Becoming a model or a Hollywood star was not Ivanka Ivana's dream. Otherwise, she would not have studied at the Wharton School of Business and become an outstanding senior vice president in the future. Finally, she would not have been able to hold a senior position in the State Department of the United States and become a real official.
In fact, many people believed that in the future, Ivanka Ivana could really become the first female president in the history of the United States.
Therefore, Ivanka Ivana's real interest and wildness were in business and politics. However, because her relationship with her father was quite bad, she never really had the opportunity to participate in some business activities.
Now, Jia Yapeng, a billionaire, invited her to be his business secretary. Although it was only temporary, Ivanka Ivana was very eager to be his business secretary. Therefore, Ivanka Ivana showed greater enthusiasm than before.
"En!" Even Boss Jia was a little surprised by Ivanka Ivana's enthusiasm.
"Boss, what's our next task?" Ivanka Ivana asked curiously.
"Accompany me to the launch ceremony of Pokemon in the United States!" Boss Jia said with a smile, then took Ivanka Ivana to the headquarters of Nintendo's United States branch. Today was the day of the launch of Pokemon in the United States and Europe at the same time.
"Oh, dear Mr. Yamauchi, one day apart really feels like three years!" At the entrance of Nintendo's United States branch, Jia Yapeng and Yamauchi hugged warmly.
"I miss you too! Mr. Jia! " Yamauchi also gave Boss Jia a warm hug, and Ivanka Ivana looked at the old Fusang man in front of her in shock. He was the legendary Yamauchi Yamauchi, the chairman of Nintendo.
In the United States, especially among the young people in the United States, Nintendo's reputation was like thunder. Everyone knew about it.
After all, now all the children in the United States had been completely conquered by Nintendo's game console. In this era of computer games, Nintendo represented all the children's interests and dreams.
Ivanka Ivana's growth years were basically the growth years of Nintendo in the United States. Especially in 1984, Nintendo's biggest competitor in the United States, Atari, collapsed because of the ET incident, causing Nintendo to completely dominate the entire North American and European market.
In Fusang, Sega was barely able to compete with Nintendo in the market, but in the United States and Europe, no game console manufacturer dared to compete with Nintendo. Nintendo had de facto monopolized the entire western game console market.
This was an important reason why Boss Jia endured the disgust and shamelessness and desperately sent Pokemon to Nintendo's platform. Because if he didn't get the support of Nintendo's platform, Pokemon would definitely not be able to reach the level of the later generations, and at the same time, Boss Jia's final plan would not be realized.
Of course, Ivanka Ivana didn't know this. She just looked at Yamauchi Yamauchi with admiration, the man who controlled the dreams and happiness of countless children.
"Mr. Jia, this is …" Yamauchi Yamauchi felt Ivanka Ivana's gaze and asked with a smile.
"Oh, this is my business secretary in the United States!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"Mr. Jia, you're really lucky. No matter where you go, there are beauties accompanying you!" Yamauchi Yamauchi patted Jia Yapeng's shoulder and then introduced a thin man beside him to Jia Yapeng. "Let me introduce him. His name is Minoru Arakawa, the general manager of the North American branch!"
"I've heard so much about you! I've heard so much about you! "Jia Yapeng complimented him.
However, this wasn't really a compliment, because Boss Jia had indeed heard so much about Minoru Arakawa.
In the eyes of outsiders, Minoru Arakawa might just be Yamauchi Yamauchi's son-in-law. Later, when he was competing for the successor of Nintendo, he even lost to Satoru Iwata, an outsider. He was a complete failure.
However, these people didn't see that Yamauchi Yamauchi had left Minoru Arakawa alone in the United States, in the market that originally belonged to Arida. They didn't see Minoru Arakawa's painstaking efforts to expand the market, step by step, and become stronger in North America. In the end, he took advantage of the popularity of ET and successfully defeated the weak giant that was Arida.
At this moment, Nintendo's total sales in the North American market were as high as three times that of the local market. This was basically all due to Minoru Arakawa's efforts. However, Yamauchi Yamauchi didn't see it.
In other words, Yamauchi Yamauchi saw it but didn't want to admit it.
"Hello, Mr. Jia. I've played your Pokemon for more than 100 hours. This is really a great game. It's really lucky for Nintendo to have this game join us!" Minoru Arakawa shook Jia Yapeng's hand passionately and kept praising Pokemon. It wasn't until Yamauchi Yamauchi couldn't help but cough that Minoru Arakawa reacted. He lost his composure and stood behind Yamauchi Yamauchi.
But then again, Pokemon was indeed worthy of such praise from Minoru Arakawa. This was because the aftereffects of Pokemon in Japan were simply too terrifying.
Boss Jia left Fusang at the beginning of July. It was now the middle of October and more than three months had passed.
In these three months, Pokemon's sales in Fusang continued to increase. In July, it had achieved a terrifying sales volume of three million copies.
At first, it was thought that this was the limit. However, in August, news of the hidden features of Pokemon Green was released. The sales volume in August exceeded four million copies. Three million of those copies were from players who repeatedly bought Pokemon Green.
In September, although the sales volume decreased, it still reached 1.5 million copies.
In the end, in the middle of October, Pokemon had been on the market for five months. A total of twelve million copies had been sold. Without a doubt, it had become the number one game in Japan's history.
Even the original GB sales volume had increased by one million copies. In Nintendo's eyes, this one million GB sales volume was even more important than the ten million Pokemon sales volume.
This meant that Nintendo had an additional one million users. These users would definitely continue to buy the game cartridges in the future. This would bring Nintendo endless profits and expand the market. Nintendo's position as the number one player in the world was unshakeable.
Therefore, Pokemon was now Nintendo's treasure. In the writings of many Fusang media, Pokemon had become the number one game in the 90's. At the same time, it had also suppressed its competitor, Sega, to the point that they couldn't breathe and were on the verge of death.
This made Yamauchi Pu proud. At the same time, he placed more importance on the release of Pokemon in the United States. He even personally went to the United States to attend the launch. This was all to ensure that Pokemon would achieve excellent results in the United States market.
According to the traditional rules, the sales volume in the United States market was often three times higher than in Fusang. This was because the price of the game cartridges in the United States was often twice as high as in Fusang.
For example, this time, Pokemon was sold in Fusang for 3999 USD. If converted to USD, it should be 30 USD. However, the final price in North America was 59 USD per copy. This was double the price.
However, it didn't matter. The United States had plenty of money. This amount of money was nothing to the United States.
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