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

"Fate/Heaven's Grail" became popular.

The night the animation was broadcast, all major news media rushed to report on it. To be honest, the industry peers were not too surprised by the explosion of this work.

Fate is now a top IP with a huge influence. The minimum requirement for a legitimate sequel of such a big IP is very high. Unless the plot is completely broken and there is a plot like that in The Last of Us 2 that even old fans cannot accept, there will basically be no problems. Secondly, Toru Fuyukawa is willing to invest.

The average cost of Japanese animation is 1500-3000 million yen per episode, and Toru Fuyukawa's investment in the "Fate" series costs nearly million per episode, and the pictures are extremely detailed.

A big IP, top-notch pictures, and Dongchuan Che’s strong screenwriting ability.

With all these factors combined, even Kondo Ryūmiko, who hated Toru Fuyukawa, knew that this work was unlikely to fail. But the fact that it became so popular still shocked many people. After seeing the data, many colleagues in animation companies couldn't help but mutter: "This Toru Fuyukawa is simply a monster."

On the first night of its premiere, Fate/Heaven’s Cup broke many historical records, including the first one-hour, two-hour, and three-hour views. In terms of physical stores, the animation discs in SATE stores across the country were also sold out, and some die-hard fans even waited at the door for the goods to arrive the next day.

Countless stores called SATE to urge them to deliver goods, causing countless SATE employees who were temporarily left to work overtime to complain and curse "Dongchuan Old Thief" along with the players and spectators. However, compared to the employees, SATE's management and cadres were extremely excited.

The development direction is different. Fuyukawa Che is engaged in PC game platform and does not even produce CDs. For him, the meaning of the physical store downstairs is to serve as an atmosphere group. But for SATE, the physical store has a completely different meaning.

SATE is a large multinational conglomerate. In addition to game consoles, they also own a series of industries such as televisions, headphones, cameras and even record companies. Therefore, for them, the existence of offline stores is still very meaningful, but

SATE cannot compete with Kondo Ryomu in terms of offline physical stores.

Kondo Ryūmenomiya not only owns the largest offline physical store chain brand [Ryu no Den], but is also a giant in the field of entertainment. It is one of the best in the music, games, animation, light novels, film and television industries.

In the field of games alone, SATE is better than Kondo Ryomenagiya, but not in other fields, so their offline stores can only attract game users.

But now it’s different. Toru Fuyukawa’s anime works are selling well, and these works are only available in SATE’s offline stores. This has undoubtedly brought a lot of traffic to SATE!

Of course, Dongchuan Che is not a good guy. In addition to games, all his physical products are sold exclusively in SATE's physical stores, and SATE will not take his commission or price difference.

To put it simply, eggs in the supermarket cost one dollar each, but not all of this dollar goes to the egg supplier. The cost of buying eggs in the supermarket may be only 80 cents, because the supermarket itself has to make 20 cents, so the eggs become one dollar each.

The supermarket makes 20 cents, and the supplier makes 80 cents. Now Dongchuan Che can sell eggs at 80 cents in SATE's supermarket, thereby attracting more customers with price advantage, or he can continue to sell eggs for one dollar, and he will make all the money.

The profit margin was huge, and Toru Fuyukawa also took advantage of it. But even so, the morning after "Fate/Heaven's Cup" was broadcast, the old fox Kuriyama still called him to congratulate him.

It's quite interesting. I didn't actually do anything on my part. I just tried to please both sides. As a result, not only did I reap a lot of benefits, but others also thanked me in the end.

Early in the morning, Fuyukawa Che was in a good mood after receiving a call from Executive Director Kuriyama, but this was just the beginning. He had in-depth business cooperation with not only SATE, but also Mr. Bao from Sanhe Group.

At present, Shengguang Society and Shanhe Group have formed in-depth cooperation.

To be honest, Dongchuan Che felt that choosing to cooperate with Shanhe Group was a very important and correct move.

One of the main reasons why "Elden Ring" was able to break through 30 million in global sales so quickly was because Shanhe Group was frantically cracking down on piracy in China.

The same thing happened this time. Shortly after the premiere of "Fate/Heaven's Cup", pirated videos appeared on some websites, which directly affected the installation volume of the GOGO platform.

If there is no cooperation with a company of the level of Shanhe Group, it would be more difficult for Fuyukawa Che, who is in Japan, to control piracy in China. Fortunately, although part of the profits of the GOGO platform in China were given to Shanhe Group, there is motivation only when there is money to be made. Shanhe Group has also invested heavily in protecting the GOGO platform. In addition, "Fate/Heaven's Cup" was rated R15 in Japan this time, containing certain pornographic and violent elements, but it was successfully released in China.

In this regard, during the phone call, Dong Chuan Che also made a joke about [the parents did not report it]. Hearing this joke, Mr. Bao on the other end of the phone was also amused and called Dong Chuan Che an expert on China.

Just kidding, parent reporting is the most ridiculous excuse.

If large companies can make concessions as parents report them, is it possible that small companies in this world would withhold wages and not pay overtime?

However, this topic is a bit sensitive and doesn't make much sense. After a few polite greetings, the topic turned to the game "FGO".

The popularity of "Fate/Heaven's Cup" was not enough for Executive Director Kuriyama and President Bao to call and congratulate them. After all, it is just an animation, and no matter how popular it is, it will only make a little money. But the popularity of this animation is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for "FGO" which will be released next month.

The mobile game "FGO" is the real big money maker!

"Brother Dongchuan, you really give me trouble."

"Haha, Mr. Bao, that's not true. There is no industry in the world that is so easy to make money in."

Early in the morning, on the big bed in the hotel hot spring.

Dongchuan Che held Ohara Chika, who was still sleeping, in his left arm, and looked at Yuezhu Asuka, who had taken off the plaster and was leaning on the table to do rehabilitation training, while he put the phone to his ear with his right hand.

There will be some troubles in the launch of FGO this time, but it is mainly in the Chinese region because Zhuge Liang will be added to the first card pool.

To be honest, there are many Chinese heroes in the original "FGO", but the reason why there is no problem is mainly because although "FGO" is very popular, the original work has not really entered the mainstream vision.

In 2002, there was a TV series in China called "Diewei Tianya" starring Chen Hong and Huang Lei. Many people born in the 80s and 90s should have some impression of it, but few people know that the original name of this drama was "Lü Bu and Diao Chan", and the names of the protagonists were also Lü Bu and Diao Chan.

Everything was fine at the beginning, but everything changed after the TV series became a hit and completely broke through the circle and entered the public eye.

The official response was that the drama "excessively tampered with and parodied the classic characters and stories of famous works, which did not comply with management regulations." The drama was eventually renamed "Butterflies Dance Across the World." All the characters in the drama were renamed, including the male and female protagonists, to Tian Ya and Die Wu.

Although he is not going to make any changes to Zhuge Liang, the plot he designed for this hero is also grand and tragic. However, the background of the first expansion pack of "Fgo" is in Tokyo after all. As an ancient man coming to the modern world, Zhuge Liang will also have some interesting and relaxed daily life.

The overall image is positive, and he even pretends to be cool in Tokyo. Dongchuan Che doesn't think that such a character will disgust Chinese players, but the original "FGO" is a paper man game, and his "FGO" is a super enhanced version of "Persona", which is very exquisitely made!

The appearance of such an "FGO" in this era when most games are still paper-figure games will definitely cause a huge sensation.

This is a good thing, but at the same time, it will also attract the black hands of peers and social opinions. Therefore, if FGO wants to pass the review stage, it still needs an influential person to go to the relevant departments.

Dongchuan Che understood this principle, and Mr. Bao also understood it.

If there was no cooperation at this level with the GOGO platform, and it was just the agency of "FGO", in fact, Bao would not want to stand out, after all, this kind of public opinion trend is difficult to suppress, and it requires too many connections and funds. But now it is different, seeing that the GOGO platform is thriving, and many contracts signed by Dongchuan Che and their Shanhe Group almost completely handed over the platform operation rights in China to them, this is already related to vital interests, and it is a huge vital interest.

"Okay, then I'll go have some tea with my old friends today. But you have to keep a close eye on the quality and plot. If there's something wrong with the content and it's confirmed, then I can't do anything about it."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

After hanging up the phone and throwing the phone onto the pillow beside him, Dongchuan Che's slightly anxious heart finally settled down.

"It's settled."

Dongchuan Che was about to take another nap, but at this moment, his left rib was gently kissed. He looked down and saw that Chika Ohara, who had just been sleeping in, had woken up without knowing when.

Her soft little tongue circled gently and she smiled at him dazedly.

With her silly expression and the comfortable feeling, Dong Chuan Che's legs naturally relaxed a little. He touched her little head and smiled, "Almost, things in the Huaxia region should be fine."

"This kind of thing can be solved with just one phone call. It seems that we really found the right person to cooperate with Mr. Bao."

Ohara Chika said this with a smile, and at the same time turned her body sideways, with half of her soft body pressed against Dongchuan Che's left side, and her white and soft thighs were also hooked up, gently teasing.

It was a very tempting move. Although he had been "struggling" until late at night, Dongchuan Che's breathing still quickened a little at this moment.

However, he noticed from the corner of his eye that it was getting late, so he didn't go any further. He just gently stroked Ohara Chika's little head with his left hand and reached into the quilt with his right hand.

As Chika Ohara squinted her eyes and moaned, he smiled and said, "That's for sure. If there's no benefit, I'm not interested in drinking tea and chatting with a grown man. It's impossible for him to come all the way to Japan some time ago. Okay, since you're awake, get up. We should go to the program crew to record later."

Before Dongchuan Che could finish his words, he saw Yuezhu Asuka sitting in a wheelchair and going to the courtyard to stretch her body, and Ohara Chika immediately turned over and took charge.

A familiar road.

Under the morning light, Chika Oohara, whose whole body was as white as moonlight, tilted her neck slightly, then smiled charmingly and teasingly, "I said I want to work, but in fact, what I'm thinking is [I should hurry up and enjoy the eyes of so many women worshipping me]!"

"Come on, I'm not that..."

"Oh? You may say that, but your reaction just now was very strong."

"That's because your vortex is too..."

"No matter what, I have to eat well before I can go to work."

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Chika Ohara is indeed a contrast.

In front of outsiders, she is a dignified and elegant executive of a large company, but in private, she is a very thirsty type.

Good.

Dongchuan Che is also a lustful person. When the two meet, it is like a perfect match.

They lingered in the hot spring hotel, in bed and in the hot spring pool, until Chika Ohara slowly slid down to sit on the lawn under the cherry tree. But it was only half over.

Although Yuezhu Asuka is no longer surprised by Dongchuan Che's antics due to the long time she has spent with him, it is impossible to say that she does not feel a bit jealous.

So, just as Dongchuan Che put Ohara Chika into the bathtub, Yuezhu Asuka opened her arms and asked for a hug.

After all, she is no longer the carefree little bird she used to be. Not long after she hugged Dongchuan Che's waist, assistant director Honda Kojiro called her.

Today is the start day of filming of "Sisters Who Make Waves", and this variety show is in the mode of filming this week and broadcasting this week, so the schedule is still relatively tight.

Seeing that there was no more time to be affectionate with Dongchuan Che, Yuezhu Feiniao still did not have a strong expression on her face, but her little mouth was slightly puffed up. It was not until Dongchuan Che bent down and kissed her with amusement that she smiled.

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It was around nine in the morning, at the beach in Shonan.

Although it is spring now, the sea breeze is still a little chilly at around nine in the morning. Fortunately, Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves is not recorded outdoors.

At this time, all the singers and artists are in the movie city by the sea.

Of course, although it is called a movie city, its appearance actually looks more like a resort.

There are many independent tropical-style houses inside for the filming team to shoot the actors' daily life, and in the middle is a castle for recording the show.

The entire movie city covers an area that is not too large, but not too small either. Many music videos with a summer flavor, as well as some seaside plots of romantic idol dramas, are filmed here.

At this time, not only the invited guests of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" are here, but also the filming teams of some other programs are here.

"The Holy Light Society is really rich. They rented a recording location and even provided them with a hot spring hotel to rest."

"I can't help it, they are rich. You don't know, when I was shooting a music video in Bali, I happened to meet the girl group Sistar who was also shooting a music video there. Guess what, we had cold lunch boxes, but the Holy Light Society had a caravan with a small restaurant. I was shocked at the time."

"You only see the thief eating meat but not the thief being beaten. The benefits of employees under the Holy Light Society are very good, but this company is also famous for its high threshold and super many work contents. Without strong abilities, you can't get in at all."

"Yeah, I heard that a girl group member from MS wanted to go to Sistar after her contract expired. But guess what, she trained with some second-year trainees from Sistar and vomited in the first two days because of the excessive physical exertion!"

"Hey, it's not easy to make money anywhere. But speaking of which, did you guys watch the new work of "Fate" last night? It's super popular! And I heard that the broadcast time of "Fate" next week will be before "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves". Wow, this is a huge fortune!"

"I'm so envious. Hey! Isn't that Qiao Xinyu?"

"Hmm? Qiao Xinyu, the Chinese who sang at the Tokyo Game Festival?"

"Yes, she and I took classes in the same music class and even had lunch together. Hey! Xinyu-chan, here!"

The sea breeze is cool.

Several idols from a small company's girl group were shivering in the sea breeze wearing bikinis, huddling together for warmth and looking at the crew members of Holy Light Society with envy.

It is spring now, and wearing a bikini at the beach in this season, although the skin looks whiter due to the howling cold wind, it is obviously very cold. But there is no way, this is the requirement of their program team, and as newcomers, no one will give them coats or anything.

It was very pitiful, but on the other hand, the crew members of the Holy Light Society were much more comfortable.

Of course, we don’t have to talk about those veteran artists. Although many of them are no longer popular, they were once popular and were selected by the company to participate in "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves".

This is like the big boss saying that if there is only one million left in the card, they will still cry poor. Their so-called outdatedness is still a height that ordinary small artists cannot reach.

Seeing them chatting happily or nervously, the girl group idols from several small companies were not particularly envious. However, when they saw the new generation group of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves", they were overwhelmed.

"Sisters Who Make Waves" is a work under Toru Dongchuan. Although Izumi Himawari did not come because she was preparing for "Singer", the new generation group is still filled with many Sistar trainees. For example, although Izumi Himawari did not shine at the Tokyo Game Festival, there was still the Chinese female student Qiao Xinyu who shined brightly.

Seeing an acquaintance from a big company, a cute, chubby girl from a girl group from a small company immediately greeted him excitedly with an expression of "proud" on her face.