Chapter 104 (Overhauled, please collect it first, and read it later)
In the past ten days, although Lin Yi is far away in Canada, the work of Paradise Company is still in good order.
That's the beauty of a credit society – as long as there is a regulated company system, there is no need to worry about a backyard fire even if the boss leaves for a while.
Internally, there are no problems. Then Lin Yi's attention naturally turned to the outside of the company. He first went to the company's legal department, and Mr. Pence's report was very optimistic:
"Most of the infringement cases we have prosecuted have just entered the review stage. However, there are two of them that have committed very obvious infringements, so the court directly ruled that Paradise Games' appeal was successful!"
Lin Yi took the document, and after reading it, he nodded in approval: "The legal department has done a good job. However, the amount of compensation for these two cases is not large, how much can it deter the behavior of following the trend?"
Pence handed over another document: "It should be said that it still has a certain effect. Although the number of companies we sued has increased to 11, their product sales are generally limited to a certain region, and they have not yet expanded to the whole country. From this point of view, the meaning of wait-and-see is obvious. ”
Lin Yi finally ordered: "In order to kill the chicken and show the monkey, those cases with a big chance of winning, we must fight early! If the chance of winning is small, then grind the time." The focus is still on the market, and the longer the followers hesitate, the better it will be for us. ”
After a turn in the legal department, Lin Yi went to the game development department again. The former is an urgent matter for the company, so just straighten it out. The latter is the core of the company's focus and should not be relaxed!
Shooting, racing, military flags, the company's second batch of games, have been testing the water for half a month. While convening a meeting of employees, Lin Yi picked up the market feedback report and roughly flipped through it to understand the situation.
The failure of some games is barely deliberate. Since it was expected, of course I wouldn't be angry about it. On the contrary, those hard-working employees should also be encouraged and cheered.
After comforting those frustrated guys, Lin Yi changed the atmosphere in a timely manner: "Is this "Racing" game a very good result?
A project, whether successful or failing, can provide rich nourishment for the company's growth by conducting a rational analysis afterwards.
is not discouraged by defeat, is not arrogant in victory, and is similar to Lin Yi's rationality, there really is -
Pointing to the market report, Jack said, "Tom has added a lot of traps to the racing game. According to the analysis of player surveys, the main reason for the hot sales is these elements. ”
Lin Yi nodded at Jack and gave Tom a thumbs up! He had already discovered that the serious atmosphere in a normal company could be counterproductive in an innovative enterprise.
After managing the company for so long, Lin Yi has another discovery: for those 'genius freaks', sometimes spiritual encouragement is more effective than bonus red envelopes!
Money incentives, if used too often, these weird guys may feel insulted!
This is really: the world is so big, there are no wonders! Or rather, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds!
Seeing Lin Yi's thumb, Tom laughed. But the grinning teeth are very funny! The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became lively.
A brainstorming, without a plan, suddenly started on its own! Employees spoke enthusiastically, one of the big boys, a little introverted and shy, but the advice was very good:
"Since the trap element is so popular with players, should we list a separate category and carry out special development?"
After discussion, the final proposal was unanimously approved by everyone. Lin Yi flipped through the minutes of the meeting and found that the shy boy was actually just a temporary worker!
However, Lin Yi didn't need to do it deliberately. The company's system has been improved day by day, and the 'point system' has been created. As long as the results accumulate to a certain level, various rewards will be given automatically, and the boss does not have to worry about it personally.
Lin Yi sighed in his heart: When you have nothing to do, you can fish and hunt. Then at the end of each month, flip through the company's financial reports, this is really an ideal life!
After returning to the office, looking at last month's performance, Lin Yi felt even more comfortable! The sales volume of 32,000 units and the revenue of 6.91 million US dollars were a new high compared with before!
If such a good situation can be maintained for another two months, Paradise Company's revenue this year will exceed $30 million! By that time, Lin Yi will no longer be a 'small fish'.
However, as long as the scale of Paradise Company does not exceed 500 people, it is still considered a small and medium-sized enterprise. The government will still support it, and the Antitrust Act will not come in trouble.
Now Lin Yi's company, whether it is the American branch or the Asian branch, has no place to use money. So, he had a new idea.
Since Fairchild Semiconductor released the trailer of the family game console, Lin Yi has been paying close attention. No way, who made this old company, the glory of the past, really dazzling!
Fairchild Company is a company founded by Shockley's 'Eight Rebels'. Later, Moore and others left again and founded the famous Intel.
Fairchild, known as the 'West Point Military Academy of Silicon Valley', is the cradle of talent in the electronics industry. So its entry into the game industry, like a shark, broke into the swimming pool that Lin Yi had booked, and it would naturally be focused on by him.
The name of the Fairchild game console is also very interesting. At the beginning, it was called 'The Great Journey of Video Entertainment', which shows its ambition.
Before its launch in August, it was called 'Video Entertainment System' and the abbreviation was VES. After the official release, it was renamed Fairchild F Wave, which literally translates to 'Happy Channel'.
Lin Yi deduced from this: Although Fairchild has a big family, it has the troubles of a large company. The constant change of names indicates that there is confusion within the mind.
And this chaotic phenomenon is very detrimental to the long-term development of Fairchild F waves. But for Lin Yi, this is a good thing.
On the day of the release of the Fairchild F wave, Lin Yi bought several units. Although it has contributed to its opponents, it is a research need of Paradise. Some of them, will definitely be reduced to parts.
The F-wave costs $170, which is a bit pricey, but it's not a problem. It has two built-in games, Tennis and Hockey.
When trying the game, Lin Yi kept slandering: Fairchild has such a big family business, and he actually likes to follow the trend. The idea of these games is really no different from Atari's "Table Tennis", and the playability is not high!
Its most important selling point is that the cassette can be inserted and pulled out repeatedly.
However, as a pioneer of family games, the value of third-party game developers, Fairchild is not aware of it at all. His games are all self-produced and sold.
Of course, Lin Yi knew this, but he would never tell the other party. The blind spot of the competitor is the opportunity of the game of paradise.
This opportunity is very precious, and even in his own company, Lin Yi has never mentioned it.
At the same time as the release of the Fairchild F wave, the American radio company RCA announced that its home game console, Studio II, has been developed and will be available in two months.
After hearing about this, Lin Yi felt that RCA's announcement was really full of malice. At this time, the news was released, obviously to pull the fairy child's hind legs.
The subtext in the announcement is to tell consumers not to buy the F wave first. Wait until Studio II comes out, compare them, and make a decision.
Lin Yi is inexperienced in the shopping mall, and he really can't think of this kind of competition!