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Chapter 377
Meeks wiped the corner of his mouth, stared at Song Yang, did not mention anything else, but said to Song Yang, "Song, I heard that you have invested a lot in Asia?"

Song Yang put down the tableware in his hand and took a sip of coffee. The bitter taste made Song Yang's nerves jump a few times, "I think Asia will be the next emerging market, whether it's the Internet or other aspects!"

"I think so too, but Asia will bring more than that!"

Meeks slapped his finger and looked at Song Yang with a bit of interest, "I think America in the future must focus on Asia, but now..."

Shaking his head, Meeks sneered and felt helpless, "The Federal Foreign Affairs Committee is still focusing on the mess in Eastern Europe and the Middle East!"

Listening to Meeks' words, Song Yang suddenly thought about it. The Federal Foreign Affairs Committee is not the one that has the final say on the Xiang Party or the Donkey Party. No matter who becomes the boss of the Federal Foreign Affairs Committee, it actually represents the entire foreign affairs committee. The affairs committee, even the grand commander and the other side of Capitol Hill.

"So, Song, who are you looking for me this time?" Meeks talked to Song Yang for a few words, glanced at the time on his hand, and asked Song Yang directly.

Looking at Meeks, Song Yang didn't go around in circles, but said directly, "Xue Leshan established a company in Japan, and to enter the billiard room industry in Japan, it needs the support of Meeks executives and the Foreign Affairs Committee!"

"10%," Song Yang also knew that in the face of a person like Meeks who had no friendship at all, talking about other things would be a waste of time, "10% of Xueleshan Ribenzene Company will be distributed to an American foundation , this foundation can issue allowances or subsidies to Meeks and other members of the Foreign Affairs Committee!"

It doesn't have to be a dollar gift. Coupons for ball game boxes, large discount coupons for cars, free lucky coupons for high-end restaurants, coupons for various products, and even discounted items in luxury stores can all be used as "goods" Part of the "subsidy" is distributed, as the development of American brokers for so many years, this is already a complete industrial chain.

Otherwise, how could those American representatives and their families, with that fixed salary, go to high-end restaurants from time to time, sit in the boxes of the arena, and wear clothes without nameplates, but obviously expensive...

Song Yang just told Meeks directly that as long as the Foreign Affairs Committee supports it, 10% of Xueleshan Japanese Benzene's annual income can be used as their subsidy.

As the Director of Asian Affairs of the Federal Foreign Affairs Commission, Meeks is naturally familiar with the Asian region, and he understands what a billiard room is.

Looking at Song Yang, Meeks gritted his teeth, "15%, 15% of the income of Xueleshan Japan Benzene Company belongs to the foundation of the Foreign Affairs Committee!"

Song Yang thought for a while, then got up and stretched out his hand to Meeks. Meeks thought that Song Yang would bargain with him, but he didn't expect that Song Yang agreed so cleanly.

"Looking forward to our chance to meet next time." After shaking hands with Song Yang, Meeks got up and left the small restaurant, turned around and left.

Looking at the figure of Meeks, Song Yang drank all the cup of bitter coffee. Xueleshan Ribenzene Company, Song Yang didn't expect to make much money from that stuff.

On the contrary, with the help of Sierra Ribenzene Company, it has attracted a lot of supporters in America. Patarelli, Tom DeLay, the Cowboy Family and other Elephant Party MPs have now attracted the Federal Foreign Affairs Committee Endorse here.

If the leeks that were harvested from Japan were used in exchange for these supports, Song Yang felt that it was totally worth it. Anyway, it was not his own flesh. ? !

When Xuele Mountain was in full swing and began to promote "Diablo" on a large scale in many places around the world, there was a sudden news from Japan that the second largest pinball machine manufacturer in Japan, Sammy, publicly announced that it would cooperate with Snow Leshan Ribenzene Company reached a merger agreement to merge with Xueleshan Ribenzene Company at a price of 7.5 million US dollars and 863 billion yen!

Such news is nothing less than a nuclear bomb to the entire Japanese game industry. Many companies in the Japanese game industry, especially the billiard room industry, were shocked when they heard the sudden news. It is regarded as Japan's private land, and now there are companies from America to share a share of the pie.

Although Sammy Company declared that this was a "merger", and after the merger, Sammy Company was still managed by the management headed by Satomi Harmony, and even Satomi Harmony became the vice president of Xueleshan Niben Company, In name, he became the top person in charge of Xueleshan Japan Benzene Company and Sammy Company in Japan Benzene!

But anyone with a discerning eye understands that Sammy was actually bought by Xueleshan.

No one knows what impact Xueleshan Japan Benzene will have on Japan Benzene after buying Sammy and entering the pachinko room, but whether it is the pachinko room operators, pachinko machine manufacturers, game suppliers, etc. , In fact, they are very vigilant.

Almost as soon as the news came out, the Japanese media immediately declared that the acquisition of Sammy by Xueleshan Niben was to plunder the Nibsen billiard room industry. Boycott the rumors about Sierra and Sammy.

Universal Entertainment, the leader in the Japanese pachinko industry, and Samkyo, Heiwa, and Fujishoji, the direct competitors of Sammy, naturally took advantage of the opportunity to fan the flames behind their backs, trying to bring down Sammy.

Maruhan, Park, and Dynam, the major pachinko room operators, are also waiting and watching. Sony, Nintendo, Konami, Capcom and other game manufacturers are also watching the snow that suddenly entered the Japanese market. Leshan, this is one of the few overseas game manufacturers that dares to enter the Shura market of the Japanese benzine market in recent years.

At the Nintendo headquarters, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who has been in charge of Nintendo for 47 years, sits on it, and the company's senior executives sit on both sides. For the man who single-handedly brought Nintendo from a small card company of 20 billion yen to a behemoth with a market value of 200 billion dollars today The president of the company, and all Nintendo executives, respect him like a god. Even though the latter is 69 years old, no one dares to propose the idea of ​​letting him retire.

Hiroshi Yamauchi looked at the reports of the Japanese news media in his hand, took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes and said, "So, what does Xuele Mountain want to do?"

Hiroshi Yamauchi looked at the crowd. The people in this conference room were all Nintendo executives. Hiroshi Yamauchi was an absolute confidant. He made great contributions to Nintendo and developed a variety of game consoles for Nintendo. The president of the development department Gunpei Yokoi Senior Nintendo figures such as Shigeru Miyamoto, who is in charge of developing Nintendo games and launched Super Mario, are all there.

There are other people who are participating in this meeting on the phone, including the president of the North American branch of Nintendo and Hiroshi Yamauchi’s son-in-law Arakawa Minoru, and Howard Lincoln, the president of Nintendo North America. In addition, the most special thing is a A little diaphanous sitting in the corner.

This person is Satoshi Iwata, the president of HAL, which provides software technical support for Nintendo, and was specially allowed by Hiroshi Yamauchi to participate in this meeting. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Hiroshi Yamauchi is cultivating Satoshi Iwata.

Nintendo is now the leader in Japan, and even the global console game market. Although Sony consoles, Sega, etc. have challenged Nintendo, they have not been able to challenge Nintendo. This time, Sierra has entered the Japanese market. , Nintendo is naturally also very concerned.

Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't pay much attention to Xuele Mountain before. He only knew that he had cooperated with Nintendo in North America, but he was so active this year and even went to the Japanese benzene market, which Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't expect.

The first person to speak was Howard Lincoln who took part in the meeting by phone, "Xue Leshan was acquired by the Internet company ICQ this year. Its founder is Bruno Song, who is considered one of the most influential figures in the Internet industry. Leshan is currently promoting "Diablo" and entering the Japanese benzene market. I think it may be for the Japanese benzene pachinko market.

Xueleshan should have no intention of competing with Nintendo, and this time Xueleshan intends to cooperate with Nintendo to let Diablo appear on the Nintendo game console! "

Hearing that Xueleshan is going to enter the pachinko room market in Japan, Hiroshi Yamauchi couldn't help but smile, "Xueleshan wants to enter the pachinko room, where does it think Japan is?!"

Through the phone, Howard Lincoln could feel the contempt of Yamauchi for Xueleshan. Howard Lincoln really wanted to say that this time Xueleshan really made a big splash in America, and Song Yang is not so easy to deal with. , But when the words came to his lips, Howard Lincoln shut up again.

Hiroshi Yamauchi has a paranoid personality, which is comparable to that of Apple Joe's gang leader. It is also this kind of character, and he does not compromise. Whether it is for Nintendo's third-party collaborators or others, Hiroshi Yamauchi is extremely domineering and requires exclusive cooperation. This is how Nintendo is today, but it also makes the relationship between Nintendo and other game manufacturers very tense.

"Xue Leshan wants to cooperate with Nintendo?!"

Today's meeting was not held for Xueleshan, but there were more important matters. Regarding Xueleshan's handling, Yamauchi Hiroshi was still very domineering, "Xueleshan's "Diablo" wants to board Nintendo. Consoles must be exclusively licensed, Nintendo does not allow it, Diablo appears on other consoles and platforms, and Sammy’s pinball machine, the cooperation with Nintendo, is also the same!"

The meaning of Hiroshi Yamauchi is very simple. If Xueleshan wants to cooperate with Nintendo, it must be based on Nintendo. Whether it is a console game or a pinball machine, if it wants to cooperate with Nintendo, it must cooperate exclusively with Nintendo.

"Nintendo must regain its advantage in the console industry, whether it is Sony's PS, Sega's Saturn, Atari's Jaguar, or 3DO!" Hiroshi Yamauchi said directly, the most important thing for Nintendo in today's meeting is to discuss how to kill them. More and more game console rivals.

(End of this chapter)