Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Although Japan has always been regarded as a typical example of "leaving Asia and entering Europe", the mentality of the Japanese is still that of an Asian, which can be seen from the attitudes of Japan and South Korea towards large state-owned enterprises.In the development stage of Japan and South Korea, they established a group of super large enterprises to represent the country and compete with European and American countries.And once these countries succeed internationally, their domestic status will become detached, and they will even become existences above the country.Like South Korea's Samsung, like Japan's Sony.

When Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired Columbia Pictures; when Sony Music Entertainment signed Michael Jackson; when Sony Computer Entertainment made Microsoft sad in the North American market... When Sony successfully challenged Japan's suzerain, the United States, the mentality of the Japanese Just a little more proud.Just as Sony gave the Japanese a very strong self-confidence in this political and military small country, so Sony's status in Japan is very respected.After all, although the Black Dragon Society is a killer group supported by the Mitsui consortium, it doesn't mean that any company can drive them.

If it weren't for the Sony Group to boost the confidence of the Japanese people, how could the Black Dragon Society become the private guard of the Sony Group?It's just that when the Sony Corporation first caused a car accident in Los Angeles against the Sherman family members, they seemed to be retaliated.Although Japan no longer looks down on China, they are still very convinced of China's culture and philosophy. The so-called "one can be two but three", the Black Dragon Society has already planned three assassinations against Jed. If the Sony Group does not Therefore, if you pay the price, I am afraid that even God will not be able to see it.

"Is this the 'ki' motion sensing technology of Blizzard Interactive Entertainment Group?" In an office of Microsoft's Home Entertainment Division, several top technical executives were analyzing the technical documents provided by Blizzard Entertainment Group. "My God, why didn't I think of going to this place? I have to admit that Blizzard Interactive Entertainment has mastered more advanced technology than Nintendo."

"Then is it possible for us to bypass their patent wall?" Mr. Dave, the vice president in charge of Microsoft's home entertainment division, opened his mouth.

In addition to advanced technology, large companies also maintain a group of patent lawyers.The task of this group of patent lawyers is to do two things. One is to use their own patented technology to coerce or annex other companies; the other is to find ways to bypass the patent obstruction of other companies.After Dave spoke, a group of patent lawyers naturally began to study the loopholes.But half an hour later, all the patent attorneys said they were helpless.Dave could only smile wryly at this. After all, what he could think of, how could Blizzard Interactive Entertainment not think of it?

Although the main force of Blizzard Interactive Entertainment is in the development of game software, especially large-scale real-time battle and large-scale action games, it does not mean that they are useless in terms of patents.Even on the contrary, they have a very large team of patent attorneys.Moreover, Jade also absorbed another omission in parallel time and space, and made stricter regulations on user agreements and copyright authorization.Jed does not object to players making and inventing 3C gameplays, nor does he object to someone making Dota gameplays... But the premise is that the commercial rights of these gameplays are in the hands of Blizzard Interactive Entertainment.

Jed is very clear, if before 2 it was the world of "World of Warcraft"; then after 1 it will be the world of moba games such as dota and lol.Blizzard itself has been tossed enough by moba games, but the earliest moba game was born out of "Warcraft", which is simply Blizzard's biggest mistake.Then when he came to this time and space, Jed naturally plugged these loopholes in the patent law and copyright licensing agreement.

"Since we have no way to bypass these patents, then we should choose to cooperate with them!" Dave sighed, "Fortunately, we and Blizzard not only have common enemies, but we also have a lot of cooperation at the company level. "

Sean, the person in charge of Blizzard Interactive Entertainment, waited for about an hour, and finally saw several executives from Microsoft's Home Entertainment Division show up together.Seeing such a neat lineup, Xiao En showed a satisfied smile on his face, "Gentlemen, I think our cooperation should have reached its final conclusion? Are you satisfied with our ki technology?"

Dave responded lightly: "Yes, it is undeniable that ki technology is indeed a cross-age technology. But without the support of our xbox36o platform, this product is just a decoration."

"That's why we came to Microsoft, didn't we?" Sean took over Dave's words, "Blizzard has no interest in entering the game hardware market, our interest and hobby are in making a game. The reason why we studied ki technology , this is actually a derivative technology patented by the Sherman Entertainment Group Film Technology Laboratory. We believe that this will change the way players play games, so we researched and invented this technology. If Microsoft is interested in forming a partnership with us If you are an ally, we can use this patent for free for Microsoft for five years. And if there is any upgrade or replacement of this patented technology within five years, new technologies and new products will still be used for free for Microsoft. Mr. Dave, I think you should I have seen the greatest sincerity of Blizzard."

Dave didn't speak, but was thinking about Sean's proposal.It has to be said that free use for five years does reduce Microsoft's risk.Whether a new game method can be accepted by players, five years of verification time is indeed enough.But the problem is that once players get used to it, Microsoft just pays a marketing fee and gets nothing.More importantly, Blizzard is undoubtedly pushing itself into the direct opposite of Sony.Although there is no ally relationship between Sony and Microsoft, there are still two stages of tearing apart and privately fighting each other.

Dave thought for a moment, and finally replied: "I know what your purpose is. Yes, we and Sony are indeed rivals. However, the acquisition of Sony requires a large sum of money, which puts great pressure on our company. As for ki technology, it can be used for free for five years. After five years, Microsoft has the right to continue to use it for five years. When the cooperation agreement expires, Microsoft has the priority to renew the contract. In addition, if Blizzard wants to use this technology and its derivatives If the technology cooperates with other hardware manufacturers, the consent of Microsoft must be obtained during the cooperation period.”

Dave's proposed conditions made Sean a little uncomfortable, because this contract was tantamount to putting Blizzard under Microsoft's management.But fortunately, it is just ki technology, this technology is not the technology that Blizzard relies on for survival.So Dave agreed after thinking for a while, but then added: "The premise of the cooperation between Blizzard and Microsoft is that we will acquire Sony Computer Entertainment. Please rest assured Microsoft, Blizzard has never thought about getting involved in hardware equipment manufacturing. So once the acquisition is successful , The most valuable hardware manufacturing department of Sony Computer Entertainment Group will be owned by Microsoft, and we only need its software department. However, the Sony Computer Entertainment trademark must be owned by us, and other serial trademarks such as P1aystation, we can give it to Microsoft. "

"Very, very favorable terms of cooperation, I don't think we have any objection to reject." After Dave finally finalized, Microsoft's home entertainment business department breathed a sigh of relief.First, they want ki technology very much; second, they actually wanted to annex the p1aystation department a long time ago, but they just suffer from no partners.

Just two weeks after Jed Sherman's kidnapping, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Computer Entertainment's American companies began to be blocked, and several companies also issued hostile takeover offers.Neither the Sony Group nor the US journalists are fools, and this is clearly Jed Sherman's vengeance.The more terrifying revenge is that Jed Sherman directly appealed to the Los Angeles District Court, claiming 5 million US dollars from the Sony Group and the Mitsui Consortium, which involved the car accident of the Shermans, the shooting of Sherman and the kidnapping of Sherman Case three cases.Because these three cases have been in the arrest and investigation stage, the prosecution period has not passed.And the amount of damages as high as 5 billion US dollars is beyond any case in the United States, and the explanation of the Sherman Law Group is that the death of the old Sherman couple has caused the loss of the wealth of the Sherman family and the spirit of Jed Sherman. Compensation, in addition to the physical and emotional damage to Jed Sherman from the car accident, shooting and kidnapping.

When the claim amount was announced, the spokesperson of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced the absurdity, "Japan's gross national product in 2 was only 6 billion U.S. dollars. Is Jed Sherman's life more precious than a country? , so much money is nothing for him!"

Regarding the accusations made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Jade’s spokesperson replied: “First, how much is the claim amount? In comparison, American values ​​are personal; third, Mr. Jed Sherman authorized me to issue a statement, except for the necessary expenses, the rest of the compensation will be established by the Global Save the Children Fund to help the world Children in need."

Undoubtedly, Jed's proposal is in line with the mainstream values ​​of the United States, and Jed's promise to donate most of the compensation to charity has won the support of the American people.According to the out-of-court jury simulation test conducted by the defense lawyers of the Mitsui Consortium and the Sony Group, Jed Sherman's chance of winning the case is as high as 8%, and the chance of obtaining full compensation is as high as 55%.

When facing the current head of the Mitsui Consortium, Akio Morita replied dejectedly: "He is forcing us to make a choice, either our Sony Group will give up all its interests in the United States and Asia; or we will choose sky-high compensation."

"Is there no other way?" The head of the family asked lightly, "For example, should we give up part of the benefits and compensate him part of the money at the same time? Morita-san, the Sony Group is dragging the family and His Majesty into an embarrassing situation this time." gone."

"I understand." Morita Akio lowered his proud head, "I will apologize with a heart-broken heart after the matter is resolved."

"That's good." The head of the family nodded, "As for that Jed Sherman, don't touch him for the time being. Our power in the United States, not just the Black Dragon Society, has been almost cut off by the American police. And this After the second compensation agreement is reached, I think the family will not be able to recover for at least 30 years. If you can get him to accept an agreement that is not bad for us, then after you apologize, the Morita family will still be a matter of the Sony Group People, your tablet will also go to the Yasukuni Shrine."

"I understand." Akio Morita burst into tears, "Master, please wait for my good news!"