Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 174

"500 yen, they might not agree."

Rogers roughly guessed what Nintendo meant and felt that the price offered by the company was still too high.

If the copyright price is so expensive, they will definitely not buy it.

This is also related to the characteristics of the handheld game console.

All handheld game consoles currently produced are of the type where the game cartridges cannot be removed.

The game console comes with a few games, and players can only play those games, which is a bit similar to the early consoles.

For Nintendo.

If the game copyright is too expensive, it is better to just release your own games.

Anyway, they have a lot of their own games, so even if they are not as attractive as their own "Soviet Tribe", they won't be much worse.

"Yeah, too."

Thinking about the current situation, Masato Takeshita finally chose to give in.

"Let's do this. We'll lower the price of each game to 450 yen. If Nintendo still doesn't agree, we'll make our own handheld game console."

The technical content of handheld game consoles is relatively low, especially those that cannot replace game cartridges, which are even lower.

He played with similar things when he was a kid, and one cost only a dozen bucks.

There are usually several interesting mini-games built in, such as "Tetris", "Racing", "Snake", etc.

He drew a sketch and estimated that Star Ocean Games and Star Ocean Semiconductor would need one month to produce a prototype.

As for production, it is a little more troublesome, but it is not unsolvable.

"Understood. I'll convey that."

Although it was still difficult for Nintendo to agree to this price, he knew that this was the final concession made by his chairman.

Masato Takeshita was worried that Nintendo was playing tricks and would put "Soviet Triangle" aside after purchasing it, so he quickly added an explanation.

"Also, we need to sign a built-in cooperation agreement. During the agreement period, all game handhelds produced by Nintendo must have Soviet Triangle built-in."

"Don't worry, even if we don't say it, the agreement will include this clause."

StarCraft Games may indeed overlook this, but the law firm will not forget it.

If there are obvious loopholes in the contract, a law firm will collapse instantly and it will be difficult for its lawyers to make a comeback.

But the defensive heart is indispensable.

What if the law firm and Nintendo are colluding with each other?
Although similar cases are rare, they are not difficult to find.

This is a big business involving tens of billions of yen and must be taken seriously.

"Well, fine, go ahead and get busy."

After hanging up the phone, Masato Takeshita placed his left hand on the table and tapped the table unconsciously with his right hand.

“It’s time to set up a professional legal department and not rely too much on external cooperation.”

Several companies under Masato Takeshita have legal departments, but excluding those who work part-time, the level of their lawyers is not very high.

He plans to develop all part-time high-level lawyers into full-time ones. At the same time, if there is a good opportunity, he will also try to acquire several top law firms.

One in Japan, one in Europe, and one in the United States.

This will fully guarantee the interests of Masato Takeshita's companies in the world's major economies.

He also wants to become a company like Disney and Nintendo.

A lawsuit with a point will definitely win, and a lawsuit without a point has a chance of winning.

The god of law.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. Masato Takeshita immediately contacted Ryo Asuka who was interested in joining the company.

"Asuka-san, I have considered the cooperation you mentioned."

Asuka Ryo had anticipated that such a day would come, and responded calmly.

"Okay, President Takeshita. When do we meet?"

"Do you have time now?"

"Well, anytime."

"Okay, I'm in the Star Ocean game now, come over."

Asuka Ryo is Masato Takeshita's most important co-lawyer.

Basically, young people would give her all the legal issues to look at.

This urban white-collar worker is naturally no stranger to the Star Ocean game.

"Hi, please wait."

Asuka Ryo was already a little impatient and directly put himself in the subordinate position.

She loves children, but the law firm is too busy, so she has to put it off for the sake of career advancement.

It’s different in the company, lawyers have a lot of rest time.

She wants to get pregnant and give birth to a pair of children for her husband, with whom she has been married for five years.

40 minutes later, Fei Niao Liangfeng arrived at Xinghai Game in a hurry.

After the two exchanged a few brief greetings, Masato Takeshita directly took out the employment contract he had just prepared.

"Take a look, and if there's anything that doesn't suit your taste, just say it."

"Okay, President!"

The employment contract offered by Masato Takeshita was very generous, with a fixed annual salary of 2000 million yen and commissions of varying amounts for business negotiations.

Although the commission is not as high as that of a law firm, it will not reduce income too much.

Of course, income is only a secondary concern for Asuka Ryo.

What she values more is her annual vacation.

Asuka Ryo raised his head solemnly and asked word by word, "Except for statutory holidays, there are 30 days of annual leave each year. That means there is a 1-day holiday every six months, right?"

"Yes."

High-end talents naturally need favorable entry conditions.

A long time ago, he knew from Asuka Ryo's hints that she attached great importance to rest.

So when it comes to rest, Masato Takeshita just maxed it out.

Most companies give 10 or 14 days, but young people only give 1 month.

"What about maternity leave?"

Asuka Ryo wants to have a child, so maternity leave is naturally a focus.

If time is short, she can only choose to refuse.

"Like other female employees in the company, I took 60 days off before the birth of my child and 150 days after the birth, for a total of 210 days of leave."

The maternity leave stipulated by Japanese law is only about three months.

In order to take care of the company's employees, Masato Takeshita doubled the standard.

Although this will increase the company's burden, it will better reflect the company's humanity.

At the same time, one-third of the salary will also be paid.

This, combined with two-thirds of the maternity leave subsidy, is equivalent to the employee receiving full salary.

A large company must have a certain sense of social responsibility.

Only in this way can we gain the love of employees and the respect of the people and government in the region.

This is especially important in Japan.

Because it can determine the votes and put politicians that the company likes into office.

"In addition, as a high-end talent in the company, you can choose to work from home even after your maternity leave is over."

“Until the child is one year old.”

This is not the Internet age yet, and working from home is also quite troublesome.

However, it is still worthwhile to recruit a new person specifically to run errands and communicate for high-end talents.

"The conditions are so good?"

“Feiniao lawyers are high-end talents and are worth our efforts.”

"Well, thank you. It's a pleasure to work with you."

"I will hand over my 180 kilograms to the company from now on."

Asuka Ryo looked at the relaxed conditions in front of him, and was so moved that he couldn't help but make a little joke.

"Well, please rest assured that the company will not treat any employee unfairly."

Everything in front of us is just a small scene, as the capital in hand continues to increase.

In the future, he will provide more benefits to his employees.

Asuka Ryo still has some unfinished business at the law firm, and it will take about half a month before he can start work.

At the same time, she also needs to find a group of qualified subordinates.

This way you won’t be marginalized.

After all, through chatting with Masato Takeshita, she knew clearly that she was not the only one.

This is normal. No large company would be willing to hand over all legal affairs to one force.

After Asuka Ryo left, Takeshita Masato continued to call several heavyweight lawyers who had cooperated with the company.

Most people choose to refuse, but in the end there are still people who want to live an easier life.

"Nishikawa-san, how long do you expect me to officially start work?"

Yoshikazu Nishikawa is a partner of another well-known law firm in Tokyo and often helps handle legal-related matters for Xinghai Semiconductor.

Masato Takeshita thought there was no hope, but unexpectedly, the other party agreed as soon as he communicated.

"About a month, there's still a lot to do."

"learn."

Masato Takeshita smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "Can you tell me why you chose our company?"

"My son is already 5 years old, but he is still a stranger to me. I don't want him to be like this in the future, so I want to spend more time with him."

"I see. I understand."

Although most people value money and power more, there are indeed a few people who pay more attention to family.

Masato Takeshita's senior, Masaru Ibuka, the founder of Sony, can be considered half a genius.

He attributed his daughter's autism problem entirely to his busy work.

For this reason, he quit Sony directly and focused all his attention on his family.

Few people can have such determination.

In addition to Ryo Asuka and Yoshikazu Nishikawa, Masato Takeshita also recruited two top lawyers, Junpei Kono and Yoshinori Takamiya.

But this is not enough.

Every company needs at least two top lawyers.

This way, you will have greater confidence when facing legal disputes.

"Teacher, I can only rely on you for this matter."

"You boy."

Inoue Kunihiko looked at his most promising student with a scoundrel look on his face.

He said unhappily, "If you are seen like this by your juniors, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

"Impossible, the younger students will just feel friendly."

Masato Takeshita raised his head and retorted, then turned to look at the assistant beside him.

"Qing Qian, don't you think so?" "Hey, me?"

Lin Qingqian, who was eating melons, didn't expect that her president would bring the topic to herself.

I was stunned for a moment, then said embarrassedly: "Yeah, it is true."

"Look, I'll just say it."

Takeshita Masato's expression was very proud, which made Inoue Kunihiko's image unsafe.

He strode up to the young man and asked maliciously, "Oh, really?"

"Um, well, teacher. The company's business needs are increasing, and we are in great need of talents who are proficient in legal matters."

"I hope you can introduce me to a few more people."

"The pay may not be as high as at a law firm. But the company is stable, and you get plenty of time to rest."

Masato Takeshita was worried about being beaten, so he quickly told the purpose of his visit today.

Many times, it is time to retreat.

"Hmph, let me let you go today."

Inoue Kunihiko didn't even think about really punishing him, and he shook his head and returned to his original seat.

This is normal, as Masato Takeshita is now the president of a large company.

Of course, you can no longer hit your head like you did in your student days.

"Hey, thank you sir."

The young man also knew this, and he chatted like this mainly to bring the two sides closer.

Because as Masato Takeshita's status increased, the relationship between the two became noticeably more distant.

Kunihiko Inoue didn't know how he should treat his most outstanding student.

When young people discover this, they will choose the most shameless way.

The purpose is clear.

I tactfully told my teacher that although I have achieved something now, the teacher will always be a teacher.

"Well, I'll try to help you contact them. Do you only want full-time? Or part-time?"

It is difficult to find a full-time Kunihiko Inoue, but it is different for part-time ones, as he can find a lot of them.

“Part-time job?”

"Yes, mainly school professors."

"School professor, this is fine."

Masato Takeshita wishes that all the professors in the school would have their names listed in his own company.

Even if they don't help the company, the young people are willing to do it.

Being a professor at a famous university is itself a symbol of status.

Their connections can help Masato Takeshita solve many problems.

This feature is particularly evident in Japan.

Because Japan is a famous society of politicians, civil servants, scholars and capitalists, a four-in-one society.

The power held by famous universities and scholars far exceeds that of China and the United States.

This also has to do with the size of the country.

The smaller the country, the easier it is to achieve a monopoly in schools.

Take the three East Asian countries as an example:
China is a country with a large population, so although it has the top universities like Peking University and Tsinghua University, the other 985 universities and a small number of 211 universities are equally strong.

Japan has a much smaller population, and the top universities only have a few imperial universities, a few well-known national universities, and the two giants of Hayashi and Keio University.

South Korea has the smallest population, so except for the well-known SKY, basically none of them are very good.

Of course, the three East Asian countries are actually pretty good.

In many smaller countries, one university basically monopolizes everything.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything.

Those wealthy small countries can easily build a few famous universities with money.

The most famous city in this regard is Singapore.

Although that university ranking is just for fun, it also shows that several universities in Singapore are developing strongly.

If you have money, everything will be good.

A counter example of this is the United Kingdom.

Before traveling through time, Masato Takeshita was studying science and engineering.

Due to lack of funding, the top universities such as Oxford and Cambridge have begun to fall behind mainland China.

Only in areas such as business, law, and literature that do not require much funding can the two universities maintain top standards.

A good university needs money to build it.

There are similar cases in China.

Zhejiang University was indeed good 20 years ago, but it was not qualified to compete for the top spot below Peking University and Tsinghua University.

The key is that Lin'an has a good economy, and there is only one 985 university, so the funding is naturally increased as much as possible.

So as time goes by, Zhejiang University becomes stronger and stronger.

It is not as good as Peking University and Tsinghua University, but it can still compete with Fudan University and Jiaotong University.

As for Kai, which was once one of the top universities in Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University and Kaishan University, it has already declined drastically with the decline of Tianjin.

Of course, similar examples also exist at universities in the Northeast and Northwest regions.

The economies of Northeast and Northwest China were not good in later generations, so both Jilin University, the first university founded by the Party, and Xi'an Jiaotong University, the first university in Northwest China, are far less strong than they once were.

The only one that can maintain its strength, Harbin Institute of Technology, mainly relies on the special economic zone located in the south to boost its points.

"Okay, I'll help you contact them."

After talking about work, Masato Takeshita did not leave in a hurry and continued to eat and drink in Kunihiko Inoue's office.

Now that I have some time to relax, I naturally want to stay a little longer.

"Don't you have anything to deal with at work today?"

Facing the teacher's euphemistic dismissal, Takeshita Masato pretended to be dumbfounded and said, "I'm done. I don't have anything to do today."

"Well, the tea here is really good."

"Tell me, kid, what are you still doing here?"

Kunihiko Inoue saw through his student's little trick at a glance, and felt relieved and amused at the same time.

"Nothing, I just feel very relaxed here."

In the company, he is the president. At home, he plays a role similar to that of a husband.

Only at school can he relax for a short time and vent appropriately.

"Okay, then you stay here first, I'm going to a meeting."

"Ah, I have a meeting."

"Of course, not only should it be opened, but it should be opened frequently."

Kunihiko Inoue felt deeply resentful about this, but there was nothing he could do, this was his job.

In fact, compared with companies, there are relatively few meetings in schools overall.

Yet even so, it’s still a lot.

Only those professors who do not pursue progress have fewer meetings.

"Well, sir, would you like to have dinner together after the meeting?"

"No thanks, I want to go home early today."

After saying this, Kunihiko Inoue sorted out the documents and prepared to leave the office.

"Uh. Since the gentleman has to go to a meeting, I won't stay."

The teachers have all left, so there is no point for him to stay here.

"Well, let's go then."

After leaving Waseda University, Takeshita Masato turned his head and asked, "Qingqian, do you want to eat something together?"

"Okay, what to eat?"

"Well, let's eat Sukiyaki."

Sukiyaki, also known as Japanese hot pot, is mainly sweet in taste.

However, Masato Takeshita discovered a store in Shinjuku that sells salty food that is more in line with Chinese tastes.

"Sukiyaki. Yeah, good."

Lin Qingqian doesn’t like Sukiyaki as much as hotpot, but she also thinks it’s very good.

Especially the way of eating meat and vegetables with egg liquid has a unique flavor.

Of course, in the girl’s mind, the sesame paste in Beijing is the best.

Seeing the girl eat the beef, Takeshita Masato casually asked, "How is it? Does this suit your taste?"

"Yeah, it tastes better than the last few times I made it at home with friends."

The girl picked up a piece of beef and tasted it happily.

Normally, she couldn't bear to eat beef.

Too expensive, far less affordable than chicken and pork.

The president is treating us today, so of course we have a big meal.

"If it tastes good, eat more."

Although the girl is quiet and elegant, she eats non-stop with her little mouth and her speed is quite fast.

Masato Takeshita was infected by this and also unconsciously sped up.

Often times, eating is like this.

Your friends enjoy the food very much, and you will be infected by it and find it delicious too.

"Would you like some more egg liquid and some more beef?"

"Yeah, thank you, President."

Lin Qingqian was not polite and prepared to eat until her belly was full.

Come to think of it, if Xinghai Semiconductor’s cafeteria wasn’t subsidized, vegetables would often be more expensive than meat.

The girl may not even eat meat.

The prices in Japan are too high. If you save on food, you can buy a house in your hometown.

"By the way, do you know why there is egg liquid in Sukiyaki?"

"why?"

Lin Qingqian really didn't know, so she raised her head and made a questioning gesture.

"It's simple, cool down."

That’s right, the egg liquid in Sukiyaki doesn’t have any other messy functions, it is simply used to lower the temperature of the food.

As for the statements made in later generations, they were all gimmicks made by businesses to make money.

"So that's it."

The girl smiled and nodded, then continued eating.

Compared to the president, she was more interested in the delicious food in front of her.

(End of this chapter)