Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

The cold wind howled outside the window, and in the private room of Taketori Tsuru Restaurant, a group of gaming industry bigwigs were toasting each other. Fuyukawa Tetsu sat at the side with Executive Managing Director Kuriyama, drinking elegant sake while chatting about business matters.

Executive Director Kuriyama picked up the wine glass and drank it all, but his eyes were looking at the others around him. He smiled and said, "It seems that there are not many people here who welcome you."

Dongchuan Che, who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami, was also drinking. He said with a smile, "Nonsense, I'm not Japanese yen, how can I be liked by these big men. Not to mention that the Japanese game market is so small, if I make more money, they may make less money. It would be strange if they welcome me."

If you don't make people jealous, you are mediocre.

Although the people present are all bigwigs in the Japanese game industry, with the technological advancement of the European and American game industries, the Japanese game industry has passed its peak. Except for a few large manufacturers such as SATE and NICO, games from other manufacturers no longer have the strong competitiveness in Europe and the United States that they once had.

If we cannot compete on the international stage, we can only compete internally at home.

When it is already difficult to make the pie bigger, most people naturally do not want to see new powerful people emerge.

There are many hostile views, but in the end, the gaming industry is all about the works.

Dongchuan Che didn't care about any conspiracies or intrigues, and had no interest in engaging in verbal battles with these people. He just continued drinking calmly.

The interesting thing is that having a bad reputation does have its advantages. Although many people do dislike Dongchuan Che, they dare not directly talk about this man who "dare to point at the nose and curse the deputy director when he was just the head of NTsoft" and "has no concept of seniority". They only dare to say bad things about him behind his back in private.

However, compared to Dongchuan Che's calmness at this moment, Kawaguchi felt a little uncomfortable.

Although this level of drinking party was not too formal because it was more of an industry exchange, Kawaguchi could come along, but of course he could not sit at the main table. He only ate at the side table behind the sliding door with the assistants of other big companies. Compared with Dongchuan Che's fierce reputation, Kawaguchi was a well-known good guy in the industry.

"Hey, hey, hey, Kawaguchi, you can't do this. Kijima-senpai is here today, so you have to drink with him no matter what."

"No, no, it's mainly because I have work to do at night."

"Don't make excuses. I see, you just think that you are so successful now that you can ignore your former leader? Or do you think I, Tony, am not qualified to persuade you to drink?!"

"No, no, I'll just drink it."

"Then hurry up and fill up Kijima-senpai's glass!"

The box next to the one where Dongchuan Che was.

Looking at Kawaguchi obediently pouring wine for Minister Kimura next to him, the bald man Tony Eagle, whose face had turned a little red from drinking, showed a smug and disdainful smile on his face.

As the head of Kondo Ryūmengiya, Tony Eagle was extremely unhappy with the people of the Holy Light Society. And unlike the head of Kondo Ryūmengiya's Japanese headquarters, he had been working in the American branch before and was only transferred back recently, so he had not had direct contact with Toshikawa Che.

When he met Toru downstairs before, he would have said something to Toru if Sojiro hadn't stopped him. But now that Sojiro was gone and he met Kawaguchi again, he naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

only.

"Is this guy really the trusted general of Tohru Fuyukawa? His character is too cowardly. As expected, that old man Sojiro is getting old and has lost his former sharpness."

Looking at Kawaguchi who was obediently letting NTsoft Director Kimijima pour the wine, Tony Eagle's disdain became even more pronounced.

To be honest, when he asked Kawaguchi to pour wine for people just now, he had actually made preparations for the battle. After all, although he had not been in Japan in the past few years, he had also heard of Fuyukawa Tetsu's name.

but

He didn't think that Dongchuan Che could have his current fame because he was really so powerful and tough. Instead, he thought it was because the management of Kondo Ryomenomiya were old and had lost their sharpness, so Dongchuan Che [Liao Hua was the vanguard because there was no great general in Shu] was allowed to take over.

In his opinion, since Kawaguchi could become Dongchuan Che's trusted general, his style of doing things must be similar to Dongchuan Che's. So even if someone told him that "Kawaguchi is easy to bully" from the moment he entered the box, he just thought that someone was setting a trap for him and wanted to see him clash with Kawaguchi.

It's obviously adding fuel to the fire.

But he still didn't care, and was even a little secretly happy!

Tony Eagle always boasted that he was a hardliner, and he was hoping that Kawaguchi would lose his temper at this moment, so that he would have more reasons to teach Kawaguchi a lesson. He didn't believe that Dongchuan Che really dared to confront Kondo Ryūmengiya in front of so many people, especially in front of Chief Takemoto Tamon!

He thought a lot, including how to deal with it later, but he didn't expect Kawaguchi to be so good-tempered.

A punch hit the soft cotton.

It's a bit painful, but I also feel more disdainful.

Looking at Kawaguchi, who was bending over to pour wine for people, with an honest and somewhat clumsy figure, Tony Eagle, who was drinking, snorted secretly. Just when he was about to further provoke Kawaguchi, a live broadcast appeared on the TV in the box.

"Here it comes. The Holy Light Society's trial live broadcast is here."

"A trial game for a thousand people. Tsk, Dongchuan Che is really generous."

"Yes, and the people who are trying it out today are all game anchors. These guys will do anything to get traffic. Unless Dong Chuan Che pays them hush money, even the smallest problem will be magnified infinitely when they go back."

"Yes, but correspondingly, if the game is really good, then..."

"How can there be no problems? Hey, hey, hey, you guys, are you underestimating the technical level required for a work worth hundreds of millions of dollars?"

It must be said that Dongchuan Che is indeed a big shark that is stealing food from other manufacturers. He is indeed hostile to many people, but the emotions of most people are not just hostility, but also a little expectation.

the reason is simple.

The reason for being hostile to Toru Fuyukawa is that the market share of Japanese games is shrinking and they are afraid that he will take over their share; while the reason for being expecting Toru Fuyukawa is that he is expected to carry the banner of Japanese games and make foreign players pay more attention to Japanese games.

This emotion is very complicated, and some people in the box are also sighing that Dongchuan Che is confident and capable.

But just as Dong Chuan Che's words of optimism came out, Tony Eagle slammed his wine glass on the table in dissatisfaction.

After everyone's eyes turned to him, he raised his finger with disdain and said, "The investment cost of 120 million US dollars is indeed exaggerated. But not everyone can make a high-cost work. On the one hand, this kind of game has higher technical requirements, and on the other hand, the expectations of players will be further raised."

At this point, he turned his head to look at Kawaguchi, whose smile had frozen on his face, and then tilted his mouth proudly, "To be honest, your Holy Light Society is indeed quite strong, but I think you may have taken too big a step. You should settle down for a few more years."

Praise openly and criticize secretly.

It was obviously a veiled praise and a hidden criticism, he almost said, "You, the Holy Light Society, are not qualified."