Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 304 Good things
When Nakayama Hayao spoke passionately in a rhythmic tone, Ethan could still feel his blood boiling even though he was far away in North America.

He admitted that if he were a Japanese at this moment, a young Japanese in his twenties, he would be so excited that he could hardly control himself when he heard what Nakayama Hayao said.

He will definitely put a handful of coins in his pocket, rush into Sega's arcade, and support Sega with his actions. He hopes that Nakayama Hayao can turn his words into reality and looks forward to a bright future that will appear soon, preferably tomorrow!
As for the reason?

Very simple!

Because in the past few decades, the entire Neon has been living under the shadow of America!

Since MacArthur's arrival, they have been lost. If it weren't for the chaos in the western peninsula, which made them, closer to the battlefield, a transit point for materials and labor, and sold a large amount of arms and supplies, it is hard to say when their economy will be able to pick up.

After that, they rushed all the way on the road to revival, with rapid economic development and technological advancement. When they surpassed most of their competitors and became the world's second largest economy after North America, the call for "national normalization" became increasingly louder on the huge island.

Of course, they also feel that they have the capital to do so. Various world firsts make them full of confidence. And now, the electronic game industry, which has been dominated by Americans, can also usher in spring?
Oh! For the majority of young people in Japan, this is something worth celebrating!

Perhaps because of this, when Nakayama Hayao's speech was released by major Japanese media, the related discussions and the spontaneous pride instantly became the hot topic among Japanese people.

While the Japanese people were cheering, Ethan, who had read the report...

That was a smile on his face.

If Julis Noble had not reported it in advance, he might have been anxiously analyzing Sega's sneak attack at this moment. But when Julis Noble had already said that Sega would most likely sell "Godzilla", which was developed in an unknown place, to North America by exporting it to domestic sales...

The fact that Sega chose Paramount made him feel extremely relieved.

Even though the cooperation between the two will have a certain impact on the Destiny game, since the electronic game industry cannot be monopolized, Ethan feels that the only one who should be really anxious at this moment should be Philips.

While he clasped his arms, closed his eyes and smiled, at Philips' North American headquarters in New York, CEO Cornelis van der Krucht was using his own hands to realize his dream.

Oh no!
He held his head with both hands!
Even if he rested his elbows on the table with his face downward, he couldn't suppress the helplessness that was escaping from him!
This situation made the subordinate who came to report freeze on the spot. He stared at his boss for a moment, then lowered his head to glance at the telegram. The letter with the headquarters' logo made him at a loss as to what to do.

"So, what headquarters means is that we need to deal with this matter as soon as possible?"

After a while, Cornelis, who had recovered, spoke.

The secretary looked up quickly at the deep voice.

But unfortunately, his hurried look around did not bring him more gains. Although Cornelis, who was sitting there, spoke, he did not move, and his facial expression could not be observed.

"Yes." The secretary pursed her lips at the boss's gloomy face and said, "Boss, the headquarters hopes that we can intervene in the negotiations between Sega and Paramount as soon as possible."

"They felt that the partnership between Sega and Paramount would bring us huge benefits."

“They think this will be a turning point for our gaming business.”

"Because when Japanese companies start developing their own games, they will definitely sell their games to North America if they want to grab more. As long as we control the distribution business of those companies, we can reap a lot of profits, which will make our financial report look very good."

Cornelis' body trembled at the clear report and the unreserved desire.

At this moment, he who was sitting in the room seemed to be struck by lightning, and could no longer control his emotions. He slowly loosened his hands and slowly raised his head. His red face and bloodshot eyes made the secretary step back instinctively. His hideous face and terrifying eyes made his heart beat wildly.

"Are they trying to kill me?"

Cornelis said in a hoarse voice, "Control the distribution?"

"Large profits?"

"The financial report looks good?"

“Heh—” Cornelis chuckled. The next second, he roared, “North America is already in this situation now. Are those guys still dreaming?!”

"We have had the video game patent for more than five years! But so far, this patent has only brought us a tiny bit of profit! Because all the companies! Don't! Pay!!"

"When Nolan Bushnell was in control of Atari, they didn't want to pay us! Now that Atari is owned by Steve Ross, they are even less likely to pay us!"

"Ethan Jones refused to talk to us before he founded the company. After he founded the company, he directly found Ralph Bell, the inventor of the patent, and invited him to become a consultant for the company. This is to tell the world directly that he - Ethan Jones! Will not pay!"

“Although we have sued a bunch of companies before and used legal means to force them to pay us patent fees, the money they paid was not as high as our litigation costs!”

"So, two years ago, I put these facts in front of the group's board of directors and told them that since the video game patent could not make us profitable, we could just use it as a bargaining chip to communicate and cooperate with those companies that wanted to enter the game industry! Make them our allies!"

"The group's board of directors agreed with my idea! Then we discussed cooperation with Paramount, MGM, and Disney! We licensed the patents at an extremely low price!"

"And now..."

"And they want me to take back these authorizations?"

"To gain more benefits for them?"

"MFxxk!"

"I'm a human! Not a god!"

"I can't tear up a signed contract quietly!"

"I can't change everything written in black and white!"

"so--"

"Tell that group of people in the group!"

"Don't push me anymore! Otherwise I will fly back to Europe! To greet their mother in person!"

The hoarse roar made veins bulge on Cornelis' neck.

The secretary retreated with a face as if he had been cooked by a shrimp.

With a crisp snapping sound, Cornelis could no longer bear it. His chest heaved. He stood up suddenly, pushed forward with both hands, and pushed everything on the table away.

The clanging sound of the fall demonstrated his anger.

The sound of the shattering told of his horror.

After destroying everything within his sight, Cornelis finally lost control of himself and fell backwards onto his seat, face up with his cheeks twitching.

After a moment, crystal tears fell from her eyes...

He felt that he was so unlucky!
Cornelis is a Dutchman who joined Philips after graduating from university and has deep feelings for the company. Normally, he would have lived in his own country for the rest of his life and dedicated his life to this national company. But two years ago, the board of directors approached him and told him that the North American branch lacked a doer and there were few capable people in the group company, so they wanted to send him to North America to take charge of the overall situation...

The gears of fate began to turn.

Cornelis admitted that the reason for accepting the transfer order was very simple, that is, the group's board of directors stated that this overseas assignment would be an opportunity for his promotion. As long as he stayed in North America for three years, he would be able to successfully join the group's board of directors after returning and enjoy the highest treatment within the group.

Although Cornelis knew before coming that the North American branch had a lot of problems and there were countless enemies here, and many jobs that seemed normal in other countries could not be carried out here due to various problems, but even so, he felt that he could survive three years.

But now?

If God could give him another chance to start over, he would definitely not accept the group's transfer!

Because the business in North America is a quagmire whose depth is hard to tell!
No! It is a dead end that even God cannot save!

When the capitalists here are crazier than each other, using the law to defend their own rights while trampling on the obligations that the law requires them to fulfill...

As long as you are a human being, you can't do business properly here!
If it were just these, it would be fine, but what really made him sick was that he had to deal with the enemy's attacks while being scolded by the group's top management!

At the beginning, before receiving Steve Ross's invitation to officially join the Avengers, he discussed the cooperation plan with the group's top management. Those on the group's board of directors agreed with his opinion and unanimously felt that the video game patent was of little value and could be used as a bargaining chip for cooperation.

But only a year has passed since this incident, and those guys have already turned against us.

This made him very tired.

If we also take into account the questioning from the group chairman last year and the ultimatum issued by the other party himself...

That kind of unreasonable behavior of only letting others take the blame made him feel disgusted!
"Sxxt! Sxxt! Sxxt!"

When he thought of this, he started cursing.

Although he knew that there was nothing wrong with what the group's top management did, and that people's self-protection in times of crisis was all based on their survival instinct, he still couldn't accept the shamelessness of those guys.

What was even more unacceptable to him was actually Paramount.

After all, they are allies!

Regardless of whether everyone is truly allied or not, at least they are all in the same group in name!

In this case, if you want to cooperate with Sega, you have to notify them in advance, right?
But now?

Don't mention notifications!
Not even informed!
That getting the patent was the act of a master that made Cornelis tremble with anger!

"Barry Diller!"

"Michael Eisner!"

"MFxxk! These sons of bitches! They are a bunch of beasts!"

Unfortunately, no matter how Cornelis roared, it could not change the fact that Paramount had stabbed them in the back. When his emotions finally calmed down, he picked up the phone on the ground again.

After picking up the receiver to make sure it worked, he tapped the numbers and started dialing. After a while, the voice of Steve Ross, the boss of Warner and founder of the Avengers, came into his ears, "Hello? Cone? Why are you looking for me at this time?"

"Oh - let me guess, have you heard the news about Sega?"

"Wow! I tell you! This is really a surprise! Right?"

"I don't think anyone in the alliance expected that Sega would have already taken the lead and developed a popular game before we officially started!"

"They are really awesome! Right?"

"Oh! I'm absolutely thrilled now! I suppose you are, too?"

"I can't wait to see the official cooperation between Sega and Paramount! I really hope that their products will appear in North America in the next second!"

"Because once they start selling games, our actions won't be so noticeable anymore!"

"The end of Ethan Jones is coming soon!"

"And this time, it's Paramount who's attracting fire in the front!"

The joyful tone and incoherent words made Cornelis' hands and feet go cold.

At this moment, he fully understood what Steve Ross meant.

Because their alliance's plan for the video game industry is to create a bunch of electronic garbage in the name of the game of destiny, to destroy the American video game industry by attacking Ethan Jones's perfect reputation and destroying the market confidence of the North American people.

Only the whole industry will return to barbarism! A complete reshuffle!
They can be reborn in a game where they are not in an advantageous position!
So far, the plan has been going very smoothly - they have sent their people to Neon, established connections with Neon companies, and provided Neon companies with a series of hardware support. Neon companies are also very supportive and are madly learning Ethan Jones' ideas for creating hit products.

When the whole plan was almost ready, the next thing they had to do was to find a way to sell Neon’s games to North America, and the premise for building sales channels was…

That is, a popular game must first appear in the Japanese market.

Because according to normal business processes, the trade products that can be exported are generally the kings in a single market. If a product cannot be welcomed by the public in its own country, then it is not qualified to be exported. This is just like Hollywood movies. The ones that can be shown around the world are the selected excellent works, and the ordinary ones can only be digested in North America.

In this case, how can Japanese companies launch a hit product? How can Japanese companies open up trade routes to North America? That is the problem that Steve Ross is worried about.

Before, Steve Ross had discussed with them that this matter might take a long time. If it really didn't work, then they would buy traffic themselves and release a hit game.

Of course, when the plan was first presented, some people in the league raised doubts, saying that the whole plan seemed too complicated. But when Steve Ross emphasized that a simple layout would allow Ethan Jones to trace them, and then launch a thunderous counterattack, which might cause their entire plan to fail, they did not want to be the first to stand out and did not want to be targeted by Ethan Jones, so they accepted this idea.

And just as everyone was patiently waiting, hoping that a surprise would emerge from their cultivation...

The sudden appearance of Sega helped them solve a big problem!

When a guy who is not in the league solves their problems...

This sudden help really made Steve Ross smile!

But the problem is...

Cornelis called today, hoping that the captain of the Avengers, Undertaker Ross, could help him find out about the current status of the cooperation between Paramount and Sega!
Correct!
The sniping of Ethan Jones was indeed a plan he was involved in!
But his core purpose in blocking Ethan Jones is to hope that Philips North America can gain more!
This gain will enable him to be promoted to a higher position!
But if, during the sniping process, he couldn't even keep his position...

Then what's the point of this kind of sniping?
Let his successor take credit for it?

This doesn't exist!

So, when Steve Ross said that Sega had given them a huge surprise this time, Cornelis felt angry. He felt that Steve Ross had never considered his feelings. After suppressing his resentment, he said, "Steve, I have something I want to ask you for help."

"You said."

Steve Ross answered very simply.

"If I can do it, I will definitely help you. You can rest assured about that."

"Don't worry? Haha." Cornelis muttered in his heart.

But the next second, he still implicitly expressed his needs——

"I want to know the negotiation process and content between Sega and Paramount. I heard that Sega and Paramount are only a family in name only? In reality, their relationship is not very good? Paramount has always wanted to swallow up Sega, but Sega is unwilling to do so. They just didn't fall out because they share the same parent company?"

"Oh—I see what you mean, Cone."

Steve Ross on the other end of the phone said bluntly: "Cone, do you think that with the bad relationship between Paramount and Sega, there might be problems with their cooperation?"

"If the negotiations between Paramount and Sega break down, then other companies, such as your Philips, will have a chance to obtain the agency rights for Sega games?"

Cornelis's face tensed at the blunt words.

he thinks……

Steve Ross...

It seemed as if she had never looked at him straight in the eye.

As he clenched his fist, Steve Ross changed the subject and said, "Cone, I know that the fact that you sold the video game patents will cause Philips to lose a lot of money, but who among us who fought against Ethan Jones made a huge profit?"

“Everyone is losing money!”

“Everyone lost a lot of money!”

"It is precisely because Ethan Jones has harmed our interests that we have gathered together!"

"And now, when you see an opportunity to make money, you want to abandon your brothers?"

"You just want to let go of everything?"

"You want to ruin all our plans?"

"I don't think you're that kind of person, right?"

Cornelis clenched his teeth as he heard Steve Ross's words.

Just as he was about to refute, Steve Ross said, "More importantly, Cone, the Sega matter is not something we can get involved in right now."

"For us, the biggest significance of Sega's presence is to cover us."

"So, for the sake of the overall situation, they can only cooperate with Paramount now."

"What we can do is hope that their joint sales can start soon."

"At the same time, what you should do is to rebuke Paramount, rebuke their president Michael Eisner, and rebuke their chairman Barry Diller, saying that they do not respect their allies! They do not abide by the contract!"

"We must show Ethan Jones our anger!"

"Because only in this way, when junk games start appearing crazily in North America, they, Ethan Jones! will not suspect us in the shortest possible time!"

"Okay?"

Steve Ross raised his voice.

The behavior of only talking about giving without talking about return fully interprets the ugly face of capitalists.

After taking two deep breaths, Cornelis smiled and said, "Okay, I get it."

His expression gradually turned cold, "I will work hard for a better tomorrow for all of us."

"But at the same time, I also want to say that I am not the boss of Philips after all. If Philips loses too much, I might be transferred back to the Netherlands by the group's board of directors..."

Before he could finish his words, Steve Ross's voice appeared again.

"Many signed artists under Warner Records will release new albums this year."

This chip made Cornelis' smile even wider.

"Let me communicate with PolyGram."

"Uh-huh." Steve Ross snorted on the other end of the phone.

After a brief chat, Cornelis hung up the phone.

As the snapping sound occurred, his face instantly became gloomy.

His eyes flickered, and he thought for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he picked up the receiver again and pressed a number. After the other party answered, he took the initiative to ask, "Ron, do you have time? Come to New York?"

"I'd like to treat you to a meal."

"Of course, if you don't have time, that's fine, I can go to Los Angeles to find you."

"After all, I'm not like Steve Ross."

"He's a villain, and I..."

"Like you, I long for a better tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)