Chapter 416 Authorization of CD-ROM
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"I think Mr. Kusuo Koguchi's previous behavior of reducing prices in order to expand sales is understandable."
Hearing Jester say this, there was no relaxed expression on Nakayama's face, but instead became more serious, because he knew that the behavior of Kusuo Koguchi directly lowering the selling price by 20% was not just to expand sales and reduce prices.
Sure enough, after Jester finished the first half, he just looked up at Shikio Nakayama, and immediately changed his voice and his tone became unpolite.
"However, malicious bidding is not beneficial to the three of us. I wonder what President Shirooka Nakayama thinks?" When this sentence was said, Jester's eyes were staring at the other party, especially when he said the last four words, it could almost be called a word by word.
"Ahem..."
At this time, Ken Kutaragi coughed, and everyone's eyes moved to him. He smiled and said, "I think Mr. Li is right. Normal price reduction is understandable, but malicious bidding is not a matter of fair competition."
Then the scene became silent.
None of them spoke again, but the other three people looked at Shizuo Nakayama, waiting for his reply.
At this time, the expression on Nakayama Shizuo's face did not change much. He even took the cup of coffee in front of him without much care and took a sip. However, whether it was Jester or Mark Seni, he could see that his arm that had been hanging on one side of his body was shaking slightly. Obviously, his mood at this moment was not as calm as he showed.
That's true.
Nowadays, Shinto Nakayama's heart is as messy as hell. He did not expect that Mark Seni would attack himself in such a situation, without any preparation in advance. "In other words, even if he prepares, it will have no effect, because he reduces the sales price by 20% and sells the host at a price that is almost lost. This behavior is definitely not fair competition.
However, this is not the time when he can pass by perfunctorily.
Finally, after three minutes of silence, Shinto Nakayama finally spoke: "I will talk to Kuoko Koguchi for a while. It just so happened that there was a project at the Japanese headquarters that needed someone to take charge of it, and I planned to transfer him back to Japan."
After saying that, Shikao Nakayama let out a heavy breath. He looked up at Jester with a sneer on his face: "I wonder what else Mr. Li wants to say?"
Such discussions and disputes are carried out one by one in an orderly manner during the discussion between the four and the other parties. Although there are disputes, after negotiation, as well as compromises between one or two parties, a suitable solution can always be found.
This made all three parties very satisfied, at least from this discussion. As for what Jester said, the proposal of the World Electronic Games Association was very sincere.
Especially Jester, it reflects the greatest sincerity.
Because although all three parties have made many concessions and compromises, on the whole, Mars Entertainment, which is the most powerful and influential in the electronic game field, has made greater compromises and concessions, followed by Sony.
Before Ken Kuraki came, he had a secret talk with Nobuo Oga. After the secret talk, Nobuo Oga even convened a board meeting for discussion, because it was all conducted confidentially and no one knew what they were discussing. However, after attending the meeting, Ken Kuraki immediately flew to the United States to discuss with Jester about the World Electronic Games Association.
The news that Jester announced before that the abandonment of restrictions on game development of third-party development companies was surprising to both Kutaraki Ken and Nakayama Shizuo, which really shocked Kutaraki Ken. This compromise is not worthless.
During the establishment of the World Electronic Games Association, the more benefits anyone gives up for compromise, the company will take for granted, and it will take for granted that it will have greater interests in the association.
From Jester's description of this association, it is obviously a disguised organization that changes the direction of a monopoly on the home console game market. It seems open but is actually extremely closed. Basically, it seems that the association has more than 20 permanent directors, but the three founding members are the ones who really hold the power.
How the rights of the three founding members are distributed depends not only on their influence in the industry, but also on their contribution to the establishment of the association. What is contribution? The so-called contribution refers to compromise and concessions, giving up their own interests and giving benefits to others.
"President Oga Nobuo had a special conversation with me before I came to the United States. He also attached great importance to the preparations of the World Electronic Games Association. He said that for such a grand event in the world electronic game industry, Sony, as a consumer electronics giant, must act as a role model. So, he told me that we can make certain concessions in the use of CD-rom."
Ken Kutaraki's voice was not loud, but it sounded like a thunder in the ears of Jester and Nakayama Shiroo.
They naturally know what cd-rom is.
This is a storage format that will inevitably occupy the mainstream storage format in the future. At present, manufacturers qualified to access the standard CD format are all industry giants in consumer electronics, with an extremely large scale, and those who can produce mature CD storage technology are in addition to Sony, Philips.
Because of the conflict between Nintendo and Sony, it has become a bit difficult for them to use Sony's cd-rom standard again. However, as Sony itself, it still wants to give its cd-rom standard as much as possible and find enough supporters.
If you can get support from Jester's Mars Entertainment or Sega of Nakayama's Hayao Nakayama in this regard, it will basically be equivalent to capturing the entire electronic game platform and market.
For Shinoo Nakayama, if Sony can lower the price in terms of authorization, then this will be a very huge fee. After hearing Ken Kutaraki's suggestion, he was extremely moved, because he had previously believed that the next generation of hosts would definitely use CD for storage.
The reason is very simple, that is, a CD CD can store hundreds of cassettes, which is completely incomparable to the cassettes in terms of the capacity and content of the game.
So, Nakayama Shizuo turned his head and looked at Jester at the first time. To his surprise, although Jester's eyes lit up when Ken Kutaraki talked about the CD-rom authorization, as if he was also very interested in this, after Ken Kutaraki finished speaking, the expression on his face became as plain as before.
"Mr. Kutaraki, it is also beneficial for you to use your CD-rom standard. You should know that in addition to your standards, Philips' standards are also our choice." Jester said in a very plain tone, but the content was directly at the core.
But Ken Kutaraki was not moved.
He just smiled and said calmly: "Mr. Li said it right, it is indeed the case - but you should know that Philips will never give you an almost free authorization like us."
“The authorization fee is a lot of money.”
Jester said with a smile, with a faint mockery in his tone, "I just don't know how bold you are. Are the so-called concessions to the authorization of CD-rom targeting all members of the World Electronics Association? Or are they targeting all permanent directors? Or are they just really for us?"
Hearing Jester say this, Ken Kutaraki's face changed, and then the smile on his face was not so natural.
Just kidding, how can this kind of concession on the authorization price be used to all association members? If you make concessions to all association members, then doesn’t it mean that all game manufacturers can get the authorization in the CD-rom format at a price of almost free of charge?
Since that's the case, then why are they Sony trying so hard to promote their CD standards in the electronic gaming industry?
Ken Kutaraki's face looked a little ugly, but soon, it returned to normal. He looked at Jester's eyes seriously and said word by word: "Is Mr. Li serious about these words?"
And Jester's face also became serious.
In fact, he absolutely does not believe that Sony has such courage. It is not that Ken Kutaraki does not have it, but that Sony is not a company that can make a decision in one sentence. If Ken Kutaraki alone can make a decision, then Jester is at least 80% sure that the other party will make such a decision.
But when the main body of this matter becomes Sony, judging from the internal fight between Sony, it is absolutely impossible to make such a decision.
Moreover, Jester was still a little worried because if Sony could really make such a decision, then their status in the World Electronic Games Association would be comparable to that of themselves, because the benefits of CD-rom authorization were too great and no one would be moved.
"Just just a joke."
Jester made a haha, and then he changed his voice: "Play this matter for now, wait for us to discuss it privately and make a decision. What do you think?" (The novel "Game Development Giant" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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