This negotiation between Jester and Kenzo Kanmoto is very similar to the negotiation between Kenzo Kanemoto and Yoshiki Okamoto about salary.

I'm afraid the only difference is that this time they have to negotiate much more than that one.

"What's your royalty at Nintendo, how much is each cassette?" Jester was the first to break the uncomfortable embarrassment, and he didn't ask Kenzo Kanmoto why he had come to meet him, because he didn't feel the need to ask.

Kenzo thinks the same way, so Jester's questions don't seem abrupt in his eyes, and he likes to talk to smart people.

"One thousand yen per cassette." Kenzo Kanzo Kanzo replied very calmly, this price is the same as what Jester knew before, among the six major developers, except for Namco and Hudson, the other four are all the same price, and the other ones are all 2,000 yen, such a high price, almost equivalent to Nintendo can siphon more than half of Capcom's profits without doing anything, which is why Kenzo Kanzo is not so keen on porting his game to FC.

No one wants to watch their stuff go into someone else's pocket for nothing.

Jester was also very happy, he just smiled, and did not make any comments on the price, but continued to ask, "So what price do you want to get from me for the royalty?" ”

This time it was Kenzo's turn to smile on his face, he had already thought about his conditions before, without any hesitation, without thinking too much, almost blurted out: "Presumably Mr. Li also knows Nintendo's privileges for the two clubs in Namco, I'm not insatiable, and I won't get an inch, what I want to get is just the same treatment as Namco......" Saying, Kenzo Kanmoto's face showed a confident smile, "This request is not too much." ”

For Jester, he knows what kind of huge potential is hidden under Capcom's now-seemingly slightly immature shell, but it seems that Capcom's development ability is not enough to get the same conditions as Namco, and it is not enough to rely on the unsuccessful "1942" transplanted, which is not convincing enough.

It's not just that arcade games are good, but you can ask for a sky-high price for home console game development.

Therefore, Jester unceremoniously rejected the other party.

Obviously, Kenzo Qianmoto didn't think that Jester would agree with what he said at the beginning, if Jester agreed, he would feel abnormal, so after hearing Jester's refusal, he didn't get angry, since he dared to ask the other party for such a price, he naturally had his own dependence.

Quietly, Kenzo took out a large stack of white paper from the black briefcase he was carrying, on which was densely written in English, he first glanced at the handwriting, and then after confirming that it was correct, he handed it to Jester with both hands.

Jester took it and took a look, and then, the content on it instantly caught his eye, on it was a development diary, three excellent arcade games released by Capcom before, "Demon Village", "Red Dead Redemption" and "Space Warrior" have begun to port the home console version, and they have all been carried out in general, version, it is the Dreambox version.

"That's a lot of courage."

Putting the stack of development logs in his hand on the table, Jester first silently admired in his heart, but his face was silent, and he couldn't help but be a little shocked by Kenzo Qianmoto's courage to buy a Dreambox development machine without contacting him and secretly develop the game, while keeping it secret.

Moreover, after seeing this, Jester didn't know what to say, although the other party's behavior shocked him, but it was not that he could agree to the other party's request after he was shocked.

However, Kenzo Kanmoto obviously didn't want Jester to be embarrassed, and he just continued to talk in a flat tone about what he could come up with next.

"I can guarantee that the average sales of these three games will not be less than half a million units."

Hearing this condition of Kenzo Mimoto, Jester's eyebrows couldn't help but pick, he was not very clear about the sales of the ported FC version of the three games of Capcom in the original history, he only roughly remembered that the sales of the FC version of "Demon Village" seemed to be more than 1.2 million units, as for the specific number of "Red Dead Redemption", he didn't know, but if you think about such a game that is in line with the aesthetics of American games, the sales are not low, as for the "Space Warrior", although the long-scrolling shooting game is a little old-fashioned, But in this day and age, such games are also very marketable as long as they are not too bad.

But even so, 500,000 units is not a figure that can be easily achieved, you must know that even the first Final Fantasy work that brought Square Enix back to life only sold more than 500,000 units at the beginning.

There was a pause for a moment before Jester spoke: "If you want to get the same treatment as Namco, we only charge a premium of 100 yen per cassette, it's not enough to do this, you must know that Namco's Pac-Man, even if it is a replica of FC, has sold more than 1.6 million units, and Hudson's Bomberman is no less sold." ”

"Huh." Kenzo Mimoto just smiled, and he continued to say in that flat tone, "Mr. Li, I haven't finished talking yet, what I'm saying is, not just these three games, if any of the games we release on Capcom on Dreambox sell less than 500,000 units, then this game, we are willing to pay our royalty at the price of 3,000 yen per cartridge." ”

Hearing Kenzo Mimoto's answer, Jester's eyes lit up, he knew that this was almost the final bottom line that Capcom could give, and the company that could achieve the sales of half a million copies of each game was indeed eligible to get the same treatment as Namco, and as for this punitive clause at the end, in Jester's opinion, the symbolic meaning was much greater than the actual meaning, which showed Capcom's attitude.

Then, Jester stood up and said with a smile, "Before we shake hands, I want to ask one last question, I want to know, why did you come from Nintendo's camp to our camp?" You know, you're a Japanese company, and if you do this, you'll be spurned by many of your peers. ”

Unexpectedly, Kenzo Qianmoto still had an indifferent smile after hearing this question, and his tone was the same as before.

"Mr. Li, history will only spurn those companies that fail, and those who succeed will only be praised." Qian Benxian paused for three moments, and he took the initiative to stretch out his right hand to Jester, "The reason why I chose to leave Nintendo's camp is not that I think Nintendo's conditions are too harsh, but that I think your Nintendo is more promising, and it is better to follow the promising ones than to follow the ones without a future." ”

Hearing Kenzo Qianmoto's reply, Jester also laughed a few times, he stretched out his hand and shook the other party's hand, and then shook it vigorously.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

The fact that the cooperation agreement reached with Capcom secretly was not made public by both parties at the first time, which was the result of discussions between the two parties before the formal signing of the agreement, and they wanted to save this sensational news when it was needed most, so when was the time when this sensational news was most needed? Undoubtedly, it was when the console versions of the three arcade games that Capcom secretly ported without everyone else were officially released.

This is Nintendo's work that has to be transplanted by Capcom almost every day during this period of time, and then Capcom has quietly transplanted the Dreambox of Mars Entertainment, the sensation caused by this naked slap in the face, coupled with the sensation caused by the announcement of the official cooperation agreement between Capcom and Mars Entertainment, it is inevitable to increase the sales of these three games.

The speed of the ported work is very fast, and even with the time for testing and correction, it will take less than a month and a half to complete the remaining half.

In the Yomiuri Shimbun, a report written on the front page with the headline "Capcom Ginseng" about Capcom has officially reached a cooperation agreement with Mars Entertainment, this report caused an uproar in Japan as soon as it came out, and Nintendo also contacted Kenzo Kimoto at the first time, and asked him to give an explanation.

Capcom didn't rush it, they just said that they would hold a press conference in a few days to clarify the matter, and invited a lot of gaming media at the same time.

And seeing that Capcom did not deny this rumor at the first time, it also caused a certain sensation within Nintendo.

This is one of Nintendo's most valued third-party developers, and the quality of several arcade games developed by Capcom this year is also obvious to all, as long as they can become proficient in the development of home games, even if they do not develop specialized home games, but only port arcade games, it is also crucial for them to expand new users, especially in the North American market.

It can be said that if Capcom really judges his own camp, it will be a great blow to the current Nintendo.

It even frightens Nintendo, because their alliance is not as impregnable as they think - whether it is Mars Entertainment or Capcom, which means that if there is a Capcom, then there will be a second.

"Kenzo didn't answer my call."

After a few seconds of silence in front of all the company's top management at Nintendo's impromptu high-level meeting, Yamauchi said something that everyone present did not want to hear. R1152