Rebirth of America, this is my time

Chapter 149 Profits are won with fists

So this is the solution that Nintendo came up with? In the top-floor office of Destiny Games, Evelyn Johnson raised her head from behind a desk filled with scratch paper.

Ethan Jones was standing by the window, pressing a slit of the blinds with his index finger, looking down at all living beings through the slit. Wearing a beige suit, Minoru Arakawa was standing next to the Toyota Corolla in the parking space at the door. Although the weather was hot, he still maintained good manners. He put his hands in front of him and lowered his head slightly, as if praying to the gods. But it's more like waiting for news anxiously.

Interesting. Ethan Jones smiled and retracted his finger.

With his movement, the twisted blinds closed instantly.

The silver leaves blocked the last ray of light, and the room illuminated by incandescent lights greeted him when he turned around, I asked him to leave, but he didn't. As expected of me, he is stubborn.

Half an hour ago, Minoru Arakawa sent Ethan Jones a solution to the unnecessary issue from Nintendo. Minoru Arakawa solemnly stated on behalf of Nintendo that after a series of self-examinations, they, Nintendo, were convinced that Ethan Jones’s guess was true. The child is nothing. However, because the two parties have cooperated for many years and have a deep friendship, after careful consideration, Nintendo decided to give up the right to pursue the case and hoped that Ethan Jones could stop unreasonable speculation and return his attention to the cooperation itself. At the same time, They also came up with a new cooperation plan.

And that plan now lies in the hands of Evelyn Johnson.

To be honest, after reading the plan submitted by Nintendo, Ethan Jones scolded Minoru Arakawa with extremely slanderous words, to the effect of, 'Why do you guys have the nerve to do this? Something? ’, ‘What I want is an apology’, ‘Special code! I'm not interested in money! ’, and then he told Minoru Arakawa to get lost and go back to wait for the result.

But what are the real thoughts under the curse...

hey-hey--

It smells so good——

Ethan Jones came to sit on the armchair in front of the desk and looked at his sister with a smile, Evelin, do you think Nintendo's solution is not good?

Of course not! the girl said loudly: On the surface, the solution they proposed is full of sincerity, because they once again gave away profits on the cooperation that has been signed, and gave a sincere share of the possible cooperation. , but at the same time they also sent us a message, which is to admit that all our previous guesses were correct.

The girl dropped the Nintendo collaboration documents on the table.

She leaned back, crossed her arms, and looked at Ethan with a serious face, Since they did it- She lengthened her voice and asked: Then how can we continue to cooperate?

How do I feel about Nintendo now?

That is, a masked man stabbed us with a knife and found that we were not killed. Then he took out a first aid kit and tried to make up for his mistake!

MFxxk!

This kind of thing is disgusting!

This kind of behavior is even more——

Shameless!

Evelin gritted her teeth and gave her own evaluation.

Hahahaha—— The black and white words made Ethan laugh out loud.

Staring at the pretty figure in front of him, capturing the endless anger spread between his brows, Ethan Jones raised his hand and held it under the light. The five fingers moved lightly, jumping like an elf, but the shadow on the table where it was born shrank irregularly in the darkness.

Nintendo is already very sincere. Looking at the shadow on the desktop, Ethan said with a smile.

What? Evelin raised her eyebrows.

She looked at Ethan full of surprise, and pointed at the files on the table with her hands like sand.

Oh! Sxxt! Is this sincerity?

certainly.

Ethan nodded: At least they admit that they did all this, right?

“But…” Evelin wanted to express her objection.

But Ethan’s words were faster——

Oh - my dear sister, although people have always said that the shopping mall is a battlefield without smoke, and everyone wants their competitors to die. For the sake of profit, many people can even strangle their competitors to death with their own hands, but this is not the case here after all. The real battlefield is a series of businesses.

Since it is a business, its core is always profit.

Nintendo's ability to cut off flesh and blood and give away profits actually represents their sincerity. If you still think it's not okay, then is it possible that Hiroshi Yamauchi should die to apologize?

Ethan spread his hands and shrugged with a smile, Although they are people who pay attention to the spirit of bushido, I can't let Yamauchi Hiroshi come to our place with a samurai sword and commit seppuku, right?

Not to mention whether he is willing, even if he is willing, it won't work.

Because I can't bear the thought of the scene where intestines were leaking all over the floor and blood was splattered all over the room!

If Hiroshi Yamauchi had looked at me with apologetic eyes before he died, and kept saying sorry with his mouth full of blood, I might have fainted on the spot!

I admit, I'm timid and I have nightmares.

Having said this, Ethan directly wrapped his arms around his body, folded his legs, and curled up on the chair.

The trembling look and heartfelt words made Evelin unable to hold back any longer, burst out laughing, and at the same time waved her hands full of disgust, saying: Oh Ethan - you are so disgusting -

Uh-huh. Ethan shrugged and pressed the topic with a smile.

After being interrupted by him, the anger in Evelin's chest also subsided a lot.

So you decided to accept it?

Why not? Ethan asked back: The cooperation offered by Nintendo is full of sincerity. I think there may never be a more sincere partner in the world than them.

Ethan admitted that when he found out that Hiroshi Yamauchi was willing to adjust the project commission from 14% to 20%, he was indeed surprised.

Although Arakawa settled a dividend account with him a few days ago, saying that the sales of the Snake arcade machine brought Nintendo 11.6 billion in operating income, after deducting nearly half of the cost and his draw, After success, Nintendo can still get about 30% of the net income. In this case, even if Nintendo concedes an additional six points, they will still make a profit, but this account cannot be calculated like this.

When the video game industry was developing wildly, all cooperation and negotiations had no reference basis. They were worked out bit by bit based on the feelings of both parties. This was the case with the previous negotiations between Ethan and Atari, and later with Sega and Nintendo. The same is true for door-to-door visits. In this case, when they talk and gradually form a routine, this routine can be called a standard.

Although no one in the entire industry is using this standard at all, because in the past few years, only his Ethan Jones games have achieved massacres, but this does not mean that the standards he brought are meaningless. As time goes by, this will definitely become the benchmark for negotiations among industry insiders, and the bargaining power given up by Nintendo is a good thing.

In the past, companies such as Nintendo and Sega that controlled the market channels came up with sharing plans and waited for others to bargain. But now, it is him, Ethan Jones, who rides on the head of the channel dealers and dominates.

When the 20% share ratio appears once, the bottom line of the channel dealer has been severely stepped on by him. In the future, if an agent is still needed, it will be easier to ask for a price.

Not to mention--

The backup of Pac-Man has long been given to Nintendo.

At this time, if we really break our skin, both sides will lose.

The two sides will enter into endless lawsuits, and in the process, if Hiroshi Yamauchi finds inspiration, he will directly modify the backup and make a similar game.

Until then……

Even if their Destiny Game finds another partner, they will suffer a huge loss.

This is indeed a money issue, but it is not just a money issue.

But if we continue to cooperate, we have to be seriously wary of Nintendo.

Evelin said: If they dare to attack us once, they will dare to attack us a second time.

They have shown their ambitions. Once they find that they have a chance to counterattack in the future, they will betray without hesitation.

It's like...

Pearl Harbor?

Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~ Ethan nodded in agreement.

But he didn't care, But it's a good thing, right?

The enemy in the dark is more terrifying than the one in the open.

What's more, business is business, where are the real partners?

Have we not seen enough in the past two years?

Mi Luohua and Rudolf fell out, Philips stabbed MCA, and MCA disgusted Philips and Warner in the name of helping us. After they had a head start in the field of video games, they were besieged by all the Hollywood giants, allowing us to occupy a large share of the market. It’s cheap, and Nintendo is backstabbing both Milohua and us at the same time... In this case, we would be fools if we weren’t careful.”

But you don't have to worry too much. Interests are distributed with fists.

As long as we keep beating Nintendo to the ground...

They don't dare to move!

Ethan knew exactly what kind of trick Nintendo was playing with this kneeling.

It is nothing more than a universal saying that if you are poor, put aside the controversy, and if you are rich, cough cough cough cough.

And this universal law is easy to deal with, right?

Break all laws with one force!

As long as we keep them poor...

That’s it!

After all the parties involved had told the truth of the matter and knelt down to pray for continued cooperation, Ethan Jones first ignored Arakawa Minoru for a few days, and then summoned him on August 10, 1977.

During this conversation, Ethan Jones warned Arakawa with a serious face, saying that he was very dissatisfied with Nintendo's behavior, but considering that the two parties had cooperated for many years, he decided to give Nintendo another chance and hoped that they would be able to do well in the future. Performance.

At the same time, Ethan Jones also made simple modifications to the treaty proposed by Nintendo——

I don't think it will be a problem for Pac-Man arcade machines to sell 200,000 units in your country.

Star Wars guarantees 300,000 units.

If I take a commission of 14 points, you can still get a net profit of thirty to thirty-four points. If you have money, let's make it together. Split it half and half. I want twenty-five points. I think Mr. Yamauchi from your company won't mind, after all, you have your own game arcade...

Now that everyone had taken off their pants, Ethan stopped pretending.

If you don't make money, then you are a bastard, not to mention that now it's Nintendo's own fault.

Minoru Arakawa obviously did not have the power to agree to these requests made by Ethan. He asked Ethan to wait patiently. After returning, he immediately contacted the company. After a while of communication...

Mr. Jones, our president has expressed dissatisfaction with your greed.

Arakawa Minoru said: But considering that we still want to work together despite the misunderstanding between the two parties, our president decided to give up the profits to make up for the relationship between us.

but--

The division of twenty-five points is only done once.

Minoru Arakawa spoke seriously, while Ethan Jones smiled happily. He didn't take Hiroshi Yamauchi's words to heart, because he knew that the bottom line was meant to be broken.

As for future cooperation?

Then let’s talk about it!

Now that both parties had reached a consensus, Ethan invited a Stanford law professor to come over to review the contract.

After confirmation, the two parties formally signed the contract on the afternoon of August 15, 1977.

When Ethan Jones signed his name on the contract, Minoru Arakawa breathed a sigh of relief at the fact that the dust had settled. He stretched out his right hand towards Ethan with a smile, and said with some emotion -

It's nice to work with you, Mr. Jones.

I'm very happy, Mr. Arakawa. Ethan showed his happiness unabashedly.

Such facts made Arakawa Minoru shake his head helplessly, From now on, the two of us will work according to the new contract. Therefore, on the chip company's side, please pay more attention to the issues of directors and supervisors.

Okay, I will. After all, I am safeguarding my own interests...

Although Ethan answered happily, this matter really put him in trouble.

Because there is no one available for him now.

There are many people close to him, but they all have their own lives. For example, Aunt Linda and Uncle Thomas, who can be trusted unconditionally, have orchards to look at, and it is impossible for them to go to the notebook to help him keep an eye on the Nintendo; Needless to say, Fulin, as a real developer, Destiny Game would not be able to develop without her; it is best to put her father's comrades in the factory. They have finally stabilized, so don't destroy those new families if they have nothing to do. …

Apart from them, no matter whether it is Joe Wozniak or Stoudemire, they all have successful careers. Whenever you think of them, it shows the beauty of the missing brain stem.

In this way...

'Grass! ’

‘Why am I scolding myself? ’

‘Bah, bah, bah—’

Ethan felt that he might have been too tired recently, and the life of 007 had made him a little confused.

He wanted to give himself a simple vacation. As for where to go——

Why don't you go north for a walk on such a hot day?

“Go to the North Pole to see polar bears?”

Hiss—I have never seen a polar bear in the Arctic in my whole life—

The more Ethan thought about it, the more he felt that this kind of thing was very interesting.

Although they are watched by others as a wolf before and a tiger after the fate game, they have to balance work and rest in everything they do, right? Since he was busy working on Star Wars at the beginning of the year, he had not rested at all in the past eight months. Countless things made his nerves a little tense. After finally handling them...

No matter what, you have to give your nerves a SPA.

However, just when Ethan was about to get up and go to Evelin's office to ask her if the design work at hand could be put aside for a while, the office door was suddenly knocked from outside.

The rapid sound took Ethan's breath away.

A bad premonition suddenly surged from the bottom of my heart.

Please come in. He said calmly.

Before he finished speaking, the girl Julis Noble pushed the door in from outside.

Boss...

As soon as she opened her mouth, Ethan could already feel his blood pressure rising wildly, and his vision went dark.

‘Oh my God! ’

‘O earth! ’

‘Why is it her again! ’

Ethan roared in his heart!

Wait! he shouted, Julis! I don't have any grudge against you, do I?

Do you really want to kill me?