Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 146 I'm Going To The Waist
Although Ethan raised the corners of his mouth to show a smile, Arakawa Minoru shuddered from that pervasive expression. He stared at COLOR TV GAME 6 and COLOR TV GAME 15 on the coffee table for a few times, deeply He took a breath, as if he was confirming something, but it was more like trying to boost his confidence.

After a while, he turned his gaze back to Ethan's body and stared at him.

"Mr. Jones."

Arakawa's Adam's apple twitched, and his tone was calm.

"As you said, I know what kind of conflicts there are between you and Mi Luohua. You worked in Mi Luohua for a period of time, and then because of Mi Luohua's internal reasons, you were forced to leave there. After that, Mi Luohua Hua sued you again because of the "Snake" fire. Although you finally reached a settlement, you have been colliding with each other for the next few years. Until the middle of this year, you completely defeated the "Star Wars" Mi Luohua, Mi Luohua's parent company couldn't bear tens of millions of losses, so they dismissed all of Mi Luohua's original management, and the friction between you can be considered as a temporary end..."

Arakawa pursed his lips, looked at Ethan with a serious expression, and said: "I know all of these, so I can understand your mood at the moment. Similar products, this kind of thing is unacceptable to anyone."

"Not to mention, the competitor's product that the business partner is currently displaying is still an old product a few years ago. The kind of intimate cooperation that spanned a lot of time will indeed make people angry."

"Heh—" Ethan smiled.

He thought Arakawa Minoru was quite funny.

Analyzing things one by one?

Wow!

This guy is really calm——

"Mr. Arakawa, are you doing academic work?" Ethan crossed his fingers and put them on his lap.

He stared at Arakawa Minoru with a smile, "Mr. Arakawa, I personally think that if you don't do business, it's good to be a teacher. You can teach law, because they are best at demagoguery."

The slightly sarcastic words made Arakawa nodded with a smile.

He didn't seem to be much affected, and continued: "Mr. Jones, although I have no right to persuade you to be generous, and I can honestly say that I personally don't know why the product COLOR TV GAME was launched, but I would say that at Nintendo, or rather, when my father-in-law has worked so well with you, it’s not in our interest to launch this product.”

"You have also read the report I just brought. Under the management of our Nintendo, "Snake" has sold a total of [-] units in our country. Among them, the single price of [-] units is [-] US dollars, and the remaining [-] units are priced at [-] US dollars per unit. This project alone has brought us [-] billion operating income for Nintendo.”

"Among them, the share attributable to you is 620 million. The production cost, sales cost, and some management and financial expenses add up to almost 6000 million. After excluding these, the income attributable to our Nintendo should be three One thousand nine million seven hundred and sixty thousand."

"Although the money is what Nintendo deserves, because my father-in-law really found a lot of connections to promote this product, and he used strong means to make "Snake" appear in various major cities in our country at the same time. In the electronic stores in the city, he let all the major TV stations in our country play the advertisement of "Snake", but... If the product "Snake" is not excellent, no matter how tough my father-in-law is, then It is also impossible to make a profit close to 4000 million US dollars in one and a half years, right? This is a success that belongs to our joint cooperation.”

Having said that, Arakawa squeezed a smile at Ethan.

"Mr. Jones, when Snake is selling so well, when Pac-Man is an even better project on the horizon, and when we know that Star Wars is more profitable, why should we To piss you off?"

"There's no reason for that, is there?"

"If I were the president of Nintendo, I would definitely kill the COLOR TV GAME project. Even if this project has already cost us 500 million, 1000 million, and 2000 million dollars, it doesn't matter—" Because working with you will allow us to earn more!"

Arakawa Minoru cast a sincere look at Ethan.

The wide-open eyes showed sincerity, and the twinkling pupils were full of earnestness.

At this moment, he even wanted to show Ethan his heart out!

He couldn't wait to prove to Ethan...

"Mr. Jones, it may be a misunderstanding?"

Arakawa raised his eyebrows, asking for Ethan's opinion, "What do you think?"

"Clap clap-"

Ethan clapped his hands.

Leaning on the sofa, the smile on his face grew wider.

To be honest, he actually knew who Arakawa was.

In his previous life, this guy was the president of Nintendo of America.

If it is said that Gunpei Yokoi, Masayuki Uemura, Genyo Takeda, and Shigeru Miyamoto supported Nintendo’s R&D work, then Arakawa has single-handedly opened up Nintendo’s North American market.That kind of down-to-earth ability cannot be erased with a few words.

And now...

The coping skills this guy has shown...

Really good.

"Misunderstanding?" Ethan sighed with a smile, "What a wonderful term—" He looked at Minoru Arakawa, who was neither humble nor overbearing, and nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Arakawa, do you believe this?"

Although it was a question, Ethan didn't give the other party a chance to answer.

He sat up straight again, patted the armrest of the sofa, and said, "Okay, since you said it was a misunderstanding, I'll give you a chance to prove it. Tell me, how many days do you need? How many days do you need?" Can you prove to me that the COLOR TV GAME project is a misunderstanding?"

Ethan put four fingers together on his left hand and simply pointed at the machine on the table.

He made a gesture of letting go to Minoru Arakawa.

At this moment, he really didn't believe that Arakawa could continue talking.

And Minoru Arakawa didn't seem to expect that Ethan's approach would be so radical.

He stared at the two Nintendo consoles on the table for a while, then...

The palms on the legs tightened.

In the next second, he looked up instantly.

"Mr. Jones, to show my sincerity, I would like to borrow your company's phone number."

"According to the normal procedure, I should contact the agency immediately after I go back to find out the problem as soon as possible, and try to give you a satisfactory answer in a short time, but I know that if I do this, I will not be able to appease you at all. Therefore, I would like to stay with you for a while, to get in touch with the agency directly, and I hope you will allow..."

Arakawa's proposal made Ethan wave his hand.

"Please help yourself."

Without thinking about it, he agreed directly.

"I'm waiting for you."

He wants to see what kind of story Arakawa Minoru can hold back in a short period of time!

In Ethan's view, the fact that Nintendo is Miro's horse boy has long been established. When Philips stabbed MCA in the CD cooperation, it attempted to hold MCA and wait for the patent in MCA's hand to expire, while acquiring Miro. Hua, eager to use this well-known American consumer electronics company to embezzle all the benefits of optical discs, Nintendo, which appears as a spiral, must be related to these plans.

Although he doesn't know what role Nintendo plays in this, judging from the current size comparison between Philips and Nintendo, Nintendo is probably also a sharp knife being used, because they are not worthy of being Philips' allies now, but ...

So what?
Just like what Arakawa said just now.

If Hiroshi Yamauchi is a smart person, then he should kill the COLOR TV GAME project and pretend to be peaceful forever!

For the sake of profit, Nintendo should not have launched this project with unknown prospects!

For the sake of profit, Nintendo shouldn't cut him off with Ethan Jones!
For the sake of profit, even if the project is completed, it still has to be swallowed!
After all, before the product COLOR TV GAME was launched, Ethan Jones and Mirov had already decided the winner!He slapped Mi Luohua out of the game!

In this case, Nintendo dare to jump out to find trouble?
Isn't that—

Is your brain sick?
Following Ethan's answer, Arakawa stood up and bowed, followed Alan Macy who was standing by and left the living room, and went to the administrative department to borrow a phone.

Due to the nearly [-]-hour time difference between the west coast of the United States and the notebook, when Arakawa went to the Telecom headquarters at [-]:[-] a.m. Western time, Ethan didn't think he could get the answer in a short while, so he returned to the office. Go handle your own business.

However, only four or ten minutes later, the closed door was knocked from the outside.

The word "please come in" attracted two figures and one message.

"Boss, there are results."

Allen Macy, who has been with Arakawa Minoru all the time, just walked into the office, and told Ethan what he wanted to hear, "Mr. Arakawa has already contacted Mr. Yamauchi."

As soon as the words fell, Arakawa, who entered the room together, bowed to Ethan and said, "Mr. Jones, our president, my father-in-law, Mr. Yamauchi, is eager to communicate with you."

'? ? ? '

This fact stunned Ethan for a moment.

Although transoceanic telephony using radio waves and submarine cables had already appeared as early as [-], in [-], New York and London had already realized the official intercommunication of wireless telephony. After decades of development, America's transoceanic telephones can now reach every corner pointed by the muzzle, but because of the need for switching, the actual operation is still not as convenient as in the future, not to mention, the current notebook , that was four o'clock in the morning!

At this not too early or too late time, Arakawa actually called Hiroshi Yamauchi?

Wow--

I'm afraid these people came prepared!
Such a fast speed made Ethan feel that he might have been tricked by the Nintendo group!

Arakawa honestly stated that he did not know what was going on with the COLOR TV GAME product, and kept stating that it was a misunderstanding, but what happened?
It only took four to ten minutes for him to get in touch with Hiroshi Yamauchi at four o'clock in the morning?
This kind of speed is even faster than Barry Allen's super speed force!

If he hadn't been prepared, would Hiroshi Yamauchi talk to him at this point in time?
Oh--

"Okay, let me come in."

Ethan didn't want to continue watching this kind of clumsy performance.

Following his instructions, Alan Macy got out again, and within a short while, the landline in Ethan's office rang, and Ethan, who was full of anger, picked up the receiver directly. At this moment, he really wanted to be merciful The Maxim Bodhisattva vented his anger to Yamauchi Pu with his mouth, but...

When the words came to his lips, he held back again.

He was furious, but he didn't want to be cursing like a madman.

Especially the guy being scolded...

And maybe a villain.

Driven by this emotion, he took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Mr. Yamauchi?"

"Mr. Jones." A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.

The steady voice gave Ethan the urge to throw a fist, and said sarcastically, "I didn't expect that Mr. Yamauchi didn't rest at four o'clock in the morning? It seems that Nintendo's business is really good recently!"

"Oh—Mr. Jones—Arakawa has already told me everything, so here, I want to apologize to you first." The old guy on the other end of the phone didn't answer Ethan's words, but He said straightforwardly: "As you guessed, I did not dare to come to North America because of the COLOR TV GAME product, because I was afraid that you would be very angry after seeing me..."

'Clang! '

Ethan only felt a loud noise in his ears!
Yamauchi Pu's words were like the hammer head of the coffin, knocking a sharp nail into his heart!
Although Ethan had already guessed the ending of the matter, he really didn't expect that Hiroshi Yamauchi didn't even mean to struggle, and directly admitted what he had done!
And when all his guesses became reality...

What is the previous cooperation?
'Special code! '

'I'm a clown? '

Ethan's eyes were red.

And just when he was about to lose control of his emotions and cursed out loud, Hiroshi Yamauchi on the other end of the phone changed the subject again and said, "Of course, there is another reason, that is, I am afraid of being beaten to death by Mi Luohua's people. Or, I’m afraid that I’ll be stuck in North America by Philips and won’t be able to go home..."

This turning point almost reached Ethan's waist!
"What do you mean?" He asked in a low voice.

"It's very simple." Hiroshi Yamauchi said: "Mr. Jones, the product COLOR TV GAME that is making you angry now has not been authorized by Mirov. It is an infringing product, or... it is a product similar to "" Plagiarism like Pong."

What the fuck? ? ?

This result shocked Ethan!
He never expected that Hiroshi Yamauchi would be able to say such words!
"Mr. Yamauchi, are you kidding me?"

Ethan laughed back angrily, "Do you think I'm that kind of kid in kindergarten?"

"COLOR TV GAME is an infringing product?"

"You haven't been authorized by Mi Luohua?"

"Then what is your previous cooperation with Mi Luohua?"

"They gave you dividends after using your light gun patent, right!"

"In this case, you tell me that you don't have a patent for Odyssey?"

"Do you think I will believe your nonsense?"

"what?"

At this moment, Ethan thinks Hiroshi Yamauchi is funnier than his son-in-law Arakawa Minoru!

In his opinion, Hiroshi Yamauchi said that the COLOR TV GAME project has not been authorized by Mi Luohua, which is even more nonsense than Hiro Yamauchi saying that he is the sharp knife sent by Mi Luohua!

Now who in North America doesn't know that the cooperation between Nintendo and Mirova started as early as [-]?

The box of the light gun accessories sold by Mirov even has the Nintendo logo painted on it!

in this case……

COLOR TV GAME is not authorized?

This is simply pressing his IQ against the floor and constantly rubbing it!

Does he Ethan Jones look that stupid? ! ! !
Ethan Jones is going crazy!

On the other end of the phone, Hiroshi Yamauchi let out a helpless laugh, "Mr. Jones, I know my words sound outrageous, but the reality is like this. Because——"

"COLOR TV GAME, this project was not ours from the beginning."

"This project was first born in 1974. Their real leader is another company in our country, Mitsubishi Electric. The original purpose of this project was because Mitsubishi Electric saw the broad prospects of the video game market and wanted to enter this market. A group of people grabbed crazy profits."

"Because they only knew about motor manufacturing and not game ideas, they found a partner to make home consoles together. The company they chose was called Systech."

"But unfortunately, not long after the project was put into operation, the company Systech went bankrupt due to the computer war. Their disappearance caused the COLOR TV GAME project to almost go bankrupt."

"According to the normal handling situation, what Mitsubishi Electric needs to do is to find another partner to carry out this project, and the reality is the same, and then..."

"They picked us."

"You are not from our country, so you may not know what Mitsubishi means in our country. When they choose us, we at Nintendo cannot have the right to refuse."

"We accepted it, and then we learned that they needed a console similar to Mirov Odyssey, and then...the product COLOR TV GAME appeared."

"When we worked together to make this project, we discovered that Mitsubishi had no intention of obtaining patent rights at all, and they were not going to release this product under their own name, and they repeatedly stated that this product would only be available in our National sales, so there will be no problems..."

"That's why this product is sold so cheaply."

"It's so cheap...you can't afford the patent fee at all..."

Speaking of this, Hiroshi Yamauchi's words paused.

Immediately afterwards, a helpless voice came from the receiver——

"Mr. Jones, I know you are very angry. You will feel that you have been deceived by us, but what I want to say is that I am not a fool."

"I have worked with a poker company in your country."

"Very happy."

"I used to work with Disney in your country."

"So far, Disney has not sued us for friction in cooperation."

"When I took over Nintendo from my grandfather decades ago, I was serious about doing business. If I wanted to play, I would only play Monopoly."

"Because other means are not only slow to get money, but also boring!"

"And on this matter, what I want to say is that I have been in contact with Mirov before the release of Mirov Odyssey, and that was all before 1972!"

"If I really want to make this kind of circuit board game machine, why didn't I obtain the authorization of Mirov in 1972, and immediately launch products like COLOR TV GAME? How about a home console that pushes circuit boards when it’s an arcade?”

Hiroshi Yamauchi on the other end of the phone asked a question.

Immediately afterwards, countless question marks followed——

"Mr Jones, 1972 to 1977 was five years apart, right?"

"How much can you do in five years?"

"That can make Atari rise and make Atari fall!"

"When you prove to the market time and time again that the Odyssey product is not good, are we out of our minds who have made a lot of money with you? We have to make something that disgusts you and has been proven by the market Isn’t it a successful product?”

"I, Hiroshi Yamauchi, may have many faults, but—"

"I'm not sick!"

"I'm really not sorry for you!"

A roar came from the phone receiver.

Such a development made Ethan look puzzled and even more headache.

After Yamauchi Pu yelled, he really couldn't understand why the machine that printed the Nintendo logo, COLOR TV GAME, suddenly got involved with Mitsubishi Electric again?
Also, what the hell is Systech?Why hasn't he heard of it?
'It's all about what! '

'What a mess! '

Ethan scratched his head in his heart.

Really, he felt like he was going bald.

　Note: ① There are actually two opinions about whether COLOR TV GAME is produced by Nintendo or Mitsubishi. The first one is published on the English Wiki, saying that it was produced by Nintendo. The source is "Game Game" written by David Shaffer Over" book.I have this book, and it is indeed written on page No.30 of the Chinese version.But this statement may be a little problematic, because Professor Naoki Fujita of Kyoto University, the hometown of Nintendo, mentioned in the history of the development of the electronic game industry written in 99 that COLOR TV GAME is a project of Mitsubishi, and the situation is the same as written in the article. Mitsubishi's partner fell, and then found Nintendo.This also leads to a new follow-up, that is, COLOR TV GAME did not get the authorization from Mi Luohua, but Mi Luohua paid Nintendo a dividend because of the light gun, which led to Mi Luohua's attitude towards Nintendo, such a two-year-old boy. The behavior is hated to the bone. When Nintendo promoted arcade games and FC in North America, Mi Luohua directly sued Nintendo to death based on the patent he wrote before.Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was forced, had no way to countersuit Mi Luohua and asked the American court to rule that Ralph Bell's patent was invalid.The feud between the two was forged on COLOR TV GAME.In the book "Game Over", it is true that Nintendo obtained the patent, because Nintendo had already lost the lawsuit when the book was published, and they had already lost money to settle the matter.

　　
　
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