Chapter 46: Calculation
If capital is an indescribable monster that envelops the human world. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info The bank is a partial incarnation of this monster, a big boss who serves people and eats. And the employees of the bank are the minions of this big boss.
In Takahashi's eyes, Director Tsuruta is a minion of capital, and he doesn't seem to have a soul of his own, but just follows the orders of the upper echelons and looks for all the benefits that can be eaten.
The reason why Wanhu has been able to cooperate with many banks and can borrow money from them. It is because Wanhu is a piece of tender, juicy and profitable tender meat. By eating this piece of tender meat, the bank monster can make himself stronger and richer.
Takahashi also understands that taking out a loan from the bank is actually an act of taking a shot from the fire and dancing with monsters. The slightest mistake could lead to a catastrophe. But he couldn't help it. Honest people can never make a fortune, and even in a lucrative emerging industry like gaming, it is not easy to multiply assets without increasing leverage.
As a result, companies are leveraged. This is a normal means of the modern financial industry, but there are fewer such crazy ones as Takahashi.
At this moment, Wanhu is a bit like LeTV whose bubble has not yet been punctured. It looks like it's looking at it, but it's actually a big balloon blowing up.
What's even more terrifying is that this balloon is surrounded by needles, and a little wind and grass can make this balloon burst.
The balloons incarnated by other game companies may be ten centimeters away from the needle, while Wanhu is only one centimeter away from the needle.
Other companies may be able to afford to fail a few games, but Wanhu can't fail a single game.
If a game fails, it will have a knock-on effect of broken cash flow, lower bank valuations, increased collateral, and so on.
If it weren't for Takahashi's memories of the future, about future games. Even if it is a god, it is estimated that it will not be able to keep ten thousand households from bankruptcy without maintaining independence.
That's why, even though Takahashi had a lot of games in his head that he wanted to make. However, none of the games that Wanhu finally produced surpassed the current ones too much, and they were all decent works.
"Knock knock. ”
"Please come in. ”
Director Tsuruta pushed open the door and walked in, accompanied by a man in the same suit.
"Gao Sang, we have formulated the specific items of the VAM agreement, please take a look. Director Tsuruta delivered a document printed on high-quality A4 paper to Takahashi's desk.
Takahashi took the document and looked at it, and what was written on it was basically what Takahashi said yesterday, but the difference was that a lot of detailed rules were added, as well as exemption clauses such as the inability to perform the contract due to force majeure factors.
These clauses may seem cumbersome, but they are still necessary. Otherwise, if there is a tsunami in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Tokyo is slapped in the water, if the Tokyo earthquake is 8.0, if a nuclear bomb falls from the sky and flattens Tokyo, and the contract is still fulfilled, it will be nonsense.
Takahashi is basically in a state of agreement with the above. However, seeing the last article, "This agreement will not be based on the games "Tower of Magic", "Bubble Dragon", and "If You Are Brave, You Will Go Down a Hundred Floors", the game will not be ported. He frowned slightly.
Director Tsuruta frowned when he saw Takahashi, and he knew where he saw, so he immediately began to explain, "Taka-san, this is the case. These games produced by your company have performed relatively well in the arcade. With a large player base, we thought about it and felt that it was a bit too easy for such an excellent arcade game to be able to get 100 million yuan in sales for the home console port, which was not fair to us. Therefore, we have finally decided to add this clause, please understand. ”
Takahashi's brow was still furrowed.
Fair?
A money-hungry bank actually talks about fairness?
It's like a lion saying to an antelope that it's unfair for zookeepers not to let animals eat animals.
If Takahashi was really as young and vigorous as he was, he might immediately slap the table and yell, "Why don't you let a game made with strength be transplanted?"
However, Takahashi is not young and vigorous, and there are few times when he is angry.
Director Tsuruta paid attention to Takahashi's expression and watched how he would decide. Now Takahashi is deep in thought, and Tsuruta thinks it's normal.
Because, after going back yesterday, after the research of the think tank team, they felt that the reason why Takahashi dared to make such a bet was because he had three best-selling game series in the arcade.
These game series have a wide audience, and it's a tradition to port arcade games to home consoles. Other transplant manufacturers have made a lot of money. Wanhu transplanted its three best-selling series, and it is estimated that it can also achieve good results.
In this way, Wanhu may really complete the VAM agreement. The 100 million yen provided by his own bank can be recovered. But that's also an interest-free loan. Although there is only some interest loss, it is already a big failure compared to 10% of the shares of 10,000 households.
Therefore, the think tank decided to include such a clause in the contract. And told Tsuruta a many coping routines. For example, how to talk about Takahashi's refusal, and what to say if he directly slapped the table. Even Takahashi's current contemplative state has a corresponding way to deal with it.
Takahashi's frown at the moment actually has a big performance component. He didn't want to port the first game from the beginning.
Compared with the immediate benefits, Takahashi cares more about the reputation among players. He doesn't want the image of 10,000 households that he has worked so hard to manage, just because of a transplant game, he will become a professional household of fried cold rice.
Such an honorable title, let's leave it to Glory and Capcom.
However, he could not immediately agree. The beast of the bank is not a beast with courage and no strategy. It's cunning, cunning to the point of being suspicious.
If Takahashi simply agreed, they would definitely feel that they had lost again, and Takahashi had a trap waiting for them.
Takahashi frowned hard for ten minutes, and after ten minutes, he looked up, and with the expression that I was making a very difficult decision, he said, "Okay, I agree. ”
After he finished speaking, he handed the document to the secretary and asked the secretary to hand the document to the legal department and ask them to check if there were any clerical problems.
Director Tsuruta was relieved to see that Takahashi was no different from the behavior template given by the think tank. As soon as I think about it, it is very likely that through myself, I will let the bank get 10% of the shares of 10,000 households. The joy in Tsuruta's heart was about to overflow on his face.
He said with great restraint, "I wish Gao Sang all the best. ”
"Thank you. Takahashi replied.