Rebirth Tokyo 1986

Chapter 317 Blood Lessons

"Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

The acquisition went smoothly, and Star Ocean Games soon completed controlling stake with a market value of 600 billion yen.

After spending 240 billion, they got 40% of the shares. Square Enix became Star Ocean Games with 70% and Masashi Miyamoto with 30%, and both parties were very satisfied.

"Call President Takeshita so we can have a drink together?"

Rogers thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be a problem. I'll agree to it on behalf of the president."

"OK, let's meet here at 5 o'clock."

"No problem, President Miyamoto."

Although the acquisition has been completed, the position of Square Enix Chairman remains unchanged and is still held by Masashi Miyamoto.

There are only two changes in the new company: the finance director and human resources director were replaced by Xinghai Entertainment employees.

As for the former director, as a close confidant of Masashi Miyamoto, he will return to Denyusha.

"President, it's like this. President Miyamoto wants to treat everyone to a meal so that we can get to know each other better."

"Okay, the location is at Square Enix, and the time is 5pm."

"See you!"

After hanging up the phone, Rogers immediately told Masashi Miyamoto that his president had agreed to the dinner invitation.

"President Miyamoto, the president has agreed to come on time to meet everyone for dinner."

"That's great. Everyone hopes to meet with President Takeshita and President Rogers."

"I think everyone is worried about the future development. Please rest assured that we will not do anything to destroy the Great Wall."

Square is in a period of super-fast development, and Masato Takeshita has made it clear to Rogers not to disturb it for the time being.

As for when Xinghai Entertainment will intervene and take over Square, it will have to wait until the company becomes the world's largest third-party game producer.

At that time, Square, which was already invincible in the field of 3D games, would choose to expand the company horizontally, that is, to enter the film industry.

Unfortunately, while Hironobu Sakaguchi is great at making games, he's a terrible movie maker.

The plot of the movie is incomprehensible, but the technology is worthy of praise. This has won the movie a lot of praise in the field of 3D technology teaching.

But this is of no use.

The main thing about the movie is the story and the overwhelming special effects.

If your plot is full of humanity but your story is confusing, you will naturally only reap the fruits of failure.

Since Masato Takeshita already knew the outcome of the movie, he naturally would not allow Hironobu Sakaguchi to do whatever he wanted.

Square Enix could enter the film and television industry, but would only invest a small amount.

For example, spending hundreds of millions of yen to make a feature-length animation, or spending a billion to make a relatively simple 3D movie.

The kind of movie that pays so much attention to detail that even the smallest hair must have 3D special effects is not what Star Ocean wants to see. It's all self-satisfying and useless production.

"Everyone knows that emotions are hard to control."

"Indeed, so will we."

Just as Masashi Miyamoto and Rogers were chatting, many employees who already knew that Star Ocean Games had become the company's major shareholder began to whisper.

"Sakaguchi-san, do you think Star Ocean Games will live up to its promise? Will the company's operations remain the same?"

"I think so. Our company is on the fast track of development."

Hironobu Sakaguchi, who has a mustache, is very confident and does not think that Star Ocean Games will risk losing him by breaking the contract.

The sales of Final Fantasy 6, which he developed this year, are basically certain to exceed the 300 million mark.

This number is naturally not considered large in later generations, and is even a bit small.

But at present, apart from Nintendo and Star Ocean Games, no other game company can sell more than 300 million copies. million copies is already an excellent result.

A few days ago, the sales of Dragon Quest 3 exceeded 300 million, which has attracted reports from many media outlets.

Of course, what is more likely is that they gave money and asked the media to carry out covert publicity.

Takechi Tomoyuki nodded in approval and responded, "That's right. If Xinghai Games goes too far, we can just learn from Kadokawa."

Kadokawa is a well-known large company in Japan's cultural and entertainment industry.

After the founder's death, his eldest son Haruki Kadokawa inherited the presidency and then firmly developed his favorite film industry.

The second son assists his eldest brother, but he is more optimistic about the light novel animation industry and hopes that the company will stick to its old business.

Because of their different views on the direction of the company's development, the conflicts between the two became increasingly serious and fierce arguments occurred repeatedly.

Finally, last year, his younger brother Kadokawa Lehiko left the company.

After this person left, he immediately cleared out all the light novel project team he was in and established a new light novel publishing house, Dengeki Bunko.

The dramatic side soon emerged. Just when Kadokawa Koyomi began to make great efforts and prepare to start a new business, his brother was arrested for a crime.

Kadokawa Group is a family business, so it was natural for him to return to the company and take the position of president.

Things in this world are unpredictable.

"No, don't say that. As long as the new major shareholder doesn't go too far, there's no need to go too far."

Hironobu Sakaguchi was shocked by his friend's idea and waved his hands to reject it. He had never thought of leaving Square.

He was Square's number one employee, and the company was very supportive of him from the beginning, allowing Hironobu Sakaguchi, a fledgling college student, to serve as the company's game producer.

The key point is that despite repeated losses, Square Enix remained committed and continued to trust Hironobu Sakaguchi, who was even a little desperate.

This company has become a part of his life and he cannot let it go.

"Well, I didn't think about leaving, I mean when it was too much."

"Let's talk about it then."

Hironobu Sakaguchi fled from his friend as if he was escaping. He had never had such an idea before.

In his mind, Square Enix is the best game company in the world.

After leaving the president's office, he came to Suzuki Hisashi's office.

"Suzuki-san, what do you think of the Star Ocean game?"

"That's good. This way the company can function a little more normally and not be completely dependent on Nintendo."

Suzuki saw the shortcomings of Square very early on and believed that this development strategy of relying too much on other companies was threatening.

But Square is just a small company and is powerless to change the current situation.

It will be different if we join StarCraft Games. Even if Nintendo fails one day, we can complete the transformation calmly.

This is the power of money.

"Well, I don't know to what extent Xinghai Games will interfere. I hope it won't affect our game development."

Suzuki Nao consoled him, "Don't worry, that's not the case. This is the main reason why our company stands out. As an outstanding game manufacturer, Xinghai Games cannot fail to understand this."

He is very optimistic about the merger of the two companies and hopes that Square will take this opportunity to reach a higher level.

The two chatted for about half an hour, and Sakaguchi Hironobu, who received a lot of comfort from Suzuki Hisashi, felt much more at ease.

He figured it out: creativity is paramount in a gaming company, and as a gaming company with outstanding performance, Star Ocean Games could not possibly ignore the importance of their R&D personnel.

In order to show respect to Square Enix, Masato Takeshita did not arrive on time, but came half an hour early.

"Good afternoon, Miyamoto-senpai!"

"Well, good afternoon, Takeshita-san. I'm so sorry to ask you to come here so suddenly." "No, inspecting the new company is what I should do."

After a brief chat, Masashi Miyamoto suddenly asked, "Junior, do you want to have a short meeting with everyone?"

"Okay, then I'll listen to you, brother."

The young man agreed to withdraw and further stabilized the morale of the army.

“You may or may not know me, but it doesn’t matter.”

"The only important thing is that I, Masato Takeshita, love playing games and I have great respect for the creators of the games."

"Except for personnel and finance, Star Ocean Games will not place any personnel in Square Enix. Everything will still be decided by everyone."

Upon hearing Masato Takeshita's assurance, all the Square employees present smiled happily.

They all stretched out their hands and gave him exaggerated applause.

This is what everyone wants to hear most.

In addition, everyone's worries were completely put to rest.

Xinghai Group is a Japanese super enterprise, and Chairman Takeshita is worth over 10 billion US dollars. It is impossible for him to deceive everyone about this matter.

Speaking of which, when the Xinghai operating system first came out, media all over the world believed that he would be the new richest man in the world.

But no one could have imagined that he would be willing to give up huge profits and choose to surrender to Microsoft.

So soon, he was no longer the strongest contender for the title of the world's richest man.

Of course, there is also the factor that Americans do not want to lose ground to Japan in the field of propaganda.

After all, based on the current asset size of the Xinghai Group, he has long surpassed the so-called world's richest man.

Xinghai Electronics, a company that produces mobile phones and computers, alone is enough to make him the richest man in the world.

This is also related to the relatively small amount of wealth held by the world's richest man.

In his previous life, Buffett, the world's richest man in 93, had a total fortune of only over 80 billion US dollars, far less than Bill Gates in 94.

Thanks to the success of Microsoft 3.1 operating system, Bill Gates had a net worth of 94 billion US dollars in 200.

However, in this life, Buffett should not have the opportunity to become the richest man.

Microsoft, which successfully obtained the license for the Xinghai operating system, has seen its market value soar several times. Bill Gates, who owns a large number of Microsoft shares, is now worth more than $220 billion.

This is the charm of the software industry, wealth grows very quickly.

As for Masato Takeshita, he will probably always be the runner-up in the wealth rankings.

He will become the new richest man only if his companies go public one after another or if he encounters something important and needs to come up with a new shield.

"The president is so domineering. No wonder he has quickly become a leader in the world economy."

"Yeah, the Star Ocean game alone is probably three times as big as ours."

"That's for sure. Not only did Star Ocean Games succeed earlier than us, but they also released games on all platforms. Their scale can't be small."

Most people in the world are superstitious about the power of authority and choose to believe it unconsciously.

At this time, Square Enix's employees were in this state, and they felt that with the support of Xinghai Group, the company would soon develop better.

Hironobu Sakaguchi and others were a little more rational, but not by much.

Masato Takeshita's simple words made the management excited.

After simply appeasing the Square employees, Masato Takeshita was then led by Masashi Miyamoto to a luxury hotel in Tokyo.

In order not to affect the employees, we chose to have separate tables for dining, and the company's senior leaders had separate private rooms.

Masato Takeshita didn't want the happy event to end in unhappiness, so he simply picked up the microphone and announced the dining rules of Xinghai Group to all the staff.

"Before we eat, let me announce the dining rules of our Xinghai Group."

"First, alcohol is free. You cannot force other employees to drink, and don't ask others if they want to drink."

"If you like, pour some for yourself and don't cause trouble for others."

"I never drink myself, and I don't want to see anyone being forced to drink."

"If you are forced to do anything, don't blame me for being rude."

Before Masato Takeshita finished speaking, he had already won the favor of many employees.

Especially those employees who can't drink much, or who don't like it but have to drink it anyway, praised it in their hearts.

It’s so great that I finally don’t have to drink that damn alcohol anymore.

Especially those in charge of business, they are eager to offer young people to them.

Everyone knows that drinking is harmful to the body, but they have no choice but to do so for the sake of their work.

However, considering that some senior leaders like to drink, no one cheered or applauded directly this time. Only some people who could not hide their emotions showed it in their expressions.

"As for those who like to drink, I hope you can hold back this time."

"Xinghai Group will come to the company to conduct a secret statistics soon. From now on, those who can drink and those who can't drink will be seated separately."

Although this cannot avoid the problem of workplace bullying caused by drinking, it is the best solution he can think of.

Those who are only interested in building relationships by relying on their drinking ability will find it difficult to change their minds no matter how strict the rules are.

“Second, don’t persuade other employees to eat a certain dish.”

"Many people have food allergies. What if something goes wrong?"

Food allergies are very common, and they can range from mild to severe.

The most typical ones are people who are allergic to mango and coffee.

Eating mango is crispy and numb, which is very satisfying.

One feels very sleepy after drinking coffee and thinks it is a good sleeping aid.

In fact, this is a food allergy, but many people don’t know it.

Severe food allergies can even be life-threatening.

For example, many people are allergic to seafood and will have serious problems if they eat it.

The worst case he had seen was someone who turned purple and had convulsions all over after eating a scallop.

Fortunately, the rescue was timely and no tragedy occurred.

Xinghai Group encountered a similar incident. The employee, whose family had some background, drank some horse urine and lost his mind about who he was. He kept forcing people who were allergic to seafood to eat shrimps.

"Give me some face, everyone is watching."

"Eat quickly, are you giving me no face?"

After hearing about this, Masato Takeshita immediately scolded all the relevant leaders.

If they hadn't fired the employee immediately, he would have fired all the leaders who had covered up the matter.

If you don't take other people's lives seriously, then Masato Takeshita won't take them seriously either.

Of course, these leaders may also know the character of their own president, which is why they dealt with the brainless employees so decisively and fairly.

All I can say is that many nonsensical rules are lessons learned from blood.

"This is good."

This time, almost all employees agreed in their hearts that recommending people to eat food is the most annoying thing.

It was supposed to be a very happy day, but it was ruined because of some people's advice to eat.

(End of this chapter)