Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 197 Trial Operation Performance

This morning, Lin Baicheng came to Xinghe Game Company.

Half a month has passed since the completion of the research and development of "Donkey Kong" to its trial operation, and the half-month trial operation data of all trial operation countries have been sent by fax.

Arcade games are currently the most profitable product of Galaxy Games and Lin Baicheng's main source of income, so he is also very concerned about the sales of "Donkey Kong".

Among the markets in all countries, the US market is the largest, and "Donkey Kong" has been very popular in the US for half a month after its trial operation, and has been welcomed by a large number of players. Bean-Man is poor, it can be said that this is a popular game.

Like the United States, "Donkey Kong" is also popular in markets such as Canada, Britain, France and Germany, and there is an endless stream of players who come to play this game every day.

However, it is different in the Japanese market, and "Donkey Kong" is not popular.Although it is not that there are no players to play, it is definitely not to the extent of being popular. The game hall will recover the cost sooner or later if it buys an arcade machine, but it must not let the game hall owner make a lot of money, which limits the sales of this game in Japan.

Lin Baicheng was also very surprised by this. He did not expect that "Donkey Kong" would perform mediocrely in Japan. One must know that Miyamoto Soo, who led the development of this game, is a Japanese.

For the game "Donkey Kong", Lin Baicheng knew that it would definitely make money, otherwise this game would not have developed several games in the previous life, and the classic Mario series would not have been derived.Obviously, if "Donkey Kong" made Nintendo lose money, how could Nintendo develop a sequel and develop a game with the character of Mario alone.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng supported the development of "Donkey Kong" from the beginning, because he knew that this game would make money, but he didn't know the specific performance of this game.

Because of this, Lin Baicheng was a little surprised by the mediocre performance of "Donkey Kong" in Japan. Fortunately, the response in markets such as the United States is good, and the game can be expected to make a lot of money.

"Richard, what do you think?"

Lin Baicheng asked a 40-year-old foreign man sitting opposite him.

Yuan Richard, the director of the sales department of Xinghe Game Company, was recruited when Xinghe Games was gradually growing. The main reason is that Liu Yihui's ability is limited and he can manage the factory well, but if he manages the entire Xinghe Game Company, he will be unable to do so. Find a sales talent and hand over the important sales department to the other party for management.

The reason why I asked Yuan Richard, an Englishman, was mainly because the sales department was dealing with agents from all over the world, so it would be more convenient to find a foreigner.

Recently, Lin Baicheng is still looking for a manager candidate, and is preparing to hand over Xinghe Game Company to a professional manager.It doesn't matter how good the professional manager's ability is, as long as he can manage the various departments of the company when he develops the game company.

To put it simply, it is to find a tool person. The development direction of the game company is determined by Lin Baicheng, and Lin Baicheng will often ask the company's management, so if you really find someone with outstanding ability, I am afraid that the other party will not be willing to be a tool Man, it will be even more troublesome if there is a conflict.

Yuan Richard had already had a general idea before he came over, and he replied after hearing the words: "Since the performance in Japan has been mediocre for half a month, then the company will waive the exclusive agency fee and hand over the arcade machines to Taito Co., Ltd. for sale. After all, there have been two cooperations. However, if Taito Co., Ltd. dislikes "Donkey Kong" and is generally unwilling to act as an agent, then it will be handed over to the branch in Japan, and it will sell as much as it can."

"Inform Taito, and then hand it directly to Hideyoshi Yamada and the others in the branch for sales."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said: "I remember that "Space Invaders", which was developed by Taito Corporation, is about to go on sale. At that time, people will definitely focus on their own games. The performance of "Donkey Kong" was mediocre. If you pay more attention to sales, then there will be no success in Japan.”

Yuan Richard didn't object after hearing this, he said: "As for the United States and other places, since the game is as popular as ever, the exclusive agency fee will naturally increase, and the arcade price will also increase. .”

Lin Baicheng nodded, and reminded aloud: "This is up to you to discuss with the agent. Remember not to open your mouth like a lion. After all, our cooperation is not just this time."

"President Lin, don't worry, I understand that."

Yuan Richard nodded to express his understanding that the company's profit should be increased, but the agent's profit margin should not be suppressed too much, otherwise the sales volume would definitely be affected, thus affecting the overall performance.

Lin Baicheng said: "Then you go to work, talk more about the list, and the company can make more money."

"I will try my best!"

Yuan Richard said, then took his leave and left the office.

Lin Baicheng then went to the software research and development department, which is the department where Miyamoto Soo works.

The software research and development department is the department that develops games. Lin Baicheng asked Miyamoto Soo to take care of it. He came here to find Miyamoto Soo.

Lin Baicheng told Miyamoto Ron about the half-month trial operation performance of "Donkey Kong", and then praised him, telling him that the game developed by him has been a success.

"Thank you, President, for your continued support!"

Miyamoto Xun was overjoyed when he learned that the game was successful. This was the first game he developed under the leadership of Lin Baicheng. his works.The first work was a success, and he had reasons to be happy.

"This is what I should do, Miyamoto-kun, you have not let me down."

Lin Baicheng patted Miyamoto Sou on the shoulder, and then said: "As for the game I told you about, you can start preparing for the game developed with the character of Mario, and this game will be placed in our game console, so you can discuss with Yokoi-kun and develop a game suitable for the console.”

Of course, Lin Baicheng will not give up on the classic Mario series. He will mention Soo Miyamoto at the side, which can be regarded as the joint research and development of the two.The main reason is that he doesn't have so much time, and he can provide advice on some gameplay, settings, etc. Most of the specific research and development must be handed over to Miyamoto Soo.

"President, don't worry, I will get back to work as soon as possible."

Miyamoto Sou immediately said that the success of "Donkey Kong" has made him full of confidence and energy, and he can't wait to start the development of the next game immediately.

Lin Baicheng nodded in satisfaction. The game console will have Mario loaded at that time, plus other games. I believe the performance of the console will not be bad after it goes on the market.

(End of this chapter)