America: My Time

Chapter 646 Mutual Testing

Chapter 636 Mutual Testing
"I believe Mr. Morita's assurance, let's leave it at that!" When John said this, Akio Morita couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Riko, Naoko, and Hitomi Kuroki also breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't want to see things continue any longer. If things continued like this, there might be unexpected events. After all, the longer it dragged on, the easier it would be for outsiders to find out about Akina's situation.

“John, thank you for your understanding. If possible, we would like to hold a cocktail party to sit down and talk about the current situation and our many collaborations. We also want to express our apologies for what happened.” At this moment, Akio Morita took the opportunity to express the thoughts of the Japanese, and he adopted a very humble attitude.

John was not fooled by Akio Morita's attitude. This old fox was cunning and treacherous. This guy was not as simple as he seemed. If he remembered correctly, this old fox was probably already preparing to write the best-selling book "Neon Can Say No" with Shintaro Ishihara.

Perhaps I should give this old guy a push, a chance. Japan's economy continues to rise, showing no sign of decline. So, after the stock market crash, these Japanese guys have become arrogant, thinking the Americans are nothing special and they can say no to the US. Now, the US hasn't recovered as quickly as Japan; Japan has been the fastest to recover in the world. Therefore, these guys think they have the power to say no to 'anyone'!
"Sure, it's a good thing for us all to sit down and talk. It's beneficial for both of us, and I have no reason to refuse!"

"That's good, then I'll make the arrangements." At this moment, Akio Morita's face showed a faint smile. John's agreement relieved him of the pressure. After thinking for a while, Akio Morita said again, "John, I wonder if the new generation of VCDs can also be licensed to Sony? Is there any opportunity for us to cooperate and integrate the VCD and CD drive standards with Sony's CD standards?"

"There's no problem with VCD patent licensing, after all, we've already collaborated once. As for VCD and personal computer optical drive standards, there's no need to integrate them. Our goals are different. VCD focuses on movies and television peripherals, while personal computer optical drive standards are geared towards software and computer development. Sony and Philips' CD standards, on the other hand, are for records. We have no intention of competing for the record market; our markets are different."

Only a fool would choose to integrate standards with Sony. Wouldn't it be better to keep the VCD and personal computer optical drive patents for himself? Why cooperate with Sony and share the profits with others? Although the CD market is quite good and larger than the current VCD market, this is just the beginning. Before long, VCD will surpass CD. Why would John share such a large market with others? Besides, he already has enough resources at his disposal.

Upon hearing John's reply, the old man Akio Morita sighed. Although the VCD market is not as large as the CD market now, the potential of VCD is considerable, especially in Europe and America. The rental market in Europe and America has now been replaced by VCD. The emergence of the new generation of VCD will surely make this market even larger and have a greater impact on the VCR market.

“Mr. Morita, you still need to speed up the development of your game console. Otherwise, catching up with the game world won’t be easy. The advantage of being a first mover is not so easily replaced. If you can’t launch your own game console by the Christmas season and compete with the game world for the market, the consequences will be serious, and you will have to pay a greater price in the future!” At this moment, John changed the topic from VCDs to game consoles. Based on John’s understanding of these guys in Japan, they had definitely been developing their own game consoles for a long time, but they had always been suppressed by the game world. Now that the opportunity has come, these guys will spare no effort to speed up their development and seize market share.

"That's not a problem. We've made full preparations, and the Christmas season will be our time to compete with the gaming world. However, are you sure you don't want to get involved in the huge gaming market anymore? With ASUS's strength and Nvidia's capabilities, we can definitely return to the gaming market, and with your vision, you can take everything back?"

Faced with Akio Morita's probing, John shook his head and said, "No, the game market is good, but I'm more focused on the semiconductor industry and the communications industry right now. The global submarine fiber optic cable is a huge project that's crucial to Global Online's strategy, and it can't afford to fail. I can't spare more energy to compete in the game market. Besides, you know how much resentment those American game companies have towards me. Even if I wanted to re-enter this market, those guys wouldn't choose to stand on my side; they'd only stand on the side of the game world."

Akio Morita was well aware of John's struggle with the American game companies, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that John didn't want to re-enter the game market. Morita dared not underestimate John, given the latter's audacious and visionary investments in high technology and the semiconductor industry. Now, with the unveiling of Global Online's all-seabed communication fiber optic cable project, everyone was stunned by its vision. Everyone could imagine that once this project was completed, Global Online's strength would experience a qualitative leap. The European companies had been trying to resist Global Online's intrusion and the internet's encroachment, striving to create their own system. However, after so much time, their systems were far inferior to those of Dream World and Bell Labs.

Everyone now understands that once the submarine communication fiber optic cable is completed, which is also the time when Dream World releases its patents, the entire global network communication will be in the hands of Global Online and Bell Labs. Europe has been resisting the network communication between Dream World and Bell Labs, but the Japanese are fully accepting it. They have all seen the benefits of the Internet and the importance of this network system to economic development.

Abandoning Global Online's well-established system and developing its own from scratch would require immense time and effort, and it wouldn't be acceptable to everyone. The United States is now dominated by Global Online; they control the entire country's network communications. Financial companies, research institutions, and educational institutions are all astounded by this network system. With each update, its speed increases. This time, after Global Online's complete overhaul, the speed will be even more astonishing. The fact that Global Online has made such a frantic improvement in such a short time, disregarding costs, demonstrates the extent of their ambition.

The idea that those Europeans could resist is a joke. Even if they could complete their design, building it would be no easy task, let alone integrating it with the global online network system.

"John, what changes do you foresee in the future game market? As a game industry expert, what are your thoughts on this?" After confirming that John had no interest in the game industry, Akio Morita then asked John for his opinion on games.

“My opinion is unimportant, because nobody agrees with it. Last year, I kept emphasizing that the gaming world should shift towards PC games, but unfortunately, nobody listened. If Dream World had enough manpower, perhaps we could conduct some experimental research in this area. However, for a long time, PC games won't be profitable, far less so than the current game industry. My idea is just to satisfy my own thoughts. The current market is not perfect; it lacks the fertile ground for growth.” As he said this, John shook his head slightly, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"John, you're very optimistic about the future development of games on personal computers?"

"I am indeed very optimistic, but this is not something that can be achieved in a short time. There are two options: one is to join the current game market and make a lot of money, and the other is to join the development of personal computer games and pioneer new areas, which will not make much money. What do you think people will choose? No one will choose the latter. Only some enthusiasts will do that. For a long time, it will be impossible to compete with the current game market. At most, it will just become a piece of software for personal computers!"

In today's personal computer market, there is still a considerable gap to bridge to reach the level John envisions. Therefore, even if he were to complete the game's development himself, it would be difficult to make money. Although he has made various plans, they are all for the future. He has no intention of making money in the first few years.

Akio Morita was acutely aware of the current gaming market and understood the truth in John's words. The current number of personal computers was far from sufficient to support a gaming market, and many of these computers lacked the capability—at least in John's plan, they couldn't meet his gaming needs. Only the new generation of personal computers currently being released by ASUS possessed such capabilities. Why would Akio Morita care about such a small market? At this moment, he even suspected that John's mention of personal computer games might be a trap, a scheme to lure him in!

(End of this chapter)