Please make money.

To his surprise, the entire factory was not filled with the cold and noisy atmosphere of modern industry as he had originally imagined.

Instead, there were scores of cheerful young engineers busy making all sorts of odd little gadgets, from ray guns to hand-printing presses.

Later, when Shigeru Miyamoto was interviewed by a reporter from a Chicago newspaper, he could still recall the touching feeling he felt at that time.

"At that time, I truly felt the unique corporate atmosphere, which was filled with the breath of freedom and creativity. Isn't this my ideal working environment?"

In the eyes of senior executives, this spirit that even the Buddhist Miyamoto admires should be deeply instilled into the consciousness of these job seekers!

The other members of the Human Resources Department walked up to the people they needed to focus on with public relations, with friendly expressions as future colleagues, and organized to go together.

Dongdaman looked at Alia who was surrounded by two executives and couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, who is that?"

"Oh, that's the genius who applied for the job before!" The HR manager gave Alia a very high evaluation: "He can be said to be a person like Takenaka Hanbei!"

Takenaka Hanbei, known as the Zhuge Kongming of Japan, was a genius on par with Kuroda Kotaka, and he assisted Toyotomi Hideyoshi in achieving his hegemony.

An Lele heard it clearly from behind and asked the eight-year-old brother Jie in confusion: "Who is Takenaka Hanbei?"

"The so-called genius military strategist who conquered Inabayama Castle?"

"Very powerful?"

"Ah... it's okay." Brother Jie showed a polite but awkward smile: "His son said he was pretty good anyway."

"...6, so they're not swearing, right?"

"Probably not—what should we do now?"

"I don't know. Just follow her. The young lady is probably fishing again."

An Lele is just silly, not stupid. Her IQ is not low at all, otherwise she would not be able to get into a top university.

When Alia came to the book, she showed little interest in the original target group B on the itinerary, and treated it as a routine matter.

On the contrary, she is very interested in the gaming industry. You can see what she is planning, and Nintendo is probably an indispensable big fish in the pond.

Well, it could also be part of the fish pond itself…

She and Xiaojie followed behind, chattering about what had happened in the past few days.

Of course, I talked about the things that can be talked about. I didn't mention the two girls discussing the whereabouts of the underworld gang late at night. That would sound too weird.

After all, the last person who did this kind of thing was called a secret investigator - even if An Lele didn't know about this series, he knew that this was not a very fair thing to do.

"So Mr. Lei thinks that it was you who encouraged the young lady to make arrangements for the gaming industry?"

"Yeah! He even thought that I let Miss do this because I like playing games. This clearly shows that he doesn't trust my character!"

"Boss Lei is also doing good to the young lady. After all, the young lady has a special status. A few words from her can determine the flow of a lot of funds and the future of practitioners."

"But you can't doubt me, right? This lack of trust really hurts me. I, An Lele, have always been aboveboard in everything I do!"

"Did you instigate the young lady?"

"Instigated - but that's not the point! The point is the issue of trust!"

Brother Jie scratched his cheek, feeling that something was not right, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

It's hard to say...

“Why is trust important?”

"I was sent by the master to protect the young lady. I am her confidant. Mr. Lei is a trusted official left by her parents. He is like her brother. If confidants and brothers don't trust each other, won't this cause trouble for her?"

"Ah... Although that's true, I think Sister Lele, you don't have to consider that."

"Why? Because the young lady will trust me unconditionally?"

"No, it's within Mr. Lei's scope of work. Sister Lele, you are basically useless. There is no intersection between the two parties, so naturally there is no disagreement."

"...Right!" An Lele thought about it and realized that it was true. Then she was happy: "I have been avoiding Mr. Lei these days, being so careful."

"Why are you going around him?"

"Have you ever studied the story of the relationship between Lin Xiangru and Lian Po in class?"

"I have studied it. It's a fifth-grade text. I'm now reading the textbook for the third year of high school... Sister Lele, do you think you are Lian Po?"

"No, I think I am like Lin Xiangru, very generous, so I have been avoiding Mr. Lei to avoid him coming to my house to apologize, which would be very embarrassing."

"...As expected of you."

"Thank you for the compliment - Eh? Is that guy the president of Ren Jigoku?"

An Lele squinted her eyes and looked at a man not far away, and found that he was walking in the trade fair with another person.

Coincidentally, in addition to the old president mentioned in the information, she had also met another one, who was Shigeru Miyamoto.

"So the uncle he was talking about is the old president Yamauchi Hiroshi... I didn't expect this guy to be so well-connected..."

Xiao Jie didn't know anyone. He looked at the crowd blankly: "Who? Where? Which one? Is he awesome?"

"The young lady thinks highly of him and even compares his value with that of Consortium B."

In fact, this evaluation of Alia is still low - at the same time, the "Donkey Kong" game made by Shigeru Miyamoto was a huge hit in North America, and Consortium B was still being controlled by Sega.

In terms of total value, Shigeru Miyamoto has earned 300 billion US dollars for Nintendo, which is no less than.

Especially Super Mario, whose money-making ability is second only to the world's number one Pokémon.

The value of these super IPs alone is enough to defeat Consortium B, and they can live off it for half their lives without doing anything.

So Alia really wants to make money this time...

The two executives took Alia to introduce Yamauchi Hiroshi, who happened to be taking people to the trade fair, and the two sides bumped into each other.

After some pleasantries, Yamauchi Hiroshi immediately became a little cold when he heard that Alia was a genius applying for the job.

As for Yamauchi Hiroshi, we cannot say that he lacks ability, but we can only say that he is not a very good person.

He was born into a family of factory owners in Kyoto. His high emotional intelligence means that he was born with an almost paranoid domineering temperament and an uncompromising attitude.

Such a person, even in the most miserable situation where he is deserted by his friends and relatives, still maintains the composure of accepting those who come and not chasing after those who leave.

This extremely self-centered and overbearing style is also reflected in the overall quality of Nintendo games under his leadership.

To put it in the words of a person with low emotional intelligence - he is just a willful and overbearing old stubborn man, and he actually has the same style as Steve Jobs.

You can't deny Jobs' genius and paranoia, but you really can't say how likable this person is.

In fact, until Yamauchi Hiroshi passed away, people still emphasized his conservatism, willfulness and domineering nature when they mentioned him.

It is very painful to be a subordinate of someone with this kind of personality, just like when Shigeru Miyamoto came to see him before, it was useless to call him uncle, he still received ridicule.

Historically, Shigeru Miyamoto joined Nintendo only for the third time, partly because of his longing for the working environment, and partly because Hiroshi Yamauchi really didn't like him before...

The same thing happened to Alia at this moment. The two executives talked in Yamauchi Hiroshi's ear for a long time, and mentioned a few things that they all found amazing, and Alia's responses came. However, Yamauchi Hiroshi still had an expression of "that's it", and didn't care much.

What did Alia propose?

Alia just recounted how Nintendo took advantage of Atari's collapse to buy at the bottom and achieve success...

The market is now flooded with a large number of homogeneous games, and more than 20,000 games are essentially just reskins.

This is no different from the original 300-in-one cartridge which actually contained only a few dozen games.

But nowadays, gamers buy games individually, unlike those cartridges that come in hundreds of pieces and you can just curse and be done with it. You have to pay real money for them.

The culprit for this market environment is Atari. When Atari collapsed in history, Nintendo came up with a combination of software and hardware, as well as a system of review and access, and used the Famicom to conquer the world, allowing game manufacturers on the market to develop supporting products for them - very similar to what Apple later did with its software store.

Alia herself found it strange. It’s already 2022 and the smartphone industry is already preparing for a fierce internal battle. Why is the gaming industry so backward?

How can this be possible? Players are suffering, and so are game developers, right?

Players waiting for new games in stores have to spend all their money to buy those low-quality games!

Famous game manufacturers and game producers are desperate. People like Miyamoto who love games are exhausted by the daily job search.

Listen to me, everyone! This world does not want players to suffer like this!

It is damn fate that makes the world ignore the proper development of the gaming industry and conceals the real progress!

I, Alia, have come to the industry for only three things: development! development! and (TM) development!

A new generation every year! Toothpaste tubes burst!

I must get the industry back on track. Damn the rehashing and bring me some great works!

Nintendo is God after all. He can make them return to the peak of their development, and Alia still has this vision.

She didn't mind letting Lao Ren earn the money they deserved, since she could earn more from the development of the industry anyway.

Just give them a push from behind - the more you contribute, the more you earn!

Besides, what’s the point of only making money from your peers? If you want to make money, you should make money from the players together.

The best way is to make everyone willingly 'Shut up and take my money! '

However, after hearing Alia's systematic exposition of her own views, Yamauchi Hiroshi was as dismissive as a nitpicker.

"It's an interesting idea, but it's still too immature. What we need here is an engineer, not a boastful genius like you."

"..."Alia felt that this comment sounded familiar.

Just as I was thinking about it, Shigeru Miyamoto, who had finished browsing a booth nearby, came over and looked up to see Alia.

"Ah——" He made a short surprised sound, as if he was kicked, attracting everyone's attention.

Aaliyah looked over, but the other person looked at her, as if he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Yamauchi Hiroshi was a little dissatisfied: "How can you be so rude!"

"I'm so sorry!" Poor Shigeru Miyamoto quickly bowed and apologized: "But this is - this is an old acquaintance of mine!"

He really had no idea who Alia was. He could only say that she was an old acquaintance of his and hoped that she would not blame him for his rudeness.

"It's Mr. Miyamoto." Alia nodded slightly: "I didn't expect to see you here."

"Miss Ai, long time no see - I am sorry for interrupting your conversation with your uncle, please forgive me!"

I thought that this should be the uncle who was discussing something important with the other party as the chairman. How could I interrupt him like this? It was really wrong!

Yamauchi Hiroshi snorted, "So you two know each other... Miss Ai's ideas are very interesting, just like a smart child, expressing some naive views on the world."

"President Yamauchi, do you think that the combination of software and hardware is wrong, or is there something wrong with the entry fee system for qualification review?"

"Combining software and hardware requires technology and high costs - the qualification review is even more ridiculous. What qualifications do we have to do this?"

Good man, if you don’t have the qualifications, how can you be so arrogant when you later control those manufacturers? Where did you get the confidence?

Of course, Alia didn't know that she was stuck at this point, and this trade show was the opportunity for Nintendo to combine software and hardware.

She held the opportunity with her left hand, pointed at the other person with her right hand and said, "You are invincible in the world." Of course, others would just think she was daydreaming.

You have been hiding other people's winning numbers, how can others know whether they can win the lottery? So ordinary yet so confident?

Yamauchi Hiroshi actually admitted that the idea that Alia mentioned was promising, especially since it was too consistent with the current situation of the company.

If I were an interviewer, I would probably be excited to see the potential and think that this is a talent that must be recruited.

In her previous explanation, there was a bird's-eye view based on the entire industry. It was like she had jumped out but not completely detached from it. The pattern was very large.

But I am not the interviewer, I am the president. The president cannot admit that he is weaker than the members. Otherwise, how can he employ people?

So he actually values ​​talented people, but he still has to suppress them, beating them once and then giving them two sweet treats.

Isn't this how Yokoi Gunpei was suppressed? This is how to tame a wild horse!

But the problem is that Alia is not a real employee applying for the job, she just wants to leave an urban legend.

The president of Ai Group, who, as an employee, directed the business and created new glory for the gaming industry, doesn't that sound exciting?

Alia sighed, looked at the somewhat confused Miyamoto Shigeru, and the Yamauchi Hiroshi who raised his chin slightly, waiting for her to explain so that he could continue to suppress her, and shook her head helplessly.

If you, Yamauchi Hiroshi, insist on being arrogant and not giving yourself this opportunity, then you can't blame me.

"President Yamauchi, what kind of support do you think is needed to achieve these things?"

"What kind of support?" Yamauchi Hiroshi smiled and found it interesting. This little girl was really naive. "This doesn't require support. This requires capital. Lots of capital, enough to support the development and sales of new game consoles that combine software and hardware, and enough to attract game manufacturers to make games for us... In my opinion, at least 10 billion yen is needed to build the new industry structure you mentioned!"

What’s the best way to make people believe that you can help them eat cake before you achieve any results?

That is to let everyone taste the cake first - even if it is just the raw materials of the cake - so that everyone will have the motivation to continue working.

The gaming industry is not expected to recover for several years. You can try to buy at the bottom, but how easy is that?

Girl, your daydream would require 10 billion yen to come true. Do you panic when you hear such a unit of measurement?