Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

…

President Isao Okawa is an old man with thin hair, a kind face, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses.

Okawa Isao is 72 years old this year.

Isao Okawa suffered from severe tuberculosis in his youth. After eight years of experience in fighting the disease, he regained his life.

It is not easy to live to this age.

In his previous life, President Isao Okawa passed away in 2001, which was the same year that Sega's new president, Shoichiro, resigned and handed over the power of the president to Hideki Sato.

At the same time, after taking office, Hideki Sato announced that Sega would permanently withdraw from game console production and become a third party.

Now, history has reached a critical juncture.

This key is for Sega.

President Isao Okawa is naturally very aware of this matter. The development of the DC game console is the last battle for Sega. Failure or failure will result in failure.

…

When he first met Qing Zhiyuan, a slight surprise flashed in his eyes.

I had seen the legendary president of Pokeni once or twice on TV and in the news. He was quite young. However, when he actually met him in person, Qing Zhiyuan looked younger than he had imagined.

He doesn't look like a 34-year-old at all, more like a 24-year-old.

Moreover, this time Qing Zhiyuan was accompanied by Nakayama Hayao.

This surprised Okawa even more. The fact that Nakayama Hayao accompanied him showed that President Nakayama recognized this young man very much.

"So you want to acquire Sega?" Mr. Isao Okawa sat on the sofa, clenched his hands into fists and coughed, looking at Qing Zhiyuan with his eyes.

President Isao Okawa's physical condition is actually not very good now.

But his love for Sega has not waned at all.

"Well," Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously and pushed a prepared acquisition plan in front of him, "This is the acquisition plan we have drawn up. Please take a look at it."

Isao Okawa picked it up, looked at it carefully for a while, then turned around and asked Nakayama Hayao, "So Nakayama-san, do you also agree with POKENI's acquisition proposal?"

"Yeah." Hayao Nakayama put his hands on his knees and responded very seriously and solemnly, "If you want me to make an evaluation, instead of handing it over to Irie or Sato, Sega would be better off handing it to pokeni.

President Qing Zhiyuan’s talents are far superior to mine. "

Okawa Gong took a breath of air-conditioning. He did not expect that this young man would receive such high praise from Zhongshan. You must know that Zhongshan has a very high-minded and fiery temper, and it is difficult for anyone to catch his eye.

If Zhongshan said so, then we can only think that Qing Zhiyuan is indeed a rare talent.

If you think about it carefully, this should be the case.

So far, he has never seen a game company develop as rapidly as pokeni.

It took almost only 8 years to reach the third place in the entire game industry, and it was also the first among third-party game developers.

In other words, pokeni's games have more influence in the industry than Rentian.

This can be fully reflected from last year's game sales alone.

…

"Pokeni has the world's top technical team and technical reserves. You can rest assured about this, President Okawa." Qing Zhiyuan introduced his proposal:

“This acquisition is a win-win strategy for both pokeni and Sega.

To be honest, we own 30% of NVIDIA's shares in the United States, and NVIDIA is now the world's best 3D chip manufacturer.

After the successful acquisition of Sega, I will work with NVIDIA to develop a higher-performance game console.

Moreover, Pokemoni’s game production capabilities are also among the best in the world. Not only do we own a global IP like Pokémon, but almost every one of our games is a hit.

Relying on pokeni's own software strength, I believe that when Sega's games are released in the future, the software-to-hardware ratio will be greatly improved.

…”

Qing Zhiyuan talked about what to do after the acquisition and the expectations that can be achieved in the future.

However, the concept of the future large network platform has not been fully disclosed.

Even so, what Qing Zhiyuan said is actually convincing and attractive enough.

What Sega currently lacks most is stable and influential third-party games.

If game manufacturers like pokeni, Square Enix, and Namco can join in, they will definitely bring the game console back to life.

This is why Sega is making all-out efforts to develop the next generation of consoles.

After Qing Zhiyuan explained his thoughts, Okawa Gong was relieved.

Although it seems that Sega is going to be merged into pokeni, in his plan, what should Sega do? The console and handheld business, and the game business is not missing at all.

Not only is there no less, pokeni will even provide sufficient support, whether it is game support from P Club, technical support on hardware, as well as support in terms of financial resources and channels, it is all-round.

It is equivalent to equipping the current Sega with a pair of invisible wings.

Of course, after pokeni is integrated, it will also add a large piece of hardware research and development capabilities.

In this way, P Club has become a company that can make breakthroughs in various modules of the game.

You can't say it's a Sony, at least it's Rentiantian in its peak period and it hasn't run away.

And the software and hardware capabilities are more powerful than Rentian.

…

"Then, let me ask a few questions." Okawa Isao closed the plan book and put it on the table, then straightened his back and looked at Qing Zhiyuan.

Qing Zhiyuan also sat upright and stared seriously into Okawa Gong's eyes.

It's like two lions fighting.

"If pokeni wants to acquire Sega, you should have analyzed and understood Sega, right?"

"Yeah." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

"If that's the case, I'll say it frankly," said President Okawa. "To be honest, Sega suffered a disastrous defeat in the console war, and now it has a lot of debt."

Having said this, he glanced back at Hayao Nakayama next to him.

The latter sat upright, nodded seriously, expressed his agreement, and did not mind what President Okawa said.

"Despite this, Sega also has its own value," said Isao Okawa. "Sega's technology research and development capabilities are also among the best in the world. The next-generation console DC is also under development. If it can be produced, it will surpass Sony's. It shouldn’t be a big problem for PS to become the king of consoles in the next generation.

In the field of handheld consoles, Sega is still the number one company in terms of market share. As a Pokémon developer, you must know this better.

Plus the games Sega itself owns...

You know what I mean? "

"Understood." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.

"Then what's your estimate?"

Qing Zhiyuan responded seriously without any hesitation, "2 billion US dollars."

2 billion US dollars...

Okawa Isao sighed and looked back at Nakayama Hayao, who seemed to be wondering whether it was worth it.

After thinking for a few seconds, Okawa Isao laughed.

To be honest, 2 billion US dollars is his psychological price, and it is a very reasonable price.

However, this guy Qing Zhiyuan is too accurate, right?

However, since he was able to quote this price, it just showed that Qing Zhiyuan had conducted in-depth research on Sega, which made Okawa Fungong feel relieved.

A person who can transform pokeni from a small company into the third largest gaming company in the world and maintain the leading R\u0026D technology in the industry shows that Qing Zhiyuan has extraordinary talent and love for games.

Being able to ask Zhongshan Sang to help him speak showed that he was recognized by Zhongshan.

Being able to quote the price in one breath shows that Qing Zhiyuan knows Sega very well.

If you hand over the company to such a person, there shouldn't be much of a problem.

A person who can make P Club a success should also be able to bring Sega back to life.

"Then do you have 2 billion?" Okawa asked.

"No." Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly.

Hahaha……

President Okawa Isao was so angry that he laughed.

Good guy, are you planning to do it with nothing?

…

Qing Zhiyuan took his shamelessness to the extreme, "That's why I begged President Okawa to sell it to us at a cheaper price."

Do you think this is a vegetable market?

Okawa Gong frowned, his face not very pretty.

But this kind of thing is what we need to talk about.

Acquisitions are often a protracted tug-of-war, and it is common for things to be negotiated for a year and a half or even to fall apart.

"Then how much can you go out for?"

"1.5 billion." Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly, "This is all the funds that pokeni can currently provide."

Okawa Isao frowned again and turned around to exchange looks with Nakayama Hayao.

It can be seen that this price is obviously lower than the two people's psychological expectations, and it is much lower.

"However," Qing Zhiyuan continued, "I can acquire Sega by paying US$1.5 billion within one year first, and then paying US$100 million in five installments each year."

Um……

Okawa Isao and Nakayama Hayao looked at each other, and they didn't seem to be that unacceptable.

"What if there's a breach of contract?"

"At that time, part of the equity in pokeni games will be used to compensate."

This is actually a gambling agreement.

Generally speaking, the gambling agreement will clearly stipulate what both parties can do within the time limit, and then what compensation and exchange will be used.

Since pokeni may cause monetary breach of contract, it is more reasonable to use equity as the object of compensation.

Isao Okawa and Hayao Nakayama were thinking in their hearts whether the value of pokeni games was that high...

However, equity is negotiable.

"It seems that President Qing is very confident." Okawa Isao nodded, which was regarded as approval of Qing Zhiyuan's proposal.

But the details need to be discussed later.

…

"Then I have only a few requests left," President Okawa continued.

"Yeah." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "You say."

"First, after Sega was acquired by Pokeni, I still insist on keeping the Sega name. It has existed for decades. I don't want Sega to cease to exist after being acquired."

"Agreed." Qing Zhiyuan laughed, "Sega's own influence lies here, and we hope to continue to leverage Sega's brand value in the future."

"Second, I hope to retain Sega's existing business, consoles, handhelds, and game departments. I hope they can continue." Isao Okawa said, "Of course, this is my personal expectation, and you don't need to write it in the terms. .”

"Yeah." Qing Zhiyuan nodded and smiled, "This is exactly the reason why I want to acquire Sega. Without these departments, I really wouldn't propose this merger and acquisition plan."

"Third, no layoffs."

Okawa Isao continued, "It is not easy for these Sega members to work hard until now, so I hope that even after the merger, the original employees can continue to stay at Sega."

"Um……"

Qing Zhiyuan frowned, thought for two seconds and still nodded, "It's acceptable."

I'm not Vivendi who just bought a company to lay off employees, not to mention that we will need to use these old people from Sega in the future.

After hearing Qing Zhiyuan's words, Okawa Gong breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned back to look at Hayao Nakayama next to him, "Do you have anything else to add?"

Nakayama Hayao sighed silently, thought for two seconds, and then shook his head.

Being able to do these two things is actually enough.

…

After walking out of President Okawa's office, Qing Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief silently.

At the same time, looking at Hayao Nakayama next to him, he also had a smile on his face.

After today's preliminary intention is reached, all that's left is the details of the contract. After that, there will be many more discussions and negotiations, and then the process.

Qing Zhiyuan's top priority is to make more money.

"From now on, Sega will be left to you, Qingsang." Hayao Nakayama said to Qing Zhiyuan with a sigh, with light in his eyes.

It's not a feeling of reluctance, it's the feeling of emptiness that comes when you can entrust your beloved things to the right person and have no regrets after your wish is fulfilled.

At this moment, Nakayama Hayao suddenly felt that his historical mission had been completed.

No matter what he has done or accomplished in the gaming industry, it has all been written into history.

And he will also walk off the stage.

It's time for the curtain call.

However, what makes him most gratified is that his curtain call does not mean the curtain call of Sega. Even if it changes to a different parent company, Sega can still shine in Qing Zhiyuan's hands.

The Sega name still exists and will be passed down.

It doesn't matter whether I am the president or not.

However, Qing Zhiyuan just smiled and turned back to look at Nakayama Hayao, his eyes sparkling.

"President Zhongshan, didn't President Okawa just say, let me promise not to lay off employees."

"Um?"

"If it weren't for your physical reasons, I still hope that you will continue to be the president after the acquisition." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile.

"Huh?" Nakayama Hayao was a little confused.

"Don't you want to see with your own eyes the day when we defeat Rentendo and Sony together?"

Witness history together.

Let’s accomplish our common dreams together.

This is the answer given by Qing Zhiyuan.

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