Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

There are less than two months left until the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games.

The whole of Japan has entered a very festive atmosphere.

The world has not experienced the impact of the epidemic.

However, this does not affect the pessimism of the Japanese about the Olympics.

The Prime Minister of Japan obviously wants to re-boost people's confidence through this Olympic Games, so that people can once again see the strength of Japan as a technological power.

Just like when Japan used the Olympic Games to boost national confidence.

But this time was different from before.

At the beginning, all citizens were positive, and they all believed that life in the future would be better.

But now, the citizens of this era have experienced the lost decades, and the bursting of the bubble caused Japan's economy to decline.

If you want to make a person active and work hard in life, you need to constantly give stimulation, and constantly make this person believe that life will be better in the future.

And it only takes one stimulus to make a person decadent.

Japan's otaku and gnawing elders also emerged under the background of this era. They are no longer willing to work hard for a better life, they just want to immerse themselves in the existing comfortable life.

Don't get married, don't have children, don't buy a house, just lie flat.

In such a big atmosphere, most of the people interviewed on the sidewalk were not optimistic about the Olympic Games, thinking that this is just a waste of national tax revenue by the Japanese government.

There is money that can obviously be used for more meaningful things, and wasting it on the Olympics is the worst decision.

However, they also expressed their approval for another thing in the Olympic Games, which is the opening and closing ceremonies in the Olympic Games.

Most of the younger generation of citizens are looking forward to the opening and closing ceremonies.

Because this is a rise of fashion pop culture.

Industries such as animation and games can be seen in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

This is the only place where the younger generation in Japan feel most confident.

According to the results of the poll, 70% of the people in the country have no idea of ​​watching the Olympics.

But 80% of people expressed that they would at least watch the opening and closing ceremonies.

On the streets, there are many more foreigners than before, which is at least a positive effect of the Olympic Games, attracting more people to come to consume and travel.

"Well, let me take a look at the itinerary plan."

An American is holding a map of Japan in his hand.

There are also some itinerary plans he hand-painted on this map.

"Okay, first stop, Tsushima Island."

He drew a circle on a very conspicuous mark on the map, and then went straight to the airport with his backpack on his back, preparing to go to Tsushima Island.

Tsushima Island was originally just a very inconspicuous place in Japan.

A few years ago, no one except locals may have heard of this place name, let alone foreigners.

But all the turning points came from a video game.

The name of this game is Tsushima Island.

The story told is that the ancient Japanese fought against the invasion from the Mongolian Jin people.

This story was performed very well in the game, and even later became the content of the Japanese national textbooks, and was well-written.

At the same time, this game has also attracted many people to be curious about Tsushima Island, so the small place of Tsushima Island has an endless stream of visitors.

The local government was ecstatic when a place where no one stayed at all suddenly became popular.

They are worrying about how to make money in normal times, and now this opportunity to make money is right in front of them.

And the hero of all this is Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

In order to thank Youxing Electronic Entertainment, the local government also promised that all employees of Youxing Electronic Entertainment Company will get free tickets when they come to Tsushima Island.

If Zhu Youxing, the game producer himself, comes, he can also receive the highest standard of reception from the entire island.

Regardless of basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation are borne by the government, and Zhu Youxing does not need to spend a penny.

At the same time, the local government gave Zhu Youxing the title of honorary village head.

It's just that Zhu Youxing has never been to Tsushima Island at all, and when he is making game materials, he also asks his subordinates to handle it.

In the afternoon, the American successfully landed on Tsushima Island by helicopter.

The most conspicuous place at Tsushima's airport is the content related to Tsushima's games.

Some plots in the game are fictitious, but the local government is very keen to completely reproduce the fictional story.

The fictitious family building in the game was built in a big way that year, and the entrance fee was also publicly charged. In just the first year, all the money for the construction was transferred back with the principal and interest.

Later, the local government also built some antique hotel buildings so that people can live here.

At the same time, there are many check-in points that are exactly the same as the game scene.

The American traveled from place to place according to the guides on the Internet, and he spent thousands of dollars on this day alone.

There is money for local punching and taking pictures, as well as money for car rental, tickets, hotel accommodation, etc.

"Thank you for coming, sir, welcome to come again next time!"

The local people wear armor from ancient times, warmly welcome and send away every tourist who comes to visit.

Because of the Olympic Games, Tsushima Island has also seen a surge in passenger traffic recently.

Many people are gamers who already like video games. This time they came to Japan because of the Olympic Games, so naturally they don't want to miss a visit to the Holy Land.

The American spent a day and a night on Tsushima Island, and also participated in a stage play opportunity, personally acting as the protagonist in the game and performing a classic battle in the Tsushima Island game.

This one costs five hundred dollars and is the most expensive place to spend.

Then, he returned with a full load to his heart's content, and returned to the Japanese mainland.

"Well, I'm going to... this place next."

He took the map and drew a circle on it again.

It was a Japanese filming location for Street Fighter.

It is a kendo gym located in Osaka.

This kendo gym was opened by the Hayazawa Airi family, the director of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment Engineering Development Department.

Hayazawa Airi's family was in the kendo business at the very beginning. By the time of Hayazawa Airi's father's generation, there was only one kendo gym in Tokyo, Japan that was barely operating.

At that time, Hayazawa Airi's father hoped that Hayazawa Airi could find a man to marry into his family so that he could inherit the kendo gym of Hayazawa Airi's family.

But I didn't expect Hayazawa Airi to be too rebellious.

Not to mention being rebellious, they developed quite well later on, but because of working in Youxing Electronic Entertainment, they drove the operation of their family's kendo gym.

Later, it turned around and started to re-ignite the kendo teaching business due to the popularity of games such as Street Fighter. Hayazawa Airi’s father took advantage of this time to re-develop the kendo teaching business in multiple places.

Osaka is the largest kendo business operated by the Hayazawa Airi family, and it is also the location for one of the backgrounds of Street Fighter.

"Hey!"

"ha!"

"Very good! Raise the sword! Slash! Shout out! Very imposing!"

A man dressed like a kendo master put his hands on his back with a stern face, watching many middle-aged and young people practicing kendo seriously below.

They move in unison and are very aesthetically pleasing.

These are usually the core students of the kendo gym and the cornerstone of the kendo gym's development.

In another training place, there are some people with different appearances, including Westerners, Asians and African Americans.

There is only one reason for them to come here, and that is to visit the holy land. By the way, they want to experience the atmosphere of kendo and take a photo by the way.

The American man decisively took out two thousand dollars here, let two professional kendo trainers accompany him to practice kendo, and took a few handsome photos by the way.

In the end, the American was satisfied, he gained new technical knowledge, and he got a cool photo.

The operator of the kendo hall is also very satisfied.

If such a fat sheep is not slaughtered, it will not be slaughtered.

In the past, it was hard for them to imagine that a video game could have such a big influence.

People will willingly get ripped off for liking video games.

Two thousand dollars just to experience the kendo atmosphere and get a photo at the Street Fighter location.

The most profitable business here is not charging tuition fees for those core students.

Training those core students is just to increase their professionalism.

The most profitable business of the kendo gym here in Osaka comes from these guys who are visiting the holy land.

Taking a picture exactly like a Street Fighter battle scene starts at $2,000, and there is no cap.

If you want to restore the battle scene of Street Fighter one-to-one, then you need at least one extra performer, right? Do you still need a professional sparring partner? Still need a professional photographer?

Then the price of such a service will have to run to five thousand dollars.

Even with such an exaggerated price, some people still want to take pictures willingly.

It can only be said that these people are really rich and rich.

In the end, the American couldn't bear to spend another five thousand dollars to film a street fighter-style battle video of about five minutes.

After the video was shot, the American took off his kendo training uniform, and the Kendo Hall solemnly issued the American with the highest-standard kendo training certificate, as well as the autograph of the master of the Osaka Kendo Training Hall.

The total cost of all this did not exceed a hundred dollars.

In the end, the American was also presented with a set of kendo training clothes that seemed to be of good quality.

In fact, the total cost of this training suit is only twenty or thirty dollars.

But this American is very willing to pay for it.

"Okay, next is the old site of Youxing Electronic Entertainment."

A single low-rise office building in the suburbs of Tokyo, USA.

This place is where Youxing Electronic Entertainment once made its fortune.

A series of classic games such as the red and white machine and Super Mario were born here.

Now it has also become one of the protected buildings, and it is also the office of the crowdfunding game zone and the game industry committee.

When the Americans came here, he found that there were hundreds of people taking pictures next to each other.

Others will take pictures of some classic Yuxing Electronic Entertainment brick-and-mortar games.

This is the place where the American spends the least money, because there is no need to pay for entrance fees for taking pictures here.

Of course, if you want a more professional photo effect, you can only hire a professional photographer who is waiting to be hired with a professional camera.

Such a photographer is very popular at the moment. For ten dollars per photo, he can take hundreds of photos a day. It's really cool to make money.

If he can be so happy every day, he feels that he should be able to return to the era when Japan was very prosperous.

At the same time, he also thanked Youxing Electronic Entertainment in his heart.

Without Youxing Electronic Entertainment, he would not have such a good job.

Is there a better job than making money just by taking pictures of people with your hands?

The American spent one hundred dollars to ask a professional photographer to leave a good photo for himself. The photographer promised to make it within a week, frame it and send it to the American’s home. Of course, the postage was paid by the American himself. Take out, or Americans can also give an address in Japan, and send it in a week.

The American left satisfied after leaving his hotel address in Tokyo.

Then there is the current headquarters of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

It's also a very popular place there.

When he got there, the Youxing Building had already been besieged, and it was even necessary to ask the local law enforcement agencies to help maintain the order of the Youxing Building, at least to ensure that the company's employees could go to and from get off work normally.

Occasionally someone is lucky enough to meet a well-known producer, who is now enjoying the star treatment.

This American regrets that he did not have the opportunity to take photos with those producers, because he came a little late, so he can only see if he has the opportunity to come here again in the past few days, whether he can meet some well-known producers, or even Zhu Youxing himself.

He would thank God if he could come across it.

Here he simply took a picture and checked in, then left.

Next, he has one last stop.

This is the last stop of my trip to Japan other than watching the Olympics.

That is the Star Paradise.

This is the paradise that all gamers most want to go to.

He has traveled thousands of miles to come here, so he must not be missed.

But in the last half month, Youxing Paradise has adopted a reservation system.

You can't even enter Yuxing Park if you don't have a reservation.

There are so many people, there is no way.

Youxing Paradise is very large in scale, but there is also an upper limit for the number of tourists it can carry, and it is the limit to accept 200,000 tourists at the same time.

However, during the Olympic Games, 200,000 people are always able to receive customers at the same time every day, and you can't get in without an appointment.

But you can also find some hidden ways to get tickets.

For this reason, the American did not hesitate to spend twice the price of the ticket to buy tickets from others.

When you come to Japan, if you don't go to Youxing Paradise, it will be a waste of time.

He even thought that even if he didn't go to the Olympics, he would come to Youxing Paradise to experience it.

Youxing Paradise now has seven playgrounds.

Every venue has its own style.

Mario Theme Park, Pokémon Master Gym, Final Fantasy Theme Pavilion, Comprehensive Entertainment Game Park...

If you want to visit every paradise, three or five days is definitely not enough.

Park cost: $10,000 for a five-day pass.

And that's just the price of the tickets.

This includes the money for the tickets and the money for the fast track. He doesn't want to wait, he just wants to play a lot of interesting things as soon as possible.