Chapter 462 SF Express and eBay
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Although Tong Zixian and the others didn't understand why Liu Zhiyuan was so anxious, they didn't understand how terrible Sony's console was.
But regarding Liu Zhiyuan's words, they unconditionally believe that if they cannot develop the Han Dynasty console before Sony, they may be in big trouble.
"Come on, it will be very hard recently. I will take care of the logistics for you! When the day when the Han Dynasty 32-bit console comes out, when the Han Dynasty ascends the throne in the gaming world, I will give you a big red envelope!"
He has no energy to fight with Nintendo and Sony in the home game market. The layout of the Internet must start next year! No, it must start this year!
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In June, the fourth generation of Gremlins was released as scheduled. Because the Han Dynasty had no rivals in the handheld console market, Liu Zhiyuan did not make any major changes to the model.
We just made some detailed adjustments and performance improvements based on feedback from players last year.
This will inevitably lead to an insincere evaluation in future generations, but who made the Han Dynasty have no rivals in the handheld market?
Of course, in terms of sales, Liu Zhiyuan doesn't have much expectations. He updates it once a year, which is actually very sincere. Nintendo has been selling one GB for 10 years!
Handheld consoles are not games. There is absolutely no need to update them once a year. It is too wasteful.
The life cycle of game consoles is very long. Referring to the computers of later generations, although the hardware is updated every year, there are still a small number of people who buy new computers every year. Most people think that it is enough.
If it weren't for the fact that the first generation of elf from the Han Dynasty was completely out of stock, there would still be players on the market to buy it.
In fact, it would be fine if he didn't update. It would be enough for the game to keep up, but he still let the Han Dynasty take time out of his busy schedule to develop the fourth generation of Pokémon.
The purpose is to increase the actual development experience of Han Dynasty employees. It doesn't matter whether you win or lose in a competition with yourself. The key is to find problems.
Anyway, in the end, if players don’t buy the 4th generation, they will definitely buy the 3rd generation. This is the benefit of monopolizing the market. You are not afraid of making mistakes because there is a chance to save it.
In July, the sales of Gremlins 4 were fully in line with Liu Zhiyuan’s expectations, and it was the lowest-selling model in the Han Dynasty handheld series in one month.
The first-month sales of the 4th generation are not as much as the sales of the 3rd generation which has been released for a year. Of course, there is a reason for this.
Because several super masterpieces such as Pokemon have not been updated this year, Liu Zhiyuan personally announced that the Han Dynasty is making every effort to develop these unreleased games into epoch-making works.
This sentence made the players' emotions a little more stable, but all the people working in the game industry began to tremble.
How can Pokemon and the others mark an epoch? They are already number one in the world, and Super Mario is further and further away from number two.
In fact, the Han Dynasty could still squeeze out time to develop Pocket Elf, but Liu Zhiyuan was unwilling, even though it would cost a lot in one year.
But compared to the reputation of the Han Dynasty's products as high-quality products, just don't waste the money. Pocket Elf can't have a bad reputation no matter what.
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"How many people do you want!?"
Yang Jianguo looked at Liu Zhiyuan with a smile in front of him in disbelief. Was he hearing hallucinations?
"Five million people."
He stood up directly, feeling a little excited.
"What do you want to do!?"
"Don't be excited, don't be excited, Uncle Yang, I just want to set up a new subsidiary of the Han Dynasty."
When Yang Jianguo heard this, he replied angrily.
"What kind of company needs 5 million people!? Even the largest companies in the world don't need so many people! Don't mess with me!"
Liu Zhiyuan persuaded with a wry smile.
"Uncle, sit down first. You heard what I said, 5 million people are not enough. This is just the first batch."
"Five million people are not enough!? What on earth do you want to do!?"
Yang Jianguo's tone changed. This number is really exaggerated. The population of some countries is less than 5 million! He, Liu Zhiyuan, wants so many people in his company!? It's a fantasy!
Finally, after Liu Zhiyuan talked hard, Yang Jianguo sat down quietly and listened to his plan.
Five million people are really not enough for the new company to be established, and even 10 million people may not be able to meet his requirements.
Express company! This is the new company that Liu Zhiyuan will establish. It is already 1992. In later generations, most people's impression of express delivery comes from the Internet era.
Before this, ordinary people rarely used express delivery. At most, they could only go to the post office to send some letters.
But SF Express will be established next year, and everyone’s subconscious belief that online shopping is a product of the 21st century is also wrong.
In 1995, eBay, the founder of online shopping, was officially established in the United States. This is why he was so anxious to enter the Internet field!
The Han Dynasty has a unique advantage that no one else can match, and that is games and... hundreds of millions of game players! It doesn't need to be as complicated as Jack Ma when he founded Taobao.
The online shopping website of the Han Dynasty did not need other products. As long as the game was hung on it, the online shopping website would be complete.
Digital versions of games must at least wait until the Internet technology matures, otherwise to describe it as a turtle crawling now is to insult the turtle's Internet speed.
I am afraid that the next game will take a year to download! And the cost will be sky-high! The current Internet fee is not monthly or annual, it is based on traffic!
Moreover, the Han Dynasty not only had games, but also game consoles, computers, and mobile phones.
Physical products are still the mainstream. At this time, a group of dedicated couriers are needed, and most of the couriers must be Chinese.
There is no way, the foreign courier guys are too unique, maybe it takes half a month to deliver a game? This is not uncommon, especially now in the 1990s, when transportation is underdeveloped.
"Uncle Yang, I am helping the country solve the big problem of employment difficulties. You have to support me."
Liu Zhiyuan is not fooling Yang Jianguo. The wave of layoffs is a word that Chinese people are absolutely familiar with.
In the eyes of ordinary people in later generations, going to the vegetable market to pick up rotten vegetable leaves is a trick to remember the bitterness and sweetness, but these are all true, things that actually happened in this era, and there are many!
Being a courier is a very hard job, and you may get into trouble when you encounter difficult customers. But for ordinary Chinese people, happiness is the least worth mentioning. As long as they can make their families live well, they will accept any hardship.
Can be eaten.
"This is a very hard profession, exposed to wind and sun every day, but I guarantee they can make money."
Liu Zhiyuan will allow these people to make real money, which is an amount that is usually unimaginable.
Because the first batch of express delivery troops will not settle in China. They will go to developed countries such as the United States, France, Japan, etc.
Wages are naturally based on the standards of those developed countries, and unlike temporary workers in later generations, couriers in the Han Dynasty were all regular workers.
Chapter completed!