I Want To Be a Rich Man on Hong Kong Island

  Chapter 511 [Sony’s Development Direction]

  Utah

  Bushnell’s wife Serena looked at the decadent Bushnell, and suddenly felt the bleakness of life;

  It turned out that Bushnell not only spent all his family savings, but also borrowed a lot of money in order to develop arcade games;

  Importantly, he also quit the job of Ampex;

  Of course, these can still be endured by the family, after all, if you don’t have money, you can earn again;

  However, Bushnell was at a loss at this time, staying at home every day in a daze, or fiddling with a bunch of machine parts;

  So who will support this family!

   "Bushnell, if you don’t find a job like this, my daughters and I will leave you because we can’t bear such hopeless days!"

  Bushnell was shocked and looked up at his wife Serena incredulously;

"No! I still have hope. As long as I study another arcade game, I will definitely make this family better! Serena, do you know? Sony has sold 3000 arcade game consoles and sold them 3.6 million U.S. dollars, and I and these are only a few months away!"

"Enough! Bushnell, although I believe you can succeed, my daughter and I can't hold on until that time, we can't be hungry! You should find a job first, and then use the rest time to pursue your dreams !"

  Bushnell listened to his wife, and then looked at the three-year-old eldest daughter and the youngest daughter still in Serena’s arms, and finally woke up;

  The family continues to spend money!

  Bushnell nodded and said to his wife: "I'm sorry! I will find a job as soon as possible!"

   Serena smiled, her dissatisfaction with her husband disappeared. Of course, she believed that her husband could succeed, but the cruelty in front made her choose to drive her husband out of the house to earn a salary to support her two daughters and herself.

  At this moment, the two suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, they tidied up a bit, and hit the door!

   "It's you!" Bushnell opened the door, and when he saw the person coming, his face suddenly turned bad!

  It turned out that the person at the door was Bushnell’s unforgettable face, Seiichi Sato, head of the American division of Sony’s arcade division.

   "Mr. Bushnell, can we come in and sit down?" Said Sato kindly, completely different from the way he treated Bushnell.

   "Come in!" Serena, who was holding the baby, said first. She could see that the people at the door were not malicious.

  After sitting down, Sato Seiichi looked at this not-rich family, thinking in his heart, now this family may be lucky!

  "This is Mr. Bushnell, whether you admit defeat or not, we at Sony can be said to have defeated you upright! Of course, I am not here to show off, but to invite you to join us!"

  "I won't join your company!" Bushnell reacted fiercely and quickly, letting his wife Serena's next words and actions hang in the air.

  Sato Kiyichi has something in his heart at this time, because this family is really not rich and can't refuse Sony;

  The important thing is that I haven’t negotiated terms yet, Bushnell is also a momentary angry remark;

  Of course, if it hadn’t been assigned by the above to complete this task, Seiichi Sato wouldn’t be like that.

"Mr. Bushnell, your wife seems to have different opinions! By the way, I forgot to tell you that we at Sony are willing to hire you as a project engineer with a salary of $2,000 per month (the average American is less than $500 per month). The salary is much higher than that of outside engineers, of course you are worth the salary."

  Bushnell was stunned. The last time his engineer's salary was only 800 US dollars, Sony actually offered a sky-high price of 2000 US dollars!

  "What is my specific job?" After a long time, Bushnell finally lowered his arrogant head.

  "First of all, you need to let your partners join us, and then you join a project team; the specific content will be kept confidential for the time being, anyway, it is the research and development of arcade work."

   "I promised!"

   "Then you guys will report as soon as possible! Time is money, arcade video games are just in their infancy, and you need to get into work as soon as possible."

   "Well, up to three days, we can join the job!"

  San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley.

  Wu Guangyao came to the industrial park of Lenovo Group to inspect the work.

  The entire Lenovo Group Industrial Park covers an area of ​​about 15 acres. Although it is not too large, this is not the Lenovo Group’s R&D headquarters after all, but just a branch.

  "Welcome the chairman to Lenovo Silicon Valley Industrial Park!" Akio Morita was already standing by the door when Wu Guangyao got off the car.

   "Haha, President Shengtian has worked hard!" Wu Guangyao said with satisfaction.

  After some humility, Wu Guangyao and Morita Akio, as well as the executives here, came to the meeting room.

  In the meeting room, Wu Guangyao once again set the direction for Sony’s development:

  First, the Walkman must hurry up and strive to start full-scale sales in the first half of next year!

  Second, the arcade machine should be researched and developed quickly, and a research and development should be carried out towards the principles of excellent picture quality, rich images, colorful colors, and rich entertainment.

  Third, the host project of the TV game should be synchronized with the arcade.

  Fourth, other Sony products should also be paid attention to. For example, original products such as tape recorders, camcorders, and turntables should also be developed in a more advanced state.

  Fifth, the entertainment industry cannot be relaxed either. The film industry and the recording industry are an important part of Sony Entertainment and must be developed more vigorously.

  Wu Guangyao said very general, but everyone listened very fascinated;

  Although Wu Guangyao is not very professional, everyone knows that many product ideas of Lenovo Group come from this boss;

  So, naturally, everyone does not care whether the boss knows the skills. As long as the boss’s strategy is correct, Lenovo Group can achieve great success.

  "Chairman, you mean arcade games, the kind of picture quality effect you want to show on color TV?" Akio Morita asked.

  Wu Guangyao nodded. Although the current arcade games are only black and white, and there are only a few small squares, it only takes a few years to achieve the effect of color and graphics.

  So, Sony must quickly seize the opportunity!

   "You will soon make the "Pong" arcade game a home motherboard, which is a small improvement!" Wu Guangyao reminded.

"Yes, if the "Pong" family is motherboardized, it means that we have the complete technology of TV games, and the rest is to develop the entertainment and color of the game, so that we can dominate the game industry! "Akio Morita said confidently.

Wu Guangyao nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Let the team that is fighting with us come to the mainboard of "Pong". Of course, Japan also needs to conduct simultaneous research. Both sides must compete and cooperate! The company's R&D expenses must be adequate. Attach importance to this project, and it must be completed within one to two years. The sooner it is completed, the higher the bonus will be!"

   "Yes, chairman!" the management said in unison.

   Morita Akio added: "The arcade project team is currently developing new games in addition to developing hardware facilities!"

Wu Guangyao reminded: “The hardware is the most important thing. As for the game itself, because the hardware cannot keep up, there is no need to break into too much energy; of course, the more boldly we underestimate the IQ of Americans, the more the games we develop will suffer. Welcome, let's develop a game that is simple and easy to operate!"

  Everyone did not doubt Wu Guangyao's words, because the arcade "Pong" is quite simple, but in this era of lack of entertainment, it is very popular to buy!

  In fact, Wu Guangyao said this because he considered that the current hardware could not reach it, so he focused on the hardware, and the game itself was the second most important thing;

  Furthermore, I have the outline of the games "Pac-Man", "Little Bee", "Tank Battle" and "Mario", so the company can invest less in this area.

  Previous life In 1978, the arcade was really developed. A Japanese company launched "Space Invaders", and the arcade entered a new stage.

  In this life, Sony has accumulated a lot of technical reserves in arcades, and I believe that in three or four years, the arcades will be further developed!

  (End of this chapter)