Chapter 23 Several Ways to Find a Breakthrough Point

Since you have said that you are fully responsible, you will naturally have to go all out.

After a short thought, Takahashi didn't send out the drafted fax, but asked Shin'ichi Nakamoto, "Do we have any information about that company in the United States?"

Shin'ichi Nakamoto thought for a moment and said, "Yes!"

"Help find it. Takahashi said.

As he spoke, he placed the red and white cameras and the Apple Apple-II monitors side by side, and then opened the Gold Digger on both machines at the same time, carefully discerning all the differences between the two games with a serious expression that he had never seen before.

Play a little, record it, and soon the paper under Takahashi's hand will be full of corresponding entries one after another.

"Found it!"

Takahashi's side recorded almost it, and Shin'ichi Nakamoto also walked over with a large stack of materials.

These materials include magazines, periodicals, and newspapers, depicting Doug, the developer of Gold Digger, and Broadbond, the publisher of Gold Diggers.

Knowing oneself and knowing the other side can win all battles.

Takahashi prepared with both hands, on the one hand, to record the differences between the two versions of "Gold Digger" one by one, and on the other hand, to find all the information he could find about the other company's and the game producer, read it, and try to feel their style.

It may be a small detail that can make the difference between winning and losing the whole negotiation.

Kudo Hiroshi, who is as leisurely as a floating cloud, still admires him very much when he looks at the busyness up and down Takahashi.

In this era, there are many people with higher education, but there are not many people who are organized. Don't panic when you encounter major events, and you can deal with problems in an orderly manner. Such a person, no matter when, where, and in any way judged, is a talent.

However, appreciation does not mean asylum, Kudo Hiroshi has already thought about it, if this matter Takahashi is smashed, he will definitely not protect him.

The game is well played, and things are organized.

Now it is said that the most important thing in this book is talent.

Throwing a brick into the sky over Tokyo, nine out of ten people are talented.

Since seeing the power of capital, Kudo Hiroshi has become more and more aware of how small and incompetent people are.

He firmly believes that as long as there is enough capital, there will be no shortage of talents.

Of course, he also knows the attitude of Tokyo's big companies towards prospective graduates in the past two years. It's like an ancestor, not only sponsoring tuition, but also giving money to students in various names, and even arranging academic trips as soon as the holidays are over. Students can pick wherever they want, play whatever they want, and meet all the requirements, just to prevent them from having time to contact people from other companies, and accidentally get poached.

Of course, while many students enjoy such treatment, some people hate it. They think it's sugar-coated shells, it's house arrest. Even they almost fell out because of it.

Hiroshi Kudo has always looked at those big companies with the attitude of watching jokes.

Hudson doesn't have to do this at all, because top students and ordinary people are the same in the video game industry, they all start from scratch.

Instead of hiring high-achieving students who can't do things at the top, it's better to find more ordinary people.

Of course, a game talent like Shin'ichi Nakamoto, who is well-known in the industry, still has to work hard to win over.

However, this kind of game talent, unlike high-achieving students, cannot be mass-produced. For example, mutant species, the probability of appearance is extremely small, not to mention, it may not appear somewhere.

Takahashi also looks like a bit of a game talent, however, Kudo Hiroshi thinks that although there are not many talents at his level, they will never be met again.

Sacrificing him this time has proved his worth very much.

The magazine Softline put it this way, "Lode-Runner-is-smooth, thoughful-and-addictive."

"Gold Digger is so fun and addictive. ”

CGW Computer Games World, a well-known video game magazine, also boasted that "one-of-the-few-thinking-men's-arcade-games."

"It's a rare game that requires a lot of brains. ”

Of course, Takahashi didn't look at these correct nonsense, and when he checked the information, he found that the reason why Dao chose Broadbond as the publisher was because the other three of the four major publishers at that time, Mama Online, Sirius, and Mutual Entertainment, only gave a buyout price of $100,000.

Broadbond, on the other hand, gave Doug a tiered price, somewhat similar to a VAM agreement. When the game sells 10,000 copies, Doug will receive a 23% share of the sales.

This is clearly different from the rumors that Takahashi has heard.

What this small detail says is that Doug is a very confident game developer, and Broadbond, if not very bullish on the game, wants to squeeze out other competitors. It's just that they are not optimistic about this game at all, thinking that although this game can make money, the sales will not be high, and they will not make a lot of money. In this way, according to the gradient agreement, the money paid will be much lower than the buyout price of $100,000.

Moreover, Broadbond also asked Doug to add animation, sound effects, a new title screen, and a new name "Lode-Runner", which shows that this is a very controlled company.

Takahashi looked at the Broadbond company on the data, and had a headache, according to the style of this company, this company is very strong and very self-centered. If you want to convince them, the difficulty can be described as hellish.

However, there are always more ways than difficulties, and there must be a way to convince them.

After reading the materials in his hand, Takahashi sent the fax he had drafted earlier. Before the other party replies, I already start preparing to reply.

Using the company's founding siblings as clues and searching for their backgrounds, Takahashi found a point that could be exploited - the siblings were very poor when they were young.

With a little basic psychological knowledge, you will know that many adults' behaviors are actually feedback on what happened to them in early childhood.

Lack of food and clothing in childhood often means that you are greedy for money when you grow up to be a "successful person".

I have been poor and suffered, so I am afraid of suffering and being poor again.

In this way, you can prescribe the right medicine, be strong, but you have to be strong all the time, or look at the money, wait and see.

"President, how did we sign the Gold Digger with the American company, and what conditions?" asked Takahashi Kudo.

Kudo Hiroshi thought back for a moment and said, "A million-dollar buyout of the rights to the red and white machine." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure. ”

Takahashi brushed down a few lines on the paper and handed it to Kudo Hiroshi and said, "Can we do it on this side with such conditions?"

"This ......" Kudo Hiroshi hesitated when he saw the words on the paper.

"I'm fully responsible. Takahashi said firmly,

"That'...... Okay......" Kudo nodded reluctantly.