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Chapter 100 Royalties System

When the cooperation intentions of both parties are strong, the negotiation process will be very fast.

In just three days, Jester and Claudia reached a general intention to cooperate, and the remaining specific terms were also discussed smoothly.

The new company, Jester, will hold 70% of the shares, while Claudia, hold 30%. In addition to being responsible for the game, Jester also needs to invest 60%, while Claudia is responsible for the establishment of channels and another forty percent of the funds.

The initial investment amount of the entire European branch was $15 million. Claudia said before that she only had four million, but now she saw that she could afford to invest $6 million without any pressure. Obviously, what she said before was not true.

At the end of the negotiations, the Queens concert, which excited Adam Edgar the most, was about to be held. Originally, Adam Edgar booked tickets late and the position was not good. Jester only heard Adam Edgar say that Queens had a concert in Wembley recently, so Jester had no tickets.

But Claudia's energy in the UK really made Jester look at him with admiration. After asking how many people who were like Jace and her group wanted to go to this concert, they got more than 20 tickets to the concert that had doubled the price and were priced but had no market value. They even had two tickets to VIP private rooms.

On the afternoon of the concert, Jester met Claudia in casual clothes. Her hair was simply tied with a ponytail, a pair of canvas shoes on her feet, a pair of light blue jeans on her slender thighs, a white T-shirt and a light blue jacket on her upper body.

The zipper on the front of the jacket was not pulled up, and Claudia's hands were folded in the jacket's pocket and stood casually.

This was the first time that Jester saw Claudia who was not wearing formal clothes. When she first met her, she was wearing a long dress. She had been wearing a formal professional suit these days.

I didn't expect that now I changed into such a simple casual outfit and it actually has a unique flavor.

Claudia showed a charming smile to Jester, who was a little trance, and said with a smile: "It would be inappropriate to go to rock and roll and wear formal clothes."

Jester agrees with this.

Wembley Stadium was built in 1923 for the World Expo in 1924. It was mainly to show the strength of the British Empire. Therefore, it was not called Wembley Stadium at the beginning, but the Empire Stadium. However, because the stadium is located in the Wembley District in northwest London, over time, the saying of Wembley Stadium has been established and has been used to this day.

The Wembley Stadium is not the modern super stadium that later generations saw in football matches, because the stadium in the future was rebuilt two thousand years later, and the current one is still a holy place that has inherited decades of British football culture.

In front of Wembley's goal, Jester met the pair of white towers that were once symbolic of Wembley Stadium. This pair of white towers will be demolished after the reconstruction of the new Wembley Stadium and will become history forever.

Looking down from the highest point of the stadium, you feel like you can see the small mountains. After all, this is a huge stadium with more than ten floors high and can accommodate 120,000 spectators. Jester heard Claudia before that this time, the Wembley concert of Queens sold nearly 150,000 tickets.

This number is no less than the two most famous games in Wembley Stadium's history.

When Jest and Claudia arrived, the audience had already entered the venue one after another. Because Claudia was in her VIP box tickets, so Jest and Claudia took a special passage without having to squeeze into the already crowded ordinary passage.

The concert was scheduled at 5 pm. After arriving at the private room, Jester looked at it for more than an hour.

Then Jester looked around, as if he wanted to find something for this boring hour to make time less boring.

However, Claudia seemed to be ready. She took out two Pokemon's electronic pets from her bag and handed them to Jester.

Then she connected the two electronic pets with a communication cable.

To be honest, this setting connected by a communication line is quite stupid to Jester, but it is not the case in today's people. Two handheld machines that can communicate with each other are very fresh and interesting in the eyes of players of this era. It is a setting that can be called a creative one.

"What are you going to do?" Jester took the little fire dragon's Pokemon pet machine and looked at it, then asked Claudia curiously.

"You can fight among pets!" Claudia answered excitedly.

At this time, Jester said oh, and he remembered it.

It seems that he added a setting to the electronic pet inside when he was making this Pokemon version of the electronic pet machine. It is to echo the Pokemon that will definitely be released in the future. In addition to borrowing many functions cultivated by Takuma Goko, the Pokemon electronic pet machine he launched also added additional settings to learn skills and upgrade the pet through combat.

However, Jester has not experienced this function himself. After all, his work is too busy and it is impossible to do everything yourself.

Holding Claudia's electronic pet machine, Jester thought, now it would be nice to use this space to watch Queens' concert.

Jester pressed the start button, and the black and white LCD screen that was originally black and white lit up. It seems that Claudia has played a lot. The little fire dragon in his hand has evolved into a fire dinosaur, and he has learned three skills, but Claudia's Johnny Turtle has not evolved yet.

Because the communication line is not very long, Jester and Claudia were sitting very close, almost sitting shoulder to shoulder with each other, Jester could smell the fragrance of Claudia.

Jester felt something was wrong, so he took the initiative to sit aside.

Then Claudia sent an invitation to discuss with Jester, who chose to agree.

The final result is undoubtedly. Jester, who has never played Pokemon electronic pet in this world, was completely defeated by Claudia, who has rich combat experience, and Johnny Turtle also learned a skill after winning the battle, which also made Claudia very happy.

Jester, who was a little dissatisfied, played a few more games, but the final result was no different. He didn't give up until the fire dinosaur in his hand refused to go out because of hunger.

"To be honest, it's a great idea to have two palm machines connected to each other! What did you think of it?" After taking the pet machine of the fire dinosaur in Jester's hand, carefully operating it and feeding it to him, and letting the fire dinosaur go to bed, Claudia asked Jester with a smile.

"This..."

Jester wiped his nose and thought for a while, saying, "I wanted to make a training game at that time because we don't have a home console yet, and it's not suitable to make arcades like this. I thought of Nintendo's GW palm game console, so I had the idea of ​​making a palm game as well, and then I had Pokemon Electronic Pets. As for interacting with communication lines... It's actually very simple. I think two people who raise small pets with each other would definitely want their respective small pets to meet and communicate with each other. I initially planned to interact with infrared, but later my colleagues in hardware development told me that it was unrealistic, so I gave up."

"Infrared interaction?" Claudia's eyes lit up after hearing Jester's statement. She also felt that using infrared is much stronger than connecting with communication lines every time she interacts with two different machines.

As they chatted, Jester and Claudia talked about the newly formed company.

"You are planning to be the new product released by the company. Is it the European version of the card game called "World Storm" you brought with you?" After fiddling with the Pokemon Electronic Pet Machine in his hand, Claudia asked in a low voice.

"Um."

Nodding, Jester explained: "I personally think the card game "World Storm" is very suitable for being released in Europe, because the consistency in the background is also suitable for enhancing the sense of substitution. I have also read your survey report and think you are saying it well. Moreover, Pokemon Electronic Pet Machine has been successful in Japan and the United States. In Europe, I have found a lot of crowds in the market research I have done in the past few days, and in some large shopping malls, I have found that there are stores selling them, and the sales are pretty good, so using these two to gain fame is a good choice."

Claudia smiled after hearing this and corrected Jester: "We are no longer a new company without any fame. Sega used to promote your four arcade games to advertise with your success in the United States, so Mars Entertainment now has many fans in the UK."

"Haha." Jester smiled indifferently, and said, "Then I have to thank Sega."

Then, Claudia also withdrew her smile and continued to ask, "What?"

"Actually, my plan was not just that, but also officially released "GAME" in Europe. I initially planned to launch German and French versions outside the English version. The promotion plan was the same as when I was in the United States. I planned to use the trial version of "City of Fierce War" to open up the sales of "GAEM" magazine in Europe." Jester said simply.

"Actually, we can wait for Sega's promotion plan, and after they help us promote it, we will start the formal promotion. After all, Europe is not the United States. If you rely on the reputation of Mars Entertainment to promote magazines in the UK, there may be some possibility of operation, but in France and Germany, there is no possibility." Claudia pondered for a while before expressing her opinion.

"Okay." Jester frowned and thought for a while, and agreed.

During the conversation, countless spectators flocked to the stadium. On the platform set up on one side of the stadium, the staff had already arranged the scene, and various instruments needed for rock were moved up. At the center of the platform, there was a piano. Seeing the piano as a musical instrument at a rock band concert gave Jester a hint of curiosity.

Although the Queens members have not appeared yet, the audience who have already blocked the entire stadium like a sea of ​​one person are constantly cheering, shouting the names of Queens members loudly. Under the mobilization of the DJ on the scene, every time a name is pronounced, it will attract a burst of cheers.

Especially when Freddy McCree's name was called, the cheers appeared on the scene were the most enthusiastic.

Looking at the exciting scene below the box, Jester was also a little excited. He suddenly realized that Adam Edgar's choice was correct before. Originally, Claudia wanted to get him a VIP box ticket, but he refused and replied in a disdainful tone: "You don't understand the rock scene at all, and you can't integrate that passion in the box."

Jester does feel this way now.

"I may not have any big moves from the end of the year. Everything is accumulating energy for the CES show at the end of the year. Whether it is the several games being made now or the home consoles, it is for the exhibition at the end of the year. Nintendo has also confirmed that it will attend and will officially launch the American version of NES of their FC game consoles at the exhibition. However, there is no need for the specific news yet. It is just that according to Nintendo, NES is not just a pure game console."

Jester spoke to Claudia again.

Claudia nodded, and she asked thoughtfully: "What do you mean is that our European branch is also preparing slowly during these two months, and then attacking again at the end of the year."

"Yeah." Jace nodded, then shook his head, "It's not that I'm not doing anything at all. For example, the cards and electronic pet machines of "World Storm" I just mentioned can be ready for the sale event immediately, but more games will be waiting until the end of the year, and then it will be our first battle with Nintendo."

After hearing Jester's words, Claudia was a little confused, as if Jaster was deeply worried when he talked about Nintendo.

Although Nintendo's FC release in Japan has achieved incredible success, Mars Entertainment is still ahead of Nintendo in terms of the quality of the game. And this is not competing with Nintendo in Japan, but in the United States, which already has a large number of fans. She doesn't understand why Jester is afraid of Nintendo.

So she also expressed her questions.

Jester just shook his head and did not say in detail that Nintendo may be just a successful game company in Japan. It is not much better than Jester's Mars Entertainment in terms of popularity worldwide. Even in the United States, or North America, Jester's Mars Entertainment's reputation is even more popular than Nintendo.

But only Jester in this world knows how successful this game company, which is still limited to Japan, will achieve in North America and the world. In the history of that world, from 1984 to 1987, Nintendo almost became synonymous with video games.

However, these Jester obviously cannot say it carefully. He just said perfunctorily: "I just received news from a Japanese branch that Nintendo recently used FC's success in Japan to force many game manufacturers to sign a plan called the premium system with them. Although many manufacturers did not agree much, they still had the intention to sign a contract with Nintendo."

"Fare system?" This confused Claudia again. This was the first time she heard this statement.

"Well, the premium system." Jace nodded and continued, "I can't understand the details for a while. You just need to know that this is a Nintendo game distribution system, and the purpose is to encircle game dealers who make games on FC."

"This system is difficult to deal with?" Claudia still didn't understand.

Jester was silent for a while before speaking: "Yes, it's very difficult to deal with, and this premium system was created by the collapse of Atari. This system can ensure the quality of the game to the greatest extent, allow Nintendo to avoid almost all risks, and earn the maximum profit of game release. I have to say that Nintendo's Mr. Yamauchi is a wizard in terms of games."

Claudia was extremely curious about the premium system that Jester said. She really couldn't figure out what kind of system could avoid risks while making the most profit. According to the principle of equivalence, shouldn't she have to bear high risks while making high profits?

For example, the simplest thing is that a home computer game always needs to burn cassettes for sale. The more it sells, the more cassettes it needs to burn. The cost of hundreds of thousands of early cassettes is millions of dollars. While earning excess profits from large sales, you also have to prepare enough cassettes before it is released. This is the risk you need to bear.

So she also asked Jester.

Jester smiled and was about to answer, but at this moment, a thunderous sound suddenly came from the scene. He raised his eyes and looked at Wembley Stadium. At this time, the members of the Queens had already appeared on the stage, and the soul of the Queens, who was affectionately called Uncle Bearded by fans, also sat in front of the piano in the middle of the singing stage.

At this time, the music started, and a flowing piano sound came from the microphone surrounding the entire audience. At this moment, the stadium with more than 100,000 people actually showed a moment of silence.

Listening to this slightly familiar prelude, Jester knew that the first song Freddy McCree would sing for this concert was the "Bohemian Rhapsody" he liked very much. It was a song as gorgeous as a choir hymn and one of the representative works of the Queen's band, although it is not as famous as the other two songs that almost became the queen's logo in China.

And the moment the melody sounded, the audience's fans of more than 100,000 were instantly excited.

Almost everyone was shouting Freddy McCree's name wildly.

"I'll tell you in detail when the concert is over. Let's listen to the song first." Seeing that Freddy McCree has started singing, Jester didn't want to miss the exciting part of this concert, especially his favorite song from Queens, he said this to Claudia.

"good."

Claudia just closed her hair on her forehead indifferently and agreed with a smile.

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