On the first day of opening, it was cold and then hot, and in the evening, the game hall was full, and there was a group of people around each machine. As soon as someone gets off the plane, within a few seconds someone will flip a coin and grab the machine......

Originally planned to open for 12 hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Li Yixuan planned to postpone the closure of the game hall when he saw it overcrowded. Until midnight, hundreds of players were still in their minds.

The strange thing is that Li Yixuan didn't see the female reporter surnamed Zhang all day.

Tank Wars is an FC classic, and unlike other games, the game was full of ups and downs from release to fire. In 1980, an arcade machine was released, and it was called "Tank Battalion" at the time. But because the gameplay design is immature and there are many bugs, so it did not become popular, Nangong Dream was not discouraged, and after spending three months to improve the BUG, it was launched on MSX in the same year, and a total of more than 200,000 copies were sold.

The games played in the 80s are, of course, very simple in Lin Qi's opinion. But in the eyes of players in this era, it is very attractive. As long as the gameplay isn't too chaotic or boring, it can basically attract a lot of popularity.

Therefore, if 200,000 copies are put into the present, they can be regarded as passing, but at that time, it was simply impossible to pounce.

But this did not dampen Nangong Meng's enthusiasm, after a calm analysis of the player's preferences, underwent a major revision, and was re-released in 1985, named "Tank Wars", so it became a big hit.

At that time, Nangong Dream was inexperienced, and the arcade version and FC were released at the same time, and the FC version seriously affected the sales of the arcade version, but even so, the arcade version of "Tank Wars" still sold more than 400,000 copies worldwide. It can be seen how strong this game is.

Recall that if there was no rush to release the FC version at that time, it would have been very easy for the arcade version of "Tank Wars" to exceed 1 million copies. Although the FC version sold more than 5 million copies, Nintendo's harsh royalty system at that time was complete, and 5 million copies were completely used as wedding dresses for others.

Later, someone calculated that 80% of the revenue of "Tank Wars" was earned by Nintendo, which also laid the groundwork for Nangong Meng's future rebellion against Nintendo's camp.

DreamWorks is positioned to become a company like Nintendo in the coming period, and Li believes that such a lesson must be learned.

No matter how much Nintendo loses, there is always an RB market where to support, and what do you Li Yixuan rely on, Hong Kong? This small land simply can't hold up, and once a large number of third-party game providers rebel, there will definitely be an avalanche like Atari.

After the arcade closes. Everyone began to open the cash box inside the game console...... Due to time constraints, the cash box was not fully filled. But each box is also about half a box.

A box can be filled with about 1,000 coins, and the game currency is all using 0.5 Hong Kong dollars as the parent currency. When the player inserts a coin, the machine will compare it, and like the mother coin, the coin is successfully inserted. If it is different, it will be refunded.

You can't 100% copy a player cheating, but as long as you keep the cheating within the allowable range, you can guarantee a profit.

After some counting, the turnover on the first day was about HK$10,000......

The results are impressive, and everyone is very excited, this is just a one-night achievement, and one is what a day will be......

With this income, the investment cost of the game hall can be recovered in less than a month. And with the continuous addition of machines, profits can rise! This is no longer an ordinary profiteering, but equivalent to a money grab!

You must know that the more expensive movie theaters are located in the more prosperous neighborhoods of Hong Kong, and the average daily income is only 30,000 or 40,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Cinemas in this era were basically single-hall large theaters, and the area of a cinema was at least five or six hundred square meters, or even thousands of square meters.

Each film, near the average box office revenue, has to be split among the production companies. The revenue attributable to the theater is only half of its box office.

Therefore, the net profit of the game hall is almost the same as that of a 600-square-meter movie theater!

The next day, it was Sunday, and there was a foundation for the results of the first day. As soon as it opened at 8 a.m., the arcade was full in less than an hour.

"Tank Wars" was completely popular, and the news spread far and wide. More than 30 game hall owners in Hong Kong have come to visit the DreamWorks game hall. Seeing that arcade games are so popular, I also want to buy a few, so I have a lot of hall prices.

Li Yixuan showed two fingers, and then compared an eight, one hand to pay the money, one to deliver, no arrears. Everyone went straight away.

You are willing to sell a bad game like "Ping Pong" for 35,000, and you are not happy to sell it for 28,000, so you don't want to buy it.

Li Yixuan now only dares to do one thing every day, that is, to install the display tube on the arcade machine, but no matter how hard he and his mother work, 200 units a day will be the sky.

"Don't pretend, find an OEM. 20,000 arcade machines, I don't know when they will be installed? ”

Zhang Guifang installed the monitor, poured a glass of water and handed it to Li Yixuan: "You have to remember this lesson, find someone to make the board and the chassis, and forget to install the display tube." Look at it makes me tired. ”

"I carried this pot, I didn't think it through at the beginning, and this situation will not occur in the future."

Asked his mother Billy to look after the shop, Li Yixuan and Jack came to Kwun Tong Industrial Park and decided to find a suitable OEM.

The earliest historical record of Kwun Tong can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, an official salt farm was established in the Kwun Tong area, named "Guanfu Farm", which was managed by the salt official, and was one of the four major salt farms in Dongguan County at that time.

In the first year of the Kangxi reign (1662), in order to prevent coastal residents from receiving help from the Zheng Chenggong regime in Taiwan, the Qing Dynasty government implemented a relocation order, forcing coastal residents to move 50 miles to the interior, and the salt works were abandoned. Although the relocation order was cancelled in the 8th year of the Kangxi reign (1669), the salt works could not be restored to their former size due to the lack of cooking salt among the displaced residents, and they were eventually abandoned.

This salt farm brought the name "Guanfu" to the area, and some residents also called it "Guantang" (Guanfu Salt Pond). From 1953 to 1954, the British government of Hong Kong began to develop the area into a major industrial area in Hong Kong, and began to use the name "Kwun Tong".

Before the 1950s, Kwun Tong was a rather barren bay. The Hong Kong Government commenced reclamation works in Kwun Tong to make way for the factory and completed it in 1957. The reclaimed part (i.e. Kwun Tong South) was used for industrial purposes and became Kwun Tong Industrial Park.

Kwun Tong is the largest industrial area in Hong Kong. It covers an area of 11.26 square kilometers. Kwun Tong District includes Kwun Tong Town Centre, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Bay, Sau Mau Ping, Lam Tin, Yau Tong and other places. It has witnessed the rise and fall of Hong Kong.

In the 67s, Kwun Tong was the most prosperous place, after the reopening of the mainland, with the gradual relocation of factories to the mainland, by the 90s, a large number of factories were vacant, and a section near Kwun Tong Station was partially converted into commercial buildings or warehouses, but the coastal section was mostly vacant.

Standing on the sidewalk at the end of the street, watching the people in the factory and the various trucks coming and going on the street. Li Yixuan thought to himself that Kwun Tong is a treasure land, and if he declines in the future, see if he has a chance to sell it.

Of course, this chance is very slim, because the vast majority of the real estate in the Kwun Tong Industrial Zone is in the hands of British-funded companies, and they will definitely sit on the ground and raise the price, and a small piece of land can be shouted out at the price of the White House.

The best way is to wait for Hong Kong's return to China and work with the Hong Kong government to redevelop the Kwun Tong Industrial Zone.

"What, only install the display tube, and 20,000 units, no, no, no, there is no benefit at all, you better find someone else."

When they heard that there was business, they were very enthusiastic at first, but when they heard that the boards and chassis of the arcade machine were all ready, and they only pressed the display tube, those factory owners felt that there was no profit to be made at all, so they refused.

Some saw that Li Yixuan had been looking for a long time and no one had taken the job, so some people sat on the ground and raised the price, shouting out the installation fee of 5,000 yuan for a display tube. Where is Li Yixuan willing to be such a wronged leader, and categorically refused.

"Hello, do you want to find someone to do the OEM?"

Li Yixuan looked for a young man less than 30 years old, his face was full of confidence.

"It's a batch of goods, arcade machines, hesitation was not arranged at the time, so the picture tube is not installed, and I am looking for someone."

"Arcade? That's high-tech, you're doing this? The young man looked Li Yixuan up and down a little surprised, and remembered something: "I heard that there is a game in Hong Kong recently, what is it called, it is said to be the first video game in Hong Kong, it seems to be quite popular, is it you who made it?" ”

"Tank Wars" Li Yixuan stretched out his hand, "Introduce yourself, the owner of Li Yixuan's Dream Factory, "Tank Wars" is the first video game released by our company, and it is also the first video game in Hong Kong. ”

The young man stretched out his hand and shook Li Yixuan, "Guo Taiming, Taiwan Hon Hai Precision Company." ”

"Taiwan, so you came here?"

"Our company specializes in electronic foundry, and I also rented a factory in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, and am looking for business." Guo Taiming looked around, "It's not convenient to talk here, let's talk about it somewhere." ”

"Okay." Li Yixuan deliberately lagged behind by half a step, and quietly signaled to Jack, have you heard of this company.

Unexpectedly, Jack immediately replied quietly: "Terry Gou, the founder of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision, started by OEM TV FM switches. In 1984, Foxconn was established in Hong Kong, and then it was out of control, at the beginning of the 21st century, Foxconn is the world's top electronic foundry company, and is a long-term cooperative foundry enterprise of Microsoft, Apple and Blueberry in the United States. But at this time, he has not yet made a career, and he is struggling to find a job. ”

is so powerful, Li Yixuan is a little afraid to go into detail, he didn't expect to come to Kwun Tong and meet the future super god.

quietly looked at Guo Taiming next to him, and shouted in his heart, Lao Tzu TM has made a lot of money, this person must be stopped.

Li Yixuan was quietly looking at him, and Guo Taiming was also quietly observing him.

In fact, as soon as Li Yixuan entered the Kwun Tong District, he attracted his attention, took this white bodyguard, and looked for someone to do OEM everywhere but didn't pick it up, what kind of video game, he went there two days ago, good game, the game hall is very hot. Although he doesn't understand video games, he has a feeling in his heart that this game will definitely be a hit all over the world in the future.

Seeing him looking for an agent business everywhere today, Guo Taiming felt that his opportunity had come.