The criticism of Little Brainiac became worse and worse in the media and newspapers. Even Lenovo's brand was affected by the huge crisis.
What was worse was that The Little Tyrant's sales began to plummet.
The Little Tyrant, which could sell more than two million units a month, did not even sell 10,000 units in half a month. What was even more frightening was that a wave of returns began to sweep through the major counters.
When the parents learned from the news that the things they originally intended to buy for their children to study had turned into game consoles, their attitudes were unimaginable. They were all clamoring for returns. In some cities, there were even hundreds of parents in front of The Little Tyrant's counters.
This caused The Little Tyrant's counters, which were previously unyielding and unrefundable, to be emptied overnight. No one could find them.
After all, even if they could not afford to offend them, they could still hide.
The sales of The Little Tyrant fell into a state of freezing point.
On the other hand, it was reasonable to say that Little Brainiac, the creator of the computer typing learning machine, should also be affected, and the sales would also decline.
However, Little Brainiac sued Little Hammer in court. He said that Little Hammer had been producing and selling pirated Little Brainiac game cartridges all year round and had seriously damaged Little Brainiac's teaching environment. He demanded an apology from Little Hammer.
Then, Little Hammer reacted quickly and reached an agreement to mediate in court. The next day, Little Hammer issued an apology on the mainstream newspapers and media all over the country. It stated that it developed and produced pirated versions of the Little Top Student game and destroyed the ecosystem of the Little Top Student game. It was deeply guilty of this. Then, it announced that it would permanently withdraw from the learning machine industry and would no longer develop any pirated cartridges.
After that, Little Hammer, the fellow who competed with the little tyrant until his face turned red, disappeared without a trace overnight. It was as if he had never existed.
At the same time, reports about the relationship between Little Brainiac and Little Hammer began to appear rapidly. In the reports, Little Brainiac was a company that only focused on developing learning software and typing software. At most, they made a few typing games. The purpose was to stimulate children's enthusiasm for typing on the computer.
It was Little Hammer who despicably produced a large batch of pirated cartridges and destroyed Little Brainiac's teaching environment. After Little Brainiac collected evidence for half a year, he sued Little Hammer in court. Little Hammer had no choice but to apologize and go bankrupt.
Seeing that Little Hammer, which was also a heinous gaming machine company, was sued by Little Brainiac, the parents' impression of Little Brainiac instantly soared.
In fact, Little Brainiac had never produced a game cartridge. What he sold were genuine learning cartridges. Little Brainiac's reputation hadn't collapsed.
Therefore, although Little Brainiac's sales dropped a little, the drop was limited, and he quickly stabilized his position.
On the other hand, The Little Tyrant and Lenovo were not so lucky. After all, The Little Tyrant sold the game cartridges together with the game cartridges. They even specially produced a special game cartridge that only The Little Tyrant could use. This was a stain that could not be washed away. The Little Tyrant was instantly scolded by everyone.
. The most important point was that Nintendo suddenly launched a lawsuit against Little Brainiac in China. They found that the game cartridges produced by Little Brainiac and the core of the Little Brainiac learning machine were completely copied from F&C game consoles. The game cartridges and content were completely copied from F&C games.
Under someone's special reminder, Nintendo had applied for the relevant game copyrights in China. Therefore, Little Brainiac quickly lost the lawsuit in court and was ordered to pay Nintendo 100 million yuan in compensation.
On the same day, The Little Tyrant announced that it was going to close down. Then, it became insolvent and sold all of its assets. After compensating Nintendo with a few million RMB, it disappeared without a trace. The first gaming company in the country was declared dead and disappeared into the long river of history.
Not long after, Yang Yuanqing was sent to a provincial department by Lenovo to be a small salesman. Liu Chuanzhi himself was also greatly reprimanded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was to the extent that he was almost ousted.
Fortunately, Liu Chuanzhi's background was powerful. In the end, Liu Chuanzhi was saved. Lenovo suffered a huge blow because of this. At the same time, their brand was seriously affected by Little Brainiac. When they sold computers, they would instinctively remind customers of game consoles. Therefore, the brand's influence was greatly reduced.
However, Jia Yapeng. Little Brainiac's life was saved because of various restrictions set in the beginning. After Little Brainiac closed down, the sales first fell, then slowly recovered. However, it could not return to its peak in January and February. It was very lucky to sell more than 100,000 units a month.
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"Chairman, we are here to ask for your forgiveness!" Wang Xuan and others lowered their heads. They did not dare to look at Jia Yapeng in front of them.
Their recent performance was quite bad. After experiencing the peak in April, because of Little Brainiac's challenge, the sales plummeted.
Now, although Little Brainiac collapsed inexplicably, the reputation of the gaming industry was also ruined. They did not dare to face Jia Yapeng.
If it were not for Jia Yapeng's wise decision to only sell the real learning cartridges and throw the game cartridges to Little Hammer's shell company, they would have ended up like Yang Yuanqing. The final outcome was too horrible to bear.
"It's okay. This is not your fault. In the eyes of parents, games are born with the original sin. Moreover, games are addictive to children. I had long expected that this day would come, but I didn't expect it to come faster than history! "Boss Jia sighed and said.
This day in history happened in 2002. At the entrance of a certain internet cafe, a tragedy happened. Then, games and internet cafes became the main culprits. Since then, games were hated by everyone for more than 10 years. It wasn't until a group of people who grew up playing games gradually became the mainstream of society. After becoming parents, they gradually let go of their prejudices against games.
However, Jia Yapeng did not expect that in 1993, because of Little Brainiac's operation, the reputation of games would be ruined.
Wang Xuan and others lowered their heads. They did not know what to do.
"Perhaps this is actually a good thing!" Jia Yapeng touched his nose and said, "If a wound is opened earlier, it will scab earlier. Perhaps in the long run, this is beneficial!"
Everyone was confused by Boss Jia's words. They did not know what Boss Jia meant.
"In this case, from today onwards, Bili Bili will gradually transform from a hardware and software manufacturer to a pure software developer. We will be responsible for the production of computer games!" Jia Yapeng suddenly said.
“？？” Wang Xuan and the other two looked at Jia Yapeng in confusion. Just a moment ago, he said that the reputation of games was ruined. Why was he suddenly asking them to create games?
What the three of them did not know was that only two days later, Jia Yapeng handed a letter to Xu Guangle. The title was "Proposal for the Systematization of Hua Xia Games Industry".
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