Epic encounter

Previously, Surai Electronics was the strongest competitor of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

However, there was no neck-and-neck competition between the two, but rather Surai Electronics was simply catching up on its own.

The development of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment was too rapid, even though Surai Electronics had a large corporation backing it, it was difficult to keep up with the pace of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment's development.

This was extremely incredible.

This also made Hayakawa Shigeru realize that the quality of games was the real core.

Otherwise, there would be no reason why their better-made game consoles wouldn't be welcomed.

This could also be considered the first advantageous news he obtained from competing with Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

Later on, Surai Electronics seemed to lack offensive power, but the competitive relationship between the two sides never ended.

In some economic media news and in the popular male gaming website, there were always heated discussions about whether Surai Electronics or Gamestar Electronics Entertainment would ultimately emerge victorious.

Perhaps, his participation in this course organized by a competitor had already been captured by someone with ill intentions.

However, Hayakawa Shigeru was not afraid of losing face; he had never been someone who cared about such trivial matters.

As long as he could achieve his goals, he could accept any kind of behavior.

However, when it came to meeting the president of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment, Takayuki, he inexplicably felt a bit apprehensive.

This was very strange.

Hayakawa Shigeru himself couldn't understand why he was having this kind of reaction.

When the lecture ended and he made his request to meet with Takayuki privately, he even began to worry that he might be rejected.

But outwardly, he remained calm and composed, not showing much anxiety. He simply silently drank his tea, waiting for the response.

Ten minutes later.

A young man approached at this time. He was Takayuki's temporary assistant for this lecture, helping Takayuki prepare various things for the lecture. He smiled at Hayakawa Shigeru and said, "Hello, Mr. Hayakawa, our president just responded. He agrees to meet, and if it's convenient for you, you can arrange the meeting place."

Hayakawa Shigeru's spirits lifted. "It's convenient, however it suits you. Let's meet at a café, any one will do."

"Alright, how about the business meeting room downstairs in half an hour?"

"No problem. Does President Takayuki have any more lectures to give?"

The assistant shook his head. "No, it's just that your appointment is a bit late. There were some people who made appointments with the president before you, so they're preparing to discuss some business, so you'll have to wait a bit."

Hayakawa Shigeru immediately understood that those guys also understood the value of this game engine as soon as possible and wanted to have the development rights to the game engine as soon as possible.

So he couldn't afford to slack off even more.

Even if he had to pay a lot of money to the competitor, he must have the development rights to this game engine as soon as possible.

Right now, this was the only option, there was no better choice.

Honestly, if it weren't for Takayuki's willingness to license the game engine, he might not be able to achieve efficient game production in the short term, and he would just have to watch other game companies grow rapidly.

"Alright, I'll wait here for half an hour."

Hayakawa Shigeru sat back down, continuing to sip his remaining coffee.

He was almost precise to the second. When it was exactly thirty minutes, he stood up from his seat and then went downstairs to the business meeting room.

At this moment, Takayuki had already sent most of the people away.

Negotiating with these bosses interested in the game engine wasn't troublesome at all. After all, the price had already been given before, and they could all accept it. So it was just a simple process of confirming the agreement, and the subsequent negotiations would be handled by the legal departments of both companies to determine the contract details and authorize the game engine to each other.

Takayuki also knew that the real focus wasn't on these guys, but on Hayakawa Shigeru.

The fact that Hayakawa Shigeru wanted to contact him as soon as possible and hoped to obtain the authorization for the game engine indicated that Hayakawa Shigeru was indeed a very visionary person.

And he didn't mind the grudges from competitors, which to a certain extent was also a respectable aspect of a competitor.

When the last person left the meeting room, Hayakawa Shigeru politely knocked on the door and then entered with Takayuki's permission.

Takayuki stood up from his seat at this time, this should be the first formal meeting between the two. Due to the competitive relationship between the two sides before, there had never been a chance to meet, so it was quite rare.

If such a meeting scene were to be captured by some paparazzi, I'm afraid it would dominate the news headlines for the day.

The gaming industry is now booming, especially in Japan, it is no longer an insignificant little industry.

Electronic games have also stimulated consumer desire after the burst of the bubble economy, although it cannot significantly improve the living environment, it also shows a little vitality and vigor, no longer as gloomy as before.

The Japanese government even sent people over to thank Gamestar Electronics Entertainment for its contribution, which was also a positive propaganda opportunity at that time.

Of course, this was also influenced by various forces, which made the Japanese government recognize the status of electronic games.

Otherwise, if electronic games were classified together with manga, animation, and other similar categories too early, electronic games would probably become a target for everyone to condemn and guard against.

The current result is quite good.

So young.

Hayakawa Shigeru only had this thought when he first saw Takayuki.

Now, Takayuki was probably only twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

Takayuki also looked younger than what was shown in some newspapers and online photos.

After all, there were no beauty cameras at present, and the photos were generally still blurry.

"Takayuki, I'm really glad to meet you." Hayakawa Shigeru straightforwardly greeted him.

"Hayakawa, I'm also glad to meet you. We've been competing with each other for two or three years, but we've never had a chance to meet. This has actually been a regret of mine. Now that we've met, I have no regrets."

After exchanging some pleasantries, they stopped beating around the bush.

"Takayuki, I've come for the Unreal Engine. I want to know if you'd be willing to grant the use of this engine to me, your competitor."

Takayuki shrugged. "Why not? I fully welcome anyone to use our engine."

Hayakawa Shigeru asked, "I'm curious why you'd agree to grant the license. If you needed money, you wouldn't just ask for installment payments, but rather demand a one-time payment."