Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 418 The development of the game console is completed (two in one)

the next morning.

Lin Baicheng learned from his personal secretary Qin Lan that Zhao Yazhi wanted to talk to him. Huang Hanwei could not accept that the apology to Lin Baicheng was broadcast by the TV station to the people of Xiangjiang. He could only accept the apology to Lin Baicheng through the newspaper.

Knowing that it was because of this, Lin Baicheng was not interested in seeing Zhao Yazhi, so he immediately asked Qin Lan to reply to Zhao Yazhi, either to ask Huang Hanwei to accept an apology through the TV station, or to wait for Lin Baicheng to teach Huang Hanwei a profound lesson.

After that, Lin Baicheng ignored the matter and handed it over to Qin Lan. He believed that Qin Lan would give him a satisfactory result.

Lin Baicheng originally planned to put more energy on Sino-Ocean Import and Export Trading Company. After all, this company has just been established, and now it has just acquired foreign trade business from Hutchison Whampoa not long ago, and is receiving it. He wants to pay more attention to it. is.

However, at this time, there was good news from Xinghe Game Company that the development of the company's game console was completed.

Hearing this good news, Lin Baicheng immediately put aside other matters and went to Xinghe Game Company.

When he arrived at the game company, Lin Baicheng went directly to the R&D room of the hardware R&D department to find Junpei Yokoi.

"Boss Lin!" "Chairman!"

Seeing Lin Baicheng's arrival, the R&D personnel including Junhei Yokoi greeted him in unison.

Because the company has employees from Xiangjiang, Japan, and the United States, Lin Baicheng simply asked the employees to call him 'Boss Lin' or 'Chairman' to avoid a lot of different titles.

"This is our host, isn't it?"

Lin Baicheng looked at the two machines on the table, one was blue and black, the other was blue and white, with stars dotted on them.But the handles are the same, of course there is a cross key, and all the technologies involved in the host must have registered patents, needless to say.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Yokoi Junhei nodded and said: "According to your request, we have made two machines with different configurations. One is the main machine made after cost-effective calculation. The configuration is better than Atari VCS, whether it is running speed or picture quality. The quality is higher than that of the Atari VCS, and the cost will be higher, based on the production volume of 100 million units, the cost of each unit is about 215 U.S. dollars after the company’s inquiry to the parts suppliers.”

"The other is the host with the highest configuration. The performance is better than the other host, but the performance is limited. However, because of the high configuration, if there is a production volume of 100 million units, then the production capacity of each The cost is about $260. However, if the production quantity is less than 10 units, the production cost will be as high as $280, and the lower the production cost, the higher the production cost."

"The production cost of $215 is acceptable."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this. As for the cost of high configuration, it is not considered. After all, high configuration will only be produced in small quantities and sold to a few people who are not short of money.

"You should have tried both devices, right?"

"We have tried to play games such as "Super Mario Bros", "Vacuum Boy", "Gold Miner" and other games several times, and have not found any problems."

Yokoi Junhei replied aloud, if they hadn't tried it, they wouldn't have reported to Lin Baicheng that the equipment had been made. After all, if there was a fault but they reported that it was done, they would be the ones who would be unlucky.

"Okay, let me play around."

Lin Baicheng used to like playing this kind of game very much, but playing it now has a feeling of reminiscing about his childhood.

There is a TV set in the research and development room. The mainframe is connected to the TV, the cassette is inserted, and the game selection interface comes out.

Because of the limited memory nowadays, a cassette can only store one game, so if players want to play a certain game, they must buy a cassette.

Atari currently sells a cassette for $45, which can be said to be quite expensive. Atari’s profit on the cassette may not be less than 50%, that is, a profit of no less than $20. This profit can be said to be quite high. up.

Lin Baicheng first played the game "Super Mario Bros.", which he had played many times before. The classic image of Mario appeared on the TV screen.Regarding Mario's image, Lin Baicheng did not make any changes, and he still has a big nose, a hat, overalls, and a beard.

Although it is said that Lin Baicheng can change the character image, Lin Baicheng didn't do that because he didn't want his changes to make the game uncertain. Although the possibility of this is very small, but with the success of the original version, why should he do anything extra, looking for trouble.

Bounce, eat mushrooms, avoid monsters, hit rectangular stones
Each scene is so familiar, Lin Baicheng played it very hard, but unfortunately he hasn't played it for many years, and his memory is not so clear, so the character died soon.

The game characters in each game have three lives, and after the three lives are over, they have to start from the beginning.

In the initial stage of the game just released, it is definitely impossible to make a version with unlimited lives, that would lose the fun of the strategy, which is very undesirable.

"Good, very good."

After playing several other games, Lin Baicheng put the controller aside and ended the trial.

Lin Baicheng said with a happy face: "Yokoi, you have done a good job, I am very satisfied."

"Boss Lin, as long as you are satisfied."

Yokoi Junhei breathed a sigh of relief: "The company has invested so much money in research and development. If the equipment produced cannot satisfy Mr. Lin, then we will have failed too much."

Lin Baicheng said to everyone: "As for the rewards of your hardware R&D department, I will ask people to confirm them as soon as possible. After the sales performance of the products appears, once the results meet expectations, the company will give you additional bonuses."

"Thank you Mr. Lin!" "Thank you Chairman!"

All the R&D personnel couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard the words. After all, everyone's work is not to make more money.

Lin Baicheng didn't stay here for long in the hardware R&D department, he went to his office, and asked his secretary to contact the company's top management for a meeting.

More than half an hour later, the company's high-level executives who were away also came back, and the meeting was held in the conference room.

The current management of Xinghe Game Company is different from before. Lin Baicheng is the chairman and president of the company, Lin Shufang is the financial manager, Li Rongyan is the personnel manager, Liu Yihui is the production manager and the factory director, Yuan Charlie is the sales manager, Miyamoto Sou is the manager of the game R&D department, Yokoi Junhei is the manager of the hardware R&D department, Ma Yuan is the manager of the purchasing department, and Pan Jiaxu is the manager of the quality management department.

Wobb Wilson, the vice president of the company, is an American, born in 35, and Lin Baicheng was looking for a professional manager last year.Because the main market for the company's game consoles is the United States and other Western countries, Lin Baicheng specifically sought out professional managers from the United States, who know more about the American market and how it operates.

Warb Wilson is nominally the vice president of Galaxy Games, but Lin Baicheng seldom manages the affairs of Galaxy Games, so he is the president of the company in terms of rights.

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "Everyone, this meeting is held today to tell you good news. The mainframe that the company has invested heavily in research and development has been successfully developed."

"Great!" "It can be regarded as a successful research and development!" "After spending so much money, it should be successful.".
Everyone here knows that the company has invested huge sums of money in the research and development of TV hosts, with a total investment of more than [-] million US dollars. Knowing that it has been successfully developed, they can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At least the company will not invest heavily in research and development in the future.

After raising his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, Lin Baicheng said: "Next, the company will provide services for the sales of the mainframe and fight this battle well."

Lin Baicheng turned to his sister Lin Shufang and asked, "Manager Lin, how much money is available in the company's account?"

Lin Shufang replied: "There are more than 8 million Hong Kong dollars in the company's account, but the funds that can be used are about 7.5 million Hong Kong dollars. If there is more, it will affect the company's daily operation."

"If the company produces 100 million machines, the cost of each machine is 215 US dollars, and the total production cost is 2.15 million US dollars, which is a little more than 9 million Hong Kong dollars."

After Lin Baicheng heard the words, he calculated that this was only the production cost of the product, and publicity also required money. After the product was produced, it would be sold in both the United States and Japan at the same time, so the publicity fee would only be more, and 2000 million US dollars is not too much.

Let’s calculate the total cost of 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although it is not necessary to send all the money to the parts supplier immediately when placing an order, a total of 7.5 million Hong Kong dollars is actually enough.However, it is still necessary to prepare more funds, after all, Xinghe Game Company still has a console.

Lin Baicheng said to Wobb Wilson and Ma Yuan: "The company will place an order with the parts supplier according to the production capacity of 100 million machines, and then you can talk to the parts supplier to see if they can lower the price and reduce the cost even more. A little bit is fine."

Wob Wilson said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Lin, according to your request, the memory and chips are all ordered by Galaxy Semiconductor according to the market price. It is already difficult for other parts suppliers to lower their prices. I can only say try my best. "

"Do your best."

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng didn't make things difficult for Wobb Wilson and Ma Yuan, he knew they had tried their best.

The reason why Lin Baicheng asked Galaxy Games to hand over the order to Galaxy Semiconductor at the market price instead of asking Galaxy Semiconductor to give a preferential price is because Galaxy Games is going to be listed sooner or later, and it is currently determined to give Galaxy Semiconductor a higher price. Orders, there will be more room for price cuts in the future.

In the same way, after Xinghe game company's consoles are sold in physical stores of Starlight Company and Zhiyin Comics, the channel fee will be relatively higher, which also leaves room for higher price cuts.

The reason for doing this is that after Xinghe Game Company goes public, the shares held by Lin Baicheng will decrease. Of course, he will take care of other companies in which he holds 100% of the shares, so as to create more profits for himself.

"Ma Yuan, your Purchasing Department will first purchase the accessories needed for a thousand machines, and let Factory Manager Liu produce them first, and then hand them over to Yokoi's Hardware R&D Department. The R&D Department will conduct trial experiments on each product to see if there are any There are no mistakes that we haven’t discovered yet, and if there are any problems, it’s best to find them out before the products are mass-produced, and don’t wait until the products are all on sale, and then tell me where there are BUGs and other problems.”

Lin Baicheng gave instructions to the relevant personnel that the game console is very important, and he absolutely does not allow any mistakes, and would rather delay the launch of the game for a few days.

The people who were pointed out should be right away, and they all expressed their understanding.

"Miyamoto, the task of your game development department is not light. In addition to developing arcade games, you also need to develop console games. The current number of console games is still a bit small, and your task is very heavy. Try to develop as many interesting console games as possible. come out."

Lin Baicheng then said to Soo Miyamoto that in fact, several of the company's current games can be converted into console games. The workload is not large, but the sales of arcade machines will definitely be affected in this way. Due to the impact of the mainframe, the popularity has declined, and the result is that channel operators are not so profitable.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng is unwilling to convert arcade games into console games within three years after the arcade starts selling unless necessary.Only by allowing the distributors to earn more money, can each arcade game developed by the company be popular with the distributors and thus make a lot of money.

The prime time for an arcade game is about three to five years, so it is already very good to be able to transform an arcade game into a console game after three years. It is impossible for Lin Baicheng to give up transforming an arcade game into a console game. There are only so many games, and it would be too wasteful not to convert them into console games to make another fortune.

"Wilson, I will go to the United States to negotiate a loan for the company, and at the same time, conduct preliminary publicity for the company's products. During my absence, the management of the company will be handed over to you. You must do a good job in console sales. this work."

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will definitely do the relevant work well."

"Then I'll wait and see."

Lin Baicheng then explained some work, and then ended the meeting.

Lin Baicheng did not leave Xiangjiang immediately that day. He explained the work of Xiangjiang, and he left Xiangjiang for Los Angeles two days later.

In the past two days, Lin Baicheng's revenge against Huang Hanwei has begun, and Qin Lan is handling the matter.She first investigated Huang Hanwei's situation clearly, and then asked Lin Baicheng to what extent he wanted to retaliate. Lin Baicheng asked her to only target Huang Hanwei himself, not Huang Hanwei's family, and then she took action.

Qin Lan first contacted the bank to ask Huang Hanwei for a loan. His clinic was opened by him with a loan from the bank. Of course, the bank would give Lin Baicheng face.Another thing is to deal with Huang Hanwei's medical license, but this will take some time. Lin Baicheng hasn't completed it before leaving Xiangjiang, but it won't be too long.

Lin Baicheng only paid a little attention to this. In order to let Qin Lan do this well, he didn't even let Qin Lan go to the United States with him. Instead, he left Qin Lan in Xiangjiang and asked Qin Lan to keep targeting Huang Hanwei until Huang Hanwei was willing. Apologizing through TV so far.

(End of this chapter)