"What? Little Orlens rejected your proposal? I didn't know he had such foresight. I really underestimated him!" After receiving a reply from the Daqian refusing to give up on the small grocery store and snack shop, Hasbro's Vice President Medea muttered to himself in surprise. He thought that Jack Orlens would definitely not let go of this opportunity and obediently fall into his trap!
Yes, that's right, this incident was a trap set by Hasbro from the beginning to the end.
Although the sales of the Pokemon were indeed amazing, and many merchants regretted it. If they had known, they would have agreed to put the Daqian on the shelves. However, this was not enough to make these merchants betray them.
Because in the view of these merchants, the peak sales period of the Pokemon had passed. Now that almost everyone in the country had one, the sales would definitely slowly decline in the future.
If they betrayed Hasbro at this time, not only would they not make much money, but they would also lose a lot.
Besides, although the sales of the Pokemon were crazy, and the total sales had now exceeded 1 billion USD, compared to Hasbro's annual profit of 5 billion USD, it was still not as good.
Moreover, this year, the Transformers toy series had sold more than 1 billion USD, and the profit was much higher than the Pokemon.
The profit of each Pokemon sold was only one USD, while the profit of the Transformers was 10 USD.
In summary, these merchants would not betray Hasbro for the Daqian, and those who contacted the Daqian were actually all bait by Hasbro.
Hasbro's plan was very simple and very shameless.
That was, once the Daqian took the bait and signed a sales agreement with these shopping malls, giving up the small grocery store and snack shop, then Hasbro would immediately let these contracted shopping malls take advantage of the Daqian.
Of course, since both sides had signed the agreement, the Daqian could naturally be put on the shelves in these shopping malls.
However, according to the contract, if they wanted to be put on the shelves in the shopping malls, they had to pass a series of standards such as safety, hygiene, environment, and so on. Only after passing the review, the product could be put on the shelves smoothly.
Under normal circumstances, the shopping malls would not hold people back on this. As long as there were no serious problems, they would pass the review. After all, the shopping malls also had to sell things.
Therefore, many manufacturers would ignore this rule when signing contracts. After all, 99% of the time, this rule was just for show.
However, once the shopping mall tried its best to find fault, it would always be able to find something that did not conform to the rules. With a single sentence, it would be suspended from the shelves. If the Daqian came back in half a month for the next review, half a month of the Daqian's sales time would be wasted.
According to the restrictions of the contract, the Daqian's pocket electronic pet could only be sold in these shopping malls and could not be handed over to other distributors or channels to sell. The result would naturally be a tragedy.
After a few more weeks, there wouldn't be any more pocket electronic pets on the market. Naturally, the Daqian Puzzle Device would be crippled.
Medea felt that his plan was perfect. He also understood Jack Orrance's character. He knew that although this guy was smart, his character was somewhat extreme, especially when it came to seeking revenge for the smallest grievance.
Since he had tormented the father and son, Jack Orrance would definitely do everything possible to disgust him.
Therefore, Medea set up such a trap and let some people pretend to betray Hasbro. He wanted to lure the wolf into the trap and directly step on the fire that the Daqian Puzzle Device had just ignited.
However, he never thought that Jack Orrance would not be fooled. This made Medea very shocked.
"I heard that the Daqian's chairman, Jia Yapeng, is here again!" The secretary reported to Medea.
"That's no wonder!" Medea nodded. Jack Orrance would come into his trap, but Jia Yapeng was different. When Medea first met Jia Yapeng, he knew that Jia Yapeng was not an ordinary person. If it weren't for the company's internal rights, he would not have pushed out the Pokemon IP.
In fact, Medea had some regrets in his heart. Who would have thought that the Pokemon IP could be fierce to this extent? It was almost at the same level as the Transformers. It could even launch a new toy like the Pocket Electronic Pet. It was so powerful that Medea really regretted it.
"By the way, how is the progress of our palm-sized Transformers and Star Wars?" Medea asked again.
"The electronic manufacturer that we entrusted said that the problem was not big. They can completely make it!" The secretary said.
"Good!" Finally, a happy expression appeared on Medea's face. He said confidently, "Well, I won't use these tricks. I want to crush them fair and square. I want them to understand that in terms of IP, they will never be a match for Hasbro!"
Hasbro was indeed confident. After all, the two most popular IPs in the United States, Transformers and Star Wars, were in Hasbro's hands. On the other hand, Daqian Yi Zhi only had the advantage of being the first to come up with a pocket electronic pet. This caused Hasbro to be a little slow.
However, as long as Hasbro came back to their senses and turned the popular IP in their hands into electronic pets, they would definitely be able to turn the tide.
After all, the influence of the Transformers and Star Wars IPs in the United States was indeed not something that the current Pokemon could compare to.
While Hasbro was sharpening their knives to kill pigs and sheep, on the other hand, Boss Jia had already left Daqian Puzzle Device and arrived at Blizzard's headquarters.
After all, the main purpose of Boss Jia's visit to the United States this time was actually for Blizzard's Warcraft.
In fact, Blizzard's Alan Adehan did not expect Boss Jia to come in person. After all, Blizzard was just a small company with no reputation. The company didn't even have a single game under its name. Alan Adehan felt that Chairman Jia would most likely not be interested in his small company.
Even if he was interested, he wouldn't specially take the time to participate in the launch of a game.
Therefore, even though Alan Adehan had sent an invitation to Boss Jia, it was just a formality. He never expected Jia Yapeng to actually come.
"I never thought that I would be able to witness the launch of Warcraft Episode 1!" What Alan Adehan didn't know was that Boss Jia was also very excited deep down.
This was Warcraft, the future PC game dominator for more than ten years. The World of Warcraft world behind him was the most complete, most awesome, most talked about, and most memorable world in the entire gaming industry.
Whether it was Arthas or Sylvanas, they were all characters that countless players loved to talk about. Even the future League of Legends couldn't compare to them.
Boss Jia even believed that the World of Warcraft world surpassed Lord of the Rings and was the number one fantasy world in the West. For the birth of such a game, Boss Jia naturally wanted to participate in it personally!
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