The richest man

Chapter 205 The Broken Nintendo (Big Chapter)
Japan.

Nintendo Inc.

Hiroshi Yamauchi and a group of high-level officials are discussing major issues, but everyone's face is not very good.

"We have contacted many third-party game developers, but there are not many companies that are willing to cooperate with us..." Junpei Yokoi spoke first, breaking the silence.

It's so embarrassing, and it's a serious blow to everyone's ambitions.

Nintendo invested nearly 50 billion yen in the development of the FC Famicom, and the development took a year and a half. However, it never expected that the Kunlun home computer developed by Legendary Technology Company would be popular all over the world, with tens of millions of users.

This made Nintendo fall to the bottom.

However, Nintendo still has a fluke mentality, because the price of the Kunlun home machine is very high, and the "overlord clause" of Legendary Technology has also made many third-party game developers very dissatisfied.

First, there is a limit to the number of games that each manufacturer can release on Kunlun each year, ranging from 1 to 6 depending on the size of the manufacturer; second, manufacturers are not allowed to manufacture their own game cards, and they must be made by Legendary Technology. Moreover, the manufacturing fee must be handed over to Legendary Technology in full a few months before the order is placed.The third is that the ordering, distribution, and wholesale of games are all in charge of the wholesale organization controlled by Legendary Technology, which means that Legendary Technology controls the channels.

In Yamauchi Hiroshi’s view, “The world has been suffering for Legendary Technology for a long time.” Faced with such harsh conditions, third-party game developers should rise up to resist Legendary Technology.

However, in fact, many third-party game developers are afraid of offending Legendary Technology, so they dare not cooperate with Nintendo.

Moreover, in the past few years, the legendary technology company has grown stronger and stronger, as if a towering mountain stands in front of everyone, and the momentum alone can oppress everyone. As a result, game developers dare not disobey it at all.

Comparing Nintendo with legendary technology companies, the two are not at the same level at all, and many developers even laugh at each other for being overconfident.

Pu Yamauchi glanced around coldly, and said in a low voice: "There is no turning back! We have no other choice now, so we can only go all out and fight! I believe our FC red and white machines can be sold well. Always adhere to the "software determines the outcome of hardware", in order to promote FC game consoles, we Nintendo has prepared 10 super high-quality games! Players will definitely buy FC as long as they want to play these games. And the more FC sold, The more users we have, there will definitely be third-party game developers joining our camp.”

At this time, Shigeru Miyamoto continued what Hiroshi Yamauchi said, and said: "The games on the Kunlun home console platform are highly competitive, and a large number of games have fallen to pieces. We can definitely win over the developers of these games!"

Hearing this, Hiroshi Yamauchi smiled, nodded and said, "That's right, we will fight with our backs now, as long as we can sell 50 FCs, we will have the capital to continue fighting with Legend Technology!!!"

50 game consoles are 50 users, and it is expected that some unsatisfied game developers will switch camps.

Uchiyama Pu and others quickly formulated a sales plan.

The retail price of a FC red and white machine is 14800 yen, which is more than 80 US dollars, which is almost unprofitable, but its production cost is lower than Zhang Jun imagined.

The hardware material of FC is obviously not as good as Kunlun.

This is the price of FC in Japan. If it is sold to Europe and the United States, customs duties, transportation, etc. will be added. If it is still sold at this price, then it will definitely suffer a huge loss!

The Kunlun home machine sells for $80 in the United States, barely able to maintain a small profit.

Nintendo obviously intends to occupy the Japanese market first, even if the machine does not make money, they don't care.

After Nintendo formulated the marketing plan, it ordered the factory to produce FC and game cartridges with all its strength.

By the end of 1981, everything was ready.

Nintendo held a product conference and officially released FC.

The release of FC caused a great sensation in Japanese game consoles.

"Nintendo really has the guts to want to snatch food from Legendary Technology! I think Nintendo is going to be unlucky, Legendary Technology is too powerful, and it's not something a small company like Nintendo can provoke."

"Nintendo contacted me and asked me to develop games on their fc game platform. This is not harming me. Fortunately, I didn't agree. If it is blocked by Legendary Technology, my company will go bankrupt."

"This Nintendo is really a big hitter, dare to go against Legendary Technology, I also admire it!"

"In my opinion, Nintendo is a lack of people, and it will be over sooner or later!"

"..."

Countless game developers either ridicule, admire, or pity.

However, everyone never expected that on the day of the Nintendo press conference, all Kunlun home consoles around the world would be reduced in price. In Europe and the United States, the retail price of Kunlun is 100 US dollars; Yen, 12000 yen cheaper than FC Famicom.

As soon as the news came out, the industry couldn't help but feel horrified.

"Oh my God, Legendary Technology's reaction is too fast. Nintendo just held a press conference, and Legendary Technology made a blocking move! And the strength is too exaggerated, the retail price is 12000 yen, Is Legendary Technology selling machines at a loss? In order to snipe Nintendo, this cost is too much!" Ito Takuma suddenly felt lingering fear, as a third-party game developer, seeing Legendary Technology's posture, he knew that Legendary Technology Determined to strangle Nintendo in its infancy, Ito Takuma couldn't help but feel lucky that he hadn't agreed to Nintendo's cooperation before, otherwise his company might have been blacklisted by Legendary Technology.

"Legendary Technology doesn't intend to give Nintendo a living. Players face such a low price, who will buy FC?!"

Before everyone recovered, Legendary Technology launched 7 new games: "Need for Speed", "Asphalt", "Pro Evolution Soccer", "Slam Dunk", "Rugby", "Ice Hockey", "Baseball" .

These are the results of the establishment of the sports game department of Legend Technology.

除此之外，这次还发布了很多经典游戏的续作，包括《超级马里奥2》、《勇者斗恶龙2》、《塞尔达传说2》、《银河战士2》、《太空侵略者2》、《大金刚2》等等。

Players all over the world were excited for a while.

The release of so many games at one time is undoubtedly a carnival in the game world!

Everyone called their friends, and they all rushed to the Legendary Store to buy new games.

In Japan, Nintendo's fc has long been submerged in the cheers and joy of countless Kunlun players. Those who have not bought Kunlun home game consoles can't help the temptation in their hearts at this moment, and they have used their savings to buy Kunlun game consoles.

"Legendary Technology Company is holding back a big move. I said why Legendary Technology Company hasn't released a new game for a long time. It turned out that it was waiting here, digging holes for Nintendo! It's so cool, so cool, so much fun Games, I don’t even know which ones to buy!!”

"Let's break out, Little Universe!!! Hey, Legendary Technology is awesome. With so many games released at once, I can play for a whole year without getting bored!"

"Wow, wow, legendary technology company is so insidious. No one cares about the FC game console released by Nintendo, but I really like it. I hope that legendary technology company will come again!"

"..."

In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg for Legendary Technology's gaming division.

At this moment, Zhang Jun came to Legend Technology Company with a trace of exhaustion, and then handed over the game plan he designed to Shangguan Muye.

"Design these games, and release at least two self-made games every month in the future!"

Shangguan Muye was slightly taken aback, and opened the Word document on the computer.

The first time I saw a directory, it was full of game names: "Resident Evil", "Final Fantasy", "Crash Bandicoot", "Double Dragon", "Green Corps", "Rockman", "Castlevania", "Squirrel Wars", "Red Fortress", "Cuban Heroes", "Shadow Legend", "Adventure Island", "Swallowing World"...

Shangguan Muye was stunned.

Zhang Jun picked up the water glass and took a sip of water, and said: "This is a game planning plan that I spent two or three months making. The information is very complete. Each game has a development department dedicated to research and development. In addition, If some games are suitable for adaptation, then it is possible to create a super IP, such as "Resident Evil", "Final Fantasy", "Castlevania", "Crash Bandicoot", "Shadow Legend", "Rockman" and so on... "

"Yes!" Shangguan Muye looked shocked, feeling that his boss was too scary, his talent was against the sky, and he had already broken through the ceiling of human beings!
So many game plans have been produced in just over two months, anyone who opposes him will be looking for abuse.

At this moment, Shangguan Muye couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to Nintendo. They probably couldn't imagine how terrifying their competitors were! ! !
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Japan, Nintendo Corporation.

Hiroshi Yamauchi never expected that the Legendary Technology Company's counterattack would be so swift and fierce!
He was still a little confident, but he has completely lost confidence, and his whole person has become very decadent.

Is Legend Tech Crazy?
Nintendo is just a small company. Is there any need to target it like this?It even hurt people with its own money, reducing the price of the Kunlun game console to 12000 yen, and releasing so many new games at once.

Hiroshi Yamauchi felt that he had been greatly wronged, and Legend Technology Company was clearly bullying others.Hiroshi Yamauchi was about to be abused and cried, so wronged!
"How can I, Hiroshi Yamauchi and Nintendo, be treated like this by Legendary Technology?!!" Hiroshi Yamauchi asked loudly in the office, his voice reverberating, shaking the crystal glass on the table trembling.

At this moment, Hiroshi Yamauchi regretted it a bit.

Greed blinded his eyes, thinking that he could fight against legendary technology.

As a result, he was vulnerable.

Right now, we can only find a way to stop the loss. If we want to reduce the price of FC, it must be much cheaper than the Kunlun game console before it can be sold.

That night, Nintendo executives held an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Around 10 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Nintendo announced that the price of the FC red and white machine was reduced to 10000 yen, and users who had already purchased FC could ask the merchant for 4800 yen in compensation with the invoice.

This news shocked the Japanese game industry for the first time.

"Nintendo is at the end of its rope, and can only compete with Legendary Technology on price!" A game developer sighed slightly, and said to his companions, somehow feeling a little bit sad.

The Japanese game industry will still be ruled by the big devil Zhang Jun.

"Yeah, I just don't know if the price war can defeat Legendary Technology? I see Xuan!"

Not only hanging, there is no hope at all!

After the price reduction of Nintendo's FC red and white machine, although the sales volume increased slightly, it didn't help. Countless Japanese players are addicted to the new games developed by Legendary Technology at this moment.

What makes Nintendo even worse is that this morning, Legend Technology announced that it has approved more than 20 game projects. In addition to the more than ten games designed by Zhang Jun, the game department has also designed more than ten games.

After hearing the news, game lovers around the world were all very excited.

"At first I wanted to buy FC Famicom, after all, it's cheap, but unfortunately there are too few games on FC, and Legendary Technology will release more interesting games in the future, so I thought about it and decided to buy Kunlun games machine!"

"Me too, let's not talk about the few games on FC, and the games on Kunlun are not as fun, who would buy those games. I heard that many people regretted it, and then ran to the store to return it!"

"..."

There was a long line in front of the legendary store, and when everyone was bored, they chatted with each other.

Not far away, a shop selling FC red and white machines was empty.

A month later, Nintendo suffered a huge loss, and game consoles and game cassettes were seriously unsalable, and most of them were put in the warehouse to eat ashes.

And Legendary Technology sold nearly 1000 million Kunlun game consoles this month.

Although consoles don't make much money.

However, the number of Kunlun platform users has increased to nearly 5000 million, and game cassettes have sold 4.8 million copies!

Third-party game developers also benefit, making a fortune.

With so many users on the Kunlun platform, third-party game developers are even more reluctant to leave and offend Legendary Technology at this time.

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Hong Kong
Legendary Technologies Inc.

After the sales came out, all the senior executives in the company couldn't help showing excited smiles.

"Each Kunlun game machine, we can actually earn 20 dollars, 1000 million machines, almost 2 million dollars in profit. Of course, the biggest profit is the game cartridge."

In the office, Shangguan Muye said to everyone, "Among the 4.8 million game sales, third parties only accounted for 8000 million, and the profit of a game cartridge is only 5 US dollars, which is 4 million US dollars; the remaining 4 million games are all We invest in research and development ourselves, and the profit is higher, $15, a total of $60 billion!!!”

Hearing this, Zhang Jun smiled slightly.

This wave of battles that caused a stir in the game industry not only did not shake the status of the Legendary Technology Company, but instead made a lot of money.

At the same time, it also deterred other companies with malicious intentions.

Any company that tries to challenge the legendary technology will be hit hard by the Thunder!
In fact, at this time, many companies have given up on the development of home consoles. Nintendo is a lesson from the past. Even if the performance of the FC game console is better than that of Kunlun, it is still vulnerable.

Today, there are 5000 million users on the Kunlun platform, which third-party game developer will change camps if their brains are pinched.

Unless there is a disruptive technology, it can replace the Kunlun game console.

However, the disruptive technology seems to be still in the hands of the legendary technology company at this time.

"Boss, Philips informed us that next month they will jointly release a new standard "Red Book". The technical specifications in it are applicable to all CD and CD storage standards!"

Shangguan Muye started another topic.

Zhang Jun nodded and said, "Okay, promise them!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Jun thought for a while and said: "CD is an important research and development project of our legendary technology company. It is a revolutionary storage product that can be applied not only to music records, but also to games, computer programs, film and television, and others. After the CD standard is formulated, we need to increase investment in research and development, and strive to maintain a leading position in technology! The storage capacity of game cassettes is very small. If we use CDs as storage tools, we can store games with a larger capacity! In this way, We can develop bigger and better games!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and they couldn't help yearning.

"The new Kunlun game console uses CD as the game storage medium, and it will definitely be liked by players! The most important thing is that, technically speaking, other companies cannot develop a CD game console in a short period of time, only our legendary technology can Do it, and after our new Kunlun game console dominates the market, other companies may not dare to step in and follow in the footsteps of Nintendo!" An executive said firmly.

"Well, this statement is reasonable and correct, I agree!"

"I agree, I must plan ahead and rush to develop a CD game console!"

"Me too!"

Zhang Jun smiled slightly and didn't speak, just watched everyone talking there.

It is history and the development trend of science and technology that CD game consoles replace game cassette game consoles.

Legendary Technologies is currently at the forefront.

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1982 is approaching, and BMW is about to launch a new car brand——Wuzi! ! !
Anyone who is familiar with Chinese history knows that Wuzhui is the mount of the overlord of Western Chu.

Xiang Yu sang a very famous poem before his death, which can be called a majestic song! !

This poem is "Gai Xia Ge", the original text is:
"Strengthen the mountain and surpass the world.
The time is not good, and it never dies.
What can I do if the dying is not dying?
Yu Xi Yu Xi Nai Ruo He!"

The "Zeal" here is the black horse.

Of course, in order to promote the "Wuzhi" car smoothly, more people must first understand Wuzhi. Naturally, Phoenix TV specially filmed the TV series "The Controversy between Chu and Han" for this purpose. The film highlights Xiang Yu's heroic spirit , is a TV series with strong personal heroism.

On February 1982, 2, "The Controversy between Chu and Han" was launched on TV, and then the ratings were very high and the praise was rave.

Zhang Jun wants to let Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and even Southeast Asia understand the history of China through TV dramas.

It turned out that there were such heroes in Chinese history.

Life is a master, and death is a ghost.

So far, thinking about Xiang Yu, refuses to cross Jiangdong!
With the increasing popularity of the TV series "The Controversy between Chu and Han", the character Xiang Yu can't help but become a hero and idol in many people's minds.

At this moment, BMW officially announced that the horse of the Overlord of Western Chu——Wuzi Automobile was officially released!
Everyone saw the advertisement of the Wuzhui car brand in newspapers or on TV, and they called the experts directly, BMW is the most popular company in the world, or the marketing methods are shocking.

The Wuzhi car is modeled after the Mercedes-Benz G-class bike. It is a very hard-core and domineering off-road vehicle!
People who come to the BMW 4S shop to look at the car, the first time they see it, they can't help but be deeply fascinated!

"Worthy of Wu Zou, it is a combination of domineering, luxurious and classical temperament. The simple and clear lines outline the strength and might that an off-road vehicle should have!" A car lover exclaimed.

At this time, the others couldn't help but nodded.

"This kind of car combines 'road comfort' and 'off-road function', so that those who love outdoor off-road and leisure activities can enjoy the highest quality of off-road travel and off-road performance, which makes people like it very much!!!" A Chinese The young man in a suit said happily that he really wanted to buy such a car at the moment.

A senior manager introduced the performance and usage of Wuzhui car in detail to everyone, but the price made many people discouraged.

80 Hong Kong dollars a car!
Apparently, Wu Zhi is a luxurious and high-end car.

However, there are many wealthy people in Hong Kong, and the hype of Wuzi Auto is so hot, so many people want to buy one.

In the subconscious mind, Wu Zhui is the mount of the Overlord of Western Chu.

I also own a black car, so wouldn't I also become the overlord who overwhelms the sky?
The yy psychology has existed since ancient times.

It has to be said that Zhang Jun has captured the hearts of the rich in Hong Kong, especially the rich second generation.

Who will fight for the front when the black sun comes out?

At present, rich second generations are scrambling to buy.

But Zhang Jun gave them another "hunger marketing", which directly led to the popularity of Wuzhui Automobile, and the second-hand price was more than double the original price.

In Europe and the United States, the sales volume of Wuzhen Automobile is also good.

The aesthetic design of this off-road vehicle far exceeds that of other off-road vehicle brands, coupled with its powerful performance, it has become a representative work of luxury off-road vehicles for a while.

……

"It's a pity that these foreigners in Europe and the United States can't understand "The Controversy between Chu and Han", and they don't know anything about the history of the black horse." Zhang Jun shook his head and couldn't help sighing.

"Boss, there's nothing you can do about it. Foreigners don't know much about Chinese culture, so they can't understand "The Controversy between Chu and Han". The TV station played a few episodes, but the ratings were too bad, so they pulled it down." BMW CEO Manager Hu Hongcai also felt very sorry.

"I think it's better to make more cartoons to corrupt... No, it's to let European and American children fall in love with Chinese culture! To popularize Chinese culture, we must start with children!" Zhang Jun said with a smile.

"Well, boss, you are right. The way of cartoons is easier for children to accept. When this generation of children grows up, they will understand Chinese culture and will be very interested in our company's car brands." Hu Hongcai nodded Said.

"um, yes!"

In fact, Europeans and Americans are quite curious about Chinese history.

However, the Western media has been misleading. Many Westerners even once thought that Chinese men still had a pig's tail behind their heads.

"Boss, next, shall we continue to develop new brand cars?" Hu Hongcai asked.

BMW has registered many brands:
"Seven Horses of the First Emperor: Chasing the Wind, White Rabbit, Twilight King, Ben Dian, Fei He, Tong Jue, Shenfu"

"Overlord's Mount: Wuzhi"

"Famous horses of the Han Dynasty: Chitu, Delu, Zhaoyeyuyu Lion, Jueying, Huang Feidian with Claws"

At present, only Zhaoye Yushishi and Wuzhui have been developed.

Zhang Jun pondered for a while and said, "Then develop the claw yellow Feidian and define it as a female car. This is Cao Cao's favorite horse. Although Cao Cao is dead, the Cao thief is still there, and the legacy of Wei Wu is still there..."

Suddenly, Zhang Jun froze for a moment, and positioned Cao Cao's mount Huang Feidian as a female car. Is this... polite?

Forget it, or develop it into a unisex model.

Come to think of it, many men want to be someone like Cao Cao.

Zhang Jun then explained a few words to Hu Hongcai, specifically how to design and develop, Zhang Jun will first design the exterior and interior of the car, and then ask the technicians to implement it according to his requirements.

Zawhuang Feidian is positioned as a mid-range car.

It is enough for low-end cars to have MG series cars.

Anyway, it's a foreign car brand, and Zhang Jun doesn't plan to develop it into high-end cars.

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(End of this chapter)