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Chapter 273 Fly to America
Bai Zirui asked, "Jianhua, how's the deal with that Square Enix entertainment company going?"

Before getting on the plane, Bai Zirui talked with Meng Jianhua on the phone. He said that he was going to meet with the boss of Square Enix Entertainment, the largest arcade agency on the west coast of the United States. Bai Zirui was concerned about the result of the meeting as soon as he got off the plane.

Meng Jianhua said a little indignantly: "Bai Sheng, these Yankees are also a virtue, and I have experienced their arrogance before and respect behind.

My original plan was to assemble the two arcade machines and ship them directly to Square Enix Entertainment Company. In Bai Sheng's words, facts speak louder than words. Our company wins by the quality of games!
Those Yankees are so irritating. I have already made an appointment with their boss in advance, but when we arrived at Square Enix Entertainment, the front desk said that their boss went to play golf with an important client and he has no time to see us. Let me talk to one of their company's sales managers.

The manager didn't even let us unload the arcade machine. I heard that I brought two arcade machines, one is a tank shooting game and the other is a brick puzzle game. He didn't even look at our arcade machine. It is really annoying to reject us directly.

Later, when I thought of Bai Sheng’s planning in Xiangjiang Cinema, I decided to plan an event in the United States, so I found a supermarket store with high traffic to try it out. After our arcade games gathered a certain popularity, I went to these agents. discuss.

The two arcade machines of our company were placed at the entrance of the supermarket together with the arcade machines of "Frog (Frog Crossing the River)" and "Spider (Spider)". At the beginning, not many people paid attention.From the second day onwards, many people came to try the game, on the third day they even lined up, and on the weekend of the fourth day, there was a long queue of people playing the game!

I rented a Sony Mavica camera, took a few photos and mailed them to Square Enix Entertainment. Unexpectedly, they called the next day, and their attitude took a 180-degree turn! "

Meng Jianhua led Bai Zirui and the others out of the airport, and at the same time told Bai Zirui what happened to them in the United States during this time.The car galloped southward on National Highway 101, heading for Silicon Valley, where the branch is located.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Bai Zirui looked to the left side of the road through the front glass, and couldn't help but think of the development of Silicon Valley in his mind.Silicon Valley (Silicon Valley) is located in the north of California and the Santa Clara Valley in the south of the San Francisco Bay Area; it generally includes Santa Clara and Fremont in the East Bay.It was the first place to research and produce chips, and later the term was extended to the place where all high-tech enterprises gather.

The term Silicon Valley was first coined by Don Hoefler in 1971.It was used as the title of a series of articles in the "Business Weekly" newspaper electronic news beginning January 1971, 1 - Silicon Valley, USA.The reason why there is a word "silicon" in the name is because most of the local enterprises are related to semiconductors and computers produced from high-purity silicon.The valley was obtained from the Santa Clara Valley, and the addition of the East Bay and both sides of the East Bay also made Silicon Valley develop rapidly.

From the early 20s to the end of the 50s, Silicon Valley began to rise and develop initially. The development was relatively slow, and the microelectronics industry had not really risen. It mainly affected the production and manufacturing of semiconductors, large-scale computers, and instruments. The impact was far less than that of the east coast. electronics and semiconductor industries.

Shockley Transistor Company, the first semiconductor laboratory established in 1955, was the starting point for the development of the electronics industry in Silicon Valley. In 1957, known as the "Gang of Eight Rebels", eight scientists under the age of 30 left Shockley's laboratory and founded Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

In 1959, Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor and Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments invented the integrated circuit a few months apart
From the beginning of the 20s to the middle of the 70s, in the era of microelectronics, the invention of the microprocessor in 80 made it possible to produce microcomputers.The microprocessor brought Silicon Valley, and thus the entire United States, into the era of microelectronics. It was the beginning of the real popularization of computers and the real impact of computers on all fields of human beings.

Its real fame all over the world began with the invention of the first microprocessor (MCS-1971) by Intel Corporation in Silicon Valley in 4, and the advent of Apple's microcomputer in Silicon Valley in 1976 has become a well-known story handed down from generation to generation.

By 1981, there were 1744 high-tech enterprises in Silicon Valley, including semiconductor integrated circuits, electronic computers, military electronics, system equipment, and precision instruments.There are more than 30 headquarters of multinational companies with high-tech production gathered here.

The production of semiconductors and related devices accounted for 21.8% of the total in the United States, the production of electronic computer equipment and electrical measuring devices accounted for more than 12% of the total in the United States, and the production of missiles and space rockets accounted for 22% of the total in the United States.Silicon Valley's technology output value reached 115 billion US dollars, ranking first in the United States.As a high-tech development model, Silicon Valley has attracted worldwide attention.

Bai Zirui asked, "Jianhua, how is the establishment of the American branch going?"

Meng Jianhua replied: "Bai Sheng, after I brought people to San Francisco, I rented an office in Silicon Valley according to your request, and used it as the office of the American branch. The decoration has been completed, and I will choose an auspicious day The US branch can be formally established.”

Bai Zirui said: "Jianhua, you have worked so hard! In addition to the game business, the American branch also needs to recruit more engineers who are engaged in computer hardware and software. Our company will soon enter the computer industry."

Meng Jianhua nodded and said, "Okay, Bai Sheng. The branch has already recruited some people, and we will wait for Bai Sheng to come to interview and see if they will be hired."

Bai Zirui already had a basic understanding of the situation of the American branch in the car, and the group of them also arrived at the location of the branch.Bai Zirui visited the operation of the branch before going to the hotel to catch the jet lag.

Meng Jianhua sent Bai Zirui and his party to the business hotel where they stayed. As soon as Bai Zirui entered the hotel, the blond Caucasian lady at the front desk stopped him and said politely with a smile on her face: "Excuse me, is this Mr. Bai from Xiangjiang? Mr. Er has been waiting for you for a long time!"

She smiled and gestured towards the hotel lobby, and Bai Zirui followed her movements to see a middle-aged white man in a black suit with a full beard walking towards him with a full smile.

The middle-aged white man walked up to Bai Zirui, shook hands with him and said, "Hello! Mr. Zirui-Bai, welcome to San Francisco. I am Square Enix, the general manager of Square Enix Entertainment Company." , you can call me Square!"

Bai Zirui shook hands with him politely, and said with a smile: "Mr. Square, hello! I'm Zirui-Bai, you can call me Andrew in English!"

Bai Zirui asked the others to go back to the room to rest first, and he took his assistant to invite Square to have a cup of coffee at the hotel's coffee shop. Square straight to the point asked for the exclusive agency rights of two arcade games from Dingtian Game Company in the United States.

Bai Zirui shook his head and rejected his request for exclusive agency rights, and said, "Mr. Square, I'm sorry! It is impossible for our company to authorize you as an exclusive agent in the US market. Our company also sells arcade machines produced by itself!"

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