Chapter 758: Reminiscence

Zhao Ruofei of Phoenix Games joined the new entrepreneurship department a little later than them, but it was less than a year late, but Phoenix Games Company was the first to operate independently, and now Zhao Ruofei is in charge of Phoenix Games Company, which is about to go public.

In addition, Liu Zhendong's Zhangyu Technology Company, which was also spun off from the group shortly after Phoenix Games Company was spun off, also began to be spun off and became an independent subsidiary.

When the parent company was spun off, there were handheld products of the palm entertainment department, as well as Xiaobawang home hosts. At present, these two products are still competitive in the market, for example, the new venture electronics group's Xiaobawang, much higher than the historical Xiaobawang hardware level, originally eliminated Pangu 1st generation computer, 16-bit host removed CD-ROM, only retain the cassette mode, than the history of the imitation red and white machine Xiaobawang, the hardware configuration is several times higher!

Even so, the 16-bit was already considered an antique configuration in the early 90s. But what is surprising is that such a garbage configuration is still enduring, and last year's Xiaobawang sales were not less than 10 million units. However, the price has been reduced to 129 yuan. Exported overseas, it is generally $22 a piece.

Hardware sales are secondary, and now the market share of the game software market on the Xiaobawang platform is still 500 million US dollars. Unfortunately, cartridge game piracy is more common than handheld piracy today. As for anti-piracy, it is not cost-effective, because, after the domestic anti-piracy is more powerful, piracy in Southeast Asia has reappeared. The international copyright protection situation is often like this, even if Chinese manufacturers are not even afraid to engage in such high-risk piracy business because of the pressure of the legal team of the new venture department. However, there are still a bunch of developing countries in the world that do not attach so much importance to the protection of intellectual property rights, because ...... In many developing countries, if the protection of intellectual property rights is strict, and all software, design, and patents have to abide by the rules and pay money, the economy will not be able to develop at all, because most of the patents are owned by big and powerful countries, and none of the countries that developed in the early stage did not rely on infringing on the intellectual property rights of overseas developed countries.

For example, in the early days of the founding of the United States, it was a naked estimation of its own businessmen, trying to steal European technology and prevent European products, and there was a patent law in Europe. After the United States developed, its own intellectual property interests even surpassed most European countries, so the United States became a country that attaches great importance to intellectual property rights. At every turn, it is to hold the big stick of intellectual property rights and carry out moral condemnation and various suppressions against many countries.

But...... Second dog, think about how you stole European technology in the first place. Even at the beginning of the formulation of the patent law, European patents were not recognized, but American patent thieves were allowed to steal the patents that were available in Europe and register them again. This shameless practice caused endless ridicule from Europeans at the beginning, but more than 100 years later, the United States has immediately realized how shameless it was in the first place.

Many other developing countries are similar, basically encouraging the copying of foreign technology before their own countries become innovation powers. The few countries that have successfully transformed have washed away the stains on their bodies and turned into major countries in technological innovation. For example, the United States copied Europe at the beginning, and after it was developed, it was whitewashed. Japan copied Europe and the United States, and after it was developed, it in turn accused the Koreans of constantly stealing technology from Japan.

After China's reform and opening up, well, in the process of development, it is inevitable to learn from the advanced experience of others. If others don't teach, they can only learn by imitating and plagiarizing. In the process of copying technology at the beginning, you always need to learn a lot of knowledge, otherwise, don't copy, it is difficult to even understand and understand. As a developing country accumulates a large amount of its own unique technology, it will sooner or later be whitewashed and become a country that attaches more importance to intellectual property rights than anyone else.

This is the same old path that all countries that attach importance to the protection of intellectual property rights have taken before.

All in all, Xiaobawang is still popular, but Zhangyu can basically only make money by selling Xiaobawang hardware, and the sales of cassette software have fallen below 30 million US dollars. The rest of the market share is basically occupied by the cassettes of pirated manufacturers.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Zhendong has repeatedly wanted to solve the poor market environment where there are so many users on the Xiaobawang platform but it is difficult to make money through technological upgrading.

And Liu Zhendong wanted to upgrade to a new platform, but he was embarrassed to find that he failed...... Users in this market almost only recognize Xiaobawang, and even a little improvement is not acceptable. What's more, hardware upgrades and improvements have increased anti-counterfeiting and are not compatible with those pirated cartridges, which is also the main reason why Xiaobawang's upgraded models hit the street.

The business of palm entertainment is slightly better. The longevity model account entertainment 2nd generation, which has been on the market for 7 years, has sold a total of 170 million units, which is already very weak.

The newly launched Zhangyu 3rd generation relies on a 5.5-inch color screen, a 5000mAh large battery, and a low-power ARM32-bit processor, and is equipped with 100MB flash memory. The battery life can reach 10 hours when the screen is turned on.

In addition, the 3rd generation of Palm Entertainment can also be connected to the Internet with IFI or data cable, and with a built-in browser, users can even online and download music in MP3 format.

To a certain extent, the 3rd generation of Palm Entertainment has become a Kirin mobile phone that cannot make phone calls, but is more entertaining. Of course, the market retail price of the 3rd generation of Zhangyu is also similar to the price of Kirin mobile phones, with a card position of 1899 yuan. In overseas markets, the price is around $299.

Therefore, the 3rd generation of Palm Entertainment has become a hit. In December '92, less than a month after it was launched, it sold more than 5 million units.

Li Ruoxi, who was next to her, smiled and said, "Brother Liu, steady! Zhangyu sells much more than our Kirin 1st generation!"

"Miss Li, don't pretend, you Kirin 1 generation can't grab it, if you can grab it, it's not a problem to sell 5 million units a month. There are not enough domestic users, there are still many GSM users in the world, especially in Europe, GSM standard is the mainstream 2G communication standard in Europe, and these countries have built 2G base stations, which can be positive!" Liu Zhendong squinted his eyes and smiled.

In fact, Liu Zhendong also thought about making mobile phones for a while, but the GSM standard is to pay patent fees, and considering the price and insufficient production capacity of communication baseband, Kirin mobile phones are not enough, so it is naturally impossible to supply them to Zhangyu Technology Company.

Therefore, Zhangyu Technology Company has thought twice and made a popular handheld with a large screen, long battery life, and Internet access. After the advent of this handheld, it really surprised many handheld users.

And Zhangyu Technology Co., Ltd., with the help of a new platform, began to try the Internet. For example, after the 3rd generation of palm entertainment is connected, in fact, you can only access a few corresponding AP websites, whether it is, downloading music, or downloading handheld games, you have to charge.

Although, there may be a cracked version in the future, but at this stage, the 3rd generation game console of Zhangyu, relying on the Internet distribution channel, reduces the cost and wear and tear of the distribution channel, and the new game can be sold directly in the game store, instead of needing to go through transportation channels, and after a few months, the game can be put on the shelves of the global market.

"Brother Liu, the Internet......ization of handheld computers has been realized so early," Zhao Ruofei said, "Our Phoenix arcade machine is miserable, the arcade market around the world is shrinking, there are fewer and fewer game halls, and there are more and more Internet cafes." Therefore, we also have to invest more money on the Pangu platform to develop games on the Pangu platform, well, including some online games!

Gao Tian shook his head again and again, and said: "Pangu ecology is built by Mr. Lin, and I am just lucky to be selected to be in charge of the Pangu project." In the future, after the opening of the compatible machine market, it will be no different from the ordinary compatible machine brand, that is, the compatible machine with a larger brand and a larger shipment. ”

Not long after, Ma Yaowen, the new president of Hang Seng Bank, smiled and said, "Guys, are you catching up with the past?"

"Xiaoma, you are now the president of the bank, back then, I remember that you were the accountant of the new venture electronics group, right?" Li Ruoxi smiled.

"Yes, Sister Li, I'm the accountant. You said, I'm an accountant, and I was asked to be the president of a bank, and at the beginning, I was asked to manage a bank with 1000 billion deposits, and I couldn't sleep well all day. After worrying about it for a while, there is more money, and now the money on Hang Seng's books is 300 billion, which is really annoying. Ma Yaowen said with a grin.