Video Game Empire

This New Year, Li Xuan has been quietly staying at home with his family. ∏∈∏∈ǎn∏∈Xiao∏∈ said that on New Year’s Eve, he and Zhong Chuhong also dressed up and went to the flower market in Victoria Park. After returning, Li Xuan personally accompanied his mother to the Huang Tai Sin Temple to celebrate the New Year's Touzhu incense.

This time, he has become a responsible good husband and good son. Of course, Li Xuan also took time out and went to Lizhi to comfort him secretly.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, companies in Hong Kong reopened, and the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year quickly dissipated. As soon as Li Xuan walked into the company, a series of greetings came to him. With the growing scale of the Oriental Group, Li Xuan's wealth continues to rise, and ordinary employees in the company will have a spontaneous sense of awe when they meet him.

This may be the legendary self-righteousness! But today, everyone was obviously not stunned by Li Xuan's aura, but rushed towards him like moths to the flames! On the first day of work in the New Year, when the boss says something auspicious, you can ask for a profit. This is also a custom in Hong Kong.

The average person's profit is that ten yuan or twenty yuan is loaded in the envelope, and it is a lucky lottery. Generous boss, the red envelope may contain fifty or one hundred yuan. After all, the profit is sealed, but everyone has a share, and the extra expenses of the bosses are actually not a lot.

But Li Xuan is the richest man in the world. As the "God of Wealth Li", he can't be too stingy. His annual profits are encapsulated, but they are all big golden bulls of 1,000 yuan.

The five-hundred-dollar Hong Kong dollar has a bull pattern on it, so it is commonly known as "big bull" by Hong Kong people. The 1,000-yuan note has a larger denomination and is golden. Therefore, it is also known as the "Big Taurus".

Just say a few auspicious words, and you will get a red envelope of 1,000 yuan. You don't want to miss out on such a good thing! So wherever Li Xuan went, he was immediately filled with people.

"Everyone is so enthusiastic. You have already emptied all the Li Shi Feng in my pocket! But if you don't get it, don't worry, the Li Shi Feng will definitely be there. I will send it to you immediately, the guarantor People have a share!

As the so-called new year and new atmosphere, I sincerely hope that all my colleagues will continue to work hard in the new year and contribute to the company's greater glory in the future! "

Before going out, Li Xuan deliberately put 100 red envelopes in his pocket, but a lot of employees went back and forth to discuss the lottery. These 100 red envelopes were quickly used up, so I had to say a few words of comfort first.

"Li Sheng, Happy New Year. Good luck, bring a good bag!" Du Wenqiang smiled at the boss who walked in the door and made a gesture of reaching out for a red envelope.

"No!" Li Xuan looked at Du Wenqiang angrily, "It must be that you, the general manager, are too stingy. As a result, all your employees blocked me in front of me!"

"Li Sheng. Naturally a poor man like me would not dare to compare with you! The profit of one hundred mosquitoes is sealed. I have already given away tens of thousands of yuan in benefits this morning. My family's milk powder money is about to be defeated by me. It's gone!" Du Wenqiang said and gently touched his chest, looking very painful.

Doudou is Du Wenqiang's newly born daughter. Li Xuan didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he grabbed the phone and asked his assistant to send some red envelopes to distribute.

"I haven't been here for a long time. Does the game company have any new plans this year?" Li Xuan asked while sitting on the sofa after calling.

"Next month. -2 family game opportunities will be officially launched on the global shelves. In May, the King of Fighters 2 street game will be launched. In August, the "Sword and Magic" game will be released on the as-os platform!" Du Wenqiang put away his previous hippie smile. . Very formally introduced to Li Xuan some of the most important things this year.

"Those people in the -2 project team are probably scolding mothers long ago!" Li Xuan said with a smile.

The mainframe of the new generation of home video game console-2 has been designed as early as 1982. As a result, due to one reason or another, -2 has been hidden from the light of day, and the only work the project design team can do is to keep improving.

According to the original plan, the second-generation home video game console should have been on the market as early as last year's Thanksgiving. However, at the end of August last year, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Industry and the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry formally signed the "U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement" after wrangling for nearly a year.

Li Xuan's butterfly effect began to appear. The first Li-Mei Semiconductor agreement in another time and space was not officially signed until 1986, and now it is two years ahead of schedule. The most important reason for this is that Intel's current situation is far less moist than another time and space.

In another time and space, the personal computer craze kicked off by company b's p-machine in 1982 led to a surge in sales of the 86-series processors, creating huge profits for Intel. But in this life, 86 has long been dead, and all of Intel's profits come from the memory business. So under the squeeze of Japanese semiconductor companies, Intel's life is very difficult.

Although Intel is not the largest semiconductor company in the United States, its influence in the semiconductor field in the United States is beyond the reach of many other peers. Robert Noyce, one of the three founders of Intel, is known as the "Father of Silicon Valley".

When Intel, in order to survive, mobilized the power of the entire Silicon Valley to put pressure on the US government, the efficiency of the White House immediately improved. The main content of the Japan-US semiconductor agreement is to set the export prices of six varieties of Japanese-made semiconductors to the United States and third countries, so as to prevent low-cost dumping by Japanese companies.

So the agreement has just been signed, and the price of memory has risen in response. This not only increases the manufacturing cost of the -2 console, but also pushes up the cost of the game card. The most important reason why the -2 game console's listing plan has been pushed again and again is that the production cost is too high.

Take the p of the -2 host as an example, when the r-1 processor first came out, the wholesale price was as high as $350, and now its latest factory price is only $99. Only then did Dongfang Games decide to officially mass-produce the -2 console.

The soaring memory prices have not only pushed up the cost of -2 consoles, but also directly increased the manufacturing cost of game cards. Especially with the -2 host performance is greatly improved. A variety of new games tailored for the largest game consoles require larger memory chips.

The profit created by game cartridges for game companies is actually higher than that of game consoles. After the Eastern Game Company made an emergency decision. Finally chose to cancel the original new product launch plan. The company is preparing to redesign its second-generation home console, ditching the use of game cartridges in favor of game discs.

The design of the game console has undergone such major changes, but the console design team still gave a mature new solution within two months. In the past few years of slow waiting, they have already accumulated a variety of design solutions, including the use of game discs.

"What is this game called?" Li Xuan tried a new game seriously. asked curiously.

In Du Wenqiang's office, there is a brand new -2 home video game console. This disc in the game console is estimated to be the original version. The beginning of the game does not have a prologue. Instead, it directly entered the plot from the beginning, so Li Xuan had no way of knowing the name of the game.

"The Legend of Zelda!" Du Wenqiang said, "This is the next main game of -2, and it is very playable!"

Li Xuan was stunned. I thought I heard it wrong! The famous The Legend of Zelda. Naturally, it is impossible for him to have not played in his previous life. But the picture and protagonist of the game in front of Li Xuan's eyes are far from the epoch-making game in his memory.

"Who designed this game?" Li Xuan asked in shock, but asked calmly.

"The main creators are a few Japanese people, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tomo Tajiri, Ken Sugimori! By the way, during the New Year's Eve group worship luncheon, the two men sitting on your left are Tomo Tajiri and Ken Sugimori!" Du Wenqiang suddenly remembered .

Li Xuan came to Dongfang Games today for one of the original purposes. I just learned about Tajiri Zhi's information, but I didn't expect to find another bigger surprise. It can only be said that Li Xuan has not paid attention to the specific situation of the game company for a long time. Otherwise, he should have noticed the name as early as the "Legend of Zelda" project was first established.

"Show me their information!" Li Xuan said.

"The Legend of Zelda" is Shigeru Miyamoto's greatest work other than "Mario Brothers". It can be said that this game directly defines the basic gameplay of Japanese rp games.

Previous games such as "Mario Brothers" and "Tank Wars" were sold with fast and smooth operability. The essence of "The Legend of Zelda" is exploration. Players must search out the nine mazes hidden underground by Gallodorov one by one in order to successfully pass the level. The degree of freedom of the game is extremely high, and the plot will change subtly according to the order in which the player discovers the maze.

Li Xuan uses the handle to control the protagonist of the game, and uses the first-person bird's-eye view to explore the map. This "The Legend of Zelda" is actually more like the style of European and American rp games, dungeon exploration, first-person perspective, and open-ended gameplay. The three most important styles of European and American rp are all vividly reflected.

Li Xuan played for about half an hour, and this "The Legend of Zelda", which has many differences from later generations, did not disappoint him. The essence of the game of the same name in another time and space was completely transplanted.

At this time, Du Wenqiang had already sorted out the information, and the first information on the top was about Shigeru Miyamoto. He is also the first designer of "The Legend of Zelda", which is said to have many ideas from his childhood fairy tale fantasy.

Shigeru Miyamoto and Junpei Yokoi were dug by Li Xuan from Nintendo to Dongfang Games as early as early 1981. Two years ago, Shigeru Miyamoto was dispatched from the Japanese branch to work in Hong Kong through a regional exchange program.

In the same year, Tajiri Zhi, who just graduated from high school, did not join the "Oriental Game" magazine, but came to work at the Hong Kong headquarters of the Oriental Game Company under the recommendation of the magazine editor.

Tajiri Zhi has always liked to play games since he was a child, and he often skipped school for this reason. As a result, he had poor grades and absenteeism, and he barely even graduated from high school. His father, who worked as a salesman at Nissan Motor Company, had hoped that he could work at Tokyo Electric Power Company, but Tajiri finally refused.

Tajiri's love of playing games is not without gain, he always likes to study a new game in detail. So when the magazine "Game World" under the Oriental Game Company was released in Japan, Tajiri Zhi quickly published a series of game strategy articles in this magazine, and gained a lot of fans.

With the support of Dongfang Game Company, "Game World" has grown from nothing to the world's largest and most influential game magazine. It has a circulation of over 250,000 copies in Japan alone and a million copies worldwide. The new game ratings in each issue of "Game World" are authoritative opinions widely recognized by game fans around the world, and can directly affect the purchase choices of many game fans.

But Tajiri's ambition is not to become a reporter or writer for a game magazine. He hopes to develop a game himself. So Tajiri was finally appreciated by his editor and recommended to work in the R&D department of Oriental Game Company.

And Shigeru Miyamoto and Tomomi Tajiri, both Japanese, quickly became good friends in Hong Kong. Li Xuan had to sigh the magic of fate! Many things in this world have become completely different because of his appearance, while others are still stubborn and unchanged.

Another time and space~www.readwn.com~ Tajiri Zhi and Miyamoto Shigeru are also good friends. The reason why the two protagonists in "Pokémon" are named Xiao Zhi and Xiao Shi is that Tajiri Zhihua used his own and his friend's name.

It's just that in another time and space, the link that connects them is Nintendo. In this life, the two circled in a circle, and finally met, met, and knew each other in another company.

Shigeru Miyamoto and Tomo Tajiri are mainly responsible for building the story framework of "The Legend of Zelda", while cartoonist Ken Sugimori is responsible for the image design of the game. Li Xuan didn't know this Sugi Mori Ken, nor did he know that he was the cartoonist of "Pokémon" in another time and space, and the cute Pikachu was drawn under his brush.

In another time and space, the reason why Tajiri and Ken Sugimori met was because he compiled a magazine introducing various game strategies to sell, which aroused the interest of Ken Sugimori who also likes to play games.

In this life, Ken Sugimori also sent a letter to the editor of "Game World" to ask for the address of Tomo Tajiri through his liking for various strategies of Tomoe Uedajiri. And after Tajiri came to Hong Kong, he recommended a friend to his boss, so Ken Sugimori simply resigned from the original comic club and came to Hong Kong to make a breakthrough.

Some people's encounters may be fate! (To be continued..)