(Maybe there were too many social events during the Spring Festival. I didn’t know how to write yesterday. My mind was almost hurting when I sat in front of the computer. Various subsequent plots were mixed together. I don’t know who should be the first and who should be the next one. I couldn’t start writing for the whole day. I’m really sorry)

Qingyue Entertainment Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a toy manufacturing company in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry started in the early days of its port opening, and the shipbuilding industry first developed. Since the 1950s, with the arrival of a large number of capitalists and merchants who fled from the mainland, industry and commerce have developed rapidly, and industry has begun to become the pillar industry in Hong Kong.

After twenty years of economic and technological accumulation, Hong Kong's industry has also transitioned from simple light industries such as textiles, garments, and plastic flowers to more high-end precision manufacturing industries such as watches, toys, and electronic products. It has quickly occupied the European and American markets with relatively cheap manual manufacturing costs.

However, at this time, Hong Kong's electronics industry was still in its infancy, with weak technical strength, and the mid-to-high-end manufacturing capabilities of chips, components, etc. were almost zero. It completely used imitation and piracy as its only means of survival.

Qingyue Entertainment Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is such a manufacturing enterprise that relies solely on imitating popular entertainment facilities on the market as its main business method. The company has a technical department, but basically does not have independent research and development capabilities. It can only rely on reverse research on other companies' products, so as to reversely launch circuit diagrams and submit them to the production department for production.

Today, under the company's advance notice, all technicians from the technical department gathered and waited for a new task that will be assigned to them soon.

Yes, there are only technicians.

Currently, no electronics company in Hong Kong has a product development department, and copying and piracy are the current situation of the entire industry.

"Boss, what are the work we are going to do today? We called all of us together early in the morning. We are going to do a big job. We haven't been like this for a long time, and all the departments have been dispatched. What is it? Can you give us a clear idea?"

A group of technicians were bored waiting, yawning, and asked the department's technical supervisor.

"I know this," as the company's technical director, he can get news from it as soon as possible, but in order to give his subordinates a sense of mystery, he didn't say it directly. "Recently, a new gaming device in Hong Kong has been released. I heard it is so popular. What do you think is that?"

"Space Invaders!"

"I knew it must be a big project! It turned out to be it!"

A group of technicians who were dying because they got up too early suddenly became energetic and shouted excitedly.

"I've played "Space Invaders", it's so exciting! Compared to it, those used to be called game consoles!"

"Yes, yes, the original game console was nothing more than shooting targets with an electric gun, and they could only stand there and make people fight. But the enemy in "Space Invaders" actually beats players in reverse. Playing the game not only requires destroying the enemy, but also requires careful not to be hit by the enemy. When I first played, I was killed as soon as I got started, and later I threw more than a dozen coins before I hit it."

Other technicians also discussed how fun and exciting the game was, and they also exchanged their experiences with each other.

Generally speaking, people who work in technical work are more interested in playing, not to mention that "Space Invaders" is a new game that has created a game mode. It combines competitive and fun and is very fun to play. All technicians in the company have played this game more or less.

"It's a pity that only cinemas can be played, and there are too many people. Every time I go there, I have to queue up and wait for a long time before it's my turn." A technician sighed.

"You're the old calendar last week." A colleague retorted, "At the beginning, I heard that Shaw Brothers Cinema was the first to use, and later other cinemas were also imitating it. But yesterday I went to the bar to sit around and found that they also had one. According to the bar owner, this kind of game console has just been developed and the manufacturer's production capacity is limited. He wanted to buy five at one time, but he only mentioned one. In a few months, when the manufacturer's production capacity increases, the supply will become more and more sufficient. At that time, not only cinemas, bars, maybe billiards rooms, and amusement halls are available, so I won't be afraid of not being able to play."

"This thing is so easy to sell?" At first the technician was surprised.

"What do you think? If it is not easy to sell, the company will gather so many of us? According to the familiar bar owner, there are now many arcade machines everywhere! You see, there are more than 200 cinemas in Hong Kong, with two of them each, and there are nearly 500. Where is the bar? What about the billiards? What about the amusement hall? But locally, I am afraid that there will be no demand for thousands or tens of thousands of units! There are too many people who want to buy, so the manufacturer does not bargain at all. If you want 9,81, just need it, don't pull it down. There are a lot of people rushing to buy later, so you don't have to worry about sales at all!" The colleague despised his information blocking.

"Indeed! This arcade is so profitable, so not only are we preparing to copy it, but I heard that electronic companies in Hong Kong are ready to copy it. But at the beginning, the sales were too small, and there were only two in each cinema, so we couldn't even find the samples. Now the company has gathered us together, probably because we have bought the prototype, right?"

"Quiet! Quiet! Mr. Chen is here!"

These technicians were talking so hard. When the technical supervisor saw the door push open, the company boss brought people in and quickly clapped his hands to keep everyone quiet.

Chen was always a middle-aged man in his fifties. When he was young, he often went to sea for fishing. Later, he saved some money and found several people to assemble the radio. The product was popular and imitated something. He developed to this scale bit by bit. He was a person with a keen sense of smell. Thanks to his physical labor during his teenage years, he was nearly fifty years old and still had a straight back and full of energy.

He stood at the door, smiling at the group of energetic young people under his command, and his heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment.

He has been engaged in electronic products for more than 20 years, but he still knows nothing about this industry. He doesn't understand, but the technical backbones under him understand, that's enough! He always has a majestic expression against those cadres and workers in the factory. This is the experience he learned from the lives of fishermen. Without majesty, who will obey you? But he always greets these noisy technicians with a smile, even if these people are free and casual, he is extremely tolerant. Because he knows that this is the foundation of the survival of Qingyue Company!

"It seems you all know what to do today?" He smiled happily, and the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes were squeezed into a pile.

"Boss, you're bringing the thing, bring it in quickly, we can't wait!" A group of technicians called out in a noisy manner.

I was a little anxious and ran out to see if the thing was there.

"Okay, okay! Come in now!" Mr. Chen was just doing things and immediately asked the people outside to carry the arcade in. "Be careful, don't break the things..., put them gently, okay, that's it, you guys go out."

The technicians ignored him. When they saw the arcade lifting in, they immediately rushed over like a hungry wolf. Several people brought the power board, plugged in, turned on the switch, and everyone snatched a bunch of them in front of the game console: "I'll do it, I'll do it, let me play two games first!"

"Young people are so energetic!" Mr. Chen looked at the group of people fighting over and over again, and sighed to the secretary beside him.

"Yes, thanks to Mr. Chen who found these young and promising technical backbones, our company's products are so easy to sell. Zhenghe and Taichang are much worse than us. They have always wanted to compete with us, but they can't compete with us every time. This is all Mr. Chen, your leader is good." The secretary complimented.

That is to say, if the production workers below dare to keep doing things in a serious way and play games first, Mr. Chen will definitely not say anything and start someone immediately!

"Whether the country or the company is all made up of people? Without good technicians, our Hong Kong companies can compete with those big companies in Europe, America and Japan?" Mr. Chen touched his hair and asked the technical supervisor, "Old Jiang, can we crack this arcade?"

"It should be no problem!"

Lao Jiang thought about it and said based on his experience: "According to your investigation, this is an electronics company that mainlanders come to Hong Kong to open. Then its product design and chip manufacturing may also be made by mainland factories. The mainland is very closed, and we don't know their specific technical capabilities, but judging from the products they have come into contact with in the past, they have no sense of confidentiality. All circuits are open, and re-drawing circuit diagrams is not complicated at all."

"That's good, that's good! Then I'll ask you. This arcade is too popular now. Anyone who just needs to copy it and keep it to make a lot of money. I promise you that as long as the product is released within a month - I said it is a product - I will give each of you a big red envelope!" Mr. Chen got Lao Jiang's promise, breathed a long sigh, and immediately made a promise without hesitation.

"A month is a bit tight..." Lao Jiang was not happy, but seemed a little hesitant, "Mr. Chen, this integrated circuit needs to be opened. You also know that there is no company in Hong Kong that can open a film, so you can only use the circuit diagram to find large European, American and Japanese factories. When they get the circuit diagram, they also need to make a mask. Only with the mask can they run. I am afraid that it will take only one month to make a mask..."

"Try to do it! Try to do it! I won't set the deadline. Lao Jiang, you know how profitable this arcade is, one is 9,800 yuan! We copied it and it won't sell it that high. Even if it's seven or eight,000 yuan, the profit will be quite considerable!

Moreover, the Taiyu company is limited to production capacity and cannot even meet the local market. The markets in Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe and the United States are still blank. As long as we seize this opportunity, we will definitely make a fortune and eat a lot of money!

We can see this business opportunity, and other companies can also see it. I relied on having an acquaintance to work in Taiyu and got a prototype, which was a step ahead. But this opportunity cannot be maintained for much time. Whoever can go public first will be able to eat the biggest part!

Lao Jiang, I promise that if you can take out the product as soon as possible, even if you haven’t sold it, I will immediately send a red envelope to everyone and never break my promise!”

Chen is a courageous person. He knows what can be tolerated, what can be given, and when he must do his best. He is very concerned about workers' wages and product yields, but he is extremely generous with what should be given to technicians. Even if he temporarily cuts his flesh from his thighs, he will take care of these ancestors first.

"I understand, Mr. Chen, don't worry, even if we don't sleep, we will work overtime to crack this arcade machine!" The boss was so heart-wrenching that Lao Jiang had nothing to say, and he also expressed his determination to be successful if he didn't succeed.

Time is tight and the task is heavy, so we can no longer let the technicians act. He immediately forced everyone to disperse, turn off the power supply, and start working as a technical supervisor.

Mr. Chen was very satisfied when he saw that the technical department had put in real effort.

He saw the huge commercial value of this product, which can be said to be the most promising product in 1977.

In order to urge everyone and to express his attitude of sharing weal and woe with the technicians, he simply handed over other tasks to his wife and other managers, and he set up a camp in the technical department and supervised the formation himself.

The product is disassembled very quickly.

Qingyue Company is just a copying company. They have long been familiar with how to disassemble so as not to damage internal components and circuits. They quickly found the repair panel below the back of the game console and opened it.

Lao Jiang lined up everyone and was the first to probe in to check its internal structure.

"Space Invaders" is a new type of electronic game console, which has led to a hot video game craze. They all think that everything about this product is of great value. They immediately began to draw its overall structural diagram.

The more they measure and draw, the more they admire the design ideas of this game console. The more they think about many seemingly simple things, the more they can understand the designer's careful consideration.

Take the height and angle of the display tube to see how enthusiastic the designer has devoted to this product, how clever he is attentive and considerate to the player. Players only need to stand in front of the arcade and look slightly downward, and they can be at a 90-degree angle to the screen and see the best game screen.

The distance is just right. If you get a little further, the game screen will be too small and it will be difficult for players to see. But if you get a little closer, the image particles will appear too large and too rough.

This distance can only be said to be just right!

In addition to the placement of the camera tube, it is worth their in-depth discussion and understanding everywhere in the game console. Why should there be these few game buttons be set, not many, and not many? Why is the order of placement like this, not that, it can be said that it is all knowledge!

Every place shows how much thought the design has put into this, how many players’ psychology has been solved, how many experiments have been done...

In terms of structure, arcades are not complicated, but the technicians at Qingyue Company feel that they have learned a lot from it.

And just as they were doing circuit replication, they had even greater surprises.

Everyone, including Lao Jiang, was so excited that his heart was beating wildly and he could hardly scream.

Taiyu Company uses it to store game programs to actually be a read-write memory!
Chapter completed!