Although Nintendo had successfully bribed PETA with money, the situation didn't change much. In the next few days, the sales of Pokemon were still barely satisfactory. Although it was a little better than a few days ago, it was only a little better. On the eighth day after the release, the cumulative sales of Pokemon had only reached 180,000 copies.
"How could this be?" In Nintendo's conference room, a few executives were like defeated roosters. They stared blankly at the sales figures for the past three days.
"It's because of people's prejudice!" Jia Yapeng, who was also in the conference room, said with a gloomy face. "The scariest thing in people's hearts is prejudice. Once prejudice is formed, it's hard to change it no matter how much you explain."
"After PETA's early publicity, many people have formed the prejudice that Pokemon are animal abusers. Although PETA has retracted this statement, the prejudice from before can't be retracted. Many people don't want to read PETA's explanation."
"According to my sources, some media outlets and newspapers are openly saying that PETA received money to change their statement. Nintendo paid PETA to do so."
"These bastards, how did they know about this?" Yamauchi said with a gloomy face.
"It should be the mastermind behind this! I think PETA's betrayal must have made him very angry. He doesn't want to spend money to continue bribing PETA, so he might as well release this news to attack us further. He's taking revenge on PETA as well! " Jia Yapeng sighed. "Didn't PETA refuse to say who bought them? Let's ask them now. They'll definitely tell us! "
"I'll go now!" Akira Arakawa suddenly understood. He then flew to the telephone room. After a while, Akira Arakawa came back and whispered a few words in Yamauchi's ear.
"I was wondering who it was. So it's one of us!" Yamauchi Hiroshi heard Arakawa Shin's words and sneered.
Just now, PETA did tell Minoru Arakawa about the person who bribed them. However, they didn't know the true identity of the other party. They only knew that the person who contacted them was a person from the United States. However, they noticed that the money was transferred from a Fusang bank. Therefore, they judged that the real mastermind behind this should be a Fusang company. In other words, the person who was tormenting Nintendo in North America was none other than someone from the Fusang.
"Fusangpeople … Nintendo …" Boss Jia put the two pieces of information together, and a guess that had been in his mind for a long time became more and more realistic. If there were no surprises, then the company behind the United States should be that company.
This is very interesting. Should I tell this to Nintendo?
Thinking of Nintendo's various actions before, Boss Jia decided to keep his mouth shut. Moreover, if these two companies fought, then his chances would be higher.
Therefore, although he had already guessed who the mastermind behind this was, Boss Jia didn't show it at all, leaving Yamauchi Hiroshi and Akira Arakawa to think about it.
"We must investigate this matter clearly when we go back!" Yamauchi Hiroshi gritted his teeth and said, but then he sighed and said, "But it seems that we can only temporarily give up on Pokemon this time."
"Hmm …" Boss Jia was stunned. Nintendo is planning to give up?
"I don't have much time to continue staying in the United States. A lot of problems have accumulated in the country. Just like you said, United States has a deep prejudice against Pokemon, and it's difficult to change it. Instead of wasting energy, it's better to give up early and continue to cultivate the Fusang market!"
Yamauchi Hiroshi said faintly. Jia Yapeng's face turned pale. Nintendo was planning to sacrifice the pawn to save the cart.
"President Yamauchi, there are still two days before the animation will be released in the United States. This is our chance. Now is not the time to give up!"
"Jia Yapeng, animation can't change anything!" Yamauchi Hiroshi shook his head and said, "Although your animation is excellent, Fusang animation has never achieved much in North America. Both parties like different styles. Your animation can't change anything."
"So Jia Yapeng, you should give up. Save up for a few years and wait for the United States market to gradually forget about this matter. Then, you can try again next time!"
"What about the game cartridges this time?" Boss Jia's face was really ugly as he asked.
"This …" Yamauchi Hiroshi was used to pushing the blame to a third party game company and let them buy all the game cartridges.
However, when he thought about how the game cartridges cost five billion yen to print, and how it was not Jia Yapeng who asked for five million copies of the game cartridges, but Yamauchi Hiroshi himself, he had no reason to push all the losses to Jia Yapeng.
Yamauchi Hiroshi said with a pained expression, "If that's the case, then the losses will be shared by both of us. Jia Yapeng, you just need to pay me another 2.5 billion yen for the cartridges!"
"F * ck you!" If possible, Boss Jia wanted to curse.
What did he mean by sharing the losses? You sold the game cartridges to Boss Jia for 1,000 yen, but was the actual cost of the cartridges really 1,000 yen?
It was not that Jia Yapeng had not produced GB cartridges before. Now, in Hua Xia's counterfeit factory, the cost of a GB cartridge had dropped to 10 yen per box, which was equivalent to 250 yen per box.
Now, the loss of five million copies of the game cartridges was shared equally by both parties. Jia Yapeng still had to pay Nintendo 500 yen per cartridge, which meant that Nintendo could earn another 250 yen per cartridge!
Of course, the reality was not that exaggerated. After all, Hua Xia and Fusang's labor costs were not the same. Nintendo's actual cost of producing a GB cartridge was about 450 yen, so Nintendo only earned 50 yen per cartridge. Compared to their previous results, this was very little.
It was no wonder that Nintendo could finally decide to give up on Pokemon, which they had invested a lot of resources to promote. It was because they could earn back the money they lost from Boss Jia. In fact, it was a perfect balance.
"No!" Boss Jia rejected directly.
"Hehe!" Yamauchi laughed. "Ja-kun, it's understandable that young people have a temper. I won't argue with you. It doesn't matter if you give me the money or not. I will automatically deduct it from next month's share.
Oh right, maybe next month's share is not enough. I will deduct it until the 2.5 billion yen is paid off. You don't have to worry! "
"…" Boss Jia's veins were bulging. At this moment, he really wanted to kill this old bastard in front of him.
After all, this was not an immortal cultivation novel. If Mr. Jia killed Yamauchi, he would have to spend the rest of his life in jail in the United States.
"I'll give you 5 billion yen. I'll buy all five million game cartridges!" Boss Jia took a deep breath and said something that made Yamauchi's hands tremble.
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