Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Xu Sheng, there's a Yankee downstairs at the front desk. He says he's from Atari, and he's clamoring to see you?" Secretary Xiao Zhang came over early in the morning to report.

Although it has been a month since he was exposed by Oriental Daily, some reporters would still come over and ask for interviews occasionally. Xu Zhi refused all of them. At the same time, it was decided that no matter who wanted to see him, they had to make an appointment. !

Of course Xu Zhi knew Atari and said, "Let him in!"

"OK."

…

After a while, a Western ghost guy who was 1.85 meters tall was brought into Xu Zhi's office by Xiao Zhang.

"Mist Xu, this is Michael Jeff, the marketing manager of Atari USA." The person shook hands and said.

Xu Zhi shook hands and said: "Please sit down!"

Michael smiled and said: "This is my first time coming to Xiangjiang, but when I was in the United States, I heard people say that there is a city in Asia. Although it has a population of only 5 million, its business is very developed and several cities were born. He is a world shipping king and a trade tycoon. I have always ignored him before, but now I realize that I underestimated the commercial potential of Xiangjiang!"

These are actually just polite remarks before the opening remarks, just to avoid embarrassment!

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "The geographical location of Xiangjiang determines that it must have great potential in business. Coupled with the hard work of the Chinese, some successful people must be normal."

Michael said: "But no matter how hard you work, you will never be able to achieve such achievements at such a young age like Mr. Xu, and create such a wonderful game as Xiangjiang Cube!"

Xu Zhi was too lazy to talk nonsense anymore and asked directly: "Mr. Jeff is here for the Xiangjiang Cube?"

Michael nodded and said: "Yes, Xiangjiang Cube now has a large number of players in the United States, but they can only go to arcades to experience this game. In our view at Atari, games should be given to every ordinary person, so We at Atari intend to port the game Xiangjiang Cube to our latest home game console, so that more players can better experience the game Xiangjiang Cube!"

"As expected." Xu Zhi actually guessed the other party's possible purpose from the beginning, but still asked: "Atari wants to buy out the copyright of Xiangjiang Cube on home game consoles?"

Michael nodded and said: "Yes, our company is willing to invest 2 million US dollars to buy the FC copyright of Xiangjiang Cube. Mr. Xu, this price is already the highest price for Atari's outsourced game software, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to appear again in the future. "

"Only 2 million..." Xu Zhi didn't bother to talk anymore and refused directly: "Sorry, I'm not interested. If nothing happens, I have a date right away."

Seeing that Xu Zhi was about to drive people away, Michael hurriedly said: "Mr. Xu, we can actually talk about the price again!"

Xu Zhidao: "There's nothing to talk about. I just don't want to sell it, so there's no need to waste your time here."

Michael asked: "Why? Wouldn't Mr. Xu be tempted even with millions of dollars?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "A few million dollars is good, but our company's main product is this arcade machine. If this game is transplanted to home game consoles, who will come to the arcade to play games? Who will come? Buy our arcade machine?”

Michael naturally knew this problem and said: "Mr. Xu, any game has a lifespan in the arcade. If Mr. Xu is worried about this problem, then we can discuss cooperation first, and when the arcade market changes in the future, We at Atari are releasing game cartridges, isn’t this the best of both worlds?”

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "We can wait until then. Mr. Jeff, am I going out?"

Seeing that he could not convince the other party, Michael could only take out a business card and said: "Mr. Xu, if you change your mind, please feel free to contact me..."

…

Although the "date" he told Michael was false and everyone knew it, he still pretended to go out. After Xu Zhi left the office, he walked around the building and came to He Guoyuan's office.

He Guoyuan was processing some documents of the company. When he saw Xu Zhi arriving, he asked, "What's the matter with Xu Sheng coming here?"

"It's nothing. I'm annoyed by this ghost guy. Come out for a walk!" Xu Zhi said with a smile, and slowly told He Guoyuan what happened just now.

After hearing this, He Guoyuan smiled and said: "This ghost guy has good taste. In fact, I also think that our Xiangjiang Cube is more suitable for home game consoles. For arcade machines, it is really too expensive for ordinary players, but for game consoles, it only takes one time." If you pay for the cassette for sex, you can play whatever you want from now on!”

"You can't say that." Xu Zhi said: "In fact, all games are better experienced on game consoles. After all, you only need to pay the cost once. It is not like an arcade machine. One or two coins per game. This kind of gameplay is more suitable for companies to make money. .

Think about it again, the past Arkanoid, the now popular Space Invaders and our upcoming Tanks vs. Pac-Man, which one is more comfortable to play at home? "

He Guoyuan nodded and smiled: "Yes, but we are capitalists after all, and arcade machines are the first to maximize profits! But if our games shrink in the arcade market, do we really want to sell these games to companies like Atari? "

Xu Zhi turned the pen in his hand and asked, "What do you think?"

He Guoyuan said: "I think we should develop our own home game console, so that we can truly maximize profits!"

"Yes, ambitious!" Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Actually, I also have this plan. I originally wanted to wait until Tank War and Pac-Man were released before starting, but the people from Atari came and gave me a reminder that the game The development of consoles cannot be successful overnight, we can definitely start it."

He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will set up this department specifically to start developing home game consoles."

Xu Zhidao: "Currently there are not enough talents in this field in Hong Kong. I think we can recruit professional talents in this field from Japan and the United States, especially Atari. The Atari-2600 they released last year was very successful and they have development experience." There must be quite a few people there.”

He Guoyuan said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to recruit people in the United States, right?"

Xu Zhidao: "Not necessarily. Atari's current achievements are indeed very high, but their company's treatment of technical employees is not good. As far as I know, many people have left their jobs to start businesses, so you can send people to the United States to have a look. "If Americans don't want to come to work in Xiangjiang, they can set up a branch there and let them study in the United States. You can also communicate with them in Xiangjiang at intervals."

He Guoyuan said: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go immediately!"