Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Seeing the security guard about to close the door, Matsuhashi Minoru could only leave helplessly.

Meanwhile, the manager, David, had already returned home and was having dinner with his wife and children.

Just then, the phone rang. He picked up the phone, glanced at it, and answered it.

"Hey?"

"Manager, the lady from Japan has already left."

David nodded as he ate his dinner and said, "Okay, I understand."

"Manager, what should we do if she comes again tomorrow?"

"Just keep ignoring her, and she'll eventually give up."

"Okay." The person on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat helpless.

David said, "If there's nothing else, let's leave it at that."

"Um, manager, why don't we have a proper talk with this lady? Since it's business that's practically handed to us, at least we can check out their products first, right?"

"Well, you probably don't know the specific details, and it's not convenient for me to tell you. In short, you just need to know that if we accept the product this woman wants to discuss, we will lose a much bigger business."

"……I see"

After hanging up, David dialed another number, and his expression immediately became enthusiastic.

Once the call connected, he immediately said enthusiastically, "Mr. Aiden, I'm sorry to bother you so late, but I wanted to talk to you about what you asked me to do before. I'm already keeping that Japanese woman waiting."

Aiden nodded on the other end of the phone: "Yes, Manager David, you've done a great job. This is proof of the friendship between Suri Electronics and Woodson Department Store. I hope you can keep it up."

“Of course. Surrey Electronics has stronger product capabilities, and your products sell well throughout the United States. We would be crazy to abandon our cooperation with your company and go to cooperate with a small company instead.”

Aiden said, "Okay, we have plans to launch some new products at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, and I can assure you that we will ship these new products to your department stores as soon as possible, so you don't have to worry about falling behind."

"Okay, okay, I'll keep looking forward to it!"

David was clearly in a good mood after collecting the hang-up notifications.

He was a business manager at Woodson Department Store, whose main responsibility was to liaise with product manufacturers.

He has almost complete control over what products can be sold in their department stores; his power is considerable.

Countless manufacturers are eager to get closer to David.

However, there are some manufacturers that David cannot afford to offend.

This includes Surui Electronics.

This Japanese technology company is a leading enterprise in the current technology field, and all of its products sell almost without difficulty in the United States.

Such manufacturers are the ones David tries to curry favor with.

About a month ago, the deputy director of the North American business unit of Surui Electronics, whom he often fawned over but rarely got a response from, took the initiative to contact him.

The other party made a request: a new technology company from Japan might want to enter the US market, and the other party hoped to control the other party's retail channels.

Of course, Woodson is just a leader in the US retail industry, but it does not have a monopoly. There are many other retail companies of all sizes in the US retail industry.

However, if some mid-sized companies and Woodson refuse to cooperate with Youxing Electronic Entertainment, it will be difficult for Youxing Electronic Entertainment to expand its market in the United States in the early stages.

This kind of market competition is actually a bit underhanded, but so what? It's pure market competition; they haven't even engaged in any truly malicious competition, like digging up dirt or slandering others.

Aiden thought this was normal.

Aiden is a former subordinate of Hayakawa Ueto, the current head of the video game division of Suri, and is completely obedient to Hayakawa Ueto's orders, showing great loyalty.

When Aiden learned that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment was going to enter North America, he had already prepared a countermeasure.

The containment of the retail market is only the first barrier; several more barriers await Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

In Japan, Yusei Electronics Entertainment has everything it wants, achieving an absolute monopoly through its technological strength, and no one can find fault with it.

But in North America, the rules of the game are different.

As a local, Aiden has plenty of ways to suppress Yusei Electronic Entertainment.

Moreover, in addition to him, several other American companies will also help suppress Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

They don't want anyone else coming to the US to share the goldmine of video games.

The next morning, Matsuhashi Minoru arrived earlier than usual.

She was already waiting at the door at seven o'clock.

This time, she was going to block David directly.

She already knew roughly how it would end, but she needed a clear answer, instead of being left hanging like this.

Finally, she met the person she had been waiting for.

David.

David had just gotten out of his car and was walking towards the company gate, chatting and laughing with his colleagues.

Matsuhashi Minoru was also invigorated and immediately stepped forward.

"Mr. David, is that right?"

"Who are you?" David was taken aback when he saw a woman walking towards him, and hadn't quite reacted yet.

He knew a Japanese woman was looking for him, but he really didn't know what she looked like.

"Hello, I am the head of the overseas business department of Youxing Electronic Entertainment. I would like to discuss the sales business of the retail supermarket with your company."

David then realized what was happening and looked somewhat embarrassed.

He really didn't expect this woman to be so crazy, actually blocking him at the door.

I'd always heard that Japanese people are incredibly hardcore at work, and today I've witnessed it firsthand.

Of course, he hasn't seen anything even more perverted yet.

This is making a bit of an overreaction.

"Madam, if you'd like to discuss business, you can make an appointment first. I'm quite busy during working hours. If you successfully schedule an appointment, we can discuss the details."

Matsuhashi Minoru retorted, "It's precisely because all my appointment requests have gone unanswered that I came here on my own initiative, hoping at least to talk to you first."

Chapter 177 The Challenging Market

"I'm sorry, ma'am, you still need to make an appointment. If you don't make an appointment, I won't listen to anything you say."

David displayed a clear attitude of rejection, showing no intention of listening to anything Matsuhashi had to say.

"You only need to..."

"Madam, please do not disturb our company staff's work. If you have any needs, you can discuss them with our receptionist."

At this moment, two security personnel also came over.

David couldn't refuse directly. According to his agreement with Aiden, he had to keep Matsuhashi Minoru hanging so that she wouldn't have time to talk to other retail companies in the short term.

So he could only signal with his eyes to the security personnel not far away to try to pull Matsuhashi Minoru away.

Let's just get away with this for now.

Matsuhashi Minoru clearly didn't care about any of that. She directly and forcefully confronted the two security guards, saying, "This is not your company's territory. This is still a public area in the United States. I have the right to do anything within the scope of the law here."

The two security guards were also taken aback by Matsuhashi Minoru's words.

In fact, if a man is being unreasonable, they won't listen to him at all; they'll just grab his arm and collar and throw him out.

However, being too forceful with a woman doesn't look good.

David took the opportunity to immediately walk behind the security guard and then quickly walked into the company.

Matsuhashi Minoru wanted to follow, but was firmly blocked by two security guards.

They didn't dare to directly attack Matsushita Minoru, but blocking him wasn't a problem.

Unless Matsuhashi Minoru can directly resort to the art of extortion, but doing so would be almost shameless and would greatly damage the company's image.

Matsuhashi took a few quick breaths. She was really angry that the manager wouldn't even give her a few minutes to speak.

Even the usually composed Matsushita couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

"You two can leave now. I'll take care of things here."

At that moment, a red-haired woman walked out of the company gate and spoke to the two security guards.

The two security guards glanced at the red-haired woman's name tag and immediately stepped aside respectfully.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Matsushita, we didn't mean to stop you, but we do have our own difficulties."

The red-haired woman is David's assistant.

Perhaps out of sympathy as a fellow woman, or for other reasons, she finally couldn't help but want to be honest with Matsuhashi Minoru.

If the boss wants to string Matsuhashi Minor along, it's the boss's business not to explicitly refuse him.

But that's none of her business. In the US, employees aren't really afraid of their bosses. If you make things difficult for me, I'll just quit. There are plenty of other places to work anyway.

That's why red-haired women are more fearless.

Matsuhashi Minoru's gaze was somewhat sharp, making the red-haired woman want to look away. She asked, "Right now, I just want to talk to Manager David about our product. At least let me have a chance to demonstrate it."

The red-haired woman shook her head: "You can't do it. This isn't something that Manager David can decide. If we agree to cooperate with you, we might lose the opportunity to work with a big company, which would be a huge loss for us. Compared to that, your company's products don't seem worth the risk of angering a big company, even if your products are really excellent."

"Which one is it... Never mind, I understand. Thank you for telling me all this. If it weren't for you, I might have wanted to hold on a little longer."

Matsuhashi Minoru wanted to ask more questions.

But she knew that the red-haired woman in front of her had already done more than enough.

You have no right to demand that the other party reveal more information.

Moreover, having worked in this industry for many years, she can easily identify several companies without having to rack her brains too much.

“Ms. Matsushita, if you have the time, you can try your luck at some small retail companies. Some medium-sized retail companies will probably be facing the same situation.”

This is the most honest opinion that a red-haired woman could give.

Of course, whether Matsuhashi Minoru can listen to her or not is none of her concern.

The security guards nearby also noticed that Matsuhashi Minoru did not seem to intend to enter the company again, so they naturally did not take any further action.