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

Chapter 227: Take advantage of the front and respect later

"Hey, that man must be Fuyukawa Che, the president of the Holy Light Society."

SATE headquarters building, elevator shaft in the lobby on the first floor.

Looking at Fuyukawa Che who was waiting for the elevator with his hands in his pockets not far away, several female members of SATE stood there secretly observing and chattering.

"It seems like, why did he come to our company? Isn't the relationship between the company and them very bad now?"

"The senior management came to him. I'm telling you, don't spread the word. I just heard Xiaosaki say when I was drinking tea that the main content of the company's ministerial meeting this afternoon was to discuss the future attitude towards the Holy Light Society. ”

"Ah? Call him over at this time. Are you planning to give him a slap and a sweet date?"

"Probably, but no one came down to pick them up. It seems that these sweet dates are not easy to eat. It's a pity that such a handsome guy will definitely have to beg Hirano Minister in a humble manner later."

Several female club members were sitting there chatting, and while they were chatting, the looks they looked at Fuyukawa Che changed from curiosity to sympathy or gloating.

It is no secret that SATE and Juyin teamed up to suppress the Holy Light Society. Everyone in the industry with some connections knows it. However, they also know that this level of suppression is generally not a direct goal, but a means to the goal.

When he thought of this, Fuyukawa Che, whose mood had not fluctuated at all when he was laughed at before, began to have a cold light in his eyes.

Several female members were chattering, and their words reached Fuyukawa Che's ears, but he didn't pay much attention and just waited quietly for the elevator.

"I'm just kidding. How can a man who has reached such a height at this age play a simple role? But it's a pity. I heard that his relationship with Minister Miyano is very unusual. Ordinary women like us may not have much chance."

Bits and pieces of his time with Sato Fujiko came to mind. Fuyukawa Che looked at the constantly beating elevator numbers, his eyes constantly changing. Soon, the 13th floor arrived.

"Keep your voice down. It's dangerous to speak ill of Minister Hirano at this time. But speaking of it, Fuyukawa Che is more calm than expected. I thought he would turn around and leave."

You should draw your sword when you go on stage. Life and death depend on your ability. There is nothing to complain or be angry about. But now that the beloved woman has been wronged, things have become different.

To be honest, he knew before that unless SATE's Chief Inuzuka was re-elected, there was a high probability that Sato Fujiko would not stay at SATE headquarters for a long time, at least he would not be able to continue sitting in the position of marketing director.

Needless to say, although Fuyukawa Che has not lost his temper for a long, long time, so much so that many employees of the Holy Light Club now have a changed impression of him from being strong and domineering to being elegant and easy-going, but he is not a good-tempered person, or in other words, He is a docile donkey who takes soft things but not hard ones. He is the type who gets stronger when strong.

"He is also unlucky. I heard that the meeting this afternoon was originally planned to directly announce Minister Sato's transfer order and Hirano's promotion. But something seemed to have gone wrong, and the company's senior management canceled that link. You don't know , when I was in the toilet in the afternoon, I heard Minister Hirano losing his temper, and I could hear him cursing through the wall. "

The time for today's meeting is set by SATE.

"Normally, Minister Hirano liked to scold his subordinates before. If his professional skills were not really good, he would not be able to climb to the position of deputy minister. But, eh, it would be great if this Fuyukawa Cheru came here a few days ago. Compared to Minister Hirano , Minister Sato is better to talk to.”

The time was agreed upon and he arrived, but the person who had set the time went to eat, leaving him alone here!
It was obvious that Deputy Minister Hirano was knocking him!
In other words, this Deputy Minister Hirano looks down on him Fuyukawa Che!
so awkward!
Perhaps because they had known this would happen for a long time, employees from several nearby offices peeked over, with curiosity, contempt, and complexity in their eyes.

He is very interested in some situations of chatting, but he is not interested in this kind of situation at all.

Listening to the chatter of a few gossipy employees, soon the elevator door opened in front of him. Under the curious eyes of many employees who got off the elevator, he waited for a while until everyone got off the elevator, then walked up and pressed the button for the 13th floor.

"Eh? The Minister Miyano you are talking about, is that Miyano Miwa?"

Looking at the red button, Fuyukawa Che frowned slightly.

"Yes, I heard before that someone saw Minister Miyano and him shopping for groceries at Aeon."

"Yes, although Minister Sato is also very arrogant and basically doesn't chat with us, she is actually very stable in doing things. I can't say she is steady. I feel that she is very radical in her style, but very down-to-earth in her implementation. Type. I feel like she is more generous than Minister Hirano.”

Everything is free, and everyone strives for their own interests. This is understandable. If he were sitting in the position of a senior executive of SATE and Juyin, under the same conditions, he would also make the same choice to suppress the Holy Light Society.

However, he didn't care about these gossips.

The person who invited him this time was the SATE Marketing Department. After all, SATE's Marketing Department is the department mainly responsible for the Hawaii Game Alliance segment.

After all, if you sit down at the negotiating table after hammering, the negotiation situation will be completely different.

"This is normal. Who in Japan dares to compete with our SATE? A small company dog ​​like him can only bow his head obediently when he encounters us."

Without further beeping, Fuyukawa Che went directly to the office of the deputy director of the marketing department, but when he came to the door and was about to knock on the door, a female employee from the next office suddenly poked her head out and said, "You are Fuyukawa Che. Our minister is going down to eat, please wait on the chair next to us. Please wait."

"That's it. No wonder Minister Miyano spent all his money to start a business with him. It turns out that he had already rolled into the same bed."

Thinking of Fujiko Sato not paying much attention to his news in the past few days, and combined with the current situation, Fuyukawa Che's eyes gradually became serious.

However, due to the release of Stardew Valley in the past few days, he was too busy to stay down. In addition, there was no news about the replacement of the minister within SATE, so he didn't know until this afternoon when SATE called to ask him to meet. question.

SATE is one of the top game companies in the world. If nothing else, the area of ​​this headquarters building is much larger than that of Holy Light Society. Or to be more precise, the headquarters of Shengguang Society is a six-story office building, while the headquarters of SATE is a technology park.

Looking at Fuyukawa Che's eyes that couldn't be said to be angry, but could only be said to be cold, the female employee quickly retreated into the office, not daring to beep any more.

"It's not a big secret that SATE wants to negotiate with me today, but that guy Fujiko didn't take the initiative to call. It seems that she has been completely ignored."

"That's it. I've heard people say before that he has a strong personality and can't bear to be wronged. It seems that he is also a packaged character."

He actually didn't feel much about being suppressed by SATE and Juyin.

According to the instructions of Deputy Minister Hirano, the female employees were originally prepared to give Fuyukawa Cheru a blow. Her tone was very arrogant, but just halfway through her words, she trembled and quickly changed her tone.

There is a huge difference in strength between the two sides, and many employees of large companies do have a sense of superiority when facing small companies.

However, in their surprised but not surprised looks, Fuyukawa Che did not turn around and leave. Instead, he looked up at the signboard [Office of the Deputy Minister of Marketing] and sat down on a chair in the corridor with his briefcase.

13th floor, marketing department.

Several men and women in the office were gloating over the misfortune, but not everyone in this world likes to see others laugh. On the other side, several female employees sighed.

"Hey, he looked so scary just now. I thought he was so powerful. Now I don't have to obey him."

For no other reason, although Fuyukawa Che didn't speak, his eyes had become very dangerous at this time!
There were no glares or curses, but as the saying goes, there was a loud voice and a loud voice.

This was no surprise, but the reason that really made him frown was because the person who invited him to meet in the marketing department this time was not the director Fujiko Sato, but the deputy director Hirano Koo.

"Is there something wrong with that guy?"

"Hey, speaking of it, I don't know whether I should envy him for finding a strong woman like Minister Miyano, or whether I should envy Minister Miyano for finding such a young and handsome little wolfdog. Look at his figure, Si Guoyi, I This is really the first time I’ve seen a man wearing a suit with such a straight and straight look.”

"Yeah, I feel like other people wearing suits are either baggy or shriveled, or just plain fat. Hey, hey, you've taken the topic astray!"

"Please, it's just a small talk, what's the point? But, having said that, the new game of Holy Light Society seems to be released today. If the sales of that game are very good, I guess Minister Hirano will feel very uncomfortable. ”

"You're thinking too much. You just joined the job and haven't figured out the situation yet. We are SATE! Not to mention that his previous highest-selling game just exceeded 10 million, even if his new game sales can exceed 15 million, With that unit price and IP value, it won’t make us look at it differently. ”

When women chat, they mainly talk nonsense.

Several female employees chatted from Fuyukawa Teru to Sato Fujiko, from Sato Fujiko to Miyano Miwa, and finally from Miyano Miwa to Stardew Valley.

Obviously, they don't think that Fuyukawa Cheru's new work will hit the street. After all, Fuyukawa Cheru has been a masterpiece since his debut, but similarly, they don't think that Stardew Valley can change anything.

It's as if 14 million, which ordinary people can't even imagine, is just a "small goal" in the eyes of real big guys. Even if a work priced at only US dollars breaks Fuyukawa Teru's million sales record, it will reach million. , in the eyes of SATE, it is just like that. Although it cannot be said to be a small Karami, it is at most a [Medium Karami] or a [Big Karami]. Anyway, it is still a Karami.

Several female employees chatted furtively for a while, and soon stopped paying attention to Fuyukawa Che who was sitting on a chair in the corridor reading a magazine, and continued to work at their desks.

Normally, it's time to get off work at this point, but a side-scrolling meat pigeon game from SATE was just released a few days ago, and they still have to continue to monitor game data and public opinion.

At first, they were chatting and looking at the data on the screen as usual, and the entire corridor was relatively quiet. But soon, as the clock on the wall passed 6:30 pm, and as Stardew Valley was released for more than half an hour, they gradually realized that something was wrong. "Hey, there is something wrong with this popularity data. Mai-senpai, please let me see your computer."

"what happened?"

"It's nothing. There must be a problem with the company's software. The heat curve of Stardew Valley on my side suddenly appeared 90 degrees, boosting Nani? Why is it like this on your side, senior?"

Seeing the red line rising almost 90 degrees straight on the computer screen of a colleague, and the increase far exceeding that of other colors, a female employee with braids scratched her head in confusion, her big eyes full of confusion.

The lines represent popularity, and the rising lines naturally represent more players discussing Stardew Valley. But as a new employee who just joined the company this spring, she has never seen such a ninety-degree curve.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let me take a look."

She thought there was a problem with the company's software, but at this moment, the senior who ran to pour tea returned to the computer desk. She put the water glass next to her, put on her glasses and brought her head close to the screen, and then her eyes gradually widened.

".Fire clay pot?! Thirty-thousand popularity?! Oh my God! Half an hour after this game was launched, the popularity is so high?! What's going on!"

The sound breaks instantly!

The female senior jumped up, and when she heard her voice, several employees nearby were also stunned.

Strictly speaking, the heat of 30,000 is not scary, but...
The popularity of SATE's company software is not the Internet hot words and search volume, but the popularity of the [OTTO game review area].

The sales volume of the game industry is generally not disclosed, although major companies have a "devious method" of checking the sales volume of each other's companies. But unless the other party takes the initiative to announce it, there will be a certain delay, so big manufacturers like SATE can only save the country through curveballs.

[OTTO game review area popularity], this data will only be calculated after the game is released, the game's store page is refreshed and becomes available for purchase, and evaluation can be conducted!
Thirty thousand discussions!
Although it does not represent 31,000 comments, after all, some of the comments are discussions in the same building, but even if it is divided by ten, it is still about 3,000 comments!

Half an hour after the game was released, there were 3,000 comments!

It is true that the number of reviews cannot accurately infer the sales volume of a game, but it can also be roughly distinguished!

You must know that their Age of Dragons has sold more than 10 million copies. Half an hour after the game was released, there were only more than 1,000 comments!
And more importantly, Stardew Valley has more than 99 reviews, with a favorable rating of %!

Rave reviews!

Hot item!

There is no doubt that even a newcomer like the braided girl who has just entered the industry but has played many games on OTTO, she also knows that Fuyukawa Che is going to release another hit movie! Moreover, it is a super hit that far exceeds his previous works!
"This data. Even if pre-order comments are removed, the purchase sales in half an hour are at least more than 30,000 units! This Fuyukawa Che is a monster!"

“A multi-million hit item is about to be released!”

"No! It's more than tens of millions! Come and take a look! His search volume for hot words has also exploded! The discussion heat has increased exponentially!"

"Quick! Let the sales team get the real-time sales volume as soon as possible!"

Get moving!
I have to say that although the quality of SATE employees varies, they do have strong business capabilities. They were still gossiping just now, but as soon as the business came, several departments immediately started to move.

However, before they acted, they seemed to have a tacit understanding. They all involuntarily looked out the window at the man sitting on the chair in the corridor, wearing elegant gold-rimmed glasses and calmly drinking oolong tea.

Twenty minutes ago, they thought he was no different from those local dogs who came to SATE to beg for mercy, but now...
With its wings hanging in the sky, who is the dog? !

No one wanted to answer this question, so everyone started getting busy!
Not only the departments next to Fuyukawa Che, but in just a few minutes, the news of Stardew Valley's popularity spread throughout SATE!

SATE is the top company in the industry, with a lot of professional analysts inside. Although the game has only been released for half an hour, they quickly got a taste of the momentum!
Super hot flavor!
And the facts prove that it is indeed the case!

As the clock on the wall reached 6:45 pm, an explosive news exploded throughout SATE!

"Three, 430,000 units! Oh my god! Excluding pre-orders, Stardew Valley shipped nearly 500,000 units within half an hour! Crazy! Fuyukawa Che is crazy!"

"The sales curve is still soaring! The offline distributors in Nerima District have already called! They don't have enough goods to sell!"

"The distributor in Chiyoda District called! What does your marketing department do for food? Just give them the goods?! You won't be able to survive tonight!"

"Where is the person from the marketing department?! Where is your minister?! Come on, come on, I want him to approve the order!"

Sales exploded!
The whole SATE is in chaos!
Although Stardew Valley is not their game, 40% of the cartridge production part of this game is completed by them. Even Japanese game cartridges are basically produced and supplied by them, and this business is also The marketing department is responsible for verification and approval.

Suddenly, under the calm gaze of Fuyukawa Che, the door of the office of the deputy director of the marketing department was crowded with employees approving orders, and interestingly, deputy director Hirano ran out to eat.

Under normal circumstances, this is not a big problem. After all, the approval process of large companies is inherently slow. However, because SATE and Juyin had previously forcibly reduced the production of Stardew Valley physical cassettes, many offline physical stores had very little inventory!

Due to Fuyukawa Che's large-scale publicity, profit sharing, linked lottery and other marketing methods, as well as the super high quality of Stardew Valley itself, the inventory of many stores is now in short supply, and some stores even have inventory that even tonight I can't bear it!
Chaos, the scene was very chaotic.

The SATE marketing department is a very critical department. Many business processes require approval from this department, and now the person in charge is not here.

Many employees were extremely anxious, and at this moment, a somewhat familiar figure from Fuyukawa Che came to the corridor. She was the female secretary she met when she and Fujiko Sato had dinner a few days ago.

What's happening here?
Seeing that the entire marketing department was blocked and that Minister Hirano had specially sent him out to do something in the afternoon, Misaki, the female secretary who had no idea what was going on, was stunned for a moment, but soon she learned the truth from other people.

"That bastard Hirano!"

After learning the truth, especially after learning that Fuyukawa Che was coming over today, the female secretary's eyes immediately burst into flames.

The person who dated Fuyukawa Teru was a senior executive of SATE, but neither Fujiko Sato nor she knew about it! Today, the company's top management also approved Sato Fujiko's half-day leave, and her confidant was also sent out by Minister Hirano in the afternoon!

Obviously, SATE's senior management wanted to use this free time to contact Fuyukawa Che and turn the raw rice into cooked rice.

Although Minister Hirano looks down on others, SATE's senior management knows very well that they still need the support of Fuyukawa Cheru in the Hawaii Game League. Although they do not know the relationship between Fuyukawa Cheru and Sato Fujiko, in their view, Sato Fujiko She, Miyano Miwa and Ohara Chika are all best friends, and they would be very troubled if the Hawaiian Game League's big game was really affected by knocking off Sato Fujiko.

According to their thinking, today is the best time to make a deal with Fuyukawa Che.

Stardew Valley is released, but sales are poor, and Fuyukawa Che is anxious, so they can take the initiative in negotiations; sales are good, and Fuyukawa Che needs more cassette production capacity, and they can still get the initiative in negotiations, but this kind of initiative It's definitely a little bit close, but joining forces is also a good thing.

This account was earned no matter how much it was calculated, but it was obvious that they had misjudged Minister Hirano's ambition.

Because his promotion document was not directly announced at the company meeting today, he vented his anger on Fuyukawa Che, which further led to the current situation.

The woman chosen by Fujiko Sato as his confidant, Misaki is not an ordinary person. When she saw Fuyukawa Che sitting alone in a corner drinking tea, coupled with the current situation, although she didn't fully understand the ins and outs, she knew what to do and it would be correct.

Without any hesitation, she didn't even pay attention to the employees who came to ask for signatures. Instead, she walked aside and took out her mobile phone to make a call.

At the same time, on the other side, in the Japanese restaurant opposite the SATE headquarters building, a thin middle-aged man who was eating and drinking with friends on the tatami also received a call.

"Hey, this is Pingye? Oh? Dongchuan is here, um, I understand, let him wait."

After saying that, Minister Hirano, who was already tipsy, hung up the phone, picked up the wine glass and clinked it with his friend.

"What's wrong Hirano, is it a company matter?"

"It's nothing, there is a little boss who wants to have a relationship with me. As you know, I will be promoted to minister soon, and all kinds of monsters and monsters are coming here. Let's not talk about this, it's bad luck. Hey, Damu, I'm going to the Silver-haired Heaven tonight. How about it? I’ve thought about Taitai’s seriousness.”

Hirano said in a seductive voice, but before he was halfway through his words, the phone rang again.

Drunk, he picked up the phone impatiently, without even looking at the call reminder. He just cursed, "Baga! Didn't I tell you to let him get dressed! Special Agent Kuriyama! This is Hirano!"

Halfway through his words, Hirano stood up. There was no one in front of him, but he still bowed respectfully. However, within two seconds of listening to the call, the drunkenness on his face disappeared instantly, his eyes widened, and his face was filled with disbelief.

"Hai! Hai! I, I, I... I'm going right now! I will definitely let someone keep Mr. Dongchuan, please don't worry!"

(End of this chapter)