Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

This made them even more convinced that they absolutely could not easily give up the opportunity to cooperate with Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

The organizing committee members of these local events were very cooperative and kept the secrets strictly.

YOO was genuinely fooled.

They still believe that Minoru Matsushita has been actively seeking FIFA's authorization, but the price has not been agreed upon.

This leads Nagaoyu to believe that Yusei Electronic Entertainment can only come up with this much money at most.

Although FIFA officials revealed that Matsuhashi Minoru said this amount of money wouldn't be too much of a problem for Yusei Electronics, Nagao Amane only thought it was a sales tactic by Yusei Electronics. In reality, this amount of money might be all the liquid funds they could provide, and they might even need to borrow some money from FIFA.

After all, it's rumored that Youxing Electronics Entertainment is simultaneously running several game development projects, so they must be short of money right now, and they need to be even more careful with the money they can spare.

It's different for me. Although capital doesn't just invest in me as casually as before, they are still willing to continue investing in me as long as I have strong demands and give reasonable reasons.

This made Naga-Tail Rain very proud.

“Tell those officials that since Youxing Electronic Entertainment is willing to offer the terms of payment in two installments, then we can offer the same terms, $500 million in two installments.”

Spending so much money at once still stung Changweiyu a little, but it was still within an acceptable range.

Since Youxing Electronic Entertainment is so determined to win, it means that this brand and ball sports games really have great potential, so we should definitely follow up actively.

He has already begun assembling a new development studio team, with the three studios he acquired temporarily joining together to develop this brand new football game.

Longtail Rain's current strategy is to learn from the style of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Previously, many of the sports games from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment placed great emphasis on realism, especially the detailed stats of famous players. So he has already begun to organize people to work on this aspect.

If we can't get our hands on the brands yet, we'll start with the star players.

Well-known athletes can earn a million dollars by participating in motion capture and data collection for about a week, a price that even top athletes cannot refuse.

Lesser-known players receive different salaries based on their level, but the lowest salary is no less than $100,000.

Only a fool wouldn't do something like this: you can earn so much money in just one week by doing a little exercise and collecting data.

This immediately cost over 100 million US dollars, which is why Longtail Rain is so wealthy.

However, the capital behind him began to voice its dissatisfaction.

They've started to feel it's time for YOO to find a way to generate profits.

It was only by relying on its previous influence and voice that Nagaoyu was able to temporarily suppress this momentum.

Longtail Rain believes that as long as she succeeds in Europe this time, she will be able to shut up those capitalists and then obediently continue to provide her with money.

A few days later, after discussions within FIFA, it was ultimately decided to give Longtail Rain more money.

After all, Nagao Rain had already promised to give $250 million upfront.

This is still quite tempting.

Even if the bubble in Long Tail Rain bursts in the end, the money won't be much less. At worst, we can just talk to Youxing Electronic Entertainment about future cooperation.

They clearly considered Yuxing Electronic Entertainment as a backup option.

The results were quickly relayed to Minoru Matsuhashi.

Minoru Matsushita was prepared for this outcome.

But to be honest, I was still a little disappointed. I had tried my best, but I still couldn't completely win her over.

Fortunately, we already had backup plans, so losing the FIFA brand wouldn't be too unacceptable.

Chapter 561 Why are you running?

561

In May 2004, YOO and FIFA held a joint press conference in France.

Numerous media outlets have gathered here.

They already knew the general details beforehand, but they still wanted to ask for clarification.

Longtail Rain even made a special trip to France to make a good appearance in front of the media.

He had recently planned to develop the cultural industry in Europe, which was somewhat in line with Matsuhashi Minoru's plan. However, his previous plan was to develop the industry of live sports events and some internet-related industries, while the development of the game industry was a spur-of-the-moment idea.

At the press conference, he and FIFA officials announced the good news with smiles on their faces, which immediately attracted a frenzy of photos from countless reporters.

Immediately afterwards, multiple media outlets began asking questions.

"Mr. Nagao, why did you suddenly decide to develop a soccer game? As far as I know, you don't seem to have any relevant game development experience. Doesn't that seem a bit too risky?"

Longtail Rain was very dismissive of such questions. How could her plans be so easily belittled by them?

He answered with great confidence: "I have reason to believe that our cooperation this time is a powerful alliance. The lack of development experience is not a problem. I believe that my development team can overcome this difficulty quickly."

Several reporters began asking questions in quick succession, some of which were quite tricky, because some of them had already received inside information that there had been a competition in the process of finalizing the FIFA brand licensing agreement.

These reporters were eager to know the specific details of the competition.

However, Nagaoyu naturally couldn't tell them these things, but she couldn't help but proudly state the result directly.

"We impressed FIFA with our sincerity and proved our intention to cooperate, so we are sure to succeed."

Some reporters asked if there was any behind-the-scenes manipulation involved. This reporter was clearly biased towards Yuxing Electronics Entertainment. Changweiyu simply ignored these kinds of reporters. Whether you answer or not, they will find a way to make up an excuse for you. So, just answer "no comment" is enough.

Overall, the press conference went very smoothly, as if they had reached an agreement on the licensing issue.

Then, Longtail Rain can start having its team focus on developing the football game.

His all-or-nothing gamble this time wasn't entirely a spur-of-the-moment decision to go against Yuxing Electronic Entertainment; he also realized that football games could indeed open up the European market.

This is similar to how baseball games can be a hit in Japan, but receive little attention in other regions. So, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has a keen eye and immediately recognized what kind of game would become popular in Europe.

His team hadn't quite grasped the situation before, and Changweiyu has to thank Youxing Electronic Entertainment for their foresight.

In this atmosphere, Nagaoyu appeared very smug, and her whole face was glowing with pride.

The FIFA official next to him also had a smile on his face. Before long, they would receive a substantial sum of cash, which would make organizing the competition much smoother.

He had even started considering whether to make a big contribution to his senior management team and then, as a matter of course, give them a raise.

Amidst this cheerful atmosphere, one of the reporters' cell phones suddenly rang.

He originally wanted to take a few more photos and planned to ignore the phone call.

But the phone kept vibrating.

Generally speaking, if someone doesn't answer the phone for a little longer than usual, it means they are very busy.

But it's unusual that the phone is constantly vibrating.

So he could only pick up the phone, his tone slightly dissatisfied.

"Hello? What's wrong?"

"Ah."

"Ok?"

"Ok!"

The man's initial impatience gradually transformed into a growing shock.

Then he looked at the phone in his hand with some disbelief.

He glanced again at the smug-looking Nagao Yu on the stage and the FIFA officials.

Then, without looking back, he ran quickly toward the door.

His actions alone attracted the attention of a few people, while most people were still focused on asking questions to Nagao Yu.

But gradually, during the press conference, reporters' phones started ringing one after another.

The reporters all picked up their phones and answered them.

Then they all reacted in almost the exact same way as the reporter from before.

From a calm expression to shock, he then ran towards the door without looking back.

One, two, three.

At first, one or two people were not very noticeable.

But this became quite obvious when more reporters started running away quickly.

Nagao Yu frowned slightly as she watched the reporters leave quickly.

What's wrong with these people? Where do they want to go?

Is there any news somewhere more important than what's happening here?

That shouldn't be the case. Unless there's a major accident at a nearby factory or a multi-vehicle collision, there shouldn't be any news more noteworthy than what's happening here in the near future.

The trend of reporters leaving has not decreased, but rather increased.

At this moment, it seemed that Nagaoyu finally realized that something was wrong.

These people... are running a little too fast. What more important news could be attracting them?

At that moment, the reporters who had rushed out of the press conference immediately scrambled into their respective interview vehicles and yelled at their drivers.

"Hurry! Go to ** Street, there's big news there!"

The driver started the engine without hesitation, and was also a little curious.

"Why the rush? What big news is it?"

The reporters on duty this time were all from the sports section; generally speaking, only sports-related news is of great concern to them.

They rarely cover news related to people's livelihoods.

So there can't be any bigger news than this press conference, right?

"It's Yusei Electronic Entertainment."

"Yuxing Electronic Entertainment? Oh, I remember now, isn't that a game company too?"

"That's right, they just had a press conference, and they have some big news! We need to hurry over and grab a good spot!"

"What message did they release?" the driver asked, even more curious.

The reporter said in a deep voice, "They just announced that they will also be partnering with some football events."