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And Jester has long considered Americans' love for competitive games. Although football is not the number one sport for Americans, Jester's copycat version of Nintendo's "Football" has performed well after its release in the United States. Still very good.

The total sales volume is more than 1.5 million units, and Nintendo's "Football" also sold 4.5 million units in the United States.

Moreover, the gameplay of competitive games is basically fixed, and it is difficult to make great breakthroughs in a short period of time. Therefore, the foundation of this type of game is the most critical. This is why many game companies often invest in the development of shooting games and RPG games. , but there are few reasons why a new series of competitive games are launched.

Because the gameplay of competitive games has been established before competitive games were born. No matter how you change it, it will just be those gameplays, and there will be no new ideas at all. Therefore, you can only do it on the screen, graphics and even the engine. breakthrough.

Although this is simple, the problem is that since what we have made is no breakthrough compared to those old series, why would those who are used to playing the old series want to play the new series?

If you want to do this type of game, you have to do it as early as possible.

Book % Bar said 3.nsb.m At this time, ea has not obtained the authorization from FIFA. I just took this opportunity to get the right to name FIFA from FIFA. Although it is not a big problem, it is not a big problem. , but thinking that later the FIFA series could surpass the pes series and push the pes series to the ground with old punches, FIFA has played a strong role in it.

It's better to have this thing in your own hands.

However, Jester is not interested in making this kind of game himself. He has no idea of ​​making large-scale games now. He just wants to make some more special games. For example, the otaku game he made before, and now he remembered a game that was closely related to football, but it couldn't be said to be a sports game.

This is a very niche football simulation game called "Football Manager".

However, Jester also knew that it was still very difficult to make such a game, because the reason why SI was able to make this game later was because they had a free scouting system all over the world to provide them with intelligence. It also makes games of the same type almost unable to compare with it.

It is worth mentioning that when IS was acquired by Sega twenty years later, it was a game company owned by Sega. Or whether it was Jester funded by Sega is unknown. Many people thought that Sega withdrew from the game market after the disastrous failure of the PS2 era. In fact, this was not the case. They just stopped making home consoles. They continue to produce games and arcade machines.

For example, the famous "Yakuza" series.

The meeting with Ferguson was very short. After all, he was the head coach of the team. There was a tough battle to be played in two days. As a head coach, he had many things to consider. Claudia was also responsible for the negotiations with Edwards on the acquisition of Manchester United, and Jester was only responsible for paying.

Edwards had a good relationship with Claudia's father, both of whom were old aristocrats. And he likes Manchester United very much, but now Manchester United's results also make him sad. The team's attack on him is not much less than that on Fergie. It's not that he has lost interest in Manchester United, but if someone Yu Hao If it were to be acquired, he would not refuse to agree to it.

Because the Premier League has not yet been established at this time, the current top league in England is still called English League One. Maybe people who don’t know the situation just think that this is just a name? In fact, the biggest change from the English League One to the Premier League is the change in many names, but the change in the business operation model. This is too complicated, so I won’t joke about it.

You only need to know that before the Premier League was established for commercial promotion, the commercial value of the English League, which was banned by UEFA for five years, was basically worth mentioning. Twenty years later, even the relegated Premier League teams can He received a TV broadcast share of 20 to 30 million pounds, but in this era, even if he bought Liverpool, he probably wouldn't have spent 50 million pounds.

In this era, the vast majority of team owners do not expect to make much profit from the team, especially Manchester United, which has a glorious history, but its current results are similar to Xiang's. It’s really difficult to keep your investment and still make money from it.

But if you don’t want to make money, you won’t. I can only say that it’s okay to make some drinking money.

Moreover, in addition to the troubled times of the team recently, other industries he operates have also encountered quite a crisis and urgently need a sum of funds to turn around. The amount of money is large, and loans alone are not enough. , therefore, selling Manchester United became his best choice.

What's more, he still has this relationship with Claudia.

Claudia didn't tell Edwards that the person she wanted to acquire was Jester. She just said that she was very interested in Manchester United. She knew that it was impossible for a veteran aristocrat like Edwards to continue to be very traditional. England team, sold to an American.

It's not that Edwards doesn't agree, it's that he doesn't want the stigma.

If he dared to do this, then what awaited him would be to be scolded by the fans. There would be no second ending.

Therefore, he only needs to know, and he only wants to know, that it is Claudia who will buy Manchester United. As for whether there is anyone behind Claudia, or who he is, he is too lazy to know, but he is sure that , the purchase of Manchester United this time was definitely not initiated by Claudia, whom he had known since childhood.

Because the simplest thing is that Manchester United's price is not cheap. Although its current performance is not good, such a large investment is a good choice in other places, but investing in a football team is not It's a good choice, because the profits that football can earn investors are too meager.

Second, as far as he knew, Claudia was not a Manchester United fan.

In the end, although it was Claudia who came forward to talk to him about this matter, the subject of the acquisition was indeed a company that had just been established, the information was confidential, and had not been announced to the outside world. Claudia was just a partner of this company, of course. , Edwards is not a fool. Although Claudia did not tell him clearly, he can guess who is interested in acquiring Manchester United.

After all, the person behind Claudia had told him more than once that he was a Manchester United fan.

Acquiring a football club is not something that can be done with just a few words. The various negotiations involved are also quite complicated. Jester has no experience in this area, and few American lawyers have this kind of British-style negotiation. He had experience in club acquisitions, so he handed over all matters related to the acquisition of Manchester United to Claudia and returned to the United States first.

As for when the negotiation can be completed, according to Edwards, the team is now in a critical period, and his plan to sell the team must not be leaked, so specific negotiations need to be held near the end of the season. Just proceed.

Otherwise, according to Manchester United's current ranking in English League One, once his intention to sell the team is exposed, Manchester United will completely collapse in the remaining half of the season and may eventually be relegated.

As for Ferguson's fate?

Edwards is still a little hesitant. He knows that Ferguson is an extremely good coach. If he does not sell Manchester United, then he will definitely continue to give Ferguson opportunities, but now... After thinking for a long time, Edwards was talking to Crowe In Dia's last meeting before the formal negotiations, he still said that please retain Ferguson's coaching position and give him at least two more seasons to prove his suggestion.

In fact, Edwards expressed his feelings slightly. He himself did not think that the other party could agree. After all, the other party did not know Ferguson very well and knew his abilities like him. What he needed now was time to knead the entire team into one. Riot, he has been doing this for two years and is close to success. If he is fired, all his efforts will be wasted.

But the people who came to buy Manchester United didn't know this. What they saw was that under the leadership of Ferguson, Manchester United's current performance was extremely poor.

But what surprised Edwards was that after he made this suggestion, Claudia agreed decisively, without any hesitation, and Claudia did not hide it, neither she nor the people behind her. I have no objections to Ferguson continuing to take charge of Manchester United.

Of course, Jester cannot have any objection to the greatest coach in Manchester United's history leading Manchester United, because he still hopes to become the greatest president in Manchester United's history.

What surprised Jester was that on the second day after he returned to the United States, an applicant he had never expected came to his door. When he received a call from the company's front desk, saying that there was a seventeen-year-old When the eight-year-old young man applied for a job as a game designer and insisted on meeting him, he was a little unhappy.

After all, the person he is now is not someone who can see him if he wants to. However, after the person at the front desk said the young man's name, Jester immediately showed a strange look on his face. He did not expect that he This young man who had not been in contact for a long time actually agreed to the agreement they made when they first met.

I came to him to apply for a job.