Resource Tycoon Reborn

Time has entered August. On August 1st, the US-UK coalition forces, with the cooperation of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, launched air strikes against multiple strongholds of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, kicking off the war in Afghanistan and the prelude to the world's war on terrorism!

While deploying dozens of missiles and dozens of fighter planes to attack Taliban military and transportation facilities, the United States also airdropped a large amount of food and medicine into Afghanistan, claiming that this act was an attack on the Afghan people who would be affected by the war.

humanitarian compensation to show that the U.S. military attacks are not aimed at the peaceful residents of Afghanistan, nor against the Islamic world. In addition, the U.S. military distributed leaflets in Afghanistan through large transport aircraft, promising to protect and reward those who provided bin Laden to the United States.

and their associates’ intelligence insiders. At the same time, they conducted extensive psychological warfare to instigate members of the Taliban. Many allies of the United States and Britain provided logistical support to the coalition forces of the two countries in various ways.

As the most important ally of the United States in the Pacific region, Japan naturally has to make a statement. The Japanese government has previously announced an implementation plan to "support the United States' war on terrorism." This includes the use of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to strengthen U.S. military bases in Japan and important

Security and guarding of facilities; dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to assist the US military in logistical material transportation, protection, and supply tasks; and mobilizing the Self-Defense Forces to Pakistan for humanitarian support and refugee relief when necessary.

In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese government proposed the "Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Act" and asked Congress for approval to support the United States, Britain and other countries in taking military actions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

However, this approach of the Japanese government has aroused great opposition from various Asian countries. They believe that the Japanese government is trying to help Americans fight terrorism by sending the Self-Defense Forces overseas, thereby achieving Japan's post-war achievements.

A major turning point in defense policy. Asian governments generally believe that even according to the new Japan-US defense cooperation guidelines, Pakistan and the Indian Ocean do not belong to Japan's "neighboring trouble" areas, not to mention that Japan restricts the Self-Defense Forces to only engage in home defense.

Peaceful Constitution.

In particular, the governments of China and South Korea have lodged strong protests. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces can of course go to Pakistan and the Indian Ocean, and of course they can patrol the Straits of Malacca, the South China Sea and other places. This precedent has led to a record of aggression, and it still remains today.

The unrepentant Japanese army broke through the provisions of the pacifist constitution in one fell swoop and once again posed a threat to the security of East and Southeast Asian countries.

Even within Japan, opinions are extremely divided as to whether the Japanese Parliament should approve the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Act. Some people think that this is a rare opportunity for Japan to expand its influence in the international market and become a normal country. Others think that this behavior

It is an act that violates the constitution. As a modern democratic country, this kind of behavior is intolerable. Moreover, this kind of behavior will also worsen the relationship between Japan and these countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia, making the security situation in Asia more complicated.

change……

However, at this time, Japan was in a quarrel over whether to send troops to Central Asia, and Square Co., Ltd. could no longer care about it.

"Final Fantasy: Souls Within" has been officially released for more than a week, but the response from the media and the audience is completely different from the almost one-sided praise before the release! The criticism is overwhelming.

It made everyone at Square Co., Ltd. literally breathless.

"Successful video games may not necessarily be adapted into successful movies, just as excellent literary works may not be adapted into excellent movies. The success of "Lord of the Rings" made me think too highly of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within"

expectations.”

"The beautiful girl in the wasteland, what impressed me most was her soft and flowing hair in the strong wind. She in the trailer, even one year later, still looks almost perfect in three dimensions.

Image! The images of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" shocked the eyes of everyone who saw it, but I believe that it will quickly disappear from people's memory. Maybe many years later, people will mention it as a movie.

A negative example of a box office failure." This is said more politely, leaving some face to Square Co., Ltd.

"Final Fantasy: Souls Within" has only a gorgeous appearance, and the exquisite graphics cannot conceal the weakness of its script! The senior executives of Square Co., Ltd. have been dazzled by the results.

Forgot, in the film industry, they are just newcomers!"

"Aside from the gorgeous scenes and handsome characters, I don't remember what else "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" left for me?"

"I don't know what "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" can do to overwhelm "Ice Age" and become the box office champion of this year's animation category!"......

Various comments made Square shareholders gnash their teeth, but those in the media were still polite. On the Internet and in private, the character portrayal was amazing and the plot was confusing. Hironobu Sakaguchi

Are you directing movies... People say that "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" is almost useless. And the reason why it is said to be "almost" is because everyone generally admits that the characters in "Final Fantasy: Souls Within"

The settings and graphics are indeed far beyond their peers.

The reason for such comments is very simple. Since the release of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" more than a week ago, the movie box office has only been a measly 15 to 6 million US dollars. Let alone compete with "Ice Age", it is

Compared with the movies released at the same time, it only ranked third, with only three million US dollars and six million US dollars more than the fourth and fifth movies. The top five movies

Among them, except for "Final Fantasy: Souls Within", there are no movies with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars... There are no movies with an investment of more than 80 million US dollars... There are no movies!

Just one movie produced by Fox with an investment of more than 50 million U.S. dollars has already grossed 278 million U.S. dollars in the two weeks since it was released, ranking second. The investment of the rest of the movies is less than 50 million U.S. dollars.

Yes, even the fifth-ranked movie only had a total investment of over US$23 million.

This makes "Final Fantasy: Souls Within", which had received countless praises and was expected to be a strong contender for this year's animation box office championship, extremely embarrassed!

At the same time, I don’t know who it is, but the spokesperson of Hong Kong Kumho Film Group said that "Final Fantasy: Soul Deep" does not have any influence on "Ice Age".

Is there any threat to its box office status? This is even more embarrassing for Square Enix Co., Ltd.

However, these external comments are not the most important to Square Co., Ltd. The most important thing is that although "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" has only been released for more than a week, no one thinks that it is

There is still a chance to recover the filming costs! The only difference is how much loss Square will have to lose this time! With the financial resources of Square, can it withstand such a negative impact?

You know, for "Final Fantasy: Souls Within", Square Encyclopedia not only invested a huge amount of money, but also tilted a large amount of Square Enix's resources towards it. This resulted in Square Enix Co., Ltd. not only having unlisted games this year,

Apart from "Final Fantasy X", there are no other big-budget games on the market.

If "Final Fantasy

This is undoubtedly a traumatic loss for Square Co., Ltd. It will also cause Square Co., Ltd.’s already not easy financial difficulties to be further aggravated. With such a dark prospect, how can these shareholders be allowed to

Don't we have a lot of headaches over it?

Among them, Masashi Miyamoto, the largest shareholder of Square Enix, and Hironobu Sakaguchi, the shareholder and executive vice president who were fully responsible for the failure of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" are the most troublesome.

"Sakaguchi-kun, this time, you are really wrong! I should have insisted on not agreeing to you at the beginning!" Miyamoto Masashi said solemnly. The two of them can be said to have been together since the founding of Square Enix Co., Ltd.

A good partner at work, Sakaguchi Hironobu has been the heavyweight soul of Square Co., Ltd. from the beginning. Almost all the veterans who became the backbone of the club in the later years were personally recruited to the company by him. Therefore, for

Sakaguchi Hironobu's idea to realize his long-cherished wish made Miyamoto Masashi relent, and the result was today's bitter wine.

With an investment of US$150 million, the most optimistic result is that the total global box office can reach US$50 million. However, considering that the box office must be distributed to the distributor Columbia Pictures and part of the cinema lines, this means

, Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s losses on the movie "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" may exceed 120 million US dollars! Such a large loss is extremely rare even if you look at the entire Japanese game industry.

"Hey, Miyamoto-kun, this is all my fault!" Hironobu Sakaguchi said sadly. The box office slump of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" has exceeded his previous worst estimates.

"Sakaguchi-kun, if "Final Fantasy X" cannot achieve the planned sales, maybe we will have to consider the worst outcome!" Miyamoto Masashi said. On the Tokyo stock market, Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s stock price has fallen.

It has increased by nearly 17%, and there is a trend of continuing to fall.