Chapter 1515 The Spring of Electronic Games (Third update, please subscribe)
In fact, when many inventions were first launched.
Often because of its high price, it can only be reduced to a toy for the rich.
In the end, these inventions will be applied with the blessing of the rich's "money power", and in the process of application, these new products, which can be called "luxury goods", naturally attract the attention of all parties. With the continuous investment in technology and capital, black technology has been priced at a bargain price.
This is true at the beginning of any product promotion. When Li Yijie was thinking about carrying his video player home and preparing to enjoy the "home theater" at home, he had just turned 18 Song Mingxuan, 20, had already taken the high-speed train to Yongning to attend an electronics exhibition held there.
In "Silicon Valley", there are two trade fairs every year, one in June and one in December. Although there are two trade fairs, the participating companies are different. Most of the exhibitors at the June trade fair are "start-up companies." "Any company can apply for a booth of no more than 4 square meters to display its products.
Exhibitions like this every year always attract many young people to come here with their products, trying to gain market share and win the favor of investors.
In short, for them, such a sales fair is the first step towards success. Many booths have a simple table with products on it, and some products are even just drawings. Or use a simple model assembled from something like a cardboard box.
Although the products on display are very simple, these products always attract the attention of many people. Those well-dressed people will stop and stand in front of their booths and listen to the introductions of these young people. Their ideas, their products.
Of course more often than not, they introduce just a concept. But even so, those well-dressed people listened with gusto. They had different identities. They might be from big companies, or of course they might be from investment funds. In short, for these people, such a trade fair is the same. Contains opportunities and wealth.
To a certain extent, they go both ways. Venture capitalists may receive extremely generous returns in the future through investment. These young people have obtained funds through investors' investments and must engage in their research.
"...Cheaper, cheaper, we believe this is the future of electronic products."
A young man wearing a T-shirt in front of him adjusted his glasses, and then faced the person in front of him This person, who was obviously a representative of a large company, said:
“In the future The coming electronic computer should not be a toy for the rich, it should belong to the general public, and everyone, whether adults or children, can use electronic computers. ”
When it is introduced to young people, it can be used. Looking at the model on his desk made of wood and cardboard. asked somewhat curiously.
"Adults need computers for work, so what do children use them for?"
There was a hint of doubt in the man's tone. This was not because he was making things difficult, but because of the In this era, electronic computers are a tall thing that can only be used for work.
“You can use it to study, and of course you can also use it to play games.”
The young man replied.
“Yes, it’s games. Even for most ordinary people, the reason why they buy computers may be just to play games.”
"Just to play games, is this possible?"
The man said in surprise.
“Electronic computers are very expensive things.”
“That’s now, not the future, and that’s exactly why I want to do this research, which is to produce a It is cheap enough to be used in thousands of households.
It is not just a toy for some people like it is now. ”
He deliberately emphasized the word toys when he said it. After all,
Although electronic computers have not yet entered ordinary people's homes, video games have already appeared, and even in this There were some young people selling their games at the trade show.
In fact, from the time the first batch of computer programmers appeared, these people began to use computers to make various attempts, and games were one of them.
Although the performance of computers in this era is limited, it does not prevent these computer programmers from developing a variety of games there.
Although most of these games are primitive, they are still welcomed by computer programmers. After all, they also need entertainment and some entertainment methods to pass the time.
Because of this, rudimentary games came out one after another, and these games were circulated in various ways - this was communication between programmers, and some were through the primitive Internet.
Although most people study games only for their personal interests and hobbies, there are still some people who hope to turn their hobbies into money.
Because of this, there are some people selling their games at the exhibition every year.
"Jungle killer, jungle killer, only costs 20 yuan..."
"Explorer, big explorer only costs 15 yuan..."
"...10 yuan, ten yuan. The card game only costs 10 yuan. You can't lose money or get cheated..."
...
This place is as lively as a vegetable market. !
Listening to the "cries" coming from nearby, Song Mingxuan only felt that he had arrived at the vegetable market. These computer programmers are like vendors in a vegetable market, shouting loudly and trying to attract customers.
There are almost no people here who care about Chuchu. They are all a group of men wearing T-shirts and shorts, looking like programmers.
In the opinion of many people, games cannot make money, so naturally no companies or venture capitalists are willing to invest.
Most of the time, people rely on love to generate electricity. This does not prevent these game developers from using the exhibition platform to promote their products.
For these programmers, they are not here to sell their games, but here are customers looking for installations.
10 yuan, a few yuan...
This is the price of one installation. In fact, the main purpose is to gain recognition.
Different from them, Song Mingxuan is here to find games suitable for installation on arcade machines. As the inventor of arcade machines, he knows very well that he only relies on one "Space Invaders". It is difficult to get customers to pay for it. Even rich people cannot just buy a game console and play a game there. "What we need is a game arcade."
A few months ago, Song Mingxuan said this to his friends:
"What we need is a game arcade that can accommodate dozens of In the game arcade of the machine, those businessmen bought our game machine, and others put in coins to play it. ”
"This is also an "arcade" - a game machine on the street, but we need more games, not just one "Space Invaders", we need a dozen or even dozens of games, only In this way, we can attract enough customers to make them willing to play games in the arcade.”
That's why Song Mingxuan came here. It was not normal for a young man to appear at these stalls. Most of the games he kept trying out there were not very attractive.
Despite this, he still chose several games that were playable to a certain extent. After all, now he needs some games to add to his arcade library.
However, it is very rare for people like him to try out games one by one. Soon someone noticed him and invited him to go over and play their games.
"Little brother, come and try this game of mine."
Song Mingxuan almost stood up from the stall next door. Wang Pengfei took the initiative to invite.
"My game "Rainforest Elite" is a very good game."
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"Rainforest Elite?"
Before Song Mingxuan could figure out what kind of game this was, Wang Pengfei started playing with it himself.
At the beginning, Song Mingxuan thought that this game was a shooting game like the "Jungle Killer" he had played before.
But when Wang Pengfei started playing, he discovered that the game was completely different from what he had imagined. First of all, the shooting position was not fixed, it was a simple crosshair, but a moving person.
Although that person is not very clear, it is just some pixels, but he is running on the screen, the weapon in his hand is constantly spitting bullets forward.
The picture looked very simple, but it attracted Song Mingxuan’s attention in an instant. He stared at the moving villain on the computer screen and watched him continuously knocking down the target in front of him with his gun. Song Mingxuan was stunned. .
Yes, this is the game he needs.
“Did you design this game?”
After just watching it for a short while, Song Mingxuan decided to buy the game.
"How much would it cost if I wanted to buy it?"
Song Mingxuan emphasized again:
"I'm talking about buying his copyright, not letting you Install it once on my computer"
"Buy him?"
Wang Pengfei looked at the young man in front of him who was a few years younger than him with some surprise and asked curiously:
“Why do you want to buy it?”
“Because I want to bring it to the market. "
Song Mingxuan said straightforwardly.
“I believe it will definitely be welcomed by the market, and maybe everyone will play this game soon.”
After hearing what Song Mingxuan said, Wang Pengfei immediately said excitedly.
"What? You're going to bring this to market, for real? Let everyone play the game?"
"Of course, but we still need to make some improvements, but This must require your consent.”
“Yes, how can I disagree? As long as you can bring him to the market, I can give it to you for free.”
Wang Pengfei became excited, he said.
"I have always thought that my games are very fun, so I want more people to play this game like me..."
Wang Pengfei's words made Song Mingxuan look at him and he only had one thought in his mind - absolutely. A very simple person.
Song Mingxuan's silence and the look in Wang Pengfei's eyes made him say nervously.
“I really don’t want money. You don’t have to worry about improving it. What do you think needs to be changed? As long as you promise to bring it to the market, I can help you change it for free.”
His answer made Song Mingxuan laugh. Then Song Mingxuan looked at Wang Pengfei and said:
"Are you willing to join our company?"
"Company? What company?"
Song Mingxuan replied.
"It is a company that specializes in developing video games."
(End of this chapter)