Chapter 394: Industry earthquake! Rewriting the landscape! The First World War in the gaming industry!
End of December.
The weather is already very cold.
The golden autumn for the gaming industry has passed.
Everything is dormant, including most industries.
After all, foreign companies are busy celebrating Halloween and Christmas, while domestic manufacturers are preparing for the Spring Festival.
At this time in the past, looking at the entire gaming industry, only two types of manufacturers were the busiest:
One is a gaming platform like Yiyou.
They are busy sorting out the special price lists submitted by various manufacturers, arranging the special price game quotas for each week, and organizing Spring Festival promotion activities.
One is the major online game manufacturers.
They are busy organizing activities, getting players to make electronic dumplings, fight the cyber Nian beast, and set off virtual fireworks in the game, so that players can also experience the feeling of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new in the game.
Oh, of course, more important than this is doing the Spring Festival event lottery.
It’s winter vacation, and both children and adults are on vacation. Online game manufacturers will not let you go unless they give you some New Year’s money.
And beyond that!
The entire gaming community has almost quieted down, and there is basically no explosive news to announce at this time.
This has been basically the case in previous years.
But this year!
Things seem to be different.
Because ever since Golden Wind announced that it will lead "Minecraft" to participate in the Cologne Game Show to be held at the end of February next year.
The gaming circle, which was supposed to be calm and peaceful, suddenly became turbulent!
Not only are undercurrents surging, but on the surface, one jaw-dropping piece of news after another, even enough to change the world's gaming landscape, has been announced!
For a time, all kinds of news were flying everywhere!
Among them , the first dark tide that broke out was the one that was wildly spread and hotly discussed in the gaming industry a week after Golden Wind officially announced the "Minecraft" project -
[Kagemasa Joetsu retires, Golden Wind acquires a large stake in Konami and takes a seat on the board of directors! ]
Once this news was leaked, the heat it brought was no longer just an explosion, but a nuclear strike!
That day!
The "China Game Developer Forum" collapsed!
The entire forum is filled with discussion posts about this matter!
"Oh my god! Something big has happened! It is said that Xiao Huang bought out the shares of Shangyue Jingzheng worth 2.5 billion dollars for only one dollar!"
"Kaikoshi Keizo is missing! Damn... I feel like there's something fishy going on here..."
"I still can't connect [Golden Wind] and [Konami] together. These two have been fighting for more than a year, right?"
"It's a complete loss. Look at how bad the reputation and sales of "Night Cloud Island" are now. Kamikoshi Keizo can't stand it anymore."
"I can understand Run, but the point is that Golden Wind taking over this matter... is too magical!"
"A one-time purchase of 2.5 billion dollars worth of shares? This is... this news is so fake that it seems to be true! After all, it is hard to imagine that someone would make up such a ridiculous news!"
"Indeed, the more ridiculous and fantastic the news is, the more it seems to be true..."
"But the question is... Is Golden Wind going to take a seat on Konami's board of directors? Will the two companies join forces in the future?"
"I don't know. Let's see. If they really unite, it will explode..."
"……"
good!
Just as discussed by various anonymous peers in the forum!
After two brief rounds of negotiations!
It only took Moriya Tetsuya three short questions to get Jay Kotoshi Keimasa to hand over his Konami shares for one dollar.
Do you think, apart from us, anyone else would dare to acquire your shares now?
What do you think will happen to you, who are worthless, if the equity is not given to us but handed over to Ito?
Now, apart from the Yamaguchi-gumi, who else can get you out of Japan safely under the supervision of the Ito Group of Directors?
And! Just as Gu Sheng said before!
With the money Shangyue Jingzheng has now
He had no choice at all!
but!
Many colleagues in the forum did not guess some of the answers correctly.
That is, after Golden Wind took over the shares held by Keizo Sugetsu, it did not directly join the Konami board of directors.
After all, when Ito watched the Yamaguchi-gumi people take away Joetsu Keimasa right under his nose, he immediately realized who was secretly interfering and letting the duck in his mouth fly away!
The furious Ito directly made a phone call to Golden Wind.
The first thing he said was, "Mr. Gu has swallowed up such a large amount of equity. Aren't you afraid that one day...?"
But before he could finish his words!
Gu Sheng just said a few words and slapped him in the face!
"The phone call is recorded, Ito, think before you speak."
In one sentence!
It was like a basin of cold water poured over his head, extinguishing Ito's rage on the spot!
Who is Gu Sheng?
President of Golden Wind, Honorary Vice Chairman of Binjiang Youth Entrepreneurs Association, representative of the annual provincial outstanding young entrepreneurs, and an emerging outstanding young national entrepreneur who has been named and praised by the Chinese government four times!
How dare you be so careless with your words?
Isn’t the lesson from the fact that Koizumi almost caused a catastrophe profound enough?
A transatlantic phone call threatening representatives of young Chinese entrepreneurs?
If it really gets to the diplomatic level, not to mention the Japanese government, even the Lord won’t be able to save you!
It is even possible that the Japanese government will fire him to calm down the diplomatic incident!
There was silence on the phone for a full half minute!
It’s not that Ito doesn’t want to talk, nor is it that he’s choosing his words.
Instead, he was trying hard to swallow the breath and try his best to avoid choking to death.
Even if his teeth were knocked out, he could only swallow it!
Because Golden Wind is now the representative of China's "emerging industries" and a big celebrity!
Although Gu Sheng's behavior in the matter of Shangyue Jingzheng was indeed sinister and treacherous, it can be regarded as a typical example of a fisherman who gains a profit, and he got a huge bargain!
But so what?
We do things, that's how it is.
then!
Out of helplessness!
Ito agreed to Gu Sheng's huge request almost with tears in his eyes, and took over 7.85% of Kamikoshi Keizo's shares from Gu Sheng for a huge sum of 3 billion dollars, becoming the largest shareholder of Konami Group. Together with two other shareholders, he took 2/3 of Konami's decision-making seats!
And just half a week later, he suddenly announced—
[Former Konami President Keizo Joetsu resigns, and the new president will be former Nakamura Studio Chief Director "Nakamura Masakazu"! 】
and--
[Starting today, Konami will initiate merger and acquisition negotiations with Vivendi. If successful, Konami will be renamed "Konami-Vivendi"]
Because this news was officially announced by Konami.
So once the news was announced, the entire gaming industry exploded!
Konami-Vivendi!
what does that mean?
This means that Konami will also become a "Yunwei-Vivendi"-like existence!
This also means that from now on, the landscape of the global gaming market will be completely rewritten!
Vivendi will lead the two strongest comprehensive game manufacturers in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and start its absolute domination of the global game market!
"Half of the country! Vivendi starts the merger and acquisition process, Konami will join Vivendi!"
"Yunwei on the left hand! Konami on the right hand! What changes will Vivendi, which controls half of the world's game market, bring to the gaming industry?"
"A superpower and multiple strong companies have been established! After the acquisition, Vivendi will become the undisputed leader in the global gaming market!"
"Is the gaming industry progressing or regressing? Analyzing the implications of Vivendi's acquisition from multiple perspectives!"
"An industry earthquake is coming! With Vivendi's dominance, where should Chinese manufacturers go?"
《……》
Industry earthquake!
The industry is in uproar!
As this new world gaming industry landscape was established, people were not only amazed at Vivendi's sudden rise to supremacy, but also turned their attention to the East!
In today's East, Konami, which was once hailed as a rival to Yunwei, has now joined the ranks of Yunwei.
That's it!
If we want to count the great men, we have to look at the Golden Wind that has been shining brightly and rampant on the international stage in recent years!
after all!
The current Golden Wind is not only because of the several battles with Konami and Yunwei.
What’s even more amazing is!
Currently, Golden Wind is suffering from the "engine blockade" initiated by Vivendi, supported by Yunwei and Konami, and launched by Huanmeng Group!
Yes!
Just after Vivendi started negotiations to acquire Konami.
It was like a huge machine suddenly started running.
Following closely, Huanmeng Group finally officially released the authorization price adjustment announcement for the "Huanmen 5" and "Fantasy 3" engines.
Although the price adjustment had already spread throughout the gaming community before this, even the price details were available.
but!
When this announcement was actually issued, it was confirmed!
Many game manufacturers couldn't help but curse, and the heated discussions were rampant!
Among all the manufacturers, the Chinese gaming company group headed by Golden Wind naturally attracted much attention.
After all, according to what the Fantasy Dream Group said - [based on "transaction exchange rates and the impact of relevant policies and regulations", the runtime fee for using "Fantasy Dream 5" by registered manufacturers in China is 7 yuan per time (about $1), and the runtime fee for developing and running "Fantasy Dream 3" is 3.5 yuan per time (about $0.5)] - this is clearly discriminating against Chinese manufacturers at the price level!
In other words.
This is a naked technological blockade!
What will Chinese manufacturers say?
What will Chinese manufacturers do?
How will Chinese manufacturers respond?
Especially the Golden Wind!
Now, the alliance between Yunwei and Konami is a foregone conclusion!
Golden Wind, which had always been at odds with these two industry giants, was already at the center of the storm.
In addition, the engine technology of Huanmeng is now blocked.
Amidst numerous difficulties, Golden Wind seemed to have fallen into an unprecedented quagmire, which could be described as adding insult to injury!
However!
While almost the entire world gaming industry is still watching and discussing the matter secretly!
Ten days have passed since Golden Wind released the concept poster of "Minecraft"!
Another tweet from Golden Wind ignited the fuse of the [First World War in the Gaming Industry]——
【Golden Wind V: From now on, Golden Wind will join forces with @Yiyou Games @Xun Teng Games @Rage Games @Zhenting Games @Meiying Technology @Qunfeng Games... a total of 17 brother groups to jointly develop China's first commercial engine - "Golden Engine". China is a nation that pursues peace and kindness, but we will never compromise with hegemony in the past, we will not compromise now, and we will never compromise in the future. 】
