If Han Chudong is regarded as a sculptor.

Now he has good materials at his feet. As for how to carve them and what the finished products will be like, it depends on the craftsman himself and whether he is willing to put in the hard work and careful consideration.

Every step now counts.

Even when investing in companies with a high chance of winning, such as Intel and Walmart, there are still many uncertainties.

Perhaps just because his wife put on an extra facial mask or bought an extra toy for his child, someone who should have made a key decision failed to do so according to the original idea, which in turn produced a larger butterfly effect and directly affected the development of subsequent events.

With the appearance of Han Chudong, the future will probably be very different. The longer the time goes, the more changes will be indirectly caused.

His business is spread all over the United States and also involves overseas markets. It has affected the lives of many people to a small extent. It can no longer be described as a "butterfly" but a tornado.

It is very likely that people who should have shined will miss the opportunity and remain unknown.

It is also possible that companies that may go bankrupt in the future may avoid difficulties by accident.

Of course, only Han Chudong can feel the difference between his memory and current real life. For others, the future has not happened yet, so how can they predict it?

so.

It is not the case that if you invest the money and buy stocks of other companies, you will definitely reach the market value height that Han Chudong remembers in the future. You have considered this issue.

After figuring it out, he began to believe that it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on others.

Instead of placing your hopes on others and waiting to get rich by riding on their coattails, it is better to decide for yourself what to do. As long as you control the direction well, the possibility of making mistakes is slightly smaller.

He had been personally at the helm of the business since he started it, and when he heard Nolan Bushnell tell him that he was only willing to accept financing, his enthusiasm instantly faded a little.

Come to think of it, it makes sense.

Since late 1972, nearly 10,000 Ping Pong arcade machines have been sold across the United States.

The unified wholesale price is US$1,200. Some dealers sell at a higher price. The blank market is relatively large, so there is almost no worry about selling.

Nolan Bushnell and his friends made millions of dollars from it, and Atari has great development prospects. If Han Chudong owned such a company, he probably wouldn't be willing to give up the cash cow easily.

As for the laboratory in San Francisco, Ron and Sersi decided to cash out because the development was stagnant and it was difficult to expand the business.

Atari is different. Its business is still expanding steadily and it has started a new product research and development program.

He usually holds on to his purse strings so that he can take out the money for investment at critical moments. It is quite difficult to acquire all of Atari's shares.

It is possible to do it through a bank, but the risk is very high, so high that Han Chudong dare not take the risk.

After a short hesitation, he said to Nolan, "I will seriously consider it. Before that, I want to learn more about this company. I have only seen the arcade machines produced by this factory, and I don't know much about many things."

Don't think that Americans don't care about face or show off. How can a country that values ​​money above all else be peaceful?

Apart from the lower-class residents who have trouble getting enough food and clothing, and the wealthy who have so much money that they don’t know how to spend it and start pursuing their ideals in life and want to help others, most people are tirelessly pursuing wealth and status.

The first thing people do after making money is to change their house and car, but Han Chudong drives a Rolls-Royce, which is a proof of strength in Nolan Bushnell's eyes, so he didn't think that the young Asian in front of him was just having nothing to do and wasting his time.

Spreading his hands to show the busy factory yard, where goods were being moved and loaded onto trucks, Roland said proudly:

"As you can see, my company's business is very good. We have already sold game consoles to Hawaii and even the UK. If we produce at full capacity, we can produce about 130 such machines every day. There are some things that are inconvenient to talk about now. Please come to my office first."

You can sense something from the other party's attitude, for example, the asking price will definitely not be low.

The money was in Han Chudong's hands, and it was up to him whether to take it out or not. He thought it would be a good idea to find out more about it first, since he was already here and it wouldn't cost any money.

…

The environment of the old factory is average.

Although it is called an assembly line, the assembly and testing work is all done manually. A pile of disassembled second-hand TV monitors are neatly stacked in the warehouse.

The entire Atari Games company currently has only about thirty people, including a small R&D team and a few electrical engineers to help.

Nolan personally showed Han Chudong around and helped introduce the various departments of the company. He then said, "The company also has another R&D team. Last year, we acquired a game design company called Qinglan Engineering. We were attracted by the game they developed, called Smart Tanks, and I have taken over it."

Han Chudong didn't know, so he asked him, "Has the new game been developed? When will it be released?"

“Well… not yet. Maybe you don’t know, but developing video games is very difficult, but once you succeed, the profits are also huge.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

The reason I am willing to accept financing is because I need money to invest in new projects. To produce video game consoles for sale, the profit is not a few tens of percent, but several times the profit. Mason, do you understand?"

Han Chudong felt that Nolan Bushnell was laying the groundwork for a high price. He didn't want to be led by him in the conversation, so he said something different: "As far as I know, several Japanese companies have also started to develop arcade game machines. If the development of new products doesn't go smoothly, your company will be in crisis, right?"

Hit the nail on the head.

This is indeed the case. While in San Francisco, Han Chudong asked Kamenashi Nihei to inquire about it, and the other party told him that he seemed to have seen such news in the newspaper.

Without the Internet, the speed of information transmission was seriously delayed, and sometimes if you wanted to find an answer, you had to spend a long time searching in the library.

In fact, Han Chudong was not clear about the specific situation, but he just didn't want the other party to treat him as a fool who knew nothing, and then offer a high price in the end to try to rip him off, so he deliberately acted more professional.

Nolan had not expected him to mention this. As the inventor of commercial arcade machines, he naturally had a general understanding of the development of the industry. His expression was a little ugly, and he said vaguely: "I have a patent. They can't compete with me. It's very safe until someone finds a way to bypass my patent."

Han Chudong didn't believe such words. It was not like he had never played the arcade game "Pong" before. It was easy to imagine how competitive such a stupid little game could be in the market.

In the past, no one was competing with Atari, so it was able to sell more than 10,000 machines smoothly and make a lot of money successfully. But once competitors emerge, it is hard to say whether it can maintain its current performance.

Before I came here, I thought this company's R&D team was very high-end. However, after the visit, I found that it was just a slightly larger processing plant. Although its R&D capabilities were strong, it was doomed to be defeated when facing strong enemies.

However, Han Chudong was more interested in the products that his "peers" were researching. Judging from the words on the blackboard, this was the home game console he had conceived a few days ago.

There are also some cassette tapes on the table, probably used to input programs.

After reading it, he asked Nolan, "So this is the secret weapon, developing a home version of the game console? How much money do you need to invest to successfully develop this product?"

This is a new project that was just launched at the end of last year. Outsiders can’t even understand it. Unexpectedly, Han Chudong just took a quick glance and knew what direction he wanted to research in.

Nolan was staring at Han Chudong with a meaningful look in his eyes, worried that his ideas would be stolen.

Thinking of this, he immediately said: "Sorry, you can't visit here. It is true that we are developing a home version of the game console. Since you know it, you should know that it is a trade secret.

I can only tell you that the project preparation process is going smoothly. We are currently discussing cooperation with the technical team of Stanford University. It is very likely that a prototype will be manufactured this year..."