"Contact Atari... no, contact the people at Jiangnan Group. Tell them we're willing to cooperate, but we need to discuss some details in the agreement. We'd like to schedule a meeting to discuss it!" Amanda immediately reported the situation of the store to the board of directors, who naturally agreed.
However, the board also raised an opinion: the revenue sharing ratio was very unreasonable. Why could the game developers get 50%, the platform 30%, and they, the mobile phone manufacturers, only get 20%?
Wasn't this extremely unfair?
Of course, BlackBerry understood that it was impossible to reduce Jiangnan Group's platform income, otherwise, why would they bother with this matter?
So, BlackBerry's board proposed a new distribution plan: the mobile platform would get 50%, Jiangnan Group's platform would get 30%, and the remaining 20% would be awarded to the game operators.
Then, this plan was directly sent to Atari, and then to Huang He.
"How dare they demand 50% of the game revenue for just a mobile phone? Even later companies like Xiaomi didn't take such a cut from their own app stores!"
Although these platforms actually took a 50% cut, they combined the mobile phone and game platform to get 50%, and the game developers could still get another 50%.
But BlackBerry's suggestion was different: they wanted 50% for themselves, and they didn't dare to touch the 30% for Jiangnan Group as the platform. As a result, game developers were left with only 20%. If such a revenue sharing ratio were implemented, wouldn't Jiangnan Group and 00 Game Center be branded as scumbags by the entire gaming community?
At the same time, this would also be extremely detrimental to the development of the entire game industry. How could platforms take 80% of the total profit and only give 20% to game developers? There would be no AAA games in the future.
Even Nintendo wouldn't dare to play like this. On the surface, they would charge at most a 30% platform fee, and even with all sorts of hidden fees, it would only reach a 50% level at most. They would still leave at least 50% of the revenue for the game developers.
In fact, Mr. Huang's current promotion of 00 Game Center, by only leaving a 50% share for game developers, was already considered a step backward in history, smashing the rice bowls of game developers and destroying the future of the entire gaming industry.
However, this was unavoidable in the pre-smartphone era because, in the smartphone era, mobile phones could not install various software on their own. Users could only run the software pre-installed on their phones, so the mobile phone itself had powerful platform rights, and they were qualified to take a slice of the pie.
But this situation would be completely changed in the smartphone era because smartphones could install various programs at will, and the platform rights of the mobile phone itself would be greatly reduced. Did you see any Windows system that had the nerve to skim money from programs installed on its own system?
It's impossible!
Only Apple dared to do such a thing!
In any case, in the future mobile phone era, powerful game manufacturers would basically find ways to bypass the constraints of various platforms, directly release official client download links online, and then take all the profits for themselves. Wouldn't that be more profitable?
This was why Mr. Huang wanted to get 00 Mobile Game Center into the game early: to occupy the entire market in advance and start cultivating users' habit of downloading programs from their own game center, and subsequently the entire software application center, five years in advance.
This way, when the smartphone era arrived, 00 Game Center, coupled with its own system, would become the world's largest mobile application download platform, a completely established and irresistible super platform for any enterprise. This was what Mr. Huang truly wanted.
Therefore, Mr. Huang freely distributed the 00 Game Platform to all mobile phone companies, allowing them to install it in their systems for free. The purpose was to cultivate the usage habits of all mobile phone users in advance. Otherwise, Mr. Huang would have no reason to give such a user-attracting weapon to his competitors!
At the same time, as long as the entire 00 Game Platform was installed on all mobile phones, and then Jiangnan Group actively extended an olive branch to all game manufacturers, these game manufacturers would more or less be willing to release mobile versions of their games. Because of the system limitations of non-smartphones, these game manufacturers could not directly release software installation packages suitable for non-smartphones online. They could only release their games through the intermediate platform of 00 Game Center. The result was naturally that Mr. Huang had gained control of the mobile channels of game developers worldwide in advance.
Now, BlackBerry had actually come up with the bizarre demand to charge 50% of the profit for mobile phones, leaving only 20% for game developers.
If Jiangnan Group agreed, then no game manufacturer would be willing to join the 00 Game Platform. Although making money wasn't shameful, if it was only 20%, let alone whether the mobile development costs could be recovered, the destructive exploitation of the entire game development industry would be unacceptable to the entire industry. Jiangnan Group would have offended all game developers in advance, not to mention the future mobile game development plans!
Therefore, when Mr. Huang saw BlackBerry's demand, his face turned somewhat angry, and he was also amused. Where did these people get the nerve to think they were qualified to get 50% of the profit?
"Boss, I'll go talk to BlackBerry Mobile and tell them the logic behind this! Let them abandon this crazy demand!" This cooperation request was first sent to Malik Omar, and then by Malik Omar to Mr. Huang, so he also understood Mr. Huang's intentions.
Therefore, he understood how angry Mr. Huang was at the moment, so he volunteered, wanting to gain some favor in front of Huang He.
"No need, there's no need!" Unexpectedly, Mr. Huang shook his head, sneered, and said, "Don't go and negotiate with them or anything. You do this..."
A full day and night after BlackBerry sent its revised opinion, Amanda still had not received any reply from Jiangnan Group, which made Amanda worried that something might go wrong. So she actively called Jiangnan Group again.
Normally, when the phone was answered, as long as her identity was stated, it would be directly transferred to President Malik Omar. Even if Malik was not present for a while, the secretary's office would record her request and respond to her later. This was normal business etiquette, and Amanda had been doing so before.
However, since Jiangnan Group did not reply, Amanda had to call again to inquire about the progress. When Atari's customer service heard Amanda's request, they immediately said, "Sir, regarding this issue, we suggest that you do not inquire further. You can operate it directly through the software!"
"No, what do you mean by this? For such an important contract, don't we need both parties to communicate and then sit down to sign the agreement? What do you mean by operating directly through the software? Can a computer sign it?" Amanda asked, confused and somewhat angry.
"Yes, my dear sir, our 00 Game Center's cooperation method this time is the most advanced network electronic contract cooperation!"
"When you open our software, you must have seen the first displayed electronic contract, right? As long as you read the entire contract completely, you will see a button at the very bottom of the contract that says 'I have read it completely and agree to all contract rules'."
"As long as you click this button with your mouse, it's done. You can directly install our 00 Game Center on your mobile system according to the contract!" the customer service representative said with a smile.
"What the f***, are you crazy? How can there be such a way to sign a contract in the world!" Amanda was stunned and couldn't help but swear.
"Sir, this is the newest electronic contract system. Even if you just click the agree button, it has been legally certified and is a contract document with full legal effect. It has the same legal effect as a legal document signed with a pen. You don't need to have any worries or doubts about it. Please rest assured!"
"No... I am BlackBerry Mobile, the fourth-largest mobile phone enterprise in the United States. This is a cooperation between two large companies. How can such a ridiculous thing as an electronic contract be used? This..." Amanda said with her mouth wide open. In fact, he wasn't unaware that such contracts had legal effect, as they often provided such electronic contracts to their users. But the problem was, how could such absurd things happen between two companies? This...
"My dear sir, we treat all companies equally. Nokia and Samsung called earlier to inquire, and they received the same reply!" the secretary continued with a smile. "In fact, our company is doing this for your benefit!"
"For our benefit?" Amanda was stunned.
"Yes, think about it. If we were to sign contracts in writing, it would require the hard work of both companies' legal departments for contract review, as well as the work of various administrative personnel. Finally, both parties would need to specially send representatives for a signing ceremony."
"A rough estimate is that signing once would cost at least tens of thousands of dollars, and it would waste more than three days of time. This is a very uneconomical act for businesses!"
"In response to this, our President Omar proposed the principle of 'Everything for convenient service!' and launched this extremely convenient electronic contract system. With just a click, all contract signing can be completed instantly, without even a second. It's really very convenient!"
"See, as long as you click it, you can immediately start using our 00 Game Platform. This way, you can launch mobile phones with the 00 Game Platform as quickly as possible. Isn't this acting in the best interests of our dear partners?"
"..." Amanda's mouth was wide open, and she remained silent for a long time!
"My dear sir, are you still there? If you have understood our service, I will hang up the phone now. I wish you a happy life, and please remember to give me a good review!"
"Oh, right, I must especially remind you that some users previously reported that the agree button could not be clicked. This is because they did not scroll the content of the contract to the very bottom. In this case, we cannot guarantee that you have read the entire content of the contract. Therefore, you need to scroll to the bottom of the contract content, and after ensuring that you have read the entire contract completely, then you can click the confirm button."