"Yamauchi senpai, you are my benefactor!" Jia Yapeng said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I still remember the first time I came to Nintendo six years ago, and I had the honor of meeting you."
"Although our cooperation was always full of all kinds of chaos, even I can't deny that without Nintendo, Pokemon wouldn't have been successful, and perhaps the Daqian wouldn't have existed today. You are my benefactor, and I will remember it for the rest of my life!"
"Hypocrite … You keep saying that you are my benefactor, but you have caused us to be in this state!" Boss Jia's voice wasn't too soft, so many people around them heard him. One of the Nintendo employees couldn't help but mock him.
"Although later on, we had a very unpleasant argument!" Boss Jia seemed to have heard the employee's ridicule, so he continued, "But I want to say, there are talents in every generation, and this place has been famous for hundreds of years!"
"Your era is over, and I will carry the banner of gaming and create more interesting games for players all over the world. I will also create a bigger platform, and we, the Daqian, will become the king of the next era. We will inherit your legacy and create an interesting future! "
"To have an opponent and successor like me, I think you must be very happy in your heart!" Boss Jia said lightly, then stood up. The surrounding Nintendo employees all glared at Boss Jia.
How dare he say that he will inherit Nintendo's legacy in front of Yamauchi Hiroshi's coffin? This is the biggest provocation!
"Are you angry with me?" Boss Jia looked around at the surrounding Nintendo employees and smiled. "I'm looking forward to seeing all of you defeat me and defeat me with games. When that time comes, all of you can also inherit my will in front of my coffin!"
"…" Nintendo's employees were speechless at this point.
"Mr. Jia, it's getting late, you should go back!" Seeing the situation, Iwata Satoru directly ordered Boss Jia to leave.
He had now passed the board's resolution to become the next chairman of Nintendo. If he didn't chase Jia Yapeng away, how could he continue to be the chairman of Nintendo?
"Mr. Iwata, I heard that you are now the chairman of Nintendo!" Boss Jia looked at Iwata Satoru, then smiled and said in a voice that everyone could hear, "Let me discuss something with you!"
"What?"
"Sell Nintendo to me. I can buy you guys for 10 billion US dollars!" Boss Jia's words instantly caused a commotion among the crowd.
10 billion USD to acquire Nintendo. What a huge sum.
Even when Nintendo was at its peak, its market value was only around 10 billion USD. Now that Nintendo had fallen to rock bottom, and its market value had fallen to less than 6 billion USD, everyone was still willing to buy Nintendo for 10 billion USD. This was definitely a good price. Almost all of Nintendo's employees were discussing this matter.
Some of Nintendo's employees thought about it and realized that if they sold Nintendo to the Daqian, they would be able to become Daqian's employees, and Nintendo would be able to become the world's number one game manufacturer again. This seemed to be a pretty good outcome. Letting Jia Yapeng inherit Yamauchi's legacy would not be a problem.
Only Iwata Satoru was trembling with anger. He pointed at Jia Yapeng's nose and said, "Mr. Jia, as long as I, Iwata Satoru, am alive, I will never sell Nintendo to anyone. Nintendo will be back!"
"If you miss this opportunity, you won't get another one!" Boss Jia sighed and said, "10 billion USD is the highest price I can offer. No matter what happens in the future, I won't offer more than 10 billion USD. Think about it carefully!"
"Don't worry, you won't have the chance!" Iwata Satoru said coldly.
"Alright!" Jia Yapeng nodded and turned to leave. However, before he left, he patted Minoru Arakawa's shoulder and handed him a business card. "If you're willing, give me a call. Our Daqian needs talents like you!"
"…" Minoru Arakawa looked at the business card in his hand, then looked at the angry Iwata Satoru and Nintendo's employees, as well as the members of the Yamauchi family who seemed to have turned a blind eye to everything in front of them. Minoru Arakawa fell into deep thought.
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"These people from Nintendo didn't give us any face. Chairman, you flew all the way here to attend Yamauchi's funeral, but they kicked you out. It's really abominable. It's a waste of our 10 million US dollars!" After leaving the temple, Xia Qiu Shiyu said very unhappily.
Boss Jia had indeed rushed here. After hearing about Yamauchi's death, Boss Jia canceled all the things he had on hand and immediately arranged the trip.
"It doesn't matter. I'm giving face to Yamauchi, not to them!" Boss Jia waved his hand and smiled. "We've attended the funeral and given the white bag. Now, it's time for them to receive my next gift!"
On the 18th of April, after the farewell ceremony, Yamauchi's ashes were buried in the Yamauchi family cemetery. The tyrant of the game was officially buried and his era had ended.
However, Nintendo's internal department was not calm and peaceful.
Although Minoru Arakawa took the initiative to withdraw and give up the position of chairman and CEO of Nintendo, it did not mean that Iwata Satoru's life was smooth sailing.
Although he was temporarily appointed as the chairman, it was only a decision to ensure that Nintendo could operate normally after Yamauchi's death. The board of directors of Nintendo was not willing to let Iwata Satoru take over the position.
Everyone knew about the conversation between Iwata Satoru and Jia Yapeng at the funeral. They also knew that Iwata Satoru was a loyal successor of Yamauchi. Under his leadership, Nintendo would continue to fight against the Daqian games.
They would continue to invest in gaming consoles.
This went against the opinions of some of Nintendo's board of directors. After Nintendo hit rock bottom, these profit-seeking investors naturally started to consider a more realistic problem. That is, should Nintendo continue to spend a lot of money on developing consoles?
If it was a few years ago, this would not be a problem. As the king of gaming consoles, what else could Nintendo develop other than gaming consoles?
But now, Nintendo had lost its position as the king of gaming consoles. Whether it was the N64 or GBA, the sales were far below expectations.
Moreover, in order to compete with the 199 yuan price of the Daqian games, the N64 and GBA were sold at extremely low prices. They could not even make up for the cost. They could only sell a set of game cards and bring them back.
Nintendo was holding on to their gaming consoles tightly. Under the situation where the console sales were less than 10 million, it would be a miracle for a single game to sell more than 3 million units.
So, there was a new voice in Nintendo's board of directors. It was to completely give up on the gaming console business and become a third party in the development of gaming consoles. They were even willing to work for Qian Ji and PS.
After all, Nintendo still has a lot of famous game IPs. If these game IPs can be made into Qian Ji and PS cartridges, the sales will definitely increase by a few times.
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