He Guoyuan said: "There is no big problem to invest, but I am worried about the attitude of the British government in Hong Kong!"

Xu Zhi waved his hand and smiled: "Don't worry, this kind of thing is just a trivial matter, and the British government in Hong Kong will not do anything because of this kind of thing!"

At this moment, Britain is no longer the rampant superhegemon of the early 20th century, and its economy and military are at its lowest peak.

You just give face, you don't need to give benefits!

The same is true of Xiangjiang, which is one of the most important British colonies overseas, although it is not as good as international cities such as Tokyo and New York.

According to the treaty between Britain and the Qing Dynasty, the lease was about to end in 1997, and in order to preserve the last glory of the "British Empire" in Xiangjiang, it was not willing to have any major conflict with the mainland.

What's more, the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the beginning of reform and opening up in the mainland, and the beginning of friendly relations with Western countries, the British government in Hong Kong did not dare to offend the mainland for some trivial matters at the moment, and it was only during the negotiations in 82-84 that the attitude of the two sides began to become indifferent.

The simplest example is the old Comrade Li of the Yangtze River, in 78, Li Jiacheng was invited to participate in the 29th anniversary military parade, and the senior leaders of the central government also met with him, and in the same year, Li Jiacheng also joined the China Trust Co., Ltd. as a director, this ass has clearly stood in the north.

But the British government in Hong Kong did not take any action, on the contrary, in order to catch the line of Li Ka-shing, HSBC, the first wealth god in Hong Kong, sold 90 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa to Cheung Kong at a discount, which is also one of the most important processes of Li Ka-shing's rise.

Of course, throughout the 80s, Wanwan was still as tough as ever, for example, some celebrities that everyone knows were banned, but in fact, think about it, there are so many businessmen who invested in the mainland in the entire 80s, and Wanwan did not propose any bans, and these businessmen don't care about the Wanwan market like celebrities, and they are ghosts!

Xu Zhi said again: "This matter is not urgent, Tin Shui Wai has now been designated as the next new town by the Hong Kong government, and now many real estate consortiums are ready to enter, but because of the lack of economy and inconvenient transportation, they are all stuck here for the time being." ”

He Guoyuan understood and said, "What does Xu Sheng mean to wait?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Yes, this matter is actually quite complicated, I have to think about it again, by the way, I remember that there is also a foundry of our beauty over there, right?"

He Guoyuan said: "Yes, there is one, in Taipei Taoyuan Industrial Zone, because it is close to the RCA factory, the display can be directly sent to the foundry for assembly, and the motherboard is also sent by our people in person." ”

Xu Zhi asked, "How about their cost and quality?"

He Guoyuan said: "It should be the best, the cost is because the labor is cheap, the cost of the plant is low, I went there once, the space is really large, our arcade machine turnover is very convenient, unlike the factory in Xiangjiang, many times you can't go straight when walking." ”

Xu Zhi thought for a while and said, "Then give this company a little more orders, but we need to buy shares, so you can send someone to negotiate with them!"

"Shares?" He Guoyuan was a little surprised.

Xu Zhidao: "Yes, this is actually a normal investment, we can get part of the benefits after we buy shares, and they can also get our orders stably, this is a win-win situation for both parties! ”

He Guoyuan asked: "What about the foundry here in Xiangjiang?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "There is no hurry here for the time being, I will decide the affairs of the factory as soon as possible, these foundries must also go over together at that time, and then talk about the matter of equity!"

He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Xu Zhi asked again: "How is the development of the home game console?"

He Guoyuan replied: "I have dug up a few engineers from Atari in the United States according to Xu Sheng's request, they have experience in this area, and they are still in the commissioning stage, and it is estimated that in two months, the samples should be able to come out." ”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "How is the patent registration of the cross key?"

He Guoyuan said: "It has entered the publication stage, and now we are waiting for the patent documents to arrive." ”

"Good. Xu Zhihaha laughed.

Home game consoles, the most important patent is the D-pad, this patent originally belonged to Nintendo, before the invention of the D-pad, the controller of the game console was mainly based on the joystick or even the ancient knob.

The joystick is very suitable for arcade machines, because arcade machines have a lot of volume, and the joystick can be made very strong, but the handle of the home console is very small, and it is very embarrassing to match the bulky joystick.

Long before the establishment of the home game console project, Xu Zhi arranged for people to register the patent of the D-pad in the world, and in order to block other tricks of later generations, the later generation of hollow D-pad patents (similar to D-pads, but hollow in the middle) and round button patents (a large circle, with 8 contacts, control up and down, left and right and 45 ° direction).

These two patents are actually methods painstakingly devised by other game giants in later generations in order to bypass Nintendo's D-pad patents, but at this moment Xu Zhi has registered them all.

These two patents are not as convenient as the cross key, and Midea will definitely not use it, but others don't think about it either.

Go other people's way and let others have no way out!

He Guoyuan said again: "Xu Sheng, it's not a problem to develop a home game console, but we don't have enough games!"

At present, Midea has only four games, and Tank Battle and Pac-Man have only been released for less than half a year, and in order to protect the huge profits of the arcade, it is impossible to release the game cartridges of these two games immediately.

And Xiangjiang cubes and Pac-Man are okay, the arcade machine is actually very short-lived, last year's space invaders who were popular all over the United States encountered a tank war, and Taidong's orders fell like an avalanche, fortunately, they made enough profits before, otherwise they would have to file for bankruptcy!

But even if there is no tank battle, because of the emergence of a large number of follow-up games, coupled with the aesthetic fatigue of players, the original history has reached 79 years, and the space invaders have gradually withdrawn from the market.

Arcade players are different from home consoles, the latter is a one-time investment, while the former have to spend money every time they play, which leads to their extremely high requirements for the playability of the game, and after playing too much, they will get tired and are unwilling to spend any more money.

Another reason is that arcades are not FMCG, customers are fixed, and the market for the same game is also limited, but the market will get bigger and bigger if new games are constantly developed and customers continue to buy.

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, first prepare to sell the cartridges of Xiangjiang Cubes and Snake, and open part of the market, and then we have more games to break out this piece." ”