Of course, this product is basically cannon fodder that will inevitably appear on the path of exploration.

Video games are an emerging market. Emerging means no precedent, and no precedent means that you need to move forward while groping.

No one knows whether they have found a correct road or a bottomless abyss.

The emergence of Atari seems to be accidental, but under this system, it is inevitable.

That's probably how venture capital works.

John Kishimoto was right. He didn't take anything, just drove Lin Yan around Silicon Valley in the car. I found some small factories, explained my intentions, and said that they were here to inspect and invest, but they were basically not blocked by the audit, and they were immediately put in.

Generally, these small factories, as long as they are not in business with their founders, are basically in the company.

Along the way, he saw several small factories, which gave Lin Yan a feeling. These Americans speak very neatly, tell popular jokes, talk about life and ideals, and are all good hands. Lin Yan thinks that even if they don't come out to start a business, they just set up a platform by themselves, and it's no problem to talk about cross talk.

However, it seems that setting up a stage to talk about cross talk is also a kind of entrepreneurship.

Listening to other people's nonsense, time passed quickly, and soon it was noon. I found a Chinese restaurant on the side of the road, and Lin Yan and John Kishimoto ate in it.

Chinese restaurants in the United States, said to be Chinese food. In fact, most Chinese come and don't think that this thing is actually Chinese food.

The food in Chinese restaurants, for American tastes, has done too much localization. So much so that people can't see it. How much blood does this have to do with the food of its hometown?

Listen to John Kishimoto. There are many Chinese restaurants in the United States. The number is even more than the chain fast food giants, such as KFC, Burger King, Subway, etc. combined.

Lin Yan nodded. He wasn't too surprised by this. Chinese food is not too bad. It's not like Japanese food, it's a high-end route. It is almost a cuisine that has become popular with the rise of the Japanese economy.

Chinese restaurants rely on cheap and delicious taste to open so many restaurants.

Of course, there may be another reason. Chinese people will not get too good results if they go to work.

The famous "Chinese Exclusion Act" of the American trade unions is a real example. The reason why they are Chinese exclusion is because the Chinese are too industrious. One of them can be used as two people. If they do more work, won't there be other workers who will not have jobs? What's more, they did not join the trade unions and fought against the factory owners and capitalists. No strikes, no demonstrations. It's about working well and with peace of mind.

Since you and the broad group of workers, do not wear a pair of pants. Then you will die. Thus, the Chinese Exclusion Act was born.

In contrast, opening a Chinese restaurant does not have such a problem. Just be industrious. There is no need to consider the other consequences and hidden dangers of hard work.

Of course, one reason why Japanese products are now more competitive than U.S. products is domestic. It is because the union has fought for too many benefits, which leads to the high cost that the enterprise needs to bear, resulting in the high price of the product. As a result, the product is not competitive.

And welfare, such a thing, when it is said that it is simple to rise, it will rise up with a puff. But. It's basically impossible to get it down.

Even if it's your business. The Japanese products were running on the verge of bankruptcy, and the liquidity was almost gone. You still have to pay benefits to workers. Even if you go for a loan, this benefit must be paid.

Therefore, there are some business owners in the United States who are not having a good time. In fact, the workers they want are Chinese workers who are down-to-earth and willing to work hard, and do not want excessive welfare.

It's a pity that this kind of worker is for various reasons. Purged by the union. According to the trade unions, if you don't strike, what kind of worker are you?

The workers are the antithesis of the factory owners, the oppressed and exploited. You need to fight for your rights at all times.

Of course, the American trade unions are like this. And not because they are wholeheartedly really for the ordinary workers. Rather, because this is an industry, the upper echelons of the trade unions, as long as they organize various activities every day to fight for various "rights" for the workers, they can get paid.

This kind of remuneration is somewhat similar to the agent system of celebrities. The agent's money comes out of the stars. And their money, that is, from the workers. Therefore, the better the welfare they can earn, the better their own life will be.

After all, this world is still the kind that can't afford to be early. There aren't many people who can really help others wholeheartedly. Go for these welfare systems.

While Lin Yan was eating, he chatted with John Kishimoto.

This Chinese restaurant, like most Chinese restaurants, is family-oriented.

However, although the Chinese restaurant is opened by yellow-skinned Chinese. However, Lin Yan found that he still remembered how to speak Mandarin, and there was no way to communicate with them.

They speak in a strange tone, sounding a bit like some southern dialect. Of course, it can't be said that people speak in bird language, it's just that Lin Yan himself can't understand it.

If he doesn't understand, he won't have the nature to talk to them. Besides, even if you can speak, there is nothing to talk about. Everyone's experience is different. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a person of two worlds.

Even with John Kishimoto's words, there are more than these people.

After lunch, continue the tour in the afternoon.

Lin Yan found a more interesting thing. The makers of video games have not all disappeared. There are also a large number of arcade manufacturers in Silicon Valley.

The corresponding companies and factories that were originally attached to the Atari system and designed games for Atari production.

Other words. The Atari crash did lead to the collapse of the entire video game market. But the main body of the collapse is still Atari himself. The arcade market hasn't been affected too much.

What made Lin Yan more uncomfortable was that the several arcade manufacturers he visited had produced high-quality imitations of "Space Invaders". However, it is not easy to sue them.

Because, the current U.S. Patent Office does not recognize the fact that software code can be patented. Of course, at the same time as receiving the rejection, the patent office also said that they did not rule out the possibility of passing software code patents in the future.

Therefore, a large part of the patents applied for by Lin Yan are appearance patents. There is also the registration of the copyright of "Space Invaders". Make sure every image in Space Invaders is protected.

However, neither of these is too binding, as long as people change it slightly, they will bypass it. (To be continued......)