Reborn Tokyo Golden Age

Bai Chuanfeng took the handheld from Satoru Iwata's hand and looked it over carefully. The screen was very small, with only five buttons around it.

The two red round buttons, one left and one right, represent the arrow keys, and the other three buttons below the screen are auxiliary function keys.

Such as switching games, recalling the time, etc., in short, it seems quite simple.

"When was it released, and how much are they selling for?" Bai Chuanfeng played with this handheld and already knew it in his mind, so he raised his head and asked about Iwata Satoshi and Tanimura Masahiro.

Satoru Iwata answered first, "It was released a week ago, and the price is 5,800 yen."

No one paid attention to it two days before it went on the market. It was not until Satoru Iwata happened to see this small machine in a convenience store yesterday that he remembered the handheld game console that Shirakawa Kaede once said.

So out of curiosity, he bought one and studied it carefully, and found that it was indeed the portable game console mentioned earlier.

Therefore, there is a trip to HAL by Bai Chuanfeng today, and competing products have appeared. Of course, it is necessary to understand its various performances at the first time.

5800 yen, Bai Chuanfeng silently estimated, this price is not ordinary black.

From the perspective of material cost alone, it can be done for less than 2,000 yen.

Now Bai Chuanfeng can roughly understand the manufacturing cost of these electronic products at a glance.

So except for material costs and game development costs, the rest is basically profit.

The cost of game development is probably mainly labor. The development of this kind of small game does not take too long, and it is not difficult.

Therefore, the cost in this area is only a small part of the investment.

Calculated in this way, the profit of a handheld machine can even be 2,000 yen.

To be honest, Bai Chuanfeng was very excited about this profit return rate. Just such a small thing almost caught up with half of the profit of the Walkman.

There are tricks, there are definitely tricks. Its production difficulty is completely incomparable with that of the Walkman, but it is highly profitable.

Bai Chuanfeng paced back and forth in the office with his hips akimbo, when suddenly he stopped.

"One month, can HAL come up with two mature games?"

"Eh?" Not only Iwata Satoshi, but even Tanimura Masahiro showed surprise eyes.

"Time waits for no one, and now is the best time to seize the market.

If it is later, a large number of other manufacturers will join in, and it will be difficult for us to expand the market by then. "

Bai Chuanfeng, who has experienced the marketing of Walkmans, knows that the military is expensive and fast, and the current market is still in a semi-empty period.

This is the best time for Baichuan Electric to seize the top of the mountain. It is justified to show the signboard of Baichuan Electric first in the game market.

Otherwise, after other people join, there are so many brands, who knows which green onion your Baichuan Electric is.

This is the reason why Bai Chuanfeng is so anxious. The public is preconceived, and the earlier they enter the stage, the more senior they are.

At that time, when faced with all kinds of brands, people will choose the ones they are familiar with or the ones they have heard of first.

Looking at Bai Chuanfeng's serious eyes, both Iwata Satoru and Tanimura felt unprecedented pressure.

It was only then that they remembered that the peer in front of them was not only a student of Meiji University, but also the president of a club, Sang.

Usually it is not revealed, but only now can we discover the difference between the two.

But among the two, Tanimura Masahiro was the first to react, and he gritted his teeth cruelly.

"HAL will definitely finish the code programming of the two games within a month, but in terms of hardware debugging..."

"The hardware is handed over to Baichuan Electric, and a prototype will be delivered within two weeks. As for the software burning, it will be handed over to HAL."

Bai Chuanfeng accepted the promise without hesitation, and he has confidence in Bai Chuan Electric.

This is not the first time reverse engineering has been done, and besides, this kind of handheld is not even worth reverse engineering.

Those graduate students in the technical department can handle it by pulling any one out.

In Bai Chuanfeng's opinion, the only thing worth paying attention to in this handheld is its chip and LCD display.

But the chip is not a problem at all, the 8-bit chip of an ordinary calculator is enough.

It's a calculator, not a computer.

That's right, it's the kind of calculator that's handy for calculations.

This kind of chip does not even need to be developed, and it is much cheaper to purchase it directly, about a few hundred yen a piece.

Another LCD is not a problem either, a normal printed screen will do.

The so-called printed screens are those electronic watches worn by elementary and middle school students.

So in terms of hardware, Bai Chuanfeng felt that two weeks was enough.

"Since that's the case, HAL has no problem here. We will launch our own handheld in a month's time."

It was also rare for Tan Cun to be decisive once, and all obstacles had been cleared away. If you don't show some courage at this time, it's really unreasonable.

Speaking of which, Tanimura has quit his job at Seibu Department Store and now runs HAL full-time.

With a lot of time, work efficiency will naturally increase.

As for Iwata Satoshi, Bai Chuanfeng patted him on the shoulder. "Feeling the pressure?"

The chubby Iwata Satoru nodded first, then shook his head.

"Mr. Bai Chuan, don't worry, the game programming framework has been set up, and it will definitely not affect the launch of the handheld."

Iwata Satoru was really shocked when he heard that it would take a month to get everything done.

But after listening to Bai Chuanfeng's analysis, Iwata Satoru became a little excited again.

This is not impossible, it can even be said that it is completely fine.

What could be more exciting than a game console of its own with games designed by itself.

Satoru Iwata, who is still a student, has the aura of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. At this moment, he has even begun to gear up and prepare for a big fight.

"Okay", seeing that the military spirit is available, Bai Chuanfeng didn't say those false words again.

"Guys, this is HAL's first appearance. We must let those guys see the demeanor of the young soul."

"One Kuso!", "Go!"

Sure enough, a bit of encouragement in the second style is more effective for these young people than any promises.

"By the way, Bai Chuan-san, what's the name of our handheld?"

At this time, Tanimura Masahiro suddenly remembered that the project code name for the game console was not yet available.

name? Bai Chuanfeng glanced at the Nintendo handheld in his hand.

"Just call it Game Boy."

Game Boy? The faces of the people were a little subtle, but it was not impossible.

At least it sounds more purposeful than Nintendo's Game Watch, which is a gaming console.

Rather than some weird game watch, the time function is completely useless in Bai Chuanfeng's view.

Because the two groups of people who want to watch the time and those who want to play games have no overlap at all.

If adults want to check the time, they will not stare at the game console at all. Isn’t the watch on the wrist taller than it?

As for the students, they don't pay much attention to the time, they just want to play games.

Therefore, before the prototype of the handheld device of Baichuan Electric came out, a function was cut off by Baichuanfeng.

HAL came here in a hurry and left in a hurry.

However, he took away the Nintendo handheld, and it will be handed over to the technical department to be completely dismembered.

It's not technically difficult, but it's not a problem to know the details of the opponent.

…

After handing over the matter of the handheld game console to the people below, Bai Chuanfeng didn't pay much attention to it. He still had more important things to do.

One day in mid-May, Shirakawa Feng brought a group of Shirakawa Electric to Kawasaki City opposite the Tama River.

To be precise, he was invited. Recently, Bai Chuanfeng has received not one or two similar invitations.

And these invitations all come from invitation letters issued by the government, tsk, this is more face-saving.

The reason why it suddenly became a favorite is that Shirakawa Electric is looking for a new factory building recently, and the investment scale is at least several billion yen.

So when this news was revealed, Kawasaki in the west, Hachioji City in the north, Chiba in the east, etc., were all moved by the news.

He even made a long-distance call to Bai Chuanfeng when he heard the news from his hometown Akita.

However, limited by planning, there is no plan for the Northeast yet.

It can also be seen from this that the charm of Baichuan Electric's investment comes.

It is only 1980, what is the concept of billions of yen.

In the 1920s after the millennium, it would be about one or two billion yen in purchasing power today.

Such a huge amount of funds is even higher than the gross production value of many enterprises.

At least in these places outside Tokyo, few companies have such a large scale.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that Baichuan Electric can become a favorite at once.

After Shirakawa Kaede and his party arrived, the governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Nagasu Kazuo, and the mayor of Kawasaki, Ito Saburo, received them in person.

"Changzhou-san, Ito-san, please take care of me."

The top leaders of the two places in labor took over personally, and Bai Chuanfeng would naturally give him enough face.

Changzhou Yiji and Ito Saburo, both in their sixties, bowed very politely, and shook hands with him.

"Bai Chuan-san is indeed young and promising, as expected of a genius from Meiji."

These two local government officials are actually from famous families. One graduated from Hitotsubashi University and the other from Waseda University.

In terms of strength and reputation, he has left Meiji a few blocks away.

However, Bai Chuanfeng's youth was beyond their expectations.

Although I have already seen the relevant information, I will still be surprised when I see the real person.

Therefore, praises such as young and promising, and Meiji geniuses are thrown out as if they don't want money.

"The two seniors have won the award, but Bai Chuan is only a latecomer, so he should not be praised like this.

For today's investigation, I would like to ask two seniors to introduce it on my behalf. "

When dealing with these politicians, Bai Chuanfeng was not sure what taboos he would have.

Therefore, in this study group, there are also political talents from Meiji University.

Bai Chuanfeng is good at using every resource around him, so it goes without saying that he might not need it in a few years.

When the governor of Kanagawa and the mayor of Kawasaki heard this, they immediately turned around and took him to the destination of the trip, Kawasaki District.

This is the most prosperous area in Kawasaki City, and it is also the only way to go north to enter Tokyo.

What Shirakawa Electric is going to investigate is the industrial park named KING SKYFRONT.

It is close to Ota District, Tokyo, and close enough to Kawasaki Port. It is definitely the first location for the new factory site.

So let's see what kind of conditions these two can offer.