As everyone gathered and noisily discussed, Myron Case had already appeared at the front of the hall, looking at the crowd.
"Shh, the boss is here!"
Everyone imdiately went silent and turned to look at Myron Case.
Myron Case saw countless employees in the audience, most of them being the backbone of the company, the core mbers of the R&D departnt.
And today, his eting was related to R&D.
At the sa ti, he noticed many mbers of the managent team and several shareholders who had co to see what he was planning to do.
These shareholders saw that Myron Case was about to hold a large eting, so they decided to co early and find out what it was all about.
When everyone had quieted down, Myron Case finally spoke in a deep voice, "Everyone, I'm sure many of you have played a video ga called Final Fantasy 7 Remake recently, right?"
"Uh... Why is the boss bringing this up?"
"Is he going to reprimand us? After all, this ga was developed by a competitor. By playing it, we're basically giving money to our competitors."
"No, no, definitely not. The boss gave us permission to play Final Fantasy 7 Remake, so it's impossible that he's going to reprimand us for it."
"Then why is he bringing it up?"
On the stage, Myron Case could hear so people whispering, and he already had an idea. "It seems that many of you have played this ga. Now, I want to ask how you felt about it. Do you really enjoy this kind of ga?"
"Should we just say it out loud?"
"Maybe we shouldn't. If we say it, the boss might get really upset."
The room fell silent for a mont, and Myron Case smiled, "You can speak freely. I'm not asking you to do anything. I just want to hear your honest thoughts on the ga. And the reason I'm asking is that I've finally made a decision. I also want to develop a ga as excellent as Final Fantasy 7, but I need a reason to make this ga."
"What?"
"Did we hear that right? The boss wants to develop a ga like Final Fantasy 7?"
"That's impossible! Final Fantasy 7 is one of the best gas in the world. No ga developer with experience in this kind of ga would be here with us. How could the boss suddenly want to develop such a ga?"
"Looks like the boss is really desperate. He wants to create a ga that can win over players' hearts."
"Now that you ntion it, it makes sense. Video ga players are growing in number, and whenever people think about video gas, the first thing that cos to mind is Gastar Electronic Entertainnt. Other companies are second. Just the reputation alone is enough for Gastar to make a fortune."
At this point, an employee gathered the courage to stand up and take the microphone, saying, "Boss, can I speak honestly?"
"Speak freely, say whatever you want. Right now, I just want to hear your true feelings about Final Fantasy 7 Remake."
"Boss, perhaps you weren't much of a gar before, so you don't fully understand how much we loved Final Fantasy 7. Of course, it's not just Final Fantasy 7 Remake. If Gastar released a Super Mario ga or a Zelda ga, or any other well-known Gastar IP ga, I'd be the first to buy it."
"Why is that?" Myron Case asked.
"Isn't it obvious? Because Gastar is the king of video gas!" the employee said proudly. "And those famous ga IPs have always had a great reputation, so we're confident that we won't regret buying them. We play gas to have fun, and we've always trusted that these gas will never let us down."
The employee beca more and more excited, expressing his thoughts as a passionate gar. He even forgot for a mont that he was an employee of Mickford.
anwhile, several shareholders in the front of the room furrowed their brows.
It seed that Myron Case was about to stir things up again.
The sales of Mickford's smartphones weren't exactly booming, but they were doing decently. The shareholders thought that Myron Case should stick to the current strategy of focusing on smartphone and system developnt and avoid venturing too much into video gas.
"I have a question."
Finally, one shareholder couldn't help but stand up.
"Myron, don't you think it might be a little too late to start developing video gas now? The video ga industry is completely dominated by Gastar Electronic Entertainnt. Do you really think you can enter this field?"
"If we don't try, how will we know?" Myron Case replied. "I really want to give it a try because so many people love video gas."
"And by the way, shareholders, I don't think you've been paying much attention to our company's revenue performance lately. Our smartphone sales have been declining year after year, and if we don't make so breakthroughs, I'm afraid the smartphone market will be entirely taken over by Gastar Electronic Entertainnt. Their alliance is already starting to push us into a crisis."
"Well, isn't our phone sales still alright?"
"That's just the surface. That's why I want to seek a breakthrough. I want to try developing video gas. If I don't take so risks now, we might not have a place in the future."
"Haha, we can't approve this plan. Your ga departnt has never had much success. If we invest more in it, we absolutely can't approve that."
If they suddenly decided to invest more in video gas, their future earnings would definitely drop again. And it was clear that the video ga industry was a bottomless pit—it seed like no matter how much money they poured into it, it wouldn't yield much. Why would they want to continue investing more money?
"Well, let say this: I still control this company. I have 51% of the shares. Do you really want to force to use my voting power?"
"You..." Several shareholders were starting to get angry.
Myron Case had finally started to defy them.
And as he had said, he held the absolute power in the company, and they had no way of opposing him.
"Then maybe we'll consider selling our shares directly." The shareholders were getting more forceful.
After all, the company's recent developnt hadn't been great, so pulling out now seed like a good idea.
"Hold on, what if I say that I'm willing to invest more into this ga by releasing more shares? I'll use my shares to bring in more capital, and it won't affect you at all."
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