In view of the Batumi agreement, the American government was particularly ideologically sensitive, and Gawain finally gave up the plan to put the 3-micron wafer production line in China, and prepared to set up a Xianglong branch in Xiangjiang and place the 3-micron wafer production line in Xiangjiang to avoid a potential minefield.

In this way, things are easier to do. After some discussions with Seagate's executives, Rock believes that although it is also difficult to put the 3-micron wafer production line in Xiangjiang, it can still be overcome compared to the 3-micron wafer production line in mainland China. So a coveted 3-micron wafer production line, and in order to survive, a cooperation agreement was quickly reached.

Although the 3-micron wafer production line was not successfully settled in China in the end, he made a quick buck with the Pengcheng Development Zone Management Committee.

It turned out that when the negotiations were close to success, Gawain and Seagate's directors acted in a tacit agreement and began to quietly absorb Seagate's outstanding shares, which had fallen to the verge of being lost, at a very low price. When the negotiations were settled, a press conference was held to release major positive news, and Seagate's stock price immediately rose sharply, tripling in just three days.

During this period, Gawain took advantage of the tenfold leverage and took advantage of the sharp rise in Seagate's stock price to make a big profit of nearly 100 million US dollars. Of these, 20 million belong to the Management Committee of Pengcheng Development Zone, and the remaining 80 million belong to Gao Wen himself.

When Gao Wen transmitted the news back to China and told everyone in the Pengcheng Development Zone Management Committee that the $3 million they had invested had doubled in the stock market and finally turned into $20 million, the leaders of the Pengcheng Development Zone Management Committee couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

They never imagined that making money would be so easy. Relying on a so-called inside information, $3 million went out for a week, and it snowballed into $20 million, which is faster than robbing a bank.

But then they fell into a huge chagrin again, and Sha Ruian stomped his foot lightly, regretting and said: "If we knew that this would be the result, we shouldn't have been so cautious." Instead, you should invest more than 10 million dollars, so that you can make an extra 40 million dollars at the least. If our management committee can come up with an extra $40 million, how many big things will it have to do, and how many advanced foreign technologies will have to be introduced. ”

......

While Gawain was struggling in the sea and reaping the benefits, Atari seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds.

In Atari's spacious president's office, President Victor is like an erupting volcano, pouring out endless anger on his assistant:

"What are you doing to eat, and you let your opponent take more than 2 million orders under our noses. ”

The assistant said aggrievedly: "President, I have already reminded you before......"

President Vidocq's eyes widened, and he angrily interrupted the assistant:

"You are still reasonable! You don't know how to investigate the opponent in detail, and say some vague information, and how can I judge whether the opponent is a threat or not. ”

The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that Vidocq was still his direct boss, and the assistant could only choose to swallow his anger, wilting like a frosted eggplant, and bowed his head to Vidocq's reprimand.

"Well, everything has happened, and it's useless to blame you. Now there is only one thing I want to know, and that is how long it will be before we can come up with the same type of product. ”

Although Vidocq is shirking the responsibility, he also knows that he is actually responsible for it. But in order to protect himself, he can only do this, whoever asks the assistant to use the top cylinder.

However, he doesn't feel that the responsibility lies with himself, and this time the fact is beyond Victor's expectations, and the market response to such a product as Tenglong FC is so great. After a $100 price cut, it not only won a total of nearly 1.3 million orders in the United States in two months, but also got a total of more than 700,000 orders in Europe, Fuso, Xiangjiang, Taiwan, South Asia and other markets.

If this situation continues to develop, it will not be a matter of time before Tamron replaces them Atari.

Hearing Vidocq ask when he would be able to come up with a product comparable to Tamron FC, the assistant reported truthfully:

"President, the hardware development is currently progressing smoothly, and samples will come out soon. It's just that in the research and development of the operating system, we can't be as good as the Chilong operating system. ”

Vidocq was overjoyed to hear that hardware development was going well, and then he was furious when he heard that software development was being blocked:

"Waste, it's not even as good as a bunch of Chinese, what's the use of raising you......"

The assistant who was scolded bloody, in the interval when Vidocq was tired of scolding, couldn't help muttering:

"According to the intelligence statistics collected by our Atari intelligence department, among the total two million orders of Tamron FC, one million orders are for the personal PC host manufactured by Angel Company, and the built-in processor is also Intel's 8086 processor, not Tamron Company's own C80 processor, so the one million orders do not belong to the category of Tamron FC at all, and it is completely exaggerated by the media.

The vast majority of the other million orders have actually been slightly adjusted according to the customer's requirements, adding the display screen, minus the gamepad and other ancillary equipment, and becoming an office FC that combines gaming and office, and is comparable to low-end personal PCs in terms of performance. ”

"Comparable to a low-end personal PC?" President Victor looked like a hell when he heard it, thinking that his ears had heard it wrong, "Just because of the C80 processor that applies a ten-micron process technology and is almost obsolete, there are also users who buy it?" That C80 processor is indeed good as the core processor of the game and entertainment host, but it is comparable to the microprocessor of the personal PC, I don't think it is enough at all. ”

The assistant said frustratedly: "I can't stand the excellent operating system of the Red Dragon, and I have raised the performance of the Tenglong FC to a higher level, reaching the level of mainstream personal PCs in 79." ”

"What the hell!" President Victor couldn't help but complain, and after complaining, he asked the question he was most concerned about, "How many of them are really regarded as game entertainment consoles?"

The assistant replied: "There are probably only more than 100,000 Tenglong FC that really flow into the hands of gamers as a game console." ”

Vidocq's brows couldn't help frowning deeper when he heard this, and he said worriedly: "This is a lot. ”

"It's a lot. The assistant nodded, agreeing, and emphasized, "But this data also shows that the vast majority of gamers are still very concerned about the price of game consoles, and low prices are the magic weapon to win the hearts of gamers." ”

However, thinking of the low price of Tamron FC, Vidocq still can't put his mind at ease.

"But how long can this price advantage last?

The price of the Tamron FC has plummeted by $100. Today, the price is as low as $400, which is twice the price of our Atari 2600, and it is likely that it will continue to fall in the future.

The Tamron FC has surpassed our Atari 2600 by seven or eight times in terms of CPU performance alone. If you were a gamer, which would you tend to choose?"

At this time, the assistant gave advice and put forward his own suggestions:

"Why don't we also set up a production base in China, like Tenron, where labor is very cheap and there are various preferential policies, so that even if we reduce the price of the Arida 2600 to $100, we can still make a profit. ”

Vidocq's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was overjoyed:

"It's a brilliant idea, whether it's for the Atari 2600 or for a new product that will rival the Tamron FC in the future, it's definitely a brilliant idea.

However, we still have to step up the development of game consoles similar to the Tamron FC, and that is the future of our Atari. ”

Speaking of this, Vidocq clenched his palms and sneered: "When we develop a new product comparable to Tamron FC, and Tamron FC has lost its inherent price advantage, I see what else they can do to fight with us Atari." ”