When the news was released, Gu Sheng felt completely uneasy.
Blitzkrieg is always one of the most useful tactics in the world.
Although it was three o'clock in the morning China time, almost the entire Eastern Hemisphere was shrouded in the quiet night.
But don't forget that the earth is a rotating ball.
While the Eastern Hemisphere is spending the night, the Western Hemisphere is having afternoon tea.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, in the office of the head of the joint development department of United Business Media Technology Network (UBM).
Will Brown was leisurely drinking coffee and browsing the latest news on the social platform.
As the wheel rolled, the ID of [Golden Wind V] appeared at the bottom of the screen.
As one of the two major organizers of GDC, he was the one who took the initiative to propose breaking the convention and not limiting it to medium and large game manufacturers, but including Golden Wind, which was still a small game manufacturer at the time, in the GDC invitation list.
So he follows the accounts of Golden Wind and Gu Sheng himself.
"Oh? Is there a new game?"
When Brown saw the Golden Wind ID appear, he raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up.
Golden Wind doesn’t tweet often unless there is a new game or a major update to the game.
Thinking about it, Brown rolled the mouse wheel and turned down a page.
Next second.
"Ward... cough! Cough cough cough! Cough-cough--!!!"
A mouthful of coffee nearly choked him to death!
Brown coughed and wheezed, and the coffee cup fell on the table. He coughed continuously and tears were about to come out.
For a long while!
Then he wiped his mouth and looked at the message about Golden Wind again!
"Ward-fa-?!"
I was stunned for five full seconds!
Then he suddenly grabbed the mobile phone on the table and called his slacking partner, Jimmy Lawrence, chief department director of the public sector department of International Data Corporation (IDC).
The call was connected quickly.
Brown's voice was filled with astonishment and excitement at discovering something so shocking:
"Fuck! Lawrence! KONAMI's managing director has joined GW! A generous gift -"
"watt--???"
As expected, Lawrence on the other end of the phone was watching the Twitch game live broadcast.
Upon hearing this, he sat up on the spot , and the CPU spun rapidly for two full seconds:
"Have you taken too much fucking...?"
Lawrence subconsciously thought Brown was smoking some tobacco.
Are you kidding me?!
The managing director of KONAMI! The director! He's the second-in-command!
Joined Golden Wind?
From the "War of Terror" to the "Bird-Wolf Fight", the feud between these two families has been going on for more than a year or two!
Now you're saying Konami's number two guy jumped ship to Golden Wind?
This news is as ridiculous as Sam jumping ship to Konami to become the leader of the Big Three!
"No! Just look at the tweet for yourself! And it's officially released by Golden Wind! It's fucking magical!"
After hearing what Brown said, Lawrence opened the tweet doubtfully. Because he didn't follow many people, as soon as he opened it, the tweet from Golden Wind was displayed on the main page.
“Ah—? Oh—!”
Two drawn-out interjections came out of Lawrence's mouth.
What's so funny is that this news is actually true. KONAMI's managing director of game affairs actually jumped to Golden Wind.
'Oh' means he has an impression of the name Tetsuya Moritani. If he remembers correctly, he was the protagonist of the incident of accidentally liking the post.
Although it was unexpected, it seemed reasonable.
For a moment, Brown and Lawrence looked at each other in silence, both shocked by the impact of the news.
A full ten seconds!
Lawrence's voice slowly sounded, and his tone revealed something very bad:
"Hey, Brown, if I remember correctly... do you also hold a lot of KONAMI shares?"
"hiss--"
Hearing this, Brown on the other end of the phone took a breath of cold air:
"You too?"
“Fuck…”
“Fuck…”
"Fuck me! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"It's already being thrown! It's already being thrown!"
“…”
although!
At the moment, this matter seems very sci-fi, even magical!
No one could understand why KONAMI's number two figure suddenly jumped to Golden Wind.
But there is no doubt that anyone with a brain knows that Konami’s stock price is going to suffer!
An unprecedented huge stock price shock swept across the gaming industry.
Even the technology sector related to it has been affected to a certain extent!
The news quickly reached Konami's top management.
Although it is still late at night.
But the stock market doesn’t care whether you sleep or not!
Jingzheng Shangyue, who was woken up by a call from the shareholders' meeting at 3:30 in the morning, sat in the study room of his villa, holding his heart, and felt his temples throbbing!
“Hoo—hoo—hoo—”
Kei Shangyue was staring at the computer screen, watching the discussion that exploded in an instant and the stock price that was plummeting, his breathing even became a little rapid !
In fact, before this, he had already expected that Toru Moritani would also join Golden Wind.
Although until this moment, he was not 100% sure whether Moritani really had any business secret dealings with Golden Wind.
But there is no doubt that Toru Moritani and Gu Sheng have a very good personal relationship.
Besides!
Once they announce tomorrow morning that Toru Moriya has been fired, and at the same time, with the secret collaboration of the PR department, spread the rumor that Toru Moriya has "betrayed" them.
Looking at the global gaming industry, apart from Golden Wind, no other gaming company is willing to accept him.
He could only go to China in disgrace. Regardless of whether it was a real betrayal or not, he would be labeled a traitor from then on.
However!
Keimasa Joetsu never expected this.
The speed of the golden wind is so fast!
It's seamless reception!
It's only been a few hours?
From the time Moritani left the Konami Building to the time Golden Wind officially announced Moritani's joining, it was only twelve hours!
Bang!
Kamikoshi Keima slammed his hand heavily on the desk!
Pick up the phone and call the head of the public relations department!
Damn it, they took over so unscrupulously and seamlessly, just assuming that his boss Moritani didn't exist, right?
If I can swallow this, I will be your grandson!
Official announcement! Damn it, we’re also official!
Don’t you like Paulson Valley?
We just have to officially announce that he was fired by the company, hype that he leaked business secrets, and attack you, Golden Wind, for unfair competition!
However!
Just as Shangyue Jingzheng picked up the phone and was about to call the publicity and promotion department.
Suddenly, another message automatically refreshed.
It was a photo of a table full of wine bottles, and underneath the photo was a personal tweet:
[Sam Gu: I had a good time drinking with Mr. Moriya @Moriya Tetsuya, and chatted all night. It was so refreshing. It is precious to have a bosom friend in life. Although I am a small person, I will definitely treat him as a guest of honor. I would like to express my gratitude to @KONAMI Corporation for your love. I hope that everyone you meet will be virtuous and your fortune will be long-lasting. Thank you (heart) (heart) (heart)]
Read it three times in a row!
Kamikoshi Kei's hand, which was holding the phone, froze in mid-air, and his head buzzed!
I "give up love"? You "recruit talents"?
I...you...he...
damn it!!!
Bang!
For a moment, Shangyue Jingzheng felt as if he was force-fed a cockroach. He felt disgusted and angry, and smashed his phone to the ground!
"Pants group Baga Yalu——! Baga——!!!"
Joetsu's roar echoed throughout the study!
He is not really senile. Although Gu Sheng’s tweet seems to be friendly, it actually contains a strong threat!
A little translation -
[As for Moriya's job-hopping, my explanation is that he and Konami broke up peacefully. You gave up your love for me and I accepted talents. Let's have a peaceful evolution and be more decent.]
[And you, my friend, you'd better not be shameless]
[Just follow my lead and forget about this matter. If you dare to say more, I will punish you.]
Too crazy!
Gu Sheng almost flew over and put the knife on Shang Yue Jingzheng's neck!
We are Konami!
Shangyue Jingzheng poured the heart medicine into his hands tremblingly, tilted his head back and put it into his mouth, his teeth grinding with a squeaking sound!
As one of the world's top comprehensive game manufacturers, it is now being coerced by a medium-sized game company!
The most important thing is.
Judging from the current situation, Konami will have to swallow their anger and accept this loss.
Because at this time Konami was facing internal and external troubles, and had to find ways to make up for the losses of Torii, and to calm the fluctuations in stock prices as quickly as possible. If they started a public opinion war with Golden Wind at this time, even though they were a big company, they would not be able to bear it.
After all, Konami is now suffering from overall losses, but Golden Wind is making huge profits!
And the most important thing is that the current public opinion is naturally in favor of gold!
Take a look at the comments below Gu Sheng’s tweet:
"Didn't you go to Konami to buy some goods, buddy?"
'Konami Job Market'
"Hahahahahahahaha I'm fucking laughing my ass off. All the steel chain fingers are former Konami employees."
'Some people are chief directors on the surface, but they are chief HR (dog head) behind the scenes'
'The mountains don't move, but the water does? Is it moving again?'
"No more chatter! Let's go!"
'Does anyone dare to tag KONAMI? I want to know if it's really a giveaway and not a forced dig?'
'Fuck! @KONAMI株式会社@KONAMI Joetsu Keimasa, my big brother is asking you a question! Stop playing dead!'
'Haha ...'
'Report! KONAMI's stock price has plunged! Generals, please type "good death" on the public screen!'
'Good death! I'll report back if you continue to investigate!'
"I don't know why, but I feel like this last beautiful wish is a little weird..."
'Mysterious power from the East'
'Keijoshi Keiji's keyboard is leaking milk'
"……"
Everyone is having fun!
At best, it was just a joke about Golden Wind's poaching, and it was full of praise for "well done"!
If they really want to fight a war of public opinion, Konami will have to fill this natural gap first, and then launch a large-scale confrontation with Golden Wind.
The cost is too high.
Even if Joetsu Keimasa really lost his mind, the shareholders' meeting would never agree to go into a full-scale war with Golden Wind for the sake of Toru Moritani at this moment.
Endure! Endure! Endure!
Everything was just as Gu Sheng expected.
The next morning, a tweet that was extremely humiliating to Konami appeared on the social platform:
[KONAMI Co., Ltd.: The road ahead is long and the mountains are high. I wish Mr. Moriya @Moriya Tetsuya a wonderful future. I also wish your company @黄金之风V more success and climb to greater heights. ]
As soon as this message was released, people who were just watching for fun burst into laughter and joked that Konami was "tweeting with gritting their teeth"!
As for this unprecedented top- level personnel change, relevant media also flocked to report it like swarms -
《A peaceful breakup? A wise bird chooses a good tree? Konami's managing director switches to Golden Wind!》
"Shocking news! Golden Wind has added another heavyweight general!"
"Konami's stock price plummets! Supernova gets a good coach!"
[Is Konami genuine in the golden age? From senior technical staff to senior management, is the frequent loss of talent due to the attraction of the golden age too great, or is Konami in danger of a series of failures...]
[The stock price plunge caused by the unprecedented major personnel changes is still continuing. Faced with such a predicament, how should Konami break the deadlock...]
[One year after the dissolution of Yamamoto Studio, Koizumi Studio, one of the three major studios of Konami, also announced its dissolution, and director Kazuo Koizumi resigned. Konami seemed to have fallen into the most precarious period in its history...]
【……】
So far!
It has been more than half a year since Golden Wind began lurking and plotting to ambush Konami, and now it has ended with Konami humiliatingly and temporarily raising the white flag.
The final result was seen by everyone——
As for Konami, Torii was a disastrous failure, becoming the most loss-making 3S-level game in Konami's game history. Koizumi Studio, one of the three major studios under its umbrella, was disbanded, and Managing Director Moriya Tetsuya resigned, and the stock price plummeted...
As for Golden Wind, Sekiro’s average score of 9.9 is second only to To the Moon, which has a public welfare bonus. In terms of popularity, it is second only to Plants vs. Zombies, which is available on both platforms and is suitable for all ages. At the same time, Golden Wind has also firmly established itself as a medium-sized game manufacturer, earning 350 million dollars in a single month, more than 2 billion yuan, and has also successfully joined forces with Tetsuya Moritani, the former managing director of Konami’s game division...
For a time, the entire gaming community was abuzz with discussions, lamenting that Konami was no longer as glorious as it once was and the speed at which Golden Wind rose in just three years.
However, the two parties involved did not care much about these things at this time.
Because Konami is busy dealing with the mess.
Meanwhile, Golden Wind is busy discussing the development of Peak State.
Yes.
Just two days after the official announcement that Toru Moritani had joined Golden Wind, Toru Moritani flew from Japan to China and joined the Golden Wind game company.
In terms of position, he directly served as the deputy director of Golden Wind Game, on par with Lu Bian and Dajiang, and second only to the two presidents Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng.
Moritani was very satisfied with this position. After all, he came to China just to join Gu Sheng.
The position of deputy director is directly under the leadership of Gu Sheng.
As for the others, they were all convinced.
Are you kidding? He was the second-in-command and managing director of a top international company. He has a lot of experience and a huge network of contacts!
If we talk about the size, it is no exaggeration to say that Moritani is condescending to join Golden Wind!
Not to mention being a deputy director, even if he became the second deputy general manager of Golden Wind like Gu Sheng, I'm afraid no one would raise any objection!
that's all!
With the addition of Tetsuya Moritani, Golden Wind, after a successful start with the "Sekiro" project, has officially stepped into the development path of the medium-sized game market, marching forward towards large manufacturers and officially heading towards the international level!
And the first shot to officially connect with the international standards!
It starts with "Peak Nation"!
In the conference room, Gu Sheng gestured to Tetsuya Moritani——
"Now let Director Moriya talk about the project plan of "Peak Nation" in detail..."