"Xu Sheng, there is an American guy at the front desk downstairs. He says he is from Atari Company, and he is clamoring to see you?" Secretary Xiao Zhang came over early in the morning to report.

Although it has been a month since he was exposed by Oriental Daily, there are still some reporters who will come over and ask for interviews occasionally. Xu Zhi rejected all of them. At the same time, it was decided that no matter who wanted to see him, they had to make an appointment.

!

Of course Xu Zhi knew Atari and said, "Let him in!"

"OK."

…

After a while, a Western ghost guy who was 1.85 meters tall was brought into Xu Zhi's office by Xiao Zhang.

"Mister Xu, this is Michael Jeff, the marketing manager of Atari USA." The person shook hands and said.

Xu Zhi shook hands and said, "Please sit down!"

Michael smiled and said, "This is my first time coming to Xiangjiang, but when I was in the United States, I heard people say that there is a city in Asia. Although it has a population of only 5 million, its business is very developed, and several cities were born.

The world's shipping king and trade tycoon, I have always ignored him before, but now I realize that I underestimated the commercial potential of Xiangjiang!"

These are actually just polite remarks before the opening remarks, just to avoid embarrassment!

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "The geographical location of Xiangjiang determines that it must have great potential in business. Coupled with the hard work of the Chinese, some successful people must be normal."

Michael said, "No matter how hard you work, you will never be able to achieve such achievements at such a young age like Mr. Xu, and create such a wonderful game as Xiangjiang Cube!"

Xu Zhi was too lazy to talk nonsense anymore and asked directly, "Mr. Jeff, are you here for the Xiangjiang Cube?"

Michael nodded and said, "Yes, Xiangjiang Cube now has a large number of players in the United States, but they can only go to arcades to experience this game. In our view at Atari, games should be given to every ordinary person, so we

Atari intends to port the game Xiangjiang Cube to our latest home game console, so that more players can better experience the Xiangjiang Cube game!"

"As expected." Xu Zhi actually guessed the other party's possible purpose from the beginning, but still asked, "Does Atari want to buy out the copyright of Xiangjiang Cube on home game consoles?"

Michael nodded and said, "Yes, our company is willing to invest 2 million US dollars to buy the copyright of Xiangjiang Cube in FC. Mr. Xu, this price is already the highest price for our Atari outsourced game software, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to appear again in the future."

"Only 2 million..." Xu Zhi didn't bother to talk any more and refused directly, "Sorry, I'm not interested. If there's nothing else, I'll have a date right away."

Seeing that Xu Zhi was about to drive people away, Michael hurriedly said, "Mr. Xu, we can actually talk about the price again!"

Xu Zhidao, "There's nothing to talk about. I just don't want to sell it, so there's no need to waste your time here."

Michael asked, "Why? Isn't it possible that Mr. Xu wouldn't be tempted even with millions of dollars?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "A few million dollars is good, but our company's main product is this arcade machine. If this game is transplanted to a home game console, who will come to the arcade to play the game? Who will come to buy it?"

Our arcade machine?”

Michael naturally knew this problem and said, "Mr. Xu, any game has a lifespan in the arcade. If Mr. Xu is worried about this problem, then we can discuss cooperation first, and when the arcade market changes in the future, we

Atari releases game cartridges again, doesn’t this get the best of both worlds?”

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "We can wait until then. Mr. Jeff, am I going out?"

Seeing that he could not convince the other party, Michael could only take out a business card and said, "Mr. Xu, if you change your mind, please feel free to contact me..."

…

Although the "date" he told Michael was false and everyone knew it, he still pretended to go out. After Xu Zhi left the office, he walked around the building and came to He Guoyuan's office.

He Guoyuan was dealing with some company documents. When he saw Xu Zhi arriving, he asked, "What's wrong with Xu Sheng coming here?"

"It's nothing, I'm annoyed by this ghost guy, come out for a walk!" Xu Zhi said with a smile, and slowly told He Guoyuan what happened just now.

After hearing this, He Guoyuan smiled and said, "This ghost guy has good taste. In fact, I also think that our Xiangjiang Cube is more suitable for home game consoles. Arcade machines are too expensive for ordinary players, but game consoles only need one-time use."

Pay the money for the cartridge and you can play however you want in the future!”

"You can't say that." Xu Zhi said, "In fact, all games are better experienced on game consoles. After all, you only need to pay the cost once, unlike an arcade machine where one or two coins per game is more suitable for companies to make money.

Think about it again, the old Arkanoid, the popular Space Invaders or our upcoming Tanks vs. Pac-Man, which one is more comfortable to play at home?"

He Guoyuan nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, but we are capitalists after all, and we maximize our profits by putting arcade machines first! But if our games shrink in the arcade market, do we really want to sell these games to companies like Atari?"

Xu Zhi turned the pen in his hand and asked, "What do you think?"

He Guoyuan said, "I think we should develop our own home game console so that we can truly maximize profits!"

"Yes, ambitious!" Xu Zhi said with a smile, "Actually, I also had this plan. I originally wanted to wait until Tank Battle and Pac-Man were released before starting, but the people from Atari came and gave me a reminder that the game console

Research and development cannot be achieved overnight, we can definitely start it."

He Guoyuan nodded and said, "Okay, I will set up this department specifically to start developing home game consoles."

Xu Zhidao: "Currently there are not enough talents in this field in Hong Kong. I think we can recruit professional talents in this field from Japan and the United States, especially Atari. The atari2600 they released last year was very successful. People with development experience will definitely

Quite a few.”

He Guoyuan said, "I'm afraid it would be difficult to poach people in the United States, right?"

Xu Zhidao "Not necessarily. Atari's current achievements are indeed very high, but their company's treatment of technical employees is not good. As far as I know, many people have left their jobs to start businesses, so you can send people to the United States to have a look.

If Americans don’t want to come to work in Xiangjiang, they can also set up a branch there and let them study in the United States. You can also communicate with them in Xiangjiang at intervals.”

He Guoyuan said, "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to go immediately!"
Chapter completed!