Shirakawa Kaede took the handheld in Satoshi Iwata's hand and looked at it carefully, the screen was very small, and there were only five buttons around it.

The two red round buttons, one on the left and one on the right, represent the arrow keys, and the other three buttons at the bottom of the screen are some accessibility keys.

For example, switching games, calling up the time, etc., in short, it seems quite simple.

"When did they go on sale and how much do they sell?" Shirakawa Kaede fiddled with this handheld and already had a rough idea in his mind, so he looked up and asked Satoshi Iwata and Masahito Tanimura.

Satoshi Iwata was the first to answer, "It was released a week ago and is priced at 5,800 yen. ”

No one paid attention to it just two days before it went on sale, and it wasn't until yesterday that Satoshi Iwata happened to see this small machine in a convenience store and remembered the handheld game console that Kaede Shirakawa once said.

So he was curious, and after buying one and coming back, he studied it carefully, and found that it was indeed the portable game console mentioned before.

Therefore, there is today's trip to HaL of Shirakawa Kaede, and competing products have appeared, of course, it is necessary to understand its various properties for the first time.

5800 yen, Shirakawa Kaede silently estimated, this price is not ordinary black.

From the perspective of material cost alone, it can be done for less than 2,000 yen.

Now Shirakawa Kaede can roughly know the manufacturing cost of these electronic products at a glance.

So in addition to the cost of materials and the research and development expenses of the game, then the rest is basically profit.

The cost of game development is probably mainly manual. The development of this kind of mini-game is not too long, and it is not difficult.

Therefore, the cost in this area is only a small part of the investment.

In this way, the profit of a handheld computer can even be 2,000 yen.

This rate of return on profit is honestly very exciting for Shirakawa Kaede, and just like that, a little thing is about to catch up with half of the profit of the Walkman.

There is a head, there is definitely a head. It's not at all as difficult to make as the Walkman, but it's hugely profitable.

Shirakawa Kaede was pacing back and forth in the office with his waist crossed, when suddenly he stopped.

"In a month, can HAL come up with two full-fledged games?"

"Huh?" Not only Satoshi Iwata, but even Masahito Tanimura showed a look of surprise.

"There's no time to wait, and now is the perfect time to seize the market.

If it is too late, a large number of other manufacturers will join in, and it will be difficult for us to open up the market at that time. ”

Shirakawa Kaede, who has experienced the marketing of Walkman, knows that the soldiers are fast, and the current market is still in a semi-blank period.

This is the best period for Shirakawa Electric to seize the top of the mountain, and it is only right to show the signboard of Shirakawa Electric in the game market.

Otherwise, after others join, there are so many brands, who knows which onion you Shirakawa Electric is.

This is the reason why Shirakawa Kaede is so anxious, the public is preconceived, and entering the market one step earlier means that the qualifications are profound.

When the time comes, in the face of a total brand, people don't have to think that they will choose what they are familiar with, or the first to hear of it.

Looking at Shirakawa Kaede's serious eyes, both Satoshi Iwata and Tanimura felt unprecedented pressure.

It was only then that they remembered the peer in front of them, who was not only a student at Meiji University, but also the president of a club.

Usually it is not revealed, but now it is possible to find the difference between the two.

However, among the two, it was Tanimura Masahito who was the first to react, and he gritted his teeth directly with a ruthless heart.

"HAL will definitely get the code programming for both games within a month, but in terms of hardware debugging..."

"The hardware will be handed over to Shirakawa Electric, and a prototype will be delivered within two weeks. As for software burning, it's up to HAL. ”

Shirakawa Kaede did not hesitate to accept the promise, which he had confidence in Shirakawa Electric.

It's not the first time I've done reverse engineering, and besides, this kind of handheld doesn't even have the value of reverse engineering.

Those graduate students in the technical department can be done by pulling any one out.

In Shirakawa Kaede's opinion, the only thing worth paying attention to in this handheld is its chip and LCD display.

But the chip is not a problem at all, an 8-bit chip for an ordinary calculator is enough.

It's a calculator, not a computer.

That's right, it's the kind of calculator that you have at hand to calculate.

There is no even need to develop this kind of chip, and it is much cheaper to purchase it directly, about a few hundred yen a piece.

Another LCD display is not a problem, an ordinary printed screen can do the trick.

The so-called printed screens, those electronic watches worn by primary and secondary school students.

So in terms of hardware, Shirakawa Kaede feels that two weeks is enough.

"In that case, there is no problem here at HAL, and we will launch our own handheld in a month."

It's rare for Tanimura to be decisive, and all kinds of obstacles have been cleared. If you don't show some courage at this time, it is indeed a little unreasonable.

Speaking of which, Tanimura has now quit his job at Seibu Department Store and is running HAL full-time.

With a lot of time, work efficiency will naturally increase.

As for Satoshi Iwata, Kaede Shirakawa patted him on the shoulder. "Feeling stressed?"

The slightly chubby Satoshi Iwata nodded at first, then shook his head.

"Shirakawa-kun can rest assured that the game programming framework has been set up, and it will definitely not affect the launch of the handheld."

When he first heard that he would have to get everything done in a month, Satoshi Iwata was really shocked.

However, after listening to Shirakawa Kaede's analysis, Iwata Satoshi became a little excited.

It's not impossible, and it's even perfectly fine.

A game console of your own, with games of your own design, what could be more exciting than this.

Satoshi Iwata, who is still a student, has the momentum of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and has even begun to prepare for a big fight at this moment.

"Okay", seeing that the military heart was available, Shirakawa Kaede didn't say those nonsense anymore.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is HAL's first appearance, so be sure to show those guys what it looks like from the Teenage Soul."

"One Kuso!" "Come on!" ”

Sure enough, some encouragement in the middle and second style is more effective for these young people than any promise.

"By the way, Shirakawa-san, what's the name of our handheld?"

At this time, Tanimura Masahito suddenly remembered that the project code name of the game handheld was not yet there.

Name? Shirakawa Kaede glanced at the Nintendo handheld in his hand.

"Let's call it Game Boy."

Game Boy？ Everyone's faces were a little delicate, but it wasn't impossible.

At least as obvious as it sounds like Nintendo's Game Watch is purposeful, it's a console.

Rather than some weird gaming watch, the time function is completely chicken in Shirakawa Kaede's opinion.

Because these two groups of people who want to watch time and want to play games, there is no overlap at all.

If an adult wants to see the time, then he will not stare at the game console at all, and the watch on his wrist is not taller than it?

As for the students, they don't pay much attention to the time, they just want to play games.

So before the prototype of Shirakawa Electric's handheld machine came out, it was cut off by Shirakawa Kaede.

HAL is here in a hurry, and in a hurry.

However, Nintendo's handheld was taken away by him, and it was handed over to the technical department and completely dismembered.

It's not technically difficult, but it's okay to get to know the details of your opponent.

…

After handheld game consoles were handed over to the people below, Shirakawa Kaede didn't pay much attention to it, he had more important things to do.

One day in mid-May, Kaede Shirakawa took a group of people from Shirakawa Electric to Kawasaki City, across the Tama River.

To be precise, he was invited, and it has not been one or two times since Shirakawa Kaede received similar invitations recently.

And these invitations are all from the invitation letters issued by the government, tsk, this one is more face-saving.

The reason why it has suddenly become a sweet spot is that Shirakawa Electric is recently looking for a new factory site, and the investment scale is at least several billion yen.

So when this news was revealed, Kawasaki in the west, Hachioji City in the north, Chiba in the east, and so on, all heard about it.

Even his hometown Akita heard the rumors and made a long-distance call directly to Shirakawa Kaede.

However, due to planning constraints, there are no plans in the northeast for the time being.

It can also be seen from this that the charm of Shirakawa Electric Investment.

It's only 1980, and billions of yen is the concept.

In the 20s after the turn of the millennium, the purchasing power of 10 or 20 billion yen is probably today.

Such a huge amount of money is even higher than the gross domestic product of many enterprises.

At least outside of Tokyo, there are few companies of this scale.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Shirakawa Electric can become a fragrant dumpling at once.

When Shirakawa Kaede and his entourage arrived, Kazuji Nagasu, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, and Saburo Ito, the mayor of Kawasaki, received them personally.

"Nagasu-san, Ito-san, please take care of me."

The two local leaders personally took over the wind, and Shirakawa Kaede naturally gave enough face.

Ichiji Nagasu and Saburo Ito, who are already in the age of sixties, bowed very politely and shook hands with him.

"Shirakawa-san is really young and promising, and he deserves to be a genius from Meiji."

These two local public officials are actually from famous families. One graduated from Hitotsubashi University and the other graduated from Waseda University.

In terms of strength and reputation, he threw off a few streets of Meiji.

However, Shirakawa Kaede's youth still exceeded their expectations.

Although I have already seen the relevant information, I will still be surprised when I see the real person.

So what is the praise of young and promising, Meiji genius is also spread out like money.

"The two seniors have won the award, and Shirakawa is just a latecomer, so he deserves to be praised like this.

For today's inspection, I would like to ask the two seniors to introduce it on my behalf. ”

Dealing with these politicians, Shirakawa Kaede is not sure what to hide.

Therefore, this delegation also included human resources from Meiji University in the field of politics.

Shirakawa Kaede is good at using every resource around him, and now he doesn't have to say that he won't need it in a few years.

When the governor of Kanagawa and the mayor of Kawasaki heard this, they immediately turned around and took him to the destination of the trip, Kawasaki Ward.

It's one of Kawasaki's busiest districts, and it's the only way north to Tokyo.

Shirakawa Electric is looking at an industrial complex called KING SKYFRONT.

It is located close to Ota-ku, Tokyo, and close enough to Kawasaki Port, so it is definitely the first location of the new site.

So let's see what kind of conditions these two can offer.

(End of chapter)