The craze for learning machines on the other side of the ocean is still rapid, even the opening of the Asian Games has not affected it in the slightest, and different live dramas are still being staged in various places, but the main and supporting roles are different. At this time, Zhang Lexing gave himself a short vacation after being busy for a while, hiding in his small villa and planning to enjoy a few days of leisure time, and by the way, he wrote out some of the stories he remembered about movies and TV, of course, this will not include some adaptations, such as the "Harry Potter" series and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

As usual, today is another sunny day, Zhang Lexing set up a deck chair on the terrace on the second floor, and a glass of homemade juice and milk is placed on the small table next to him, ready to enjoy the mild sunlight while reading a book. Just when Zhang Lexing was about to fall asleep, a doorbell rang from outside the villa.

Zhang Lexing got up and held on to the handrail of the terrace and looked out, there were two people standing there at the gate, a little far away, but he could tell the difference between the two people, one was quite like a typical American, and the other seemed to be an East Asian. At this time, the bodyguards also began to move, and one of them, Harry, walked over and began to interrogate the two through the fence. Zhang Lexing looked at it for a while, turned around and left the terrace, returned to the house, and walked down the stairs to the living room, when Harry, who had just come forward to interrogate, happened to come in.

"Boss, who claims to be the president and assistant to the president of Sega America (SOA), has come to visit you. Their identities have been checked, no problem, are you letting them in?" said Harry expressionlessly.

"Let them in, I'll wait here. Although Zhang Lexing agreed, he was quite puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know what was going on.

Zhang Lexing was sitting on the sofa and thinking, the door opened again, and the two people standing outside the villa door just now appeared at the door.

"Hello Mr. Zhang!" the two greeted Zhang Lexing very respectfully.

Out of politeness, Zhang Lexing also replied with a greeting. Taking advantage of the moment when the two entered the door, Zhang Lexing carefully looked at the person, the American was dressed in a tall suit, from the tie and spotless leather shoes, it can be seen that this is a very serious person, the East Asian next to him, according to the actions after entering the door, the tone of speech, it can be seen that most of them are Japanese.

The two sides sat down, and Zhang Lexing asked casually: "What do you want to drink?"

Perhaps it was the matter that was important this time, and the two replied in unison: "Thank you, no need." ”

Since this is the case, Zhang Lexing was not polite, picked up the juice and milk that he hadn't finished just now, and took another sip.

The American took out a business card from his briefcase, got up, and handed it to Zhang Lexing with both hands, "Hello, I'm Thomas J. Kalinske, the new president of Sega America, you can call me Tom." ”

When Zhang Lexing took the business card and looked at it carefully, Tom went on to introduce the person who came with him: "He is my assistant Mr. Nakayama Xiong. ”

According to the information obtained by Zhang Lexing, this Mr. Tom has been in office for less than three months, and it was suddenly poached from Mattel Toys this year by Hayao Nakayama, the president of Sega. Tom had no contact with the game industry before taking office, so he was a true rookie in the game industry, and President Nakayama's sudden decision is said to have been met with resistance within Sega America. At this time, Tom seemed to be in high spirits, and with the full support of President Nakayama, he felt that he would definitely be able to create a new world, and in fact, he succeeded later, but he guessed the beginning but not the end.

Zhang Lexing calmed down, put back his somewhat divergent thoughts, put away the business card in his hand, took another sip of drink, moistened his throat, and asked, "What is the matter with the two of you here?"

After the Sega duo looked at each other, Tom replied, "Well, we came to visit Mr. Zhang this time for the adaptation rights of the block game. ”

"Tell me about it. Zhang Lexing was a little surprised, he didn't expect them to come for this matter.

"According to our research, this game was first designed by you on the Apple II, and has since been released for multiple platforms, but the relevant patents have always been in your hands, and now basically only the adaptation rights of portable game consoles have not been used. And that's what we're here for. ”

"Your portable console is coming to the market?"

"It's going to be available early next month, and here's the intro to this portable console, so take a look at it first. Tom took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Zhang Lexing.

Zhang Lexing took the information and flipped through it, and the big words "GameGear" came into view, well, isn't this the legendary color handheld GG, it seems that Sega intends to insert a foot in the portable handheld market. The hardware specifications of this portable handheld are much better than the Nintendo handheld GameBoy that was launched last year, and the most obvious difference can be seen from the screen. Dot matrix LCD screen,And Sega's upcoming handheld is equipped with a rare color LCD screen,And there is a backlight,The computing speed of the machine is much faster than NintendoGB,Even Sega is very coquettish to its own handheld with an external TV tuner,After connecting, the handheld can be transformed into a small TV,There is a little bit of a new era of multimedia handheld terminal feeling,It seems that Sega has put a lot of effort into this。

After Zhang Lexing finished flipping through this simple information, Zhongshan Xiong took out a black handheld from his leather bag, and handed it to Zhang Lexing respectfully after turning it on: "Mr. Zhang, our GameGear not only has a computing power far more than Nintendo's GameBoy, but also the LCD screen has a color number of 4096 colors, and the game screen can also achieve 32 colors on the same screen, and the pixels of the screen are more than 3 times that of the GameBoy." You see, this is our upcoming live machine, you can give it a try. ”

Zhang Lexing took the machine and tried it out, this is a game of Sega's signature star Sonic, although the game screen can not be compared with that on the MD console, but the bright game picture and smooth operation feel have reached the peak of the current handheld game.

"Mr. Zhang, I believe that if your company is willing to launch a block game on GameGear, it will not need to worry about processing power and graphics at all, and it can even do better than the current FC Block. Seeing Zhang Lexing's expression seemed to be very satisfied, Zhongshan continued.

"I believe ......" Before the words were finished, Zhang Lexing encountered the most troublesome thing for handheld users - there was no power, and Sonic, who was still jumping around just now, immediately died down, and disappeared into the black curtain with a "swish".

The voice of Nakayama Yu, who had been gushing just now, disappeared all of a sudden, and the gesture that had been used as a gesture to strengthen the persuasive power turned into an extremely embarrassing shape. Tom glared at him angrily, and Nakayama seemed to come back to his senses all of a sudden, and hurriedly took out a new battery from his bag to replace it.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, this machine has the wrong battery, I'll get you a new one now. Nakayama looked very embarrassed.

Just as Nakayama was struggling with the battery, Harry came over and whispered a few words in Zhang Lexing's ear: "Mr. Zhang, there are two more people outside, and they claim to be the president and legal counsel of Nintendo America (NOA)." The identity has been verified, no problem, now let them in?"

Zhang Lexing was happy in his heart, nine times out of ten, this Nintendo people came here for the same thing, this is a good phenomenon, there will be good benefits when there is competition. Zhang Lexing immediately whispered to Harry to bring people here, so as to give both sides a "surprise".

Soon the "surprise" came, and as Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo America, and Howard Lincoln, legal counsel, appeared in the living room, a hint of fire suddenly appeared in the air.

Although Nintendo's visitor appeared behind him, Tom continued to recommend Sega's new portable handheld to Zhang Lexing as if he didn't see it on purpose. Minoru Arakawa, who was also a little surprised, quickly stabilized his mood and greeted Zhang Lexing calmly as before.

"Mr. Zhang, on behalf of President Yamauchi, I would like to greet you, and I would like to thank you for your support over the past few years. ”

Then Arakawa seemed to inadvertently see the Sega duo, and pretended to greet him: "Thomas, I heard that you have not been the president of Sega America for a long time, but I didn't expect to be so free now." ”

Tom sneered: "I heard that you Nintendo America are usually very busy, and often have to go back to report work, but I didn't expect to have time to hang out." ”

"Since we all have time, it's better to talk together, everyone is usually very busy, and it's rare to have this opportunity. Zhang Lexing pretended not to see the-for-tat confrontation between the two sides, and pretended to greet easily.

Then it really became a time for small talk, with the other party's people present, both sides were reluctant to discuss the main topic, so they could only ramble on some topics that were not salty or light, and occasionally seize the opportunity and not forget to damage each other a few words.

The chatter dragged on until lunchtime, and the two competitors claimed to have something to do and left. From this day on, the Sega duo and the Nintendo duo seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding, and they never appeared together again, always one came in the morning and the other appeared in the afternoon. However, the competitive atmosphere between the two is very strong, and the constantly renovated price code simply makes Zhang Lexing a little overwhelmed.

Although maintaining a superficial competitive atmosphere, Zhang Lexing actually had a plan in his heart. Sega's portable host looks very good, with a color screen, a higher-performance processor, and a wealth of features, but it is these advantages that bring the biggest drawbacks, and too many functions directly lead to a decrease in battery life, which is actually a very important indicator of the portable handheld. For a machine that often runs out of power when it is playing strongly, no matter how high the performance is, it is a floating cloud. At this stage, only Nintendo's GB is the most suitable portable platform.

The idea is decided, but since there are people fighting, it can't be too disappointing, and it will take a few more rounds to have fun. The only thing that is unpleasant is that the leisurely vacation planned by Zhang Lexing is in vain, and he has to "force a smile" to deal with visitors every day.

It took two weeks to grind and grind, and even Sega's portable handheld GG officially appeared on the market, and in the end, Arakawa had the courage to come up with a preferential terms that Zhang Lexing couldn't refuse (Tianzhien enjoyed the most favorable terms for developing games for Nintendo's console, Nintendo paid for the development of "GB Cubes", Nintendo assisted in contacting some of the most favorable chip factory production equipment, etc.), and the Sega duo led by Tom also had to face the end of failure.

However, before Tom left, Zhang Lexing still kindly handed him a business card: "If you have a bad time in Sega, you can always find me." ”

After that, things are simple.,In fact, Tianzhiyuan has long been ready to produce "GB Cube".,The preliminary work has been almost done.,As soon as the agreement is signed.,The GB division of Tianzhiyuan over there was officially established.,Start the development of GB games.。 It's not difficult to develop games on GB, especially for relatively simple games like cubes, and the biggest difficulty is just the communication and battle function of the GameBoy, but this problem is naturally solved after Nintendo provides relevant technical information.

After solving the problem of block ownership, Zhang Lexing once again devoted himself to the daily work of VisualSystem.

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