Chapter 9: Long Live the Friendship of the Soviet People

  Alex Zhang's mouth was agape as he stared at Yang Yun in disbelief. He had never heard Yang Yun attach such importance to patent rights before.

  To know that Yang Yun had been demanding the copying of Super Mario with a strong attitude two days ago, he always thought that this Chinese person regarded law as nothing and was ignorant.

  Yang Yun actually had a belly full of bitter water that she couldn't spit out!

  It's like cutting off his flesh when asking him to give up these classic games!

  The Gluttonous Snake was developed in 1976, its heyday was during the Nokia era, and now it's unclear who holds the patent. Anyway, Nintendo didn't include this game on the FC, so after making the game, Yang Yun never mentioned the issue of the Gluttonous Snake patent again.

  Super Mario was also taken down by Nintendo with a first blood, this is fate, this is the true history, and it cannot be changed by human will.

  Yang Yun could only think of ways to compete for the classics later on, he had once regretted why he wasn't reborn in 1984, when FC was just coming out, he would have absolutely dominated all FC games!

  But what's the use of complaining?

  But Tetris was different, in 1989, the Soviet Union had not yet dissolved, even if someone created Tetris, after its dissolution, who knows if there is still a patent owner? I'm afraid that even the patent department is gone.

  In the real history, Tetris was invented on June 6, 1989, initially running on PC personal computers, and was ported to the FC home console that year. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Nintendo seized the opportunity to port Tetris to its own Game Boy, which sold at least 110 million units worldwide!

  People in the 80s and 90s, who didn't play Tetris on Game Boy during their childhood? It can be said that Tetris made an indispensable contribution to Nintendo's success!

  Since Super Mario is yours, can we grab Tetris, Russia's?

  Yang Yun had thought so from the beginning, but he also did not completely give up on Super Mary.

  So he decided to seize the time today, to deal with Tetris first, he must catch up with Nintendo's crazy expansion, you know, in the next few years, Nintendo controlled more than 90% of the global game console market with Super NES cartridge consoles and Game Boy consoles!

  Only by following in Nintendo's footsteps can he possibly complete his own super gaming empire dream!

  "Aleksandr asked incredulously: 'You say... you'll give me the copyright and patent for this game?'"

  As he watched Yang Yun smile and nod, Aleksey felt a wave of dizziness wash over him, as if a giant pie had fallen from the sky!

  I knew Aleksey would be overjoyed and speechless.

  Yang Yun smiled: "Of course, it's not free for you, I have conditions too. First, apply for the patent in your name, but I want to be the second applicant, the ownership is ours together, but on the surface, it's mainly yours, do you have any opinions about this?"

  Such a hot game, given to Russians for free, is impossible. It must be added with the name of Chinese people. Later, everyone will know that this game was jointly developed by China and Russia. Yang Yun gave up the naming right. At least, he should leave his name in history, which is worth rebirth.

  Aleksey hastily nodded his head, he didn't do anything and got a patent for nothing, what else can be said?

  Yang Yun continued: "Secondly, future patent usage fees and all revenue brought by Russian Square, I want to take 70%."

  As for money, Aleksey doesn't have a specific concept of how much the future earnings of Tetris will be. Who can say? He gets 30% and there's no loss at all!

  As for why he was willing to split the money with Alexei, Yang Yun had also thought it through carefully. Now is an extraordinary period, and things must be done with extraordinary measures.

  In today's China, many things are beyond his control. Since his rebirth, he has seen too many cases in Beijing, Shenzhen and Chongqing, witnessing the hardships of this industry. If a game is led by a foreigner, it would be much simpler to operate. The treatment for a Japanese person losing their bike versus a Chinese person losing their bike is completely different.

  "Thirdly, I want to get a cash compensation, the amount is probably a bit much. When you leave China, will you leave all your savings in China to me?"

  Aleksey asked in astonishment and some annoyance: "What's left for me then?"

  Yang Yun smiled: "You will have the naming rights to this game, you will be the pride of the Soviet people, your name will go down in history, and you will become a legend in computer history! I suggest that you can name it - Tetris!"

  "Ah......" Aleksey was completely tangled up.

  The naming rights are really too precious! This is the game made by Yang Yun alone, not called Chinese block, but called Russian block, and the price paid is only Alexei's entire savings in China.

  Alexey's heart was racing, he saw the prospects of this game, and he even began to fantasize that fifty or a hundred years later, when people mention Tetris, they would call him the father of Tetris!

  If he used all his savings of 1.8 million RMB in China to exchange for the naming rights and 30% patent benefits of the game, as well as great prestige, after some consideration, he immediately expressed his willingness!

  Yang Yun finally felt at ease and said: "Right, there's one more thing. The cost of applying for the patent, you pay it. I don't have a single dollar!"

  Alex burst out laughing: "Yang! It seems you not only have your eyes on my savings in China, but also won't let go of my international account! No worries, after I talk to Zhao, the money will be transferred soon!"

  Yang Yun hastily made a gesture of restraint, looking into Aleksey's eyes, and said word by word: "Don't inform Director Zhao!"

  Aleksey was stunned: "Why?"

  Yang Yun said coldly: "If he is told, the Russian block will become a Chinese block!"

  It is an obvious result, and Alexey is just a relatively simple technical expert who doesn't understand the situation in China very well.

  In China at that time, so-called copyrights and patent documents were basically worthless pieces of paper. Rights could not be legally protected, people trampled on the dignity of the law with impunity, plagiarism was rampant everywhere, whatever sold well was pirated en masse, protectionism reigned supreme in every place, because everything on this land belonged to the state, including even small patents!

  It was settled in an instant, and Alexei immediately nodded: "That's it, Yang! Let's sign the authorization and transfer contract!"

  The two of them signed their names and stamped their seals, and only then did Yang Yun put his mind at ease: "From now on, you'll have to listen to me. We'll organize the program source code, and then apply to Director Zhao to go to Shenzhen. As a foreigner, you can enter and exit Hong Kong freely, so we'll leave the patent matters to you!"

  Alexei warmly hugged Yang Yun for a moment, full of confidence: "Leave it to me! Long live the friendship between the Chinese and Soviet peoples!"

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  Huamiao Electronics Factory's production is booming, after struggling for several years, they finally have a best-selling product, of course, they want to seize the opportunity to develop it. The original electronics masters who used to make electronic products now also learned how to burn cassette tapes, on one hand busy with counterfeit business, on the other hand constantly urging Zhao Yongping to put into production new assembly lines.

  Just then, Alexei and Yang Yun came together, requesting to go to Shenzhen again. Yang Yun said he wanted to see the progress of his peers, while Alexei wanted to investigate international companies' cartridge games.

  The three set off immediately, taking Alexei to the newly built Seg Electronics supporting market, where there were over 200 domestic and Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan manufacturers, as well as Japan's Matsushita and the US's 3M, which also tentatively set up special counters here.

  Zhao Yongping and Yang Yun continued their journey, going to the Kote factory under the introduction of dealer Mao Daning, which is also the Shenzhen branch company of China Electronics Corporation.

  In Mao's new jeep, Zhao Yongping was startled after learning the destination: "Old Mao! You didn't know that our card is a cracked Cort..."

  "Zhao Factory Director! I, Mao Daxin, may be an uncultured person, but I've never harmed a friend. You're short on production, aren't you? We'll go there and not even need to enter the factory - just take a look and you'll understand!"

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  PS: Tetris was invented in 1984 on the PC, but after several years of copyright disputes between the inventor and the manufacturer, it was not until Nintendo released the Game Boy in 1989 that it became popular worldwide. Prior to this, it had only been spread within a small range. For the sake of the plot, I had to make some changes; otherwise, someone else would have invented it, and this book would be game over... It's impossible for Yang Yun to be reborn in 1984 Japan to create cartridge games, forgive me...