The richest man

Chapter 162 Product Release
Zhang Jun rushed to Legendary Game Company immediately with excitement.

"Where is the multi-chip processor game board? Let me see the samples!" Zhang Jun came to Shangguan Muye's office and opened his mouth to ask.

"Okay, boss!"

Shangguan Muye brought Zhang Jun to a laboratory where employees were testing multi-chip processor game boards.

When Zhang Jun and his party came in, the people in the laboratory stopped their work immediately.

"Boss!" Everyone greeted Zhang Jun one after another.

Zhang Jun nodded and walked to a long table. His gaze was involuntarily attracted by a square motherboard. Apart from ROM, RAM, video memory, input and output interfaces, etc., the most important feature is that there are four CPUs in the middle. connected together.

Very simple, this is the multi-chip processor gaming substrate specially developed by Legendary Game Company.

At this time, the game substrate is running "Donkey Kong". The game is smooth, the picture is clear, the color is bright, it is perfect!
However, the legendary game company has not yet developed "Street Fighter", otherwise "Street Fighter" can be used for testing.

Zhang Jun asked the staff next to him, "After testing the game board, have you found any problems?"

"The computing power of the game substrate is very powerful, and it has achieved extreme optimization in terms of color, sound, etc. It has been running "Donkey Kong" for more than ten hours now, and there is no problem at all."

Hearing this, Zhang Jun nodded in satisfaction.

"Can the computing power of the game substrate run "Street Fighter" perfectly?" Zhang Jun asked again.

"Although "Street Fighter" has more colorful graphics, more fighting moves, and more complex calculations, four 4 chips are enough to support its operation! Of course, it is best to develop a 6502-bit chip, and the effect will be even better!"

"It's fine if it can run smoothly!" Zhang Jun nodded.

As for the development of 16-bit chips, this is for sure, but the difficulty of developing 16-bit chips is relatively high, and it will take at least 3 years.

Four 4 chips are basically sufficient for the development of most arcade games, and further optimization can be done for multi-processing game substrates in the future.

Zhang Jun glanced at everyone's faces, and said, "Everyone, work harder. After the test is completed, the mass production of the game substrate will be realized as soon as possible, and the bonus will be increased by the end of the year!"

"Thank you boss!!!" Everyone said happily!

Zhang Jun smiled, nodded to everyone, and took the lead to leave the laboratory.

Then, Zhang Jun ordered his secretary to notify the company's executives and hold a meeting to learn about the progress of the company's current development projects, mainly multi-processor game boards, home game consoles, handhelds, "Street Fighter", "Pokémon" .

The multi-processor game board still needs to be tested. After confirming that there is no problem, the game board will be mass-produced. In the future, it will only sell the game board to the outside world, and the legendary game company will also be able to make a lot of money.

The electronic pet machine has been developed and entered the production stage.

"Donkey Kong" can actually run on a single-chip game substrate.

However, arcades are more profitable.

Adding three more 6502 chips will only increase the cost by six or seven dollars, which is insignificant compared to the price of an arcade machine.

On the contrary, a more perfect "Donkey Kong" arcade machine will definitely be more popular, which will help sales growth.

However, since "Donkey Kong" will be released together with the movie "King Kong", the products that Legendary Game Company is about to release are just electronic pet machines.

However, before that, Shangguan Muye planned to send someone to buy back the infrared technology patent.

According to the survey data, Philips' infrared technology is very powerful.

Shangguan Muye reported to Zhang Jun that he wanted to buy infrared technology from Philips.

When Zhang Jun heard Philips, he couldn't help but startled.

He also thought about buying ASML, the future lithography machine giant, from Philips.

In addition, Zhang Jun also wanted to lay out CDs, so he had to buy the patent from Philips.

Therefore, Zhang Jun finally decided to let Shangguan Muye lead the team to Philips.

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An industrial building in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Li Jiacheng brought a group of people to Brilliant Arcade Company.

Li Jiacheng couldn't help but be moved by the huge profits in the arcade industry.

The threshold for investing in the arcade machine industry is not high. After Changjiang Industrial Company acquired Brilliant Arcade, it immediately injected 500 million Hong Kong dollars into the company.

It can also be seen from this that Li Jiacheng has certain ambitions for the arcade industry.

In later generations, Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa have been involved in almost all walks of life in Hong Kong, and most of their businesses are the best in the industry. This also shows that Li Jiacheng is very good at doing business, and his ability to run enterprises is very extraordinary!

conference room.

A slender middle-aged man in his thirties, dressed in black, spoke with eloquence, telling Li Jiacheng about the development of arcade machines and their future prospects.

The person speaking is Tian Mei, who graduated from Waseda University in Japan. After graduation, he has been engaged in game development and has many years of experience.

Li Jiacheng saw his profile from a headhunting company, so he hired him to be the general manager of Brilliant Arcade Company.

Tian Mei excitedly said: "Since the rise of Legendary Game Company, many people have been jealous and started arcade companies one after another. For a while, the arcade industry was full of demons. After a big battle, there are not one arcade companies that can survive."

After a pause, Tian Mei said disdainfully, "In my opinion, games can follow the trend, but there must be innovation. It is better to make original games. Unfortunately, many arcade companies don't have the patience. They just want to follow the trend and make a fortune. Quick money. However, due to too many follow-up games, resulting in aesthetic fatigue, players have become bored with follow-up works!"

Li Jiacheng listened carefully, and after a while, he said slowly, "You mean, we want to make an original game?"

Tian Mei nodded upon hearing the words: "Yes, only original games will become popular."

At this time, Li Jiacheng thought that Legendary Game Company has always insisted on originality, so he said to Tian Mei: "Okay, we also make original games! If you don't have enough money, you can just ask me for it!"

After finishing speaking, Li Jiacheng couldn't help but look forward to it.

Cheung Kong's current market capitalization does not exceed HK$10 billion.

Legendary Game Company is so profitable, it has earned more than 3 million US dollars in profit in just [-] months, Brilliant Arcade can't compare with it in a short period of time, as long as it occupies one-tenth of the arcade market, I will be satisfied!

In any case, I must get a share of this industry! ! !

Li Jiacheng's eyes were firm.

In a daze, Li Jiacheng suddenly recalled that in order to develop plastic flowers, he couldn't help but went to work in a well-known plastic flower factory in Europe and the United States to learn skills secretly.

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Philips, reception room.

Vice President Brent Joshi received the negotiating team sent by Zhang Jun.

After some pleasantries, we started to get down to business.

Shangguan Muye said straight to the point: "Mr. Josh, on behalf of the Legendary Group, I would like to purchase several technical patents from your company."

Brent Josh nodded and said, "Well, tell me, what technology patent do you want to buy?"

"Okay, a total of three patents. Infrared technology, lithography machine, CD."

It is only 1975 now, and these three patents are the most widely used infrared technology.Both lithography machines and CDs are in a state of continuous loss-making research and development.

Moreover, Philips is not optimistic about the prospects of lithography machines and CDs.

When Brent Joshi heard this, he pondered whether these three patents had a future.

However, when it comes to developing and applying it, it is really far away.

Out of caution, Brent Josh did not agree to Shangguan Muye on the spot.

"The company needs to discuss the purchase of patents before it can give an answer. Please wait for two days!"

In fact, Philips wanted to study why the Legendary Group bought the three patents. If they found the reason, Philips could take the opportunity to raise the price.Or maybe these three patents contain great benefits, but Philips did not find out...

Shangguan Muye and others could only stay in a nearby hotel of Philips.

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"The singer and arcade game developer Zhang Jun, his company came to Philips today to buy a few patents..." Brent Joshi said at the meeting.

"Oh! It's him! It is said that his arcade machine company is very profitable! According to the newspaper, his arcade machine company has made hundreds of millions of dollars in just a few months!"

"Since he is so rich, let's kill him and double the price of the patent! Oh, by the way, what patent are they going to buy?"

"Infrared rays, lithography machines, and CDs." Brent Joshi answered.

"It's strange, why did they buy these three patents?" someone wondered.

At this time, someone who knew Zhang Jun better said that Zhang Jun had established a chip factory in Hong Kong, so he would use lithography machine technology.

For Philips, lithography machine technology is tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

As for CDs, Philips has been researching that CDs may replace cassettes.However, CD development is very difficult, and Philips has not produced results so far.

In fact, Zhang Jun does not intend to develop it alone, but plans to join the joint working group of engineers established by Philips and Sony in 1979 to formulate the CD standard.

Now is 1975, Sony may not necessarily get the CD patent from Philips.

Two days later, Philips found no potential huge benefits, so he negotiated with Shangguan Muye and others again to see what conditions they would raise.

Shangguan Muye said: "Actually, when we bought the patented technology, we also planned to directly acquire Philips' team specializing in the development of lithography machines. In addition, we obtained the CD patent and planned to cooperate with Philips to develop CDs together."

Legendary Game Company is no longer a small company, and deserves Philips' attention.

When Brent Josh and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and they nodded secretly to each other, thinking that this cooperation is okay.Although the R&D strength of Legendary Game Company is not comparable to that of Philips, they make a lot of money selling game consoles.

After several discussions and bargaining, the two parties signed the contract.

These three technologies are all patented. Shangguan Muye also communicated with asml, the lithography machine research and development team, and agreed to establish a company in Europe without moving away.

ASML also wanted to jump out of Philips for a long time. The parent company was unwilling to invest, which led to the slow development of lithography machines, which was far behind Japan's Nikon lithography machines.

Now that there is the legendary game company as the big sponsor, the future can be expected.

At the same time, Shangguan Muye also established the Legendary CD Company, which connected with Philips to jointly develop CD applications.

After more than half a month of busy work, Shangguan Muye began to return to Hong Kong.

There are too few talents in Hong Kong. Asml and Legendary CD want to grow and grow, temporarily based in Europe, but in the future, they will move their headquarters to Hong Kong.

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back to Hong Kong,

Zhang Jun immediately gave Shangguan Muye a hug.

The purchase of the ASML company and the CD patent this time is of great significance.

Zhang Jun was so excited that he bought ASML, not to mention that he would definitely become the leader in the lithography machine market in the future, but at least he had the capital to compete.

It is too difficult to develop lithography machines, and there are too many cutting-edge technologies involved. In the previous life, ASML also received strong support from the United States to crush other lithography machine companies.

Zhang Jun was excited for a while, then calmed down again unconsciously, and sighed slightly.

There is a long way to go!
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At 1975 o'clock in the evening on July 7, 15, Legendary Game Company held a product launch conference in the conference room of the Peninsula Hotel.

As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation.

The world's major media flocked.

The players cheered and jumped with excitement.

The legendary game company holds a product launch conference, which means that a new game will be released.

At the conference site, there were huge crowds of people, rubbing shoulders and heels, and it was extremely noisy.

Li Jiacheng and other colleagues involved in the arcade industry also came to inquire about information.

Zhang Jun is handsome in a suit and leather shoes today. He walked to the stage with a microphone in his hand.

After Zhang Jun took the stage, the originally uproarious venue immediately became quiet.

Zhang Jun smiled at everyone, bowed, and said: "Welcome everyone to the product launch conference of Legendary Game Company. Today, we will release an epoch-making product!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked.

Zhang Jun's tone is so loud, could it be that the new product released today is very powerful?

However, under everyone's expectation and curiosity, Zhang Jun took out the silver electronic pet from his pocket and held it in front of him.

"Everyone, please take a look, this is the new product that Legendary Game Company will release soon - electronic pet machine!!!"

All the shots were aimed at the silver-white egg-shaped pet machine in Zhang Jun's hand.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
The flashing lights kept blinking, but everyone was a little confused, is this a game console at such a small size?

Zhang Jun smiled and said: "Many people may be very confused now, this game console is too small... Well, in order to let everyone understand the electronic pet machine more clearly, we specially filmed a small advertisement , please watch the big screen behind me!"

After speaking, the screen behind Zhang Jun began to light up.

Through the video and narration introduction, everyone quickly had a clear understanding of the electronic pet machine.

For a while, there were exclamations from the audience.

Women are very fond of electronic pet machines.

"It's so cute and beautiful, I really want it!!!"

"I want to have a digital pet cat!!!"

"I want a puppy!"

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(End of this chapter)