Nintendo agreed to the patent licensing, but put forward two conditions, the first condition is that Nintendo can authorize the relevant patents of FC and FC disk machines, but the specifications of the card reader card slot and the disk drive of the FC game machine are strictly limited, with the intention that Yili's future handheld machine cannot be synchronized with Nintendo. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The domestic post-90s may be very unfamiliar with the FC machine, but the post-70s and post-80s are very familiar.

It is organized into two parts, one is the FC machine itself, and the second part is the game card.

The income of game companies is mostly the income of these two parts.

Don't underestimate the income of the FC machine itself, the eight-bit cassette FC machine released by Nintendo in 83 costs 14,800 yen each, more than sixty dollars. In '85, the FC machine with a light gun was released, and the deluxe version was priced at $249 per unit overseas, and the cheap version was $199 each.

In 86, Nintendo launched FCDS, also known as disk, or floppy disk duplicator.

The main reason is that although the cassette machine is convenient, it has caused hardware and cost limitations. So Nintendo launched the Duplicator, which allowed game developers to break through the capacity limitations of cartridges and develop games with more beautiful graphics and a larger overall architecture.

The characteristics of the disk disk are that it has a large storage capacity, is inexpensive, and can save game records, players can replace the game on the disk at a price of 500 yen on the duplicator, and can also log in their game results to DISKFAX through a dedicated duplicator to compete with players from all over the country, and the higher ranking can get various prizes (trophies or game software, etc.)

Due to technical limitations, the effect is not very good, for example, many Super Mario players have reported that the disk is no different from the FC version except for the addition of the new ability to record the score of the level.

So sales are only a few million units.

Li Mo didn't have much in his mind about it.

But knowing that this patent is also very needed, their combination is the cornerstone of the future FC machine, and even the Internet to come to the game download technology.

However, the sales volume of FC machine is very terrifying, by 96 years, its genuine sales reached 60 million units, and after the new century, it reached more than 100 million units, if piracy is counted, it may have to double, first of all, there are tens of millions of units in China.

Regarding Nintendo's approach, Xerfman did not express any dissatisfaction.

When Nintendo introduced the FC console to the United States in '83, they had the foresight to see that the American game market was flooded with a large number of inferior games, which would affect the reputation of the FC console. So they made a decision that they would only allow FC games to use the 10NES code locking system and add their "SealofQuality" mark to sell, in case some FC games were not registered. You can sell game cards on my platform, but you have to get the consent of our company, and what you agree to depends on the quality of your game. No company can use our platform.

Not only did it control the quality of the game, but when the FC machine was only sold in 83, players reported that it was easy to crash when playing certain games. Nintendo inspected and found that the fault occurred in the faulty chip, so it recalled all store stocks and reprocessed them. Although he lost a lot of money, he gained a good reputation.

One strives for perfection, and the other has no discipline, so Nintendo is getting bigger and bigger, and Atari collapses.

Yibao is reluctant to become Nintendo's downstream manufacturer, there is no doubt that the card slot is strictly restricted, you can use our patents and technology to produce FC machines, but because of the different sizes of card slots, all Nintendo's own games, as well as games developed by many downstream game developers, on your FC machine, you can't read the card, you can't read the card, who will buy your FC machine?

This must also be done, otherwise it will be messed up, unless Li Mo gives them five billion dollars.

Xie Fuman also has confidence in his heart, that is, in the future, Yili does not need your games from Nintendo and downstream manufacturers, and maybe the strict restrictions on the specifications of this card slot will also have a positive role in Yibao's future development.

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It was the second one that made Zoffman furious.

Nintendo agreed to Yibao's use of Nintendo's technology, and even agreed to Yokoi Junhei to come to Yibao as CEO, but put forward two requirements, the first is that once Yokoi Junhei finds that Yibao has no future, he will return to Nintendo, and Yibao must not do anything to obstruct it, and this must be marked on the contract, and the next day, Yibao must pay Nintendo 90 million US dollars in related patent transfer fees. How much is just one Yokoi Gunpei worth?

Of course, Xefman did not say the allusion of five sheepskins for a hundred miles, and the person who presided over the negotiation in Nintendo may not know this allusion. But they are not stupid, five sheepskins, fifty thousand, five hundred thousand sheepskins, and they don't want to exchange for Yokoi Junhei.

In fact, Nintendo's doing this is tantamount to treating Li Mo as a genius.

Most of the Nintendo got the money in front of it, and then recalled Yokoi Junhei back.

The second is price.

Nintendo has made some restrictions, this is understandable, but if it is restricted, Yibao will not be able to touch Nintendo's light, is the technical difficulty of the FC machine high? However, if you don't get the light of Nintendo, how much can you spend just to acquire similar technologies and patents? At most, you can spend two or three million dollars to buy other similar patents.

Xie Fuman talked to Yokoi Junping, and Hengjing Junping is a technical man, and he can't be called very honest, nor can he be said to be cunning and hesitant.

Most of this person can't get it, can't get it, is there still a need to negotiate?

What made him even more angry was that the Japanese had sneered at him many times, even with the United States, not to mention China, which was even more backward and backward.

Li Mo quietly listened to Xie Fuman's complaints, at this time, Japan's economy was too developed, so some Japanese were very arrogant, so there were Japanese people who could say no to this book.

For comparison, Japan and the United States are one-twenty-sixth the size of the United States. Japan and the United States have nearly a quarter of the population. Comparing the GDP of the two countries, Japan's GDP reached more than $2.4 trillion in '87, while the United States was $4.7 trillion. In '88, Japan reached nearly $3 trillion, and the United States was $5.1 trillion. Don't forget that there are two, Japan has only a quarter of the population of the United States, and the important one is just GDP, because the Japanese are buying everywhere, and the GNI and GNP numbers will be even more staggering, which is almost equivalent to nearly four-fifths of the total of the United States in recent years.

Li Mo thought about it again.

At present, Sino-Japanese relations are really good, the Japanese need China's big market to disperse the overheated economy, and China also needs some Japanese technology and foreign exchange.

This one represents the nationalist element and is not a big problem at the moment.

In addition, compared with the shameless and obscene South Korea, the Japanese are a little more shameless.

However, it is also necessary to guard against the fact that the Japanese have also made many small moves in China.

He thought about it for a long time and decided to take the risk, so he said, "You asked the assistant to bring Yokoi Gunpei overnight." ”

The focus is on this person, if this person Li Mo is not sure to stay, this negotiation will be meaningless at all. Can it be pressed from $90 million to $20 million?

Li Mo immediately made many arrangements.

The next day, Gunpei Yokoi was taken to Los Angeles.

Li Mo personally went to the airport to greet him, and then asked Hao Like to drive the car to the Iostudio studio.

On the way, Li Mo said: "Mr. Yokoi, are you clear about the conditions that Nintendo has put forward to our Yibao company?"

Yokoi nodded.

"Since '85, and even earlier, I've been paying attention to the game industry, and I've noticed you, and although Nintendo may have set a trap, I'm still tempted to jump because of you. ”

The assistant beside Yokoi Junhei shouted in Japanese-style English: "Li Mo, are you Yibao useless, do you want to delay Mr. Yokoi's future?"

Li Mo turned his head to look at him, this person may have been deliberately sent by Nintendo, in case something happened to Yokoi Junhei, he said: "Mr. Inobe, I heard that you Japanese are very polite, I talk to Mr. Yokoi, can you intervene? Although I am young, I have also done many great things, and there are several large companies under my name, so I can't even call me an honorific title?"

"Lee, sir. The assistant blushed and said.

With a "spy" on the side, Li Mo didn't say anything, but asked Hao Like to drive the car directly to the hotel, and then whispered a few times.

Hao Like deliberately opened two single rooms and sent someone to entangle the assistant, and Li Mo came to Yokoi Junping's room and said, "Mr. Yokoi, can you come with me?"

What's going on?

Yokoi Junhei was also a little embarrassed, the two got into the car, Li Mo said: "Mr. Yokoi, I'm still studying, and there are many other industries that may be involved, you see, what is happening right now is venture capital, clothing and comprehensive clothing, toys, and also involves the software and hardware industry of computers, and also intervenes in the film industry, and I am still writing novels." This doomed me to have no more time to manage the companies, and it also forced me to use people without suspicion and suspicion. ”

Yokoi Junhei nodded, there are also relevant reports of Li Mo in Japan, Jurassic Park is also in the hot screening, when Xie Fuman came to negotiate, Nintendo also deliberately collected some information about Li Mo, but in general I think that although Li Mo is very smart, but his age is finally young, and his heart is too big, and his previous success is due to luck in addition to wisdom, but is it not a one-time misstep?

"You Japanese are also relatively proficient in Chinese culture, and you should know that there is an idiom in China, which is easy to obtain by a thousand troops, but difficult to find by a general. If you don't talk about it, if you talk about it, I believe that the final price will not be less than $80 million, that is, you are worth more than $60 million. It's still worth it......"

Yokoi blushed again.

"The point is that we negotiate the contract, maybe the money in front of you will reach Nintendo, and then you will take the contract and ask to leave Yibao, and we can't stop it...... At that time, I also went back to school to prepare for the exam. But this risk, after thinking about it, I think it is still worth it. Have you seen the Three Kingdoms?"

"Yes. ”

"Cao Cao is not as unbearable as written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I also don't have Cao Cao's heart, of course, you are not Guan Yu. But I'd love to take a gamble, and I'm ready to do it. ”

"Oh. ”

When the two arrived at the Io Studio, there were many people in it, but they were all on the two floors below, and the two funds went to the top floor together with the Io Studio and the important information document contract in Hao Lick's hand.

"Can you read contracts in English?"

"Lee, I can understand a little. ”

Li Mo took out a contract, that is, a confidentiality contract, and the price of the things that everyone was busy with was a big deal, and in general, it even far exceeded Nintendo.

Yokoi looked at it, looked curiously at the busy group of people inside, and signed his name on the contract.

In fact, he was not afraid of signing Li Mo, because the basic intellectual property rights were registered together, and Li Mo was also afraid of accidents, so he also asked O'Melveny & Myers to send a large number of lawyers to assist Hao Like to quickly register these intellectual property rights in various countries.

Even if Junhei Yokoi shamelessly wrote them down and copied them from Nintendo, and when they found a way to bypass these intellectual property rights, Yibao would have registered all kinds of related similar intellectual property rights together, and it was not a barrier at that time, but a property rights moat!

But just like Li Mo asking for security, he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case, in case, Li Mo saves trouble, so the contract must be signed. After signing it, plagiarism again, Nintendo is dead.

Li Mo showed the outline of dozens of small games and more than a dozen large-scale series of games to Yokoi, and said: "This is only part of my creativity, of course, if a company wants to run well, you can't rely on my creativity alone, but I still have some big IPs in my hands, including the game adaptation rights of Jurassic Park, as well as these animations and novels." ”

Yokoi Junhei looked at them one by one, and the more he looked, the more he gasped.

With these games, as long as they are developed properly, a company can stand up and down like it was a few years ago in the United States.

After reading it, Li Mo took him to watch these novels and animations again.

After a long time, Yokoi Junhei said, "No wonder you want to enter the game industry. ”

"Nintendo thought I was young, and finally underestimated my intelligence, although my IQ may not be as 160 or 170 as some American media say, but with the support of my wisdom, can this company still have a future?"

"Li, why did you pay me so much money?" Yokoi Junhei said puzzledly: With these ideas, the actual software and hardware technology of the United States is okay, and the key is patents, but patents can't be smashed with money? As for talent, although Yokoi Junhei thinks that he is a good talent, he does not believe that there is no other talent in the world except him.

"Good question," Li Mo led him to the third floor, and Hao Like pulled out a contract.

Yokoi Junhei looked at the contract, the CEO knew, but what the salary, Xie Fuman didn't say. That's where the salary is written, and like Brady, the base salary plus a net profit bonus of two to four percent.

And set up a guaranteed basic salary, dividends can not be reached, but also to ensure that Yibao to Yokoi Junhei every year 1 million annual salary, if he is old and wants to retire, as long as he has been working in the company, do not jump to other companies, the company will pay him a pension of 500,000 US dollars a year.

In fact, this guaranteed basic salary, just now Yokoi Junhei took a look, he doesn't care anymore, if the company can develop under these ideas, his dividends may allow him to get tens of millions of dollars a year.

In addition, the company also promised to buy a house worth $300,000 for him in the United States in the future, and to find a relationship with his family and children, and immigrate to the United States, including the children, for his sake, and the company plans to buy a house not far from the company with the best school, so that Yokoi's children can receive the best education.

He asked hoarsely, "How much money are you going to invest?"

Li Mo clapped his hands, and Hao Like brought Yibao's plan.

"It doesn't have to be. ”

"Mr. Yokoi, I still say the same thing, don't use suspicious people, don't doubt people, just look at it. ”

Yokoi Junhei looked at the plan, and Li Mo said: "Because of the investment of several funds, I have a wide range of contacts in California, especially two industries, one is the film industry, and the other is the computer-related industry, no matter the hardware and software, you don't have to worry." Also, I have a lot of ideas, but I don't have someone who can bring my ideas to life very well, and I think you have the ability to do that. So I answer your question just now, why do you come to ask for a lot of money, I think you are a talent, you must give enough sincerity and respect, at least not like Nintendo, treat you as a tool to cheat money. ”