Reborn Tycoon Rise

He Guoyuan said: "There is no big problem in investing, but I am worried about the attitude of the British Hong Kong government!"

Xu Zhi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter, and the British Hong Kong government will not do anything because of this kind of thing!"

At this moment, Britain is no longer the unruly super hegemon it was at the beginning of the 20th century, and its economy and military are at their lowest peak. Today's British people no longer seek global hegemony, but only seek the pride of face.

Just give me some face, no favors required!

The problem in Hong Kong is actually the same. Although Hong Kong is still not as good as Tokyo, New York and other international cities, it is still one of the most important British colonies overseas.

According to the treaty between Britain and the Qing Dynasty, the lease was about to end in 1997. In order to preserve the last glory of the "British Empire" in Xiangjiang, it was unwilling to have any major conflicts with the mainland.

What's more, China and the United States established diplomatic relations, the mainland also began to reform and open up, and relations with Western countries began to become friendly. The British Hong Kong government now did not dare to offend the mainland for trivial matters. It was only during the negotiations in 1982-84 that the attitudes of both parties began to change. Became indifferent.

The simplest example is Comrade Li from the Yangtze River. In 1978, Li Jiacheng was invited to participate in the 29th anniversary military parade, and senior central leaders also received him. In the same year, Li Jiacheng also joined China Trust Co., Ltd. as a director. This ass was already obvious. Stand facing north.

However, the British Hong Kong government did not take any action. On the contrary, in order to catch up with Li Jiacheng, HSBC, Hong Kong's number one wealth god, even sold 90 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa to Cheung Kong Holdings at a discount. This was also the rise of Li Jiacheng. One of the most important processes.

Xu Zhi added: "This matter is not urgent. Tian Shui Wai has been designated as the next new town by the Hong Kong government. Now many real estate consortiums are preparing to enter. However, due to the lack of economic power and inconvenient transportation there, they are stuck for the time being. Here it is.”

He Guoyuan understood and said, "Xu Sheng means to wait?"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Yes, this matter is actually quite complicated. I have to think about it again. By the way, I remember that there is also one of our Midea OEM factories over there in Wanwan, right?"

He Guoyuan said: "Yes, there is one. It is in Taoyuan Industrial Zone, Taipei. Because it is close to the RCA factory, the monitor can be sent directly to the foundry for assembly, and the motherboard is also delivered by our people personally."

Xu Zhi asked: "What's their cost and quality like?"

He Guoyuan said: "It should be considered the best. In terms of cost, the labor is cheap and the factory cost is low. I have been there once. The space is really big. Our arcade machines are very convenient to turn over, unlike the factories in Xiangjiang. , many times I can’t walk straight.”

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said: "Then give this company more orders, but we need to buy shares, so you send someone to negotiate with them!"

"Buy shares?" He Guoyuan was a little surprised.

Xu Zhidao: "Yes, this is actually a normal investment. We can get some benefits after buying shares, and they can also get our orders stably. This is a win-win situation for both parties! But we need to conduct a comprehensive investigation first."

He Guoyuan asked: "What about the foundry here in Xiangjiang?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "There is no rush here for the time being. I will decide on the factory as soon as possible. These foundries will also have to go there together at that time. Let's wait until then to talk about the equity!"

He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay."

Xu Zhi asked again: "How is the development of home game consoles going?"

He Guoyuan replied: "I have hired several engineers from Atari in the United States according to your request, Xu Sheng. They have experience in this area. They are still in the debugging stage. It is estimated that in another two months, the samples should be ready." Out."

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "How is the patent registration for the cross key going?"

He Guoyuan said: "It has entered the announcement stage, and now we are waiting for the patent documents to be obtained."

"Okay." Xu Zhi laughed.

For home game consoles, the most important patent is the cross-key. This patent originally belonged to Nintendo. Before the invention of the cross-key, the controllers of game consoles were mainly rockers or even ancient knobs.

Joysticks are very suitable for arcade machines, because arcade machines are very large and the joysticks can be made very strong, but the handles of home consoles are very small, and coupled with bulky joysticks, it is very embarrassing.

Long before the home game console project was established, Xu Zhi arranged for people to register the cross-key patent globally, and in order to block other tricks from future generations, later generations of hollow cross-key patents (similar to the cross-key, but hollow in the middle) and Patented circular button (a large circle with 8 contacts, controlling up, down, left, right and 45° directions).

These two patents are actually methods that other game giants in later generations painstakingly came up with in order to circumvent Nintendo's cross-key patent, but at this moment Xu Zhi has registered them all.

The convenience of these two patents is not as good as the cross key. Midea will definitely not use it, but others should not think about it either.

Follow other people's paths and leave others with nowhere to go!

He Guoyuan added: "Xu Sheng, it's not a problem to develop a home game console, but we don't have enough games!"

At present, Midea has only four games for sale, and Tank Battle and Pac-Man have only been released less than half a year ago. In order to protect the huge profits of the arcade, it is impossible to immediately release the game cartridges of these two games.

While Xiangjiang cubes and Pac-Man are fine, arcade machines actually have a short lifespan. Last year, Space Invaders, which became popular in the United States, encountered a tank battle. Orders from Taitung Company plummeted like an avalanche. Fortunately, they had made enough money before. Profits, otherwise we may have to file for bankruptcy!

But even if there was no tank battle, due to the emergence of a large number of follow-up games and the aesthetic fatigue of players, by 1979 in history, Space Invaders gradually withdrew from the market.

Players of arcade machines are different from home game consoles. The latter is a one-time investment, while the former has to spend money every time they play. This results in them having extremely high requirements for the playability of the game, and they will get bored after playing too much. , don’t want to spend any more money.

Another reason is that arcade machines are not fast-moving consumer goods. Their customers are fixed, and the market for the same game is also limited. As long as new games are constantly developed and customers continue to purchase them, the market will become bigger and bigger.

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "There is no rush. We are going to release Xiangjiang Cube and Snake cassettes first and open up some markets. In the future, when we have more games, this area will explode."