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55.85% Video Game Tycoon in Tokyo / Chapter 272: Epic encounter

章節 272: Epic encounter

Previously, Surai Electronics was the strongest competitor of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

However, there was no neck-and-neck competition between the two, but rather Surai Electronics was simply catching up on its own.

The development of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment was too rapid, even though Surai Electronics had a large corporation backing it, it was difficult to keep up with the pace of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment's development.

This was extremely incredible.

This also made Hayakawa Shigeru realize that the quality of games was the real core.

Otherwise, there would be no reason why their better-made game consoles wouldn't be welcomed.

This could also be considered the first advantageous news he obtained from competing with Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

Later on, Surai Electronics seemed to lack offensive power, but the competitive relationship between the two sides never ended.

In some economic media news and in the popular male gaming website, there were always heated discussions about whether Surai Electronics or Gamestar Electronics Entertainment would ultimately emerge victorious.

Perhaps, his participation in this course organized by a competitor had already been captured by someone with ill intentions.

However, Hayakawa Shigeru was not afraid of losing face; he had never been someone who cared about such trivial matters.

As long as he could achieve his goals, he could accept any kind of behavior.

However, when it came to meeting the president of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment, Takayuki, he inexplicably felt a bit apprehensive.

This was very strange.

Hayakawa Shigeru himself couldn't understand why he was having this kind of reaction.

When the lecture ended and he made his request to meet with Takayuki privately, he even began to worry that he might be rejected.

But outwardly, he remained calm and composed, not showing much anxiety. He simply silently drank his tea, waiting for the response.

Ten minutes later.

A young man approached at this time. He was Takayuki's temporary assistant for this lecture, helping Takayuki prepare various things for the lecture. He smiled at Hayakawa Shigeru and said, "Hello, Mr. Hayakawa, our president just responded. He agrees to meet, and if it's convenient for you, you can arrange the meeting place."

Hayakawa Shigeru's spirits lifted. "It's convenient, however it suits you. Let's meet at a café, any one will do."

"Alright, how about the business meeting room downstairs in half an hour?"

"No problem. Does President Takayuki have any more lectures to give?"

The assistant shook his head. "No, it's just that your appointment is a bit late. There were some people who made appointments with the president before you, so they're preparing to discuss some business, so you'll have to wait a bit."

Hayakawa Shigeru immediately understood that those guys also understood the value of this game engine as soon as possible and wanted to have the development rights to the game engine as soon as possible.

So he couldn't afford to slack off even more.

Even if he had to pay a lot of money to the competitor, he must have the development rights to this game engine as soon as possible.

Right now, this was the only option, there was no better choice.

Honestly, if it weren't for Takayuki's willingness to license the game engine, he might not be able to achieve efficient game production in the short term, and he would just have to watch other game companies grow rapidly.

"Alright, I'll wait here for half an hour."

Hayakawa Shigeru sat back down, continuing to sip his remaining coffee.

He was almost precise to the second. When it was exactly thirty minutes, he stood up from his seat and then went downstairs to the business meeting room.

At this moment, Takayuki had already sent most of the people away.

Negotiating with these bosses interested in the game engine wasn't troublesome at all. After all, the price had already been given before, and they could all accept it. So it was just a simple process of confirming the agreement, and the subsequent negotiations would be handled by the legal departments of both companies to determine the contract details and authorize the game engine to each other.

Takayuki also knew that the real focus wasn't on these guys, but on Hayakawa Shigeru.

The fact that Hayakawa Shigeru wanted to contact him as soon as possible and hoped to obtain the authorization for the game engine indicated that Hayakawa Shigeru was indeed a very visionary person.

And he didn't mind the grudges from competitors, which to a certain extent was also a respectable aspect of a competitor.

When the last person left the meeting room, Hayakawa Shigeru politely knocked on the door and then entered with Takayuki's permission.

Takayuki stood up from his seat at this time, this should be the first formal meeting between the two. Due to the competitive relationship between the two sides before, there had never been a chance to meet, so it was quite rare.

If such a meeting scene were to be captured by some paparazzi, I'm afraid it would dominate the news headlines for the day.

The gaming industry is now booming, especially in Japan, it is no longer an insignificant little industry.

Electronic games have also stimulated consumer desire after the burst of the bubble economy, although it cannot significantly improve the living environment, it also shows a little vitality and vigor, no longer as gloomy as before.

The Japanese government even sent people over to thank Gamestar Electronics Entertainment for its contribution, which was also a positive propaganda opportunity at that time.

Of course, this was also influenced by various forces, which made the Japanese government recognize the status of electronic games.

Otherwise, if electronic games were classified together with manga, animation, and other similar categories too early, electronic games would probably become a target for everyone to condemn and guard against.

The current result is quite good.

So young.

Hayakawa Shigeru only had this thought when he first saw Takayuki.

Now, Takayuki was probably only twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

Takayuki also looked younger than what was shown in some newspapers and online photos.

After all, there were no beauty cameras at present, and the photos were generally still blurry.

"Takayuki, I'm really glad to meet you." Hayakawa Shigeru straightforwardly greeted him.

"Hayakawa, I'm also glad to meet you. We've been competing with each other for two or three years, but we've never had a chance to meet. This has actually been a regret of mine. Now that we've met, I have no regrets."

After exchanging some pleasantries, they stopped beating around the bush.

"Takayuki, I've come for the Unreal Engine. I want to know if you'd be willing to grant the use of this engine to me, your competitor."

Takayuki shrugged. "Why not? I fully welcome anyone to use our engine."

Hayakawa Shigeru asked, "I'm curious why you'd agree to grant the license. If you needed money, you wouldn't just ask for installment payments, but rather demand a one-time payment."


章節 273: Bringing good games to players

"Regarding this matter, please allow me to keep it confidential. However, I believe you will definitely be able to guess it in the future."

In response to Hayakawa Shigeru's simple and direct inquiry, Takayuki just gave a slightly mysterious smile and had no intention of providing any answers.

He still harbored ambitions to achieve data monopoly, so naturally, he couldn't easily reveal this idea to the other party.

In fact, there wouldn't be much of a problem even if he did reveal it because his company, Gamestar Electronics, also possessed a considerable amount of data.

Letting them know would at most make them more vigilant. They might accelerate the production of their own game engines and distribute them to their studios and partners earlier.

But this wouldn't affect much. In the previous world, the Unreal Engine was still the world's number one game engine, while others were engines for specific purposes owned by different companies, not diversified.

The Unreal Engine could be used to create anything, and its scope was broad. This was the absolute advantage of the Unreal Engine. As long as one didn't mess up, there was no possibility of being surpassed.

Hayakawa Shigeru had already anticipated Takayuki's response, so he wasn't surprised. Then the two sides went straight into the price negotiation phase.

At this point, Takayuki raised three fingers and slowly said, "300 billion yen. For the first year, you can pay just 1 billion yen, and the rest can be paid gradually, no need to rush to pay it all at once."

Hayakawa Shigeru's pupils slightly contracted.

Even though he was prepared, he was still somewhat shocked by this price.

The development cost of a single game now was only about 1 billion yen, and Takayuki was asking for 300 billion yen for a software. This was somewhat unacceptable for Hayakawa Shigeru.

But he understood that this was Takayuki's markup as a competitor.

"We need to discuss this price further. I hope it can be lowered a bit more."

Takayuki shook his head. "There's no room for negotiation on this. As you just mentioned, you're not just using it for game development but also for visual effects development. Therefore, to provide continuous after-sales service to you, this is a major expense that cannot be avoided."

"After-sales service?"

"Yes," Takayuki nodded. "We will provide customized software modification services based on your needs at any time to help improve your visual effects and game development. This is not just a one-time transaction but a continuous service. In fact, I don't simply regard it as selling software; it's more like selling a service."

Hayakawa Shigeru fell into contemplation.

Takayuki's words were indeed novel.

Similar situations had never occurred in previous business negotiations.

Many of the negotiations Hayakawa Shigeru had faced before had some room for negotiation.

Previously, of course, there hadn't been a chance to negotiate with competitors in certain industries.

At most, the other party would go bankrupt, and then he would invest to acquire them, always taking the initiative as Surai Electronics.

But now, the initiative was no longer on his side but on the other side.

The other party was sticking to the price, and he seemed to have no ability to refuse.

At this point, Takayuki began to coax persuasively, "You can imagine that with this engine, multiple studios can develop games together. Then the output of games in a year will exceed ten, and the quality of the graphics will be impressive. This is very cost-effective, especially since you're not limited to game production but also to visual effects. In that field, you'll also have a certain advantage."

Hayakawa Shigeru felt that Takayuki was a very good speaker.

His words always struck a chord with others, making them hesitate.

Even Hayakawa Shigeru himself was swayed, and he even began to think that the price of 300 billion yen was quite reasonable.

However, he still wanted to insist a bit longer.

Of course, the result was foreseeable; the price wouldn't change.

300 billion yen, 3 billion dollars.

Installments, with priority given to dollars, requiring only 10 million dollars for the first year, equivalent to 1 billion yen, which was actually completely acceptable.

The development cost of a single game was about 10 million dollars now. With this engine, game development efficiency would also be greatly improved. There were really very few reasons for him to refuse.

So Hayakawa Shigeru didn't persist for too long and agreed to the price.

This price was basically at the upper limit he and Bailey had negotiated. If it were to increase by even 10 million dollars, they would find it somewhat difficult to accept.

"Very well, it seems Mr. Hayakawa, you have made up your mind. I must say your choice is very wise. In the current gaming environment, whoever can be the first to possess new technology can gain the advantage. And we are the ones who take the initiative."

When Hayakawa Shigeru heard Takayuki's words, he was moved. "Takayuki, are you saying..."

Takayuki tapped the table and said, "Of course, it's the American market, the European market, and even the global market. By being the first to possess this new technology, while other companies have yet to react, we will have the first-mover advantage. Through this advantage, we can secure our position. Isn't that a good strategy?"

Hayakawa Shigeru suddenly understood.

He immediately understood the meaning behind Takayuki's words.

Takayuki no longer saw him as a competitor but more like a partner in advancing and retreating together.

Honestly, Hayakawa Shigeru felt that this was quite good.

Both sides were originally companies from Japan. If they didn't compete in the Japanese market, they could fully support each other on a global scale.

The market was vast, and no company could fully dominate it.

No game company dared to say that it could monopolize all 4 billion gamers in the future, make all 4 billion players like their game consoles and games. Some people would like this, some would like that. People's choices were strange.

Takayuki was just expanding his advantage through classic games, making it difficult for others to catch up with his position. But he didn't dare to think of monopolizing 4 billion players.

So why not bring in a few more strong partners? Wasn't that also good?

In Takayuki's original world, similar things had actually happened.

At a certain game annual awards ceremony, the three most powerful game console developers at the time stood together on the stage and announced to the world that they were not competitors. They were a group of people with unique beliefs who hoped to serve players together. What they wanted most was to bring good games to players.


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