On August 25, when Zhang Shaojie returned to Hong Kong, he got a good news, Shaohuai advanced level examination, got an A in 10 subjects, and the interview of the University of Hong Kong was also passed.

By the next semester, Shaohuai will be a freshman in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Hong Kong.

"Study hard, and there will be more places to display your talents in the future!" Zhang Shaojie said with a cold face and a warm encouragement.

Shaohuai nodded excitedly and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will cherish the opportunity to learn and work hard!" ”

Zhang Shaojie thought silently in his heart, Shaohuai is also competitive enough, and he has become the first college student in the old Zhang family, presumably the elders who have passed away such as parents and aunts can also be relieved in the spirit of heaven.

To this end, Zhang Shaojie couldn't help but invite many relatives and friends to charter a suite at The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong to celebrate.

Gu Long, Ni Kuang, Ma Rongcheng, Yishu, Lin Qingxia, Anita Mui, Teresa Teng and others who participated in the banquet all gave Shaojie red envelopes.

Gu Long gave Shaohuai a Parker gold pen and said: "This pen was given to me by a friend of mine, and it is said that it is only limited to 888 in the world, which is more precious." Now I will give it to you, wishing you prosperity and success in your studies. ”

"Thank you, Brother Gulong!" Shaohuai said respectfully.

Ni Kuang and Yishu gave Shaohuai a sports car.

Giving the car keys to Shaohuai, Ni Kuang jokingly explained: "Going to college is different from middle school. You can rest assured that you can boldly pick up girls, if you meet your favorite beauty, there is no luxury sports car, how can you increase your face?"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed, and the embarrassed Shaohuai almost hid under the table.

And Zhang Shaojie, Anita Mui, Lin Qingxia, and Teresa Teng discussed it, took out a Xiaobawang game console, and said with a smile: "This is a limited product made by Xiaobawang Game Company, and the configuration is more luxurious than the one on the market." When you get to school, it's easier to make friends with such an artifact! ”

"Hmph, look, look! Shaohuai, the most angry are your brother and sister-in-law. You were admitted to the best university in Hong Kong, how can they just be perfunctory and take out such a stingy gift" Yishu smiled and provoked.

"Don't speak ill of my brother, I like game consoles the most!" Shaohuai emphasized.

When everyone heard this, they laughed again for Shaohuai's initiative to protect his brother.

—————————— September 1, 1981, was an extremely important time for Xiaobawang Games.

On this day, Zhang Shaojie, who has disappeared under the public's nose for several months, will reappear in the eyes of the Hong Kong media. However, this time Zhang Shaojie's appearance was neither to promote the new book nor to promote the new movie, but to build momentum for the listing and sales of the Xiaobawang game console.

Due to the lack of funds and the insufficient supply of production materials, Guangzhou's Xiaobawang Enterprise only manufactured 20,000 Xiaobawang game consoles and 20,000 copies of "Super Mario" game cartridges.

Each Underlord console costs $65 at the factory, while it costs $25 to produce a set of gaming disk cartridges. Among them, the cost of foreign exchange that needs to be used accounts for 60%!

Zhang Shaojie is not short of renminbi, and the publication of "The Rise of a Great Power" in China's domestic market brings him 3 million yuan a month, which is enough to pay for domestic labor costs and production costs.

However, electronic components need to be procured from the United States, the United States, and other places. Therefore, the foreign exchange reserves of the yuan and the US dollar have become the main factor restricting whether the production scale of Xiaobawang can be expanded.

At present, Xiaobawang Company's only source of foreign exchange is mainly Zhang Shaojie's manuscript fees and film dividends in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yueben, Singapore and other places.

Because of the lack of foreign exchange resources and the insufficient number of imported electronic components, the production line of Xiaobawang game machine actually produces more than 1,000 units per day. Therefore, it is necessary to sell the products in the market, such as the United States, Europe, etc., so that the company can earn a large amount of foreign exchange for the purchase of electronic components and the normal operation of the supply production line.

On August 25th, Xiaobawang Company has launched promotional advertisements in the media such as "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily", "Sing Tao Weekly", etc., saying that on September 1, 500 citizens will be invited to participate in the Xiaobawang game console press conference.

At that time, all citizens participating in the press conference can try the Xiaobawang game console for free.

After the press conference, there will be a lucky draw, and 88 lucky viewers will receive a Little Overlord game console and a Super Mario Bros. game cartridge as their lucky gifts.

As these advertising messages were learned by the citizens, many people couldn't help but feel a little unbelievable. Even if Zhang Shaojie becomes the boss of a real estate company or merges TVB, Hong Kong people feel terrible at most. However, Zhang Shaojie's production of home game consoles makes everyone feel like a fantasy.

At Little Star Ferry Pier, a group of citizens waiting for the ferry began to sit or stand to read the newspaper.

A young man, reading the newspaper excitedly, said: "Zhang Shaojie waved his army in the high-tech field and invested heavily in the research and development of Xiaobawang home game consoles, intending to get involved in the video game industry!" This is a rare attempt by Hong Kong companies to enter the high-tech field! Compared with real estate developers such as Li Ka-shing and the Guo family, Zhang Shaojie's ambitions are really ambitious."

As the young man read the newspaper, everyone began to become active and talked about the news.

"Little Overlord game console, what's it?"

"It's similar to the Atari 2600 game console, which has a very high technical content, and Hong Kong companies are not capable of producing such cutting-edge products!"

"What are you kidding, Zhang Shaojie doesn't write, doesn't invest in movies, but makes game consoles?"

"Atari, with annual sales of more than hundreds of millions of dollars, and the founder is also a genius inventor, Zhang Shaojie, who is in the entertainment industry, how can he delusionally get involved in the high-tech industry?"

"Zhang Shaojie is really overwhelmed!"

Although, Zhang Shaojie is very well-known in Hong Kong, and has a large number of supporters in fields such as movies. But few people think that Zhang Shaojie has the ability to create a family game industry similar to Atari.

In Hong Kong, there may be a large number of talents in traditional manufacturing industries such as clothing, watches, tobacco, beer, pharmaceuticals, and papermaking, but in high-end industries such as the electronics industry, there is no foundation.

With the news that Zhang Shaojie invested in the establishment of Xiaobawang Game Company and is about to release game console products, it has been widely spread in the Hong Kong media.

For a while, keywords such as "Zhang Shaojie's investment in the game industry" and "Xiaobawang" began to quickly become popular in the Hong Kong media. Hundreds of major newspapers began to reprint and report the news

And the tickets for Xiaobawang's product launch have also attracted thousands of applications throughout Hong Kong.

———————————— September 1, 1981, 9 o'clock in the morning.

In Central, Hong Kong's Xiaobawang spent 50,000 Hong Kong dollars to rent a 3,000-square-meter exhibition hall. The hall has been able to accommodate more than 500 spectators.

No big screens, no slides.

A total of 88 TVs, as well as 88 Xiaobawang game consoles and 88 sets of Super Mario Bros. game cartridges were placed in the entire venue.

Hundreds of spectators and reporters entered the venue in an orderly manner.

The press conference was arranged, and the host invited Zhang Shaojie to give a speech.

Zhang Shaojie calmly said: "Ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our product launch of Xiaobawang company. Xiaobawang game machine is a home entertainment product that I invited many computer masters and inventors from the United States, as well as technical experts from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China to participate in. This console has a lot of innovative designs. Just in the registration of international patents, there have been more than 37, technologically advanced surnames, no need for me to sell and boast!

The ease of this game console, the ability to play with a high surname, and the ability to change a wealth of new games at any time are all reasons why I have confidence in the Xiaobawang game console

As for whether there is a deviation between my personal views and everyone's opinions, I hope you will test them together. Below, please invite the audience and friends on the scene to try the game in person, there is a game console manual on the booth, if you have any questions, you can ask our staff on the spot"

Reporters and visitors came to the major booths one after another, and under the guidance of the staff, they tried to play the only game "Super Mario Bros." with a gamepad.

The rest of the audience was curious.

Both the audience who were lucky enough to try it out and the audience who were watching from the sidelines were amazed! The Overlord console is simply so well done, it's as magical as a sci-fi product from the future. A lot of viewers couldn't believe that this is a product of Xiaobawang Company.

"Oh my God, Zhang Shaojie is so good, he has cleared the customs, and he has cleared the game of "Super Mario Bros."

"Hey, that's the princess, Mario finally rescued the princess from the Demon King!"

"It's so romantic."

In other players, the clumsy, although they are enjoying it, but they are busy in a cold sweat. And Zhang Shaojie actually played and cleared the customs, which caused a ** exclamation in the venue.

The Xiaobawang game machine aroused great enthusiasm among players and reporters at the venue. Everyone began to indulge in the game and seemed to laugh

After the end of the exhibition, a live lottery will be held. 88 lucky players won prizes from the Xiaobawang game console, and the other players were envious.

At the same time, players who did not win the lottery have asked when the game will be released. Or someone simply was on the scene and sent an order to Xiaobawang Company.

Zhang Shaojie smiled, ecstatic in his heart, the players on the scene were conquered by the game one after another, and Xiaobawang was getting closer and closer to success!

(To be continued)