Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

"Hey, what are you looking at? Queuing up. You're so old and you don't know how to queue up?"

Just when Gil wanted to stretch his head and take a look forward, he was pulled back by a young man behind him and gave him a heavy blow.

Jill smiled and asked: "I'm not here to play games. I just want to ask you if this game is so fun?"

Although Gil has also played it and found it fun, he still wants to hear the customer's thoughts or feedback.

"Of course it's fun. It's much more interesting than that PONG. Come on, you can queue up behind me and play it later."

Before the young man finished speaking, he heard the machine inside making a beep-dick-dick-dick sound.

"Oh, NO! You actually still have money!"

A young man at the back complained to the young man who was bending over to insert coins into the machine.

"Man, it's the last one." The young man put the last coin in his hand into the machine with a little apology. When he heard the ticking music, he started playing with concentration.

The game is very simple. In the first level, there are some small squares glued together, and there are some vertical bricks between the small squares. All the players have to do is move the board they control to let the falling small The ball bounces off the board and knocks down the small squares on it.

After the ball falls, sometimes there will be some rewards, such as controlling the ball to grow bigger, or the number of balls to increase.

Also, the board you can move will grow longer and shorter depending on what the ball hits. The longer it is, the easier it is to catch the cue ball, and the smaller it is, the easier it is to fail.

Of course, you have to keep your board in control of at least one cue ball. When all the cue balls fall, the game is over.

Gu Siwei has played this game many times before. Although it looks simple, it is really attractive. However, as an arcade machine now, it is impossible for people to play it so easily. One level takes more than ten or twenty minutes, and you still make a lot of money. Money, so now the speed of the ball bouncing and landing is calculated.

In this case, an ordinary player can only stay in front of the machine for two to three minutes at most. Of course, many of them can't even stay for one minute.

In addition, because of the addition of joysticks, the control of the game console is smoother and smoother. It is not like a button. You have to press it and release it when you reach the place. This kind of operation is very laborious and laborious.

With the game's playability and good operability, EA's first product immediately overwhelmed all its competitors.

This situation happens in many places, especially attracting young people. When there are a bunch of people in front of each machine, the boss who was originally hesitant or not willing to go to EA games called EA sales to ask for goods. .

Gu Siwei was discussing with Guan Youpeng and others in the office about the animation company's recruitment.

Guan Youpeng said: "Boss, there are actually many animation talents in Hong Kong, such as Huang Yulang who is doing very well now, and some old comics from the past...".

Gu Siwei didn't feel anything after hearing this. This guy didn't even know who Huang Yulang was. The cartoons he watched had almost no connection with Hong Kong comics. He used to watch "Black Cat Sheriff", "Havoc in Heaven" and "Book of Heaven". "Fantasy" or "Transformers", "Xi Yangyang and Gray Taro", "Bear Infested" and so on.

The old one was shown to him by his father when he was a child. Later, domestic cartoons were broadcast on TV. Let’s put it this way, he only knows a few Japanese cartoons such as “Slam Dunk”. Tell him about Hong Kong cartoons. ? It's still an antique-level person like Huang Yulang. If he knew, he would be a ghost.

"If that's the case, then let's give it a try. As long as you have the skills and the salary will be easy to talk about."

In terms of employing people, Gu Siwei learned from the true legacy of Mr. Ren decades later: As long as the money is enough, there will be no shortage of talents!

"Don't be afraid of spending money. As I said, this project "Transformers" will cost you RMB 10 million first!"

Gu Siwei waved his hand, and now Lao Gu looked like he had his feet on the bench, a big cigar between his fingers, and changed his office into a gathering hall, otherwise he would look like a rich bandit leader.

Boom, boom, boom!

Just when Gu Siwei was frothing, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Gu Siwei looked at the door.

"Come in!"

Click, the door opened a crack, and a beautiful girl walked in with a careful look on her face, just standing at the door.

"Manager Guan, on the phone number in the United States, you said that if anything happens over there, you must be notified, no matter when," Guan Youpeng's female secretary said.

Guan Youpeng glanced at Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei waved his hand: "Go ahead, maybe something big happened over there late at night."

Gu Siwei was also a little worried, fearing that there would be some trap on EA's side, but then he thought about it, there wouldn't be any trap to poke at. If a bunch of technical people could make any big mistake, they wouldn't blow up EA, right? Even if you want to blow it up, you don't have the tools.

Guan Youpeng ran over with Xiaopao.

Gu Siwei talked about Costco with the remaining Huang Jiasheng.

The two hadn't chatted for five minutes when Guan Youpeng ran back with a bang.

"Boss, news has come back from the United States."

Gu Siwei raised his head, glanced at Guan Youpeng, and then said to Huang Jiasheng: "Did you see that Lao Guan has a happy face? It must be a good thing."

After speaking, he said to Guan Youpeng: "Tell me, what's the good news over there?"

"Our early one hundred game consoles are extremely popular," Guan Youpeng said: "Gill and the others are on site now. Almost every machine and the box containing coins cannot be accommodated. EA's decent people and local partners have taken inventory. Payment...".

The one hundred game consoles in the early stage must have been borrowed from other people's venues. If you occupy someone else's venue, you must have a separate account with others. This is a normal thing.

Besides, Atari has already done this. To be precise, Atari is the pioneer in this market. They have already set the rules, and EA just follows them.

"So fast?" Gu Siwei was a little surprised and asked.

Huang Jiasheng also looked shocked. He knew how big the box containing the coins was. He calculated in his mind that he would start putting them out this morning and put them in place in the afternoon. Even the earliest batch would only be about a dozen. Hours, is it full?

"Is the coin box full?" Huang Jiasheng asked.

Guan Youpeng nodded excitedly: "Well, it's full. The batch that was put in earlier is almost full. And at this time, there are still many people gathered in front of the machine in places near busy places. Many cooperation partners call at night to ask for help. EA will add more machines."

Gu Siwei listened to Guan Youpeng's words and said: "In this case, inform Gill and others and ask them to prepare the goods. First, prepare an amount of 5,000 units."

hiss!

Not only Zheng Youpeng, but also Huang Jiasheng took a breath of cold air. Five thousand units?

Now there are only one hundred units, not to mention whether it can be digested. Even if it is digested, how long will it take to install the five thousand units? Now EA is almost entirely made by hand.

Gu Siwei was not in the mood to think about what the two people were thinking about now. He knocked on the table and said, "How is the factory here?"

"Let's push forward," Guan Youpeng said.

"We can't just push forward. There are so many small electronics industries here in Hong Kong. No matter what we push, we just spend money to recruit people. I want electrical engineers. If one salary is not enough, then double it. If double salary is not enough, then triple it. At least give me the salary." Ten to fifteen people, and let EA also look for suitable Chinese engineers in the United States. If they are willing to come to Hong Kong, they will still enjoy the wages and benefits in the United States. It is regarded as EA employees borrowed here, and they will be returned to foreign countries. Work allowance…”.

Gu Siwei talked for a long time, but he only had one idea: throw money at it!

Who do you talk to about dedication in the capitalist world? To be honest, if the country could now open the door to recruit talents, Gu Siwei would not even be willing to hire EA's current engineers.

Don't think that the current domestic electronics industry is so backward. It is not even a few years behind the United States. In the emerging electronics field, the gap between domestic and developed countries is now smaller than when Gu Siwei came. Because it is an emerging industry, everyone started running almost on the same line, and no one is a few years ahead of others.

It's a pity that Gu Siwei can't do it.

"In short, I want to see the factory here set up as soon as possible. We will not consider the production of critical parts for now. We will only consider assembly and the production of some basic parts. The important things should be purchased from the United States. We will gradually Learn little by little," Gu Siwei said.

"Jia Sheng, you are responsible for factory matters." Gu Siwei began to point out: "Youpeng, you are responsible for communicating with EA, and Fairchild must also strive to ensure the supply of 5,000 master editions."

"Boss, should you reduce it a little first?" Guan Youpeng still maintains a steady style.

Gu Siwei shook his head: "No, wait for the five thousand units to come over. There must be at least five hundred units here in Hong Kong. Put them in a few important places. By the way, let's set up another video game company. As for the video game company and Google How to calculate the rent for buying a property, just use 80% of the market price, and don’t charge rent for the first few months..."

The corners of Guan Youpeng's mouth raised slightly: Good guy, another video game company has appeared, and the boss really wants to do it.

"You nominate a manager for this company. I'll talk to the accountant later on about the finance side!"

Although Gu Siwei founded a new company, he didn't like Laozi's video game company, and he wasn't interested in doing it. He planned to run it for a while and then sell the company to Zhao Sanle. Heise Well, if you don’t open some video game stores, how can you still call it a black color?

Of course, if these stores sell it to Zhao Sanle, it must be sky-high. If so much money is going to be in vain, how can it be possible without a high price? Besides, who dares to say that video games are not profitable. Now this is Jinwowo, which is several times more. What's the problem with the price? In a market economy, one is willing to sell and the other is willing to buy.