Chapter 122: Drastic Measures! Ambitious Plans! - Part 2

"Hiroshi Yamauchi's previous words have made it clear. Nintendo wants to obtain exclusive rights to the MOS 6502 in Japan, or rather, in Asia."

Although this matter didn't concern Evelyn much, she was quite curious. Because Ethan had previously mentioned to her that Nintendo held considerable influence in Japan.

If such a company obtained exclusive agency rights to the MOS 6502, no one knew what they would do. They might produce it themselves, using exclusive inexpensive chips and games to surpass all competitors, or they might sublicense it, directly controlling the lifeline of their competitors.

Whichever it was, it would turn Nintendo into a monster in Japan.

And for Ethan, there was nothing he could do but smile.

Because personally, he wasn't willing to hand over the agency rights of the MOS 6502 to Nintendo, or rather—

Who in their right mind would want to give away the power to strangle their competitors' necks?

Foolish, isn't it?

Although there were indeed other companies producing chips on the market, MOS was cheap! The lowest cost could be pushed down to two dollars! This was a fact that no other chip manufacturer in the world could achieve!

To put it bluntly, this kind of chip was the nuclear bomb of the consumer electronics field! All products using it would be invincible in price wars!

And giving such a thing to Nintendo?

Was it asking them to dominate the game console industry? Or asking them to dominate the game console industry? Ethan wasn't crazy!

In his opinion, Nintendo was fine as a distributor. Continuing to expand, that was definitely not okay.

But...

"Although I'm unwilling, I think MOS would be willing."

Ethan smiled and said, "Because their original purpose was to change the world."

Exactly!

In Ethan's memory, MOS from his previous life licensed the MOS 6502 to many companies.

Letting them produce it on their own, letting them research and develop it.

When idealists meet pragmatists, such painful rifts are bound to occur.

And this was also the thing Ethan least wanted to face.

Because he admitted that he hadn't reached such a high level.

What he wanted to uphold was actually just his own interests.

Of course, this matter seemed complicated, because it involved Ethan Jones and Chuck Peddle's ideological conflict, but in reality...

Ethan had a way to sabotage this.

That night, when he returned to the hotel, he called Chuck Peddle.

After impartially stating the facts, Chuck Peddle on the other end of the phone became unusually excited because he was delighted that a company outside of North America recognized the capabilities of the MOS 6502.

He was willing to negotiate cooperation with Nintendo.

And he stated that as long as Nintendo maintained an open attitude and was willing to sell the MOS 6502 to any merchant who came to buy it, they would sublicense the chip.

This fact made Ethan nod slightly, as it was within his expectations.

Sometimes the trust of dreamers comes unexpectedly.

But the next second—

He revealed Nintendo's monopoly behavior in Japan!

Exactly!

Undermining the foundation!

This was his ace in the hole!

As a dreamer, Chuck Peddle hoped that more people could use the MOS 6502!

But Nintendo had a history of monopolizing in areas like hanafuda cards and poker!

They had a record!

And you still want to cooperate with them?

After Ethan stripped Nintendo bare of its pretense, Chuck Peddle on the other end of the phone suddenly became cautious and asked, "Ethan, is what you said true?"

"Oh Chuck, my good friend, I would never lie to you about such things!"

Ethan said firmly, "You know, I have cooperated with Nintendo."

"If Nintendo can obtain the agency of the MOS 6502, they can directly produce 'Pac-Man' arcade games domestically. This is a good thing for me because it can accelerate the production of 'Pac-Man' arcade games and allow me to make more profits in a short period of time."

"But now..."

"I would rather suffer losses myself than keep all of this from you!"

"Because I don't want my interests to become stumbling blocks on your path to dreams!"

Ethan wanted to give himself full marks for his words!

This is really shameless haha—

And with these words, Chuck Peddle on the other end of the phone was deeply moved!

"Oh Ethan—my good friend—you can rest assured, we definitely won't choose Nintendo!"

When this fact appeared, Ethan immediately smiled brightly!

Hey!

He really is a genius!

He could solve such a thing so easily!

Nintendo wants to get the world's cheapest chip?

Trying to become the overlord of the consumer electronics field?

Dream on!

When this thing is in my hands, even if I'm lifted, I won't give it to you!

However, when Ethan, full of joy, knocked on Hiroshi Yamauchi's hotel room door on the third day and told him about the decision to cooperate on "Pac-Man" and the regrettable fact about the chip...

Hiroshi Yamauchi's response exceeded his expectations!

"Oh Ethan, first of all, I want to thank you. Thank you for choosing Nintendo again."

"Secondly, there's one more thing I'd like to ask of you."

"I heard that you have shares in Chuck Peddle's company?"

"This deep friendship really moves us."

"So, if possible, we would like to invite you to become a shareholder of our yet-to-be-established Nintendo Chip Company. We hope to use this method to obtain authorization for the production and research of the MOS 6502..."

"Of course, we also have a requirement, a unique requirement."

"While accepting your supervision, we also hope to obtain priority use of the chip."

"Priority use in our homeland."

"Priority use above all other companies."

"As for this..."

"I wonder, Mr. Jones, how do you feel about it?"

"Of course, Mr. Jones, I know this is a very difficult question for you, so here, I, Hiroshi Yamauchi, President of Nintendo, extend a sincere invitation to you. Please visit Japan to inspect our company, inspect the electronic market in our homeland, as for the time..."

"You can decide for yourself."

"I'm willing to wait here."

"Waiting for your response."

Hiroshi Yamauchi stared at Ethan with piercing eyes.

Seriousness was written all over his already wrinkled face.

And these words made Ethan narrow his eyes.

To be honest...

He was somewhat surprised!

Nintendo was willing to give him shares in the chip company in order to obtain chip authorization? What kind of scheme was this?

Persistent persuasion?

No!

This was blatant ambition revealed!