Super Game Empire

Nintendo is willing to spend US$50 million to acquire KTT. If Alexey agrees, he can instantly become a multimillionaire with US$15 million.

But Alexey soon came to his senses.

With the acquisition of KTT for US$50 million, the entire copyright of Tetris was transferred to Nintendo, which is equivalent to Nintendo paying off the patent fees for the next ten years, maybe five years, in one lump sum.

Is Nintendo really so rich? Alexey doesn't believe it. Although he opposes Yang Yun's plan, he still trusts his partners more than Nintendo people.

"Mr. Arakawa, KTT has no plans to sell the entire franchise for the time being. Why don't you listen to my suggestion? I wonder if we, KTT, can pay 50 million US dollars to buy the rights to Super Mario?"

"Impossible!" Minoru Arakawa refused immediately, showing anger. "This is absolutely impossible!"

Alexey shrugged: "The same goes for acquiring KTT!"

The two sides reached a stalemate.

One is the number one boss in the industry, an elite entrepreneur from MIT, and the other is a rookie in the industry who seems reckless but is actually cautious. The two just stare at each other and never give in for their own interests.

Minoru Arakawa suddenly said: "Since it's impossible, let's talk about the price. We think the patent licensing fee for Tetris is too high, so we hope that the price of a single copy can be reduced to less than 1 US dollar, not 1.5 US dollars."

Alexey sneered: "Since Mr. Arakawa thinks Tetris is not worth so much money, why did he propose to acquire KTT in the first place? I don't agree with the $1 offer. Currency will always depreciate, but employee wages and rent and utility bills are not

As it goes up day by day, repricing can be done, at least starting from $5.”

Minoru Arakawa was angry: "Mr. Pajitrov, will it seem insincere if you do this?"

Alexey responded tit-for-tat: "Does a price of less than 1 dollar mean you are sincere?"

Once again reached a deadlock.

Alexey finally understood that when his side takes the initiative, negotiations will often become more interesting. For example, now, it can make an opponent who usually has to look up have nothing to say and become an equal. This kind of

It feels so great!

Seeing that the other party's momentum calmed down, Alexei said comfortably: "Everyone has a different opinion on the value of Tetris and Super Mario. None of us know the future trend. I think Tetris is a priceless treasure.

, what do you think about super ma

Li is not transferable. Since we can't reach an agreement, it's better to go back and discuss it. Just now you reminded me that the price of 1.5 US dollars is really inappropriate. Now I have changed my mind. Unless Nintendo exchanges Super Mario for me,

Otherwise, there is no need to discuss it!”

"Hmph!" Minoru Arakawa closed the notebook, stood up and left, not even intending to continue the conversation.

Alexei didn't care. Everyone knew Nintendo's strength. The most important thing in negotiations was to destroy the opponent's prestige. Otherwise, he would be the one to suffer. He would lose every move.

Back at KTT, Alexey reported everything.

Yang Yun thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter, he is the son-in-law of Yamauchiura, not the stubborn old man himself, don't be afraid! Drag, let's keep dragging, until they can't stand it anymore, and they take the initiative to come to their door, we will win. Next time we will talk

Has the time been set yet?”

"Arakawa Minoru's secretary has informed us, the day after tomorrow."

"OK, let's do something else first. How about meeting Sega?"

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Fujita Sai and Pete attach great importance to KTT's negotiations, which are related to their strategic arrangements for Sega. Whether Sega will have a good time in North America in the future depends on the outcome of this negotiation.

The two came to KTT company and met Yang Yun and Alexei who were chatting and laughing.

Because of its good confidentiality work, Nintendo never knew about Yang Yun's existence. Although Sega knew that Yang Yun was related to Tetris, it didn't know the specific sharing agreement. Of course, Sega would not take the initiative to tell Nintendo any information.

Sai Fujita asked: "Mr. Pajitrov, have your company and Nintendo reached an agreement?"

Alexey said calmly: "Negotiations cannot be concluded in a day or two."

Yang Yun added: "Fujita-kun, you should be very aware of the strength of Nintendo. Arakawa is a legendary entrepreneur and quite difficult to deal with. I think this is definitely a tug of war, so please be patient. If the negotiation fails,

Of course we will cooperate with Sega, but we hope Sega can help add some weight and help us."

Fujita Qi and Peter looked at each other, already unhappy in their hearts.

From Sega's point of view, the best outcome is that KTT and Nintendo have broken down their talks and parted ways on bad terms.

No one has taken over the Tetris patent, and KTT will never let it rot in its hands. Since Sega is the only game platform provider on the market, the licensing price may be reduced by another 30%, and Sega can get a big bargain.

Fujita Sai was very reluctant to ask Sega to add weights. He had never dealt with Longteng Company or KTT Company. To be precise, he knew nothing about Yang Yun and had no idea about Yang Yun's personality.

, what are the rules of conduct and doing things? In private, he even looks down on this Chinese man because of personal factors.

So he didn't express his position, but made a wink.

Peter understood this and became the bad guy, saying, "I'm sorry, we have never negotiated with Nintendo. I'm afraid we can't be of much help."

Alexei sighed in his heart, and as expected, Yang Yun was right again, Sega would definitely not provide help.

Yang Yun laughed and said: "I haven't said what I want to do, and you rejected it so quickly? This is not the right way to treat allies. Alexey just mentioned to me that EA intends to enter the video game console

Industry, and they promised to help us..."

a bolt from the blue!

Sai Fujita and Peter know very well what kind of ruthless character EA is!

In American culture, sports are a very important part. It can be said to be a national sport.

In the game industry, the best sports game company is none other than EA.

The basketball game "One-on-One" series, the "Ferrari F1" series, and "Madden NFL" released last year even climbed to the third place in the U.S. game sales list!

Ever since Sega's 16-bit console entered the U.S. market, EA has repeatedly reported that it intends to enter the video game market. Of course, Nintendo sneered at it. They did not regard EA as a competitor at all, but Sega could not ignore it. Once EA entered, I am afraid it would be the most affected.

It's them.

So as soon as Yang Yun said this, Fujita couldn't sit still. He quickly stood up and bowed his head to apologize: "Please don't misunderstand! Peter's expression was wrong. He just wanted to say that we may not be able to help with the skills on the negotiation table."

Busy and nothing else!"

Yang Yun didn't care and glanced at Alexei. Alexei was impressed. All this was in Yang Yun's imagination. Yang Yun believed that once EA was asked to accompany him, Sega would definitely give in. As for EA's true attitude

, who cares?

In fact, Yang Yun has never been exposed to EA at all!

Fool, keep fooling!

Alexei said: "Don't be nervous, Mr. Fujita, Yang is also joking. We want to know, has Nintendo encountered some troubles and difficulties recently? If the negotiations fail, how much impact will it have on their Christmas sales?"

Yang Yun added: "The Christmas holiday is the most important sales season of the year. If the negotiation fails, we will lose millions of dollars..."

Fujita Qi understood that if the negotiations between KTT and Nintendo failed, one person would have to foot the bill for the millions of dollars in losses. Who? Of course it would be the camp that switched sides.

EA has fully agreed, and now we have to see what Sega does.

Talking about money hurts feelings! But if you don’t talk about money, then I’ll just talk to you and just close the door and thank customers!

To answer Alexei's question first, Sai Fujita said: "If the contract is suddenly terminated, first of all, Christmas sales of at least 2 million GB units and 1 million FC units will be affected, involving your company's Tetris game.

, the difference will not be too big. Secondly, Nintendo has a practice, they like to produce in advance,

Billing is based on a unified financial quarter, which means that after the end of the third quarter, until now, a certain amount of game copies must have been produced during this period. If the contract is suddenly terminated, these copies are most likely to be unauthorized products that exceed the authorized quota.

, these products cannot be sold during the Christmas period and all need to be recalled and destroyed.”

Yang Yun remembered that in real history, it was Sega who was the first to win the Tetris contract from an individual Russian engineer, and excitedly produced more than 100,000 copies of the game cartridges, preparing for a big fight.

It's a pity that Nintendo took advantage of the contract. In the Soviet Union, all the results of national scientific research were collective rather than individual. Arakawa Minoru personally went to Moscow and spent 10 million US dollars to obtain the authorization from the Soviet National Science Laboratory. Sega had more than 100,000

The game cartridges could only be destroyed in tears, which was a huge loss!

If KTT terminates the contract, it will bring huge trouble to Nintendo. It is already busy enough and has insufficient manpower. It is also busy with returns, exchanges, recalls and destruction. If Yang Yun is serious and arranges for a team of accountants to move in, it is estimated that

You have to give Nintendo a hard time.

After answering Alexei's question, Yang Yun's question cannot be avoided. Fujita Sai does not dare to express his position easily. He is no more powerful than Arakawa Minoru, the son-in-law of Yamauchiura. The matter involving millions of dollars has already exceeded

Sega America's credit limit must be reported to Sega Japan's headquarters.

At this time, Pete remembered something and said excitedly: "I heard that Nintendo got into trouble recently! They got into trouble with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission!"

Yes! That’s it!

Yang Yun became excited, he had heard about this.

Because Nintendo is so powerful that it even dictates how the game consoles and cartridges should be displayed in dealers' stores. This international giant, which accounts for 85% of the game market, finally made the U.S. government unhappy.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has a strong background and specializes in enforcing various antitrust laws and consumer protection laws. To the Chinese, it is a notorious and extremely disgusting federal agency!

Under the banner of protection, it interferes in the operations of other countries' companies as much as it wants. I don't know how many Chinese companies have been cheated by it in future generations, including photovoltaic companies, shoes, hats, clothing, consumer goods, toys, anyway, as long as the United States needs goods made in China, this agency will

They will pop up and give you anti-monopoly laws, trade subsidies, higher tariffs, etc. I don’t know how many Chinese companies will shed tears in anger.

Of course, this organization is not merciful to American companies. It stands on the side of the people and claims to represent the interests of consumers. Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, etc., basically all large companies have been dealt with by it.

Now, it has finally extended its black hands to Nintendo. How could Yang Yun not laugh out loud?

Nintendo is having a hard time!

With people like Yang Yun behind it, Nintendo will have to shed its skin even if it doesn't die!

Fujita Sai didn't seem to know about it and asked in confusion: "When did this happen?"

Pete said: "Five days ago, a friend who works in the federal government told me. It is said that the FTC has filed a lawsuit with the federal court, accusing Nintendo of violating antitrust laws. I guess they should have received a court summons in the past few days!"

Everyone became excited. Yang Yun looked at Alexei: "When was the last time Nintendo urged you?"

Alexey thought for a while: "A week ago."

Yang Yun clapped his hands and laughed: "Nintendo has suffered a big loss now! I want to see how they negotiate! We will definitely win this time!"

Fujita Qi looked depressed: "It's you who will win..."

Yang Yun waved his hands and said excitedly: "No, we are the ones who will win! KTT, Longteng, EA, Sega, we are all sure to win, everyone who sees it will have a share! The only loser is Nintendo! As long as you cooperate, I promise to give it to you.

A big gift! Starting with this FTC complaint, Pete, can you operate it so that Nintendo in Washington State has to go to another place to appear in court?"

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PS: On the evening of February 8, 2014, it was snowing heavily in Jiangcheng. I was sitting on the sofa holding my notebook, watching the loud echo of CCTV 3 and typing words.

This episode is the reunion of Journey to the West after 30 years. It is my first time to watch it. I see many classic screen images taking off their make-up and take the stage. I also learn that many teachers have left us and hear many haunting songs.

Classic songs, seeing the paper-cuts of Journey to the West characters sent by enthusiastic fans, and hearing the emotional confessions of the leading actors and costars, when I was sighing and sighing, I suddenly thought of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in this book.

I was born in the 1980s. I have been surrounded by TV, games, short stories, foreign paintings and playing cards since I was a child. Every winter and summer vacation, I watched Journey to the West, The Legend of White Snake, and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms the most because I couldn’t understand them.

How to see.

When I wrote about the Three Kingdoms, I looked up a lot of information about the Three Kingdoms crew. I couldn't help it, and with a little personal resentment, I wrote down the scenes about the Three Kingdoms crew. At first, I didn't feel much about it, and I talked with a few books

Friends argue endlessly and stubbornly stick to their own opinions.

But when I saw the reunion program of Thirty Years of Journey to the West, I regretted it.

No matter how it is, it is always a classic and an indispensable part of our lives. Maybe I am really too harsh on it. It has been 30 years since Journey to the West and 20 years have passed since The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The actors and directors

They are already old, why should I treat them like this anymore?

The article will not be modified for the time being. Since it was written by me, I should be responsible. You might as well stay here and warn me.

In the future, I will also write about the classic arcade game "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the Three Kingdoms". At that time, I will definitely deal with these plots in a different way.

In the early stages of this book, starting a business is a bit slow. There are not as many passionate plots about pretending to be a slap in the face in starting a business as there are in urban ambiguities. The next ten chapters will be an explosive period, and Yang Yun's game empire will make a splash in the international game industry for the first time.

With your own voice, please continue to support me! Thank you!