Please make money.

"So how did my influence become so outrageous?"

"It might be Johnny's. After all, they are professionals in marketing."

"That's it..."

What Alia didn't know was that her current expansion of influence was largely due to the game makers.

Those game makers are like cartoonists of the last century, sparing no effort to shape the images of characters related to him and her.

Just like the works created by cartoonists at that time, animations such as Dragon Ball, Ranma, and City Hunter all have the image of Uncle Long to a greater or lesser extent.

In today's game production, there will be more or less reproductions of images such as "Silver Mountain's pinnacle, legendary trainer, Xiao Ai-san".

Alia wants to keep a low profile, but she also has to control those who "play" with her image...

Slogans are like lies; if you tell them 2,000 times, they become true.

In addition, there is someone behind Alia who is pushing her marketing, so her image remains popular.

But speaking of it...how long have I been here?

Aaliyah stroked her chin and thought about this serious question on the plane.

According to the timeline she traveled through, it started during the summer vacation of her sophomore year, which was in July.

Now there are only a few days left until December. If you calculate, it has been half a year since I traveled through time?

This twisted vacation world is good in every way except that it's too bootlicking, which is not a good thing.

How can you get whatever you want?

But maybe I'm overthinking...

I've been wanting to play some online games recently, but I haven't seen anyone make a party so we can play a few games.

"Time flies so fast, the New Year is coming soon."

"Isn't there still two months left?"

"That's about right - come to think of it, can I still spend Christmas here with Benzi?"

"How long do you plan to stay, young lady? There's still a month until Christmas!"

"That's right... Never mind, let's wait and see when we get there. Also, it's time to deal with the fans."

Alia shook the information in her hand and said, "It's okay to be a fan, but it's not okay to be fanatical. Let's arrange a meeting. I want to talk to these kids."

"oh……"

……

……

As one of the team members who accompanied Alia on a business trip across provinces - delete - across countries, Lao Ma was very tired.

Of course, this tiredness is not because of work. The work in the game department seems to be very leisurely now.

I feel tired because of this guy next to me, who keeps chattering and asking me questions, just like an interrogation.

If not my buddy, who are you?

He felt that he had been chatting all the way, and even his best-kept secrets had been revealed, such as his first love in childhood was the boy next door who looked very feminine.

Fortunately, the plane was about to land and the other party had to prepare for other work and did not want to argue with him.

"Lao Ma, your friend?"

"Ah, the supervisor—no, I just met him, can you believe it?"

"What?" The serious supervisor scratched his ear. "You two just met? You two look like neighbors who have lived together since childhood. Why have you been chatting for so long?"

"Maybe he is a very outgoing person..."

"Okay." The supervisor clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention: "Everyone, pay attention, tidy up your appearance. You are on a business trip with the young lady, so pay attention to your image! We are a multinational company, don't think that you can come out to work and have fun at the same time. You have to work like a worker!"

The gaming department is directly under Alia, but is pretty insignificant overall.

The domestic introduction of games is handled by the entertainment and culture company of the property department.

The domestic sales of games are the responsibility of the Electronic Sales Department, which even takes charge of the game consoles.

The head of the game department felt itchy all over. He felt like he was just drawing a salary for nothing if he didn't work hard, so he repeatedly went to Alia to ask for some work.

Alia was annoyed by the questions, so she threw a project at random and said, "Why don't you make a game yourself."

The boss is so stupid. I just learned how to play games, and you want me to make games?

Now that I’ve learned how to add one plus one, I can try calculus, right?

Fortunately, Lao Ma’s subordinates are very capable and have come up with a lot of proposals. More importantly, the current working method of the Ai Group is good.

That's a professional thing for professionals to do - if you don't know how to make games, then hire someone who can.

If no one knows how to do it, then teach it yourself from scratch!

We were originally planning to submit a report and recruit a group of people to do the job, but then the eldest lady said, "Let's go eat ramen!"

Then they were caught and put on a plane, and a chartered plane came over...

The supervisor was excited. It was just right! The taste of struggle!

Very good, the young lady must have known our determination to work hard, so she took us to see the working environment of our peers!

When the plane landed, the supervisor followed Alia with a heroic and confident look, carrying the pride of a fighter.

The convoy took them to a very, very high-end hotel, which was more like a resort than a hotel.

On the first day, I took a hot spring bath and played games.

The next day, I took a hot spring bath, went shopping, and played games.

On the third day, I took a hot spring bath, went window shopping, and played games.

On the fourth day, I thought to myself, "Old Ma, how could you be so lazy? Did we come here to enjoy ourselves?"

Day 5, ah... the hot spring is so comfortable...

"I want to get a bathtub when I get back." The supervisor was dragged out to play for a day, and when he came back he felt like he was exhausted after soaking in the hot spring.

"Indeed, it is quite comfortable to take a bath after being tired from work. No wonder everyone here has a bathtub."

"So what has the young lady been busy with during this time?"

"Boss, you are the supervisor, why are you asking me?"

Lao Ma and the supervisor leaned in the hot spring with towels on their foreheads. In the middle was a wooden basin with sake and fruit in it.

"No!" The supervisor stood up and said, "You will lose your ambition if you play with things! I need to go visit my colleagues!"

"You mean Miyamoto-kun?"

"Yes, and I heard that among the three major game studios, one has not produced any products yet. How can this be possible!"

"Ah...what was that called?" Lao Ma scratched his head: "Little Island? I think it's called Little Island, right?"

It is no news in the industry that Alia has three directly affiliated game studios.

The studio headed by Shigeru Miyamoto's team, Gamefreak Co., Ltd. led by Satoshi Tajiri, and Hideo Kojima's creative team.

Currently, the games created by Shigeru Miyamoto are the mainstay of game console sales.

The sales of the Pokémon series of games produced by Satoshi Tajiri's GFK Company are subtly poor, and no one knows why.

Those who liked it liked it very much, but it didn't seem to be popular, so Tajiri Satoshi was hit hard.

And Hideo Kojima—that slacker!

Just because Alia tolerates them doesn't mean the supervisor can tolerate it.

As a struggle maniac, he firmly believed that someone must have deceived the young lady!

It's time to clean up those cysts, guys! For a brighter future!

"I heard they are working on a second generation console game."

"The second generation game console?" The supervisor was stunned. "That's the next generation game console?"

Since Alia makes game consoles, it is natural for it to keep up with the trend of hardware development.

Although this thing is not necessary to follow, for example, a certain evil product was released in 17 and has not been able to last until 23 without changing to a new console.

People are willing to pay for replacing a broken screen, and game development has not fallen behind. No matter how much players and game developers complain, it does not prevent the hardware from selling well.

But Alia still wanted to play a new game, so a triple jump was inevitable.

The first generation is the FC and GBA level, and the second generation is naturally the NDSL level handheld and PS level console.

As for what kind of monsters there will be in the third generation - Alia will probably have to build a physical sensing cabin by then, to give you some of the shocking moments of Ready Player One!

But that is just a concept after all. If it is really to be implemented, it still needs time and the support of many developers.

The life cycle of the game console planned by Alia is at least two years. When a new machine comes out, it must be backward compatible, otherwise it would be a stab in the back for old players.

So the second generation of game consoles will not be released for at least another year and a half. If Kojima waits until then to release a masterpiece, this is no longer a problem that can be explained by slacking off. This is simply a slacking! A slacking that has lasted for a whole generation!

There was a blazing fire in the supervisor's eyes, as if he was trying to ignite his fighting spirit.

"Damn it! It's so abominable!"

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing that the young lady asked us to pay attention to."

"whats the matter?"

"Regarding PC games, and - Jiang's Group, maybe recruiting related personnel? I just brought the documents today, and I put them in your room. Didn't you see them?"

"PC games? What are those?" The supervisor stroked his chin and said, "Have you ever played one?"

"Yes, you have played it before. Stone Age, haven't you played it before?"

"What kind of game is that? It sounds like something ancient."

"..."

347-One Force Breaks All Laws Leave Request

"Online game?"

In the office building, Alia looked at the thing on the screen and squinted her eyes.

Speaking of which, the distortion of this world can be said to be most intuitive in the development process of Internet games.

Although other places also seem distorted, none of them are as outrageous as the development of the Internet.

It's 2023, and people are still playing online games from 2003. Who can believe this?

However, considering that handheld game consoles are more backward and are still competing with Atari, it seems understandable.

Maybe the world is reversed, and instead of console games being moved to PC, they will be refined from PC to console in the future?

Although Alia felt that it was the limitations of this world that were at work, for example, certain areas would only develop if she paid attention.

Who is not an NPC?

Often repeating meaningless things and not gaining experience points, not leveling up, and being in a daze for a long time.

Will only speak if someone else initiates the conversation.

You may receive a small gift by improving your favorability.

If you are asked a question, you will talk about irrelevant things because you don't understand anything.

The health is very low...

Fortunately, games are not reality, and real NPCs are also the protagonists in the game.

It’s just that current Internet games cannot provide everyone with a better gaming experience.

Alia put on her headphones and said, "You guys go and do your work. I'll play these games first."

Several staff members looked at each other, nodded, and left the office, leaving their seat for Alia.

This building was newly purchased by Alia and is located in Ginza - in fact, it is the building that the game studio previously rented.

Originally, Alia had paid rent for several years and had no plans to purchase any property, but she couldn't resist the temptation to sell it.

It seems that due to some unspeakable struggle, the underground forces here were reshuffled, and several of them were involved in the White Tower and black industries and were imprisoned.