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

Chapter 394 Noisy Christmas Eve
This year's Christmas Eve in Tokyo was as lively as in previous years.

The Fuyukawa family's side was a relatively quiet residential area, but in the alley with street lights on, there were still many drunk office workers walking towards home, chattering with their friends. However, the noise from the outside world did not cross the high walls of the Fuyukawa family.

"Give me 200 million U.S. dollars after the new year."

The family was having dinner and drinking in the backyard. Toru Fuyukawa had just lost a dice game when the drunk Miyano Mitsuko hugged him and did a [30-second suffocation] with him. His head had just been pulled out of the milky-scented big thunder when Chika Oohara next to him said this.

Two hundred million US dollars?

Hearing this, Dongchuan Che was stunned. He took the wine glass and clinked it with Ohara Chika's, with a curious look in his eyes.

"What can I do with more money?"

He didn't think Chika Ohara wanted the money to buy something. In the current Fuyukawa family, Chika Ohara managed the company's money, and Sayoko managed the family's money. If she was short of money in life, she should have waited until Sayoko was present before asking. And if it was not for life, then it was for business.

Have you found any good investment projects?
Dongchuan Che thought for a moment, and a look of understanding appeared in his eyes. As expected, Ohara Chika, who was also slightly drunk and half lying on the sofa, took a sip of beer and said, "I have my eyes on an American graphics card company and plan to acquire some of their stocks."

"Graphics cards? Why do you suddenly want to invest in this field?"

Dongchuan Che was stunned at first, then looked at Ohara Chika with a bit of amusement and appreciation. Ohara Chika put her fair calves on his thighs, rubbed them coquettishly, and said with a smile: "Come on, haven't you been paying attention to this too? I only noticed this after reading your records."

"Oh~~ So you were peeking at my office documents!"

Dongchuan Che took another sip of wine, hugged Izumi Himawari, who was having a great time playing rock-paper-scissors with Sato Fujiko and the others, and winked at her and teased her. Ohara Chika rolled her eyes with an unpleasant smile.

"What? It was you who didn't lock the screen of your tablet during your lunch break. I just saw it while pouring coffee for you. Okay, okay, I won't talk nonsense with you. Anyway, that graphics card company is different from other graphics card companies on the market. Its main research and development direction is computing programming, not 3D graphics rendering. I think this company has potential."

"A graphics card company that focuses on computing programming?"

Listening to Chika Ohara's chattering, Toru Dongchuan didn't pay much attention at first, but after hearing the key words, his expression straightened slightly.

The graphics card companies in this world are also very strong, and AI technology has also developed, but it has only developed. The technical level of AI is roughly equivalent to the level of about 15 years in the previous life, and is far from the level of OpenAI.

As for graphics cards, although the graphics card companies in this life are no weaker than those in the previous life in 3D graphics rendering, otherwise he would not be able to make games like "Elden Ring". However, the graphics card manufacturers in this world are all focusing on 3D graphics rendering rather than computing programming, and the difference here is the difference between NVIDIA and AMD.

Nvidia's most well-known business is gaming graphics cards, but the reason why Nvidia can take up 80% of the market share of discrete graphics cards and leave AMD graphics cards, also known as A cards, far behind is mainly because Nvidia has CUDA, a [parallel computing platform and programming model], which mainly allows programmers to use the computing power of GPU (discrete graphics card).

Anyone who knows a little about AI knows that what AI needs most is computing power, and computing power needs to be provided by chips.

Computer chips are mainly divided into CPU and GPU, but the upper limit of CPU computing power is not as high as GPU. The most powerful i9 series CPU has only a dozen or twenty cores, while the number of cores of independent graphics cards and GPUs is calculated in tens of thousands.

Therefore, if you want to do AI intelligence, you must use GPU chips. But not all GPUs (discrete graphics cards) can be used for computing power, which requires supporting programs and software. NVIDIA's CUDA software can maximize the computing power of NVIDIA's discrete graphics chips.

This is actually why when mining Bitcoin back then, people bought N cards for mining instead of A cards.

There is nothing wrong with A cards in 3D graphics rendering, and their gaming performance is about the same as N cards, but because there is no matching computing program, this chip cannot fully exert its computing power. This is why Nvidia's stock price soared after a breakthrough in AI intelligence, while AMD's stock price did not increase that much.

Because NVIDIA is not only doing 3D graphics rendering, but also computing power systems such as CUDA, and the CUDA computing power system can only be used with NVIDIA graphics cards.

And this life.
To put it simply, all graphics card manufacturers in the world now follow AMD's path. They are very good at 3D graphics rendering, but they cannot provide strong computing power support for the AI ​​field like NVIDIA. Those who understand how profitable the AI ​​field is know that NVIDIA used the AI ​​tailwind and some political factors to directly increase the company's market value to 3.4 trillion US dollars!

What a concept!
South Korea, which ranks 2018th in the world in terms of GDP, had a total GDP of only 1.6 trillion US dollars in !

One NVIDIA is worth two South Koreas!

Of course, people are afraid of becoming famous just as pigs are afraid of becoming fat.

In Dongchuan Che's opinion, being too wealthy is not a good thing, because even if he doesn't want to get involved in politics, he will be dragged into it. No one can ignore the elephant in the room. Politics is an extremely dangerous cesspool. Not to mention that once you enter the political field, your whole family will suffer if you are not careful. He himself has no interest in scheming and talking nonsense with others every day. But he doesn't mind finding a powerful company to invest hundreds of millions of dollars and then earn a fortune of tens of billions of dollars.

Thinking of this, Dongchuan Che drank the beer in his hand in one gulp, then picked up the bottle to fill it up for himself, and poured half a glass for Ohara Chika, and asked: "Are you sure about that company?"

Ohara Chika nodded, "I've read their financial report, and there's nothing fishy about the company's operations. As for the company's capabilities, Kozuki Takeuchi and Futaba also said it's OK, so we can give it a try."

"Is that so? Okay then. After the new year starts, you come up with the plan and I'll approve the order."

"Hehe, I knew that Che was the best."

Dongchuan Che did not ask for specific details, and did not even mention in whose name the shares would be purchased. On the one hand, it was because he was not particularly knowledgeable about finance, and on the other hand, it was because he trusted his woman.

To be honest, this approach was a bit arrogant, but women naturally prefer men who trust them, not to mention that Chika Ohara was not an ignorant little girl. She pressed her soft little face against Toru Fuyukawa's back and acted like a spoiled child, then excitedly ran to Sayoko to discuss the ownership of the shares, and Sayoko did not show much surprise.

In the past two years, as the company has become richer, especially after the mobile game "FGO" became a hit, Dongchuan Che did not let all the money lie in the bank.

Except for the project development funds and reserve funds sufficient to pay employees' salaries for 18 months, a lot of other money has been invested.

For example, although the company does not have offline physical channels now, it has also bought a large number of shares in companies such as [Walmart], [Sam's Club] and [KO! Second Dimension Offline Chain Store] in Japan, becoming a small shareholder of these companies.

In fact, because the Holy Light Society itself is also involved in the entertainment industry, many directors came to it through their connections to solicit investment last year.

Of course, with Dongchuan Che's current worth, let alone Japanese directors, even those Hollywood directors whose movies cost hundreds of millions of dollars would not be able to meet him if they wanted to. However, because Yuezhu Asuka is very interested in the directing industry, Dongchuan Che also met many Hollywood directors last year.

There were even a few directors who really thought he was a pervert and brought actresses to his house.

It must be said that the young European and American actresses that Dongchuan Che had met were also somewhat famous actresses in the European and American entertainment circles. They not only had good temperament but were also very beautiful. However, he still refused.

On the one hand, although those female stars are indeed very beautiful, the women in their families are also extremely beautiful.

On the other hand, as his relationship with Sayoko and the others grew deeper, he, who was about to turn 30, gradually began to calm down and focus more on his career and family.

Dongchuan Che is about to enter the next stage of his life, but interestingly, the outside world doesn't think so. Because he rejected many beautiful female stars, rumors have begun to spread in the entertainment industry that "Dongchuan Che played too hard when he was young, and now he is no longer good." Whether it should be said or not, the Japanese news media is also very bold. This rumor was on the headlines of the entertainment section at the time, causing shock on the Internet. There were even many Chinese players who came to Japan to study and ran to the bottom of the Shengguang Society to hold banners, clamoring to recommend some "tonic" Chinese medicine to Dongchuan Che, saying something strange like "Western medicine treats symptoms, Chinese medicine treats the root cause."

It's quite a big deal.

Dongchuan Che himself didn't care much about these rumors, he just took them as a joke, after all, whether he was "capable" or not, Sayoko and the others who could only lie on the bed and gasp every night had the most say. But what's interesting is that Izumi Himawari is getting more and more vigorous now. After several years of training in the entertainment industry, she is no longer the high school girl who was a little "bullying at home" and very introverted in front of outsiders.

In an interview with a media reporter, when she was asked the question "Is Dongchuan Che really capable?", she said directly to the camera "You media people should stop looking for trouble all day long. My Che makes me cry every day."

A very fierce answer!
It caused a huge uproar in society at the time, but it wasn't a big problem.

The relationship between Himawari Izumi and Toru Fuyukawa was announced very early on, and although Himawari Izumi is a pure-looking female college student, Toru Fuyukawa never packaged her personality. After all, personality is something that works well in the early stages and can attract countless fans, but personality is always a boomerang, and there are few people in the entertainment industry who have established a personality that will not collapse in the end.

And
In fact, talented artists don’t really need to establish their own personas.

It's just like after the Red and White Songs Festival, because of Izumi Himawari's public confession, many fans clamored to stop being her fans, but in the past two years, Izumi Himawari's fans around the world have increased.

This is partly because Toru Fuyukawa wrote many songs for her, but more importantly, it is because Izumi Himawari is really hardworking. Now, more than one-third of the songs in her albums are her original songs, and the market response is very good.

"Xiao Kui has grown up now."

Maybe because he drank a lot of wine tonight, Dongchuan Che's thoughts were a little erratic. Looking at Izumi Himawari, who was excitedly shaking dice with Sato Fujiko, he smiled a little and gulped down a big mouthful of beer. At this time, a drunk little girl came up to him.

"Hey, you said before that you would play Warcraft with me after the New Year and help boost the popularity of my live broadcast room. You won't break your promise, right?"

"Huh? Why are you suddenly asking about this topic?"

Looking at Futaba Koyama holding a wine glass in both hands, exuding the aroma of wine and milk, Toukawa Che slightly raised his eyebrows. "World of Warcraft" is about half a month away from release, and the company's publicity and promotion has also started a long time ago. In fact, more than half of the employees who stayed in the company to work overtime during the Chinese New Year were doing bug adjustments, value adjustments, and publicity and promotion operations for "World of Warcraft". However.
The publicity and promotion effect of "World of Warcraft" this time is not particularly good.

There is no other reason, mainly because the overlap between online game players and stand-alone game players and mobile game players is not high, and his reputation is not very useful in online games. On the other hand, although he tried to adjust the content of "World of Warcraft" and added more Asian elements, he did not change the overall style of the painting. The style of "World of Warcraft" is still European and American.

This is where the trouble lies.

Asian players are fine. Although Japanese players have never been the main group of MMO online games, and mobile games are now the mainstream in China, Dongchuan Che has a great influence in Asia. Therefore, "World of Warcraft" ranks high on the expectation list of these servers in Asia, but European and American players
Because he strongly supports the Tokyo Game Festival this year, and the GOGO platform is competing with the American game platform OTTO, he does not have many channels for publicity and distribution in Europe and the United States. In fact, the very famous rating website M Station and rating media such as IGN only gave "World of Warcraft" a score of 7/10 or 70/100 this time.

"World of Warcraft", and the game with enhanced graphics and gameplay, can only get a passing score. Obviously, there must be some shady manipulation, but Dongchuan Che can't do anything about it.

This is why he wants to support the Tokyo Game Festival. Without any world-class gaming media that favors him, when he faces the European and American media in the public opinion field, he either pays protection fees or is suppressed and smeared. However, the current Tokyo Game Festival is obviously not yet fully established and has little influence on Europe and the United States, so he can only do his own publicity.

In addition to buying advertisements for landmark buildings and subways, and finding big anchors to make videos to promote his products, he is also planning to do some live streaming this time. Of course, he is not the one doing the live streaming himself. Usually, Futaba Koyama works part-time as a [Leather Case] ​​anchor to earn some living expenses.

It was the kind of anchor who didn't show his face, but used a two-dimensional character instead. And Dongchuan Che's idea was to go to Xiaoshan Futaba's live broadcast room to guest star, play dungeons together, and do tasks together.

The president of a gaming company is live streaming his game, and since he is a well-known figure, as long as he spends money on promotion, it is estimated that many players will come to watch. Of course, this is definitely not because Dongchuan Che himself wants to play "World of Warcraft".

Dongchuan Che had discussed this matter with Xiaoshan Futaba a long time ago, but he didn't expect that this F-size big-breasted little loli would come and ask about it again.

Feeling the confusion in Dongchuan Che's eyes, Xiaoshan Futaba drank a full glass of beer, then shrugged and said with a conscientious look: "Of course I have to confirm it once. Men like you like to lie to women the most. I, Shuangye, will feel uneasy if you don't confirm it. Besides, I have already agreed with the fans in the live broadcast room that a big shot will come to the live broadcast room to make a guest appearance. If you fail to do so, it will be very embarrassing!"

It must be said that Futaba Koyama is usually a cute, introverted loli who likes to run around in panda pajamas. But once she drinks, her true colors are revealed.

The way she speaks is very much like a female gangster.

This look also amused Dongchuan Che, who said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't embarrass you. I've asked Sayoko to arrange my schedule, and I will definitely be able to go to the live broadcast room to support you on the first day the game is launched."

As he spoke, looking at the cute appearance of the drunken Futaba Koyama, Dongchuan Che reached out and pinched her soft cheeks.

"Ah! Stop touching me! I'm not your woman!"

Slapping Dongchuan Che's hand away, Xiaoshan Futaba said something fierce. Although she said it fiercely, she felt the slight pain on her cheek, felt Dongchuan Che's intimate attitude towards her, and felt the warm and lively atmosphere of the backyard. Her eyes gradually showed more enjoyment and yearning. However, the emotion in her eyes only appeared for a moment, and as the alcohol rose, she also hiccuped cutely.

The little girl was burping while holding the wine glass.

It was a very funny scene, and Dongchuan Che was also amused at once. But it was obvious that before he could laugh for a while, the angry and drunken loli pounced on him.

"What are you laughing at! Do you think I look funny?"

"Haha, do you have to be so sensitive? Besides, I didn't make you drunk. Hey, hey, hey, stop tickling me! Haha!"

"Humph! A perverted man who looks down on others!"

The two of them soon became a mess on the sofa, and seeing this scene, Chika Ohara, Sayoko, and Miyano Mite, who had just finished talking about investment topics, looked at each other, then smiled helplessly and shook their heads.

Although Toru Fuyukawa and Futaba Koyama have not confirmed their relationship, they both know that Toru Fuyukawa's attitude towards Futaba Koyama is completely different from his attitude towards other women.

Apart from the wives and some relatives' women, no other women have ever entered the old house of the Fuyukawa family. However, Futaba Koyama has lived here for almost a year.

It is obvious that Tohru Fuyukawa is very accommodating to Koyama Futaba.
Not only Toru Fuyukawa has this attitude, Futaba Koyama also has the same attitude.

Miyano Mitsuha and Ohara Chika have known Koyama Futaba since college. In their memories, Koyama Futaba has been more resistant to men since their breakup in college.

For example, the first time Miyano Mitsuo took Koyama Futaba to the Heavy Gunner Restaurant to talk with Fuyukawa Tetsu about the business of "Sekiro", Koyama Futaba didn't say a word the whole time, and didn't even raise her head. She just lowered her head and played with her mobile phone, quietly listening to Miyano Mitsuo and Fuyukawa Tetsu's conversation until the end of the meeting. Only after Fuyukawa Tetsu left, would Koyama Futaba talk to Miyano Mitsuo.

It was obvious that Futaba Koyama was very resistant to strange men and did not trust them at all. But now.
Looking at the two people making a scene on the sofa, seeing that Futaba Koyama accidentally exposed herself during the scene, and even Da Lei pressing on Dongchuan Che's chest, but they just continued to yell shyly. Miyano Mitsuko and the others all smiled and sighed.

If possible, they would certainly like to monopolize Dongchuan Che, but on the one hand, except Sayoko, no one else present is in the position to say this, and on the other hand, they can also feel that Dongchuan Che is changing his mind.

(End of this chapter)