Game Market 1983

“Thank you. $299. ”

“... Are you kidding me? ”

“Yes?”

I took my business card out of my pocket and put it on the counter. The clerk looked at my business card with a curious look and saw the mission written M.H.E.S. and dreamt of both eyes. What are you staring at? I'll smash your fucking tits in.

“As you can see, I'm Kang Jun-hyuk, a Mintendo employee. Can you explain why we're selling M.E.S here for $299? ”

However, unexpectedly, the manager's expression was bold.

“What do you care how much we paid for the goods we bought? ”

On your knees and apologizing, what is this bold attitude on the board? I asked again because I was exhausted.

“What did you just say? I can't believe you're selling our stuff for more than $100 more than the regular price! ”

“We didn't ask you to place an order, did we? Everything we're selling has been bought at a nearby store for $199. We're just selling it back to the customers. Of course, as a businessman, you have to make a profit. ”

“Then why don't you just place an order with us from the beginning!! ”

“You should have negotiated a price with us in the first place. ”

Wow! I really can't make sense of this... A middle-aged man who looks like a shop manager came at us when the counter got noisy.

“What's going on? ”

“I think this is an M.H.E.S. employee who's been told we're selling this machine for $299. ”

“Yes? If you make a fuss in that guy's shop, it will be bad for the other customers, so will you please leave?" ”

“I'm a fortune teller, a fortuneteller, and I sold my conscience. I'm being ridiculous.”

“If you keep acting like this, I'll call the police. ”

“Yes, I understand. Let's go back quietly today. But I'm not going to let it go, so watch me. ”

“Well, do whatever you want. ”

The manager grinned, revealing his white teeth. As I turned to the shop door, looking at them for a moment, I heard a voice behind me laughing at me.

“The monkey cub won't be able to do anything about it anyway! Haha!”

So, this is how it came out? I pushed myself down as hard as I could, grabbing the handle of the store. Toy World... I swear to God, while I'm in the United States, I will shut down all your stores...

Pow. I was so angry that I could feel the filthy blood in my mouth.

&

“Hmm!? Change the package design again? ”

“Yes. I'm going to put a price on the empty side of the blueprint right now. ”

Then Yamashta looked at me with a strange look.

“What!? Hey, what kind of crumbs are these kids eating, and what packages are they paying for?”

“Is there a law against notifying consumer prices on electronic products? ”

“No, of course there is no such law, but you can't replace the package every time you adjust the unit price later? And...”

“And what? ”

“First of all... the market is growing as we want it to, and the Toy World is just buying gadgets from the general store, so it's none of our business. ”

“What are you talking about? And that would be a huge impact on the American gaming market, and the cost of selling for 100 dollars goes directly to the consumer, and for 100 dollars, there's two cartridges. It's our loss, too."

“Oh, yes, yes.”

I thought you said this guy was in the admirers' club. That's bullshit. I'm very disappointed that you were the head of the branch in the Kamauchi presidential son-in-law and you treated me like this. Elise, who was watching us at that time, asked me with a worried voice.

“What do you do with the goods that are currently on hold? I keep getting inquiries about when things are arriving from the retail store.”

Then Yamashta hurriedly nodded and opened his mouth.

“The items have already been collected, so please send them out quickly. ”

“Yes, I understand.”

“Don't send me out. ”

In my words, Elise was furious and looked at me with her approval documents in her arms.

“Please return all the money you collected to the store and forward the penalty in case of breach of contract. ”

“W-wrong!! What are you talking about? ”

“From now on, not a single M.E.S can be shipped without my permission. Mr. Ellis should immediately contact the packaging company and announce the price of $199 in the most prominent place in the current package design. ”

“I understand.”

Elise nods as soon as I say, and leaves the office door. Then Yamashta scratched his head and asked me.

“What are you going to do with the Gang? The company that delivers goods doesn't want to make a deal. Why would you cut it off? We've been through so much!! ”

“There's enough demand anyway. The M.E.S in the market today will be gone in less than a month. ”

“And then? ”

“We're going to build a mintendo membership club in a month when we run out of stuff. ”

“Membership club? ”

“Making a reliable merchant who can only sell our devices as a formal route. ”

Thus began an operation to isolate the great Toy World with just one game.

&

The next day I went to see Wilson, president of the Toy Box, who was the first to receive our M.E.S. When Mr. Wilson heard about the situation, he nodded and agreed to my plan.

“Toyworld's tyranny is terrible, though. But not only M.E.S, but also popular toys are always bought with money, so they get expensive later. Consumers don't have anywhere else to go, so they can cry and eat mustard. But franchisees? What the hell was that?? ”

“Just like Mr. Wilson, we need to bring together people who are cooperating with our M.E.S to form a club. to form a distribution structure with our headquarters and a direct line. ”

“Oh, that's a good idea. ”

“If you see a store with a membership and you want to give it to Toy World. I'm not going to trade with that store anymore. Any remaining devices will be collected and distributed to other membership stores. You will also receive a special incentive differential based on your sales rank on a monthly basis. ”

“Then we'd love it!! ”

Mr. Wilson applauded my offer with a satisfactory expression. I haven't even started the script yet, but you love it. Don't you think you're gonna be a little hard on yourself when you hear the next story? Elise, who was in market research with me, also smiled brightly.

“And one more thing. I still have a suggestion for you. ”

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