game trailblazer

Chapter 212 Great Relocation

Time continued to pass as usual, and Zhang Lexing's joy from visiting the prototype of the Moonlight Goddess gradually faded away. He knew that neither now nor the next year or two was a good time to launch the "dream" game console, and Not to mention that some parts used in the prototype mechanism are not mature enough, and the production cost alone cannot be reduced to a reasonable position in a short period of time, so even though he gets excited for a while every time he thinks about the prototype, he can only put it down first.Of course, Zhang Lexing did not forget to tell Wang Mengyao to pay attention to the research and development situation, and to report the latest progress in time.

Days passed day by day, and gradually came to the last month of 96. The infrastructure project of the biological laboratory chaired by Chen Zishan was coming to an end, and the interior decoration was started.At this time, Chen Zishan also learned to arrange time and deploy manpower reasonably, so although the project was still busy, she had more free time.In their spare time, Zhang Lexing and Chen Zishan often go to Ocean Park, or stroll on the streets of the bustling Hong Kong Island, and sometimes come to the outlying islands of Hong Kong, such as Lamma Island and Lantau Island, to make appointments with the company Colleagues or friends, come to a barbecue party.Later, Zhang Lexing also bought a large yacht, so the two of them added another show, meeting friends or simply bringing only bodyguards, and sailed out to sea to enjoy the sea breeze and bask in the sun, looking very leisurely.

While Zhang Lexing was staying in Hong Kong and enjoying a leisurely life, the VisualSystem Group on the other side of the ocean had begun to experience great changes.After years of construction, the San Jose, Redmond, and Boston R&D parks have been completed successively, and the main branches of the VisualSystem Group in the three places have also moved into the R&D parks.

Yang Xinxin sat on the helicopter rented by the company and slowly hovered over the Raymond R&D Park. She also took the opportunity to overlook the layout of the park from the air.Part of it was originally the office area of ​​Microsoft Corporation. After years of slow mergers, it was finally integrated into the VisualSystem Group. Later, as more researchers entered the Redmond area, the office space gradually became smaller.Later, under the proposal of Yang Xinxin, a large-scale development was carried out here, and finally the current Raymond R&D Park was built, a R&D park with more than 120 million square meters of office area and 36 buildings of various types.Next to the VisualSystem Group's Redmond R&D Park, there is also a relatively small park. At the gate of that park stands a sign "Nintendo" in black and white. This is where the headquarters of Nintendo North America is located.

"Chairman, the relocation of the Raymond campus has been completed, and the normal R&D work has been fully resumed..." Administrative Secretary Lin Xiaowei reported to Yang Xinxin who was sitting next to her.

Yang Xinxin nodded slightly, her eyes still stayed outside the window, and she didn't look back.At this moment, there was a crisp ringtone in Lin Xiaowei's leather bag, she hurriedly opened the bag, took out a Motorola mobile phone, put it to her ear and started talking.

After a while, Lin Xiaowei put down the phone and said to Yang Xinxin, "Chairman, Mr. Gates is already waiting for you in the meeting room in Building 11."

Yang Xinxin nodded and said, "Okay, let's go now."

The helicopter drew a large arc in the air, turned around and flew towards Building 11 in the park.A few minutes later, the helicopter slowly landed on the tarmac on the roof of Building 11. Yang Xinxin pushed open the door, got off the helicopter, and walked towards the entrance of the building. Lin Xiaowei got off the plane from the other side, also Follow up.Yang Xinxin walked to the entrance of the roof and stopped. With the help of the reflection of the glass on the door, she took out a comb and tidied her hair, then opened the entrance door and walked in...

With the completion and commissioning of the three major R&D parks in San Jose, Raymond and Boston, and the successful entry into orbit of the second communication satellite, the R&D force of the VisualSystem Group has become a whole through the integration of the communication network, even as far away as the United Kingdom. The research institutes of Cambridge and China BJ can also realize timely information exchange through satellite relay, coupled with the connection of multiple supercomputers and high-performance computer clusters, the overall R&D strength of VisualSystem Group has been greatly enhanced.

The long-delayed listing plan of the VisualSystem Group has gradually reached the three-month countdown stage. Previously, Yang Xinxin had adjusted the core parts of the entire group to research institutes that would not be listed in the future, such as operating systems. Ownership of the core code, important patents, etc. will always be in their own hands, and companies that actually enter the listing process are companies that use these resources for commercialization, such as VisualSystem, which uses the core code to package an operating system suitable for home or business use. VisualOffice, a company that uses the patents and technologies of the Institute to improve office software.Here, depending on the degree of importance, VisualSystem Group will directly or indirectly hold 25% to 65% of the equity to ensure sufficient control over important companies.

At the same time, in BJ, the R&D park listed as "Oriental Industrial Park" has also completed all the construction. Those companies affiliated to the Eastern Industrial Group, such as Sunrise Software, Le Yiyang, Yulefang, etc., have all moved in. VisualSystem The China Research Institute jointly invested and established by the Group and Oriental Industrial Group is also included, and even the creative workshop and the spin-off game studio are allocated to a six-story office building.This means that the situation of Fengyun Interactive is quite special. In order to better control the sales channels and operate Fengyun Game Club and Oriental Electronic Game City, Chen Jingyi and others did not move in with them, but continued to stay in the original place for development.Due to the relocation of the creative workshop, the Fengyun Game Academy, which has gradually started to operate independently, has obtained a larger teaching venue, so Xiao Donghai has a place to carry out his new plan.

One is the elite training plan, that is, the training plan for intermediate and senior game talents, which is no longer limited to the training of game developers, but includes game trainers, producers, game supervisors, master planners, master programs, master artists, etc. Intermediate and senior talents.The other is the Sprout Project jointly initiated by Fengyun Game Academy and Dream Fund, which provides funds and venues for Fengyun Game Academy graduates to set up their own game development studios. Originally, Xiao Donghai planned to find another place to house these small studios. However, with the removal of the creative workshop, the venue is no longer a problem.In order to support the new plan of Fengyun Game Academy, when the creative workshop was relocated, all the original office furniture was kept, and even the computers were replaced after the hard disk was replaced, but the original game room and activity room were intact. It was preserved and became the venue for future activities of Fengyun Game Academy.

Also in the last month of 96, when many players got the latest issue of "Home Computers and Game Consoles" and "Video Game Software", they noticed a piece of news that surprised and delighted them, especially for For some foreign players. Two identical advertisements were published on the color pages of "Household Computers and Game Consoles" and "Electronic Game Software". Dongfang Electronic Game City and Fengyun Game Club announced respectively that they would expand to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuhan in the near future. In the future, players in these three places will be able to enjoy the services and membership activities of the Fengyun Game Club nearby, as well as experience the latest video games from the Oriental Electronic Game City nearby.

After seeing this news, players from other places who had always been envious of BJ players also felt hopeful, especially the players from Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuhan were even more excited. Some magazine reports have heard about the fun of the Oriental Electronic Game City and Fengyun Game Club, and now I will have the opportunity to experience it for myself, how can I not be excited.And some players who were not interested in joining Fengyun Game Club due to the distance also acted. In just one week, Lin Musen and others received more than 3000 membership applications from Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Wuhan. The number of members of Fengyun Game Club swelled up again.

Orient Industrial Group is also making adjustments. In addition to transferring all R&D institutions to the Dapu R&D Park, it has also added three new business divisions, namely, the Entertainment Division with Wang Yueli as the director, and the Information Industry Division with Luo Jiacong as the director. Cheng Zhaokang is the head of the Internet Business Department, responsible for the newly developed companies and businesses of the Oriental Industrial Group.Among them, the focus of the Internet business department is the development of email and ICQ business in the Chinese region, including the pre-processing of the Chinese culture and localization of HotMail and ICQ, as well as the follow-up promotion and operation work.The focus of the entertainment business department is to establish its own agency in Asia based on the model of an innovative acting agency, and to use the resources of companies such as Universal Pictures to establish a film production and distribution company in Hong Kong.As for the Information Industry Division, the current focus is on the optical fiber backbone network project of China's education and scientific research network under construction. From now on, we must make preparations for future maintenance and operation, and based on this, we will gradually set foot in other industries. information industry.

In such a busy environment, the calendar gradually turned to the last page of 1996...

(End of this chapter)