Super Game Empire

As a negotiator who doesn't follow common sense, Alexei looked very serious on the surface and shook his head to show that he was not joking. In fact, he scolded Yang Yun in his heart.

Just yesterday, after talking to Sega, Yang Yun stopped Alexei and said: "We will negotiate tomorrow. If Nintendo agrees to a joint venture, don't agree immediately. Instead, continue to make demands and let them make The Legend of Zelda

I’ll give it to you as a companion to Contra.”

"Hang on... talk to each other?" Alexey didn't understand what he meant.

"Yes, to put it simply, exchange one for two, exchange Tetris for Super Mario, and Nintendo will give away the Legend of Zelda and Contra for free!"

Alexey died on the spot and almost fainted when he saw Yang Yun.

How cruel is this? What does Nintendo rely on to keep it strong? It’s Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda. Now it’s even poaching two of its core games. Isn’t this too cruel?

And Contra, it seems to be from Konami, right? This is not a Nintendo game, but they can also give it away?

"It's their business to mention it or not. It's our business to mention it or not. Let's treat it as an early Christmas sale! It has to be exchanged for three, and we must not suffer a loss!" Yang Yun smiled, with white, pointed teeth that flashed.

Dark light...

Thinking of this dim light, Yang Yun's expression was like that of a hungry wolf, and Alexei couldn't help but tremble.

He tightened his face and said quite seriously: "Mr. Arakawa, I am not kidding, and you heard me right. KTT agreed to jointly establish a third-party company with Nintendo to jointly operate the two games Super Mario and Tetris. At the same time, in order to compensate

KTT has suffered losses in some aspects, and we demand that Nintendo transfer the full copyrights of the two games The Legend of Zelda and Contra for free!"

"Baga is blocking the road!" Minoru Arakawa roared: "You are going too far!"

Alexey stood up. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, standing like a mountain, and said seriously: "This is the fairest deal! Maybe I should consider meeting EA or Sega."

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"The asking price is so high, why don't you pay it back on the spot~" Yang Yun crossed his legs and trimmed his nails with a Swiss Army knife. From time to time, he picked up the pure Colombian coffee on hand, took a sip and closed his eyes to enjoy it.

Alexey still has lingering fears. He may have really offended Nintendo this time.

At first he made an unreasonable request and forced the person to agree, but then he regretted it temporarily. The lion opened his mouth and made an unreasonable request again. No wonder Arakawa Minoru smashed the water glass into pieces in front of him and almost broke the door of the office.

This kind of negotiation method is really like a gangster act. In the end, he even threatened to meet with EA and Sega. Is Nintendo really going to accept this? It won't be counterproductive...

Yang Yun chuckled and said: "Easy, Easy! If Arakawa gets angry, he will lose his correct judgment, and we will have an opportunity. Don't worry, Nintendo will not miss us. Without us, his losses will be even greater.

And it is an irreversible loss."

Alexey shook his head in disbelief: "Yang, if I were your competitor and you treated me like this, I would definitely smash the water glass in your face and never come back to the negotiating table."

Yang Yun laughed loudly: "So you should be lucky to be on my side!"

Alexey was worried: "Why are you so confident? Nintendo is not a fool!"

Yang Yun asked: "Put yourself in my shoes, if you were Yamauchiura, if you were quite optimistic about a game, but the software vendor wanted to raise the price to make more money, you would be reluctant to give the money and refuse, allowing the software vendor to turn around and compete.

Will the opponent still meet the requirements of the software vendor?"

Alexey thought for a while: "I will calculate the effort and reward for the two results. If in order to meet the requirements of the software vendor, the effort exceeds my bottom line, I would rather give up."

Yang Yun snapped his fingers and agreed: "Yes! This is a rational way of thinking. As long as a person is rational, he will choose this way, and Yamauchiura is the most rational person. And after rational calculation, he decides to act.

, it’s that bottom line. As long as we grasp Nintendo’s bottom line, why not get closer to it to the greatest extent and strive for more benefits for ourselves?”

Alexey was confused: "But you are not Yamauchi, how do you know what their bottom line is? And what you said is based on the premise that Yamauchi is optimistic about the prospects of Tetris. How do you know that he will

Quite optimistic?"

Yang Yun smiled: "I don't know, so I'm testing it bit by bit. I told you yesterday that if Nintendo agrees to the joint venture, you can make another request. Sure enough, Nintendo agreed and proposed a third-party evaluation and calculation of equity distribution.

.Then I roughly guessed Yamauchiura's real thoughts. He couldn't let go of Super Mario or Tetris. He wanted to grab it with both hands, and both hands had to be hard. He wanted to take advantage of it and refused to suffer any losses. His bottom line

That is: you can give up some of your benefits, but you must not lose control."

"And you made two demands, 50% of the rights is the first one, and the Legend of Zelda and Contra are the second ones. The Legend of Zelda is a decryption type game produced the year before last, that is, in 1987, and it is also a palace-owned game.

Motomo presided over the production, and together with Super Mario, they are called the two cornerstones of Nintendo. Contra is a Konami game and was also launched in 1987. Now I propose to Yamauchiura to buy one and get two free. What do you think he will think?

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Alexey asked uncertainly: "Reject you?"

Yang Yun nodded and smiled: "That's right! Yamauchiura will definitely reject me. It is absolutely impossible to give the Legend of Zelda to me. In fact, I don't really want the Legend of Zelda. It is just a cover for me to let it out.

But since Hiroshi Yamauchi is willing to strip Super Mario

, this old guy may propose to share The Legend of Zelda, and then take control of the joint venture. Doing so is no different from annexing our KTT. So, if he proposes this plan, you refuse and insist on only Super Mario.

Each accounts for 50%.”

"OK, I understand. The Legend of Zelda was a feint that you used to create psychological pressure for Hiroshi Yamauchi, and you deliberately left them to pay back the money on the spot. But what about Contra?"

Yang Yun closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said: "Contra is Konami's game. Yamauchiura will not use it as a bargaining chip. He will definitely find a way to take it from Konami and give it to me."

, as a small gift to show his sincerity."

Before the matter was determined, Yang Yun was very strict and would not even tell Alexei. No one knew what Yang Yun's true intention was.

In this negotiation, Yang Yun thought a lot, went back and forth, and went through several rounds. In addition to sharing Super Mario and taking the opportunity to enter the game peripheral industry, he also had to push forward and get two games at once.

Nintendo will not know that The Legend of Zelda is just a cover, and Yang Yun's real goal is Contra!

If he doesn't take advantage of this opportunity and get Contra for free while Nintendo is in crisis, I'm afraid he will miss it forever!

Longteng has already snatched Konami's Salamander, and there is no need to snatch Contra in this way. Konami cannot sell it to Longteng, no matter how much money is spent, because the two companies are mortal enemies!

"Let's play a game of intrigue!" Yang Yun said with high morale.

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Minoru Arakawa has never been so irritable. Even in the most difficult times in the early days of starting a business, he would perseverely tell himself that the difficulties would be overcome.

But the reality was not what he expected.

Howard has already left for New York State. The Federal Trade Commission has taken serious action this time. The pressure is unprecedentedly high. They just held a press conference yesterday, and today public opinion is one-sided.

"We did nothing wrong! In the past three and a half years, all we have done is single-handedly drag this half-dead industry back from the abyss. We saved the home video game industry!"

This is what the arrogant Nintendo press officer said. After receiving a subpoena from the federal court, he can still promote himself as a savior. This makes the FTC and the mainstream media that support them even more angry.

There are many media interview vehicles parked near Nintendo, and every employee who enters or exits will be surrounded by reporters, especially company executives. If it were not for the security guards to clear the way, they would not be able to move at all.

"If you didn't do anything wrong? Then why would the FTC file a complaint against you?"

"As a large international enterprise, where is Nintendo's social credibility? Have you paid attention to the interests of consumers?"

"Senator Thomas has accused you, thinking that you are posing as God, which is an insult to the American people. What do you think of this?"

The Associated Press, America Online, the Washington Post, ABC, NBC, and dozens of influential media were all present, targeting Nintendo at the forefront of the storm.

In addition, many employees of bankrupt American game console companies came after hearing the news. Together with radical youths, they held up banners and shouted slogans such as "Get Nintendo out of the United States and be wary of Japanese invasion" in front of Nintendo.

Demonstrations over and over again.

These press officers are a bunch of rubbish!

Arakawa Minoru was very anxious, thinking bitterly that there would be a conference call in the evening, and he decided to throw all this bad burden to Hiroshi Yamauchi!

But the conference call turned into chaos again.

Shigeru Miyamoto couldn't believe his ears. When Hiroshi Yamauchi agreed to share Super Mario, he had been deeply hurt once. Now the other party actually proposed to add a Legend of Zelda, which would cost him his life!

I have created two children with my own hands. I have worked hard for several years and watched them grow up little by little. Now I have to share them with another company. It is like being forced to marry a woman I don’t love and who I still love the most.

The two children call someone else’s mother.

Shigeru Miyamoto would rather take care of his children alone and raise them by himself no matter how hard and tiring he is.

However, Hiroshi Yamauchi did not treat his children as children, but as commodities that could be exchanged, goods with clearly marked prices. This attitude chilled Miyamoto Shigeru.

However, Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't need to take into account other people's thoughts. After thinking deeply, he said: "The Legend of Zelda doesn't work, you can find a way to get Contra and transfer it to KTT!"

Yokoi Gunpei was silent, Arakawa Minoru was silent, Miyamoto Shigeru was silent, and Yunobubu, the deputy director of the legal department, said in embarrassment: "Mr. President, this is a product of Konami..."

"I know! If we give them a 5% reduction in management fees, we will drop 10 percentage points in the intellectual property rights of the disk system, accounting for only 40%!" Hiroshi Yamauchi said.

Nobita Nobu is ready to fight for it: "Should we discuss with Konami..."

"What are you talking about?" Hiroshi Yamauchi roared: "You can't even do this little thing? Do you think we should reject Contra and give away The Legend of Zelda?"

Nobita Shin was so scolded that he did not dare to say anything anymore.

Yokoi Gunpei plucked up the courage and said: "Mr. President, shooting games should not be removed from the Nintendo platform. I think KTT's request is too much. Should we think of other ways?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi rarely scolded him, but asked coldly: "If you don't mind working overtime before the Christmas sale and the New Year, I agree that you can slowly discuss other solutions!"

Everyone shut up. No one was willing to work overtime every day in the past month. For them, time is their biggest enemy. If it continues to be delayed, it will be disadvantageous for them, Nintendo, not KTT.

Besides, this is a decision made by Hiroshi Yamauchi. Even if something happens in the future, they will never be blamed on their staff.

The task of negotiating with Konami falls on Nobu Nobu.

Let Konami be the victim!