In April, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Kyoto, Yamauchi might have gone to Maruyama Park to enjoy the low-hanging "Gion Night Cherry Blossoms", or wandered the Sanhoin Gardens on Daigo Mountain, or strolled the path of the Philosopher's Way with his family on the path of falling cherry blossoms, but the recent series of defeats has made him lose the interest in going out and having fun.

In the past two years, Yamauchi Pu has always felt that Nintendo seems to be a little unfavorable. GameBoy, one of the gold mines used to make money, was given a big slice of the pie due to the defection of Gunhei Yokoi, and it became like chicken ribs. The N64 console that was used to sustain the scene collapsed too quickly, and the DreamBox 128 and PS2 raids were raided prematurely, which did not achieve the purpose of sniping at opponents and cut off a major source of revenue for Nintendo, especially for the North American branch. However, the sales of the highly-anticipated NGC game console have been sluggish, not only in terms of hardware sales have not been able to achieve the goal, but also the release of game software has been very dismal, and it has not been able to have much impact on the DreamBox 128 and PS2, which are one step ahead.

In order to promote the NGC game console, Yamauchi Pu has invested a lot of money, not only the entire Nintendo's resources are completely inclined to the NGC project, but also specially sent his next president of the candidate Iwata Satoshi to be in charge, and even did not hesitate to change the tradition, the first release of the game console to North America, but in the end his gamble still failed, and the dismal sales performance in a few months has basically sentenced the NGC game console to death, perhaps only a miracle can be saved.

The dismal sales of the NGC console not only dealt a heavy blow to Yamauchi's confidence, but also affected his follow-up plans. Originally, according to Yamauchi's assumption, the NGC game console chose to release in North America, which has a larger market capacity, not only because he was optimistic about the potential of the North American market, but more importantly, he hoped to take this opportunity to give Satoshi Iwata, who was in charge of this matter, a chance to perform, which was related to the candidate for the next president of Nintendo, and also related to the future of Nintendo.

In the early years, Yamauchi Pu once wanted to train his son Yamauchi Katsuren to succeed him, so he specially arranged for Yamauchi Katsuren to train under Minoru Arakawa, who was in charge of the North American branch, but who knew that the performance had not done much, but Yamauchi Katsuren got involved with several Hollywood marginal female stars, and was also stabbed out by the entertainment tabloid Yamauchi Katsuhito and the spring palace photos of the female stars, which almost made Yamauchi Pu stunned. Seeing that his son had become a dou who couldn't be helped, Yamauchi Pu turned his attention to his son-in-law Minoru Arakawa in disappointment, and Minoru Arakawa really didn't disappoint him, not only keeping the North American branch in order, but also making a beautiful turnaround on the N64 game console, pulling Nintendo back from the edge of the cliff.

As a result, Arakawa became Yamauchi's favored second choice, and he thought that Arakawa was bold and spicy, and very pioneering, as if he had just taken over Nintendo. However, the development of things was not the same as Yamauchi Pu's expectations, after the rise of Sony Computer Entertainment's PS game console, a DreamBox128 suddenly appeared, coupled with the PS2 that followed, and the Dreamcast console with a thief's heart, Nintendo's living environment suddenly became sinister. In the past, he admired the spirit of innovation, so he promoted Yokoi Junpei, supported Miyamoto Shigeru, and sent Minoru Arakawa to take charge of the North American branch, but as he grew older, he began to slowly become conservative, especially after experiencing Yokoi Junhei's failure in VRBoy, his mood began to change. Yamauchi believes that Nintendo does not need pioneering talents at a time when strong enemies are in the spotlight, and that if Minoru Arakawa is in charge, overly risky policies are likely to lead Nintendo to the brink of collapse.

In desperation, Yamauchi Pu can only look outside the family, once he once wanted to choose from the two of Miyamoto Shigeru and Takeda Genyo, but unfortunately these two have their own flaws, Miyamoto Shigeru is a genius in game development, but not good at business management, and Takeda Genyo has become very weak in the industry due to his long-term seclusion. Eventually, the younger Satoshi Iwata came into the sight of Yamauchi, a young man who graduated from the Department of Information Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology, who single-handedly turned Nintendo's most important second-party developer, the HAL Research Institute, from a loss to a profit, and created a series of popular game brands.

According to Yamauchi's plan, he plans to gradually promote Satoshi Iwata to the position of president in the next two years, and this time he will be in charge of NGC's marketing plan, which is also a paving for Satoshi Iwata to ascend to the presidency. However, the dismal sales of NGC game consoles have made the prospects of this plan confusing, Yamauchi Pu is worried that Iwata's future will be affected by this, so he plans to fight for an old face at the special board meeting held today, and use his influence to push Iwata Satoshi to the position of president in advance, as for the responsibility for the failure of NGC sales, Yamauchi Pu is ready to bear it himself, anyway, he is also going down, it is better to pave the way for Iwata Satoshi, he believes that Nintendo's future belongs to Iwata Satoshi, and only Iwata Satoshi can lead Nintendo to rebuild its former glory。

"Hello Mr. Yamauchi!"

"Good morning, President!"

"President Yamauchi, it's morning!"

From the time Yamauchi Pu got off the car, until he walked into the elevator dedicated to the company's high-level executives, the employees along the way greeted him with a little awe, and Yamauchi Pu also signaled to everyone with a calm face as usual, all of which was not much different from usual, but perhaps because of the different moods, he always felt that there was a slight strangeness hidden under the awe-inspiring look of everyone.

For the vast majority of Nintendo's staff, Yamauchi Pu is an existence that makes them feel awe-inspired, and even once very close to God in the hearts of many people, although Nintendo has been going downhill in recent years, and has experienced the ups and downs of VRBoy, N64 and NGC, but it still has not shaken the status of Yamauchi Pu in the minds of many employees, but today many people have found that Yamauchi Pu, who was calm and relaxed in the past, is a little different.

As soon as he got out of the elevator, Yamauchi Pu habitually looked at his watch, the time displayed on the dial was still very early, if it was in the past, he could have gone to his office to rest and look at the information, but not today. Exhaling softly, Yamauchi looked up and saw his secretary Mayu Asami waiting in the corridor.

Asami Mayu bowed deeply and greeted with a smile, "President Yamauchi, good morning!"

"Hmm. Yamauchi Pu nodded casually, his eyes swept over Asami Zhenyu's body, at this time he was no longer interested in caring about how low his secretary's neckline was and how brilliant the spring light was, but asked in a complicated mood: "Is anyone in the conference room coming?"

"President Yamauchi, they're all here. Asami Mayu's mood is also complicated, and she is even a little worried about her future, but of course she will not show these from her face.

Yamauchi Pu frowned slightly, he knew exactly what kind of virtue those guys on the board of directors were, he had never been so active before, and today these people came so early, which couldn't help but make him a little more worried. However, Yamauchi Pu also knew that he had no way to retreat, but to continue to move forward, and thinking of this, the steps he took became firm again.

Accompanied by Asami Shinyu, Yamauchi Pu came to the door of the conference room, reached out and held the doorknob and turned it slightly, then pushed forward, and a whisper floated out of the crack in the open door, and before he could hear what it was, the whispering disappeared with the opening of the conference room door.

A layer of gloom quietly floated in Yamauchi's heart, but years of experience in the mall allowed him to maintain a warm smile, and while walking into the conference room, he greeted everyone in the conference room, and then came to the empty main seat and sat down. Taking the document handed over by Mayu Asami, Yamauchi Pu glanced at the people in the conference room again, and found that although they were all paying attention to him, there were always people who glanced at the door of the conference room from time to time, as if they were expecting something.

Yamauchi felt a little strange, it stands to reason that all the members of the special board of directors who participated in today's special board should have been there, but what are these people still watching? However, now is obviously not a good time to discuss these, Yamauchi Pu temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart, opened the document in his hand, and said to everyone with a smile: "I believe that this meeting is held today, I believe everyone knows the reason, and I will no longer be verbose." Let's start with the first topic of the day, which is the selection of the new president of Nintendo. ”

As soon as Yamauchi's words fell, the door of the conference room opened again, and a person he knew very well and didn't want to see appeared at the door, he couldn't help but stand up and exclaimed, "Arakawa, why did you come here." ”

Minoru Arakawa didn't answer Yamauchi's question, but bowed to everyone and then came to the corner of the conference room, found a chair and sat down quietly. Yamauchi's pupils shrank suddenly, and as soon as Minoru Arakawa entered, he noticed that several of the people attending the meeting had relaxed expressions on their faces, and as a veteran who had been immersed in the mall for many years, he knew that there must be something wrong with it.

"Arakawa, you go out, this meeting today is not for you to attend......" Yamauchi Pu didn't understand what was wrong for a while, but he understood that Arakawa must be a key, so he was ready to clear this obstacle first, and then slowly go around.

Before Yamauchi could finish speaking, a director named Nomura Hiroshin stood up and interjected, "President Yamauchi, Mr. Arakawa was invited by us, isn't it today to discuss the question of the new president, he is the candidate we are going to promote." ”

Yamauchi Pu turned to Nomura Hiroshin with a solemn face, and the other party did not flinch under his gaze, but puffed up his chest and looked at him, which had never happened before, and the haze in Yamauchi's heart deepened......

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