Being able to live in the Tang family during the Chinese New Year, Lin Fengjiao of course knew what it meant, so she has always been very careful to show her advantages, strive to advance and retreat in moderation, and get up early the next day to prepare breakfast, so as to show the necessary housekeeping.

Needless to say, at present, Lin Fengjiao is very concerned about his first impression of Tang Yun.

After boiling water, Lin Fengjiao came to the gate of the courtyard and took out several copies of today's newspaper from the mailbox, almost all of which were in English, which she couldn't read, but found that they invariably published a photo of Tang Huan shaking hands with a white man.

At this time, Tang Huan, who was wearing sportswear, walked out, and while moving his muscles and bones, he teased Lin Fengjiao, "I don't have enough exercise at night, so I have to make up for it in the morning." ”

Lin Fengjiao glared at Tang Huan with a red face, and shook the newspaper in front of his eyes, "There is a photo of you on it, it looks high-spirited, very majestic." ”

Tang Huan took it and quickly flipped through it, and found that the media's overall coverage of Shennong Fund was quite positive and friendly.

The worst of them is to say sourly, "This Chinese young man who was pursued by the richest woman, after discovering a huge treasure, did not get carried away and squander it for himself like ordinary people, but took it out and did something very meaningful, hoping that it was not for economic factors such as tax avoidance but completely out of sincerity, and wished him the next treasure as he wished." ”

Obviously, even if some people are very unhappy with Tang Huan's infinite prestige as a Chinese, they dare not jump out against the trend to make waves.

As for the positive comments in the newspaper, they are not in the same format, there are still different angles and emphases, for example, there is a review that mentioned, "It is not surprising that Tang Huan did this, he is an ideal young man, and has always paid attention to public affairs. It can be seen that Tang Huan is not a businessman who only stares at money. ”

It has to be said that in terms of professional quality alone, American reporters are still very clever and have a relatively comprehensive view of the problem.

Putting the newspaper back in Lin Fengjiao's hand, Tang Huan, who was in a good mood, quipped: "When Jiaojiao made breakfast, she secretly added some amount to me, and I have a good appetite today." ”

"Got it, sir." Lin Fengjiao rolled her eyes and entered the house with the newspaper.

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After Tang Huan drove to the company's headquarters in Cupertino, the 386 project R&D team was ready, waiting for him to take the lead in evaluating the prototype.

As a result, Hawkins found the conference room and told Tang Huan in a sweaty way that the inventory of game consoles was seriously insufficient, and after contacting the factory in Asia, the other side replied that overtime had been arranged, but it was the Chinese New Year period, and all aspects of the process were inevitably slowed down.

For this situation, Hawkins could only come to Tang Huan, the big boss, to come forward to coordinate.

Tang Huan rubbed his eyebrows, and secretly said in his heart, this is really a happy trouble.

So far, the global sales of Xiaobawang game consoles have exceeded 1.7 million units, and the entire sales area is roughly divided into three parts: Asia with the Japanese market as the main region, North America with the United States market as the main market, and South America and Europe developed by Christina from Argentina and Greece, and thus the entire production capacity is distributed according to the ratio of 2:7:1.

"I remember that it hasn't been long since the last coordination, or you should let other regions, such as Europe, transfer to support the United States." Tang Huan tentatively suggested.

"Don't, boss, this is not a temporary market, according to my observation, the market has entered a new height. And your public image has been very popular lately, and a lot of orderers are coming to you specifically for your name, which is why the pressure is so high. At present, countless people are staring at EA's operational capabilities, and once something goes wrong, it will affect our position as a leader in the industry, and temporary adjustments cannot fundamentally solve the problem. What's more, you don't know yet, the Little Overlord game console has also opened up in Europe, especially in Eastern Europe, and it is said that Tetris is a very popular game, and it is almost crazy to play. Even if I want to adjust, the margin is very limited. ”

Hawkins babbled on and on a lot, and the central idea was to let the factory continue to increase production capacity.

A series of prestige activities have really paid off here in the United States, and Tang Huan secretly sighed in his heart.

"The second phase of the Asian factory is under construction, and the production capacity will be greatly increased at that time, which will definitely alleviate the current shortage of supply, but at the moment you can only adjust it skillfully, and at the same time I will also let the Asian factory work overtime." Tang Huan spread his hands and replied, and then added: "But EA can't pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelon, there must be no low-level mistakes in the quality of the game, and the majority of profits are counting on it." ”

"Okay, I see." Hawkins nodded, "In addition, there is another problem that is more tricky, and that is piracy and imitation. Many original games on the Xiaobawang game console platform have been illegally ported to personal computers on the CP/M platform, and even on Macs. At the same time, there are many small companies in Silicon Valley, they are imitating the hardware architecture of the Xiaobawang game console, trying to make a compatible platform, although there is no successful one, but the future is worrying. ”

"This is also something that cannot be helped, as a leader, it will naturally become the target of public criticism. Fortunately, the loss is limited, so let's wait patiently for the software copyright protection to be further improved. Tang Huan was also very helpless, and said in a deep voice: "Xiaobawang game console has two layers of protection mechanism, hardware and software, it is not so easy to crack it perfectly, and after the Xiaobawang game machine was launched in 1980, there will be improvements, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Huan smiled, "If you still can't stop it, then open the platform to third-party game developers." ”

"Then let's put up with it for the time being." Hawkins let out a sigh of relief, "By the way, you asked me to let out the news of financing a few days ago, and the response was very positive, and soon several investment institutions took the initiative to contact me." ”

"Hang their appetite first, we are the emperor's daughters and don't worry about getting married, according to the current sales momentum, the annual shipments in North America this year are really not a problem of 5 million units, that is $1 billion in sales." Old God Tang Huan was pointing on the ground.

The business has reached the point where it is now, and the control of the company is firmly assured, so his attitude towards financing has become proactive.

In Tang Huan's eyes, borrowing 100,000 yuan, the bank is the uncle; Borrow 10 million, and the bank becomes a friend; Borrowing a billion, the bank becomes a grandson, and the Hunter family, who is currently speculating in silver, is an example, after the market crashed, forcing the bank to take the initiative to clean up the mess.

"Actually, we don't have any shortage of liquid cash right now." Hawkins said tentatively, he only knew that Tang Huan wanted to push EA to the stock market, but the detailed plan in the boss's heart was unknown.

"Didn't you just worry about EA being copied and pirated, if our entertainment content was richer, then this kind of trouble would not be worth mentioning. You see, behind Atari stands Warner, and if a certain Warner movie is a hit, Atari can adapt it into a game; Conversely, if an Atari game is a hit, Warner can also be used to make a movie. What a perfect fit, but now they haven't taken full advantage of it. Tang Huan saw Hawkins' curiosity, so he revealed his thoughts.

"Boss, you want to buy a Hollywood company?" Hawkins asked, "It is said that the water in Hollywood is very deep." ”

"It's not supposedly, but it's really deep." Tang Huan laughed.

In the late 1980s in his previous life, Sony bought Columbia, Panasonic bought Universal, and the always shrewd little Japan suffered miserably, the latter directly withdrew miserably, and the former finally survived after losing billions of dollars and paying huge tuition.

Of course, Sony, which has adapted to Hollywood, has a more reasonable layout of its entertainment industry, which can be described as a huge benefit.

Taking advantage of the fact that the whole Hollywood is still at a low point, Tang Huan naturally wants to seize the opportunity to be among them, so as to gain more time to adapt, not to mention using EA to attract funds from the United States, and then use this money to buy Hollywood in the United States.

"MGM, Paramount, Columbia, Warner, Universal Pictures, United States, 20th Century Fox, Disney, which of these companies do you think we should buy?" Tang Huan counted with his fingers, and then asked Hawkins.

"It seems to be too expensive to afford with our financing power." Hawkins muttered a bitter reply.

"You're too pessimistic, Lianmei can't get it with 400 million?" Tang Huan looked at Hawkins with a smile, "It seems that you don't know much about Hollywood." ”

In the previous life, the more famous small film companies in Hollywood, such as New Line and Miramax, have been established, but their development is limited, and from the perspective of the resources they have accumulated so far, there is no acquisition value at all, and Tang Huan can only focus on the eight major companies.

Among these first-tier companies, Andy Albert, the smallest of the United States, and the director Andy Albert is still dying, abandoning the tradition of budget-conscious thinking, and with a budget of $11.5 million, he passed a disaster blockbuster "Heaven's Gate", directed by Michael Cimino, who previously directed "The Deer Hunter", and now the investment has increased to $44 million.

According to the historical trajectory, "Heaven's Gate" made little profit after its release in November this year, and the already precarious United Arts has since collapsed. In 1981, it was sold to MGM by the owner Pan Am for $350 million, and the two eventually sank together.

Although "Heaven's Gate" has not yet been released, United Arts has already spent more than $30 million more than the budget, presumably the financial situation is already stretched, but it can be contacted before it is completely abandoned by Pan America.

Thinking of this, Tang Huan said: "You have to have greater confidence in the video game industry, all kinds of media are waving for us, compared to our rising sun, Luen Mei is a little dull." If you don't believe it, ask the other party, would you like to marry EA? ”

"Shall I try it then?" Hawkins had excitement in his eyes, but there was still a lack of confidence in his tone.

"If you don't have any other problems to report to me, you can give it a try." Tang Huan made a gesture of encouragement.

"Okay, I'll try it now." Hawkins slapped his thigh hard and walked away.

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