The Industrial Giant Reborn.

Chapter 377

It took about 15 minutes for Chen Zhiwen to talk about Super Mario in his memory, including the treasures in the wall above the route of the game characters, such as flowers, mushrooms, some monsters on the road, various pipes, cliffs, etc.

This type of game is much more complicated than the previous ones. It can be said that it has officially entered the threshold of video games. In his previous life, Chen Zhiwen naturally played it when he was a child. It has been a long time, and he doesn't remember many things. , but how to design routes, treasures, and monsters can only rely on the engineers under him.

"Mr. Yokoi, what do you think? Is this game difficult to design?" Chen Zhiwen looked at the person on the far side who had been silent all this time. This person is one of the most important figures in the history of game development in later generations - Junpei Yokoi .

Although I was born knowing all kinds of classic games in the original history, this kind of game was also created by some talented and hardworking people in the original history. Even if the history of these people changes, there is a high probability that the abilities of these people will change. Create other games to become Midea's strongest competitor.

However, Chen Zhiwen didn't know who created all kinds of classic games, but Yokoi Gunpei was the most famous one. The entire Nintendo could be said to have become the game giant of later generations because of him. Even in the 90s, Yokoi When Junping died in a car accident, it also caused Nintendo's stock price to plummet.

As early as more than two years ago, Chen Zhiwen arranged for someone to go to Japan to find this game genius, hoping to recruit him to Midea, but this guy seemed reluctant to leave Nintendo. He had already made some achievements in this company. A direct bid of 50 U.S. dollars in annual salary, a set of luxury houses in Tokyo and Hong Kong, and round-trip air tickets to Japan and Hong Kong every week in the future won him over.

Hiring Junpei Yokoi not only eliminates a very strong competitor, but he also has a lot of achievements. He has also developed several games in the past few years in Midea. Although it is not as good as [Tank War], he has achieved a small amount of achievements. , The game cards have also sold millions of dollars, and the company has earned tens of millions of dollars in profits, which is worthy of its salary. At the same time, it also allows Midea's red and white machines to have more game content.

"The difficulty of the game is very high, and this kind of horizontal axis game will inevitably require a large memory space and a stronger computing chip, but what kind of chip to choose will not be determined until the design and testing process." Junhei Yokoi After thinking for a while, he said that after staying in Hong Kong for 2 years, he also learned Cantonese.

"Okay, then this project will be entrusted to you. First design an arcade machine, after it is put into the market, optimize it according to the feedback, and then design the game machine card." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, although he is not very technical, but I also know that the software design in the game is also very important. If the code is well written, it can reduce energy consumption requirements, algorithm requirements and even hardware requirements.

"Okay, thank you President Chen for giving me this opportunity." Yokoi Junping quickly stood up, bowed and said, Midea's games, every one is a hit, and being able to participate in the design of such a game, for gamers like them It is also an honor.

"OK, let's make a decision like this first. Except for the personal computer, the resources of the entire company need to support this project. We need funds for funds and people for people." Chen Zhiwen said to the others.

Personal computers don’t make much money now, but their future potential is immeasurable, and they may become the pillar industry of the entire Midea in the future. Therefore, in terms of priority, it overrides everything else.

The second most important thing is naturally the popular games, which can not only obtain huge profits, but also increase the reputation of Midea in the global electronics industry and customers in the electronics market, and the funds and fame obtained are of great benefit to other industries of Midea. , including computer and home appliance businesses.

Mario is the most influential game in human history. Chen Zhiwen has actually paid attention to it for a long time. It's just that such a game has much higher requirements for chips and a series of semiconductors than the previous single-interface games. If it can't be developed, the chips on the market simply don't support games with such intense demands.

Until recently, Intel released the latest 16-bit chip 80286, which made it possible to develop Mario. Therefore, Chen Zhiwen began to formally put forward this request, and related copyrights, patents, etc. of various characters were arranged last year. People are registered globally.

Just wait until the game is developed, it doesn't matter if it is different from Chen Zhiwen's memory, as long as the playability is about the same, then Midea will once again shock all the game companies.

When each company develops to a certain scale and can develop itself according to Chen Zhiwen's direction, and there is a professional financial review team in charge of the headquarters office to check and balance, the boss actually doesn't need to intervene too much, he only needs to be responsible for major events and Just strategic investment.

At the same time, you also need to be responsible for some major external affairs, such as the relationship with the government.

On August 8, the Hong Kong Governor’s Office issued an invitation letter to Hong Kong political and business celebrities, inviting everyone to participate in a charity party held by the Hong Kong Government on August 6. The purpose of charity is to help those in Hong Kong Vietnamese refugees.

For this group of Vietnamese who only create chaos, Chen Zhiwen has no interest in helping them. Not to mention the mainland, even Hong Kong.

Chen Zhiwen's charitable foundation in Hong Kong spends hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars for charity every year. This can not only avoid taxes to a certain extent, but also establish the image of the entire group and itself. At the same time, these funds are only invested in Chinese in Hong Kong. As for ghosts Laos (there are also poor british people in Hong Kong), Indians, Vietnamese, other Southeast Asians, etc., don't even think about taking a penny.

But this is an invitation from the Governor's Office of Hong Kong. All major businessmen in Hong Kong will go. If it's an ordinary businessman, it's fine if they don't go. However, Chen Zhiwen's reputation is too great. If he doesn't go, he will lose face. That's enough, this is actually a good time for many businessmen in Hong Kong to get together. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to gather so many people.

Moreover, under the analysis of the public relations manager, Chen Zhiwen and others also believed that the so-called Vietnamese refugees in this banquet were just a superficial problem, and they were actually preparing for the visit of the Iron Lady Thatcher to China next month.

Next month, the iron lady Thatcher will visit Yanjing. However, just like the company's business negotiations, in fact, the subordinate officials of both parties have discussed it many times.

The British Empire had just recently won the Falklands War in South America. In one fell swoop, the world saw the strength of this fallen empire again, and many other small countries were forced to stop thinking about it. A small country with few ships.

The attitude on this issue is naturally tough, but after all, the current international situation puts peace first, and force cannot be used unless it is a last resort. In this way, the two sides can only negotiate in the fields of public opinion, economy, and diplomacy. On the Hong Kong side, all parties Influential people are also people that both sides need to win over.

In the past six months, people from Xinhua News Agency have visited countless celebrities and rich people in Hong Kong, and Chen Zhiwen is among them.The same is true for the Hong Kong government. It has sent people to visit many times. The excuse is to maintain Hong Kong's current downward economy, but it is expressing it both openly and secretly.

1982 8 Month 10 Day.

It has been raining heavily throughout Hong Kong, but the Governor’s Mansion is still bustling. Many police officers are on duty outside to protect the safety of the people inside the Governor’s Mansion. Because here, all the celebrities and elites from the entire Hong Kong are gathered. It is said that, except for a few, the other group of people who control the whole of Hong Kong are here.

Ordinary luxury cars entered Hong Kong Governor's Mansion after undergoing inspection at the gate. In Hong Kong, there are many Rolls-Royces and Bentleys, and most people have them. But today they came to the government department, and everyone chose to keep a low profile. An ordinary Mercedes-Benz (Mingzhi) is enough.

When Chen Zhiwen arrived, there were already many people at the banquet. At a glance, the Chinese group was on the left, Li Jiacheng, Bao Yugang, Huo Yingdong, Li Zhaoji, Zheng Yutong, etc. were all present, and the British ghost group was on the right. Niu Bijian and Bao Fuda from Jardine, Shi Huaiya from Swire, Shen Bi from HSBC, etc., but there are also a few Chinese in the middle, and they seem to be more gregarious with ghosts.

The arrival of Chen Zhiwen made everyone focus on him, as did the ghosts, but Chen Zhiwen ignored them and walked to the left where the Chinese group was.

"Chen Sheng, long time no see." Bao Yugang, who had a good relationship with Chen Zhiwen, walked over with a smile.

"Yeah, Bao Sheng, long time no see, but I've been in Hong Kong all the time, but I heard that you've been traveling around the world recently." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Yeah, I came back when Old Dong passed away. At other times, I was basically overseas. As you know, the shipping market has been abnormal recently, and I am also in a hurry to deal with a lot of ships. "Bao Yugang said with a sigh.

"It's okay, Baosheng, you have already obtained CLP Power, so basically you don't have to worry too much about the shipping market." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

As early as a few years ago, as the global No.1 in the shipping industry, Bao Yugang keenly discovered that there would soon be major problems in the shipping market, because judging from the orders of global shipyards in that year and in the next few years, three The launch of a large number of ships after [-] will inevitably lead to an oversupply in the global shipping market, and it will become more and more serious.

But when Bao Yugang discovered the problem, it was the time when the shipping market was at its peak. Many ships could pay back their capital after running for two or three years, and the rest was pure profit. All the shipping companies were still desperately placing orders, and the shipyards even It's because the order is soft, and few people think about what will happen in a few years.

As a result, there was the incident of the ship tycoon Bao Yugang abandoning his boat and landing. Although Chen Zhiwen was the first to buy Wharf in this life, Bao Yugang still bought China Power. The size and market value of the ship are not lower than that of Wharf. How much, and in the process, Bao Yugang also took the opportunity to sell a large number of ships, reducing his own shipping scale.

"It's not that simple. I still have a lot of ships in my hand. It's not so easy to completely empty them out. But the scale is smaller. With my connections and relationships, it's no problem to maintain the operation. I can only say that there are fewer losses." Bao Yu Gang said with a smile.

"That's not bad. When the shipping market recovers, Bao Sheng can still become the shipping king again." Chen Zhiwen said.

"I don't think it will be so easy to recover from the problems in the shipping market this time." Bao Yugang said, "And I'm getting old. After Lao Dong passed away, I was also worried that I would be the same. The only thing I can do now is Don't be like him and bring huge debts to your family after your death."

"This is also inevitable. There are always risks in doing business. If Baosheng feels that he is not in good health, he can go to Europe and the United States for a comprehensive physical examination. Except for radiation that is harmful to the body, other checks can be done regularly. , this is not only responsible for myself, but also for my family." Chen Zhiwen said.

In the original history, Bao Yugang seemed to be in the late stage of cancer when he was discovered. Faced with such a serious illness, even a rich man 50 years later would not be able to escape death, such as Jobs.

But if you regularly check your body, even if the current technology is not as good as the future, there is a high probability that you can find the problem in the early stage. Some terminal illnesses are also treatable.

"I've considered what you said, but my business is too busy." Bao Yugang said.

"No matter how busy you are, it's not as important as your body." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while, and said, "Why don't we build a high-level hospital in Hong Kong, or at least, a high-level medical examination hospital? In this way, we can avoid going to Japan or Europe and the United States for examinations." ?”

"That's not bad. I'll vote for a little." Bao Yugang agreed without even thinking about it. How much does a hospital cost?The two of them don't care.

"Well, let's build one together. It will not only be convenient for us, but many people in Hong Kong will also be protected. The market should not be small." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, this is a small investment, not for economic benefits, but for health. Much more valuable than economics.

Afterwards, he exchanged with other wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong for a while, and Governor Youde officially appeared on the stage.

After getting on the podium, Youde gave a very wonderful speech. The main content, of course, is that under the leadership of the British Empire, Hong Kong has changed from a small fishing village to an international metropolis today. In the future, the UK will still maintain its Same attitude, blah blah blah blah.

Chen Zhiwen in the audience naturally listened lazily. If it weren't for being a window between the mainland and the world, what would Hong Kong be able to develop?
After the speech, Youde first went to the side of the ghosts, and then came to the side of the Chinese community. The first target was naturally Chen Zhiwen.

(End of this chapter)