Resource Tycoon Reborn

ˉKuchi Hiroshi bowed his head and said: "I will voluntarily resign from the position of executive vice president.!

Miyamoto Masashi shook his head and let out a long sigh. He really didn't know what to say. From his true heart, he was absolutely unwilling to let Sakaguchi Hironobu resign as executive vice president. If Miyamoto

If Masashi himself is the founder of Square Co., Ltd., then Hironobu Sakaguchi is the soul of why Square Co., Ltd. can reach what it is today.

At that time, Hironobu Sakaguchi's "Final Fantasy I" brought Square Co., Ltd., which was on the verge of bankruptcy, back to life. The "Final Fantasy" series of games is now the company's mainstay. Square Co., Ltd. has become the king of RRG game production, and Hironobu Sakaguchi has contributed a lot.

Whether it is from Masashi Miyamoto's personal perspective or from the future of the "Final Fantasy" series of games, Masashi Miyamoto does not want Hironobu Sakaguchi to resign as executive vice president.

However, the losses caused by "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" to the company this time were so great that even he, the company's largest shareholder, could not suppress it!

Square Co., Ltd. is now a listed company, and he must also give a clear explanation to the shareholders of other companies. Not to mention retaining Hironobu Sakaguchi, the other two senior executives in the company-Takeichi Tomoyuki and Suzuki Taoya will definitely have to do it.

You have to pay a price for this. It can be said that these three people are all Miyamoto Masashi's confidants. If they are dismissed from their posts, Miyamoto Masashi's ability to control Square will naturally be greatly weakened.

"That old guy Yamauchi Tomari just called me and said he is willing to buy shares in the company at a price of 1,300 yen per share to help us fill the shortfall caused by "Final Fantasy: Souls Within"." Miyamoto

Masashi said calmly, "Sakaguchi-kun, what do you think about this?"

"No! This is absolutely not possible!" Hironobu Sakaguchi blurted out immediately. The loss of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" may be as high as 120 to 30 million U.S. dollars. At this price, Nintendo will almost get hundreds of millions of dollars from Square Enix.

With 20% of the shares, he became the second largest shareholder in the company after Masashi Miyamoto! In this case, Square Co., Ltd. will have to consider Nintendo's opinions in its future operations.

Square Co., Ltd. can currently be said to be in the camp of Sony and Sega Co., Ltd., and it can be said that Square Co., Ltd. "rebelled" from the Nintendo camp back then, and not only that, it also pulled Enix Co., Ltd. out of the camp.

Nintendo camp. Since then, Square Enix and Nintendo have become mortal enemies.

Of course, there was a reason why Square Co., Ltd. left the Nintendo camp. In order to protect its own interests, Nintendo once tricked Square Co., Ltd., causing Square Co., Ltd. to lose nearly 4 billion yen. This is

That's why later

An important reason why Square Co., Ltd. made up its mind to leave the Nintendo camp.

As for Hironobu Sakaguchi and Tomari Yamauchi, the relationship was even worse. When Square Co., Ltd. left the Nintendo camp, Sakaguchi Hironobu really exposed Nintendo's shortcomings, which made Yamauchi Tomari angry. Later, the development process of Square Co., Ltd.

There are also constant conflicts with Nintendo, and both parties often set up obstacles for each other. Even after the rise of Nintendo handheld consoles, Square Enix's works have never entered this market.

If Nintendo really becomes Square Co., Ltd.'s second largest shareholder because of Yamauchi's temper, Hironobu Sakaguchi will definitely be in serious trouble.

Although he was full of sorrow, Miyamoto Masashi couldn't help laughing after seeing Sakaguchi Hironobu's reaction. Seeing Miyamoto Masashi's smile, Sakaguchi Hironobu realized that Miyamoto Masashi was taking pleasure in his own poverty. Square Enix Co., Ltd.

It is impossible for the company to return to the Nintendo camp, so naturally it is impossible for Nintendo to become its second largest shareholder. Tomari Yamauchi probably knows this, and this call is just to disgust them.

"Sakaguchi-kun, there is no need to consider Yamauchi Tomari's proposal, but Sony and Ganrestatan also expressed the same intention." Miyamoto Masashi sighed. It seems that this time everyone thinks that Square Enix is ​​indeed

He was in big trouble. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have expressed their willingness to invest in Square Enix. But even though he knew

Once these companies enter Square Co., Ltd., with their influence and financial resources, Square Co., Ltd. will no longer be a company that he can use his fingers at. But the cruel reality determines that he must do this well.

1. Mental preparation.

"Ah?" Hironobu Sakaguchi looked at Masashi Miyamoto in surprise. It's not surprising that Sony had such a reaction. Although Square Enix provides games to both Sony and Sega, it prefers Sony's "Final Fantasy" series of games.

It has also made great contributions to the sales of PS series consoles. But what does Gantatan mean by this? And why isn't Sega Co., Ltd. an olive branch?

"It is said that it is Fang Jun's intention, and Fang Jun is very optimistic about you. If Ganrestatian Company becomes the company's second largest shareholder, it will not ask you three to resign, but may only ask you three to reduce your salary for one year." Gong

Ben Masashi said, "It's Mizuno-kun calling."

Sakaguchi Hironobu was startled for a moment, and then nodded slightly to express his understanding. The Mizuno-kun mentioned by Miyamoto Masashi was the former president of Square Co., Ltd., Tetsuo Mizuno. In 1998, due to factional disputes within Square Co., Ltd.

He left Square Co., Ltd. and later joined GantUa Company in early 2001 and served as the company's vice president. If the call was from him, it would be highly credible.

Miyamoto Masashi looked at Sakaguchi Hironobu. To be honest, the conditions offered by Gantatian Company this time were quite generous. The fact that they would not ask Sakaguchi Hironobu and the other three to resign made Miyamoto Masashi tempted. Miyamoto

Although Masashi is the company's major shareholder, he has not worked in the company since 1992, and he controls Square Co., Ltd., relying on the group of old people who stayed back. If we say, Sakaguchi Hironobu

All three resigned because of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within". Even if they are still in the company, this also determines that Miyamoto Masashi's control over Square Co., Ltd. has been greatly weakened.

"What did you say?" Heikejiro frowned and said with a headache. "Ganrestatian Company also expressed its willingness to become a shareholder of Square Enix Co., Ltd.?" This is very bad news.

The unexpected box office failure of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" not only put Square Enix Co., Ltd. into financial difficulties, but also caused considerable losses to Columbia Pictures, which was responsible for the film's global distribution. The commission from the box office simply could not make up for it.

Columbia Pictures spent money and time on it. For this reason, the person in charge of Columbia Pictures complained a lot to the headquarters - Columbia Pictures was not optimistic about the box office of "Final Fantasy: Souls Within".

, it was the headquarters that took into account the importance of Square Enix to the PS2 console and convinced Columbia Pictures.

Although Sony suffered a lot of losses as a result, in the face of Square Co., Ltd.'s financial difficulties, Sony still took the initiative to extend an "olive branch" - if it could become a shareholder of Square Co., Ltd., it could become its second

As a major shareholder, this is undoubtedly beneficial for tying Square Co., Ltd. to the chariot of the PS series consoles. Although "Final Fantasy: Souls Within" was a disastrous failure, this does not affect the popularity of the "Final Fantasy" series of games in RPGs.

In the entire Japanese gaming industry, only Enix Co., Ltd.'s "Dragon Quest" series can rival it as the king of games. As for Ganrestatan's "Resident Evil", it has achieved unprecedented success.

However, since "Resident Evil 2" is still in production, it cannot be compared with "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest", which already have multiple works.

If it comes to other game production companies, even if Enix Co., Ltd. comes forward, Heikejiro is not worried. No matter how rich the game production company is, it is impossible to compete with Sony. But behind Gantatan is Fang Mingyuan.

The funds he can mobilize are not lower than those of Sony Corporation, and his status and influence in the game industry are not lower than Sony Corporation. It can even be said that compared with him, Ganrestatian Company, and Sega Corporation, Sony Corporation

He was the one who later struggled to catch up with his predecessors.

"This is a bit troublesome!" Heijingjiro thought to himself.

Sony now also has many cooperation projects with Fan Mingyuan. Not to mention Columbia Pictures, several films that have cooperated with Hong Kong Kumho Film Group in recent years have achieved very good box office results, thus reversing the situation since Sony took over.

After Columbia Pictures has been in decline, Sony's PS series consoles still need Gantatian's support in game software. In particular, Gantatan is currently creating an exclusive game "Onimusha" for PS2, which is Sony's first game this year.

The biggest expectation besides "Final Fantasy X".

If you include the cooperation between the two parties in areas such as MP3, U disk, and console production, Sony needs Fan Mingyuan in many areas. Although Fan Mingyuan does not hold any formal position in Ganrestatiwn Company, as a founder

As the largest controlling shareholder, his influence in Ganrestatian can be said to be omnipresent.

For the sake of Square Co., Ltd., he and Fang Mingyuan were harmed. This was not the result that Heike Jiro wanted to see.

But... Keijiro Taira let out a long sigh. The problem is that Fang Mingyuan can almost be said to control Sega Corporation, and Sega Corporation can be said to be Sony's biggest rival in the game console manufacturing industry. If it were to let

Fang Mingyuan has become an important shareholder of Square Co., Ltd. again, and Heikejiro is very worried that in the end, Square Co., Ltd. will not leave the Sony camp just like it did when it "rebelled" from the Nintendo camp!

If that were the case, the blow to the PS series consoles would be unimaginable! As a result, Nintendo's stock price fell by 7% that day, and the total decline reached 20%! And for Sony

Say, let alone a 20% stock price drop, even a 10% drop would be a disaster!

Moreover, due to the joining of Square Co., Ltd., Sega Co., Ltd.'s position will be more stable, which will further widen the gap between Sega Co., Ltd. and Sony.

This year, the game console that Microsoft has been developing for a long time will also be launched at the end of the year. By then, Sony's situation will become even more embarrassing.

With pursuers behind and interceptions in front, will Sony's future be in a dilemma?