Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 366: Siberian Titan Dragon Crushes an Asteroid Bareh

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You!

Him!

Spit!

Listening to Shen Miaomiao, Gu Sheng was left utterly speechless on the spot!

Are we just that rich?

What kind of price are you trying to raise now?

He’s literally a fisher trying to hurriedly dump an IP at rock-bottom prices because he’s desperate to head to the Pacific!

Cut it out, as the saying goes, if there’s a bargain and you don’t take it, you’re a fool!

Who cares what other publishers think? We’ve been surrounded by powerful rivals for more than a day or two.

Besides, the money you save here would basically count as selling the ga in advance to generate revenue!

Say the market valuation for Resident Evil is five hundred million dollars. If Shinji Mikami is willing to give it to us for one dollar, that’s essentially free.

That ans we didn’t spend any of our capital, yet we gained five hundred million dollars in value.

Five hundred million dollars! At sixty dollars per copy for Resident Evil 7, that five hundred million equals sales of more than eight hundred and thirty thousand copies!

What kind of martial virtue are you talking about here!

Gu Sheng roared in his heart, pounding his chest.

But!

What’s done is done.

No matter how much he regretted it now, it wouldn’t change anything; Little Nezha’s words had already been spoken.

Gu Sheng looked at the statuette-like Little Nezha with a bit of despair.

Across the table, Shinji Mikami raised an eyebrow in mild surprise when he heard Shen Miaomiao’s words, and glanced over:

“Then, Chairman Shen thinks... how much should I raise the price to?”

You’d better raise it until we go bankrupt.

Sell the pots and pans to relieve your grudge; better yet, force us to sell blood to survive.

Shen Miaomiao secretly thought.

If that happened, I could blast off on the spot and achieve instant financial freedom.

“I think...”

Shen Miaomiao considered briefly, then tentatively extended a little palm:

“Five hundred million dollars? After all, that was the starting market valuation back then...”

Pff—!

Gu Sheng nearly spat a mouthful of blood.

Five hundred million dollars?!

Yes! When we were trying to acquire this IP originally, the market’s estimated starting price was that high, and with Resident Evil 7’s release, Resident Evil IP prices have beco even higher.

But the damn problem is—

“In that case, doesn’t much of the reason you made Resident Evil 7 in the first place beco aningless?”

Shinji Mikami was clearly surprised by Shen Miaomiao’s proposed price and said with a wry smile.

Why did Golden Wind make Resident Evil 7 in the first place?

One reason was that Shinji Mikami wanted to preview their capabilities and see whether Golden Wind could revive the Resident Evil IP.

The other was that they simply couldn’t afford such a steep license fee back then!

A five-hundred-million-dollar starting price—let alone any higher—was sothing they couldn’t pay for!

That’s why they resorted to an “authorization” type of arrangent!

Oh, now look.

With Resident Evil 7 selling extrely well, plus the recent YiYou Platform promotional events, the new Apex pass launch, PUBG’s new activities, and the advertising fee from the Longing for Life variety show arriving, Golden Wind has finally scraped together five hundred million dollars in liquid funds.

And now you’re going to hand it all over again?

Gu Sheng realized that if he didn’t speak up now, Shen Miaomiao would end up bankrupting the company, so he hurried to interject:

“Uhh... I think Mr. Mikami raises very valid points.”

“One dollar is Mr. Mikami’s endorsent of Golden Wind, and it also reflects Mr. Mikami’s lofty spirit and his respect for gas.”

“In our Huaguo there’s an old saying: ‘A goose feather sent from afar, the gift may be light but the sentint is deep.’ One dollar may not be much, but the friendship and recognition it symbolizes are priceless.”

At this, Shen Miaomiao frowned:

“Then we must not let Mr. Mikami’s goodwill go to waste!”

“Treating people with courtesy has always been our Huaguo tradition. Everyone knows Guan Yu’s righteousness and disdain for wealth, yet Cao Cao still presented fine horses to show respect. Now that Mr. Mikami offers such a generous gift, how could we be rude and invite ridicule?”

“Pfft,” Gu Sheng clicked his tongue, “the problem is...”

“Hey—” Shen Miaomiao waved a hand, “if you put it that way, you’re being one-sided.”

At the negotiation table!

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao, one trying to save money and one wanting to splurge, cited various points and classical references, each arguing to sway the other.

Across from them, Shinji Mikami silently pulled out his phone, opened a simultaneous translation app, and watched their debate like a movie, subtitles popping up on the screen. He crossed his arms and amusedly followed the verbal sparring.

Yes! Exciting!

Over there, Chairman Shen starts sharp and then strikes like a spear, Little Yellow stomps the brake pads in a rage with unstoppable montum!

Spit, brilliant!

Over here, President Gu parries and then counters with a lightning five-whip combo straight to the vital points!

Whoa! Impressive!

There, Chairman Shen fearlessly accepts the attack, then rooted and advanced with a Little Dark Bear snatching the Red Cracked Robe, forcing repeated retreats!

Formidable!

President Gu steadied himself, sidestepped and retaliated with a Little Jumping Frog dominating the supermarket, trying to open distance for ranged attacks!

However, just as this heated ten-minute skirmish was about to reach a stalemate!

Suddenly!

Shinji Mikami’s phone screen abruptly flashed a line—

[Have you stopped loving ?!]

What is this! Siberian Titan Dragon crushes an asteroid barehanded!

OHHHHHHH—!!!

Shinji Mikami secretly felt that being able to witness such an outrageously dramatic debate just before his retirent made his career feel complete!

The victory was decided!

In the end!

After this ridiculous, laugh-inducing abstract debate, Gu Sheng ultimately lost under Little Nezha’s shaless offensive.

Both parties agreed to acquire the globally renowned Resident Evil IP for a Huaguo-style auspicious price of one hundred eighty-eight million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand dollars.

Shinji Mikami said simply: As long as you two are happy.

With the acquisition finalized, Shinji Mikami forced his smile down, cleared his throat and said:

“Then I’ll leave it in President Gu’s hands, and Golden Wind’s.”

Gu Sheng nodded earnestly: “We won’t let you down.”

“Whew—”

Hearing this, Shinji Mikami sighed lightly, seeming relieved yet a bit wistful:

“So... when does President Gu plan to begin developnt?”

“It’ll need so ti,” Gu Sheng replied.

“Resident Evil 7 just wrapped up. Releasing a sequel too soon would inevitably cause players to suffer aesthetic fatigue.”

“Also, Steel Chain Fingers currently have another task underway, so they’re a bit... short-handed for now.”

Oh?

Hearing that, Shinji Mikami raised an eyebrow:

“Recently I only heard that lancholy Blues’ Call of Duty has been overwhelmingly popular. I hadn’t heard of any new developnt moves from Steel Chain Fingers.”

“Ah, hehe, that’s because this ti Steel Chain Fingers are co-developing the project with Fury. Fury handles the marketing and PR,” Gu Sheng explained.

“It’s a racing... well... or rather, not exactly a racing ga.”

Huh?

Gu Sheng’s words left Shinji Mikami puzzled.

What does a racing but not-quite-racing ga an?

“Forgive my curiosity, President Gu,” Shinji Mikami asked.

“Can you explain the specifics?”

Clearly!

Shinji Mikami was simply interested. After all, what harm could a fisher have in mind?

Gu Sheng didn’t intentionally withhold details:

“It’s the Europa Interactive Entertainnt Expo, one of Fury’s annual focal events.”

“This is a regionally hosted global ga expo, typically held in January each year. Its nature is sowhat similar to the Ga Industry Developnt and dia Conference organized by CDEA, a secondary-tier exhibition under the Big Four Exhibitions.”

There are many regional expos like this around the world, but Europa stands out and is well known to players and dia because of its specialization.

Yes, the most-watched ga type at the Europa Expo has never been shooters, action gas, or sports gas.

It’s racing.

As the premier global hall for top-tier racing gas, it’s even called the Europa Racing Ga Expo.

That’s why a secondary expo has beco one of Fury’s annual key projects.

After all, Fury is one of the top racing-ga companies in Huaguo and even worldwide.

“Actually, this year the expo was supposed to be no different from prior years, Fury planned to bring the ga they were taking to the Higashitsu Gaming Festival to also attend the Europa Expo,” Gu Sheng elaborated as Shinji Mikami listened with growing interest.

“But this year it’s different...”

Because of CloudPower.

Yes, CloudPower, whose stock had plunged after Golden Wind’s earlier moves and even suffered reverse acquisition of its studios, has finally steadied itself.

Seemingly to recover from its previous slump, CloudPower has now set its sights on the racing ga genre.

After all, racing players are relatively stable in number, and as one of the three major categories alongside shooters and sports, the market is sizable.

If CloudPower puts so effort into reworking a hot racing ga and leverages their massive financial might, they can win over a lot of players with sheer production value.

And in fact, CloudPower is doing just that.

But!

The revitalized CloudPower is not content with minor gains.

With Konik’s opportunistic personality, once they target a piece of cake, everyone else at the table becos an enemy.

Whether I can swallow the whole cake is my problem. But your slice, I must take by any ans.

“Looking across Asia’s top racing studios,” Gu Sheng said,

“besides Takasugi Studio of Kora, the only other major contender that ranks up there is Fury.”

In terms of IP, technical capability, and comrcial potential, Fury is a top-tier player in the racing space.

“Previously CloudPower couldn’t touch us because we weren’t publicly listed; they had no leverage to make mischief,” Gu Sheng said.

“But Fury is different. They’re a listed company.”

“And CloudPower’s tactics against listed firms are varied and almost always successful.”

“And this ti, the unlucky one is Fury.”

They’re being targeted for a hostile takeover.

If there were a ti-traveler inside Fury like Gu Sheng was, this situation would be intimately familiar.

Hostile takeovers.

In Gu Sheng’s past life, Ubisoft once suffered the sa treatnt from Vivendi.

Vivendi used its massive funds to acquire Ubisoft shares in the market, and once Vivendi’s stake exceeded 30 percent, Vivendi would seat representatives on Ubisoft’s board and force Ubisoft to accept their takeover terms.

Now Fury faces a similar situation.

And the solution is simple—

Attract investnt, sell gas to make big money, and buy the shares back from CloudPower at a higher price so CloudPower can’t join the board and beco a major shareholder.

That way, decision-making power stays with Fury, and the hostile takeover is thwarted.

“Although we can’t support Fury financially, since their market cap is higher than Golden Wind’s and they’ll have to find investnt themselves,” Gu Sheng took a deep breath and shrugged with a small smile:

“But in terms of content, we can out-develop CloudPower, help Fury with public opinion, and assist them in boosting ga sales. That’s within our capabilities.”

This was not only a personal favor between Gu Sheng and Fury’s Director Li Xiaofeng,

but also a suggestion from Chairman Jiang Yingcai of CDEA,

and a tacit hint from higher-ups.

Moreover, Fury’s proposed revenue-sharing terms for this cooperation were fair, and they fully respected Golden Wind’s creative suggestions and planning.

Gu Sheng had no reason to refuse.

His sincerity was fully demonstrated in this cooperative project.

“We want to make a special ga, born from the racing genre yet not exactly a racing ga...”