"Boss, do we approve it or not?" Ma Huato looked at Boss Jia curiously while sitting in Fusang Daqian's office. He was curious about Boss Jia's decision.
The brand that applied for the sponsorship of Pokemon: World Championship Tokyo was none other than Boss Jia's former subordinate and current rival, Tribute Tea, founded by Ichiro Honda.
The situation of Tribute Tea was very bad. Although Tribute Tea had more than 8,000 stores in the country at its peak, it had shrunk to only 2,000 stores.
Tribute tea had basically disappeared from some small areas and could only be found in the main cities.
The reason for this situation was because of Yu-Gi-Oh milk tea, which caused the Tribute Tea market to shrink.
Secondly, there was Tribute Tea's high-end strategy. Tribute Tea invited the famous celebrity, Sakai Noriko, to be its spokesperson. This would definitely cause the price of Tribute Tea to rise. Finally, in order to establish a high-end brand, Tribute Tea decided to set the price to double that of Yu-Gi-Oh to ensure its profits.
Although the cost would not be lost, it would inevitably reduce the number of customers. In addition to the operating costs, Tribute Tea could barely maintain a balance. It was unable to make profits and was losing money.
"Will Jia Yapeng agree to my request?" On the other side, Ichiro Honda was thinking about this problem in Tribute Tea's office.
Ichiro Honda was now facing a huge problem.
Although Ichiro Honda felt that it would be fine as long as he persevered, Sun Zhengyi could not hold on any longer. He invested a large amount of money into Tribute Tea and waited for Tribute Tea to make a profit. He did not want to go up and earn some money before withdrawing.
But now, as long as Tribute Tea could not make a profit, it would not be able to enter the market. Sun Zhengyi could not see any hope of making a profit. So, Sun Zhengyi was pressuring Ichiro Honda to make a profit.
Either Ichiro Honda leaves and Sun Zhengyi's people will be in charge of Tribute Tea. In order to keep his position, Ichiro Honda did a detailed market research and found that the people who drank milk tea were mainly young people. Young people nowadays were not addicted to Sakai Noriko, but to a famous game called Pokemon and Red Alert.
If he could link tribute tea with these two brands, then tribute tea might have a chance to rise again. However, Honda Ichiro was also very clear that whether it was Pokemon or Red Alert, they were all businesses under Jia Yapeng. Even if Jia Yapeng was not willing to cooperate with their businesses, Honda Ichiro himself was not willing.
However, there was no other way. In order to protect his career, Ichiro Honda gritted his teeth and sent out a cooperation invitation. Next, it was up to the Daqian himself to decide. Therefore, Ichiro Honda was a little nervous.
"President, Daqian Fusang just called us back!" Just when Ichiro Honda was extremely anxious, the secretary trotted in and said.
"What's the result?" Honda Ichiro couldn't wait to ask.
"The Daqian said it's okay, but he wants one billion yen as the title sponsorship fee!" The secretary whispered.
"One billion yen, that's 10 million USD. This guy really dares to ask for it!" Honda Ichiro Honda couldn't help but cough a few times. The title sponsorship fee for a game competition was 10 million USD. This was the highest title sponsorship fee in Fusang except for the Olympic Games and other large-scale international competitions.
"President, I think the Daqian doesn't want to give us a chance at all. They purposely asked for such a high price to retaliate against us. Let's just ignore them!" The secretary whispered to comfort him.
"Oda-kun, if I really pay one billion yen as the title sponsorship fee, does that mean the Daqian will agree to let us sponsor the Pokemon International Championship?"
"It should be …"
"Then tell the Daqian that I'm willing to pay this price, but I want to meet Jia Yapeng!" Honda Ichiro Honda gritted his teeth and said.
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"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to meet me!" Seeing Honda Ichiro Honda, who he hadn't seen for a long time, Boss Jia said with a smile.
"President Jia, we're here to talk about business today!" Honda Ichiro Honda said firmly when he saw the man in front of him, but he sighed in his heart.
Although Honda Ichiro Honda was not convinced by Boss Jia, although he founded Tribute Tea with the intention of completely defeating the Daqian, Honda Ichiro Honda had to admit that he and Jia Yapeng were not on the same level.
Now the Daqian had used the two super game IPs, Pokemon and Red Alert, and according to Honda Ichiro Honda's understanding, the Daqian's wealth had probably exceeded 4 billion USD. His Tribute Tea was still struggling on the edge of life and death, and now he even had to personally come to Jia Yapeng, which made Honda Ichiro Honda extremely bitter.
"It's impossible for me to surpass the Daqian, but at least I have to let Tribute Tea survive!" Honda Ichiro Honda thought in his heart.
"Okay, then let's talk about business. Are you willing to accept the Daqian's offer?" Boss Jia asked.
"Yes!" Honda Ichiro Honda nodded, "But you have to be the only sponsor of Tribute Tea, and at the same time, Pokemon must cooperate with us in various promotions. At the same time, Tribute Tea will introduce new packaging with Pokemon images, and some of the peripheral products will have to be copyrighted for free. Even Yu-Gi-Oh Milk Tea can't use Pokemon for promotions!"
"Wow! That's a really good condition! " Boss Jia grinned and said, "There are two competitions in Fusang, and I'm only selling you the Tokyo competition. If you want to sponsor the Osaka competition, you have to pay 20 million USD!"
"Other than that, you only have half a year to promote all kinds of activities and copyrights. After half a year, all the copyrights will be terminated, and you can't use Pokemon for promotions!" Boss Jia said calmly.
"No, both competitions are ours!" Honda Ichiro Honda stood up.
"If you want both competitions, pay 2 billion USD. Otherwise, you can leave now!" Boss Jia didn't back down. He looked at Honda Ichiro Honda, whose expression kept changing.
"You bastard!" Honda Ichiro Honda scolded and said, "I have a condition. The second sponsor can't be Yu-Gi-Oh Milk Tea!"
"Okay!" Boss Jia was silent for a while, then nodded.
"Also, during our promotions, Yu-Gi-Oh Milk Tea can't use Pokemon for promotions!" Honda Ichiro Honda added.
"That works too!" Boss Jia still agreed.
"Okay!" Honda Ichiro Honda took a deep breath and sat back on the chair. After both parties discussed the contract, the historic cooperation contract between Daqian and Tribute Tea was signed.
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