"I got it a long time ago, and I didn't even spend much money, I only got one back to study. Han Ting explained very quickly, "Taidong also knows that they are copycats of us, so they don't have any sense of secrecy." I went directly to Gao Shajun, designed mediation, and forced him to get me one, and he supplied it to me. ”

I don't know what negotiation skills Han Ting used, but Gu Biao didn't have time to care.

"Okay, let's look into it together. Gu Biao said, went to the assembly workshop, and under the guidance of Han Ting, he saw a prototype of the Taidong Electric Arcade machine that had been disassembled by the workers.

Gu Biao didn't care about other parts, just picked up the circuit board and looked at it carefully for a few minutes, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've got it. He couldn't help but laugh,

"Immediately organize workers to carry out a technical maintenance for the customer models that we have sold, and require the 600 machines on the market to be maintained within a month - there are no other requirements, as long as according to the latest version, the component slot that has been vacated on the original circuit board is soldered and the battery is recorded. In addition, add two wires according to the drawing, and if there is no printed wire on the circuit board, you can directly solder the wire!"

In the first few batches of Gu Biao, there were some meaningless blank component slots on the motherboard, as well as a few brainless printed copper wires. Taidong Electric really "optimized" the design, "knowing what it is and why it is true", so it did not copy Gu Biao's "meaningless design" to their own circuit boards.

Gu Biao just wants to wait for the other party to ship and the motherboard to finish the mold opening and finalization, and then let the other party know what this redundant design is for.

And I really fell for it.

Post-80s players, who played FC red and white machines when they were children, and later 16-bit MD game consoles, most of them are not difficult to remember:

Those game consoles in the 90s, with the yellow cartridges on the red and white machines, could only play action games without save function, and every time they turned off and restarted, they had to start from scratch.

And MD's black card, there are many Japanese-style RPG games with save functions, and even strategy games, such as the Age of Discovery, Grand Strategy, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of the Holy Sword, Super Robot Wars......

If you take these two types of game cards apart, you can see that the circuit board design inside is completely different. Cassettes with recording function both have a recording battery to ensure that there is power on the cartridge when the console is turned off, and a specific RAM memory for the player to write data.

A cassette without a recording function is just a complete "read-only".

The first batch of "Thunderbolt Fighter" arcade machines sold by Gu Biao on the market, the motherboard was "read-only".

Although he was on the motherboard, he also reserved two empty slots for plugged recording batteries and other writable power-off memory, and kept a few necessary printed copper wires.

But it's a pity that Taidong Electric's Xijiao Tomohiro, and even other copycat technicians, didn't see the deep meaning of this step.

They feel that this is an invalid design, or it may be that the designers under Gu Biao regretted it after half of it, and in order to catch up with the project schedule and shipping cycle, they tolerated these redundant redundancy that did not increase the cost much.

Therefore, they did not copy it thoroughly, but copied it selectively according to their own thinking.

Now, this "redundant nonsense" that they don't understand is time to play a role.

……

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Gu Biao personally took the three electronic technicians in the company to kill Akihabara.

Han Ting also got up in the middle of the night and drove in person.

While the flagship experience store opened by Mikoto Shirai in Akihabara had not yet opened, they had to change all the machines before they opened.

The worker's canvas kit was stuffed with a large bag of recording batteries and memory.

As soon as they arrived, they started the construction according to the circuit diagram, inserted the components into the reserved space on the motherboard, and then soldered them on the spot with an electric soldering iron, and then pulled two non-standard leads. Finally, the power on test machine.

Some people may be curious: Thunderbolt is just a shooting game, what is there to "save/record"? Could it be that it is still the same as the arcade simulators on later computers, giving people instant save points, and it is good to read the file again?

This is obviously contrary to the design concept of the arcade machine to receive a coin when it dies!

But with the completion of the transformation, all the mysteries are revealed.

After the 20 machines were changed, the three electricians, under the leadership of Han Ting, went to the electrical appliance store of the boss of Gaosha on the next street.

Today and tomorrow, Gu Biao's people are ready to complete the change of Akihabara's generation. And the follow-up should be completed within a week.

Let the workers take double the overtime pay at night.

On the side of the flagship store, Gu Biao and Han Ting sat in the store drinking coffee and chatting, and before they knew it, it was time to open.

When the store manager Mikoto Shirai arrived at the store, he was slightly surprised to see Han Ting, but he still greeted politely.

Then I noticed Gu Biao, who I had never seen before.

And Han Ting introduced to her, saying that this Mr. Gu is the real big boss behind the scenes.

Shirai Mikoto was in awe in her heart: "No wonder, I said that Miss Han doesn't look like someone who can make such a lucrative invention." Sure enough, it's still a man who can do such a big thing. ”

Just like the original women of this era, Mikoto Shirai doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with her DISS women at all. Because women feel that it is natural for men to be outside and women to be internal, men are of course more capable than women.

"But this Mr. Gu seems to be very young, only 20 years old, right? The age gap with Miss Han is a bit big, so he shouldn't be praising his lover to manage the company. Mikoto Shirai secretly observed, thinking so.

If Han Ting knew Shirai Mikoto's dirty thoughts at the moment, she would definitely kill her.

Less nonsense.

It wasn't long before the first customers of the store arrived.

Although it's still morning, it's normal for people who are poisoned by video games to skip class early in the morning to play video.

What's more, there are still many students who have failed the college entrance examination and unemployed young people, who are idle all day long.

Mikoto Shirai also immediately returned her mind to managing and running the store, and let the big boss inspect it.

"Eh, I'm not dead, what is this interface for? Let me choose the letters? Then ZZZ will be pressed to the end. ”

"Huh? This is ...... Leaderboard?ZZZ, 13,000 points, first place?The next 19 are empty?How can there be a leaderboard?"

The first players, after the first coin died, finally noticed the difference from the previous day.

This machine has been added with a leaderboard function, allowing everyone to leave their names if they are in the top 20 in the machine after playing.

"Yes, that's the leaderboard. Moreover, it is retained for a long time, even if the machine is powered off at night, or even after maintenance, the record will not be lost. Unless you wait for a stronger player to refresh your score and squeeze the rookie out. We've just revamped the machine. Gu Biao on the side explained fluently in Japanese.

The player didn't bother to think about who Gu Biao was, and just sighed after hearing the words: "Damn! Say it earlier, then I won't knock ZZZ just now, how good the results are in that game! No, I'm going to play again, play a higher ranking than 13,000 points, and then leave my real initials!"

Then, the guy was once again in a frenzied fight, lasting longer than usual. occupied this seat for two hours, invested thirty coins, once again refreshed his own record, and left a real-name score of 16,008.

Of course, the 3rd to 20th places on the list are also occupied by his scribbled names.

On the other seats, the situation is similar.

Since knowing about this fine-tuned model, with the addition of the leaderboard function, everyone has begun to compete for the opportunity to stay on the list. By noon, the venue was full, and then the queue began.

There are even some people who are about to leave, and then they see that the machine they just left their name on is overtaken, and they want to go back and try again.

And the winners do not hesitate to change a few more machines, each with a name, in order to refresh their sense of existence in this circle.

And this kind of hot scene has begun to subside a little recently. During the lunch break, there shouldn't be so many people in line.

After the appearance of Taidong Electric's competing products 2 days ago, it took away a considerable wave of traffic.

After all, video game players like the new and hate the old, and the biggest advantage of arcade is that it has a low barrier to entry and low sunk cost for players. You don't have to buy it all at once, but you can test the water with a 100 coin.

Therefore, the short-term popularity of the new machine "Space Invader" has surpassed that of the "Thunderbolt Fighter".

Now it seems that everything has been turned around by a "leaderboard".

"After lunch, let's go to the electrical appliance store in Gaosha that you mentioned. Gu Biao leaned into Han Ting's ear and discussed softly.

"Good. I'm going to order a boxed lunch, let's hurry over after eating. ”

Han Ting called and ordered a bento, and after eating, Haruko Sakuragi, who was a helper in the store, also came, and there were enough people to watch the store, so Han Ting took Gu Biao out for a walk, or to inspect the enemy.

When I arrived at Gaosha Electric Store, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon.

It was supposed to be a relatively off-season time in the afternoon. Because the lunch break of all units is over, and the school tide has not yet come. Therefore, in Gaosha Electric Shop, the number of players is obviously much smaller than the number of machines.

Gao Sha's boss bought a lot of goods from Han Ting, but he was also an old friend with Minister Arai of the Taidong Electric Marketing Department. So he never promised to operate only one brand of arcade machines.

In his electrical appliance store, the counter selling electrical appliances has been further reduced to a quarter of the area, and the rest has become a video game.

With more than 100 seats, the two brands are basically split in half proportions.

There were sixty or seventy players in the store, but on the Space Invaders side, there were only about 10 people playing.

On the side of the "Thunderbolt Fighters", they are all full.

There were even seven or eight people, who were obviously empty next to the "space invaders", and they didn't go to play, preferring to wait on the side of the Thunderbolt fighter.

At least you can make a noise, and then judge the character of the person who plays.

It's like those viewers in later generations who play games by themselves and are rookies, and would rather watch the live broadcast of the gods to set records.

Han Ting didn't expect this to be the case at all.

She has always felt that Gu Biao's small technical modifications, coupled with a "ranking list", have not made much substantial progress. However, the result refreshed her three views.

"How can this be? It's just a score leaderboard, how can it have so much magic?" she muttered distractedly.

After all, this is the same career that she has put all her heart and soul into in the past two months. She has worked hard and knows how difficult it is to improve her performance at every step, so when she sees Gu Ao's magic stroke, she will be so depressed.

It was a sense of frustration and even a sense of conquest that "I had worked hard for so long, and the effect was not as good as the finishing touch".

Gu Biao - coldly revealed: "This is a kind of social currency. The power of social currency is to arouse people's desire to compare and pretend. Once this effect appeared, the playability of the game itself took a back seat. ”