Iwata Satoru, upon receiving the news, immediately had Huang He summoned to confront him about his cooperation with Sony, deeming it a betrayal of Nintendo.
In response, only Ito Makoto appeared and casually stated in Iwata Satoru's office that his company's cooperation with Sony in no way violated their agreement with Nintendo, asserting that their actions were entirely reasonable, legal, and even aligned with business ethics, thus Jiangnan found no reason for Nintendo's accusations.
Ito Makoto's reply naturally enraged Iwata Satoru, but Ito Makoto frankly stated that if Nintendo was unhappy with the cooperation agreement, they were free to unilaterally terminate it, provided they paid a penalty fee – a mere few billion yen.
This left Iwata Satoru completely speechless. He could only have Ito Makoto escorted out, vowing internally that the contract would last at most a year, after which he would immediately terminate it, refusing to let the people of Jiangnan Group continue their triumphal march.
Despite this internal resolve, he had to acknowledge that with the boost from Blizzard, Sony's PS sales had seen another slight increase, solidifying its advantage over Nintendo's console.
While Sony and Nintendo were both experiencing shifts in their destinies due to the emergence of Jiangnan Group, the president of the Nishiyū Corporation, Nishiyū Ashitaru, was resignedly looking at his daughter.
"Father, look, this is a gameplay system I designed myself, called Ichiban Kuji!" Nishiyū Ayana excitedly introduced the item called Ichiban Kuji in her hands to her father.
"Isn't this the same thing you told me about before, the 'Blind Box Hua Huang Shang'?" Nishiyū Ashitaru asked with a hint of helplessness after listening to his daughter's explanation for fifty minutes.
"That's right, it's that very thing!" Nishiyū Ayana readily admitted without reservation. "I thought this thing of his was good, so I just turned it into our own."
Indeed, Nishiyū Ayana's plagiarism was thorough; she had essentially copy-pasted Huang Laoban's Blind Box Hua Huang Shang, with no changes to the basic rules, and even the prizes remained Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
"Father, I've thought about it, this can completely become a flagship product for our Nishiyū Trading Company in the future!" Nishiyū Ayana stated with great confidence. "The biggest problem with that 'Blind Box Hua Huang Shang' is the difficulty in rolling out the product in a short period. At most, it's only sold in those few stores in Akihabara, it can't penetrate the entire market!"
"But our Nishiyū Trading Company is different. We have over 20,000 FamilyMart convenience stores throughout Fusang, over 60,000 worldwide, and more than 300 Nishiyū department stores. We can instantly complete the stocking, allowing our Ichiban Kuji to directly capture the entire market. By the time that person behind Blind Box Hua Huang Shang reacts, their market will already be ours!" Nishiyū Ayana said triumphantly.
She was truly sparing no effort to teach Huang He a lesson and let him understand what capitalism meant.
"And then what?" Nishiyū Ashitaru continued to ask.
"Then we can force that person into a corner until he's cornered, and then our Nishiyū Trading Company can recruit him... As long as we let him continue to be responsible for our Ichiban Kuji business, he definitely won't refuse!"
"This guy is sharp and has real ability. To be frank, I've already placed him on my prospective son-in-law assessment list, ranking him among the top contenders. Perhaps in a while, this guy will become your son-in-law!" Nishiyū Ayana spoke about such matters without any shyness, openly and honestly. This was precisely what Nishiyū Ashitaru liked most about his daughter; with this kind of assertiveness, it was a shame she wasn't a son.
"Oh!" Nishiyū Ashitaru's eyes lit up. Nishiyū Ayana was already a grown woman and had never mentioned any man who might become her son-in-law before.
It seemed he might soon be holding his grandson.
However, wouldn't his daughter's naive, one-sided approach backfire? Moreover, the man's background was unclear, and all of this needed careful investigation.
However, Nishiyū Ashitaru felt it wasn't a major issue. He hadn't heard of any young people from prominent families engaging in such matters, and Nishiyū Ayana knew virtually all these young men. After all, they belonged to the same circle and saw each other often. Moreover, when Nishiyū Ayana was planning to find a son-in-law for their family, she had reviewed the profiles of these young men, so she should recognize the scions of influential families.
Therefore, this young man should likely be from a minor family, or perhaps an ordinary person who started his own business. Such a young man, facing the temptation of inheriting the vast Nishiyū Corporation, should have no reason to refuse.
Surely, in this world, no one truly believed that men or women could refuse the allure of marrying into a wealthy family. In fact, compared to women, more rational men were the ones who most readily accepted entering a rich family as a shortcut to achieve decades of success with less effort.
Furthermore, sons-in-law in Fusang are different from those in other countries; their status and position are not lacking, nor is there any discrimination. More often, to ensure the son-in-law wholeheartedly serves their family, the father-in-law and mother-in-law would treat him exceptionally well, forming an emotional bond until their grandson grew up.
Therefore, Nishiyū Ashitaru did not believe this young man would have the courage to refuse him and his daughter.
Just as Nishiyū Ashitaru was about to tell his daughter to go ahead and do as she pleased, assuring her he would always be her support, his secretary approached and whispered into his ear. Nishiyū Ashitaru's eyebrows twitched several times upon hearing this, and then he smiled, "In that case, don't have him come to the company. Have him come directly here. I'll meet him here!"
"Heh!" The secretary glanced at his boss with some surprise. He had never hosted business matters at home before, and Japanese entrepreneurs generally did not have such habits; unless they were very familiar friends, they wouldn't directly invite someone into their home.
However, inviting someone they were meeting for the first time directly into their residence seemed a bit unusual!
The secretary couldn't possibly imagine that Nishiyū Ashitaru was inviting the other party to his home with the intention of meeting a future son-in-law, to create a more intimate environment conducive to his daughter's developing relationship with him.
"The young man you mentioned will be arriving at our home soon. Do you want to meet him openly, or hide and observe him from afar?" Nishiyū Ashitaru asked his daughter.
"Why would he come to me? Does he already know my identity!" Nishiyū Ayana exclaimed, startled.
"That's unlikely. I think he probably had the same idea as my precious daughter!" Nishiyū Ashitaru said with a smile.
"He's also realized his biggest problem, so he wants to sell his Blind Box Hua Huang Shang through the convenience store system!" Nishiyū Ayana's eyes lit up, and she then smiled, "Father, I was right about him. This is a very capable person who understands how to develop his product!"
"However, this will give us even more opportunities. You can offer to fully fund his venture with Nishiyū Trading Company as a condition, and seize the opportunity to invest in his company. This way, he'll directly become part of our Nishiyū family!" Nishiyū Ayana said.
"And then?" Nishiyū Ashitaru rolled his eyes. Was his daughter already too eager to give away the Nishiyū family?
"Of course, we'll observe him carefully. Father, your discerning eye will surely be able to see through this person's character and abilities, and then decide whether to make him our family's son-in-law!" Nishiyū Ayana said with a grin.
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"Boss, we've arrived at the Nishiyū residence!" The car stopped in front of a courtyard with a very traditional Japanese style.
It was a seemingly very traditional and ordinary courtyard, with a wooden structure house only two stories high.
However, this house was connected front and back, stretching for over a thousand meters, with an initial estimate of at least five to six mu of land area, and this was just the land area for a single house.
Within the courtyard, three or four more houses could be vaguely seen. Although not as large as the main house, they were not significantly smaller. The entire estate covered an area of one hectare.
It is important to note that this was not a hectare of land in a remote wilderness, but in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, which was comparable to the area within Beijing's Third Ring Road.
From this, one could imagine the terrifying level of wealth possessed by the owner of this place... If this were in Japan in the 1990s, the value of this plot of land alone could have bought a quarter of the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
"This is probably the first Japanese billionaire's residence I've visited. Does this president of Nishiyū Corporation know me, or do we have a connection through my ancestors?" Huang He muttered. Although he had visited many wealthy individuals, this was his first time being invited as a guest to such a luxurious residence.
"Perhaps President Nishiyū is interested in you, Boss, and wants you as his son-in-law!" Hu Jing, who was beside him, commented accurately.
"Alright, stop joking. Someone is coming to greet us!" Huang Laoban said calmly. At this moment, an elderly woman wearing a kimono opened the door for Huang He and, keeping her head bowed in a posture of bowing, led Huang He and Hu Jing into a room. After a brief wait, the owner, Nishiyū Ashitaru, entered with a maid.
This maid kept her head bowed, so Huang He couldn't see her clearly, nor did he focus his attention on her.
"He has such a beautiful woman by his side?" However, Nishiyū Ashitaru's expression was not entirely pleased, as the woman accompanying Huang He was too dazzling, at least more beautiful than his own daughter, which displeased Nishiyū Ashitaru greatly!