Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 26 Negotiation (Part 1)

"Lin Sang, why do game motherboards have to be copied in your company?"

After listening to Lin Baicheng's words, Nakanishi Akio did not talk about anything else first, but asked about the doubts in his heart.

"That's because the motherboard of every arcade game we ship has anti-piracy and anti-copying software developed by our company. This is the company's secret. If you try to forcefully copy the motherboard, the core program of the system will self-destruct.

, thus breaking the game code."

Lin Baicheng did not hide this point. Anyway, as long as a thoughtful person buys an arcade machine and makes pirated copies, he will know this point.

“There is such a software?!”

Akio Nakanishi couldn't help being surprised when he heard this, and then said happily: "Lin Sang, if your company's software can really prevent piracy, our company hopes to reach a cooperation with your company and obtain software authorization. The price will definitely not let Lin Sang."

Disappointed.”

At this moment, Akio Nakanishi is more interested in anti-piracy software than being an agent for the game Xiangjiang Cube.

For a game company, piracy is the biggest harm. Even though there is copyright, some pirates will still steal copies secretly. Even Taito Co., Ltd. can't stop it. The most they can do is to get rid of the big pirates.

, kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

But after pirates kill one batch, another batch will pop up, and they cannot be cleaned up at all. Who is going to make money from piracy?

Taito Co., Ltd. also makes games itself, so it is also troubled by piracy. If it can solve the piracy problem, the company's profits will be greatly increased. However, the profit that can be obtained by distributing the game Xiangjiang Cube is definitely not as high as that which can be achieved by solving piracy.

Compared with the profits obtained, Akio Nakanishi is now more interested in anti-piracy software.

"Whether our company's software can prevent piracy, Mr. Nakanishi, you can let your RB company test it and find out."

Lin Baicheng smiled and then said: "But Mr. Nakanishi, I'm sorry, I am not planning to license this software to any company. This software will only be reserved for my game company's own use."

Lin Baicheng did not even apply for copyright for this anti-piracy software, in order to prevent the program code from being known to the outside world. After all, this is technology from decades later. If other companies know about it, it will definitely improve the level of their company's engineers.

This is not what Lin Baicheng wants.

Lin Baicheng also plans to use this anti-piracy software when making games for red and white machines in the future, and use it as a basis to develop more advanced anti-piracy software to prevent his games from being pirated.

Of course, when the computer level of the entire world improves to a certain level, Lin Baicheng's anti-piracy software will also be cracked. This is inevitable, but that will be at least ten or twenty years later. Lin Baicheng will not need to use it for at least ten years.

Worry about this issue.

"$300. As long as your company gives us an anti-piracy authorization and we keep using your company's software, we will pay you a $300 licensing fee for each machine we use."

Nakanishi Akio immediately became anxious when he heard this, and immediately tempted Lin Baicheng with benefits: "Lin-san, you may not know that our Taito Co., Ltd., as the largest game company in RB, sells no less than 100,000 units every year. That is,

Say, your company doesn’t have to do anything and its annual profits will not be less than US$30 million.”

"Mr. Lin."

Liu Yihui couldn't help but said, "The figure of 30 million US dollars is really too high. The company can get so much without doing anything every year. It's more than just a huge profit."

Yamada Hideyoshi, who was doing the translation, was also very excited. He was glad that he had made the right choice. Galaxy Games was definitely a big company.

"I'm sorry, I still say what I said, I will not authorize anti-piracy software to any company."

Lin Baicheng was also moved after hearing this, but he still shook his head and refused. Because he knew one thing very well, that is, after Taidong Co., Ltd. obtained the software authorization, it would definitely learn how to crack the software and develop their own anti-piracy software.

How much money you can get depends on the cracking ability of their company. And after authorizing it to the other company, Lin Baicheng cannot guarantee how long it will take for their company to crack it.

If Taitung Co., Ltd. cracks the software within a year, Lin Baicheng's losses will be huge, so he would rather not make the money than risk the core anti-piracy software.

"Lin Sang, I really want to cooperate with your company with great sincerity. If you are not satisfied with the licensing fee of 300 US dollars per unit, the price can be negotiated."

Even if he was rejected again, Akio Nakanishi still did not give up. He would rather pay a higher price to obtain the authorization of this anti-piracy software, because in his view, this software is an opportunity for Taito Co., Ltd. to reach a higher level.

"It's not a matter of price, it's just that I won't license this software."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand, and while Nohara Mao Nami was translating, he continued: "But I have a proposal. If your company is willing, I am willing to cooperate with your company in this way."

"Lin Sang, please tell me."

"I will not authorize your company, but if your company needs anti-piracy software, you can bring the motherboard to me, and our company will add anti-piracy software to achieve the purpose of anti-piracy. Of course, if you do this

, we will charge a certain fee.”

Of course Qian Linbaicheng wanted to make money, but he didn't want to license the software, so he decided to mediate and see whether Akio Nakanishi agreed.

"In this case, we have to ship the motherboard to your company first, wait for your company to enter the software, and then ship it back to RB. This wastes too much time and freight."

Akio Nakanishi couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this. In fact, he had another concern, that is, if he did this, every game produced by Taitou Co., Ltd. would have to pay Galaxy Games an anti-piracy fee. It would definitely not be a huge sum accumulated over the years.

It's a small amount. But if it can get authorization, the company can develop its own anti-piracy software based on the relevant software, and from now on it won't have to pay a cent of anti-piracy fee. Wouldn't it be better?

Yes, just as Lin Baicheng worried, Nakanishi Akio had the idea of ​​developing his own anti-piracy software from the beginning, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this idea.

Lin Baicheng said: "The price can be negotiated, of course it won't be as high as 300 US dollars, but if you have no intention of cooperation, then there is no need to negotiate further."

"Lin Sang, I want to think about this again and go back to discuss it."

Akio Nakanishi hesitated and said, if there is really no way to obtain authorization, then whether or not to cooperate and how to cooperate, he cannot make a decision by himself now.

"This is as it should be."

Lin Baicheng nodded. After all, it was a temporary cooperation. It was normal for Nakanishi Akio to go back to report and discuss.

(End of chapter)