Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 14 Arcade
Among them is an engineer named He Guoyuan, who graduated from the Department of Electronic Engineering of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and just returned to Hong Kong this year. Although he does not have much work experience, he was willing to bear the infamy in order to insist on research and development in his previous life. It can be seen at first glance that he is a technology fanatic.

But this person will be ambitious in the future, but now he is still a young dragon, and it is the best time to subdue him.

Liu Zhicheng was optimistic about his growth potential and decided to give him more responsibilities, so he let him be responsible for the development of the Xiangjiang Cube.

In the meeting room of Orange Company, Liu Zhicheng convened a work meeting.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said to He Guoyuan: "Mr. He, how have you learned about our company these days?"

Although Liu Zhicheng was relatively young, he was the boss after all, so He Guoyuan was still quite cautious, fearing that he would offend others accidentally and lose this high-paying job.

"I've looked through almost everything. The company is currently mainly producing claw machines and is preparing to develop arcade games."

Liu Zhicheng wanted to laugh out loud after hearing He Guoyuan's answer. Is this the emotional intelligence of a scientist? Could it be that in his previous life, he would rather bear the blame than engage in crisis public relations?

"Yes, this is for you." Liu Zhicheng handed over a document.

He Guoyuan opened the file and took a look. It was a plan for a new game, which roughly described the various gameplays and preliminary difficulty settings of the new game.

"These are my basic requirements for the new games 'Hong Kong Cube' and 'Snake'. Your game development team should first develop the 'Hong Kong Cube' game according to my requirements, and then we can discuss other details together and optimize the playability of the game together."

The document is a simple description and summary of the later Eros Cube and Snake by Liu Zhicheng based on his personal memory. It can't be regarded as a plan, but only as an idea. It's not useless. At least it points out the direction and can avoid detours in research and development.

The inventor of the e-Ross Cube in later generations created it for the purpose of testing computer performance. It is said that he completed the design in just 9 days. Now He Guoyuan has a small team, so it should not be a problem to develop it.

Now the R&D center of Ju Company has installed a small commercial computer. Liu Zhicheng spent more than 50,000 US dollars to import it from IBM in the United States in order to speed up the progress of R&D.

Game design is certainly not difficult. What is difficult is that it takes time to calculate the game logic. If the Orange Factory can master this game logic in depth, it will also be a technical reserve for scientific and technological research.

Just like Xiangjiang Cube, although it is a simple point-eliminating game, it is also composed of 6 different combinations of shapes. What order do they have to fall down in? A long strip or a field shape is too simple, while a Z shape or a T shape is too complicated.

Moreover, it is impossible to set the order in which the blocks fall in advance, otherwise, players will quickly lose interest. In order to increase the playability of the game and make players love it, the order must be determined based on the block graphics combined by the players below.

Therefore, what falls each time is very important, which is why players never get tired of playing. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to go through multiple calculations and a lot of experiments to find the best algorithm. Therefore, this is also a reserve of scientific and technological technology.

All of the above requirements are reflected in Liu Zhicheng’s requirements for the game.

Liu Zhicheng smiled and said, "You have also seen my requirements for the entire game. These all need to be developed by your team. You must have your own ideas."

Liu Zhicheng took a sip of tea and continued.

"Although my plan is only for reference, please don't give me a complete mess. And we must hurry up and develop it in a short time." He Guoyuan knew that this was a test from his boss, so he nodded and said, "No problem, we will design the game according to the requirements above first. If we have any difficulties, we will ask Mr. Liu for advice."

"Well, let's develop the primary game program first, and then we can discuss the problems encountered during the test."

After He Guoyuan left, Liu Zhicheng made work arrangements and communications with the factory director Huo Haiqing.

First of all, Liu Zhicheng asked the factory to stop the production of claw machines in the near future because it was no longer profitable. Although it could make a little money, he no longer cared about it.

The second is to buy at least two industrial buildings next to the Orange Factory, build an industrial park, and automate the production line to prepare for the mass production of arcade machines in the future. This industrial building will be the R&D center and office in the future.

The third is to register a patent for the Hong Kong Cubes. The blocks involved in the game must be registered as global graphic patents in the gaming field to prepare for the fight against piracy in the future.

Secondly, the Orange Factory was renamed Orange Technology, which includes a research and development center, production center, marketing center, financial center, global procurement center, and administrative office.

Liu Zhicheng appointed Huo Haiqing as the deputy general manager and director of the R&D center. He is in charge of R&D, production, sales, and office. As for He Guoyuan, he is still in the investigation stage and is only responsible for the game development team.

Liu Changhai was appointed as the manager of the production center, Wang Xingfa was appointed as the manager of the marketing center, Su Kui was appointed as the manager of the financial center, and Wang Fengyun was appointed as the director of the office. Wang Fengyun and Su Kui will be Liu Zhicheng's investment advisors in the future.

At this point, Liu Zhicheng's first business, Orange Technology, was officially on the right track, with everyone fulfilling their responsibilities, allowing him to focus on being a strategic planner.

Not long after, Huo Haiqing used 2400 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase two ten-story industrial buildings next to Orange Technology, and a simple Orange Technology Park was established.

Liu Zhicheng didn't expect that Huo Haiqing would make such a large acquisition. He knew how large the production scale would have to be to fill it in the future. Now he regrets his decision to shut down the production of claw machines.

Liu Zhicheng fell into deep thought as he saw the development of Juzi Technology. The future development lies in technology, but he always thought that something was missing.
Liu Zhicheng thought for a long time before he realized that it was manufacturing, which was the foundation. So where should he start to get involved in industrial manufacturing?

Among white goods, TVs? Air conditioners, refrigerators? Of course, manufacturing TVs is definitely the best, because it can be used in the next step of producing game consoles.

But Liu Zhicheng decided to start with the simplest thing. I remember that in his previous life, Liu had the nickname "Fan Liu". Such a successful businessman started out by making fans. This should be a good business.

In fact, what Liu Zhicheng did not understand was that in the next few years, because the shadow of the oil crisis was still not over, Western countries were caught up in the call for energy conservation, and at that time, a nostalgic atmosphere permeated the entire West. The classical ceiling fans produced by Fan Liu were very popular in the United States.

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