Looking for countermeasures? What other countermeasures are there now? Is it possible to bypass US rules and avoid the disclosure of source code and patents through some sideways?
However, this kind of thing is almost impossible to happen, and these two law enforcement agencies will not give you a chance to take advantage of it.
Even if there is a loophole to exploit, they will immediately close the loophole, and then let you cough up more money with profits, which can be said to be quite overbearing.
However, Minoru Matsuhashi still honestly explained all the sanctions imposed by the two organizations on Yusei Electronic Entertainment.
First of all, it is convenient for the tax bureau to decide to raise the tariffs on electronic games and game consoles by 20%. Unless you are planning to build a factory in the United States and sell it, you can turn a blind eye. This has been done before.
Said.
It is equivalent to the tax bureau hoping to bring a large factory to the United States to increase the employment rate. In this way, the tax bureau's tax revenue can still be extracted from the employed people, and it can also reduce people's dissatisfaction. It is a win-win situation.
However, the cost of building a factory in the United States is very high, and labor costs are the largest part. The current hourly wage of industrial workers is at least 20 US dollars.
If wages must be increased for skilled workers, the average daily wage for each worker will be more than $200.
This kind of daily wage can scare people to death, so it is better to accept the 20% tariff increase.
Regarding this request, Zhu Youxing said nothing.
The tax bureau is just asking for more money. This is a trivial matter. It is normal for the tax ratio to fluctuate. They are not actually killing the goose that lays the goose that lays the eggs. They are just raising the tariffs to a slightly higher level than normal.
The really annoying thing is the Department of Justice.
Their antitrust bureau used various reasons to force Yuxing Electronic Entertainment to disclose multiple patents, and they also had to disclose the source code of their game consoles.
This is very fatal.
Leaving aside the disclosure of patents, once the source code of a game console is released, the most serious problem will be cracking.
Moreover, it is the lowest level of cracking. These four game consoles will have no ability to fight back against piracy in the future.
Once it was made public, it almost declared surrender to piracy.
So Matsuhashi Minai was unwilling to accept it no matter what.
In addition to disclosing the host source code, compulsory licensing of patents includes light guns, cross keys, shoulder keys, and some patents that have been seized in advance, but whose usefulness has not yet been demonstrated.
However, the Ministry of Justice may also be afraid that Youxing Electronic Entertainment will jump to the wall and give up the US market, and then the patent will not be made public.
Therefore, they only asked Youxing Electronic Entertainment to license it for a fee, but they must not lock the patents and prevent anyone from using these patents.
The licensing fees for patents will also be subject to certain restrictions and cannot be too expensive.
They call this promoting industry development.
After listening to all the detailed introduction, Matsuhashi Minoru also talked about the results of their people's efforts, which delayed the implementation of these rules for a period of time.
This is also the last effort they can make.
"By the way, President, in addition to our people here doing their best to slow down the development of the situation, there is also a company that you may not have expected to help us. That company used its influence to also affect the rules.
According to the formulation, we originally had to compulsorily disclose more patents, but that company’s involvement was immediately reduced a lot.”
"Hmm? It sounds like this is a big company, who is it?"
"The Morgan Group."
Zhu Youxing was very surprised.
Is this company actually helping me?
Why? Just because the release of Doom by itself promoted the popularity of their system?
The rewards are astonishing.
The main reason why he let Doom Slayer log into the PC is because the performance of the PC is indeed stronger and can also make the graphics better. Zhu Youxing simply wants to experience the game with better graphics and do some high-performance game testing at the same time.
But it seems that I have added a friend to myself invisibly.
The Morgan Group is very similar to Microsoft in its previous life. It is a super giant in the electronics field in the United States. Its position is almost unshakable and it has too much money to spend.
Zhu Youxing said: "I really didn't expect the Morgan Group's help, but I will definitely remember this favor. I will consider cooperation with the Morgan Group if I have the opportunity in the future, but now, it's time for us to develop our response strategy.
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Matsuhashi Minoru asked doubtfully: "President, have you already thought of a response strategy? So quickly?"
Zhu Youxing shook his head: "No, actually I didn't think of it now, but I had thought of it a long time ago."
"What is the strategy? Is there any way to prevent the source code of our game console from being disclosed?"
"No, this cannot be stopped. Let's make it public. In fact, this is actually a good thing."
"A good thing?" Minoru Matsuhashi almost thought he heard wrongly.
If the source code is made public, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's revenue from these game consoles may fall off a cliff.
The previous legal protection could ensure to a certain extent that these game consoles could remain popular.
But now the U.S. officials are forcing the disclosure of the source codes of the four game consoles, which is equivalent to telling people that if you pirate these four game consoles at will, we will turn a blind eye and not care.
Of course, Youxing Electronic Entertainment can use legal authorization to protect its own rights and interests, but if it sues one by one, the cost will be inestimable, and its biggest cash cow will also be knocked down, and it will be unable to continue, and may be dragged down.
Zhu Youxing explained patiently: "This is what I think. Since the source code will inevitably be made public, then we can use it in reverse. It will just make the four game consoles completely open source. We will also simply make the four game consoles open source."
The development kit for each game console has also been made public, squeezing out the final value: the value of talent.”
"How to squeeze this?" Matsuhashi Minoru couldn't understand more and more.
"You can prepare now, put on new advertisements, make the game development kit public, hold an event, and reward those who develop games on our consoles with large sums of money, from individuals to groups, as long as the games they produce meet our requirements.
, just give a bonus and a long-term contract, I will catch all the game developers in the United States and pull them all into my camp."
Zhu Youxing paused, and then said: "As for the name of the event, let's call it the Game Star Project, to discover future game stars."
There will never be a shortage of talented people in this world, and Zhuyouxing has not been able to find many so far, but it is just the right time to take advantage of this opportunity to make game consoles completely open source to recruit such talents.
Geniuses, come on, our game console does not require you to pay any licensing fees. As long as you have interesting ideas, you can develop games on our game console at will, and all sales revenue will be 100% exclusive to
You, we will not take any money from you, and at the same time we will give you a new contract, a contract that binds the genius to death.
"In addition to these, now I feel that it is finally time to release the ultimate move that we have hidden for a long time. GBA and GS1 game consoles. These two game consoles that have been developed for a long time have been hidden for too long. Now is the time.