Game Development Giant

Carly Terry is the kind of woman who is not beautiful, but has a lot of temperament. Even if she stands motionless, she can always attract people's attention like a sword out of her body.

When Jester drove his Ford Mustang to Los Angeles in the dust, he saw Carly, who had been waiting for him for a long time. She had light makeup on her face and a dark purple evening dress, a simple matching Wearing some simple and elegant accessories.

Jester suddenly discovered that the CEO of his publishing company was not only a strong woman, but also a very charming woman.

She doesn't have the pretentiousness of those little girls. The first thing she said when she saw Jester was not, "Am I beautiful today?", but: "Why did you come so late? You made me wait for more than an hour in vain!"

Carly complained angrily.

Jester could only say haha. This was not intentional on his part, but because there was a traffic jam on the road.

Looking at the time, it was almost seven o'clock. The banquet started at seven-thirty. There was not much time. Fortunately, the distance was not far. Jester greeted Carly to get in the car, and then stepped on the accelerator. The high-horsepower Ford The wild horse roared and roared away.

"I didn't expect you to drive such a bad car. I might as well drive myself!" Sitting in the car, Carly continued to ridicule Jester.

"I just like this kind of muscle car." Jester curled his lips indifferently. In his eyes, those flashy sports cars are like moving coffins. If you are not careful, the car will be destroyed and people will be killed. How can they be so heavy? The muscle car is reassuring.

The Bowery Hotel in Los Angeles, USA, has been later rated as one of the ten most luxurious hotels in the world. The level of luxury is unquestionable. His presidential suite is equipped with a twelve-acre garden. This dinner was also held in the garden. .

Hayao Nakayama has a very important position in the Japanese business community. Before acquiring Sega, he was the president of Esko Trading Agency and the founder of Zhongshan Caviar Group. The Japanese business people invited this time will not be able to escape unless they really can. , most of them gave him face.

Jester took Carly, showed his invitation to the receptionist, and entered the venue.

The garden has been decorated extremely luxuriously, and the surroundings are brightly lit, as bright as day.

Exquisitely dressed waiters shuttled among them from time to time, providing food and drinks to the distinguished guests attending the dinner.

Jester drove all the way and felt a little hungry. He took out a stack of fragrant meat rolls that had been cooked from the food plates around him and took a bite. They were already sliced ​​as thin as paper. The meat rolls made from slices of meat almost melted in his mouth, and a rich meaty aroma immediately filled his mouth, making him move his index fingers.

"The food in top hotels is also top-notch." Jester hurriedly finished the pile of meat rolls in his hand that were made of unknown materials and cooked using different techniques, and then picked up another plate with unfulfilled interest.

Carly looked at Jester with a darkened face. She looked at Jester incomprehensibly. Did he really not know what this kind of dinner was for?

After finishing a few more plates, Jester, who was not so hungry, also noticed something strange about Carly. He smiled and said: "I know this kind of dinner party is mainly about communication, but look at these people, they are not what The directors of a large group are the American heads of multinational companies. How can a small company like ours be noticed by them? Instead of actively trying to please these people and being looked down upon, it is better to just spend time. And even if I can participate in this This banquet is just because President Hayao Nakayama wants to sign a contract with Sega, and I think this contract may not be as simple as just a copy of "American Cube"."

The game distribution rights of Mars Entertainment have been handed over to Jester Holdings. When Fengxing Publishing Company was established, Jester also authorized the game distribution rights of Mars Entertainment to Fengxing Publishing Company, so this time it signed a contract with Sega. It was Fengxing Publishing, not Mars Entertainment, and as the CEO of Fengxing Publishing, Carly was also very clear about the process of this transaction.

"You mean they still want to get the license for the three games of "Bejeweled"?" Carly said thoughtfully.

"It should be that Sega is really having a hard time right now. Their new arcade game may not be officially released until next year - at least the end of this year. If they want to survive this difficult time, a "American Cube" is for them. It's not enough, and our three new games are good enough. If the price is right, I think Sega will still win them." Jester said his analysis with a smile.

While Jester was talking to Carly, the protagonist of tonight's dinner, Hayao Nakayama, finally arrived surrounded by everyone.

He was a middle-aged man who was not tall, wore a pair of glasses, and was somewhat elegant. He stood at the front and said something to everyone. He spoke in Japanese, which Jester couldn't quite understand, but he You can still feel a decisive feeling from the other party's tone, as if it were a clash of gold and iron.

Of course, this may be due to psychological reasons. Jester knew that this was an old man called Contra.

Contra is a transliteration of Sanskrit, and it means a person with the strongest fighting spirit, and Nakayama Hayao is such a person.

He led Sega to fight against Nintendo for half his life, fighting repeatedly and never giving up. This can be said to be a true portrayal of this spirit. In the last three years of his tenure, Sega finally surpassed Nintendo in terms of market share, although it was later replaced by Nintendo. Sony and Microsoft were defeated and completely withdrew from the home game console industry, but by that time he had retired due to physical reasons, which could be regarded as a commendatory consolation for his significant contribution to the entire video game industry.

After he finished speaking, some Japanese people applauded, and then he simply said a few words of thanks in English, allowing everyone to enjoy the dinner.

Jester was a little bored. He was really not very interested in this kind of banquet, although there were many beauties and stars in it.

In his opinion, it would be much more interesting to continue playing "Thunder and Lightning" in his own office.

After a while.

What Jester didn't expect was that Hayao Nakayama, the head of Sega, walked straight towards him, stopped in front of him, and he took the initiative to extend his hand.

"Nakayama Hayao."

Nakayama Hayao stood in front of Jester and introduced himself. Next to him were the accompanying personnel. Jester did not see Yu Suzuki. Maybe it was because he did not come to Japan with him this time.

Jester quickly reached out his hand and shook it with the old man.

Up close, Nakayama Hayao is still a very kind person.

Jester thought so.

"I received it if you asked Suzuki-kun to take care of it. I'm in good health." Seeing that Jester seemed a little nervous, Hayao Nakayama teased him with some humor. Then he looked at Jester with a very admiring expression. He said in a tone of voice, "I deeply admire Mr. Li's talent in game development."

Jester also smiled sheepishly and said modestly: "Mr. Zhongshan, thank you for the award."

Unexpectedly, Nakayama Hayao shook his head directly, and his tone became decisive: "I, Nakayama Hayao, never say compliments, and Mr. Li does not need to be modest. Sometimes, modesty is not a virtue."

After finishing speaking, Nakayama Hayao bowed slightly and said apologetically: "I still have some trivial matters to deal with. Mr. Li, please enjoy it."

After that, Nakayama Hayao walked towards the other side surrounded by everyone.

Seeing Hayao Nakayama being so polite to a young man who seemed to have no background, Jester also attracted the attention of some people.

Not everyone knows who Jester is. Apparently many people here have also heard the recent news about Mars Entertainment, which has been in the spotlight recently, and that one of their games sold a sales volume of 100 million US dollars.

Those who knew whispered a few words to those who didn't know, and they were passed on to others. In a short time, Jester's identity became known to everyone.

These people are only slightly curious about Jester, but it is just a curiosity. It is impossible for them to take the initiative to hand over their identities to Jester, and Jester is not qualified.

He is just a declining lucky guy who has had bad luck in the game industry.

Nothing worth paying attention to.

This is the view of these people, and Jester didn't care about it. He even thought in a wicked way, if you dismiss me today, I will make it impossible for you to reach high in the future.

But it's not absolute, there are exceptions.

"Hello, Mr. Li." A middle-aged man of short stature, even a little short, came to Jester. He had a square face, black hair, yellow race, and his English was not Japanese-like. In a retroflex tone, "My wife, Lee Kun-hee, is the third son of Chairman Lee Byung-cheol of Samsung Corporation of South Korea."

"oh."

Jester just agreed calmly. He had seen enough famous people in this world, and had enough surprises. He had even seen such mythical figures as Sandy Weir, let alone A future Samsung chairman who is not yet in power.

Although this person will personally build Samsung into a huge empire in the future, he is just like himself now, and in the eyes of the big shots at this banquet, he is just a nobody worth mentioning.

However, Jester still asked doubtfully: "Do we know Mr. Li?"

Li Jianxi smiled awkwardly and quickly explained: "Mr. Li, I just heard that your company is going into the game console business. I think we can have some cooperation."

This made Jester feel strange. Even in 2014, Samsung at that time claimed to use electricity to do something, but it didn't make game consoles, and there was no mention of Samsung making game consoles in his memory. Or the rumors about making games? Could it be that the wings of a butterfly have such a big impact that Samsung has to make something they haven't touched in more than 30 years?

"Does Samsung also make game consoles?" Jester's tone became extremely surprised.

"No, no, Mr. Li misunderstood." Li Jianxi shook his head quickly after hearing Jester's words and explained, "We don't make game consoles, but we do make the things needed to make game consoles and game cartridges."

"Oh?" Jester's expression changed, as if he had thought of something.

Then Li Jianxi looked around and found that no one was paying attention to them, especially the heads of several Japanese companies. He stayed for a while, and then deliberately lowered his voice and said: "For example, memory chips are better than the Japanese." Much cheaper memory chips."

I saw some changing expressions on Jester's face.

Li Jianxi continued categorically: "The quality of our products is definitely no worse than that of the Japanese!"

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