Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 620: Gamebook? EMD Gamebook is the absolute king
Laptop.

According to Taiwan, this is such an ancient term.

In 1975, IBM launched a computer called IBM5100. Because of its compact design, IBM boasted that it could be used on the knees.

This is where laptops come in.

But in actual use, people found that this computer cannot really be used on the knees because its bare body weighs more than 25 kilograms.

It was not until seven years later, in 1982, that GRID system launched the world's first clamshell laptop computer. The relatively compact design made the device truly usable on the lap.

(GRID system·Figure)
The subsequent products of the GRID system were even taken on the space shuttle by American astronauts the following year. This kind of marketing in space also made this type of product truly accepted by the public.

However, in recent years, Japanese companies have continued to make efforts in the laptop product category, and they seem to be catching up with the latecomers.

Toshiba, in particular, has come up with a new concept for laptops over the past year.

In addition to being able to be used on the lap, the computer should be about the size of an A4 paper, and they also named the T1000SE, which they launched on the market last year, "Notebook Personal Computer".

Later, when this name was spread to China, it was translated as "laptop computer".

So, when Tetsuya Aragaki reached out to open the buckle of the square thing in front of him, a flip cover with a screen was lifted up. This was obviously a laptop computer.

The design looks exactly like the laptops from the "barbaric era", and the screen color is still the ugly monochrome black and white screen with a bluish tint.

The screen is no more than ten inches, and the hideously ugly big butt at the back is still there.

Of course, this design is mainly limited by hardware technology.

Even Apple, a company known for its bold innovations, will release a Macintosh laptop next year that will turn yellow after long use, and has the same design.

It’s just that this Apple computer product has been criticized a lot and its sales are not satisfactory.

But after learning from its failure, Apple launched its Powerbook 1991 series of laptops in 100.

The emergence of Powerbook laid the foundation for the modern laptop computer, completely abandoning the previous big-butt design.

(Powerbook100·Picture)
"Well, it's a laptop."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he looked at Tetsuya Aragaki with some surprise and asked.

"So, can I know why you want to make a device like this? If I remember correctly, there is no plan to enter the personal computer market in Elf Entertainment's development plan."

Although Elf Entertainment's current scale means it no longer has to worry about being targeted by rival companies when it enters a certain electronic product market.

But the mere risk of venturing into new areas must be considered carefully by operators.

Faced with Hanyu Hideki's questioning, Tetsuya Aragaki did not panic, but answered in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

“President, this is not a laptop in the traditional sense. I prefer to define it as a laptop designed for gaming. It is designed to solve the shortcomings of handheld game consoles being insufficient in terms of performance and desktop computers being too bulky.

It uses Shenling Vision's latest Nitor0130-S graphics processing chip, which can handle the display of color images very well.

It is also equipped with an Intel 32-bit, 33MHz 80386 processor chip, and..."

While Tetsuya Aragaki was still introducing the configuration of this computer in detail, Hideki Hanyu was already dumbfounded.

It’s not because of how good the configuration of this computer is, but because of the concept that Tetsuya Aragaki gave to this computer.

Gaming laptop?
If I remember correctly, it should be 1988 now?

When was the concept of gaming laptops born in the past? I think it was the alien from ALMW in 2002.

Would it be too advanced to come up with it now?

After waiting for Tetsuya Aragaki to finish his words, Hanyu Hideki looked at the screen, which was still black and white after being lit up, and couldn't help but offer his opinion.

"If it's just a black and white screen, I don't think it would be that attractive."

Although the world's first color laptop computer will not be mass-produced until two years later, what we have in front of us is just an engineering prototype after all, so there is nothing wrong with boldly expressing opinions.

"This is just a prototype I assembled. I brought it to the R&D center in America to work with the engineers here to help it adapt to the color screen provided by Sharp.

But once a color screen is installed, battery life becomes the biggest problem. Sanyo Electric said that the battery technology it provides us is the latest, but I am considering trying Maxell again..."

Tetsuya Aragaki also talked about the problems encountered in the development of this gaming laptop.

Hideki Hanyu stroked his chin and looked at the prototype in front of him, thinking about the future of this thing.

It has to be said that as the undisputed world gaming overlord, it seems only natural for Elf Entertainment to try to develop hardware products.

As a leading enterprise, when developing new products, sometimes you cannot just think about whether you can make money or not. You should also have a certain spirit of adventure and exploration to determine whether the products will be popular.

Otherwise, if Elf Entertainment had just lived a comfortable and risk-free life under his successful guidance and had not boldly tried new things, it would have been doomed to have no new development.

Look at those successful technology companies in history. Which one has not made some product attempts that were ahead of their time but ultimately failed?

It was the foundation of these failed products that ultimately led to the dazzling success.

Besides, if Divine Vision wants to develop, it also needs the support of games.

Historically, the gaming industry has played an absolutely crucial role in the iteration and innovation of graphics cards.

Even the survival of the NVIDIA brand is inseparable from Sega's initial support.

Since it is good for him and also good for Elf Entertainment, there is nothing wrong in letting Tetsuya Aragaki give it a try.

Therefore, Hideki Hanyu did not express any negative opinions about the product itself, but began to think about how to use his foresight to make changes to the product.

"Xia Yuan-san, have you ever thought about solving the problem of the big butt of this computer before mass production? That is, make its upper layer into a flip cover, which will look more coordinated, and finally eliminate the design of an external mouse. We can do this..."

As Hanyu Hideki spoke, he seemed to feel that words could not express his ideas, so he simply took a piece of paper and a pen from the table and quickly sketched out the design of a laptop computer.

This design drawing was an imitation of the product that IBM launched four years later, which changed the milestone design of laptop computers and was also the best-selling laptop computer of that era, the Thinkpad 700C.

(Thinkpad 700C·Picture)
As soon as this picture was drawn, Tetsuya Aragaki was immediately attracted by the computer in the picture.

With his current concepts, he could never imagine that a laptop could be designed like this.

How to describe it?
The computer in this picture has a technological and mechanical beauty that only engineers can understand. It is so stunning that it is not enough to describe it.

He couldn't even understand many of the things in Hideki Hanyu's drawings.

Of course, Tetsuya Aragaki’s mentality cannot be classified as lack of vision.

After all, in this day and age, even Apple's Macintosh laptop with a trackball didn't appear.

Hideki Hanyu directly brought out the Thinkpad 700C, an advanced design that is almost the same as later laptops. It would be even more strange if Tetsu Aragaki was not surprised.

After carefully looking at the picture on the paper for a while, Tetsuya Aragaki pointed at the dot in the middle of the keyboard and the two keys below and asked.

"President, these two pieces of hardware are not meant to replace an external mouse, right?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't expect that Tetsuya Aragaki had such a strong ability to understand and realized the functions of these two hardwares so quickly.

“Yes, for the convenience of carrying and using, I think the idea of ​​having to use an external mouse is not in line with the concept of a laptop. Apple previously had a trackball concept product, but I still think it’s too clumsy.

So I think we can refer to the principle of the game controller we use when playing games and make a universal joystick that can control the mouse trajectory, so that users can more conveniently control the mouse trajectory when using the keyboard. "

To put it simply, this thing is the iconic little red dot of the ThinkPad laptop.

Of course, its official name is TrackPoint, and Point itself means pointing.

After the touch control technology matured in later generations, this thing could actually be removed, but it was retained as the iconic concept of ThinkPad laptops.

"President, this... this is truly a genius idea!"

After listening to Hanyu Hideki's narration, even the usually calm technology geek Tetsuya Aragaki started to become less calm.

In the past, he had actually felt his president's powerful innovative ability and inspiration that others could hardly match many times in the development of games and hardware.

But even so, every time Hanyu Hideki came up with a new idea, he couldn't help but feel that he, who thought he was smart and talented, was like a retard in front of Hanyu Hideki.

"Okay, there's no need to praise me. Although my drawing is beautiful and the idea is well expressed, if you want to realize it with the existing technology, it will require hard work from you and other R&D personnel."

Although today's Hideki Hanyu no longer feels any embarrassment or shame for plagiarizing things from later generations.

But he didn't want to waste his precious time on these unnecessary emotions.

After hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, Tetsuya Aragaki immediately shook his head.

"It's not hard, it's not hard. Being able to participate in the development of such an epoch-making product is an unprecedented enjoyment for us R&D personnel. How can we feel it's hard?"

"It's good that it's not hard. However, for a laptop like this, it's not enough to just solve the hardware problem. Have you ever thought about how to solve the system problem?"

The question that Hideki Hanyu raised at this time is very crucial.

In this era when Microsoft has not yet dominated the world and the Windows system is in its infancy, the personal computer market is not popular because it is too difficult to get started for ordinary non-professional users.

Sometimes, it is simply impossible for ordinary people to run different software on a computer.

It is obviously impossible for Elf Entertainment to suddenly enter the market and build a new platform.

Neither technology accumulation nor product coverage can be achieved in a short period of time.

Unless Elf Entertainment wants this laptop to be used only for playing games and become a niche closed system.

In response to Hanyu Hideki's question, Tetsuya Aragaki replied, "At this point, I prefer to find a partner. I am still considering which one to choose, but I believe they should all welcome us."

Tetsuya Aragaki said the last sentence very confidently.

After all, in this era, Elf Entertainment's share of the electronic game market is destined to bring huge "traffic" itself, and no matter who it cooperates with, the other party will be the beneficiary.

However, Tetsuya Aragaki's considerations and hesitations were not a problem at all for Hideki Hanyu.

When it comes to cooperation, of course, we want to find the winner.

Apple is certainly very powerful in later generations, but in terms of popularity, no one can compare to Microsoft.

Besides, he now controls a large amount of Microsoft stock.

After Microsoft split its stock last year, Bill Gates sold large quantities of shares several times, and Hideki Hanyu was the largest buyer in the market.

Today, his overseas investment fund is already the third largest institutional shareholder of Microsoft, and as it continues to acquire shares, it is not far behind the first place.

Therefore, he made the decision for Aragaki Tetsuya directly, "Let's choose Microsoft and ask them if they are willing to help Elf Entertainment and cooperate on a customized gaming computer system."

The dedicated system here, of course, refers only to laptops.

As for Elf Entertainment's handheld game consoles, consoles, and EGP arcade platforms, they still use their own internal systems.

Of course, compatibility between platforms must be considered in the end.

Even if we cooperate with Microsoft, the energy, time, and money spent on this matter can only be relatively shortened, but it is destined not to be an easy task.

After all, it is not easy to create a gaming laptop from scratch without any technical accumulation.

Fortunately, the Microsoft of today is not the Microsoft of later generations.

Given the current size of Elf Entertainment, the possibility of reaching cooperation is still very high.

Looking at Tetsuya Aragaki who was looking at the design drawing with great interest, Hideki Hanyu knew that almost everything about this gaming laptop had been said.

Although we can imagine how much of a shock this gaming laptop computer will bring to the industry after its release, it is too early to say anything as it has not even started yet.

So, let’s go and see the surprise that Iwata mentioned first.

"Aragaki-san, the development of this laptop computer is not something that can be completed in a short time. As the technical director of Elf Entertainment, you should accompany me to see the development status of the second-generation PS console today."

"Okay, President."

After hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, Tetsuya Aragaki did not take action immediately, but first opened the safe in the office and put Hanyu Hideki's sketch in it.

Watching Tetsuya Aragaki carefully locking the safe door, Hanyu Hideki felt both amused and sad, and recalled the time in Italy when Wendelin Wiedeking saw him draw the Lamborghini Gallardo.

Recently, the Germans have been urging him to go to Italy, saying that there are important matters to discuss. Hanyu Hideki feels that after dealing with matters in the United States, it is time to go there.

While thinking about things in Europe, Hideki Hanyu had already taken Tetsuya Aragaki to the main engine area of ​​the R&D center.

Then, he saw the surprise that Iwata mentioned in the core area.

Two discs of different sizes.

Although the two discs are different in size, they are both encased in a special plastic casing.

The edge of the plastic shell is white and has two protruding hand-pinch areas.

Both sides are transparent, except for the non-disk side, where the middle is non-transparent and closed, with two lines of English written on it.

EMD, this is the abbreviation above.

ELF Media Disc (ELF Media Disc), this is the full name below.

(EMD disk·Schematic diagram)

Looking at this familiar shape, Hideki Hanyu thought, isn't this the UMD (Universal Media Disc) that Sony developed for its PSP handheld game console in the past?

Don’t think that he won’t recognize you just because you changed your name!
"This... is a surprise?" Hanyu Hideki asked in surprise.

After hearing what Hanyu Hideki said, everyone around him didn't know how to respond.

Because it seems that my boss is not very happy.

In the end, it was Tetsuya Aragaki who stood up.

Although he did not participate in the development of this project, as the technical director, he still had full control over the technical development process.

“President, this disc was independently developed by us based on the CD technology provided by Sony. It has all the patented technologies and we have temporarily named it Elf Media Disc.

Its basic principles are exactly the same as the CD optical storage technology, but there are differences in the implementation details. The most important thing is that the laser wavelength it uses is completely different from all existing optical storage technologies, the system architecture is also incompatible, and the internal data is completely uncopyable.

In this way, it will be possible to fundamentally prevent pirates from producing EMD discs and copying game content.

The technical innovation of this disc is actually very limited, and the storage capacity has not been qualitatively improved compared to current CDs. Our main research and development goals are based on our game disc needs. "

Hanyu Hideki nodded and said, "We are a game company. Unlike Sony, we don't have to contribute to the development and promotion of CDs. It is enough for us to meet our own needs."

After that, he pointed to the two discs in front of him and said, "What's the matter with the two sizes?"

Aragaki Tetsuya quickly replied.

“This is designed based on the usage requirements of different devices. There is no technical difference. They are all the same system architecture, but the storage capacity is different.

Theoretically, a normal-sized single-sided, double-layer EMD disc can have a storage space of more than 1GB, while a small disc can have a smaller storage space.

The normal-sized EMD is prepared for the second-generation PS console, and the six-centimeter small CD is the technical reserve for the Elf handheld game console.

However, the plastic protective shells on the outside of these two CDs were suggested by Sony support technicians. They do not need to be completely removed when used. You only need to open a reading window before use. This can better protect the CD from wear and tear and extend the service life of the CD.

While developing the CDs, we also developed matching dedicated optical drive equipment to reduce the production cost of the optical drives to the greatest extent.

According to calculations, the cost of producing this read-only optical drive can definitely be reduced to around 5,000 yen."

Hearing the last number from Tetsuya Aragaki's mouth, Hanyu Hideki frowned and said, "It's still too high."

At today's exchange rate, that price is equivalent to $41.

Although the price of the second-generation PS console is bound to be high, and the price will definitely reach 300 US dollars, but a single device will take up one seventh of the price, which is absolutely unacceptable to Elf Entertainment.

After all, in addition to the optical drive, there are more expensive semiconductor chip accessories that need to be purchased, as well as memory for storage and so on.

If the costs of various accessories are not reduced, the final product will be an expensive console. It will be difficult for Elf Entertainment to make money, let alone avoid losses.

Tetsuya Aragaki hurriedly explained, "If we mass-produce it, the cost should be able to be further reduced."

"Send this CD-ROM drive to the Huaxia branch and ask them how much the cost can be reduced if they mass produce it."

Hanyu Hideki ordered.

When it comes to cutting costs, no one in the world is better than China.

After saying this, Hanyu Hideki picked up two sample EMD game discs and looked at them. When he finally put them down, a satisfied smile finally appeared on his face.

The appearance of this smile also made the surrounding R&D personnel feel relieved.

In fact, Hanyu Hideki's serious expression just now was not because he was unhappy, but because he did not expect that the R&D center would produce a CD that was exactly the same as the one produced by Sony in later generations.

However, after hearing Tetsuya Aragaki's explanation, he felt that the results before him seemed reasonable.

After all, the basic technology was purchased from Sony.

Even the transparent plastic protective case on the outside was a suggestion made by Sony support technicians.

what is this?
Follow Sony's path and leave Sony with no way to go.

Hideki Hanyu now really wants to know whether Sony will continue to pursue the game console path.

After all, he knew that Ken Kutaragi had always been suggesting that Sony enter the game market.

It’s just that Sony has made a lot of money in the field of consumer electronics and really doesn’t want to take the risk of opening up new areas.

And the electronic game console market is now a red ocean no matter how you look at it.

Especially when Elf Entertainment dominates the market in Europe and the United States, and is in a bloody battle with Nintendo in Asia.

Entering the market at this time is likely to cost a lot of money but still fail to shake the position of Elf Entertainment.

Ken Kutaragi, who never gave up, was as if in another time and space, and was ready to suggest that Sony take a roundabout route and choose a company to cooperate with.

Sony's top management was somewhat interested in this suggestion. They preferred to cooperate with Elf Entertainment. After all, Elf Entertainment was not only the most successful, but also one of Sony's partners.

For example, the standard screen of the EGP arcade machine is Sony's Trinitron display.

Judging from the shipment volume of EGP arcade machines, it is also a very important industrial chain for Sony.

Before, Ken Kutaragi thought the same.

But now, as Pokemon Entertainment becomes more and more successful and Nintendo is being beaten to a pulp, Ken Kutaragi has changed his mind.

Because he felt that cooperating with a gaming giant like Elf Entertainment was undoubtedly courting disaster. Not only would Sony not be able to take the initiative in the cooperation, but the benefits of the cooperation would most likely be swallowed up in one gulp.

On the contrary, if Sony chooses a weaker partner, the power it can control will undoubtedly be much greater.

For example, Nintendo.

The former Neon gaming overlord is now badly beaten and defeated under the relentless pressure of the emerging force Elf Entertainment.

At its peak, Nintendo's market value once reached 3 billion US dollars after it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

But now, it is about to fall below the 2 billion mark.

In the bustling stock market, this is even rarer than the giant pandas in Ueno Zoo.

In fact, Hideki Hanyu knew all of Sony's moves.

After all, as one of the important partners, he has many acquaintances within Sony, among whom there are many conservatives who completely disapprove of Sony entering the video game market.

Therefore, when these people revealed the news to Hanyu Hideki, they not only did not hesitate at all, but also scolded reformists like Kutaragi Ken.

Hideki Hanyu just took it as a joke.

After all, under his leadership, Elf Entertainment now has a first-mover advantage and its technological accumulation is too advanced.

In addition to the many classic games that came out of his "creativity", he also "supported" many future heavyweight game developers in advance.

In terms of game copyright library, Elf Entertainment's advantage is even greater.

Often, the launch of a sequel to a popular game can make competitors retreat.

But in the game library of Elf Entertainment, there are countless such popular works.

Players only think that Elf Entertainment releases products too slowly, but they never complain that they release products too quickly and they can’t buy them all.

Let's imagine.

Last month, a sequel to "Mario Bros." was released, this month "Sonic the Hedgehog" followed, and next month "Final Fantasy" and "The Legend of Zelda" will both be released.

This picture alone is enough to make competitors explode on the spot.

So it doesn’t matter whether Sony comes or not.

It doesn’t matter who you work with.

When enemies come, we will stop them; when water comes, we will block it with earth; Elf Entertainment will be there for you.

After thinking about this, Hanyu Hideki asked about the development progress of the second-generation PS console.

Overall, the progress is very good.

But after all, it is a next-generation console that is going to be an innovation, so the research and development cannot be too fast, especially when many hardware technologies are very difficult.

Of course, now that the development of game storage discs has been completed, at least one big problem has been solved, and that is the size of the game.

This is absolutely great news for game developers.

Suddenly the unit changed from MB to GB.

Game developers can finally put more content that only exists in imagination into the game.

Of course, when developing a console, game storage is just one issue.

A brand new 3D gaming system, the platform and virtual engine required by developers, and the hardware configuration sufficient to run this game.

Judging from the current progress, we won’t even see an engineering prototype this year.

Even next year will be a stretch.

It is estimated that the engineering prototype, or even the real mass-production machine, will have to wait until 1990.

Hideki Hanyu is actually very satisfied with this time.

After all, when Sony launched the PS console in its previous life, it was already 1994.

Besides, the first generation of PS consoles can fully meet the needs of players, and its potential has not been exhausted yet. There is absolutely no problem for it to last for another three years.

At least compared to Nintendo in its previous life, Elf Entertainment is already generous enough.

After all, Nintendo was able to sell 90-bit consoles until the s.

In fact, if Hideki Hanyu didn't want to maintain the market advantage of Elf Entertainment, he wouldn't want to launch replacement products so quickly. After all, pursuing profit maximization is the ethics of mature capitalists.

The problem is, he doesn't want to end up like Nintendo.

Although the company was in an advantageous position and could have continued to lead through product innovation, it delayed for the sake of profit and was eventually overtaken by other manufacturers.

In Hideki Hanyu's plan.

From the 1980s until the golden age of consoles after the birth of the Internet revolution, Elf Entertainment must have been the absolute leader in the electronic game market.

Because only by occupying a dominant position in the market can Elf Entertainment continuously monetize its high-quality content.

This is also the real advantage of Elf Entertainment.

It is far stronger than the Nintendo from another time and space.

……

By the time Hideki Hanyu learned about the development progress of the second-generation PS console and left the R&D center, it was almost dark outside.

He stayed with the R&D personnel all day.

While understanding the progress, also put forward some of your own ideas.

This familiar feeling made him feel as if he had returned to the time when he was hanging out with these people and developing the first generation of PS consoles and Phantom handheld game consoles.

Thinking of that time, Hanyu Hideki couldn't help but sigh, "I haven't felt so fulfilled in a long time."

Hearing Hanyu Hideki's words, Tetsuya Aragaki echoed, "Technology is always so fascinating. Seeing unprecedented products that can change the world being born in your hands, the sense of accomplishment is indescribable."

"Haha, Aragaki-san only talks so much when it comes to things that interest him."

Hanyu Hideki said with a smile that although he is usually very taciturn, he suddenly expressed such a feeling.

But Tetsuya Aragaki sighed.

"Ah... only when I'm with the president. Although Elf Entertainment is becoming more and more successful, there are fewer and fewer familiar people around me."

"So, you should find a girl to live with and change your lonely living environment."

"My parents also told me the same thing when I went home this time." Aragaki Tetsuya smiled bitterly, "It seems that I should consider a blind date."

"Don't worry, Aragaki-san. I'll take care of this matter."

Hanyu Hideki finished his speech and patted Aragaki Tetsuya on the shoulder, saying, "Let's go find a place to have dinner. I didn't really like the pizza at noon, so I didn't eat much. Now I'm a little hungry."

Just like that, Hanyu Hideki dragged his general Aragaki Tetsuya to go for a midnight snack together.

After dinner, Hideki Hanyu and Tetsuya Aragaki said goodbye and went home to rest.

How to argue with your sister-in-law.

There is no need to elaborate on how the mother of the child who had recovered was forced to pay her dues.

Silent all night.

The time came to the next day, May 15th.

Hideki Hanyu went to Silicon Valley again and continued to stay in the R&D center, continuing to communicate with R&D personnel on the development of the second-generation PS console.

By the way, let me share some ideas about the next generation of Phantom handheld game consoles.

Although this project is still just a concept and has not entered the substantive stage.

But since the R&D center had already developed special game discs that might be used by handheld game consoles when developing EMD game discs, he certainly had to put forward some forward-looking suggestions.

After all, in his opinion, the first-generation Pokemon handheld game console designed with reference to GAMEBOY will definitely be replaced in the future.

The new generation of handheld game consoles, whether they follow the PSP route or Nintendo's clamshell route, will definitely develop towards multimedia.

Regardless of whether the multimedia on game consoles is practical, it is undeniable that it is the trend of the future. If you don’t use these gimmicks, people will not recognize it.

Another busy day at the R&D center has passed.

When the date came to May 16th.

After leaving Moon Lake Manor, Hideki Hanyu came to Silicon Valley again.

However, this time he did not go to the R&D center, but went to Shenling Vision to find Lao Huang to talk about the current situation of Shenling Vision.

Nowadays, many players are competing for the top spot in graphics processing chips, each showing off their unique capabilities.

But the fastest developing one is divine vision.

Because of the influence of Hideki Hanyu, the divine vision chose the right route.

Two series of graphics processing chips.

The main buyers of the initial ELF Sigma series are still customers who have demand for cutting-edge special effects. Hollywood is the largest buyer, and Pixar Animation Studios purchased by Hideki Hanyu is one of those customers.

Although the market for this series is not large, Shenling Vision has occupied most of the market because of its early development in the professional field, targeted research and development, and the help of the great people from Pixar Animation Studios.

As for the Nitor series chips, with the help of Elf Entertainment, they have occupied the largest market today, the gaming market.

The universal Nitor0110 and Nitor0130 have the perfect combination of performance and price, and excellent cost-performance ratio, making them the favorite chips of small factories.

Large manufacturers with higher demands and larger volumes will also launch customized models, such as Nitor0110-A, Nitor0130-S, etc.

Moreover, in the Divine Vision plan, the second-generation Nitor chip developed in conjunction with the second-generation PS console has also made substantial progress.

Judging from the current situation, he didn't need to worry about the development of divine vision.

There was just one thing that worried him, and that was he hadn't found a suitable investor for Divine Vision.

Seeing that the R&D funds were increasing, and he was always the one to pay for it, the fact that he couldn't afford the money was secondary. The important thing was that he didn't want to monopolize the company forever.

After all, no one knows how terrible the future of this field will be.

But he knew it.

But the problem is that he has already spent so much money, it is impossible for him to sell it at a low price now.

For example, Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital wanted to take away one-third of the shares for just a few million. Hanyu Hideki could only say that the other party was daydreaming.

After considering for a long time, Hideki Hanyu felt that he really couldn't find a suitable one, so he would wait for the second-generation PS console to be launched and the 3D concept to be truly recognized by the public.

He contacted the media, hyped up the concept, and then directly launched Shenling Vision on the market.

If you can’t burn investors’ money, then burn shareholders’ money.

With this in mind, Hanyu Hideki said goodbye to Lao Huang and ended his journey of divine vision on the 16th.

On the way home, Monica Bellucci came to see him specifically and reported two pieces of news to him.

"Boss, there are two things you need to handle as soon as possible."

"Go ahead."

"First, Dante Kane, the angel investor, said that Howard Schultz, the president of Starbucks Coffee, wanted to meet with the boss to discuss matters related to the development of Starbucks."

"What happened to Starbucks?"

"The company expanded too quickly and lacked funds. Howard Schultz hoped to bring in new investors."

"I see. There is a second thing."

"John Chambers, who was invited by the boss, has completed his inspection and is preparing to attend the Cisco board of directors' regular meeting the day after tomorrow, which is Wednesday, to make a formal induction report to the board."

"Inform the Cisco board of directors that I will attend the regular meeting the day after tomorrow. As for Howard Schultz of Starbucks, I will go to Los Angeles after the Cisco board meeting is over. Please ask him to wait for me in Los Angeles."

(End of this chapter)