Video Game Empire

"Young Master Xuan, are you sure this is your first time in San Francisco?" Liang Ning, who was sitting in the driver's seat, asked Li Xuan curiously while driving. He was the only one who had applied for an international driver's license.

"Of course it's my first time to the United States, and it's my first time to leave Hong Kong!" Li Xuan said with certainty.

"Why do I feel that Li seems to have lived here for many years, just like just now, how do you know that it is best to stand in that position to take pictures?" Liang Ning asked suspiciously.

They just went to the Golden Gate Bridge to play, and they were going to take a commemorative photo before leaving. As a result, Li Xuan walked in front of the best viewing spot.

Li Xuan's eyes flickered a little, and he touched his nose unconsciously. This was his habitual little gesture before telling a lie, and he probably didn't even notice it himself.

"There is an American student in the dormitory next to my university. He happens to be from San Francisco. Before I came to the United States, I specially asked him a lot of questions. Your boss, I did a lot of preparations before going out."

Li Xuan couldn't tell his previous life that he had indeed lived in the United States for six or seven years, and had accompanied his old classmates from China who came to the United States to visit the Golden Gate Bridge several times. Returning to the city again, the familiarity made him unconsciously reveal some clues.

"Did that friend of yours go back to the United States for Christmas? Call him out to have dinner together!" Liang Ning can't open the pot and lift it, your boss is all nonsense.

"Uh, he didn't go back to San Francisco. He took advantage of the holiday to travel to Tokyo. It is said that he was going to see the custom shop there!" Li Xuan could only use a new lie to convince a lie.

"Hey, it seems that the Yankee is also a sexist. Do you often go to Bolan Street in Hong Kong? In fact, the custom shop in Shinjuku is the same thing. There are not some night-clubs in Hong Kong to have fun!" Liang Ning Jing smiled.

Li Xuan didn't answer, he turned his head out the window. The car was speeding southward on National Highway 101, and Li Xuan in his previous life often drove on this traffic artery connecting Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Although time traveled back to thirty years ago, he still had a warm sense of familiarity.

The most famous company in Mountain View is Silicon Valley. This 21st century Internet era's flag bearer is located on the edge of National Highway 101. Of course, that should be twenty years from now.

Li Xuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked to the left of the highway through the front glass of the car. The Google headquarters in his memory was not far ahead, with the back on the left side of the San Francisco Bay, and there were several large-scale restaurants nearby. car dealership.

But now, it is still a lush barren forest. In his previous life, several friends of Li Xuan worked in Silicon Valley, and he visited Google headquarters more than once. A large proportion of the more than 20,000 employees at Google headquarters are of Chinese descent.

So much so that there is a joke that if you want to visit Google but you are stopped by the doorman, you tell him that you are looking for a friend. The doorman asks who you are looking for. You can name Mike Lee, Jack Chen, or Tom Wang. Because Google has countless Mike Lees, Jack Chens, and Tom Wangs.

A group of people finally returned to the business hotel where they were staying. As soon as Li Xuan entered the door, the blond white lady at the front desk politely stopped him: "Mr. Li, good afternoon, a Mr. Cousins ​​is coming to see you!"

She smiled and gestured behind Li Xuan. Li Xuan turned around and found a middle-aged white man in a black suit with a full beard walking towards him with a smile on his face.

"Are you Mr. Xuan Li? Welcome to California, I'm the general manager of Cousins ​​Entertainment, Tony Cousins, you can call me Tony!" Cousins ​​pronounced Li Xuan's name a little oddly .

"Hello, Mr. Cousins, I'm Xuan Li, you can call me Vincent by my English name!" Li Xuan shook his hand politely.

Liang Ning said that Mr. Cousins ​​was condescending in the past, but obviously, Li Xuan only felt the condescension in the back. The two made an appointment to meet at three o'clock in the afternoon, and he came to the hotel to wait an hour earlier.

Li Xuan also simply did not go back to his room, but directly invited Mr. Cousins ​​to the hotel restaurant for a cup of coffee.

"Tony, I'm sorry, our company only intends to sell arcade machines produced by ourselves, and we have no plans to license the game to others for the time being!" Li Xuan rejected the other party's proposal with a smile.

"Vincent, how big is your factory in Hong Kong? In my opinion, the two games of Tank Wars and Hong Kong Cube have great potential, and they are good enough to crush the previous space invaders.

If your factory is too small, it will definitely not be able to meet the needs of the US market. According to my professional forecast, the sales of these two new arcade machines will be at least 200,000 units! Is your factory capable of making so many consoles?

If it doesn't work, it's better to license the game to our Cousins ​​Entertainment Company. I will definitely give you a satisfactory price so that your profits can be maximized! ' Cousins ​​continued to persuade without being discouraged.

"How much licensing fee are you going to pay?" Li Xuan said with a sip of coffee without a doubt.

Hearing that Li Xuan seemed to want to let go, Cousins' eyes flashed with joy: "Our company pays you $500 for each arcade machine it produces. This is the highest price I can give. What do you think?"

Li Xuan showed a sarcastic smile, shook his head and said: "Mr. Cousins, it seems that your sincerity is not very great! The licensing fee for each arcade machine is 1,200 US dollars. If you can accept it, we can sign a licensing contract. !"

"Impossible! This is outrageous. No one in the United States will accept this price!" After hearing Li Xuan's offer, Cousins ​​raised the tone, and there was a bit of anger in his voice, which made the restaurant The rest of the people looked at this side with different eyes.

Cousins ​​immediately realized that he had lost his way. He took a coffee cup and poured a sip of coffee into his mouth, but his eyes were fixed on Li Xuan.

"So, let's talk about arcade agents! Tank battle is $1,800 each, and Hong Kong cubes are $1,200!" Li Xuan gave his quotation.

"Vincent, this price is too outrageous, you are robbing money!" Cousins ​​said with a displeased face, "Space Invaders are only one thousand dollars each!"

"But as you said before, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com my new game can crush it, and the price is a little more expensive than it is normal! You can guess that young people in the United States have played my tank wars After playing with Hong Kong cube, are you still willing to play a rough game like Space Invaders? Maybe at that time Taidong Company lowered the price to $800 a piece, and you may not be willing to sell it!"

Li Xuan has long known that the space invaders craze is fading fast, and American players need new and more fun games to rekindle their enthusiasm.

"Tony, you can go back and think about it first! My energy in the next few days will also be on the upcoming Western Electronics Show. The price difference between us can be negotiated after the exhibition is over!"

Li Xuan ended the negotiation with a smile. He is in no hurry, he has a good game in hand, and now the initiative in the negotiation is entirely on his side.

"Shit! Damn yellow monkey!" Cousins ​​cursed inwardly as he walked out of the hotel's revolving door.

He just wanted to grab these two games before the opening of the Western Electronic Exhibition, but his attempt was unsuccessful. With the excellence of these two games, they can easily capture the hearts of arcade fans, and they will surely shine once they participate in the Western Electronics Show.

At that time, Cousins ​​will face the competition of a group of hungry wolves, the big belly White, and the Texas countryman Davis. Thinking of those vulture-like guys, Cousins ​​feels heavy. a few points.

PS: I bow and thank Wang Zijun for his great recommendation. With the help of God, I finally got to the bottom of the new book list in the category over the weekend. I hope everyone will continue to hit me with recommendation tickets!