Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 284

After Yunshangyi's press conference ended.

The conflict between Son of the Sun and Johnny's entertainer began to be widely reported by the media.

If Son of the Sun had apologized at the press conference, the media attention would not have been so high.

But Son of the Sun showed an attitude of defying power and challenging tradition, and refused to apologize.

But it really hit the excitement of the media and the public.

This gives everyone a gimmick of hype and attention.

However, everyone in the industry knows that what is hidden under the news is a secret confrontation between two forces.

The purpose of entertainment on the cloud is already very clear, it is to use this incident to pour dirty water on the entire Johnny's office.

Constantly use its own influence to issue press releases in the media.

To make the public feel that Johnny's is a corrupt firm that embraces stereotypes.

The idol launched by Johnny & Associates is also the traditional kind of vicious entertainer who likes to use his status to bully his juniors.

To a certain extent, Yunshang Entertainment wanted to achieve this goal, to completely knock down Johnny's & Associates.

Even at the risk of sacrificing the Son of the Sun combination.

After all, once their ultimate goal is not achieved, Son of the Sun does not have enough sense of identity to protect himself.

The consequence of this challenge to tradition is that it is difficult to move an inch in the circle.

Naturally, it was impossible for Johnny & Associates to achieve the purpose of entertainment on the cloud.

At the time of life and death, the Kitagawa siblings mobilized all their connections.

They are constantly distracting the public in the newspapers.

Trying to limit the scope of the incident to the entertainment industry, and stop at the conflict between artists.

With the efforts of Johnny & Associates, their plan seems to be succeeding.

On the other hand, Yunshang Entertainment felt like it was missing the point.

They guided the direction of public opinion, only caring about labeling Johnny's firm, but not spreading the scope of the incident.

This led Johnny & Associates to make good use of public opinion and gradually limit the incident to the entertainment circle.

When something happens in the entertainment industry, ordinary people will at most watch it as a spectacle.

They will not delve into the deep meaning at all, and the attention will drop very quickly.

Therefore, even though Yunshang Entertainment keeps labeling Johnny's & Associates, once the news heats up, no one will pay attention to these labels.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to January NO.12.

Three days after Yunshang Yineng's press conference was held.

Seeing that Kitagawa's plan has succeeded.

An incident that started out as a big one, was eventually limited to the entertainment industry.

Regarding the conflicts between artists and Son of the Sun's statement, everyone just treats it as a fun thing after dinner.

Son of the Sun's "rebellious" anti-traditional, anti-authority image despite growing popularity among young people.

But it made those parents even more annoying.

After all, no parent likes to turn their child into a rebellious child who resists authority.

And at this moment, an editorial article with an eye-catching title was published on the Yomiuri Shimbun.

"Burn yourself, be a fool who challenges the windmill!" "

The author of this editorial article is named 'Mr. Yingsai'.

As a well-known leader who has criticized the social ills of neon for countless times, is passionate about the development of neon, and has promoted the progress of neon education in one fell swoop.

Mr. Yingsai has a very high influence among intellectuals.

His articles are not easy to publish, but as long as they appear, it is by no means a trivial matter.

Therefore, as soon as his editorial article came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire neon culture circle.

In this editorial article, Mr. Sakurasai started from the conflict between Son of the Sun and Johnny's entertainers, and aimed his artillery at the ugly cultural traditions of his predecessors.

'Because of their status, those people can say that black is white.

Because of their status, those people can hurt others unscrupulously.

When young people live in such a society where fairness and justice cannot be guaranteed, what future does Neon have...'

'If the world cannot be changed, if my words disgust some people, please bury me with this ugly neon! '

The fearless spirit of denouncing stereotypes and bad habits in Mr. Yingsai's article.

The kind of martyr talk to change the world.

In an instant, the entire cultural world climaxed.

Especially his intellectual admirers.

After seeing that the spiritual leaders sounded the horn of battle, they issued the first call to action.

These well-known intellectuals couldn't bear it anymore, and they took up pens one after another, challenging the ugly neon in their eyes.

Just like the discriminatory treatment incident before.

It was originally an incident in a small circle.

Immediately after the well-known end of the neon culture circle, a social incident that swept across the neon world was brewing.

Seeing the hot topic, the media quickly followed up for the sake of sales.

All of a sudden, in various schools and societies, news of seniors using their status to bully juniors began to be reported.

Why did the seniors of the club take a fancy to the female employees who had just graduated, but they couldn't pursue them directly and forcibly insulted them. In the end, it was the female juniors who were expelled from the club instead.

The seniors in the workplace make things difficult for the juniors and arrange a lot of work, causing the juniors to die from overwork.

……

At the beginning, everyone will more or less look for some real events to report.

But as the popularity became higher and higher, no suitable news could be found, so everyone simply started making up stories.

The mainstream media still has to show some face, at least the story is not so exaggerated.

But some tabloids don't have so many scruples. All kinds of shocking stories are full of tricks and unscrupulous.

The public watched these stories, and was "bewitched" by the well-known cultural circles. They were furious for a while, and began to collectively bombard the system of predecessors and predecessors.

But how can the power of tradition be so easily changed.

These mainstream media followed up with so many articles.

The image of a media person who is filled with righteous indignation for the society is just for ordinary people to see for the sake of circulation.

They themselves are old-fashioned clubs, and all the senior management are beneficiaries of tradition.

It's okay for them to report, but it's impossible for them to correct it.

This is the same as the later generations of South Korean chaebols investing in films criticizing the chaebols.

Not only did I do it, but I also photographed it for P people to see, while earning your money, I still didn’t change it.

Therefore, after venting their dissatisfaction, the neon people who were in high spirits found that they were powerless to change the entire neon society.

At this time, the turbulent public opinion urgently needs a place to vent.

As the saying goes, persimmons should be picked softly.

Compared with the deep-rooted traditional culture of the neon society, Johnny & Associates is undoubtedly a soft persimmon.

Prior to this, Johnny's Office, which had been labeled countless by Yunshang Yieng, immediately became the target of public criticism without knowing it.

Soon, a large number of people, led by certain public figures, held banners and posters and gathered outside the headquarters of Johnny & Associates.

The public intellectuals held up megaphones and led the public to criticize what Johnny & Associates did.

At this time, "Weekly Wenchun", known as Wenchun Cannon, sent an assist.

You must know that there are many admirers of Mr. Yingsai in Zhoukan Wenchun, a place where self-proclaimed intellectuals gather.

Therefore, when Mr. Sakurasai's editorial article was released, some people held back their energy and wanted to make big news.

Johnny's office was under siege, and they immediately dug up some materials from previous investigations, and reported them with a little modification.

"Johnny Kitagawa, Ugly Pedophile!" "

As soon as the "Weekly Wenchun" report came out, the Johnny's & Associates were overwhelmed.

For the media, the favorite thing to do is to beat the dog in the water.

When Johnny & Co. was strong, everyone naturally didn't want to offend them.

But in the face of such a scene where the wall is overthrown and everyone is pushing, even the forces behind Johnny's office can't stop the raging public opinion.

Most importantly, some people at the top do not want society to continue to criticize "traditional culture."

It is undoubtedly the best choice to help everyone find a punching bag and distract the public.

Johnny & Associates has become the best target right now.

All of a sudden, all kinds of criticisms about Johnny's firm emerged in the media in an endless stream.

Has been kept under the covers, Johnny Kitagawa's child molestation scandal has also been widely reported.

In just a few days, Johnny's office became a street mouse that everyone shouted and beaten, and was besieged by the whole society.

Johnny & Associates headquarters.

President's Office.

Through the window, Johnny Kitagawa looked at the protesting crowd with an ugly face.

Although he really wanted to order the security personnel to drive these people away at the door.

But looking at the few people who took the lead, his reason told him not to do this.

Those people are all well-known figures in the neon culture circle.

These people can scold you, but if you really dare to be violent, then wait for the collective counterattack of the entire cultural world.

"Bastard! Did they think that taking down Johnny would change Neon?"

Mary Kitagawa next to her said angrily.

"Of course they know it's impossible, but the people need a target to vent their anger on, and the upper echelons need a distracting scapegoat"

When Johnny Kitagawa said this, he said with emotion, "This is what Yunshang Entertainment was waiting for, and we were fooled from the very beginning."

"Then what do we do now?" Mary Kitagawa asked.

"Since the upper echelon can find us as a scapegoat, then we must also find a scapegoat."

Johnny Kitagawa said and looked at his sister, "It's time to give up."

Mary Kitagawa understood what her brother meant, and she had to give up Masahiko Kondo, whom she had always protected.

As for the Astringent Persimmon team, which is also involved.

Firstly, the value is higher than Masahiko Kondo.

Second, the incident was not caused by them.

Thinking of Kondo Masahiko's "sensibility", Mary Kitagawa still said with some reluctance.

"Even if Kondo Masahiko is given up, this matter may not be settled."

"Of course I know this, so I will also resign as the president, and my sister will take over."

As soon as Johnny Kitagawa said this, Mary Kitagawa remained calm on the surface, but her heart immediately became excited.

To monopolize the power of Johnny's firm was something she had dreamed of for a long time.

For this matter, sacrificing a Kondo Masahiko does not seem to be a big deal.

……

January NO.16
Johnny & Associates held a press conference.

Johnny Kitagawa showed his talent in bowing and bowed degrees to apologize to the media reporters on the spot.

After deeply blaming himself, in order to apologize, Johnny Kitagawa announced his resignation as the president of Johnny & Associates.

Marie Kitagawa, who took over the post of president, stated with dignity that she would conduct a thorough rectification of Johnny's Office.

And with Masahiko Kondo, the instigator of the incident, all contracts were terminated.

Entertainment on the cloud.

A group of high-level executives watched the performance of the Kitagawa siblings on the live TV screen.

Hirohashi Asako said with a sneer.

"It's not that easy to learn how a gecko cuts off its tail to survive. The public relations department should not relax. The opportunity is rare. Don't give Johnny & Associates a chance to turn around."

Next to him, Matsui Motoki, who was extremely happy to see the Kitagawa siblings in such a mess, still didn't want to let it go.

Thinking back to when he was banned by Kitagawa sister and brother until he had nowhere to go, the fire of hatred couldn't be quelled no matter what.

So he said to Asako Hirohashi, "President Hirohashi, I have an idea."

"Matsui-san, please tell me."

"Masahiko Kondo was given up by Johnny's agency. Based on what I know about him, once he loses his celebrity status and lives unsatisfactorily, he will definitely be dissatisfied, and he will definitely bite Johnny back."

Motoki Matsui had been Masahiko Kondo's manager.

I know Kondo Masahiko's character very well.

"If I remember correctly, he should have made a lot of money in Johnny's." Hirohashi Asako said.

"I have some savings, but I know some friends who can..."

Matsui Motoki hadn't finished speaking, Hirohashi Asako immediately raised his hand to interrupt.

"Matsui-san, I didn't hear anything, I don't know anything, understand?"

Motoki Matsui immediately bowed and said, "I understand that these are my thoughts and have nothing to do with the club."

……

And just when the neon public opinion circle was in a commotion because of Johnny's & Associates' reaction.

Hideki Hanyu, who is far away in America, is sitting on the balcony of the hotel in San Jose, watching the sunset in the distance, writing and drawing on the drawing paper in front of him.

He has been in America for more than a week, and his life seems a bit calm compared to the splendor of Neon.

During working hours, he stays at the R&D center and leads the team to test the host of Elf Entertainment.

After get off work, he has nothing else to do except go to the iron gym to exercise, and he just engages in creation.

In addition to the picture book, there is of course the follow-up story of "Falling Rabbit".

After all, he is now a world-renowned picture book author.

There is basically no need to elaborate on how popular it is in Neon.

As long as his new picture book is on the market, the sales in the first week will be equal to the sales of other picture book authors in a year.

As for overseas, the best sellers of his picture books are mainly in Asia and Europe.

As for the American market, perhaps because of the style, people are not interested in his slightly literary works, so the sales volume can only be regarded as mediocre.

But it doesn't matter, just one cartoon of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is enough for him to eat a lot of oil in America.

Picture books are very good for painting.

That's what the rich people in America do anyway.

A writer of literary and artistic picture books recognized in Europe still has a lot of face here.

At this moment, the phone in the suite rang suddenly.

When Hideki Hanyu answered the call, a smile appeared on his face.

"Very good, it's a pity I'm not here, otherwise I really want to see what those two people look like on TV."

The call he received was from Asako Hirohashi, telling him about Neon's current situation.

As long as there is a change in public opinion recently, Hirohashi Asako will tell him as soon as possible.

After Hirohashi Asako said goodbye, Hanyu Hideki hung up the phone contentedly.

Johnny Kitagawa resigns, Masahiko Kondo is fired from his contract, and Johnny & Associates is plagued by scandal.

What Hanyu Hideki wanted was basically achieved.

As for what Matsui Motoki, who wanted revenge, would do, Hanyu Hideki and Hirohashi Asako had the same attitude, and he didn't know anything.

Ok……

I hope Motoki Matsui will be more helpful.

If it doesn't work, it's not impossible for him to help matchmaking and introduce a few "professionals".

But "harming others" means self-interest.

Taking advantage of the hot news, Yunshang Music is already preparing to help Son of the Sun produce a second single.

Chuck and Asuka are still writing, the theme is rebellion, and it will be released when the public opinion calms down a bit.

In this incident, Son of the Sun can be said to have earned enough sympathy.

Moreover, under the banner of being anti-traditional, they can be regarded as having the protection of "political correctness".

Even if some old people in the circle can't get used to it, I'm afraid they have to hold their noses and hold back.

Besides, Son of the Sun still has the support of Yunshang Yikeng.

After cleaning up Johnny's office, in terms of the influence of artists alone, Yunshang Arts has already become the dominant force.

At this time, if someone who is not open-eyed comes to find fault, Hanyu Hideki would like to make an example of others.

bang bang——

Just as Hideki Hanyu was thinking about the situation at Nihong, there was a knock on the door.

Hanyu Hideki opened the door and found that it was the assistant Chie Ishihara.

"Mr. Hanyu, it's time to eat."

"I see, I'll go down right away." Hideki Hanyu replied.

Recently, when he returned to his room to be busy with his creation, he often forgot to eat, so he specially told Chie Ishihara to inform him when eating.

Back in the room, he packed up the easel.

Without changing clothes, he walked downstairs in shorts, short sleeves and slippers.

When I came to America, it was still winter in Tokyo.

As a result, when we arrived in California, the sun was shining brightly and the heat was unbearable.

Don't say it's rest time, even if he's going to work, he always looks like this.

He didn't stop at the hotel restaurant, but went directly to a separate space.

When he came, Satoshi Iwata, Tetsuya Aragaki, Chie Ishihara and other Neon employees who came to America on business had already arrived.

Because I really can't get used to the food here in America.

He simply hired a few chefs at his own expense, and he can cook all kinds of cuisines in Huaxia, Neon, and Southeast Asia.

By the way, borrow the hotel's kitchen and ask the hotel to separate a separate area for meals.

It may seem troublesome, but as long as there are US dollars, these are not a problem.

What he ordered today is Chinese food, or Sichuan-Chongqing cuisine.

All kinds of spices and ingredients are purchased from China, just to satisfy his taste buds.

As a rich man, he can fully afford such a life.

After getting rich, his life is also unknowingly changing.

Behavior that seemed extravagant in the past now feels normal.

For example, the water used for cooking in the kitchen would never use the local hard tap water that can make people lose their hair.

All pure water airfreighted from high-quality water sources.

After Hideki Hanyu sat down, he looked around and found that Koji Takita from "Game Base" hadn't returned yet, so he asked his assistant Chie Ishihara.

"Where is Editor-in-Chief Takita now?"

"When I contacted the editor-in-chief Takita in the morning, he was still in New York, and he might not be back until tomorrow." Chie Ishihara replied.

"If he comes back, let me know as soon as possible."

"Yes, Mr. Hanyu."

This time Hideki Hanyu brought Koji Takita to America for a very simple purpose.

America's "Game Base" magazine, with the influence of Pokeball 2, sold more than one million copies.

Hideki Hanyu is also preparing to implement his original plan to prepare for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (Electronic Entertainment Expo) in America in advance.

That is, the E3 exhibition of later generations.

Unlike Neon's Tokyo Electronic Entertainment Expo, though, at E3 in America, Game Base is just the initiator.

Hideki Hanyu asked Takita Koji to join the person in charge of "Game Base" America.

Contact large American publishing houses, media organizations, and local software companies to jointly establish the American Electronic Entertainment Association and jointly hold the American E3 exhibition.

After all, a strong dragon is no match for a local snake, and the "Game Base" family eats alone. Even if it is done, it may not be able to keep it. It is better to divide the cake from the beginning.

Anyway, in Hideki Hanyu's view, the E3 exhibition is just to help Elf Entertainment have another promotion channel.

It is enough to have a certain right to speak, and it is not necessary to hold everything in your own hands.

Because even at the Tokyo Electronic Entertainment Expo, Spirit Entertainment rarely intervenes to control anything.

As for the exhibitors, Hideki Hanyu is not worried at all.

The Pokeball 2 handheld allows game development companies all over the world to see the recovery trend of the American game market.

Everyone was drooling, wanting to get in for a share.

At the beginning of the year, when Elf Entertainment announced to the outside world that it would accept third-party games on the Pokeball 2 handheld platform, it immediately received dozens of game review applications.

From Neon to America, from Asia to Europe, many game developers have great confidence in Pokeball 2.

After all, the total sales of Pokeball 2 handhelds in the world exceeds 500 million units, which is enough to generate millions of game cartridge sales.

And just looking at the cooperation conditions of Spirit Entertainment, although the initial conditions are as harsh as Nintendo, they are more transparent and the follow-up choices are more fair.

Moreover, the system of returning royalties according to sales volume and independently purchasing cassette output also greatly encouraged those game developers who had confidence in themselves.

Elf Entertainment has stated that every three months is a review cycle.

Regardless of the success or failure of the review, each developer only has one chance every three months, and no more than two games can be submitted each time, with a maximum limit of five games per year.

And as long as you submit the review and confirm to log in to Pokeball 2, it will automatically become the exclusive game of Pokeball 2, and you are not allowed to log in to other game platforms.

In other words, even if a developer succeeds in every audit, a developer can release up to five games each year.

Compared with the current Nintendo limit of three games per year, it is undoubtedly stronger.

In fact, according to the newly established review department of Spirit Entertainment, ordinary game developers are not capable of developing so many games every year.

Even if so many games are produced shoddyly, it is impossible to pass the review.

In the cooperation rules announced this time, there is more than just reviewing this point.

Spirit Entertainment also stated that for those small development companies that only have research and development capabilities and do not have the funds to pay production fees and royalties.

If the developed game is good enough and can get a high enough score in the review, Spirit Entertainment will take the initiative to advance the payment.

Even if you can't even support the development cost, you can use the game development plan to evaluate it.

If approved by Spirit Entertainment, Spirit Entertainment can invest in game development, or directly invest in game development companies.

In short, in order to develop the game market, Elf Entertainment has come up with a complete set of detailed and feasible solutions.

Compared with the hot sales of FC's listing, Nintendo's hastily developed royalty system.

Elf Entertainment's cooperation system is undoubtedly more thoughtful.

And in this atmosphere, various game developers wish to have a platform to help them promote their games.

So when the proposal of "Game Base" united with various forces to establish the Electronic Entertainment Association was put forward, everyone was very interested.

Negotiations with all parties are also very smooth.

In Hideki Hanyu's view, the establishment of the Electronic Entertainment Association is not a problem at all.

It is nothing more than a detailed investment, and the distribution of benefits will take some time.

But this matter is also very simple, the more you pay, the more you get.

It will take at most one month, and we will definitely be able to negotiate.

At that time, everyone will sit together and discuss when the first E3 exhibition will be held.

To be sure, E3 has to happen before June.

Can't crash with CES, after all.

"Game Base" has rich experience in organizing exhibitions, and Hideki Hanyu does not need to worry about this matter.

There is only one thing he wants to focus on, and that is the home console of Elven Entertainment.

Don't look at Hideki Hanyu who is only busy with console testing now, but there are a lot of other things to pay attention to.

For example, in Neon, in Southeast Asia, in Wanwan Province, the foundry that cooperates with Genie Entertainment.

The production of host-related products has officially started.

The general accessories of the mainframe, the finalized light gun peripherals, and the bundled sales of the light gun game "Duck Shooting" cassette.

There are also the first game cartridges for sale, including America's favorite Super Mario Bros.

I was thinking about work, but the chef had already started serving the dishes.

There are three dishes in total, namely mapo tofu, fish-flavored shredded pork, and sweet and sour pork.

Each dish is delicious in color, fragrance and taste, making Hideki Hanyu's index finger move.

After coming to America, he slapped more times, so his appetite also increased.

In addition, these three dishes are made for him alone, and the portions are not large.

So after a little bit of hard work, Hanyu Hideki ate everything up.

After bidding farewell to the staff, Hideki Hanyu returned to the room and continued to work on creation.

When I came to America, I was either working or creating. In my spare time, I went to the Iron Museum to play iron.

To some extent, Hideki Hanyu has also lived a life of abstinence.

According to his personality, he naturally didn't want to do this.

Unfortunately, he really wasn't interested in the big girl from America.

It's not that the facial features are so tough that they are comparable to men.

It's just that the hair is thicker than him.

And the body odor that can't be suppressed by the perfume.

In addition, he still has to work, and he doesn't have time to hunt beautiful women, so he can only use creation to divert his attention.

Time came to the second day.

Hideki Hanyu went to the R&D center as usual.

But as soon as he entered the door, he saw Iwata Satoshi walking up and down at the entrance of the R&D center from a long distance, as if he was waiting for him.

After Satoru Iwata arrived in America with him, he did not participate in the testing of the mainframe.

Instead, under the arrangement of Michael Katz, he took charge of the game development department.

At the suggestion of Hideki Hanyu last year, Michael Katz turned his idea to sports games.

He sent staff all over the world to talk about cooperation, and the organizations he contacted have.

International Automobile Sports Federation, FIFA, UEFA, Olympic Organizing Committee, International Tennis Federation, American Football League, NBA, Major League Baseball, Golf Association...

In this era, the game industry is in the ascendant, and everyone does not pay much attention to game licensing.

Coupled with the licensing price given by Michael Katz and the copyright sales share, it is also considered conscience.

Most importantly, Pokeball 2 sales are here and organizations are seeing a profit.

Therefore, within a few months, Elf Entertainment has won almost all the familiar sports event authorizations.

Since there are no previous examples to refer to, these game authorizations are all based on Hollywood copyright authorization.

The copyright authorization period signed for the first time is five years.

According to Hollywood rules, this period can actually be seven years.

But in order to successfully complete the negotiations, Michael Katz relaxed the conditions.

During the authorization period, Genie Entertainment will automatically obtain the latest derivative copyright.

For example, if a new player appears, he only needs to pay a certain portrait fee according to the contract, and then he can automatically obtain the portrait authorization, and there is no need to sign a separate contract.

Licensing renewal is also the same as Hollywood.

Within five years, as long as Genie Entertainment produces copyright-related games, the copyright authorization will automatically continue.

Each production requires a separate royalty payment.

Of course, the game produced must be listed, and there is also a minimum sales limit.

Once this sales volume is not reached, the authorized organization also has the right to withdraw the authorization.

But that amount, according to Hanyu Hideki, can be sold with eyes completely closed.

In order to win these copyrights, Michael Katz spent more than 3000 million US dollars.

Almost half of the profit from selling Pokeball 2 last year was spent.

But in Hanyu Hideki's view, it was extremely cost-effective.

Sports games are originally a relatively large category in the game industry.

Elf Entertainment acted in advance this time, taking advantage of everyone's unawareness, and almost wiped out this part of the copyright.

Even when the contract was signed, the newly emerging concept of the Internet was included.

That is, in the copyright authorization, it is agreed that Genie Entertainment will develop games based on Internet technology.

In this day and age, no one knows what this clause means.

But Hideki Hanyu knew that the copyrights of various online games in the future had already been easily acquired.

According to his estimation, when the game market develops in the future, % of these organizations will regret it, and they must benefit more from Elven Entertainment.

However, negotiating with a contract in hand is completely different from asking for a job.

Of course, the reason why Hideki Hanyu asked Michael Katz to give conditions of conscience during the negotiations is also to maintain a good relationship with these organizations.

He also thought that after Neon's satellite channel was launched, he could go to these organizations to negotiate a game broadcast agreement.

With interests involved, it is always more convenient to talk about other cooperation.

As for Satoru Iwata, who was assigned to manage the game development department, he was coordinating the development of these games.

For example, to help home consoles open up football games in the European market.

The baseball game that neon players prefer.

America players prefer racing, tennis, rugby and other games.

Hideki Hanyu has only one requirement for these games, and that is that they must be high-quality goods.

The effect must be far better than previous sports works, giving players a better gaming experience.

The reason for such a request is all because he has confidence in the host of Elven Entertainment.

I believe that the new host can show the effect he wants.

Although the development of the 16-bit host of Elf Entertainment was difficult, it took more than twice as much time as the Nintendo FC host.

The hardware cost is much higher than that of the FC host.

But it also brings extremely powerful performance.

Better game screen, smoother game control, more powerful stereo sound source...

In Hanyu Hideki's trial play in the past few days, all performances have exceeded the level of FC hosts.

Especially relying on the graphics processing chip customized by ElvenVision, it can even support a certain degree of pseudo 3D effect.

As for the double scrolling effect that is easier to present, it can be achieved with ease.

In today's era, such a host can definitely meet the title of the next era.

At this time, Satoru Iwata also saw Hideki Hanyu approaching, and greeted him first.

"President Hanyu, good morning."

"Iwata-san, come to me at this time, is something wrong with the game development department?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"It's not the game development department, it's about the console. Mr. Katz hopes to meet Chairman Hanyu."

"It turned out to be the host, and the test went smoothly. Now there is only the audio part, which can be completed in two or three days at most." Hideki Hanyu said.

"It doesn't seem to be because of the test," Iwata said.

"Then let's go."

After Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he led Satoshi Iwata towards the office building of Spirit Entertainment.

When I came to Michael Katz's office, I found that there were not only Michael Katz, but also staff from the sales department and public relations.

"Mr. Katz, is there a problem with the sales of Pokeball 2?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

People from these departments are all here, it is really hard for Hanyu Hideki to think of other problems.

"Mr. Hanyu, it has nothing to do with Pokeball 2, it's a problem with the console that needs to be resolved."

Michael Katz answered.

"The mainframe hasn't been tested yet, so it's too early to talk about production," Hanyu Hideki said.

"Mr. Hanyu, please read this."

Michael Katz hands Hideki Hanyu a piece of colored drawing paper.

Hanyu Hideki took a look, and found that it was the appearance rendering of the Elf Entertainment console that he had seen before.

The console is a flat rectangle as a whole, with rounded corners and a game card slot with a hidden baffle on the top.

The fuselage is blue and white, the buttons are red, and the jacks are hidden behind the fuselage.

The most important thing is that in the middle of the body, there is a separate piece of transparent plastic with the words 16-BIT printed on it.

It means that this is a -bit host.

Through this piece of transparent plastic, the delicate circuit board can also be vaguely seen.

The whole body is as technological as its performance.

There is also a blue and white handle next to it, and the shape is a semicircle with a slight arc.

On the handle, there is the unique patented circular cross key and four ABCD keys.

Pair it with the same blue and white, sci-fi light gun peripherals.

Just looking at the appearance of this host, it feels like it comes from the future.

Looking at this rendering, Hideki Hanyu asked strangely, "Have you seen this before?"

"Mr. Hanyu, don't you think something is missing?" Michael Katz asked.

"What's missing?"

Hanyu Hideki looked carefully at the renderings and felt that something was missing.

But he couldn't remember anything.

In the end it was Michael Katz who reminded, "There is no name."

Hideki Hanyu said, "It's not too late to name it after the mainframe testing is completed."

"Although the testing of the mainframe has not been completed, the production of common parts can already start, such as the casing. We now need to provide the name of the mainframe to the foundry."

Michael Katz explains.

Hanyu Hideki finally understood why Michael Katz called him over, and there were so many staff members.

After all, for consumers, the first impression of a product is often the name.

A good name can often play a very important role in promoting the product.

But Hideki Hanyu had a big head when he wanted to choose a name.

Before I left Neon, I just finished naming the second generation arcade machine, and now I suddenly want to name it again.

He is really out of inspiration.

Since he couldn't think of one, he simply looked at the crowd and asked, "Let's talk about any good ideas first."

As soon as Hanyu Hideki's words came out, there was a lot of discussion immediately.

Someone said, "Or just use the R&D code name, I think Phantom One is good."

When Hanyu Hideki heard this name, he thought that it had nothing to do with the game console.

I don't know, I thought I bought a special plane for Pokémon.

He denied it without hesitation.

Then someone said, "Or Elf Computer."

"We are a game company, not a computer company."

Nintendo named the console Family Computer because of the impact of Atari, which caused everyone to lose confidence in the console.

But now that Pokeball 2 handhelds have gradually helped the game market recover, there is really no need to deliberately avoid this feature of the game.

Therefore, the name was immediately opposed by the sales department.

"Since our Pokeball 2 is so successful, why not call the host Pokeball 2 PULS?"

As soon as the sales employee's suggestion was uttered, Hideki Hanyu couldn't help complaining.

Now that the PULS version is here, is it necessary to have a Pro version and a Max version after that?

But before Hideki Hanyu could express his opinion, Michael Katz unceremoniously rejected the name.

In Michael Katz's view, home consoles must be differentiated from handhelds.

Otherwise, let consumers associate the two together, and feel that the two products are similar, which may give consumers a hint of choosing one of the two.

In order to eliminate this feeling before, Michael Katz even disagreed with the LOGO of Elf Entertainment on the console.

Just when everyone was discussing heatedly, Iwata Satoru, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"I think the naming of home consoles can completely refer to our new arcade machines."

"How to reference." Michael Katz asked.

He has seen the details of the new arcade machine and knows that the name of the arcade machine is Elf Game Platforms.

"How about the Elf Play System?" said Iwata.

After hearing the name, Michael Katz said after thinking for a while.

"It's a bit cumbersome. It's better to remove the prefix, combine the last two words, and call it PlaySystem directly. It can be abbreviated as PS, which is more convenient for consumers to remember."

After Michael Katz finished speaking, he was immediately unanimously approved by everyone.

But Hideki Hanyu, who was beside him, couldn't help complaining crazily in his heart.

Is this the end of Nintendo, and then Sony?
The PS host is all out.

It's just that Sony's PS console, whose full name is PlayStation, is still different from PlaySystem.

"What do you think, Mr. Hanyu?"

"Uh..., I think it's good."

What else could Hideki Hanyu say.

Aside from the abbreviation and Sony's PS crash, the name is really good, and consumers can easily associate it with the game console.

Hideki Hanyu thought that even the abbreviation had been picked up, so he didn't care about adding one more, so he simply picked up a pen and started to paint directly on the rendering.

After a while, a LOGO appeared on the rendering.

It is the LOGO of later PS hosts.

"If you use PS as your name, then use this as your console logo."

　Thanks for the reward of slow travel book sea
　　
　
(End of this chapter)