"All models localized?" Shirakawa Kaede took his Walkman and looked left and right.

"Hai, except for the body of the Walkman, the packaging and instructions have all been translated into English."

Yamaguchi, the head of the manufacturing department, stood behind Shirakawa Kaede and patiently explained.

This is the first batch of goods to be shipped to the other side of the ocean, and some of the inscriptions on the casing have all been replaced in English.

And in order to adapt to the rice market, but also to distinguish from local products.

Some differentiated changes have been made in the color matching, and the blue, green and other colors preferred by the people of the United States have been changed.

Shirakawa Kaede was even thinking about whether to make a separate white Walkman, he knew that the old beauties liked this tone.

"Cooperate with the legal department and carefully check the contents of the manual.

The laws of each continent are different, and we must pay attention to avoid the impact of this aspect. ”

Shirakawa Kaede handed the walkman in his hand to Yamaguchi and gave another special explanation.

Exporting to foreign markets is this trouble, and we must always pay attention to all kinds of strange legal provisions.

"Hai" Kazuo Yamaguchi took the Walkman, nervous and excited at the same time.

That's the United States, and it's unbelievable that our products are going to be sold to the United States.

In Kazuo Yamaguchi's impression, the United States is invincible.

Now that Shirakawa Electric's products can be sold across the ocean, he is a little excited for no reason.

If the products produced by themselves can conquer the rice market, then this is not another victory for Neon.

Shirakawa Kaede didn't know what Kazuo Yamaguchi was making up in his head, what he cared about was that the first batch of shipments must be guaranteed to go smoothly.

In fact, it is not the first batch, to be precise, the first batch of the second generation of Walkmans.

The first model has been piloted in Marshall Department stores in some areas.

The response has been very good, and Marshall has been urging the shipment of the new model.

The new model in the local market has just been launched, and due to the limitation of production capacity, the localization for the US market will not be completed until this month.

Shirakawa Kaede also went through it himself before he put his mind at ease.

Recently, he is ready to fly to the United States again.

First, it can be regarded as escorting the launch of new products, and secondly, there are other things to do.

Just as Kaede Shirakawa was giving a final explanation to Kazuo Yamaguchi, Asuka Kobayashi hurriedly walked over.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing her serious face, Shirakawa Kaede said a word to Kazuo Yamaguchi, and walked to the side alone with her.

"There's a call from Nakamura Masaya-san, and he wants you to come over."

When Asuka Kobayashi first received the call, she sensed from the other party's tone that it was definitely not something pleasant.

"Namco?" Shirakawa Kaede was stunned.

I just finished talking about cooperation with each other last month, so what can I do at this moment?

However, doubts are doubts, and Shirakawa Kaede is still ready to go over immediately.

Namco's headquarters is also in Ota Ward, which is not far from Shirakawa Electric.

After only ten minutes of driving, Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka had already arrived at each other's gates.

It's still the same vermilion building, with a white logo.

"Shirakawa-san, you must give me an explanation!"

As soon as Masaya Nakamura saw Kaede Shirakawa, he questioned angrily.

Shirakawa Kaede was even more puzzled in his heart, but he also knew that this was not the time to talk nonsense.

"Nakamura-san, please tell me what happened?

If the responsibility lies with Shirakawa Electric, the contemptible person will definitely give you an explanation! ”

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede was still responsible, the anger in Nakamura Masaya's heart finally calmed down a little.

"Please come with me." Saying that, Masaya Nakamura led the way in front without saying a word.

Shirakawa Kaede and Kobayashi Asuka glanced at each other, and then followed silently.

After a while, the group came to a game hall, no, it was different from a game hall.

Surrounded by the arcade machine were not young people or children playing games, but Staff Mulberry in uniforms.

This is the place where Namco tries to play arcade games, and not only the arcade machines developed by Namco but also products made by other manufacturers are also placed here.

"Shirakawa-san, please look!" Led by Masaya Nakamura, the group came to an arcade machine.

Well? The moment he saw this arcade machine, Shirakawa Kaede had a sense of déjà vu.

The cool spaceplane poster is exactly the same as the one on Shirakawa's handheld.

Is this Namco's transplant of its own "Thunderbolt"? It's pretty fast.

At the suggestion of Masaya Nakamura, Shirakawa Kaede rushed up to experience it.

Well, it's good, it's very good, and I've made some innovations of my own.

And because the arcade is a color display, the experience is more exciting and impactful than the handheld.

However, limited by chips and logic circuit technology, the arcade machine at this moment is still a big step behind later generations.

But overall, it's still very good.

As for why this Nakamura-san looked angry just now, Shirakawa Kaede didn't understand, so he decided to send a rainbow fart first.

"Nakamura-san, the design of your company's "Thunderbolt" is very good, and to be honest, it is much more exciting than the handheld."

"This is not our product!"

Well?!!

Shirakawa Kaede was stunned!

Asuka Kobayashi was also stunned.

They looked at each other, then at the people around them.

At this time, I realized that except for themselves, everyone else had strange faces.

Especially Masaya Nakamura, his face is almost dark.

Shirakawa Kaede, who realized it later, hurriedly returned to the arcade to take a closer look, and finally found the logo in an inconspicuous corner at the bottom of the screen.

A logo he is familiar with, Nintendo!

Nintendo?!

Duang~ A bell rings in Shirakawa Kaede's head...

This old six! Shirakawa Kaede, who came back to his senses, felt that his blood pressure was a little upsurged.

"So your company licensed "Thunderbolt" to Nintendo?" At this time, Masaya Nakamura, who had a black face, asked angrily again.

"Absolutely nothing!"

Shirakawa Kaede finally knew the reason why the other party was angry, and Namco thought that he had eaten "Thunderbolt" in two.

"Nakamura-san, Shirakawa Electric is a reputable club, and will never do such a thing!"

Just kidding, this kind of thing may be done by a small company, but with the current scale of Shirakawa Electric, it will definitely disdain to do so.

"So..."

Seeing that Shirakawa Kaede swore so much, and considering that Shirakawa Electric did have a good reputation.

Masaya Nakamura temporarily believed what Kaede Shirakawa said, if that's the case...

The two glanced at each other, then turned to Nintendo's arcade machine.

Finally, under the sharp eyes of Shirakawa Kaede, I saw the difference in the name of this arcade machine.

Hail?! Thunder?!

Damn, Nintendo's sixth is a genius!

Put these two traditional characters together, even Shirakawa Feng, a Chinese native, almost can't see the difference.

Not to mention the circle of neon people around me.

Lao Ren has captured the essence of the cottage, talent.

Regardless of emotion, Shirakawa Kaede pointed out the difference between the two to Nakamura Masaya.

"Yaga, these guys are bastards!"

Nakamura Masaya angrily scolded, why?

Because their Namco's "Raiden" arcade has just been made, and today is the first day of release.

However, it was eaten by Nintendo, and there are already similar arcades in the game arcade.

This... Lao Ren is indeed not a good person.

Although it was not the company that caused the loss, the other party also infringed on the copyright of Shirakawa Electric by doing so.

"Shirakawa-san, what do you suggest?" Because it is a matter of two clubs, Nakamura Masaya is also asking for Shirakawa Kaede's opinion.

"Nakamura-san, my suggestion is to sue!" Shirakawa Kaede is not used to the old man, and he will shoot when it is time to shoot.

"Sue?" Masaya Nakamura frowned.

It's not that he doesn't want to sue, it's the current environment. Even if you sue for it, there is a high probability that it will be a bird in the end.

Because this phenomenon is too frequent and common, everyone is you copy me, and I copy you.

In fact, Namco has also launched its own defense game based on "Arkanoid".

It's just that Nintendo's copy this time is too obvious, and more importantly, the copyright that Namco paid the price for.

Before he put it into commercial use, he was preempted by the other party's white prostitute, which is why Masaya Nakamura was so angry.

As for plagiarism, to be honest, he's used to it.

But Shirakawa Kaede doesn't think so, even if there is no substantial benefit to suing in the end.

Then it is also a good deal to occupy the moral high ground and accuse the other party.

Na Ling can't help it? Perhaps.

But it's still possible to throw dirt on you and win the sympathy of the players.

Don't underestimate the propaganda on the front of public opinion, the truth that the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, the ancients have long told us.

By the way, it is also to deter other friends, don't stretch out your hand.

Therefore, when it comes to prosecution, it is necessary to spend some money on public opinion propaganda.

"Nakamura-san, this matter must not end here.

Otherwise, the video game market will only become more and more chaotic in the future. If this continues, who wants to devote themselves to making games?

Namco is also a game content producer, will this happen to your company in the future? ”

Nintendo is also cunning, he did not port "Thunder" to his own handheld, but changed the platform.

The same similar or similar games are a little unreasonable to appear on the handheld.

After all, handheld players may play both games, so it will be exposed at once, and the impact will not be good.

Nintendo, as a listed company, still has to be faced.

But when put into the arcade, the senses are different.

After all, the arcade machine is a CTR color screen, and the handheld machine is an LCD black and white screen, and the contrast between the two is very large.

If you don't compare it with Namco's arcade machines, it's really not easy to associate with each other, and at most the gameplay is similar.

So Lao Ren is cunning.

Masaya Nakamura thought carefully for a while and felt that what Shirakawa Kaede said made sense.

Nangong Dream is also a game content producer, if he doesn't maintain the copyright of the original content, who cares about your interests in the future.

"Okay, just according to what Shirakawa-san said.

Namco will contact Nintendo, and if they do not immediately stop the sale of the consoles, we will immediately sue them. ”

As a traditional neon person, the first thing that comes to mind is the conservative idea of negotiating with the other party.

But Shirakawa Kaede doesn't care, he knows what Nintendo will choose.

"Nakamura-san, when the time comes, Shirakawa Electric's legal department will act together with Namco."

Although the contract is signed, the rights to the "Raiden" arcade have been owned by Namco.

But as a creator, Shirakawa Electric can also be used as an auxiliary, milk a wave of Namco.

"In this case, please leave it to Shirakawa-san."

Masaya Nakamura was overwhelmed by the high wind of Kaede Shirakawa.

(End of chapter)