"This negotiation is progressing a little too fast!" Jia Yapeng was a little surprised when he heard Tajiri ask him how much he was going to spend to buy the company. He thought that he would have to build a relationship with Tajiri and flatter him a little before moving on to buying the company. He didn't expect Tajiri to ask him directly.
Jia Yapeng didn't know that he had come at the right time. Tajiri Satoshi couldn't hold on any longer.
Satoshi Tajiri had started his career by making game guides.
Yes, you didn't read it wrong. Back then, due to the underdevelopment of the internet, it was very difficult for players to use other people's strategies for high-difficulty games. They could only research with their friends nearby, so many games were stuck. It was unlike now, where players could just search for a strategy video online.
On the other hand, Tajiri was a gaming expert himself. He was very good at clearing all kinds of difficult games. Later, he found that his friends around him were asking him about game guides. Hence, Tajiri turned the secrets of the two most difficult games into text guides.
At first, only 20 copies were printed, and they were of the most basic type. In the blink of an eye, they were all snatched up by the nearby friends. Hence, Tajiri Satoshi printed more than ten thousand game guides and sold them all. Tajiri Satoshi made a fortune at a young age.
Later, Tajiri Masashi planned to make a name for himself in the game guide industry. He might even become a famous magazine editor in the future. However, Tajiri Masashi's game guides were too outstanding. There were even many secrets and easter eggs that only the game designers knew about. Hence, a game company did not conduct any investigations and publicly scolded Tajiri Masashi. They said that he had stolen the game company's leaked information to create the guide magazine.
At that time, the gaming company's prestige was still very high. Hence, Tajiri, who was originally very satisfied and smug, was scolded as a liar. From then on, Tajiri hated that damn gaming company deeply.
That's right, this gaming company was a third-party gaming company under SEGA. Therefore, when SEGA contacted Tajiri Masashi to allow Pokemon to be released on the House's gaming console, Tajiri Masashi rejected them without hesitation. He even stepped on them ruthlessly. He was simply the perfect protagonist of a face-slapping novel.
Perhaps because he was humiliated by the game company, Tajiri decided to set up his own game company. Coincidentally, Tajiri was the president of a game company when he was a child. He had a group of friends from his university days. Hence, Gamefreak, which was the name of Tajiri's university club, became the company that developed the famous Pokemon in the future.
It was worth mentioning that the home of countless people on the Moon, King Arthur, who held up the Sword of the Divine Contract, and the endless Holy Grail War, the creator of the Type Moon world, Type-Moon, made countless players spend money to break their hearts.
The predecessor of this company was also a fanclub for anime and games in a university. Later, it evolved into the famous Moon-World with countless paywalls.
Therefore, one should never underestimate or doubt one's own interests. Because all the miracles in the world were born because of one person's interests.
Therefore, if one feels the pain of the conflict between one's interests and reality, then please accept reality and hold onto your interests tightly. Perhaps, you will be the next person to change the world.
[PS: For example, the author is writing novels while operating a CNC lathe. Hahahaha!]
Back to the topic, after Tajiri Masashi's game company opened, he had a very good relationship with a Nintendo executive due to his contacts in game strategy. In addition, Tajiri Masashi was indeed a very good game designer. Therefore, the first game produced by his company was quickly released on Nintendo.
However, it turned out that geniuses always had to go through a lot of training. The game was dead, and the sales figures could not be found. It was estimated that there were only a few thousand cards sold. From then on, Tajiri Masashi's company fell into decline.
Although there were still seven or eight employees in Tajiri Masashi's company, one of them was his mother, another was his father, and another was his next-door neighbor. They were all temporarily recruited by Tajiri Masashi to support the company. At this time, there were only four employees who were still working. Tajiri Masashi's company was basically at the end of its rope.
In history, Tajiri Tomoaki took his idea of Capsule Monsters and went to Nintendo again. He almost knelt on the ground and begged for help. In the end, Nintendo finally allocated a sum of money to Tajiri Tomoaki, allowing him to continue developing Capsule Monsters. However, this loan was obtained by pledging the company's shares.
It was also because of this pledge of shares that Tajiri Masashi's company was later poached by Nintendo. In the end, all of the company's shares were in Nintendo's hands. Tajiri Masashi had no choice but to retire from his position as the chairman due to mental illness and hand over the entire company to Nintendo.
Back to the topic, Tajiri Masashi, who had lost all his underwear, actually wanted someone to buy his company immediately. That was why Tajiri Masashi was so anxious.
"Okay!" Although Jia Yapeng did not know the reason behind it, he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He came at the right time.
"I wonder how much you want to sell it for, Tajirai-kun?" Tajiri Masashi threw the question to Jia Yapeng, but Tajiri Masashi threw it back at Jia Yapeng.
"100 million yen!" Tajiri Masashi really dared to ask for an exorbitant price. 100 million yen was equivalent to 4 million yuan.
One had to know that Gamefrea did not have any results other than releasing a loss-making game. Although there were a few games that were still in development, these games were worthless before they were officially released. Tajiri Masashi was asking for the price of a tortoise.
"This price is too high!" Jia Yapeng shook his head, but he was laughing in his heart.
4 million yuan could buy the future Pokemon. Jia Yapeng could immediately throw the money in Tajiri Masashi's face and buy the entire company.
However, Jia Yapeng knew that he had to remain calm. Otherwise, if he acted too impatient, Tajiri Masashi would notice something was wrong. After all, he was just a boss who wanted to get listed.
"10 million yen, no more!" Jia Yapeng directly cut the price to 110.
"No, I have already invested 15 million yen in this company!" Tajiri Masashi was a little anxious.
"But Tajirai-kun, your company's account book does not have 15 million yen. Your company's products do not have 15 million yen worth of products!" Jia Yapeng chuckled. "Tanaki-kun, I just wanted to borrow your company to sell my game. I didn't expect to spend 100 million Yen before the game was sold. I don't know if my game can be sold for 10 million Yen!"
"50 million yen then!" Tajiri Masashi directly cut the price in half.
"15 million, I will not let you lose money at most!" Jia Yapeng said.
"30 million, if the price is lower than that, I will not accept it!" Tajiri Masashi said with a gloomy face.
"If that's the case …" Jia Yapeng hesitated. Tomoaki Tajiri looked at Jia Yapeng nervously. He was afraid that if Jia Yapeng continued to refuse, would he really have to invite Jia Yapeng back?
Tajiri's worries did not last long. Jia Yapeng said, "Tajira-kun, it has been almost two years since the first game was released. You should have some results, right? Did the company come up with any new games? If so, let me take a look. These games might be worth some money!"
"Alright!" Tajiri quickly pulled out a stack of documents from his desk and carefully placed them in front of Jia Yapeng.
JerryBoy
Yoshi and the Egg
MarioWario
Pulseman
Looking at the names on the documents, Jia Yapeng could not help but shake his head. Why wasn't there that important name? It shouldn't be. The Yu Family's portrait was hung on the wall!
Finally, Jia Yapeng saw the name Pocket Monster in the last folder. He let out a sigh of relief. Indeed, Tajiri Masashi had started to develop Pokemon.
"How's the progress of these games?" Jia Yapeng asked casually.
"Some of the games have been developed. Some of them are more than halfway done!" Tajiri Masashi really wanted to sell the company, so he started to introduce the situation of these games to Jia Yapeng.
Jia Yapeng pretended to listen carefully, but in fact, it was just an act. However, when it came to the last game, Tajiri Masashi became mute.
"How's this game?" Jia Yapeng asked curiously.
"Nintendo's President Uchiyama said it was a worthless game!" Tajiri Masashi smiled bitterly. "Two months ago, I brought the idea of this game to Nintendo to apply for financial support. In the end, President Uchiyama only took one look at it and said it was rubbish. He threw it on the ground. It's probably really rubbish!"
"No, I think it's a very valuable game!" Jia Yapeng smiled. "50 million yen. I'll buy your company."
"50 million!" Tajiri Masashi was stunned. He had just offered 30 million. Why did it increase by 20 million?
"This 20 million is to buy you!" Jia Yapeng smiled. "From now on, until the year 2000, you are not allowed to leave the company. At the same time, you will continue to be the president of the company and be responsible for developing this game!"
Jia Yapeng's finger tapped hard on the English words Pocket Monster.
Pocket was a pocket, and monster was a monster. Together, they were Pokemon.
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