Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Chapter 143 Diver Dave! On sale!

Whether it's Diver Dave or Aquarium Star, judge by size. To be honest, it is not a game that can arouse large-scale discussion in the gaming circle before it is released.

There is no other reason. The size is too small, the gameplay is not particularly novel, and there are many alternatives.

But this time it's different.

There are no masterpieces or big IP sequels released in October this year. These games are squeezed into December and the beginning of next spring. In addition, the popularity of Fuyukawa Teru's name has not subsided. Many players are still looking forward to his new work. SATE's wishful thinking, or Sato Fujiko's wishful thinking, also came true.

Yes, wishful thinking.

She specifically reversed the order and moved the release date of Aquarium Star to the same day as Diver Dave, just to create a hype!

Many players are looking forward to the release of Diver Dave because of Che Fuyukawa. Similarly, although Aquarium Star is not a big IP, it still has a fixed audience.

The two games are similar in type, have a lot of overlapping audiences, and are released on the same day. Players can start fighting each other with just a little guidance on major forums.

After all, players are not members of the gaming industry, and the information they have access to is actually very narrow. Without enough information, they cannot judge whether the topics that cause war are trolls or something else. Moreover, the hostility in Internet forums is very high now. Most people will immediately take the bait and start a quarrel as soon as they are provoked. It will bring heat.

Outstanding effect.

As the time gets closer and closer to the release time of 10 o'clock in the morning, as the navy hired by Sato Fujiko begins to exert its force, the noise on the Internet becomes more and more fierce!

"Fujiko, this guy still likes to do this."

The NTsoft Finance Department, watching the data on the computer grow, watched as the search data for hot words such as "Diver Dave is about to be released", "Fuyukawa Che's road to the streets" and "A new version of Aquarium Star" began to skyrocket.

Ohara Chika sighed while drinking oolong tea, while beside her, Aisaka Taiga crossed her legs, smoked a cigarette and drank beer. Her old and blurred eyes were full of memories, "I didn't expect you three girls to compete in the ring again." Yes, it’s really interesting.

It seems that this was the case back then. Among the three of you girls, you were the most stable but also the most ruthless, and you wanted to kill someone when you took action. Miyano was the craziest and the most gambler, but her gambler nature was mainly reflected in her general direction choices. The means used to get things done are actually very stable. As for this girl Fujiko."

Speaking of this, Aisaka Taihe took a puff of cigarette, glanced at the data that kept scrolling on the screen, and shook his head with emotion: "She is not bad in talent and has a good mind, but she just lacks confidence and confidence in herself." The certainty of the road.

When I saw you coming out, I wanted to imitate your fierceness. Seeing that Miyano was coming up, she wanted to imitate her madness, but her studies were interrupted. She didn't learn the most important thing in common that you can escape from so many people, that is stability, and the result turned out to be This is a freak with no roots and a slanted sword. "

"Is the sword taking a different approach?"

A smile flashed across Chika Ohara's calm eyes, "The description is quite appropriate, but as long as you have a good vision, you can achieve success by taking the wrong approach, otherwise she would not have become the minister of SATE."

"That's true."

Aisaka Taiga nodded, but at this moment, she suddenly thought of something, raised her eyebrows, and joked like a little girl: "Then, which one do you prefer this time? Sato, my long-time friend, or Miyano, my old enemy?"

"Who do you think you're more optimistic about? These two guys are equally good at marketing. They both have strong professional skills and a keen sense of the market. They just have different styles. But..."

Having said this, Chika Ohara's eyes moved to the right side of the screen, looking at the document that contained all of Fuyukawa Cheru's past resume. A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, "Miyano's eyesight on people, especially men, surpassed hers." It’s a street.”
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  If you want to understand a person, you can't look at what he says, or sometimes even what he does now. Instead, you have to combine all the past information and look at it together, and finally you can see some clues.

For Ohara Chika, who has been standing on the shore without any end to go to the fight between the Xiaozuru faction and the Asai faction, she clearly knows what kind of monster Fuyukawa Teru is.

To be honest, Director Sato of SATE also knows this.

As a woman who has been in the ring with Miyano Miwai for so many years, as someone who has achieved great fame and served as the head of the marketing department at a top Japanese company like SATE at the age of thirty, she will naturally not underestimate Miyano Miwai, nor will she underestimate her. He would underestimate Fuyukawa Che.

However, many people don't understand.

SATE is Japan's top game manufacturer. The world-famous PlayHome game console is produced by this company. It can be said that it is one of the overlords of the Japanese game industry. Even when NTsoft was at its peak, it would be like a little brother when seeing it.

Currently, at least one-third of Japan's top game IPs are in the hands of SATE, which has a great reputation in the game industry and player circles! Moreover, this reputation is not entirely natural.

No matter what the slogans are [No. 1 in the world], [XXX is heaven], or [Produced by marketing participation.

Many players think that the popularity of some domestic games with not profound content is due to marketing.

It is indeed marketing. If you want any publicity effect to be overwhelming and receive rave reviews, you need marketing methods, but the same is true for foreign games.

Take Laoren, the most familiar company in China, as an example. Laoren’s financial report for the first to third quarter of 2023 includes R&D expenses of 780 billion yen and advertising expenses of 760 billion yen.

In nine months, nearly 3.9 billion yuan was spent on game research and development, nearly 3.8 billion yuan was spent on advertising, and 14 million yuan was spent on advertising every day.

You must know that when Ma Huateng's Didi competed with Alibaba's Kuaidi in the online ride-hailing market, the two largest domestic Internet manufacturers were competing in a life-and-death battle in a certain field. They burned up to 40 million in one day, and This competition lasted only a short period of time.

But Lao Ren burned every day, day after day, year after year.

Everyone knows what level of marketing specifications this is and what effects it can achieve.

Although SATE in this world has developed a game console, it is still not as good as Lao Ren, but it is not too far behind. More than 10 million yuan is burned in the field of advertising every day, and what is the advertising fee used for?

The good ones are propaganda, the bad ones are just hair washing.

Through various channels such as short video platforms, YouTube, Bilibili, news media, game forums, and even barrage trolls, they frantically wash players’ hair through other people’s mouths, washing them every day and night, and finally washing the players’ hair. The hair is washed into a shape that suits their game.

Of course, this is just a joke. After all, the prerequisite for being able to wash players' hair is to make money, and being able to make so much money proves that the game is indeed fun.

In content industries such as games and movies, it is impossible to increase sales without real things that can retain players. However, this advertising money is not only used to market the game, but also to shape the company's image.

The advantage of this is that it builds the company into a big IP and gives people the impression that the games produced by this company are good games.

The most typical example is 2077. When it first came out, many players went for the Polish Jackass [IP], thinking that this company's games would be good, and SATE in this world also has similar company IP effects.

When Fuyukawa Cheru faces this monster, he naturally has a huge disadvantage, not to mention Aquarium Star itself, which is also a niche but classic IP.

"What should I do! I feel like Deputy Commander Fuyukawa can't beat him! The number of pre-sales for Aquarium Star has exceeded 130,000! Ours is less than 20,000!"

"It is indeed difficult to win. SATE's market impression score is too high, and the slogan this time is also very targeted at us. What is it called [This October, the iteratively updated Aquarium Star 5 can satisfy all your needs." The expectations of the sea]. Those players who read this slogan, coupled with the IP of SATE and Aquarium Star, will probably consider them first if they want to buy a game with this theme!"

"Come to think of it, in the final analysis, Minister Miyano is to blame for this matter. She and Sato, the current marketing director of SATE, are old enemies. She forced others to go to Poland, and now she comes back and she definitely wants to regain her place. .Tsk tsk tsk, I don’t know if that guy from Fuyukawa can handle the pressure this time. If he can’t, it will be a big loss in front of women! Haha, do you think she will do anything to her because of this incident? Is that guy from Fuyukawa disappointed?!"

"Come on. Minister Miyano has experienced great storms. How can he not know that there are no victorious generals in our industry? You are thinking too much to expect that the sudden death of this small-cost work will affect her mentality. But Deputy Minister Fuyukawa He has a somewhat strong personality, and if Yugi really didn't compete with him and was embarrassed in front of women, he would probably die of discomfort."

"It is a blessing for young people to suffer losses. If you don't suffer small losses now, you will suffer big losses in the future."

"Indeed. Dongchuan's journey was too smooth before. It's not a bad thing to stumble now. After all, failure is the mother of success. Young people can only succeed if they continue to accumulate failures!"

"These guys! Who are they from? They are actually talking bad about Team Leader Dongchuan in the company! Let me teach them a lesson!"

In the lobby on the first floor, just after coming out of the animal trap shed, I heard several employees chatting sarcastically as they walked onto the elevator.

Hearing their words, Kawaguchi couldn't help it anymore, his face turned red and he was about to go over to argue, but at this moment, a pair of delicate jade fingers pulled his shirt.

"Have you, a man, worked in a big company for ten years, and you can't even hold your breath?"

Looking at the angry Kawaguchi in front of her, Mei raised her eyebrows slightly behind her sexy sunglasses, with an expression on her face that said, "You're not a good man."

Feeling this kind of look, the boy Kawaguchi panicked and his face turned red. He didn't even dare to look at Amei's mature but still charming face. He just raised his eyes to take a sneak peek, and then put them down again. , bowed and apologized with a shy face: "Private Marseille! You are right."

"Amei, this kid has fallen in love with you."

Before Kawaguchi finished speaking, under his dull gaze as his old face turned red and turned into a strawberry, Keiko, who was carrying a handbag, casually said something in Amei's ear.

He said it in an ear-to-ear manner, but his voice was extremely loud.

Like it? !

"Ms. Keiko, please don't"

The boy Kawaguchi panicked for a moment and quickly waved his hands to say something, but Mei just glanced at him and said angrily: "I have no interest in weak men! Stop talking nonsense and take us to find Yako-chan! I'm sorry. I’m planning to go shopping this afternoon!”

"Yes"

He was yelled at, but Kawaguchi bowed his head and said yes like a little daughter-in-law. While leading the two girls to the elevator, he quietly looked at Amei's face. As he looked at it, his face turned red again. But I couldn't help complaining in my heart.

It’s all Team Leader Fuyukawa’s fault!

Why do you want me to meet Amei in that situation?
  Kawaguchi was so mad that he wanted to rush to the office to argue with Fuyukawa Che, but he didn't dare.

It hurts his balls, which is normal.

Amei and Keiko are Sayoko's sisters. Since they last met at Mount Fuji, they often come to Tokyo to play because they are both divorced.

Sayoko doesn't have much time, Fuyukawa Teru doesn't have much time, and the most important thing is these two women.
  One experienced working to support her boyfriend while he was studying for graduate school and Ph.D. in college, only for the boyfriend to marry a young girl after graduation. The other experienced an incident where he discovered that his ex-husband actually liked men and made a "request" to play together.

After experiencing these bizarre events, Amei and Keiko completely let themselves go. They didn't buy any clothes or jewelry when they came to Tokyo. They just went to Kabukicho to find cowherds for entertainment.

Fuyukawa Che couldn't accompany her, and neither could Sayoko, so Fuyukawa Cheru gave Kawaguchi's LINE account and phone number on the pretext of "I'll introduce you to a Kabukicho know-how". So, when Kawaguchi received the call and heard that the woman had specially waxed his hair and put on a brand new suit to go to the appointment, he heard Amei's awesome words: "Hey, you're the one Pimp Kawaguchi?].

Petrified on the spot.

Although the misunderstanding has been resolved now, Kawaguchi always felt that something was wrong with the way Amei looked at him.

The team leader made a mistake!
  The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. Kawaguchi was about to cry but had no tears. However, at this moment, Keiko looked around at the surrounding environment. After listening to many people talking, she realized in hindsight: "Oh, by the way, Sayoko said that Fuyukawa This guy has a game to be released recently, it won’t be today.”

"You idiot! Didn't you see why this guy wanted to beat someone up just now? I'm so annoyed, so I told you to make sure before I come here. This will definitely disturb them!"

Regarding Keiko, Amei rolled her eyes angrily. After thinking for a moment, she looked at Kawaguchi critically, "Hey. Is the situation of that pervert in Fuyukawa really as bad as those guys just said?"

Sex Demon
  Hearing this title, Kawaguchi was stunned.

He pressed the elevator button and waited for the door to open. He nodded nervously, shook his head, and finally whispered: "The situation is indeed quite bad, but Team Leader Fuyukawa said the problem is not serious, so I don't have to worry."

"You asked him this question directly?"

Amei raised her eyebrows slightly, looked Kawaguchi up and down, and laughed and said: "No wonder you can't climb up after ten years of work. You really don't know how to read people. Forget it, I seem to be blind too."

Having said this, Amei shook her head, glared at Kawaguchi with her hands on her hips angrily, and said with a smile: "I can smell the machismo in that guy Fuyukawa from across Tokyo Bay. This kind of man will never die. He can say "I can't do it", but he is willing to pay attention to you asking such a stupid question, it seems that you are indeed trusted by him."

"How can you, Amei, say it so well?"

". Such a stupid man can find a job here. No wonder this company is in decline."

Seeing Kawaguchi's shy twist, Amei was speechless and raised her forehead. However, when she raised her head and looked at Keiko, both of them saw worry in each other's eyes.

To be honest, they don't come to Tokyo often and don't have many opportunities to communicate with Cheru Fuyukawa, but Cheru Fuyukawa has always been very kind to his own people.

Not only did they arrange food and accommodation for them, but even several times when they drank too much in Kabukicho in the middle of the night, Fuyukawa Che would be dragged up by Sayoko to pick them up.

Just kidding, Amei and Keiko are not little girls who have no social experience and still dream of being a prince and princess. Even if they don't come to Tokyo often and have little contact with the game industry, they still know the high status of a man who can serve as the deputy director of NTsoft at such a young age. However, this man does not wear colored glasses when facing women from a small place like them.

These actions may not make people grateful, but they make them feel a certain level of worry about Fuyukawa Che's career, which is enough.

What's more, they are sisters who watched Sayoko grow up.

Feeling the atmosphere in the company where Dongchuan Che was being criticized, both women showed a trace of worry on their faces, and this atmosphere became more and more intense as more and more people came in the elevator!

"The game will be released in ten minutes. I feel that Fuyukawa is feeling uncomfortable this time. His game has sold 20,000 copies in pre-sale even though it has a D-level promotion weight, which shows that his popularity is still quite useful. of."

"It's really impressive to be able to sell 20,000 pre-sales just by being famous. But there is no way, SATE's name is much louder than him. Although now it feels that there is a high probability that the game will not die suddenly, but the sales volume has been It is certain that the aquarium will take away a part, or even a large part.”

"As long as you don't die violently, Team Leader Fuyukawa probably doesn't like this dividend now."

"You think too simply. Haven't you heard the recent rumors? Team leader Fuyukawa plans to go out for a solo career after finishing Sekiro! If he wants to go out for a solo career in the future, firstly, he needs start-up funds, and secondly, he needs fame. Recruit people. If he has a record of defeat before going solo, although losing to SATE is not unfair, it will still affect the confidence of others to some extent, and this impact is much more serious than dividends!"

The employees in the elevator didn't shy away from Kawaguchi and just chatted openly.

This is normal. It is no secret that Fuyukawa Che wants to fly solo. In this case, although no one dares to mess with him, except for those who want to follow him in the future, or those who are more cautious, other people I no longer pay so much attention to talking behind my back.

As the chatter increased, Amei and Keiko became more and more nervous.

"Is the pressure really so great?"

Amei was a little nervous and clenched her fists unconsciously, but at this moment, she suddenly noticed that the face of Kawaguchi next to her was timid, but it was more of anger and displeasure.

"I didn't expect that he is a bloody guy."

Feeling Kawaguchi's emotional changes, there was a hint of curiosity in Amei's eyes.

Kawaguchi, who had completely focused all his attention on the release of the game, did not notice the change in her eyes.

As the elevator arrived, he was very unhappy and squeezed out of the crowd with the two women and headed to Cheru Fuyukawa's office. However, as soon as Kawaguchi arrived at the door of Light Bird Studio, the employees inside told him that Cheru Fuyukawa and Sayoko had already gone to the minister's office. . Only then did he realize that the two women had not greeted Sayoko and Fuyukawa Che before coming over.

There was nothing special about the two girls coming over today. It was just that Sayoko said before that she had a dog and a cat at home, and she made an appointment to come over and have a look. It turned out that Keiko wanted to surprise Sayoko, so she walked to the door without notifying her in advance.

Knowing the cause and effect, Kawaguchi was speechless, but when he saw Amei scratching her head in embarrassment, he softened.

He definitely couldn't take the two of them to the minister's office, and he had work to do, so he didn't hesitate. Kawaguchi took the two women directly to the general office.

"Amei, Keiko. Why are you here?"

Kawaguchi is a coward who can't open his mouth when seeing a woman, but Aunt Nogi is different. When she was filming in Mount Fuji before, she had some interactions with the two of them, and they were considered semi-acquaintances.

She was stunned for a moment when she saw Kawaguchi bringing the two people in, but soon, after learning the ins and outs of the matter from Kawaguchi, she led the two women to sit down on the sofa with a smile.

"Then I'll leave them to you. I still have things to do over there."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Watching the two women pick up their teacups, Kawaguchi turned around and left the office door. And when she felt the unusual look he was looking at Amei, Aunt Nogi rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Don't look at this kid Kawaguchi who looks ordinary, but he is actually very down-to-earth in his work. , is now the director of our combat planning team."

"That's right. He does seem quite down-to-earth."

They are all old people, how could Amei not know what Aunt Nogi meant by this.

She smiled and answered smoothly, then looked at the ordinary employees in the office and the leadership seat in front of all employees. She smiled and said: "Not only Kawaguchi, Ms. Nogi, you have finally come to the end of your hardships."

"No way~"

Even if you wear it a thousand times, you will never wear it.

I have been working at NTsoft for more than ten years and almost twenty years. I have always been an ordinary employee. Now, under the guidance of Fuyukawa Teru, I have finally been promoted to director, and can also manage an entire office. Nogi showed a trace of pride on his face, but he could not hide it, but he was very proud. Soon, she smiled and said: "Actually, this is all thanks to Team Leader Fuyukawa. Without his support, I would have been kicked out of NTsoft long ago. Speaking of which, you don't know that during this period "He is the leader of Fuyukawa team"

She already likes gossip, and knowing the relationship between the two girls and Sayoko, Aunt Nogi started to talk about Fuyukawa Che's achievements while holding hot tea. There is no doubt that as a small leader in charge of human resources, Aunt Nogi may not have strong professional skills in gaming, but her words are naturally very pleasant, and all kinds of fancy flattery directly made Fuyukawa Cheru go to heaven.

Although Amei and Keiko have rich life experiences and know that some of her exaggerations are exaggerated, even if those exaggerations are removed, they can still feel Fuyukawa Che's current strength.

"What a great man."

"What a great man."

Especially when many employees came to ask Aunt Nogi for help, they looked even more respectful, which made them even more secretly stunned. They secretly thought that Sayoko had found a capable man. However, when the two of them looked at each other, there was no envy in their eyes. But pleased.

While the three of them were chatting and drinking tea, there was a sudden commotion in the corridor!
  "It's ten o'clock! The game is about to be released!"

"Team Leader Fuyukawa is out again!!!"

"Kill SATE and tell them to get lost!"

"Team Leader Fuyukawa will teach them how to write the word death!"

"So fast! I haven't even said a word yet! Come on, let's watch together!"

"Oh oh oh, okay!"

Following the unknown voice, both Amei and Keiko became nervous and followed Aunt Nogi to the computer, with three pairs of eyes staring at the computer screen without blinking!

Not just the three of them!
  As the clock in the corridor reached ten o'clock in the morning, the whole NTsoft was boiling!

Cheru Fuyukawa's new work will be released soon!

Some people expect him to fall into the abyss, while others expect him to create another miracle!
  And this is the southeast corner of the sixth floor that belongs to Light Bird. Naturally, I hope Fuyukawa Che will create a miracle and kill SATE!

Everyone was in a commotion, and the supervisors of each group did not interfere, but followed the sales together!
  But it’s not just the folks at Lightbird Studios who are paying attention to the game!
  "Is it finally here?"

In the motion capture studio on the first floor of NTsoft, Yuezhu Feiniao, who had just completed a set of motion capture movements, was standing outside the crowd drinking water. Although she was standing outside the crowd, her height of 1.76 meters was enough for her to look past the crowd and see the computer screen in the center.

Yes, she's paying attention too!

People talk about Dave the Diver competing in the ring with the Aquarium Star every day, so of course she knows about it too!
  Likewise, she also knew that Fuyukawa Che was at a huge disadvantage in this confrontation!

The employees in the motion capture studio were chattering nervously and saying some worried words!
  "Disadvantage?"

Listening to the surroundings [The disadvantage is too great! They started with a few hundred thousand pre-orders] [Team Leader Dongchuan faces a huge challenge this time] [One hundred thousand sets is enough to protect your capital, just keep your capital! 】, Yuezhu Feiniao looked at the computer screen with his cold eyes and continued to drink water. However, there was a hint of smile and expectation in his usually calm eyes: "For a man like him, who is like a monster, the more disadvantaged he is, the more likely he will be." Get excited."

"Well, Kawachi and Miyano will probably be in trouble again soon. But...will they be pressed against the floor-to-ceiling windows?"

My mind was wandering, thinking about it, my thoughts were slipping, Yuezhu Feiniao's big eyes gradually began to wander, and at this time, the sales figures on the screen began to rise!
  　I don’t want to break the chapter, but I haven’t slept all night and I really can’t stand it~
  　　
  　　
  　
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