"It shouldn't matter, Sony Computer Entertainment is also one of the top game companies in China, and there is no reason why the government would do such a thing. Kutaragi Ken said that in fact, he himself was quite bottomless, but he still had to maintain the necessary face in front of his subordinates, so what the truth is, let's not talk about it, first of all, he can't easily admit defeat.

I don't know if I really believed Kutaragi Ken's words, or just to cooperate, Aoyama Akihiro's expression softened suddenly, and even showed a faint smile, echoing: "The president is reasonable, I'm still too abrupt." ”

A smile also appeared on Kutaragi's face, but as soon as Aoyama Akihiro left, his face immediately darkened. Before, Ken Kutaragi comforted his subordinates, saying that the Japanese government would not do such a brainless thing, but in fact, it had already been done at the beginning of the year, and if there was bad luck, it would be a huge disaster for Sony Computer Entertainment, and even more so for himself.

In this business society, there will only be the scenery of the successful in the eyes of people, and those who lose will only gain cold words and ridicule, even if you have done extremely successfully, as long as you fail, the same is true, and it may even be worse than a simple failure. Over the past few years, Ken Kutaragi has risen through the ranks of his PS success, and has now climbed to the position of a director, which is a great honor for him to enter the decision-making circle of the group headquarters. But Kutaragi Ken also knows that he is standing in this position, and he must be in the way of many people, if PS2 can achieve similar success as PS, then his position will inevitably be more stable, but if PS2 fails, then the people who support him now are likely to immediately turn their faces and deny people, and some people who are blocked by him are very likely to jump out immediately to make waves, and most of the rights he has obtained to participate in decision-making will be lost, and he can't accept it anyway. Many people are like this, if they have never tasted power, they may be able to remain calm, but once they have power, they will never want to go back to the past after a long time, and they are even more reluctant to give up the power in their hands.

Sighing softly, Ken Kutaragi came to his desk, picked up the phone and dialed a number, and then said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Aso, I'm sorry to disturb you, I have something I want to trouble you......"

Ichiro Aso is a friend of Ken Kutaragi in politics, and although his position is not particularly high, he is still relatively well-informed. Kutaragi Ken is still reluctant to go to the upper echelons of the company, after all, this news has not really been confirmed, in case it is just a fuss by Akihiro Aoyama, it is not himself who is embarrassed, so he wants to inquire about the situation through Ichiro Aso first.

After listening to Ken Kutaraki's narration, Ichiro Aso readily agreed, after all, this is not a particularly troublesome matter, but just a few phone calls. Aso Ichiro agreed to Kutaragi's request and made an appointment to contact him again in the evening, and Kutaragi Ken put down the phone and felt a little more at ease.

With a slight exhalation, Kutaragi Ken returned to the window and continued to look out, but now he couldn't find the mood just now......

That night, Ichiro Aso called as promised, but what he brought was not good news: "Kutara-kun, what you are worried about really exists, the US government did send an official note two days ago, asking the Japanese government to suspend the export of PS2 game consoles......"

"What!" Although Kutaragi Ken had been mentally prepared in advance, when he heard that Aso Ichiro confirmed the news of Aoyama Akihiro, he couldn't help but exclaim, because what Aso Ichiro said was far more shocking than the news mentioned by Aoyama Akihiro, that is, at this time, Kutaragi Ken could be regarded as figuring out what was going on. According to Ichiro Aso, the reason why the U.S. government asked the Japanese government to suspend the export of PS2 game consoles was actually due to military considerations.

"Military reasons? How is this possible!" Kutaragi Ken almost lost his breath, the reason why the PS2 could not be exported at the beginning of this year was because the Japanese government included the PS2 game console in foreign trade as a conventional weapon-related multi-purpose product, based on military control considerations, as long as the export or import of PS2 game consoles outside Japan exceeded a certain amount (this amount was set at 50,000 yen at the time, less than the price of two PS2s), it must be approved by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. It's because of this boring reason that PS2 is locked up in the narrow land of Japan, watching others easily raid overseas markets, and finally survive until the export license takes effect, PS2 can finally land in the North American and European markets, and there is such a play, and Ken Kutaragi feels that he is almost angry.

"Kutara-kun, don't worry, here's the thing. "I think you should know that there are sanctions against an evil country like Iraq, and many products, including weapons, fall under the embargo," Aso explained on the phone. ”

"Hmm......" Kutaragi Ken couldn't help but nodded, of course he had heard of what Ichiro Aso said, although he didn't know what Iraq was, but he often watched the news, he still knew that Iraq was being sanctioned: "But, what does this have to do with PS2 game consoles?"

According to the U.S. government's note, the U.S. Department of Defense Intelligence Agency has found that nearly 4,000 PS2s have been sent to Iraq in the past two months, and intelligence indicates that the vast majority of these buyers are inextricably linked to the Iraqi government. Ichiro Aso continued to explain.

"But what does that mean?" Kutaragi Ken still couldn't understand that even if Saddam liked to play PS2 games, what does this have to do with the export of PS2, after all, Sony Computer Entertainment only sells game consoles, just a high-end toy.

"Logically speaking, it should have nothing to do with PS2, but ......" Ichiro Aso changed his words and said a reason that made Ken Kutaragi dumbfounded.

According to Ichiro Aso, the PS2 game console had nothing to do with sanctions such as the arms embargo, but the U.S. Department of Defense Intelligence Agency received an intriguing piece of information that a scientist of Middle Eastern descent who had been involved in supercomputer research had recently mysteriously disappeared, and there was news that the scientist had been taken to Iraq, and just over a month after the scientist's disappearance, Iraq had successively imported about 4,000 PS2 game consoles. These actions were puzzling to intelligence officials, and no one linked the disappearance of the scientist to the purchase of the PS2 console, and later a conjecture was put forward that the Iraqi government imported 4,000 PS2 consoles not to allow Saddam to enjoy the game, but to use the game mechanism to build a supercomputer.

"What, supercomputer, how is this possible!" Kutaragi shook his head, he was confident in the performance of his console's processor, but not arrogant enough to think that the PS2 console could act as a supercomputer.

"Theoretically possible, the US Department of Defense Intelligence Agency asked experts to evaluate. Ichiro Aso explains, "I don't know exactly how to do this, but it seems that by connecting the PS2 to an outdated supercomputer as an accessory, the computing power of the supercomputer can be greatly enhanced. In short, the U.S. government believes that if the PS2 continues to be exported, it is likely to enhance the scientific and technological capabilities of some evil countries, and even be used for the development of nuclear weapons, so the export of PS2 must be suspended until the investigation is clear. ”

Ken Kutaragi almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of blood, he didn't expect PS2 to be banned for such a speechless reason, and the signature EE (Emotion Engine) processor that was advertised in the past turned into a big sword on the top of PS2's head, which is really impermanent. Using PS2 to build a supercomputer,It also involves places like Iraq,Kutaraki Ken knows that it must not be a day or two to find out,And now there is only one week left before the golden period of the year-end business war,According to the normal process,The investigation work will definitely not be completed,That means that the year-end business war PS2 can only be trapped in the local market。

After DreamBox128 and PS2 repeated hard work, the Japanese game console market has basically been carved up, and it is not easy to think of a large hardware sales, unless it is used to hurt people with low-price dumping measures, maybe it is possible to dig out a little from the bowl of competitors, but the opponent will not give up easily, and others can also use the overseas market to maneuver, the situation is very unfavorable for PS2 game consoles.

Originally, Kutaragi Ken wanted to do a big job during the business war at the end of this year, so he hoarded a lot of PS2 game consoles first, just to regain the market share lost some time ago due to production capacity, but this ban on exports, the production capacity advantage suddenly became the burden of Sony Computer Entertainment, especially the millions of PS2 game consoles that were produced and intended to be put on the European market in North America, which immediately turned into huge inventory pressure.

The series of marketing activities and game marketing plans that were originally prepared have also been disrupted, and Ken Kutaragi is in a very confused mood now, and he doesn't know what to do for a while. If it was just the Japanese government that had any ideas, Takeru Kutaragi could have tried to ask the headquarters to mediate, but the pressure from the US government was not so easy to deal with. Although the Japanese are reluctant to admit it, since the bursting of Japan's economic bubble in the 90s of the last century, the Japanese government's ambitions have been lost, and now it is just a little brother who follows the Americans.

A feeling of despair slowly emerged from the bottom of Kutaragi Ken's heart, and he suddenly felt that his throat was sweet, and he couldn't help but open his mouth to spew, and the world in front of him suddenly turned bright red......

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