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

Chapter 355 "Pokémon" GO!

Japan has always attached great importance to the development of cultural products since the last century.

This is not only because Japan experienced a double bubble in real estate and finance at the end of the last century, which led to a complete slump in the domestic market and an almost complete blockade of exports by the United States. It is also because the cultural industry has a good driving effect on many other industries, and one of these [other industries] is tourism.

Many people travel to Japan just for the anime holy places, TV drama shooting scenes, some famous film and television companies or game company buildings and other gimmicks.

The more famous ones in the past life include the Hachiko statue in front of Shibuya, the filming location of Love Letter - Otaru, Hokkaido, and of course the Odaiba in Digimon, as well as the Tokyo Metropolitan Musashino Kita High School, which was the prototype of Shohoku High School in Slam Dunk, etc.

These are all world-famous Japanese landmarks, and in this life, the Seikosha headquarters building in Akihabara is unsurprisingly among them.

"I didn't expect that you have so many foreign fans."

Looking at the crowded crowd below the floor-to-ceiling window and seeing a few foreign tourists among them, Kaori Akiyama picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Hearing her words, Dongchuan Che, who was wearing a white T-shirt and transparent glasses and working behind the boss's desk, danced on the keyboard with his hands and smiled without looking up: "This is all thanks to Akihabara. There are a lot of foreign tourists here, and it's normal for them to come and take a look."

"Heh, why are you pretending to be so low-key? I don't know who was throwing money like water in the media war a few days ago, making those manufacturers busy."

As Akiyama Kaori spoke, she walked over to Fuyukawa Che's desk with a cup of tea in her hand. Her bright and charming eyes glanced down at Fuyukawa Che's profile, her eyes full of teasing and more appreciation than before.

Dongchuan Che did make a lot of money from the release of "FGO", but the price was too low after all, which offended many game manufacturers. Therefore, the public opinion war was actually very fierce. According to uncertain data estimates, this week, Shengguangshe spent at least 100 million US dollars in the global public opinion field!
Very exaggerated!

Of course, she couldn't be sure whether these figures were accurate. Shengguang Society was not a listed company and had no obligation to disclose financial reports to the outside world. She didn't want to ask too much. After all, she knew that the marketing department of Shengguang Society was controlled by Miyano Mitsuko and Sato Fujiko. As Xiaoqi, she didn't dare to say much.

However, judging from the fact that Fujiko Sato has been flying around the world in recent days, and that Miyano Mitsuha, who is in charge of the Holy Light Society headquarters due to her poor foreign language skills, has also been running around Japan in the past two days, this public opinion war is indeed very fierce.

In fact, she was originally planning to come to Tokyo yesterday, but Toru Fuyukawa said that he wanted to meet with SATE's Executive Director Kuriyama and Huaxia Shanhe Group's second-in-command Bao Zong to discuss business, and he really couldn't spare the time, so the two met today.

Speaking of which, since they separated at Tokyo University of the Arts last time, they haven't seen each other for more than half a month. Seeing Fuyukawa Tetsu again, Akiyama Kaori was happy and excited, but.
She secretly glanced at the profile of Dongchuan Che who was working seriously, and a hint of shyness and sweetness flashed in Akiyama Kaori's eyes. However, the emotional foundation of the two was not very deep. The only time they had intimate interactions was in the health room. She was still very shy.

She didn't take any action. She just held the teacup and was about to walk towards the sofa, but at this moment - "Ah!", she had just taken a step when her graceful and plump buttocks were slapped.

"Don't be so reserved. It makes me look like a man-eating tiger."

Blinking at Akiyama Kaori who was glaring at him, Fuyukawa Che took the teacup from her hand and took a sip, then said jokingly, "Or is it that some rich woman who is about to inherit the power of the Akiyama family doesn't like a small boss like me?"

"Humph! You just like to talk nonsense. If you make a move again, be careful that someone will catch you and beat you up!"

Akiyama Kaori blushed slightly when her buttocks were photographed. However, after seeing the cynical and teasing expression of Fuyukawa Tetsu, her nervousness subsided a lot.

Giving Dongchuan Che a playful look, she pulled over another boss chair next to her, sat down, then crossed her legs in black silk stockings, raised her eyebrows and smiled oddly, "And to be honest, with the worth of a certain big pervert and this stinky skin, how many women in Japan can refuse you? In my opinion, it won't be long before you will eat us old ladies up and throw us aside."

"Ahem, let's change the subject."

Dong Chuan Che coughed twice in embarrassment and smiled. He didn't mind talking to his woman about other things and was not afraid to say anything, but when it came to talking about feelings, he felt guilty.

After all, whether he was called a hypocrite or a double-faced person, he was indeed a playboy, but on the other hand, he sincerely felt that he owed a lot to the beauties in his family. Therefore, when talking about this topic, he couldn't be as tough as he was when talking about other topics.

Sensing Fuyukawa Che's embarrassment, Akiyama Kaori nudged him coquettishly, then said with a smile: "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore, let's get down to business. After your mobile game goes online this time, you should be more motivated to make a handheld game console."

Her tone became slightly serious, and upon hearing her words, Dongchuan Che's expression became much gloomier.

His gloomy expression was naturally not because of Akiyama Kaori, but because "FGO" was a super big production. But to be honest, a project worth 200 million US dollars was not enough to make groups like IOS and Android with a trillion-dollar market value make much concessions.

Even though Miyano Miyano and Sato Fujiko have been running around and looking for people to negotiate during this period, the commission that iOS took from "FGO" this time is still 23%, and on the Android side, the app store channels of various mobile phone brands fluctuate around 20-40%!

You should know that this number is directly derived from the turnover, not the profit!
To put it simply, on that day, the daily revenue of FGO exceeded 100 million, and all the members of the Holy Light Society were very excited, but the IOS side was even more excited. Because they did nothing, but they directly took away more than 4 million US dollars! The Android side also took away about 8 million!
Fortunately, because the perfect experience of "FGO" can only be enjoyed on the PC, many players choose the PC version without commission. But this is only a week's turnover commission!
This is why all the giants in the gaming industry want to be channels.

At that time, Mihoyo, which had not yet released "Star Iron", had an annual main business revenue of 30 billion yuan.

Today, the quality of his "FGO" is even better than that of "Genshin Impact" back then, and its first-day revenue is far ahead of others.

Even if there are no other mobile games, even if we make a conservative estimate, "FGO" can bring Dongchuan Che 30 billion yuan in revenue a year. This also means that he may have to pay about 3 billion yuan in channel fees to IOS and Android every year.
Eight hundred thousand a day.

If we convert it again, there are 1440 minutes in a day.

In other words, every minute, Dongchuan Che has to pay a total of 600 yuan to various mobile phone channels as a [toll], and this is just the toll that "FGO" has to pay!
What will happen if phenomenal IPs such as Pokémon, Zelda, Mario, etc. are also available on mobile phones in the future?
You should know that whether it is a mobile phone or a handheld game console, the commission ratio is not much different. If you don’t have your own channels, the more you do, the more tribute you will pay!

You have to create your own handheld channel.

What's more, as long as the handheld game console is made well, it can also make money.

Nintendo's Switch has sold 1200 million units worldwide in seven years. Including various games and the Switch handheld, Nintendo's net profit in these seven years has reached billion yuan.

It’s not the revenue and cash flow, but the net profit after deducting various costs!

1200 billion!
Dong Chuan Che had no reason not to eat this cake. However, he had previously thought that he should accumulate more capital before entering the field of handheld game consoles, which was not worth having a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, but there was no other way.

The mobile phone channel side was too greedy and looked down on others. This time, Sato Fujiko flew to the Orange Mobile headquarters of IOS, but she didn't even meet the person in charge of the section. The other party only sent a middle-lower-level cadre to make contact.

Thinking of this, Dongchuan Che thought for a moment and turned his head to look at Akiyama Kaori, "What did your grandfather say?"

"We can free up half of the production line for you, but don't worry, we are all experienced and experienced, and we can also prepare all kinds of accessories for the display screen. And if you are in a hurry to complete the project, we will give you priority. All of this can be written into the contract."

Kaori Akiyama took a sip of tea, with a slightly evasive look in her eyes.

Dongchuan Che's handheld game console business is still in its infancy, not to mention the operating system, even the appearance of the machine has not yet been finalized. At this time, she said that she could vacate half of the production line at any time and could sign a contract. In fact, she was very sincere, but it was also a bit of a fence-sitting.

Feeling her emotional change, Dongchuan Che raised a faint smile.

The emotional connection between Akiyama Kaori and him gives her more advantages than others when working with the Holy Light Society, but in fact, her position also makes it easy for her to be unpopular with both sides.

Compared to the kind of person who impulsively says "I will convince my family to completely stand on your side, and it's okay for me to suffer a little loss" because of emotion, but after doing it, you will suffer a loss, which will lead to a lot of resistance from your family, and finally under pressure, you will have bad thoughts in your mind.

Compared to that immature approach, he appreciates Akiyama Kaori's style of doing things, which seems to hurt the relationship but actually has fewer consequences and is more straightforward and open.

Good.

This will make it easier for both parties to get along.

Under the gaze of Akiyama Kaori with slightly widened eyes, Fuyukawa Che stretched out his hand and pinched her little face, smiling: "Don't think too much. I don't need you to send the entire Akiyama family as a dowry."

Akiyama Kaori blushed and said coquettishly, "What dowry?"

"Haha, alright, alright. Let's get down to business. So, when will you take over as the president of Akiyama Group?"

Dongchuan Che took another sip of tea, and Akiyama Kaori pouted coquettishly, then said, "Next week. Grandpa said he wanted to announce it in public on his 85th birthday."

Dong Chuan Che nodded: "Is that so? Then it seems I will have to prepare a large betrothal gift by then."

"Hey, hey, hey, we agreed to talk business, but why are you digressing in the middle of the conversation? You are a pervert who can't stop talking about women. Hey! Stop messing around, this is an office!"

"Touch your legs, what are you afraid of?"

After being teased again, Akiyama Kaori raised her feet in annoyance, preparing to kick Fuyukawa Che's calves. But as soon as the black stockings in high heels were raised, Fuyukawa Che grabbed the delicate and voluptuous calves. To be honest, Fuyukawa Che has no obsession with stockings, and the skin of the beauties in the family is very good. Although their legs are not long, they are also very straight or very attractive. Therefore, most of the time, unless they are playing with romance, Sayoko and the others wear ordinary stockings. But Akiyama Kaori seems to be a little different in this regard.

Not only does it feel very delicate, but it is also very thin and feels very good.

Pretty good feel.

Subconsciously, Dongchuan Che rubbed his palm upwards and came to the soft flesh under the thigh. His action made Akiyama Kaori, who was already shy, blush even more. But she shrank back without resistance. After looking at Dongchuan Che's interesting and eager eyes, she felt more sweet than nervousness and shyness.

As if possessed by some mysterious force, she tiptoed and rubbed Dong Chuan Che's forearm with her sharp high heels, and said coquettishly, "Hey~ How long are you going to touch me? Didn't we agree to go out for lunch?"

"So nice to touch, what brand are these stockings?"

"Hmm? Want to buy some for your other ladies to try?"

"Ahem, no way, don't guess randomly."

Dong Chuan Che rubbed his nose a little embarrassedly, glanced at the clock on the wall, and saw that it was almost twelve o'clock, so he took off his glasses, stood up and stretched.

Seeing his young boy look, Akiyama Kaori's eyes were filled with sweet smiles. She naturally stepped forward to help him straighten the hem of his white T-shirt and said with a smile, "That's more like it. But then again, your company is so busy now. After recruiting new members next week, you will be so busy that you won't be able to rest."

"It's never easy to make money, and it will be fine after this busy period."

Dongchuan Che shrugged casually.

The family has been very busy lately. Not only Miyano Mitsuwa and Sato Fujiko have been flying around the world to find ways to reduce the channel costs of mobile games, but Yuezhu Asuka is also filming a show in Kamakura. In addition, because the GOGO platform has also started to get on track, Ohara Chika has also been in contact with people from SATE and Sanhe Group these days.

At the same time, because it is not long until summer, not only does the "Singer" program need to start preparing for recording, but Izumi Himawari also has to deal with the Pepsi World Cup promotional songs.

With several projects stacked up together, she was very busy during this period, traveling around the world, shooting music videos, etc. Every night when she made a video, she was disheveled and thinner, and her already obvious collarbone became even more obvious.

Sayoko was worried about her food, clothing, housing and transportation, so after the "FGO" matter was settled yesterday, she bought a plane ticket in the middle of the night and went to Hokkaido to visit the set.

Even if he had not been dealing with handheld game console business with Kaori Akiyama these days, and he was the only leader left at the company headquarters, otherwise Dongchuan Che would probably have been traveling around to discuss business these days.

Obviously, the Holy Light Society is working at full speed now, but
The problem is not too big.

I have been very busy these days, mainly because there are too many things involved in FGO. After a while, when the commission from the mobile game, the GOGO platform and the handheld channel are stabilized, I will not be so busy anymore.

After chatting for a while, as time approached noon, the two of them went downstairs together and prepared to eat in the Holy Light Society's staff cafeteria.

Needless to say, although they were used to Dongchuan Che being surrounded by beautiful women, when they saw a [new beauty] at this time, and a beautiful woman with a very strong and bright aura, many employees they met along the way sighed inwardly and called Dongchuan Che a love saint.

It was obvious that neither Fuyukawa Tetsu nor Akiyama Kaori cared about what other people thought.

The two ordered three dishes, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, in the staff cafeteria on the second floor. After sitting down in a small box by the window, they began to talk about the cooperation on handheld game consoles.

Although Akiyama is the co-production partner of SATE handheld game consoles, all designs of SATE handheld game consoles are patented, and Akiyama has also signed a confidentiality agreement. Therefore, whether it is the shape, function or system design of the handheld game console, Fuyukawa Tetsu needs to come up with a plan himself. Akiyama can mainly provide skilled workers and a complete production line.

To put it simply, Dongchuan Che took the drawings and configuration sheets, and the Akiyama family took care of the rest.

This aspect would definitely be troublesome for other people, but for Dongchuan Che, it was not a big problem.

On the one hand, although he has hardly relied on the system for such a long time, or in other words, when business is at this level, the importance of seeing the situation clearly and finding the right direction of development is no less important than the quality of the work. But in the past two years, he has also exchanged all the things that can be exchanged in the system.

This naturally includes the design drawings of game consoles such as Switch, PS console, and Steam Duck (Steam's handheld console), as well as various aspects of the system architecture.

On the other hand, although the above systems cannot be used directly because the PC and handheld devices need to communicate with each other, after all, the operating system of this world, although very similar to the operating systems of previous lives such as Windows and Linux, there are still differences.

To put it simply, it is just like the fact that an Android installation package cannot be directly installed on an iOS phone, because the running code of the two is not the same framework. PC games cannot be directly put on a handheld game console, unless the handheld game console also uses the same operating system as the PC. However, this system
Just look at the reputation of MSI and ROS handheld game consoles that directly use the Win11 system, and you will know how difficult they are to use.

However, the development direction of the above systems and the problems encountered in the development process can be used as reference. And because it was decided to develop a handheld channel very early, when the company just released the GOGO game platform last year, Dongchuan Che ordered the employees of the [Operating System R&D Department] to study an operating system that can communicate between PC and handheld devices. Now it can be regarded as a small achievement.

As for the appearance and configuration.
The appearance is easy to talk about, but as for the configuration, Dongchuan Che is ready to make concessions on the first generation of handheld game consoles.

This is what is called high configuration and low price.

There is no other reason. NICO's handheld game console and Giant Silver's Sugimu handheld game console have now taken up the entire handheld game console industry market. It is very difficult for Dongchuan Che to break into the market. After all, NICO is not completely without works of the level of "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild".

On the other hand, even if he makes less money, or even if the handheld game console itself does not make money, just to break even, it is still profitable for Dongchuan Che. Because he does not make handheld games, he has to pay tolls to the mobile phone channel and handheld game console channel every month.

To put it simply, his current strategic approach to the handheld game console field is the same as that of the Chinese national football team.

Losing less is a draw, and a draw is a win.

There was no suspense. After hearing Dongchuan Che's plan, Akiyama Kaori, who was eating boiled fish fillet with her lips slightly swollen from the spiciness, became excited. She leaned forward, her eyes slightly widened with excitement, "Are you really going to install Huang's 7050ti on your handheld game console?! And the price is only 3999???"

Dong Chuan Che pulled out a tissue, wiped her rosy lips, and smiled, "Why are you so excited? I didn't even notice the chopped green onion on the corner of your mouth. The 7050ti is an entry-level graphics card with a 1080P resolution. The price is not too expensive. We can get it at a lower price if we buy it in bulk. If we add in other display screens, memory sticks, and production costs, the price is estimated to just break even. As long as I can break even, I'm OK with it."

"What do you mean by don't make me too excited? Who wouldn't be excited if you said that?"

Dongchuan Che took the opportunity to pinch the corner of her mouth. Akiyama Kaori, who was overdosing on the chili and had hair on her forehead, bit his finger unhappily. It was not known whether it was because of excitement or because it was too spicy, but her big eyes were full of tears.

Very excited.

This is normal, as the resolution of handheld game consoles is basically 720P. Several handheld game consoles on the market, including those from NICO and Juyin, are also like this. But even at 720P, these handheld game consoles still cannot run stable 60 frames when running those powerful masterpieces.

This is not a question of technical ability, but a question of cost.

Most people's acceptable price for handheld game consoles is less than 3,000 yuan, or even around 2,000 yuan.

Computers have a very typical bucket effect. No matter how long the long board is, if the other boards are too short, it will still be slow to use. 1080P resolution requires not only a good graphics card, but also a 1080P monitor. If these two are improved, other parts of the machine must also be improved.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to make a 3000 yuan handheld game console achieve 1080P effect, and if you want to make a steady profit, the price must at least reach 4500 yuan.

The price is 4500.
This is enough to discourage most players, but Dongchuan Che directly priced it at 3999!

and!

The most important thing is that Dongchuan Che wants to make the PC and handheld devices interoperable!
What does this mean? After buying a game on PC, you don’t have to buy it again on the handheld version!
This is actually very crucial.

Honestly, if the Switch cannot resell second-hand cartridges, the sales of the Switch will probably drop sharply, because the games for the Switch are too expensive. The starting price is often 300 yuan, and the more expensive ones may even exceed 500 yuan.

Very exaggerated.

Therefore, when buying a handheld game console, many old handheld game console players will not only hesitate about the price of the handheld game console itself, but also worry about the cost of the games they will have to pay after buying the handheld game console. But Dongchuan Che wants to make the two ends interoperable!
After buying a handheld game console, you don’t have to buy anything else afterwards, and you can even play it while lying in bed!
Although most people think so when they buy it, and after buying it they often leave it gathering dust because it is too heavy, but it is definitely a huge temptation psychologically!

The price positioning is extremely cost-effective; there is no need to purchase subsequent games; plus there are some exclusive games like "Pokemon" and "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" that Tohru Fuyukawa just mentioned. Although she doesn't know what these games are, she, Kaori Akiyama, has no doubt at all about Tohru Fuyukawa's game production ability!

Combining so many elements, Kaori Akiyama couldn't think of any reason why Toru Fuyukawa's future handheld game console would fail, unless the game console had too many malicious bugs!

(End of this chapter)