Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 149 Benefits are won with fists

Chapter 149 Benefits are won with fists
"So this is Nintendo's solution?" In the top-floor office of Destiny, Evelyn Johnson raised her head from behind a desk piled with draft papers.

Ethan Jones stood by the window, pressing down a slit in the blinds with his index finger, looking down at the world through the slit. Arakawa Minoru, wearing a beige suit, stood next to the Toyota Corolla parked at the door. Although the weather was hot, he still maintained a good demeanor, with his hands in front of him and his head slightly lowered, as if he was praying to God, but more like he was anxiously waiting for news.

"Interesting." Ethan Jones smiled and withdrew his finger.

With his movement, Ben's twisted blinds closed instantly.

The silver leaves blocked the last ray of light, and the room illuminated by the incandescent light welcomed his turning around. "I asked him to leave but he refused. He is indeed a Benzi man, so stubborn."

Half an hour ago, Arakawa Minoru sent Ethan Jones a solution from Nintendo regarding the unfounded matter. Arakawa Minoru solemnly stated on behalf of Nintendo that after a series of self-examinations, they were sure that Ethan Jones's speculation was groundless. However, because the two parties have cooperated for many years and have a deep friendship, after careful consideration, Nintendo decided to give up the right to pursue the matter and hoped that Ethan Jones could stop making groundless speculations and focus on the cooperation itself. At the same time, they also came up with a new cooperation plan.

And that plan now lies in Evelyn Johnson's hands.

To be honest, after reading the proposal submitted by Nintendo, Ethan Jones scolded Arakawa Minoru with words that were full of mother's words, to the effect of "How dare you do such a thing?", "I just want an apology", "Fuck! I'm not interested in money!", and then he told Arakawa Minoru to get out and go back to wait for the result.

But what is the real thought behind the cursing?

hey-hey--

It smells so good——

Ethan Jones came to sit in the chair in front of the desk and looked at his sister with a smile, "Evelyn, do you think Nintendo's solution is not okay?"

"Of course not!" the girl said loudly. "On the surface, the solution they proposed was full of sincerity, because they made concessions on the cooperation that had already been signed, and gave a sincere share of the possible cooperation. But at the same time, they also sent us a message, which was to admit that all our previous guesses were correct."

The girl threw the Nintendo cooperation documents on the table.

Leaning back, she folded her arms and looked at Ethan seriously, "Since they did it--" She stretched out her voice and asked, "Then how can we continue to cooperate?"

"What does Nintendo feel like to me now?"

"That's a masked man who stabbed us with a knife and then realized he didn't kill us, so he took out a first aid kit to try to make up for his mistake!"

"MFxxk!"

“This kind of thing is disgusting!”

"This behavior is even more——"

"Shameless!"

Evelin gritted her teeth and gave her own evaluation.

“Hahahaha—” The black and white words made Ethan laugh out loud.

Staring at the pretty figure in front of him, capturing the endless anger spreading between his brows, Ethan Jones raised his hand and held it under the light. His five fingers moved lightly, jumping like an elf, but the shadow of the desktop created by it shrank irregularly in the darkness.

"Nintendo is very sincere." Ethan said with a smile, looking at the shadow on the table.

"What?" Evelyn raised her eyebrows.

She looked at Ethan in surprise, her hands pointing at the documents on the table as if sticking sand.

"Oh! Sxxt! Is this what you call sincerity?"

"of course."

Ethan nodded and said, "At least they admitted that they did all this, didn't they?"

“But…” Evelin wanted to express her objection.

But Ethan spoke faster—

"Oh - my dear sister, although people have always said that the business world is a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder, and everyone wants their competitors to die, and for the sake of profit, many people can even strangle their competitors to death with their own hands, but this is not a real battlefield after all, but a series of businesses."

"Since it is a business, its core is always profit."

"Nintendo's willingness to cut its losses and make concessions actually shows their sincerity. If you still think this is not acceptable, do you want Yamauchi Hiroshi to die as an apology?"

Ethan spread his hands, smiled and shrugged, "Although they are a people who value the spirit of Bushido, I can't let Yamauchi Hiroshi come to our place with a samurai sword and commit seppuku, can I?"

"Let's not talk about whether he is willing or not. Even if he is willing, it won't work."

"Because I can't bear to think of the scene of intestines spilling all over the floor and blood splattering all over the house!"

"If Yamauchi Hiroshi had looked at me with an apologetic look before he died, and kept saying sorry with his mouth full of blood, I would have fainted on the spot!"

"I admit, I'm timid and I have nightmares."

Having said that, Ethan simply hugged his arms around his body, folded his legs, and curled up in the chair.

The trembling appearance and the words from the heart made Evelin unable to hold back any longer. She burst out laughing, and at the same time waved her hand with disgust, saying: "Oh Ethan - you are so disgusting -"

"Uh-huh." Ethan shrugged and dropped the subject with a smile.

After being interrupted by him, the anger in Evelin's chest subsided a lot.

"So you decided to accept it?"

“Why not?” Ethan asked back, “Nintendo’s offer of cooperation is full of sincerity. I think there may be no more sincere partner in the world than them.”

Ethan admitted that he was indeed surprised when he found out that Yamauchi was willing to adjust his commission from the project from 14% to 20%.

Although Arakawa had calculated the dividend account with him a few days ago and said that the sales of "Snake" arcade machines brought Nintendo 116 million in operating income, after deducting nearly half of the costs and his commission, Nintendo could still get a net profit of about 30%. In this case, even if Nintendo gave an extra 6 percentage points, they would still make a profit, but the account cannot be calculated in this way.

When the video game industry was developing wildly, all collaborations and negotiations had no reference basis. They were all developed bit by bit based on the feelings of both parties. This was the case with the previous negotiations between Ethan and Atari, and also with the later negotiations between Sega and Nintendo. In this case, when they gradually formed a routine as they talked, this routine could be called a standard.

Although no one in the entire industry currently uses this standard, because in the past few years, only Ethan Jones's games have achieved a massacre, but this does not mean that the standard he brought is meaningless. As time goes by, it will definitely become a benchmark for negotiations among industry insiders, and the bargaining power given up by Nintendo is a good thing.

Before, it was companies like Nintendo and Sega that controlled market channels that proposed profit-sharing plans and waited for others to bargain, but now, it was Ethan Jones who was riding on the heads of the channel dealers and acting tyrannically.

Once the 20% profit sharing ratio appeared once, the bottom line of the channel dealer had been trampled under his feet. In the future, if he still needs an agent, it will be easier to ask for the price.

Not to mention--

The backup copy of Pac-Man had already been given to Nintendo.

If they really fall out at this time, both sides will suffer.

The two parties will engage in endless litigation, and during this process, if Yamauchi Hiroshi gets any inspiration, he will simply modify the backup and make a similar game.

Until then……

Even if they find another partner for their destiny game, they will still suffer huge losses.

This is indeed a matter of money, but it is not just a matter of money.

"But if we continue to cooperate, we have to be seriously wary of Nintendo."

Evelyn said, “If they dare to do it to us once, they will dare to do it to us a second time.”

"They have already shown their ambitions. If they find themselves with a chance to strike back in the future, they will definitely betray without hesitation."

"It's like..."

"Pearl Harbor?"

"Yeah~Yeah~Yeah~" Ethan nodded in agreement.

But he didn't care, "But this is a good thing, right?"

"The enemy in the dark is more terrifying than the one stalking in the open."

"Besides, business is business. Where are the real partners?"

"Haven't we seen enough in the past two years?"

"Melohua and Rudolph fell out, Philips stabbed MCA, MCA disgusted Philips in the name of helping us, Warner got ahead in the field of video games and was besieged by all the Hollywood giants, which made us take advantage, and Nintendo stabbed Milova and us at the same time... In this situation, if we don't guard against it, we are stupid."

"But you don't have to worry too much. Profits are distributed with fists." "As long as we can keep beating Nintendo to the ground..."

"They dare not move!"

Ethan knew exactly what Nintendo was trying to do by kneeling down.

It's nothing more than the universal principle that when you are poor, you put aside your disputes; when you are rich, you cough cough cough.

And this universal law is easy to deal with, right?
Break all laws with one force!

As long as they are beaten and kept poor...

That's it!
After the parties had told the truth and knelt down to beg for continued cooperation, Ethan Jones first left Arakawa alone for a few days and then summoned him on August 1977, 8.

During the conversation, Ethan Jones warned Arakawa Minoru with a serious face, saying that he was very dissatisfied with Nintendo's behavior, but considering that the two parties have cooperated for many years, he decided to give Nintendo another chance and hoped that they would perform well in the future.

At the same time, Ethan Jones also made a simple modification to the treaty proposed by Nintendo:

“I think it shouldn’t be a problem for Pac-Man arcade machines to sell 200,000 units in your country.”

"Star Wars" has a guaranteed minimum of 300,000 units.

"With my 14-point commission, you can still get a net profit of 30 to 34 points. Then let's make money together. Split it in half. I want 25 points. I think Mr. Yamauchi of your company won't mind. After all, you have your own game hall..."

Since everyone had already taken off their pants, Ethan stopped pretending.

If you don't make money, you're a bastard, not to mention that Nintendo is in the wrong now.

Arakawa obviously didn't have the power to agree to Ethan's requests. He asked Ethan to wait patiently and contacted the company immediately after returning. After a while of communication...

"Mr. Jones, our president has expressed dissatisfaction with your greed."

Arakawa said: "But considering that we still want to work together despite the misunderstanding, our president decided to make concessions to mend the relationship between us."

"but--"

"The twenty-five point split only happens once."

Arakawa Minoru spoke seriously, while Ethan Jones smiled happily. He did not take Yamauchi Hiroshi's words to heart, because he knew that bottom lines were meant to be broken.

As for future collaboration?

It remains to be seen whether there is one or not!

Now that both parties had reached a consensus, Ethan invited a law professor from Stanford to review the contract.

After confirmation, the two parties officially signed the contract on the afternoon of August 1977, 8.

When Ethan Jones signed his name on the contract, Arakawa breathed a sigh of relief at the fact that the dust had settled. He smiled and stretched out his right hand towards Ethan, saying with some emotion -

"It's been a pleasure working with you, Mr. Jones."

"I'm very happy, Mr. Arakawa." Ethan showed his happiness without concealing it.

Arakawa Minoru shook his head helplessly at this fact. "From now on, we will both follow the new contract. So, please take care of the issues concerning the directors and supervisors of the chip company."

"Okay, I will. After all, I am protecting my own interests..."

Although Ethan answered very readily, this matter really made him feel troubled.

Because he has no one available now.

There are many people close to him, but they all have their own lives. For example, Aunt Linda and Uncle Thomas, who can be trusted unconditionally, have orchards to look after, so it is impossible for them to go to Benzi to help him keep an eye on Nintendo. Evelyn is needless to say. As a real developer, the Destiny game simply cannot get going without her. It would be best to leave his father's comrades in the factory. They have finally settled down, so don't destroy those new families if there is nothing to do...

Apart from them, whether it is Joe Wozniak or Stoudemire, they all have successful careers. Whenever we think of them, we are showing the beauty of brain stem deficiency.

In this way...

'Grass! '

'Why am I scolding myself?'

"Pfft, pfft, pfft—"

Ethan felt that he might be too tired recently, and the life of 007 made him a little delirious.

He wanted to give himself a simple vacation, as for where to go——

"How about walking north on such a hot day?"

“Go to the Arctic to see polar bears?”

"Hiss - I've never seen a polar bear in the Arctic in my life -"

The more Ethan thought about it, the more he felt that this kind of thing was very promising.

Although they were being watched by others in the game of fate, they should have a balance between work and rest, right? Since he was busy with "Star Wars" at the beginning of the year, he had not rested at all in the past eight months. Countless trivial matters made him a little nervous. After finally dealing with them...

No matter what, you have to give your nerves a SPA.

However, just as Ethan was about to get up and go to Evelyn's office to ask her if she could put the design work on hand aside for a while, the office door was suddenly knocked from outside.

The rapid sound made Ethan's breath catch.

A bad premonition suddenly surged from the bottom of my heart.

"Come in," he said, pretending to be calm.

Before he finished speaking, the girl named Julis Noble pushed the door open from outside.

"Boss..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Ethan felt his blood pressure skyrocketing and his vision went dark.

'Oh my God!'

'Earth!'

"Why is it her again!"

Ethan roared in his heart!
"Wait!" he shouted, "Julis! I have no grudge against you, right?"

"Do you really want to kill me?"

"???" Such words made Julis Noble stunned.