Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

  Chapter 36 Unexpected Surprise

  Tsuchiya Sansuke's mood has been a little low recently.

   The main reason is that his latest manga is as bad as ever.

   Once, he was also a little famous cartoonist and received a lot of attention.

   But now he is constantly being abused for no reason.

  ‘Your manga sucks, please don’t draw any more. ’

  ‘I don’t want to read your comics anymore! ’

  …

   This is a recent reader letter he received.

   Most of them are all kinds of abuse, and only a few can still encourage themselves in a calm tone.

   Originally, the editor didn’t want to give these to him, but he insisted on taking it back.

   Every time he reads a letter from a reader, his heart ache.

   And this will again indirectly affect the state of his subsequent comics.

   "Am I really not suitable for drawing comics?"

   Tugu looked blankly at the neat comic books on his bookshelf, not knowing what to say for a while.

   A set of hardcover comics in the most prominent position on the bookshelf is the work that once made him famous, and it is also the thing he is most proud of.

   That was the starting point of his journey to glory.

   Now, it seems that… is also the end.

   Now his life has gradually become difficult.

   He may not have spent as much money as other cartoonists, leading to bankruptcy and debt.

   But once he became famous, his mentality changed, and the consumption level was far beyond what he could currently bear. Even now, this mentality has not changed.

   And his savings are running out.

   Now, he can only rely on the income from the serialization and the old money that once became famous.

   But if we continue like this, we will either change the concept of consumption, or we will create popular comics.

   There is no other way out.

   However, both are difficult to achieve in a short period of time.

   is really painful.

  The phone rang at this moment, and he picked up the phone weakly.

   "Mosimoxi."

   "Ah, editor Ikeda."

   "Huh? Someone wants to hire me to paint some paintings? Including formula books or something?"

   "A monthly salary of 500,000?"

   "I...I...I took it!"

   Tugu's face turned red.

   That's a sign of shame.

   Once he was proud to say that he could earn a lot of money without working for others.

  But now, he seems to be breaking his promise.

   But the salary is really attractive.

   With this money, he can at least get out of the current predicament.

   It's just that he is still a little unwilling, and he wants to gain the recognition of readers through comics again.

   Forget it, let’s support myself first.

   "I'll go right there!"

  Tsuchiya Sansuke hurriedly hung up the phone and hurriedly sorted his clothes.

   He hasn't left the house for half a year.

   Usually, editors help to fix everything that is lacking. This is the first time he has walked out of the room in half a year.

   Facing the dazzling sunlight, he wore a slightly wrinkled cotton-padded coat and took a taxi directly to the location of the magazine.

   On the magazine side, Zhu Yuxing had already arrived here in advance and was looking around.

   Zhu Youxing was a programmer and social animal in his previous life, and naturally he had no chance to contact the environment of comic magazines.

   But he has been very interested in comics since he was a child, and he once fantasized about saving some money to visit the sacred place in Japan.

   But 996's life gave him almost no time to do such superfluous things.

   But I didn't expect that this shelving would be shelved until Hiccup traveled to Japan.

  Manga magazine is also the first time he has entered, so he is full of curiosity.

  While Zhu Yuxing was looking at the magazine, Ikeda Daigo was also observing Zhu Yuxing.

   is very young, younger than he imagined, at most in his early twenties, and his faint smile seems very friendly and confident.

   It is hard to imagine that such a young man has already started his own company, and he is still expanding his territory in a completely new field.

what do you say that is? Oh yes, video games.

   As expected, he is the child of Mr. Masako.

   "Zhuyou-kun, can I take a look at the specific cooperation content first?"

   Zhu Yuxing turned around and pulled out the notebook he brought with him.

   "Of course, this is some set planning I made, and my suggestion is probably to draw as described above."

   The book is very thick, with more than 100 pages. Of course, the content inside cannot be handwritten, but printed.

  Ikeda Daigo took it with both hands solemnly, and then stood there and looked at it seriously.

   Most of the themes in these more than 100 pages are derivative introductions to the game.

   For example, the introduction of weapons and equipment, the introduction of the world view, the introduction of important characters, and the overall storyline of the entire game, which also interspersed with the general introduction of some key story nodes, emphasizing the importance of these nodes.

   In Zhu Yuxing's view, this is the basic operation of a game set.

   But in Daigo Ikeda's view, this is not a game formula book or a set.

   This thing is the most suitable outline for manga!

   The weapon and equipment settings in the front can be ignored, and the storyline and key node markers in the back are like treasures in his eyes.

  The battle between the hero and the dragon to save the princess, in which a variety of ups and downs of the storyline are introduced in great detail.

   It can be said that if you take this thing and find a more veteran cartoonist, you can directly draw a high-quality cartoon.

   This is no exaggeration.

  Sometimes, comics also have routines and assembly lines.

   It’s just that the past routines have been used too much, and it’s almost boring to watch.

   And the storyline of this set of Dragon Quest is very novel in this era.

   At least he hasn't seen many stories of heroes fighting dragons.

   In this world, no one seems to have pioneered the hero aspect.

   "Zhuyou-kun, this is the formula book of the game? Oh, no set?"

   Ikeda Daigo looked at Zhu Yuxing uncertainly.

   Zhu Youxing nodded: "Yes, is there something wrong?"

   "Do video games need such a complicated setting? This has gone beyond the general comic world view setting."

   "Uh... I'm relatively unprofessional about comics, but this is really the setting of the game in my plan, and this is actually only the tip of the iceberg."

  Take Yusei just sketched the world view of Dragon Quest roughly according to his memory, and then wrote down everything he could remember as much as possible.

   Anyway, it’s just a matter of typing a few words on the keyboard, and it doesn’t take much effort, which is much simpler than typing code.

   And this is only a small part of the world view of Dragon Quest. At most, there are two or three storylines. There are more than ten derivative works of Dragon Quest, although the main lines are similar.

   "Then, what do you mean by this game, you mean a story that can be played?"

   "That's right, if manga and anime are fantasy stories to watch, then this is a playable story, where you can play a character and be a part of the story."

   Suddenly, Daigo Ikeda felt very interested in video games.

   So where can I play it?

   Oh yes, Zhuyoujun gave himself an address before, and he will go check it out after get off work.

   As for now, he really wanted to see Tsuguya-sensei right away.

  Because he feels that the second spring of Mr. Tuya is coming!

   (end of this chapter)