Chapter 385 Dragon Head
Seeing the caller's name, Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Then he made a gesture to keep quiet, answered the call and turned on the speaker.
"Hello, Chairman Jiang."
Gu Sheng greeted them with a relaxed tone, without any of the solemnity that he had just shown during the meeting.
On the other side, Jiang Yingcai's voice was heard:
"Hey, Mr. Gu, I hope I didn't disturb you?"
"No, no, haha ."
Gu Sheng smiled:
"What instructions does Chairman Jiang have?"
"Hey - that's not even an instruction, hahaha."
Jiang Yingcai also knew that Gu Sheng was joking, so he laughed and then paused and said:
"But today I do have something I want to talk to you about."
Here it comes.
Hearing this, Gu Sheng was shocked, and all the executives of Golden Wind who were present straightened up and focused.
Everyone knows what the sudden call from Huayu Electronics means at this time.
Indeed, Vice President Moritani is well-informed. Even though he has left Konami for a long time, he is still able to get information about the price adjustment of Dream.
However, as the only semi-official leading organization in China, it is not difficult for Huayu Electronics to obtain similar information.
Jiang Yingcai basically wouldn't disturb them unless he had something to do.
Typical of people who don't visit temples for no reason.
And now, just at this moment, Jiang Yingcai called.
What needs to be said is naturally self-evident.
Gu Sheng nodded: "Please speak, Chairman Jiang."
"Hmm... where should I start..."
After a pause, Jiang Yingcai thought for a while and spoke slowly:
"It's like this, Mr. Gu. I don't know if you have heard any news about the price adjustment of the American Dream Engine Company recently."
“Yeah, I heard some rumors.”
Gu Sheng's answer was somewhat ambiguous. He wanted to hear what Jiang Yingcai knew:
"But it's not quite accurate, Chairman Jiang, you know that I'm generally not very interested in this kind of gossip... So... is it true?"
“Hehe, um—”
Hearing this, Jiang Yingcai on the phone laughed bitterly:
"Boss Gu, this news is really not the usual rumors. According to what we have learned, this time, Huanmeng's price adjustment policy is set in stone..."
Speaking of.
Jiang Yingcai told Gu Sheng exactly what he had learned.
It was basically the same information as what Moritani had obtained.
In other words, Huanmeng has already made the decision on this price adjustment, and it is inevitable.
Their Golden Wind, and even the neck of the entire Chinese gaming industry, was firmly in the hands of Huanmeng.
“…and the impact goes beyond that,”
Jiang Yingcai said:
"You should know that this time, Huanmeng's differential treatment is aimed at 'all companies registered in China',"
"You may not know that over the years, Chinese game companies, led by your Golden Wind, have emerged in the world, and our market environment can be said to be getting better and better,"
"Not only our own companies, but also Yiyou, Nuyan, Tianlang and others are making great strides internationally,"
"The market development and policy inclination have also attracted the favor of many foreign investors, such as Singapore, Malaysia, and even Qatar in West Asia, which have participated or are preparing to participate in our development to a certain extent,"
"but,"
"With the news leaking out now, many interested investment groups have chosen to wait and see,"
"Not only the gaming industry, but even some related high-tech industries are worried about being affected and have temporarily slowed down their investment registrations,"
"The higher-ups are taking this situation very seriously..."
"As the flagship company, Golden Wind has both position and importance. I don't need to explain it to you, right?"
Hearing this!
Gu Sheng took a deep breath.
Jiang Yingcai's words were obviously something he had not expected.
indeed.
Today's Golden Wind is no longer the small workshop with "a dozen people and seven or eight guns".
As they have been featured in the China Daily four times and officially hailed as "representatives of emerging national enterprises", they are now shouldering not only their own profits and losses, but also social responsibilities.
This is inevitable.
It is said that rights and obligations complement each other.
Since they have enjoyed the rights that a flagship leader should have, they should naturally fulfill their obligations.
Although it is a bit outrageous, or even unbelievable, that a company with a current size of less than 10 billion has become the industry's flagship leader.
But that's the way it is.
otherwise!
Why didn't Yunwei and Vivendi, who supported Huanmeng from behind, impose sanctions on them earlier or later, but instead imposed discriminatory sanctions on them and even the entire Chinese game industry after Golden Wind launched the first milestone next-generation FPS flagship " Call "?
It's obvious.
This matter is aimed at their Golden Wind!
This doesn't just mean that Yunwei covets the priceless IPs in their hands!
It also means that the capital organization centered on Vivendi will not allow China to rise in this rapidly developing industry.
China's gaming market is too big, but now, this market, which was supposed to be at their disposal, is deviating from its "positioning."
This can be seen from the market share of the somatosensory cabin alone, not to mention game sales.
Three years ago, when Golden Wind was first established, the somatosensory cabins of the two comprehensive game giants, Yunwei and Konami, had a combined market share of 52% in China.
As of now, Golden Wind has been established for three and a half years, and the market share of the two domestic somatosensory cabins, Yiyu and Xunteng, has reached an astonishing 68% in China!
In just less than four years, the two international giants suffered successive defeats and their market share continued to shrink.
From the beginning, they were the well-deserved half of the market, but now the two of them together can barely share the world with Yiyu and Xunteng.
Such continued downturn and shrinkage is absolutely unacceptable to them.
As for the game.
Not to mention.
Keizo Kamikoshi didn't want to talk, and Kodick didn't want to talk either.
And the reason.
Everything is closely related to the golden wind.
China's industry must be suppressed and the golden trend must die.
This is the fundamental purpose of Huanmeng’s pricing adjustment strategy this time.
Speaking of this, Jiang Yingcai said:
"And as China's flagship..."
…
"...This seat should be given to you two. Please take a seat, Mr. Shen."
"...That's right, Mr. Gu, we are not strangers here today , so don't be polite. Please take a seat."
The next day!
Regarding this matter, Huayudian took the lead in organizing a private meeting.
Participants in the conference include not only heavyweight manufacturers such as Yiyou and Xunteng.
Medium-sized manufacturers such as Jiahua Games, Phantom Technology, Qunfeng Technology, and Wind Studio also sent representatives of their leaders to participate.
At the head of the huge conference table are naturally the seats of the current Chairman of Huayu Electronics, Jiang Yingcai, and Vice Chairman, Zheng Yingzi.
Opposite the main seat, Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao were being "hostage" by Yan Sheng and Chen Guangde to sit down.
Logically speaking, this is the first position among the manufacturer representatives. In the past, this position must have belonged to Yiyou and Xunteng. It is the natural choice for the two largest comprehensive game companies in China to sit here.
But now.
As soon as they arrived at the venue, Chen Guangde and Yan Sheng, as if they had discussed it beforehand, brought Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao, who came to attend the meeting, to the first seat.
This made the Gu couple look like they were wearing yellow robes.
"Why--"
Gu Sheng was forced to sit down by Chen Guangde. He looked at the little Nezha beside him, shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"Let me take this seat. Mr. Chen, Mr. Yan, you really made me suffer..."
"With great power comes great responsibility,"
Yan Sheng laughed and said:
"Director Shen, President Gu, this matter is of great importance. Even the upper management takes it very seriously. It is not appropriate for either me or Lao Chen to sit in this position."
"Yes, yes."
Chen Guangde also nodded repeatedly:
"Now our brothers in China can be the masters of their own country and have a firm foothold in the international arena. We all know where their confidence comes from and what they rely on. Mr. Gu and Mr. Shen, please stop shirking your responsibilities. Let's focus on solving the problem."
Over here, the two major manufacturers said this, and on the side, medium-sized manufacturers such as Phantom Technology and Wind Studio also followed suit:
"Yes, Mr. Gu, everyone is unsure now and wants a backbone."
"That's right, their illusions are too much this time. They are obviously coming for us. Mr. Gu, you have to make a decision."
"Mr. Chen is right. We are all here to solve the problem. Mr. Shen, don't worry about this position. You can sit still."
"Indeed, I can sit still, I can sit still..."
“…”
Amidst all the chatter!
Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao looked at each other and nodded in agreement, thus securing their position as the leader of this manufacturer.
Soon after, with the arrival of the two presidents, Jiang Yingcai and Zheng Yingzi, the meeting began.
Since today's meeting was not positioned as a formal open meeting, Jiang Yingcai did not have any extra opening remarks at the beginning. He went straight to the point and first talked about the current situation.
"...without a doubt."
Jiang Yingcai said:
"The current situation, as the leader said, is extremely urgent."
Upon hearing this, all the manufacturers' representatives shrank their necks.
Everyone knew what level of "leader" Jiang Yingcai was referring to.
The fact that senior leaders have already used words like "urgent" is enough to prove how much importance they attach to this situation.
"Therefore, the most urgent task now is to break the shackles and blockades in the shortest possible time and embark on a new path of independent research and development in China. This is not only related to the survival of our own emerging industries, but also the best opportunity to show our Chinese speed to the targets of investment attraction."
As he spoke, Jiang Yingcai raised his eyes from his conference book and looked at the manufacturers' representatives present:
"Now I want to know, among the manufacturers present here, which one has self-developed engine technology?"
As soon as these words came out.
The representatives looked at each other.
In the end, only Chen Guangde raised his hand:
"We have..."
As the only company in the market with its own self-developed engine.
Logically speaking, Chen Guangde should be extremely proud at this time.
But in fact, instead of pride, there was a bit of embarrassment on his face.
Because their engine...
It hasn't been updated in almost eight hundred years.
Yes.
"FireWire", developed by Tianlang Studio, uses the Microlight Engine developed by the Xun Teng team.
but!
This engine was manufactured almost ten years ago and is considered the "ancestral engine" of the Xun Teng family.
Moreover, because players have always paid for Crosswire even if the engine was not updated, in order to save trouble, in the subsequent process of transplanting the motion sensing cabin of Crosswire, the engine was also transplanted to the motion sensing cabin, so that they can save money and copy it.
As for the plan to update the engine, it was delayed again and again, so that no one mentioned updating the engine anymore.
And this!
It is actually the only self-developed engine in the hands of many Chinese game manufacturers.
"Um……"
Hearing this, Jiang Yingcai nodded, waved to Chen Guangde, and turned his gaze to Gu Sheng who was frowning in thought:
"Boss Gu, do you have any ideas?"
