Chapter 084: I Received the Gift (One More Requests for Subscriptions and Monthly Passes)
Yang Yun is ready to donate sperm for the country, and he will die.
He suppressed his excitement and slammed the door open with the encouragement of Hayakuo Nakayama's smile.
The room was a little dark, and the light was not strong, but when he got used to the light and saw the scene in the house clearly, he was stunned, opened his mouth wide, surprised, and laughed slowly, laughing very happily.
I thought that there would be an enthusiastic maid pounce on him, or two rows of bunny girls respectfully greeting him, shouting in unison, "Master, you are back".
It's a pity that there aren't any beautiful scenes.
He only saw four old men sitting at the round table, looking at him with a smile, and he happened to know one person, none other than Kobayashi Mustang, Sega's largest independent investor, the president of Sumitomo Commercial Holdings, and the second largest shareholder of Sega after Hayao Nakayama.
If you are not mistaken, the gift that Sega wants to give him is also quite valuable, and several people in this room should be members of the board of directors of Sega Co., Ltd., and the gifts they want to give should be related to Sega's own interests!
Wow Ka Ka! The Japanese are sending warmth! Yang Yun smiled happily and guessed something.
Hayao Nakayama followed in, closed the door, and said with a smile, "Please take a seat!" ”
Shaking hands, introducing, bowing, as expected, these five people are the most powerful core members of the entire Sega, the largest board member of the board of directors of a listed company!
Hayao Nakayama lamented, "I have been the president of Sega Japan for 10 years, from Sega in the United States to the current Sega in Japan. I've been fighting Nintendo for a whole decade, and I've worked with hundreds of game software manufacturers, but I've never come across something like Dragon. Efficient and stable. A company with a bright future and unlimited potential. ”
This is a high rating. Yang Yun replied humbly: "President, you are too polite. ”
Hayao Nakayama continued: "Dragon Entertainment Game Company is a very valuable gift for us Sega, not hesitating to seriously offend Konami, Nintendo and other companies, Zuihou snatched Contra from the Nintendo camp and handed it over to us! Yang, do you know Contra's sales during the North American Christmas holidays? ”
The Contra game was only made a week before Christmas, and Sega's factory in Japan produced 24 hours a day, spending a lot of money to air transport to North America. There is not even time for publicity, how many sales can this have?
After thinking about it, Yang Yun estimated the data and asked uncertainly: "200,000 copies?" ”
Hahadaxiao: "Sega Arcade Substrate Contra Spirit has sold 8,000 copies, covering 5,000 arcade game rooms throughout North America, and the number of orders is gradually increasing. The Contra Liliang cassette sold 580,000 boxes separately, and the Sega Genesis console purchased because of the Contra Liliang increased by 400,000 units, a large part of which was brought by regular customers, and the sales continued after Christmas. Customers are queuing up to buy them, and some store cartridges are sold out, and demand is still outstripping supply! ”
Yang Yun was shocked, according to Sega's own statistics. Since Genesis went public, as the first year of listing, it has taken advantage of the freshness. It can sell 4 million copies, but Contra Liliang can increase console sales by 10% in one game. At the same time, 580,000 cassettes were sold independently!
A Genesis machine costs $228 because the R&D costs and hardware costs are too high. Not up to the exaggerated level of $50 earned by a Nintendo FC, Sega's net profit is only about $20, but 400,000 consoles are $8 million.
An arcade substrate costs $2,000, and in addition to R&D and hardware costs, as well as expensive air transportation costs, 8,000 copies have a net profit of at least 7 million.
In other words, just one Christmas holiday, without even leaving time for promotion, Contra added at least $15 million to Sega's net profit for nothing!
Not even after the New Year? Not counting the incremental orders? What about the next few years, ten years, twenty years? Not counting the new models that are released every year? Not counting the invisible prestige boost that was snatched from Nintendo?
Yang Yun knew in his heart, Sega, you owe Lao Tzu a huge favor, Contra was exchanged by EA for EA-Sports' equity, and you Sega, hum, can't get benefits for nothing, right?
Yang Yun pretended to be reserved and didn't say a word.
Sure enough, Hayao Nakayama and Kobayashi Mustang discussed a few words in a low voice, and then said: "According to our statistics and forecasts, Nintendo's market share will decline again, possibly from 85% to 83%, and Sega will rise from 15% to 17%, and will continue to narrow the gap next year." According to the agreement, EA will pay Dragon $1.04 million for the production of the Contra game, but it is a far cry from the wealth that Mr. Yang brought to Sega. So we decided to give Mr. Yang's Longteng Company a little compensation. ”
Yang Yun remained silent: "What compensation?" ”
Hayao Nakayama said solemnly: "We, Sega Co., Ltd., are willing to give away 2% of Sega shares to Longteng Company!" ”
2% Sega shares!
The total assets of Sega Co., Ltd. are now about $1.5 billion, and 2% is $30 million!
Yang Yun rubbed his hands and said with some embarrassment: "Sure enough, it's a gift I can't refuse...... Then I'll take it! Ha! ”
Seeing that Yang Yun agreed without the slightest hesitation, Zhongshan Hayabusa and Kobayashi Mustang glanced at each other and smiled slightly.
Fish eating bait will also worry about hurting their mouths, Yang Yun is certainly not stupid, and asked lightly: "Need me to do something for Sega?" ”
Hayao Nakayama laughed: "As long as Longteng can guarantee that all video games will be sold on the Sega platform in the future." ”
Yang Yun has no opinion: "As a strategic partner of Sega, I also live to make Nintendo uncomfortable, so you can rest assured!" And I'm also quite interested in arcade development, anyway, Capcom is in the limelight in the arcade this year? Need us to join us? ”
Hayao Nakayama was overjoyed: "That's the best!" I didn't expect that Longteng and our Sega have the same interests and hobbies! You've just sniped Konami a video game, and we're really looking forward to you taking Capcom down in an arcade game! haha! I wonder if Yamauchiura will feel uncomfortable after receiving this year's North American Christmas sales report?"
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"Baga Rush! A bunch of rubbish! Are you all mixed eating and waiting to die? ”
Boom!
A large vase is smashed by Urano Yamauchi's teacup. Debris was scattered and flowers were scattered on the ground. The culture fluid flowed sideways, meandering to the feet of the group.
But no one dared to move. When Yamauchi Pu is angry, it is best not to contradict anyone, otherwise he will die miserably.
Arakawa's legs were weak, Yokoi Junhei's face turned pale, and the rest of the people stood with their heads down, and the room was silent, and everyone didn't dare to make a sound.
The 63-year-old man, who still seemed to maintain the fiery temper of a 30-year-old, glanced at the sales report in his hand again. He pinched it into a paper ball and smashed it into Minoru Arakawa in the crowd.
"FC sales fell by 15% in the same period! The GameBoy isn't as good as you might expect! And this damn Contra! What's going on? Weishenme will go to the Sega platform? Weishenme will become our enemy? Arakawa, you give me an explanation! ”
Yamauchi Ura waved his arms and roared, rushed in front of Minoru Arakawa, grabbed him by the collar, gritted his teeth, and his face was distorted to the point that he almost ate someone!
Minoru Arakawa didn't dare to resist this tyrant's father-in-law, and said gloomily: "I asked KTT, after they obtained the Contra copyright. Immediately made a deal with EA in exchange for a portion of EA's interest. And EA released Contra on the Sega platform, KTT said they didn't know about it......"
Yamauchi was impressed by EA and angrily asked, "Isn't EA our game software provider?" ”
Minoru Arakawa nodded, "Yes." It is precisely because of this that KTT easily believes them, and they consider themselves victims as well. ”
"Easily believing them? Bastard! At least 600,000 copies of Contra cassettes are on sale! Increased Sega Christmas sales by at least 10%! Good! Very good! Something that this bastard can't do. Sega and EA can do it! "Yamauchiura walked around again and again in front of everyone like a defeated lion. His body was filled with the aura of rage, and he counted every unreliable ally and subordinate loudly.
But abandon Konami. Forcing the relinquishment of the Contra copyright is Yamauchiura's own decision.
He even criticized Shigeru Miyamoto's unmotivatedness, threatened to break Minoru Arakawa's legs, and personally wrote a letter to Konami President Keimasa Kamitsuki, vowing to predict that shooting games would not become Nintendo's strong recommended games, but he still looked away, and he couldn't blame anyone!
Pu Yamauchi, a conceited and dictatorial old man, quickly put down his bad decisions, he still insisted that SFC games would not have the important position of violent shooter games, he still insisted that Nintendo take a light-hearted and happy children's and family route, and there was nothing wrong with giving up gun games like Contra!
So this Christmas defeat is still to blame on Minoru Arakawa's dereliction of duty!
It was Minoru Arakawa who did not strengthen the management of Contra, and finally fell into the hands of his sworn enemy Sega, and sold 600,000 copies!
He seemed to see the triumphant and extremely ugly face of Hayao Nakayama, the president of Sega, and said in a mocking tone: "Yamauchi Pu, I am the strongest warrior Contra!" ”
It's like a heavy slap in the face of his Yamauchiura, a hot pain!
Syllable! Yamauchi Ura couldn't hold back his anger, slapped Minoru Arakawa in the face, made a red handprint, and never looked at this bastard son-in-law again!
And one more person to hate!
"Yokoi! You promised me that the GameBoy would set a new sales record! You bastard! Take a look at the first year's sales report! Where did your sales records go? Such an important Christmas sale has ruined you! ”
Yokoi Jun's plane was bloodless, full of bitterness, and his heart was full of grievances.
It's like a butterfly effect, when it comes to buying Christmas gifts for their children and husbands, it turns out that the best choice for these customers is the GameBoy, and some have even bought the GameBoy, packaged in a beautiful gift box, and hidden in the Christmas tree.
It's a pity that at the critical moment, Sega launched Contra, exciting explosion scenes, explosive shooting effects, and rich playable level content, which made customers turn to crazy pursuit of Contra, which greatly affected the sales results of GameBoy, and even made many old customers come back to return and turn to the arms of Sega, and also made more customers who did not pay attention to Sega become the swing party loved by both game consoles!
This is a very dangerous thing, the swingers may abandon Nintendo one day and completely fall to Sega, and they are still swinging, and the future is uncertain!
Yokoi Junhei was also shot while lying down, and he was killed by Contra! (To be continued......)
PS: What is Temperance? Hehe...... Don't think crookedly about the content of this chapter, how could Yang Yun's first time be wasted on the Japanese? The heroine has been chosen, and she will appear in the next dozens of chapters. We look forward to your continued support...... Automatic subscription, monthly pass, well, that's all ~~~