Rebirth 86: I use games to kick open the door to the world

"Real Game, this is a very good name. Do you have a LOGO with this name? I can help here."

"Um?"

Zuo Zhen looked at Miyazaki in front of him.

He looked quite friendly, maybe because he did have good results in the game, which made Miyazaki take him more seriously?

Zuozhen didn't know Miyazaki very well, but at this time, Akira Nakamura's expression was a little ugly.

Then soon a young man came up to Nakamura Akira and whispered a few words in his ear, which made Nakamura Akira's expression change even more.

Miyazaki holds basic introductory information for three games including Fire Emblem.

This was the introduction that Akira Nakamura had just made in a hurry, in order to persuade the senior management to agree to more quotas for cassette production.

But now, the person reading this report is Miyazaki.

"Well, these three games are indeed quite good. We have just unanimously decided that all three games will receive a million cassette production quota. However, it is definitely impossible to produce them at the same time. The best way for you to play these three games is also Selling in batches, that is to say, it will take half a year to gradually release the first game to the third game. Zuo Zhen-san, what do you think of this plan?"

Zuo Zhen nodded: "I have no objection to this."

"Okay, then I will arrange for someone to sign a contract with you, and I can guarantee you that in the future, if the cartridges of these three games are almost sold out, we will restock them again to ensure that your game can get the maximum profit."

"Okay, thank you, but I also have some questions that have nothing to do with the cassette production quota."

"Well, you say."

"Starting this year, NGS seems to be increasing its royalties by another five percent? Does that mean it will take five percent of the revenue from developers?"

Some people present had condensed expressions.

Miyazaki's expression changed quickly, and he regained his friendly look: "Well, this is a business consideration of the company. In fact, you don't know that the game console is very complicated. We need to open up various links and work hard to maintain the game. market position of the machine, so some additional revenue is needed to jointly combat future losses.”

Zuo Zhen knew that these were high-sounding words.

“Does every developer have to accept this clause?”

"Of course, this is for our mutual benefit and win-win situation. Only if our NGS has a higher market position, then we can obtain the maximum profit. You don't want to increase competitors in the future, which will lead to a decrease in your game sales, right?"

Miyazaki paused, as if he was afraid that Zuo Zhen would hesitate, so he added: "This is actually a very common thing in the industry. It is normal for you to not understand it after joining the game industry for less than a year."

"What if I choose to log in to my game on another platform?"

Hearing this, Miyazaki's friendly expression also softened.

Even Nakamura Akira couldn't help but look at Zuozhen.

"Zuo Zhensang, I advise you not to have this idea. Our NGS is the most popular platform at the moment and can bring you the highest benefits. If you choose to join other platforms, you will most likely lose this opportunity to earn money." A platform with more money is a huge loss for you.”

It seems that this is completely binding myself to this tank. If I choose to log in to my game on other platforms, will I be hidden by NGS?

This is to completely monopolize game resources from the source and avoid the emergence of competitors.

But this is easy to understand.

One of the most profitable businesses in the world involves monopoly business.

NGS is now on the road to monopoly, reaping dividends, and cannot give up easily.

"Zuo Zhensang, if you are dissatisfied because of the five percent royalty, I can assure you that paying the five percent is really worth it. You should be able to see this hundred percent soon. Five times the effect.”

"What do you think?" Zuo Zhen was confused.

"You can read more game-related magazines, or some economic news."

"Sorry, I will be returning to China soon. It may be difficult for me to get news here."

"Well, this is not a problem. You can agree first, and you can know the details when you come to Japan again. If you are not satisfied then, you can directly ask me to take away the 5% of the income. .”

Miyazaki spoke very clearly.

Because he was very confident that Zuo Zhen would not care too much about this matter.

As long as he is a smart person, he will not give up the NGS platform.

This is a giant game company that accounts for 90% of the game market.

Zuo Zhen didn't say anything more.

Everyone must accept this clause. Even if they are famous with millions of sales, they cannot influence the will of NGS.

Obviously this is an absolute order from a higher level and cannot be easily changed.

Then the contract signing went relatively smoothly.

The three games will be released in March, May and July respectively.

Among them, the second part of Squirrel Wars will be released last.

That time happens to be during the children's summer vacation, so the benefits can be maximized.

At the same time, each game received a production quota of one million cartridges.

The NGS division was very tough, but this time I didn’t let it go at all.

Zuo Zhen no longer insisted on this. Anyway, there will be many opportunities to increase his voice in the future.

Now we still need to focus on establishing a solid foundation.

After signing the contract, everyone seemed very relaxed.

Especially Miyazaki, he was more friendly to Zuo Zhen, which made Nakamura Akira feel very crisis.

After the meeting, Miyazaki stopped Zuo Zhen directly and wanted to talk to Zuo Zhen alone.

Akira Nakamura wanted to say something, but soon he thought of the news he had just received from the young staff, which made him a little depressed, and he could only suppress what he wanted to say in his heart.

After everyone left, only Miyazaki and Zuozhen were left in the conference room.

"Zuo Zhen-san, are you still used to living here in Japan? I heard that China is still in the process of development, and the living environment is still worse than here."

Zuo Zhen was expressionless: "It's okay, I don't have any feelings about the living environment. It's the same everywhere."

"Then Zuo Zhen-san, you are a very adaptable person. Very powerful."

Zuo Zhen said: "Mr. Miyazaki, if you have anything you want to say, you can say it directly. I am actually in a hurry and have to return to China quickly to arrange the subsequent game development work."

Miyazaki was stunned.

Are you ready to arrange follow-up game development so soon?

He thought that Zuo Zhen would go crazy after receiving a lot of income from previous games.

"Okay, I won't go on too much. I just want to ask Zuo Zhensang, are you interested in cooperating with me?"