Rebirth of America, this is my time

【Shock! Pac-Man has sold more than 200,000 units in Japan! 】

[MGM will shed tears after watching it! Philips looked sad for a while! The sales of 10,000 units of Tom and Jerry are no match for the fraction of the sales of Destiny Game! 】

[The truth that stock brokers don’t want to tell! Video games are the hottest industry right now! 】

[Things that all Americans should know! This book’s spending power on video games is already on par with ours! The overseas sales of Destiny Game in a year have exceeded 400 million! 】

When Ethan took the initiative to contact the media and informed them of his company's overseas marketing situation, the overwhelming reports were like a snowstorm at the beginning of the year, sweeping across America in an instant.

Regardless of major newspapers and tabloids, major media or small media, as long as they are fed by the media, they will make a fuss about this news. No way, who made Fortune magazine report on the money-attracting ability of the Destiny game at the beginning of this year? When people learned that Destiny Game could earn 100 million in cash a year, the terrifying speed of money printing shocked countless people!

There are even good media who are still calculating what it would be like if 100 million dollars in cash appeared in front of them in the form of 100 US dollars——

There are 2,300 pounds on the ground, which is equivalent to 230 ten-pound barrels of milk!

It's ninety-seven miles together, half the distance from New York to Boston!

The stack is 359 feet tall, while the Statue of Liberty with the pedestal is only 305 feet!

When these concrete numbers appear...

Earning 100 million a year is the stuff of dreams for countless Americans!

People at the time already felt that this speed of making money was wild enough.

And now, all the media in America are saying that the previous numbers were wrong?

And it's so wrong?

What’s even more outrageous is not that they over-reported, but that they under-reported?

this! Ni! Ma! of!

To be honest, if I look at the sales data alone, I would never believe that a company that can earn 400 million overseas a year is a company that has only been established for three years!

Ethan Jones really showed us what the American miracle is!

I admit, whether it is the previous Snake, Pac-Man, or Star Wars, or the current Snake: Battle Edition and God of Wealth, they are all rare. Good game, Ethan Jones uses his imagination to present us one wonderful world after another, but at the same time, what really excites me is that he takes his works to the world!

In 1971, America had its first trade deficit since 1893. From 1974 to 1976, our trade deficit was 7.1 billion yuan. In the following years, Here, this number may grow to more than 10 billion, 20 billion, or even 30 billion.

The reasons for this situation are very complex. Among them are the great progress of the industrial industry in the Federal Republic of Germany and the rapid development of high-tech industries. When these countries carry out comprehensive reforms on us in the aircraft, automobile, telecommunications equipment and other industries, During the global impact, even Motorola gave up the TV industry. Before, our country's color TVs accounted for 90% of global trade, but now, only more than 50%... In this case, How could our economy not be affected?”

Since the 1960s, except for arms, agricultural products and technology trade, our country's other civilian products have been on the defensive in competition in overseas markets.

We have been thinking about where our breakthrough point will be since the 1970s, but now, Ethan Jones and his Game of Destiny have given us a good answer!

Video games, a cultural product that relies on industry, are our new breakthrough! Although sales of 400 million are nothing compared to the international trade market, with the continuous development of the entire industry, they will definitely contribute to Make your own contribution to narrowing the deficit!”

And, as far as I know, since the founding of the company, Destiny Games has insisted on producing its own products in our country? This behavior is simply unbelievable for businessmen who like to pursue extreme interests and are relocating industries. More importantly The thing is, Ethan Jones and his Game of Destiny are bringing happiness to the public while also solving employment problems for some of the unemployed people in America! This sense of social responsibility reminds me of what he said before …”

I am successful because the land I step on is called America...

MFxxk! He really deserves his success!

When the American Broadcasting Corporation's Good Morning America ​​spent fifteen minutes announcing the results of the Game of Destiny to viewers across the United States...

What Tom and Jerry?

What MGM?

In the face of the iron fist of promoting employment, reducing the deficit, opening up new territories, and stressing responsibility...

Everything must die! ! !

This publicity also had a certain impact on the arcade sales of Destiny games.

Some merchants called again to ask whether Pac-Man arcade machines were still on sale.

This kind of new life for old products makes Destiny Games very excited. Of course, some people question whether Destiny Games' data of selling 200,000 electronic arcade machines a year is true.

Because the digestion ability of this book seems to be much better than that of the United States!

When the sales record of a single electronic arcade machine in the United States was only more than 50,000 units, did this book consume four times the volume in the United States in one year? Isn’t this a bit too outrageous?

Some people even hope that the IRS can intervene to thoroughly investigate the company's accounts of Destiny Games.

The overseas income of Destiny Game is 400 million a year, so there should be a lot of taxes paid every year, right?

And for this kind of thing...

So, Mr. Minoru Arakawa, your father-in-law, Mr. Hiroshi Yamauchi, is planning to settle this issue's accounts with our Destiny Game with a shipment volume of 200,000 units? Ethan put down the report in his hand.

He crossed his legs with a smile on his face.

Yes, Mr. Jones.

Arakawa Minoru nodded and said: The president of our company said that since we have signed a guaranteed sales agreement with your company, we will settle the guaranteed share to your company sooner or later. Since we have to pay money sooner or later, There’s not much difference between giving it earlier and giving it later.”

Oh - how come there is no difference? Ethan shook his head.

He cast a playful look at Minoru Arakawa, Settling later will allow the company to keep cash for a while. For all companies, cash flow is a very important thing.

Indeed. Minoru Arakawa agreed with Ethan's words, but added the next second: If early settlement involves a large expenditure of funds, then we at Nintendo will definitely choose to settle according to the actual accounts, but when early settlement involves When the capital is less than ten million...

Settlement in advance better reflects our sincerity, doesn't it?

Arakawa Minoru leaned slightly.

It seemed like he was saluting Ethan.

And his words also made Ethan laugh, Yes.

Now I have felt your sincerity.

In fact, the game Pac-Man did not sell 200,000 units in this book. The so-called 200,000 units sold in a year were just the 200,000 units that Nintendo was willing to pay when the two parties signed the contract. The terms of Taiwan's guaranteed sales are to settle the guaranteed account in one go.

As for why Nintendo did this...

First of all, that might be what Minoru Arakawa said, letting Ethan feel their sincerity.

After all, the two products Color TV Game 6 and Color TV Game 15 last summer made everyone very unhappy. Early settlement can indeed make Ethan feel better.

Secondly, it may be that the gap between the actual sales volume of Pac-Man and the agreed sales volume in the book is not too big. According to the report brought by Minoru Arakawa, Pac-Man sold 60,000 units in the second half of last year. Next, nearly 100,000 units were sold in the first half of this year.

Based on the 25% share agreed upon by both parties for each unit, this alone would allow Destiny Games to take away nearly 50 million US dollars in revenue.

And it's still cash.

As for the gap of 40,000 units settled in advance?

That means Nintendo has to spend another 20 million to give to Ethan.

For ordinary companies, this kind of huge cash advance payment will definitely be a pain in the neck, but for Nintendo, 20 million is just a waste.

After all, after reaching an agency agreement with Ethan, the cash they earned from selling machines alone was already several times that of 20 million, not to mention that they have many arcades in their own country. When players pay When cash can fall into their hands...

Then they are one of the companies with the healthiest cash flow in the book.

When Ethan knew all these facts, he would definitely not be polite if Nintendo said to settle the matter in advance. As for the other party's real reason...that was none of his business?

People in this book have many eyes, and this is recognized globally.

Since the whole world knows that one of them has at least 800 tricks, isn't it wrong to guess their true intentions? As long as the money arrives safely, that's fine!

Therefore, Ethan calmly accepted 70 million in cash.

And spread the sales volume of 200,000 units.

After getting this result, he actually called Warner and Philips to tell these friends the good news, but unfortunately... none of them answered the phone.

What a bummer!

The remaining 30,000 or so units are close to 40,000 units. It should be difficult for you to sell them, right?

As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling person. Nintendo has been so effective in helping Ethan pretend to be cool this time, so Ethan naturally has to care about their business.

His question also made Minoru Arakawa nod his head and said: Mr. Jones, to be honest with you, the remaining sales gap may be the total shipment volume in the second half of this year.

After all, Star Wars is showing in our place...

Last year, Ethan used other people's agents for Star Wars to force down Nintendo's 25-year-old, forcing them to re-sign the Pac-Man agent agreement with him, and negotiated a deal of up to 25%. For this reason, Nintendo also obtained the agency of Star Wars.

At the beginning, in order to ensure that both games had enough time to sell, and there would be no competition between the left and right, Nintendo required that the Star Wars movie must be recorded in the book after the start of this summer. In this matter, Ethan Agreed and helped them get it done.

To be honest, Ethan didn't know why Fox was so easy to talk to at the time, but now, Lucas's avoidance of interpersonal relationships must be the root cause of Fox's turning a blind eye.

However, since things were in his favor, he let it go.

After a year of ink, the Star Wars movie and the game of the same name have finally been released in Japan. According to Nintendo's predictions, the sales guarantee of 300,000 units previously signed by the two parties should be easily fulfilled. The hot sales of Star Wars also means one thing, that is, the sales of Pac-Man will definitely be squeezed, and this matter...

Both sides are mentally prepared.

And Nintendo has accepted this fact.

As for the reason?

Mr. Jones, in addition to the sales report of Pac-Man, I also brought the financial report of the chip company. In the first half of this year, the sales volume of 6502 in our country reached a new high. If nothing else happens, , their shipments this year should be able to exceed 500,000...

Arakawa Minoru took out another document from his handbag and delivered it to Ethan.

The huge sales of 6502 is actually the core reason why Nintendo accepted the impact of Star Wars on Pac-Man. There's nothing you can do about it. Watching others make money is even more uncomfortable than losing money yourself.

After a large number of 6502s were released to a bunch of colleagues in Benzi last year, in the first half of this year, there was more flowering in Benzi, and many new games appeared.

Some games are parodies of the ball games in Milova's Odyssey;

Some games are slightly upgraded, copying the ideas of Atari shooting games and racing games;

Some games are starting to learn from the gameplay of Snake;

Some games are learning from Pac-Man and trying to copy the success of Destiny.

When enemies sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, the notebook game market without video game patent restrictions was even more lively than America!

It is not an exaggeration to describe the entire northwest of Shanxi as a mess!

When countless businesses want to grab a piece of meat from Nintendo’s mouth...

Simply zooming in to see the special code is what Hiroshi Yamauchi wants to do the most!

It was only then that this old man, who was over fifty years old, realized how great it was to take advantage of the situation to pressure others!

Surrounded by wolves?

Everyone is watching with eager eyes?

Ah--

It's not that he's faking it.

In front of Star Wars, everyone is garbage!

When Minoru Arakawa expressed Hiroshi Yamauchi's gratitude to Ethan with a smile, Ethan immediately put down the report in his hand, waved his hand nonchalantly, and said, You're welcome.

When a person enters a field that he is not familiar with, he will always question authority. I can understand this, but as he continues to understand the field he is in, he will understand authority and become an authority, so you don't have to Mind what happened before.”

This kind of behavior that made him feel so good about himself stunned Arakawa for a moment.

Then he nodded quickly and said: Okay, okay, okay.

Although Arakawa Minoru didn't express his true inner thoughts, how could Ethan not see this guy's speechlessness? But he didn't care about all this, but said: I have read the report and I am very satisfied. Do you have anything else to do next?

Such questioning made Arakawa put away his chaotic thoughts.

He raised his head and looked at Ethan.

When he clearly caught Ethan's bright eyes...

The straight figure in the pupils made him seem to have seen his father-in-law at a certain moment.

And that...

That was four days ago.