Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

A week later, there were as many as 95 domestic companies wanting to get involved in the gaming industry.

Zhao Ye was almost speechless. Money and silk are so touching.

Some companies actually have some technical strength, so why not develop domestic game software? They have to build their own game consoles.

In this era, it is not difficult to develop game software. Nintendo's "Super Mario" was developed by only a dozen people. Are these domestic companies still unable to recruit a dozen developers?

Forget it, don’t look back until they hit the wall. When they can’t go on anymore, I’ll give them some advice myself. Before that, let Wujiang Group sell some electronic components and make some money...

With the help of the "Qiongqi Game Console" platform, domestic games actually have a lot to offer.

Wujiang Group currently does not plan to continue developing new 8-bit games.

Because the game hardware department is already developing 16-bit home game consoles, the game software development department is also developing 16-bit games, but they are basically sequels. On the one hand, because these games are so popular, sequels can naturally Big sales; on the other hand, it is also to create a super IP. Only by continuously launching sequels can this IP continue to become popular.

For example, the full name of the sequel to "Pokemon" is "Pokemon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas". Xiaozhi and his group entered a mysterious island by chance. Unexpectedly, everyone came to the ancient Chinese period. There are very strange things here. Many strange beasts appear, such as Kunpeng, Unicorn, Chaos, Feilian, Kui Niu, Ghost Car, Chongming Bird, Dangkang, Hua Shen, Fu Dou, Earthworm, Pixiu, Xuhua, Pixiu, and Negative Xi. , Chiki, Baxia, Bifan, Pulao, Suanni, Fei...

The game plot will be more exciting, fully showing the world the long culture of ancient China.

If "Pokemon 1" still has a hint of Japanese culture, then it will be difficult to see Japanese culture in "Pokemon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas".

In addition, "Pokemon 1" also has an official name "Pokemon 1: Kyushu League Contest" to distinguish it from the sequel.

Zhao Ye believes that with the fan base of the first part, even if the second part "Pokemon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas" has a strong Chinese cultural flavor, players will still accept and like it.

In addition, there is a big difference between the second home game console developed by Wujiang Group and the first home game console, and that is the use of CD as the storage medium. This situation will continue for a long time.

Therefore, Zhao Ye plans to use a new brand name-"Tomahawk"! ! !

"Qiongqi" still feels less domineering than "Tomahawk", and many foreigners don't understand what "Qiongqi" is, which is not conducive to brand promotion.

When Nintendo launches a new game console, it often changes its name.

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On the morning of January 1987, 1, Wujiang Microelectronics Company.

"The time for wafer foundry has matured. I plan to invest an additional RMB 50 billion in Wujiang Microelectronics to build the largest wafer foundry in Asia!"

Zhao Ye sat at the head of the conference room and said in a deep voice.

Sitting on his left are senior executives of Wujiang Microelectronics, including Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Wei, Ni Guangnan and others.

To his right sat representatives from government departments.

Today's important meeting was requested by Zhao Ye.

In 1987, TSMC was established.

Wujiang Microelectronics Company naturally wants to get ahead of TSMC and build the largest wafer foundry in Asia.

When TSMC was founded, it faced many difficulties and challenges, including funding, talent, technology, etc.

Wujiang Microelectronics Company basically does not have these difficulties. It currently has eight wafer production lines alone.

However, this only barely meets the current "core" demand.

Wujiang Group has many big moves ahead, such as handheld game consoles and electronic pet machines. The sales volume of these two products is calculated in billions. Think about it, how many chips are needed.

Wujiang Microelectronics Company also has to expand its production lines.

If you want to do wafer foundry, you will need to build a huge wafer factory.

Last year, the supply of photoresist from Wujiang Microelectronics was cut off by Japanese manufacturers, which caused the price of photoresist to rise significantly. Many chip companies were affected and suffered heavy losses.

Now, Wujiang Microelectronics is engaged in foundry manufacturing, and the timing is just right.

It is popular in China that "it is better to buy than to make", but Zhao Ye wants to spread this trend internationally.

Let global chip companies know that it is expensive to produce your own chips, so it is better to let Wujiang Microelectronics produce them for you.

Wujiang Microelectronics has mature technology, large scale, and low labor costs. This results in the fact that the production cost of chips manufactured by Wujiang Microelectronics is much lower than that of chip manufacturers in Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea.

Zhao Ye told everyone his analysis at this time, and then proposed to do wafer foundry.

There is currently no company in the world that does wafer foundry, and everyone present was hesitant.

"Boss Zhao, the foundry model is unheard of. Is this business model really feasible?" a government official asked.

Zhao Ye smiled slightly and replied firmly: "Of course it is feasible, this is a huge business opportunity! If Wujiang Microelectronics can seize this opportunity, it will definitely become a global chip giant. This is also an important step for Shanghai to develop semiconductors." Great opportunities for the high-tech industry!”

After a pause, he added, "There are many chip design companies around the world, but they all have the same business model, which is: design, produce, test and package by themselves. Smaller companies have huge costs. Therefore, it is better to buy than to build." , they can leave the chips to us for production!”

"Last year, Japanese manufacturers deliberately raised the price of photoresist, causing outrage and resentment. Many chip companies hated them. It was precisely at this time that Wujiang Photoresist Company established a g-line photoresist production line, breaking the Japanese manufacturers in one fell swoop. At the same time, we have received a large number of orders and goodwill from chip companies! As long as we send people to communicate with these chip companies and explain the cost advantages of Wujiang Microelectronics wafer foundry, we will definitely be able to win over many chip companies. client!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads.

"The boss is right. Wafer foundry is indeed a huge business opportunity. We must seize the opportunity. Maybe with wafer foundry, we will soon become the world's largest chip company!"

"The benefits of wafer foundry are more than that. The most important role is to promote the development of the domestic semiconductor industry chain! The establishment of a wafer foundry naturally requires a large amount of production equipment and raw materials, thus making the entire semiconductor industry chain enterprises They can get a steady stream of orders, and then they will have enough funds for industrial upgrading and research and development! With such a conscience cycle, the production process and technical level of our wafer factory can also be greatly improved, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of chip manufacturing!"

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Everyone was talking endlessly, and they were all optimistic about the prospects of wafer foundry.

At this time, Zhao Ye once again reiterated his plan to inject capital into Wujiang Microelectronics Company and invest an additional 50 billion yuan, mainly to build the world's largest wafer foundry.

If this money is invested in Wujiang Microelectronics, the government's shareholding ratio will be diluted again.

However, a huge business opportunity has emerged, and additional investment is necessary.

After the meeting, the Shanghai government offered 300 hectares of land as an investment to prevent the shares from being diluted too seriously.

However, even so, Wujiang Group’s shareholding in Wujiang Microelectronics Company increased to 82.5%.