Chapter 40: One of the Legends
"Everyone, now that we're all here, let's get started. Yu Suzuki glanced at the time, everyone was there, and the meeting was opened.
"What I'm going to do today is to review two games made by a company in Huaxia, and the two jade seals that were purchased by the Tang Ze family for 20 million US dollars, named "Everyone Come to Find Differences" and "Happy Lianliankan". Yu Suzuki said in a calm voice.
"What? I heard you right, did I? Master Suzuki, is the Karasawa family desperate and actually bought two games in a game desert? and still spend such a lot of money?" GFD's Ishiguro was the first to question.
"When will the Tang Ze family be able to come up with 20 million US dollars? A company that is about to disappear from a third party actually went to the desert to pan for gold?"
"I don't think it's a big deal? What kind of game is there in such a desert country? I don't believe it. Another third party dressed in black also reconciled.
"Personally, I think I'd like to listen to Master Suzuki's opinion. ”
"Actually, it's not necessary, right? Why bother to gather so many people. ”
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Yu Suzuki looked at the reaction below, his face was expressionless, but he had already sighed deeply in his heart, the Karasawa family was a family that followed him into Sega.
But Yu Suzuki has created many miracles for Sega in the past few years, from the world's first somatosensory game to Japan's first 32,000-color game and so on.
Since 1983, Sega's history has been around with Yu Suzuki, who has pushed arcade technology to the limit time and time again, and has delivered countless wonderful and magical experiences to players around the world.
Yushi Suzuki joined Sega in 1983 and quickly demonstrated his talent as a programmer and excellent management skills, and in his second year at the company, he created the world's first real-time simulation arcade game, Hang-On.
This is also his first famous work, and the biggest feature of the work is the full-scale simulation locomotive. It includes everything from the handbrake to make you feel like you're driving a real car.
Since then, everyone has begun to face up to the value of Suzuki Yu, so they have been as tolerant as possible for Suzuki Yu, since Suzuki Yu is indeed as they think, making one classic game after another.
Since then, Yu Suzuki has become Sega's trump card, and his status in Sega is like Shigeru Miyamoto's status in Nintendo.
In addition to the positions of board members such as president, vice president, director, and executive director, the real management positions in Japanese companies are generally ranked by director, deputy president, section head, department head, and director.
The minister is the head of a large department, the deputy minister is equivalent to the deputy minister of the auxiliary minister, and the section chief is also as the name suggests, the head of a section, but the RB department is based on the department, such as the personnel department, the finance department, etc., and the department head is the same as the assistant section chief, and it is also the same as the candidate, and it is also the smallest unit department of the enterprise, and the director, probably equivalent to a senior worker, will just give some management work.
Japanese companies pay attention to the "sequence of years", that is, according to the length of service, ability, contribution to promotion and salary increase, so after 5 to 10 years in the company, a certain management position will be given, generally at the director level, and Suzuki Yu, on May 1, 1987, transferred to the software branch, and is currently serving as the section manager and branch director.
It is equivalent to in just three or four years, Suzuki Yuki jumped three levels in a row, which is completely unimaginable in Japanese enterprises.
And Tang Ze Dashan, who entered Sega with him, except for releasing a well-known game when he first came in, there hasn't even been a decent game in recent years, and even transformed to do channel expansion during the period, although it also made a profit, but Sega doesn't need a third party to do channels, and the channels have always been attached to various third parties.
Just like in later generations, as long as your company is well-known in Huaxia, there will be various printing factories, material factories, custom factories and so on. In Japan, the same reason, once you become a third party of Nintendo or Sega, there will immediately be a group of people staring at these third-party fragrant buns, doing channels, packaging, advertising, and surveys, and everything is a vassal product.
And a third party, who lowered his qualifications to do channels, although he made more money than making games, but he didn't make any games for more than a year, and Sega would have kicked them out of the third party if it weren't for Yu Suzuki's sake.
But Rao is like this, after giving a year of time, Sega is still impatient after all, and in the end, the son of Tang Ze Dashan, the head of the Tang Ze family, Tang Ze Kaiyan was sent out as a local special purchaser, you can imagine that Sega is trying to make an example of this family, and it is also to show its attitude to other third parties, make games, just make games, otherwise this is the end.
The other privileges are still available under the opening of Yu Suzuki, otherwise, he can only be an ordinary purchaser, and he does not have such a large amount of authority at all.
And Suzuki Yu faced such an old friend's son, even if he had an iron heart, he couldn't ignore it, and this time his old friend's son even spent all the funds on hand, just for the sake of two games, which made Suzuki Yulai, puzzled but also regretful.
Today's review process was held because of the advice of Sega President Hayao Nakayama, once the two games declared by the Tang Ze family were rejected this time, it would be equivalent to taking the initiative to make a mistake, then, after today, there will be no Tang Ze family!
And Suzuki Yu out of trust in Karasawa Kaiyan, but also out of respect for Sega's review process, so even if he doesn't want to, but according to the standard process, when reviewing games above 10 million levels, a second party and a third party need to review together, so there is today's scene.
"When do you want to bypass the company's review process? Even if these two games are bad today, won't they be reviewed?" Suzuki Yu's calm voice was a little chilling, so that several people did not dare to express any opinions for a moment.
At Sega, Yuzu Suzuki's attitude represents Sega's attitude.
Yu Suzuki spoke, then the matter was settled, and if he dared to make other remarks at this time, he was really dead.
Moreover, when they thought of the friendly relationship between Suzuki Yu and the Tang Ze family, they didn't dare to say anything, and the face that should be given still needs to be given.
Anyway, their meaning has already been expressed, and if Suzuki Yuji wants to replace the public with his own private, he will not have their responsibility at that time.
"Remember, if you want to conclude that there is no market for a game, you have to do more than just talk about it, and don't say such irresponsible things if you haven't experienced it firsthand, this is also the standard of Sega!" Yu Suzuki said cautiously, knocking on the table.
"If you don't want to join this review, you can go out, and I can change people in at any time!" As soon as Suzuki Yu's voice fell, the faces of the people present were a little ugly.
This is anger from Yu Suzuki!
But for them, that's also Sega's attitude!
Everyone all bowed their heads, and no one dared to answer!
The gap between the first party and the third party, even the second party and the first party, is like a moat.
If all game makers don't have consoles, where do they put their games? Without consoles, there is no room for games, and from this point on, the fundamental gap between consoles and game producers is doomed.
It's not that no one wants to be a console, but Nintendo and Sega, the only two consoles, are sharing this infinitely valuable cake equally, and whoever dares to join will be forcibly suppressed immediately, and even a trace of thought will be crushed to pieces!
Yu Suzuki, is the first party of the host, with an absolute position, once angry, no third party dares to touch the head.
And Yamauchi Pu is even more harsh on this, the title of the Iron and Blood Emperor is not called in vain.
"Since there is no problem, review, start now, call Tang Ze Kaiyan in. Suzuki Yu's eyes were like knives, looking at the few people in front of him, if anyone dared to jump out now, they would definitely be expelled as soon as possible!
In the midst of silence, the door was opened, Tang Ze Kaiyan, in fact, is Ze Kaiyan, because there is half of the Chinese blood, so in China, Tang Ze Kaiyan generally says that his name is Ze Kaiyan.
Tang Ze Kaiyan took a report, walked in, and bowed to Suzuki Yu first: "Section Chief Suzuki, Tang Ze Kaiyan greets you." ”
The corner of the assassin Tang Zekaiyan's eyes was aimed at the few people sitting on the side, and suddenly the faces of the second party and the third party were full of ridicule, ridicule, and disdainful expressions all fell into his eyes.
The report in Tang Zekaiyan's hand was subconsciously tightened, and there was hatred hidden in his eyes!
It's not that Tang Zejia doesn't work hard, nor does he not spend a lot of effort to invest in game research and development, but Tang Zejia's own R&D strength is insufficient, and the R&D personnel are recruited and invited from outside, and the small success of the first game, although there is no big achievement, but it is also among the best among the third parties, which is enough to be worthy of the identity of the third party, plus the care of Suzuki Yu, the future is bright.
But then the bad news began, the R&D personnel left one by one, and in a short period of time, the promising QZ company instantly became a third party that couldn't do games, and the Tang Ze family of course investigated like crazy, and in the end, it was found that these people were poached by other Sega third-party companies.