Unfortunately, the new CEO, Satoru Iwata, strongly rejected these ideas. Originally, they wanted to promote Minoru Arakawa, the son-in-law of Yamauchi Yamauchi, who obviously had the right to inherit the company, but in the end, he gave up.
In any case, Nintendo's board of directors was in a heated argument over this matter. In the end, Iwata Satoru barely managed to control the situation. With the support of several major shareholders, he stabilized his position and continued to develop the console.
However, Satoru Iwata was forced to make a promise to the board of directors. He had to turn Nintendo's losses into profits within a year and restore its market value to more than 8 billion USD within three years. Otherwise, Satoru Iwata would resign.
All of this put a lot of pressure on Satoru Iwata. Just as he was about to give it his all, a lawyer's letter was suddenly placed on Satoru Iwata.
"What?! Tajiri Satoru signed a non-competition agreement?! " After reading the contents of the letter, Satoru Iwata screamed angrily. His voice was so loud that even the employees, who were separated by a wall, could hear him clearly.
This was a lawyer's letter from the Daqian. The content of the letter was very clear. Tajiri Satoru violated the non-competition agreement signed with the Daqian. Not only did he join Nintendo, a company that returned to being a game company, but he also embezzled the Daqian's research and development resources to create the game Pet Spirit. This was a serious violation of the non-competition agreement and also constituted an infringement of the Daqian's intellectual property rights.
Therefore, the Daqian asked Nintendo to compensate the Daqian a total of 10 billion yen.
Anyone who saw this lawyer's letter would go crazy.
Soon, Tajiri Satoru appeared in front of Satoru Iwata. He had a confused expression on his face. He did not know why Satoru Iwata suddenly called him over in anger.
"Tajirai-kun, tell me honestly. Did you sign a non-competition agreement with the Daqian?" Satoru Iwata suppressed his anger and asked.
"What non-competition agreement? When I left the Daqian, I only sold my shares. Other than that, I did not sign any other agreement!" Tajiri Satoru said.
"Then what's with this letter from the Daqian? And a copy of this Dedication Agreement! " Satoru Iwata handed the lawyer's letter to Satoshi Tajiri and asked, "Is this forged by the Daqian?"
Tajiri glanced at it, then shook his head and said, "No, this is indeed the agreement I signed. But this is not the agreement I signed when I left the Daqian. This is the agreement I signed when my company was acquired by the Daqian! Look at the timing. "
Tajiri explained.
"But this is indeed a non-competition agreement!" Iwata Satoru panicked. "It's clearly stated that once you resign from Daqian, you're not allowed to work in the video game industry for three years. You're also not allowed to join any video game company or any game design or production work!"
"This treaty is also real?"
"It should be true …" Tajiri's expression turned ugly. He remembered that when he was recruited by the Daqian, he did sign his name.
However, at that time, Tajiri was just a nameless video game developer.
Although he had his own company, it was a mess. Not only did he not earn a single cent, but he also lost all his money.
Therefore, when Boss Jia approached him to acquire Tajiri's company, Tajiri was very touched. He wanted to work with the Daqian for the rest of his life.
He did not expect that he would leave the company he built in the future, and even become the enemy of the Daqian in the future.
To put it simply, a poor man would not think too much about the future. As long as there was money, Tajiri signed the contract without hesitation.
However, after Tajiri and the Daqian fell out, Tajiri seemed to have completely forgotten about the contract. If it were not for the copy, Tajiri would not have remembered it!
"Mr. Iwata, is this contract very troublesome?" Tajiri could not help but ask.
"You …" Satoru Iwata was so angry that he almost cried. He snorted and said, "It's very serious. According to the contract, you have to pay a penalty of five billion yen. I think Mr. Tajiri, you should be able to afford it! "
"What?! You want me to pay five billion yen?! "Tajiri was shocked.
"Shouldn't you be the one paying for the non-compete agreement?" Satoru Iwata was shocked again. How ignorant was Tajiri to ask such a question?!
"But I joined your company. Shouldn't Nintendo be paying for this?" This time, Tajiri started to panic. He had always thought that Nintendo would be the one paying for the compensation!
"Look carefully. This is a non-compete agreement. You signed it as an individual with the Daqian. You are the one who broke the contract, not us. Nintendo did not know about the non-compete agreement. Even if we knew, you are the one who broke the contract. It has nothing to do with Nintendo! " Satoru Iwata gritted his teeth and said. Tajiri collapsed on the sofa and mumbled to himself, "Where am I going to get five billion yen? I don't have that much money! "
"Mr. Tajiri, I remember that your monthly salary in Nintendo is ten million yen. There's also the share from the sales of Pokemon, your salary from the Daqian, and the 10% shares from the Rocket team that you sold. All of these added up to more than five billion yen. How can you not have money?!"
"But I have spent all of this money!"
"Spent all of it!" Tajiri nodded with a sad face. Satoru Iwata was speechless. It seemed that Tajiri could only sell his assets to pay for it.
However, that was not the main point. Satoru Iwata did not care about Tajiri's compensation. He was more concerned about the second half of the lawyer's letter. He took out a few pictures of the popular elves in Pet Spirit Pets.
However, if one looked closely, one would notice that there were some differences in the details of these Pokemon.
"The Daqian said that these Pokemon are their intellectual property. We are plagiarizing them!" Satoru Iwata said.
"This is completely false!" Tajiri was anxious. "These Pokemon were designed by me. What does it have to do with the Daqian?"
"But the Daqian provided evidence that the Pokemon's information was already recorded in the Daqian's internal information management system in July 1996. The Daqian also reported to the United States' Intellectual Property Office six months later. What's going on?"
"That's right!" Tajiri looked at Satoru Iwata with a puzzled expression. "These Pokemon were designed by me in early 1996. I originally planned to use them in Pokemon Kim Silver. However, there were enough Pokemon at that time, so I planned to use them in the future! However, after I resigned, the Daqian could not be used anymore! "
"Don't worry. These Pokemon were designed by me without a doubt. From the creation to the drawing, they were all completed by me. These are my things!" Tajiri said confidently.
"This law blind …" Satoru Iwata was completely dumbfounded. He suddenly realized that cooperating with Tajiri was a complete joke.
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