Video Game Empire

Li Xuan paused and gave Du Wenqiang, who was sitting beside him, a wink. Du Wenqiang took out two floppy disks from his briefcase and handed them to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took the floppy disk and smiled at the Japanese representative sitting opposite the negotiating table before continuing: "Minister Shidao, last year Taidong Game Company in your country developed an excellent video game called Space Invasion. This game machine, which requires 100 yen coins to play, is said to have increased your government's coin issuance by 10% last year. From last year to the present, Taidong Company has been relying on the Space Invaders arcade machine. From the global market to grab more than 100 million US dollars in profits.

I have two computer operating versions of our company's latest developed games here. I hope I can borrow your company's computers and employees and let them personally test the excellence of these two games! I believe these two games developed by our company are no worse than Taidong's Space Invaders. And I also believe that the ratings given by your employees will definitely change your opinion of our company! "

Li Xuan confidently pushed the floppy disk with copies of the two games Hong Kong Cube and Tank Wars, and gently pushed it in front of Yusuke Ishishima.

Yusuke Ishishima, a veteran who has served Seiko Epson for more than 20 years, and Li Xuan looked at each other for a few seconds, and finally nodded: "Okay, Li Jun, I hope your company's game works can really convince you. I!"

So the negotiation between the two sides stopped temporarily, everyone left the conference room, and randomly selected two computers in the office area, Apple computers. Du Wenqiang quickly copied the Hong Kong cube and Tank Battle on the two computers, and nodded to Li Xuan after doing some debugging.

Li Xuan then smiled and stretched out his hand to indicate that the game test could begin.

At this time, Liang Ning, who came to Japan with Li Xuan, finally had a place to use it. Don't look at his tender face, but his actual age is almost 30 years old. He had experience studying in Japan before starting a band, and he can speak fluent Japanese. He was the translator that Li Xuan brought to Japan, but the few people he met before could speak English, so that he had been doing nothing.

Now he finally has room to play, and every Epson employee who is recruited to try the game is responsible for briefly explaining the operating rules. Because this is the computer version, when Li Xuan and Du Wenqiang were writing programs, the four buttons E, D, S, and F were equivalent to the joystick of the arcade, respectively controlling the four directions of up, down, left, and right. The space bar replaces the function key. Pressing the space in the Hong Kong cube game will rotate the cube, while in the tank war, pressing the space will fire shells.

The game is very easy to start, and beginners can start operating in less than a minute. The originally quiet and orderly office area suddenly became lively because of this unique test.

"Hey, I pressed it a little more, and I turned my head too much, what should I do!" A female clerk with short hair and a round face was trying to play the Hong Kong cube, but because she accidentally pressed the space bar a lot, it could just fall down and fit into the cube. I turned my head too far, and it was too late to think about making amends, so I could not help but sigh in annoyance.

Li Xuan saw that she was completely immersed in the game, and the smile on her face became a little more. Compared with girls who like Hong Kong cubes, boys prefer tank battles. The whistling sound of shells and explosions in the background music from time to time made the players sitting in front of the computer a bit immersive and nervous. These background synths were modified by Liang Ning after a month of trial and error.

With the departure of the first Epson employees who had tried the game, news of the Hong Kong cube and tank battle quickly spread in the office area of ​​Epson's headquarters. Due to the restrictions of rules and regulations, ordinary employees did not dare to come to the demo area to watch the fun. But after get off work time in the afternoon, the flow of people from all directions quickly went to the two computers in the demo office from every floor.

Li Xuan looked at Yusuke Ishishima's face full of astonishment, and couldn't help but burst into joy. He knew that his sales had been successful. The two games successfully won him the opportunity to have an equal dialogue with each other.

"Mr. Shidao, accompanied by Chang Gu-jun, I visited your company's wafer fab in the morning. I have a question. With the production capacity released by the scale of this wafer fab, your company produces printing equipment. The number of chips required is far from digestible.

But as a newly established factory, it will take enough time for your products to be recognized by the market. So I would like to ask, how many floors can the operating rate of your wafer fab reach? "

Returning to the office, Li Xuan asked himself a long-planned question. Whether the fab's operating rate is sufficient is a key issue that affects the life and death of a fab. Insufficient operating rate means huge losses, and continuous losses means death step by step.

After all, like the SMIC of later generations, it has suffered huge losses year after year, but has the backing of the Beijing government and the central government. This kind of good thing cannot fall on the fab of Seiko Epson. Epson's position in the wafer industry is similar to that of Oriental Electronics in the game industry.

"So in my opinion, the cooperation between Dongfang Electronics and your company can be described as a win-win situation. Our Dongfang Electronics company is still relatively weak, and we can only focus on the developers of game software, and the core part of the electronic game machine hardware. Hand over to your company to OEM.

If our company's new game is successful, your company will not only be able to obtain a large number of orders, but also your company's production of processors, memory and other chip products can also take the opportunity to become famous, so that your company's wafer factory can obtain external Order.

As for whether our company's newly developed game can be successful, I believe that Mr. Ishishima should have a basic judgment based on what he just saw and heard! "

When he returned to the conference room, Li Xuan's mood was completely different. He was very relaxed now.

"Your Excellency Li Xuan, I also think that the two games your company has shown today are good enough. But I don't have the right to make a hasty decision on whether to cooperate with your company right now. I also need to discuss with others in the club, and I have no right to cooperate with your company. The answer can only be given after a re-evaluation, I am very sorry!" Yusuke Ishishima bowed apologetically.

"It doesn't matter, this is what it should be! I hope Epson can finally give us a win-win option!" Li Xuan waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, he believed that the Japanese would agree, because today Seiko Epson's own employees use practical The action shows the great charm of these two classic games brought by Li Xuan.

Today's negotiation has come to an end. Although the result has not been finalized, Li Xuan's heart has been relieved by more than half of the pressure.