A week later, as many as 95 companies in China wanted to get involved in the gaming industry.
Zhao Ye was almost speechless; money really does have a powerful influence.
Some companies actually have some technical capabilities. Why not develop domestic game software instead of making their own game consoles?
In this day and age, developing game software is not difficult. Nintendo's "Super Mario" was developed by only about ten people. Are you sure that domestic companies can't gather a dozen or so developers?
Forget it, they won't learn until they hit a brick wall. I'll give them some pointers when they're completely worn out. In the meantime, I'll get Wujiang Group to sell some electronic components and make a little extra money...
With the help of the "Qiongqi Game Machine" platform, domestically produced games actually have great potential.
Wujiang Group currently has no plans to continue developing new 8-bit games.
Because the game hardware division was already developing 16-bit home game consoles, the game software development division was also entirely focused on developing 16-bit games, mostly sequels. This was partly because the original games were so popular that sequels would naturally sell well, and partly to build a super IP. Only by continuously releasing sequels could the IP maintain its popularity.
For example, the sequel to Pokémon is titled Pokémon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas. Ash and his friends accidentally enter a mysterious island, only to find themselves transported to ancient China, a land teeming with mythical creatures such as the Kunpeng, Unicorn, Chaos, Feilian, Kui Niu, Guiche, Chongming Bird, Dang Kang, Huashe, Huodou, Gongfu, Yayu, Xuhao, Pixiu, Fuxi, Chiwen, Baxia, Bian, Pulao, Suanni, Fei...
The game's storyline will be even more exciting, fully showcasing the long-standing culture of ancient China to the world.
If Pokémon 1 still had a touch of Japanese culture, then Pokémon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas will hardly show any Japanese culture anymore.
In addition, Pokémon 1 also has an official name, Pokémon 1: Kyushu League Championship, to distinguish it from the sequel.
Zhao Ye believes that with the fan base from the first game, even though the second game, "Pokémon 2: Classic of Mountains and Seas," has a strong Chinese cultural flavor, players will still accept and like it.
In addition, the second home video game console developed by Wujiang Group has a major difference from the first home video game console: it uses CDs as the storage medium, and this situation will continue for a long time.
Therefore, Zhao Ye plans to use a completely new brand name – “Battle Axe”!
"Qiongqi" doesn't feel as imposing as "Zhanfu," and many foreigners don't know what "Qiongqi" is, which is not conducive to brand promotion.
Nintendo often changes the name of its new game consoles.
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On the morning of January 15, 1987, Wujiang Microelectronics Company.
"The time is ripe for wafer foundry services. I plan to invest an additional 5 billion RMB in Wujiang Microelectronics to build Asia's largest wafer foundry!"
Zhao Ye sat at the head of the conference room and spoke in a deep voice.
To his left sat senior executives from Wujiang Microelectronics, including Huang Kun, Qin Guogang, Wang Shouwu, Wang Wei, and Ni Guangnan.
A representative from the government was sitting to his right.
This important meeting was convened at Zhao Ye's request.
In 1987, TSMC was established.
Wujiang Microelectronics naturally wants to get ahead of TSMC and build Asia's largest wafer foundry.
When TSMC was first established, it faced many difficulties and challenges, including funding, talent, and technology.
However, Wujiang Microelectronics Company does not face these difficulties, and currently has eight wafer production lines.
However, this only barely meets the current demand for chips.
Wujiang Group has many big plans in the future, such as handheld game consoles and electronic pet machines. The sales volume of these two products is in the hundreds of millions. Just imagine how many chips that would require.
Wujiang Microelectronics still needs to expand its production lines.
If you want to do wafer foundry work, then you need to build a huge wafer fab.
Last year, Wujiang Microelectronics was cut off from the supply of photoresist by Japanese manufacturers, which led to a sharp rise in the price of photoresist, causing many chip companies to suffer heavy losses.
Now, the timing is perfect for Wujiang Microelectronics to become a wafer foundry.
The prevailing sentiment in China is "it's better to buy than to make," but Zhao Ye wants to extend this trend internationally.
Let global chip companies know that if you produce your own chips, they will be too expensive, and it would be better to have Wujiang Microelectronics produce them for you.
Wujiang Microelectronics has mature technology, large scale, and low labor costs, which results in the production cost of chips manufactured by Wujiang Microelectronics being far lower than that of chip manufacturers in Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
Zhao Ye then explained his analysis to everyone and proposed to work in wafer foundry.
There is currently no company in the world that does wafer foundry services, which made the people present somewhat hesitant.
“Mr. Zhao, I’ve never heard of the foundry model before. Is this business model really feasible?” a government official asked.
Zhao Ye smiled slightly and replied confidently, "Of course it's feasible! This is a huge business opportunity! If Wujiang Microelectronics can seize this opportunity, it will definitely become a global chip giant. This is also a tremendous opportunity for Shanghai to develop its high-tech semiconductor industry!"
He paused, then added, "There are many chip design companies globally, but they all operate on the same business model: design, manufacture, test, and package their own chips. Smaller companies face enormous costs. Therefore, 'buying is worse than manufacturing,' and they can completely outsource chip production to us!"
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