Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

The next morning, Lin Baicheng took Haruko Mouri, Nanako Chiba, and Wataru Sato to Taito Co., Ltd.

Nanako Chiba and Wataru Sato were assistants that Lin Baicheng later recruited to assist Haruko Mouri in managing Lin Baicheng's assets in Japan. Both of them are talented people who graduated from prestigious schools, and they are not very old. Among them, Nanako Chiba is a woman, and Wataru Sato is a man.

"Mr. Lin, long time no see!"

This time, it was Mikhail Kogan, the president of Taitung Co., Ltd., who personally entertained Lin Baicheng and his party.

"Long time no see, Mr. Mikhail!"

Lin Baicheng shook hands with Mikhail, and then looked at another acquaintance, Akio Nakanishi: "And Nakanishi-san, I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet." Today, Akio Nakanishi is the president of Taito Co., Ltd. .

"Thank you Lin Sang!"

Akio Nakanishi was very happy about being promoted to president.

After a few polite exchanges, the conversation got down to business.

Mikhail said: "Mr. Lin, I invite you to come here this time because I have important cooperation that I want to discuss with you."

"Please say."

Lin Baicheng gestured.

"Mr. Lin, you must also know about our company's "Space Invaders" game, right?"

Mikhail asked aloud, and when Lin Baicheng nodded, he continued: "That's it, the sales of this game in Japan are very good, so the company is preparing to open the international market for this game. And the international market, currently Taidong only has channels in the United States and not many channels in other countries, so we want to use Galaxy Games’ channels to promote this arcade game to the world.”

Even though Galaxy Games has only been established for about a year, this company has developed several popular games in succession, so it has agent channels in most countries around the world.

As for Taito Co., Ltd., although it was established earlier, it does not have many popular games. It does not have a big market in the United States, let alone exploring markets outside the United States.

This time is different. "Space Invaders" is very popular in Japan. Taito Co., Ltd. tentatively released some machines in the United States, and the response was excellent, so it is no surprise that this game will also become a hit in the United States.

As a result, Taitung Co., Ltd. certainly wanted to explore broader markets such as Europe and South America, but the company had no channels, so it thought of Galaxy Games Company.

Lin Baicheng knows that "Space Invaders" is a classic game that is not inferior to "Pac-Man" and "Tank Wars". The emergence of this game will more or less compete with several games of Galaxy Games. Fortunately, the game types are different. , the competition is not big, otherwise Taidong Co., Ltd. would not be able to ask Lin Baicheng for help.

"In principle, I have no problem, but these channels were established by Galaxy Games with great difficulty, so I have to charge a channel fee."

Lin Baicheng was not opposed to helping, but he would never agree to help in vain.

"this is necessary."

Mikhail had no objection to this. He said, "Let the people below discuss the specific costs."

"good."

Lin Baicheng nodded, as it should be. If the people below have not reached an agreement, they can still come forward. If the two of them negotiate in person from the beginning, there will be almost no possibility of further negotiation if the agreement cannot be reached.

Mikhail said: "One more thing is that we hope that Taitung Co., Ltd. can strengthen cooperation with Galaxy Games Company and join forces."

"What about strengthening cooperation law?"

Lin Baicheng asked curiously.

"Holding shares in each other, Taitung Co., Ltd. and Galaxy Games hold 5% to 10% of each other's shares, and give the other company a directorship to strengthen the cooperation between the two companies."

For Galaxy Games, a company that was only established for one year, Mikhail didn't pay much attention to it at first. However, as this company continuously developed a number of popular games, it is now stronger than Taito Co., Ltd. , Mikhail was naturally tempted and wanted to obtain a certain equity stake in this company.

"Thank you Mr. Mikhail for your attention, but Galaxy Games is currently executing a big plan, and it is not suitable to introduce other shareholders for the time being, so I can only say sorry."

Lin Baicheng thought for a moment and chose to shake his head and refuse. The reason for considering it was just to save some face for Taitung Co., Ltd., so he pretended to consider it. In fact, he had never thought about giving up the shares at all, because it would be too much of a loss for him to give up the shares now.

Akio Nakanishi said immediately: "Lin Sang, even if our two companies hold shares in each other, it will not affect your control of the company. The plan formulated by the company can continue to be implemented."

Mikhail agreed: "Just like Mr. Lin, you can't interfere with Taidong's operations if you hold shares in Taidong, Taidong can't interfere with the operations of Galaxy Games Company. Strengthening the cooperation between the two companies will be beneficial to both you and me. of."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mikhail, the Galaxy Games plan has reached a critical moment, so I can only say sorry."

Lin Baicheng still refused, but then he added: "However, Galaxy Game Company will choose to go public in a few years, and a lot of shares will definitely be released by then. If Taitung Co., Ltd. is interested in cooperating, it can be based on the mutual agreement. A certain proportion of the market value will be exchanged for shares.”

Although Taitung Co., Ltd. will decline in the future, if Lin Baicheng intervenes, the future of Taitung Co., Ltd. is likely to change. In addition, Taitung has a lot of talents, and there is no harm in obtaining a certain proportion of Taitung's shares.

"Since you said so, Mr. Lin, let's talk about it when the time comes."

Mikhail was a little regretful, but he had no choice but to give up. After all, there was nothing he could do if the other party did not want to exchange shares to strengthen cooperation.

"Okay, we'll talk about it then."

Lin Baicheng nodded, knowing in his heart that this matter would also be impossible to negotiate by then.

The reason is very simple. When Galaxy Games goes public, its market value will inevitably be more than five times the market value of Taitung Co., Ltd. If the shares are exchanged at that time, 5% of the shares of Galaxy Games can be exchanged for at least 25% of Taitung Co., Ltd. shares.

In this case, it makes no sense for Taitung Co., Ltd. to hold too few shares of Galaxy Games. If it holds too much, it will give up too many shares, which will affect the company's control.

Giving up control of the company for a small stake in Galaxy Games was something that Mikhail would never agree to. You know, he did not list Taitung Co., Ltd., which shows that he attaches great importance to the control of the company.

Had it not been for the fact that Galaxy Games had grown very quickly, Mikhail would never have proposed a share exchange.

Regarding the fee for Taitung Co., Ltd. to borrow the channels of Galaxy Games, Lin Baicheng left it to Mouri Haruko and the three of them to discuss it. He only needed to know about it then.