Chapter 540【Hong Kong Cube】

  Kwun Tong.

  Wu Guangyao and Sheng Tian Zhaofu attended the opening ceremony of the arcade and game console production plant invested by Sony on Hong Kong Island.

  This is the third large-scale factory invested by Lenovo Group in Hong Kong. These three large-scale factories produce color TVs, walkmans, and game consoles.

  Just these three large factories, it is necessary to hire tens of thousands of workers;

  Lenovo Group has also invested in more than a dozen small factories to produce some parts.

  At this time in Hong Kong, the total number of workers employed by electronics factories has reached 50,000.

  In 1959, Liaison Group opened its first radio factory in Hong Kong, specializing in the production of transistor radios (locally known as atomic radios).

  This factory is Wu Guangyao’s first step in the layout of Hong Kong Island. This radio factory produced 4,000 radios per month at that time;

  In addition to supplying the local market in Hong Kong, most of the radios are exported overseas.

  The germination of Hong Kong's electronics industry started here.

  Hong Kong radio production began to spread here. There were 4 radio factories in Hong Kong in 1960, 13 in 1961, and 14 in May 1962.

  This booming manufacturing industry was mainly carried out in small residential units at the time. With just a few workers, hundreds of radios could be assembled every day.

  Since the 1960s, Lenovo Group has successively invested a large number of electronics factories in Hong Kong, and it has also led Japan's Panasonic and Hewlett-Packard to invest in Hong Kong.

  In addition, in the early 1960s, several well-known American electronics companies set up factories in Hong Kong to assemble discrete components, such as magnetic core storage components, diodes, transistors and capacitors, which also promoted the rapid development of Hong Kong’s electronics industry.

  According to the data, there were only 6 electronics factories in Hong Kong in 1960. In 1972, this number had become 260, and the number of hired workers increased from 183 to 50,000.

  During this period, the Hong Kong Electronics Factory produced some electronic products for the United States for national defense, assembled wired and wireless TV sets, rocket launch parts and radar devices.

  It can be said that the electronics industry in Hong Kong at this time is ranked ahead of South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.

  The rapid development of Hong Kong's electronics industry during this period is entirely due to its own characteristics and "character":

  1, Hong Kong is a free port, import and export are not taxed, and the treatment is preferential;

  2, Hong Kong has many channels and well-informed;

  3, there are many small factories, and the big ones are all foreign capital.

  This is very flexible. The manufacturing time of a new electronic product is 8 months in the United States, 5 months in Japan, and less than 3 months in Hong Kong on average;

  Flexibility, gain an advantage in fierce international competition!

  Of course, Wu Guangyao’s support is indispensable!

  At this time, Hong Kong Electronics is well-developed, but Wu Guangyao knows that these are all superficial phenomena;

  Because the electronics factories in Hong Kong are basically processing factories, there is no technical content.

   came to the office, Wu Guangyao greeted Akio Morita to sit down.

   "Has the game console progressed well?"

Akio Morita respectfully said: "It's very smooth! At present, we have developed 5 ball games and applied them to TV game consoles; just last month, we sold 150,000 game consoles, Sony games The monthly revenue of the industry is as high as 25 million US dollars."

   Very good results, after all, it is just some mentally handicapped games, in this era of lack of entertainment, people will play!

  Furthermore, if anyone develops games like Mario in this era, it may be overturned;

  Just like an American said, whoever can boldly underestimate the wisdom of Americans can earn money. Video games must be a kind of "not too mind-blowing" game.

  Only after everyone has played a bad simple game, will they want to play a more complicated game!

  The so-called ball games are games in which only dots and lines move (table tennis, tennis, etc.), and they are black and white;

  It is obvious how boring people are in this era.

  "How is shooting game progress?"

  "The arcade version of "Hit the Bees" was launched this month, and the home console is expected to be launched on Christmas!"

  Wu Guangyao nodded, took out an envelope, and motioned to Akio Morita to come over.

  Pour out the contents of the envelope, only a few things of very different shapes fell out.

  Wu Guangyao fiddled with it and said, “This is a game. Let me explain it to you. You arrange the project team to develop it into an arcade and game console.”

  It turns out that these shapes are paper shapes cut by Wu Guangyao based on his previous Tetris game.

  After some explanation, Akio Morita said sincerely: "If this game is developed, it will be popular all over the world!"

  Wu Guangyao nodded, starting and ending popular all over the world, and it has been popular for decades!

"To be honest, the quality of the games we developed is very poor. I am worried that after Sony dominated for ten years, suddenly one day a group of latecomers will come up with high-quality games, and that will be when we have a big meltdown! So, we are developing hardware technology. At the time, these software games must also achieve the word "high quality"!"

   Akio Morita's heart was shaken, if he said this from others, he would surely sneer;

  As the ancestor of video games, Sony's strength in the game field is unparalleled!

  But it is the president who said this, his vision is very sharp and long-term, he must pay attention to it!

  "The chairman's words, I will remember it in my heart!" Akio Morita said seriously.

  The previous Atari crash is a lesson learned. Atari had not developed high-quality games in the early 1980s. As a result, the market was all inferior Atari games, and the car overturned overnight!

  Atari has fallen, and Nintendo has made up for the dominant position of the game with its red and white machine!

  After much deliberation, Wu Guangyao decided to do something in advance;

   "President Shengtian, I suddenly thought of another thing, you set up another project team!"

   "President, what did you say?"

  Wu Guangyao demonstrated the handheld game console to Akio Morita, which immediately attracted Akio Morita's interest.

  "The president can rest assured that although this requires some technology, with our R&D strength, it should be developed and put into the market within three years." Akio Morita said confidently.

  Sony has a large number of R&D personnel in Japan and the United States, coupled with the president’s vision, it’s like being even more powerful!

Wu Guangyao nodded with satisfaction and said: "You don't have to do everything yourself. After all, although Lenovo's game industry is important, our semiconductor industry and electrical appliance industry are fundamental. By the way, this year Motorola in the United States invented the mobile phone. , You also need to pay attention; there are also personal computers, which are also the future trend. We can all set up a project team first, but there is no need to invest too much money. When the time is right, we can naturally "free ride"."

  Compared to business, he is inferior to Akio Morita;

  Compared to technology, oneself is not as big as a well;

  But compare the sight, throw them a few blocks by yourself!

  Because of this, the Lenovo Group decided to obey Wu Guangyao, and Wu Guangyao's control over the Lenovo Group is also quite strong.

  In addition to these years, Wu Guangyao formulated the strategy of conducting research and development in Japan and the United States at the same time, and transferring production to Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, making Lenovo Group gradually become a multinational company.

  After talking about the business, Wu Guangyao personally took Akio Morita for a long time in Hong Kong and introduced some of his industries.

   Akio Morita finally sighed: "What the chairman brought to Hong Kong is far from predictable!"

   Wu Guangyao said modestly: "I also rely on Hong Kong to succeed step by step. Let's complement each other!"

  (End of this chapter)