MTL - A Day In a Japanese Fishing Village-Chapter 612 Dig a good corner

  Since he does not plan to acquire Nintendo, Shuichi Minano decided to dig some talents!

   As Nintendo established its gaming division, Nintendo produced several successful toys and games over the years, most notably the Ray Gun and the Superman (an assistive arm toy). Most of the inventive concepts originated from a Nintendo employee, Junpei Yokoi.

   Yokoi Junpei, the father of GB, a key member of Nintendo in the early days, made great contributions to Nintendo's hegemony!

   Yokoi Junpei was the first professional technician to enter Nintendo, and the Game&Watch designed by him uses the cross keys to make the game operation more user-friendly. Worked for Nintendo in 1965, developed and designed products such as Game&Watch, red and white machine, GameBoy, VIRTUABOY and so on. In 1996, he quit the company and established KOTO Co., Ltd.

In 1965, Yokoi Junpei joined Nintendo. In the past year or so, he worked for several large and small companies such as Sharp. He repeatedly changed jobs because he could not accept the shackles of outdated regulations. Nintendo was all from managers to workers. As a young man, Yokoi felt that the loose working environment was very suitable for him and decided to stay for a long time. He was mainly responsible for the maintenance of the poker assembly line.

  These information are because he accidentally saw it in a game magazine in his previous life.

"It's 1960, and it seems that this Yokoi Junpei has not yet entered the Nintendo game company. I dug him in ahead of time. I don't know if the Nintendo game company will be as brilliant as in the future. But none of this matters. The future dominance of TV games is destined to belong to Shuichi Minami." Shuichi Minami sneered.

   "Nanoko, come in." Minano Shuichi said to Kino Nako by phone.

   "What's the matter?" The beautiful Kino Nako asked softly after walking in with high heels.

   "Go check a man named Junpei Yokoi. He seems to be a graduate of Doshisha University. Once you find him, bring him to meet me." Hideo Minami said.

   "Okay~" Kino Nako didn't ask any more questions, but went to work.

  Three days later, Yokoi Junpei came to Minami Shuuichi's office.

   When Kino Nako found Yokoi Junpei, he thought it was a scam at first. After all, the chairman and general secretary of a large group asked him to say that he could not be vigilant?

   But after some identification, Yokoi Junpei came to the Nanye Group headquarters building with curiosity. When he came to the door of this big summer, he believed that Ji Yunako was not lying to him. Because he knew that this building was the landmark of Nanye Group.

   In the past few years, he can be said to be a bit rambunctious. Does he think that the boss of a large group is looking for him for something? Anyway, he was trying to break his head and couldn't figure it out.

  Under the leadership of Kino Nako, Yokoi Junping came to Minami Shuuichi's office.

   "Hello, Mr. Minano." After seeing Shuichi Minano, Yokoi Junpei seemed a little reserved, and he didn't even dare to look directly at Shuichi Minano or sit down.

   "You sit."

   In the end, Yokoi Junpei sat down tremblingly.

   "Your name is Yokoi Junpei, right? Do you graduated from Doshisha University?" Minano Shuichi asked.

"Yes."

   "Which company are you working for now?" Minano Shuichi asked.

   "A small company."

   "Would you like to come and work at my Sony company?"

   "Huh?" This time Yokoi Junpei looked surprised. He had never encountered such a situation, a group boss invited him to work in the other company's company. He's just a little guy, and he's not famous either.

"Do you want to?"

   "I, I do!" After Yokoi Junpei thought for a while, he nodded solemnly. He felt that this was an opportunity that he must seize. Sony is a big company anyway. It is still a multinational company, and its products are all going abroad. It is thousands of times better than the small company he is currently in.

   "Very good! Let me ask you a question now, what do you think TV is useful for?" Minano Hideyoshi asked Yokoi Junpei.

   "TV? TV can broadcast programs, and it has the function of leisure time and entertainment." Yokoi Junpei replied after thinking about it carefully.

   "You're right. TV is used to pass the time and entertain people. What do you think TV can do for entertainment?"

   Minamino Hideyoshi slowly led Yokoi Junpei at the beginning.

   "Uh~ I don't know." Yokoi Junpei thought about it with an embarrassed expression.

   "How do you think the TV market is now?"

   "In the market, many households basically have TV sets."

   "Very good, what do you think it would be like if the TV could play games?" Hideo Minano.

   "Playing games?" Yokoi Junpei exclaimed, really, he really didn't think of this point.

   These days, there are basically no games, and even games are not digital games.

The concept of   game is too stuck in physical objects.

   Such as playing cards and so on.

"My Sony TV is absolutely the best in the world. I think the TV can not only watch TV, but also play games! My company develops a game that can be played on the TV. Do you have any? Interested in joining the research group to study?" Minano Xiuyi said solemnly. He was too lazy to explain so much to the other party. Anyway, let him go to research and development, I believe that with the talent of this product, he should be able to go the right way.

   Sure enough, Yokoi Junpei was stunned by Minami Shuuichi's words, and then he muttered to himself, "TV games, TV games..."

   "Would you like to join?"

   "I do!" Yokoi Junpei nodded vigorously.

   He felt that Shuichi Minano opened a door to his thoughts, a door that he had never thought of or thought about. And the things inside this door are what he is interested in!

   "Very good! I will set up a research group, and I will invest 10 million yen in it. You are the leader of the research group!" Hideo Minano said.

   "Nani?" Now Yokoi Junpei is a little flattered!

   He is a newcomer. The other party not only let him join Sony, but also let him serve as the leader of the research team. This trust is too much, right?

   "Okay, that's the decision! I hope you open your mind to research and development. I hope that TV games will be developed soon." Minami Xiu smiled.

  In this way, Yokoi Junping became a man of Shuichi Minano and an employee of Sony.

   After Yokoi Junpei left, Minano Shuichi looked at the sky outside the window and said to himself, "I hope that Super Mario will appear in the next few years. Even if it doesn't appear, other TV games will be good!"

   TV games, his entry is set! If he wants to do it, he will be the number one in the world, the leader!