When he thought that Square Enix might have turned to Sega like he had jumped into the PS game camp at the beginning, Ken Kutaragi felt shuddered, because that meant that super blockbusters such as "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest" changed hands, which not only seriously affected players' choice intentions, but also promoted many small and medium-sized game companies to make new choices, and even some major game manufacturers may have moved their minds, which is unacceptable to SCE and Sony.

Thinking of this, Kutaragi Ken's face became serious: "Miyamoto-kun, is the matter you just mentioned about the acquisition of Square Enix shares reliable?" Will there be any variables......"

"Please rest assured, this is my thoughtful idea, and it is also the best opportunity to execute it now, because as far as I know, the major shareholder may further reduce his holdings in the near future, which is very beneficial to us, as long as you agree, Square Enix will be ours in the future!" Masashi Miyamoto said with a smile.

"Yes, it's ours!" Kutaragi Ken nodded in satisfaction, and laughed as well, and smiled very happily......

Soon after Masashi Miyamoto made a small report to Ken Kuta, a report on the situation had been placed on Zhang Lexing's desk, detailing Masashi Miyamoto's main activities recently, although there was no conversation between Masashi Miyamoto and Ken Kutaji, but from his recent main actions, the possible purpose was speculated.

After Zhang Lexing looked at it carefully, he was not angry, but smiled happily, Square Enix is different from Capcom and Konami Company, it has been listed a few years ago, and the largest shareholder KF-Panda has gradually reduced its shareholding from 70% at the peak by about 40%, and Miyamoto Masashi's shareholding has also been diluted from 30% to the current 18%, in fact, this is also to give confidence to other small and medium-sized shareholders, so as to avoid them worrying about the arbitrariness of major shareholders.

This time, KF-Panda reduced its shareholding again, mainly to promote the stock flow of Square Enix, and to enliven the transaction, on the surface, it seems that it will lose control of the company, but in private, Zhang Lexing has absorbed about 23% of the equity through several offshore companies, but because each one does not exceed 5%, it is not eye-catching, and I can't imagine that Miyamoto Masashi, who has always been low-key, really thought that his spring was coming again, and immediately jumped out to move around. However, with the equity directly or indirectly controlled by Zhang Lexing, Miyamoto Masashi's actions are destined to be nothing more than a clown-like performance.

Although it is impossible for Masashi Miyamoto to make too big waves, Sony's intervention in this made Zhang Lexing very unhappy, and it was so obvious that people would have a temper. Zhang Lexing knew that according to his plan, sooner or later he would have to fight Sony head-on in the game field, but the time had not come, and it was not yet to the point of tearing his face with Sony, but he still planned to teach SCE a lesson in this matter, at least to make it clear to Kutaraki Ken that there were some things that he couldn't touch.

After Zhang Lexing thought about it carefully, he picked up the phone and called Hua Shao, who was responsible for absorbing Square Enix's shares in the early stage, and he explained on the phone: "Hua Shao, you arrange for someone to continue to absorb Square Enix's shares, don't act too fast, be hidden, but you must take at least 10% of the outstanding shares, and once it exceeds 10%, you must stop." For the time being, it will continue to be scattered under the names of multiple companies, and it should not exceed that limit, and I will inform you when necessary......"

After arranging the actions of Hua Shao's side, Zhang Lexing contacted Yang Xinxin through ICQ, an enterprise within the group, and asked her to continue to push KF-Panda to continue to reduce its holdings of Square Enix shares at the board of directors, so as to lure Masashi Miyamoto and others to do it. After everything was arranged, Zhang Lexing only needed to wait quietly for the latest news, but before Masashi Miyamoto and others started to do it, Wang Mengyao brought some good news first.

On this day, Zhang Lexing, as usual, stayed in his office, waiting for news, while discussing Christmas and New Year arrangements with Chen Zishan through ICQ on the computer. At this moment, Wang Mengyao knocked on the open office door and walked in. Zhang Lexing looked up and saw that Wang Mengyao was wearing a black waist-cinching professional skirt today, with a printed silk scarf around her neck, which looked like a bright eye.

Wang Mengyao hugged the folder, walked to Zhang Lexing's desk, and said, "Boss, some of the things you ordered before have made progress now, let me report to you." ”

"Oh, let's see." Zhang Lexing leaned back, looked at Wang Mengyao and said.

"You said some time ago that you want to introduce "Network Genesis" into China, and this is a report on the contact with Electronic Arts Corporation and related situations," Wang Mengyao took out a document from the folder, put it on the desk, and continued: "At present, the contract with Electronic Arts has been completed......

After listening to Wang Mengyao's narration, coupled with the supplement of the document in front of him, Zhang Lexing has already figured out the current situation of "Internet Genesis". The signing with Electronic Arts was relatively smooth.,And there was no difficulty.,The related costs are only 500,000 US dollars.,And it's a one-time payment with no follow-up other expenses.,Even because of the need for sinicization.,Even the source code of "Network Genesis" was obtained.。

The work of sinicization has now been launched,Fengyun Interactive after two years of preparation,Has cultivated a group of people who are better at the sinicization of the game,Established several of their own exclusive sinicization teams,Including the game translation department directly under Fengyun Interactive and the Chinese auxiliary personnel temporarily recruited from the outside when the task is heavier,This time"Network Genesis" is responsible for the small Yuetuan who is good at translating European and American role-playing games in the game translation department。 At present, the progress of the sinicization of "Network Genesis" has reached 78%, and it is expected to be completed in February next year.

However, if you want the game to be listed, you have to pass the copyright office, fortunately, the review process at this time is still relatively fast, plus online games as a new creature, have not yet attracted the attention of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and other ministries and commissions, and many relevant management regulations have not yet been introduced, according to Chen Jingyi's estimate, through approval, get the version number, about May next year, it should be possible to start distributing game CDs.

This is good news, because Zhang Lexing didn't think about how much money he made in the process of introducing "Online Genesis", he just hoped that in the process, he would train his team and cultivate a group of qualified online game practitioners. For example, in the process of setting up game servers, game developers can intuitively understand the working characteristics of online games, let technicians master server building skills and actual game load data, let customer service staff understand how to communicate with players more reasonably, and let marketing personnel know how to promote and develop online games. In short, before the real tide of online games comes, Zhang Lexing hopes to prepare his employees.

“…… According to your requirements,Through the transfer of personnel from various companies and external hiring,In addition to the game sinicization team,A total of 60 people are currently participating in the "Network Genesis" project,At present, the main use of the original "Network Genesis" is doing a small-scale server test,Evaluate the number of game servers demand。 When the game is officially launched next year, it is planned to set up game servers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan and other places for local users to access, and the specific number will be adjusted according to the test situation. Wang Mengyao finally concluded.

"Very good,You inform Fengyun Interactive,Let the Chinese team must not reduce the quality of translation in a hurry.,Our consistent tradition is quality first.,Although this is an imported game,But you can't be careless.。 In addition, please communicate more with the copyright agency to see if we can speed up the approval process, and if we don't have much effect, we can consider asking the game association to come forward. Zhang Lexing commanded.

"Yes, boss." Wang Mengyao nodded, wrote down what Zhang Lexing said with a pen, and then she continued: "Boss, the team of 35 people to go to South Korea has been formed, and we will go to South Korea soon......"

The team was also assembled using staff drawn from various companies and hired from outside sources, but the staff structure was more complex than those involved in Web Genesis, in addition to programmers, artists, planners, marketing staff, etc., and even math graduates who will join NCSoft temporarily. Not only participate in the current game development of "Lineage", but also participate in the later game promotion and operation, including the research of the virtual financial system in the game.

After all, South Korea's land area is not large, the network infrastructure is better than that of China, and the speed of development of Internet cafes is also very fast, all of which create good conditions for the development of online games. If it is in China, large-scale online games are likely to be developed in 2000, at least in Zhang Lexing's memory, the "King of Kings" that appeared that year can be regarded as the beginning of domestic MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game). In this case, it is only by taking advantage of Korea, a place where online games are one step ahead, that we can cultivate and train talents.

“…… At present, the domestic game industry is only prosperous on the surface, but in fact, there are many hidden dangers......" After speaking, the first two news, Wang Mengyao turned the topic to the domestic game industry: "...... Due to the large number of game products on the market, many game companies are generally very poor in sales when they cannot guarantee the quality of the game, and many companies cannot sell more than 3,000 games at all, or even hundreds of sets. In addition to the problems of the game company itself, piracy is also a very important factor, and now the speed of cracking is getting faster and faster, and if you don't pay attention to it, it is likely that the pirated version of the game will come out after only two days on the market, and even our own company's game sales have been affected a lot. According to the analysis of our company's experts, if there is no further funding supplement, it is likely that many game companies will not be able to hold on next year......"

Zhang Lexing also knows a little about the situation that Wang Mengyao said, he remembers that next year there should have been some game companies to launch the game industry without follow-up funds, but now with the existence of the dream fund, it should be better, so he plans to wait for the Spring Festival and then look at the situation to find a solution.

A few days later, under the repeated encouragement of Masashi Miyamoto, Ken Kutaragi finally arranged for someone to take action, but he was also clever and did not directly appear in the name of Sony, after all, Square Enix is now a member of the PS game camp. Square Enix's stock price began to fluctuate slowly, and the trading volume began to increase, and by the afternoon of the same day, the stock price suddenly fell like a high diving, and there was a rumor that was unfavorable to Square Enix in the market. Let him sell the shares of Square Enix in his hands as soon as possible, which dragged the stock price of Square into a downward spiral. But the strange thing is that KF-Panda, the major shareholder who should logically come out to protect the disk, is still reducing its holdings of the stocks in its hands in a hurry, just like a few days ago.

"Mr. Miyamoto, we have now taken 4.9% of the shares, and with the 18% in your hand, it has now reached 22.9%!" Jun Watanabe, the commander of the stock market, reported to Masashi Miyamoto.

Masashi Miyamoto was very happy in his heart, he felt that he was one step closer to victory, and he turned to Takatsu Takahashi, who was in charge of collecting the negotiations with small and medium-sized shareholders on the other side, and asked, "What is the result of the negotiations now?" ”

"Three have already agreed, with a combined 11.3 percent share in their hands, and several more are in negotiations......," Takahashi replied.

"This should add up to 34.2%," Masashi Miyamoto calculated in his heart, there is still some distance from the goal, the key is still the negotiation team's side, as long as this side gets enough chips, the stock market can suddenly start. Thinking of this, he waved his hand and ordered: "Watanabe-kun, you must reasonably control the chips in your hands and don't cross the cordon for the time being." Takahashi-kun, you guys have to work harder, at least 12%. That's how we'll be more proactive. ”

"Yes, Mr. Miyamoto." Jun Watanabe and Takatsu Takahashi bowed to Masashi Miyamoto together and replied respectfully.

Masashi Miyamoto sat down on the sofa, but his eyes were looking at the beating stock price of Square Enix on the large-screen monitor, under the deliberate control of Jun Watanabe, coupled with the inaction of the major shareholder, the stock price of Square Enix has been declining, which is just conducive to sweeping from the stock market.

Suddenly, the stock price, which had been diving downward, did not move, and Masashi Miyamoto stood up and asked, "Watanabe-kun, what's going on?" ”

"Mr. Miyamoto, we're investigating!" Jun Watanabe was a little panicked, just now several traders reported that the number of outstanding shares in the market has been too low, close to the red line of delisting, and can no longer be acquired, and then Square Enix's stock price did not move, as if trading was suspended.

The work phone of the "Jingle Bell" stock market trading team rang suddenly, and Jun Watanabe reached out to pick up the phone, put it to his ear and listened to it for less than a minute, and his hand slipped down.

"Mr. Miyamoto, Square Enix is involved in a major equity change and is temporarily suspended for one hour." Watanabe Jun said anxiously to Masashi Miyamoto.

At the same time, Takahashi Takahashi also received a phone call, and he hung up without saying a word. Miyamoto Masashi couldn't help but feel uneasy again, and asked in a loud voice: "Takahashi-kun, what's going on on your side?" ”

"The small and medium-sized shareholders who verbally agreed to transfer their shares before have repented, and we only won 2.01% of the equity." Takahashi said with a sigh.

"What!" Masashi Miyamoto was furious, what are these people doing, there was 11.2% just now, and only 2.01% is left in this turn, if these people weren't invited by Ken Nagatari, the president of SCE, he would have fired this gang of wastes a long time ago.

"Mr. Miyamoto, watch the TV, there is an introduction to this major equity change." Jun Watanabe shouted, pointing to the TV set turned on beside him.

Masashi Miyamoto turned his head to see a financial program playing on TV, and after the host said a few words, the scene switched to the scene of a press conference. On the rostrum, a man was standing there announcing: "...... After months of arduous negotiations, Oriental Holdings successfully acquired enough shares from a number of small and medium-sized shareholders of Square Enix, and together with the acquisition from the circulating part, Oriental Holdings has now mastered 33.5% of the shares, becoming the largest shareholder of Square Enix......"

These words seem to be like a hammer in Miyamoto Masashi's heart, I can't imagine that he tried his best, but in the end let others take the lead, now the stock is suspended, and there is no more progress in the negotiation work, which means that they have no chance to raise the equity in their hands to more than 33.4% for the time being, and when the stock resumes trading, at least it will be tomorrow, who knows what else will happen in the middle, but he is helpless about it, and he also thinks that maybe worse things are yet to come.

Sure enough, what happened next confirmed Miyamoto Masashi's conjecture, I don't know what means Oriental Holdings came up with, not only made the second largest shareholder KF-Panda stand on his side, but also co-opted several small and medium-sized shareholders, making the number of shares on the side of Oriental Holdings exceed 66.7%, which means that they have the right to directly issue a motion. At the new shareholders' meeting after announcing a major change in shareholding, Oriental Holdings announced that in order to improve Square Enix's technical strength, it will refinance a sum of money to shareholders through the issuance of additional shares to update game development equipment, which means that if any shareholder is not willing to pay for the newly issued shares, his equity will be diluted.

Masashi Miyamoto felt that this resolution was completely set to deal with him, he was currently short of funds, otherwise he wouldn't need to ask SCE to help him, and now that he could raise a sum of money as soon as possible for this additional stock, then he wouldn't be able to keep even the current 18%. As for Sony, you can't directly attack Square Enix now, after all, it's still a big pillar in the PS game camp, and if you do it, maybe people will really have to jump ship again.

"Hey......" Masashi Miyamoto understood that he had failed this time, and he might never have any chance in the future......

(End of Volume III)

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