Chapter 104 The Contract That Cannot Be Signed (Fourth Update)

Akira Nakamura routinely asked his team to test the content of the game first.

Then soon the people at the game development side gave a very qualified game evaluation of The King of Fighters.

But at the same time, they also felt that the game seemed a bit too mature.

Some of the characters are dressed a little scantily.

But this is not a big problem now.

Metroid, released by NGS last year, even added a bikini image to the female character in the ending. How much more exposure could the character of The King of Fighters be exposed?

The performance of game consoles is so limited.

The only thing Zuo Zhen has to consider is whether this year will only be able to release three games like last year.

"About this, Zuo Ma-san, you don't have to worry at all this year." Akira Nakamura smiled.

"Last year, because you were just starting out, we at NGS didn't realize your strength yet, so we gave you a release limit of three games a year, but this year there will definitely be more than three games."

"How many games are there? I have more game development plans later."

"Well... I can help you get up to five games released a year, because large game companies only limit the release of six games at most on our NGS. If you go more, you will be stuck, so It should be no problem to get you five models a year for the time being."

Five models a year...that's okay too.

Zuo Zhen was quite able to accept this result.

In fact, Zuo Zhen still hopes that he can be allowed to sell more games.

After all, there are many well-known games that I can think of.

He planned to cut him off in advance.

And in addition to those games that can be cut off in advance, Zuo Zhen also has some imaginary games that he wants to make, but five games a year is still not enough.

It’s best to have ten models a year.

Of course, I can’t think so much now.

It’s okay to try to get five models a year first, and we’ll talk about it later.

"Then Zuo Zhensang, please wait a moment. My people here will contact the company's contract department and they should bring you a satisfactory contract later."

Akira Nakamura casually picked up the phone on his desk and explained it, telling his subordinates to resolve the contract issue with Zuozhen.

This time Nakamura Akira promised Zuozhen the best possible contract.

The previous games have made a lot of money for NGS. Naturally, NGS should give some feedback and cherish high-quality resources like Zuo Zhen.

It only takes a few people to rival some large game companies, and the output is very high.

This time Nakamura Akira was more polite to Zuo Zhen, and he was completely treated as an equal.

Before, he had somewhat felt that Zuo Zhen was a party that needed to cooperate with him.

But now it seems that Zuo Zhen is really capable.

Once the concept changed, Nakamura Akira's mentality began to change.

Some things that had not been discussed before began to be revealed to Zuo Zhen a little bit, including the next plans of the NGS company.

NGS has recently begun research and development of next-generation game consoles.

But it's still early days.

Because the NGS market is still quite hot, it is obviously not in line with business rules to give up the first generation of NGS game consoles prematurely.

At the same time, Akira Nakamura also revealed to Zuo Zhen in a very subtle way that in addition to the new generation of game consoles, another company director with power in the NGS branch of the United States is studying another big project.

This large project has even been classified as highly confidential by the company, and only a few people know about it.

Of course, it was impossible for Akira Nakamura to tell Zuozhen this secret directly, but as long as he gave a little bit of bait, it would be equivalent to telling Zuozhen a piece of news from the side.

The current development of NGS is unstoppable, and the future will definitely be brighter. If you continue to maintain friendly cooperation with our NGS and continue to produce high-quality games, I will do my best to recommend you to the board of directors and help you. Keep growing.

This is also a mutually beneficial cooperation.

However, Nakamura Akira obviously didn't know that Zuozhen already knew everything about those so-called secrets.

Judging by the time, Nintendo in this parallel world will launch another epoch-making product in about a year or so.

Brand new handheld console.

gameboy

Zuo Zhen is not sure whether it will be called this name in this world, but according to the historical trend, the birth of this game console is basically certain.

In the early years, GB had weaker performance than the Famicom, but its playability was increased several times.

First of all, because of its portability, many games that are suitable for playing anytime and anywhere have more room for development.

Tetris, Pokémon, Bubble Bobble.

This type of casual-oriented games will also shine.

However, I knew that Zuo Zhen still had to pretend to be eager on the surface, and at least put on a full show to satisfy Nakamura Akira's imagination.

It is also one of his plans to develop games on GB in the future, which is a market larger than the Famicom.

At the same time, Akira Nakamura proudly said that his voice in the company has increased recently.

Miyazaki's jurisdiction over him is still there, but the intensity of his control is slowly decreasing again.

After all, Miyazaki's ability to rise to the top simply by relying on his connections would not be able to keep up.

At best, his ability can only reach the level of a department director, but he is actually a bit overwhelmed by the level of a group board member.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

This is also good news for Zuo Zhen.

Akira Nakamura is very firmly bound to himself, and his increased status on NGS will also benefit the proportion of his future games on NGS.

Well, I have a lot of good news this time. Double Dragon has sold 500,000 copies in two weeks. The chance of monthly sales of one million is not high, but there should be no problem if it reaches one million.

Nakamura Akira also said that this game has not been officially launched in the United States. If it is fully launched in the United States, there may be a chance that Double Dragon's sales will increase.

Nakamura Akira and Zuo Zhen continued to chat. They seemed like real peers, from game development to daily life.

Ten minutes later, the employee who had just been assigned to go to the contract department hurried back.

Upon seeing this, Nakamura Akira smiled and said: "Zao Ma-san, let's go and sign the contract. It seems that it is basically finalized to be able to come back so soon."

The staff member looked a little nervous when he heard Akira Nakamura's words: "Naka...Director Nakamura, I just went to the contract department, but the contract was not signed. I just submitted my intention to sell the game to them and they rejected it."

"Rejected?" This was beyond Akira Nakamura's expectation.

This was different from everything he had expected.

"What's going on? Why did the contract department reject it? Even if it feels inappropriate, it should have made a suggestion first."

Akira Nakamura thought for a moment and then said, "I'll make a call."

As soon as he walked to the phone on his desk, the phone rang before him, and Akira Nakamura picked it up.

"Hello, I'm Nakamura."

"Well, there is such a thing. It is the latest work of real game development."

"Want to discuss in detail? Go to the conference room upstairs? Okay, I will take Zuo Zhensang there. You need to give my friend a reasonable explanation."

Akira Nakamura hung up the phone, looking a little unhappy.

"Zuo Zhensang, let's go to the conference room above. Several senior executives are waiting there."