Chapter 532 Nintendo Invites

Hu Yi, who was busy communicating at Toei Animation, brought back a message to Yin Jun.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo, wants to invite Yin Jun to have a meal.

This is Hiroshi Yamauchi's secretary, personally invited by Toei Animation.

Yin Jun knew very well about the company Nintendo.

Back then, the only second-hand Xiaobawang learning machine donated by others in the orphanage could be paired with the attached game cassette to play some classic games.

Whether it is the model of Xiaobawang or these colorful games, after Yin Jun grew up, he realized that it was from Nintendo's design and specifications.

To put it bluntly, Nintendo is the Microsoft of the game industry.

Relying on the game consoles and access mode interfaces they provide, they control almost all game designers, allowing them to design games and play them on Nintendo's home consoles.

Japan's future major game manufacturers, such as Square Enix, Namco, Bandai, and Konami, all thrived by designing and manufacturing game projects for Sega.

As a result, Nintendo is the overlord of home game consoles. Even in the 2020 era, Nintendo still relies on its own home game consoles to make a lot of profits every year, ranking second in the world after SONY, which launched Playstation.

It is very rare for a company to be prosperous for more than 30 years.

Of course, the current Nintendo has not yet entered its own period of rapid development.

Even at this time, they were beaten by Sega in the arcade market, and had to give up their arcade business and turn to the home game console business.

In today's video game market, Sega is in full swing, and America's Yalita, one east and one west, are unrivaled overlords in the region.

However, the era of Nintendo is not far away.

Just last month, Japan released the first-generation Game&Watch, which is a portable game console. This game console, which is about to sell well all over the world, was researched and released by Nintendo.

Game fans in Huaguo may not be familiar with this Game&Watch, but when it comes to its second-generation product, everyone knows it.

The name of the second generation product

called

Gameboy.

That's right!

It is this game console that has been popular all over the world for decades and has set the highest sales record of a game console ever!

Yin Jun had only seen this kind of palm-sized game console in the hands of others when he was a child, and he was very envious at that time. When he grew up and started working, he even bought a special one to play with.

Relying on their home game consoles and handheld game consoles, Nintendo defeated Sega and the whole world, until Yin Jun was reincarnated.

And the person who led Nintendo from its retreat one or two years ago to its rapid development in the future, besides the talented designer Junpei Yokoi, is their representative director Hiroshi Yamauchi.

For such a person, if he wants to treat himself to a meal, it must not be as simple as eating and drinking.

It's just that Yin Jun has nothing to ask for from Nintendo, and he doesn't plan to enter the home video game industry, so he didn't think much about it.

When I arrived at the place for the banquet, I found that the restaurant located in a high-end business building in Ginza was unusually spacious, occupying a full floor and covering an area of ​​about 3,000 square meters.

But this one is not the one full of people’s voices. On the contrary, it leaves a very large middle decoration and modeling area, at least one-third of it. If the rest is added to the cooking kitchen and other places, Only one-third of them can be used to entertain guests.

It is still a private box in a Japanese room, covering an area of ​​more than 80 square meters. It has a separate toilet, screen, and tea room. The lighting is bright and soft. The black gilt table placed on the tatami is probably not cheap.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who wears glasses, is 53 years old this year, and his eyes are like eagles, far less kind than he has been since he was 70 years old.

When the waiter who brought Yin Jun in went out, Hiroshi Yamauchi smiled and asked Yin Jun to sit cross-legged. There was also a woman in a kimono in the tea room, who was gently fiddling with teapots and other tea ceremony supplies.

It only takes a few glances to know that this woman's technique is much more skilled and elegant than Tokuma Yasushi's. In addition, she is very beautiful and has a mature and beautiful temperament, which naturally makes her more relaxed and depressed.

Neither of them spoke. After three cups of tea, Hiroshi Yamauchi said, "Mr. Yin, although we haven't met before, your name has already been heard like a thunder in our Japan! Geniuses from all over the world are constantly coming out. Now, with a genius like you, I really want to see how far Xiangjiang's comics industry can develop."

Hiroshi Yamauchi makes video games. In addition to his own original games, he will inevitably want to cooperate with comic companies to develop their popular comics to make games, so as to attract more people to play.

Nintendo and Shogakukan are very close allies, so he is very familiar with comics.

Yin Jun said in a harmonious voice, "Xiangjiang is also a part of Huaguo, with such a large population base, whether in terms of creation or industry, Huaguo's comic industry should be good."

Naturally, the boy would not tell Hiroshi Yamauchi that even 40 years later, the comics industry in Huaguo is still in a mess.

If you don't pay attention to intellectual property rights, it will be very difficult for any industry, not to mention the comics industry, to develop.

Otherwise, there is no need for Yin Jun to work so hard to sell comics to Japan, South Korea, the United States and Canada, and directly open up channels in the mainland, so that Xinghua Bookstore can put them all on the shelves. Isn't that all right?

Now the mainland has a population of about 1 billion. What market prospects are unimaginable?

"The industrial chain of comics is very rich. On the basis that Huaguo is still very poor and backward, I am afraid that it will not be able to expand within ten years." Yamauchi Hiroshi said, "It depends on the maturity of the market, especially the comics industry chain. As for the maturity of the market, the United States is the first, and Japan is definitely the second. Compared with Mr. Yin’s comics, it seems that we can find a sense of identity in Asia.”

"That's right." Yin Jun nodded, "Asia is dominated by Confucian culture, and our cultural foundation is the same, so of course everyone's thinking will be closer."

"So, if you want to maximize your profits, you should find the place you are most familiar with and cooperate with the best manufacturers." Hiroshi Yamauchi agreed, "To be honest, I came here today to find Mr. You talk about some cooperation."

While the two were talking, Japanese food had been served over there, so Hiroshi Yamauchi invited Yin Jun to talk while eating.

Japanese food is actually not delicious, it looks very beautiful, but Yin Jun, who is used to salty, fresh and fragrant tastes, has little interest in these.

Naturally, Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't come here to eat, he just took two bites, put down his chopsticks, and started talking, "Mr. Yin, your "Kirin Weekly" is already the best-selling single-volume weekly comic in the world. Many comics in it are suitable for game changes, such as "Transformers" and "Saint Seiya", which are all excellent materials. But in my opinion, your "Resident Evil", which only published a single volume, is not It is the most suitable to change into a game."

"Oh? Mr. Yamauchi, do you want to adapt "Resident Evil" into a game?" Yin Jun asked.

"I have this idea, I don't know if Mr. Yin is willing to talk about it." Yamauchi Pu nodded.

"Have you seen "Resident Evil" Mr. Yamauchi?"

"Of course I've seen it. I like the setting of the umbrella company and the adventure perspective of the hero and heroine very much." Hiroshi Yamauchi said, "It will be very good to make this game into an adventure fighting game."

Yin Jun nodded, "Resident Evil" is a survival game, and it did sell very well, setting a record for a single game.

But at the same time, he shook his head and rejected Hiroshi Yamauchi's suggestion, "I also had such an idea, but after seeing the current game hardware and software equipment, I feel that there is no way to support "Resident Evil" with the current technology."

"How do you know if you don't try it?" Hiroshi Yamauchi said sincerely, "Our Nintendo has very good technology. If Mr. Yin authorizes the game to us, we will definitely be able to make a win-win game! At that time, the world They will all be crazy about the "Resident Evil" game!"

Yin Jun very much agrees with Yamauchi Hiroshi's last sentence, but he never thought of focusing on Nintendo's game consoles.

Although "Resident Evil" has three platforms of games, a PS console, a Nintendo console, a Sega Saturn, and the last one is a computer platform, but the computer platform is the most brilliant.

Because the games supported by the computer platform, whether it is the graphics card, sound card, or CPU, are the best, and they are also the most satisfying games such as "Resident Evil".

Note that this is still referring to Nintendo's consoles after 1996. Now Nintendo's first-generation red and white machines have not yet come out, and some are just the Game&Watch handheld game console.

In Nintendo's first-generation red and white machine, the CPU is only 6502 chip 8-bit, the main frequency is only 12MHz, and the memory is only 8K.

This kind of home game console, not to mention 3D, even 2D is not good, those characters are only a pixel integration at best, and even the face can’t be seen clearly. The horror effect made?

Once it is given to Nintendo, it will definitely destroy the classic rhythm.

Of course, Yin Jun can't destroy the classics in his hands because of this little money.

Although comics can bring most book fans, if the game is not done well, the big movie "Resident Evil" will definitely encounter an embarrassing situation.

Thinking of the possible $3 billion box office revenue of a big movie, and more peripheral product revenue than this, it is absolutely impossible for Yin Jun to lose the big because of this.

"How about it." Yin Jun pondered, "If Nintendo can make the game characters into 3D color effects, then we can talk about cooperation."

Hiroshi Yamauchi frowned, "3D? Game 3D? Mr. Yin, where did you come up with these ideas? How is this possible?"

"Nothing is impossible. With the development of technology, the game will definitely get better and better." Yin Jun said seriously, "Only when the technology that can support the effect of "Resident Evil" is achieved, can I I will license the game. Before that, I am very sorry."

Yamauchi Pu looked at Yin Jun for a while, his tone became a little cold, "Is there really no discussion?"

"Sorry." Yin Jun shrugged.

"That would be a pity!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi sighed, and didn't bring up the matter again.

Although the two talked about some comics and video games after eating, the atmosphere was still a little awkward.

After all, Hiroshi Yamauchi wanted to make a "Resident Evil" game so much, but Yin Jun firmly disagreed, and he must be upset.

After eating, Yin Jun bid farewell and left without thinking that there was anything wrong.

It is normal to fail to reach an agreement in business negotiations. No one says that one negotiation will be successful.

But the next afternoon, when Yin Jun returned to the hotel from Teresa Teng's side, the front desk said that Mr. Kojimasuke called Yin Jun's room several times and left his phone number, asking Yin Jun to come back. Be sure to call him.

As soon as the call was connected, Kojimasuke's voice came over, "Mr. Yin, did you have a conflict with Hiroshi Yamauchi?"

"It's nothing?" Yin Jun said in surprise, "Because the conditions were not suitable, I just rejected a cooperation agreement with him. Mr. Kojima heard any rumors?"

"It's not a good thing." Kojimasuke said in a deep voice, "This morning, Hiroshi Yamauchi has activated his influence to make all Japanese video game manufacturers refuse to cooperate with you and not adapt your game. Comics into video games! I heard that Sega and Namco have agreed!"

"Is there such a thing?" Yin Jun's expression also changed, "Although he and I didn't discuss cooperation, it shouldn't be like this, right?"

"Hey, Hiroshi Yamauchi is such a self-willed person!" Kojimasuke said with some annoyance, "It's all my fault. He said before that he wanted to cooperate with you, so I agreed to help you get in touch. But now I didn't expect it to happen. so."

As soon as he said this, Yin Jun immediately understood.

No wonder Hiroshi Yamauchi's secretary was able to find Toei Animation. It turned out that Kojimasuke was the matchmaker.

Kojimasuke must have wanted to introduce business to Yin Jun so as to reach a better personal friendship, but he didn't expect to cause some trouble instead, so he was naturally a little embarrassed.

However, Yin Jun didn't mean to blame him at all.

Because compared to Kojimasuke's understanding of Yamauchi Hiroshi, Yin Jun knows Yamauchi Hiroshi better!

This person is born to be a typical Japanese businessman who is arrogant, self-willed, domineering and overbearing!

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