Rebirth of America, this is my time

"What the fuck?"

"Sega and Paramount did not reach a cooperation agreement, and Atari and Milowa joined the agency war at the same time. They are both eager to win the North American distribution rights of "Godzilla"?"

When Steve Ballmer, a bald man, pushed the latest "Los Angeles Times" in front of Ethan, he was really stunned by the bizarre world depicted in black and white.

Because everything happening now is different from what he expected before!

After listening to Julis' report, Ethan always felt that Sega and Paramount would naturally form an alliance, and then the howl of "Godzilla" would appear on the North American continent.

Because this kind of cooperation is in the best interest of both parties——

First, this cooperation will prevent Paramount’s long-standing patents from going to waste;

Even though Paramount didn't pay much when acquiring the patent, using limited resources in exchange for unlimited benefits is what a capitalist should do.

Secondly, the release time and release space of the video game "Godzilla" in North America are very limited; when George Lucas has set the schedule for "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" on May 2 this year, On the 11th, from that day on, the North American video game market environment was cruel.

As long as businesses have some brains, it will be impossible to compete head-on with George Lucas, let alone compete for the market with Ethan Jones, who released games at the same time.

Even if there is a Christmas period in the second half of the year, it will not attract real attention from merchants, because no one knows how long the sequel of "Star Wars" will be popular in the bright future, and the Destiny game has not yet been released this year. To release an original new work, setting the release target at the end of the year is a fool's errand.

Therefore, if Sega wants to plunder the North American continent with "Godzilla", they will have to release the game before May. But now, it is already March, and they only have half a month at most to prepare. When 'stable and fast' is Sega's only choice, cooperation with one's good brothers is the best way to solve the problem.

But now, these half-brothers are falling out?

This is a bit funny!

"Boss, the reason for this situation is very simple..."

Steve Ballmer laid out the specifics of the matter.

After Ethan learned that Sega and Paramount actually intended to annex each other, he understood why the whole thing would not go as written in the script.

He knew better that the Miffydi Alliance might have been in internal strife.

"Oh my god! Are these people so inexperienced?"

"They fell down before I even exerted any force?"

Although there was confusion on Ethan's face, his brows were filled with joy.

Because the collapse of the enemy camp is a good thing for him.

While he closed the newspaper and expressed his knowledge, Steve Ballmer, the bald man, spoke again: "Boss, although this matter has developed so far that it is considered good news, we can still participate in it and let They feel even more uncomfortable..."

This suggestion made Ethan Jones raise his eyebrows.

He knows what Steve Ballmer means.

When the Miffydi Alliance fought over conflicts of interest, all they had to do was step in, quote a price to Sega, and act like they were competing for distribution, which would make their enemies even more uncomfortable.

Because they had already fallen out, the appearance of any foreign enemy could not bring the broken alliance back together again. They could only bite the bullet and hold on until the farce ended.

But this disgusting thing...

Ethan was interested, but he couldn't do it.

"Steve, before you came to Destiny Games, Sega took the initiative to approach me and wanted to obtain the global agency rights for the two games "Snake" and "Pac-Man"."

"I didn't choose them at that time, but reached a cooperation with Nintendo. Therefore, even if we make an offer now, Sega will not pay attention to us."

"Ah? Is there such a thing? That's really a pity."

Steve Ballmer looks regretful.

"I originally wanted Philips to feel more pain."

"But without us being able to intervene, that's the most they can do."

Even an honest person will like to cause trouble after staying around Ethan Jones for a long time.

Not to mention, Steve Ballmer just has a kind face.

And his sighing look made Ethan roll up the newspaper in his hand, knocked on the table, and said: "Oh Steve, do you think the most they can do is make trouble like this?"

"Then you really underestimate them."

"This is a business worth tens of millions, and they can't give up so easily."

"So, just wait and see."

"They will definitely continue to fight."

Steve Ballmer was stunned for a moment by Ethan's words.

Then, as if he suddenly understood, he pretended to give a thumbs up.

"Oh boss, why didn't I think of this situation?"

"You are really amazing."

The insincere compliment made Ethan roll his eyes and waved his hand, signaling this guy to get out of here.

As the big bald man left with a chuckle, the headquarters of Warner Communications was also gloomy at the moment.

Steve Ross stared at the fax in his hand with burning eyes, because it said that Sega was very happy with Atari's attention, but at the same time they could not accept Atari's offer.

If that were all, then Steve Ross wouldn't matter at all.

But while expressing regret, Sega also wrote in a very disgusting way——

‘As of the date of sending the letter, three companies have shown strong interest in our games, and the leading company in the entire transaction is Mi Luohua, a subsidiary of Philips North America. "

"Mi Luohua has shown us their sincerity, so if your company wants to obtain the North American license for "Godzilla", please modify your offer.'

‘We will respond within one working day of receiving a new quote. ’

When the name Philips appeared far ahead on the cooperation list, Steve Ross felt an unknown fire burning in his chest.

Because a few days ago, when Cornelis called to complain, he had already been moved emotionally and comforted this guy in a reasonable manner! When he had already offered up the overseas distribution rights of Warner Records to help this guy keep his position in the company, this guy actually dared to jump out and make an offer to Sega at this moment?

This, this, this...

This is simply not taking his teachings to heart!

And just when his eyes were blazing, and he felt that Cornelis was a traitor and that even a trash worker dared to disobey his will, the subordinate who came to report also moved his lips slightly.

He said carefully:

"Boss, after getting Sega's reply, we have already launched an investigation into Philips, and then we found that their chairman's behavior in the past few days has been very abnormal."

"?" These words made Steve Ross look up suddenly.

The terrifying gaze is like a sharp sword, as if it can pierce through people.

The terrifying look in his eyes made the subordinate swallow a gulp of saliva.

While praying to God, eager for the protection of the other party, he slightly touched his lips and said: "According to the information we received, a few days ago, Disney President Ron Miller met with Philips CEO Cone at Disney World in Orlando. Lis van der Krugt met..."

"MFxxk!"

"Ron Miller!!"

"You beast!!!"

The sudden news made Steve Ross stand up instantly!

Although his subordinates did not report anything else, it is no longer important!

Because the meeting between Ron Miller and Cornelis can prove everything!

More importantly, the meeting between these two guys took place on Walt Disney's territory. That is to say, if nothing else, it was Cornelis who took the initiative to date Ron Miller!

This is the most unbearable thing about Steve Ross!

Because that means Ron Miller is poaching him!

Stealing his man!

If Philips, like Disney, is the kind of company that can be united and used up and discarded at the same time, then Steve Ross would not care at all about the union of two frustrated people.

But when Philips still has great use, and they can snipe Ethan Jones from multiple dimensions such as CDs, home consoles, music, etc., Ron Miller's poaching will kill him!

This would ruin his plans!

It will make the already fragile alliance fall apart even more!

When Steve Ross thought that the high platform he had carefully built might collapse due to Ron Miller's shovel, Steve Ross wanted to suffocate this beast to the ground with a hammer!

But at the same time, he also understood that this was not the time to get angry.

He had to figure out where Cornelis and Ron Miller had progressed.

And want to know about this kind of thing...

Steve Ross took a few sharp breaths, picked up the receiver of his landline phone, and pressed Cornelis' number. After a busy signal, he took the initiative and said, "Cone? I'm Steve Ross."

"I want to know why you, Philips-named Mirowa, made an offer to Sega?"

"Didn't I tell you before that now is not the best time to get a Godzilla?"

The straightforward question made Cornelis, who was leaning on the boss's chair, curl up his lips.

Even though they didn't meet face to face, Cornelis could still see the eagerness and madness on Steve Ross' ugly face across space.

This situation made him very comfortable.

Although he can say that he only asked Milova to go to Los Angeles and kick the ball to Steve Ross after seeing Atari's offer, but...

This behavior did not relieve him.

So, he pretended to be dumb and said: "Steve, what did you say? We, Mi Luohua, made an offer to Sega? When did this happen? Why didn't I know?"

The unhesitating question coupled with the surprised innocence made Steve Ross clenched his fists.

At this moment he wanted to roar! I want to expose Cornelis’ lies!

But he didn't have the courage to fall out!

He waved his fist irritably, then forced a smile and said, "Really?"

"Then I think you need to contact Milohua."

"They may have escaped your management and are doing some very dangerous things..."

Steve Ross wanted to emphasize his dissatisfaction in a 'hint' way.

But before he could finish speaking, Cornelis interrupted: "Oh Steve, my secretary suddenly told me that there is some urgent work that I need to handle, so I'll hang up the phone first."

"I'll call you back as soon as I'm done, sorry."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beeping busy tone came from the landline receiver.

This situation left Steve Ross stunned on the spot.

The next second, his eyes were splitting -

"Fxxk! Fxxk!! Fxxk!!!"

"Cornelis! You bastard!!!"

"Ron Miller! You have to die!!!"

He cursed loudly.

Just when Steve Ross expressed his pain, Cornelis couldn't wait to contact Ron Miller. When Walt Disney's son-in-law heard the description of the Philips CEO, he immediately became happy. Laughing, "Oh - Cone! You hung up on Steve Ross?"

"Oh my God! This is so cool!"

"To be honest, I really, really like what you did, because this is what I want to do, but at the same time, I also want to say that you are a little impulsive."

"Oh! Ron! Sanity and happiness can never coexist! Can't they?"

Cornelis knew what Ron Miller meant, but he didn't care.

"I know what you mean. Now I should continue to communicate with Steve Ross with a hypocritical attitude, but at the same time, this hypocrisy will also make him teach me like a dog!"

"I don't like that feeling! It can even be said to be disgusting!"

"Before, he used a condescending tone to communicate with me, and I couldn't refute it. That was because he had a large number of connections and various resources in his hands. But when he shamelessly wanted to seize my interests, he Why should I face him with a pious tone?"

"and……"

"Even if I hang up on him, he has to endure it, right?"

"As you said, we at Philips are not the same as you at Disney."

"Now Steve Ross doesn't dare to abandon Philips!"

"He doesn't even dare to force me away!"

"Because he doesn't know if my successor will still join the Alliance!"

The domineering words made Ron Miller laugh loudly.

Cornelis's awakening made him very happy.

"Then what are you going to do next?"

After laughing, he asked again.

"I want to take down Godzilla."

Cornelis replied bluntly.

"But I want it too."

Ron Miller didn't hide it, he directly expressed his true thoughts.

"Kone, I've actually prepared a quote, and I'm just about to send it to Sega."

Although Ron Miller's actions were not in line with league rules, Cornelis didn't care.

We are all adults, and everyone knows that real interests cannot be shared with allies.

So, when the two found out that it would be beneficial to both parties to win the agency rights for Sega games...

"Then let's compete." Cornelis said with a smile.

"Okay." Ron Miller admired Cornelis's aboveboardness.

As a consensus was reached, Sega also received an offer from Disney that afternoon.

When Ron Miller said that they were willing to acquire the North American distribution rights of Neon Sega's "Godzilla" for a 15% distribution commission, the Walt Disney Group instantly became the key player in the entire deal. First, because Milowa and Atari quoted 18% and 20% respectively.

Of course, the commission figures for these three transactions all include the publicity and distribution costs of the game when it is launched.

Waiting for Ron Miller to emphasize that "Godzilla" is only a small part of all their pursuits, they hope to reach a long-term agency agreement with Sega, want to obtain Sega's North American game distribution rights for the next ten years, and are willing to For this purpose, 3% of the profits were transferred, and the distribution commission including publicity expenses was reduced to 12%. At the same time, Sega also hoped that Sega could bring Disney's excellent games to Neon. All the conditions were just reversed, and Hua Disney Group instantly stood out from normal transactions!

Because 12% including issuance fees is equal to 7% excluding issuance fees!

When bank deposit and loan interest rates in this era remain high...

Those special numbers earned by Disney are all hard-earned money!

Not to mention, Ron Miller is willing to bring out the Disney game!

Even though the distribution fee that Sega can extract from it is only 12%, Neon's various costs are comparable to those in North America! The rising exchange rate alone will allow them to gain a lot!

This fact made Sega so happy that it directly held a joint press conference with Disney, stating that the two parties had reached a consensus on cooperation and the next promotion meeting would begin immediately.

Likewise, this fact has Paramount, Warner, and Philips twitching at the corners of their mouths.

Barry Diller never expected that when Paramount and Sega were at odds with each other, Ron Miller would offer such a low price to compete for agents?

This is simply the representative of making a profit at a loss!

Steve Ross gritted his teeth. To be honest, he didn't expect that a little guy like Ron Miller, who had no real power, would dare to snipe him in a way that hurt the enemy by one thousand and himself eight hundred.

And Philips CEO Cornelis...

Although Ron Miller took away the huge credit for his maintenance position, he didn't care, because as long as Steve Ross didn't get Sega's agent, that was good news for him.

As for how to explain to the parent company?

This kind of thing is simpler, right?

He directly passed the agency quotation sent by Mi Luohua to Sega to the board of directors of the parent company!

He said that when he had reduced the profit of the entire transaction to 10%, Sega still did not choose them. This meant that it was not that he did not work hard, but that Disney was too crazy.

He has already done this, if the parent company still wants to hold him accountable...

Then everyone will die together!

And when Ron Miller eliminated Paramount, Philips and Warner in less than eight hours, the decisiveness behind the Thunder impressed Steve Ballmer who was paying attention to the matter. .

Although Ballmer had known for a long time that the negotiations related to "Godzilla" could not be ended easily, he did not expect that the negotiations could end so quickly.

No one would have guessed that the agent for "Godzilla" was not Paramount, Philips, or Warner Communications, but Walt Disney, which had been silent...

Not only that, this result also made him feel a little emotional——

"Oh, the boss is the boss, and what he said is right..."

"Ron Miller's personal abilities are indeed stronger than Roy Disney's."

"Let Roy Disney fight for a company and he can wait for a whole year, while Ron Miller has already grabbed the agency rights in just one day. The gap is really..."

"too big!"

Although Steve Ballmer's metaphor is somewhat inappropriate, when no one knows, no one will care. When the bald man after watching the live broadcast wanted to pack up and get off work, he The phone on the table suddenly rang, I picked it up...

Ethan's serious voice penetrated into his ears.

"Steve, I have a task for you."

"Send a guy to New York and start watching the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow morning."

"What?" Ballmer instinctively frowned at the sudden command.

But the next second, his expression changed drastically, and he understood what Ethan meant.

"Oh! Sxxt!"

He cursed -

"This guy Ron Miller is truly a genius!"

Note: ① Disney's distribution company in Asia was established in 1997 and was a joint venture with Sony. Before that, their movies were all distributed through agents.