Chapter 25
Chapter 25 : Sponsor Game (8)
“Mr . Kawaguchi!!”
As expected, after I shouted his name, the man turned his head toward my direction with a confused expression .
“You are Triangle’s Kawaguchi Hironobu, correct?”
“You know of me?”
“Aren’t you the director of King’s Quest?”
“Th-That’s right… But how did you…?”
“I’m Mintendo’s Kang Junhyuk . I saw you on the game developer’s introduction page of the FamiTong magazine . ”
“Ah, is that so…”
Mr . Kawaguchi finally nodded his head and lifted his guard toward me as he opened his mouth to speak .
“Of course, a successful company like Mintendo is able to send their employees to the release event for a game . ”[1]
“Ah, that’s because the impact of Dragon Warrior is quite large . Haha~”
“Compared to that, the game that I developed, King’s Quest, just recently barely broke 6,000 sales . However, due to Mintendo suddenly raising the royalty, we incurred complete losses . ”
“Ah, is that right?”
“‘Ah, is that right?’ What are you trying to say . Are you trying to make fun of me with that rude remark?”
“No, not at all . However, I was not the person to raise the royalties, right? I don’t think you should be getting mad at me?”
“Kurghhh…”
As if Mr . Kawaguchi felt wronged at not being able to find words to respond, he made an irritated sound and bit down on his teeth . Although, President Yamauchi’s behavior has been tyrannical as of recently .
As if it was not enough to raise the base price for the production, as he tyrannically controlled the supply of production, the current game companies had to produce at least 10,000 copies at the bare minimum .
In other words, the King’s Quest that Mr . Kawaguchi made had sold 6,000 “Of course I can code . However, is the 1500 Yen an hour on the notice board really true?”
Mr . Kudo’s eyebrows twitched slightly . Hmm~ So they were probably hiding something .
“Ah… Yes, haha . The 1500 Yen per hour . ”
“It’s much higher compared to other places…?”
“Of course it’s possible if you meet one condition . ”
“A condition?”
“Mr . Kang, when a game that you make sells over 5,000 units, you can receive the hourly wage of 1500 Yen; no, I can confidently say that it’ll be more than that . ”
Wh-What? So you’re telling me that you would pay the salary after the game was on the market? I was shocked speechless as I responded with hollow laughter:
“What if 5000 units can’t be sold?”
“Then paying the salary would be a bit difficult… Mr . Kang, do you not have confidence in the games that you’ll make?”
Look at this? So you’re trying to bait me into working for you by scratching my ego like this?
“Then what is the base pay without the incentive?”
“It’s 280 Yen . ”
They’re f*cking mother f*ckers here . I massaged my face with both my hands and let out a long sigh .
This was actually a very rude behavior in an interview, but I didn’t come here for an actual interview . Instead, I was suppose to just visit to inspect the company’s current situation, but first and foremost, the thought process of the president is rotten .
“Excuse me, Mr . Kudo… I am not the person who came for an interview . ”
“What? Then…?”
I took out my business card from my pocket and handed it to Mr . Kudo as I introduced myself again .
“I am the director of Mintendo’s next generation inventions department, Kang Junhyuk . ”
“A M-Mintendo employee!?”
“The reason I came here was to talk to you, President Kudo, but the topic went off to a completely different discussion . ”
“How, why is a Mintendo employee like you here…?”
Instead of a reply, I looked around the box-filled office and opened my mouth .
“Are these boxes games that Triangle Soft developed for our Family console?”
“Yes… That’s right . We haven’t developed any popular projects yet, but we’ve already produced four titles for the Family, with the recent one being King’s Quest . ”
They had no hits even after four titles… That was why their office was littered with trash… However, why was the President alone in the game development office by himself?
“Are there other employees? Why is the president alone in the office on a weekday?”
“There was Mr . Kawaguchi, a programmer who developed King’s Quest, but he hasn’t showed up to work recently . ”
“And why is that?”
“That is, King’s Quest didn’t sell as anticipated and his salary was pushed back so…”
He’s going around in circles . I’m not hearing an answer .
“That’s the current situation yet you’re hiring part-time workers?”
“We will get revenue after we make a successful game . However, first of all, why did you visit our company?”
“The reason I came here today was to meet the president . ”
“Me?”
“The current situation of Triangle Soft didn’t seem too good . You’ve made four titles for our Family, but there were no hit projects, so I came here to give you some technical help . ”
[1] Note that the companies who develop games for Mintendo are a separate entity