game trailblazer

Chapter 279 Annoyed Kutaragi Ken
Looking at George Wood's waving left hand, Aoyama Akihiro felt secretly refreshed. Although this is not the way he thought, as long as he can teach the other party a lesson, he doesn't care. Anyway, if something happens, he will not be the one who is unlucky.Seeing George Wood swinging his fist, John Chen unhurriedly turned his body to one side, and his fist passed by and fell into the air.Aoyama Akihiro sighed in his heart. In fact, he was still looking forward to George Wood's fist. It would be even better if he could beat that damn Chen with a nosebleed.

It's a pity that the development of the situation soon completely exceeded Aoyama Akihiro's imagination. Just when he thought Matt Beamon would step forward to help or George Wood would give another punch, the three of them stopped. They looked at each other and smiled.

"John, your reaction is faster than before!" George Wood exclaimed.

"No, no," John Chen stepped forward, patted George Wood's shoulder with a smile, and said, "George, I think your movements are slow."

"I said you two, what is there to argue about." Matt Beamon stood aside and said dumbfounded.

The three looked at each other and smiled, John Chen glanced at the two guys who had made trouble behind George Wood and Matt Beamon, and asked with a smile: "George, Matt, are you here to visit? "

"Hmm..." Embarrassment flashed across George Wood's face, he winked at Matt Beamon beside him, and then nodded again and again: "Yes, I'll come and see you by the way, right? , Matt."

Matt Beamon understood, and said with a smile, "Yes, John, we came here specially to support you. How about it, take us to have a look."

"Okay, come with me, I'll show you the good things." John Chen glanced at the two "mountains" who were in a daze, tilted his head, turned and walked into the booth, George Wood and Matt Bee Meng immediately followed, leaving only Aoyama Minghong and Ye Shan standing there in embarrassment.

"Director Qingshan Headquarters." Ye Shan called out to Aoyama Akihiro beside him with a face full of reluctance.

"Huh?" Aoyama Akihiro's mind was completely messed up at this time. George Wood and Matt Beamon were obviously old acquaintances with that Chen Han, and it was no longer possible to expect them to preside over "justice" It was possible, but he was alone, and he didn't know what to do for a while, and even Ye Shan's call was only instinctively answered.

Seeing that Aoyama Akihiro didn't seem to have any reaction, Ye Shan had no choice but to raise his voice and said: "Master Aoyama, they seem to have all left."

"Ah." Aoyama Akihiro seemed to come back to his senses, and looked up to the front. George Wood, Matt Beamon, and John Chen had already disappeared at this time.

"Headquarters Qingshan, what should we do then?" Ye Shan asked anxiously.

"Hey, let's go too." Aoyama Minghong sighed softly, turned around and walked to his company's booth, of course he would not give up so easily. "Any company that tries to challenge Sony Computer Entertainment will be punished," he thought in his heart, and planned to talk to the lawyer of Sony Computer Entertainment America, and make a lawyer's letter or something to scare the other party first.

After walking a few steps, Aoyama Akihiro remembered that he was in a hurry and forgot to check which company the DreamBox128 mainframe was on display, so he stopped and looked around, and searched for a while. There were several blue and white "VisualSystem" The big characters appeared in front of his eyes.Minghong Aoyama was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he rubbed his eyes lightly, and looked carefully again. The blue and white "Visual System" was still elegant, and he felt his heart sink.

What does "VisualSystem" mean? Aoyama Akihiro is very clear. At least the office laptop he brought is running the operating system produced by VisualSystem Group. Even the simple system on the PS game console is said to be derived from VisualSystem The technology of the group, and the operating system is only a small tip of the huge iceberg of the VisualSystem group.

Perhaps in RB Sony can still compete with the VisualSystem Group, but this is the United States, and it is Los Angeles not far from San Jose, the headquarters of the VisualSystem Group.Akihiro Aoyama had no confidence at all in wanting to make a fuss in other people's land, and with the astuteness of the VisualSystem Group, he didn't think the other party would leave any clues, and even if there was a clue, would Sony Computer Entertainment have the ability to seize it? Also a big problem.

"Damn it, how did this damn Blue Bird Co., Ltd. get close to the big tree of VisualSystem Group, or maybe Blue Bird Co., Ltd. is simply a cover of VisualSystem Group, there is no need..." Aoyama Akihiro was confused in his heart Guessing, it is obvious that the matter in front of him is a big deal, and it is not something that a small head of his department can handle. Maybe Sony headquarters has to come forward directly.

It's a pity that the time is not right now. Although Aoyama Minghong is already anxious and angry, he can only wait helplessly. Who made this world have something called "jet lag".Waiting and waiting, finally staying up until night, Akihiro Aoyama ate something hastily, then hurried back to the room and called President Ken Kutaragi.

After taking a few deep breaths, Akihiro Aoyama said into the microphone: "President, I am Aoyama."

"Oh, Aoyama-kun, how is the exhibition going? The 'Bleem!' problem has been solved." Kutaragi Ken's energetic voice came from the phone.

Akihiro Aoyama couldn't help being embarrassed for a while, and said with a dry smile: "President, the problem with 'Bleem!' has been solved, they can no longer use our PS games to promote their emulators at this exhibition."

"Very well, you handled it well."

"President, but now there is a new situation."

"What's new?"

"President, the DreamBox128 host also appeared at the E3 exhibition, and... and it was at the booth of the VisualSystem Group."

"What!" Ken Kutaragi jumped up from his chair and exclaimed, "You read that right, it's really the VisualSystem Group?"

"Really, absolutely true." Aoyama Akihiro repeatedly assured, and began to introduce from the beginning: "President, the situation is like this..."

After listening to Aoyama Akihiro’s introduction, Ken Kutaragi was silent for a while. Regarding the situation of the VisualSystem Group, he can say that he knew more details than Aoyama Aoyama. It is said that the operating system of the Sega Dreamcast console came from the Redmond Research Park of the VisualSystem Group. Unexpectedly Now they have already personally participated in the battle, "The background of this Blue Bird Co., Ltd. must not be that simple!" He thought to himself.

Suddenly there was no sound on the other end of the phone, and Aoyama Minghong didn't dare to urge him, so he had to hold the phone and wait.About five or six minutes later, Ken Kutaragi's slightly tired voice came from the phone again: "Mr. Qingshan, you continue to pay attention to the exhibition, and report any new situation at any time."

"Yes, President!" Aoyama Akihiro nodded violently while holding the phone. After a while, the sound of hanging up came from the phone, and he breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, he had fulfilled his responsibilities. As for how the situation will develop in the future, it is beyond his control.

RB Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment headquarters building...

After Ken Kutaragi put down the phone, he slumped into his chair, his mind running fast. He doesn't know the true strength of the VisualSystem Group, but he knows that the VisualSystem Group is definitely one of the companies with the least money in the world, and the coverage of its operating system alone has already had a huge influence power, not to mention its reach into other industries. VisualSystem Group is very mysterious. When the industries it has invested and developed over the years have not failed, even many places that are not eye-catching at first glance can skyrocket after many years. Unexpectedly, it has directly stepped into the home game console hardware industry now. Although they are also newcomers with little experience, the pressure brought to Sony Computer Entertainment is not small at all.

"VisualSystem Group...DreamBox128 console...PS game compatibility...PS game console...KF-Panda...Chen Zhipeng..."

With a "swish", a flash of lightning flashed across Ken Kutaragi's mind, and many things were connected together like pearls, which reminded him of many past events involuntarily: "

In the tavern

'Mr. Chen, thank you so much for coming to see me. Kutaragi took a seat next to Chen Zhipeng and sat down.

'Kutaragi-kun, I'm actually passing by, as the company has something that needs me to come here. 'Chen Zhipeng said with a smile.

……

Inside the Hilton Tokyo
'Is this a game console? Ken Kutaragi asked Chen Zhipeng curiously, pointing to the machine in front of the TV.

'Oh, this is a new generation of mainframe that we have just developed, and it is ready to be evaluated by the business department here. 'Chen Zhipeng said with a relaxed face.

……

In the meeting room of Sony headquarters
Chen Zhipeng said with a look of embarrassment: "This is our company's confidential product, and it must not be allowed to stay here."But since your president has this idea, we can't refuse it.Well, help us find a hotel that is closer, so that when you need to see it, we can bring it over.This will not violate the company's regulations, but also achieve your president's ideas, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. '

Part of the terms signed at the beginning: '...to assist in the establishment of a CPU production plant in Hong Kong, and in the future no less than 40% of the CPU for the game console will be purchased from the Hong Kong factory, and the operating system in the game console will be purchased from VisualSystem at a preferential price... '

......"

"Terms..." Kutaragi Ken murmured, suddenly he seemed to remember something, stood up and went to the safe, carefully opened it and took out a copy of the backup information (file), flipping through it was exactly what he was looking for That one, so I closed the safe, went back to the desk and sat down, and carefully read the information (file) in my hand.

The information (file) in Kutaragi Ken’s hands is actually the technology transfer agreement signed by Sony Corporation and KF-Panda Corporation. This is a document closely related to him. This is also a major turning point in his career. He, who was about to be expelled, even relied on this document to turn himself around and finally became the head of Sony Computer Entertainment. That was in August 1991.

Ken Kutaragi opened the agreement, read it carefully from beginning to end, and quickly found what he was looking for, "...Since the signing of the agreement, the technology transfer of KF360 (the code name of the prototype) and Sony Corporation...use The derivative technology developed by the KF360 prototype technology is shared by both parties...The PlayStation brand is shared by both parties...KF-Panda is not allowed to use this technology to develop game consoles to compete with Sony..."

There are many related clauses, but Ken Kutaragi read it five times in a row, and finally came to a conclusion that as long as KF-Panda licenses the relevant technologies to other companies, it is not at all necessary to use these technologies to develop emulators on other hosts. illegal.The current situation is obvious, KF-Panda company has become the holding company of VisualSystem Group many years ago, so there must be no problem with this related authorization, that is to say, the DreamBox128 console can launch PS game compatibility technology openly, It can also be advertised with great fanfare, which is simply a wonderful irony for Sony and Kutaragi Ken.

Two months ago, Kutaragi Ken was thinking of poaching the corner of Blue Bird Co., Ltd. and destroying the DreamBox128 console, but the appearance of VisualSystem Group not only brought more game developers to join, but more importantly, Bringing PS game compatibility technology to the DreamBox128 console is simply a stab in the heart of Sony Computer Entertainment.Originally used to brag about big things, but in fact it is not perfect PS game compatibility technology, but in a blink of an eye it has become the headlines of other people's publicity. Sometimes life is really mysterious.

When Huyou Chen Zhipeng brought the prototype to the conference room of Sony headquarters, Kutaragi was full of hope in his heart, and then he successfully talked about the technology of the prototype, and he also had a strong sense of accomplishment.But looking back now, Chen Zhipeng's appearance in Tokyo at that time seemed to be deliberate, and in connection with the current situation, a terrible idea gradually emerged in his mind.

"Could it be that someone was planning for today seven or eight years ago?" Ken Kutaragi thought in fear, and a chill could not help but appear behind his back.

When the PS game console was coming to an end and the PS2 was too late to take over, the DreamBox128 host suddenly came out. There is also his own credit, and Ken Kutaragi couldn't help feeling annoyed.But who is to blame for this matter? If there was no prototype, then Ken Kutaragi would not have the success today, and naturally there would not be the glory of Sony Computer Entertainment. From this aspect, he has to thank the other party for providing Opportunity.

(End of this chapter)