Daily entertainment uses love to generate electricity

No wonder Nintendo immediately started contacting GAME FREAK when he just noticed that the game boy showed signs of decline. It turned out that it was the result of this "Father of Mario" lobbying hard in the middle.

Thinking of this, Takuki couldn't help but feel a little grateful to the uncle in front of him who devoted his half of his life to the game career.

Of course, thank you, Miyamoto represents Nintendo, which is much larger than himself. If he brings some emotional color in, he will be at a disadvantage during the negotiations.

"I wonder how many of you are considering?" Miyamoto Shigeru saw that Takuki and the other two were not talking, so he smiled and reminded him again.

"Ah, sorry." Takutao Takagi, who came back to his senses, quickly apologized and then said in a deep voice: "That's right. Since your company asked you to come and contact us, it must have already had a preliminary cooperation plan, right? Can you use it for us to take a look?"

"Yes." Hearing Tatsuki Tatsuki's words, Tajiri Tomoto said, "If Miyamoto San has a preliminary cooperation plan, let's take a look first, which will facilitate the next negotiation between the two parties."

"Of course there is no problem with this." Miyamoto Shigeru obviously came prepared. He calmly took out a stack of simply bound thin manuscript paper from his bag beside him and pushed it to Takuya Tajiri Tomoto. "Takagi Sang, Tajiri Sang, you can take a look. This is the preliminary cooperation agreement I came up with after discussing with President Yamauchi and other senior management of the company."

"I didn't expect Miyamoto Sang to prepare so well. Even the draft of the agreement has been made, so let's take a look first." Takuki Tatsuki said as he looked at Tajiri Tomoe who was beside him. Seeing that he was signaling himself to look first, he picked up the agreement on the table without any politeness.

The agreement in front of me is not a formal printed form but is written by hand by humans. Many of the paragraphs have traces of rewriting. It seems that Nintendo wrote on the spot when discussing how to cooperate with GAME FREAK.

Moreover, because it was a draft agreement, the length of the article was not very detailed except for the key terms, so in just three or five minutes, Takumi Takagi read all the contents in the agreement.

"Miyamoto, I looked at the agreement drawn by your company. Although many places coincide with our ideas, there are still many parts that make us feel embarrassed or difficult to accept." Takagi Tatsuki said with a smile to Miyamoto Shigeru who was waiting for a reply here.

"Oh? I think our cooperation plan is still very reasonable? If Takagi Sang has any different opinions, you might as well bring it up and listen." Miyamoto Shigeru, who was originally confident, replied in surprise when he heard Takuro Takagi's words.

"Since Miyamoto Sato said that, I'm not polite. First of all, your company wants to invest in 51% of GAME FREAK's shares to become the largest shareholder, not to mention me, even Tajiri Sang is absolutely impossible to accept. The reason why GAME FREAK was able to produce unique works like Pokémon is a major advantage because of its independence. If it is acquired by your company and become your company's first-party studio, it will lose its independence, which is something that neither Tajiri Sang wants to see."

Speaking of this, Takuki paused for a moment. He took a sip of the coffee in front of him and moistened his throat before continuing: "Secondly, it is hard to obey your company's copyrights for all related peripherals except the game development rights. I don't hide it from Miyamoto. This time, while developing the game at GAME FREAK, we have simultaneously adapted comics and anime. Although other related peripherals have not been developed yet, it is unrealistic for your company to obtain all copyrights."

Shigeru Miyamoto was obviously stunned by Taku Takagi's words. He did not expect that an unknown small game studio like GAME FREAK would be so valued.

You should know that not any studio can become Nintendo's first-party studio. If it weren't for the chance to take a gamble at "Pokemon", President Yamauchi wouldn't be so generous. If the conditions given by the company were placed in other game studios, I believe that the owners of those studios would agree without thinking, but who would have thought that GAME FREAK would be rejected so simply.

He pondered for a while and looked up at Takuki Taku and said, "Takagi San, you need to know that if GAME FREAK can become Nintendo's first-party studio, it means that the company will have more resources to tilt towards the studio. The Pokémon you have high hopes will also receive better and multi-faceted publicity. This is a rare and good thing."

"I understand what you said, but it is really hard for me and Tajiri Sang to accept this matter." Tajiri Takagi Tajiri, who also read the content of the agreement, exchanged glances with Tajiri Tomo who unified the two of them and said with a smile: "However, I have a compromise plan here for your company to refer to."

Shigeru Miyamoto was about to persuade Taku Takagi again, but suddenly he heard him say there was a compromise alternative plan, and the words he said became "Since Takagi Sang has a replacement plan, he might as well listen."

"Okay." Taku Takagi nodded and talked about his plan. "My opinion is that your company will invest in acquiring 15% of the shares of GAME FREAK under my name and Tajiri Sang. With these shares, your company can become the third largest shareholder of the studio. As for GAME FREAK, it promises to become Nintendo's second-party studio. In this way, if Pokémon can achieve great success as I expected, your company will get the greatest dividend in terms of console sales and game sales profits."

"As for copyright, Miyamoto San may not know that all the copyrights of Pokémon have been transferred to a company jointly controlled by my firm and Tajiri Sang. In this regard, we can also sell part of the equity to make your company the third largest shareholder. After all, with common interests, we will have the motivation to truly expand the Pokémon brand. I wonder what Miyamoto San thinks of my plan?"

"To be honest, Takagi Sang's plan has changed too much to the agreement we drafted, and I can't give you a clear answer now." Miyamoto Shigeru didn't expect Takagi Taku to say the alternative so quickly. He thought that these conditions had been drafted by him. He frowned and continued: "However, I will bring your opinions back to the company. If President Yamauchi agrees, I will contact you again."

"No problem. After all, we did not formally sign a cooperation agreement when we met this time. Okay, it's time to relax after the main business. I know there is a very good izakaya nearby. I wonder if Miyamoto San can go with you?" Takuki didn't think about finalizing the cooperation agreement in an occasion like a cafe. Seeing that Shigeru Miyamoto did not give any signal, he smiled and proposed to have a drink together.