Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 359 "Tokyo Gulf Agreement"

Regardless of whether Yamauchi Tomari believed it or not, Nintendo's current predicament determined that he had no choice at this time.

Uda Naka naturally didn't believe it. In his opinion, such a childish tone was just prevarication. However, with the two games "Resident Evil" and "Death and Life", Sega Corporation had to pinch it even if it was not willing.

He recognized it with his nose. So, in Fang Mingyuan's villa in Tokyo Bay, Fang Mingyuan officially reached an agreement with Nintendo Co., Ltd. on the sales subsidy for "Pokemon". If the sales volume reaches one million units within the year, Nintendo Co., Ltd. will

Thirty percent of the sales price will be paid to Fang Mingyuan as promotion expenses. For every sales volume exceeding 500,000 units, this proportion will increase by 5%!

This agreement, known as the "Tokyo Bay Agreement" in history, will be quite famous in the future history of Japanese games and will have far-reaching significance!

Firstly, it’s because “Pokemon” started from this day, at an astonishing speed, from a game that most people had already considered a failure, to become Nintendo’s ace star! From then on, “Pokemon”

》 series of games is out of control, and has made great contributions to Nintendo reversing the downward trend in the game industry! After more than ten years of growth, "Pocket Monsters" has also become the national animation star of Japan and the world after Doraemon.

The well-known animated image is also one of the most valuable brands in the history of the game industry. There are tens of thousands of related products across more than 100 industries. There are more than a thousand companies producing "Pokemon" related products around the world. The licensing fee alone is

Fang Mingyuan was merciless! According to statistics from relevant departments in 2008, the total value created by "Pokemon" since its birth has been close to tens of billions of dollars!

Secondly, it was because of the extremely impressive sales of "Pokemon". On the one hand, it made Nintendo extremely happy, but on the other hand, it also brought huge financial pressure to Nintendo! The total sales volume reached nearly 40 million units.

This caused Nintendo to suffer a big loss! It almost broke Nintendo’s golden reputation of never losing money since it started making games!

Thirdly, the unexpected sales of "Pokemon" undoubtedly further confirmed Fang Mingyuan's status in the Japanese gaming industry. His "unique" vision and varied promotion strategies amazed the Japanese gaming industry!

After that, for any game that Fang Mingyuan likes, if the other party wants to buy the copyright again, the other party will offer a sky-high price! For this reason, the gamestation company has to acquire several companies in the later stages before it can buy the game that Fang Mingyuan likes.

Copyright obtained.

Fourthly, it was with the help of "Pokemon" that Nintendo's position in the market stabilized again. From then on, it established the three-pointed world pattern of Sega Co., Ltd., Sony and Nintendo in Japan. This continued until Microsoft threatened the giant.

This model broke into this industry! At that time, people were shocked to discover that "Fang" actually held shares in two of the four giants in the game console industry! Moreover, Gamestation Company became the world's largest company.

A company that also supplies games to the consoles produced by the four giants!

On the second day after the agreement between the two parties was signed, Japan's authoritative media in the game industry immediately announced the news. Of course, both parties will not disclose the specific contents of the agreement to the public. However, "Resident Evil"

》The news that the founder "Fang" is optimistic about "Pokemon", and purchased the copyright for one million US dollars, and will continue to publish it on GB, is enough to make many Japanese people who love "Resident Evil" become obsessed with "Pocket Monsters".

"Monster" aroused interest.

Next, "Boys Monthly" also announced that 500 additional sets of games will be randomly given to buyers of the magazine from June to December every month. Moreover, "Boys Monthly" will also invite domestic readers at the request of "Fang"

The famous cartoonist creates a comic version tailored for "Pokemon"!

Within three days, Toei Animation Company, which has produced famous animations such as "Yu Yu Hakusho", "Hunter", and "Ghost" in Japan, also announced in a high-profile manner that at the request of "Fang", the company will make an animation at the appropriate time.

Producing an animated version of "Pokemon"!

Japan is a country that consumes a lot of comics and animations. From children to young and middle-aged people, and even to the elderly, they are all consumer groups. And "Fang"'s status in the comics and animation circles is not inferior to his position in the game industry today.

status. Several works that are still unforgettable to this day have accumulated astonishing popularity for him. It’s just that as Fang Mingyuan gets older, he has more and more sources of funds on hand, so for comics, he is not as good as he was at first.

When you attach so much importance to it, the update speed of your works will naturally slow down.

But this does not mean that his popularity has begun to decline. Over the years, a series of game works with amazing sales, as well as events such as the Kobe earthquake, have long made the name "Fang" a household name!

Soon, Nintendo was pleasantly surprised to find that the sales of "Pokemon" began to increase significantly. It almost triple-jumped from obscurity to the top twenty... top fifteen... of the weekly game software sales list...

Top ten!

And with the release of the comics and animations of "Pokemon" in the second half of the year, the growth momentum has not slowed down over time, but has been on the rise!

By the end of the year, people in Nintendo and even the Japanese gaming industry who cared about "Pokemon" were shocked to find that the total sales of "Pokemon" had actually reached more than 5.7 million units! Far beyond people's expectations,

In one fell swoop, it entered the top three of the best-selling game list that year! Moreover, in this year's best-selling game list, in addition to "Resident Evil" taking the lead with sales of more than 10 million units, the second place was with "Resident Evil".

"Pokemon", the sales gap is only over 780,000 sets!

Nintendo is undoubtedly the biggest direct beneficiary of this miracle. GB, which was already showing signs of decline, has seen its sales rise from 1,000 units on Wednesday with the strong promotion of "Pokemon". In its best week, the sales volume actually increased to 1,000 units.

Up to 60,000 units! The total sales volume is as high as 4.12 million units! Sega Corporation and Sony were also shocked and salivated!

Of course, all of this is just a thing for the future. Except for the confident Fang Mingyuan, no one would believe that in just six months, "Pokemon" will undergo such earth-shaking changes.

After seeing off Yamauchi Tomari, Fang Mingyuan and Uda Naka finished dinner in the villa and drove to the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo together. There was also a dinner party here!

This is a charity dinner. The initiator of the dinner is Keijiro Taira, the vice president of Sony Corporation. Although in Fan Mingyuan's previous life, this person can only be said to be unknown, and all his light has been covered up by Sony.

Under the halo of those celebrities, but in this life, Fang Mingyuan knew that this person was the third most powerful person in Sony Corporation and had considerable power!

Fang Mingyuan was actually not very interested in these so-called charity dinners, and he didn't want to show up in front of everyone. However, Heike Jiro sent someone to send invitations, and Lin Lian also wanted to attend the dinner, and she was about to return to China.

If Fang Mingyuan said he wanted to spend more time with Lin Lian, he could only nod and agree.

Fortunately, Uda Naka also received the invitation. At that time, Fang Mingyuan would follow him and pretend to be his junior! Anyway, strictly speaking, Uda Naka could be regarded as his elder, so he would not feel disadvantaged psychologically.

"Fang Jun, don't underestimate this Keijiro Heira!" Uda Naka said with emotion, "He is the son of the founder of Sony Corporation and a good friend of Morita Akio. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1973 and entered Sony.

Co., Ltd., and has experience in many departments of Sony Co., Ltd., and in 1993, he officially became the vice president of Sony Co., Ltd.! In Sony Co., Ltd., although he is not well-known, he is also a

Very important person!"

"Director Uda, I'm very surprised, why did Heike-kun insist on inviting me?" Fang Mingyuan said thoughtfully. It was precisely because Heikejiro sent his secretary to personally deliver the invitation that Fang Mingyuan found it hard to refuse.

"Hey, Sony Co., Ltd. can't sit still anymore!" Uda Naka said with a smile, "Who made your "Resident Evil" sell so well! The PS version will not be launched until three months later. Sony must be a little bit

I’m anxious!”

Fang Mingyuan smiled. This was certainly a reason, but Fang Mingyuan felt that this should not be the main reason. After all, the production of PS consoles was only a part of Sony's business. To send out the No. 3 figure in the entire company for a game software seemed to be a bit of a fuss!

He had a feeling that this invitation from Heikejiro might not be that simple! There might be a deeper meaning behind it.

At this time, in the Kmon restaurant, one of the seventeen restaurants of the Imperial Hotel, which has a history of 106 years and has hosted countless royal families, heads of state, celebrities and international business leaders, the service staff of the Imperial Hotel are busy

Busy preparations for a charity dinner that is about to begin.

In the suite upstairs, Heikejiro, who is over fifty years old, is once again confirming with his assistant whether the guests he values ​​​​at the dinner will definitely arrive.

"Vice President, Fang Jun has left his villa in Tokyo Bay and is on his way to the Imperial Hotel with Director Uda Naka of Sega Corporation!" The beautiful female assistant hung up the phone and walked to Hirakejiro's room.

Beside him, he bent down and spoke softly.

Hirikejiro nodded, scratched Fang Mingyuan's name on the guest list in front of him, and let out a long breath.

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