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

Chapter 234 Black Monkey
The wind is gentle and the sun is shining brightly.

During the May Day Golden Week, the streets of Ginza were crowded with tourists from all over the world.

There are too many people and the weather is hot.

Under the shade of a tree, Sato Fujiko drank cold milk tea and fanned Bai Huahua's collar, "It's all your fault. You worked so hard last night. I don't even have the energy to go shopping now. Oh, my waist is so sore. Please help. Sister rub it.”

"kindness?"

"Hmph, he is such a fussy man. Okay, okay, Onii-chan, can you rub Fujiko's waist~"

"That's pretty much it. Well, turn around a little bit."

Sato Fujiko was coquettishly sweet, and finally lifted up the half-drunk milk tea.

Looking at the straw with teeth marks and all kinds of packaging bags hanging all over the body, which looked like a Christmas tree, Fuyukawa Che took a sip of the cold milk tea angrily, then raised the bag in his hand and let it slide into his hand. Elbow, he put his hands on Sato Fujiko's obviously curvy but voluptuous lower back, and gently pressed her waist.

It's a very intimate behavior, but today is May Day, and there are many couples traveling here, so this behavior is not too excessive, but there are still many passers-by peeking over at this time.

Fujiko Sato puffed out his cheeks and said forcefully, "Then it's not like you, a big pervert, poured wine into someone else's mouth. Humph! You are not allowed to refute, it was you who drank it anyway!"

There is no other reason. Having been shopping in Ginza for a long time, Sato Fujiko also changed out of yesterday's work uniform of a shirt and hip-hugging skirt, and put on a more elegant high-waisted pleated skirt, revealing a one-shoulder white T-shirt from the northern hemisphere, and Stylish sunglasses.

Seeing Fujiko Sato who was extremely tired just now, he immediately became excited. Cheru Fuyukawa had a wry smile on his face, but before he could express any more emotions, he was dragged away by Fujiko Sato's arm.

It was amazing, but seeing Fujiko Sato's lively and noisy mood that was completely different from the arrogant and cold days of the past, Tetsu Fuyukawa just let her go.

Perhaps it was because she touched the itchy flesh on her waist that Fujiko Sato, who was still drinking milk tea, said "Ouch" and twisted her waist with a smile to escape from the clutches. She wrinkled her cute little nose and said shyly: "You bad guy, stop messing around, this is outside."

Fuyukawa Che shook his head with a smile, then glanced at his watch, "It's past two o'clock, why don't you go get something to eat first?"

So, he directly rubbed his hands along the lower edge of the T-shirt, which was a waist massage that could be done with his thumbs.

"Hey, hey, hey, slow down."

Somewhat excited.

Fujiko Sato has a plump figure, but her body proportions are very good, and her legs are very long. Moreover, from the hips to the waist, from the waist to the size F Snow Mountain, there is also an obvious voluptuous curve. It is the kind that makes people feel fleshy and easy to pinch, but does not feel bloated at all, and even makes them slim. 】 She has a fairy body shape, and her skin is very white, so white that it glows in the sun.

However, despite being so exhausted last night, she still fought very hard today and didn't feel hungry at all until after 11 o'clock. He even talked about eating delicious food and still had the strength to drag him away.

"Okay, just say yes."

The weather was a bit hot today, and after shopping for a long time, she started to sweat slightly. Not only on the bridge of the nose, but also on the size F northern hemisphere of the one-shoulder T-shirt was covered with a little fragrant sweat.

A weak girl who can run 800 meters in school and vomit, but when it comes to shopping and eating, her fighting ability is extremely fierce. Fujiko Sato is similar. He doesn't like sports very much and his physical fitness is average. At the end of last night, I couldn't stand anymore. I could only lay my head on the bed like a little baby, my eyes were blurred, and my big peaches were raised.

This outfit gives people the feeling of a big sister at first glance, which is not bad, but her figure is a bit illegal.

Fuyukawa Che smiled and blinked, "That's not what you said on the rooftop yesterday."

Seeing this appearance, Sato Fujiko was drinking milk tea and fanning herself on the roadside. Not to mention the passers-by, even Fuyukawa Che, who held this delicate body in his arms and played with it casually yesterday, couldn't help but feel a little excited at this time.

Needless to say, women are indeed very mysterious creatures.

"Hey, we haven't had lunch yet, I forgot about it. Come on, sister, I know there is a delicious seafood restaurant here."

Quite exaggerated.

"Yeah, it's very itchy~"

Ginza is the most upscale commercial street in Tokyo, and high-end commercial streets naturally have high-end restaurants. From Michelin-starred cuisine to ultra-high-end Wagyu beef, including French and Chinese cuisine, you can find it all here. But, he has no interest in fancy restaurants.

It's not a question of whether it tastes good or not. The main reason is that he eats a lot, but the portions of food in high-end restaurants are usually relatively small, and the food is messy. He doesn't like to waste time on this kind of thing. It is obvious that Fujiko Sato is a woman who looks arrogant and cold, but is actually very delicate at heart.

Under her leadership, Fuyukawa Che quickly arrived at a seafood restaurant that was not very fancy but had a lot of customers. What's interesting is that this seafood restaurant is not Japanese-style seafood sashimi. The owner of this restaurant is a Ningbo native.

"I didn't expect you to like Chinese food?"

Smelling the scent of seafood soup in the air every day, Fuyukawa Che sat down at the window seat.

Sato Fujiko put the bag next to her, then raised her hand to tie her hair with a hairband, and said with a smile: "Yes. I don't know if it's because I have a naturally strong taste, or because there was a Chinese restaurant near my home when I was a child. Now that I'm used to eating it, I still prefer dishes with a stronger flavor compared to the bland Japanese sashimi.

The food in this store is very good and the price is not expensive. Speaking of which, I have been eating at this restaurant for almost ten years. I remember when I first started working at SATE after graduating from college. Because I was still an intern, the salary was not high, and my family still needed money, so even if I shared a room with that guy Miyano, the money was still not enough.

At that time, Miyano and I cooked in the rental house from Monday to Friday, and then on weekends we called Qianhua, a local rich man, to have a meal here. It’s quite interesting to think about it. At that time, when we went out to eat, we always had AA food, but Qianhua wasn’t very interested in seafood. She always had a bowl of crab leg noodles and some grilled oysters, and then read comic books while waiting for us to eat. over. "

Fujiko Sato was talking nonchalantly, with a look of memories on his face. Fuyukawa Che said with a smile while looking at the menu: "To be honest, it's really uncommon for a small group of best friends like you to have such a good relationship after more than ten years. Hello, I want a bowl of crab leg noodles, and this oyster Here’s a dozen, eh? There’s also spicy crayfish, I’d like a portion of this too.”

Convert Japanese to Chinese, and it’s Mandarin with a strong southern accent.

The little waitress next to me who just shouted to her colleagues in the tone of "Cousin, I'm here!" was stunned for a moment. She wrote down on the writing board and curiously asked in Chinese: "Mr. Are you here for a trip?”

"No, I'm from Tokyo."

"Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I just heard your accent was so authentic that I thought you were a domestic tourist. Every time during holidays like May Day, our store will have many domestic tourists."

"The business is indeed very good, I hope the taste is also good."

"Don't worry about this."

After casually chatting with the little waitress, Fuyukawa Che turned his head and was about to tease Sato Fujiko in Chinese, but at this moment - "You damn ghost~ you actually chatted up other girls in front of me, huh, people Ignore you."

A numbing tone.

Looking at Fujiko Sato who was smiling evilly in front of him, Fuyukawa Che's eyes widened slightly, and he asked curiously with some surprise: "Can you speak Chinese?"

Seeing the rare unexpected expression on Fuyukawa Che's face, Sato Fujiko smiled arrogantly.

She rubbed her earlobes and continued to speak in a weird but still tingling tone: "Of course, otherwise you would think that Miyano, that language idiot, was so successful overseas. That’s not all because I served as a translator for her later.”

"But, weren't you transferred to the Polish branch? Why?"

Fuyukawa Che was a little curious, Sato Fujiko leaned on the back of the sofa, folded her legs, and said speechlessly: "Baibei, it's not because that stupid woman Miyano was obsessed with the Bayan idol drama back then. But how bad is her language talent? It’s not like I didn’t know, and in addition, the Japanese translations of many Bayan idol dramas at that time were made by the manufacturers there, and the quality was very poor, just like those machine-translated European and American butters, which were wrong.”

"Machine-turned butter?" Fuyukawa Che raised his eyebrows slightly, "Have you ever played with butter?"

"Ahem, this is just an example. You are really a motorcycle!"

Accidentally spilling the beans, Sato Fujiko's pretty face blushed slightly, she kicked her little feet under the table, and then continued to complain: "Hey, I am not interested in that kind of idol drama at all, but you know , Miyano, that woman who looks very independent and confident, is actually very clinging and difficult to deal with, but that’s nothing. Do you know what’s the most uncomfortable thing?

The Huaxia region is a huge market, so I don’t resist learning Chinese, but because I watch the Wanwan idol drama with her every day and help her translate, my accent is like this for no reason! To the north, I was almost pissed off. "

It’s really hard to change an accent, especially if you have a Northeastern accent or a Bayan accent. Fujiko Sato took a sip of tea in displeasure, and then asked curiously: “By the way, your Chinese is really proficient. Where did you learn it?”

“I really liked studying Chinese history when I was in college, and then I started studying it on my own.”

Yesterday I drank too much and said that I was a time traveler, but the other party didn't believe me, so I don't want to dwell on this issue now. Fuyukawa Che made an excuse casually, but at this moment, he suddenly thought of something and said, "But it's a good thing that you speak Chinese well."

"kindness?"

The words were converted back to Japanese, and Sato Fujiko looked puzzled. Tetsu Fuyukawa said: "We will build our own game platform in the future, but local players in Japan are not that enthusiastic about MMO online games, gun battle online games, etc. But if you want to establish a game platform, you must have someone who can operate it for a long time and retain it for a long time. By then, the Chinese market will be very important to us.”

Although they both belong to the East Asian cultural circle, Japan's gaming culture is actually quite different from that of China and South Korea.

The most obvious feature is that few people hear the names of Japanese teams in competitive games such as LOL, Csgo, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Overwatch.

The main reason for this is that the main battlefields of Japanese players are console platforms, handheld platforms and mobile phones.

Needless to say about the mobile version, Japanese players are the most expensive player group in the world. According to last year’s data, the top three countries in terms of revenue for global mobile game companies are the United States, Japan and China.

The number of Japanese players is much lower than that of Chinese players, but their market consumption power is higher than that of Chinese players. This is a huge cake, but several of the most profitable Japanese mobile games are basically IP adaptations, such as FGO and Jockey Girl.

In this regard, when the future animation is produced, everything will fall into place.

But when it comes to PC games
It’s not that there are no PC players in Japan, but the proportion is very low. Games such as World of Warcraft, LOL, and DOTA that can operate in the long term and bring stable daily activity to the gaming platform are not large in the Japanese market.

If he wants to build a PC platform, Fuyukawa Che must go outside Japan. When it comes to online games and competitive games, there is no game platform in the world. No game manufacturer dares to despise the Chinese market, except for a certain player who asked [You don’t have a mobile phone] ?] A silly comment.

Fuyukawa Che understands this truth, and so does Sato Fujiko.

Seeing that the conversation got down to business, the active emotions on her face gradually subsided, and as she thought about it, her temperament unconsciously turned into the usual arrogant and sharp temperament.

After thinking for a moment, she frowned and said: "The Chinese market is very big, but it is also difficult to develop. If you just make online games and competitive games, it won't be a big problem. You can find their domestic company to act as an agent, or you can set up a branch there. For a company, just pay taxes and take care of things normally. But if you want to build a gaming platform there.
You should understand that channels and games are two different concepts. Big monsters like OTTO used to cooperate with big manufacturers over there and share part of the profits before they officially gained a foothold. If we want to enter there, we must find a company that has huge influence in their local government and business circles to cooperate.

Otherwise, although it is protected by the terms of the WTO and will not be banned explicitly, various hidden tricks will be difficult to guard against. After all, we will probably only be able to use soft-locked areas to sell many stand-alone games that cannot be put on the shelves.

As long as they want to catch this kind of thing, the officials will surely catch it, not to mention that there are OTTOs watching eagerly next to it, so we must have a powerful interest group over there to deal with these problems. In fact, these are not troublesome. In order to compete for the cooperation rights of OTTO, the Internet giants there fought hard. This shows that they are very eager to cooperate with top gaming platforms, but the problem is..."

Having said this, Fujiko Sato moved her shoulders to the side, making room for the waiter to serve the food, and then looked at Cheru Fuyukawa, "The key to the problem is how to become the top gaming platform sought after by them. OTTO is the current global gaming lineup. The deepest gaming platform, and they have been working in China for ten years. Players there either play pirated games or go to OTTO. This has become a habit. Even if Ebao regularly sends games, they can’t grab user disks.”

She rambled a lot, and after listening to her words, Fuyukawa Che also fell into deep thought.

This world does not have those classic games from previous generations, but the game industry can be so developed because there are classic games that are unique to this world, and OTTO is currently the game platform with the deepest game lineup in the world.

Of course, the lifespan of stand-alone games is very short. Even games like The Witcher Triad will lose their appeal to players after a few years of release and the market will be almost full.

And those games are not OTTO's own games. As long as he, Fuyukawa Che, can show stronger momentum and offer more favorable conditions, he has every chance to attract those game manufacturers. Not to mention exclusivity, it is definitely no problem to play both sides.

This brings us back to the starting point of the matter, how to enter the Chinese market quickly and accurately.

Thinking of this, Fuyukawa Che put on plastic gloves, opened a red and fragrant spicy crayfish, and handed over the plump shrimp butt with shrimp yellow on the head.

It wasn't until his finger was naughtily sucked by Sato Fujiko that he smiled and said: "What you are talking about is indeed a big trouble. But there are ways to solve it. We can not expand the game platform first, and treat our game platform as A simple online game launcher. After accumulating a certain number of users, we will release stand-alone games on our platform.

Accumulate but gain little. As long as there is no rush to grab channels, OTTO will probably be the same as SATE now, without much reaction. But in that case."

"It's too slow, isn't it?"

Fujiko Sato gave him a small look like "I don't understand you yet", then handed him the peeled king crab legs and said with a smile: "You. You look strong and calm, but you are actually a downright impatient." "Lu Gu Talk" is now a big hit. Based on your personality, you probably want to launch another big game? "

"Yeah. But the risk is too great, I'm considering it."

Fuyukawa Che was eating crab legs with a thoughtful look in his eyes. The company is currently producing Elden's Ring. The production cost of this game exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars. If you include publicity and distribution, it will be a conservative 200 million U.S. dollars, and Stardew Valley
Even if we calculate based on the 30 million sales volume in the previous life, excluding various taxes and commissions, the most we can get is more than 200 million US dollars, and less than 300 million US dollars.

This money is enough for the development of Laotouhuan, and there is still a balance as insurance, but if the development of Laotouhuan is simultaneously developed, World of Warcraft will be developed simultaneously.
The development cost of the first expansion pack of World of Warcraft was 1997 million US dollars, which was million US dollars in . And after so many years of development, players' requirements have also increased a lot. At the very least, the picture expressiveness is It needs to be raised significantly.

He conservatively estimated that if he wanted to create an enhanced version of World of Warcraft, even if it was just the first expansion pack, the development cost would be around $100 million.

Not only World of Warcraft, but also DOTA2 and LOL, the development costs are more than 2 million US dollars. The highest DOTA is close to million US dollars, and the development cost of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is as high as million US dollars.

Squeeze them all, no matter which one he develops, as long as he develops two masterpieces at the same time, all his funds will be drained from Fuyukawa Cheru, and he will even be in debt. Moreover, the operating expenses in the later stages of online games are also a huge number.

"The risk is still too great, so don't rush yet. Anyway, there are still more than half a year until the release. During this period, we can just make a few low-cost hits."

Thinking of this, Fuyukawa Teru's thoughts gradually relaxed, and he and Sato Fujiko chatted about daily life and career while eating seafood.

Needless to say, the taste of this restaurant is indeed very good, but the chef of the spicy crayfish may be a Sichuan native. The taste is very spicy, which makes Sato Fujiko keep drinking water. In addition, she also drank milk tea before coming here. After a while, she took off her gloves.

"I'm going to use the restroom and keep a close eye on my bag."

"I know. If you can't eat spicy food, just eat less."

"Stop talking nonsense. Who knows what happened to this chef today? Normally he's fine. Hey, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going to use the toilet first."

"go Go."

After making some amusing remarks and looking at the enchanting back of Sato Fujiko, Fuyukawa Che was eating crayfish with a smile in his eyes. At this moment, the conversation diagonally in front of two Chinese people who had just sat down attracted his attention.

"Isn't SATE kidding? They want to take 51% of our shares. If we agree to their conditions, won't we become part-time workers?"

A man who looked like a programmer and had a soft Minnan accent said angrily. Opposite him, a man also wearing a plaid shirt rubbed his face helplessly, "The problem is, no one is willing to invest in us now."

The man with a soft voice said: "I understand your difficulties, but the problem is that this is not only a question of whether to work or not. What we are going to do is China's first 3A game, and it is also a Journey to the West theme. In this case, we If we let a Japanese company take control, what will happen in the future? Players will poke our spines!”

The voice was soft, but the content was strong. I heard my companion's words. It was obvious that he had not slept well for a long time. The man in red with messy hair suddenly exploded. He slapped the table and shouted: "Then what do you think we should do?! Domestic investors are not interested in stand-alone games. Unless we make achievements, they will not Investment, but we need money, no one, no accumulation, how can we achieve results?! How can we achieve results without investment? What to do with overseas manufacturers? Tell me what to do now!”

(End of this chapter)