Rebirth: From catering group to world’s richest man

Electronic pets originated from Sakura Country. The man known as the father of electronic pets is called Akihiro Yokoi. In 1996, he brought the idea of electronic pets to Bandai Electronics Co., Ltd. in Sakura Country, and then launched the electronic pet at Bandai. Fantastic gadget.

The electronic pet launched by Yokoi Akihiro is called”Tamagoko”.

It is a”tamagotchi” with only a simple small program and a black and white screen, and is not as big as a pager.

Once it was launched, it set off a worldwide craze.

Sakura Country alone has sold 45 million electronic pets.

Because of the birth of electronic pets, some social problems have arisen in Sakura Country.

In order to buy an electronic pet, many teenagers in Sakura Country have embarked on the road of robbery.

Some high school girls actually wanted to blend in with those who already had electronic pets.

The group of classmates with electronic pets also did social things.

Later, based on the concept of electronic pets, Bandai also launched a popular animation work——《”Digimon”, the Digimon set in it also live in electronic devices the size of key chains.

Are electronic pets very high-tech?

From the perspective of Lin Shen, a time traveler, it is very low. Even if you ask a random elementary school student from twenty years later, they will think that this thing can’t be more low.

But in this day and age, it’s definitely something that can spark a craze.

What exactly is an electronic pet? It is a simple program, but this program is displayed on a black and white screen in the form of a small animal. For example, Tamagotchi is a chicken, and the small animal is controlled by a simple program. , the animal will be hungry, sick, and excreted, and then the owner can feed, inject, shovel poop and other operations to the small animal through simple buttons…

Then it will set how many days after raising the small animal, the small animal will grow up, and can even continue Until death.

Of course, if you don’t raise them well, you may starve to death or die of illness…

After death, the image of a cross tombstone and a ghost will appear on the screen…

In short, electronic pets do not have any advanced technological content, even Yokoi in the previous life When Akiyu proposed this idea to Bandai, Bandai was a bit disdainful.

When Duan Yongping asked what kind of toy an electronic pet was, Lin Shen explained the core concept of electronic pets to Duan Yongping.

After hearing this, Duan Yongping fell into deep thought. After a few seconds, he said:”It seems interesting, but I am also a little doubtful. I don’t know if there is a market for this thing.”

Lin Shen nodded, and Duan Yong It’s normal for Ting to have this doubt, because he is in his thirties and is extremely busy every day. From an adult’s perspective, the gameplay of electronic pets is indeed boring. It can’t be compared with Contra, Super Mario or even Rose Cube.

But Lin Shen knew that electronic pets could become popular.

Because electronic pets are essentially educational toys with certain social attributes.

Even later in the Internet era, there were Happy Farm, Alipay raising chickens and trees, and even various”snail raising” games.

And since entertainment life is so scarce now, there must be a market for electronic pets.

“Well, I’ve made this decision for you. Electronic pets must be very exciting. Lin Shen said

“OK. That’s easy. It’s so simple to implement the functions you mentioned, without any difficulty.”When Duan Yongping heard that Lin Shen asked him to make an electronic pet, it was easy. The money belongs to Lin Shen. He can do whatever Lin Shen asks him to do.”But Mr. Lin, you have Any specific other requirements? Let me refer to it”

“There are several requirements. The first requirement is that this toy called an electronic pet should not be too big and can be put in a pocket or even hung with the key like a key chain. The second appearance of the cartoon can be in the shape of a small animal, or simply in the shape of an egg. The color scheme can be mainly pink and cute. Lin Shen said methodically.

“OK, I remember.”Duan Yongping nodded and agreed.

“In addition, I will have more specific requirements for the image design of electronic pets.”Lin Shen opened the drawer of his desk and took out a few pages of paper.

The images on these pages were exactly the images of several main elf characters in”Pokémon”.

Yes, Lin Shen planned to let Duan Yongping In the electronic pets, images from Pokémon are used, such as Pikachu and Charmander, etc.

Because Lin Shen gave Wu Dayou an ultimatum to produce a”Pokémon” cartoon within half a year, and this electronic pet.

, should be able to be launched earlier than the cartoon.

By then, the two products will promote each other and maximize their benefits.

“Pokémon” will definitely boost the sales of electronic pets, and electronic pets will make The IP”Pokémon” has become a classic in the hearts of countless people.

Duan Yongping took the drawing from Lin Shen and said,”This is it.……”

“This is the comic work that my publishing company in Hong Kong will launch. These are some of the main images. I thought about it. The image of the electronic pet can be designed according to this design. I will ask the publishing company in Hong Kong later to Give you authorization in this regard.”Lin Shen said.

Duan Yongping swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He had long known that Lin Shen also had business in Xiangjiang, but he didn’t expect that he even had a publishing company.

“OK. This one is simple.” Duan Yongping decisively agreed. He also understood a little bit. Lin Shen asked him to make electronic pets, and there were two companies cooperating with each other to consider it.

In this way, Duan Yongping had no obstacles in his mind. Then Just do it boldly.

Duan Yongping went back to start the research and development of electronic pets. He felt that this thing had no technical content. He would make a version first and see if Lin Shen was satisfied.

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Not only did Zulong Technology receive an invitation from Dai Xisong, Taibai Xianjiu Company was also invited. Secondly, Sun Qiang from Master Kong also told Lin Shen about the CCTV invitation, and Lin Shen naturally agreed that they should go. Participate in this bidding process.