Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 256 Sega's Assist

Hanyu Hideki watched Nakamori Akina arguing with his father for a while, then left with an aggrieved expression.

He just watched from a distance, and he didn't make a sound or step forward to do anything from the beginning to the end.

Because he understands that some things can't be done if you want to.

Akina Nakamori looks soft and weak on the surface, but she has a soft-hearted personality.

The other party asked the agent and assistant to conceal these things, naturally they felt that these things were "disgraceful" and did not want outsiders to know.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu recklessly stepped forward to intervene. Not only would he not be able to help, but it would also backfire, embarrassing Nakamori Akina.

Another point is that neon society pays great attention to social distance.

Not to mention that he is just the boss, even relatives rarely intervene in other people's private lives.

This is someone else's housework, and he really has no reason to make irresponsible remarks.

And most importantly, even if he could guess what happened, Nakamori Akina's assistant told him something about it.

But he didn't understand the specific problem clearly, and he didn't have a suitable angle to intervene.

Why did Akina Nakamori's father spend so much money.

Why is there no more money that Nakamori Akina gave her mother.

I don't know what to say.

Say Nakamori Akina, don't give money to your family, your family is all vampires.

He doesn't have any identity, and I'm afraid Akina Nakamori will regard him as crazy if he says such a thing.

This is the reason why it is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework.

But although it was difficult, he had to solve this matter.

Otherwise, with Xiaopangcai's character, if he didn't toss it to the point of his previous life, I'm afraid he wouldn't give up on his family.

Now without the help of the scumbag Kondo, who knows how long it will take Nakamori Akina to give up.

He didn't have the patience to wait, and he couldn't bear to see Akina Nakamori continue to be tortured.

So it can only be solved by him.

He was planning to go home to rest, but in order to solve the matter of Akina Nakamori, he had to go to Yunshang Culture first.

Driving into the Shinagawa District, before getting close to the Yunshang Cultural Headquarters, I saw a building that was halfway under construction.

It is the new office building of Elf Entertainment.

In terms of scale, it is similar to the new building of Yunshang Entertainment.

It's just that the shape design is more complicated.

The building of Yunshang Entertainment is just a single building.

Elf Entertainment's office building is composed of a twelve-story building and a four-story building.

The two buildings are not directly connected, but a huge glass corridor will be added after completion.

At that time, the LOGO of Spirit Entertainment will be engraved on the glass corridor.

The high-rise building will be the main office area.

As for the ground floor building, Hideki Hanyu intends to build a cultural exhibition and experience theme center for spirit entertainment to receive supporters of spirit entertainment.

Due to the responsible construction, the construction progress is obviously much slower than Yunshang Entertainment.

It is estimated that there will be no way to settle in by the end of the year.

While looking at the new building, Hideki Hanyu had already entered the office building.

He went straight to the top floor, entered his office, and called Uemura Reiko in.

Ordered something and asked for a contact number that was never used.

"The investigation of Akina Nakamori can be entrusted to a professional organization, and the speed can also be slower, but it must not be discovered, understand?"

Hideki Hanyu finally emphasized to Reiko Uemura.

"I understand, Hanyu-sensei." Reiko Uemura replied.

"Go get busy." Hanyu Hideki said.

"Yes, Mr. Hanyu."

After Uemura Reiko finished speaking, she turned and left Hideki Hanyu's office, closing the door behind her.

At this time, Hanyu Hideki looked at the phone number in his hand with a hesitant expression.

The owner of this call is none other than Kazushi Ogoshi, one of the leaders of the Sumiyoshi Society in Tokyo.

After signing the book sent by the other party before, the other party left him this phone number, saying that if there is anything that needs help, you can call him.

Although he has not contacted the other party since then, Spirit Entertainment is actually still involved with Sumiyoshikai.

All the factories of Elven Entertainment are basically on the other party's territory.

For some "fees" that need to be paid on weekdays, Elf Entertainment has never defaulted.

There are also pachinko machines that Elf Entertainment uses its own copyright to jointly operate with other manufacturers. Many in the Kanto area have Sumiyoshikai participating.

After all, pachinko belongs to the gray industry in Neon, and it would be very difficult to operate without the participation of violent associations.

Although there are interests involved, they all go through the channels on the surface.

All the clubs of Neon operate in this way, there is no problem in essence, and there will be no involvement in private.

According to his habit, if it is not necessary, he really does not want to get involved with these people in the shadows.

But in order to solve the matter of Akina Nakamori, he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

It has to be said that these people are indeed more useful than the obvious means in dealing with certain things.

Originally, he thought about asking Hirohashi Asako to contact such people through Zhou Fangyuxiong's relationship.

But with several layers of relationships like this, there are too many people involved back and forth.

Zhou Fang Yuxiong is considered an insider, so he can guarantee that he knows the rules.

But there is no guarantee that everyone on this line understands the rules.

At that time, if someone leaks the news, I am afraid that there will be a scandal that is difficult to deal with.

Akina Nakamori is developing well now, and there must be no mistakes.

That's another reason why he didn't intervene directly today.

It's a pleasure to tear one's face apart, but just for the sake of that family, Yunshang Entertainment has wasted years of hard work.

Nakamori Akina's career also needs to be discounted.

It would be better to just give money directly.

After all, the resources that Yunshang Entertainment has invested in Nakamori Akina over the years, once something goes wrong, it will be difficult to recover with money.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki still dialed the phone in his hand.

After a few beeps, a young man's voice came from over there.

"Moxi Moxi, this is the dynamic video game center, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Da Yue and Mr. Shi. My name is Hideki Hanyu."

"Please wait……"

After a while, a slightly excited voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Writer Hanyu, is that you? I didn't expect Writer Hanyu to contact me suddenly. Is there anything I can help you with?

But let me tell you in advance, I'm a poor man, if writer Hanyu wanted to borrow money, I wouldn't have it. "

Dayue and Shi seem careless, but in fact they are thick and thin.

He guessed that Hideki Hanyu called suddenly, there must be something inconvenient to ask for help.

In order to relieve Hanyu Hideki's embarrassment when he opened his mouth, he purposely said the last words.

"This call is not to borrow money from Ogoshi-san," Hanyu Hideki said.

"It's not about borrowing money, and the fee for the association must also be fixed. I can't accommodate it."

Dayue and Shi said again pretending to be confused.

"Actually, I'm looking for Dayue-san this time. I have something to ask Dayue-san. My side..."

Hanyu Hideki then said what he needed help with.

Dai Yue and Shi were a little worried at first, thinking that a big man like Hanyu Hideki must have done a lot of things when he came to him.

Maybe he still has to find a reason to refuse. Although he likes Hanyu Hideki's works very much, it doesn't mean he has to agree to anything.

In the end, after he listened to what Hideki Hanyu said, even he, who had never been in good shape, was a little dumbfounded.

He Okoshi and Shi Ke are one of the leaders of the Sumiyoshi Society in Tokyo.

He is also a well-known "young talent" in the club.

Ten or 20 years later, maybe the president can compete for a character.

As a result, Hideki Hanyu called him for the first time, begging him mysteriously, but it turned out to be for a trivial matter.

"Writer Hanyu, please don't worry, I promise to take care of this trivial matter for you as quickly as possible."

Dayue and Shi patted their chests to assure.

He acted vigorously and resolutely if he didn't want to do it, Hanyu Hideki really treated him as a small person.

Hanyu Hideki heard this, and hurriedly said, "Ogoshi-san, don't be too anxious, the most important thing is to keep this matter secret."

"I understand, don't make a fuss about it, writer Hanyu, don't worry, I will arrange for someone who is safe and tight-lipped to do it."

"Then please ask Dayue-san. After the matter is completed, I will have a big thank you."

"Mr. Hanyu is too polite. In the future, for such trivial matters, you can just let the assistant lady contact the younger brother below."

Dai Yue and Shi, who were "overqualified", finally couldn't help but say something.

"I see."

In this way, Hideki Hanyu ended the phone call with Kazushi Ogoshi.

The two arrangements were carried out at the same time, thinking that when he came back from America, the matter of Akina Nakamori would have a clue.

How to deal with it is also easy to judge at that time.

After finishing everything, just as he was about to leave, there was a knock on the door.

"Hanyu-san, it's me."

Hanyu Hideki recognized that it was Eri Kitahara's voice.

"Please come in."

After Hideki Hanyu's voice fell, Eri Kitahara pushed the door open and entered.

Immediately after the voice of inquiry came, "Why did Hanyu-san come here suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

"It's just a little personal matter, and I didn't intend to disturb Kitahara-san." Hanyu Hideki explained.

"I see, that's just right. I wanted to ask Hanyu-san to talk about something tomorrow, but it happened that Hanyu-san came, so let's talk about it now."

"What's the matter?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

"After I rejected it last time, Nintendo didn't give up, and they came to us to cooperate again." Kitahara Eri replied.

"Other companies are actively looking for cooperation with Nintendo, but we are the only ones who keep being approached. It seems that they value our games very much." Hideki Hanyu said with a smile.

However, Eri Kitahara couldn't laugh when she heard the words, and said worriedly, "We can't be careless. If we keep refusing, I'm afraid it will arouse their suspicion."

"Kitahara-san is right. No one will have trouble with money. Hiroshi Yamauchi is not a simple person. We always refuse, which seems too abnormal."

Hideki Hanyu asked Eri Kitahara, "What is the condition they gave this time? Did they promise us not to abide by the royalty system?"

"Of course it's impossible. They just agreed that we can produce game cassettes by ourselves. The royalties are reduced to half of other game developers, but copyright sharing is still required."

Eri Kitahara revealed Nintendo's conditions.

"As expected of Nintendo, this greedy face has really remained unchanged for decades."

Hideki Hanyu sighed in his heart, but said, "It's impossible, our copyright peripherals can make more money than games, and Nintendo wants to share the profits with a single game console, it's really fantastic."

"I thought the same way, so I directly refused, but judging from what they said, it seems that the terms can still be negotiated."

Eri Kitahara said.

Hanyu Hideki frowned upon hearing this, "It's strange, with Hiroshi Yamauchi's character, there is no reason for us to make concessions to us one after another. Could it be that they have noticed something?"

He said, feeling a little worried in his heart.

I started to think in my heart, to see if there was a leak somewhere.

If Nintendo finds out about their plan, they might have to let the FC host enter the American market in advance.

In that case, Spirit Entertainment will start the battle for America with Nintendo ahead of schedule.

But the problem is that he puts all the work related to the development of the mainframe in America.

Even with the storable cassette developed by Toshiba, it actually only cooperates in the form of a chip.

The external publicity is also in the name of the third-generation electronic pet.

With just one memory chip, even he couldn't see anything.

As for the "Shining Research Institute", everyone inside and outside knows that it is developing the next generation of non-volatile storage technology.

Everything seems to be quite meticulous.

Of course, the more meticulous the action, the easier it is to make mistakes.

Once Nintendo has doubts in this regard, it is not without means to investigate clearly.

And no matter how well he hides it, when the GAME BOY handheld is released, Nintendo will definitely be vigilant.

It seems that going to America this time will increase the development progress of the mainframe again.

Even at any cost, if you invest all the money you earned from Poké Balls in America, you must speed up the research and development progress.

Once Nintendo makes a move, they at least have the means to fight back.

One more thing, that is, the GAME BOY handheld may have to change its name.

During the previous research and development, he used the name GAME BOY for the handheld research and development project because of memory inertia.

Now it seems that it is not confusing enough.

And it's not just because of Nintendo, the aftermath of Atari's impact is still continuing, and now a product that is related to games is released in this period.

If it is not done well, it will be directly resisted by the subconscious mind of consumers.

As for the official name of the product, it won't be too late to agree on it in America.

"I don't know for the time being, but even if there is an accident, I don't think it's because of us. Then they only need to offer a sufficiently attractive condition. The last test is enough, and there is no reason to come to us again and again. "

Analysis by Eri Kitahara.

"This matter needs to be investigated." Hideki Hanyu said.

"I had already arranged this matter on the day Nintendo came, and I think there will be news in the next few days."

"Kitahara-san's job is to make people feel at ease. It seems that my worries are unnecessary."

Hideki Hanyu praised.

But before Eri Kitahara could be polite, the phone on Hideki Hanyu's desk rang.

Hanyu Hideki answered the phone after listening to a few words, "Let her in."

Then I saw the assistant Uemura Reiko walking in with a girl.

It was none other than Eri Kitahara's intern assistant, Miura Miki.

After the other party entered the door, they greeted each other, handed a document to Eri Kitahara, and then left.

Eri Kitahara opened the file and looked at it, and she immediately beamed with joy.

Then he handed over the document to Hideki Hanyu, and said at the same time, "It seems that we are worrying in vain, and Nintendo is not targeting us."

Hanyu Hideki took the document and looked at it, also smiling.

"It seems that we have to thank Hayao Nakayama."

Hayao Nakayama, the current president of Sega.

In the document held by Hideki Hanyu, there is a record of a matter that has just been investigated.

With the support of the neon IT giant CSK, Hayao Nakayama, who has already bought the Sega Neon branch, has done another big thing.

That is, relying on the financial support of CSK, it secretly acquired the Atari home game console division that was split by Warner Communications not long ago.

Neon's Sega division not only inherited all of Atari's home console technology reserves, but also acquired all of Atari's hardware R&D personnel.

Although I don't know how much Neon Sega paid for this, it is definitely not a small number.

Hayao Nakayama spent such a price, certainly not to help Warner Communications clean up the mess.

According to the data, Sega, which acquired Atari's home game console department, has already started the development of a new generation of home game consoles.

Not long ago, Hayao Nakayama even stated within Sega that they will soon launch Sega's new generation of home game consoles.

And Nakayama Hayao also said that once Sega's console is launched, it will give the most favorable conditions to third-party game developers, and there will never be a royalty system as harsh as Nintendo.

Although these words of Hayao Nakayama were internal speeches, they did not have any means of concealing them from the outside world.

Obviously just want to be heard by the outside world.

Especially heard by third-party game developers like Elven Entertainment.

The meaning is self-evident, I hope they don't rush to stand in line with Nintendo, there are better choices for Sega.

Hideki Hanyu really didn't expect that at such a critical moment for Spirit Entertainment, Sega would suddenly jump out and give an assist.

In my memory, after Atari was split, it should be the founder of Commodore Computer Company, Jack Trame, who acquired its home console department.

Unexpectedly, in this time and space, it was actually taken down by Sega.

Historically, Sega launched a home game console this year, the SG-1000.

However, due to performance reasons and the disadvantage of late development, it did not cause any trouble for Nintendo.

This is also one of the few examples in the history of Nintendo that relied on the performance of the console to defeat its opponents.

Although Sega's SG-1000 processor is stronger than Nintendo's FC console.

However, because of the image processing chip produced by Texas Instruments, the image quality output by the SG-1000 is poor, and the image performance is far inferior to Nintendo's FC host.

But now with Atari's technology accumulation, I don't know if Sega's SG-1000 will perform better.

Thinking of bringing troubles to Nintendo in Neon, and even holding back Nintendo's march to America.

Hideki Hanyu wanted ElfVision to help Sega build a graphics processing chip.

Of course, just thinking about it.

No matter how Sega sends assists, they are still opponents of Elven Entertainment, and it is impossible to really help Sega.

In the 80s, Nakayama Hayao was able to lead Sega to come back from a disadvantaged situation. He was once inseparable from Nintendo's killing. He is definitely a heroic figure.

To help such a person develop, is he afraid that Elf Entertainment will lack rivals?

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu tapped the document in his hand, "With this document, Nintendo's performance makes sense."

"Nintendo contacted us suddenly because they were afraid that we would fall into Sega's arms." Eri Kitahara said.

Hideki Hanyu put down the file, and a smirk appeared on the corner of his mouth, "In this case, let's make Nintendo more afraid."

When Eri Kitahara heard the words, her eyes lit up, as if she understood the meaning of Hideki Hanyu's words.

She tried to ask, "What Hanyu-san means is that we can release some attitude, the attitude of cooperating with Sega."

"That's right, it would both reject Nintendo and keep Nintendo from focusing on us."

When Hideki Hanyu said this, his tone was a little anxious, "I hope Sega's mainframe will be on the market soon."

Eri Kitahara smiled and said, "Then the two will be inextricably linked in Neon, and they won't be interested in paying attention to our actions in America."

Hanyu Hideki nodded and said in a serious tone.

"We can even really cooperate with Sega and license some of our games to Sega, so that Sega can hold Nintendo firmly in Neon."

Although it is too important to do such important things as helping the other party optimize the host.

But at the critical moment, in order to win, it is not impossible to give the enemy a little bit.

"I understand, as long as the scope of authorization is limited to neon."

Eri Kitahara understood what Hanyu Hideki meant.

"What to do next, Kitahara-san had better control the rhythm. At this critical moment, I think Kitahara-san had better not go on this trip to America."

Hideki Hanyu suggested.

Eri Kitahara thought for a while when she heard the words, and understood that it was more important for Elf Entertainment that she stayed in Neon, so she agreed.

"Okay, I have already communicated with Iwata-san about some arrangements for going to America before. If Hanyu-san needs help, you can go to Iwata-san."

"I remember, now I have to work hard for Kitahara-san again."

"This is what I should do."

Next, the two exchanged some things to pay attention to in specific operations.

This kind of operation of provoking the two parties to fight each other and benefiting the fisherman must be properly measured.

If there is a little carelessness, the 'fisherman' may not be made, but will be killed by the 'snipe and clam' together.

At the end, Hanyu Hideki felt that he had said all he had to say, so he left.

This is Hideki Hanyu, who just finished the autograph session. After returning to Tokyo, he had another day of non-stop busy work.

He really didn't have the energy to find other women, so he went straight back to the house of masters, and fell asleep without taking a shower.

……

It's been a long time since he had such a comfortable rest, Hideki Hanyu didn't know how long he slept this time.

Until he was still asleep when he suddenly heard cat meowing in his ears.

At first he thought it was a dream.

After all, after the autograph session started, he fostered Nako Lulu in the pet shop.

I was busy all day yesterday and didn't have time to pick it up.

And since he is leaving for America tomorrow, he can only ask Reiko Uemura to take Nako Lulu back to take care of her.

Who knew that once the meow started, it seemed that it couldn't stop.

He instinctively raised his hand and touched it to the side.

"Na Ke Lulu, stop barking, I have to sleep for a while."

He thought it was a dream, but unexpectedly found that he actually grabbed a furry guy.

He raised his eyelids laboriously, only to realize that it was not a dream at all, the little female cat was really lying next to his pillow.

"Huh? Nako Lulu, how did you come back?"

As soon as Hideki Hanyu made a sound in doubt, he heard a series of footsteps, and then his assistant Reiko Uemura appeared at the door.

He said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hanyu. I just picked up Nako Lulu, and I stopped by to get some of its items. I didn't expect it to come up and disturb Mr. Hanyu's sleep."

"It's okay, I haven't seen it for a long time, let it accompany me for a day today, and you can pick it up tomorrow."

Hanyu Hideki said while pampering the little female cat.

Since last year, he often has to go out to work.

Nako Lulu is either in foster care with Yasuko Sawaguchi, in a pet shop, or in the care of Uemura Reiko.

The time spent together with one person and one pet is getting less and less, and it is rare to see each other. He still misses the little female cat.

"Okay, Mr. Hanyu." Reiko Uemura replied.

"I'm going to rest today. If Uemura-san is fine, you can also rest for a day. After all, I have been running with me for so many days."

Reiko Uemura has followed him for so many days to sign the sale, and has never rested. It is time to give the other party two days off.

But at this moment Reiko Uemura said, "Actually, I have something else I want to tell Mr. Hanyu this time."

"Don't worry, Uemura-san will take Nako Lulu downstairs first, and I'll come down after taking a shower, and I'll talk about the details then."

Hanyu Hideki ordered.

"Okay." After Uemura Reiko finished speaking, she picked up Nako Lulu and went downstairs.

Hanyu Hideki walked into the bathroom and took a hot shower, which relieved the feeling of fatigue caused by the long sleep.

After washing up, he changed into casual clothes at home and went downstairs.

Seeing Reiko Uemura preparing cat food for Nako Lulu, she somehow felt a little hungry too.

Then I went to the kitchen to get milk and toast to pad my stomach.

After Uemura Reiko prepared the cat food, she came to report to Hanyu Hideki.

"Mr. Hanyu, this morning I received a message from Huaxia Tanaka Garment Manufacturing Branch that Miss Liu has already chosen a school."

"Which school did she choose?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Department of Literature, Department of Dance, Keio University." Reiko Uemura replied.

"Keio, it's easy." Hideki Hanyu said.

Among the four schools he provided to Liu Xiaoli, Keio University is the only private university.

If you choose those national universities, you must use some official connections.

Although Keio University is well-known, as a private university, sometimes problems can be solved with money, instead of the trouble of human relations.

And it's still an international student, which is simpler than the neon students.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu went upstairs and took down the business card box, took out a business card and handed it to Uemura Reiko.

"Contact this person and explain the situation clearly. He will help solve all the problems, and the relevant expenses will go to Hanyu Investment's account."

The owner of this business card was met by Hideki Hanyu when he participated in the literary salon.

It seems that he has a great background. He has a bunch of titles in the education and cultural circles.

In fact, to put it bluntly, he is a broker who is active in the upper class.

The main business is to rely on personal connections to help powerful people arrange their children to enter some well-known universities, and then collect commissions from them.

In fact, Hideki Hanyu also has a way to help Liu Xiaoli enter Keio University without going through this kind of person.

But it was too troublesome for him to do the work himself.

Although the fee to find this person is a bit expensive, it saves worry and effort.

As long as you give money, the other party can help you get everything done.

Hanyu Hideki was not short of money, so he naturally chose the easy way.

"Yes, Mr. Hanyu." Uemura Reiko nodded in agreement.

Then he didn't stay long, and left the master house.

On this day, it was rare that no one disturbed Hideki Hanyu, allowing him to rest for a day before leaving.

Early the next morning, Uemura Reiko came to pick up Nako Lulu.

Hideki Hanyu went to Haneda International Airport with his bodyguards.

Haneda Airport T2 Terminal.

In the VIP lounge of ANA, Hanyu Hideki and the people from Genie Entertainment met.

Except for Eri Kitahara's temporary cancellation of the trip, the technicians in the hardware R&D department led by Aragaki Tetsu have not changed in any way.

While waiting to board the plane, several people were still discussing technical matters in low voices.

Hanyu Hideki heard a few words, and it seemed that he arranged to develop the next generation of arcade machines.

He asked curiously, "Aragaki-san, how is the arcade research and development going?"

Tetsuya Aragaki pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose before answering, "It's not ideal."

"What's the problem?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

“I have seen Chairman Hanyu’s predictions for the development of the next few generations of arcade machines.

The requirements of the second-generation arcade board are modular connection, easy replacement, and simple maintenance.

The requirement for the third-generation arcade board is to be able to add a game memory card slot, completely abandon the need to replace the board, and only replace the game memory card.

We are very successful in the research and development of the second generation, and we can take out samples for testing before the end of the year.

However, the third-generation technology still has difficulties, mainly due to the limitation of memory space. "

After Tetsu Aragaki said it, Hideki Hanyu called him a good guy.

He originally thought that what Tetsuya Aragaki said was unsatisfactory was referring to the unsatisfactory development of the second-generation arcade machine.

Who would have thought that the other party would go directly to the third generation.

Regardless of what age it is and the development of semiconductor technology, it is still very difficult to realize the third generation of arcade boards.

I haven't seen SNK come up with the MVS substrate for the 'NEO GEO' arcade machine, it's all about the 90s.

It's a pity that "NEO GEO" was born at an untimely time.

In the 90s, the performance of home consoles has improved by leaps and bounds. Games that could only be played on arcade machines can also be run on home consoles.

This led to an unprecedented depression in the arcade market.

At this time, SNK, with the influence of the "NEO GEO" arcade machine, jointly developed the NEO GEO home console, trying to enter the hegemony between Nintendo and Sony.

As a result, their own game was single, lacked third-party support, and the profit of the old bank dropped, so it was naturally extremely bleak, and eventually it was acquired.

But to be honest, Hideki Hanyu has experienced the "NEO GEO" home version, and the joystick feel is the best joystick he has ever played.

There is nothing to say about SNK's technical capabilities, it can only be said that technology is no match for the general trend.

Therefore, Aragaki Tetsu also went to the third-generation arcade with all his heart, and Hanyu Hideki must persuade him.

As long as it can produce a mature second-generation arcade machine now, Elf Entertainment can basically count money until the 90s.

After all, there are too many mature experiences from previous lives to learn from.

For example, in order to quickly occupy the market, SNK launched the rental substrate business, which beat competitors to the ground in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that SNK has no market share, and its own game background is too poor, so there is no way to go further.

If this were replaced by Elf Entertainment, it would be able to support a market with its own game library alone.

What's more, those Internet companies in later generations have demonstrated how many times they should do after winning the market share.

Even if you lose money, you must squeeze others to death first.

Then go back and build the platform yourself, and then use the platform to make money.

If all goes well, the arcade halls that are not directly operated by other game companies will be filled with new-generation arcade machines from Elven Entertainment.

It is not impossible to mix a Nintendo Dangdang in the arcade world.

But lying down and making money is good, but Hideki Hanyu will not lose his aggressiveness.

The third generation of arcade machines must be developed.

In today's era of rapid development of semiconductor technology, Moore's Law seems a bit conservative.

In a few years, the memory barrier that limited the third-generation arcade machines may no longer exist.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu inevitably chatted with Tetsu Aragaki.

Ask Aragaki Tetsu not to be too ambitious, and to concentrate on developing the second generation of arcade machines at the same time.

However, he did not forget to promise that he would definitely support Tetsuya Aragaki to continue the research and development of the third-generation arcade.

While the two were talking, it was time to board the plane.

Another flight across the ocean.

Needless to say about the process, after more than ten hours, the group arrived at San Jose International Airport.

The person who came back to pick up the plane this time was not Satoshi Iwata.

After all, there were so many of them that they couldn't fit in a single car, so the Spirit Entertainment Division arranged for a commercial vehicle to come over.

After checking into the hotel, even though he wasn't sleepy, Hanyu Hideki lay down on the bed, trying to reverse the jet lag as soon as possible.

But he looked at the ceiling of the hotel room, and it was extremely difficult to fall asleep.

Thinking can't help but start to diverge randomly.

He thought that he would spend more and more days in Silicon Valley in the future, and it would not be appropriate to stay in hotels all the time.

It seems that we should buy a house here.

As a rich man, there must be real estate everywhere.

Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to go on vacation without even having your own private villa.

After thinking about the house, he unconsciously remembered some things about Neon.

Asako Hirohashi said that Momoko Kikuchi will debut at the end of the month.

In the previous life, Lin Zhesi and Kikuchi Momoko had a happy cooperation, and I hope this time and space can be the same.

Speaking of Lin Zhesi, it is actually not the first time he has dealt with Yunshang Entertainment.

Akina Nakamori's first single at the beginning of the year, "North Wing", one of his career masterpieces, was composed and arranged by Lin Zhesi.

Akina Nakamori also likes Lin Zhesi's music very much, and has collaborated with him several times later.

But in Hideki Hanyu's view, Zhesi Lin is even more a hall-level composer of the neon city-pop music genre.

In this music style, his favorite song is "Stay With Me" composed by Lin Zhesi and sung by Matsubara Miki.

The song almost sang the scene of the flashy city at night after the neon economy took off.

Of course, the so-called city-pop is only the definition of later generations, in the eyes of musicians of this era.

city-pop is this era, neon pop music.

Later generations of reporters interviewed Maria Takeuchi and her husband Tatsuro Yamashita, who are also city-pop figures.

Both said they had no idea what city-pop was at the time.

But when he crossed over in later generations, he could already clearly feel that the unique music style of city-pop seemed to be starting to resurface.

Many people who like to listen to this style of songs are even born after 2000.

And as long as you hear this type of music, don't be reminded.

In my mind, I can see this era of feasting, delicacy but frivolity, enthusiasm but restraint.

Hideki Hanyu thought about it, and subconsciously hummed a song that belonged to this era.

to you
yes my love to you
yes my love to you you
to you
……

Amidst the soft singing, Hanyu Hideki fell asleep unknowingly.

Early the next morning, Hideki Hanyu fell asleep relying on singing and had a good night's rest.

With Tetsuya Aragaki, after half a year, he stepped into the park of the American branch of Fairy Entertainment again.

Before leaving last time, when the housewarming party was held here, many buildings in the park were not completed.

This time, the park has been completely completed.

Compared with Elven Entertainment's headquarters in Neon, there are no tall buildings in the campus of the American branch.

The largest office building is only three stories high.

This is a house that looks like a big ship.

Although it doesn't have the style of the headquarters, it looks very suitable when placed in the branch park.

After all, the environment here is very relaxed at first glance, with green trees and green lawns, without the depressing feeling of tall buildings in Tokyo.

Although Michael Katz is of German descent, he is not rigid at all, and has the style of doing things like a Silicon Valley executive.

After entering the branch office building, there is a giant Pikachu statue taller than a person.

The "big guy" Pikachu raises one foot, bends one ear, raises one hand, and grabs the poke ball with the other hand, making cute blinking movements.

That way, as if asking the visitor, am I cute?

With such a statue placed directly at the door, one can imagine what the corporate culture is.

Walking into the lobby on the first floor, you can't see any workstations at all, and you can see the leisure area where you can order coffee and eat snacks.

In the leisure area, billiard tables, arcade games, table football...

All kinds of leisure facilities are available.

It can be seen that many employees are resting inside, some are chatting, some are listening to music alone, and some are pulling others to fight "Kung Fu 2".

Hideki Hanyu and Tetsu Aragaki, who had stayed in America for a while, were not surprised by such a scene.

However, some Neon employees who came to America for the first time felt a little novel.

Although there is a leisure area in the headquarters of Elf Entertainment, there is still a gap compared to this one.

However, everyone has heard that the leisure area of ​​the new office building will be very large, occupying an entire floor, and will also include an internal restaurant.

There are even rumors that the boss, Hideki Hanyu, wants to build a swimming pool in the new office building, and it will be the kind with a diving platform.

In the end, it was rejected by President Kitahara, saying that this idea is too unreliable, they are a game club, not a gym.

Although it was a rumor, everyone felt that according to the character of their president, there was a [-]% chance that this rumor was true.

"Mr. Hanyu, I didn't expect you to come so early. I thought it would take a while to get over the jet lag."

Just as Hanyu Hideki was looking at the rest area, a voice sounded from the side.

Hanyu Hideki turned his head to look and found that it was Michael Katz.

The other party was holding a coffee cup at this time, obviously just took coffee from the rest area.

"I slept well last night, so I came a little earlier." Hanyu Hideki said.

"Mr. Hanyu is so hardworking, it puts a lot of pressure on me as a laborer." Michael Katz joked.

"That's very sorry, as long as there is something waiting for me, I just can't be idle."

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands pretending to be helpless.

The two chatted briefly, and Hideki Hanyu ordered Tetsuya Aragaki to take people directly to the R&D center to start a series of testing work.

He followed Michael Katz to the office, ready to start a formal work meeting.

(End of this chapter)