After seeing off Dr. Chen, Zhang Lexing came to inspect the Game Research Institute, which is located in the same place as the Institute of Microelectronics. The Hong Kong Game Research Institute was established at the beginning of last year, formerly known as the game console research and development team led by Chen Zhipeng, since the development of the semi-finished game console to Sony, plus a part of the members from the American Game Research Institute and from the Japanese game industry veterans, the formation of today's Hong Kong Game Research Institute, mainly engaged in the research and development of game-related technologies, such as game consoles, game controllers, game software development related technologies, etc., in addition to game psychology and other auxiliary projects research. The reason why Zhang Lexing came here is to see what new achievements there are, and by the way, to inform the game console R&D team that after the computer miniaturization project is officially approved, the two sides can communicate on some related technologies to reduce the duplication of work between the two sides.

As soon as he entered the Game Research Institute, Zhang Lexing saw Chen Zhipeng, Masayuki Uemura, and a white man with a high nose and blue eyes, and the three of them walked out with their shoulders hooked and excited.

Zhang Le walked forward and asked, "Three, why are you so happy?"

The three of them paid attention to Zhang Lexing in front of them, hurriedly stopped, and greeted, "Boss (Mr. Zhang), hello." ”

Chen Zhipeng let go of his hand, took a step forward, and said, "Boss, we ...... because we just finished two interesting things and were happy for a while."

"Oh, what a good thing, take me to see it. Zhang Lexing became interested and asked.

"You two go celebrate by yourself, and I'll take the boss to see it. Chen Zhipeng patted Masayuki Uemura and the white man on the shoulder, then turned around and walked towards the Game Research Institute with Zhang Lexing, while Masayuki Uemura and the white man continued to walk outside, seemingly planning to find a place to celebrate.

When he came to the hardware research group to which Chen Zhipeng belonged, he found a place with a TV, first set up a chair and invited Zhang Lexing to sit down, and then moved a few things one after another. The first one is a game console, according to Chen Zhipeng, this is the final product after joint research with Sony, and it is almost the same as the final one on the market, Zhang Lexing compared it, and it was much more exquisite than the one I saw at the beginning.

After connecting the game console and the TV, Chen Zhipeng took a handle and connected it to the game console, put the CD, and turned on the TV and the game console. Zhang Lexing observed the handle, which was larger than the common two-handed handle, and there was an extra grip in the middle, and there was something similar to a rocker on the grip.

"This handle ......," Zhang Lexing leaned over and asked curiously.

Chen Zhipeng handed over the handle and said, "Boss, you can try it and you'll know." ”

Zhang Lexing took the controller, looked at the TV screen, and pressed "SELECT" and "START" a few times according to the usual to start the game.

The picture shows a villain similar to Mario standing in a three-dimensional space, Zhang Lexing tried the arrow keys and other function keys, and there is no difference compared to before, but the villain is still running and jumping is interesting.

Chen Zhipeng coughed lightly twice, pointed to the joystick-like thing on the middle grip and said, "Boss, you try this joystick in the middle." ”

Zhang Lexing changed his left hand to the grip in the middle, and his thumb just rested on the joystick, which felt very casual. Re-operation,The feeling is immediately different,Before, when I used the D-pad, I pressed it to go、Release and stop,Very traditional feel,But now after using the joystick in the middle,If you press it lightly,It's slow walking,If you press it heavily, it's fast running,It seems that some kind of induction technology has been added to it。

This is Chen Zhipeng introduced next to him: "Boss, this is a new game controller we have developed, which is the middle one, and we call it an analogue stick." Unlike the traditional joysticks in the past, we have added pressure-sensitive technology, which changes the speed of the character's movement according to the player's strength of pushing the joystick, which is especially suitable for 3D game control, which is smoother than the traditional D-pad. ”

This thing is not bad, Zhang Lexing also used this kind of thing to play "Pro Evolution Soccer" back then, and it is indeed more convenient than the D-pad pass. But thinking of this, Zhang Lexing looked at the handle in his handshake again, it seemed to be much bigger than the ones in his memory, so he took a blank piece of paper and a pen from the table next to him, and drew the PS handle he had played back then"DualShock1", of course, the key part is the two analogue sticks in the middle, and then pushed it to Chen Zhipeng, saying: "How about you look at this?"

"Boss, why do you want to have two?" Chen Zhipeng felt that the handle was very strange on the paper.

"Well...... this" Zhang Lexing was just about to explain, but found that he had forgotten why there were two analogous joysticks, when he saw this kind of controller for the first time, he also joked that he was afraid that the joystick would be broken and had one more backup, of course, this nonsensical reason must be on the table. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Lexing finally held back a passable reason: "The reason why there are two is because this can add more control methods, can give more choices to the game design, and players will have more fun playing." ”

"Oh, I see, boss, you mean let's design the handle like this?"

"Yes, but there is no need to report it to Sony, when it is produced, we will do our own game bundling, I believe it will make many people eat a pound. Once you've redesigned it, remember to send it to the game development department so that you can develop the right game. ”

"Boss, are we going to give up on this handle?"

"How can you give up?" Zhang Lexing looked at the thing in his hand that looked like an N* controller not long after, and said: "Don't waste such a good thing, pack up and sell the license to Nintendo, at least you have to earn back the R&D fees from them." ”

"Boss Yingming, then I'll let the people in the business team take care of this matter. ”

"Okay, let's do it. By the way, you started by saying that there are two, and what is one in addition to the same kind of joystick?"

Chen Zhipeng pointed to a button in the middle of the handle and said, "Boss, you press the red button in the middle and try again." ”

Zhang Lexing pressed the red button in the middle, but the game screen on the TV screen did not change at all, so he looked at Chen Zhipeng suspiciously.

"Boss, you can control the movement of the character. ”

Zhang Lexing nodded, and the villain who was operating the screen with the handle ran up, and a nail shell monster appeared, Zhang Lexing controlled the villain to try to dodge, the nail shell monster suddenly jumped up and fell heavily to the ground, and the earth immediately shook, and even Zhang Lexing's hand felt it.

"Shake the handle!" Zhang Lexing shouted in a low voice.

"Boss, it is the vibration handle, in fact, through the two motors in the handle and two rotors of different sizes, to combine and simulate a variety of large or small, different laws of vibration, and with the appropriate game content, can bring a unique game experience. ”

I didn't expect them to come up with something like a vibrating controller, which wasn't as advanced as the force feedback technology, but at this time, and even for a long time, it was a pretty fun gaming experience.

"By the way, have you done any research on force feedback technology?"

"Force feedback technology?"

"Yes, for example, in a racing game, you use a steering wheel to operate, and when the speed of the car is different, it takes different forces to turn the steering wheel. In addition, driving on different tracks, the game will give feedback on different operating sensations, which is completely different from simple vibrations. ”

"Boss, this seems to be a common technique used by the military, and it is said that they often use it for training, but this technique is very complex, and we have not conducted similar research at this time. Boss, do you need us to increase the number of people to carry out research in this area?"

"I don't need to do it for the time being, I'll check it out first and see if there are any similar research projects in the research institute in the United States, so as not to repeat it. ”

"Good boss. ”

……

After leaving the Game Research Institute, Zhang Lexing beckoned, called today's new assistant Lin Qianrui, and explained: "You can follow up on the handle of the Game Research Institute today, and after adding the analog joystick, the handle must be sent to Tianzhiyuan (Shanghai) and KF-Panda in the United States in time, and the matter of the handle being sold to Nintendo should also be tracked, and report to me in time if there is a situation." ”

"Okay, boss. Lin Qianrui nodded and said after writing it on her own notepad.

"Zhao Jaw, come on. Zhang Lexing beckoned again.

"Boss, what's the matter?" another new assistant, Zhao Jaw, walked over and asked.

"In the name of the Red River Fund, you helped me inform He Guoyuan of Canada's ATI and Shen Wangbo of Singapore's Innovation Company, and asked them to come to Hong Kong as soon as possible, saying that they had important matters to discuss. Inform President Yu and Vice President Ye of the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute that they will have a meeting tomorrow, and the R&D director of the motherboard-related technology will also attend. In addition, you can buy seven or eight computer motherboards, 486 and Pentium, and you will use them tomorrow. ”

"Okay boss, I'll do it right away. Zhao Jaw replied after remembering.

Zhang Lexing walked in front of * again and said: "You contact Hua Ziqing, tomorrow Oriental Holdings, it is about entering the mainland to invest, and the head of the investment department will be present." ”

"Ok boss, I'll get in touch right away. * nodded, pulled out a Nokia phone, and turned to the side to make a call.

……

Back at the Peninsula Hotel, Zhang Lexing picked up the phone as soon as he entered the room, and first called the Blue Information Market Research Company, and arranged for him to investigate whether there were companies in Japan that had research feedback technology. After a short break for dinner, I called Russell Market Research in the United States and arranged for it to investigate the situation of 3DFX (a company that develops 3D acceleration cards) and NVIDIA (a graphics card research and development company), as well as to investigate the R&D team of hard disk and PC power supplies, and to find out if there are companies in the United States that have R&D force feedback technology.

Putting down the phone, there was a knock on the door, Ma Guanghai, who was sitting in the hall, got up and went to the door to look through the cat's eyes, then turned around and said, "Boss, it's Miss Yan." ”

"Let her in. Zhang Lexing stood up, came to the window and looked out.

Ma Guanghai opened the door, made a way, gestured at his chin,* and walked in. Coming behind Zhang Lexing, * bowed slightly and said, "Boss, the things you explained have been arranged." The meeting of the Oriental Microelectronics Research Institute is scheduled for nine o'clock in the morning tomorrow, and the meeting of Oriental Holdings is scheduled for three and a half past tomorrow afternoon. He Guoyuan of Canada's ATI and Shen Wangbo of Singapore's Innovation Company both arrived in Hong Kong the morning after tomorrow, and the meeting time was tentatively scheduled for 3 p.m. the day after tomorrow. Boss, do you think it's okay to make such an arrangement?"

"Well, that's fine. By the way, tomorrow you will find a way to get a yacht, it will be a bigger one, and I want to arrange the meeting with He Guoyuan and Shen Wangbo the day after tomorrow on the yacht. ”

"Okay boss, I'll help you contact you tomorrow, I believe it should be fine. Boss, is there anything else I want?"

"Well, it's nothing. Zhang Lexing didn't look back, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said casually: "Do you want to drink something before leaving." ”

"Okay," * suddenly became happy: "Boss, what would you like to drink?"

"What do you see in the bar?" Zhang Lexing's mind turned to the integration motherboard again, and he didn't notice anything unusual at all.

* I came to the mini bar and looked for it, but unfortunately there was nothing eye-catching: "Boss, there is nothing good in the bar, or I can help you get a glass of red wine to drink." ”

"It's too much trouble to go out. ”

"Boss, soon, you wait a minute, I'll be back soon. With that, * hurriedly left the room.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for * to come back with a tray with a bottle of red wine and two goblets. Putting down the tray,* took a bottle opener from the mini bar and unscrewed the cork of the red wine, then poured less than half a glass into each of the two goblets, then picked up a glass in one hand and came to Zhang Lexing, handed over the goblet in his right hand, and said, "Boss, you try this." ”

Zhang Lexing took the goblet, shook it a few times, and then brought the cup close to the end of his nose, and a smell of wine mixed with various smells floated up along the wall of the glass. Bringing the glass to your lips and taking a small sip, a compound aroma of blackberry, dessert wine and a hint of port wine fills your mouth.

"*, what kind of wine is this?" asked Zhang Lexing.

"Château Admiralty, France, Allgeltls, '82. * replied cautiously, "Boss, you're still used to drinking." ”

Zhang Lexing said while feeling the taste in his mouth: "Well, compared with the red wine I have drunk before, it feels very different, the taste is very layered, broad and thick but balanced and stable, there is a pure feeling in the middle, and the aftertaste is quite long." ”

"Boss, if you like it. * Picked up the goblet and touched the cup in Zhang Lexing's hand lightly, and then drank it all, under the reflection of the lights in the room, her face was much more rosy than before.

Before I knew it, I drank all the bottles of red wine, and most of it was drunk. Maybe it's the effect of alcohol, * in Zhang Lexing's eyes, it is much more gorgeous than usual. Putting the wine glass on the coffee table, Zhang Lexing came to the sofa and sat down, on another sofa, * leaned on it, his eyes were a little confused, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle.

Zhang Lexing coughed lightly, looked at his watch, and said, "*, it's not early, you go and rest first." ”

"Okay, then I'll go first. * stood up, sighed, turned and walked out.

Zhang Lexing also felt it, * a little disappointed, although she didn't understand why she was suddenly disappointed, but Zhang Lexing also knew that now was obviously not the time to study this issue.

The footsteps gradually disappeared outside the door, Zhang Lexing came to the window again and looked out, and the night outside the window was deeper......

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