Game Market 1983

“Joon-Hyuk? I'm too busy these days by making all the expansion cartridges I promised. If we want to send money home, we have to work. Don't you have work to do? ”

“That's why I called. Chendra, do me a favor. ”

“Please ~? Do whatever Chendra Kang Jun-hyuk asks. Are you up to something else? ”

“Just hear me out and let me know if I can do it. ”

“Fine. Tell me. ”

And after a while. I replied with a clear voice, Chend, who had heard my explanation.

“That's possible!! It can be Chendra. ”

“Really? That's good. ”

“But there is a problem with Kang Joon-Hyuk. The way you say it is difficult to mass-produce. It is too difficult to keep track of the order quantity of Mintendo at Chendra's small workshop. ”

Well... This isn't enough work for a handful of people in a chicken coop like that that doesn't ventilate properly.

It's a little earlier than I thought, but it's not a bad time to be planning. I quickly pulled out the notebook and held the pen over my shoulder.

“Chendra. Get me a list of the equipment you need for your work. ”

“Huh? What's that all of a sudden? ”

“Uh, just trying to buy a factory.”

“What!? ”

In 1987, Japan's economy was on its way to the end of a growing bubble economy.

In fact, the real direct hit came from the 'Plaza Convention' signed in 1985 under the Dollar Stabilization designation.

The Japanese government, which previously maintained the yen fixed exchange rate, agreed to the U.S. 'need to stabilize the dollar in order to activate the world economy’, resulting in a fantastic result in half the value of the yen being reduced in just one year.

Japan, with the Korean War on its back and as an emerging export manufacturer, has become the world's second largest power in the 6-70 's thanks to the support of many friendly nations, but the Plaza Convention has seen the' Engo phenomenon ’which has dropped the monetary value of the yen compared to the dollar and has begun to decline overseas exports since last year.

To recover from such a sudden setback, the Japanese government once again shook hands and threw money at businesses at 2.5% of the existing 5% interest rate.

However, all of the capital that was poured into the company was directed toward real estate for stable investment, and suddenly, a huge upheaval in housing value was happening in the growing demand.

Due to the low interest rate loans to the public and jumping into the real estate market, the real estate that was 100 million in just two years of the Plaza Convention exploded into a huge barrel (critical effect like a moron) that soared to 300 million.

When banks seemed to spend money on low interest rates all the time, they felt at risk of increasing loans, and began to refuse credit loans between companies, the companies that had never been able to borrow money excitedly began to repay, and recently, one or two manufacturing factories itself was closing the doors.

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I acquired a factory in Tokyo's Chiba district in a similar manner to Triangle Soft, which is in crisis.

In fact, it was one of the subcontract companies responsible for producing Mintendo cartridges, and President Kamauchi was also one of those companies that was waiting for the company to collapse completely and close.

“What!! The Leitex Factory has been acquired!? Who!!! What the hell!! ”

“Well, I don't know the details, but the president of the Leitex says he's not the boss anymore. ”

“Damn it!! I was just waiting a little longer to buy it when it was completely closed!! ”

“Better to take over when the right price comes out than to wait too long.”

“Shut up!!!! ”

Kuang!! Kamauchi throws the ashtray from his desk and starts making a fuss. Gunpei was busy trying to stop the Kamauchi president.

Gosh... Gosh... I came to see Gunpei about the psychic battle, but it's a bit harsh. Of course, he's Satan because of me, but...

“I can't... I'll have to make a buy before I get to the rest of the factory, even if it costs me a little." ”

“Hey, Ms. Grant, um...”

Gunpei's embarrassing expression started to make Kamachi's face turn white.

“Y-you can't be...”

“Yes, the two factories that we had in mind were the same. ”

“Oh, shit!!! Who the hell are you? Find out who the fuck that is right now! ”

“Oh, I see. ”

“Phew... Phew...”

Kamauchi's boss was choking down on the boiling water, even after he swallowed it. Perhaps you should come back later... I slightly shaken my head and walked out of the room.

After a while, Gunpei, who came to the new console development department, was very tired.

I asked Gunpei for cold water, pretending not to know.

“Why are you so mad at Kamachi? ”

“You have every reason to be angry. I lost my food to save a few bucks.”

“The prey?”

“Family game cartridges have been so successful that our mintendo factories couldn't keep up with demand, so there were some manufacturing factories that had been outsourcing, but recently it was difficult to play, so the closing doors have been growing.”

“Ah, Mr. Kamauchi was waiting for those factories to close. ”

“So I could buy it for a cheap price... but something weird happened. ”

“Weird thing? ”

“Someone bought the company that was about to collapse. I was so excited when I got rid of the debt my bosses were holding. He seems to have a lot of talent, but the problem is that he's leaving operations to the existing owners on the whole factory. Even if I ask who you sold it to, the bosses will keep their mouths shut like they promised.”

“That's too bad.”

That's it... because I'm busy and I can't manage to get there...

In fact, even the factory owners did not meet me. Everything was bought on my behalf by Nakamura, a lawyer at the law firm that passed Triangle last time.

Nakamura advised that it was not good to invest too much money in a factory that was about to collapse, but he almost bought the entire workforce and the president who had previously worked there because he could not manage it properly by replenishing a new workforce in a factory that was closed anyway.

Thanks to this, I lost 300 million yen in the last month, but it didn't matter. because 100 million of them will be recovered soon. How do I get back? That's how we're gonna get back.

“But what did you want to consult about earlier? ”

“Oh, I need to ask Gunpei about the psychic battle. ”

“Ah, the game that decorated the last presentation. At first glance, it was a really great game. By the way, the guys at the development office assured me that the family was never going to be able to drive, is that true? ”

“Mmm-hmm, about half right. ”

“I thought the strongest troops I know wouldn't have done so carelessly... Half of it. What's that supposed to mean? ”

“We need special chips to boost the performance of the underprivileged family. ”

“Special chips? Where are you gonna stick it? ”

“Of course it's in the cartridge. You are attempting to put a device in the cartridge that will distribute the family's computational power. ”

“Hmmm, it's theoretically possible. But I haven't tried it yet.”

“That's okay, I already know the manufacturer of that particular chip. ”

“Really? Where is it? ”

“It's called the Leitex. There was an employee named Chendra who created a special chip to upgrade the cartridge performance. ”

“The Litex!? ”

“If you're Gunpei, you already know that. My minten is one of our subcontractors...? ”

“The Leitex is one of the companies that Kamauchi was trying to acquire this time, and if he'd gotten his hands on it a little sooner...”

Eventually, Mintendo was forced to pay 100 million yen for mass production of special chips that could upgrade the cartridge performance produced by the Litex.

Gunpei spent several nights copying special chip manufacturing techniques imported from the Litex, but eventually the chip failed to be copied by the front of an Indian bulldozer.

While Kamachi opposed the launch of the initial out-of-production Psychic Battle as an existing cartridge, it has already been reported in Palmy Communications and has never been able to easily call off development due to increased user expectations.

“Kang-gun, are you sure you want to hit this? I wanted to know if you were special chips or something, so the crafting unit price went too high. At this rate, you'll need to hit at least a millionaire before you can cross the breakeven point. ”

“Mr. Kamauchi...”

“Huh? What the...”

“When did I ever let you down? ”

“Of course not... The atmosphere was good at the presentation, and he's been very hard on you lately. I was expecting a hit, but...”

“If you're that worried, I can ease your worries. ”

“Hmm? How? ”

“I'm only going to spend one-tenth of the marketing cost of Super Maridge 3. ”

“Reduce marketing costs? Psychic Battle is a new title.If there's less publicity, it won't sell much... Are you sure you want to do this? ”

“That's enough. ”

“I don't know what he's up to... but I'm counting on it.”

“You can count on it. Don't worry, just get the money ready. ”

And then I want you to go back to the Ritex and ask for additional special chips. I left the conference room with a smile on my mind.

“Kang Jun-hyuk..”

When he raised his head to the sound of calling out to me, Shigere was walking from the hallway across the street.

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