The visa was only processed in the afternoon, and in the evening, Takahashi and Yuji Kudo got on a plane to the United States.

Across the Pacific Ocean.

The engine that drives the turbine is noisy, but the whole journey is only 12 hours.

San Jose International Airport, California, United States of America.

The people from Broadbond are already picking up the airport.

Yuji Kudo spoke Japanese English and struggled to communicate with the person who picked him up.

Although I think Japanese English is English, other English speakers feel very painful. It's not completely incomprehensible, but some sentences are still difficult to figure out.

Of course, it's not just the English of the book. Every country in the world, in any region, has its own accent of English.

American accent, British accent. If the accent is from London, it may be called a London accent.

Takahashi feels that his English accent, with a strong Chinese flavor, is not something to be ashamed of. If you can make people understand, it's fine.

Silicon Valley, the birthplace of information and communication in the world.

Takahashi sat in the seat behind the driver, an American-made Ford car, probably because the labor cost in the United States was too high. Although the material is a good material, the assembly process is a mess.

Tilting his head slightly out of the window and looking at the scenery of Silicon Valley, he couldn't help but think of the legend of the birth of Silicon Valley.

Why was Silicon Valley born, or why is it Silicon Valley? There are many theories, among which Takahashi agrees more with the fact that the birth of Silicon Valley is a gluttonous feast of technology, military to civilian.

There is no doubt that Silicon Valley's technology comes from the military.

Those garage legends one after another, can't be said to be fake. They are indeed true, creating one vivid image after another that is in line with the American dream.

However, without this background of electronic technology, military to civilian use. Entrepreneurs who may be considered great by some may still be great, but they are definitely not in the field of electronics.

Electronic information technology has been continuously decentralized, from the military to enterprises, and then from enterprises to individuals.

Eventually, in the United States, the earliest and largest market, a masterpiece in the field of consumer electronics such as the Atari 2600 was born.

However, due to the negligence of Atari's top management, the business strategy was wrong, and consumers were defrauded.

Originally, the growth rate exceeded that of Google and Facebook, and in the end, they even went bankrupt with their parent company, Time Warner.

Broadbond is one of the four largest computer game publishers in the United States, but its office is only a two-story building.

"Welcome. "A young man with blond hair and blue eyes stood in the doorway, and there was a woman of the same hair color beside him. I think this bunch is the founding brother and sister of Broadbond.

Hiroshi Kudo went up and gave the young man a hug in American courtesy, and only after letting go did he say, "Hello, I'm Yuji Kudo, the president of Ben Hudson's company. This is our employee who will send you a telegram - Takahashi. ”

"Hello, hello. Work pain @ death, high @ tide. "Maybe for Americans, whether it's a native name or a Chinese name, it's too difficult to pronounce. The names of Yuji Kudo and Takahashi changed to his mouth.

"I'm Brown and this is my sister Alice. Brown introduced himself and his sister.

Twelve hours by plane, the time difference between here and Tokyo is about the same. Therefore, it is only hidden in the evening.

As the Brown siblings entered the room, Yuji Kudo said without any Oriental subtlety, "I'm here to talk about the red and white version of "Gold Diggers". ”

"We know. Brown nodded, "I admit that your company's Gold Digger has a much better picture than ours." However, my question is simple, with such a big change, is it still a gold digger?"

"Do you have a TV here?" asked Yuji Kudo.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Then let's demo our Gold Digger! There's no point in talking about it, I want to speak with facts. Yuji Kudo said.

Takahashi opened the suitcase he was carrying with him and took out a red and white machine from inside.

The red and white machine was serialized on the TV, and the game began.

Yuji Kudo, who is also familiar with "Gold Diggers", finds that the game is not the same as when he saw it in the book.

"What's going on?" asked Yuji Kudo.

"The output standard of TV is not the same. Takahashi replied in English.

Takahashi carefully made up for the relevant knowledge, because the picture of the red and white machine was realized, and it was necessary to use these. It stands to reason that this will not be the case, and both the United States and the United States use the NTSC standard formulated by the National Television System Commission of the United States.

And this TV,Obviously it uses the PAL standard,This standard is generally adopted in Europe、China、Australia,There should be no problem of incompatibility of TV standards in the United States。

"It's a German TV. Brown then said, "The game is running, let's start the demo." Gao @ Chao your spoken English is good, you can say it. ”

Takahashi explained while playing, "The fax I sent to your company earlier has already explained the reason for our change. The game has also been mailed to your company. However, we think that only this kind of on-site explanation can be more convincing.

We take the opposite view of the argument that this scrolling screen will reduce the gameplay.

Because, at the beginning of the game, we will give a shot of all the scenes in the game, and in the game, you can solve the player's control of the whole situation by pausing and then pressing the arrow button. In our view, this approach does not affect the puzzle solving. ”

Brown nodded noncommittally.

He asked almost all the questions he had asked in the fax, and then, turning to Yuji Kudo, he asked, "We've all played this game too." In fact, we think you're okay with it. But there's one question I'd like to ask you face to face, is the agreement in your fax real, and how can you be sure that you're going to sell a million copies of the game?"

Kudo Yuji is also prepared for this, after all, in the eyes of Broadbond, his company is more than a thousand kilometers away in a straight line.

If your company dares to boast about Haikou, you dare to say it, but if you buy less games, you can go bankrupt and run away from such a distance.

Brown's mouth is asking how he can sell a million copies, but in fact, what he wants to say in his heart is, why should we believe you?

Yuji Kudo prepared a speech for this purpose, and he squinted his eyes as he recalled the manuscript, "It's a long story, so let's start with the rise and collapse of Atari in your country......