69novels Chapter 15 System Resurrection and Heartbeat Together
Chapter 15 System Resurrection and Heartbeat Together
After Chen Shanhe left that day, General Manager Liao and Zhong Liang had no choice but to postpone their plan to put the refurbished machines on the shelves.
This power struggle between General Manager Liao and Chen Shanhe ended in General Manager Liao's defeat.
Across the street, Dadi Digital launched a price war, and their promotional flyers were everywhere in Kuala Lumpur, gradually creating a monopoly, causing Huayu's business to plummet.
At this point, Huayu's management speculated that Chen Shanhe was the real boss behind Dadi.
Most other digital product stores are taking a wait-and-see approach. Dadi Communications chain stores once launched trademark protection and reported Dadi Digital (a counterfeit store) for selling counterfeit goods, but ultimately nothing came of it.
A stifling atmosphere was growing in Huayu Digital Store. Every day, Zhong Liang would stand in front of the store, looking across the street at Dadi Digital Store, smoking one cigarette after another.
After several meetings with Zhong Liang, General Manager Liao could only repeatedly reassure the staff, saying, "Once the after-sales issues with refurbished machines surface, it will be our chance to turn things around. We just need to be patient at this stage."
Lin Feng and Ye Chen were two oddballs in the store, oblivious to the store's sluggish business. Lin Feng made money by boosting accounts in the game "QQ Speed," while Ye Chen spent his free time at work sitting in front of the store's computers, scouring every corner of the Symbian system.
Occasionally, I would stay up all night with Lin Feng, but the difference was that he would debate and discuss with others on the Symbian forum in China. He started posting his thoughts and technical posts on the forum, which led him to meet Old A, who had immigrated to the United States. Old A provided him with many of the latest posts from foreign Symbian forums.
With Lao A's assistance and his own research, he translated most of the posts. His current problem is that he has no practical experience; no matter how mature the theory is, it is still just theoretical.
Ye Chen was helpless; his phone was a Nokia 1100, while Lin Feng's phone was a Sony Ericsson W850i music phone.
Lin Feng suggested, "Go ask Aya. Her phone is an N73. She's even willing to cover your N95 purchase. If you ask, Aya won't refuse."
That night, Ye Chen stammered as he borrowed Aya's phone in the cramped dormitory corridor.
Aya said, "Sure, but you have to take me with you."
"That's not a good idea... so late at night." Ye Chen hesitated.
"Afraid that Sister Aya will eat you up?" Aya always said surprising things to Ye Chen. She seemed to enjoy teasing him. "I'm afraid you'll go through the photos on my phone. I'll have to keep an eye on you."
Raymond Lam said he wouldn't be a third wheel, and Aya laughed and said, "Raymond is the best boy."
And so, the lone man and woman went out late at night.
Lin Feng was furious and stayed in the dormitory spreading rumors that "Ye Chen and Aya went out to spend the night together," causing a stir of surprise in the dormitory.
In the private room of the internet cafe, Ye Chen was flustered on his first try and accidentally turned Aya's N73 into a "brick".
Aya comforted him, "Brother Chen, don't panic. You can do it, think of something."
During his month at Huayu, Aya's unpredictability always made Ye Chen's heart clench, while Aya's gentleness made the inexperienced Ye Chen's heart flutter, and Aya's support made him feel extremely at ease.
He calmed down and began to study ways to "rescue the bricks".
Bricking a phone in the Symbian system is not due to physical damage, but rather a system crash that prevents it from booting. At this time, the N73 mainly has two versions: RM132 and RM133. Ye Chen needs to confirm the phone version first and then use the JAF box to detect Aya's version.
He decided to choose the safest method and use Phoenix software to flash the official firmware.
At this point, he still faced many troubles. The new firmware took more than an hour to download, the translated post was severely lacking in detail, and key information such as "how long to press the power button" and "whether to remove the battery" had to be figured out by Ye Chen himself. There were also external interferences, etc.
Once everything was ready, Ye Chen opened the Phoenix software on his computer, selected Dead Phone USB Flashing to enter the flashing mode, and followed the prompts to briefly press the power button to trigger the flashing process. Ye Chen tried three times before successfully triggering it. He breathed a sigh of relief; all that was left was to wait for the progress bar to finish and the phone to be revived.
Another unexpected event occurred during the wait: Phoenix got stuck at 98% and wouldn't budge. The computer fans in the internet cafe were whirring loudly, and Ye Chen's palms were sweating. He didn't know whether to continue waiting or if the process had already failed. Aya held her breath beside him, seeing Ye Chen's serious expression, but dared not make a sound to disturb him.
After about ten seconds, the software prompted "Press phone's power button". Ye Chen pressed the power button, and the screen finally responded, turning on the white screen.
Seeing this, Aya finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The progress bar finished, the screen went black, then lit up again, revealing the Nokia boot animation with its large and small hands clasped together. At this moment, Ye Chen had finally completed the transformation from zero to one, and from then on, he had become a true tech expert.
Next, Ye Chen will begin to crack it again.
He looked at Aya beside him; she was already too sleepy to resist and had curled up asleep on the sofa in the private room.
Ye Chen was mesmerized by Aya's light makeup, long eyelashes, and faint fragrance.
Just then, Old A sent a QQ message, and the system beeped, bringing Ye Chen back to his senses. He covered Aya with his coat and then briefly explained the bricking process to Old A on QQ. Old A and Ye Chen then reviewed the cracking process together.
For the two escaped fanatics, this kind of debriefing is extremely beneficial.
After closing the chat window with Old A, Ye Chen didn't rush to flash the firmware. He opened the previously saved posts and went through the posts that Old A had sent him again.
This time, he watched very slowly, going over each step in his mind before starting. The experience of turning bricks taught him one thing: no matter how solid the theory is, you still need real skills.
He first made a backup using the JAF box. Each step was slow, but extremely stable.
Ye Chen was completely immersed in the cracking process, staring intently at the progress bar, software prompts, and the familiar white screen after the phone restarted.
After an unknown amount of time, the progress bar went from 0 to 100, and the animation of a big hand holding a little hand lit up, indicating success.
"It's done."
Ye Chen kept his voice very low, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.
He covered his mouth, afraid of waking Aya. But Aya had already opened her eyes at some point, her head turned to the side, her chin resting on her knees, looking at him. The fluorescent lights in the internet cafe made her face look a little white, but her eyes held the sleepiness of just waking up, and also a hint of a smile.
"Is it done?" Aya asked.
"It's done," Ye Chen replied.
He handed the phone to Aya, who casually swiped through it a few times, not noticing anything different, and said, "It seems like there's no difference."
The white sky outside the window was spreading. Ye Chen glanced at his phone; it was already seven in the morning. He said, "The software hasn't been installed yet. I'll install it for you when I get to work, and things will be different then."
After that night, Ye Chen's awkwardness in front of Aya had disappeared, and he said with a smile, "Let's go, I'll treat you to Shaxian snacks."
Aya stood up, stretched, put on her coat, and replied with a smile, "Okay."
Ye Chen recalled Aya's joking remark: "I'll wait until you make a fortune and then marry me."
He silently said to himself, "Okay."