Chapter 518 Don't worry! I'll take care of everything!
"... President, what do you think of us? Should we take action in advance?"
Takasugi Isao’s judgment was absolutely correct.
Unfounded suspicion is always a thorn.
Once it gets into people's minds, it will take root and sprout at an incredibly fast speed even if there is no valid evidence.
After coming out of Takasugi Isao's office, Ono Hide immediately ran to Nakamura Masakazu's office to make an "urgent report" -
Takasugi Isao is going to rebel!
and.
As we all know, when people retell a story, they will subconsciously add more details to make the other person believe them.
So.
The original objective fact of "Takasugi Isao and Moritani Tetsuya had a video call" was relayed by Ono Hide as:
"Takasugi Isao secretly talked to Golden Wind Vice President Moritani in the office . The content of the conversation vaguely included words such as 'salary', 'node', and 'project status'. If I hadn't suddenly entered the office, I'm afraid no one would have been able to discover Takasugi Isao's secret conversation."
It sounds very serious indeed.
The most important thing is that Ono Hide's description is vivid and colorful.
As the true and false stories were exaggerated, Nakamura Masakazu couldn't help but frown and thought to himself that something was wrong.
What you fear will come true.
Now, with the Tokyo Game Festival about to begin and the official announcement of the golden wind "Resident Evil VIII", they are in an unprecedented predicament.
The situation was not optimistic to begin with.
Who would have expected.
Such a big mistake happened halfway!
Takasugi Isao...
Nakamura Masakazu was shocked, and a cold light of resentment flashed in his eyes.
Come to think of it, he actually disliked Takasugi Isao for a long time, including that Nishikawa Jiro.
Just as Moritani said.
Because he himself rose to the top of Peak Studios and became the president.
Therefore, after he took office, the first major change he made was to abolish the Peak Studio, which was once considered one of Konami's three pillars, to prevent others from following suit and squeezing him out in the same way.
Originally, according to the plan!
As long as they can get through Tokyo Game Festival safely this time!
Then the next step, Nakamura Masakazu will immediately take action against Takasugi Isao.
First, use peaceful means to transfer the [Neural Safety Valve Technology] held by Takasugi Isao's studio to his own studio.
After that, he continued to squeeze the resources of Takasugi and Nishikawa studios, while vigorously supporting the branches of his own studio.
I believe that it won’t be long before my own branch of Nakamura Studio will be able to completely replace the original two top studios.
Although Takasugi Isao and Nishikawa were kicked out of the company, it did not mean that he could rest easy from now on.
But how can one allow others to sleep peacefully on the bed?
Being able to eliminate more hidden dangers will ultimately make people feel more at ease.
Everything was planned well!
I never expected it!
This Gao Shanxun actually took action before him? !
Masakazu Nakamura couldn't help but frown and think.
Obviously.
Now is definitely not the time to attack Takasugi Isao.
On the contrary, in order to ensure the smooth release of the Tokyo Game Festival, he had to coax Takasugi Isao.
At the very least, he should keep Takasugi Studio until the Tokyo Game Festival is over, and wait until he has fully utilized his authority to master Takasugi Studio's safety valve technology before he can break up with it.
Otherwise, the situation would be very complicated.
Just like the development of Battlefield 2042 in Gu Sheng’s previous life——
Theoretically speaking, as another large-scale battlefield game after "Battlefield 5", the quality of "Battlefield 2042" should not be so poor when it was first released.
As the founder of the Battlefield series and the developer of the Frostbite engine, the old DICE team is now in charge of Battlefield again, and can at least ensure that they will do no good or no bad.
However, just when the development progress was almost halfway completed.
The long-simmering conflict between the old DICE team and the top management erupted.
The reasons for the conflict are complex and need not be elaborated here.
What is important is the serious consequences of this conflict - 80% of the old DICE team left (and later developed a game called "The Finals").
The problem is serious.
You know, at this time the development progress of "2042" has been more than half completed, and the collective departure of the production team means that the project almost has to start from scratch!
What’s even more terrifying is that the Frostbite Engine used to develop “2042” was also made by these people!
Once they leave, not to mention the subsequent engine upgrades, even just getting started with the operations will be a daunting task for the new production team!
For investors, the repeated delays of game projects are absolutely intolerable.
So.
The most disastrous battlefield work in history was born.
Although 2042 has been gradually improving in subsequent updates, the new DICE seems to have created its own style.
But it is undeniable that the poor quality of the game has indeed made EA-DICE suffer the consequences of its own production.
And now!
The situation faced by Masakazu Nakamura is exactly the same as that of EA-DICE!
In any case, he couldn't rashly attack Takasugi Studio without fully mastering the neural safety valve technology!
While Nakamura Masakazu was still hesitating and weighing the pros and cons and thinking about countermeasures!
Knock knock knock——
Suddenly!
There was a knock on the office door.
hiss--
The sudden knock on the door broke the silence in the office and startled both Masakazu Nakamura and Hide Ono who came to report.
"Come in?"
Hesitate for a moment.
As Nakamura Masakazu's voice sounded, the office door opened.
A gentle-looking man appeared at the door, his face as calm as water.
It was Takasugi Isao.
"President Nakamura."
Takasugi Isao didn't say much, just nodded to Nakamura Masaru and walked out of the office.
What else is there to say.
As expected, Ono Hide appeared in Nakamura's office, and the situation was already obvious.
However!
Just as he walked up to Nakamura's desk and was about to speak!
Bang!
Suddenly!
Suddenly, Nakamura Masakazu slammed the table, pointed at Ono Hideki, who was sitting opposite him, with his legs crossed and a careless look on his face, and started to curse:
"Bagaya! Get out of here! Is there any place for you to sit here? You have no manners!"
ah?
Nakamura Masakazu's sudden scolding startled both Takasugi Isao and Ono Hide.
Especially Ono Hide!
My head is buzzing!
Big brother? What's going on? Why are you suddenly at odds with me?
However, although he was confused, Ono Hideo wisely jumped up and bowed at a standard 90-degree angle:
"Ha Yi! Private...Private Masai! President!"
However, Nakamura Masakazu did not appreciate it and even insisted:
"Is it me you should be sorry for? You are shaking the morale of the army and creating internal conflicts before the battle begins..."
"I haven't settled accounts with you for my previous misjudgment of the situation, and now you're spreading these unfounded rumors. I can see that you don't really care about the project."
"Say hello to the Human Resources Department. You will be in charge of the security of the exhibition."
"roll."
ah???
The sudden turn of events caused Ono Hide to fall into unprecedented confusion in his life.
"No... President... I..."
The confused Ono Hide seemed to want to struggle a little more, and pointed at Takasugi Isao who had already sat down safely:
"But he...?"
Bang——!!!
Before Ono Hide could finish his sentence!
Nakamura Masakazu's glass ashtray has arrived!
"Kuso crushes the road and there is no way to compete!"
It fell right at Ono Hide's feet, and as Nakamura shouted angrily, it broke into pieces in an instant:
"I told you to get out! Now!"
Click.
As 'Security Captain Ono Hide' rolled out of the office with his neck shrunk.
Nakamura Masakazu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of anger:
"Well - bastard thing -"
And simple decoration.
Takasugi Isao also opened his mouth.
But before he could open his mouth, Nakamura Masakazu waved his hand:
"I already know the situation, Captain Gaoshan, there is no need to explain too much."
"Here I am,"
"What happened to Mr. Moritani will not happen a second time."
A sentence.
This is enough to show the skill of Masakazu Nakamura.
At Konami, everyone knew that Toru Moritani was also forced to leave the company.
The question of "Did Moritani betray Konami?" has already been answered in the minds of most Konami employees.
Indeed, Managing Director Moritani had a very good personal relationship with Golden Wind's President Gu Sheng.
But personal relationships are personal relationships.
In official business, Executive Director Moritani has never been lenient towards Golden Wind.
If the former president Keizo Jyoukoshi had adopted Managing Director Moritani's defensive plan during the promotion war between Torii and Sekiro, the company would have made great progress.
Then there is no doubt that all the deployments of Golden Wind will fall into the dilemma of hitting cotton with a punch, with half the result with twice the effort.
And their "Torii" will gain twice the result with half the effort in local operations.
Although in terms of game quality, the final winner is most likely "Sekiro", after all, it is still a unique ARPG at this level.
But at least, they won't lose so badly that it will take them half a year to recover.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
"...Even later, I said that if I was in charge of Konami, I would definitely follow the lead of Managing Director Moritani."
At this point, Nakamura Masakazu shook his head slowly and sighed:
"But unfortunately, by the time I had the honor of leading Konami, Managing Director Moriya had already left. It was really... a great pity."
After saying that.
Then Nakamura Masakazu paused slightly.
Then he changed the subject and said something serious:
"And now, the decision-making errors that happened before, I will not let it happen again,"
"Team Leader Takasugi,"
"Konami can't afford to lose another pillar of its team because of a stupid mistake that they didn't make,"
"You and General Manager Moriya have a close personal relationship, and this is known to everyone in the company,"
"It's just that now... the period is quite sensitive,"
"So there are some rumors, and I hope Captain Takasugi will not take them to heart."
Talking about it!
Nakamura Masakazu picked up the boiling kettle and carefully brewed a cup of tea for Takasugi Isao. He offered it with both hands and said sincerely and firmly:
"Konami can't lose the Takasugi Group, and I can't lose Takasugi Isao. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."
