Lao Hong is very poor.

Although he was an all-powerful man in North America, he was penniless when he came back.

Thirty million Franklins were 'confiscated'.

The oil tanker and oil barrels were given to Wanxie Boss to repay the company more than 2.5 million in foreign exchange.

I finally brought back two boxes of Cuban cigars, but they were detained by customs.

I originally had a box with me, but then I looked in my pocket and found it was gone!

What makes Lao Hong even more uncomfortable is that this trip abroad is not official business.

Therefore, you need to pay for the air tickets yourself.

In addition, he missed receiving his salary and was absent from work this month. According to Tiancheng's strict management system, not only will his work be in vain this month, but he will also have to pay 1,600 yuan in "missed work fees" at the end of the month!

I used to feel that Tiancheng's salary and benefits were pretty good, but now I find there are pitfalls everywhere.

Today I invited my boss to see the scientific research results. He wanted to get a red envelope to buy cigarettes...

Unexpectedly, this crude tin box can actually make a lot of money!

In an instant, Lao Hong thought of encouragement awards, project dividends, sales commissions...

"Why are you foreigners so busy doing things?"

"start running!"

"Printing animated propaganda posters...what? Infringement? Will those Japanese devils from Japan come to our small county?"

"Yes, let's forget about the animation in North America. I'm sure there are two or five of you who will make a news and send it back to North America!"

"What animation? Ikkyu, Gundam, Pikachu, Pinball Man, Digimon, Lightning Chariot..."

"Audio? Find the Chamber of Commerce!"

"Colorful lights? Looking for KTV!"

"Motherboard? Who did you turn to for OEM before? Now it's in mass production. Place an order!"

After giving random instructions, Lao Hong suddenly thought of a very important question and hurriedly ran to Ge Xiaotian who was watching everywhere, "Boss, what should I do with the coin acceptor?"

"Did you go out for a while and lose your brain?"

"How is it possible? How about... IC card?"

"The soul of the claw machine lies in the coin operation. When the metal coin falls, the card will ring randomly, and the exciting music will start. The excitement will rise immediately. Can swiping a credit card have this function?!"

"Well, as for the coin acceptor... we can make it, and we can also make the coin reader, but the mold making, production, and coin minting... it will probably take more than half a month..."

"Are you stupid? Computers are popular and the Little Eight Kings are popular. See if there are still people in those game arcades in Xiang County? I went to the surrounding counties and cities and said that we will crack down immediately and comprehensively rectify the entertainment venues. They will not be allowed in the future.

Open a game arcade! If you take the opportunity to 'recycle' the arcade machines at a high price, you can probably bring back a large number of them that day!"

"I understand!"

"Buy it and dismantle it. The joysticks, buttons, and speakers are all ready-made. You can renovate them and use them! Keep the electronic screen, integrated circuit board, and controller for a retro project in the future!" Ge Xiaotian originally planned to put in the coin directly, but

In the millennium, one dollar a time is probably something no one can afford. “Including the coin acceptor and the coin reader, they all copied it!”

Lao Hong took a deep breath, he was indeed an evil capitalist, "But most of the game coins are universal, and others bought the game coins from outside..."

"I remember that the coin reader should be an infrared sensor. If the game coin falls, the coil is energized to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic field penetrates the game coin and is transmitted to another coil. If the current is sensed, it is a real game coin. If the current is not sensed, it is a fake game coin. The main thing is

It depends on the material of the metal plate. If you adjust it and wrap the game coins in a half-circle plastic shell..."

"Dear Godfather, this recognition function is a bit backward, I suggest using letter recognition!" Jinx, the scientific research director, happened to be passing by, heard these words, and suggested.

"Oh?" Ge Xiaotian was a little surprised. How advanced is technology now? "Do we need to redesign the coin acceptor and recognizer?"

"No, no, no! I used to play arcade machines, and I also helped others improve their coin readers. Just install a small device, it's very simple!"

"Add letters to the original game coins, the patterns are so messy, the recognition ability is estimated..."

"No, on the outer edge of the coin, that is, on the upright side, you can use a metal burner to engrave 'hong'!"

God is so loud, Ge Xiaotian corrected: "Tiancheng!"

"Yes, boss, Tiancheng!" Jinx looked respectful and pious.

"..."

It seems that this guy is more poisoned than those five fat guys.

Ge Xiaotian looked at Lao Hong, "Don't make the recognition ability of game coins too high in the early stage. It is designed to attract people with bad intentions to use a large amount of foreign game coins to catch dolls! Aren't you making a remote control system? Don't throw in foreign game coins.

Identification, but give them some hope that they can move their claws and grab the doll, but they just can't get it, or give them one occasionally. In this way, won't our game coins come rolling in? We will engrave Tiancheng Liang later.

The word, it belongs to us!"

Lao Hong was silent for a moment, "It's a bit difficult!"

"What aspect is difficult?"

“You can also play with counterfeit coins!”

"Damn it, you are still an electrical engineer? I am a layman and can think of a solution, but you can't?"

"Boss, I'm smart and I understand!" Jinx completely offended the confused Lao Hong, "Generally speaking, genuine coins that are recognized will enter the next process. Counterfeit coins that cannot be recognized will be spit out.

Come out! What the boss means is, let us make a 'fake identification' motherboard in the counterfeit currency channel, or in other words, make a program that can play with any currency, throw in the 'fake currency', start the machine, it can move its claws, and

It can be grasped, but there are always various accidents, such as loose claws, early grasping, shaking, too fast... In short, it is difficult to operate! Others use real coins to play, and they can grasp each one accurately, but he uses

Playing with counterfeit money can make you doubt your life!"

"Brilliant!" Ge Xiaotian gave a thumbs up, "Jinx, I suddenly appreciate you!"

"Thank you boss, I will work hard!"

………………

With the plan in place, the claw machine project started quickly.

Welding cabinets, assembling rails, negotiating integrated circuit orders with component manufacturers, improving game programs...

Before evening, the Machinery Department brought in a batch of arcade machines that had been seized a long time ago from the Jishi Cultural Bureau.

Disassembled, summarized, packaged, and sent in batches to Tiancheng Station in Daqingshan for restoration...

A busy night.

At noon the next day, Ge Xiaotian was the first to sit in front of what was probably the world's first claw machine.

Well, here's the sample.

Lao Hong and others gathered around to watch.

As a maker, he definitely knows how to play and has already installed the anime puppets in advance.

"Have you calculated it? How much does this one cost?"

"About three hundred or so!"

"so tall?"

"Iron sheets, steel frames, integrated circuits, research and development procedures..."

"By the way, how much does it weigh?"

"More than two hundred pounds!"

"It's too heavy. What if it falls down and hurts someone? Also, the cost is a bit high. Let's replace the iron cabinet with the fiber plastic we use to make cars!"

"In this case, the cost should be reduced to two hundred, and the weight...is less than one hundred and fifty kilograms!"

"Almost!" Ge Xiaotian dropped the sample game currency.

Click, click, click, the lights are gorgeous...

Control the joystick, press the button, rotate the claw, and shoot twice...

"No, when we are about to catch the doll, we need to add a 'grab' procedure!"

"Are we going to die?"

"Be close to the people! How many people will play in the early stage? Gradually increase the difficulty, and then introduce different styles and sizes of dolls. The claws should also be different in size, such as key pendants, sweater pendants, etc., all with small claws!"

"Understood!"

"Today is the 13th day of the first lunar month, before the Lantern Festival. Twenty units are made, half of which are placed in Yueyue Children's Entertainment City, and half of which are placed in Xiaoqingshan Supermarket!" Speaking of supermarkets, Ge Xiaotian suddenly thought of another coin-operated child killer, "I remember before.

What kind of old-fashioned sand screening machine does our construction site have? It’s similar to the one used to pound sesame oil. Is it still available now?”

"No more. Now we use crawler sand screening machines. We can go through it in one go and we can mix it directly."

Ge Xiaotian took out a pen and paper, "Modify that old-fashioned sand screening machine, add a small car model, or the twelve zodiac signs, a locomotive, an elephant, etc., slowly shake it back and forth, and then add different types of children's songs, using the same

This kind of coin acceptor can be used for five minutes at a time!"

"This is simple. All the old machines are piled up in the warehouse. Once they are sorted out, they can be modified."

"Be sure to pay attention to safety, the motor must be replaced!"
To be continued...