ma Xiaoshuai's car, and headed straight for the Feifan building.
When he arrived, Liang Shichu had indeed been waiting at the company for a while.
As soon as they met, Chen Fan joked with a smile: "Look at those bloodshot eyes, didn't sleep well last night?"
Liang Shichu was a bit embarrassed.
"Didn't sleep at all, I was just too excited."
"Actually I wanted to drag you over last night."
Chen Fan smiled, and the two passed through the office area without greeting the employees at work, going directly to Liang Shichu's office.
In the office, Chen Fan experienced this antivirus software as the first user.
To be honest, Liang Shichu and this team had some real skills.
Based on Chen Fan's foundation, the antivirus software they developed at least satisfied ninety percent of the requirements in Chen Fan's mind.
"Not bad completion. I think we can prepare to launch the beta now."
Hearing this, Liang Shichu suddenly became a bit nervous.
"Launch the beta directly? Isn't that too rushed? Why don't we do a small-scale internal test first to see the effects?"
Chen Fan smiled.
"No need."
"Old Liang, you have to trust my eye for talent."
Chen Fan's words sounded a bit arrogant, but the facts were as stated.
As someone reborn, there was probably no one in this world who understood antivirus software twenty years in the future better than Chen Fan.
In his view, although the current software had some gaps compared to antivirus programs twenty years later.
But it would beat out other competing products on the market currently.
Chen Fan felt there were no problems at all.
Chen Fan looked at Liang Shichu and smiled reassuringly.
"Trust me, no need for internal testing, this product will definitely be a hit."