Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 334: The Coming of the "Era of Terror"

"May 15, 1996, I am afraid this is a day that will be remembered by horror game fans all over the world for future generations, because the release of "Resident Evil" on this day not only helped Gamestation become Japan's first-class

The game production company laid a solid foundation and huge profits, and at the same time announced the arrival of the "Era of Horror" in the history of games!" This was a passage in Japan's most famous game magazine later.

Even more than ten years later, the old people at Sega Corporation still cannot forget that "horrible" day!

At 8:30 in the morning on May 15, 1996, it was the time when "Resident Evil" was officially released to the public. However, in front of many game stores in Tokyo, the queues were hundreds of meters long. According to later people who were interested,

Unified, the most exaggerated team was more than 400 meters long, with more than 1,300 people! And those at the front were all waiting with bedding as early as the night before.

In front of the door. The earliest one actually arrived in front of the largest game store in Tokyo two days before its official release.

Such an exaggerated crowd has made many biochemical fans who had not planned to wait in line feel worried. They are worried that if they come to buy after get off work or school, they may only face empty stores and exhausted clerks. In that case, all they could do was listen to their friends show off at night! So more and more people asked for leave and joined the queue.

Therefore, after the release of "Resident Evil", the queues in front of these game stores not only did not shorten, but generally tended to lengthen!

At the Ishinommaru Game Store in Akihabara, Tokyo, the eleven store clerks headed by Ryuunosuke San are already so busy that they are sweating profusely. Although everyone who enters the door simply pays and takes the goods.

The only difference is that when buying "Resident Evil", you will also buy a Saturn console. However, the long queue at the door of the store still does not seem to be shortened at all.

In just one hour, Ryunosukezo was shocked to find that nearly one-third of the 1,700 sets of "Resident Evil" stored in the store had been sold, and there were still people outside the store.

At least six to seven hundred people!

"Ishihara-kun! Please send me another thousand sets of "Resident Evil" immediately! Please!" Ryunosukezo begged on the phone.

"Lord Dragon, your store bought 1,700 sets of "Resident Evil" yesterday, and it's all sold out?" came an extremely surprised voice on the phone.

"That's not true, but the remaining stock is now less than a thousand sets. It has only been open for an hour, and there are still at least six to seven hundred people queuing at the door. I'm worried... Mr. Ishihara, you must send me another thousand sets. No.

!Fifteen hundred sets! Please!" Ryunosuke said three times.

"Dragon Lord, okay, I will try my best to meet your request! But now every store is asking for goods, and our manpower is also very tight. I will hurry up and let them deliver the goods to you! One thousand and five

Hundreds of sets, right?" A troubled voice came from the phone.

"No, no, no, if that's the case, then it will be two thousand sets!" Ryuzosuke San looked at the long queue outside the store that seemed to have lengthened again, and decided to add more. Thirty-seven hundred sets, I believe it should be enough.

Let's get through today.

At this time, Fang Mingyuan, accompanied by Shinji Mikami and Naka Uda, was walking on the streets of Akihabara to experience first-hand the sales situation of "Resident Evil".

Uda Naka was already filled with joy. Along the way, he had seen no less than ten game stores. In front of each store, there was a long queue. According to his estimate, the total number of people was nearly ten thousand.

! If this situation is extended to the entire Tokyo, or even the entire Japan, the first day of sales of "Resident Evil" has far exceeded Sega Corporation's most optimistic estimates!

You know, Sega Corporation, taking advantage of the release of "Resident Evil" this time, launched a bundled version of the Saturn console and "Resident Evil". These game players only need to buy a Saturn that is 2,500 yen higher than the market price.

With the console, you can add a set of "Resident Evil". The market price of "Resident Evil" is 8,888 yen! The discount is still quite big.

Sega Corporation hopes to take advantage of the release of "Resident Evil" to once again expand the market share of the Saturn console!

Shinji Mikami was so excited that his face turned crimson at this time, and his words were trembling. Although Fang Mingyuan had already expressed congratulations to him when they met at the airport, it was not until this moment that he

Truly believe that you have succeeded!

As a newcomer to the gamestation company, although he comes from a first-class game manufacturer such as Capcom, today's Capcom, due to the downturn in the arcade market and the unprecedented hit in the European and American markets, has millions of cartridge games.

With a backlog of unsalable products, the company is in a precarious situation and has long lost its former glory.

Although he was specially recruited by Fang Mingyuan to join the company, as soon as he entered the company without any glorious achievements, he took on the important task of producing "Resident Evil". This made many people in the company not recognize his work ability.

.It’s just Fang Mingyuan’s prestige in the company that no one dared to raise questions face to face.

Just because no one dared to raise doubts in person does not mean that there was no one in private. In the early days of Shinji Mikami working at the Gamestation Company, it can be said that he was still under great pressure. Fortunately, with the release of "Resident Evil"

During the production process, his abilities were gradually recognized by most of his colleagues. However, in Mikami Shinji's heart, he still believed that only by producing truly powerful sales results could he be worthy of Fang Mingyuan's trust in him!

"Mikami-kun, in my opinion, you can start preparing for "Resident Evil 2"!" Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "Of course, Mikami-kun, you can rest first. The company will arrange for you to go on vacation for a while, but I don't know

Where do you want to go? The United States? Europe? Or Africa? Or go to the Arctic or Antarctic? Well, I personally would like to send you to Kauai, Hawaii."

Shinji Mikami looked at Fang Mingyuan in surprise and said, "Kauai Island in Hawaii?" The place sounds very good, but why should you go there? He didn't think that Fang Mingyuan was just talking nonsense.

"I'm afraid you don't know that the filming location of "Jurassic Park" was chosen there. I hope you can get some inspiration while playing there!" Fang Mingyuan shrugged, "Doesn't this sound a bit excessive?

Is it squeezing your creative ability?"

Who is Shinji Mikami? He is known as the "Father of Biochemistry" in later generations. He may lack a little bit of worldly sophistication, but when it comes to game creation, he is also a top contemporary figure.

He already showed a clear look on his face and said: "Fang Jun, you mean... to put dinosaurs into the game?"

Fang Mingyuan smiled, pointed to a store not far away and said with a smile: "After walking for so long, Director Yutian must be a little tired. Let's go there and take a rest."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed. Chen Zhong and Lin Rong showed slight surprise, but Uda Naka, Mikami Shinji and others had smiles on their faces.

It was a small shop that looked a little strange to Chen Zhong and Lin Rong. It was not very large and could only accommodate fifty or sixty people at the same time. The waiters in the shop were all young girls, but the clothes they wore

, but it is not a common outfit, but a costume composed of black material and a white apron. The apron is quite short, revealing the slender and round long legs wearing stockings. There is a lace headdress on the head, and he even wears a cat

Ear accessories.

As soon as the group of people entered the store, two girls immediately came to greet them and said softly: "Master, welcome back!"

"Master?" Chen Zhong's Japanese can only be said to be so-so, but Lin Rong heard it clearly and was even more confused!

Fang Mingyuan found a table in the adjacent street and sat down. From here, he could clearly see the pedestrians coming and going in Akihabara, as well as the long queue of people not far away. Although he had known for a long time that there was such a thing in Japan

This is a coffee shop where the waiters cosplay, but this is the first time for him to come here in person.

"I didn't expect Mr. Fang to also like this kind of sentiment!" Uda Naka said with a half-smile, "Many young people in Japan have a special liking for this!"

Fang Mingyuan shrugged slightly and said: "I think all men will have similar longings. Sometimes everyone enjoys it together, which is also a kind of relaxation! Mikami-kun, don't you think so?"

Shinji Mikami smiled knowingly. Japanese people who like animation works still like this kind of cosplay-style service. Otherwise, there would not be so many cosplay performances in Japan.

In fact, in China in the previous life, two thousand years later, similar restaurants or cafes also appeared, but the Chinese people were more critical of them, and many experts and professors disagreed with them. They believed that maid cafes sold

A gimmick or a service? When you go to a maid cafe, do you drink coffee or entertainment? The two words of being a maid and a master are intertwined, and they are full of erotic ambiguity.

Some people even bluntly said that the terms "maid" and "master" undoubtedly divided the originally equal people into three, six or nine grades, which was the restoration of the remnants of feudalism. They believed that this would have a very bad impact on the young people of China.

Some people think that this kind of behavior is against human nature, sacrifices personality, artificially creates inequality between people, and is even suspected of discriminating against employees in the service industry. In the end, it still advocates the kind of personal dependence in feudal society.

Thoughts are incompatible with the concept in today's modern society that everyone is the master of his own destiny and everyone is the master of the country.

Regarding this, Fang Mingyuan felt that it was nonsense! As long as there was nothing illegal in this form of service, there would be no problem.

To put it bluntly, this is just an immersive game for customers. Customers and waiters perform a show together to satisfy people's psychological needs. Just like the slaves on the Chinese TV screen all day long,

The master is short, you kneel to me and I kneel to him. I can’t find a modern drama even if I want to watch it. Isn’t that artificially instilling feudal remnants of ideas into young people? At the wine table, at work, in life, and even in disasters

When leaders give priority to care, doesn’t it better reflect people’s erratic nature?

What's more, everyone is the master of his own destiny and everyone is the master of the country. It is just a concept and a yearning for the future. In today's dynasty, it is far from being truly realized. Those officials

When facing their superiors, they are probably even more enslaved than these cosplay waiters! And when facing the common people, they are even more cruel than these "masters"!

We have seen too many real-life masters and servants, so why should we take the little "games" in life so seriously? What's more, most of the people who come here to consume are adults, with sound minds, and no one

Some officials will be confused and think that they are superior to others just because the waiter calls them host. On the other hand, those officials regard themselves as the parents of the people and have many opinions on the lives of the people.

Mikami Shinji shook the bell on the table, and two girls immediately came to him, smiling sweetly: "Master, is there anything I can do for you?"

Shinji Mikami asked for the menu and handed it to Fang Mingyuan respectfully. Fang Mingyuan handed it to Uda Nakadao: "Director Uda, this is my first time visiting a place like this, so please come and choose for me."

Uda Naka was not polite. He took the menu and quickly ordered a few drinks and desserts. The girls left with smiles. It didn't take long for them to be served. Then under Lin Rong's surprised eyes, he knelt down by the table.

, put the drinks and desserts on the table one by one and said: "Master, please use it slowly!"

"Fang Jun, this time, the huge sales of "Resident Evil", even in the history of Japanese games, can only be compared with a few works such as "Dragon Quest" and "Final Fantasy". And these games are all

It has already become a series of works, with millions of players in Japan. As an original new work, "Resident Evil" can achieve such results, which really makes Uda Naka feel that he can be on the same level as Fang Jun.

In the camp, this is the wisest decision made by me, Sega Corporation!" Uda Naka said sincerely.

Fang Mingyuan smiled. It was not surprising that "Resident Evil" achieved such results on its first day of release. "Resident Evil" originally had excellent quality. In the previous life, this game had never been praised by anyone from the time it was decided to be produced to the time it was released.

Games that we attach great importance to can achieve impressive results. In this world, we have powerful consoles, long-term publicity and guidance, and sufficient financial and human support. If we still cannot achieve satisfactory results, then what can we do?

That makes no sense.

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