Rebirth of America, this is my time

Is this really the latest game developed by Ethan Jones?

Oh - this effect is really -

too exaggerated!

When Ethan Jones accepted an interview with the radio and television network and made his plan public, attracting the attention of people all over the United States with the force of autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, in the screening room of Kyoto Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi had already watched his son-in-law Arakawa Minoru's North American Emergency Bring the videotape.

Ten years ago, this kind of behavior that could transmit messages in the form of images without alarming the parties would not have been possible. However, since Philips invented the tape recorder, the radio signals received by the TV can be directly copied to the disk. , which becomes the fastest way to copy information.

Because of this, even in Asia, Hiroshi Yamauchi could clearly see the live broadcast on December 1st. When he saw the content, the beautiful pictures on the TV made him frown, with smooth movements and refreshing The gameplay even made him clenched his fists, and he couldn't help but ask in amazement.

Minoru Arakawa, who witnessed history in North America, sighed helplessly and said with disappointment: You are right. When a beast finds itself being besieged, it will definitely suppress the enemy with the power of thunder.

We always thought that getting in touch with the people from the 6502 production team and obtaining the patent rights for cheap chips through them was Ethan Jones's counterattack against the enemy, but we didn't expect...

Is that just a feint?

The real backer turned out to be their newly developed home console, and - Starry Sky?

Although Arakawa's answer was not what he asked, his emotional words proved everything.

This answer also made Hiroshi Yamauchi slowly turn his head. After he turned his attention to his chief of staff, Hiroshi Imanishi, who was staring at the TV screen, also had his mouth slightly open and his expression dull.

The sound of heavy breathing was extremely clear in the dark screening room.

The slight trembling clearly conveyed the panic and surprise in his heart.

It seemed that he felt someone was staring at him, but it was more like he was used to his boss's behavior. After Hiroshi Yamauchi stared at Imanishi Hiroshi for a few seconds, Nintendo's general affairs director also turned his head.

then……

Both of them saw shock and helplessness in each other's pupils.

Although they have never underestimated Ethan Jones in the past few years, they have never thought that Ethan Jones can produce a game like Starry Sky!

In their view, games such as Snake, Pac-Man and Star Wars are already classics that can be encountered but cannot be sought. If the inspiration is overwhelming once, it is already a gift from God, and if the inspiration is overwhelming two or three times, it is a gift from God. That was a feast for the eyes, and now, Ethan Jones has abandoned his favorite top-down game and created some kind of side-scrolling game? Damn it! Is this because God is rushing to feed us?

What do you think? Yamauchi Pu asked softly.

I—— Imanishi Hiroshi pursed his lips and shook his head with a wry smile, I think... Yokoi and Uemura's dismantling behavior can be stopped, and Miyamoto's research can be declared over...

These words made Hiroshi Yamauchi nod in agreement, but the endless conversation made Minoru Arakawa wonder, Imanishi, what are you talking about? Is there something I don't know?

This question made Imanishi Hiroshi glance at the boss. Seeing that he had no intention of hiding it, he looked at Minoru Arakawa with a wry smile and said, Arakawa, to be honest, in the past year, we at Nintendo have been independent Developing home consoles and video games, we want to be a hit, and we want to get rid of Ethan Jones, but from the current situation, this behavior does not seem to make any sense...

Although Arakawa is the eldest son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, and there is no male son in the entire Yamauchi family, if nothing unexpected happens, Nintendo will definitely be passed to him in the future. But when Arakawa did not officially join the Yamauchi family and still retained his external work and relationship with his own family, in the eyes of Hiroshi Yamauchi, he was still an outsider. Therefore, Minoru Arakawa has no idea about the development direction related to Nintendo.

Because when a plan is related to the future of the company, keeping it secret is the most important thing, but when the person in charge discovers that the plan has gone bankrupt, informing it becomes insignificant. Under Imanishi Hiroshi's narration, Arakawa Minoru finally understood what his old father-in-law was planning.

When COLOR TV GAME, a crude reference product of Milohua Odyssey, was sold at a high price, the act of selling home consoles, occupying players' living rooms, and making money from players by selling games directly to players became a What Pu Yamauchi wanted to do most.

Ever since, the only job of Nintendo's R\u0026D department is to develop higher-level home consoles that can replace games, and to develop video games that can attract players to buy them like crazy.

Since there are already home consoles on the market that can replace games, the two machines of Mirowa Apollo and Atari New Generation are the best examples. Therefore, purchasing them and cracking them has become Yamauchi's task. Puxia sent the work to Yokoi Gunpei and Uemura Masayuki.

As for the game...

Although there is no engineer at Nintendo who can make games, they do have an artist who likes to make art. Therefore, Hiroshi Yamauchi handed over the game production to Shigeru Miyamoto, a guy who used a backdoor to enter Nintendo, and asked him to study Ethan carefully. ·Jones’ work draws on the design ideas in it in an attempt to create some fun games that can be logged into their future home consoles.

In Hiroshi Yamauchi's view, his approach is the shortest path to success, because once they can bring interesting games into players' homes, they will definitely make a lot of money.

His idea is fine.

But unfortunately, Ethan Jones is even faster.

Oh no, Ethan Jones is not moving fast, because Milowa and Atari both released more advanced home consoles before him, but the problem is...

No matter how good the machine is, so what?

When a game isn't fun, players vote with their feet.

So...we still need to innovate...

Hiroshi Yamauchi laughed at himself, sighed, and ordered Imanishi Hiroshi: Communicate with Yokoi, Uemura, and Miyamoto. From today on, they can play freely.

Following in Ethan Jones's footsteps will starve you to death.

Okay. Imanishi Hiroshi nodded in agreement.

At the same time, Hiroshi Yamauchi also set his sights on his son-in-law, Arakawa, your task is also very heavy. Since Ethan Jones has shown us a new world, we still need his games.

After the New Year, please go and visit him. Tell Ethan Jones that we at Nintendo want to continue to obtain the product agent of Destiny Game...

Such words made Minoru Arakawa smile and nodded.

As if feeling a little frustrated by his words, but more like seeing his son-in-law's frustration, Hiroshi Yamauchi raised his hand and patted it, saying: Oh - Arakawa - you don't have to worry about our future.

Because there is no monopoly in the field of art.

Having said that, Yamauchi Hiroshi was still a little irritable at the moment.

He wanted to know where the inspiration for Ethan Jones came from!

He wants to open Ethan Jones's head and see how much is inside!

Why is it just like Doraemon's pocket, it can't be empty at all!

And if Ethan knew what Hiroshi Yamauchi was thinking, he would definitely answer with a laugh, ‘I only think about money right now! ’, because when he left New York and returned to Palo Alto, California, what greeted him was a flood of purchase orders.

In fact, after the all-meter live broadcast ended, major merchants in North America have actually begun to place orders for the electronic arcade machines of Ms. Pac-Man, even though they have already seen Disney's McDuck's Journey to the Vault and Warner Communications' Superman, but they believed in the influence of the IP Pac-Man and decided to rush in without any thought. After all, Destiny Games' electronic arcade has never let them down.

After Ethan Jones said that he wanted to hold a video game competition in North America, and the competition event was Ms. Pac-Man, merchants who thought it was impossible to lose money by purchasing Ms. Pac-Man Instantly crazy! Almost overnight, the marketing department of Destiny Games received thousands of calls! Merchants who have placed orders are asking for more, while those who have not placed orders are frantically adding more!

There is no way, who makes the businessmen know that holding a game will stimulate a large number of players to come and spend money? When Ethan Jones decided to give out a home console and Starry Sky game as prizes, those who wanted to get the console and game were sure to get familiar with the game in advance!

Although the competition format for the top ten in each state is very cruel, it doesn't matter, right? Because competitions can bring people not only honors, but also comparisons. For most people, winning the championship may be a dream, but what if you are the most awesome player in the circle around you? The admiration from the crowd and the satisfaction of their vanity will also make them feel elated!

so--

Boss, after you released the news of the game through NBC, the North American theater chain that originally ordered only 15,000 units placed another order. They purchased an additional 8,000 units at one time.

Orders from ordinary retail investors are also growing rapidly. In the three days after the press conference, we received a total of 21,000 orders. After the NBC news was broadcast, this number instantly increased by a little three times. , reaching 48,300 units.

In other words, as of last night, a total of 71,300 units of the Ms. Pac-Man arcade machine have been sold. According to the current growth rate, at most one month, around Christmas, By the time the New Year arrives, its sales will exceed 100,000 units.”

This is not only because other games on the market do not have the attention of Ms. Pac-Man, but also because all merchants believe that in the continent of America, there are countless people who want to be our destiny game, and In other words, you are a game master certified by you personally.

The marketing manager of Destiny Game, a middle-aged woman who graduated from Stanford and worked in HP's marketing department, joined the company during the company's reorganization last year, read through the report in her hand.

This fact also made everyone in the conference room smile.

Seventy-one thousand three hundred electronic arcade machines sold in one week?

This is simply a myth in the gaming industry!

Although this achievement is the result of increased marketing, what products in this world do not require marketing? The saying that the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys is just self-comfort in the wasted years!

Breaking the record again?

very good!

Ethan laughed and nodded, then turned his attention to the financial director of the company.

Following his gaze, Aaron Massey also said: Although our sales method this time is the same as before, placing an order with a deposit and adding goods to the final payment, but because Disney held a new product launch conference at the end of November, Warner Communication held a new product introduction meeting on the afternoon of December 1st. The actions of the two companies caused most of the business owners to gather in California. Therefore, after we released the live broadcast, many owners flew directly from Los Angeles. Yes, the order was placed on-site at our company.”

“This kind of transaction allows us to avoid a lot of financial fees. In addition, the 15,000 units of North American theaters have been paid back, so so far, 71,300 electronic arcade machines have saved us. 70 million in cash was withdrawn, and the remaining 70 million will be recovered gradually after the transaction is completed.

Having said this, Allen Massie also closed the folder in his hand.

He looked at everyone present with a smile and said: Even if the sales of this game stop here, our net profit this year will exceed 100 million...

cash.

“Wow!!!”

cool!!!

Ha ha ha ha--

The moment Allen Massie finished his report, cheers suddenly erupted in the Destiny Games conference room!

Although Destiny Games also achieved a net profit of 100 million a year last year, at that time, most of the cash sources were provided by outrageous notebooks with a developed game market.

If only their local income was counted, they would not be able to earn that much money.

But now, the North American market alone has brought them a net income of US$100 million?

This is really——

boss!

Someone started to boo.

boss!!

Someone started banging the table.

boss!!!

Someone had already jumped up and looked at Ethan with big bulingbuling eyes.

Okay, Okay, Okay...

How could Ethan not understand what they meant?

With a big wave of his hand, Send!

We used to get thirteen salaries a year, right? We'll get two more salaries this year!

I previously promised the production team of Ms. Pac-Man that I would give 5% of the sales as their team-wide bonus. Now, I am taking 5%, half of which is for the entire team. The remaining half of the company’s year-end benefits is awarded to the production company.”

I only have one request. According to the current progress, we may all be busy during Christmas, so it may take up some of everyone's rest time this year.

Of course, I will still pay overtime wages for statutory holidays.

Oh oh oh oh - Ethan's generosity made the conference room howl.

Boss, you're so kind - I don't know if it was the bastard who yelled.

“Boss, come and give me a kiss——” This kind of wanting to take advantage made Ethan quickly refuse.

Although working overtime on Christmas is very ruthless, because on this day, almost all companies in the country will have a holiday, and only profit-seeking companies such as transportation companies, security departments, and theaters will send people to work, but the guys from Destiny Game have no idea now. Don't care about all this!

If Ms. Pac-Man really sells 100,000 units, assuming that one unit costs US$2,000, this would be a sales revenue of 200 million US dollars! A 10% bonus is 20 million!

When a boss takes out 20 million in cash as a year-end bonus...

Working overtime on Christmas?

What is overtime?

This is obviously a holiday, right?

The company is my home, and working is like a vacation!

Hehe~

After a while of laughter, Ethan also set his sights on Michael Blanco.

He wants to know the current status of the manufacturing company.

Although the manufacturing company has been spun off, Destiny Games has absolute control after all, right? So we are still a family. Under Ethan's inquiry, Michael Blanco also said what he wanted to know - so far, the number of people in the manufacturing plant has exceeded 300, and the current streamlined production capacity is 900 units per day. As for electronic arcade machines, since they have already prepared 30,000 units in advance, they can easily cope with the surge in orders.

Of course, because everyone is rejected by society, so...

If they really have to work overtime on Christmas, they can do it.

This fact made Ethan look at his old uncle with a smile, Everyone is one of his own?

Yes, everyone is one of their own. Michael Blanco did not mean to hide it, and said directly: It's not that I don't want to attract other people, but that many ordinary people dare not come.

But it doesn't matter, right?

“We are a large enough group to be able to meet the expansion needs of the factory.”

At the same time, the benefits in the factory are far superior to all types of work in society. Under such circumstances, we are not worried about not being able to recruit people at all, we are just worried about too many people coming.

Ethan thought what his uncle said was fine.

Now that the factory is on the right track and can swallow all the orders for Destiny Games, this means that the entire company has no problem with the sales, manufacturing, payment collection, and transportation related to arcade machines.

This fact made Ethan feel relieved, and just when he announced the breakup of the meeting and wanted to enjoy the current success with peace of mind, while thinking about what to do with the video game competition and how to expand the sales channels for home consoles, Michael Blanco followed him, with no intention of leaving.

Michael, do you want to tell me something?

After inviting the other party into the office and letting him sit down, Ethan asked curiously.

Yes. Michael Blanco nodded.

Oh - then just tell me - there is no need for this between us, right? Ethan spread his hands and said with a smile: I'm not a devil, I can talk about anything!

Ethan's refreshing attitude made Michael Blanco shake his head and said, Ethan, I have no intention of hiding it, and I don't find it difficult to talk about what's coming next. It's just that there were too many people just now.

After a brief explanation, he added: I'm looking for you for two things, one is related to production and the other is related to sales, but these two things are related to the same person.

That's the new governor of Arkansas.

Michael Blanc looked at Ethan calmly and said in a calm tone: Because——

He called me.

Note: ① Doraemon was serialized in the 1970s and became popular in notebooks in the early 1970s.