The richest man

Chapter 164
At around [-]:[-] p.m., the Legendary Game Company product launch site was crowded with people.

There is more or less a hint of excitement and curiosity on everyone's face.

Legendary Game Company is almost a legend in Hong Kong, even a symbol of Hong Kong.When foreign countries talk about Hong Kong, they will unconsciously associate Legendary Games with Hong Kong: "Oh, Hong Kong, I know, I know, there is a company called Legendary Games that has developed many classic and fun games, such as " Hong Kong Cubes, Pac-Man..."

In the front row of the press conference, a group of bigwigs from Hong Kong chatted with each other, and the topics they talked about were all related to Legendary Game Company and Zhang Jun.

"Old Li, I heard that you have acquired an arcade company. You are very ambitious!" Bao Yugang said to Li Jiacheng beside him with a smile.

"Where! I was just making trouble..." Li Jiacheng shook his head modestly.

"I invested 1000 million Hong Kong dollars before and after, which is not small." Bao Yugang smiled lightly, paused, and said, "However, the game industry is indeed very profitable. Many people in my company persuaded me to invest in the arcade industry. However, many companies under Zhang Jun’s name have cooperated with me, and I don’t want to destroy this relationship.”

Bao Yugang knew very well that in the arcade field, Zhang Jun wouldn't care if it was just a small matter, but once it became big, Zhang Jun wouldn't let it go.And the shipping company under his name cooperates quite a lot with the company under Zhang Jun's name. Not to mention that Legend Group's toys, comics, novels, game consoles, and albums sell well overseas. Yugang's enterprise involves a lot.

Isn't it better to make money from a comfortable cooperation than to start an arcade company with an uncertain future?

Zheng Yutong was sitting on Li Jiacheng's left. He also wanted to get involved in the arcade game industry. The profits of arcade games were too high, who wouldn't want a piece of the pie?Hong Kong's second arcade company is the Brilliant Arcade Company acquired by Li Jiacheng. Instead of starting a new company, it is better to invest in Brilliant Arcade Company and make it bigger and stronger.

Zheng Yutong tentatively asked, "Old Li, does Brilliant Arcade Company need investment?"

Li Jiacheng was startled when he heard the words, lowered his eyebrows in thought, and thought, if he could get the investment from Chow Tai Fook Company, Brilliant Arcade Company's reputation and strength would rise to a higher level.

"Okay, no problem! We'll talk about the details later!" Li Jiacheng nodded.

Zheng Yutong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and smiled on his face: "Okay!"

Seeing this, the others couldn't help being a little envious.Of course, there are also people who slander and are not optimistic about Brilliant Arcade Company.

It was nearly 7:[-], and the press conference was about to start.

Looking at the extremely lively atmosphere at the press conference, everyone's topic quickly shifted to the new product developed by Legendary Game Company.

Everyone is not unfamiliar with arcade machines now, and everyone knows that the most important part of an arcade machine is the game substrate.

"According to the information revealed by the Legendary Game Company themselves, they will release a new game substrate, but as far as I know, due to the limitation of the 8-bit CPU, the performance of the game substrate has been difficult to improve. The Legendary Game Company has Why is it necessary to hold a special press conference? Sigh, I don’t understand? Could it be that they have 16-bit chips?” A senior person in the industry looked puzzled.

"A 16-bit chip is unlikely. MOS Technology Company only announced the 6502 processor at the beginning of this year. In a short period of time, 16-bit chip technology will not be able to break through." Another industry insider said firmly, but also more It has deepened people's curiosity about the new game substrate.

After a while, Shangguan Muye, the general manager of Legendary Game Company, appeared on stage.

The product launch has officially started.

The audience immediately fell silent, looking at Shangguan Muye with curious eyes.

Shangguan Muye took the microphone handed over by the staff and walked to the middle of the stage.

"Hi everyone, welcome to Legendary Game Company's product release conference. I think everyone seems to be waiting impatiently. Then I will stop talking nonsense and introduce the products directly!" Shangguan Muye laughed.

"The first thing I want to introduce is an arcade game called "Donkey Kong". This game is an adaptation of the movie "King Kong". I know something about it. Of course, some people don’t know about this movie. Here, I will briefly introduce "King Kong" to you."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Muye paused. According to Zhang Jun's instructions, he planned to give everyone this movie crazily at this press conference, not only to promote the movie that will be released in the future, but also to promote the "Donkey Kong" game.

"This film tells the story of the United States in 1933. An entrepreneur and filmmaker who is adventurous leads a film crew to a deserted island to shoot, including the heroine Ann and the screenwriter Jack. They encounter dinosaurs and local aborigines. , An's screams were exchanged for King Kong's response. This huge orangutan, even the fierce dinosaurs are afraid of it, but it loves An, and this is the beginning of its tragic fate..."

Shangguan Muye still felt that his introduction was not good enough. After speaking, he directly played an edited "King Kong" trailer to everyone.

In the trailer, the special effects are full, King Kong shows his power, smashes the Tyrannosaurus Rex on the Skull Island, climbs the Empire State Building and tears the plane...

Watching the trailer, everyone was shocked. This scene is so shocking and real. Everyone's minds are all attracted by "King Kong", and they really want to see it quickly.

At the end of the trailer, the release date of "King Kong" appeared on the screen: December 1975, 12.

At this moment, many people couldn't help being confused. It was a game conference, but it turned into a movie conference. It made people laugh, but the effect was very good.

Since the "King Kong" trailer is so hot, many people can't help but be more interested in the "Donkey Kong" game.

Shangguan Muye saw the passionate look of the audience, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Ahem, everyone, please be quiet, the press conference will continue." He raised his hand and made a gesture to signal everyone to be quiet.

"To be honest, the first time I watched the trailer of this movie, I felt very shocked just like you, and wished I could see the whole movie right away. Cough cough cough... Here, I do a little Promote it, because this is what the boss asked me to do, if I don't do it, I will be deducted bonus..."

"That is, the movie "King Kong" will be released globally on Christmas Day, that is, December 1975, 12. Welcome to the Legendary Cinemas to buy tickets and watch the movie!"

"Okay, the promotion of the movie is over, let's get down to business and return to our game conference."

""Donkey Kong" is adapted from the movie "King Kong", but in the game, King Kong plays a villain who imprisoned the heroine, and the player plays a brave plumber, breaking through many difficulties, defeating King Kong, and saving his girlfriend .”

As soon as Shangguan Muye's voice fell, the screen behind him began to light up again.

Next is the game demo video of Donkey Kong.

Through the video introduction, let everyone better understand this game.

Sure enough, watching the video, everyone quickly understood how to play the game.

"It's another unique gameplay. Legendary Game Company's innovation ability is very strong!"

"Well, but haven't you noticed? The picture of "Donkey Kong" is very clear, the colors are bright, and the game is complex. The protagonist of the game can do many actions, such as walking, jumping, climbing ladders, attacking with guns, etc. The game villain Boss and the younger brother are also there. Keep attacking the protagonist. Don’t you think about it? Can a game substrate with only an 8-bit chip do this?”

Arcade hardware requirements are relatively high, especially arcade screens, which require a lot of calculations.Therefore, the more fun arcade games in the previous life generally started with 16-bit chips.

Nintendo's red and white machine FC has relatively low hardware requirements, only an 8-bit chip, and it is still in use in the 90s.

At this time, many people finally reacted.

"Oh, it's true! This picture, this color, this game fluency, the game substrate developed by Legendary Game Company is so strong!!!"

Off the field, everyone exclaimed!

Colleagues seemed to feel a cold wind blowing, and they felt chilly all over.

Li Jiacheng frowned deeply listening to everyone's discussion.

The legendary company's game substrate is so powerful, how can this one compare?
At this time, Shangguan Muye spoke.

"Everyone, after watching the video, do you think Donkey Kong is fun?"

The audience replied almost in unison: "It's fun!!"

Immediately, someone asked loudly: "Mr. Shangguan, may I ask if the game substrate used in "Donkey Kong" is different from the previous game substrate?"

Shangguan Muye nodded with a smile: "Yes, it is indeed different from before. This is the latest game substrate developed by our company!"

"Mr. Shangguan, what is the difference between this game board and the previous game board?" The man asked again loudly.

Shangguan Muye did not immediately answer this question.

"The difference is naturally very big, don't worry, I will introduce it later. Let's talk about "Donkey Kong" first!"

"Everyone knows about this game. Due to the use of the latest technology, both the game screen and the playability are very high. It will definitely become popular all over the world! If you want to cooperate, please contact our company!"

"In addition, I would like to remind everyone that due to the use of the latest game substrate, the cost of "Donkey Kong" has increased, and the price will also increase. The specific price is negotiable."

"Next, I will solemnly introduce our company's new game substrate!"

"I'll just talk about one feature, and everyone can understand the power of this game board!"

"As we all know, ordinary game boards use one 1-bit chip, but our company's new game board uses four 8-bit processors!!"

As soon as the voice fell, the audience was in an uproar.

"I'll go, I said how can the picture of "Donkey Kong" be so fine, it turns out that 4 chips are used! Legendary Game Company is really fantastic, it can come up with such a way!!!" An electronics industry The reporter couldn't help being amazed.Right now, it is difficult to develop 16-bit chips. It might be a good idea to change the way of thinking and develop multi-core processors!

The reporter admired the legendary game company.

However, even if it is a multi-core processor, the technical difficulties it faces cannot be underestimated.

"The arcade industry is probably about to face a major reshuffle!"

"Before the development of 16-bit chips, single-chip game substrates will inevitably lag behind multi-chip game substrates. If you want to develop arcade games in the future, you must buy this new game substrate from Legendary Game Company!!!"

Although Li Jiacheng doesn't know much about technology, the advantages of this superposition of chips are still very clear.

Done! !
The game substrate developed by Brilliant Arcade Company at a huge expense is now obsolete, and the market will no longer recognize this kind of arcade.

Seeing Li Jiacheng's ugly face, Zheng Yutong frowned unconsciously, and felt a little hesitant about investing in Brilliant Arcade Company.

Brilliant Arcade Company's biggest advantage is the game board they developed themselves, but right now, this advantage is gone.

Zheng Yutong thought about it, and decided not to invest in Brilliant Arcade Company anymore, and later find an excuse to reject the other party gently.

There was a lot of noise in the audience.

It was Shangguan Muye who calmed everyone down, and then he began to introduce the performance advantages of the new game board to everyone. After introducing these, he ended the publicity conference.

The price was not mentioned at the press conference, because arcade machines are expensive and relatively large, and they are not directly facing consumers. Among them, the purchase price fluctuates greatly. **** The substrate is directly connected with the manufacturer.

But within the company, the ex-factory price has already been negotiated.

The wholesale price of the new game substrate will not be less than $600.

The wholesale price of "Donkey Kong" is 1500 US dollars, yes, the price has increased, and 4 chips are used, so it must not increase by a few hundred dollars? ~
Since the 6502 chip has not been sold to the outside world, others don't know the production price of this chip, and they think it will be similar to the price of the Intel 8080 chip.The external price of the intel 8080 is 200 US dollars.

After the press conference, the global media became a sensation!

In the field of electronics industry, it is like dropping a bomb on a calm lake, causing huge waves.

Multi-core processors are actually a very simple idea, but no one tried it.

As a result, the legendary game company succeeded and applied for related patents.

For a while, many companies around the world contacted Legendary Game Company, wanting to cooperate.

Zhang Jun never refuses anyone who comes. Multi-core processor technology can be used not only as a game substrate, but also as a computer motherboard.

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"Boss, the market is crazy. In five days, the order of "Donkey Kong" is as high as 20 units!"

"And more orders for game substrates, and sales exceeded 40 pieces!!!"

"In addition, the previous four old games also sold 12 units after adopting the new game substrate!"

"There are many computer companies planning to cooperate with us, including IBM..."

Shangguan Muye was very excited and talked about it endlessly.

Zhang Jun sips his coffee, feeling extremely excited following Shangguan Muye's narration.

Due to the large scale of production, the production cost of the game substrate is only about 300 US dollars, so the profit is also 300 US dollars, which is 1.2 million US dollars in five days. I am afraid that no one will believe it!

The profit of "Donkey Kong" is even higher, at US$1100 per unit, 20 units, and a profit of US$2.2 million.

The average profit of the remaining four arcade machines is still almost 1000 US dollars, 1.2 million US dollars.

In this wave, they made a total of 4.5 million US dollars!
Of course, the hot sale of game consoles means that the sales volume in the early stage is amazing, and then it will drop sharply, which is similar to the box office of movies.

But the game substrate should be able to sell well all the time, and hundreds of arcade machine companies around the world should find ways to purchase the game substrate.

"By the way, boss, Hong Kong Brilliant Arcade Company also purchased 5000 arcade machines from our company!" Shangguan Muye said suddenly at this moment.

"Isn't this the arcade company that Li Jiacheng acquired? Hehe, I heard that they want to invest in the development of game substrates themselves." Zhang Jun heard this and smiled, "I think Li Jiacheng has lost a lot this time, but he is quite courageous. They actually took out 150 million US dollars to buy game substrates!"

Shangguan Muye nodded, suddenly thought of something, couldn't help laughing: "By the way, I read in the newspaper yesterday that Chow Tai Fook originally planned to invest in Brilliant Arcade Company, but after seeing the new game board developed by our company, he stopped mentioning it Yes. "Oriental Daily" made a mockery of Li Jiacheng, I think Li Jiacheng may be angry and wants to develop an arcade company."

"Are you looking for us to cooperate in publishing games?"

"Of course we did. We have been committed to the construction of distribution channels, and even established flagship stores in major cities in Europe and the United States!"

The flagship store of the legendary game company is very large, integrating game experience and sales.

Every day, a large number of players come to the flagship store to play, which plays a great role in promoting the game.

However, arcade machines are expensive, and few consumers buy them personally.

But Legendary Game Company has been insisting on opening more specialty stores for the layout of the following products: home game consoles, game cassettes, handhelds, electronic pet machines, computers, Walkman, CDs, game magazines and so on.

(End of this chapter)