Chapter 259 Negotiation
What is the significance of the video game industry?
Jester wanted to say it very much, but when he saw the expression on the faces of the people in front of him, he seemed to not understand what he was saying. He suddenly felt like playing the cow's piano. Some thoughts were meaningful only when playing with someone who was in line with him. For those who didn't understand this at all, it would be boring to say it.
At this time, Jester suddenly understood the so-called story between Boya and Zhong Ziqi, which he had read before.
If you are an experienced game designer, you tell him that he can design games in a 3D world. This is not just an extra dimension in the world, but an extra countless possibilities.
What he wanted to say was basically finished before, and the rest was interrupted, and I couldn't remember it for the time being, but it was not an important thing. He finished all the important things before, so he waved his hand and let the designers who were developing the next generation of home machine left.
He had received a call from Claudia before, but because he was going to have a meeting with people from the hardware development department at that time, he told Claudia that he would call him immediately after the meeting.
The phone was connected, and it should be night in the UK, but Claudia obviously didn't sleep, so she was waiting for Jester's call.
They had greeted each other on the phone before, so the two of them didn't say much nonsense. After Jester jokingly for a few casual words, he took the initiative to ask, "She called before and said that something was wrong, what was the matter."
Claudia smiled and said, "Actually, it's what you have always asked me to pay attention to. News about Manchester United. Now Manchester United and their new coach are not in a good situation. In a league game that just ended before, Manchester United lost 0:3, and they lost 1:5 to their city rivals. Now the fans are extremely dissatisfied with Manchester United. Some fans have even played in the stands to ask their new coach, the arrogant Scotsman to get out..."
Jester is a fan. He was in his previous life and in this life. Football is a very fascinating thing. Once he falls in love with it, he cannot extricate himself. From the previous life, Jester has been a Manchester United fan for at least 20 years. His dream has always been to let Manchester United win the Champions League in the 1990s and not let Manchester United’s king Cantona regret it for the rest of his life.
However, the investment of Chairman Edwards from Manchester United is definitely not good.
After hearing Claudia say, Jester hesitated for a while before asking: "So, Mr. Edwards, have you ever had the idea of selling Manchester United recently?"
Hearing Jester's question, Claudia smiled helplessly: "No. Edwards loves Manchester United very much, but Manchester United's performance has been unsatisfactory over the years. The best result is that the coach who has been on the crater now brought second place in his second season. However, in the eyes of many people, this is just a coincidence. Looking at his recent results, it is simply unsightly, so if someone insists on buying it, then he will not refuse."
After Claudia finished speaking, Jester pursed his lips and thought carefully before saying, "We have been talking to Manchester United for three years. I think it is necessary for us to renegotiate a new contract with them, so I hope to meet their manager."
The British football system is completely different from other European countries. The British football system is very traditional. Their coaches are not called coaches, but managers. Coaches in other leagues only need to be responsible for arranging players on the court and setting up tactics. However, coaches of English clubs, or managers, need to consider all aspects of a club, including commercial advertising negotiations.
Claudia immediately agreed after hearing this, but she paused before saying: "The UK is a very conservative country. It is very difficult for you to buy a team that has always been in England. Even if the price you offer is very high, the old Fox Edwards may not be able to sell it to you under the pressure of the fans. Therefore, if you really want to buy Manchester United, it is best not to tell him yourself that you need an agent."
Jester does not deny this. Now is not the future. The conservative forces in Britain are very strong. But if they want an agent, then this agent must be an Englishman. For a moment, Jester did not think of any reliable and suitable candidate. While he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Claudia laughing on the other end of the phone.
At this time, Jester realized that Claudia himself was the most suitable candidate?
Thinking of this, Jester also smiled and said to the phone: "Let's talk about this first. It's too late for you to rest early. I have some things to deal with here. I'll go to the UK in a few days. We'll talk later."
The situation is similar to the situation here in the United States. In the Nintendo headquarters in Kyoto, Hiroshi Yamauchi also followed Masayuki Murakami to discuss cooperation with Sony, and another giant in Nintendo's hardware development department, Yokoi Kohei, was there, but he just sat aside with a little bit of silence, watching Hiroshi Yamauchi discuss with Masayuki Murakami, without saying a word.
This made Hiroshi Yamauchi a little dissatisfied. Although he had forcibly rejected Yokoi's suggestion before, this was also because Nintendo did not have two hardware development projects at the same time. After all, their main task was to carry out software development and maintain the current market share they had. After all, the pressure on them by Mars Entertainment's dreambox is too huge in both the US market, the European market, and the Japanese market.
Once negligence occurs, there may be signs of collapse in a regional market.
However, it is obvious that Yokoi Junhei's anger at Yamauchi's cancellation of his palm machine project has not been completely relieved. He is not unaware of Nintendo's current dilemma. The reason why he is like this is because the current Nintendo and Yamauchi no longer have the passion and courage he had seen before, and the courage that Arakawa brought all the working capital of the entire company to North America to open up the situation. He has never seen it again.
It’s not that Nintendo does not have the ability to support the two projects at the same time, but that Hiroshi Yamauchi is afraid.
This is what made Yokoi Junhei most dissatisfied.
Yamauchi looked at Yokoi Junhei with a gloomy face. Of course, there was a reason for his dissatisfaction. He followed Masayuki Murakami and was discussing seriously for the future of Nintendo. However, as the number one figure in the hardware department, Junhei Yokoi was out of the matter like a person who had nothing to do. However, he was indeed in charge of the next generation of hosts to Masayuki Murakami, but your opinion at that time was that he did not agree to the abolition of the palm machine development department. In that case, how could I hand over such an important thing as the next generation of host development to someone like you who have a estrangement in your heart?
Moreover, if you could take the initiative to give up your palm phone at that time and do your best to develop the next generation of consoles, then this position must be yours. You are not sure about it, and you have made me look up now.
Thinking of this, Yamauchi Hiro snorted coldly and expressed his dissatisfaction.
Yokoi Junhei seemed to have not heard Hiroshi Yamauchi's cold snorting in dissatisfaction. He was still the same, but this time he was still silent.
"I saw the president discussing with the Minister of the Village, and I said everything I wanted to say. I had no better suggestions." Yokoi Junhei said this in the most plain tone. His expression was still as hunched as before, and he didn't even look at him sitting next to him, looking at him Masachi Uemura who kept looking at him.
Masayuki Uemura is indeed the director of the Second Hardware Development Department, but generally in the hardware department, only Yokoi Junhei will be respected as the minister. Unless Masayuki Uemura is in his second Hardware Development Department, no one will call him the minister, but they will call him a senior. This is not Yokoi Junhei's order, but because of Yokoi Junhei's transcendent status in the Nintendo hardware department.
So, when Masayuki Kamiura heard his former best friend Yokoi Junhei called him this, he knew that he had not forgiven him yet. To be honest, he didn't know whether he was selfish when he said that, but he could guarantee that he believed that the sixteen home consoles were much more important than the palm consoles. If only one of these two could be chosen, then it would be the sixteen home consoles.
The attitude that President Yamauchi showed at that time was obviously impossible to carry out two projects at the same time.
He glanced at Junhei Yokoi and wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he heard Junhei Yokoi suddenly change his voice. He didn't know what he thought of, but he actually expressed his own opinions on the cooperation with Sony.
"President Yamauchi, I think what Ken Kutaraki said makes sense. Our R&D capabilities are not as good as Sega, let alone nec. Even if we are compared with Mars Entertainment, we are far apart. If we are dragged into the competition for functional competition, it will be more than worth the loss." As he said that, Yokoi Junhei paused a little before continuing, "Actually, the one who should be most nervous now should not be us, but our biggest opponent, Mars Entertainment."
After hearing what Yokoi Junhei said, Hiroshi Yamauchi had some clarity. He had indeed thought something wrong before. Indeed, with the addition of Sega and Nec, these two companies that must be based in Japan will definitely be their competitors, but the turmoil caused by the replacement of hosts will be the greatest impact of Mars Entertainment, which now dominates the North American market.
Because upgrades are not only from the Japanese market, but from the entire world. (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, novels are better, updated and faster!
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