Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

The next day, Lu Maoshi and others met Caspar Ferguson, a senior official of the Soviet Electronics Export Company, under the introduction of Zhou Quan.

Caspar Ferguson was a little surprised at the purpose of Lu Maoshi's visit.

There are also companies coming to the Soviet Union to buy game copyrights?

The Soviet Union did not communicate with the West or RB. Whether it was the American Atari game console or RB's FC red and white game console, there was no trace of it in the Soviet Union.

Unexpectedly, a Chinese company actually came all the way to Moscow to buy the game copyright. This is really surprising.

Caspar Ferguson told Lu Maoshi and others that they would wait for them to study "Tetris" before the two sides negotiated.

Just after Lu Maoshi and others left, Casper Ferguson and others quickly investigated what kind of game "Tetris" was.

But they soon became disappointed.

"For this simple PC game, is there anyone willing to spend money to buy the copyright?" Casper Ferguson looked at the game interface on the computer with an expression of astonishment.

He didn't quite understand it anyway.

The others were also confused.

"How much do you think this game will cost? The other party said they want to buy all the copyrights to the game." Casper Ferguson looked at everyone and asked.

An official laughed and said: "For this little game, I think it would be a huge profit if it could be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars! China itself is extremely poor now, and the per capita salary is only a few tens of yuan. If we offer a higher price, I'm afraid it will scare the other party away. At the moment, our Soviet Union's economy is not doing well. With these hundreds of thousands of dollars, although it is a drop in the bucket, at least it is of some use."

After speaking, many people present nodded in agreement.

But he said that after Lu Maoshi returned, he immediately contacted Zhao Ye and reported the current situation.

"Boss, "Tetris" is not famous in the Soviet Union. Very few people know about it. If we hadn't offered to buy "Tetris", they wouldn't have known about this game." Lu Maoshi said with a smile, "The Soviet Union belongs to the The game is in a desert, and officials don’t see the value of the game, so I think our chances of buying Tetris are pretty good.”

"Well, that's the best!" Zhao Ye was delighted when he heard this, and then thought of the huge impact of the disintegration of the Soviet Union a few years later. He couldn't help but come up with a plan, and the idea of ​​hollowing out the Soviet Union's remaining value came to his mind. .

"You can't give money directly, but give materials. Taking this opportunity, both parties can establish a stable trading system. In the future, will the legend of exchanging cans for airplanes be created by me?"

"Of course, exchanging cans for airplanes is nothing. The main thing is to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain Soviet talents, technology and advanced production equipment."

"Perhaps we can also speculate on rubles, for example, borrow rubles from Soviet banks, and then purchase Soviet resources or exchange them for foreign exchange. Especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Wooly Bear Country adopted shock therapy. As expected, the Wooly Bear Country did not survive for a few years. The economy went into shock, and the ruble depreciated to the point where it was worthless. I only needed to spend a very small amount of dollars to exchange for a large amount of rubles, and then repay the loan. In the meantime, I had already made a lot of money!"

Zhao Ye smiled a little unkindly, Western countries were making huge profits from the Soviet Union, why didn't he do the same? It is better for wealth and talents to come to us than to the West!

"Mr. Lu, when you talk to Soviet representatives next time, you can tell them that we are willing to use materials to pay for the copyright purchase of "Tetris", and are willing to establish good trade relations with the Soviet Union and provide the Soviet Union with various materials in the long term. , including clothing, cans, food, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap and a large number of light industrial products..."

In the 1980s and 1990s in China, the products of many state-owned enterprises were not selling well and were piled up in large quantities in warehouses.

Wujiang could buy these materials at a very low price and then resell them to the Soviet Union at a high price.

It not only saves Wujiang Group a lot of money, but also revitalizes domestic enterprises.

In the future, we can exchange some technologies or production equipment with the Soviet Union, which will be a huge profit.

Lu Maoshi was stunned for a moment, but soon understood Zhao Ye's intention. The Soviet Union was currently in a sluggish economy, lacking in materials, and a large number of commodities such as clothes and bread were frequently increasing in price, so they hoped to obtain "cheap" materials.

After the conversation ended, Lu Maoshi felt more confident.

The next day, everyone came to the Soviet Electronics Export Company again.

The two sides soon came to the conference room and started the first round of negotiations.

Casper Ferguson was the first to speak: "After research and discussion by our expert group, "Tetris" is a very classic PC game. It has extremely huge commercial potential. How much does your company plan to spend to buy this game? ?”

Lu Maoshi said unhurriedly: "Nowadays, only a handful of people can afford a personal computer, and the number of users is small. What market does a casual game like "Tetris" have, and users can play it as many times as they want?" Tired of it. Our company bought it just for a little gimmick, that is, to give users game software when they buy a computer."

After a pause, Lu Maoshi said, "So, our company plans to bid $30 to buy "Tetris"! However, our company plans to pay with $30 worth of materials, including food, clothing, toiletries, etc. Wait...I wonder if Soviet Electronics Export Corporation can accept it?"

Casper Ferguson and others looked at each other, and of course they welcomed the payment in food, clothing and other materials with both hands. But in terms of price, they are not very satisfied.

So the two sides began to bargain.

Casper Ferguson and others felt that the fact that Chinese representatives came all the way to Moscow to buy "Tetris" showed that they had a strong willingness to buy the game.

Don't even think about sending them away with a mere $30.

However, Casper Ferguson and others do not believe that "Tetris" has great value.

Even when the lion opened his mouth, he only shouted out the "sky-high price" of US$100 million.

After half an hour, both sides gave in.

The Soviet Union sold all the rights to "Tetris" for $75.

Seeing Lu Maoshi and others smiling bitterly and reluctantly accepting the offer of US$75, Casper Ferguson and others thought they had won at the negotiation table and smiled one after another.

Not long after, the two parties signed a formal contract.

At the moment of signing and sealing, Lu Maoshi breathed a sigh of relief and finally completed the boss's instructions.

Casper Ferguson and others were still complacent, but little did they know that they had lost a huge money tree!

The next morning, Lu Maoshi and his party took a train and returned to China. After all, the Soviet Union was not very safe.

Zhao Ye was relieved when he got the news.

There are two games on the handheld game console, "Tetris" and "Pokemon", so why worry about not being popular?

With the explosion of TV game consoles and handheld game consoles, the demand for Kirin 1 is bound to increase significantly, and the scale of wafer fabs is bound to expand to meet the growing demand for chips.

The expansion of wafer fabs requires the purchase of various production equipment, and the domestic semiconductor industry chain will benefit from this.

It can be said that one move affects the whole body.

Therefore, Zhao Ye is now vigorously developing game consoles and handheld game consoles, which is actually promoting the development of the domestic semiconductor industry!