Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

However, these emails were all categorized as spam by default and were initially quite inconspicuous.

If it weren't for what happened yesterday, this director wouldn't have been able to send his men to investigate Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, and they probably would have discovered these emails much later.

At this point, David lost his composure.

His expression became somewhat stiff.

"Chairman, look, another email came in this morning. It contains all of Youxing Electronic Entertainment's daily sales data, down to the smallest detail. It was sent to us on purpose."

"And this is a letter I just picked up from the post office. It was delivered to our company this morning. As for the others, they have all been destroyed. And according to my investigation, it was David who gave the order to destroy these letters."

The emails provided daily detailed sales figures for each game and the two game consoles.

This is consolidated data.

Hundreds of small and medium-sized department stores across the United States each sell thousands of video game consoles every day. If you add them all together, the daily sales of video game consoles can reach hundreds of thousands.

Then there are detailed sales data for various games, among which the best-selling ones are games like Street Fighter, Street Basketball, and Need for Speed, which are specifically targeted at the European and American markets.

In recent days, the third-generation Metrorod: Super Metrorod has also been among the top sellers, with daily sales exceeding 100,000 units and showing no signs of slowing down.

“David, I need an explanation. This company has repeatedly shown us goodwill and wanted to cooperate with us, and their sales performance is indeed outstanding. Why are you turning a blind eye to this?”

"This...is because of those big companies..."

"Don't mention big companies to me. Those big companies are just an excuse. If you think you don't dare to mess with those big companies, you can come to me directly. I can handle it with just a few words. But you didn't do that. Instead, you continued to ignore this company, and it's been going on for almost a year now."

The chairman slammed his fist on the table; he was clearly quite angry.

A department store cannot tolerate lacking popular products.

Even if it offends some brands, I'm willing to do it.

But David has ignored Youxing Electronic Entertainment for so long.

This has already caused considerable damage to the reputation of the department store.

Customers will become skeptical of the variety of products offered by a department store and will gradually become less willing to shop there.

This is fatal for the department store; it's something that can never be forgiven.

David had said he hadn't noticed, so he could understand and turned a blind eye.

But it's clear that David knows the truth, yet he's deliberately hiding it.

"This one……"

The chairman waved his hand: "Alright, you're temporarily suspended. Someone will take over your work, and then we will initiate an investigation into you."

David turned pale when he heard that.

Even a fool could see that David's actions were driven by some kind of conflict of interest.

Those big manufacturers certainly wouldn't have gotten David to do this just because of a few threatening words.

However, this has nothing to do with him as chairman; he can just leave it to his subordinates.

If he has no vested interests, then it's due to his poor management. Just put him on hold for two or three years before using him again.

However, if there is a real conflict of interest, then I'm sorry, even if they can't kick you out immediately, you'll never have a chance to rise again.

David was well aware of this, and he wanted to explain himself, but the chairman was not an easy person to talk to. He was one of the shareholders of the entire department store, and David's actions were tantamount to causing him losses. Could he tolerate that?

He was completely confident when explaining things to the other shareholders.

David left the chairman's office somewhat dejectedly. Then the chairman looked at his subordinates and said, "Contact Youxing Electronic Entertainment and have a good talk with them. We can make some concessions on the contract, as long as they agree to let our department stores stock their products."

"Okay, I know."

Nearly a year later, Takeyusei had Matsuhashi Minoru send emails to the largest department stores non-stop, and finally got results.

"Dear Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, let's talk. Please stop sending emails."

The fact that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment sends emails every day is really annoying.

This serves not only as a reminder but also as a form of mockery.

The junk products you look down on are now selling like hotcakes every day. Look at your taste!

So the first thing Woodson Department Store said to Youxing Electronic Entertainment when they contacted them was to tell them to stop sending emails.

Enough! Please stop disgusting us. We've given up. Please, your company, have some decency.

Upon receiving this news, Matsuhashi Minoru was naturally very happy.

A year's hard work has finally paid off.

Honestly, the influence of small and medium-sized department stores is ultimately limited.

Firstly, their scale is not that large, so they have to negotiate with each company individually when negotiating contracts. Each company can't handle too much supply, which will increase costs significantly.

However, it is much easier to negotiate a contract with a large department store, as they are more generous when purchasing goods and can take on more inventory.

In the United States, you can open your own specialty store, but the majority of sales still come from a few department store giants.

They've monopolized the US sales network for years, so how could they be easily affected by a few products?

Unless Takeyusei also opens a department store, then it's a bit unnecessary.

However, investing in a retail store that specializes in selling video games could be considered in the future.

Just like GAMESTOP in its previous life, it remained popular for three or four decades until digital games gradually became popular, at which point game retail stores gradually declined.

“Songqiao, don’t be polite when you talk to them. We were the ones who approached them first, so we naturally had to make some concessions. But now they’re begging us, so we can have a proper talk.”

Matsuhashi Minoru immediately shared the good news with Takeyusei, who then gave Matsuhashi Minoru some advice.

"I know, President. Don't worry, I will have a good talk with them. They have wasted a year of our time, and they must pay the price for it."

Zhu Youxing nodded, thinking to himself that besides the department stores paying a price, those guys who had been chasing and blocking him would also have to pay a price.

Chapter 248 A World Where Only Fellow Travelers Get Hurt

Three major American department stores, all of which have a certain reputation worldwide, took the initiative to contact Matsuhashi Minoru.

When negotiating with them, Matsuhashi Minoru was completely unyielding this time.

She visited them one by one, but the answers she received were always the same, and she was always seething with anger.

Later, Takeyusei calmed her down and gave her a dirty trick—or rather, a scheme—which made Matsushita Minoru much less angry.

This time, these department stores took the initiative to contact us, so Songqiao can now take the initiative.

The one-year supply contract guarantees a monthly supply of over 100,000 game consoles and between 10,000 and 100,000 games of various types, subject to dynamic adjustments based on specific game sales data. Furthermore, 70% of the payment must be made to Youxing Electronics Entertainment in advance, without exception. If the payment is less, then you can expect delayed delivery and watch others make money.

More importantly, without the permission of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, no discounts may be offered on any games or game consoles.

Don't bring up your American rules. You're the ones begging us now, so just listen to us.

The representatives from several department stores were clearly very unhappy.

However, after analyzing the emails over the past few days, they discovered that this product was selling extremely well and generating a continuous cash flow, which was quite alarming. If they were to abandon Youxing Electronic Entertainment, they would suffer a truly painful loss.

After consulting with their respective senior management, they all agreed to Youxing Electronic Entertainment's request.

It's perfectly normal for whoever takes the initiative to be bolder.

By the time the terms were agreed upon and the contract was finalized, it was already May.

Several of the largest department stores in the United States have also gradually put GameStar Entertainment's game consoles on their shelves.

On the day the products were launched, all these department stores took the initiative to promote them, displaying various banners and advertisements.

Stop going to those small department stores! Come to our large department stores to buy game consoles. We have better service and a more abundant supply.

The promotion was very effective, attracting many people to buy the game console on the very first day of its release.

Surui Electronics and Lierda, which also sell game consoles, were somewhat unhappy.

First, Aiden of Surrey Electronics expressed his dissatisfaction with these department stores.

We had a good agreement before, why did you go back on your word?

Oh? I'm sorry, the manager we agreed on with has resigned, and the new executive has changed the strategy. So, do you want to terminate your previous cooperation with us?

Su Rui Electronics and the others clearly dared not lift the ban.

As the chairman of Woodson Department Stores said, they occupy the mouthpiece of retail.

The ones who really need to be humble are the brand owners, not the department stores.

Sometimes, in order to deepen their relationship, both parties will consider each other's feelings.

But when it comes to larger interests, it becomes a matter of official business.

Don't blame us for being ruthless; there's no need for emotions in the business world. We're very pragmatic.

In the end, Aiden had no choice but to give up on expressing his dissatisfaction.

There's really nothing more that can be done now.

However, their game console sales have been quite good recently. It's just that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment has a bigger advantage, but they are not weak in this respect. More and more players are gradually liking their excellent 3D games.

Before Yuxing Electronics Entertainment puts its efforts into 3D games, they can still make a lot of money from visually oriented fans.

As for Lierda, her position is somewhat awkward.

Their product is also just about to be iterated, but it will take some time.

They are currently developing two parallel projects: mobile handheld consoles and 3D graphics game consoles, which have consumed a significant amount of their funds.

They had previously raised over 60 million US dollars, but when it came to spending it, it was like water flowing away.

Fortunately, their game already had some audience, which allowed them to maintain a certain balance between income and expenditure.

However, the situation suddenly became somewhat delicate when Yuxing Electronics Entertainment suddenly started selling its products in major department stores, and the department stores even helped promote them.

The previous month's profit was around five or six million.

But this month it immediately plummeted by more than 20%.

This means that we lose more than ten million in profits every year.

Lierda's CEO was immediately questioned by shareholders.

Lierda's CEO was also having a headache and started thinking of ways to appease the shareholders. He also reduced the investment in game console development a little to make it more acceptable to the shareholders.