Chapter 18: Who Leaked the Secret?

  Even if Yang Yun doesn't take the initiative to find Shijia, Shijia will still take the initiative to find Aleksey at some point.

  Sega's fifth-generation machine was the world's first 16-bit game console, as Yang Yun said, it just came out this year, with high configuration and fast calculation speed, it sold 2 million units in North America soon after its release, and its popularity was unmatched at that time, surpassing Nintendo's 8-bit FC.

  The old rival Nintendo was very clever and did not follow suit, Sega tried to pressure through hardware competition, but Nintendo did not take the bait. Instead, it went its own way, strongly cooperating with Sony, using a large number of electronic components manufactured by Sony on its 8-bit machine, and extremely compressing CPU cache to reduce costs. This ensured the high quality of the game console while allowing it to compete in price with Sega's 16-bit Genesis in North America.

  At the same time, Nintendo rushed to develop a new 16-bit FC game console while Sega was struggling to develop it, and launched the handheld Game Boy, which was one year ahead of Sega's Game Gear handheld console.

  By the time Sega released the Game Gear in 1990, Nintendo had already secured a tight grip on the market and due to technical issues, the color-screened Game Gear consumed battery power at a high rate, with fewer games available than Nintendo, ultimately leading to its demise.

  Those in power are confused, while outsiders see clearly. Especially Yang Yun, who is familiar with the history, came to visit and pointed out the pros and cons of various products and their prospects, and Sega finally took it seriously.

  The Chinese have a very artistic way of speaking, and Yutaka finally understood that Yang Yun represented the most ordinary game software developer. He was afraid of offending Nintendo, so he had to have the courage to break through the siege and fight back, a courage that only Sega could give, and it couldn't be bargained for. Only in this way could Sega obtain the exclusive rights to Tetris.

  Once the price is negotiated, it means that Sega is not sincere and Yang Yun cannot get enough benefits, which is equivalent to not getting enough courage, and it's uncertain whether she will be married to multiple men, publicly authorizing everyone.

  Yang Yun left Aleksey's contact information and quietly left, leaving this difficult decision to Yonaga.

  Soon after, Nagaya came to the Eduard Hotel under the cover of night, following consultations with his domestic headquarters, and approached the Soviet citizen who owned the patent rights for Tetris.

  Aleksai, who had already received instructions, was a good actor and firmly bit the price Yang Yun offered, not allowing any form of bargaining.

  The Sega delegation could only continue to go back and negotiate, but they didn't know that their whereabouts had been discovered by Nintendo's intelligence personnel.

  It's lively.

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  Yang Yun found Zhao Yongping outside the CCTV building, who was beaming with joy, enthusiastically shaking hands with his old classmate Huang Pingsheng, and expressing gratitude nonstop.

  It seems like it's all settled then! Yang Yun muttered to herself.

  Not Ji Ping sister, nor Dong Hao uncle, Zhao Yongping's advertising budget is not much, can't be negotiated in CCTV Advertising Sales Department, can't invite these two first-line big shots.

  Like real history, Zhao Yongping invited the same classic dubbing actor, Donald Duck's voice actor, famous host Li Yang!

  Yang Yun also thought that asking Li Yang to do the advertisement would be more effective, because Ji Ping's sister and Dong Hao's uncle are more familiar with people on screen, but the recognition of their voices is not as high as Donald Duck's unique voice being deeply ingrained in people's minds. Donald Duck's voice is obviously more suitable for use in boot-up advertisements.

  This time in Beijing, Zhao Yongping gained a lot. Looking at the remaining expenses, he asked Huang Pingsheng to gather some classmates who were close to them when they studied at Renmin University. However, on his way back to the hotel, Zhao Yongping was informed by the staff that Xiaobao Wang Company had called and needed him for an urgent matter.

  After calling the factory at the service desk, Zhao Yongping fell silent with a gloomy face and remained deep in thought for a long time.

  Finally, Zhao Yongping thanked Huang Pingsheng and confessed his guilt. On the same day, he took a train back to Yangcheng with Yang Yun. The two of them arrived at Chongshan after a day and night of travel. As soon as they entered the factory, they immediately convened a management meeting.

  This time, the management meeting was attended by not only the usual people from Xiaobawang Company but also Vice President Zhang Tiejun and Personnel Department Head Feng Wansheng from the Group Headquarters. The atmosphere in the room was very strange, especially with Shen Jun sitting upright, looking smugly at Yang Yun, while everyone else was staring at Zhao Yongping with weird gazes.

  Killing aura!

  Yang Yun roughly guessed the reason, no need to say, probably something happened, targeting those two!

  "Zhao Factory Director, did you have any gains from this trip to Beijing?" asked Zhang Tiejun, the deputy general manager of the parent company.

  Zhao Yongping reported: "First, we have submitted the complete set of technical drawings for the Little Emperor learning machine to the State Patent Office for review. We will receive the initial review results after 30 working days. In addition, Li Yang, a renowned dubbing artist and national first-class announcer who is also the voice actor for Disney's Donald Duck, has created a 5-second boot advertisement for our Little Emperor learning machine through a contract signed with CCTV's advertising department."

  Zhao Yongping took out the materials from the document bag and handed them over. However, Zhang Tiejun didn't pay much attention to it and continued to ask: "Is that all?"

  Isn't that enough? This time in Beijing, the main task was to apply for a patent. Since it's been completed smoothly, then that's it!

  Zhao Yongping cleared his throat twice and continued: "In addition, Yang Kechang and I visited some friends in the media and education circles. Everyone unanimously believes that promoting the Little Emperor learning machine is a good thing for the country and its people. Once we officially start selling, these friends will provide certain degree of help."

  "Is that all?"

  Zhao Yongping suppressed his anger and forced himself: "Nothing."

  Zhang Tiejun looked at Yang Yun: "Where is Director Yang?"

  Yang Yun shook his head: "These things were all done by Director Zhao. I personally went back to the 938 factory and had a drink with my old friends, it was just some private matters."

  "Is it all private matters?" Zhang Tiejun's expression was strange, and he looked at Yang Yun several more times before taking a yellow thing from the head of the personnel department, Feng Wansheng, and sliding it over to Zhao Yongping's hand.

  This is a cartridge, the content label clearly written "Little Genius Four-in-One Game Card", four games are Super Mario, Snake, Tetris, and Pac-Man.

  "This!" Zhao Yongping exclaimed, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

  Yang Yun sat down beside him, took the cassette tape and was also shocked. His first reaction was that three games of Little Emperor had actually been cracked!

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and both felt a shock in their hearts, because they were both clear in their conscience, but saw doubts in each other's eyes.

  Yang Yun suddenly came to his senses, and the factory suspected that he and Zhao Yongping had leaked the secret!

  Only Yang Yun had the complete program code of Greedy Snake and Tetris, while the code of Eat Bean was open to all technical personnel, which was finalized in these days and can be said to be freshly baked.

  And for safety reasons, all programs will be backed up with Zhao Yongping, who is also one of the few people who can access the core code.

  This cartridge is a collection of games produced by Little Genius Company, which not only cracked Nintendo's Super Mario but also integrated three games from Little King. It can be said that the playability and best-selling of this professional game cartridge are unquestionable.

  "Zhao Factory Director! You and Yang Section Chief have been away on business for several days, and our factory's sales department has been extremely busy. Every day, there are distributors coming to return goods! All orders that haven't been delivered have been cancelled, and those that have been delivered are demanding returns, resulting in a complete halt of our production line, with huge losses. Do you two have anything to say about this?"