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

Chapter 313 Long Live the President!

There was no suspense. The sales of "Elden Ring" exploded as soon as it was released.

Including the 8 million units sold in pre-sale, the sales volume exceeded 13 million units by 13 o'clock in the evening when the game went on sale at 10 o'clock in the morning!
Horror!
When the golden words "1 million sets" appeared on everyone's screen on the big screen in the Holy Light Society's meeting hall, accompanied by Kawaguchi's passionate, high-pitched and somewhat silly shout, the whole world was ignited.

Eight million copies were pre-sold, and another five million copies were sold within fourteen hours on the first day!

Sales on the first day exceeded 13 million sets!
What a concept! The fastest-selling game in history was "That Game 5", which sold 24 million copies within hours of its release!
Of course, the sales of That Game 5 are not as good as Elden Ring, mainly because Elden Ring has benefited from the times. That Game 5 was released in 13, and data shows that the market size of stand-alone games has expanded by nearly 2010 times in the ten years from 2020 to 2.5. However, no matter what, with million copies sold on the first day of its release, Elden Ring has become the fastest-selling game in history!
Although most players and peers guessed that Elden Ring would be a big hit after the demo last month, no one expected it to be this big!
milestone!
A bolt of thunder suddenly struck, shocking the whole world!

Countless media outlets rushed to report on the game. The game was released at 10 a.m., and at 3 p.m., almost all social media outlets were flooded with Elden Ring news, including Japan's COCO video website, China's PILI PILI video website, and Europe and the United States' YouTube!
Phenomenal influence!
Everyone was frightened, even Dongchuan Che himself was a little shocked.
Not too shocking either.

The most important thing about a game is the plot, gameplay, and content. Graphics can often be put a little bit behind. Obviously, the gameplay of Elden Ring is absolutely perfect. Although the plot is a bit confusing, the atmosphere is well supported, so it can get an eight or above. As for the content,
Thanks to the world view constructed by George RR Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki's many years of deep cultivation in the dark fantasy theme, the amount of content in "Elden Ring" is indeed exaggeratedly large.

What's more, Dongchuan Che also strengthened it.

Now, if the graphics of "Elden Ring" are maxed out at 4K and ray tracing is turned on, its visual performance will be even stronger than "Red Dead Redemption 2" and the next-generation "The Witcher ".

At the same time, Dongchuan Che also filled in more plots. Of course, he did not change the fragmented narrative of the soul series, or have an NPC tell the story in a straightforward manner, but filled it in with more content.

For example, for the character of Greg from Stonewell City, in order to let players better understand the plot and personality of this character, Dongchuan Che built a huge biological laboratory under Stonewell City.

Another example is the [fake heroine]—Melina.

It must be said that love seems a bit out of place in the desolate and dark background of "Elden Ring", but which warrior doesn't yearn for a "unregrettable love"? However, Melina's presence in the original work is really too low.

Although there are many videos showing Melina burning trees, calling her "wife" and "I hate you like a piece of wood" in a very affectionate way, if you just play the game, it is actually difficult for most players to feel the feelings and bond between Melina and the protagonist, because most players probably only see Melina four or five times in a week.

The presence is too thin.

The reason may be budget.

Melina's line not only involves Malika, but also involves three fingers or the fire of insanity.

This is very similar to Lani.

The character of Lani is to achieve her own law, so Lani's storyline is all about the two-finger plot. Melina's character is "Golden with only tenderness and no law". Melina only cares about two things, one is to break the golden law, and the other is to stop the madness that will burn everything in the world, so Melina's storyline must also be related to the three-finger madness, but the scenes and content about the madness in the original work are relatively few.

This means that if Melina's storyline is to be continued, the game content will have to be greatly increased.

As I said, when Hidetaka Miyazaki and FS were producing "Elden Ring", the sales estimate was 5 million copies. If the development cost exceeded the profit that could be brought by this sales volume, FS would not allocate funds even if Miyazaki Hidetaka wanted to do it. But he is different. He estimated the sales of this work to be at least 20 million copies.

In order to increase the cost crazily, Dongchuan Che directly moved the valley forest in the DLC into the main game as the map scene for Melina's story.

Of course, they just moved the map over, and the numbers and monster mechanisms that Hidetaka Miyazaki designed in the DLC for his own pleasure were cut a lot by Toru Fuyukawa.

In this map, players will learn about Crazy Fire, as well as Melina's past and motivations for her actions, thereby establishing a deeper emotional connection with Melina. In the end, when Melina goes to burn the tree, it will naturally make players more [touched].

However, although only the valley forest from the DLC was moved in, there are still many prerequisites for entering the Shadowlands, and Dongchuan Che added a lot of content in the early stage of the game. Not many players have made it here, so Dongchuan Che's reputation is still very good, and the entire network is full of words like [Praise Dongchuan].

Sales exploded!
Word of mouth exploded!

Needless to say, under the wave of praise from the entire network, the sales of "Elden Ring", which was already of explosive quality, exceeded 20 million two days after its release!

With 20 million sets, Dongchuan Che earned 1 billion US dollars, 7 billion RMB, and more than 160 billion yen in two days!
Scared of urine!
All the colleagues were scared to death by Dongchuan Che!

But this is still just the beginning!
Generally speaking, a well-promoted stand-alone blockbuster will have peak sales in the first two days after its release, and then the sales will decrease as time goes by. Because the promotion is sufficient, most players can see the game very early, and there is no lack of exposure.

At this time, players who are particularly interested will basically buy the first release, while players who are not so interested will either not buy it or wait for discounts. However, the same person's views on the same thing will change at different times and in different environments.

Before the release of "Elden Ring", and even on the first day of its release, there were indeed many players who were "wait and see" or "don't care", but now the whole network is hotly discussing "Elden Ring"!
It's like a new restaurant opened in front of your house. When you pass by, you might just be curious and think about when you can try it. But if you go home and find that everyone in your circle of friends is recommending how delicious this restaurant is, you will naturally want to try it more than before!
As a result, as the discussion on the entire network became more and more heated and under the dull gaze of peers around the world, two weeks after the release of "Elden Ring", the sales volume directly broke through the 25 million mark and headed straight for the 30 million mark!

Will "Elden Ring" break the 30 million sales mark? !

The whole network is making crazy predictions!

News media and live-streaming influencers from all over the world are competing to report on the incident. Some local Japanese official media have also interviewed Kawaguchi several times. However, at the time when the outside world was in an uproar.
"The sales volume has only exceeded 25 million in two weeks. It turns out that the subject matter is still limited."

The president's office of the Holy Light Society.

Dongchuan Che put the documents and reports in his hand on the table, picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Hearing what he said, Miyano Mitsuba, who was peeling an apple nearby, laughed in reproach: "If this gets out, I guess a lot of your colleagues will be waiting to beat you up tonight to vent their anger."

Twenty-five million copies sold, and that was only in two weeks. To put it bluntly, no game in the past five years has reached the level of Elden Ring, and even in the entire history of games, only a few can stand shoulder to shoulder with it.

Dongchuan Che also understood this truth, but he just smiled and shook his head: "The sales volume on the first day exceeded 13 million, which is the best result in history and proves the excellence of this game. But the follow-up is still a bit weak."

The first-day sales of "Elden Ring" exceeded that of "That Game 5", but although the first-day sales of "That Game 5" were not as high as those of "Elden Ring", the sales of that game exceeded million within a week of its release.

If we only talk about the quality and content of the game, Dongchuan Che doesn't think that his improved "Elden Ring" is much worse than "That Game 5", but its stamina just can't compare to the other one.

In his opinion, this is essentially because compared to dark fantasy, modern urban themes do have a wider audience. After all, who doesn't want to burn, kill and loot in Los Santos?
but
Only Dongchuan Che can say this.

You should know that sales of over 30 million will already be among the top ten in historical sales, and will bring in more than 3 billion US dollars in revenue!

Three billion dollars!
This doesn't even include the revenue from various discounts and IP derivatives of "Elden Ring" in the future. According to Chika Ohara's estimation, in the next ten years, not to mention any film and television adaptations, only based on the subsequent revenue of other top masterpieces, "Elden Ring" will at least bring Fuyukawa Tetsu more than 2 billion US dollars in revenue!
Worth 5 billion US dollars!
Get rich!

To put it bluntly, before the release of Elden Ring, Fuyukawa Che, who was worth 200 to 300 million US dollars, could only be considered a big shot in the gaming and related industries. In the larger market sectors such as real estate, chips, and finance, he could only be considered a small Karami who had just passed the entry threshold. After all, the big shots in those industries were worth tens of billions, tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions of US dollars.

But now it’s different. Dongchuan Che is now truly an expert in the business field. No matter which big shot in the business field he meets, he always has a seat at the main table, even if he doesn’t have to sit in the center.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions!

Taking the apple from Miyano Mitsuko, Dongchuan Che ate it while smiling and said, "Give the order to take out 50 million US dollars as a bonus and divide it equally among all employees of the company as an extra reward."

".cough cough cough!"

Before Miyano Mitsuba could even finish a bite of the apple, she was choked by what Dongchuan Che said. Dongchuan Che hurried over to help her pat her chest to calm down, but of course he slapped her hand away in anger.

Miyano Mitsuko coughed with her pretty face flushed, her eyes widened, "Are you crazy? You want to give me an extra bonus?!"

"The company now has more than 3,000 people, and on average each person makes less than 20,000 yuan."

"That's 20,000 US dollars! Not Japanese yen! And the most important thing is not the money, but the rules!"

Miyano Mitsuko, wearing a work uniform, chewed an apple and sat down on Toru Fuyukawa's lap.

The work pressure at Shengguang Society is indeed great, but the company's salary and overtime pay are much higher than those of its peers, so it is time to give subsidies.
It should be said that, because of the 3 billion in revenue and she was not a demanding woman, she could accept Dongchuan Che's decision to give employees extra bonuses. But the problem was that on the one hand, the amount was indeed large, and on the other hand, as someone who came from the marketing department, she thought it was difficult to satisfy people, and giving out money indiscriminately could easily lead to stories of gratitude and resentment.

This time, 50 million US dollars were given to employees. If other works are also popular in the future, will they be given more? How much will they be given?

If the bonus is too little, the employees will be unhappy. If the bonus is too much, the demands will be higher and higher. Moreover, over time, many employees may take the extra bonus for granted. But the problem is that Shengguang Society has performance dividends, and this bonus is purely extra.

Secondly, as the company expands in the future, if it makes money from games but loses money in other areas, the money from games will be needed to fill the hole. But at that time, the employees in the game department will clamor for extra bonuses. What should it do?
Even though this is just a simple distribution of money, it affects a lot of things.

Knowing her worries, Dongchuan Che hugged her sexy waist, moved his buttocks to adjust Xiao Dongchuan's position, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you don't know my strength yet? And the company has not opened any leveraged loans now, even if that day really comes.
Well, this time I will deposit 500 million US dollars into our public account. Even if the company really goes bankrupt, we can just sell the company and run away with the money, and live a shameless life in hiding. And we can also have a lot of babies. "

"Hehe! Who wants to live a shameless and secluded life with you? I haven't thought about retiring so early! Besides, if that day really comes, I will kick you, a playboy, away and take Sayoko to live alone!"

"I told you guys are lesbians. When you play Jenga, you always like to ride on Sayoko and mess around, but you didn't admit it before."

Dongchuan Che smiled and teased a few words, and tightened his arms around Miyano Mitsuko's sexy waist.

Xiao Dongchuan talked back.

Pure white Y-shaped lace.

Miyano Mitsuba blushed as she ate an apple in her hand. But she still rolled her eyes charmingly, complained, and then sat down hard until Dongchuan Che bared his teeth and shouted "I've crushed you", then she smiled.

"Okay, okay, wait until I finish my work and then come and comfort the victorious young general."

She smiled and stood up, throwing the apple core into the trash can, then turned around and leaned over to rub Xiao Dongchuan, then raised her head and smiled reproachfully, "Are you sure it's 50 million US dollars, and divided equally?"

"Well, distribute it equally." "Okay, then I'll go make the spreadsheet and review the rules for giving extra rewards in the future, so that I don't end up with bad intentions."

"Hey, help me solve this first!"

"You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. Store more food so that sister can enjoy it in the evening."

Under Dongchuan Che's annoyed gaze, Miyano Miting picked up the small box of wolfberries from the table and shook it, then licked her lower lip charmingly and mischievously, and even lifted her hip skirt a little. When Dongchuan Che's eyes were about to burst into fire when she saw him, she shook her black medium-short hair that just reached her chin, smiled charmingly and happily and left.

The sound of sharp high heels echoed in the corridor and gradually faded away.

However, before the sound of high heels had disappeared for long, Izumi Himawari, with a lollipop in her mouth and her hands in her sweatshirt pockets, and Sayoko, holding a stack of documents in her hands, pushed the door open.

The weather is pretty good today, the sun is shining outside the window, and the outdoor temperature has climbed to about 10 degrees. In addition, since she basically works indoors now, Izumi Himawari doesn't wear any thick down jackets. She wears a loose pink sweater that just covers her heart-shaped peach. Her slender straight thighs under the hot pants are wrapped in white rabbit over-the-knee socks, giving people a cute and energetic feeling.

As for Sayoko, she always wears black and white OL uniforms with various stockings in the company, and today is no exception. She wears a black uniform with a white shirt with a little lace edge, and a hip skirt with flesh-colored stockings. Her small feet wrapped in flesh-colored stockings are stepping on a pair of exquisite high heels. The most exaggerated thing is that she wears a pair of transparent glasses on her gentle big eyes with teardrop moles.

One is pure, cute and lively; the other is gentle, intellectual and sexy.

Needless to say, just as Izumi Himawari closed the door, took the sweet lollipop, and was about to ask "What do you want to eat for lunch", Dongchuan Che had already approached her in a hurry.

"Ah! What are you doing, you stinky uncle? You scared me~~~"

Before she could finish her words, Izumi Himawari, with her eyes wide open, was hugged by Fuyukawa Che and kissed by her neck.

Suddenly, Izumi Himawari was also startled, and her hand holding the lollipop was stunned in mid-air. But soon, she felt the heat in her lower abdomen and understood.

It must be said that after two years of living together, she has been developed into what Dongchuan Che wants.

Entering the scene quickly.

Dongchuan Che had just tasted the sweetness of the lollipop when he felt the response from Izumi Himawari. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the little girl, who was standing on tiptoe, holding her head high and with a red face, had closed her eyes obediently.

Needless to say, the dragon claw hand slid down the lower back.

At the same time, Dongchuan Che put his right arm around the neck of Sayoko, who also had a red face and looked a little angry and envious, and then pressed down gently on her shoulders.

Very sensible, Sayoko pouted cutely, but still sensibly pouted her huge hip skirt, spread her legs and squatted down.
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The sales of "Elden Ring" exploded, reaching 30 million in two weeks.

As soon as this result came out, employees of Shengguang Society were very excited. However, as time came to the afternoon, as Amei distributed the official document made by Miyano Mitsumi to the work groups of various departments, when they saw that every employee of the company on the document, even the cleaning lady and the security guards in the security department, could receive an additional reward of 20,000 US dollars before tax, everyone was stunned.

Senseless!

It didn’t cause an instant sensation, but it was a shock!

Especially the cleaning ladies, security guards and some new employees, when they saw the numbers and Dongchuan Che's signature on the document photo, they were all stunned!
Several elderly cleaning ladies even ran to Aunt Noki, the head of the Human Resources and Logistics Department, in disbelief, thinking that their phones were infected or that Miyano Mitsuko's account had been stolen. However, after learning that this was true news, they all sat down on the sofa!

Twenty thousand dollars!

One hundred and fourteen thousand RMB!

Close to three million yen!
For senior employees of Shengguang Society, this amount can only be regarded as a windfall, but for elderly people like them who do odd jobs, it is too exaggerated, especially since the March graduation season in Japan is coming soon, and many elderly people’s children will go to school. This money is really a timely relief for families with financial constraints!

Needless to say, the moment everything was confirmed to be true, the entire Holy Light Society was in an uproar!

"Masaka!!! What kind of godly leader is this!"

"Long live the president!!!"

"That's too much! No, no, I need to call my mom!"

"Hey! Chie?! Ah!!! Let me tell you, our company gave out bonuses today! Guess how much?! Twenty thousand! Not twenty thousand yen, but twenty thousand dollars! In US dollars! Eighteen thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars! And it's an extra reward! The working groups responsible for game development will get even more bonuses! Oh my god, our president is so nice!"

"Ryouta, it's me. I managed to collect enough money for my grandson's tuition for next semester. No, no, I didn't ask my colleagues for help. It was the president who gave all of us a bonus. Woo - now we can fill the gap in Hiroto's medical expenses. Woo ~ The president is such a good man."

Fifty million US dollars is not too important to Dongchuan Che now, but even if it is distributed to 3,000 employees, it can still change the fate of many people.

All of a sudden, people in the entire Holy Light Society were calling their friends excitedly, some were so moved that they cried because the huge pressure on their shoulders was relieved, and of course, there were also people who became more determined to work hard in the Holy Light Society.

Various sounds came together, and the noise was so loud that even passers-by outside the building were attracted by the lively atmosphere inside the building and looked on.

Especially when it was time to get off work, Dongchuan Che just came out of the elevator with a group of wives, chatting and laughing, and the lobby on the first floor was already crowded with employees.

Under his somewhat bewildered gaze and the admiring and delighted eyes of the wives behind him, a large group of employees in suits and ties bowed 90 degrees!
"Thank you, President!"

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Dongchuan Che didn't expect this to happen, so he moved to Bengbu. But when he saw the cleaning lady in the company bowing tremblingly, a smile appeared on his face.

Without saying any polite words, he just bowed slightly 70 degrees to both sides in return, then strode out of the company with the group of wives, both plump and thin. It was not until his silver Land Rover drove out of the parking lot that everyone in the company lobby straightened up.
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Honestly speaking, when making this decision, Dongchuan Che did not expect such a big scene to happen. After all, he is not short of money now, and as a time traveler, he is confident that he can make more money in the future, such as the "FGO" that will be released in a few months, which is more profitable than the old man.

The main reason why Dongchuan Che gave benefits to his employees this time was because they were indeed too tired in the past year.

All beginnings are hard.

The first step for a grassroots to rise is even more difficult. As a person who started from scratch in two lives and fought his way up from the bottom, although he does not have the Madonna sentiment of "The world kisses me with pain, I repay it with song", he feels it is OK to help those around him without affecting himself.

However, he still underestimated the impact of this incident.

The news spread among the employees on the very night when he gave bonuses to all employees.

The speed of information circulation in this era is very fast. Almost overnight, he, Toru Fuyukawa, became a good leader crazily sought after by all workers in Japan, and his deeds began to spread wildly on major media platforms!
Countless working men and women were scrolling through their phones while covering their mouths with a look of disbelief!

Of course, there is always a shortage of people who sing a different tune in this world.

However, when a local scoundrel in Akiba posted a video on a short video platform [debunking] Dongchuan Che, he was blocked and beaten up by a group of old men in their sixties and seventies at the entrance of the subway station the next day, and a group of old ladies even took out their work permits at the Holy Light Society and the payment receipts of the Holy Light Society in front of the camera, no one sang a different tune anymore.

In fact, because of the time of the confession at the Red and White Song Contest, many rival companies that found the flaws hired internet trolls to discredit Izumi Himawari. But now that this incident has come out, the voices scolding Izumi Himawari on the Internet have disappeared.

It’s not that the internet water army has a change of heart. It’s impossible for such people who take advantage of others’ misfortunes to have a conscience. It’s mainly because there are too many people reporting their videos.

There is no way, Dongchuan Che's move is really popular among workers. What's more interesting is that the graduation season of Japanese universities is in March, and some campus recruitment has already begun.

Although Dongchuan Che did not intend to use this incident for advertising, and the Holy Light Society now has no worries about recruiting top talents, this incident did make a large number of young talents regard him, Dongchuan Che, as a god.

In the words of Aunt Nogi, who is in charge of campus recruitment, "the number of students who came to our booth for interviews could be lined up from the hall to the school gate." And it's not just the students who are interested in the Shengguang Society, the leaders of the University of Tokyo are also very interested in the Shengguang Society, or in other words, Fuyukawa Tetsu.

Toru Fuyukawa graduated from the University of Tokyo, and the school hopes that he can take this opportunity to return to his alma mater to give a speech or something.

Normally, Dongchuan Che would definitely not be bothered to go to such things, but Yuezhu Asuka’s variety show is about to be launched, and after "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves Plus" ends, he will organize a global "Singer" program.

There isn’t much of a problem with the singers now, but how do we select the judges?
By then, all the singers who will participate will be the world's top singers. Even first-tier singers cannot be judges in such a magical competition. Only true hall-of-fame artists are qualified, so that both the audience and the singers can be convinced. It is naturally easier to find such talents in famous schools.

For example, Joe Hisaishi, a top artist renowned both at home and abroad, graduated from the National University of Music in Japan;

For example, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who composed the music for The Last Emperor and won the 60th Academy Award for Best Original Score, is an alumnus of Himawari Izumi and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.

Another example is the SENS group, which is relatively close in age. The male member Akihiko Fukaura graduated from Keio University, and the female member Yukari Katsuki graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. Many people may not have heard of this group, but their song "Memories of the Forbidden City" is definitely a song that most Chinese people are familiar with.

Of course, it is definitely not enough to rely on Japan's legendary artists, and Fuyukawa Che plans to select some from all countries. But it is obvious that artists at that level are not short of money at all, and it is extremely difficult to get them to appear on a variety show.

It’s just that, no matter how many things you have to wear, money can never wear out.

On the one hand, as long as Dongchuan Che can make this variety show high-end, the level of the contestants is high enough.

On the other hand, we need to give money not only to these artists but also to their alma mater, and ask the leaders of these alma mater to help lobby, so that there is still a chance.

In short, the money must be in place, and the steps that allow the other party to step from the art hall to the stage of variety shows must also be in place.

(End of this chapter)