Chapter 1377: Are You Selling the Little Bee?
Namco President Takasu Takeo, after negotiating the copyright of "Tank Wars" last night, was in a particularly good mood and found a prostitute to have sex with for the whole night. (Read novel) After all, "Tank Wars", an outdated game, has no market in terms of the current global game development. And a game without a market can still sell for 100,000 RMB, which is a very cost-effective deal for Takasu Takeo. For him, this is enough to ease the pressure from the board of directors.
In fact, using the company's liquidity to invest in real estate is a very common behavior in the Japanese game industry. ", "ny", "Capcom" and other companies all do this, and in the end, it is not just "Namco" that suffered losses. Last year, the Japanese stock market suffered a full-line collapse, and then Lin Feng seized the opportunity to make a lot of money, not because of this reason. According to Takasu Takeo, "Namco" is still lucky, at least it is not as debt-ridden as "Capcom" and was acquired by Lin Feng.
Therefore, I woke up early this morning, just in time for the company's board of directors. After a quick wash, I had to go to the company for a meeting to report good news to those damned board of directors.
Hey, a call from Iwata Satoru (the president of "Nintendo")? ——Turning on the phone, Takasu Takeo suddenly found a missed call from Iwata Satoru, the president of "Nintendo". After thinking about it, Takasu Takeo did not call back. The two sides are no longer the close partnership of the "" and "" era. Since the cooperation between "Namco Palace" and "ny", the relationship between the two sides has dropped to the freezing point. What does Iwata want to do by calling at this time?
Takasu Takeo was suspicious. But after thinking about it, he was too lazy to call him back. He remembered that the last time "Namco Palace" encountered a debt crisis, it approached "Nintendo" hoping that the other party could rescue it. In return, "Namco Palace" will launch more exclusive games for "Nintendo" game platforms in the future (that is, games that can only be played on Nintendo game consoles). Unfortunately, what I got in return was the sarcasm of Iwata, who ridiculed "Namco" for being on the decline and the so-called exclusive games, which were nothing special.
Originally, Iwata was not wrong. "Namco" has been in turmoil since the failure of Takasu Takeo's investment. There have been no hit games on the market in the past year. In addition, it was "Namco" that abandoned "Nintendo" first (of course, there are many reasons for this). Since it was more optimistic about the future of the "PS" series of consoles, it developed a series of exclusive games for the "PS" series (including "PS" and "PS2"), especially "Ridge Racer" developed by "Namco" for "PS". When the "PS" was first released and sales were mediocre, "Ridge Racer" saved the "PS", and the subsequent "Tekken" series brought the "PS" back to life. It can be said that without "Namco", "PS" might have died. Therefore, it is normal for Iwata to ridicule "Namco" at this time.
Therefore, Takasu Takeo didn't want to return Iwata's call. No matter what Iwata wanted to do, he didn't want to talk to him now. The first priority now was to please the people on the board of directors. When Takasu Takeo thought of the people on the board of directors, he thought of Lin Feng's arrogance last night.
Thinking of Lin Feng's arrogance, Takasu Takeo was upset.
Why? You are the general manager and CEO of "Second World", and I am also the president of "Namco". Both of us have equivalent positions. Although the market value of both parties is far apart, one has exceeded 100 billion US dollars, and the other is only worth a few hundred million US dollars now, but what needs to be made clear is that it is your "Second World" that wants to buy my "Tank Wars", and you are the one who buys my things. Why are you more fierce than me? He even hung up his phone twice! ——Thinking of this, Takasu Takeo burst into tears.
Comparing people is so annoying! But in the final analysis, it all comes down to one thing: Takasu Takeo is just a president, while Lin Feng is the CEO of "Second World" and also serves as the chairman. Alas, just this one title makes the status of the two parties very different.
Lin Feng can create a god and do whatever he wants, but he has to look at the faces of those guys on the board of directors. Thinking of this, Takasu Takeo feels miserable. But fortunately, today he can create a god to make these directors who complain about his inaction all day long calm down a little.
Not long after, Takasu Takeo arrived at the company, met with the directors, and informed everyone of the news that "Tank War" was sold for 100,000 RMB. Of course, Takasu Takeo naturally would not say that he was pitiful and almost begged to sell the copyright of "Tank War" to Lin Feng, but he exaggerated and told many directors how he had a verbal battle with Lin Feng and finally raised the copyright of "Tank War" from 10,000 RMB to 100,000 RMB.
"Haha, great. The copyright of such an outdated game like "Tank Wars" was sold for 100,000 RMB. Although it's not much, it's great to earn some money from that Chinese guy Lin Feng!" A director shouted happily.
"Not bad! The game "Tank Wars" has long been worthless. Any game company on the market can launch similar games. Lin Feng actually bought the copyright of our company. It's really stupid! Haha, President Takasu Takeo, you really vented the anger of our Great Japanese Empire this time!" Another director also applauded and shouted.
For these directors, 100,000 RMB is really nothing to be happy about. They are happy about the rubbish game "Tank War", an old-fashioned game that no one plays in Japan now, but it can still sell for 100,000 RMB, and it is sold to Lin Feng, the public enemy of Japan. This feeling is really great. Unfortunately, I wonder how they would look if they knew that the online rate of "Tank War NE" has exceeded 10 million people worldwide.
Takasu Takeo was flattered when he heard the praises from many directors. Although his description just now was a bit disgusting. But there is no way. Now that the company is in a precarious situation, a hero needs to come forward to save the company. I will reluctantly be this hero. What's more, as long as I can make these directors trust me and let them invest more money, "Namco" can rise again!
However, just as there was a chorus of praise in the "Namco" board meeting, Iwata called again.
"President Takasu Takeo, did you sell the copyright of "Tank War" to "Second World" and to Lin Feng?" Iwata's voice came.
Takasu Takeo frowned instinctively. Iwata's questioning tone made him quite unhappy.
"Why, President Iwata, do you have any advice on our company's sale of the copyright of "Tank War", a game from 19 years ago?" Takasu Takeo said proudly.
"Then I wonder how much President Takasu sold the copyright of "Tank War" for?" Iwata asked again.
"How much can this game, which was almost forgotten 19 years ago, sell for, but I still sold it for 100,000 RMB!" Takasu Takeo said proudly.
You know, nowadays, let alone the copyright of games from 19 years ago, even the copyright of games from 10 years ago, any game that has been forgotten now, its copyright can be sold for 500,000 yen, which is considered good. And 500,000 yen is only equivalent to about 40,000 RMB. And he, Takasu Takeo, sold the copyright of "Tank War" for 100,000 RMB, which is already quite good.
"What? Only sold for 100,000 RMB?" Iwata exclaimed.
Takasu Takeo's heart instinctively jumped. Hearing Iwata's tone, it seemed a bit bad! Did he sell it at a low price? But the game "Tank War" was released 19 years ago, and few people in Japan play it now. It's good to sell it for 100,000 RMB.
"President Takasu, I won't say much. Go online and check the official website of "Second World"!" Iwata hung up the phone unhappily, "You've lost a lot this time. Lin Feng made a lot of money."
What! Lin Feng made a lot of money? --Takasu Takeo was shocked. Then, regardless of the doubts of the directors, he quickly turned on the computer and logged into the official website of "Second World". When he clicked in, he fainted.
At this moment, the official website of "Second World" celebrated the fact that the maximum number of online users of "Tank War NE" exceeded 30 million worldwide in huge red fonts!
Boom! --Takasu Takeo only felt thunder.
"Tank War NE", the name seems to be the same as our company's "Tank War". Clicking in to read the introduction, Gao Xuwu was even more confused. This was clearly "Tank Wars", but the graphics were more gorgeous, the game was more interesting, and of course it became an online game.
Didn't Lin Feng say that he bought it to play by himself? He bought the copyright because he was bored. How could he develop it into an online game, and it was so popular. What on earth was going on? —— Gao Xuwu felt that he seemed to be fooled by Lin Feng.
Of course, when he heard Lin Feng say that he bought a game to play yesterday, Gao Xuwu also doubted the truth of Lin Feng's words. But it seems that this "Tank Wars" is a game from 19 years ago, an old game, and "Namco" is almost forgetting about this game. In Gao Xuwu's opinion, there is really no use for Lin Feng to buy it except for playing it himself. Of course, if you like to play a game, you have to buy its copyright, which is something only a madman would do. But isn't Lin Feng's reputation in the international community that of a madman? Therefore, Gao Xuwu didn't think much about it.
Unexpectedly, it seems that Lin Feng is just playing him as an idiot! ——Thinking of this, Takasu Takeo felt pain in his balls.
Think about the global maximum number of online users exceeding 30 million, what a concept! ——Takasu Takeo clicked on the official website of "Tank Wars NE" and searched for the charging standards. He saw that "Tank Wars NE" adopted a "coin-operated" charging model. Players only need to "insert coins" once for each game to enjoy the fun of the game until the player game-over.
At that time, Takasu Takeo was even open. According to the charging standard of "Tank Wars NE", each game costs 0.1 yuan, so 30 million people means 3 million yuan in revenue. That is, if players play the game once a day, "Tank Wars NE" will earn 3 million yuan for the "Second World", which is 37 million yen. Thinking of this number, Takasu Takeo felt dizzy.
You know, this is still the case when players only play once a day. But according to the current popularity, how can players only play one game. Even if the player's skills are quite good and can pass the level with a "game coin", there is still a "player battle mode". As we all know, in arcades, the most popular games are fighting games. Usually, these games are mainly fighting games, but the "player battle mode" of "Tank Wars NE" is undoubtedly more attractive.
Think about it, a game of "player battle mode" can accommodate up to 64 players playing at the same time, which is 6.4 yuan of income. And a game can be finished in 5 minutes at the fastest, and 10 minutes at the slowest. In this hour, there can be four or five games, and it will be too much.
With such a rough calculation, Gao Xuwu felt that money was constantly flying to "Second World". Thinking about the current situation of "Namco", it is needless to say that it is miserable. After comparing the two sides, Gao Xuwu was completely speechless.
At this time, many directors also learned about "Tank Wars NE" through Gao Xuwu's abnormal behavior. Like Gao Xuwu, after calculating that "Second World" will make at least tens of millions of dollars with "Tank Wars NE", many directors immediately slammed the table.
"President Gao Xu, such a profitable game, you actually sold it to Lin Feng for a mere 100,000 yuan. How much loss did you make the company bear for your stupid behavior! You are fully responsible for this!" A director shouted.
"That's right, President Takasu, let's not talk about your last failed real estate investment. Now you have made such a serious mistake. A game that can save the company was sold at a low price by you. You must give an explanation to the board of directors!" Another director also slammed the table and asked.
For a moment, the board of directors was indignant, as if Takasu Takeo was the public enemy at this moment and was holding a struggle meeting with him.
Stunned! Takasu Takeo was completely stunned. Just now, these directors were all praising him for selling the right thing, but now they are questioning him and criticizing him. This change is too fast. Moreover, even if "Tank War" is not sold to Lin Feng, "Namco" cannot replicate the miracle of "Tank War NE" now. Because no one in "Namco" has the same consciousness as Lin Feng, not only "Namco" does not have it, I am afraid that the whole of Japan does not have it. Because in Japan, online games are not so popular. In particular, Lin Feng once sniped the Japanese financial sector, which set off a movement to boycott online games in the Japanese game industry, which also made online games even less popular among Japanese players.
In this case, what if "Tank Wars" doesn't sell?
Takasu Takeo looked at the ceiling with sad eyes, automatically ignoring the words of these directors. At this moment, the phone rang.
"Hello, Takasu Takeo, this is Lin Feng, I wonder if you guys are selling "Bee" under Namco? One price, 50,000 RMB." Lin Feng's annoying voice floated faintly.