Chapter 297： two mountains

Chapter 297 Two Mountains

On June 3, 1998, the U.S. Congress formally passed the tax bureau's proposal to increase tariffs on video games, and it has entered the formal implementation process.

On June 7, 1998, the Antitrust Bureau of the U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into Yuxing Electronic Entertainment. This time, unlike the last time the governor of a state proposed a proposal, this time the agency against Yuxing Electronic Entertainment was more aggressive.

There are several untouchable forces in the United States, including the tax bureau and the justice department.

This is the authoritative symbol of the United States.

And this time they were dispatched together to suppress Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

Under such absolute authority, even Youxing Entertainment has nothing to do.

The process of    tariff increases did not take long to be finalized.

In the future, all video games shipped to the United States will be subject to a 20% tariff.

In this way, foreign games will inevitably increase the game price.

In turn, video games developed by the United States themselves will have an advantage.

Then came the antitrust investigation.

After multiple investigations, one thing can finally be determined. Youxing Electronic Entertainment has a number of technical patents that play a decisive role in the video game industry.

For example, the cross keys, such as the light gun.

Youxing Electronic Entertainment does not accept any form of authorization of these two patents, and firmly controls the patents in their own hands, which leads other companies to bypass the patents to develop similar products, but the effect is not complete. As expected.

Under the mandatory requirements, the company must disclose the authorization of the relevant patents, and at the same time, it is also mandatory that the fee for patent authorization cannot exceed a certain amount.

It also includes some technical details of the first-person production, which must be disclosed.

Then, the United States unilaterally made even more excessive demands.

That is, all the development source codes of the four game consoles, GB, GBC, SFC, and FC, must be disclosed.

The reason for    opening is to promote the development of video games around the world. We can no longer allow one game company to monopolize all knowledge, and we should make it all public.

If you don’t agree to make it public, then the U.S. Department of Justice doesn’t mind using a more powerful stick to beat Youxing Electronic Entertainment to the point where it can’t lift its head.

This is already quite overbearing.

After hearing the news, Matsuhashi was so angry that he didn't fall asleep for several days.

They have always abided by the rules of the United States from beginning to end, and have been making money and developing within the rules.

But suddenly the rules change, and you are forced to accept the new rules.

This is obviously aimed at Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

If any normal business competition fails, Matsuhashi can recognize it, but she cannot accept this kind of oppression.

And at this time, the relationship that Matsudahashi had foreshadowed before played some role.

For example, the governor of California, as well as other state legislators, even two or three members of Congress, have become good friends of Matsuhashi.

At least these orders were not immediately executed under the lobbying of these people.

But even that's all they can do.

"Sorry, Ms. Songqiao, we have done our best. This time, the Ministry of Justice and the Tax Bureau are really here. Even if we have some good friends to help, we can only delay the implementation date of the new rules for a while."

On the phone, a congressman said apologetically.

Songqiao on the other end of the phone could only suppress the anger in his heart. He thanked the other party again and again for their help. Youxing Electronic Entertainment will not forget their help in the future.

Since he came to the United States, Matsuhashi has actually been relatively smooth most of the time, except that he was disgusted by the department stores at first, but there was no big obstacle.

The game industry is developing very rapidly.

And it seemed that Matsuhashi's good luck had finally come to an end. At this time, she also felt a sense of powerlessness, and there was a slight loss in her heart.

Just then, her cell phone rang again.

Matsuhashi looked up and found that it was a call from Japan. She immediately picked up her emotions and answered the call.

"Hello, President?"

"It's me." Take Yusei's voice rang from the other end of the phone.

During the half-year-long lawsuit, Yuxing Zhu did not participate. After planning the special effects team, he returned to Japan to continue his work and develop games.

If it wasn't for him to lead the team in Japan, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's first-party game team would not be so productive, nor would it be so productive while maintaining excellent quality.

For matters such as lawsuits and lawsuits, Zhu Yuxing just pays the money, and then asks Songqiao Shi to set up the legal department, preferably at the Tiantuan level.

A team like    Take Yusei also doesn't think it will lose in the lawsuit.

But when the U.S. government, and institutions like the Taxation Bureau and the Department of Justice, ended, he understood that the lawyers’ team was probably useless.

The means of others are not directly in the same dimension, you can't fight at all.

It's like two big mountains.

After the two agencies had decided on the penalty against Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, Zhu Yuxing finally called Matsuhashi.

Hearing Take Yusei's voice, Matsuhashi, who has always been strong, also had a rare sore nose.

But she recovered quickly, there was no change in her tone, and Zhu Yuxing didn't feel anything.

"I'm sorry, President, for disappointing you. I will personally come to you to apologize. I didn't protect our children well."

Zhu Youxing: "??? Huh?"

"No no no, President, it is the property of our company, our game consoles, I treat them like children." Matsuhashi realized that he had blurted out the wrong thing.

This is really something that shouldn’t be.

But this is really her true feelings.

Hearing Matsuhashi's explanation, Take Yuxing acted as if he hadn't heard anything before, and then said, "I already know what happened in the United States, it's not your fault, you've actually done a good job, but When the two major law enforcement agencies in the United States end, the nature is different, and it is normal for you to deal with it."

"At the beginning it was still my fault, I am willing to apologize..."

Zhu Youxing interrupted: "Okay, I'm not calling you to hear you say apology all the time, it has nothing to do with you, no one, including me, can do better than you, you have already You did a great job, I didn't call you to accuse you, I have something important to ask you."

"President, you said it." Hearing that there was something serious, Matsuhashi immediately changed his mood.

"Please explain in detail the details of the sanctions imposed on us by the two law enforcement agencies. I have only read the rough information on the news before, but the details are definitely not as clear as your client. I need to understand a little more thoroughly, and then find out Find a solution."

(end of this chapter)