Chapter 142 Heartbeat
"Xu Sang, nice to meet you."
"Mr. Kawasaki is very welcome to our Hongmeng company."
After the two parties shook hands, they He sat down on the sofa in the living room.
After Kagami Miyoko served tea to both parties, Xu Liang said directly.
"Mr. Kawasaki is here, what's the matter?"
Eikichi Kawasaki smiled: "I wonder how much Mr. Xu knows about our SNK?"
"I don't know much about SNK itself. However, the "King of Fighters" series, "Hungry Wolf" series, "Samurai Shodown" series, and "Metal Slug" series of games developed by your company are all games that I have played since I was a child. I have deep memories and are very exciting."
< br>"Haha, SNK's games, especially fighting games, have always been the best in the world." Kawasaki Eikichi said proudly.
Xu Liang agrees with this.
As for fighting games, he recognized two.
Street Fighter and The King of Fighters.
The former belongs to another Japanese gaming giant ‘Capcom’, while the latter is SNK.
Eikichi Kawasaki changed the subject.
“Due to my personal reasons, SNK has lost a lot of money investing in game peripherals over the years, so we plan to introduce strategic investors and continue to develop the King of Fighters series. I wonder if Mr. Xu is interested?”
Of course Xu Liang is interested, but no matter how great his interest is, it can't offset SNK's 28 billion yen loss.
“SNK’s games are excellent, but our Hongmeng company has limited strength, so I’m afraid it will be difficult to meet Mr. Kawasaki’s requirements.”
“Mr. Xu, please don’t refuse. Although SNK’s debt is very high , but they are all long-term liabilities, and the interest rates are not high. As long as the company's games can continue to make profits, it can continue to repay the debt and restore the company's revenue to balance.
Moreover, Mr. Xu does not need to invest too much. , as long as 3 billion yen, you can acquire the entire SNK.”
3 billion yen is equivalent to 150 million Chinese coins. Although this number is a lot for the current Hongmeng company, it is not impossible to come up with. .
Xu Liang couldn't help but feel a little moved.
SNK’s IP is too attractive.
As long as it is developed properly, just one Chinese market can make him a lot of money.
More than ten years later, a mere Contra mobile game can generate more than 700,000 US dollars in weekly revenue.
In terms of classics, The King of Fighters is no less impressive than Contra.
And SNK’s classic IP is not just “The King of Fighters”.
Seeing that he was a little moved, Kawasaki Eikichi quickly took out a document from his briefcase and handed it over.
"Xu Sang, this is our SNK's financial statement, please take a look at it."
Obviously this is prepared.
Xu Liang took it and took a look.
There are a total of 16 loans on SNK's account. The short-term borrowings within a year are only 4 billion yen. The others are one-year, three-year and five-year. The interest rate is indeed not high, only 6.4% per year.
This interest rate is indeed not high among commercial loans.
In addition to debts, SNK also has substantial assets.
Not to mention the game copyrights, there are also two branches in the United States, and seven branches including Xiangjiang, Wanwan, South Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
As well as a mature game peripheral development team, including comics, animation, figures, etc.
There is also a hardware development team for home game consoles.
Three SNK amusement parks.
A chain of coffee shops that currently has fifteen branches throughout Japan.
SNK’s financial statements show that their monthly operating expenses are as high as 160 million yen.
In terms of revenue, including game sales share, revenue from theme parks and cafes, revenue from peripheral posters, figurines, etc., totaling approximately 180 million yen.
Barely covering expenses.
But this surplus is not enough to repay the loan interest.
Not to mention repaying the due loan.
And he doubted the authenticity of this financial statement.
The above does not reflect SNK’s cash and cash equivalents.
"How do you feel, Xu Sang?"
Looking at the short, thin, smiling, harmless middle-aged man in front of him, Xu Liang thought for a moment.
"I am indeed somewhat interested. However, acquiring SNK is not a trivial matter. We must have a meeting to discuss it first."
"Of course. I am waiting for good news from Xu Sang and sincerely invite you. Xu Sang can go to our SNK for an on-site inspection.”
“Okay, I will definitely visit you when I have time.”
Kawasaki Eikichi stood up and bowed.
"Then I'll take my leave first."
"Kaga, send Mr. Kawasaki off for me."
Miyoko Kaga responded, "Mr. Kawasaki , please go this way."
Eikichi Kawasaki nodded with a smile and left the office under the guidance of Miyoko Kagami.
Seeing his back disappear, the smile on Xu Liang's face calmed down.
"President, do we really want to acquire SNK?" Hideo Fukunaga asked.
“What do you think?”
“I don’t think it’s worth it. The debt of 28 billion yen is too high. Moreover, the audience for fighting games is not as large as it was in the 1980s and 1990s. , on the contrary, RPG games are more popular.
If we only rely on SNK, there will be no problem in recovering the investment, but it is unknown whether we can repay the huge sum of 28 billion yen." said Hideo Fukunaga. .
"I'm more optimistic than you. SNK's game copyrights are very classic and have a large audience in China. As long as they operate well, they can recover costs and repay loans."
Only he, a reborn person, knows How big will China’s game market be in the future and how fast will it develop?
Nearly 300 billion Chinese coins.
You can earn a lot of money just by eating a little bit.
Furthermore, SNK has a lot of assets. If it sells its theme parks and cafes, it will not only save expenses, but also pay off part of its debts. Therefore, the pressure is not as great as imagined.
Compared with debt, Xu Liang is more concerned about whether SNK, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, can turn around and develop excellent games?
Also, can SNK be acquired with 3 billion yen?
"President, if you really plan to acquire SNK, you will have to raise money from now on. 3 billion yen is not a small amount."
Xu Liang nodded. .
The key to why he wanted to get involved in SNK was that he had money.
SoftBank invested US$3.5 million, plus a 10% stake in Yahoo Japan.
The latter is a listed company and can be used for mortgage loans.
And after swallowing the Excite portal, it has a market share of more than 60%, allowing Yahoo Japan's market value to rise against the trend, and has exceeded 200 million US dollars.
Even if the loan can only be half of the market value, it is still US$10 million.
US$13.5 million is 2.16 billion yen.
A little more from the head office and South Korea will be enough.
"You should immediately find a business investigation company to investigate SNK's true operating conditions."
Hideo Fukunaga nodded.
“By the way, has Bing’s traffic changed recently?”
Hideo Fukunaga showed a hint of excitement on his face.
“A sea change.”
“Oh?”
“The traffic of Yahoo! Japan is too great. It has tripled our daily visits. Now There are 8,000 daily visits every day. If it continues like this, it will exceed 100 million next year."
Xu Liang nodded with satisfaction.
"It's indeed very gratifying, but this part of the traffic is still fictitious. It was brought to us by Yahoo, not owned by us. So we must take advantage of this period to actively develop.
Slowly solidify these people In our Bing search."
"Understood."
"How is the development of the game business?"
"There are currently 670,000 registered people. , there are about 50,000 people online at the same time, more than half of them are users of "Millennium", and "Red Moon" currently generates revenue of 12 million yen."
The Japanese distribution rights of "Legend: Overlord War" have been sold to SNK. The contract was signed for three years and has not yet expired.
“Nintendo’s publishing capabilities are indeed good.” Xu Liang said.
"Where is Hongmeng Music? Aihui Music has not responded yet?"
"Their asking price is very high and they are currently negotiating."
"How high?"< br>
"We are divided into three, and they are seven."
"It's impossible, at most 50, otherwise we would rather not cooperate."
Building a music website, although they don't have to worry about the sound source , but you still have to pay traffic fees, and hardware such as large and small servers, switches, and gateways are also a large investment.
“That’s what I said, so we are still at a stalemate. However, there are many independent musicians and small companies in Japan. We are currently in contact. Their conditions are not as harsh as Ai Hui’s and are relatively easier to accept. Our stepped share agreement."
Xu Liang nodded.
Hongmeng Music's songs are divided according to the number of downloads. The higher the number of downloads, the greater the share, up to 50-50.
The song with the lowest download volume, Hongmeng is Jiuyi.
Hongmeng Jiu, singer one.
“How much does it cost to download a song?”
“Hot songs, 99 yen; ordinary songs, 59 yen.”
99 yen is equivalent to 5 Chinese coins. Based on Japan's per capita income, this price is not too expensive.
Xu Liang didn't ask about the revenue. The company had just started operating, so it was probably not much.
Dong dong….
There was a knock on the door.
“Come in.”
Miyoko Kagami opened the door and walked in.
"President, President, Miss Futian is here again."
"Where is he?"
Xu Liang said helplessly.
"Just in the reception room."
"Let her in."
Miyoko Kagami nodded and walked out.
Hideo Fukunaga smiled and said: "President, I'm leaving first."
"Well. The company will leave you to worry about it."
"This is me. should be done.”
When he reached the door, Fukunaga Hideo suddenly stopped and half turned around.
"President, Miss Futian is very good and a good match for the president. If you two can combine, it will be a great benefit to the president himself and his career in Japan." Help."
After saying that, he leaned slightly behind him, opened the door and walked out.
Xu Liang sighed slightly. From ancient times to the present, marriage has been the best way to quickly increase one's strength.
However.
"I want to embrace the entire forest."
(End of this chapter)