Media Building.

Gunpei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto, senior executives from Nintendo, came to Wanhui Media Company together and planned to inspect its game subsidiary, Ninth City.

What is the reason for the executives of the world's game giants to put down their identities and come to a game software company that has not yet produced any works?

It turned out that in 1994, 32-bit consoles such as 3DO, SS, and PS were released one after another, and large-capacity, high-quality next-generation games became the focus of discussion. GB, which did not have any technical advantages at the beginning of its development, was ridiculed by people, and the mainstream game media were also pessimistic about the future of GB. Annual sales of GB consoles in Japan plummeted from more than 3 million units to 1.81 million units, and the number of software sales dropped from nearly 18 million to 10.3 million. The handheld market is facing a severe test, and the home console market has also encountered strong competitors, and Nintendo has begun to fall into an unprecedented crisis.

The rapid decline of GB made Yamauchi Pu and Yokoi Junpei very anxious, and in addition to investing heavily in the research and development of Virtualboy, Nintendo also began to actively explore new selling points of GB.

First of all, this game is adapted from the "Pokémon" manga and anime that has enjoyed a high reputation in Asia, and even Japanese manga fans are very large, and it is rated as a level of anime of "Dragon Ball" by Japan; Secondly, this game emphasizes the fun of communication and can achieve versatility, which is undoubtedly a very big selling point.

Led by Long Jingchang, President of Wanhui Media, and Gao Kelin, President of Ninth City, Yokoi Junhei and Shigeru Miyamoto visited the entire Wanhui Media Company.

After a circle, the two were very amazed, this media group is indeed a cow, the comic industry is feared by its Japanese peers, the media industry is the first in Hong Kong, and now it has entered the game field and software field in a big way, which is simply admirable for their enterprising spirit.

Yokoi Junhei is engaged in technology, so he asked directly, "Xiangjiang's software talent is weak, I wonder if your company has a way to deal with it?"

Long Jingchang said with a smile, "Heung Kong can graduate thousands of engineering students every year, which is enough to meet the local requirements. At the same time, we have also brought in overseas talents, and there are many Japanese manga and software engineers in our company."

In fact, there are indeed thousands of engineering college students who graduate from the engineering department in Xiangjiang every year, almost around 1500~2000, and this data is still increasing, and it is expected that more than 2500 people can graduate every year by the end of the nineties.

Talent is not very short, what is lacking is a kind of atmosphere, everyone is used to making quick money, so they have not settled down to engage in technology, and the actual application ability is too poor. New technology emphasizes the spirit of innovation and research, and most Hong Kong people focus on immediate interests and lack the spirit of research.

Lin Zuhui is subtly changing this status quo, he spent a huge amount of money to donate special funds for several universities and junior colleges, and at the same time set up a company to conduct research in all aspects, and set up a high-tech limelight fund - Jingwei Capital.

In addition, Heung Kong can also introduce Indian software talents to join and strengthen the strength of local software. Software is very convenient to export, as long as you have a good product.

Gunhei Yokoi said, "If your company is interested in developing in Japan, we can strengthen cooperation and provide technical support!" ….

Good calculation, Wanhui Media's IP is very valuable, kidnapping to Japan, this is very cost-effective.

It is a pity that the development of Hong Kong's science and technology industry is Lin Zuhui's general policy, and as his subordinates, there is no reason that he does not understand.

Therefore, Long Jingchang said with a smile: "The market of the ninth city is the global game market, so we can only use Xiangjiang as the headquarters, and when the time is ripe, we can go to Japan to set up a business department."

Yokoi Junhei responded with a smile: "I was thinking, with a boss like Mr. Lin Zuhui, there must be an executive like you, you have great ambitions, but Xiangjiang is too small."

Long Jingchang said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if Xiangjiang is small, our boss has invested in Blizzard Entertainment in the United States, and they have developed a game with millions of sales like "Warcraft", and it has been proved that capital will drive the progress of the industry."

He moved out of Blizzard Entertainment to prove that his boss was in the game

The domain has achieved a lot, lest Junhei Yokoi feel that the boss is playing.

Sure enough, Junhei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto shut up!

Next, everyone came to the project department of "Pokémon".

"At present, we have nearly 200 cute Pokémon sprites, and we have made great progress in the development of game software, but we have not been able to do it in terms of communication information. If your company can provide technical support, I believe that it can be ported to GB game consoles in half a year, and it will become a big selling point for game consoles."

Since Nintendo is here, it will definitely provide technical support. Of course, they can choose not to cooperate, and the Pokémon game can be ported to a home console, or even made into a computer game.

Gunhei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto watched the technicians demonstrate carefully, and they were very surprised in their hearts, because the game has a very good texture and a very advanced design, which is very tempting.

It's a good game!

In fact, Shigeru Miyamoto knows that there is also a game studio in Japan, which has been developing elf games for several years; But Wanhui Media's comics have been born for three years, and if you support that company, there will definitely be infringement. After all, Pokémon already has a large number of fans, all over Asia, and even in Europe and the United States.

"I can't believe that you are a game company that has only been established for more than a year, and you can develop such excellent works!" Shigeru Miyamoto sighed.

Gao Kelin said with a smile: "Our colleagues here are from the United States, Japan, and Xiangjiang, and all of them are of a very high level, so they are very confident in their products."

Gunhei Yokoi asked a key question: "With such a huge investment, aren't you worried about losing money? And even if you succeed in this game, it's hard to recoup the cost of your investment, right?"

Long Jingchang said with a smile: "We are not worried, the funds have the support of the group! Secondly, we are investing for the long term and do not think about returns in the short term."

"I admire your spirit, if you guessed correctly, when you entered the comic-style manga industry, you thought about it the same way."

Long Jingchang smiled and agreed.

In a large group, it is much easier to invest in a certain area than in a small company. A small company invests in one wrong project, and that's a devastating blow.

Next, Junhei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto began to instruct the Pokémon project team, who will stay in Xiangjiang for two days, and promised that the Pokémon project team could go to Nintendo Japan for technical support. ….

Of course, Long Jingchang did not take the two to inspect the two project teams of "Resident Evil" and "Legend", so as not to cause more trouble.

At present, there are three games in the ninth city, and the entire company has up to 100 employees. Of course, it is the company's strategy to raise and cultivate technical talents, and there will be projects to do soon.

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Early January, Mong Kok, Kowloon.

The official opening of the Ninth City, an Internet café, attracted a large number of onlookers and reports from the Hong Kong media.

'Internet café, what's that?'

Everyone can't help but ask, in fact, the world's first Internet café has opened in London in September last year. For this reason, Lin Zuhui secretly regretted that he didn't think that if he got this thing out first, he would more or less be able to make a signboard for the 'Ninth City'.

But fortunately, it is not too late, the world's first can't catch up, and Asia's first has finally caught up, so he asked people to invest in a large Internet café with 80 units in Mong Kok, Kowloon.

The economic effect is secondary, mainly for the 'ninth city, to do propaganda.

"How much is an hour?" A reporter asked tentatively.

"60 yuan an hour," the staff said politely.

Immediately frightened the reporter, 60 yuan an hour, this is simply expensive.

"What can you do?" Another reporter asked.

"Learning computer software, watching stocks on the Internet, playing games...... There are good games to play, Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft in the United States, it's very fun!"

Internet cafes are places for entertainment, though

Now a computer costs tens of thousands, but there are many rich people in Xiangjiang. So, in the Ninth City, the Internet café focuses on the game room, and the entertainment is overwhelming.

"It's so expensive, there will be a business!" The reporter muttered.

In fact, he was too worried, and the machines in the Internet café were quickly occupied one after another, and then there were staff members to explain the gameplay for everyone, and the scene became hot for a while, and a few people began to follow behind each machine to watch the excitement, or planned to take over the people in front of them as soon as possible.

.......

There are many experts and scholars who still question Cyberport, and most of them still think that this is a project that uses high-tech packaging real estate.

But then again, Lam's initial cooperation with the Hong Kong government was for him to purchase the 25-hectare land; Therefore, there are still few people who accuse Lin Zuhui, and everyone is just not optimistic about this project.

And with Lin Zuhui spending a huge amount of money to acquire Kingston, everyone saw his determination, that is, to continue to do the cause of 'rejuvenating Hong Kong with science and technology'.

In mid-January, Cyberport released a news that there are many office companies interested in leasing Cyberport, including Matrix Capital, Xiaomi Technology, Kingston, Ninth City, Compaq Exhibitions, Fongson, Microsoft, SmarTone, Lenovo Hong Kong, Motorola, AI, Lucent Technology, Apple Computer, GLONE, ER Computer, IB Sebes, HP, Oracle, Kingsoft, Vervita....... and more than 20 other companies.

For a while, people discovered that Lin Zuhui's connections in the field of science and technology had brought a large number of tenants to the Hong Kong Cyberport.

Lin Zuhui took several presidents to Baguio Bay's Cyberport, which is still overgrown with weeds; But he knows that in another four or five years, it will become the Silicon Valley of Xiangjiang and an important 'software industry city' in Asia. ….

"President Chen, when will Cyberport start?"

Chen Bin immediately said: "Construction can start in the first half of this year, and it can be completed before the millennium. The office part could be put into use at the end of 1998, and the residential part in three phases, the first phase was completed at the end of 1998 and the last phase was completed in 2002."

Lin Zuhui nodded, the construction period is acceptable, so it seems that this project will still make a lot of money, of course, it is to make money on the residence; The office building part will be cheaper at that time, probably less than half of Wan Chai, and the price is negotiated and determined by the Hong Kong government and the New Era Group.

He pointed to the sea in Steelline Bay and said with a smile: "How good the environment is here, if Xiangjiang can develop into a software industry city, then this must be its cradle. They all say that it is impossible for Hong Kong to develop a technology industry, and I think we should look at Singapore."

Long Jingchang responded: "Singapore has a leader like the Li family, and Xiangjiang also has a leader like the boss, I am optimistic about the development of Xiangjiang!"

Hong Kong has freedom of speech, and it doesn't hurt to talk about it in private.

"It's better to have a business leader! With my reputation, I can't do Hong Kong."

The general management instantly understood that what the boss said was his romantic affairs, otherwise the boss's reputation was really the best person in Xiangjiang, and aside from the romantic affairs, almost no one in the Hong Kong election was his opponent.

Hong Kong's idol!

Lin Zuhui is the richest man in the world and has hopes of being re-elected for three years, and Gates has no hope of surpassing him this year; This honor is huge, after all, it is really a rare thing in the world for a Chinese to be the richest man in the world.

Lin Zuhui is the godfather of Xiangjiang culture, and with the Hong Kong dramas, Hong Kong idols, and variety shows going to sea, the national self-confidence of the Hong Kong people has been greatly boosted; After all, if the cultural industry can be exported, that is, cultural self-confidence, which is a very face-saving thing.

Lin Zuhui is now a technology tycoon, investing in the world's first Internet browser, spending a huge amount of money to buy Kingston, founding Xiangjiang's Silicon Valley Cyberport, and the boss behind Xiaomi Technology, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a technology tycoon.

Of course, there is also the age and background, the richest man in the world who started from scratch at the age of 30, that is legendary.

"The boss is not Hong Kong D, but he has the heart of Hong Kong D, and besides, the people of Xiangjiang regard you as an idol, and your influence is so great." Chen Bin said seriously.

Lin Zuhui shook his head and said, "It's not the heart of Hong Kong, Xiangjiang is my foundation, the better it is, the better I am. Like New Era Group, it is precisely because of the large profits in Heung Kong that we have completed our global layout."

Chen Bin nodded, Xiangjiang is also the foundation of the New Era Group.

Everyone inspected and had plans and information in hand to exchange opinions. The drawings are almost finalized, and as early as when this project was proposed, Lin Zuhui had hired a team of top designers to start the design and planning.

After two hours of investigation, Lin Zuhui was reluctant to leave, in fact, whenever there is a big project or a big project, he always has a sense of accomplishment.

When he returned to the office, he suddenly remembered that since he was determined to build Xiangjiang into a 'software industry kingdom', he couldn't just invest in the game industry, but also came up with a few world-class software as an introduction.

Soon, he thought of Q, which is QQ in the mainland.

He hurriedly took out a pen and paper and began to write down the information.

"I hope it can be developed before Israel!"

"If this product is developed, it can be sold directly to American companies and make hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"Talent is important, don't you know if it's difficult to get technical?"

"Go to the United States to recruit a few powerful software engineers, and then lead the team of Heung Kong to develop together!"

"Let Jingwei Capital invest directly in this project team."

Soon, Lin Zuhui thought of a way!

If it can really be developed before Israel, it can not only earn hundreds of millions of dollars, but more importantly, it can invigorate Xiangjiang's software industry. At that time, it will arouse the enthusiasm of Hong Kong's talents and facilitate the introduction of more talents to Hong Kong.

bq.

Let the pig fly