Gu Weiqi rushed over, took a handheld game console and played all morning, but did not find any gossip, so he named it "Yanlong No. 1 Handheld Machine" and began to ask Chai Yuqi to apply for an invention patent. After all, this is a game console independently developed by the "Blueprint International Digital High-tech R&D Institution", especially the embedded "Yanlong Cube" game, if it is not patented, it is estimated that it will be plagiarized soon after it is listed.

At the same time, Zheng Yan, who was in charge of Blueprint Industrial Company, was called over, and more than a dozen R&D personnel, including Song Meiqi, development director of the software department, and Fu Xuerou, hardware director, were called to a meeting, which roughly meant purchasing equipment and various electronic components, game console main chips, etc., for assembly line mass production.

In addition, Gu Weiqi gave everyone a project to develop home game consoles. In order to be more intuitive, I directly drew the "red and white machine (referred to as FC)" produced by Nintendo. He played this game console when he was a child, and he also saw the configuration on the manual, and now it is very easy to draw.

According to him, this game console uses a Motorola 6502 CPU chip with a main frequency of 1.8MHz and 2K memory, and an image controller to integrate the sound processor into the CPU. There should be a slot on the console that can read game cartridges, plus a gamepad, etc.

At this time, Nintendo and Atari in the United States both produced home game consoles. In particular, the Atari 2600, a home game console, costs $249, sweeping the rice market and dominating the family game console.

At this time, the Atari 2600 has begun to use game cartridges, users can insert different cartridges at will, change the idea of games, so that a game console, in addition to playing built-in games, can constantly change games, get more game experience.

Atari's profits in 1982 were twice as much as the total profits of the Hollywood film industry, which shows the windfall profits of the game industry. However, it is precisely because of the success of Atari that a large number of game companies around the world have been stimulated. But for the time being, Atari is still the superpower of video games.

Nintendo's company has launched a TVGamegg at this time, but the response to this game console in the market has been mediocre.

In 1981, the company also launched a home game console that could change game cartridges, but the market response was sparse. Most home consoles in the market are priced between $300-$400. The Atari 2600 costs $249, which is on the lower side of the market.

And in history, when Nintendo's red and white machines appeared, they simply compressed the price to $150. And Shigeru Miyamoto, a game designer who was born as a painter of Ren Youtang, wrote two games, "Donkey Kong" and "Super Mario Bros.", which made Nintendo quickly leap to the hegemony of the home game console industry.

Atari was very sad, and in 1982, it made nearly $4 billion, reaching the peak of the industry. But in '83, when the Nintendo FC console was born, Atari lost $500 million in that year. In the next few years, Atari, who was greatly injured, tried to transform into an AB compatible machine, but the decline was still difficult to change. In 1996, its performance plummeted, and in the same year, it was acquired by JTS, a computer hard disk manufacturer.

Gu Weiqi knows that there are two major weapons for the rise of Nintendo, one of which is the FC game console, the low price dumping of $150 has defeated most of the game consoles in the market with $200-500 as the mainstream; The second is that several games designed by Shigeru Miyamoto are very attractive and far more entertaining than other game consoles.

Since he is going to enter this industry, Gu Weiqi must of course take the lead in getting this classic "Super Mario Bros. out" in advance. After that, there are "Contra", "Street Fighter", "Adventure Island" and so on. But this has to be done step by step, anyway, it's only 1980, and there is time. And for these R&D personnel, it is not difficult to borrow from the existing models of Atari and Nintendo on the market, and they will definitely be able to drum it up before Nintendo.

However, after giving everyone this project, Gu Weiqi emphasized: "In terms of cost, I hope everyone will try to find a way to reduce it. Of course, the performance can't be too rubbish,After all, the main battlefield of our game consoles in the future is in Europe and the United States,If the performance can't keep up,Even if it's cost-effective, it can't compete with other opponents in the market。 ”

Fu Xuerou interjected: "Boss, if we mass produce in Xiangjiang, the labor will be much cheaper than that of the United States." In addition, we will study and study that some expensive electronic components can be replaced cheaply without affecting performance, which I believe can reduce a lot of costs. ”

"Not bad."

Gu Weiqi nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "This point is more professional than me, so I won't say more." All in all, the development of our Blueprint International Digital High-tech R&D Institution depends on all of you, and I strongly support you in terms of funding. Zheng Yan, after you negotiate with Mr. Chai, purchase equipment and raw materials as soon as possible for large-scale mass production of handheld machines. ”

Zheng Yan said solemnly: "Okay, Mr. Gu." ”

"That's it, you can study it again." Gu Weiqi walked out of the office and said to Fang Lingwei who was walking towards him: "Sister Weiwei, have you got my driver's license?" ”

"You can come down tomorrow."

Fang Lingwei flipped through the notebook she was holding and reported: "Boss, Xinqi International Publishing House just called 30 million US dollars, and Great Wisdom International Toy Factory called 10 million. At present, the publishing company has been fully sold in Europe, and the performance is very gratifying, and it has opened nearly 20 branches in Europe. Toy Factories have recently seen a boom in Transformers toy sales, with two factories in New York, two in California and Los Angeles. ”

"Oh." Gu Weiqi smiled: "Yes, Xiandi and Yuan Feng finally didn't disappoint me. By the way, how are the sales of manga and newspapers now? ”

"At present, the comics are released every two days, and each issue of Hong Kong sells 300,000 copies, about 30,000 copies, about 350,000 copies, and 450,000 copies, with a cumulative sales of nearly 800,000 copies per issue. Chung Lingyu is recruiting on a talent spree, and in addition to continuing to expand the business distribution in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, he has also started to expand his business in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Nanyang, Japan and South Korea.

"Oh, yes, what's the net profit per volume?"

"The net profit per volume is 2 Hong Kong dollars, which means that now the comics alone can bring nearly 1.6 million Hong Kong dollars to the boss and you."

Gu Weiqi was taken aback, he had long known that comics made money, but he didn't expect it to be so profitable. Of course, this also shows that Zhong Lingyu, who is in charge of comics, has strong work ability, and has unknowingly begun to expand the business in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea, which can be regarded as a rare talent.

"With the recent popularity of 'Huo Yuanjia' and 'Drunken Boxing King Wuji', the daily sales in Hong Kong have reached 380,000 copies. 50,000 copies of Omen, and 450,000 copies in Taiwan area. The cumulative daily sales volume of the three places is nearly 900,000 copies, and the daily net profit has reached one million Hong Kong dollars. ”

"900,000 copies?"

Gu Weiqi nodded in surprise and said, "Yes, being able to distribute the newspaper to Aomen and Taiwan, and the circulation is still so large, Xue Rong is really good at it." Back you withdraw 2 million Hong Kong dollars from our company's account to give them some bonuses, and the salaries of ordinary employees are also increased by 10 percentage points. ”

"Okay." Fang Lingwei quickly jotted down Gu Weiqi's words.

"I didn't expect Huo Yuanjia and Drunken Boxing King Wuji to be on the air, how are the ratings now?"

"Recently, with the launch of these two TV series, coupled with the children's talent contest and singing contest, the average rating has reached 69 points. Even Huo Yuanjia reached 81 points at the highest. Originally, the ratings of "The King of a Thousand Kings" and "The Dream of the Golden Mountain of the Earth's Kindness" that were being broadcast by Wireless and Lishi were quite good. But now, with the rotation of our two plays, they are directly crushed and collapsed. ”

The corners of Fang Lingwei's mouth hooked up a smile, and then said: "In addition, the songs you sang 'The Great Wall Never Falls' and 'Blood Like Fire' became popular with the hit on TV, Zhong Jinghui took advantage of the situation to launch two single records, which have been selling very well recently, both reaching two platinums. In particular, "The Great Wall Will Never Fall" is about to sell for 5 platinum. ”

"Five platinum?" Gu Weiqi smiled dumbly.

5What is the concept of platinum? Generally speaking, in Xiangjiang, more than 50,000 sales are platinum records, which can be regarded as a popular singer.

Today, the record holder of Xiangjiang singer's single record sales is Xu Guanjie's "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" in 1976, which sold more than 400,000 copies in Xiangjiang. No one could break this record until many years later, and later Jacky Cheung's "kiss goodbye" sales also broke 400,000, but it still did not exceed "half a catty and eight taels".

Xu Guanjie is followed by Xu Xiaofeng, Xu Xiaofeng's sales of three consecutive records in Xiangjiang in recent years have exceeded 300,000. Further back are Tan Yonglin, Chen Baiqiang and others, with sales of about 50,000 to 300,000. However, "Huo Yuanjia" has just been broadcast, and the record has just been on the market, with the broadcast of the TV series, it will definitely be popular for a while, and it is difficult to say how many copies will be sold in the end.

"Yes, now you're on fire, boss! The song is now at the top of the on-demand charts of 'Heung Kong Radio' and 'Commercial Radio'. ”

"Brother, is this on fire?" Gu Weiqi smiled and asked, "So is there any movement on the wireless and Lishi side?" ”

"The movement is big, and several artists whose wireless contracts have expired have left their jobs and have been transferred to our TV station."

Fang Lingwei smiled and said, "It is said that the chairman of the board of directors of TVB, Shao Daheng, is very angry! In order to win back the popularity, Shao Tycoon also recently spent 2 million Hong Kong dollars to hold a 'Rookie Singing Contest' and a 'Children's Talent Competition'. ”

"2 million Hong Kong dollars?" Gu Weiqi said with a smile: "It is said that the tycoon slams the door, but I didn't expect to be willing to smash 2 million Hong Kong dollars, which is rare." What about Lishi? ”

"On the side of Lishi, Qiu Degeng, the owner of Far Eastern Bank, has officially taken over, and I heard that he is planning to change his name to Asia Television. It seems that Boss Qiu is planning to make a big move. ”

"Oh, has Boss Qiu officially taken over Lishi? That's kind of interesting. Gu Weiqi narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked again: "Have the singles 'Dream Chaser' and 'This Is My Life' been released?" ”

"Not yet, but after the two songs were broadcast on Phoenix TV, the audience and friends responded very well. At present, Zhong Jinghui is building momentum for the release of these two singles. ”

Fang Lingwei continued: "Recently, the 'Tang Dynasty Fund' bought shares of Hutchison Whampoa, Wharf, HSBC and Jianing Real Estate. In addition, he also acquired a bankrupt car factory and an animation company that was on the verge of collapse in Germany and Yuben, and after the injection of funds, both companies have resumed normal operations, but the name was changed to 'Tang Dynasty' by Locanan. ”