Chapter 33: The Gaming Market's Three Kingdoms Standoff

  Duan Haisheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Old Jiang, Yang Zong, I'm really embarrassed to say this... Two years ago, that little genius Xiao Dehua came to me, wanting to buy my electronics factory, saying he would develop and sell FC. But this is a large collective enterprise, how could it be sold? Then he said if not selling then invest in shares, partner up, bring over his Taiwanese capitalist methods, guaranteeing big profits, which was even more unacceptable. In the end, the factory department meeting unanimously rejected it, almost alarming the district committee."

  Jiang Yang also felt the same way: "That's an invasion of capitalism, intended to undermine socialism. Didn't last year's 13th Third Plenary Session still not thoroughly define the nature of stock reform? Although there are many pilot enterprises with mixed ownership across the country, without a national red-headed document being issued, which enterprise in Beijing would dare to act rashly? The waters of Beijing are deep! Not to mention domestic enterprises, he's a Taiwanese, and he wants to enter into a large collective economy? Dream on! Old Duan, if your Red Sun Electronics Factory really takes this step in the future, I'll be the first to invest! Yang will be the second! Damn it, with such good things happening, how could a Taiwanese possibly get involved?"

  Duan Haisheng smiled and said: "Old Jiang, I didn't expect that as a businessman, you would be so familiar with national policies!"

  Jiang Yang smiled with satisfaction: "Of course. Ah, Director Yang, in the future if Old Du wants to sell the factory, don't be polite with him either, let's all get rich together!"

  Jiang Yang is ready to tie up with Yang Yun, integrating production and sales, so that he can be completely at ease.

  Invest in Red Sun Electronics Factory? This proposal seems okay, but Yang Yun did not respond on the spot, and instead continued to talk about Xiao Tiancai: "Xiao Dehua is just eyeing the signboard of Red Sun Electronics Factory. As a Taiwanese, he has high labor costs and operating costs in Taiwan, and if he wants to do business in mainland China, he will be subject to many restrictions, so he must find a partner or borrow a shell, which is easy to understand."

  Duan Haisheng sighed: "I understand him, but the national situation doesn't allow it, can I be blamed for that? Then because of this matter, he became enemies with me. He was also originally doing electronics manufacturing, and most of our product catalogs overlapped. In the end, I managed to produce them, but couldn't sell them out, and a large quantity of products were stockpiled, almost going bankrupt. If it wasn't for Old Jiang finding me last year and letting me transform to do cassette tapes, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to keep the Red Sun brand!"

  Jiang Yang chuckled and said, "That's why I say Old Duan spent his whole life chasing wild geese, but in the end, he was pecked in the eye by a sparrow. If I had known that Little Genius was so capable, I would have sold the factory to them back then! By cooperating with them, wouldn't we have been living a prosperous life for the past two years? Little Genius's learning machines and game cards are selling like hotcakes, dominating the domestic market share, and now they're even clinging to Nintendo's thigh, soaring to new heights and going international!"

  Yang Yunqi said: "Boss Jiang, how can you be so happy? The little genius is so powerful, it's not good for you either. I didn't see the game card of the little genius when I went to your warehouse last time."

  Jiang Yang slapped his thigh: "Xiao Tiancai sells well, but the profit is too thin. I won't make a profit if I act as their agent! In Beijing, Lao Mao only makes Xiao Tiancai, but apart from Xiao Tiancai, all other big and small brands are taken by me. Don't just take my word for it, three Lao Maos aren't as good as me in terms of gross margin!"

  It turns out that it was Jiang Yang and Duan Haisheng who worked together to expand the market over the past two years. Later, Yang Yun joined as a game supplier, and the three companies formed a complete industrial chain of upstream, midstream, and downstream: software developer, manufacturer, and sales company, a perfect combination, which made everything go smoothly.

  "After bragging, Jiang Yang said: "The domestic game card market was originally small, and there was only one company called Xiao Tiancai. However, two powerful companies have recently emerged, one is Xiao Ba Wang and the other is Chi Yang. Haha, now it has become a three-kingdom situation, with heroes emerging one after another, and it's very lively!"

  Duan Haisheng hastily flattered, "What are we Red Sun compared to the Three Kingdoms heroes! If it weren't for Director Yang sending someone over to guide us on techniques and cracking that Super Mario and 1949, I'd still be relying on imitating Cort and Pyramid's learning cards to make a living!"

  Yang Yun hastily waved his hand and said seriously: "Director Duan, you mustn't thank me! I have nothing to do with Red Sun at all! The hacking of Nintendo's game card has even less to do with me. Our company, Longteng Entertainment's, circus game was also cracked by yourself. I'm really innocent, it really has nothing to do with me..."

  Duan Haisheng's mouth was agape, stunned, what is going on here?

  "Hahaha!" Jiang Yang laughed so hard his stomach hurt: "Old Duan, you're really something! Nowadays young people are like that, you can't keep up with their thinking! As long as you give President Yang the money he's owed, not a cent less, that's all that matters! What's the point of thinking about it too much?"

  Duan Haisheng only came to his senses, Yang Yun was trying to clear the surface relationship, but under the scene, everyone was tied together with a rope, and they all shared the benefits!

  Doing pirated stuff, no matter how you put it, doing it so openly and unscrupulously is just not reasonable! Yang Yun pretended to be serious for a moment, and everyone else also understood.

  Yang Yun smiled and took out the game card of Xiaobawang Company, saying: "Since we are all vying for hegemony in the Three Kingdoms, hehe, I wonder which side we belong to, Wei, Shu or Wu? Little genius has joined Nintendo, Xiaobawang has also launched a new game, should we, Chiyang, counterattack?"

  Like sharks smelling blood, Jiang Yang and Duan Haisheng's eyes lit up instantly: "Is Mr. Yang declaring war?"

  Yang Yun nodded: "The enemy has already hit my face, of course I want to counterattack. According to the geography of the Three Kingdoms, we are in Wei State now, and in the future, we will unify the world! So please help me with your strength, it won't take a few days, I will come up with new games again, let's fight against them!"

  Little Overlord, Little Genius and Red Sun, the three manufacturers of educational cards and game cards, were jokingly referred to as Three Kingdoms by Jiang Yang.

  To be honest, in terms of strength, I still think Xiao Tiancai is the strongest.

  Although Yang Yun does not know the specific content of Xiao Tiancai's negotiations with Nintendo, one thing is certain: if Xiao Tiancai does not want to be eliminated from the market, after Sega closed the door on them, their only way out was to seek cooperation with Nintendo. Given Nintendo's high-pressure tactics and strong dominance, it is likely that Xiao Tiancai paid a huge price and may have been squeezed to the limit.

  On the other hand, in order to maximize its own interests, Nintendo will not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Instead, it should provide technical support to small companies like the famous game manufacturers Capcom and Konami, which have grown together with Nintendo and have annual outputs of hundreds of millions of dollars.

  Little genius partnered with Nintendo, and the vision will no longer be limited to this small domestic market. It will go global, with unlimited prospects!

  The second strongest should be Chi Yang.

  With Yang Yun's support, Chìyáng game cards will not lack good games, but Chìyáng's growth potential is not as high as that of Xiao Tiān Cái, because it is a large collective enterprise. To put it bluntly, the factory has many parasites that rely on Chìyáng Electronics and suck its blood.

  Moreover, Chi Yang is not entirely under Yang Yun's control and sometimes receives unnecessary restrictions. Once he grows into a giant, the relationship between Yang Yun and Chi Yang will become much more complicated.

  Yang Yun was powerless to change this, but for the time being, he couldn't get away from Chi Yang either. If he didn't cooperate with Chi Yang, Longteng Entertainment Game Company would have a hard time in the domestic market. Yang Yun still needed Chi Yang's help in politics and Jiang Yang's support in economy, he was just a small sapling that couldn't withstand big storms.

  Ranked last is Little Emperor, although it did not attach itself to Sega or Nintendo, and may be slightly inferior in technology, but it has the legendary figure Zhao Yongping.

  In the real history, Zhao Yongping was good at dancing with long sleeves, skillfully operating his business methods. Within three years, he unified the entire inland learning machine market, sweeping away all domestic competitors and shutting out foreign manufacturers outside the country's gates. Even Nintendo and Sega had to surrender.

  It is easy to get an army of soldiers, but it is hard to find a good general.

  Moreover, who can say for sure whether Little Emperor will defect to Nintendo and Sega in the future? With Yang Yun's appearance changing history, it's also possible that the event of Little Emperor failing to reform was made a success by Zhao Yongping!

  Look at the mutual relationship between the three again.

  Xiao Tiancai and Chi Yang are sworn enemies, Xiao Dehua and Duan Haisheng have been fighting for three years, and it's been a long time since they didn't die or rest. Because of Yang Yun's relationship, Shi Jia closed the door on Xiao Dehua, and with old and new hatred accumulated, Xiao Tiancai and Chi Yang will continue to struggle in the future.

  Third Master Xiao is a dark horse who emerged from nowhere, with a particularly good relationship with the merchants of Shenzhen's SEG Plaza, the country's second-largest wholesale market. In the three-way standoff, he temporarily holds a neutral position. Zhao Yongping and Yang Yun still have an unresolved emotional connection, while he has no substantial conflict with Xiao Dehua for now.

  However, as Little Emperor makes rapid progress in the FC market, their consoles and educational cards will compete with Little Genius, and game cards will inevitably collide head-on with the other two, once they reach a certain scale, it will be fierce competition.

  Home game consoles are a new and exciting thing, with unlimited prospects and extremely high growth potential. Every family wants to monopolize the entire market, and it's inevitable that in the future, they will fight each other to the death. At that time, any emotional ties will not exist, and the battle will be fought with real knives and guns until one side is defeated and goes bankrupt or is acquired. The fighting will not end until then.

  After careful analysis, Yang Yun held a two-day meeting in the company and formulated a short-term plan. The second game project of Longteng Entertainment Game Company is about to start.