A real cheat was blocked, and the game industry was rectified with a backhand

Naughty Cat’s response completely set off the gaming community, and even many non-gaming media outlets reported the news.

Although not everyone plays games, with Naughty Cat's energy, basically everyone who plays games has played Naughty Cat's games.

After this incident broke out, it caused a huge uproar.

After seeing the news, countless players

Curse the giant hard company.

Even some official media reprinted the relevant news, reporting this explosive news in an objective tone.

But no attitude has been expressed yet.

Faced with the problem, the silent majority on the Internet exploded with astonishing public opinion energy.

For the vast majority of Chinese players, no matter what the power of the parent company of Giant Hard Company is.

But Naughty Cat is China’s own company!

It is the only company that allows Chinese games to go overseas and earn foreign exchange. When talking about games, everyone gives a thumbs up and calls it China's No. 1 model company for cultural export.

Do you still have to choose?

If there is a conflict, it must be the problem of Juying Company, what else is there to say?

The outside world is expressing support and waiting for Naughty Cat to make a statement.

The Big Hard Games division did at least put out a statement saying something like, "I'm deeply sorry that we were unable to reach a business agreement with Naughty Cat Entertainment Ltd."

As for the naughty cat, he was so quiet and calm that it was a little abnormal.

Lin Mo has recently focused all his energy on the new console.

The preparations for this matter were carried out in secret, except for a few core personnel, and the progress was very fast.

three days later.

On this day, Lin Mo was about to continue working on the new host, but he received a visit that he was completely unexpected about.

From Xiao Ri Zi, the helmsman of Souni Games, Makoto Ito.

"What is he here for?"

Lin Mo was a little confused about the reason why this stranger came to visit him, but since he was here, he still had to meet him.

After we meet.

"Hello, Mr. Lin. I have heard a lot about you."

Lin Mo can speak English but not Japanese. Fortunately, the other party brought a translator with very strong professional qualities.

"Hello, Mr. Ito."

As he spoke, Lin Mo couldn't help but glance at the other person's neck and take a look at his face.

Unfortunately, he doesn't look even remotely like that old friend.

Noticing the look in his eyes, Ito Makoto asked in confusion, "Is there anything disrespectful about my appearance?"

"Oh, nothing. I have a friend with the same name as you, and I thought you would have some facial similarities."

"Then your friend must be very popular with the opposite sex?" Ito Makoto joked.

Lin Mo nodded and said, "Yes, he is very popular. Excuse me, what was your wife's maiden name?"

"It's Sakata. What's the problem?"

"Oh, nothing."

Somewhat disappointed.

Then, neither of them was in a hurry and continued chatting along the same topic.

Talk about love, history, whatever comes to mind.

Finally, when intentionally leading the topic to the game.

Ito Makoto sighed and said, "The architecture design of this generation of PlaySquare console is not very friendly to developers. The next generation will usher in a comprehensive upgrade, and it is already being designed. Mr. Lin, are you interested in designing an exclusive work on the new PlaySquare console?"

coming.

However, an invitation to develop independent works?

This was something Lin Mo had not expected.

“Sorry, Naughty Cat currently has no plans to develop independent games. If I change my mind, PlaySquare will be my first choice of partner.”

However, after saying this polite refusal, it can be seen that there is no frustration on Ito Makoto's face. Instead, he is still full of confidence, as if he is sure that the naughty cat can agree.

"Is that so? That's a shame. I think we can reach a cooperation. How about this, Mr. Lin's team will guide PlaySquare's first-party game development team?"

guide?

Lin Mo frowned slightly.

I've only heard of console manufacturers providing technical guidance to some of the more popular small and medium-sized game manufacturers, but how can first-tier manufacturers guide each other?

They are all big companies, all leaders in their industries. Everyone has their own pride, and asking others to guide them is not admitting that you are not as good as them?

Rather than saying it's guidance, it's better to say it's hiring naughty cats to play games?

Didn't give him much time to think.

"Mr. Lin, you don't know. We are currently developing a doomsday survival RPG game with a linear plot and a sandbox-style exploration. We really need some professional guidance, such as the production team of Resident Evil." As he spoke, Ito Makoto took out a document and handed it to Lin Mo, "You can take it away and read it slowly."

Lin Mo casually flipped through it and found some game information, some simple information that was not confidential.

For example, the appearance of zombies, weapon settings, sketches of some maps, etc.

Simply put, it is telling people who read the information what kind of game this is.

It looked good, but Lin Mo still shook his head and said, "If Souni needs anything, he can seek guidance from the potato factory."

"No, no, no, they can't." Ito Makoto's expression was very sincere. "This game exists to win the console war. I'm sure you, Mr. Lin, are also very worried about the overbearing behavior of the giant hard company. If XGame is gone, it will be a good thing for all game companies."

Lin Mo shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, the members of the Resident Evil team are all busy with projects and can't get away for the time being."

"Really?" Ito Makoto looked puzzled. "The Giant Hard Company has already rejected Naughty Cat's cooperation. Is there still so much work to do?"

Lin Mo didn't say anything, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression turned a little cold.

This doesn't sound right.

"You have your own work, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Really?" Ito Makoto sighed and shook his head, "I think it's better for us to cooperate. Otherwise, Naughty Cat may have less work in the future."

The tone is a little different.

After saying this, the translator was visibly stunned.

Despite his excellent literacies, he actually stuttered when translating this sentence which had simple grammar.

Lin Mo sneered. At this point, he no longer needed to consider the other party's intentions because he had made it clear enough.

It's no longer just a hint, it's almost a naked threat.

"Mr. Ito, it seems that Souni has come with bad intentions this time."

Makoto Ito looked like an old fox, his eyes narrowed into a line due to smiling, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were piled together.

"No, no, no, Souni came with good intentions. We really just want to reach a cooperation with Naughty Cat, just for game exclusivity. Believe me, Souni is generous enough to companies willing to publish exclusive games on PlaySquare."

Lin Mo was unmoved and said calmly: "What if I refuse?"

"Reject? That's nothing we can do." Ito Makoto sighed, "Even if it's Naughty Cat, it must be troubled if its game sales are reduced by half out of thin air. I said we will reach a cooperation."

Silence, a long silence.

Ito Makoto drank his tea leisurely, not in any hurry to reply.

The atmosphere in the room was so depressing that the translator couldn't help swallowing several times.

Without the revenue from XGame, Naughty Cat's overall revenue is only about 75% of what it was before.

If PlaySquare's 25% is reduced, wouldn't it be only half left?

This is basically a blatant threat.

It’s like saying, if you don’t cooperate to launch high-quality exclusive game masterpieces, then your Naughty Cat game won’t even be available on PlaySquare!

Lin Mo looked at him for a few seconds, then suddenly sneered and said, "They are really birds of a feather. That's why triangles are stable."

Ito Makoto obviously didn't understand what he said, but he didn't ask any questions.

He just put the teacup on the table and said slowly: "Mr. Lin, you don't have to rush to make a decision. After all, it involves half of the company's revenue. I suggest you think about the consequences of a broken capital chain, what will happen to Naughty Cat, and what will happen to the companies it invested in. You have enough time to think about it."

"No, I can give you the answer right now."

As he spoke, Lin Mo slowly stood up, tore the information that had just been handed to him into two halves, and then threw it into the trash can.

"Naughty Cats games may be exclusive, but not on PlaySquare or XGame."

Then he walked out without stopping.

"and many more!"

Ito Makoto had never expected that the meeting would turn out like this. He quickly stood up and said, "I'm not kidding you. Naughty Cats will really be sold on PlaySquare. Hey! Akidou Sack!! Hey!"

boom.

The door was opened and then closed.

Without stopping or hesitation, he left.

gone? !

He left without even waiting for the translator to translate the last sentence into Chinese?

"asshole!!"

Ito Makoto cursed, stomped on the scraps of paper on the ground angrily, and sat down cursing.

"How dare you!!"

He picked up the teacup on the table and took a few sips. Then he calmed down and began to think about some details in the words just now.

There are only two consoles still alive in the world.

PlaySquare and XGame.

I thought Naughty Cat was already badly hurt after the breakup with XGame, and didn't dare to break up with PlaySquare again.

This is the best opportunity to use this bargaining chip to negotiate cooperation with Naughty Cat, negotiate a few exclusive games, and squeeze XGame's living space.

But unexpectedly, I was rejected.

This time, offending both console platforms at the same time is equivalent to giving up the game market outside of China and giving up half of the sales revenue of its own games.

Don’t you feel sad?

Today, Naughty Cat is still expanding rapidly every day.

If the capital chain breaks suddenly, it can be fatal.

How dare you give up the PlaySquare platform again?

Think again about what Lin Mo said when he left.

"There may be exclusives, but not PlaySquare or XGame. Is there a third console? No."

"Could it be that Lin Mo is planning to make his own console? Ha. How is that possible? You must be joking. Not every company has the excellent software and hardware R&D capabilities like Souni."

"You want to die? Then I'll grant your wish! What a gaming empire, it's nothing but a castle in the air built on hardware!"

Ito Makoto snorted coldly and made a decision.

"Lin Mo, huh, you're also betting that Souni won't dare to completely remove your game, right? You're wrong. Genius, you will destroy Naughty Cat with your own hands."

Two days later.

Players are still waiting for Naughty Cat's official announcement regarding the removal of the entire family of games from XGame.

As a result, some PlaySquare console players heard even more shocking news at a press conference held by Souni.

"We call on our peers in the gaming industry to develop some positive games and reject games with racial discrimination, bloody and horrific content. Souni will temporarily remove games of this type from the shelves or warn them to make changes within a limited time. The list of games ordered to be removed from the shelves is as follows, including "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare", "Resident Evil" series, and "Dead by Daylight."

On the same day, another piece of news quickly became a hot topic.

[Oh my god! Yesterday I was laughing at people playing XGames, but today my own house collapsed]

[Shit, shit, shit! What’s going on? I just finished playing Call of Duty!

[Fuck, what the hell are you doing?! Are you sick?]

[I’m really mad, can you please let people play the game properly?]

[Where is the naughty cat? Come out and speak! ! ! ]

[Is Naughty Cat going to be out of business? His future income will be cut in half.]

[Even if you are cold, the naughty cat will not be cold]

After the news came out that day, although it was nominally subject to a time limit for rectification or temporary removal from the shelves.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is the same as the situation with XGame!

Naughty Cat has always been stubborn and will never modify the game content as long as the Chinese review agency approves it.

But this time, fans hope that Naughty Cat will give in.

This is no joke!

The injuries from this wave may be minor, and you may even lose half your life.

When faced with a disaster, some people applauded, some people thought about how to bite off a piece of meat, and some people wished the naughty cat would be buried in peace as soon as possible.

The official media also reported the news with great restraint.

However, this time the host's script had obviously more content and took longer to read than last time.

Everyone was looking forward to the official announcement from Naughty Cat, but what they got was the launch of a charity project of Naughty Cat, and they didn't get any useful information at all.

On this day, Naughty Cat had another visitor.

Only this time, it was an old friend.

"Old Wang, what brings you here? Your daughter is not on this floor."

Wang Zhicheng glanced at Lin Mo in a bad mood and said, "Can't I see my daughter at home? Do you need to come to the company? I'm here to find you."

Although he didn't say it, he was actually a little surprised.

I thought the series of blows would cause this young man, known as a genius, to fall, but unexpectedly he still looked so confident and seemed not to care about the matter at all.

"Looking for me? If you mention marrying your daughter to me again, I will ask the security to kick you out." Lin Mo joked.

Wang Zhicheng rolled his eyes and said in a sullen tone, "Why are you still complaining at this hour? The company is in this state, aren't you anxious at all?"

Lin Mo spread his hands and said, "What can I do if I'm in a hurry? Should I ask Ito Makoto and West for help? It's useless."

Wang Zhicheng was silent for a few seconds, then said slowly, "Is there a possibility that you are not fighting alone? Sometimes when you encounter a problem that you cannot solve, then seek help."

Lin Mo took a look at Lao Wang today.

The biggest difference from his previous visits was that today he was carrying a badge that had long expired. It was the badge that Lao Wang wore as an official representative when the tourism committee held an event last time.

Lin Mo shook his head and said, "Thank you for the interest-free loan opportunity provided by the organization, but I really don't need it at the moment."

Lao Wang said seriously: "What I mean is that I can help you with more than just loans."

On the chest, the badge of the Tourism Committee is particularly eye-catching.

Lin Mo was silent for a few seconds, but still smiled and shook his head and said, "Thank you for your concern. But I really don't need it. It is a danger but also an opportunity. I can lead Naughty Cat through it, you can rest assured."