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Arrived in Tokyo.

I met Ren Yuxin who was tired of life.

I didn’t even go home during the Spring Festival. I was really busy. Of course, Boss Zhou was also very busy. He had no time to spare on the incoming flight. Everyone was struggling with a spirit of seeking.

If nothing else happens, this meeting with Konami will be the last negotiation between the two parties regarding the copyright of "Pro Evolution Soccer", and the situation of all parties has almost been negotiated.

Especially Konami is more anxious than Changyou.

The two parties met in the VIP room downstairs of the Hilton Hotel. Ren Yuxin briefly explained the situation and said with a smile: "Konami's big boss Kyungsoo is not having an easy life last month. During this time, he has been under pressure from Japan. Media vilification.”

"Because of management style?"

When Zhou Buqi met Shangyue Jingzheng at Sun Zhengyi's house before, he felt the old man's stubbornness, arrogance, and arrogance.

Ren Yuxin said: "Yes, it's the management style. In the past few days during the Spring Festival, two well-known game producers from Konami have resigned. They can't stand the way of last month Jingzheng. It's only been a few days, Konami’s stock price has fallen by 10%.”

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "So they are eager to reach a strategic cooperation with Changyou to cater to the capital market?"

"I'm afraid that's not enough."

"ah?"

"There will be changes in positions."

"No way?" Zhou Buqi didn't believe it, "Change in position? It's impossible for Mr. Jingzheng to step down, right? If he had that kind of consciousness, he wouldn't have controlled Konami for such a long time. I gave up the management rights a long time ago.”

Ren Yuxin coughed and explained: "It's true, he may really want to resign. He is now the chairman and CEO of Konami, and he will resign as CEO."

"It's time to make a career!"

Zhou Buqi was very surprised. It seems that public opinion supervision is still very effective. With Jingzheng stepping down last month, Konami will have a chance to recover in the future.

Unexpectedly, Ren Yuxin's next sentence revealed the true nature of Shang Yue Jingzheng, and said with a smile: "The person who succeeded him as CEO is his son, Shang Yue Takuya."

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing.

interesting!

Interesting!

I really looked up to the old man Shang Yue Jingzheng.

The family business model is not impossible for sons to inherit their father's business, but companies under this model are usually traditional enterprises, and this style is not popular in the technology industry.

The advantage of a family business is stability, but the disadvantage is rigidity.

The technology industry must continue to innovate, and what they fear most is stability and rigidity. The advantages and disadvantages of family businesses turn into disadvantages in the technology industry.

Ren Yuxin said: "This old guy may also know that pushing his son up will cause controversy and make Konami's producers feel that their future is bleak, so he wants to use this opportunity to cooperate with Changyou to let them See hope.”

Zhou Buqi nodded, "Give the credit for the strategic cooperation with Changyou to his son. Then his son will have a certain foundation when he becomes the CEO."

Ren Yuxin said: "Yes, that's what I mean. So I want to finalize an agreement with Changyou as soon as possible, and then let his son take the credit and take advantage of the situation."

Zhou Buqi said: "No matter how they mess around, it's always a good thing for Changyou. How are the talks about other forms of copyright? Is there any progress?"

Ren Yuxin smiled and said: "It's okay, I gave them two options to choose from. Other forms of copyright... Just like the VR games you mentioned that may appear in the future, they will be developed by Changyou and Konami does not need them. Pay a penny. After the game is developed, Konami can share 20% of the global revenue, or exclusively enjoy all the revenue from the Japanese market."

"How did you choose?"

"guess?"

Ren Yuxin sat opposite, half-smiling but not smiling.

Zhou Buqi was startled for a moment, then laughed, "It must be the latter, they want to exclusively enjoy all the profits from the Japanese market."

Ren Yuxin said: "Yes, they responded to me on the same day. They still attach great importance to the local market. In addition, there is an additional condition. If it is jointly developed by both parties, they will return to the same starting line. Konami will take With the copyright of "Pro Evolution Soccer", Changyou exchanges the intellectual property rights in the football market and develops them together, with a 50-50 share of the revenue."

Because Changyou wants to make this copyright cooperation for "Pro Evolution Soccer" a template case.

In the future, when Changyou negotiates game copyright cooperation with other Japanese game companies, it will use the copyright cooperation model of "Pro Evolution Soccer" as a blueprint, so it is very important to pay more attention to the details.

Zhou Buqi is a little out of reach.

What kind of game forms will there be in the future?

Not sure.

Anyway, now that we have obtained the copyright of "Pro Evolution Soccer" for computers, tablets and mobile phones, it is of great significance and we can make a lot of money.

Next, both parties went to Konami together.

It’s pretty much what Ren Yuxin said.

There are all kinds of contract clauses, which are very detailed. There are more than 300 clauses in total.

However, Zhou Buqi made another temporary suggestion.

Under the curious eyes of the father and son of Shang Yue Jingzheng and Shang Yue Takuya, Zhou Buqi said: "'Pro Evolution Soccer' needs to be renamed. It can't be called 'PES'. This name has a bad look and feel."

The English version of "Pro Evolution Soccer" is called "PES", which is an abbreviation, and S refers to Soccer.

This is outrageous.

You know, in the English-speaking world, there are two names for football.

One is the common name for football, Football, which is what everyone in Europe calls it. There is another kind of football called Soccer, which is the American English name.

Because in the United States, Football refers to rugby, and football can only be called Soccer.

If you call football Soccer to European fans, especially British fans, they will be very angry and feel that you are desecrating their football.

Do Americans know nothing about football?

It is said that EA is an American game company. The earliest version of "EA Football" was called Soccer. Fortunately, it was quickly revised and changed to Football.

But Konami has been indifferent. They know that Europe is the largest consumer market for football games, but they still use the word Soccer to stimulate them.

In the previous life, Konami had to wait many years later, when "Pro Evolution Soccer" was on the verge of being eliminated from the market, before it finally realized what it was!

Then I quickly changed the name from "PES" to "eFootball", but it was too late and it had no effect.

Zhou Buqi is going to take over the game "Pro Evolution Soccer". As the boss of Manchester United, he will definitely not be so amateur as to call football using Soccer.

Last month Jingzheng remained silent.

Somewhat dissatisfied.

It was time to sign the contract, and the other party suddenly made such an unreasonable request. It was really too much!

This is because Konami is seeing serious internal troubles and is at the forefront of public opinion, so it wants to take advantage of it and profit from it.

His son Takuya was about to take over last month. He was afraid of any surprises in the negotiations, so he said cautiously: "Mr. Zhou, there may be some problems with the name 'PES', but we have been in business for many years and have formed a brand. ”

"That's certainly a reason."

Ren Yuxin also believes that changing the name is not the right decision at this stage.

Zhou Buqi also noticed that the atmosphere at the negotiation table was a bit serious and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, this does not need to be added to the contract. The two parties can slowly communicate in the future. Changyou has made a big move recently and is launching a take-over of the game company. The acquisition of two. The name 'PES' can be used temporarily, but from a long-term perspective, the name must be changed."

Father and son Shangzuki Jingzheng and Shangzuki Takuya were confused.

Ren Yuxin immediately understood Boss Zhou's plan.

I go!

This is trying to borrow a chicken to lay eggs!