America started as a game

After sitting down, Li Hua was not in a hurry to talk to Linden about changing jobs. Instead, he chatted with him, mainly because he wanted to understand his current situation.

This is actually very important.

Lin Deng didn't hide anything. Whenever Li Hua asked, he basically gave some answers.

When it was almost over, Li Hua began to ask him about his thoughts on changing jobs at Qingshan Company.

Linden's face suddenly became serious, "Before that, I want to know about your future development plan for Qingshan Company. Although Samantha has already told me some, I still want to hear what you have to say with my own ears."

Li Hua nodded, this is what it should be, everyone has a two-way choice.

"I'll just briefly talk about the company's plan," Li Hua said.

"First of all, for the time being, the company's main focus is still on game development. You need to understand this. After all, the company's capital is not enough now and it needs more financial support."

"And I don't want to raise money now, so I need more excellent games to accumulate capital."

Linden nodded, indicating that he understood and this was what he should do.

In fact, when Li Hua said this, he was already very satisfied, because what he was most worried about was that Li Hua was too young. After making a lot of money, he just wanted to enjoy himself everywhere, regardless of the development of the company.

This is a phenomenon experienced by many entrepreneurs now, not only now, but also by most entrepreneurs in the past and in the future.

It is already rare to have a clear plan.

Not only that, but I heard Li Hua continue: "But even now, the research and development of home game consoles can be carried out first."

"As for the company, it has only prepared US$5 million as R&D funds for the time being."

"This five million is just an initial investment. If results are seen in the short term, the company will increase investment."

"But if there aren't many results in the short term, the company will have to take its time."

Li Hua still valued Lin Deng very much, so in this regard, he also made everything clear and clear, so that Lin Deng also had a feeling in his heart.

After Li Hua finished saying this, Lin Deng's face suddenly became overjoyed, "Really? Are you willing to invest five million US dollars in research and development now?"

Naturally, the research and development of a new home game console cannot be completed with five million US dollars.

Of course, just imitating is basically enough, but from the meaning of Li Hua's words, this is obviously not the case.

Moreover, if you imitate, here in the United States, too many things are involved, and you will easily be sued.

Lin Deng really didn't expect that Li Hua would be so courageous and willing to invest five million US dollars in research and development.

Li Hua nodded, "Of course, as long as you complete the establishment of the R&D department, five million will be credited immediately."

In this regard, Li Hua is naturally not stingy. He doesn't want to be stuck, especially after Nintendo's Famicom enters the United States. If he doesn't have his own game platform, he will die miserably.

Nintendo learned the lesson of Atari and developed this aspect of the game platform, which is a bottleneck for all game developers.

Because Nintendo does not have a monopoly in the United States, and even the release of new games and game consoles requires cooperation with Atari, so in this area, it can easily achieve its goal.

Li Hua continued: "But the home game console we need needs to have higher performance than the Atari 2600. This is a must."

Li Hua's goal is that after their home game console is released, it can compete with Nintendo's red and white consoles, instead of seeing a gap at first glance.

When Lin Deng heard Li Hua's request, not only was he not embarrassed, but he looked excited.

"Of course, if it weren't for Fairchild's misjudgment of the game market, which caused us to withdraw from the game market, the Atari 2600 would not be in the same situation as it is now," said Linden.

What he said is indeed true. Although the Atari 2600 can be regarded as a classic, Fairchild's technical research and development level surpasses that of Atari.

It was because of their misjudgment of the electronic game market that they directly withdrew from the game market. Atari 2600 sales soared in a short period of time.

Li Hua felt relieved immediately when he saw that he didn't look embarrassed.

If Linden shrinks from this little request, then Li Hua won't be poaching him, so there's no point.

"If you were asked to set up a R&D team, how long would it take?" Li Hua asked.

As for the R&D team, he needs Linden to form it himself. In this way, he can run in better and get to work as soon as possible.

Linden said: "In a month at most, I will set up the R&D team. I am now in contact with many of the old teams."

Li Hua smiled and said: "Then now I will officially welcome you to join our company?"

Linden stood up and said, "Thank you. It's an honor to join Qingshan Company."

"Haha." Li Hua laughed. With Lin Deng joining, a big problem for Li Hua was solved.

"In terms of team formation, I can give you the power. The salary of your team members can be increased by 10% compared to their current jobs." Li Hua is also very sincere.

Feeling Li Hua's sincerity, Lin Deng smiled even more on his face.

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After the R&D department is completed, now only the planning department is left.

Regarding the planning department, Li Hua also has a headache now. He doesn't want the company to rely entirely on his own "game creativity" for development, which will limit the company's development.

And in this case, the planning department will become a complete appendage and of no use.

But Li Hua doesn't want to find someone who has too many ideas of his own right now.

Because such people may add more personal ideas to some of his ideas, disrupting Li Hua's steps.

So Li Hua is now in a dilemma.

Fortunately, this embarrassing situation ended quickly because an "old friend" found Li Hua that day.

This 'old friend' is Sandy Billy, his previous partner in the production of "Super Mario Bros."

And this time he came here to apply for a job.

Sandy was completely disappointed with Atari. He originally thought that after this failure, Atari would pay attention to the game itself.

But obviously, Atari did not do this, and such an idea never even came up.

In fact, this is not difficult immediately, because the current Atari, from top to bottom, has been developed through the previous sales philosophy and has developed to the current point. It is too difficult to change now.

Sandy actually didn't expect that this game that he made by himself would be sold to such an extent, which made him lose his mind for a while.

When he learned that Qingshan Company was recruiting people, Sandy didn't know what to think and suddenly had the idea of ​​​​hopping.