On June 3, 1998, the U.S. Congress officially approved the tax bureau's proposal to increase tariffs on video games, and the formal implementation process has begun.
On June 7, 1998, the Antitrust Bureau of the U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation into Youxing Electronic Entertainment. This time, unlike the last time the governor of a state made a proposal, the agency this time would be more aggressive in dealing with Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
There are several forces that cannot be provoked in the United States, including the Taxation Bureau and the Department of Justice.
This is a symbol of American authority.
But this time they went out together to suppress Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
Under such absolute authority, even Youxing Electronic Entertainment has nothing to do.
The process of increasing tariffs did not take long to be finalized.
From now on, all electronic games shipped to the United States will be subject to an additional 20% tariff.
In this way, foreign games will inevitably increase the price of the game.
In turn, video games developed by Americans themselves will have more advantages.
Then comes the antitrust investigation.
After multiple investigations, one thing can be determined: Youxing Electronic Entertainment has mastered a number of technology patents that play a decisive role in the electronic game industry.
For example, cross keys, or light gun.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment does not accept any form of authorization for these two patents and firmly controls the patents in its own hands. This results in other companies having to bypass the patents to develop similar products, but the results are not satisfactory.
As expected.
Under mandatory requirements, Youxing Electronic Entertainment must disclose the authorization of relevant patents, and it is also forced that the fee for patent authorization cannot exceed a certain amount.
It also includes some technical details of first-person production, which must be made public.
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 openness is to promote the development of electronic games around the world. One game company can no longer monopolize all knowledge, and all knowledge should be made public.
If it does not agree to be made public, the U.S. Department of Justice will not mind using a more powerful stick to beat Youxing Electronic Entertainment until it cannot hold its head high.
This is already quite overbearing.
After hearing the news, Matsukashi was so angry that he couldn't sleep for several days.
They, Youxing Electronic Entertainment, have always abided by the rules of the United States from beginning to end, and have always made money and developed within the rules.
But suddenly the rules change, and you are forced to accept new rules.
This is obviously targeting Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
If it was a failure in any normal business competition, Matsuhashi would admit it, but she couldn't accept this kind of oppression.
At this time, the relationship that Matsuhashi Minoru had forged before had some effect.
For example, the governor of California, as well as other state legislators, and even two or three congressmen, have become good friends of Minoru Matsuhashi.
Thanks to the lobbying of these people, at least these orders were not implemented immediately.
But even this is all they can do.
"Sorry Ms. Matsuhashi, we have tried our best. This time the Ministry of Justice and the Taxation Bureau are serious. Even if we have some good friends to help us, the most we can do is delay the implementation date of the new rules."
On the phone, a congressman spoke apologetically.
Matsuhashi Minoru on the other end of the phone could only suppress the anger in his heart and thanked the other party again and again for his help. Yuxing Electronic Entertainment would never forget their help in the future.
Since arriving in the United States, Matsuhashi Minoru has been relatively smooth sailing most of the time. Except for being disgusted by those department stores at first, there haven't been any major obstacles.
The game industry is developing very rapidly.
And it seemed that Matsuhashi Minoru's good luck had finally come to an end. At this time, she also felt a sense of powerlessness and a slight confusion in her heart.
Just then, the ringtone of her cell phone rang again.
Matsuhashi Minoru looked up and found that the call was from Japan. She immediately regained her composure and answered the call.
"Hello, president?"
"It's me." Zhu Youxing's voice sounded on the other end of the phone.
When the lawsuit lasted for more than half a year, Takeyusei did not participate. After planning the special effects team, he returned to Japan and continued his job of developing games.
Without him leading the team in Japan, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's first-party game team would not be so productive, nor would it be able to maintain excellent quality while being highly productive.
For things like lawsuits, Takeyusei just pays for it, and then asks Minoru Matsuhashi to set up a legal department, preferably at the Tiantuan level.
Such a team, Zhu Youxing, doesn’t think it will lose in litigation.
But when the U.S. government, as well as institutions like the Taxation Bureau and the Department of Justice, came to an end, he understood that the team of lawyers was probably of little use.
Their methods are simply not in the same dimension, and you can't fight them at all.
It's like two big mountains.
After the two agencies decided on the penalty for Yusei Electronic Entertainment, Takeyusei finally called Matsuhashi Minoru.
Hearing Takeyusei's voice, Matsuhashi Minoru, who had always been strong, felt a rare sore nose.
However, she recovered quickly without any change in her tone, and Zhu Youxing didn't feel anything either.
"President, I'm sorry for letting you down. I will come to you in person to apologize. I did not protect our children."
Bamboo Youxing: "???Huh?"
"No, no, no, president, they are the property of our company, our game consoles. I treat them like children." Minoru Matsuhashi realized that he blurted out the wrong thing.
This is really something that shouldn't be done.
But this is indeed her true feeling.
Hearing Matsuhashi Minoru's explanation, Takeyusei pretended that he had heard nothing before, and then said: "I already know what happened in the United States. I don't blame you. You have actually done a good job, but
The fate of the two major law enforcement agencies in the United States is of a different nature, and it is normal for you to be unable to deal with them."
"It was my fault in the beginning, and I am willing to apologize..."
Zhu Youxing interrupted: "Okay, I didn't call you all the time to hear you apologize. It has nothing to do with you. No one, including me, can do better than you. You have already
You've done a great job, I'm not calling you to blame you, I have something important to ask you."
"President, tell me." After hearing that something serious was going on, Matsuhashi Minoru immediately changed his mood.
"Please tell me in detail the details of the sanctions imposed on us by the two law enforcement agencies. I have only read rough information in the news before, but the details are definitely not as clear as your client. I need to understand more thoroughly, and then find