Chapter 307 Kutaragi Ken's ambition
Yes, Nintendo dared not take Mars Entertainment's first-mover advantage seriously.
However, they could not think of a good idea for a moment. They also knew that what you said before by Hiroshi Yamauchi looked like they were asking about their low market share now, but in fact, they also knew that Hiroshi Yamauchi was worried that after the next-generation host of Mars Entertainment would be ten times more fierce than Sega now. At that time, how would he resist it?
For Nintendo, time is the most difficult to cross.
"never mind."
After waving his hand, Yamauchi Hiroshi didn't think he could hear any updated answers from the people in front of him. He waved his hand and announced the end of the meeting.
After thinking for a while, he called Ken Kutaraki.
Ken Kutaraki saw that the number displayed on the LCD screen was called from Hiroshi Yamauchi's office. In a short moment, countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He knew why Hiroshi Yamauchi called him, but he just wanted to ask about the development progress of Super FC. The question was that he had already told Hiroshi Yamauchi more than once a few days ago.
Moreover, the chief engineer of the development is still the direct descendant of Hiroshi Yamauchi. Even if he doesn't tell him, he will ask Masayuki Uemura to understand.
However, the recent hot sales of Sega Times consoles cannot not make Hiroshi Yamauchi. What was shocked was not Sega, but like Sega, Mars Entertainment, which will be released at the end of the year, is not Sega. Mars Entertainment is not Sega. They will never miss such a good opportunity. If Nintendo does not respond well, it is very likely that their entire Japanese market will be eroded.
but……
Thinking of this, Ken Kutaragi laughed. Nintendo was eroded. What does it have to do with them? Isn’t Nintendo, which has been eroded, just suitable for being acquired by Sony? Of course, this is just his idea. As for the acquisition of Nintendo, Ken Kutaragi can only think about it in his heart. Now Sony is all his energy on that big thing. In addition to the big thing to do, it is impossible for them to acquire Nintendo. At least before they complete the big thing that is about to be completed in the United States, Sony will not make any big moves anymore.
However, after completing the merger and acquisition of the top film company, President Akio Morita will almost completely retire, and his boss Nobuo Oga will take over the position of president. He has talked to Senior Oga before about this matter. Although it is not that acquiring Nintendo's shocking clan is considered crazy and crazy, it is almost the same.
He remembered the light that flashed in Vice President Oga Nobuo's eyes when he explained the prospects of the future electronic game market he foreseen to Nobuo's expectations.
He knew this kind of light very well. Whenever he washed up in the morning, he would often see such light in his eyes in the mirror. This kind of light is called ambition. Ken Kuraki firmly believed that Nobuo Oga could not have ambition. If he had no ambition, why would he take over a huge electrical appliance empire like Sony? You must know that Akio Morita has already achieved Sony's ultimate in the electrical appliance industry. If Nobuo Oga wants to get rid of Akio Morita and make a unique achievement, then he must find another way.
Video games are the different path that Ken Kutaraki showed Oga Nobuo.
At that time, Oga Nobuo listened to him silently, and he was silent at first, and he was quietly waiting for the other party's reply. Unexpectedly, Oga Nobuo asked him to say the words he had just said again. After he finished speaking, Oga Nobuo just slapped the table hard and said two very simple words.
“do-it.”
The phone ringing had already ringed five or six times in a row at this time. At this time, Ken Kutaraki temporarily suppressed his thoughts and picked up the phone.
"President Yamauchi, I'm really sorry, I wasn't here just now."
Yamauchi, who was a little angry, heard the very respectful apology from Ken Kutaraki, and temporarily suppressed his anger. After all, Ken Kutaraki was not his subordinate, but just a slap representative of Sony's cooperation with them.
"Sega's MD is very popular, and the games on the 16 home consoles, both in terms of graphics, music and content, far exceed eight game consoles..."
Yamauchi said half-truely, and Ken Kutaraki also listened and said yes. At the same time, he kept thinking in his mind how to make Sony make the biggest profit in this incident. In fact, Sony was able to obtain extraordinary benefits and benefits from the cooperation with Nintendo, but this experience of participating in the development of home machines throughout the whole process and the development team honed through this development.
And opportunities to contact and cooperate with third-party game development companies.
"President Yamauchi, are you worried that Mars Entertainment will be released at the end of the year?" Ken Kutaraki waited for the long passage of Yamauchi's words before replying with a smile. This is a question, but no matter what you say or hear, I don't think there is any doubt in this sentence.
Yuki Yamauchi nodded, without hiding it, and said, "Not bad."
"Mr. Yamauchi, I have told you many times before. Our development speed is now limiting. All developers work overtime until late at night every day. It can be said that our development team is like a string, which is tightened to the limit. It is impossible to put pressure on them any longer. Otherwise, the tightened string will break. The price we Sony does not want to bear, and it is also something you can't afford."
Ken Kutaraki said patiently, and Yuuka Yamauchi felt a little relieved after hearing Ken Kutaraki's words, but the huge shadow of Mars Entertainment still enveloped his head, which was an existence that he could not ignore no matter what.
After Kutaraki Ken finished the above paragraph, his tone changed and he smiled and said, "But President Yamauchi, we, Sony, attach great importance to this cooperation, so we don't want our cooperation to be completed, but it has become a useless effort. So, I have asked President Oga Nobuo before, and he said to me very simply, if possible, Sony can add investment and shorten the development time as much as possible, but..."
When Kyutaraki Ken said that Sony could continue to increase his development power, a hint of joy appeared on Hiroshi Yamauchi's face, but then when he heard the other party say only two words, a bad feeling suddenly surged in his heart. Sure enough, before he could ask, Kyutaraki Ken said it directly without any concealment.
"President Oga said it very simple and very direct. If we are asked to continue to add development power, we need to reconsider the conditions we had negotiated before. This time, you, Nintendo, must make some concessions."
Hearing Kutaraki Ken say this, Yamauchi Hiroshi closed his eyes, grabbed the five fingers of the phone receiver and grabbed it and could clearly hear the crisp sound. Then, he took a deep breath and then exhaled the breath. The previous cooperation development agreement with Sony was negotiated with the smart old fox of Oga Nobuo. To be honest, although he would make certain sacrifices in this contract, this sacrifice was irrelevant and could be fully accepted by him, including his Nintendo. However, this time he renegotiated the cooperation agreement and his own regression was inevitable.
But, how big a regression will there be?
Hiroshi Yamauchi calmed down at this time, but he also knew that he had to make a decision immediately, because time didn't wait for anyone, and it was October now. If he couldn't make a decision within a week, even if Sony agreed to increase his strength, there would be nothing to make up for it. After all, time is also crucial to gather strength to conduct the final assault public relations.
Moreover, he also knew that whether he agreed or disagreed, he could not reply like this on the phone.
So after hearing Ken Kutaraki's words, after Yamauchi breathed out a breath of turbid air, his tone became dull, no longer the anxious feeling he had before. He said lightly: "Jiuduo, I can't answer you about this matter now. I need to think about it. Do I need to discuss with other people in the company? This is not something I can make a decision alone. I hope you can forgive me."
The two of them exchanged greetings for a while, then hung up the phone.
The moment he hung up the phone, a look of excitement appeared on Ken Kutaraki's face, he held his hands hard, and then slammed heavily on the table, making a loud bang.
This is not anger, but excitement.
Su Riyan Yamauchi Hirohiko just now hidden his emotions, but Ken Kutaraki could still hear the implicit compromise in his weak answer from his last reply - because Ken Kutaraki is too familiar with Hirohiko Yamauchi, who is a very famous tyrant in the industry. If he does not agree with one thing, it means that he will not say anything that needs to be considered.
He would immediately say no.
Chapter completed!