6: Chapter 6 Preparations Before Publication

The interface of super god photo editing was very simple, consisting of only a homepage and a personal center.

The homepage was divided into four modules: Photo Beautification, Lossless Repair, Lossless Enlargement, and Low-Loss Compression.

Su Fan planned to test the Photo Beautification module first.

He clicked on Photo Beautification, then uploaded a photo of a female friend from his phone's gallery and selected "One-Click Beautify."

After waiting for about two seconds, the phone screen changed to show the original photo on the left and the beautified version on the right.

The effect was breathtaking!

Even though the photo had clearly become more beautiful, there were no traces of artificial processing; the skin tone and texture looked incredibly natural, better than the work of a professional photo editor.

Seeing this result, Su Fan's anxious heart finally settled.

Next, he spent a long time testing the other three modules—Lossless Repair, Lossless Enlargement, and Low-Loss Compression—and the results were all exceptionally powerful.

They completely outclassed any software currently on the market.

With the testing complete, the next issue was the server.

Since he was currently the only user, his computer could handle the load, but if the number of users increased, problems would definitely arise.

However, he didn't have much in savings right now, though his parents had saved twenty thousand yuan for him.

But while twenty thousand yuan was enough for a standard cloud server, it was a mere drop in the bucket for building a computing server for the Red Queen!

Moreover, Su Fan didn't plan on using a cloud server; the Red Queen's code had to remain solely in his hands.

*Sigh—*

High-performance CPUs and high-performance graphics cards—neither of these things were cheap.

In reality, the production costs of CPUs and graphics cards weren't that high. However, Xia Nation currently lacked the capability to produce top-tier ones, leaving them frustratingly at the mercy of the Eagle Nation's technological blockade.

At this thought, Su Fan secretly resolved to develop carbon-based chips as soon as possible, so the Eagle Nation could experience the taste of being choked themselves!

There was only one solution for now: reducing the concurrency.

"Red Queen, with my computer's current configuration, how many images can be repaired simultaneously?" Su Fan asked.

"Replying to Master: at most, ten images can be repaired at once per second."

"Additionally, Master's current upload speed is too low and needs an upgrade," the Red Queen said sweetly.

Su Fan nodded. Ten per second was enough for the initial stage, considering the small number of users.

As for the network, it did indeed need an upgrade. He was using a 300 Mbps connection; while the download speed was okay, the upload speed was rather lackluster.

If the upload speed was too slow, the speed at which the Red Queen sent the repaired images back to users would be sluggish.

Dedicated lines were too expensive, easily costing tens of thousands, which Su Fan simply couldn't afford.

Fortunately, with the rise of the livestreaming industry in the last two years, a home network package called "E-sports Broadband" had emerged.

Compared to regular internet, the advantage of E-sports Broadband was its high upload speed.

It wasn't expensive either, costing only 1,000 yuan a year for a gigabit download speed and an upload speed of around 200 Mbps, which was more than enough for his current needs.

The reason Su Fan knew this so well was that there were several streamers in his gaming team. One local streamer lived in the residential complex across from him, and she used a home gigabit E-sports Broadband.

With that in mind, Su Fan picked up his phone.

"Hello—"

"Sister Leng Mian!"

"Are you home?" Su Fan asked casually.

"I'm not at home; I'm eating downstairs. Brother Fan, do you want to come join me?"

An aloof, cool voice came from the other end.

Su Fan's online handle was "Brother Fan."

"I'll pass. Eat by yourself. I have a question to ask you," Su Fan continued.

"Go ahead," said the cold voice.

"Who did you get your E-sports Broadband from? Which carrier?" Su Fan asked.

"I'll give you the phone number; you can contact them yourself."

"Mm, alright. Thanks!"

Su Fan soon received the phone number from Leng Mian.

He made a call and confirmed that a technician would come to install it tomorrow morning.

The company registration application was pending review, the broadband was waiting for installation, and the next task was to list the app on the application stores.

Fortunately, the government had recently introduced new policies requiring only that the publisher have a business license and then upload the app's source code to a dedicated platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for review.

Once approved, it would be allowed to be listed on any domestic app store platform.

Of course, this was provided that you agreed to the app store's revenue-sharing model.

As for the source code of super god photo editing, Su Fan wasn't worried at all.

This was because the software's local editing capabilities were only slightly better than others on the market; its real strength lay in the Red Queen's cloud-based repair capabilities.

He wasn't worried about the code being plagiarized at all.

However, since the business license application hadn't been approved yet, the listing review had to be put on hold for now.

After a busy afternoon, it was already six o'clock.

Time to eat!

He tidied himself up, put on some clothes, and headed out to find some food!

...

The south gate of Longyun Community was a whole street of snack stalls, and on the other side of the snack street was another complex—Yayun Residential Complex.

Many people from both complexes enjoyed strolling through this snack street.

Six in the evening was the busiest time for the snack street.

Restaurants were bustling with activity, with hotpot shops being the most numerous.

In the freezing cold, there was nothing more comfortable than swishing some mutton in a steaming hotpot restaurant.

Besides the restaurants, there were many more street stalls with snack carts lining both sides of the road.

The city management didn't patrol this road, so many local street vendors were happy to make a living here.

Su Fan walked lazily through the snack street. As an "old customer" who had lived here for many years, he knew exactly which places were good and which weren't.

He would also be the first to try out any new vendors that had just arrived.

Case in point, a newly opened Malatang restaurant had just started business today; it was packed and incredibly lively.

Without hesitation, Su Fan strolled toward the restaurant.

The place was crowded, likely due to opening promotions. He scanned the room, looking for an empty seat.

As he was searching, a cool, clear shout suddenly rang out.

"Brother Fan!"

"Over here!"

Su Fan knew who it was as soon as he heard the voice—the cool girl from Yayun Residential Complex, Leng Mian.

He turned toward the sound and saw a tall beauty sitting alone at a table for two. Her black, high-collared, slim-fit long sweater perfectly outlined her enticing curves.

The white steam inside the restaurant made the entire room look hazy.

A beauty, long hair, and misty surroundings—it was as picturesque as a poem!

At that moment, Leng Mian was reaching out and waving to him.

Su Fan raised a hand in greeting and then walked over to sit opposite Leng Mian.

"Hmph! Didn't you say you weren't coming?" Leng Mian wrinkled her cute nose.

"You're overthinking it. I came out to find food and just happened to end up here. Don't flatter yourself."

Su Fan didn't go easy on her just because she was a beauty; he retorted bluntly.

Hearing this, Leng Mian frowned, picked up a sausage from her bowl, and bit it in half with a sharp snap.

Her expression was as fierce as could be.

"Su Fan, can't you have a little sentiment? Talking to a beauty like that, watch out or you'll be single forever."

"Pfft!" Su Fan called over a waiter, casually ordered a set meal, and said disdainfully, "Women will only slow down the speed at which I draw my blade!"

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