Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Because they were the first companies to raise prices for Yusei Electronics, and were subsequently abandoned by Yusei Electronics.

This actually made them somewhat unhappy, and they didn't want to have much more contact with Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

"Because their game cartridges and game memory cards are produced in extremely large quantities, if they can win back such large-scale orders, it could definitely determine the life or death of us small factories."

"But now that they have new orders from manufacturing companies, are they willing to turn their attention back to us?"

Everyone fell silent.

Yes, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has absolutely no reason to do so.

"What if we lower the price to almost cost? At least that way we can survive a little longer."

The people in these small factories kept discussing how to regain Zhuyouxing's trust, but in the end, they couldn't come up with any better solutions. It seemed that only by lowering the price to a very low level could they possibly persuade the other party.

"Let's give it a try first. Let's start by negotiating with a relatively high price. If that doesn't work, we can lower the price to near cost."

"That's all we can do."

After their discussion, the group immediately tried to contact Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

They are now somewhat aware of the survival crisis; if they are rejected, their situation will definitely get worse and worse.

They are all still carrying some debt.

Therefore, they had no choice but to compromise again.

It's not that you absolutely have to choose Youxing Electronics Entertainment; these smaller factories will inevitably have other sales representatives trying to secure other orders.

Compared to the orders from Yuxing Electronics Entertainment, the orders from other businesses are really too small.

Previously, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment's flash memory production was based on a monthly unit of five million units.

Half of them are high-quality, high-cost handheld game console built-in flash memory chips.

The other half consists of cartridge orders with different storage capacities.

The production of flash memory chips for handheld consoles has always been outsourced to well-known and reputable international flash memory companies.

The production of flash memory for cartridges was also given to Japanese companies at the request of the Japanese government, allowing them to obtain cartridge production orders from Yusei Electronics Entertainment.

They were too naive to think that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment would compromise, because the price increase wouldn't have been much anyway; it was just a test.

But Zhu Youxing was very decisive and simply refused to play with them anymore.

Now they have no choice but to beg Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

However, in reality, they were met with a firm refusal.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has absolutely no interest in it.

Because Zhu Youxing had already begun to show interest in these factories, but he couldn't reveal it at all. He wanted to quietly watch these already struggling factories slowly go bankrupt on their own, and then acquire them after the banks had finished liquidating the assets.

At that time, I was the savior of this company, and the bank would definitely be eager to sell off these bad debts as soon as possible so that I could convert them into real cash flow.

Even banks in Japan are having a very tough time right now. They already have a lot of bad debts in real estate and other investments due to the bursting of the bubble. At this time, even a small increase in bad debts would be a huge blow to banks. A branch manager might even be exiled as a result.

As for Zhu Youxing, he could take advantage of this opportunity to pick up a bargain and gain a good reputation.

Therefore, no matter how much these guys beg, Zhu Youxing will absolutely not react.

Instead, he will continue to advertise optical disc storage in a roundabout way.

The hot sales of the GS1 are a very vivid example.

And so, 2002 quietly came to an end.

Before the end, Kazuo Murakami's new game review website also gained international recognition once again.

However, due to the questionable actions of YiNan Games Network in the past, they have completely exhausted their original advantages in the game industry. Now, their newly established game media review website will probably not be able to develop well if it weren't for the support of Zhuyouxing.

But now, with the support of Takeyusei, Takeyusei Electronic Entertainment will forever be the lifetime honorary enterprise of this gaming website. Its first-party games will never participate in Kazuo Murakami's annual game selection. On the contrary, Takeyusei will recommend some excellent games from other years besides its own, which is equivalent to mentoring the younger generation.

This is undoubtedly another leap forward in status.

In fact, if Yusei Electronics Entertainment had chosen to participate in the selection, it would have been difficult for any other game company to compete with Kazuo Murakami in the console gaming category, because Yusei Electronics Entertainment is truly the benchmark of the entire industry, the kind that is completely unsurpassable.

Kazuo Murakami's newly established game review program has regained recognition, which is a small step forward for him. He is very grateful to Takeyusei for this, and he is also very grateful to another person, a very mysterious online friend, a netizen named Nintendo is the world's ruler.

Chapter 467 The Era of Smartphones is Coming

The time has come to 2003.

In this parallel world, technology is advancing rapidly, and digital products seem to stand out particularly this year.

Myron Case reappeared at the International Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of the year after being out of the public eye for many years.

He was once the CEO of Redfruit, and he and several partners founded this trendy personal PC manufacturing company.

Then, for various reasons, he was kicked out of his own company.

However, talented people will eventually unleash their potential in various ways.

So not long after, he started a new company and spent the next few years keeping a low profile. This year, he finally launched what he considers a relatively significant product.

This product is a fashion and entertainment product called Music Art, which simply translates to "music artist".

Myron Keyes prefers to call this product "art" because he feels it is not just a musical art, but also a multimedia art.

This product is very compact and is designed to compete with portable music players from Surui Electronics.

Due to Myron Keyes' meticulous manufacturing standards, his Art has a very small size. If Zhu Youxing were to describe it, it would be a high-end upgraded version of the iPod, which was very popular in his previous life.

This thing has a simple design and is only about a third the size of a palm. It's also made in a variety of colors, commonly known as candy colors. On this palm-sized player, there's a 2-inch screen. If you want, you can even watch movies on it, but watching movies on this thing will probably make your eyes go blind.

This is Myron Keys' first fashionable digital product after years of silence, and it seems to be one of his ambitions for the future.

This product, which was just launched at the International Consumer Electronics Show, immediately attracted the attention of countless media outlets.

They were amazed by its small size, and according to Myron Keyes, despite its small size, if you have enough money to buy the high-capacity version, you can store more than 10,000 songs on it.

The media exclaimed in amazement, which was actually thanks to the improvement of flash memory technology. Myron Case saw the potential in flash memory technology and, taking advantage of Surrey Electronics' heavy promotion of its optical disc advantages, secured millions of flash memory orders at ultra-low prices. Then, with a little repackaging of its music player, the deal was done.

The cheapest version of this little thing costs only $99.

However, Zhu Youxing remained unusually calm despite the astonishing skill displayed by these people.

This time at the International Consumer Electronics Show, he didn't invest as much as before, but focused on continuing to develop his Monster Hunter game. He didn't have time to pay attention to anything else, and he didn't have any new electronic product launch plans. In contrast, Myron Case stole the spotlight.

However, he had to complain that although the world's technological development was ten years ahead of his previous life, the application of entertainment-oriented digital products seemed to be only two or three years ahead of his previous life.

This is a rather strange development direction.

However, it is also possible that the development of fashionable digital entertainment products in this world has stagnated for some reason.

In his previous life, Jobs had already returned to Apple for several years and had begun releasing new computer products, the new iPod, and even the flagship iPhone.

But Myron Case, whose world resembled Steve Jobs, never had the chance to return to his Red Fruit company.

Or perhaps he was completely disillusioned with Red Fruit Company, which is why he started a new company from scratch.

Honestly, the absence of someone like Steve Jobs has indeed had a butterfly effect, slowing down the development of digital entertainment.

Sometimes, you have to admit that a person's influence is indeed quite powerful.

However, it's not too late for the world now, and Myron Keys also revealed his next plans at the press conference.

Next, he will try to develop a new PC and a new operating system, with the goal of competing with Morgan Stanley's operating system.

However, few people believe Myron Keyes's bold claims, but they are indeed very interested in the art entertainment player that Myron Keyes has just announced.

Shortly after the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) ended, information about ART players began circulating on the internet, and many people hoped to obtain such products and wanted to buy them as soon as possible.

Myron Case's plan seems to be working; at least initially he has gained some attention.

Now, the focus should be on accelerating the production of our product and quickly seizing market share.

At this time, the most unhappy party should be Surui Electronics.

They're still competing with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment for the player market.

Suddenly, Myron Case emerged, threatening to steal their once very stable portable music player market. No one would be happy about that.

While I was fighting here, my hometown got raided.

As a result, Hayakawa Ueto had no choice but to redeploy some people to the other side to put an end to the fire for entertainment players and see if they could come up with a similar product to cope with the situation. However, the focus was still on fighting against Yusei Electronics Entertainment, because Surui Electronics believed that Myron Case was not a threat at the moment.

However, Zhuyouxing now has a sense of crisis.

With Myron Case's rise to prominence, the era of smartphones may be just around the corner.

No, I have to speed things up.

Previously, I wanted to take it a little slower, first find a way to force a few small Japanese flash memory manufacturers to collapse, and then take the opportunity to acquire them, firmly control the flash memory market, so that I would no longer be restricted in how many cartridges I wanted to produce in the future.

Moreover, with the gradual rise in sales of Myron Case's ART entertainment player, the flash memory market is expected to recover quickly.

Then I should seize this opportunity to quickly acquire those smaller flash memory manufacturers.

With this in mind, Zhu Youxing immediately put aside his Monster Hunter development work for the time being.

The development of Monster Hunter is equally important, but we also need to find a way to prepare for the acquisition of the flash memory factory as soon as possible.

For this reason, he even contacted Minoru Matsuhashi in the United States.

Matsuhashi Minoru is probably better at this kind of thing.

Having worked in the US for so many years, she has become one of the most well-known managers in the gaming industry, and she has done an excellent job in company management and other company-related matters.

It would be more appropriate to leave the task of finding a way to quickly acquire a flash memory manufacturer to her.

Chapter 468 Acquisition Plan

"Matsuhashi Minoru, if I want to bankrupt these flash memory companies within three months so I can acquire them, what's your plan?"

Summoned by Takeyusei, Matsuhashi Minoru immediately boarded a plane and returned to Japan.

After getting off the plane, she went straight to the company headquarters and arrived at Zhu Youxing's office.

Then Zhu Youxing directly gave her a task that sounded very difficult.

Those small flash memory manufacturers aren't doing too well right now. After being rejected by Zhuyouxing, they are actively looking for other production orders, even smaller ones.

It seems to have become a buyer's market now. Those who buy houses are waiting for a higher price and are not in a hurry to place orders, since their products are not in urgent need of flash memory products.