Hong Kong Island's wealthy era

Chapter 63 Project Orange
During this time, Lei Liquan was busy with his wedding. The business opened for seven days yesterday, and Lei Liquan didn't even have time to go.But I have urgent business today and I have to go to the orange factory.

Lei Liquan took Yuan Tianfan with him and hurried to the orange factory conference room.

Lei Liquan asked directly: "How much money can be mobilized in the account now?"

Wang Haisheng replied: "I recently sold another 4 units of orders. Adding the previous HK$1.3 million, I now have almost HK$3.1 million to mobilize."

Assistant Yuan Tianfan sorted out the materials that He Guoyuan brought back from the United States and distributed them to Lei Liquan and others around the conference table.

Lei Liquan picked up the information and read it. It was an introduction to an arcade machine produced by Alida. In fact, Lei Liquan had already received the report.

He Guoyuan first brought a Korean Samsung color TV, and then placed an electronic machine the size of a briefcase in front of the TV.

This is the first generation of home game console developed by Atari. It has a data cable on the back end that can be connected to a TV, making it possible to use a home TV as a game console monitor.

He Guoyuan plugged in the TV interface himself, and suddenly a picture appeared on the TV screen, but the picture was not very clear and flickered a bit.

He Guoyuan told Lei Liquan and others: "Atari engineers have developed a TV switching processing chip. Through a data line, home TVs can be used as game console monitors, allowing everyone to play games while sitting at home."

"This handle is connected to a data line on the side of the console and is specifically used to operate and control games. It is an original design that separates the operation keys from the console. This should be the first of its kind in the world."

Lei Liquan thought to himself, isn't this the prototype of the later Little Overlord learning machine?It’s just that the machines are bigger now, and the future is endless.

Although He Guoyuan was originally told to develop a home game console project, he did not expect to find a finished home game console in the beautiful country and planned to acquire it with full capital.Lei Liquan thought to himself that he must have encountered trouble, and the problem was not small, otherwise he would not have flown back to report in person.

In fact, when Lei Liquan asked about the liquidity in the account before the meeting, some possible problems came to mind.

But looking at the machine in front of me, it was far worse than the red and white machine in my memory.

He Guoyuan continued: "This design is first of all for comfort, and secondly to reduce the cost of the game console. You only need to buy a console instead of a monitor. At the same time, multiple family members can operate the game at the same time."

This home game console from Alida is a revolutionary initiative. Game cartridges can be replaced and games can be remotely controlled by multiple people.

The first is the handle operation keys. Lei Liquan took a closer look and found that it was not the 'ten' key yet.Instead, it is similar to the operation keys on an arcade machine, with a joystick controlling the direction and a press button that can be used for jumping, shooting, and fighting operations.

Secondly, let’s not talk about the game graphics. The graphics of the game consoles I saw in the previous life were just garbage. The picture quality was simply terrible.

But in this era, this is already an epoch-making high technology. After all, it is a video game that can be operated on a TV.

In fact, Lei Liquan didn't know that Yalida was acquired by Warner Films this year for US$2800 million.

Lei Liquan was playing the game console and couldn't put it down.

"The game console plays well. Can this machine be finalized and produced?"

"Not yet. The console has many flaws. For example, there are problems with image processing, and playing games for a long time may burn out the TV picture tube. If it is launched on the market now, it will definitely fail."

Lei Liquan asked again: "Didn't you say that we wanted to fully acquire Atari last time? What step will we take now?"

He Guoyuan has been presiding over the acquisition negotiations during this period and replied: "It is not ideal, so it is also the main issue I report to you."

"Well, you said."

"Currently, I have raised the price to 2000 and two million US dollars, but last week they suddenly changed their mind and found a reason: they want to retain the brand." Lei Liquan has received a report on this matter, and Lei Liquan wants to launch Orange in the future brand of home game console products.

When He Guoyuan was negotiating, they were already prepared to agree on the acquisition. Suddenly, they changed their attitude a few days ago, which was a bit ambiguous.

"I asked them to increase the acquisition funds and increase the price by 200 million. They said they would consider it, but they didn't give me a reply for several days."

"Do you know why?"

"Originally, I thought they wanted to increase money, but who knew that RB Namco came to the door. Their specific offer, which Yalita did not disclose, should not be less than US$500 million."

Lei Liquan thought for a while and said slowly: "Atari must acquire it."

"Atari has accumulated relatively mature home console technology. This industry has just emerged. We need to take the initiative and seize the opportunity to occupy the market. This acquisition is not only to strengthen ourselves, but also to limit competitors."

Several people sitting in the meeting thought in unison that the boss is the boss, and thinking about problems means being different.

"Does Yalida still have arcade machines?" Lei Liquan still did a certain amount of work for Yalida during this period.

"Yes, Lei Sheng."

"Isn't Namco making arcade machines? We will make a joint acquisition report immediately. We will jointly invest in the acquisition of Alida, and then the arcade machine will be owned by him, and we will take home games. If our game consoles enter the RB market in the future, they can be their agent."

He Guoyuan thought for a while and said, "What if Nangong Meng disagrees?"

"Then you give Yali a cash bonus agreement, and we will invest the remaining research and development funds. After the game console is launched, we will give them a share of each game console."

Lei Liquan didn't believe that Namco would dare to take such a big risk now that the practical technology of Alida home game consoles is still mature.As for why Lei Liquan dared to do so, it was because he knew the market prospects of the Famicom in the future.Otherwise, I really wouldn’t dare invest tens of millions of dollars to acquire it.

If the joint acquisition with Namco can be successful, Lei Liquan can save at least tens of millions of dollars, so why not?

Why not Nangong Meng?

At the end of the meeting, Lei Liquan drew a cross key and handed it to Huo Haiqing, saying: "It is very inconvenient to control the direction of the game console's handle now. Let's design a new direction operation key according to this graphic and register a global patent."

In fact, even if Lei Liquan's planned acquisition failed, he still had to use the cross-key patent to harvest it.

"Also, the Snake arcade machine is going to be put on the market. It will be given to the Orange Factory before the end of the year. The profit will be several hundred million. I will put the funds to great use."

A few days after the meeting, He Guoyuan flew to the beautiful country with the new plan, found the Namco acquisition team, and handed over the joint acquisition plan to them.

Due to the seriousness of the matter, the Namco team immediately reported it directly to the headquarters.

Namco CEO Panasonic Manhole Cover looked at the cooperation terms in his hand and was also confused for a while.

After careful consideration, Panasonic Manhole Cover gave orders to the American team. The first was to sign a cooperation agreement with Lei Liquan's Orange Factory to jointly acquire Atari, and invited the owner of the Orange Factory, Lei Liquan, to take time to visit RB headquarters.

Namco focuses on video games, but mainly arcade machines. The joint acquisition agreement with Orange Factory allows Namco to spend the least amount of money to strengthen its arcade strength and consolidate its arcade status. Why not?

The cooperation conditions of the Orange Factory are quite favorable, and Panasonic Manhole Cover has no reason to refuse.

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