Super Game Empire

The Japanese game industry's elderly concentration camp, this is the name that Jing Zheng called out like a self-deprecatingly last month. It is basically the Japanese game that failed after competing with Longteng, was acquired, or completely gave up against Longteng and took the initiative to defect to Longteng.

People from well-known companies in the world have given this name because they are quite old, all over 40 years old, and are mostly concentrated in Longteng Company.

"If Square is acquired by Longteng, you can still be your branch president to develop the Final Fantasy game to realize your dreams and continue to issue orders. Mr. Yang is definitely much better than your board members."

As he introduced, he also said a few important things about the careers in the post-Capcom era, proving that he was not bound by Longteng at all.

Last month, Jing Zheng also said: "Korami is the same. Although it is now called the Longteng Korami project team, I am still in charge of the development team. Although the number of people is not as large as that of the independent company period, the number of people is particularly capable, as long as the game projects are submitted

The application is approved by Mr. Yang, and all R&D funds and resources can be guaranteed at the best time."

Kenzo Tsujimoto came over and was quite proud: "We will continue to do core creativity and planning. People who really do the underlying coding are outsourced to programmers in China and India, so our status is very high, and our treatment and power are not low at all.

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Masashi Miyamoto smiled: "What he said is like a paradise on earth. Working in Ryuteng seems to be no different from the original independent company?"

"No!" the two of them shouted at the same time, then looked at each other, and said in unison with a smile: "At least you don't have to be an opponent with the strongest game production company!"

Haha... Everyone laughed out loud. It seemed that everyone felt the same. When they were against Long Teng, the pressure on all aspects was too great.

Masashi Miyamoto was much more comfortable. At least last month, Keimasa and Yoshiro Tsujimoto worked well in Ryutto. He was not angry and desperate because the company was sold. This should be the best ending for a small and medium-sized game production company like them.

The car drove into the Sega headquarters building, and Yang Yun and Nakayama Hayao and his group warmly greeted each other at the gate.

Holding Miyamoto Masashi's hand, Yang Yun smiled meaningfully: "Miyamoto, President Miyamoto, welcomes you to join Longteng again. There is an old Chinese saying. Standing at thirty years old, and not confused at forty years old. This year is exactly the year of forty years, but you want

We will help us young people solve our problems, give us some advice, and explain the inside story that no one knows!”

Masashi Miyamoto looked at this tall and handsome young man and felt quite emotional. Square and Longteng cooperated with Masashi Miyamoto being recruited by Yang Yun, which was completely different treatment.

The two have had many dealings over the years, but the original business and cooperation details are only cold when they look back on. Now, he is a surrendered general in the battle between the two armies. Yang Yun can still treat him with wise men and prides and more enthusiastic.

, He felt that all the previous conspiracies and confrontations were in vain. He had known Yang Yun's attitude as long as he had long since he took the initiative to surrender.

"I dare not take responsibility for Mr. Yang's praise. I will tell you what I know in full." Miyamoto Masashi's words made everyone happy. What they most look forward to was news from the inside of the enemy.

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On June 24, 1996, the highly anticipated "Final Fantasy: Deep in the Soul" movie was released in 500 theaters in North America, and 940 large and small cinemas and screening halls in Japan were also broadcast simultaneously, attracting a large number of game fans.

It is sought after and welcome, and the premiere tickets are sold out within 10 minutes. Many people are willing to queue up all night to wait for the next show.

Square's total cost of $185 million. It took two full years, and it was in line with FF games. The promotional film was extremely dazzling. It was the first computer-made protagonist in history, and Square's first movie adapted from the game.

This Square Company's annual super masterpiece, which thousands of FF game fans around the world, has finally lifted her veil and displayed it in front of the world.

Yang Yun found it interesting. This movie appeared in 2001 in real history. Five years later, Square has invested $137 million at that time, but after exhausting all Square's resources, it can only be

The other supporting characters made a perfect female protagonist, and the box office was terrible, which directly allowed Square to enter the brink of bankruptcy and merge with Enix.

Now it's 5 years ahead of schedule. Although it costs nearly $50 million more, can Square Really give a satisfactory answer?

One minute after the movie started, Yang Yun laughed out loud. With such details, he wanted to conquer movie fans and players all over the world. It was really a dream. Square is finished. They will definitely face the biggest annual report on the loss in the company's history!

He admires the complete drama with a lively mentality, and has been comparing it with the pure CG movies he has watched in later generations, silently looking for its failures.

The setting of imitating the real world is infinitely close, but the enemy is a supernatural phenomenon, and the responsibility of saving the earth is handed over to the soul of the earth. The heroine Aqi wants to find eight spirits produced by various creatures. This setting allows

People feel very unreal, and it seems to be a dissonant mixture of games and reality, with a rather clumsy performance and a drowsy plot.

In addition, the major technical flaws made players cry out disappointment.

In the promotional CG animation, the beautiful Aqi stands on the wasteland, facing the rising sun on the distant horizon, she raises her hand to cover her eyes, her long hair is gentle and flowing, revealing her tiny, floating in the wind, as if

Love/person’s hands are stroking your face. I don’t know how many people this CG special effect has shocked and how much anticipation it has made people feel.

Unfortunately, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment!

Apart from Aqi, other characters are either simple in appearance or monotonous in action, which completely fails to achieve the effect of the 3D live version. Because the scenes focus on different surfaces, many scenes are not rendered enough, plus those stiff shots, simple and rough scenes

After watching it, players complained that even the special effects of science fiction movies such as "Cadillac and Dinosaurs" three years ago and even "Jurassic Park" are not as good as those of science fiction movies!

For players, aren’t they just going to the cinema just to watch the special effects of the game content being moved to the big screen? But what did they see?

Without trying to cater to the audience, Square instead adopted the movie script produced by Hiroshi Sakaguchi, which was full of oriental elements, and created a lot of Feng Shui metaphysics and telling the soul of heaven and earth. Isn’t this seeking death?

Final Fantasy: Deep in the Soul" box office in North America for $8 million in the first week, and the total box office was barely exceeded 30 million in a month. However, Square's real money was worth $185 million, plus the Shanghai Dishui Lake Film and Television in China

The shooting base invested by the game base for more than 10 million US dollars, and Square's various miscellaneous consumption was almost $200 million, which really made a loss to his grandma's house!

In just one week, all the companies related to Square's acquisition were silent. The diehards on the board of Square's board of directors who insisted on a quotation of $100 million were miserable. No company is willing to take over now. SoftBank Group Masayoshi Son was too busy to take care of himself, KTT

The company disappeared, and SZone and a bunch of small businesses seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and Longteng didn't even want to mention it.

"What? "Final Fantasy: Deep in the Soul" lost money, what does this have to do with me?" Yang Yun asked inexplicably to the media interviewing him.

"Isn't your Longteng a partner of Square's? We all know that 49% of the interests of "Final Fantasy" are in your hands!" the reporter asked.

"Yes, I control 49%, but this is just the game's interests. As for movies, novels, comics, and game peripheral series, I didn't interfere, all of them were controlled by Square." Yang Yun didn't want to continue to get involved in this topic, and said

: "Please cherish the opportunity to speak. I will fly to the United States after the interview. I don't know when the next time you see me."

"Mr. Yang, I want to ask you, after Longteng acquired SSI, is he planning to acquire TSR and then develop DND series PC games?"

"Mr. Yang, has the research and development plan for "Dark 2" begun? When will it be produced?"

"Can combat networking technology disclose server ports to other game production companies and leave compatible interfaces in the universal game communication protocol?"

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Soon, Square's desperate situation is no longer the focus of Longteng's press conference. Yang Yun patiently answered it one by one. He was very steady and mature. He was very experienced in dealing with these media organizations and selectively skillfully.

He answered several questions and sent the gang away.

"I'm going to the United States, please give me your request for Japan!" Yang Yun said goodbye to Shirooshi Nakayama and others at the airport.

Shirooka Nakayama patted his chest: "Don't worry, Square is about to go bankrupt, no one dares to take over them. I will wait until the most appropriate moment to buy them."

Yang Zhan shook his eyes and said like an underground joint: "The foreigner is not aware of it yet. Everything is going well and it is in an orderly manner..."

Yang Yun knew what he was talking about. Masayoshi Son was pulled by Square's frontal harassment. No abnormalities were found about SoftBank itself. Yang Zhan asked a group of small businesses and institutions to cover up and is quietly absorbing SoftBank Group's shares, working hard to deal with the small

Shareholders negotiate and buy stocks directly at a premium.

This move has been tried and done, but it can only fight a surprise attack and a quick battle. Once Masayoshi Son comes back to his senses, Longteng will not have many opportunities to quietly acquire cheap stocks. At that time, Longteng may even have 5% or 10% of the shares.

Can't buy it.

Maybe Masayoshi Son has other ideas, but Yang Yun is too lazy to think about these things.

"After finishing, come and find me!" Yang Yun said to Wang Zhe.

Wang Zhe nodded and asked curiously: "Speak to the point, are you going to stay in North America for at least one month?"

Yang Yun was in a good mood and was very happy: "Of course! I will stay for a month, and the NBA draft will begin!"