Chapter 484 388 Please Witness History Together
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President Isao Okawa is an elderly man with thinning hair, a kind face, and black-framed glasses.
This year, Isao Okawa is 72 years old.
In his youth, Isao Okawa suffered from severe tuberculosis. After eight years of fighting the disease, he regained his life.
It is not easy to live to this age.
In his previous life, President Isao Okawa died in 2001. It was also in this year that Sega's President Shoichiro resigned and handed over the power of the president to Sato Hideki.
At the same time, after taking office, Sato Hideki announced that Sega would permanently withdraw from the production of game consoles and become a third party.
Now, history has reached its critical point.
This key is for Sega.
President Isao Okawa is naturally very clear about this matter. The development of the DC game console is Sega's last battle to make a desperate effort. If it fails, it will die.
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When he first met Qing Zhiyuan, a slight surprise flashed in his eyes.
The legendary president of Pokeni, who he had seen once or twice on TV and in the news, was quite young. However, when he met him in person, Qing Zhiyuan looked younger than he had imagined.
He didn't look like a 34-year-old at all, but more like a 24-year-old.
Moreover, this time, Nakayama Hayao also accompanied Qing Zhiyuan.
This surprised Isao Okawa even more. Nakayama Hayao was able to accompany him, which showed that President Nakayama recognized this young man very much.
"So you want to acquire Sega, right?" Mr. Okawa sat on the sofa, clenched his fists and coughed at his mouth, looking at Qing Zhiyuan with his eyes.
President Okawa's physical condition is actually not very good now.
But his love for Sega has not declined at all.
"Yes," Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously, and pushed a prepared acquisition plan in front of him, "This is the acquisition plan we drafted, please take a look."
Okawa Ko picked it up, looked at it carefully for a while, turned back and asked Nakayama Hayao in confusion, "So Nakayama-san, do you also approve of POKENI's acquisition proposal?"
"Yes." Nakayama Hayao put his hands on his knees and responded very seriously and solemnly, "If you want me to evaluate, Sega is better to be handed over to Pokeni than to Iruko or Sato.
President Qing Zhiyuan's talent is far above mine."
Okawa Ko sucked in a breath of cold air. He didn't expect that this young man would receive such high praise from Nakayama. You know, Nakayama is a very high-minded and hot-tempered person. It's hard for anyone to catch his eye.
If Nakayama said so, then Qing Zhiyuan is indeed a rare talent.
If you think about it carefully, it should be so.
So far, he has not seen a game company that can develop as rapidly as Pokeni.
In just 8 years, Pokeni has become the third in the entire gaming industry, and the first among third-party game companies.
In other words, Pokeni's games have a greater influence in the industry than Nintendo.
This can be fully reflected in the sales of last year's games.
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“Pokeni has the world’s top technical team and technical reserves. President Okawa, you can rest assured about this.” Qing Zhiyuan introduced his proposal:
“This acquisition is a win-win strategy for both Pokeni and Sega.
To be honest, we own 30% of Nvidia’s shares in the United States, and Nvidia is now the world’s best 3D chip manufacturer.
After the successful acquisition of Sega, I will work with Nvidia to develop a higher-performance game console.
In addition, Pokeni’s game production capabilities are also world-class. We not only have a global IP like Pokémon, but almost every game under its brand is a hit.
Relying on Pokeni’s own software strength, I believe that Sega’s games will be greatly improved in terms of software and hardware ratio after they are released in the future.
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Qing Zhiyuan described what he would do after the acquisition and the expectations that could be achieved in the future.
However, the concept of the future large network platform was not fully disclosed.
Even so, in fact, what Qing Zhiyuan said was already persuasive and attractive enough.
What Sega lacks most now is stable and influential third-party games.
If game manufacturers like Pokeni, Square, and Namco can join in, it will definitely bring the game console back to life.
This is why Sega is going all out to develop the next generation of consoles.
After Qing Zhiyuan explained his ideas, Okawa Isao was relieved.
Although it seems that Sega is going to be incorporated into Pokeni, in his plan, Sega should do what it should do, including the console and handheld business, and the game business.
Not only that, Pokeni will even provide sufficient support, whether it is Paradox's game support, technical support in hardware, and financial resources and channel support.
It is equivalent to installing a pair of invisible wings on Sega now.
Of course, after the integration is completed, Pokeni will also add a large piece of hardware research and development capabilities.
In this way, Paradox has become a company that can make breakthroughs in all modules of the game.
It can't be said to be a Sony, but at least it is a peak-level Rentoku.
And its software and hardware strengths are stronger than Rentoku.
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"Well, let me ask a few questions." Isao Okawa closed the plan, put it on the table, and then straightened his back and looked at Qing Zhiyuan.
Qing Zhiyuan also sat straight and stared at Isao Okawa's eyes seriously.
It was like two lions fighting.
"Since Pokeni wants to acquire Sega, you should have analyzed and understood Sega, right?"
"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.
"If that's the case, I'll be frank," President Okawa said, "To be honest, Sega suffered a disastrous defeat in the console war, and now it owes a lot of debt."
At this point, he turned around and glanced at Nakayama Hayao next to him.
The latter sat upright and nodded seriously, indicating his agreement, and he didn't mind what President Okawa said.
"Even so, Sega also has its own value," said Isao Okawa. "Sega's technical research and development capabilities are also world-class. The next-generation console DC is also under development. If it can be made, it should not be a problem to surpass Sony's PS and become the king of the next-generation console.
In the field of handheld games, Sega is still the company with the largest market share. As the developer of Pokémon, you must be more aware of this.
In addition to the games owned by Sega itself...
Do you understand what I mean?"
"I understand." Qing Zhiyuan nodded.
"Then what is your estimate?"
Qing Zhiyuan responded seriously without any hesitation, "2 billion US dollars."
2 billion US dollars...
Okawa sighed and looked back at Nakayama Hayao, who seemed to be wondering whether it was worth it.
After thinking for a few seconds, Isao Okawa laughed.
To be honest, 2 billion US dollars is his psychological price, and it is a very reasonable price.
But isn't Qing Zhiyuan too accurate?
However, since he was able to quote this price, it just shows that Qing Zhiyuan had done in-depth research on Sega, which made Okawa Gongshi feel relieved.
A person who can make Pokeni from a small company to the third largest game company in the world and maintain the leading R&D technology in the industry shows that Qing Zhiyuan has extraordinary talent and love for games.
Being able to let Mr. Zhongshan help him speak shows that he has been recognized by Zhongshan.
Being able to quote the price to his heart in one breath shows that Qing Zhiyuan knows Sega very well.
If you hand over the company to such a person, there shouldn’t be too many problems.
A person who can make Paradox Club a success should also be able to revitalize Sega.
“Do you have 2 billion?” Okawa Gong asked.
“No.” Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly.
Hahaha…
President Okawa Gong was so angry that he laughed.
Good guy, are you planning to get something for nothing?
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Qing Zhiyuan was so shameless that he said, “That’s why I begged President Okawa to sell it to us at a cheaper price.”
Do you think this is a vegetable market?
Okawa Isao frowned, his face was not very good.
But this kind of thing is supposed to be negotiated.
Acquisition is often a protracted tug-of-war, and sometimes it is common to negotiate for a year or two or even fail.
“Then how much can you offer?”
“1.5 billion.” Qing Zhiyuan said bluntly, “This is all the money Pokeni can currently take out.”
Okawa Isao frowned again and exchanged glances with Nakayama Hayao.
It can be seen that this price is obviously lower than the psychological expectations of the two people, and it is much lower.
“However,” Qing Zhiyuan continued to add, “I can pay 1.5 billion US dollars in one year first, and then pay 100 million US dollars in 5 installments each year to acquire Sega.”
Well…
Okawa Isao and Nakayama Hayao looked at each other, and it didn’t seem so unacceptable.
"What if there is a breach of contract?"
"Then part of the equity of Pokeni Games will be used to compensate."
This is actually a gambling agreement.
Generally speaking, the gambling agreement will clearly stipulate what both parties can do within the deadline, and what to use for compensation and exchange.
Since Pokeni may breach the contract in terms of money, it is more reasonable to use equity as the object of compensation.
Okawa Isao and Nakayama Hayao are calculating in their hearts whether the value of Pokeni Games is that much...
However, equity is negotiable.
"It seems that President Qing is very confident." Okawa Isao nodded, which is regarded as approving Qing Zhiyuan's proposal.
It's just that the subsequent details need to be discussed again.
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"Then I only have a few requests left." President Okawa continued.
"Well." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "You say."
"First, Sega will continue to retain the name of Sega after being acquired by Pokeni. I insist on this. It has existed for decades. I don't want Sega to cease to exist after being acquired."
"Agreed." Qing Zhiyuan laughed, "Sega's own influence lies here, and we hope to continue to leverage Sega's brand value in the future."
"Second, I hope to retain Sega's existing business, consoles, handhelds, and game departments. I hope they can continue." Isao Okawa said, "Of course, this is my personal expectation, and you don't need to write it in the terms. ”
"Yeah." Qing Zhiyuan nodded and smiled, "This is exactly the reason why I want to acquire Sega. Without these departments, I really wouldn't propose this merger and acquisition plan."
"Third, no layoffs."
Okawa Isao continued, "It is not easy for these Sega members to work hard until now, so I hope that even after the merger, the original employees can continue to stay at Sega."
"Um……"
Qing Zhiyuan frowned, thought for two seconds and still nodded, "It's acceptable."
I'm not Vivendi who just bought a company to lay off employees, not to mention that we will need to use these old people from Sega in the future.
After hearing Qing Zhiyuan's words, Okawa Gong breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned back to look at Nakayama Hayao next to him, "Do you have anything else to add?"
Nakayama Hayao sighed silently, thought for two seconds, and then shook his head.
Being able to do these two things is actually enough.
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After walking out of President Okawa's office, Qing Zhiyuan breathed a sigh of relief silently.
At the same time, looking at Hayao Nakayama next to him, he also had a smile on his face.
After today's preliminary intention is reached, all that's left is the details of the contract. After that, there will be many discussions and negotiations, and then the process.
Qing Zhiyuan's top priority is to make more money.
"From now on, Sega will be left to you, Qingsang." Hayao Nakayama said to Qing Zhiyuan with a sigh, with light in his eyes.
It's not a feeling of reluctance, it's the feeling of emptiness that comes when you can entrust your beloved things to the right person and have no regrets after your wish is fulfilled.
At this moment, Nakayama Hayao suddenly felt that his historical mission had been completed.
No matter what he has done or achieved in the gaming industry, it has all been written into history.
And he will also walk off the stage.
It's time for the curtain call.
However, what makes him most gratified is that his curtain call does not mean the curtain call of Sega. Even if it changes to a different parent company, Sega can still shine in Qing Zhiyuan's hands.
The Sega name still exists and will be passed down.
It doesn’t matter whether I am the president or not.
However, Qing Zhiyuan just smiled and turned back to look at Nakayama Hayao, his eyes sparkling.
"President Zhongshan, didn't President Okawa just say, let me promise not to lay off employees."
"Um?"
"If it weren't for your physical reasons, I would still like you to continue to be the president after the acquisition." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile.
"Huh?" Nakayama Hayao was a little confused.
"Don't you want to see with your own eyes the day when we defeat Rentian and Sony together?"
Witness history together.
Let’s accomplish our common dreams together.
This is the answer given by Qing Zhiyuan.
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