Rebirth of the Super Game Tycoon: 323 The Death of the Fork God? (Part 1)
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There will be no shortage of people in any world who like to take evil paths because they are profitable.
Copycat products are profitable, so many people are engaged in this industry.
Relatively speaking, the copycats in this world are much lighter than Ye Chui’s original world. After all, the people in this world are relatively pure, but the absence of them does not mean that they are not there. It is just because of a few reasons that Ye Chui simply does not have this. precautions.
The main reason is naturally because high-tech products such as handheld consoles cannot be easily imitated. In order to develop and make handheld consoles, Ye Chui bought a semi-used template customization machine. The design core of the handheld consoles also came from In Qian Xiaomai's hands, in many ways, the handheld console is non-replicable.
However, copycat phones are still appearing.
Ye Chui couldn't figure out how it appeared, how he appeared.
After getting the name of the Red Top Wholesale Market from the owner of the electrical appliance store in the morning, Ye Chui immediately rushed over to take a look. Naturally, he got nothing. He couldn't find much information about the wholesale of handheld consoles. Here The staff was very complicated, and the contact was still unilateral. After searching for more than half an hour and finding no results, Ye Chui had no choice but to give up the idea and returned to the studio.
Fang Nan, Fang Xi and others already knew about the copycat phone, and Fang Xi also saw the hot topic on the handheld forum, so the studio seemed very angry.
Even Qian Xiaomai expressed that she was very angry, so she couldn't help but not go to work - well, she just didn't want to go to work and gave herself an excuse.
"The structure of this handheld console is very simple. It is simply assembled using ordinary portable optical brain components." After taking apart the counterfeit handheld console in Ye Chui's hand for inspection, Qian Xiaomai quickly concluded Conclusion, "In terms of performance, this handheld console is at least three levels behind the one I developed, but in terms of cost, the material cost of this handheld console is estimated to be no more than ten yuan."
"Ten yuan? So cheap?" Fang Xi said in surprise.
He heard Ye Chui mention that the genuine handheld console manufactured in Ye Chui's father's factory cost more than 100 yuan with all the materials added together.
I originally thought that after spending more than 100 yuan on materials and selling it for 500 yuan, I didn’t expect that the cost of this knock-off machine would be only 10 yuan.
One thing to note. The selling price of this fake handheld machine is also 500 yuan.
“The handheld consoles produced in my father’s factory give priority to quality and are very strict in all aspects, but the handheld consoles here are completely different. They are completely shoddy. Regardless of the functions, the quality is probably the same. It’s completely unqualified,” Ye Chui said with a frown as he looked at the components on the table. "I just don't understand how this kind of copycat phone is produced?"
“Many of the designs of this machine are exactly the same as the one I designed. It’s just that the materials have been replaced with cheaper ones and simpler functions.” Qian Xiaomai continued, “It should be completely copied from mine.”
"Imitating you? Does that mean they have the prototype or design drawings of our handheld console?" Ye Chui was stunned, "But... most of the employees in my dad's factory are his old subordinates. , My father must be very loyal. The design drawings and the like should not be leaked. The only thing that may be leaked is the four hundred copies I sent to Buidunzi Mountain."
The reason why Ye Chui sent 400 units to the orphanage was because he was grateful to Qian Xiaomai. The 400 units were the reward for Qian Xiaomai's design drawings.
And at that time, Ye Chui never thought that taking out this handheld device would cause someone to copy it.
Firstly, there are not many copycats in this world, and secondly, he feels that it is more difficult to copycat a handheld game, and it is unlikely that ordinary people will do so.
But in the end, it turned out to be a copycat.
How the prototype or design drawings are circulated is not important at the moment. The important thing is how to solve the problem of copycats.
"The functions of this kind of copycat phone are so poor. The most I can do is play a small game like Lianliankan. It's so laggy in playing fighting games. There shouldn't be many people buying it, right?" Fang Nan said doubtfully.
Others in the studio also held the same attitude and felt that this matter was not serious.
But Ye Chui still showed a worried expression.
Coming from another world and seeing the power of counterfeit products, he understands the rigor of things better than anyone else in the studio.
Of course, it would be good if players could recognize the difference between counterfeit products and genuine products, but the key is if players have no way to identify them at all. Then what Ye Chui lost was not just a portion of the revenue from the handheld console, but also other more important things...
Reputation.
"Let Zheng Zishan speed up the advertising shooting, and when the advertising is put in, mark the back that there are counterfeit products on the market, and try to minimize the impact of this matter!" Ye Chui then said.
Ye Chui took the matter of counterfeit products very seriously. He later contacted the police station, hoping that the police could intervene in the matter, but this kind of counterfeit products has been around for a long time. Although the police promised Ye Chui that they would conduct an investigation, judging from their passive appearance, they probably would not make great efforts to carry out the investigation.
Ye Chui could only stop counting on them.
In the next two days, there was no progress in the matter of copycat phones. Instead, more and more people bought such copycat handheld computers.
The situation that Ye Chui was most worried about also happened——
"I just bought Professor Cha's handheld console. What happened? I bought this handheld console just to play The King of Fighters. Why can't I carry it with me? Isn't the quality too bad? The slogan at the game show said It’s very clear that this handheld console can play all Professor X’s games!”
“My handheld console broke after only two days of playing. I took it to the store for repair, but they actually said that the handheld console was not under warranty!? How on earth did this happen? Professor Cha’s after-sales service is too bad. Right? ”
"I want to return it! You can buy a portable optical computer for five hundred yuan. You can play games better with a portable optical computer than with this handheld console!"
"Professor Cha is trying to deceive us, right? This machine is not at all like what he said at first, and the five hundred yuan I spent is not worth it!"
"Professor Cha has let us down too much, right? I think this handheld console is a money-scam!"
All kinds of dissatisfaction with copycat handheld consoles swept the Internet. In addition, Ye Chui was a dominant player in the gaming industry, which made many people jealous of Ye Chui. At this time, it was even worse. Various critical voices came one after another.
Even the television stations did not lag behind and reported on this incident one after another.
Lin Xuesheng's Victory TV Station seized this opportunity and spared no effort to produce a program with experts solving puzzles, and dismantled a copycat phone on the spot. Showing everyone the components inside, it proves that this handheld console is basically assembled from some discarded optical and brain equipment components.
As soon as this program aired, people's credibility towards Ye Chui was greatly reduced.
This was obviously what An Shiming had been expecting from the beginning - he wanted to cut off one of Ye Chui's financial avenues, which was the sales of handheld consoles.
After the appearance of his counterfeit handheld console, it consumed the expectations of those game fans for Ye Chui, and also greatly discredited Ye Chui. More importantly, he made money from the counterfeit handheld console. But it blocked the sales of Ye Chui's upcoming authentic handheld console.
In just a few days, more than 30,000 copycat handheld consoles were shipped from An Shiming to all parts of the country.
This made An Shiming earn nearly 10 million!
Ye Chui issued a statement via the Internet, claiming that the handheld console currently on the market was not produced by him and was a fake product.
As a result, this statement was attacked by the navy army hired by interested people, and it was directly stated as Ye Chui's way to overcome the credibility crisis. Originally, Ye Chui had not released any more games for two months. The rumor that Ye Chuijiang has exhausted his talents has spread, and coupled with his current view of things, Professor Cha's reputation has been greatly damaged.
In this regard, even if Ye Chui has a network magic weapon like You Ruo, he cannot reverse the situation.
In the end, the credibility crisis caused by copycat handheld consoles also affected the sales of games produced by Ye Chui's affiliated studios.
Knights of the Round Table, the latest arcade side-scrolling game developed by Iceman Studio, one of Ye Chui's affiliated studios, only sold a measly 100,000 units on the first day after it was released, setting a new sales record for Professor Cross games. lowest record.
Of course. Compared with other games, this number is still outstanding.
But the gap has been shortened a lot.
Among the games released at the same time, there is also The Legend of Sirius God produced by Wu Haotian Haifeng Game Company.
This is the fourth game in Wu Hao’s Tianlang series, with sales reaching 70,000 on the first day.
The talk that the God of Cross is about to fall was once again mentioned on the Internet.
When things happened to this extent, the police had to start an investigation.
However, the way in which counterfeit phones spread is very secretive. When the owners of some electrical appliance stores purchase goods at the wholesale market, the other party unilaterally strikes up a conversation and contacts them to provide the goods. It is difficult for the police to make any progress in their investigation in a short period of time.
Although Youruo has very powerful search abilities in many aspects, she is completely useless in the real world. Faced with this situation, she can only express her helplessness.
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Wutong County.
In An Shiming’s assembly base.
Looking at the overwhelming news on the Internet about Professor Ducha’s credibility crisis, there was a smug sneer on that fat face.
He felt very proud. Ye Chui had been going against all the wealthy and powerful companies since he first appeared. But no matter whether it is Cao's Enterprise, Fotile Enterprise or SB Optical Computer Company, they can't do anything to him.
But now, Ye Chui was about to be completely destroyed by him.
The feeling of pride is beyond words.
"Brother An, someone came over and asked to see you." Scarface pushed open the office door. He walked in and said in a deep voice.
"You want to see me?" An Shiming was stunned.
"They are the owners of several other workshops in Wutong County. They want to know how our handheld consoles are made."
"Hmph!" An Shiming waved his hand immediately when he heard what was going on, "Tell them that this is our secret and cannot be told to others. If they mess around, I will kick them out. Also, , warn those workers that I will not spare anyone who dares to reveal this secret to me."
How to assemble electrical appliances? According to their assembly industry, they cannot hide their secrets. After all, everyone is on the same boat and should work together. An Shiming knows the ropes.
But the income from the copycat handheld console is too high. Ten yuan of raw materials can be sold for five hundred yuan, and the sales are extremely fast. How can he tell others about this good thing?
"Okay Brother An, I understand." Scarface said and walked out. After a while, there was a noise outside, but the calm soon returned.
Scar's face was ferocious and he was famous for his cruelty in Wutong County. The owners of other workshops were quickly kicked out.
"Want to get a piece of the pie from me? That's a good idea!"
An Shiming snorted and continued to browse the optical brain.
Watching Ye Chui's sarcasm on the Internet has become the most enjoyable thing for him.
"When I finish this transaction, maybe I will have the capital to start over again!"
An Shiming thought coldly in his heart. He felt very lucky that he saw the dropped handheld device from Cheng Jiang's body. On a whim, he asked Zhang Zongyao to get a copycat of the handheld handheld device.
Now, this copycat handheld console has become his hope for a comeback... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest Motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m.qidian to read)
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