Game Development Giant

Jester read the document in his hand very carefully, with different expressions on his face as he read.

Sometimes he frowns, sometimes he nods, sometimes he smiles.

Claudia just sat quietly opposite him, taking a sip of martini from time to time. No matter what expression Jester had on his face, the expression on her face did not change at all.

There is still that faint smile.

It took more than an hour before Jester finished reading the last page of the document. Then he breathed a sigh of relief. He first closed the folder, then raised his head, and then looked at Crowe opposite him. Dia.

Seeing Claudia's calm expression, Jester felt a little moved.

His eyes flickered for a moment, and he was about to say something, but something suddenly occurred to him. He hesitated slightly and was silent for a few seconds before he said, "The handwriting is very beautiful." This was a very unreasonable statement. , especially if you say it at this time, it is very offensive and makes those who hear it embarrassed.

Just imagine, a person asks you to read his article. After reading it, you don’t talk about the content of the article, but directly say that the words are beautiful. Then the hidden meaning is clearly visible.

But Claudia's face didn't show the slightest dissatisfaction. She still had that faint smile. After hearing Jester's words, she didn't get angry and just nodded slightly.

"I've been practicing since I was a kid."

Jester pondered and organized his words. To be honest, the plan that the other party just showed him really impressed him. The other party had a very clear positioning of himself and was very brave to take risks.

Moreover, the leadership of the future company is also in his own hands.

In this plan, in the future European branch of Fengxing Publishing Company, I will hold 75% of the shares, while the other party will hold 25%, and the other party will also inject 4 million pounds at the same time. , of course, I also have to invest in proportion, and the other party is responsible for the establishment of the company's distribution network throughout Europe, and I only need to provide the copyright of the game.

Moreover, the other party has obviously done a lot of research on the video game industry before, not only its own, but also the cases of Nintendo, Sega, and the declining Atari.

After the post-war reconstruction of Europe and its economic boom, Western Europe in particular is no less developed than the United States. In order to counter the Soviet Union's high welfare and enhance its own institutional superiority, Western Europe's welfare is so high that the United States Everyone is extremely envious.

This document strongly agrees with the model that Jester is implementing in the United States of establishing logistics centers with states as the core, building flagship stores with central cities as the core, and focusing on agent franchise stores in other regions. Of course, the other party also adopts the model based on the different conditions in Europe. Many modifications were made.

After all, the European Union has not yet been established, and not all places in Europe are suitable for promoting video games.

Therefore, the initial channel formation is only centered around the three countries of the United Kingdom, France and the Federal Republic of Germany, and then with these three countries as the core, it will radiate to the entire Europe.

These three countries actually basically represent the most developed regions in Europe.

Moreover, because those four games were already represented by Sega, Claudia put the games that the company was going to publish in the future after Sega, because in this way, she could gain free of charge the popularity that Sega had previously helped to promote.

After all, Sega is just an agent.

For the initial release of the game, Claudia’s plan chose the Pokemon pet machine that has been released in Japan but has not yet been released in the United States. This is something she is very optimistic about. She made this decision as a player of this small handheld machine. Based on her prediction, she believed that this compact electronic handheld toy will definitely sell well in Europe, just like it did in Japan. Of course, the first game will be the "Guild Wars" that she just gave away with "Game". City".

Claudia even had a proposal, which was to sell "Game" to Europe.

The document was written in great detail, and Jester read it very carefully. He agreed with most of it, especially "Game". He originally established this magazine to build it into a world-wide magazine. The authoritative gaming publication.

If he had only had the intention to cooperate with Claudia before, now, after reading this detailed document, he really wanted to cooperate with her.

"To be honest, I can't think of an excuse to veto this document."

After thinking about it for a long time, Jester finally spoke. This time he went straight to the topic instead of talking about it. "I have another question, Claudia. I heard you say before that your father has no family other than this family." In addition to shares in a restaurant, a winery and a luxury goods company, I only gave you four million pounds, and the amount of capital you invested in my cooperation this time was also four million pounds. I want to know why you invested so much in a So confident in an industry that is still unclear? I can understand it if it is an arcade machine. After all, I have proven successful in the United States, and what you want to cooperate with is not an arcade machine, but a home machine that I am not sure will be successful."

Claudia chuckled lightly, opened her red lips, and said lightly: "Mr. Li, Atari's impact destroyed the American video game market, not the European one. Can't you see Nintendo's new game console in Japan?" Are the sales booming?"

"Understood."

Jester nodded. Claudia's words reminded him that what he had thought before was a little wrong.

Indeed, Atari's impact destroyed the world's video game industry, but the problem is that in this era, only the United States can call video games an industry. As for Japan, before FC really became popular, video games were far from being an industry for them.

As for Europe? Their development in the video game industry is now far behind even Japan's.

If today's Japan is compared to the pioneering period of video games, then Europe is not even considered a barbaric period. As for the United States? Haha, this is the wasteland period after being destroyed by nuclear bombs.

For Jester, rebuilding civilization in the wasteland is a long and arduous task.

"I really want to give you an answer right now." Jester pondered for a while and said while tapping his fingers on the table. This has almost become a subconscious habit of his, whenever he makes this action time, it means that he has actually made a decision in his heart.

But Jester's words changed and he continued.

"Originally, cooperation should be arranged as soon as possible. After all, channel construction requires a lot of time, and my home console release is scheduled for the end of the year. However, setting up a huge distribution company is not a game after all. It involves thousands of people. With a huge investment of 10,000 US dollars, I still decided to go to the UK to take a look in person. The news I got from Sega is that the European versions of my four arcade games will be officially released at the end of this month. I heard that the pre-sale sales are still there. Yes, but you have sold more than 10,000 units in the UK, and I have some other things to deal with in the UK, so we can discuss it in detail in the UK at that time."

Although Jester did not refuse, the lack of immediate agreement also disappointed Claudia, but the disappointment was only fleeting. After all, judging from Jester's statement, he had already tentatively agreed.

So she could only nod, indicating that it was okay.

"Actually, don't be disappointed. I also have a card game that is under production. It is very suitable for distribution in Europe. The mathematical modeling has been completed, but the composition needs to be completed by the end of the month. Then I will bring it to the UK together. Trust me , this card game will definitely be successful." Jester, who had been observing the opponent carefully, keenly caught the fleeting look of disappointment in Claudia's eyes. He thought for a moment, and then said He said some words of comfort.

In fact, this is what Jester really thinks.

He did overlook a very important thing when building this game - this is a game that is based on the future "bang" gameplay and redesigned the historical background. The problem is that in the first version of the cards , there is no United States in terms of power. Although Europe and the United States are one family, there is still a huge risk of failure if you want to publish a card game in the United States that has no direct relationship with them.

Therefore, after Jester carefully considered it, he decided to place the launch location of this card game in a place that fits its background.

Although Britain is not the initial force, they belong to Europe after all and have a high acceptance of European history. Moreover, the first expansion force to include British forces is in line with the background and development trend of this card game. Once Britain is established After the faction pack, it was logical to release the American faction pack, which could be released in the United States at that time.

And now that the Olympic Games are about to end, my grandfather's mainland investment group is also scheduled to leave in the next few days. The charter flight has been booked, and I have to accompany it, so the time to go to the UK can only be set after returning from the mainland. It is just a rough calculation. After looking at my schedule in mainland China, I can only move my trip to the UK to the beginning of next month. However, the design of this card game was completed at that time, and the time was just right.

Jester was also very satisfied with this.

"Card game?" A look of confusion appeared on Claudia's face. She unconsciously raised her delicate eyebrows and asked in surprise, "You mean poker?" In the world The first truly modern card game was Magic: The Gathering, which appeared in the early 1990s. Nowadays, when people talk about card games, their first impression is most likely to be about playing cards.

After hearing this, Jester smiled and said: "If it's playing cards, why would I explain it in particular? In short, it's a very special card game. I designed it myself. It's very interesting." Jester didn't want to say it. Understand, he just gave a brief introduction.

With that said, Jester stood up.

This time he took the initiative to extend his hand, smiled and said to Claudia: "I am looking forward to meeting you in the UK next month, and I am also looking forward to us being able to truly become partners."

Claudia also stood up. When she heard Jester's words, the smile on her face became a little brighter. She stretched out her white palms and shook them with Jester.

"I look forward to it too."

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