Back To 1995

   Chapter 555 Feng Shui turns

  Peter Moore himself is a marketing man, and he is best at drawing cakes and fooling around, otherwise how can he sell things.

   Peter Moore, who has been a shoe dealer for 18 years, did not expect that one day, he would be painted as the president of Liverpool Club.

To say that Peter Moore is not tempted is absolutely bullshit. It is like a dream when I was a child that I want to buy a factory that makes spicy noodles and make spicy noodles for myself every day. As a Liverpool fan, if I don’t want to be a Liverpool fan Master, that is absolutely self-deception.

Although he felt a little deceitful, Peter Moore couldn't help but be moved. If it was as Song Yang said, then when he made Sega consoles surpass Nintendo and Sony in sales, when he retired, he would continue to be the president of Liverpool Club. Peter Moore is really willing to work hard!

  Song Yang looked at Peter Moore's excited, but couldn't hold back his excited look, and couldn't help but sighed with emotion. Sure enough, the wealth in the world moves people's hearts. It doesn't have to be a beautiful knife, and the same goes for fame and fortune.

   This is not to mention, Song Yang fooled Peter Moore. If he can really make the Sega host regain its glory, then Song Yang will not be stingy and buy Liverpool Club.

Liverpool used to be a giant, but in recent years, they have been surpassed by their old rival Manchester United. Even Manchester United's "Red Devils" title resounded all over the world. Before the early 1960s, they belonged to Liverpool, but after the Manchester United air disaster, The re-formed Manchester United, after winning the Champions League in 1968, the title became the symbol of Manchester United.

   Liverpool, which is currently in decline, is not expensive. If you really want to acquire it, I am afraid that it will only need three or four billion dollars. Moreover, you can also find Microsoft for alms.

If Peter Moore can really do the Sega console and launch a console named by Microsoft, then it is estimated that Bill Gates is willing to give generously, a Liverpool, compared to the console market of $30 billion a year , coupled with the console game market of hundreds of billions of dollars, it is self-evident who is more important on both sides!

After leaving the golf course and returning to the San Jose Hotel, Terry Meyerson complained to Greg Murphy and Robbie Bach with dissatisfaction, "We shouldn't agree to Bruno Song's conditions for products other than Sega hosts. , equipped with the Saipan system, which is different from what we talked about before we came, Microsoft has made so many beautiful knives, Sega products should use the WP system!"

   Greg Murphy, who was talking to Robbie Bach, glanced at him casually after hearing Terry Meyerson's complaint, "Do you think you can convince Bruno Song?!"

Terry Meyerson was speechless at this sentence. He naturally understood what Greg Maffey said. Today, Microsoft has obtained a lot of things, the equity of the Sega host, the naming rights of the next-generation host, Mainframe systems, etc., to be honest, not much.

If you want more, it's not a simple sentence. It can be done. Greg Murphy asked himself, if he doesn't have the ability to make Song Yang bow his head, even if Bill Gates comes in person today, he probably won't be much stronger. .

  In America, especially in Silicon Valley and the technology industry, there are many people who do not dump Bill Gates and Microsoft. Netscape, Sun, AOL and other companies dare to challenge Microsoft, do you really think Song Yang dare not?

   "Manager Terry, if you have any comments, you can report to President Bill Gates or Microsoft's board of directors, and of course, you can also talk to Bruno Song, now in San Jose!"

Greg Murphy said lightly, then got up and left. In the evening, there were still several parties and parties waiting for him. As a director of Microsoft, he is also one of the big figures in San Jose, and he wants to talk to him. There are countless companies and people involved, Greg Murphy is not interested, and gets angry in front of Terry Myerson, even if he is a confidant of Bill Gates.

   When Greg Murphy left, Robbie Bach, who was also Bill Gates confidant like Terry Meyerson, smiled and nodded to him, then turned and left.

   Both of them are true confidants of Bill Gates, and they will have to deal with each other all year round in the future, but one is in charge of the development of the host hardware, and the other is in charge of the development of the system software.

   Anyway, if the Sega consoles are not selling well, the two of them may still have a fight. The system department complains that the hardware technology is too poor, and the hardware department complains that the system is difficult to use.

   Seeing the two who left, Terry Myerson looked a little unsightly. He didn't expect that Greg Murphy, or the department behind them, would ignore his WP system department.

With a sigh, Terry Myerson knew that this was probably his WP system department, and he didn't produce any results at all. If it was the Windows system department, then the two of them today probably have a different attitude. !

  On the second day after Song Yang and Microsoft reached an agreement, the gang of Samsega, who had just completed the merger, rushed to San Jose.

   But Yuji Naka among the crowd, saw that Peter Moore was coming to pick them up at the airport, and his heart suddenly became cold. The grievances between Sega's internal grievances are not much worse than those with Sony and Nintendo.

  The transformation and became the president of Samei Sega, Harumi Satomi and Vice President Hisao Oguchi, when they saw this scene, they were not surprised, and vaguely understood something, and even Hisao Oguchi secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Oguchi Hisao was originally from game development. He is not a layman, but he is not a professional engineer for hardware development such as consoles. If the console development is handed over to Sega of America, and Sega of Japan is in charge of game development, Hisao Oguchi has nothing to do with it. Accept, as long as they keep their funding!

   "Sega will be split, Nippon Sega merged with Sammy, and will be mainly responsible for game development in the future. America Sega will become an independent console development company. In the future, the two sides will continue to cooperate, but both will operate independently!"

In the conference room of the Xue Leshan office building, Ken Williams made a final decision as soon as he opened the scene, so that Nippon Sega and Amerika Sega would be completely separated, and there would be no need to scold each other in the future. Nippon Sega and Sammy merged, In the future, I will be responsible for the development of pinball games, console games, etc., while America and Sega will be responsible for hardware research and development.

Peter Moore was very satisfied with the result. After listening, he applauded. The people who came from Nippon Sega this time, Hisao Oguchi, Yuji Naka, and others, had expected this result, but after it really happened. , is still a little dull, arcades and game consoles are the things that made Sega the pinnacle of the Japanese game industry, but now they have all been abandoned, this news is sent back to Japan, they may inevitably be ridiculed by the Japanese media and players. scolding.

   "Hopefully, Sega will be able to provide more "trend" games for Sega consoles and Sammy pinball machines in the future, instead of delving into those "expired" games!" Peter Moore said earnestly.

   But when he heard these words in Naka Yuji's ears, he seemed to be pointing at him and scolding him, scolding him that he only knew how to develop Sonic and didn't know the game market at all.

   "What game Nippon Sega is going to develop, you don't need to worry about it!"

Naka Yuji angrily replied to Peter Moore, just like the scene when Peter Moore went to Tokyo, but now things are different. Peter Moore, who had to bow his head under the eaves, is now The one who was sitting, and after Naka Yuji finished a sentence, he could only leave angrily.

  The identities of both sides have changed now, Peter Moore no longer needs to look at Yuji Naka and the others, but Yuji Naka and the others need to look at Peter Moore's face in the future.

Seeing Yuji Naka leave, Ken Williams just frowned and didn't say anything. As the "father of Sonic", as long as Yuji Naka continued to develop Sonic games, then he would be free to toss, anyway. The Nippon Sega behind the home is basically the equivalent of a tiger with its teeth pulled out, and can only be a game provider in the future.

Yuji Naka can leave, but Hisao Oguchi can't. He needs to think about the more than 2,000 people of Nippon Sega. If he leaves, those people will be really unlucky, especially in Nippon's current situation, leaving Sega, more than 2,000 people, basically means unemployment.

   "Sega, Japan, will make changes and will develop the best games for Sega consoles and Sami pinball machines..."

   "Not just consoles and pinball games, but also handhelds!"

   (end of this chapter)