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Chapter 555 Feng Shui takes turns

Peter Moore is a marketing man himself, and what he is best at is drawing cakes and fooling around, otherwise how can he sell things.

But Peter Moore, who has been a shoe dealer for 18 years, never thought that one day, he would be painted as the president of Liverpool Club.

To say that Peter Moore is not tempted is absolutely bullshit. It’s like dreaming when I was a child, buying a factory that makes spicy noodles, and making spicy noodles for myself every day after buying it. As a Liverpool fan, if you say you don’t want to be Liverpool’s Master, that is definitely deceiving yourself.

Although it feels a little foolish, Peter Moore still can't help but be moved. If it is true what Song Yang said, then when he makes Sega consoles, the sales volume surpasses Nintendo and Sony, and when he retires, he will continue to be the president of Liverpool Club. Peter Moore is really willing to work hard!

Song Yang looked at Peter Moore's excited and uncontrollable excited expression, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Sure enough, money in the world touches people's hearts. It doesn't have to be a beautiful knife. The same is true for fame and fortune.

This is not to mention, Song Yang fooled Peter Moore, if he could really revive the Sega mainframe, then Song Yang would be really generous and buy Liverpool FC.

It is true that Liverpool used to be a giant, but in recent years, they have been surpassed by their old rival Manchester United. Even Manchester United's "Red Devils" title, which has been resounding all over the world, belonged to Liverpool before the early 60s. It was only after Manchester United's air crash that they were reorganized. After winning the Champions League in 1968, this title became the symbol of Manchester United.

Liverpool, which is currently in decline, is not expensive. If you really want to buy it, I am afraid that it will only cost three to four billion US dollars, and you can also ask Microsoft for alms.

If Peter Moore can really make the Sega mainframe work, and then launch a console named after Microsoft, then it is estimated that Bill Gates is willing to give generously. A Liverpool, compared with the console market of 300 billion US dollars a year, then Coupled with the console game market worth hundreds of billions of dollars, it is self-evident who is more important on both sides!

After leaving the golf course, Terry Meyerson, who returned to the San Jose Hotel, complained to Greg Maffei and Robbie Bach with dissatisfaction, "We shouldn't agree to Bruno Song's conditions to let the products other than the Sega host , equipped with the Symbian system, which is different from what we talked about before we came here, Microsoft has made so many dollars, all Sega products should use the WP system!"

Greg Maffei, who was talking to Robbie Bach, heard Terry Myerson's complaint, and casually glanced at him, "Do you think you can convince Bruno Song?!"

Terry Meyerson was speechless by this sentence. He naturally understood what Greg Maffey said. Today, Microsoft has acquired a lot of things, such as the equity of Sega mainframe, the naming rights of the next-generation console, The host system, etc., to be honest, is not too small.

If you want to ask for more, it is not a simple sentence, it can be done, Greg Maffei asked himself, if he doesn't have the ability to make Song Yang bow his head, even if Bill Gates comes in person today, it probably won't be much better .

In America, especially Silicon Valley and the technology industry, there are many people who don’t abandon Bill Gates and Microsoft. Netscape, Sun, AOL and other companies dare to challenge Microsoft. Do you really think Song Yang dare not?

"Manager Terry, if you have any comments, you can report to President Bill Gates or Microsoft's board of directors. Of course, you can also talk to Bruno Song. We are in San Jose now!"

After Greg Maffei finished speaking lightly, he got up and left. In the evening, there were still several parties and parties waiting for him. As a director of Microsoft, he was also one of the big names in San Jose. He wanted to talk to him There are countless companies and people involved, and Greg Maffey is not interested in being angry in front of Terry Meyerson, even if he is Bill Gates' confidant.

When Greg Maffei left, Robbie Bach, who was also Bill Gates' confidant like Terry Meyerson, nodded to him with a smile, then turned and left.

Both of them are Bill Gates confidantes, and they will have to deal with each other all year round in the future, but one is in charge of the hardware development of the mainframe, and the other is the development of system software.

Anyway, if the Sega mainframe doesn’t sell well, the two probably still have a dispute. The system department complains that the hardware technology is too poor, and the hardware department complains that the system is difficult to use.

Seeing the two people leaving, Terry Myerson looked a little unhappy. He didn't expect that Greg Maffey, or the department behind them, would just ignore his WP system department.

Sighing, Terry Meyerson knew that this was probably his WP system department, which hadn't made any achievements at all. If it was the Windows system department, then the two of them probably had a different attitude today. !
On the second day after Song Yang and Microsoft reached an agreement, the Sammy Sega team who had just completed the merger rushed to San Jose.

However, Yuji Naka, who was among the crowd, felt chilled when he saw that Peter Moore was picking them up at the airport. Sega's internal grievances were not much worse than those with Sony and Nintendo.

Satomi Osamu and Vice President Hisao Oguchi, who transformed into the president of Sammy Sega, were not surprised when they saw this scene, and they vaguely understood something, and even Hisao Oguchi secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Hisao Oguchi was born in game development. He is not a layman in the hardware development of consoles, but he is not a professional engineer. If Sega of America is responsible for the development of consoles, and Sega Japan is in charge of game development, there is nothing Hisao Oguchi can’t do. Accept, as long as their funds are not stopped!

"Sega splits up, Japanese Benz Sega merges with Sammy, and will be mainly responsible for game development in the future, while American Sega becomes an independent console research and development company. The two parties will continue to cooperate in the future, but both will operate independently!"

In the conference room of the Sierra Mountain office building, Ken Williams made a final decision as soon as he opened the show, allowing Niben Sega and America Sega to separate completely, so that there is no need to scold each other in the future. Niben Sega and Sammy merged. In the future, he will be responsible for the development of pinball games, console games, etc., and Sega America will be responsible for the hardware development, so there is no need to talk about it.

Peter Moore was very satisfied with this result. After listening to it, he clapped his hands. The people who came this time from Japan Sega, Hisao Oguchi, Yuji Naka and others, had expected this result, but after it really happened , still a little dull, arcade machines and game consoles, which made Sega the pinnacle of Japan's game industry, are all abandoned now. When this news is sent back to Japan, they will inevitably be ridiculed and ridiculed by the Japanese media and players. scold.

"I hope Niben Sega will be able to provide Sega consoles and Sammy pinball machines with more "trend" games in the future, instead of delving into those "outdated" games!" Peter Moore said earnestly.

But when Yuji Naka heard these words, he seemed to be pointing at his nose and cursing him, scolding him for only knowing how to develop Sonic, but not knowing the game market at all.

"You don't need to worry about what game Nibosega wants to develop!"

Naka Yuji replied angrily about Peter Moore, just like the scene when Peter Moore went to Tokyo, but things are different now, and Peter Moore, who had to bow his head under the eaves, is now The one who was sitting, and after Naka Yuji finished his sentence, he could only leave the scene angrily.

The identities of the two parties have changed now. Peter Moore no longer needs to look at the faces of Zhong Yuji and the others, but Naka Yuji and the others will need to look at Peter Moore's face in the future.

Seeing Yuji Naka leave, Ken Williams just frowned and didn't say anything. As the "Father of Sonic", as long as Yuji Naka continued to develop the Sonic game, he was up to it. Niben Sega after the family is basically equivalent to a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out, and can only be a game supplier in the future.

Yuji Naka can leave, but Hisao Koguchi can't leave. He needs to think about the more than 2000 people in Niben Sega. If he leaves, those people will be really unlucky, especially the current situation of Niben Sega. Leaving Sega , These more than 2000 people basically represent unemployment.

"Nippon Sega will make changes and develop the best games for Sega consoles and Sammy pinball machines..."

"Not only consoles, pinball games, but also handheld games!"

(End of this chapter)