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Chapter 129 : Buy a Computer, Get Minesweeper for Free
Will roughly read through the project proposal named "Minesweeper", a strange look in his eyes.
"This reminds me of GAMENOVA's debut work Tetris, this is too cool!"
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Concise, exquisite, without any redundant design, an extremely pure game.
It turned away from the material-stacking route GAMENOVA had been pursuing and returned to its original appearance.
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Using the purest gameplay to move players.
"This is… a PC game, right?"
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Will looked at the concept art on it. This design completely didn't match the style of the NovaBox.
It looked more like a logic game that nerds like them who liked to study DOS would play.
"Judging from its design, it fundamentally doesn't require much performance overhead. Even the NovaPocket would have more than enough to run it."
If it were mounted on the console king NovaBox, it would simply be a waste of performance.
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"Hmm? That's true, a handheld port of Minesweeper can be developed."
Lin Lixin nodded. Although the operation definitely couldn't compare with the PC, it was very good to use as a supplement to the handheld's game lineup, "What do you say? Confident? This is your first work since coming to our GAMENOVA."
"I will not fail my mission!"
The PC in this era was an exclusive productivity tool for white-collar workers and geeks, this point was naturally beyond doubt.
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But white-collar workers also needed entertainment and relaxation.
Logitech, which had just built a new production center in Hsinchu, Taiwan, suddenly received a large OEM order.
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GAMENOVA came knocking on their door with their astonishing patent for a fully curved symmetrical mouse shape.
Just the first batch alone ordered 1 million units.
Even orders from PC retail giant HP didn't have such terrifying numbers.
You have to know that a mouse was not a cheap thing. Even though they had now controlled the cost of opto-mechanical mice, the production cost of a single unit was still nearly 30 dollars.
But what puzzled them even more was, what was a game company doing ordering so many mice?
Round Rock, Texas.
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Dell picked up the telephone receiver and dialed a number referring to the phone book.
This was the phone number of a certain medical company in Texas.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Robert. This is PC's Limited. I have already sorted out the work PC procurement plan you inquired about yesterday according to your needs."
Dell played with a newly produced NMD mouse in his hand, and without even looking at the document, he reported the configuration list, "Calling today is to ask, do you have any requirements for input devices? IBM's mechanical keyboard? Or…"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's convenient for office work."
"Oh, sir, if that's the case, you can try adding a mouse, it only costs 69 dollars."
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On the other end of the phone, Robert, who was recording patient data in a notebook, frowned slightly.
"Sounds very expensive, and I probably don't need it."
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They weren't just buying a single retail machine; the entire company from top to bottom easily had a demand for dozens or hundreds of units.
The reason they found Dell to handle this matter in the first place was hearing that it was cheap here, saving the unnecessary premium of purchasing from large companies like IBM.
"Completely understand, sir. But that is the external price. If you confirm the order today, we can include it in the package at an internal price of 42 dollars."
Dell's gaze fell on the screen. As he dragged the mouse, a small white arrow moved synchronously on the Minesweeper screen, "Sir, we recently cooperated with the world's top game developer GAMENOVA, and will pre-install a work designed to help users learn to use the mouse, Minesweeper, for you."
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"Game?" Robert's voice was somewhat hesitant, "What we want are commercial PCs, sir."
"Yes sir, this is a game, but it is also a productivity tool at the same time."
"Are you kidding me?"
"Mr. Robert, please allow me to explain."
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Dell felt the unique grip of the NMD and patiently explained, "Your company is purchasing PCs for data operation and form filling, right? A mouse will greatly improve efficiency in this regard for non-professionals."
"But the use of a mouse requires a certain amount of learning, which is why I commissioned GAMENOVA to package it into a game."
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"And…"
"Opening a software is much faster than going to the break room to brew a cup of coffee, don't you think?"
The other end of the phone fell into a long silence.
Robert seemed to be considering whether it was necessary to spend so much extra money for this inexplicable thing.
Then came the sound of a door closing, as if someone was walking around.
"... Add the mouse to the order."
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"Alrighty, the shipment will be arranged within this week at the latest, direct to your office!"
Such a scene had already happened an unknown number of times today.
As if overnight, buying a computer without a mouse seemed to be out of date.
Not only were almost all of Dell's new machines equipped with mice, even SGI's graphics workstations were equipped with the same NMD.
Of course, there was also the accompanying "mouse training tool" Minesweeper.
Robert stood in his somewhat old office, holding a stack of reports that had been submitted long overdue.
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"Truly troublesome…"
When the truck arranged by Dell delivered the things last week, he thought the company would usher in a comprehensive informatization upgrade.
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Financial reports all digitized, only needing to clatter on the keyboard twice, and that thing would handle everything like magic.
A high-end modern office only needed a cup of coffee, a PC, and the magic of digitization.
But reality slapped him hard in the face.
His gaze turned to a woman in another office.
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That was their company's senior accountant, an old hand who had been immersed in the business world for many years, an absolute master.
But when facing a PC, she was like a rookie, spending half an hour without figuring out how to copy data to another location.
These guys accustomed to a paper-based office environment fundamentally couldn't understand the concept of using a PC.
"Efficiency didn't rise but fell instead, this money was truly spent unjustly."
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Robert rubbed his aching brow. This matter had already disturbed him so much that he hadn't slept well for several days.
Informatization was absolutely the future trend, he was very certain of this.
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He had been to those rapidly developing new enterprises to learn and knew what future companies would look like.
All the PCs in the entire company connected together through a network structure, any data only needing to be clattered on the keyboard twice to be handed over to another person.
But he couldn't find the right way.
These people resisted this new thing from the bottom of their hearts, and even mandatory internal training didn't have much effect.
Robert looked at that PC on his desk.
To be honest, even he himself hadn't quite figured this thing out.
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He looked at that NMD mouse placed next to the keyboard, its weird appearance making him unable to move his eyes away for a long time.
Robert suddenly remembered what Dell had said at the time.
"Game… training tool… hehe."
What else could be done? Might as well treat a dead horse as a living one.
(End of Chapter)
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