A week later, there were 95 companies in China that wanted to get involved in the game industry.

Zhao Ye was almost speechless, and the wealth was moving.

Some companies actually still have some technical strength, and it is not good to develop domestic game software, so they have to build their own game consoles.

In this era, it is not difficult to develop game software, and Nintendo's "Super Mario" has only been developed by a dozen people, so can't these domestic companies get together a dozen developers?

Forget it, don't hit the south wall and don't look back, and when they can't do it anymore, they will mention it themselves, and before that, by the way, let Wujiang Group sell some electronic components and make a little money......

With the help of the "Qiqi Game Machine" platform, domestic games actually have a lot to do.

The Borderless Group does not plan to continue developing new 8-bit games at this time.

Because the game hardware department is already developing 16-bit home game consoles, therefore, the game software development department is also developing 16-bit games, but basically they are sequels, on the one hand, because these games are popular, sequels can naturally be sold well; On the other hand, it is also to create a super IP. Only by continuously launching sequels can this IP continue to explode.

For example, the sequel to "Pokemon", the full name is "Pokemon 2: The Classic of Mountains and Seas", Xiao Zhi and his party entered a mysterious island by chance, but they never thought that everyone came to the ancient period of China, where there are a lot of strange beasts, such as Kunpeng, Unicorn, Chaos, Feilian, Kuikuí Niu, Ghost Car, Chongming Bird, Dangkang, Snake, Scourge, Worm, Waste, Pixiu, Negative Piece, Kiss, Baxia, Raccoon, Pu Lao, Fox, Fox, ......

The plot of the game will be more exciting, showing the world the long culture of ancient China.

If Pokemon 1 still has a hint of Japanese culture, then Pokemon 2: The Classic of Mountains and Seas will be difficult to see Japanese culture again.

In addition, Pokemon 1 also has an official name, Pokemon 1: Kyushu League Battle, which is used to distinguish it from the sequel.

Zhao Ye believes that with the fan base of the first part, even if the second "Pokemon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas" has a strong Chinese cultural color, players will still accept and like it.

In addition, there is a big difference between the second home game console developed by Wujiang Group and the first home game console, that is, the use of CDs as a storage medium, and this situation will continue for a long time.

Therefore, Zhao Ye plans to use a new brand name - "Tomahawk!!

"Qiqi" still feels less domineering than "Tomahawk", and many foreigners don't understand what "Qiqi" is, which is not conducive to brand promotion.

When Nintendo launches a new game console, it often changes its name.

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On the morning of January 15, 1987, Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

"The time is ripe for foundry, and I plan to invest an additional 5 billion yuan in Wujiang Microelectronics to build the largest wafer foundry in Asia!"

Zhao Ye sat at the head of the conference room and said in a deep voice.

On his left hand sat the senior executives of Wujiang Microelectronics Company, Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Wei, Ni Guangnan and others.

To his right sit representatives of government departments.

Today's important meeting was requested by Zhao Ye.

In 1987, TSMC was established.

Naturally, Wujiang Microelectronics wants to get ahead of TSMC and build the largest wafer foundry in Asia.

At the beginning of its establishment, TSMC faced many difficulties and challenges, including capital, talent, technology, etc.

However, Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. basically does not have these difficulties, and there are already 8 wafer production lines alone.

However, this is only barely enough to meet the current demand for "cores".

Wujiang Group has a lot of big moves in the future, such as handheld game consoles and electronic pet machines, and the sales volume of these two products are calculated by 100 million. Think about it, how many chips are needed for this.

Wujiang Microelectronics also had to expand its production line.

If you want to do wafer foundry, you need to build a huge wafer factory.

Last year, the supply of photoresist from Wujiang Microelectronics was cut off by Japanese manufacturers, which led to a sharp increase in the price of photoresist, and many chip companies were affected and suffered heavy losses.

Now, the timing is just right for Boundless Microelectronics to do wafer foundry.

It is popular in China that "it is better to buy than to build", but Zhao Ye wants to blow this wind to the world.

Let the global chip companies know that you produce chips by yourself, which is expensive, and it is better to let Boundless Microelectronics help you produce them.

The technology of Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. is mature, large-scale, and the labor cost is low, which leads to the fact that the production cost of chips manufactured by Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. is much lower than that of chip manufacturers in Europe, America, Japan and South Korea.

Zhao Ye told everyone about his analysis at this time, and then proposed to be a wafer foundry.

At present, there is no company in the world to do wafer foundry, and everyone present is a little hesitant.

"Boss Zhao, the foundry model is unheard of, is this business model really viable?" A government official asked.

Zhao Ye smiled slightly, and replied in a firm tone: "Of course it is feasible, this is a huge business opportunity!" If Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. can grasp this opportunity, it will definitely become a global chip giant, which is also a great opportunity for Shanghai to develop the semiconductor high-tech industry! ”

After a pause, he added, "There are many chip design companies in the world, but all of them are one business model, that is: design, produce, test and package themselves. Smaller companies have huge costs. Therefore, 'it is better to buy than to build', they can completely hand over the chip to us to produce! ”

"Last year, Japanese manufacturers deliberately raised the price of photoresist, which made people angry, and many chip companies hated them to the core. At this time, Wujiang Photoresist Company established a G-line photoresist production line, breaking the blockade of Japanese manufacturers in one fell swoop, and at the same time gaining orders and goodwill from a large number of chip companies! As long as we send someone to communicate with these chip companies and explain the cost advantage of Wujiang Microelectronics wafer foundry, then we will definitely be able to attract many customers! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads.

"The boss is reasonable, wafer foundry is indeed a huge business opportunity, we must seize the opportunity, and hope that with wafer foundry, we will soon become the world's largest chip company!"

"The benefits of wafer foundry are not only this, the most important role is to promote the development of the domestic semiconductor industry chain! The establishment of a wafer foundry naturally requires a large number of production equipment and raw materials, so that the entire semiconductor industry chain enterprises can obtain a steady stream of orders, and then they have enough funds for industrial upgrading and research and development! With such a cycle of conscience, the production process and technical level of our wafer factory can also be greatly improved, thereby enhancing the competitiveness of chip manufacturing! ”

“……”

Everyone is talking endlessly, and they are optimistic about the prospects of wafer foundry.

At this time, Zhao Ye once again reiterated that he planned to inject capital into Wujiang Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and invest an additional 5 billion yuan, mainly to build the world's largest wafer foundry.

If this money is invested in Borderless Microelectronics, the government's shareholding will be diluted again.

However, a huge business opportunity has arisen, and additional investment is necessary.

After the meeting, the Shanghai government invested 300 hectares of land so that the stake would not be diluted too much.

However, even so, Wujiang Group's stake in Wujiang Microelectronics rose to 82.5%.

(End of chapter)