"Uncle Jianning, I think "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake" are worth the price. In particular, the game cartridge of "Great Wall Cube" can greatly drive the sales of home consoles, so as to occupy the market.

I think this game alone is worth $60 million. As long as you occupy the market, it will not be very easy to make money in the future. So, even if that Johnny agreed to my terms, I would find all kinds of excuses to shirk and reject him. ”

Wu Ming smiled and explained carefully.

Huo Jianning was surprised: "Didn't you plan to sell the game cartridges on their platform last time, why did you change your mind all of a sudden?" ”

Wu Ming raised his eyebrows and smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I didn't know much about the home console market before, and I thought that Atari had dominated the world. Then our "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake" did not have a great effect on Atari's home machine.

In addition, our company didn't know when we would have the funds to develop a home console, so I wanted to put these two games on Atari's home console to make a good profit.

Now, I have carefully understood the specific situation of the current game market, and know that although Atari now has a great advantage, it is not the hegemon of the home console market. Home consoles from several other companies still have a place.

If we release the game to their platform, especially the game "Great Wall Block", it will definitely help them beat those competitors and unify the home console market.

When our 'Phantasy Star' is developed, we will be faced with a behemoth, and we will be at our own mercy at that time. ”

Huo Jianning also frowned after listening to Wu Ming's analysis.

"Xiao Ming, is it so serious, a "Great Wall Cube" can make Atari the overlord of the home machine market?"

Huo Jian is not a reborn person, and he is not very sensitive to games. Although "Great Wall Cube" has been selling very well for a while, he only thought that it was another game similar to "Space Invaders", and he never thought that "Great Wall Block" would have such great power.

If Wu Ming didn't come from a later life, knowing that this game has sold more than 500 million copies on various platforms, it is completely a "strategic" game that can determine the game market pattern and affect the rise and fall of a company.

It is estimated that it will be the same as Huo Jianning, just thinking that "Great Wall Cube" can sell very well, not a super great game.

Wu Ming had a serious expression on his face and replied seriously: "Yes, "The Great Wall Cube" has this ability. ”

Huo Jianning smiled bitterly: "Okay, you said that there is, anyway, the company is not short of that amount of money now." ”

Obviously, Huo Jianning still can't fully agree with Wu Ming's statement, but now that Xingchen Entertainment is rich, Wu Ming is willful.

"Okay, Uncle Jianning, this matter will end here, and you will know whether "Great Wall Cube" is so powerful in the future. ”

With this topic over, Wu Ming and Huo Jianning moved on to the next topic.

"Uncle Jianning, how are the preparations for "Tank Wars", can it be released at Christmas?"

"Yes, the arcade of Tank Wars has been tested, there is no problem, and it is ready for sale. ”

As he spoke, Huo Jianning was a little puzzled again.

"But why are you in such a hurry to go on sale, now the production capacity of our Aihua electronics factory has been completely occupied by Pokemon pet machines, and those OEM electronics factories have also been busy producing "Great Wall Cube" and "Snake". If we want to launch "Tank Wars" quickly, we can only find a few more foundries to produce. It's too rushed, and if we wait a while, we can be more comfortable. ”

Can Wu Ming tell the truth that "Tank Battalion", the prototype of "Tank Wars", will be put on sale soon, how is it possible? Only by going public for a period of time will it not arouse suspicion. Even if others see that these two games are very similar at that time, they will only think it is a coincidence. I wouldn't think that Tank Battles, a more fun game, was a copy of Tank Battalion.

can't tell the truth, Wu Ming can only pull out another reason.

"Uncle Jianning, I'm going to go to the island country in a few days to set up a comic publishing house, and at the same time buy an animation company, which costs money. And now the Order of the Phoenix doesn't have much money, so I can only draw some funds from Star Entertainment. During the Chinese New Year, it is also necessary to invest in the mainland to build factories, which also costs money. I'm afraid that it will affect the development of home machines, and I can only let Xingchen Entertainment have one more project that can make money. ”

Since Star Entertainment was able to make a profit and repay the previous loan, the Order of the Phoenix did not need to be withdrawn funds to save a large amount of cash. In addition to leaving a part of this money for the daily operation of the Phoenix Society, the rest was divided by Wu Ming according to the company's shares.

In the end, Wu Ming's Star Holding Company shared 11 million Hong Kong dollars, plus Wu Ming's manuscript fee of 3 million, a total of 14 million Hong Kong dollars. As for Star Holdings, it was Wu Ming who asked Huo Jianning to find a professional agency to register an offshore company in the Cayman Islands before establishing the Phoenix Society and Star Entertainment.

The purpose of registering this offshore company is naturally to reasonably avoid taxes, but also to protect privacy and facilitate Wu Ming to make other investments in the future. If you register in Xiangjiang, it won't be long before the situation in the company will be known clearly.

Today, the Star Holding Company owns 90% of the shares of the Phoenix Society, 95% of the shares of Star Entertainment, 100% of the shares of Aihua Electronics Company, and 100% of the shares of Xinghuo Bookstore.

Xinghuo Bookstore is a chain bookstore established by Wu Ming in Xiangjiang with more than 14 million Hong Kong dollars. In total, there are more than thirty chain stores. So now the Order of the Phoenix has completely insufficient funds for Wu Ming to use, let alone buy an animation company.

Although Xingchen Entertainment has money, it still has to support the development of the "Phantasy Star" home machine and some other projects, buy all the stores of the Galaxy Century video game city chain store, and pay for chips and screens every month.

In a few days, Huo Jianning will go to the American RCA company to buy the patent authorization and production line of TN LCD screen technology, although it will not be as much as Sharp spent 3 million US dollars in 1972, but it will not be much less.

In addition to the existing handheld and home consoles under development, Wu Ming also wants to enter the personal computer and TV industry in the future, so the sooner the TN LCD screen technology is purchased, the better.

Therefore, the early release of "Tank Wars" is actually a last resort.