Chapter 24 Just You? (Birthday Update)
Hudson's company's hard power is far from being weak. Not to mention it's very strong, but at least it can be shown.
Among them, Hudson's hardware development department even participated in the research and development of Hongbai Machines, so the Kudo brothers could meet Yamauchi Hiroshi and convince him to become the first third party to Hongbai Machines.
However, the hardware development department is far away in Sapporo, the hometown of the Hiroki Kudo brothers. Because many of the technicians are natives from Sapporo and don’t want to leave home for too long, they don’t follow the company’s focus and move to Tokyo together.
As for those "idle people" who seem useless in the game department, they are all old employees who choose to stay in the company during the most difficult time.
In Kudo Yuji's eyes, these are brothers who share hardships and storms. He believes that a person's character is more important than the technical strength a person has.
Therefore, it was strange that Takahashi, an outsider who had just arrived, saw that there were so many "incompetent people" in the company. But for the old employees of the company, they were used to it.
If even the "brothers" who came with them on the hardest days would be fired, can this company still unite people?
The people's hearts are dispersed and the team is difficult to lead. That's all.
Fortunately, Takahashi is not really a naughty person. If he just entered the company, he would shout to give the company a new look and be enemies of old employees. It would be self-evident who would get out of the way first.
Be careful with words and actions. This is a newcomer in the workplace who should have quality. Most seemingly unreasonable phenomena, if you understand a little, you will find that they are reasonable.
Takahashi took back the paper in front of Hiroshi Kudo. What he wrote on the paper was a bet agreement.
This betting agreement is very different from the general betting agreement with higher sales and more share. This is a punitive betting agreement.
In other words, the smaller the sales volume of the red and white machine "Gold Digger" produced by Hudson, the more fines it will be.
The reason why Takahashi wrote this is because he had to take care of the face of the founding brothers and sisters of Broadbond Company and also took into account the money issue.
The poor sales of the game mean that it was a problem with our redo, because our redo damages the quality of the game and pays more fines. While satisfying the money, we also bowed to Broadbond, which gave them face.
The game sells well, although the fines are less, the profits are also increased. While making more money, it also proves the correctness of redoing and does not harm the face of Broadbond.
No matter how much you sell, this proposal is beneficial and harmful to Broadbond and full of sincerity.
You know, the critical point of not paying this fine is one million copies.
You know, the sales of all versions of "Gold Digger" are not as high as this number. Such a number itself can satisfy Broadbond's face.
It is normal for Kudo Hiroshi to look at the words on the paper and stare blankly.
Although they are the first third parties to Red and White Machines, and although they make a lot of money on arcades, they have not sold a million copies of a game until now.
Such sales data is a myth for Hudson itself, and for Hiro Kudo himself, it is also an astronomical number that counts zeros for a long time. It is not an exaggeration to say that Takahashi is crazy.
Of course, there are two more inconspicuous suggestions in this proposal.
First, while fulfilling this agreement, Hudson will have the rights to develop the resumption of "Gold Digger" on the red and white machine.
Second, when the sales volume reaches more than one million copies, the share will decrease with the steps.
Of course, the two cores of the entire proposal are punitive agreements and one million sales.
This proposal is an imaginative contract even if it is obtained from the most developed capitalist United States.
After all, no one is masochist, and the less sales you like, the more money you give others.
However, this masochist identity is more appropriate if it is placed on Japanese people.
In 1985, most Japanese people had conflicts between inferiority and arrogance in front of white people.
It is inferior because of history and arrogant because of money. Such a group that needs recognition will not surprise anything to do.
While Takahashi was translating the text on the paper into English and making it more complete, Broadbond sent a fax.
This is the fax reply to the fax just now. The content is similar to the first letter. It is still condemnation and condemnation, either revising and refining, or canceling cooperation.
Takahashi looked at the fax with intense words, but he felt relieved.
If the other party is willing to reply to the fax, it means there is still room for communication. Just like a couple, when the quarrel is the most serious, they are not quarreling fiercely on the phone, but rather they do not answer the phone and refuse to communicate.
What Takahashi is most afraid of is that the friendly competitors in Japan know the gap between Hudson and Broadbond, and use this gap to obtain the right to adapt the red and white version of "Gold Digger".
Takahashi is not afraid of trouble, but he is afraid of unplanned trouble. Unplanned trouble is always more difficult to deal with than those in plan.
I didn't want the night to be long and dreams, and I didn't want the accident to happen after a long time. He checked the information he had written and sent it out using a fax machine.
The signal pulse traveled across the ocean to the United States. I wonder what the group of Americans would react to seeing the words written by Takahashi.
Takahashi has tried his best, but he doesn't make sure things will go smoothly as he imagined. After all, as long as a butterfly flaps its wings gently, everything can be changed.
Could it be that Takahashi wants to find another butterfly to flap his wings to offset the impact of the first wing?
Takahashi is not an omnipotent god. If he had this ability, why would he have been hungry for several months before finding the opportunity to enter Hudson?
The waiting is long and tormenting, and the silent atmosphere seems a bit indescribable.
The pressure of the three people in the game department office doubled with time.
Takahashi's proposal is not uncommon and crazy, but is such a proposal that goes astray really useful? No one will get the answer before receiving the reply.
In addition to the thumping sound of heartbeat, there are also thumping sounds in the corridor.
The sweaty game minister broke into the door. He looked at the three people in the game department and asked in panic, "How is it?"
"It's still under processing." Takahashi said calmly.
"What to deal with? Shinchi, Shinchi Nakamoto, what I said was right? I said it would be better not to change the game. See if something happened now!" The minister said angrily.
"You voted for the rework," Nakamoto, who had already relaxed, replied with a dark face.
"You!" the minister shook his arm hard, then asked anxiously, "How did you reply?"
"It's on the table." Takahashi said.
The minister hurriedly grabbed the paper on the table, and his hands were shaking anxiously. Looking at the black words on the white paper, his hands became more and more funny. He said hysterically, "One million sales! Three million US dollars fine! What do you think? Who wrote this?"
"I." Takahashi replied.
"You?" the minister pointed to Takahashi's nose. "You are the only one Chinese guy? How many millions of game cartridges have you seen? Can you make three million dollars in your life? You?"
Chapter completed!