Game Development Giant

At this time, the phone on Gaotang Yoshihiko's desk rang.

But Yoshihiko Takado just smoked his cigarette and glanced at the phone that kept ringing, not bothering to stand up and answer it.

The phone kept ringing for more than two minutes before it stopped.

However, less than five seconds after the phone stopped ringing, the phone rang again.

When the phone continued to ring for a minute without any sign of stopping, Takado Yoshihiko couldn't sit still this time. He stood up from the boss's chair angrily and pressed the cigarette in his hand fiercely. Mie lay on the table, grabbed the phone with one hand and roared directly into the phone.

"He has said many times not to call my office at this time..."

Before Takado Yoshihiko could finish these words, he heard an extremely unfamiliar voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Vice President Takado, I am Tamahide Yoshiro, the head of Mars Entertainment Japan Branch. Please forgive me for any intrusion."

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As soon as he heard the name, Takado Yoshihiko frowned tightly. He felt a little unhappy. He was not unhappy that Mars Entertainment would come to visit him because New Japan Project is a royalty franchise company of Nintendo, but because It's because of two things. One is that he calls himself the vice president, and the other is because Kenzo moved to Capcom. Indeed, he is indeed the vice president of New Japan Planning, and the president is Kawasaki Eikichi. However, New Japan Planning can develop to this point. From Takado Yoshihiko's point of view, this is basically his personal contribution. As for Kawasaki Eikichi , in his eyes, this person who was born as a boxer has nothing but brute strength and strong muscles. The brain is basically a jar of mush.

Therefore, he is very dissatisfied with others calling him vice president.

Generally, people who are familiar with him will not deliberately get into trouble, and Kawasaki Eikichi didn't care much after knowing it, because compared to Takado Yoshihiko's contribution to the company over the years, he is indeed a dispensable existence. .

Although Takado Yoshihiko looked like he was mocking Tamahide Yoshiro on the phone and then hung up the phone coolly, if this was a year and a half ago, New Japan Project would still be in great glory, or even half a year ago. He might have actually done this before he faced this dilemma of life and death.

But now, after a moment of hesitation, Takado Yoshihiko did not say the curse words he had prepared for a long time.

He closed his eyes, took a breath, calmed down his mood, and then said to the phone: "President Tamahide Yoshiro, do you have anything to discuss?" "Haha."

Tamahideyoshiro on the other end of the phone chuckled first, and then said: "I don't know if Mr. Takado Yoshihiko has time. I have something I want to discuss with you." After saying this simply, Tamahideyoshiro He stopped talking and waited for Gaotang Yoshihiko's answer.

In fact, the purpose of Tamahide Yoshiro calling himself was. Even if the other party hasn't said anything yet, he can still guess almost exactly, because he himself knows best about the businessman. Because he is the kind of person who can't afford to do anything early without benefit, and now the other party can take a liking to him. When the company is in such a situation, it can only be the game that their company is going to develop.

This game called "Athena", in the eyes of Takado Yoshihiko, is the final salvation of the New Japan Project, a life-saving straw. It is impossible to give up. If it were before, faced with this kind of behavior that adds insult to injury, he would He would definitely reject it directly without politeness, but now, he felt that it might be a good suggestion to have a talk and see what the other party's opinion was.

He currently has conflicts with Eikichi Kawasaki on how the company will proceed, but he knows that Eikichi Kawasaki also wants to treat the New Japan project like his own children. If possible, Eikichi Kawasaki cannot watch his own. The child is bankrupt.

Therefore, after he agreed to Tamahide Yoshiro and agreed on the meeting place, he immediately called Kawasaki Eikichi.

After hearing what Yoshihiko Takado said, Eikichi Kawasaki also felt that it would be a good thing to meet with Mars Entertainment, so he agreed with Yoshihiko Takado's suggestion. However, after hanging up the phone, Eikichi Kawasaki was still a little dissatisfied.

Because after all, he is also the official president of New Japan Planning, and for such an important matter of the company, the other party only knows to call Takado Yoshihiko and does not contact him first. He is also very dissatisfied, although he always does not No matter how you care about specific things, this feeling of being looked down upon is also very uncomfortable.

If New Japan Project had not been in such a crisis before, Kawasaki Eikichi might have thought that it would not matter, but now because of New Japan Project's bankruptcy crisis, the tit-for-tat confrontation between him and Takado Yoshihiko made him realize that in the The need to establish one's own authority in the company.

If we can survive this crisis safely this time...

Kawasaki Eikichi thought so.

"Mr. Tamahide Yoshiro, I don't like the company you represent." When we just met, Takado Yoshihiko didn't want to fall into a disadvantage, so he did the opposite and directly expressed his inner thoughts.

However, Tamahide Yoshiro was not angry, he just smiled: "Dislike is not an obstacle to our conversation. Look, aren't you sitting here with me? It means there is still something to talk about between us. Go down."

Takado Yoshihiko did not deny it. After he sat down, he ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter, and then said: "I don't think I need to say anything more about the New Japan Project. Since you found me, you must know everything about it. Yes, although I have some guesses, I still hope to get a definite answer from you about what you are doing."

"There's actually nothing to hide about this issue." Tamahide Yoshiro didn't mince words when he spoke, he was just as straightforward.

"We heard about your company's situation and now have a game development project that needs to be solved. Although this is somewhat unethical, I still have to say that I got a small piece of information about this game from some other sources. After I saw the plan, I sent it to the US headquarters. Even Mr. Jester Li took it very seriously after seeing it. He asked me to come to discuss this matter with you. He had no other intention, just because of Jester. Mr. Lee, I don’t want to see such an excellent game abandoned like this.”

Tamahide Yoshiro's tone was very calm, but nothing about his mentality at this time could be heard from his words.

After hearing Tama Hideyoshiro's statement, Takado Yoshihiko frowned. He didn't quite believe the so-called Jester Lee's statement, but he did confirm Tama Hideyoshiro's interest in their new game, so , after thinking for a moment, he tentatively spoke.

"Mr. Tamahide Yoshiro, you know that we are a royalty franchise company of Nintendo. We have signed an agreement with them. If we renege on the agreement..."

Before Takado Yoshihiko could finish speaking, his words were interrupted unceremoniously by Tamahideyoshiro.

At this time, Tamahide Yoshiro withdrew the smile on his face, and he said: "Mr. Takado Yoshihiko, I know that you and Kenzo Senmoto had some conflicts before, and I have no intention of resolving them, but I still want to communicate with you at this time. Take Pukong as an example. Let me tell you about his development after leaving the Nintendo camp and joining us as an example..."...

When Tamahide Yoshiro talked about Kenzo Takamoto, Yoshihiko Takado frowned instinctively. Although he was unwilling to admit it, the reason why he and Eikichi Kawasaki established the New Japan Project was to prove to Kenzo Takamoto, He, Takatō Yoshihiko, is much stronger.

It is a pity that the development trajectories of these two companies, which are very similar in terms of research and development direction and game style, are completely different. At the beginning, there was no doubt that New Japan Project had the absolute advantage, but then As Capcom joins the Mars Entertainment camp, the gap between the two parties is getting wider and wider.

Capcom is now the leading third-party developer on the drembx platform, and its New Japan project is only one step away from bankruptcy.

After hearing Yoshihiro Tamahide talk about moving Kenzo Honmoto's Capcom for a long time, Yoshihiko Takado, who had already been a little bored, immediately said in a doubtful tone: "Do you mean that if we join you, we will leave Nintendo's rights?" If you're in the gold camp, can you get the same treatment as Capcom?"

"Haha." Tamahide Yoshiro looked at the somewhat whimsical Takado Yoshihiko with the same look as a sb, and he said in a mocking tone: "Do you think we are the founder of a charity?"

Intrigued by Tamahideyoshiro's rhetorical question, the anger in Takado Yoshihiko's eyes flashed away. He had a sullen face, holding back his anger, and asked: "Then what do you mean, Your Excellency? You want us to join your side but you only want us to join you." Give us the same harsh treatment as at Nintendo? Well, if that’s the case, I think there’s nothing left to talk about between us! Instead of this, it’s better that we continue to stay under Nintendo.”

"of course not."

Tamahide Yoshiro said calmly, "Our system is completely different from Nintendo's harsh royalties. What kind of treatment you can get depends entirely on the performance of the games you produce. If If the sales volume is high, naturally this game will enjoy the greatest discounts. If the sales volume is low, then I’m sorry, but naturally there will be no high discounts on this game.”

Yoshihiko Takado was not satisfied with Tamahide Yoshiro's answer, because the other party still did not say how they planned to cooperate with him this time, especially on the "Athena" project.

So, he asked directly.

"So, what about our Athena?"