61 Algorithms
In his new office, He Guoyuan looked at the information of his new owner seriously.
At present, with the advantage of one step ahead, Midea's crane machine has a share of more than 40% in Xiangjiang, and the dealer over there has successfully negotiated, and the first batch of 100 crane machines have been on the dock, and they can be on board after the customs clearance procedures are completed.
These are the previous developments, from today on, he He Guoyuan will be in charge of the company, and the new owner has given him a lot of freedom, and he is in charge of many business matters, unless it involves important decisions or a lot of financial matters that need to be reported.
And his first task is to determine the distributor of RB as soon as possible, in fact, during this time, several trading companies in Xiangjiang have bought hundreds of crane machines from the United States, some of which are transported to RB, and it is said that the response on RB is also good.
However, RB merchants did not expect to buy more from Xiangjiang, but for the first time in their own country to seek production plants, patriotic spirit is worth encouraging, but some people of insight have a great consciousness, RB labor costs are too high, the technical content of the crane machine is not high, this point, it is difficult to compare with the very low cost of Xiangjiang, so there have been several grocery dealers from RB to contact the United States company.
Xu Zhi walked in and said with a smile: "How is it, do you know anything about our company?"
Although the boss is relatively young, He Guoyuan is still more cautious and said: "Almost, the company currently has two tasks:
The first is to negotiate with RB's distributors.
The second is the development of two arcade games. ”
"Yes, this one is for you. Xu Zhi handed over a document.
He Guoyuan opened it and took a look, it was a text summary of the various gameplay and settings of the new game.
Xu Zhidao: "These documents are my requirements for the game, first understand a little, I don't understand any technology, so don't talk to me too much professional terms, a group of you will make this game according to my requirements first, and then we will study it together." ”
In the document is the information obtained by Xu Zhi with the Tetris and Snake of the later generations, but it is actually not very useful, more just some logical requirements.
The inventor of Tetris was created to test the performance of a computer, and it is said that he completed the design in only nine days.
Although it was the mid-80s, the computer and chip technology was much stronger than the current 77 years, but one person spent 9 days, and now the Midea team has more than a dozen people, in order to speed up the progress of research and development, Xu Zhi also deliberately spent more than 10,000 US dollars from IBM in the United States to introduce a small commercial computer, the performance of this thing should be comparable to the personal computer in the 80s.
The design of the game is very easy, but it is more important and time-consuming to determine the logic of the game.
Taking the Xiangjiang block as an example, 7 different combinations should fall from what in what order, the long bar or Tian shape is too simple, and the Z shape or T shape is too complicated, and the order of falling down is not a set order in advance, it must be decided according to the block graphics of the player combination below.
So it's important to have a rule every time you drop, and that's the algorithem of a lot of software. It's easy to make a game of Xiangjiang Blocks, but it takes a lot of experimentation to find the best algorithm.
Historically, Nintendo also set a series of transportation rules after obtaining Tetris, of course, people are strong, and this kind of game is quickly completed.
In the same way, the snake is the same, but it is much simpler, only according to different shapes, the position of the new point is designed, what kind of difficulty, what law will the point appear in what position, these are actually certain logical limitations.
He Guoyuan read the whole document, which is full of requirements for the entire game interface, frame, and image, but then again, the current arcade machine does not have too many requirements, and it is basically a dark screen with some more moving images.
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "This plan is for reference only, the reason why I took out the document is that I am afraid that this group of technical nerds will be too imaginative and let themselves go, if you really want to do that, I am afraid that there will be no results for a year and a half." ”
He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Yes, we will design the entire framework according to the above requirements first, and then we will slowly improve it." ”
Xu Zhidao: "Then put this matter aside, what do you think about the crane machine?"
He Guoyuan replied: "I have checked the company's sales records, the competition in Xiangjiang has been very fierce recently, it is said that many roads have begun to produce crane machines, and they are using some disgraceful means to compete with us, the market is actually not large, and it is estimated that it will not last long." Therefore, the markets in Europe, the United States and RB are extremely important now. ”
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "At present, we need to set the distributors of RB as soon as possible, as for Europe and the United States, I actually don't have much hope, and the transaction with them is mainly based on cooperation with trading companies." ”
He Guoyuan asked: "What does Xu Sheng mean do you think that in Europe and the United States, it is difficult for crane machines to become popular?"
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "This is just my speculation, whether the crane machine is hot or not should have a lot to do with a local law, the United States has Las Vegas, and RB Xiangjiang has not." ”
"What do you mean......" He Guoyuan smiled tacitly: "There is some truth, but you should try it first." ”
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "After completing the current thing, you can concentrate on developing the European and American markets in the future." What do you think of these RB companies?"
He Guoyuan said: "Although I haven't negotiated with them yet, the price and the way they pay are not good, but they have the strength, and there are two companies that have a history of more than 50 years, but they are trustworthy." But I don't understand why Xu Sheng also added this Sato Junichi. ”
Xu Zhi smiled: "This guy is very interesting, I thought he just wanted to empty the gloves of the white wolf, but I didn't expect that in order to obtain our distribution qualifications, he actually resigned from his own company."
But this is a small thing, the most powerful thing about this guy is that he left his company, and he actually fooled his company to order 150 crane machines from him. ”
Sato Kiichi worked together, got the order from the old company, and took the order to Xu Zhi to lower the price, although the amount was not large, but Xu Zhi still agreed to him.
To be able to get such a large order from the company that left the company is either capable or related, which is very good.
He Guoyuan smiled: "It's really interesting, the price he quoted is much lower than the others, we have to focus on him." ”
Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, but if this Sato is really so capable, we also have to consider maximizing interests, you send someone to follow him to RB, he must prove to us that he has enough channel sales ability." If we can pass the test, we still have to ask for a stake in his new company, not much, just 49%. ”
He Guoyuan shook his head and said, "That's not much! It is estimated that this Sato will vomit blood in anger." ”
Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Negotiation! It's just bargaining with each other, 49% is just the highest point, you just pay attention to this point when you talk to him, and we will also invest funds according to the proportion of shares, which he will not lose." ”
He Guoyuan frowned and said: "We are still a new company, although the funds are not very short, but it is not good to invest in the construction of channels so early?"
Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter what the crane machine is, in comparison, I hope that Sato's channel development ability can meet my requirements." ”
He Guoyuan asked: "So, we are to pave the way for the arcade?"
Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Yes, arcade machines and crane machines are entertainment toys, which can be placed in shopping malls, game halls, movie theaters and other places. ”
He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." Another thing, we have a lot of cute puppet doll toys in our company's patent library, and these are all outsourced production, and I want to buy this company to specialize in making toys. ”
Xu Zhi asked, "Why? Didn't you keep telling me that we should adopt an asset-light model?"
He Guoyuan said with a smile: "This toy company is not a heavy asset, just dozens of people, I mainly consider that the crane machine will enter RB immediately, there are strict patents, like a large number of piracy in Xiangjiang now, if our toys sell well, RB company can only buy from us, all outsourcing will also lose a lot of profits, this kind of asset-light and low-profit industry is not suitable for outsourcing." ”
Xu Zhi nodded and asked, "How much does it cost to acquire?"
He Guoyuan smiled: "Hundreds of thousands are enough, if the other party does not agree, it's a big deal that we take some time to build a factory by ourselves." ”
Xu Zhidao: "I have no opinion on your acquisition, but if you open your own factory, I am afraid that it will be too much waste of the company's time, at present our main task is the development of arcade and RB market channels, and other things are not important." ”
He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Understood." ”
Xu Zhidao: "In this way, whether it is an acquisition or a new company, it will be handed over to Changxing to be responsible for in the future, Changxing is a cultural company, and this toy can barely be regarded as a kind of toy! ”
He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go and discuss this matter with him in the afternoon." ”