The richest man

Chapter 173
The home game console is named "Kunlun".

The production cost estimate is $100, the wholesale price is $220, and the retail price is $299. Is it a very conscientious price?
A gaming console only makes $120.

Although the retail price of $299 is a bit expensive, Europeans, Americans and Japanese have enough money to afford it!

Zhang Jun thought about it, and couldn't help thinking, "In the previous life, after the release of the Atari 2600 game console, the price was $199, which was $100 cheaper than the Kunlun game console. In 1980 alone, the Atari 2600 game console brought Warner I made a huge profit of $20 billion, so how much will I make this time?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Jun was very excited.

Game consoles are so profitable, and game cartridges are also surprisingly profitable, selling for $25 each.Of course, Zhang Jun will raise the price by $30.

What is a monopoly?This is! ! !

And it's a win-win!

Both the Kunlun game console platform and third-party game developers can earn a little more.

"Boss, will the second generation of the electronic pet machine be released as soon as possible?" Shangguan Muye asked.

Zhang Jun asked: "Has the game "Pokémon" been developed?"

"It's still a little short, and the development team will probably take half a month. But the handheld has been developed, "Hong Kong Cubes", "Pac-Man", "Snake", "Space Lighter" and " Donkey Kong has been ported to it, and it works perfectly!"

"Well, let's wait until "Pokémon" is developed, and the handheld and electronic pet machines will be released together!"

The second generation of the electronic pet machine will not only use infrared technology, but also replace the pets with the Pokemon in "Pokémon".

Pikachu~
Just ask if you are cute or not?like or not?Willing to pay?

Anyway, most of the girls in the world can't resist the cute Pikachu, so pay for it!
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In the next few days, Zhang Jun began to work on game design proposals.

At the beginning, it was only designing "Super Mario Bros.", "The Legend of Zelda" and "Contra".
But Zhang Jun feels that the three games are still a bit small.

So I added Tank Wars, Dragon Quest, and Metroid.

I also recall Final Fantasy, Mega Man, Sonic, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil, Mario Kart, Pro Evolution Soccer, Baseball, Ghost Weeping, Ridge Racing, Dragon Warrior, GT Racing, Legend Series and other games...

However, the legendary technology company can't develop so many games for a while, so it can only put it down temporarily and develop it slowly in the future.

A week later, six game plans were freshly released.

Except for "Tank Wars", the other five games can be made into super popular IPs, and they can be promoted in conjunction with novels, comics, cartoons and movies.

Zhang Jun put down his pen and loosened his shoulders. He has been working hard for a week, but he is very tired.

There was a knock on the door at this moment.

Afterwards, a young and beautiful long-legged female secretary came in and said softly, "Boss, the post-production of "Spider-Man" has been completed. The investor and distributor Disney asked about the release time of this movie."

Hearing this, Zhang Jun replied: "Discuss with Disney and try to arrange a Christmas release!"

"Okay, boss."

The female secretary is a girl from Baodao. Everyone calls her Qianqian on weekdays, and her full name is Zhou Qian. She is 173cm tall, with a plump and slim figure, charming and charming, and her voice is a bit whiny. It sounds like she is acting like a baby.I don't know who chose the secretary for Zhang Jun. It's like a beauty pageant. With such a beautiful woman by his side, can he still work well?
Brother is a serious boss~
"Well, go get busy." Zhang Jun waved his hand to signal the female secretary to leave.

Later, he picked up the phone and called Legendary Films to find out about the progress of the "Space Invaders" and "Star Wars" films.

Soon, the call was connected.

After some understanding, "Space Invaders" is about to be completed, and post-production is about to begin.As for "Star Wars", three-fifths of it has been filmed, and it can be released in the second half of next year.

"I don't have a strong film distribution capability in Hollywood, the foundation is still a little unstable..." Zhang Jun shook his head after putting down the phone and said, thinking about it, it is best to acquire a Hollywood film giant.

Now, Zhang Jun has set his sights on the partner Disney he just talked about.

Since the death of Walt Disney in 1966, Disney seemed to have lost his center of gravity and fell into confusion and darkness.Although the family members took turns to fight, they failed to pull Disney back from the crisis.Since then, Disney has faced a series of crises one after another. It was not until 1984 that a manager with a foreign surname-Eisner ushered in, and Disney ushered in a new situation.

"We must initiate an acquisition of Disney!!!" Zhang Jun muttered to himself.

Right now, Hong Kong is under the administration of the United Kingdom, and the mainland has not yet discussed with the United Kingdom the issue of Hong Kong's return.

In the eyes of the Queen of England and politicians, Hong Kong still belongs to the British to a large extent. If the attitude of the mainland government is not firm, it will eventually become an established fact.

In other words, Zhang Jun now belongs to the British, and the current company also belongs to the British company.The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is very close, and the United States also needs to win over the United Kingdom and even Europe to deal with the Soviet Union.

From this point of view, the US government has a high probability of passing this acquisition.

If it fails, Zhang Jun can contact the governor of Hong Kong and the British government. After all, it is not for nothing that he has paid so much tax.Moreover, with Zhang Jun's influence in Hong Kong at this moment, the British government also wants to win him over.

The Disney Company is just a film company, and does not involve the core technology, so it has little impact on national security.

After Zhang Jun's comprehensive analysis, he felt that as long as the funds are in place, the possibility of winning Disney is quite high.

Disney is a listed company, and the Disney family holds a small number of shares, perhaps less than 10%.The Walt Disney Company has a long history and its shares have been widely dispersed.

Zhang Jun's acquisition of Disney, maybe many shareholders will sweep the couch to welcome him.

Disney has been in trouble for a long time, but Zhang Jun has repeatedly achieved success in film investment, and Disney's major shareholders need this kind of success.

Money must be made, Zhang Jun sighed slightly.

In the afternoon, he brought a large stack of manuscripts to Legend Technology Company, and handed over six game plans to Shangguan Muye.

Shangguan Muye was startled, and said in surprise: "Boss, you have planned 6 games in this week!!!"

"When I have nothing to do, I like to be alone and think more, because I already have the idea, so I can write faster..." Zhang Jun smiled and said modestly.

Is this faster?

Incredibly fast!
Complete a game plan almost in a day!
Shangguan Muye was extremely shocked. He roughly glanced at the game plans, and felt that these games were very brilliantly designed and full of whimsical ideas. The story backgrounds of some games were as attractive as reading a wonderful novel.

"Based on the past practice of legendary technology companies, such as "Legend of Zelda", "Dragon Quest", "Contra" and "Galaxy Warrior" have strong stories, and it is very likely that they will be adapted into novels, comics and cartoons , even movies!!
The stories of "Tank Battle" and "Super Mario Bros" are a little bit worse, but it is not impossible to insist on adapting, the opening picture is all based on editing, not to mention it is a game..."

Shangguan Muye thought to himself.

Sure enough, Zhang Jun said at this time: "Except for "Tank Battle" that does not need to be adapted for the time being, the other five games will be adapted into novels and comics... In addition, "The Legend of Zelda" and "Dragon Quest" will be made into animations. film, "Contra" and "Metroid" will be made into movies!"

"The Legend of Zelda" tells the story of the demon king Ganon who wants to collect the Triangle Force to destroy the world. Under the entrustment of Princess Zelda, her nanny Yingpa handed over the important task to a boy named Link, and Link His mission is to collect the tri-force and defeat Ganon.

And "Dragon Quest" tells the story of the bloodline heir of the legendary hero "Lott", defeating the dragon king who tried to control the world, and rescued the kidnapped princess along the way.

"The Legend of Zelda" and "Dragon Quest" are both fantasy stories. The current special effects technology for movies cannot be done, so they can only be made into cartoons.Both games are super classics and are the second best-selling long-running game series in gaming history.

"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" ranks first in history with a score of 99 among the global media average scores collected by the metacritic website.

"Dragon Quest" is also known as the "national RPG" in Japan.

At that time, after the release of cartoons, games and animations will definitely complement each other, and cartoons will follow suit.

As for "Contra" and "Metroid", the former can be made into an action movie, and the latter can be made into a science fiction movie.

"Contra" tells the story: In 2631 AD, a meteorite fell on the Galuga Islands near New Zealand. Two years later, the Navy Headquarters received news that an armed group called "Kestrel" began to build the archipelago area into a The base that launched the alien invasion war, Contra members Bill Rizer (ビルライザー1P) and Lance Bean (ランスビーン2P) were sent to destroy each other's plans.The operation was a complete success, but the Navy Department has kept information about the incident highly classified and has kept it completely secret from the public...

"Galaxy Warrior" is the first time that women are the main characters in the game. It tells the story of the 20X5 years of the universe. The scientific research ship of the Galactic Federation discovered a mysterious life form on the planet SR388—Metroid. After the capture, the Federation plans to The sample was brought back to the headquarters of the Galactic Federation for research, but the spacecraft was attacked by space pirates on the way, and the Metroid sample was stolen by space pirates to their base camp ZEBES.In order to destroy the space pirates, the Galactic Federation had to invite out the strongest fighter in the universe, Samus Alan. After being ordered, Samus sneaked into the planet ZEBES alone.Not only did she have to fight the space pirates, but she also had to fight against the dangerous Metroid. In the end, Sams wiped out the master brain of the space pirates in the depths of ZEBES and completed the task...

"No problem, boss, I will work with Legendary Films and DreamWorks later!" Shangguan Muye nodded.

"Well, arrange it as soon as possible!" Zhang Jun nodded and smiled.

"Ok!"

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Shangguan Muye's actions are extremely strong. Within three days, the game development team, novel and comic adaptation teams have been formed.At the same time, it also reached cooperation with DreamWorks and Legendary Films.

The investment budget for "Contra" is at least 3000 million US dollars, and the specifics still depend on the script.

The budget of "Galaxy Warrior" is even higher, as much as 5000 million U.S. dollars, and the specific investment also depends on the script.

In short, there will only be more, not less.

But this time Zhang Jun did not intend to eat alone, but invited Hollywood film companies to cooperate.

Because Zhang Jun is not sure whether "Contra" and "Galaxy Warrior" will be a big hit at the box office after being adapted into movies, but the chance of success is still relatively high.

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Ten days later, Pokémon was developed.

Zhang Jun came to Legend Technology Company again. At the beginning, he didn't immediately ask about "Pokémon", but talked about the film adaptation of "Contra" and "Metroid".

"Write the script first, be sure to polish it well, and then hand it over to Hollywood to see which film company is interested in our game adaptation movie, and strive to reach a cooperation!"

Shangguan Muye responded, "Understood!"

Zhang Jun nodded slightly, walked to a single leather sofa chair in the office and sat down.

Shangguan Muye handed a bright silver handheld to Zhang Jun. The handheld is slightly smaller than the palm of an adult, with a 2.45-inch display screen in the middle, cross keys on the left side, and 'A' and 'B' on the right. 'Two buttons, and then there are two thin long buttons below, one is the reset button, and the other is the power button.

"Boss, this is the Qiankun handheld, and currently this handheld has "Pokémon" installed!"

"The handheld uses a customized version of the low-power 'Kunpeng' chip, which is the 6502 chip."

"The display screen is also an LCD screen produced by our own factory."

"In terms of sound, we have also made a great breakthrough, enabling the Qiankun handheld to have four-channel stereo."

"In addition, the handheld can also replace the game cartridge."

"Cost of about $60 to produce!"

"The retail price, I suggest, is $199, and the wholesale price is $120. For each machine, the company can make a profit of $60, but we mainly rely on selling game cards to make money!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jun couldn't help but nodded.

The price of a game cartridge is 30 US dollars. If it is mass-produced, its production cost is actually less than 4 US dollars. Legend Technology is the platform party, and the distribution fee is 50%, which is 15 US dollars (including game cartridge production costs, transportation costs, and inventory costs). costs, publicity costs, etc.); game producers can get 30%.Of course, if the third-party game developer is more powerful, the commission can rise to 35%.

The remaining profits are distributed to distributors or retailers.

But in fact, with the increase in the number of legendary stores, middlemen will make less and less money, and the profits of game cassettes will be very high!In the future, with the increase in the number of home game consoles and handheld consoles, hundreds of millions of game cassettes may be sold every year. One can imagine how huge the profits will be! !

"Boss, do you want to try it now?" Shangguan Muye asked after the detailed introduction.

"Well, then I'll play it." Zhang Jun nodded and started playing "Pokémon". The game is also named "Pokemon", "Pokemon", and "Pokemon".

The English name of "Pokémon" is "Pocket Monster", abbreviated as "POKEMON", transliterated as "Bao Ke Meng".

At present, the "Qiankun" handheld and "Kunlun" home game consoles have been developed.

However, the "Kunlun" home game console does not have corresponding new games. If you transplant the old games, it feels that there is no sincerity, and it may affect the sales of the Kunlun home game console.

Therefore, the Kunlun game console will not be released for the time being.

But it needs to be produced and prepared in advance.

The monthly output of game consoles is only 100 million units, and at least three to four million units must be reserved before the official release.

The production speed of game cassettes is very fast, tens of millions of copies can be produced in a month.

Therefore, the top priority of Legend Technology is to release handhelds.

With the blockbuster game "Pokémon" on the handheld, it will definitely explode.

Moreover, games such as "Hong Kong Cubes", "Pac-Man", and "Donkey Kong" can all be transplanted to the handheld, so don't worry, there will be no games to play.In addition, the games of third-party game developers can also be ported to the handheld, and they must be very happy.

No one is giving up another distribution channel.

The Qiankun handheld is relatively small, and the factory works overtime to produce more than 180 million units per month.

Previously, 120 million units had been produced.

Obviously, the production capacity is still somewhat insufficient.

At this stage, the factory of Legend Technology Company has been expanding, but the company's development speed is too fast, and there are more and more product lines.

Many industrial buildings bought by Zhang Jun are used as factories for Legend Technology.

The British Hong Kong government is too stingy.

Zhang Jun repeatedly proposed to buy a large amount of land to build a factory, but was rejected, for fear that he would hoard another batch of land.

In general, we still have to go to the mainland to open a factory, where the land is cheap, even free, and the labor is super cheap. At first, the matching may not be very good, and there are many spare parts that need to be shipped from abroad to Hong Kong, and then transferred from Hong Kong to Hong Kong. The mainland is more troublesome.But generally speaking, it is more cost-effective to move the factory to the mainland, after all, the cost has dropped too much.

After a while, Zhang Jun put the Qiankun handheld on the table, turned his head and said to Shangguan Muye: "The game "Pokémon" is very fun, it plays very smoothly on the Qiankun handheld, and the picture is not bad, but we still have to find ways to improve it. The production capacity of Qiankun handhelds, according to my guess, is no problem to sell more than 1000 million handhelds a year, especially in the two months before the product release, the sales volume is the fastest! After that, Christmas will come soon. During the Christmas period, it is another round of peak sales!"

Shangguan Muye smiled wryly, "Boss, the main reason is that there are no suitable skilled workers... The newcomers still need some training."

At this time, Hong Kong's population was already more than 450 million.

But it is still difficult to recruit suitable workers.

"Try to recruit as many people as possible and conduct training in advance. In the days to come, we will only need more and more workers!" Zhang Jun reminded.Next, there are personal computers, server series, and visual graphics workstations with supercomputing capabilities, etc...

The scale of the company will become larger and larger, and the product line will increase.

Shangguan Muye also had a premonition that the company would be very large in the future, so he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Well, okay."

Then, Shangguan Muye thought of something, and immediately asked: "Boss, does the Kunlun handheld need a spokesperson? I think that after the Walkman has chosen a spokesperson, it has played a very good role in promoting the product!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jun wanted to think about it.

Unexpectedly, Shangguan Muye said at this time: "I think Cheng Long is quite famous, for example, choose Cheng Long as the spokesperson for Asia!"

When Zhang Jun heard this, he staggered and almost fell.

Cheng Long is an artist under our company, but I never dared to ask him to speak for him.

Why?

Is it because I was afraid to ask him to speak for him, but the company he spoke for went bankrupt...

"No!!!" Zhang Jun shook his head again and again, "We can't ask Cheng Long to speak for us...Forget it, we don't need endorsements, as long as we hold a product launch event, there will naturally be major media from all over the world to promote us! There will be no shortage of exposure opportunities The most important thing is word of mouth, as long as the game is fun, players will spontaneously promote it for us, which is better than how many spokespersons we hire!!"

"Well, that's fine." Shangguan Muye still felt a little regretful. Cheng Long was so popular that many companies asked him to speak for him. Zhang Jun allowed Cheng Long to speak for European and American companies, but he didn't let Cheng Long speak for the boss's own company. product, it's really puzzling.

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At 1976 noon on September 9, 10, Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

"Qiankun Handheld" is shocking!
Every press conference of a legendary technology company will cause a great sensation and attract attention.

This time is no exception.

Major media and industry insiders from all over the world attended the product launch.

Many TV stations around the world are also broadcasting live, and millions of players and fans are sitting in front of the TV and looking forward to it.

"Legendary Technology released the Walkman last time. I don't know what product it will release this time. It's really exciting!" A viewer said excitedly, his eyes full of curiosity...

(End of this chapter)