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

Chapter 296 Just Do It

The cold wind howled outside the window, and in the private room of Taketori Tsuru Restaurant, a group of gaming industry bigwigs were toasting each other. Fuyukawa Tetsu sat at the side with Executive Managing Director Kuriyama, drinking elegant sake while chatting about business matters.

Executive Director Kuriyama picked up the wine glass and drank it all, but his eyes were looking at the others around him. He smiled and said, "It seems that there are not many people here who welcome you."

Dongchuan Che, who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami, was also drinking. He said with a smile, "Nonsense, I'm not Japanese yen, how can I be liked by these big men. Not to mention that the Japanese game market is so small, if I make more money, they may make less money. It would be strange if they welcome me."

If you don't make people jealous, you are mediocre.

Although the people present are all bigwigs in the Japanese game industry, with the technological advancement of the European and American game industries, the Japanese game industry has passed its peak. Except for a few large manufacturers such as SATE and NICO, games from other manufacturers no longer have the strong competitiveness in Europe and the United States that they once had.

If we cannot compete on the international stage, we can only compete internally at home.

When it is already difficult to make the pie bigger, most people naturally do not want to see new powerful people emerge.

There are many hostile views, but in the end, the gaming industry is all about the works.

Dongchuan Che didn't care about any conspiracies or intrigues, and had no interest in engaging in verbal battles with these people. He just continued drinking calmly.

The interesting thing is that having a bad reputation does have its advantages. Although many people do dislike Dongchuan Che, they dare not directly talk about this man who "dare to point at the nose and curse the deputy director when he was just the head of NTsoft" and "has no concept of seniority". They only dare to say bad things about him behind his back in private.

However, compared to Dongchuan Che's calmness at this moment, Kawaguchi felt a little uncomfortable.

Although this level of drinking party was not too formal because it was more of an industry exchange, Kawaguchi could come along, but of course he could not sit at the main table. He only ate at the side table behind the sliding door with the assistants of other big companies. Compared with Dongchuan Che's fierce reputation, Kawaguchi was a well-known good guy in the industry.

"Hey, hey, hey, Kawaguchi, you can't do this. Kijima-senpai is here today, so you have to drink with him no matter what."

"No, no, it's mainly because I have work to do at night."

"Don't make excuses. I see, you just think that you are so successful now that you can ignore your former leader? Or do you think I, Tony, am not qualified to persuade you to drink?!"

"No, no, I'll just drink it."

"Then hurry up and fill up Kijima-senpai's glass!"

The box next to the one where Dongchuan Che was.

Looking at Kawaguchi obediently pouring wine for Minister Kimura next to him, the bald man Tony Eagle, whose face had turned a little red from drinking, showed a smug and disdainful smile on his face.

As the head of Kondo Ryūmengiya, Tony Eagle was extremely unhappy with the people of the Holy Light Society. And unlike the head of Kondo Ryūmengiya's Japanese headquarters, he had been working in the American branch before and was only transferred back recently, so he had not had direct contact with Toshikawa Che.

When he met Toru Fukawa downstairs before, he would have said something to Toru Fukawa if Sojiro hadn't stopped him. But now that Sojiro was gone and he met Kawaguchi again, he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

only.
"Is this guy really the trusted general of Tohru Fuyukawa? His character is too cowardly. As expected, that old man Sojiro is getting old and has lost his former sharpness."

Looking at Kawaguchi who was obediently letting NTsoft Director Kimijima pour the wine, Tony Eagle's disdain became even more pronounced.

To be honest, when he asked Kawaguchi to pour wine for people just now, he had actually made preparations for the battle. After all, although he had not been in Japan in the past few years, he had also heard of Fuyukawa Tetsu's name.

but
He didn't think that Dongchuan Che could have his current fame because he was really so powerful and tough. Instead, he thought it was because the management of Kondo Ryomenomiya were old and had lost their sharpness, so Dongchuan Che [Liao Hua was the vanguard because there was no great general in Shu] was allowed to take over.

In his opinion, since Kawaguchi could become Dongchuan Che's trusted general, his style of doing things must be similar to Dongchuan Che's. So even if someone told him that "Kawaguchi is easy to bully" from the moment he entered the box, he just thought that someone was setting a trap for him and wanted to see him clash with Kawaguchi.

It's obviously adding fuel to the fire.

But he still didn't care, and was even a little secretly happy!

Tony Eagle always boasted that he was a hardliner, and he was hoping that Kawaguchi would lose his temper at this moment, so that he would have more reasons to teach Kawaguchi a lesson. He didn't believe that Dongchuan Che really dared to confront Kondo Ryūmengiya in front of so many people, especially in front of Chief Takemoto Tamon!

He thought a lot, including how to deal with it later, but he didn't expect Kawaguchi to be so good-tempered.
A punch hit the soft cotton.

It's a bit painful, but I also feel more disdainful.

Looking at Kawaguchi, who was bending over to pour wine for people, with an honest and somewhat clumsy figure, Tony Eagle, who was drinking, snorted secretly. Just when he was about to further provoke Kawaguchi, a live broadcast appeared on the TV in the box.

"Here it comes. The Holy Light Society's trial live broadcast is here."

"A trial game for a thousand people. Tsk, Dongchuan Che is really generous."

"Yes, and the people who are trying it out today are all game anchors. These guys will do anything to get traffic. Unless Dong Chuan Che pays them hush money, even the smallest problem will be magnified infinitely when they go back."

"Yes, but correspondingly, if the game is really good, then..."

"How can there be no problems? Hey, hey, hey, you guys, are you underestimating the technical level required for a work worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"

It must be said that Dongchuan Che is indeed a big shark that is stealing food from other manufacturers. He is indeed hostile to many people, but the emotions of most people are not just hostility, but also a little expectation.

the reason is simple.

The reason for being hostile to Toru Fuyukawa is that the market share of Japanese games is shrinking and they are afraid that he will take over their share; while the reason for being expecting Toru Fuyukawa is that he is expected to carry the banner of Japanese games and make foreign players pay more attention to Japanese games.

This emotion is very complicated, and some people in the box are also sighing that Dongchuan Che is confident and capable.

But just as Dong Chuan Che's words of optimism came out, Tony Eagle slammed his wine glass on the table in dissatisfaction.

After everyone's eyes turned to him, he raised his finger with disdain and said, "The investment cost of 120 million US dollars is indeed exaggerated. But not everyone can make a high-cost work. On the one hand, this kind of game has higher technical requirements, and on the other hand, the expectations of players will be further raised."

At this point, he turned his head to look at Kawaguchi, whose smile had frozen on his face, and then tilted his mouth proudly, "To be honest, your Holy Light Society is indeed quite strong, but I think you may have taken too big a step. You should settle down for a few more years."

Praise openly and criticize secretly.

It was obviously a veiled praise and a hidden criticism, he almost said, "You, the Holy Light Society, are not qualified."

Kawaguchi felt even more embarrassed.

Although he is a very meticulous and honest man, he does a good job in communicating with employees and managers, and is a down-to-earth man who completes the tasks assigned by Dongchuan Che meticulously, but he has never been good at arguing with others.

Especially when the words were full of sarcasm and did not make things clear directly, he did not know how to fight back.

Of course, I don't know how to curse back in a sarcastic way, but the more important thing is.
He was worried that he would cause trouble for Dongchuan Che.

"The team leader is meeting an important person. I can't cause trouble for him at this time."

Kawaguchi clenched his fingers.

Kawaguchi is a very loyal and self-aware person. He knows that based on his professional ability alone, he would never be able to take the position of "Holy Light Society No. 2 Steward", so he is even more grateful for Dongchuan Che's appreciation and trust.

Kawaguchi couldn't lose his temper, but he couldn't win the argument. Feeling the various teasing looks in the box, he felt very embarrassed.

But luckily, SATE's Amuro Heiji is also with us this time.

Heiji Amuro belongs to the audio-visual equipment division of SATE, but is also responsible for part of the PH console division's business.

For SATE, the more fiercely the Shengguang Society fights against Kondo Suzumeniya, the more advantages SATE will naturally have. After all, Japan's offline channels in the entertainment sector are mainly controlled by Kondo Suzumeniya and SATE. The greater the conflict between Fuyukawa Tetsu and Kondo Suzumeniya, the more initiative SATE can get in all aspects.

but
"That Dongchuan Che looks strong and reckless, but he is actually as cunning as a fox. If I let his subordinates be bullied now, he will probably guess what I am thinking. With the current cooperation between our two families, it would be bad to use these little tricks."

Thinking of this, seeing that Tony Eagle was about to open his mouth to provoke, Amuro Heiji also picked up his glass and said with a smile: "It turns out that European and American reporters are interviewing. It seems that our game exhibition was very successful this time! Come on, come on, I, Amuro, wish you all a big sale for your new games!"

"Minister Amuro is so polite. I hope PH's winter promotion will be another success!"

"As expected, Minister Amuro is very generous. If you ask me, if Elden Ring can become popular in the European and American markets, we can also get a share of the pie."

"I hope so, but fortunately, our works do not conflict with his. By the way, Director Amuro, the one I talked to you about last time."

Most of the people present were smart people, so they could tell that Amuro Heiji was trying to smooth things over for Kawaguchi.

However, although there are conflicts of interest between them and Toru Fuyukawa, on the one hand, they have not yet reached the point where [they are bordering on all fronts] and [there will definitely be an all-out war in the future] like Kondo Ryoumegumi and the Holy Light Society; on the other hand, they do not have the scale to crush the Holy Light Society like Kondo Ryoumegumi. Although they will grumble behind their backs, they will not directly provoke Toru Fuyukawa.

Now that Amuro Heiji came out to smooth things over, they naturally all started laughing.

"A bunch of fence-sitters."

Tony Eagle snorted again, then drank his wine in silence, his eyes fixed on the reporter on the TV screen.

The main purpose of talking nonsense is to satisfy his own pleasure. He knows in his heart that the key to the success or failure of the Holy Light Society, at least the success or failure of the Holy Light Society in the next few years, still depends on the success of this trial of "Elden Ring"!
Not only he understood this, but everyone present understood it. As they toasted and exchanged cups, time passed by little by little. As time passed, as the players in the demo venue showed expressions of surprise, shock, and ecstasy in front of the camera, Tony Eagle's mood gradually sank to the bottom, his eyes became more and more hostile, and his words became more and more thorny.

But it was obvious that Kawaguchi still ignored him and just looked at the TV screen seriously and expectantly. Not only him, but everyone present was like this!

Everyone present is from the gaming industry. They don’t even have to play the game. Just by watching the live broadcasts and listening to the hosts’ excited shouts, they know that the quality of Elden Ring will be great!
Especially when one of the white anchors from Europe came out of the trial area and was caught by reporters for an interview, a group of top bosses in the gaming industry sat up straight and stared at the TV intently.

"As you can see, the person standing next to me is Mr. James from the United States. He has more than five million followers on YouTube and Twitter. Mr. James, come and say hello to everyone."

"OKOK. Hello, I'm James. I'm very happy and honored to be invited by the Holy Light Society to participate in this trial. Oh, really, I swear, this game will definitely become a monument in the history of games! Oh~ really, I can't wait to find Mr. Dongchuan b Dongchuan right now and ask him to put the game on the shelves right now. I can't wait to play the rest of the content!"

"It can be seen that Mr. James is still very excited. So can I ask what the specific trial experience is like this time?"

"Oh, VeryVerycrazy! What a shame! Really, it's so shameless. Oh sorry, I'm a little too excited."

On the TV screen, a black guy wearing a baseball cap backwards was jumping up and down excitedly.

It took him a long time to calm down, and then he said to the female reporter with his hands dancing: "This game is somewhat similar to his previous "Sekiro", but please note that I am not talking about the style or the gameplay, but the style. "Elden Ring" is the same as "Sekiro", both of which are difficult action games, and are also full of Mr. Fuyukawa's malice.

Can you believe it? I was stuck at the entrance of the BOSS named Big Tree Guard for nearly 40 minutes before a staff member came to tell me that this BOSS was a wild BOSS that I could come back to fight later. (Laughs) But to be honest, the big tree guard took me 40 minutes, but it was really a very interesting BOSS battle. If the staff hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't even know that 40 minutes had passed. Obviously, Mr. Fuyukawa's design of the BOSS battle has become more interesting. "

"Indeed, the bosses designed by Mr. Fuyukawa are world-renowned. So besides the boss battles, is there anything else worth sharing with us?"

"Of course, there are too many to mention. For example, the art style. Oh, there is actually no need to say much about the art style. Just look at how much money they spent and you will understand that this game is absolutely very exquisite. And compared to the art style, the small garden map of this game is what I think is most noteworthy. I spent the next hour and a half exploring Stonewell City, but according to the staff, my exploration level did not even reach 30%. They even built a two-story sewer system under the already magnificent castle!
What’s even more exaggerated is that according to the staff, the content of this castle only accounts for about 5% of the game content! What a gift! I bet that as long as the subsequent content does not shrink, the size of this game will definitely exceed the imagination of all players! ”

"It seems that Mr. James really likes this game. Then can I ask one of the most anticipated questions of netizens - open world. Did you experience the content of the open world during the trial?"

"Well, I don't have any information about that. Currently, the areas we are trying out are all locked, but to be honest, such a large and rich sandbox map is actually no different from an open world. Of course, I am also looking forward to the content of the open world, after all, Mr. Dongchuan has emphasized this aspect in an interview before, but I am not worried at all. Really, my friends in front of the TV, listen to me, James, this game is definitely worth your pre-order!"

As he was talking, the black guy on TV started to get excited again, and the female reporter did not stay with him, but instead interviewed other anchors who were participating in the trial.

Without a doubt, almost all the hosts interviewed gave it a 100 out of 10 rating, ...

Very scary high rating!

But it’s not just about newsgathering!

Dongchuan Che allowed these anchors to broadcast the trial content this time!
Global live broadcast!

Needless to say, the interview on TV hadn’t been going on for long before everyone’s cell phones in the box started ringing!
"1.3 billion views?! Are you kidding me?"

"1.3 million views before the broadcast, and the popularity increased tenfold after the broadcast ended?!"

“GOGO platform is becoming increasingly popular?!”

"What?! The number of pre-orders has exceeded three million?! Are you sure you didn't see an extra zero?!"

One stone caused a thousand waves!

When they heard about the skyrocketing popularity, the ministers were able to remain somewhat calm, but when they heard that the number of pre-orders for "Elden Ring" exceeded three million, everyone was stunned!

What does it mean to have sales of three million pre-orders?
"God of War 4" has been on sale for three or four years, and including PC and various discounts, its sales have exceeded million; the sales of the entire "Persona" series have just exceeded million!
In the entire history of games, the only game that could maintain pre-sale sales of three million was "Cyberpunk 2077", which sparked the cyber craze that year.

"Cyberpunk 2077" sold over million copies on its first day of release, but that was because "The Witcher " had laid a very good reputation foundation for the Polish CD Projekt Red, coupled with the sky-high publicity and promotion costs of nearly million US dollars.

Although Dongchuan Che has a good reputation nowadays, he has not made a 3A game after all.

The price of 3A games is usually three or four hundred yuan, not like the previous "Stardew Valley" which was only a few dozen yuan, so many players were still waiting and watching, and the pre-sale figures had never exceeded . However, after these two hours of live trial play, three million copies were sold directly in pre-sale!
This means that the investment in Elden Ring has paid off before it was even released!
Obviously, this trial was a great success!
Kawaguchi was so excited that he jumped up, and at this moment, the female reporter on TV happened to interview Sayoko.

It was normal to interview the management of the Holy Light Society, but at this moment, Tony Eagle, who was already seven-tenths drunk, said sarcastically, "Is this the woman from Dongchuan? Her breasts are quite big, and I don't know how they feel in the hand! What are you doing!"

Before he could finish his words, a glass came flying towards him.

Tony Eagle was startled and dodged subconsciously. He was so frightened that he looked up and saw Kawaguchi, who was so easy to talk to before, staring at him with wide eyes.

"Apologize!"

Tony Eagle never expected that the previously honest Kawaguchi would actually ask him to apologize. He was stunned for a moment, but soon, after listening to other people praising Dongchuan Che for a long time, and with the alcohol at work, his eyes were filled with anger, and he rushed up and slapped him!

"Who the hell are you to talk to me like that?"
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"It seems that your new work is successful again this time."

The box next door.

After finishing his drink with Chief Takemoto Tamon who came to congratulate him, Fuyukawa Che had just sat down when Executive Director Kuriyama next to him also raised his glass.

Seeing this, Dong Chuan Che rolled his eyes and smiled, then raised his glass and said with a smile: "You guys just drink as much as I can because I'm drunk, right?"

"Haha, don't be so ungrateful. Among all the game players in Japan, there are not many who can make me toast like this." Managing Director Kuriyama laughed happily, clinked his glasses with Toru Fuyukawa, and then drank it all in one gulp.

His happiness was not entirely because of Toru Fuyukawa. It was mainly because the Elden Ring was only available on SATE's PH console, not on Giant Silver's SBOX.

Now that the Elden Ring is very popular, it is naturally a good thing for him.

And it was obvious that not only he was happy, but Dongchuan Che was also happy.

To be honest, because of the significant changes made to the Old Man Ring, he even made two more layers of sewers on the Stonewell City map than in the original work, added more plots related to the Dead Prince, more types of monsters, and more plots of [Limb-Replacing Greg].

This seems to be a good thing, but it is hard to say for sure.

after all
Greg is known as an "amputator", and he can install other creatures' or even human limbs onto himself, and the plot involved is very bloody. Therefore, the entire sewer of Stonewell City was designed by him to be more like a biological laboratory.

It was cold, bloody, and even had a bit of a horror vibe, so he wasn't sure if the map would be accepted by players. Fortunately, judging from the current reactions, the players were very happy with it.

People are happy when they are happy.

Even though Dongchuan Che was very restrained in business drinking parties and usually didn't drink excessively, he drank a few more glasses today. But just as he raised his glass to clink glasses with Chief Takemoto Tamon again, there was a sudden crisp sound behind him, and then the wooden hand-sliding door collapsed with a "bang", and then Kawaguchi fell in, covering his face.

"Who the hell are you to talk to me like that?"

A yell.

The entire box fell completely silent, and at this moment, feeling everyone's unfriendly gazes, even though he was drunk, Tony Eagle realized that he had messed up things!

Panic.

He had previously claimed to be a "hardliner", but suddenly his legs went weak and he got up from his seat!
"Private private Marseille! I'm sorry everyone, just now... Yes, it was all him, it was all him just now"

Tony Eagle just acted very tough, but it was obvious that he was a leader who only bullied the weak and feared the strong. Needless to say, he knelt down and pushed the responsibility to Kawaguchi, who also turned over and knelt on the tatami and dared not speak.

Seeing this scene, everyone present subconsciously looked at NICO's Sojiro.

Sojiro has always been very concerned about his reputation, and everyone present knows this. What's more, Tony Eagle is his direct descendant.

Beating a dog depends on the owner.

Looking at the silent Fuyukawa Tetsu, Sojiro's brows jumped, but in the end he just said: "Is it enough to apologize for doing something wrong? Go downstairs and buy a gift for Mr. Kawaguchi now, and apologize in person tomorrow."

Go to apologize?

After giving the other person a big slap in the face in front of so many people, he just went to apologize?!
Now, not to mention everyone else, even Kawaguchi was angry.

However, he just tightly grasped the new suit pants that Amei bought for him on his thighs with both hands, retracted his feet, and then lowered his head.

He didn't dare to look at Dong Chuan Che. He felt that he had caused trouble for Dong Chuan Che, and also felt that he couldn't make things more difficult for Dong Chuan Che at this time, but at this moment.

Under the gaze of everyone, and with Executive Director Kuriyama shaking his head helplessly, Toru Fuyukawa, who had been silent the whole time, stood up and walked over to Tony Ying, who was preparing to stand up with a look of smug delight on his face.

Just when everyone thought he was going to keep things quiet, the next second, "Pah——"

"You dare to touch my people?!"

(End of this chapter)