Chapter 111
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the ten color TVs rented from the company were neatly arranged in a row.
At this time, the game content was displayed on each TV, and the fifth is "Super Mary" and the fifth is "Contra".
In addition, there are more than a dozen kinds of pastries and seven or eight kinds of wine and beverages in the reception area.
When the time came to eleven o'clock, the reporters who came to experience it came late, and two of them had just driven to the underground parking lot of the office building.
"To put it nicely, it's called a new product experience meeting. To put it bluntly, isn't this company just that this company can't afford to hold a new product launch conference? I hope we reporters will write a press release. A company can't even afford a product launch conference. What should you ask me to do with such a company?" After the car was parked, the two did not get off the car immediately, but were still arguing in the car.
"That's right. Logically speaking, the most important thing for a company is their products. Whether the product can sell well depends on the life and death of the company. It is indeed surprising that they can't even afford a new product launch conference.
However, as an emerging technology company, we are not incomprehensible. After all, the funds required to develop a game console are a bottomless pit. Perhaps their funds are all used for research and development, but promotion is indeed not much money.
Anyway, you don’t have an interview task today, so you just think it’s like playing basketball with me. It’s much better than the bitter face facing the editor-in-chief in the office.” As he said that, he opened the car door and walked towards the elevator with his colleagues.
The two of them approached the elevator while continuing to talk about the topic just now.
"You said this is a company from the mainland. Does the mainland really have the strength to compete with Atari?
Before Christmas, there was a restaurant that wanted me to write two articles for them to promote.
You also know that this kind of manuscript that is neither advertising nor traditional news has a lot of room for operation.
In order to ask me to write well, the store specially gave me an Atari 2600 game console. I have been playing with my son many times at home these days. I really can't imagine that there are companies in the mainland that can design and produce high-tech products like this.
I still remember that we visited the mainland during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year. At that time, I heard that the mainland could not even have a color TV production line.
Color TVs are civilian consumer goods, and even such a big country can't handle it themselves, let alone computer variant technology such as game consoles.
Have you ever heard of mature commercial computer development companies in the mainland?" My colleagues were very disdainful of the scientific research strength in the mainland, and felt that today's experience would be nothing more than a lunch.
And maybe it's okay, lunch is just a box lunch. After all, this company is so poor that it can't even afford to hold a new product launch conference.
"If their products are bad, we will leave in ten minutes, and I will treat you to a big meal at noon." After looking at the watch, the two walked into the elevator.
After the two reporters came to the floor of EA Company, they found that there were only seven reporters present, including the two of them.
"This is the highest-level new product launch conference I have ever attended." Seeing that there were only these few people at the scene, the reporter was not optimistic about it and shook his head repeatedly.
However, just as he was whispering to laugh, the reporters who arrived first had already started the game experience.
"This game controller is simply amazing. The design of this cross key is indeed lighter than the Atari rocker, and the direction is more accurate." Get used to the Atari 2600 vertical rocker, everyone is very fresh about the cross keys on this handle.
However, for the reporter who experiences it, what is more important is the compactness of the handle and the selection of function keys.
"This "Conra" picture really crushes Atari 2600. With the precision of this game picture, I will definitely spend money to buy it." Obviously, some people have no resistance to such exquisite pictures.
After all, there is a "graphics card" on the red and white machine, and there is no independent "graphics card" on the Atari 2600. For the crushing of the picture, anyone who has played the Atari game console will instinctively detect a huge difference.
"Just last night, I played "Table Pong" on the Atari 2600 console for a while. But after experiencing "Super Mary", I'm afraid I will never be interested in the kind of game of ping pong again.
I feel a little regretful now. Why spend $300 on Christmas to buy an Atari 2600? Even if he gave me five game cartridges, it made me feel a little unworthy at this time.
Mr. Lin, is it convenient to disclose the price of your gaming console?" The reporters wanted to find out more inside information while playing.
"A game console will give you a "Super Mary" cassette, and the price in North America is 250 US dollars. However, because there are transportation costs, if converted to Port City, it may be cheaper." Before Lin Ping could speak, Muknan answered first.
Obviously Mukennan does not want Lin Ping to reveal a very cheap price, which will affect their pricing in North America.
"Then how much does this game cassette in your company plan to sell for "Contra"?" After asking about the price of the game console, I wanted to ask about the price of the game cassette.
"30 US dollars!" This time, the answer was Mu Kenan's sister Mu Yanfei.
After hearing this offer, several reporters did not think it was expensive. After all, there were a lot of games on the Atari 2600 console that cost more than US$30.
For them, if this Conrad is horizontally compared to the game on the Atari 2600 console, it is obviously worth the price.
Later, two reporters heard everyone's conversation, and the quality of seeing the game screen with their own eyes.
The person who just said contemptuous chose to shut up, and couldn't wait to find an empty seat to sit down, picked up the handle and started the experience of "Super Mary".
Due to the small number of reporters arriving at the scene, everyone has plenty of room to experience "Super Mary" and "Contra".
As time passed by minute by minute, everyone could not notice it, it was already 12:30 noon.
"Our company has prepared some wine and pastries for everyone, and if you are hungry, you can use them at will." Gu Qingshan looked at the people who were having fun and reminded that the company had prepared lunch today.
But obviously everyone was not interested in the wine and pastries at all, but was determined to pass the level again.
"Can you do it? I die in the same place three times in a row. If you don't die just now, we will definitely pass this third level." Without the blessing of 30 lives, two people who started playing for the first time can reach the third level with one hour of cooperation, which is also a good gaming experience.
"Don't talk nonsense, okay? It's clear that I saw the bottom of the road alive, but you three lives died early. In the next fight, you die so quickly, so I won't cooperate with you. Didn't you see someone next to us who has passed the third level?" The most important thing for the two people playing Conra is that they need to cooperate, but when they see that the people around them have already killed the third level and come to the fourth level, they will inevitably be a little impatient. Once they are impatient, they will inevitably increase operational errors.
Just when the two complained to each other, the others were not very good either.
"Can you not rob my S gun? You already have a good gun and still want to rob me?"
"Can you walk faster, don't drag the screen behind..."
"Let's go down, are you standing so high and waiting to eat bullets?"
Listening to these people who play Conra, everyone complained about each other.
People who play Super Mary have a calmer mentality, after all, this is a single player game.
The game experience lasted until 2:30 pm. Since we had to purchase New Year's goods, and there were not many reporters present, Lin Ping believed that everyone had enough time to experience these two games.
"Mr. Lin is too stingy! It's still early to dark now. You're done with the experience so early. How can we write articles?" The reporter who had always complained about not wanting to come before, but now he complained about not enough time.
"That's right, we can experience some game content, and we can write more detailed when writing things." Someone immediately agreed.
"Can we bring this game console back to the magazine and let other colleagues see it? First declare that I am not asking for it. I will send it back to you in two days at most." Someone actually wanted to take the game console away.
"This idea is good. Just ask each of me to take one away and you will be sent back in a few days." For these reporters, it is already a common thing to send things to them, but they rarely ask for them on their own initiative.
However, today is destined to disappoint them.
"Sorry, everyone, because it has not been launched yet, I can only provide trial play for the time being." Lin Ping said very officially.
However, as reporters, everyone obviously understood what Lin Ping meant.
Such a good gaming console would be a devastating blow to the competitor's labs before it was fully launched. Especially this company is an emerging technology company, a company that doesn't even have money to hold product launches.
"It seems that this is the only way. I look forward to Mr. Lin's product being launched soon." Although I was a little dissatisfied, everyone could only accept the reality helplessly.
Although they did not get the game console, these people still received a red envelope of 1,000 yuan per person when they left.
It was still early to get off work. After the reporters left the EA company, they went back to their offices to write down their experiences before they were written down to use in the newspaper or the next magazine the next day.
After the reporters left, Gu Qingshan returned all the rented TVs, while others brought the unfinished pastries, wine, and game consoles back to their residence.
Chapter completed!