Chapter 290 Overlooked Details

"What's going on? Why is Sega still selling the Thunderbolt Fighter with such a big fanfare? It's already almost four million, right?"

In the NGS headquarters, the department dedicated to Sega is always watching Sega's every move.

They have been non-stop since the Thunderbolt Fighter was released.

However, they have always believed that the Thunderbolt Fighter is a type of aircraft that loses money and makes money, and it is impossible to make money.

But it just so happens that people have persisted like this.

what's going on?

After all, the sales of the Thunderbolt fighter would have resulted in a loss of almost 200 million U.S. dollars under normal circumstances.

Do you still dare to continue selling?

No amount of money is enough for them to burn.

Gradually, the head of this department also noticed something was wrong.

Even if Sega does have one idiot, it's not like they are all idiots.

The minister quickly reported Sega's actions to President Yamauchi, who made the decision himself.

"Who can tell me why?"

Yamauchi calmly took the report in his hand and asked questions one by one, trying to find out why.

However, none of the executives present could answer this question.

"Nakamura, do you have any ideas?"

Yamauchi looked at Akira Nakamura.

"President, I can't give you an answer. I can only say that the game quality and quality of Thunder Fighter are among the best at the moment. From an objective standpoint, I must admit the quality of this game, but you want to ask me why Sega is willing to Losing money, then I can’t give an answer.”

This isn't his specialty, but he can still speak for itself when it comes to the quality of games.

Don't talk about him. Recently, many people in his department have often been late for work because of playing thunder and lightning fighters.

The graphics of this game are amazing.

No matter how you look at it, this game is considered top-notch. The fact that the game is still on the best-seller list so far proves how popular it is.

If it's just a gimmick game, it won't be able to maintain its popularity for too long.

"President, if... I mean if..."

At this time, the person in charge of new cassette production took the initiative to speak.

"what if?"

"Has Sega found a way to reduce the cost of high-capacity cartridges?"

"It's impossible. If it were true, then those flash memory manufacturers would have already publicized it all over the world."

Commercial companies will definitely promote their products to the maximum extent possible.

If we can produce large-capacity cassettes for Sega, then it means we can certainly produce NGS for them.

As of now, NGS is the largest game console manufacturer in the world and the customer with the largest demand for cartridges. Which flash memory company dares to let go of their big fat sheep?

It doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.

At this time, the person in charge of cassette production seemed to be reminded of something.

"By the way, President, before we..."

"President, didn't we previously obstruct China's national flash memory development strategy promoted by real games? Is there any technological breakthrough in China?"

Akira Nakamura's voice sounded earlier than that of the person in charge of cassette production.

Akira Nakamura also thought of this.

He was also a witness when measures were taken to obstruct China's technology research and development.

"Then it's even more impossible. We have been keeping an eye on which company is cooperating with Huaxia, but there is no one. Even some small flash memory manufacturers have not cooperated with Huaxia. How can Huaxia make technology?" breakthrough?"

"What if we had technical reserves before?"

"Haha, that's even more impossible. China's technology development has only happened in the past few years. If they had technology reserves before, why did they still seek cooperation with those foreign flash memory companies in the first place?"

"Right……"

"Hey, do you think it's possible that a genius-level figure suddenly appears in China and suddenly makes a breakthrough in flash memory technology?"

"What if scientific and technological research is a hot-blooded comic? Can you please be more professional?"

A group of people started to quarrel, but no matter how they quarreled, they could not get a satisfactory result.

Seeing that there would be no results if the argument continued like this, Yamauchi immediately issued new orders.

Investigate, investigate at all costs.

Now it is tantamount to deceiving oneself and others to believe that Sega produces high-storage cartridges at a loss to gain reputation.

Sega must have found a way to produce cartridges at low cost, and they have a new channel.

And as long as you are serious about everything, you can always find clues.

What's more, Sega didn't even think about hiding it for too long. It couldn't be hidden at all. It was just a temporary cover-up.

Sega is a listed company, and their every move is subject to supervision by relevant agencies, and some key financial report information must also be disclosed.

It's just that these are rarely used. Usually competitors will only take a serious look at the trends during the company's annual report, and usually don't pay too much attention to so many financial details.

After searching like this, the person in charge of Sega's response department started to sweat more and more.

Huaxia, Maozi Kingdom.

Technical cooperation to jointly develop new low-cost flash memory technology.

This information is being disclosed one after another.

It is not that there have been no relevant reports before, but those were mostly published in relevant scientific magazines and periodicals of Mao Ziguo and China, and there was no open channel to the general public.

If we are now in the 21st century Internet era, anything developed by any country can be made public and spread at any time.

But this is the late 1980s, an era when all information channels are still very closed.

It is not easy to acquire some new knowledge in this era.

Immediately afterwards, reports were made public that Sega purchased large quantities of new flash memory chips produced in China.

There are people on the Chinese side, and Mao Ziguo has technical reserves and various resources and equipment.

This is even scarier than finding a flash memory manufacturer before.

After all, flash memory manufacturers will not provide technology and production equipment, which is equivalent to destroying their own jobs. It is more about technology sharing and cooperation. As for production, they have to handle it themselves.

Unexpected.

Never imagined.

"Asshole! How did you spy on Sega and Real Games? Did you get your salary for free?!"

A senior executive yelled at the person in charge of the real game response department and Sega's response department on the spot.

It's just like eating dry food.

Didn't even notice this.

If only you were a little more serious and investigated through several other channels, they wouldn't have discovered Sega's tricks until now.

The responsibility lies with both of your departments!

Yes, it's your two departments' fault.

Why wasn't it discovered earlier?

Not even a section chief or a minister dared to say a word.

Who would have thought that China would quietly find Mao Ziguo for technical cooperation.

Damn it, why did you forget about a country like Mao Ziguo? It is on the decline now, but it is also a superpower, and it has been completely ignored.