"How is the arrangement of Fajin and their family?" Uncle Li went back to the first floor, He Jie accompanied Zhang Heng to the third floor, and he asked as he walked.

He Jie puffed up his chest and said confidently: "I have made strict preparations according to your instructions, and he officially went to work yesterday." ”

The Fajin family arrived in Xiangjiang on the 8th.

The company rented an Italian-style single-family villa in Beacon Hill, Kowloon, for his family, with a Filipino maid who specializes in foreign cuisine, a local maid with rich experience in childcare, and a female nursing student who has just graduated.

In addition, the company also recruited an Italian female teacher who is fluent in Chinese and Cantonese from a church middle school in Xiangjiang to accompany Mrs. Fajin at home and teach her Chinese and Cantonese by the way.

The company's other Ford is also specially equipped for the use of Fakin.

The above, not counting the additional overseas subsidies promised by Zhang Heng, Daheng also has to pay 15,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, which is not a small amount for Xiangjiang at this time.

Presumably Fakin should be satisfied, but I don't know how he got along with the previous members of the arcade project team.

Originally, I wanted to introduce him to my colleagues in person, but because of the temporary trip to New York, Zhang Heng was late.

They didn't rush back to the administrative office, they went directly to the R&D office of Daheng Technology, and as soon as they walked to the door, they heard laughter and slapping from inside.

He Jie's face was instantly difficult to look at, and she was about to reach out and push the door, Zhang Heng took her hand, looked at her with a very serious expression, and said: "Sister He, for technical research and development personnel, Daheng Company will not use the mode of production workshop for management, our assessment does not look at attendance, does not look at the appearance, does not look at the cleanliness of the office, we only look at the results!"

He Jie frowned and said, "Then we don't care if they tear down the sky?"

Zhang Heng affirmed: "As long as they are in their office area, they want to listen to music, want to play basketball, want to play games, even if they want to sleep, I only look at their progress and the final result!"

"Of course they can't fight, they can't damage public property, they can't affect the work of other departments, this is a basic quality, and I'm sure they won't be so stupid. He said with a smile, gently pushing the door open.

In the large workshop, there are more than a dozen workbenches the size of a ping-pong table, which are piled up with books, circuit boards, instrumentation equipment, etc., but there is no one at this time.

Everyone gathered around an arcade machine in the corner, cheering and clapping.

Zhang Heng walked over gently, looked at it, and smiled.

Fajin is fighting fiercely with Lu Yun, it is a table tennis game, the speed is turned up, the difficulty is obviously very high, and a few onlookers next to him remind and marvel from time to time.

No, this is not Atari's "PONG" arcade machines, they are still floating in the Pacific Ocean and will not arrive in port for at least two weeks.

Zhang Heng looked at this arcade machine, which could be said to be extremely ugly in appearance.

The erected rectangular body welded with angle iron as a whole, there is no ergonomics at all, the screen is on the top iron frame, and the lower fuselage is hollowed out on all sides, you can see the circuit board and dense leads inside, only the operating table is barely covered with a wooden board.

Alas, the first integrated circuit arcade machine destined to go down in history is like this.

But later, I still have to ask He Jie to take a camera to take a souvenir, this is a photo that will become an important historical document.

Zhang Heng shook his head and said loudly: "Guys, can you let me play?"

Everyone fell silent as if they had received an order to stop, and turned their heads timidly to look at their boss.

"Am I not popular, or do you think I'm going to be a rookie in the game?" Zhang Heng laughed at himself, squeezing in and patting the stunned Lu Yun, "You failed, it's my turn!"

Lu Yun finally knew to get out of the way, Zhang Heng nodded to Fajin: "Federico, let's have a game." ”

"Okay, boss!" Fa Jin laughed, pressed a red button, the game reset, Zhang Heng hurriedly held the hand stick, and quickly picked up the white ball that was first sent to his side in the center of the screen.

One minute, three minutes, five minutes......

At first, the onlookers were silent, but when the speed of the white ball on the screen flew up, they couldn't help it anymore, reminded loudly, and exclaimed loudly.

When the white ball almost teleported, Fakin finally missed, and the words 1:0 popped up on the screen.

Zhang Heng put down his hand with a smile, shook his left hand, which was a little numb, and looked at everyone: "Can anyone introduce me to this great machine?"

Lu Yun and Lin Wencan said at the same time: "Let Federico come." ”

Lu Yun explained: "The main structure of the hardware was built by him, and the software was also programmed under his guidance. ”

For Fajin, who can draw a full set of 8008 circuit diagrams and mask layouts by hand, the circuit structure and program framework at the application level should be very simple.

And it seems that Fajin gets along well with these local employees, Zhang Heng nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at Fajin: "Federico, then there is work." ”

Fakin nodded and said loudly: "First of all, I have to say that the boss's idea of using integrated chips to make this kind of game machinery is very great, and this should be one of the future development directions of integrated chips." ”

Zhang Heng smiled and nodded, giving them some pressure at the right time: "I was also inspired by a lot of similar products to germinate this idea, and this trip to the United States, we found that many companies are carrying out research and development of similar projects, so colleagues, we must seize the opportunity and work hard!"

Everyone's expressions became serious and they nodded frequently.

Fakin then used the blackboard on the wall to illustrate the design of the arcade machine while drawing.

The motherboard part is completely in accordance with the route set by Zhang Heng, using 8008 as the main computing core, a RAM as the operation register, a ROM to store the main program, the picture tube and the auxiliary circuit purchased from Sharp as the output part, and the hand rod and the auxiliary circuit as the input part.

The overall wiring of the motherboard is designed by Fajin, and of course operations such as soldering are done by members of the project team.

In the program part, Fajin planned and designed the overall framework, and Lu Yun, Lin Wencan and Zhang Zhefeng were each responsible for the writing of a module, and finally Fajin integrated, compiled and debugged.

"Boss, the overall performance of this machine should be able to reach 300% of 'PONG'. Fakin concluded.

"Judging from my trial, it's really great!" Zhang Heng nodded, "Has the cost been calculated?"

Fajin took out a list, Zhang Heng looked at it, the cost of the motherboard includes CPU, RAM, ROM and some necessary components, about 300 US dollars.

Because of the scale purchase agreement reached with Intel, the purchase price of 8008 is only 100 US dollars, while the normal ex-factory price is 130 US dollars, and the supply price on the market is about 160 US dollars, just this one, Daheng can save 60 US dollars, not to mention the RAM and ROM that belong to Intel's main products, anyway, they are about 50% lower than the market price.

This trip to Intel can be said to be very rewarding.

He looked deeply at Fajin and was secretly smug.

The motherboard is $300, the picture tube is $180, the hand pole and case are up to $20, the coin feeder is $20, and the power supply part is $20, so the net cost of the arcade machine produced by Daheng is $540, plus salary, rent and other expenses, which is converted to $600.

The retail price of the "PONG" arcade machine is $1,500, and the better Daheng arcade machine sells for $1,800, and after deducting the channel profit, there should be a net profit of $700 per unit.

It seemed that seeing the wonderful scene of countless dollar bills flying towards him, Zhang Heng fell into a small intoxication until Fajin woke him up.

"It's a pity that we don't have the copyright to this game, and the boss needs to develop a new game as soon as possible!"