Chapter 002 Party
Masayoshi Kishimoto suddenly remembered something particularly important, so he hurried toward his goal. This was a party, a party about the investment project.
In other words, people who have projects and lack funds will come to Tokyo to find partners with their own projects. Similarly, people who have funds but do not have good projects will naturally come here to find good projects that can invest in.
However, this was the deadly moment of the Asian financial crisis, which caused the originally noble investment party to become a bit deserted.
In order to keep going and gather popularity, the organizer has lowered the threshold again and again, and has not attracted many people to participate. After all, many people in many places are deeply trapped in dire straits.
They all belong to the clay Buddhas who cross the river, and they are unable to protect themselves. Do they have any extra thoughts to make other investments?
In addition to being in a tough battle, they also made the worst mentally. If they go bankrupt, it will be completely reasonable to go on the road of no return.
Even a few people who have not encountered this disaster will not be optimistic about the economic situation next year in the short term. In the long run, it may be difficult to recover from the damage of the Asian financial crisis within three or five years.
Just by this coincidence that most people are not optimistic about, Masayoshi Kishimoto received such an invitation letter to participate. If he had not had the outbreak of this financial crisis, he would not have the qualifications to enter the market at all.
He attended the meeting in person, holding the investment project instructions sent to him by the reception staff as soon as he entered the door. He clearly listed the names of some companies and the general situation of their respective projects.
Masayoshi Kishimoto opened the investment project manual held in his left hand and started from the directory. He lowered his head and stared at an online game company called NCSoft.
This is a new company that was established on March 11, 1997. It was considered unlucky. Shortly after its establishment, it encountered the Southeast Asian financial crisis that first broke out from Thailand on July 2, 1997, and then it went wild and turned into the current Asian financial storm.
Masayoshi Kishimoto tried hard to suppress his inner ecstasy. He immediately decided that even if he was selling his money, he would invest his money in this online game company called NCSoft.
Masayoshi Kishimoto thought, with an excited look on his face, that a great opportunity exists in a crisis. As long as you discover it, you can make a fortune with a small amount and make a fortune.
Nowadays, others don’t know the company NCSoft, but he can’t know it better. Although it’s not famous at the moment, it will definitely be famous in the online game industry in the future.
Masayoshi Kishimoto counts the time. In another half a year, NCSoft will become famous for an online game called "Paradise".
For Chinese online game players, only the hard-hitting players have heard of and started playing it.
Although it did not perform well in the Chinese market and left the market in a miserable manner, it was very popular in many other countries, opening up a brand new way of entertainment and leisure.
"Legend of Hot Blood", which is well known to Chinese online game players, imitates "Paradise" to a large extent. The former is also one of the more clumsy imitators.
The reason why "Paradise" has not become popular in China is because its requirements for hardware and internet speed are much higher than those for "Legend of Blood".
Computers were an absolute luxury for Chinese people at that time. Ordinary people may not be able to afford a low-end assembly machine after working hard and spending a year.
Masayoshi Kishimoto seemed to be disobeying his own orders, as if the positive pole of the magnet was attracted by the negative pole, and he involuntarily looked at Kanazawa Tatsu of NCSoft.
Before Kishimoto Masayoshi had time to bow and salute when he saw Kanzeki Tsubasa, he blurted out in his first sentence: "I want to invest in your company."
Jin Zechen was stunned. He came to Fusang thousands of miles to raise funds and to save the company that was on the verge of bankruptcy. He took a dead horse as a living horse and took a desperate bet.
Because the NCSoft online game company he founded was also deeply affected by this Asian financial crisis. On the road to financing, Jin Zechen has repeatedly hit a wall.
Naturally, the banks will not lend themselves to themselves. After all, the eight major banks in South Korea are already unable to protect themselves. European and American investors look down on small companies like them that have just been established. Even if they want to buy goods, they will also sweep up high-quality assets in traditional industries that are facing temporary operating difficulties.
What's more, the dominant position of the game industry is still console games. Secondly, there are computer stand-alone games or computer LAN games. Finally, there are arcades and palms. What is this online game happening?
Not to mention letting investors make venture capital, this is something that even many peers in the gaming industry are not optimistic about, but they have the power of transformation that can turn upside down.
While Jin Zechen was happy, he was worried again. He took the police to examine the suspect's eyes and carefully looked at the person standing in front of him from head to toe, and then from foot to head, afraid that the person coming would be a liar.
Masayoshi Kishimoto naturally saw from his eyes that he did not regard himself as a good person, and he was not angry. After all, it was understandable.
Two people he had never met before, and this was the case when he met, and the other party was vigilant. Who made him not a big name in the investment industry now?
"Why, are you afraid I'm a liar?" Kishimoto Masayoshi took the initiative to poke through the paper passage of the window between the two sides, which was as thin as a cicada's wings.
Kanzechen naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to admit it, keeping a polite smile and changing the topic: "I want to know, why do you want to invest in our company?"
"Buffett once said a famous saying about investment: I am afraid of others greedy, and others are afraid of me. Nowadays, everyone is afraid of the Asian financial crisis, which is the time when I should be greedy.
Even those who have money will be more cautious and cautious than usual. You can see the number of people present at a glance. But I am not afraid.
There are three reasons. First, I am a super enthusiast of computer games. When playing games, I can sleep for three days and three nights at any time;
Secondly, I have always believed that the development direction of computer games in the future will not only stay in the area of stand-alone or local area networks, but will have a broader world;
Third, the most important point is that once you have a good view, don’t hesitate and dare to be the first.” Masayoshi Kishimoto stood up one by one with three fingers in his right hand.
Chapter completed!