Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 339 The biggest price jump in history

When mentioning the capital of Japan, the first thing many foreigners think of is Tokyo, but before 1868, the capital of Japan was always Kyoto!

As the birthplace of Japanese culture, Kyoto is famous as the capital of culture. It is one of the two major academic and art centers in Japan along with Tokyo. It is also one of the places with the highest concentration of traditional industries, such as kimonos, embroidery, bamboo products, lacquerware, and Japanese fans.

and Japanese sake are both famous throughout the country. Kyoto is also the city with the most historical sites and the most tourists in Japan. However, not many people have noticed that the headquarters of Nintendo of Japan Co., Ltd. is also here!

Speaking of Nintendo Co., Ltd., it is definitely the pride of Kyoto people. This small Japanese company has less than 1,000 employees, but it has managed to bring the well-known Panasonic, Hitachi, Toshiba, Sony and other internationally renowned Japanese large companies into the world.

Leave behind!

From these two figures, it is not difficult to see the success of Nintendo Co., Ltd. - in 1993, Nintendo's per capita profit reached US$800,000, which was quite astonishing in Japan and even around the world.

figures; in 1994, Nintendo's pre-tax profit ranked second among all Japanese listed companies, second only to Toyota, the dominant player in the automobile industry.

However, in the near future, due to Sega Co., Ltd.'s overtaking and Sony's rise in the game console, Nintendo's dominance in the Japanese home game console market has been replaced by Sega Co., Ltd. and Sony. Although Nintendo will launch a new product in the near future

However, due to various reasons, the n64 console is not favored by the world! And Nintendo's money-making tool, GB, has seen a decline in sales, which makes many people at Nintendo worried.

Nintendo President Tomari Yamauchi naturally had sleepless nights, especially when the sales status of "Resident Evil" was summarized on his desk.

On the first day, 2,568,973 units were sold, and the total sales volume in the three days exceeded 4 million units! Sega Corporation also took advantage of this opportunity, and the three-day shipment volume of the Saturn console was

It is already equivalent to the total sales in the past ten days, and it has surpassed PS by a large margin on the weekly console sales list! Of course, there is no need to mention Nintendo.

Yamauchi Tari regrets it now. If he had known it would be like this, he would have tied Fang Mingyuan to his Nintendo chariot, even if it meant giving him shares! Fang Mingyuan owns shares in Sega Corporation.

Although it has not been made public yet, it is no secret among the top industry leaders in Japan.

It’s not that no one wants to raise objections, or use this as an example to make trouble, but Fang Mingyuan’s entry into Sega Corporation was chosen at a perfect time! It was when the Kobe Earthquake happened that Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama invited him

After being a guest! At that time, the people in Japan were furious because the government and those who had ulterior motives ignored Fang Mingyuan's advance "warning" and caused heavy losses to the Japanese people in the Kobe earthquake. At that time, who stood up and questioned "Fang"?

It may become the target of the Japanese people's anger. Naturally, no one will do such stupid things.

Speaking of which, Fang Mingyuan and Nintendo also had business dealings. Although they didn't have a close relationship, there was no hatred either.

Yamauchi Tomari is very lucky. When Fang Mingyuan was like a rat on the street in Japan because of his prediction of an "earthquake", Nintendo didn't get involved much. Sony was in a worse situation. As far as Yamauchi Tomari knew, for this reason, Sony

Afterwards, he secretly paid Fang Mingyuan a total of three million U.S. dollars in compensation for reputational damage before the matter was revealed.

But even so, it is said that Sony was ripped off a while ago in order to launch "Resident Evil" on PS. It was obviously three months later than landing on Saturn, but the price paid was only 1% less than Sega Corporation.

thirty.

At that time, Yamauchi Tomori was still laughing at Sony in his heart. It was already three months too late. So what if he logged into the PS? Players who wanted to play almost all bought it in such a long time. But now, Yamauchi Tomari

It’s too late to regret!

The sales volume of four million units in three days is an unprecedented record in the history of Japanese games. And judging from the reactions of major media in the past three days, the quality of "Resident Evil" has been highly praised, especially by Famitsu.

It is rare to give a high score of forty points! This undoubtedly contributed to the sales of "Resident Evil".

Such a game with good sales and good reputation must be turned into a series of games! With Sony's cooperation this time, then when the next "Resident Evil 2" is released, it may have a game with Sega Corporation at the same time.

Even if there is no chance of release, if you have a good relationship with Fang Mingyuan, you may be able to pull him from Sega Corporation's camp to your own camp at some point.

In the shopping mall, the relationship between enemy and enemy is not fixed. As long as there are big enough interests, it cannot be changed at any time! Nintendo even had a honeymoon period with Sony!

However, how to build a relationship with Fang Mingyuan has become a headache for Yamauchi Tomari.

In the afternoon, Yamauchi Tomari sat in his office, looking at documents absently and looking at his watch from time to time.

He was waiting for the arrival of Yokoi Gunpei. Just this morning, Yokoi Gunpei, the head of the Tokyo R&D Department, had a meeting with Fang Mingyuan. Since the meeting was proposed by Fang Mingyuan, Yokoi Gunpei didn't know what he was going to do with him.

What are you talking about? Yamauchi Tomari is also very curious about Fang Mingyuan meeting Yokoi Gunpei at this time.

"President, Director Yokoi is here!" The beautiful secretary opened the door and said.

"Hey? Let him in quickly!" Yamauchi Tomari cheered up and said.

"President, I have kept you waiting for a long time!" After entering the door, Junpei Yokoi bowed deeply.

"Well, Yokoi-kun, you can sit wherever you like!" Yamauchi Tomari waved his hand. He noticed that Yokoi Gunpei seemed to have a happy face.

After the secretary brought tea and exited, Junpei Yokoi, who looked happy, said, "President, my meeting with Fang Jun this morning was a success!"

"Success?" Tomari Yamauchi sensitively grasped the key words in Yokoi Gunpei's words, "He came to me to discuss matters about "Pokemon"."

"Pokemon?" Tomari Yamauchi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Since its release, "Pokemon" has sold only a few hundred thousand units. In the history of games published by Nintendo, it can be said to be an out-and-out failure.

!Now that Yamauchi Tari thought about how he pinned the development of gb on such a game, he felt that he must have been out of his mind!

"What does he want?" Yamauchi Tomari asked with force.

"Fang Jun has acquired the ownership of "Pocket Monsters" from Gamefreak Game Development Club!" Yokoi Gunpei said, "Fang Jun said he has a way to make "Pokemon" sales exceed one million within this year, or even higher...

"

"What did you say?" Yamauchi Tomari immediately jumped up from the boss's chair, holding his desk with both hands, and shouted loudly.

""Fang Jun said that he has a way to make the sales of "Pokemon" exceed one million this year, or even higher..." Gunpei Yokoi repeated indifferently to the boss's reaction.

"He's not joking, right?" Yamauchi Tari finally confirmed that he had heard correctly. After a moment of confusion, he said, "When did he acquire the rights to "Pocket Monsters" from Gamefreak Game Development Company? Why didn't I get any information?

Did you hear that?”

Yokoi Gunpei said with a wry smile: "Just three days ago, the two parties formally signed the contract. For this, Fang Jun paid one million US dollars. Now all the copyrights of "Pokemon" except the signature rights belong to Fang Jun!

"It's not just Shanneibo that he doesn't know about. He also just learned about it from Fang Mingyuan in the morning.

The negotiation between the two parties on the copyright of "Pokemon" took only two days to reach an agreement, which can be said to be very fast. However, he can understand that the sales volume of only hundreds of thousands of units and the obvious neglect shown by Nintendo these days have already

Gamefreak Game Development Club has lost confidence in the future of "Pokemon". At this time, being able to sell it for one million US dollars is definitely an unexpected surprise!

One million U.S. dollars. After excluding the development and production costs of the game, Gamefreak Game Development Club can still obtain considerable residual profits from it. Coupled with the sales expenses of hundreds of thousands of sets, the overall income is considered good! If

Without this million dollars, Gamefreak Game Development Club would definitely have lost money on "Pokemon"! So it is normal for the two parties to reach an agreement in two days without outsiders knowing.

"One million U.S. dollars!" Toru Yamauchi couldn't help but frowned. It was really beyond his expectation that Fang Mingyuan would offer such a high purchase price for that failed game. Could it be that... that Fang Mingyuan really

Can this game be brought back to life?

Looking at Yamauchi Tamari's thoughtful look, Yokoi Gunpei kept silent knowingly. Because just in the morning, he was also very puzzled that Fang Mingyuan offered such a high price to acquire the ownership of "Pokemon".

I don’t know what part of it Fang Mingyuan likes! It’s just that until now, he hasn’t thought clearly about where Fang Mingyuan’s confidence comes from!

Yamauchi Tomorrow racked his brains for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what it was about this "Pokemon" that attracted Fang Mingyuan! He could only give up dejectedly.

"Yokoi-kun, you just said that Fang-kun said that he could make the sales of "Pokemon" exceed one million this year, or even higher. Is this true?" Yamauchi Toru looked directly at Yokoi Gunpei, very solemnly.

asked.

This is a major matter related to Nintendo's interests! No joking allowed!

*