My 1999

"Xu Sang, nice to meet you."

"We very much welcome Mr. Kawasaki to visit our Hongmeng company."

After shaking hands, the two parties sat down on the sofa in the living room.

After Miyoko Kagami served tea to both parties, Xu Liang said directly.

"Mr. Kawasaki is here to visit. What can I do for you?"

Kawasaki Eikichi smiled and said: "I wonder how much Mr. Xu knows about our SNK?"

"I don't know much about SNK itself, but the "King of Fighters" series, "Hungry Wolf" series, "Samurai Shodown" series, and "Metal Slug" series developed by your company are all games that I have played since I was a child, and I have a deep memory of them. ,very exciting."

"Haha, SNK's games, especially fighting games, have always been the best in the world." Kawasaki Eikichi said proudly.

Xu Liang recognized this.

When it comes to fighting games, he only recognizes two.

"Street Fighter" and "King of Fighters".

The former belongs to another Japanese gaming giant, Capcom, while the latter is SNK.

Kawasaki Eikichi changed the topic.

"Due to my personal reasons, SNK has lost a lot of money investing in game peripherals over the years, so we plan to introduce strategic investors and continue to develop the King of Fighters series. I wonder if Mr. Xu is interested?"

Of course Xu Liang is interested, but no matter how great his interest is, it can't offset SNK's 28 billion yen loss.

"SNK's games are excellent, but our Hongmeng company has limited capabilities, so it may be difficult to meet Mr. Kawasaki's requirements."

"Mr. Xu, don't refuse. Although SNK's debts are high, they are long-term liabilities, and the interest rates are not high. As long as the company's games can continue to make profits, it can continue to repay its debts and restore the company's revenue to balance.

Moreover, Mr. Xu does not need to invest too much money. He can acquire the entire SNK with only 3 billion yen. "

3 billion yen is equivalent to 150 million Chinese coins. Although this number is a lot for the current Hongmeng company, it is not impossible to come up with.

Xu Liang couldn't help but feel a little moved.

SNK’s IP is too attractive.

As long as it is developed well, just one Chinese market can make him a lot of money.

More than ten years later, a popular Contra mobile game can generate more than 700,000 US dollars in weekly revenue.

In terms of classics, The King of Fighters is no less impressive than Contra.

And SNK’s classic IP is not just “The King of Fighters”.

Seeing that he was a little moved, Kawasaki Eikichi quickly took out a document from his briefcase and handed it over.

"Xu Sang, this is our SNK's financial statement, please take a look at it."

Obviously this was prepared.

Xu Liang took it and took a look.

There are a total of 16 loans on SNK's account. The short-term borrowings within one year are only 4 billion yen. The others are one-year, three-year and five-year. The interest rate is indeed not high, only 6.4% per year.

This interest rate is indeed not high for commercial loans.

In addition to its debts, SNK also has substantial assets.

Not to mention the game copyrights, there are also two branches in the United States, and seven branches including Xiangjiang, Wanwan, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

As well as a mature game peripheral development team, including comics, animation, figures, etc.

There is also a hardware development team for home game consoles.

Three SNK amusement parks.

A chain of coffee shops that currently has fifteen branches throughout Japan.

SNK's financial statements show that their monthly operating expenses are as high as 160 million yen.

In terms of income, including game sales share, income from theme parks and cafes, income from peripheral posters, figures, etc., totaling approximately 180 million yen.

Barely covering expenses.

But this surplus is simply not enough to repay the loan interest.

Not to mention repaying the due loans.

And he doubted the authenticity of this financial statement.

The above does not reflect SNK's cash and cash equivalents.

"How do you feel Xu Sang?"

Looking at the short, thin, smiling, harmless middle-aged man in front of him, Xu Liang thought for a moment.

"I do have some interest. But acquiring SNK is not a trivial matter. We must have a meeting to discuss it first."

"Of course. I'm waiting for good news from Xu Sang, and sincerely invite Xu Sang to come to our SNK for an on-site inspection."

"Okay, I will definitely visit you when I have time."

Kawasaki Eikichi stood up and bowed.

"Then I'll take my leave first."

"Kaga, give me a gift for Mr. Kawasaki."

Miyoko Kagami responded, "Mr. Kawasaki, please go this way."

Kawasaki Eikichi smiled and nodded, and left the office under the guidance of Kagami Miyoko.

Seeing his back disappear, the smile on Xu Liang's face calmed down.

"President, do we really want to acquire SNK?" Hideo Fukunaga asked.

"What do you think?"

"I don't think it's worth it. The debt of 28 billion yen is too high. Moreover, the audience for fighting games is not as large as it was in the 1980s and 1990s. Instead, RPG games are more popular.

If we make the acquisition and rely solely on SNK, there will be no problem in recovering the investment, but it is unknown whether we can repay the huge sum of 28 billion yen. "Hideo Fukunaga said.

"I'm more optimistic than you. SNK's game copyrights are very classic and have a large audience in China. As long as they operate well, they can recover their costs and repay their loans."

Only he, a reborn person, knows how big China's game market will be in the future and how fast it will develop.

Nearly 300 billion Chinese coins.

You can earn a lot of money by eating just a little bit.

Moreover, SNK has a lot of assets. If it sells its theme parks and cafes, it will not only save expenses, but also pay off part of its debts.

Therefore, the pressure is not as great as imagined.

Compared with debt, Xu Liang is more concerned about whether SNK, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, can regain its vitality and develop excellent games?

Moreover, can SNK be acquired with 3 billion yen?

"President, if you really plan to acquire SNK, you will have to raise money from now on. 3 billion yen is not a small amount."

Xu Liang nodded.

The key to why he wanted to get involved in SNK was that he had money.

SoftBank invested US$3.5 million, plus a 10% stake in Yahoo Japan.

The latter is a listed company and can be used for mortgage loans.

Moreover, after swallowing the Excite portal, its market share exceeded 60%, causing Yahoo Japan's market value to rise against the trend and has exceeded 200 million US dollars.

Even if the loan can only be half of the market value, it is still US$10 million.

US$13.5 million is 2.16 billion yen.

A little more from the head office and South Korea is almost enough.

"You should immediately find a business investigation company to investigate SNK's true operating conditions."

Fukunaga Hideo nodded.

"By the way, has Bing's traffic changed recently?"

Hideo Fukunaga showed a hint of excitement on his face.

"Earth-shaking changes."

"oh?"

"The traffic of Yahoo! Japan is so huge that it has tripled our daily visits. We now have 8,000 daily visits every day. If we continue like this, we will exceed 100 million next year."

Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction.

"It's indeed very satisfying, but this part of the traffic is still virtual. It was brought to us by Yahoo, not owned by us. So we must take advantage of this period to actively develop.

Slowly solidify these people in our Bing search. "

"clear."

"How is the gaming business going?"

"Currently, there are 670,000 registered users, and about 50,000 are online at the same time. More than half of them are users of "Millennium", and "Red Moon" is only about 15,000. The current revenue is 12 million yen."

The Japanese distribution rights of "Legend: Overlord War" have been sold to SNK. The contract was signed for three years and has not yet expired.

"Nintendo's publishing capabilities are indeed good." Xu Liang said.

"Where's Hongmeng Music? Aihui Music hasn't responded yet?"

"Their asking price is very high and they are currently negotiating."

"How high?"

"It's divided into seven and three, three for us and seven for them."

"Impossible, at most five to five, otherwise we would rather not cooperate."

Although they don't have to worry about music sources when building a music website, they still have to pay traffic fees. Hardware such as large and small servers, switches, and gateways are also a large investment.

"That's what I said, so we're still at a stalemate. However, there are many independent musicians and small companies in Japan. We are currently in contact. Their conditions are not as harsh as Ai Hui's, and they are relatively more receptive to our tiered sharing agreement. .”

Xu Liang nodded.

Hongmeng Music's songs are divided according to the number of downloads. The higher the number of downloads, the greater the share, up to 50-50.

For songs with low download volume, Hongmeng is 91.

Hongmeng 9, singer 1.

“How much does it cost to download a song?”

"Hot songs, 99 yen; regular songs, 59 yen."

99 yen is equivalent to 5 Chinese coins. Based on Japan's per capita income, this price is not too expensive.

Xu Liang didn't ask about the revenue. The company had just started operating, so it was probably not much.

Dong Dong….

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Miyoko Kagami opened the door and walked in.

"President, President, Miss Futian is here again."

"Where is the person?"

Xu Liang said helplessly.

"Just in the reception room."

"Let her in."

Miyoko Kagami nodded and walked out.

Hideo Fukunaga smiled and said, "President, I will leave first."

"Yeah. The company just needs to worry about it."

"This is what I should do."

When he reached the door, Fukunaga Hideo suddenly stopped and half turned around.

"President, Miss Futian is very good and a good match for the president. If you two can combine, it will be a great help to the president himself and his career in Japan."

After saying that, he leaned slightly behind him, opened the door and walked out.

Xu Liang sighed slightly. From ancient times to the present, marriage has been the best way to quickly increase one's strength.

but.

"I want to embrace the entire forest."