Video Game Empire

The game development department of Dongfang Electronics Company has also undergone a lot of changes. Some new talents have been recruited, and some of the original staff have left. Not everyone is suitable for game development.

In Li Xuan's view, those who are qualified to stay should at least be interested in game development. If you are not interested in this work, then joining the R&D team will only hinder everyone. Secondly, you must have some ideas of your own. The game industry is always a place where creativity is king. If you always only do things that others have ordered, you will only be a dispensable role at the bottom of your life.

After some adjustments, Li Xuan established the game development department on the basis of the original software development department. The new game development department is temporarily divided into two groups. The first group continues to be responsible for the follow-up development of Hong Kong Cube and Tank Wars, and the second group was separated by Li Xuan and officially started the research and development of "Mario Brothers".

The original hardware development department also experienced recruitment, and the number of people has exceeded 20. In addition to continuing to improve the performance of the T-1 general-purpose arcade board, their main work recently, Li Xuan also assigned a new task.

The T-1 arcade board was previously developed for Tank Wars and Hong Kong Cube, and used the MOS6502 processor as the CPU. Li Xuan named the tank after the first letter of the English word "Tank".

After the project planning meeting for the new game "Mario", Li Xuan returned to his office. These few days, he has no time to spare, and there are countless things waiting for him every day.

Li Xuan sat for a while, rested for a while, and picked up another folder on the table, which contained the materials just sent by the headhunting company. They had already identified a few candidates who were suitable for the helm of Dongfang Electronics.

Li Xuan had already read it carefully, and the one he picked out and put on the top was Han Peng who had just met last night. Since the information of these people was sent to Li Xuan's desk by the headhunting company for him to choose, they all have certain intentions, and they can make appointments with people who can talk in detail. Li Xuan finally understood why Han Peng came up to meet him last night.

He smiled lightly and recalled the scene when the two met for the first time last night. The impression the other party left on him was not bad.

"Hey, is it Senior Han? I'm Li Xuan from Dongfang Electronics. I don't know if you have time. I'd like to invite you to afternoon tea. Okay, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, TheLobby, Peninsula Hotel, we'll see you soon!"

The two sides tacitly finished the phone call.

As the inviting party, Li Xuan arrived at the Peninsula Hotel a quarter of an hour earlier, and he had already reserved his seat in advance. The lobby tea lounge of The Peninsula Hotel is the most famous place for afternoon tea in Hong Kong. Since the 1950s, it has been known as the "filmmaker's teahouse", and many movie stars are regulars here.

"Li Shao, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon!" Han Peng no longer called him a junior as he did last night.

"Senior, you can just call me Vincent!" Li Xuan smiled, and then he didn't go around too much, getting straight to the point, "I founded Dongfang Electronic Technology Company more than three months ago. A month ago, the company developed The two arcade games achieved great success in the U.S. market, and Dongfang Electronics expanded rapidly from a small R&D company with less than 20 employees to a medium-sized electronics company with nearly 500 employees.

I have never had the experience of managing a large company. At first, when I managed twenty people, I could barely handle it, but when I managed hundreds of people, it was not enough. I urgently need to invite a talented person with relevant experience to take the helm for me, and the headhunting company recommended you as a senior like me! "

Han Pengping looked at the young apprentice sitting opposite him, and suddenly smiled, "Vincent, what do you think of Hong Kong's electronics manufacturing industry?"

"It is very backward. It is not so much the electronics manufacturing industry as the electronics assembly industry! Although there are hundreds of electronics factories in Hong Kong, very few have more than 100 employees. Most of them are engaged in the assembly of radios, flashlights, electronic watches and calculators. For production, the core components are all imported!" Li Xuan was not unprepared, and talked eloquently.

"Vincent, you are right. The largest and most skilled in Hong Kong should be Ampere Panduit, where I work now. Its factory in Hong Kong mainly produces tapes. Among the Hua-owned electronic factories, there are still some technical content, including Wang's. , Lu's, Yili, VTech and Dechang.

Among them, Wang's and Yili mainly produce circuit boards, Lu's produces TV sets, VTech produces electronic toys and learning machines, and Dechang produces electric motors. Han Peng nodded and said, "Most of the electronics factories in Hong Kong now have only a few dozen employees. They rely on low labor costs to work as OEMs for European, American and Japanese manufacturers to earn a little hard-earned money." Their principle is that a small boat can turn around and do what to make money, but it is impossible to make it bigger and stronger. "

"Actually, Dongfang Electronics has ambitions to become bigger and stronger, but one of the problems encountered now is that there is a serious shortage of technical talents!" Li Xuan said with a sigh.

"It has only been fifteen years since the University of Hong Kong began to recruit electronics majors. At first it only recruited 20 students each year, but now it has expanded to about 80. It has only been ten years since the Department of Electronics was established at CUHK. In addition, some post-secondary colleges offer advanced electronics programs. Diploma courses! The relevant talent pool in Hong Kong itself is very insufficient, coupled with the fact that most of the school's courses are more theoretical, UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com The actual technical talents are even rarer!" Han Peng explained.

"Although Hong Kong's electronics industry has developed rapidly in recent years, it has become the second largest economic pillar in Hong Kong after the textile industry. However, compared with textiles, clothing and plastic flowers, the electronics industry has a higher technical threshold. In addition, it also needs supporting support from the government in terms of policy and education.

It is a pity that the Hong Kong government has always pursued a policy of active non-intervention, alienated from the industry, and has not seen a timely support policy**. Although there are industrial support agencies such as the Trade Development Council and the Productivity Council under the Hong Kong government.

However, the former mainly supports the textile industry and focuses on macro policies such as international trade quota negotiations. As for the Productivity Council, although there is an electronics industry research department under it, a series of policies implemented are mere formalities and have little practical effect for electronics factories.

In contrast, governments in other regions have spared no effort in supporting the electronics industry. Recently, I heard that the Singapore government is negotiating with IBM, by providing tax incentives, to strive for IBM to open a new factory in Singapore, thereby driving the transfer of electronic technology. "

Han Peng took a sip of the fragrant coffee before continuing: "Actually, I admire you, Vincent, for having the courage to innovate and develop your own video game console. You can also become an instant hit in just three months. It is a very inspiring and legendary business story!

When I was the same age as you, my mind was full of how to chase beautiful girls, and I never thought about starting my own business. Even though the 3rd year has passed, I only think about the day when I can become the CEO of the company, and I never thought of going out on my own! "