Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 575 The Birth of Electronic Pets

Lin Qidong and Xia Tian sat in Fang Mingyuan's office with puzzled expressions. On Fang Mingyuan's desk, there was a small box.

"Master Fang, we have made something, but Lao Xia and I don't understand, what is the use of it?" Lin Qidong said, looking puzzled.

Fang Mingyuan opened the box and saw inside an egg-shaped plastic shell toy that was two circles larger than an ordinary watch. In the middle was a black and white display screen. When he opened it, a chick was displayed inside... If it was Fang Mingyuan's previous life.

When people under the age of thirty here see it, I believe that nine out of ten people will think of the "chicken plague" and the rampant electronic chicken plague!

In the mid-1990s, Japan launched the Tamagotchi toy, which is a handheld game console that is considered very crude by later generations. On its LCD screen, there is a small moving animal. As its owner, you must be careful

Take care of it: feed it, play games with it to relieve its boredom, poop and urinate it, and coax it to sleep. It is also not idle, and it will make a "beep-beep-" sound every few hours to remind you that it is hungry.

, boring. If not taken care of in time, it may starve to death, die of illness, or even die of anger. It is such a simple little toy that became popular all over the world when it was launched. It is said that in Japan, this thing became popular in just a few months.

Millions sold within!

The original intention of creating "Tamagotchi" was just to cater to the vague motherhood of high school female students. Unexpectedly, this simplest nurturing game has received extraordinary emotional investment. These owners have trouble sleeping and eating for their Tamagotchis.

They were devastated by the "death" of the Tamagotchi. What's even more exaggerated is that all Japanese company employees who keep electronic pets have greatly increased the frequency of going to the toilet - hiding in the toilet to take care of the Tamagotchi.

Under the vigorous hype of shrewd Japanese businessmen and religious Buddhist temples, a unique business of "tamagotchi" has even emerged in Japan to bury the unfortunately "dead" pet chickens. It is specially designed for those who accidentally forget to fill the water and change the feed, and put the electronic chickens into the cemetery.

The owner of a "dead" chicken has a chance to atone.

And soon, this craze for electronic pets that originated in Japan spread to all over the world. In China, at that time, almost everyone had a Tamagotchi, and all the products sold in the night market were Tamagotchis. However, it only cost 200 to 300 RMB.

Compared with genuine products, these counterfeit products are much cheaper. In many countries around the world, every student has a mobile phone. This has forced government education departments, primary and secondary school principals in China, Thailand, South Korea, the United States and other countries to even ban them from entering campuses.

Fang Mingyuan remembered half a year ago that in addition to hula hoops, there had been such an electronic chicken plague in China. In fact, its production technology was not complicated, it was just a matter of creativity. So he asked Lin Qidong and the others to carry out research and development. Now

The finished product was brought out.

Fang Mingyuan played with it for a long time and felt that it was roughly the same as the one in his previous life. After such a long time, he couldn't remember clearly what functions the original Tamagotchi had.

"Uncle Lin, Uncle Xia, you did a great job with this!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "Is it just a sample?"

"That's it. Let's show it to Mr. Fang first!" After hearing Fang Mingyuan's words, Lin Qidong naturally had a smile on his face.

"Well, let's make a few more and have more designs. Not only chickens, but also kittens and puppies." Fang Mingyuan was thinking in his mind that he would first send this thing to Japan to apply for a patent, and then produce it himself.

Sales, or simply sell it to a Japanese company, and get a sum of money back directly. He remembered that the Japanese company in his previous life made as much as 50 million US dollars through this!

Although, for him now, fifty million US dollars is not a huge sum, but after all, who can make more money?

"Okay, okay, we understand!" Lin Qidong nodded in reply.

"Young Master Fang, can you tell us what this thing is used for?" Xia Tian couldn't hold it in any longer and asked.

"What is it for? A toy!" Fang Mingyuan said in surprise. Such a simple and clear thing, these two people haven't seen it yet?

"Toy?" Lin Qidong and Xia Tian shouted in unison. After half a year of tossing, they finally made a toy. But who would like this thing? What about chickens, cats, dogs? Looking at that Jane

With a simple screen and a few simple instructions, they didn't realize how much fun it was anyway. If they are interested, how about raising one by yourself?

Fang Mingyuan quickly realized why Lin Qidong and Xia Tian were so surprised, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, Uncle Xia, this thing is mainly intended to be sold to the Japanese. As you know, Japan has many small people and too small a living space.

And all the troubles that raising pets may bring have led to the ban on keeping pets in many places. However, many Japanese children are very interested in keeping pets, so I thought of developing this electronic pet!"

"You call this an electronic pet?" Xia Tian pondered for a moment, and the name was really vivid. Chickens, cats, and puppies are not all pets.

"To put it bluntly, this electronic pet is a substitute for real pets. Modern people, especially urban residents, no longer keep pets for practical reasons. If a cat really catches a mouse, what will the owner be worried about?

Do you have a headache if you disinfect it? So, keeping pets is actually more to meet people's spiritual needs: lonely elderly people keep pets like their children to relieve loneliness, and children treat pets as playmates. Through people and animals,

Communication between each other satisfies the need to love and be loved. However, keeping pets is not a simple matter for urban residents in Japan. There are various expensive expenses, various regulations in the apartment, and the littering of pets.

It’s troublesome. But this kind of electronic pet won’t have such trouble!”

"Well..." Lin Qidong and Xia Tian nodded. Fang Mingyuan still made some sense. But for them, it was really unimaginable. Even in the city, how could it be difficult to raise a cat and a dog?

"Uncle Lin, did Sister Lian and the others like dolls when they were young?" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.

"I like it. How can I not like it? It's so cute to hold a doll! They don't let go even when eating or sleeping. They are still fighting among themselves. In the end, they can only live alone. This is considered peaceful." Lin Qidong

replied immediately.

"It's just like a doll, and it's better than those dolls. It can communicate with you through graphics and sounds. Is it more popular with children than models that rely on people's imagination to communicate? Don't you two?

If you underestimate it, I dare say its profit in the future will not be less than 30 million US dollars!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile.

"Thirty... ten million US dollars!" Lin Qidong and Xia Tian have seen the big world in the past few years. They were still so shocked by Fang Mingyuan's words that they almost jumped up from the sofa. The profit was thirty million US dollars, so the sales volume

It will undoubtedly be even more impressive! How can such a huge sum of money be created by such a simple thing?

They really couldn't believe it, but what Fang Mingyuan said made them have no choice but to believe it!

Looking at the dubious looks of the two of them, Fang Mingyuan chuckled in his heart. They would not understand how strong the young generation's need to love and be loved will be in the future!

Although the Tamagotchi has been popular in the world for two years, it was eventually abandoned by players because its operation was too simple and would become boring after a long time.

But the electronic chicken is just the ancestor of the electronic pet world, followed by electronic dogs and electronic dinosaurs.

With the development of network technology, the portable electronic pets gradually lost their appeal and gradually took a back seat. Internet electronic pets have quietly emerged again. In the previous life, there were many websites providing various varieties to netizens.

Different online pets. Even many games have added the role of pets to meet everyone's psychological needs.

However, Fang Mingyuan believes that time will prove everything. When Tamagotchi becomes popular all over the world, as the creators of Tamagotchi, Lin Qidong and Xia Tian will definitely leave a mark in the history of electronic pets.

"Uncle Lin, Uncle Xia, okay, this matter can be put to an end for the time being. Next, in addition to focusing on the production of MD, I hope you can recruit a group of elite soldiers and generals among the technical staff in the factory.

Be prepared to receive the SS production line!" Fang Mingyuan said solemnly, "Chairman Uda Naka has officially informed me that on Christmas this year, or New Year's Day, Sega Corporation's new game console, SS, will be launched

!”

Lin Qidong and Xia Tian couldn't help but beam with joy. Although they had known for a long time that Sega Corporation was currently developing a new game console after the MD, and it was said that the performance was significantly improved compared to the MD, but they did not expect that it would be launched at the end of the year.

Yes! If we can get the SS production line, then for the electronics factory, it will undoubtedly reach a new level!

Fan Mingyuan looked at the two of them with a smile. In fact, in the previous life, the official release of SS would not be until November or December of 1994. However, due to Fan Mingyuan's involvement in the operation of Sega Corporation, and after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Fan Mingyuan took the name of Sega.

Co., Ltd. and Station Company, a group of experts from the Soviet Union were recruited, which greatly enriched the strength of the two companies. Coupled with Cameron's support in the United States, the release of SS Saturn was advanced by a full year.

!

And its main competitor in the previous life, ps, is said to have not been completely finalized at this time.

To be honest, Fang Mingyuan is looking forward to the day when the PS is officially released to see if the king in the previous life can continue to defend its throne! Will the Three Kingdoms War between Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo in the future evolve into the Four Kingdoms competing for the top?