When Kato Yusuke looked at the contract that was pushed back, he felt that it was both unexpected and reasonable.
Yoshida is still the same Yoshida, as simple as a saint.
But on the matter of shares, Kato Yusuke had already made his decision.
The main reason is that he can't stay in the studio all the time, so he needs some trustworthy people to help him.
These people need to maintain the studio when he is away and continuously make more money for him to achieve some of his long-term goals.
It is true that he and Yoshida have a good relationship, but that does not change Yoshida's status as an employee in the studio.
And if he wants to make the other party feel a sense of belonging to the studio, equity incentives are very necessary.
Since I have to give it sooner or later, it is better to finalize this matter as soon as possible, so as to show greater affection.
Again, compared with the harvest in the future, the current effort is really nothing.
Kato Yusuke thought about this, pushed the contract to the other side again, and said jokingly:
"Don't worry, Mr. Yoshida, I know what I'm doing. This contract is just for you. Can you please stop being a mother-in-law?"
"Which mother-in-law are you talking about?" Yoshida glared at him angrily, wondering: "... Even so, you gave him too much, right?"
"Is that much?" Kato Yusuke looked at him with amusement and started talking.
"Mr. Yoshida, you have graduated and been working for more than five years, do you still need me to talk about money matters?
You may be very satisfied with your current income, but you can’t just make this money for the rest of your life, right?
The cost of living is so high now, and the older you get, the more money you have to spend money on. You should always make some plans for the future.
After all, enthusiasm cannot be used as food, material things are the basis for pursuing dreams.”
"This..." Yoshida looked at him hesitantly, he couldn't help but want to say something, but he couldn't find any point to refute.
It is said that men reach their thirties.
But how many people can really achieve something at this age?
Yoshida couldn't help but think of a few colleagues who worked in the previous company. The most common thing those middle-aged men talked about was the pressure in life.
They have no hope of promotion or salary increase, and lack the courage to go out and make a fortune, so they can only make do with their lives.
Being unable to control their lives because of a few taels of silver is the biggest pain point for this group of people.
Yoshida naturally doesn't want to be like that, but in this society, it's not that you will gain something if you work hard. People who do well often depend on other aspects.
"But, Kato...it should be said that I am only 27 years old this year! Besides, this is too weird to say from a high school student like you!?"
Yoshida complained about constipation, and his expression was really indescribable.
When Hasumi Kanoko heard this, she couldn't help lowering her head to cover her mouth and snickering. At the same time, she lightly kicked someone under the table to remind him to pay attention to his propriety.
She had long been accustomed to his youth and maturity, and now she was no longer surprised.
Kato Yusuke glanced at the little woman next to him who was secretly making small movements. His right hand on the armrest moved quietly, lightly patted the tight buttocks, and then quickly took it back.
Seeing Kanoko stiffen, Ren blushed instantly, but she didn't dare to show any abnormality, so she could only squint at this daring little villain with annoyance.
"Otherwise, I'll put it another way." Kato Yusuke said calmly, as if nothing happened.
"As for Ms. Goto, Mr. Yoshida, don't you want her to see her high-spirited side and have a long face in front of her?"
Yoshida raised his eyes and didn't want to take his advice at all.
"What we are talking about are completely different things. Let me put it bluntly. I am indeed grateful to Kato that you value me so much, but the work I have done is really not enough to accept these 5% shares."
Kato Yusuke was a little speechless, thinking that this man was really out of touch. He knocked on the table twice with his knuckles and emphasized:
"Giving Mr. Yoshida these shares is not only recognition, but also hope that you can create more value for the studio in the future.
You think the development of "ad" is not difficult, right? It's easy to say, we will expand the team soon, and we will start two new projects by then, so please don't complain about it later."
Yoshida was stunned: "What new project are you going to start? Or a text adventure game?"
Kato Yusuke shook his head, "One is yes, and the other is not. The two projects, one long and one short, are the goals of our studio in the next stage. You should be prepared to meet the challenge."
Yoshida heard what he said was mysterious, and couldn't help but be aroused. He asked, "What is that project that is not a text adventure game? Tell me about it?"
The young man didn't respond, and tapped the contract with his slender fingers, which meant that you sign the contract first and then talk about it.
Yoshida was a little dumbfounded. He still had to eat this pie that fell from the sky?
He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and signed the two contracts.
When he meets such a generous boss, what else can he say? He will just be a mess in the future.
Even so, the moment he put the seal, he still felt unreal, like a dream.
Kato Yusuke ignored his sentimentality, reached out and took away his contract, smiled and said: "Congratulations, Mr. Yoshida, we are partners from today on."
Hasumi Kanoko also smiled and expressed congratulations.
Yoshida took a moment to come to his senses, awkwardly scratched his cheek to thank him, and then quickly changed the subject.
"Ahem, Kato, I will be responsible for that new project from now on, right? Can I ask how much value it can bring to the studio?"
Kato Yusuke said oh, pretended to pick his ears and said, "It's almost tens of millions a month."
"...tens of millions." Yoshida silently estimated, feeling that it was not much better than "ad", with a flash of disapproval in his eyes.
With "ad"'s Zhuyu in front of him, he was not so surprised by this number.
Kato Yusuke picked up the mug in front of him and drank hot tea leisurely.
Yoshida was about to say that he was using Hasumi Kanoko's cup when he suddenly heard this sentence——
"Oh, by the way, I'm talking about U.S. dollars." Yusuke Kato said casually, his expression and tone were unusually calm, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter.
"...U.S. dollars." Yoshida murmured, then suddenly realized, "No, wait, what did you say——!?"
What did this person just say?
Earn tens of millions of dollars a month?
Wouldn’t it cost hundreds of millions a year?
What kind of game can make money so much? Spinach?
Thoughts popped up one after another in his head, making his thoughts confused and unable to think normally.
Kato Yusuke raised his eyes and asked: "Are you interested now?"
Yoshida nodded again and again.
How could he not be interested in a game whose revenue unit is calculated in US dollars?
Kato Yusuke smiled enigmatically, "Just be interested. That project is a card-type mobile game. Mr. Yoshida, you can learn more about this recently."
Yoshida listened blankly, thinking to himself, you are the boss, you can show off as much as you want.
He thought for a while and asked: "So? What about the details of the card game?"
Kato Yusuke said: "The name of the mobile game is "Fate Grand Order". I haven't finished the detailed planning yet. I will discuss the specific matters after everyone is here."
With Yoshida's dumbfounded expression, he just dealt with it.
…
"ad" has been released for a full week.
Kanoko Hasumi posted a message on the official website of "TYPE-MOON" and on Twitter at the same time.
"Warmly celebrate the sales of "ad" exceeding 50,000 in its first week!
Thank you for your attention and every guest for your support and recognition!
The two AS sequels will be released in September and October respectively, and the port of the home console version will be released at the end of the year.
thank you all!"
As soon as this tweet was posted, there were a lot of comments underneath it.
"Real or fake? 50,000 sales in the first week??"
"Oh my god, isn't this momentum too strong? In this current environment of taking jujube pills, the traditional Galgame can still sell like crazy?"
"The key is that the cheapest regular version costs 5,800. Doesn't this mean that the sales of "TYPE-MOON" in the first week were nearly 300 million? Hiss~ It's scary."
"It's terrible. This result is too good, right?"
"It's simply outrageous! This data is almost as good as the first release of "Chronicles of the World" released by Malz two years ago, right? That was a super masterpiece with 500,000 fans."
"It's not surprising. Everyone around me is playing "ad" recently. Even my friends who don't play games have heard about it."
"I don't want to say much, but I just want to ask where can I buy the physical version of the game now? I went to several stores in a row and they were out of stock. I'm really not used to the digital version!"
Netizens had different opinions, and many people retweeted this tweet, instantly becoming a hot topic.
The sales volume of "ad" also shocked many people in the industry.
There are people who are jealous and people who are suspicious for a while, but this cannot change the fact——
"ad" is undoubtedly the most popular Galgame during this period, unparalleled in the limelight!
A room on the second floor of Kato's house in Ikebukuro area.
Hui silently browsed various posts on the Internet, with a proud smile on his face, and couldn't help but raise his arms and clenched his fists.
Seeing that players rated "ad" so highly, she also felt honored and happy.
It feels like your child won first place and was praised by the teacher. It really makes people feel a sense of accomplishment.
Then she closed Twitter and opened the LINE program.
Several unread messages are displayed on the screen, all from the same person.
She frowned and stared at the phone, reluctant to reach out to the profile picture.
Because once she accidentally touches a place she shouldn't touch, "Read" will be displayed immediately on the other side, thereby destroying her week-long attitude of indifference.
On the other hand, she was really not sure that if she read these messages and finally regained her calm state of mind, would she be able to give birth to a turbid current that would surge freely again...
Therefore, she chose to let their relationship stagnate.
At this moment, the phone suddenly vibrated.
An email was delivered to her mailbox, and the sender shown above was Kato Yusuke.
"……so annoying."
Hui murmured in a low voice, feeling a little confused.
If that person had sent a LINE message, she would undoubtedly choose to ignore it, but this time it was an email.
This means that even if she "accidentally" reads the contents of the email, the other party will not know it, let alone her wavering mood at the moment.
She pursed her lips slightly, hesitated again and again, but finally couldn't resist her inner curiosity and opened the email.
[Yusuke Kato: Good afternoon, Megumi, have you been busy lately? I heard that you have to help prepare for your sister’s wedding and can’t come to the studio. If you need any help, you can contact me at any time. 】
"..."
Hui read it word for word, put away the phone with an expressionless expression, then went to the living room downstairs and took a bottle of oolong tea from the refrigerator to drink.
And her sister Kato Hiromi, the Kato eldest daughter who was about to become a bride, was lying on the sofa without any image at this time.
The person involved was holding a "Travel Guide" in his hand, and while studying it over and over again, he would sigh and sigh in various meanings. The scene was quite bizarre.
Huiben wanted to go back to the room directly, but she couldn't calm down for some reason, so she accidentally sat down next to the sister who was giving her a headache.
"...Sister, if your father sees you looking so sloppy, he will definitely be angry, right?"
"Huh? What, it turns out to be Xiaohui..."
Kato Hiromi looked away from the magazine, glanced at her with no interest, and then covered her face with the magazine.
"If dad is angry, let him be angry. Anyway, it will be difficult for him to see me again in this house in the future. Isn't it good to make some memories now?"
"Well...that kind of memory is really unique."
"Right~? Dad is a stubborn old man with a hard mouth and a soft heart. He will definitely cry at my wedding. I can already imagine that scene."
Hui listened speechlessly, feeling speechless.
She doesn't want to say more, but as a daughter, her sister Hongmei is definitely the kind of little quilted jacket that leaks air, and often makes their father very angry.
She took two sips of oolong tea to moisten her mouth and asked, "You seem to have lost your energy. What's wrong?"
"Oh...did you notice it?"
Hiromi Kato was lying there like a dead fish, with one hand hanging in the air outside the sofa, and he couldn't say anything about the fact that his honeymoon trip was to Hokkaido.
"After all, this is my first honeymoon trip in my life. I should at least go abroad, right? But Yoshinaga actually arranged for Hokkaido."
Hui nodded clearly, understanding the problem.
She is a lively and cheerful sister who has always been favored by her parents at home, so she lacks empathy and seems a bit willful.
She also heard about this from her parents.
It seems that there was something wrong with her brother-in-law Yoshinaga's travel agency, which caused the originally scheduled trip to Hawaii to be canceled. The last-minute rebooking was too expensive, and finally the trip was changed to Hokkaido.
Kato Hiromi is in a mood right now because of this matter.
Hui thought for a while and said: "But, I remember brother-in-law Yoshinaga promised to compensate you later? Can't you just be patient for now?"
Kato Hiromi sighed: "That's what I said, but I can't just ask for leave from the company. Even if I arrange the next trip, I don't know when it will be."
Hui nodded slightly, thinking so.
Her sister is an office worker anyway, so her schedule is naturally not as easy as that of a student.
"Well... things have already happened anyway, and there's no point in complaining. Sister, you'd better accept the reality as soon as possible." Hui comforted her with a few words of painless comfort, and then didn't care anymore.
"Let me tell you, Megumi." Hiromi Kato opened the magazine on her face with some worry and looked at her sister, "Are you really not able to comfort people at all?"
Hui replied in an indifferent tone: "After all, this is because my sister is too willful, right?"
Kato Hiromi was choked, but couldn't find a strong rebuttal, and felt very depressed.
Finally, she sighed dejectedly and waved her hands resignedly, "...Forget it, Xiaohui, what you said is right, we won't talk about this anymore."
In order to change her mood, Kato Hiromi found a new topic and asked her sister:
"Speaking of which, regarding the rescheduling of my wedding, have you notified the boy who went hiking with you last time? He should be here that day, right?"
Hui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then smiled and nodded gently, "Yeah~ I've informed him."