Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

  Chapter 52 The Eighth Game

  Bamboo Yuxing interviewed the employees very smoothly, most of them are qualified programmers and computer engineers, the only problem is how to make them change their minds to create games.

   But only one of them is an exception.

   A strange girl.

   wrapped himself so tightly that Zhu Yuxing couldn't even see his face.

   But when he saw this girl, there was an indescribable sense of familiarity.

   It looks like I've seen it somewhere.

   On the other hand, Tsukino Aya has a deep memory of Zhu Yuxing.

   is the guy who claims to be the clerk of the entertainment hall, why is he here? In addition to being a clerk in the entertainment hall, is he also an interviewer for this company?

   "Hello, Ms. Tsukino Aya, right, your resume is amazing. You graduated from Stanford with a major in computer science. I'm afraid this kind of education will be very popular anywhere you go?"

   "I don't like those places, and I'm not short of money." Tsukino Aya answered Zhu Yuxing's question very succinctly.

  Not for money?

   "I'm just interested in the games your company makes."

   Zhu Yuxing's eyes lit up when he heard this.

   This is the only person in today's interview who said he was interested in the game itself.

   Most of the other people who came over were still at a loss for so-called video games.

   Some of them know about red and white machines, but they don't have a specific concept in this regard.

   "Tell me what you think about video games." Take Yuxing became interested and began to ask.

The employees before    basically just asked simple questions and passed.

   But Tsukino Aya is special.

   "Video games are fun, and I think they could be more fun, just don't know where to start."

   This is the first one who wants to actively learn to make games! And he graduated from a top university.

   Take Yusei felt like he had found a treasure.

   He began to have a heated discussion with Tsukino Aya.

   Originally, Zhu Yuxing was supposed to be the interviewer, so he should be more serious.

   But when he sees a person who is willing to take the initiative to play games, he can't hold back his personality.

   As Tsukune Aya talked with Take Yusei, she also felt more and more that Take Yusei himself was a little mysterious.

   This doesn't seem to be a simple interviewer and entertainment hall clerk.

   He is so familiar with computer technology that the interviewer should not be so familiar with computers.

   Is he also a veteran programmer of this company?

   "You have been hired, and you can come to work in the company tomorrow. The remuneration package is the highest standard in the market."

  I have no doubts about Tsukano Aya's level. The students who graduated from Stanford Computer Science are almost at the top of the industry.

   "Well, can I make a condition?"

   Tsukino Aya suddenly raised her hand and said.

"you say."

   "I'd like to work from home if I can, just programming should be fine."

   Zhu Yuxing was taken aback.

   This requirement is a bit special.

   I proposed to work from home on my first day.

   I’m afraid most companies can’t accept it.

   Maybe that's why she hasn't been looking for a job?

   Seeing Take Yusei's expression, Tsukino Aya said quickly: "If that doesn't work, I hope my work station can be separated, and I don't want to be too close to other people."

   This time Aya Tsukino really wanted to work here because the game was fun and she wanted to be a part of it.

  Take Yusei looked at Tsukino Aya suspiciously.

   Are you wearing everything up and down just to avoid someone touching you?

   It seems that the company will have more geek programmers.

   This one has wrapped himself up tightly. Except for the silver double ponytail, which is very dazzling, he can't see his appearance and figure at all. It's really curious what he looks like.

   "Of course there's no problem with this, the company is already very big."

   "Then I'll be fine."

   "The employment contract will be officially signed tomorrow, and then you can officially start work."

   Take Yuxing will also take this group of people through the first game production process.

  …

After    recruited the employees, Zhu Yuxing began to train them in game production.

It is not easy for them to enter a brand new industry, but it is a start, and there can also be a project that they can follow along to learn, and strive to let them play the first game with themselves within a month. produced.

   One month passed quickly, and the overall development of the company was gradually on the right track.

In addition to the first week of game console sales, it has been a total of one month and one week. More than 100,000 game consoles have been sold. The highest game sales volume is more than 81,000 copies of Tetris. Followed by more than 65,000 copies of Soul Douluo.

  Bomberman, Tank Battle, and Gobang are about 50,000 copies.

   The one that sells the least is Dragon Quest, which has been in production for the longest time.

  I'm not in a hurry about this sales volume, because role-playing games take time to ferment, and it has not yet reached the moment of real explosion.

   Comics magazines have been using comics to promote in an orderly manner, and the comics story is about to reach a climax. At that time, you can look at the game's release data.

   And the official release of the eighth game is not far away.

   During a month, most of the players almost played the existing games, just in need of a new game.

   "Super baseball game, the latest game of the red and white machine is about to be released! You can pre-order in advance! Each store will have different official pre-order bonuses for pre-orders. Pre-orders in this store will get a baseball game-limited exclusive badge! Only 3500 yen!"

  In the Daejeon Casino, the shop assistants are vigorously promoting the latest games.

  The latest game is released, and it's also a baseball game.

  As Japan's first national sport, baseball's status has been unshakable for many years.

   Just posting the billboard immediately attracted the attention of many people.

  Especially children, their eyes are shining.

   They were nurtured by baseball since they were young, and they dreamed of being able to stand on the baseball stadium and attract the attention of everyone when they were adults.

   At this moment, the image of a young man on the billboard is posing as a pitcher, surrounded by countless spectators cheering like villains. Just looking at the billboard makes many children yearn for it.

  Only 3,500 yen, the children immediately clamored for the parents to buy the Super Baseball game, and the parents seemed to be reacting gradually at this time.

   Buying a game console before is not the end, but a beginning. The game console is just a carrier. If you want to play more games, you have to buy it additionally.

  Although the money is not much, it is definitely not a small amount under the gradual accumulation.

   Many parents refused their children's demands decisively, which caused many children in families to cry.

   But even if they are rejected, children in ordinary families only need to grit their teeth, and they can also buy pocket money that they have accumulated for a month.

   A month ago, not many people really understood what the so-called red and white machine was.

   But a month later, red and white machines have become a familiar term, at least in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

  If anyone has a red and white machine and the latest games, it will immediately become the darling of children.

   Newspapers, TV and other media also began to gradually appear in red and white machines.

  This is no longer an advertisement, at least Zhu Yuxing did not pay for the advertisement.

   And this once again increased the influence of the red and white machine.

   At this moment in Yuxing Electronic Entertainment Co., Ltd., as several programmers and engineers who followed the development of the Super Baseball Game, their mood was a little uneasy.

   In addition to the explanation and guidance of the game production by Take Yusei, the Super Baseball Game is basically produced and completed by them independently.

   They are completely clueless as to whether the game can sell well.

   And the closer they got to the release date, the more uneasy they felt.

   (end of this chapter)