Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 103 Nintendo's Second Visit
Yamauchi Hiroshi?
Ethan was surprised by the sudden appearance of the president of Nintendo.

But the strangeness could not cover up the normal etiquette. She greeted him with a smile, and then asked the middle-aged man who was 28 years older than her to stand up quickly.

Extend your right hand and shake it.

After greeting each other, Ethan finally asked what was on his mind.

"Oh~ Mr. Yamauchi, it's such a surprise to see you in Boston."

"If I'm not mistaken, you are here for tourism?"

"This beautiful lady next to you...is she your wife?"

This speculation made Yamauchi Hiroshi smile and nod, saying: "Mr. Jones, you are absolutely right. I am here for tourism, and this is my wife, Michiko Inaba."

While speaking, he also introduced Ethan's identity to his wife.

Since Yamauchi spoke in Japanese, Ethan didn't understand.

But when the lady bowed and said "Nice to meet you" in Ethan's memory in a strange tone, Ethan almost blurted out "me too".

Suppressing his instinctive reaction, he changed his words and said, "Same here."

"This is..." After introducing himself, Yamauchi Hiroshi became curious about Evelyn's identity.

Ethan responded with a smile, "My sister."

"Oh..." Yamauchi Hiroshi's smile became even wider. He bowed again and said, "Ms. Johnson, I have heard of your name for a long time. It is an honor to meet you today."

"Hello." Evelin stretched out her right hand and shook it briefly.

After the encounter, Yamauchi Hiroshi took the initiative to explain the reason for the trip.

Nintendo has cooperated with many companies in the United States, so when celebrating the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States, some old friends invited him to witness history. Because those friends were too enthusiastic, he couldn't resist and came to America with his wife more than half a month ago.

The first place they visited was Ohio, because the American Playing Card Company there has had decades of cooperative dealings with Nintendo. Then they went to Illinois to visit MILO, and then went to California to meet Disney and watch the celebration performance there. The reason they came to Boston was that they wanted to witness with their own eyes the image of their own country's sailboats in the grand festival.

That’s right. There was an island country sailboat in the international sailing team that participated in the 200th anniversary celebration of the founding of the United States in New York. It was a sail training ship named Honko Maru.

When this fact came to light, Ethan exclaimed what a coincidence and said that he came from New York.

At the same time, he smiled and said that if Yamauchi Hiroshi had appeared earlier, perhaps they would have been able to see him getting off the boat.

After a brief exchange, Ethan wanted to say goodbye.

However, just as he was sighing that the world was too small and he could run into people he knew even in Boston, Yamauchi bowed again and said apologetically, "Oh, Mr. Jones, excuse me, will you be back in California soon?"

As if he knew his words were offensive, Yamauchi Hiroshi immediately explained, "Because I had planned to visit you in my schedule, but before I left, some difficult matters suddenly came up in the company, so I was delayed for a few days in my trip to Mi."

"So, when I arrived in California as planned, it was already July 2nd. Because it was close to the holiday, I didn't rush to visit your company. I wanted to go to California to apologize to you after the celebration was over and everyone was back to work, but I didn't expect that we would meet here..."

Ethan nodded slightly at Yamauchi Hiroshi's explanation.

He felt that he understood what the other party said.

This guy probably wanted to use the celebration as an opportunity to build relationships with his US partners, but he happened to encounter an accident, so his entire schedule was disrupted.

Ethan appreciated this proactive communication, but the act of communication...

He felt that he could be exempted.

"Oh, Mr. Yamauchi, it's a good thing you didn't go to my company, otherwise I would be the one who was rude."

"In fact, I left the company to enjoy my vacation in mid-June."

"And we have no plans to go back recently. After all, it only happens once every few hundred years that a school with a four-point system openly closes during the summer vacation..."

Stanford's academic system is a four-quarter system, that is, a year is divided into four quarters, and different courses can be chosen in each period. In this case, many students can choose courses in the summer.

Of course, the school does not force students to attend summer school. If students are willing to study, they can stay. If they don’t want to study, they can take a rest during this period.

But this year was different, because of the special time of the 200th anniversary, the school had a long holiday, so Evelin had time to come out. This was not only because she wanted to play badly, but also because the teacher also went out to celebrate.

And while Pac-Man still has room for shipment in the short term...

There's nothing to do if I go back early!
Just when Ethan thought that such meaningless courtesy would only require a few words, Yamauchi Hiroshi's face showed endless relief. The nearly fifty-year-old guy said with emotion: "Oh - is that so? Then I am really lucky to meet you here."

'? ? ? '

Ethan didn't understand.

The next second, Yamauchi Hiroshi had already solved the problem.

"Mr. Jones, this is what I mean. I came to visit you not only to express my blessing, but also to discuss something with you. It would be a pity for me if I couldn't find you after I went to California."

'Business?'

This direction made Ethan laugh.

He thought Yamauchi Hiroshi was here to build relationships! But he ended up discussing business?
Harmful--

It seems that he has too good an opinion of himself!
And since they were discussing business and they just happened to meet, Ethan turned his head and glanced at Evelin. When he saw the girl nodded slightly to show that she understood, he smiled and exclaimed that it was a coincidence.

He raised his hand to invite them in and asked the hotel to open a private room for them.

After sitting down in the private room, Yamauchi Hiroshi, knowing that time was precious, immediately talked about work matters. First, he told Ethan and Evelyn about the sales of the "Snake Game" book.

Although the two parties only officially signed the contract in November last year, after obtaining the authorization, Nintendo immediately organized the production of arcade machines and bought a lot of radio advertisements in December last year for promotion. With the bombardment of public opinion, the distribution of goods at the end of the year became quite smooth, so that when the new year came, the arcade halls in various areas of the book were full. From middle-aged people with nothing to do to young people without homework, they all enjoyed the fun in the entertainment city.

"When I came here, the arcade shipments of Snake Game had reached 15,000 units, and we sold them for 599,000 yen each, which is about 2,000 US dollars. In other words, in just half a year, the sales of Snake Game in our book had reached 30 million US dollars, and the dividends belonging to the two of you were 4.2 million."

"Based on the current situation, this explosive momentum will continue, because cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, and Nagoya still have a huge demand for Snake Game arcade machines. For the 50 million people gathered here, 15,000 arcade machines are simply not enough."

Hiroshi Yamauchi stated a set of data with a smile on his face.

And this number...

To be honest, this is indeed higher than the dividends in North America!

"Oh, Mr. Yamauchi, it seems that choosing you, Nintendo, is really the right choice. If it were another company, I think they would definitely not be able to produce such good data in a short period of time."

Ethan and Evelyn looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

After all, no one can resist green U.S. dollars.

Ethan's polite words also made Yamauchi Hiroshi nod happily.

At the same time, he also modestly said, "Mr. Jones, you are too kind. The excellent performance of a product depends not only on the promotion during sales, but also on the excellent content itself."

This flattery made Ethan laugh out loud.

After briefly talking about the sales of "Snake", Yamauchi Hiroshi expressed his desire again. He said that after coming to the United States, he found that "Snake Game" was out of date, and the most popular electronic game at the moment was the new "Pac-Man" launched by Ethan and his team.

He had experienced the game at Disneyland in Los Angeles, and the amazing gameplay made him want to be your agent again. "Mr. Jones, we at Nintendo want to maintain a good cooperation with you and continue to be your agent for the Pac-Man game."

"To this end, we are willing to take the initiative to modify the contract terms of Snake Game."

"When we signed the Snake Game agency contract, we agreed in the contract that the dividend settlement would be based on the shipment volume in each calendar year, the dividend report would be issued at the end of the first quarter of the year following the calendar year, and the payment would be made within three months after the report was verified."

"But now, if Mr. Jones is still willing to give the Pac-Man game to us, Nintendo, to be the agent, then we are willing to settle dividends in half-year periods, that is, twice a year. At the same time, the issuance time of the settlement report will be changed from one quarter to two months, and the payment time will be changed from three months after the report is verified to one month."

"About that..."

"I wonder if Mr. Jones and Ms. Johnson would be willing?"

Since everyone was on vacation one second and sitting in a hotel room discussing business cooperation the next, Yamauchi Hiroshi did not have a specific contract at all. But even so, the detailed terms and conditions reported proved that he was well prepared.

As for his suggestion...

Ethan understood.

But there was no intention to reply immediately.

"We need to think about this."

Ethan smiled and said to Yamauchi Hiroshi, "Mr. Yamauchi, I can feel your sincerity, but I need some time. Please understand."

"Okay, no problem, I'm not in a hurry..." Yamauchi Hiroshi smiled and made an OK gesture, nodding and saying, "Mr. Jones, I completely understand your feelings, because I don't want to talk about work while on vacation, but there is no way, who let the accident happen?"

After nodding slightly and saying a few polite words, Yamauchi Hiroshi said, "Mr. Jones, in addition to these two matters, I have another matter I want to discuss with you."

“That’s MOS 6502.”

When mentioning this chip, Yamauchi Hiroshi's face immediately showed reverence.

"Mr. Jones, I already know the story behind MOS 6502. I really admire your promotion and help to the technology industry."

"When I learned that the MOS 6502 chip would have a huge impact on the video game industry, I knew that if Nintendo could not catch this train, it would be ruthlessly eliminated by the times. So I had an idea, which was to try to lead Nintendo into the chip game field."

"so……"

"So I contacted our Nintendo partner, Mi Luohua."

At this point, a look of shame appeared on Yamauchi Hiroshi's face.

He rubbed his hands and said, "Mr. Jones, I want to apologize to you here."

"When I came into contact with Mi Luohua, I learned that you had conflicts with them."

"But don't worry, I definitely didn't tell them the details of our cooperation."

"What I learned from them was the sales and price of MOS 6502 in North America. When I learned that they had not received a response from Chuck Pete regarding their idea of ​​bulk purchase, I knew that it might be a luxury to purchase MOS 6502 in large quantities at a low price."

Speaking of this, Yamauchi Pu stopped.

He smiled brightly at Ethan and said, "However, whether or not we can purchase MOS 6502 in large quantities is actually not important to me."

"Because I heard that Mr. Chuck Pete hopes to change the world with chips?"

“I wonder if we in Asia can enjoy this kind of glory?”

He looked at Ethan with a smile, eager to get an accurate answer.

Because he believed that he had made his words very clear!

(End of this chapter)