Please make money.

As a result, the day after he left, Ren’s stock price hit the limit down at the opening!

By the time he went to Consortium B and developed WonderSwan, which was said to be comparable to GameBoy, Consortium B became the most popular group at the time.

Then Gunpei Yokoi got into a car accident...

At that time, his car broke down, so he got out to check the damage to the car. While checking, he was hit by another car and died of his injuries.

The most widely circulated story at the time was that the president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, murdered Gunpei Yokoi because he was afraid of his genius design ability.

The truth of the matter has long been untraceable. At present, Gunpei Yokoi is still a talent valued by Hiroshi Yamauchi, and Shigeru Miyamoto is not Gunpei Yokoi's disciple.

So why would you feel guilty about digging up this corner?

Ailia waved to the people around her. Aunt Zhou leaned over to listen a few times and nodded.

A moment later, a thick envelope was delivered, along with a blank envelope and letter paper, as well as a fountain pen-style brush that was very characteristic of notebook stationery.

When it comes to stationery, you can always trust the imagination of the bookmakers. They really pay attention to the details when making these little things.

In front of Yamauchi Hiroshi, Alia waved her hand and said two words - letter of employment!

Even though they are trying to change customs, it is a tradition to use Chinese characters in official documents. Official documents are all in Chinese characters with a small amount of hiragana.

There is no need for translation when showing it to Chinese people, just like the popular writing language in Europe at that time was Latin.

Although they carried out reforms to unify spoken and written language, some changes had to be made, and in the end they could only come up with a mixture of Chinese and English pronunciations.

So to be serious, if they can't understand the Chinese characters written by Alia, then they are simply pointing at the noses of "sarcophagus" like Yamauchi Hiroshi and scolding him for being uneducated.

The same goes for the letter of appointment. Alia's handwriting is excellent. After all, it is one of the protagonist's literary golden fingers.

When the pen tip is put down, it is really as if you hear the gods and ghosts startling, and you can see dragons and snakes running from time to time. It has its own style.

At this level, he must be at the level of a calligraphy master...

Now that you have the momentum, what you write cannot be simple and straightforward, such as "Don't be modest even if I hire you to develop a game today."

"I have heard that the greatest king was Zhou Wen, and the greatest duke was Qi Huan. They all became famous because of wise men."

"The wisdom of the wise men of today is not limited to the ancients."

"The trouble is that the ruler is not friendly, so how can the scholars advance?"

It is said that among the ancient sage kings, there was no greater sage king than King Wen of Zhou, and no greater hegemon than Duke Huan of Qi. They all relied on wise men to achieve fame and fortune.

Nowadays, there are many wise and talented people in the world. Is it true that such people only existed in ancient times?

What I am worried about is that the monarch is unwilling to make friends with them, so how can wise men be employed?

Oh, that's very interesting. You, Miyamoto-kun, are a talented person. It's his loss if Yamauchi Hiroshi looks down on you. I think highly of you!

Even if you use your connections and he doesn't want you, then I'll take you...

After writing a revised version of Emperor Gaodi's edict seeking talents, Ailia put down her pen with satisfaction.

Although it is a bit offensive to the original author Mr. Ban Gu, I'm sorry, I really need your masterpiece to help me complete this performance.

Aunt Zhou carefully blew the ink dry, folded the letter in front of everyone and put it into an envelope, then stacked two thick separate envelopes.

Those two envelopes looked like gifts, just like when people used to give money to people to sign employment pledges.

Although everyone saw the contents of the letter, some people could not understand it, and those who could barely understand it did not dare to say anything.

Those executives who could understand and speak out could only envy and be jealous of how Shigeru Miyamoto could catch the eye of such a big shot and be treated with respect in public.

Ah, this damn sense of ritual...

Alia took out another golden business card, which contained two envelopes with a gift of 1 million yen, plus a letter of employment written in front of everyone.

Then he handed these things to the dazed Miyamoto Shigeru and said, "Miyamoto-kun, I've said before that talents like you are worth fighting for at any price. Now please accept these. You don't need to promise anything. This is just a token of my appreciation."

Miyamoto's face flushed, the young man's blood was boiling, his hands were shaking, and his lips moved, not knowing what to say.

Is there any scene more suitable for the phrase "A gentleman will die for his friend" than this one?

Ah! My Lord!

You treat me as a national hero, how can I refuse your kindness and not think about it day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, eager to repay you in any way possible!

"Ms. Ai - please allow me to join you! Work for you!"

"No, Miyamoto-kun, I am attracted by your talent. I will support you and let you work for your dream!"

"If that's the case, then thank you very much!!" Miyamoto didn't even look at the gift money, the letter of appointment was enough.

Arya, who had spent a huge amount of money to buy the bones, showed a touched look and quickly helped the other person who was bowing deeply, looking like a perfect scene of harmony between the king and his subject.

The father of video games, Shigeru Miyamoto! Getda☆ze!

Of course, Alia is not the only one who is attracted by his talent. It is conceivable that today's incident will ferment in the industry and eventually become a hurricane.

She was ready to dig a big hole and build a new fish pond using other people's water and fish!

Yamauchi Hiroshi was impolite first, so he could only watch the whole show as a spectator, and then applaud awkwardly but politely.

Okay, okay, very touching, very touching. So when are you leaving?

Alia is not leaving. What's the big deal about poaching Shigeru Miyamoto? The highlight is the magic of turning 10 billion yen into 1 trillion yen.

She raised her hand and said, "Let's talk as we go. President Yamauchi, what do you think of my previous proposal?"

"..."

Can we not talk about this? Let's talk about poaching people!

Yamauchi Hiroshi could only mumble, "I don't know which specific proposal you are talking about, Miss Ai?"

“What do you think of the combination of software and hardware?”

“…The idea is good, but it is a bit too difficult to implement. It requires the cooperation of many industries.”

Making your own game console is like a chef having to prepare a farm before cooking a meal, it's a bit obsessive-compulsive.

After the Atari collapse, Nintendo actually analyzed and reviewed in detail the reasons why Atari caused this disaster and learned lessons from it.

They believed that ensuring the high quality of game software output was the top priority, and at that time they had no plans to develop their own game consoles.

The information that later generations can see is often so legendary because of the long time ago that the stories described in the text are always so legendary.

It was as if Atari's building collapsed in an instant, and Renhell's dynasty was established in the blink of an eye.

But in fact, Nintendo, which had already emerged as a rising star at that time, was just a fledgling console manufacturer and was moving forward with trepidation.

Not to mention that we are still in the initial stages of Atari's collapse, no one has enough strength to replace it, and the alternative force has not yet been formed.

More importantly, having learned their lesson, Yamauchi Hiroshi and the entire company adhered to the idea of ​​"better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality" and strictly controlled the process without any intention of introducing a third party.

In other words, there was no plan to hold a banquet in the beginning, so of course there was no need for a farm to provide raw materials.

This is a fatally conservative idea when it comes to market development.

How can a home-made game possibly support an entire new home console platform? That's not a stand-alone machine with game content, but a platform!

Alia was well aware that Yamauchi Hiroshi's ideas had not changed at this moment. He was domineering and conceited, but he was indeed cautious and shrewd.

In fact, if the market response hadn't been so strong, Nintendo would have been satisfied with just a million installed base for the FC red and white console.

Alia pointed at an AtariLynx, which is the latest model of the popular Atari machine.

"President Yamauchi, do you think this game console is good?"

"…IMHO, the color screen is great, but the games are terrible, and the price is too high."

"I also think that no matter how good the hardware is, if it is not paired with interesting game software, it is no different from scrap metal."

Yamauchi Hiroshi suddenly felt like he had found a close friend - why are you doing this to Bailongyu?

If you had revealed your identity early on, wouldn't it mean that we are heroes with similar views?

"As for games, since they are not a necessity in life, consumers will give up on them without hesitation if they find them unfun!"

Yamauchi added that this is why he is determined that games must be fun, rather than relying on volume to gain novelty and make quick money.

Atari's money-swindling efforts had reached a ruthless level. Six weeks before it released ET, it had updated the version frantically, and even shipped blank cartridges directly to players - the manufacturer was so fast that it couldn't keep up with the update speed of the game developers!

"I also think that for consumers to fall deeply in love with game consoles, they must first be able to afford them."

Alia gently touched the samples at a booth at the trade show, which were some disassembled game consoles.

Today's game consoles are different from the commonly accepted "mainframe + game carrier" style, and many of them can only play a few games.

This type of game console is actually a smaller version of an early arcade machine, and even the handle style is similar to that of an arcade machine.

The current market is flooded with more than a dozen different models of TV game consoles, but the total market size is less than 300 million units. People would rather play arcade games themselves.

Yamauchi Hiroshi nodded repeatedly. He was mainly engaged in the toy business now, so he naturally had a deep understanding of this.

"We have to take into account that most of our clients are children who have no financial resources."

"This is simple. You can develop a learning machine and trick parents into it."

"what?"

"No, nothing, just kidding - how do you think we can reduce costs?"

"…make the game less content, just like eating small and frequent meals?"

"No, no, no, I think differently from you, President Yamauchi. I think we should start with the most basic costs."

“What is the most basic cost?”

“For example, let’s start with hardware reform. What is the most expensive hardware?”

"Of course it's the IC chip of the game console."

"Then, President Yamauchi, how much do you think the cost of IC chips should be reduced to in order to achieve the goal of small profits but quick turnover?"

"This..." Yamauchi Hiroshi was led into a trap by her and thought about this matter very seriously. After all, he had thought about a big price reduction on hardware before.

"Two thousand yen, can you do that?"

"Two thousand - if that's the case, then the cost of the whole machine can be controlled within 15,000 yen!"

"Then I'll raise the price to 14800 yen! We don't make money from hardware - the sales of game software will bring us a generous enough return!"

"…But with all due respect, there is no IC chip on the market that costs only 2,000 yen."

"If I can order at least three million units over a two-year period - do you think the supply chain will reject my 2,000 yen offer?"

"This is impossible!" Yamauchi Hiroshi shook his head repeatedly. It was not that he thought the pricing of the cost was impossible, but the shipment volume was impossible.

In the current market for gaming consoles, there are only three million home game consoles on the market. Isn't she trying to beat everyone alone?

"Three million pieces is hard to calculate, let's say five million pieces, and the cost is 2,000 yen, that's 10 billion yen, exactly the amount we mentioned before."

Yamauchi Hiroshi's throat was swollen, and for a moment he didn't know whether to praise the other party for his youthful vigor or to scold him for being stupid and spendthrift.

If we really spend 10 billion yen in real money to give to suppliers, let alone 2,000 yen, it is possible that it will be lower...

What's even more terrifying is that the other party seems to be serious...

"How about we make a bet?" Alia put her hands behind her back, raised her chin slightly, and looked down at the venue: "Within one year, global shipments must be no less than 500 million units."

"…What are you betting on?"

"If you can't do it, then I will bear all the costs and losses this time and cover all your research and development expenses for the year."

"What if—you did it?"

"If you do that, I want 10% of your company's shares."

"..."

161-Caught a whale...

Alia's appetite seemed small at first glance.

The investment cost starts at 10 billion yen, and it looks like real money.

But they only want 10% of the shares of Nintendo Co., Ltd. - don't forget that the current Nintendo is not the ruler of the future world.

What does Nintendo make now? Playing cards, toys, arcade machines, and some TV games.

Previously, they went to North America to try to launch on Atari's NES platform, but they begged and pleaded with everyone but failed to reach an agreement, so they had to return in disgrace.

If calculated by market value, Nintendo's current market value is only a few hundred billion yen, and even this is partly supported by the stock price.