It wasn't until the moon and stars were scarce that the party was closed. When the two returned home, Lin Zhilan had already fallen asleep.

Sunflower makeup removal and washing, I'm afraid it will take a long time.

Lin Yi turned on the TV, and it was rebroadcasting the 'National Day Gala',—— called 'United Entertainment Program' here.

This special evening was co-organized by National Television and was very rich in content. If you want to have a comprehensive understanding of American culture in the 70s, Lin Yi watched this show just right.

The problem is that the program lasts for 12 hours, which is equivalent to three Spring Festival Galas! There are too many music programs and too few amusing programs. Or those American humors, Lin Yi is difficult to understand.

Two hours later, Lin Yi yawned. If you keep going, it won't work. He turned on the video recorder and planned to list the episodes and watch them later in sections.

Back in the bedroom, lying on the soft Simmons, Lin Yi couldn't help but imagine: When 2049 is the centenary of New China, what kind of scene will it be?

It's a pity that this good mood didn't last long. Lin Yi pinched his fingers and calculated, and by 2049, he would be 95 years old. Even if you can live until then, you have to be able to walk!

Controlling his frustration, Lin Yi began to diverge his mind: in his memory, there was a 'Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty Project'. Push forward another 1,000 years, and it should be the 'Yellow Emperor Era'.

If you count it in this way, the birth of Chinese civilization is almost 5,000 years old!

Assuming that Lin Yi's development path does not encounter major setbacks, he may be able to become the leader of the Chinese in the world in the future!

A national-level centennial celebration may not be able to catch up once in a person's lifetime. How lucky it would be to be able to experience a 5,000th birthday in your lifetime!

Just thinking about it, Lin Yi was excited! Okay, after imagining, get ready to sleep. I hope that after falling asleep, I can have a similar dream!

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When the company started working, the residual heat of the double centenary had not yet faded. However, the staff are very dedicated and have a great time when they play. After the holiday has passed, you can quickly resume your work status.

It didn't take long for the delayed reports to be handed over to Lin Yi. The sales statistics for June have been calculated.

This is the third month of sales after the game's launch, and a total of 31,000 arcade machines have been sold. Compared with the previous month, the production increased by 5,000 units.

The factory did not expand production, but improved the production line, increased skill proficiency, and reduced the scrap rate, so that the production capacity was taken to another level!

However, according to the investigation in the past few days, the imitators of "Pac-Man" and "Space Invaders", there are four models on the market at once.

Although the appearance of the followers was delayed by a month compared to the plan, allowing the Paradise Game to eat alone for an extra month, the emergence of American copycats is still inevitable.

It is to be expected that this will intensify over time.

However, in the market, Lin Yi's game has made a certain reputation - being able to make customers make quick profits is a strong proof of its own value.

For other competitors, it will take more time to earn the trust of customers. Until then, they are unlikely to rush to expand production.

However, during this period, Lin Yi will not wait passively, and let the competitors cruise the market leisurely.

He spent a lot of money and registered so many trademarks just for this moment. Heaven will actively attack, using legal weapons to constantly 'whip' competitors!

"Boss, the investigation report sent by the marketing department, after careful research by the legal department, found that at least half of the games clearly infringed on our copyright. ”

"Heaven can teach them a hard lesson, even if the litigation costs exceed a million dollars, with those cases that are sure to win, we will definitely not lose money!"

Mr. Pence's report completely dispelled Lin Yi's doubts. The various departments of Paradise Company began to cooperate with the legal department and acted quickly.

It is impossible for all of these infringement accusations to be successful, but Lin Yi doesn't care. As long as the competitors are more hesitant and wait and see more during the trial of the case, it will be a victory for Paradise Game!

After two or three months, Lin Yi had already eaten more than half of the cake of these two types of games. There are some leftovers that are cold, and it doesn't matter if you divide some of them!

Another important point is that in about a month or two, Paradise's after-sales service system will also be completed. For competitors, this is another obstacle!

By that time, having enjoyed excellent logistical support, the customers of Paradise Games, even if they want to change their ways, it is estimated that they will have to weigh it for a long time.

And those competitors, if they want to snatch food from the bowl of heaven, must catch up. The more money invested, they will definitely be more hesitant!

After all, this is an era of change in American companies: ownership is, of course, the hands of the directors, but the management is in the hands of the CEO. It's not easy to reach an agreement on important issues!

These joint-stock companies, unlike Lin Yi's private enterprises, can have the final say on one person - no one can pat their heads to make decisions, pat their chests as guarantees, and pat their butts and leave after failure.

Lin Yi waved his hand, asked the people from the legal department to leave, and picked up the financial report again: last month's net profit, after rounding, was another $6.7 million, the same as last month.

Although the sales volume of arcade machines has risen from 26,000 units to 31,000 units, and although the retail price, minus the ex-factory cost, is still $1,000 per unit, the profit sharing ratio between Heaven and dealers has dropped to 5:5.

After seeing the data, Lin Yi finally understood why at the negotiation table, the competition for every percentage point was so fierce!

However, this kind of concession is still very worthwhile. As long as the price alliance can be maintained, the cooperation between customers and Paradise can continue to be maintained.

But this time, Lin Yi doesn't have to have a headache, there are large sums of money and large grants everywhere.

After-sales service system, 500,000 US dollars.

Infringement lawsuit reserved, $1,000,000.

Singapore Branch, US$1,000,000.

RB branch reserved, $1.5 million.

After crossing out these expenditures, Lin Yi was able to use the money at will, about $9 million.

The reason why I didn't use this money to buy shares of Intel or Walmart was to wait for news from Atari.

Lin Yi's patience has not been in vain! In the past few days, both the company's market research department and the Davis Group's intelligence department have made further discoveries.

After reading the information, the research and development plan of the home game console, although it is not stillborn, can only temporarily dispel the ambition!

Intelligence shows that from the beginning of 1974, Atari began to develop home game consoles.

In 1975, after developing a home version of "Ping Pong", Atari was not satisfied and continued to invest heavily in the development of the 'Stella' system, which is said to be the name of the bicycle for the sake of secrecy.

8008 microprocessor, 128*64 images, 8kb memory - no matter what the components, Atari will use the best.

And that's not all: the complete CPU processor, TV transfer processing chip, random access memory, and input/output chip make Lin Yi dizzy!

His vertigo, not because he couldn't understand it, but because he was shocked by Atari's generosity!

With so many core components, Atari intends to innovate on its own, and the development cost is really conceivable!

According to intelligence experts' estimates, Atari has invested at least $50 million in the development of the 'Stella' home game console so far!

Seeing this number, Lin Yi was silent for a long time. Then the "Home Machine Development Plan" was put away by him and locked in the safe.

The $9 million in his pocket, Lin Yi touched it, it felt really ......

Whether you are rich or poor depends on who you compare yourself with! If there is no comparison, there is no harm!

It is no wonder that China in later generations has always been keen on the 'catch-up strategy'! It seems that it should not like to be a follower, but it is really a last resort!

Too ambitious, easy to choke to death. The plan is put on hold for the time being, and it's not a big deal. It just so happened that the Asian company had already started to produce and stock up, and the money was just right.

Sure enough, Atari's 'Stella' is not ready for open beta. Another strong rival, Fairchild Semiconductor, has released the news: the new 'cassette home game console' will be launched next month.