Chapter 44 Turning Back the Clock on History
"Sakura-chan, what are you doing here?" Yuki Sakata looked at his sister and said.
Sakata Sakura glanced at Lin Yan, smiled and didn't answer, Sakata Yuki looked at Lin Yan with questioning eyes, Lin Yan didn't answer his question, but asked, "What did you just say?" β
"Sakura-chan, what are you doing here?"
"Previous."
"There are a lot of middle school students who don't go to class because of your Space Invaders." Yuki Sakata frowned and thought for a moment before saying.
He saw that Lin Yan's expression was a little nervous when he heard this news, and he asked, "What's wrong?" Any questions? β
"No, nothing?" Lin Yan replied. He knew that Yuki Sakata was born with a gossip heart, and he was curious enough about many things. However, he must not be the one who got the first-hand information about skipping school to play "Space Invaders", and there should have been quite a few journalists before him who had already obtained these materials and made them into news.
Skipping school and playing video games, this kind of thing, in Lin Yan's view, should be regarded as a public relations crisis. Because one is not handled well, it may be that all the foreshadowing in front of it will lose its effectiveness, and the video game arcade will fall into the situation where everyone shouts and fights.
Hayashi persuaded Shiraishi and Nagasawa to advertise in the mall instead of directly in the pachinko game hall for what. It's because I want to get rid of the bad impression that pachinko brings to everyone.
Let everyone be able to play video games, and let everyone like video games, this is what Lin Yan said to Shiraishi and Nagasawa at the beginning.
It will be useful not only now, but also in the future. And if the video game is branded with something bad, Lin Yan knows that it will be difficult for it to turn over.
At this time, it depends on the crisis public relations of Dongli and the persimmon family, and the video game alliance does not have its own media public relations team, so this kind of thing can only be pinned on the persimmon family and Dongli. Hopefully they can defuse the crisis and solve this problem.
It's a question of whether to make a phone call.
Lin Yan thought about it. instructed Sakura Sakata behind him to watch Yuki Sakata study well. He went to the phone of Yukiya Sakata and dialed the phone number of Shiraishi's office.
Because of the phone number, it is not the phone number of Lin Yan's family. Therefore, Lin Yan wanted to have a fairy tale with Baishi this time, but he still encountered a little trouble.
However, fortunately, the operator is not lazy and did not shirk directly. Instead, he really asked Baishi, so Lin Yancai and Baishi talked.
Lin Yan asked Shiraishi if he knew about Japanese middle school students skipping class and going out to play video games and arcades. Shiraishi said he knew.
These days, there are really a lot of arcade machines offline, so the territory covered by arcades has expanded a lot. There are many owners who have put up arcade machines and installed arcade machines in their stores, for such things as arcade machines. It's really very attentive.
They have a good cooperative relationship with Dongli's sales department, and they can give timely feedback on what is going on.
During the school and work hours, which was supposed to be the off-season, a lot of young people suddenly came to play games, which could not help but be noticed by the bosses.
Shiraishi said he had received a total of 16 such reports from 12 bosses. He knows that the percentage of real truancy is high.
Japan has always been a place that pays attention to education, and if this matter is not handled well, it will inevitably lead to a major crisis.
So, he himself went to the company's intelligence and public relations department. I found the head of the department and chatted for a long time. At the same time, notify the relevant departments of the persimmon family and coordinate well to deal with this big crisis for them.
Lin Yan was a little relieved when he knew that they knew. But. As soon as he put down the phone, he felt a little uncomfortable again.
Sure enough, as Lin Yan expected, the information he knew was getting less and less. Regardless of whether Shiraishi is intentional or unintentional, Nagasawa is intentional or unintentional, think about the interests of the company they represent behind them. Weaken Lin Yan's sense of existence. It's also a must-have.
What's more, Lin Yan himself also proposed to find a third-party small software developer to develop the game. This happens to be like Lin Yan himself breaking a leg of his own. After finding those third-party software developers, Lin Yan's identity as a unique game creator will inevitably be hit.
The hardware has Dongli, and the software has a third party, so what's the use of Lin Yan.
Although the persimmon family and the people of Dongli do not necessarily have the concept of separating software and hardware now. In their minds, they are software developers, even if the hardware is provided.
It's like a DVD player manufacturer, which not only produces its own video discs, but also buys a video player, which is completely contrary to the laws of the market and impossible.
Because, there is no one company. To be able to have that much productivity to satisfy the entire market. Moreover, game production has its limitations, and it takes more makers and more creativity to survive well. There is no good market for inbreeding.
Japan's education sector has always been fond of inbreeding. In many ways, I don't like to communicate with people abroad, and I always like to play my own game.
Coupled with the historical system problem of the enterprise merit sequence, Japan still can't see anything, and 30 years later, they have missed an era called the "Internet Age".
At that time, companies all over Japan did not react to the increasingly fierce global Internet wave. There is no website that can be used, and there are no fresh Internet ideas that can be used.
Companies across Japan have entered a long winter just like they have entered the Xiaoice era. Chaebols like Soni are in financial crisis every year, unable to extricate themselves, not to mention those smaller and weaker small businesses.
Put down the phone, let go of the thoughts in your heart. Whether Lin Yan himself wants to admit it or not, he knows that no matter what new things people like himself have created. If you don't work hard, you're bound to be eliminated.
And now it seems that the current self has entered this process.
He can't say that he is unhappy, as long as his shares are not reduced, he will get the profit share he deserves every year.
However, he also knew that he was a little too sweet and naΓ―ve to think so. However, more on that later. His original idea was nothing more than to make video games accessible to more people, and he didn't particularly value it for his own interests.
In this way, there is obviously a suspicion of pretentiousness. Lin Yan pursed his lips. I have a man of God who does not eat the fireworks of the world. How can you just talk about ideals, and ignore your own belly.
Playing dreams out of reality is a hooligan, and Lin Yan looked at it fixedly, and Sakata Yuki was playing hooligan against his sister.
Lin Yan thought about it. I just thought it was too bad.
However, having said that, Lin Yan felt that Sakata Yuki was also quite happy. It's not a lonely person, isn't it a very happy thing to have someone to accompany you every day?
Lin Yan looked at Yuki Sakata and looked at Sakura Sakata. begging to rest for a while, I didn't think about whether this would be the portrayal of Crayon Xiaoxin, who likes to show off elephants and bright ass forever, and his sister Xiaokui after they grow up.
Growing up careful, her personality has become introverted, and Xiaokui in junior high school is still in the stage of a bear child to a certain extent.
Weak brother, strong sister, poor little heart is always the terrible tigress sister. Bullying again and again. Dare to be angry but dare not speak, how miserable.
"Brother, didn't I say you, Brother Xiaoyan only went to make a two-minute call, and you only studied for two minutes, and then you want to rest again?" Sakura Sakata looked at her stupid brother, and compared with Brother Lin Yan in her heart, she felt that her brother was not only stupid, but also a bit of waste, and more seriously. If you compare it like this, you even feel that he is not saved at all.
Sakura Sakata saw that Lin Yan had finished making a phone call and returned to the living room, and she asked Lin Yan directly. "Brother Xiaoyan, you said that my brother's appearance is completely gone."
Lin Yan, who originally thought that his sister would be able to solve his brother's stubborn illness when she went out, felt that she was too sweet and sweet. He felt that from today onwards, he should let himself eat more salt. So get rid of this nightmare that is too sweet.
Sakata Yuki didn't wait for Lin Yan to speak, so he said to Lin Yan with a pleading face, "Xiaoyan, you see that I got up so early this weekend. I got up at four o'clock in the morning. My head hurts a little now, so how about I take a break and rest? β
Why do you wake up early to play video game arcades?
Lin Yan said to himself in his heart that this video game arcade equipped with "Space Invaders" has been installed in Sakata Yuki's house for a few days.
Sakura Sakata didn't have much interest in it, while Yuki Sakata and his dad were interested in the machine. Yuki Sakata probably got up so early just to play a little longer in the competition with his father.
Human desire is really the driving force for human progress and the ladder of progress. At the same time, Lin Yan also understood, he felt that he understood a little, why so many people were crazy about him in "Space Invaders", which he felt was a little boring.
Because, Lin Yan himself is like a city man who has seen too many excellent games. And in this era, those who have just started to get into video games are like just peeking into the colorful modern world from the most remote part of the world.
Even if Space Invaders exits the mainstream game market in the future, this gaming experience, as well as this game, will be remembered by them. It can even form a subculture, which is also a kind of faith.
People who have experienced the birth of video games and the explosion of video games are undoubtedly happy. Lin Yan looked at Sakata Yuki and thought, what a happy person.
Although, Lin Yan has advocated modular standardized production for a long time. However, there are still no more and no fewer problems in implementation.
Because, modular production, in the eyes of people nowadays, they understand that they cannot. For a game, make an arcade machine, which seems simple to them. Don't worry too much about other limitations, just use the best technology to meet the needs of the arcade.
Video game arcade is not something that will be taken home by ordinary consumers, and they are not so sensitive to the price of arcade machines, so it is not impossible to sell them for the sake of improving picture quality and expressiveness.
So, Bomberman's arcade machine, in fact, in the joint laboratory of Kakiya and Dongli, has abandoned standardized production and instead designed circuits specifically suitable for this game.
Lin Yan didn't know these things yet, and when he knew, all of them would be cooked with raw rice. This project, which is personally led by Katsujiu Yano, doesn't know how it will end.
In short, now Yano Katsukuro feels that he can't be wise and powerful. What kind of dog-fart Lin Yan, what kind of dog-fart standardization, modular production, were all thrown behind by him. He was having a good time now, and at last he had the pleasure of turning over and singing as a serf.
Asamiaki reported to Shiraishi about this matter. Shiraishi asked, how do you support other games? Asamiaki shook her head, after such a redesign, it could not support the replacement of the original game baseboard.
For this reason, Shiraishi also specially asked Nagasawa to discuss with Yano Katsuku. Yano Katsujiu seems very confident about all this. He said that the video game arcade, such a machine that is not too expensive and very profitable, if you want to replace the game, those merchants have to queue up after buying the game console, and take the game that needs to be replaced.
Shiraishi and Nagasawa thought about it, and they felt that they cared so much about standardization and modularization because Lin Yan forcibly instilled this concept in them. They thought it was convenient at the time.
Now Katsu Yano explained that they found that this would actually affect the cost of game hardware and software. They immediately decided to support Yano Katsuku's idea.
Asami Qiu expressed concern about this, and she quietly talked to her boss Shiraishi, saying that if we don't standardize, then what about those third-party game producers?
Shiraishi asked, "Have they made a level game so far?" β
No. Asamiaki shook her head.
"Wouldn't that be nice then," Shiraishi spread his hands and said, "All of this is Lin Yan's whimsical suggestion. We are practicing, we are already giving him face, don't think too much. Joint laboratory, isn't the finished game about to be released, everything is going well, don't worry.
Third-party game manufacturers with very low efficiency and low technology will be eliminated by joint experiments sooner or later. We agreed to Lin Yan's willful request, also to put a little pressure on the joint laboratory. Now that your game is almost ready, of course there will be no problem.
Wait for one day, call Lin Yan over, let him see the finished game, and then I can persuade him to give up his ridiculous idea, there will be no problem at all. β
And Lin Yan, who didn't know anything about this, was still having a headache about how to persuade Sakata Yuki to study hard. (To be continued.) )
PS: A big chapter...... Recommended Ticket......