Nintendo is willing to spend $50 million to acquire KTT, and if Alexey nods, he can instantly become a multi-millionaire with $15 million.

But soon Alexei came to his senses.

With the $50 million acquisition of KTT, the full copyright of Tetris changed hands to Nintendo, which is equivalent to Nintendo paying the patent fees for the next ten years, maybe five years, in a lump sum.

Is Nintendo really rich to this extent? Alexey didn't believe it, and although he was against Yang Yun's Jihua, he still trusted his partner more than the people of Nintendo.

"Mr. Arakawa, KTT doesn't have Jihua for sale as a whole for the time being, so why don't you listen to my advice. I thought, can we KTT pay $50 million to buy the rights to Super Mario? ”

"Impossible!" Minoru Arakawa immediately refused, acting angry. "It's absolutely impossible!"

Alexey shrugged: "It's the same with the acquisition of KTT!" ”

The two sides are at a stalemate.

One is the No. 1 boss in the industry, an elite entrepreneur of MIT, and the other is a seemingly reckless, but actually cautious rookie in the industry, the two just look at each other, for their own interests, without concession.

Minoru Arakawa suddenly said: "Since it's impossible, let's talk about the price, we think that the patent licensing fee for Tetris is too high, so we hope that the price of a single copy can be reduced to less than $1, not $1.5." ”

Alexei sneered: "Since Mr. Arakawa thinks that Tetris is not worth so much money, weishenme wants to propose to buy KTT in the first place? I don't agree with the $1 offer, the currency always depreciates, and the employee wages and rent, utilities are going up day by day, and the repricing is OK, at least from $5. ”

Minoru Arakawa was annoyed: "Mr. Pagetzhov, will it seem insincere if you do this?" ”

Alexey-for-tat: "Is the price within $1 very sincere?" ”

Once again, it is at an impasse.

Alexei finally understood that when his side takes the initiative, many times the negotiation becomes more interesting, for example, now, it is great to be able to make an opponent who usually has to look up to nothing to say and become an equal!

Seeing the momentum of the other party, Alexei said comfortably: "Everyone has a different opinion about the value of Tetris and Super Mario, and none of us know the future trend. I think Tetris is priceless, and you think Super Mario is indispensable, and since you can't reach an agreement, you might as well go back and discuss it. Just now you reminded me that the $1.5 price is really not suitable, and now I have changed my mind, unless Nintendo takes Super Mario and I trades it, I don't have to talk about it! ”

"Humph!" Arakawa closed the notebook and stood up and left, not even meaning to continue talking.

Alexei doesn't care, Nintendo's strength is well known to the world, and the most important thing in negotiations is to extinguish the opponent's prestige, otherwise it is himself who suffers, and he loses every move.

Back at KTT, Alexey reported all this.

Yang Yun thought for a while and said, "It's okay, he is Yamauchiura's son-in-law, and he is not a stubborn old man himself, don't be afraid!" Drag, let's drag, drag until they can't stand it anymore, take the initiative to come to the door, and we will win. Is there a time set for the next meeting? ”

"Minoru Arakawa's secretary has informed you, the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, let's go do something else first, how about meeting Sega?"

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Fujita Qi and Pete attach great importance to the KTT negotiations, which is related to their Sega strategic arrangement, and whether Sega will have a good time in North America in the future depends on the outcome of this negotiation.

The two came to KTT and met Yang Yun and Alexey, who were chatting and laughing.

Because of the good work of secrecy, Nintendo has not known about the existence of Yang Yun, although Sega knows that Yang Yun and Tetris are connected, but they do not know the specific sharing agreement, of course they Sega will not take the initiative to tell Nintendo any news.

Fujita asked, "Mr. Pagetzhov, have you reached an agreement with Nintendo?" ”

Alexei said lightly: "Negotiations are not something that can be negotiated in a day or two. ”

Yang Yun added: "Fujita-kun, you should be quite aware of Nintendo's strength, Arakawa is a legendary entrepreneur, quite difficult to deal with. I think it's definitely a tug-of-war, so don't worry. If the negotiation fails, of course we will cooperate with Sega, but I hope that Sega can help add some weight and help us. ”

Fujita Qi and Pete glanced at each other, already unhappy in their hearts.

From Sega's point of view, KTT and Nintendo's talks collapsed, and the two sides broke up unhappily, which is the most haode ending.

No one has taken over the Tetris patent right, KTT will definitely not let it rot in its hands, and there is only one game platform provider in the market, maybe the license price will be reduced by three percent, and Sega can pick up a big bargain for nothing.

Let Sega add weight, Fujita Qi is very reluctant, he has never dealt with Longteng Company, with KTT Company, to be precise, he knows nothing about Yang Yun this person, he does not know what Yang Yun's personality is, how to behave and do things, in private because of personal factors, he even looks down on this Chinese.

So he didn't take a stand, but made a look.

Pete understood, acted as a bad guy, and sang with a white face: "I'm sorry, we never negotiated with Nintendo, I'm afraid it won't help much." ”

Alexey sighed in his heart, and sure enough, Yang Yun said it again, and Sega would definitely not help.

Yang Yun smiled and said, "I haven't said what to do, and you refused so quickly?" This is not the right way to treat allies. Alexei just mentioned to me that EA was interested in entering the video game console industry, and they were willing to help us ......"

A bolt from the blue!

What kind of ruthless character EA is, Fujita Qi and Pete know too well in their hearts!

Sports are a very important part of American culture, and it can be said that it is a national sport.

In the game industry, the most haode sports game company is none other than EA.

The basketball game "One-on-one" series, the "Ferrari F1" series, and last year's "Madden's Rugby" climbed to the third place in the national game sales list!

Since Sega's 16-bit phone entered the U.S. market, EA has repeatedly rumored its intention to enter the video game market, Nintendo of course scoffed, they didn't regard EA as a competitor at all, but Sega can't ignore it, once EA enters, I'm afraid they will be the hardest hit.

So as soon as Yang Yun's words came out, Fujita Qi couldn't sit still, and quickly stood up and bent down to apologize: "Please don't misunderstand!" Pete made a mistake in his expression, he just wanted to say that we may not be able to help with the skills at the negotiating table, and nothing else! ”

Yang Yun didn't care, glanced at Alexey, Alexey was convinced, all this is in Yang Yun's imagination, Yang Yun thinks that once EA is proposed, Sega will definitely be soft, as for EA's real attitude, who cares?

In fact, Yang Yun has never been in contact with EA at all!

Flicker, flicker, flicker!

Alexei said: "Don't be nervous, Mr. Fujita, Yang is also joking. We wonder, has Nintendo had some trouble and difficulties lately? If the negotiations fail, how much will it affect their Christmas sales? ”

Yang Yun added: "The Christmas holiday is the most important sales season of the year, and if the negotiation fails, we will lose millions of dollars in ......."

Fujita Qi understands that if the negotiations between KTT and Nintendo fail, there must be someone to pay for the millions of dollars in losses, who will? Of course, it's the camp that switched to.

EA is full of promises, and the next thing is up to Sega to do it.

Talking about money hurts feelings! But don't talk about money, then talk to you about a shovel and close the door directly!

Answering Alexey's question first, Fujita said: "If the contract is suddenly terminated, first of all, the sales of at least 2 million GB and 1 million FC will be affected at Christmas, and when it comes to your company's Tetris game, the difference will not be too big." Secondly, Nintendo has a convention, they like to produce in advance, according to the financial quarter of the unified settlement, that is to say, after the end of the third quarter, until now, during this period must have produced a certain amount of copies of the game, if the contract is suddenly terminated, these copies are very likely to exceed the authorized amount of unauthorized products, these products are not available for sale during the Christmas period, and all need to be recalled and destroyed. ”

Yang Yun remembered that in real history, it was Sega who first won the Tetris contract from the Russian engineer, and made more than 100,000 game cartridges in a hurry, ready to do a big job.

It's a pity that Nintendo took advantage of the loophole in the contract, in the Soviet Union, the whole country research, all the results are collective rather than individual, Arakawa Minoru personally went to Moscow, with 10 million US dollars from the Soviet Union State Scientific Laboratory to get the authorization, Sega more than 100,000 copies of the game cartridge can only be destroyed with tears, huge losses!

If KTT terminates the contract, it will bring huge trouble to Nintendo, it is already busy enough, there are not enough manpower, and it is busy with the matter of return, exchange, recall and destruction, if Yang Yun is more serious, and then arrange a team of accountants to station, it is estimated that Nintendo will have to toss enough.

After answering Alexey's question, but Yang Yun's question can't be avoided, Fujita Qi didn't dare to say it easily, he was no more powerful than Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Yamauchiura, and it involved millions of dollars, which had exceeded the credit line of Sega America, and it had to be reported to the Sega headquarters in Japan.

At this time, Pete remembered something and said with some excitement: "I heard that Nintendo has been in trouble recently!" They messed with the US Federal Trade Commission! ”

Right! That's it!

Yang Yun became excited, he had heard about this matter.

Because Nintendo is so strong that it even has to point out how to display the game consoles and cassettes in the dealer's store, this international predator, which occupies 85% of the game market, has finally made the US government unhappy.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a notorious and extremely disgusting federal agency for Chinese by enforcing a variety of antitrust laws and consumer protection laws!

Under the banner of protection, it interferes in the operation of other countries' enterprises to the fullest, and I don't know how many Chinese companies have been pitted by it in the future, what photovoltaic companies, shoes, hats, clothing, consumer goods, toys, anyway, goods made in China, as long as the United States needs it, this agency will jump out and give you an anti-monopoly law, trade subsidies, tariffs or something, I don't know how many Chinese companies are crying.

Of course, this agency is not soft on American companies, standing on the position of the people, claiming to represent the interests of consumers, Intel, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Coca-Cola, etc., basically large enterprises have been cleaned up by it.

Now, it has finally extended its black hand to Nintendo, how can Yang Yun not be happy to let out daxiao?

Nintendo is having a hard time!

With Yang Yun's gang behind the scenes, Nintendo will shed its skin if it doesn't die!

Fujita Qi didn't seem to know, and asked suspiciously, "When did this happen?" ”

"I was told five days ago by a friend who works in the federal government," Pitt said. It is said that the FTC has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing Nintendo of violating antitrust laws, and presumably they should have received a court summons these days! ”

Several people became excited, and Yang Yun looked at Alexey: "When was the last time Nintendo urged you?" ”

Alexei thought for a moment: "A week ago. ”

Yang Yun clapped his hands daxiao: "Nintendo's big drop is now!" I'd like to see how they negotiate! This time we won! ”

Fujita Qi looked depressed: "It's you who have won......"

Yang Yun waved his hand and said excitedly: "No, we won!" KTT, Dragon, EA, Sega, we've all won, and those who see it have a share! The only one who loses is Nintendo! As long as you cooperate, I promise to give you a big gift! Just start with this FTC complaint, Pete, can you operate and make Nintendo, Washington state, have to go to court in a different place? ”

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PS: On the evening of February 8, 2014, it was snowing heavily in Jiangcheng, and I was sitting on the sofa holding a notebook, watching the echo of CCTV 3 sets loud and loud, while coding words.

This episode of the show is the reunion of Journey to the West for 30 years, I watched it for the first time, I saw a lot of classic screen images on stage, learned that many teachers left us, heard many classic songs that were haunted by dreams, saw the paper-cuts of Journey to the West characters sent by enthusiastic fans, and heard the emotional confessions of the leading actors and the dragon sets, when I sighed and sighed, I suddenly thought of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in this book.

I am a person born in the 80s, and I have lived in these TV, games, villain books, foreign paintings and cards since I was a child, and every winter and summer vacation, I watch the most Journey to the West, the legend of the New White Lady, and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms because I can't understand it, so I don't watch it much.

When I wrote about the Three Kingdoms, I checked a lot of information about the Three Kingdoms crew, and I couldn't hold back for a while, with a little personal grievance, I wrote down the bridge of the Three Kingdoms crew.

But when I saw the reunion show of Thirty Years of Journey to the West, I regretted it.

No matter how it is, it is always a classic, an indispensable part of our lives, maybe I am really too harsh on it, 30 years have passed since Journey to the West, 20 years have passed since the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the actors and directors are old, so why should I do this to them again?

The article will not be revised for the time being, since I wrote it, then I should be responsible, stay here, and warn me.

In the future, I will also write about the arcade classic game "Journey to the West" and "Three Kingdoms", and at that time, I will definitely deal with these plots in a different way.

The initial entrepreneurship of this book is a bit slow, and the bloody plot of pretending to be slapped in the face in entrepreneurship is not as much as the urban ambiguous text, and the next ten chapters will be the outbreak period, and Yang Yun's game empire will make its own voice in the international game industry for the first time, please continue to support me! Thanks!