Tokyo Video Game Tycoon

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Zhu Youxing's office is big enough, even if five or six hundred people have a meeting together, there is no problem, after all, the entire floor is his alone.

All the people in the middle and senior positions in the company came here.

Before they came, they already knew what Zhu Youxing was going to announce, but they still looked forward to it.

"Everyone, I think you should also know what this year means to our company, right?"

Hayazawa Airi said loudly without hesitation: "Of course it's the tenth anniversary of the company. Considering that I have been in the company for ten years, I really should have dedicated my entire youth here."

Others also nodded one after another, and many showed expressions of emotion.

Many of them have been in this company for at least five years, and everyone has developed feelings for this company, just like a real family.

This is also due to the gentle management methods that Zhu Youxing has always pursued. Of course, this is also based on the premise that the entire company's benefits are very good, and it is also the result of the efforts of these people.

The rapid growth of the company is also a harvest for them, regardless of money or status, as well as the satisfaction of the spiritual world.

Zhu Youxing nodded with a smile: "That's right, at the end of last year I had already started to make arrangements for the 10th anniversary celebration, and today is the time for me to make a decision, and I will roughly hold the entire celebration Let’s talk about the process, as for the details, it will be up to you to decide.”

"detail?"

Everyone was slightly puzzled.

This they did not expect.

Are there any details we need to decide for ourselves?

Isn't it just to broadcast a film, and then invite some well-known musicians, actors, etc. to appear in some programs, and finally announce the end of the program grandly.

Besides that, what other tricks can there be?

Seeing everyone's puzzled looks, Zhu Youxing knew that they obviously hadn't thought that much.

It just so happens that I can teach them a good lesson and tell them how to hold a real celebration.

Zhu Youxing said to everyone: "The celebration I want to hold is actually not just a formal celebration. I prefer to call it a 'Carnival', a carnival event for all players."

Carnival?

This is easy to understand.

The national celebrations in some countries are in the form of carnivals, and countless people participate in them. The atmosphere is very lively.

But how about a carnival about video games?

Nobody knows.

The Blizzard Carnival in the previous life also accumulated experience from holding it again and again, and finally reached its peak in 2016 and 2017.

It was a really good year.

"To put it simply, it can be equivalent to a super-large exhibition only for our company. This time we will not only have a small venue in the exhibition, but this time I will prepare two venues."

At this moment, Zhu Youxing took out the map directly from the side.

The previously prepared carnival location has been marked on the map.

It was a very large stadium in Tokyo, and it used to host world-class events.

There also seem to be plans to refurbish it once in the future, and then prepare for the possible future Olympics.

"This stadium will be our home stadium. I plan to hold an e-sports event here. This event will be directly under our official jurisdiction. If possible, I even hope that the country can be used as a distinction, no longer Using the club name, I like to call it the Video Games World Cup."

The Video Game World Cup? !

Everyone's eyes widened.

They really never dared to think about this before.

world cup.

It's a pretty long game.

is one of the most famous games in football games.

Its name is almost comparable to that of the Olympic Games.

At this time, Zhuyouxing intends to directly elevate e-sports competitions to the same level as well-known traditional sports events.

This is really a very radical act.

But the developers who participated in the two classic e-sports games, Street Fighter and StarCraft, were very excited.

This is a game developed by myself, and the game developed by myself may become a world-class event in the future. Is there anything more proud of than this?

"I am willing to hold this event with the highest standards, and I have some new ideas about e-sports. We can continue to discuss these in detail in the future. Then, in addition to the main venue of the e-sports event, there are also With this place, I plan to use it as the venue for the carnival facing players."

At this time, Zhu Youxing picked up a pen and drew a circle on an open space near the gymnasium.

"I plan to negotiate with the government, borrow this land temporarily, and then hold a carnival. I can discuss this matter with the government, but the content of the carnival needs to be decided by you."

"Leave it to us? What should we do?" someone asked.

"Of course it is what you are best at. All of you have plans for future game development, and you can also hold some interview shows in the carnival to talk closely with players about your ideas about game development, and you can also talk about it. What you think about each character in the game, those are very interesting things."

Zhu Youxing began to describe all the details about the carnival to them.

These details are enough to make them immediately think of the picture.

They sat on the stage, and then talked about the ideal of video games, and some directions about their future game making.

"But President, didn't you say before that if a game is not developed to a certain level, it's best not to announce it?"

To this question, Zhu Youxing replied simply: "Didn't I also say that, it's best not to announce it, but it's not absolutely not to announce it. In the past, our game development cycle was relatively short, so it was almost done. It is more reasonable to re-promote a good game, but now, with the lengthening of the game development cycle, slow promotion is one of the easiest ways to arouse players’ interest.”

In fact, this can also be called drawing big cakes for players.

But as long as the rhythm is well controlled, the pie will be extremely sweet.

A 3A game in the later generations will be developed for three to five years or even seven or eight years. If there is no news from the beginning to the end, it will affect the promotional effect of the game.

In Zhu Youxing's view, the original promotion of 2077 was actually very appropriate, but unfortunately the game did not fulfill the content they promised in the end, and finally led to the collapse of word of mouth. This has to be called a very big regret.

But there is also a reason for that. The developer of 2077 must be responsible for the shareholders. If the game has been delayed until it is fully completed before it is released, those shareholders will probably jump their feet. This is the result of being restrained by capital.

But Zhu Youxing doesn't have to be responsible for anyone, so he doesn't have to set a game's release date, when it reaches the level he is satisfied with, and when it will be released again, isn't that great.