Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"Tokyo Video Game Tycoon" by Little Chicken Pecking Millet

Copywriter:

Video games are one of the important forms of entertainment for people in the new era.

However, when Takeyusei transmigrated to a parallel world of Japan, he discovered that the game industry in this world was extremely depressed and seemed to have never flourished.

So Zhu Youxing decided to bring the ninth art to the world.

"Mom, Super Mario 3 is out! This is the Christmas present I've wanted most!"

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"My Zelda is so engrossed in collecting twigs that she has no intention of saving the princess."

"It was Link who saved the princess!"

"Huh? Really? Okay, Zelda."

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"I am willing to sacrifice my soul to protect the Fire Keeper!"

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"If you want to race cars, extreme racing is the way to go!"

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"Tifa is my eternal goddess!"

The game never sleeps; this is a story about someone who is single-mindedly focused on developing the game entertainment industry.

(This story is set in a parallel universe and does not represent any specific characters. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.)

Chapter 1 Do you want to change the world?

One spring morning in 1993, in an ordinary residential house in Tokyo, a light in the attic had been burning for a long time.

Inside this attic, a person was sitting in front of a desk lamp assembling some kind of electronic device.

Around him, various circuit components were scattered about, along with some empty takoyaki boxes piled up haphazardly.

In the darkness of the room, a girl was fast asleep with her hands behind her head. Judging from the dark circles under her eyes, it was clear that she had been staying up late for a long time.

Meanwhile, the person who continued to sit in front of the desk lamp, engrossed in their work, seemed tireless as they continued assembling electronic components.

The soldering iron next to him was still emitting faint steam, and every now and then this person would pick up the soldering iron and add all sorts of strange circuit components to the circuit board.

Finally, when the clock struck six, the person in front of the desk lamp let out a long sigh of relief.

"Finally finished!"

The man in front of the lamp let out a sound of barely concealed excitement.

The girl behind him was slightly awakened by the sound. She rubbed her eyes, got up, and looked at the man in the direction of the lamp.

"Is Bamboo Swimming Mulberry finally finished?"

Zhu Youxing, standing in front of the desk lamp, trembled slightly. Then, he turned around, holding the somewhat unsightly circuit board in his hand.

He proudly waved the crudely made circuit board in his hand and said, "That's right, it's finished! The world's first home video game console is born!"

Girls don't understand what home video game consoles are.

But she understood one thing.

The work is finally finished!

She felt she shouldn't have accepted the job because it was simply inhuman!

About four weeks ago, Airi Hayazawa had just graduated from university.

After graduating, she was unwilling to follow her parents' arrangements to marry a man and become a housewife.

She wanted to have her own life.

But reality is incredibly harsh.

In this era of economic recession, jobs are becoming increasingly difficult to find, especially for recent female college graduates like her, whose future is even more uncertain.

Most importantly, she made a rash decision and studied electrical and electronic engineering in college.

It's easy to imagine how difficult it would be for a girl with this kind of major to find a job in a place like Tokyo.

As far as she knew, all her female classmates in her major got married right after graduation, as if women majoring in electrical engineering were only suited to the 'job' of getting married and becoming housewives right after graduation.

No company would hire a female electrical engineer.

It was at this moment that Zhu Youxing appeared in front of him.

That's the guy who was making game consoles just now.

She still remembers that scene from that day.

The man stood smiling in front of himself, who had just failed his job interview.

His first words were: "Do you want to change the world?"

This sentence isn't important, but the sentence that follows is.

"10,000 yen per day, paid daily."

This is incredibly tempting for girls who can't find a job.

Of course, she was also wary of whether the man was doing anything illegal.

However, after she cautiously followed Zhu Youxing to his house, she discovered that he only wanted her help to create a strange device.

A device that can be connected to a television and then controlled by two oddly shaped objects.

Now, after four weeks of working day and night, she and Zhu Youxing have finally created what Zhu Youxing had envisioned.

What Zhu Youxing is holding now is the result of their hard work over the past four weeks.

Looking at the circuit board that didn't look very nice at first glance, Hayazawa Airi really wanted to complain. What kind of strange thing was this?

Fortunately, I didn't neglect my studies during my school years, so I can at least manage to make something like this.

Zhu Youxing, however, seemed very excited.

He excitedly took the completed circuit board and ran towards the television.

He didn't care at all even if he accidentally stepped on a lot of electronic components that could hurt his feet.

Arriving in front of the television, Zhu Youxing skillfully picked up a video cable and plugged it into both the television and the exposed circuit board connector.

Airi Hayazawa is no longer sleepy at all.

Even though she was sleepy, she was more interested in seeing how interesting this thing she had worked so hard on for four weeks really was.

For four weeks, besides making this thing with Takeyuusei, Hayazawa Airi often listened to Takeyuusei explain the interesting aspects of it.

"This game console can bring something new and interesting to the world, and of course, it can also bring a huge market."

"Game consoles will become an indispensable form of entertainment for humans in the future, and people of all ages and genders will love video games."

Airi Hayazawa had no idea about this, but since Yusei Take described it this way, she was somewhat looking forward to it.

"Alright, let's officially welcome the arrival of home video game consoles into this world."

At this moment, Zhu Youxing gently closed his eyes, as if performing some kind of ritual, and his expression seemed to have been sublimated.

This guy is actually not bad looking.

Hayazawa Airi was thinking this at that moment.

drop.

On that somewhat ugly circuit board, a red light indicating that the device is powered on is lit.

At the same time, the television screen was also lit up.

Out of curiosity, Hayazawa Airi moved even closer.

From Zhu Youxing's perspective, the music he was once so familiar with slowly began to play.

Lights up! Waiting for the lights to go!

Those were unforgettable memories of the beautiful moments in his life.

Super Mario Bros.

Several English words that Zhu Youxing was extremely familiar with appeared on the television screen.

"Oh, I remember this. This is what you made on the computer." Hayazawa Airi pointed at the TV screen with her eyes slightly wide open.

Immediately afterwards, she saw Zhu Youxing pick up the thing he called a game controller and start manipulating the images on the television.

On the television screen, a plumber with a large nose, a short and stout stature, and wearing overalls bounces around in the frame, controlled by Zhu Youxing.

The height of that jump was like that of a rabbit.

Airi Hayazawa blinked.

If she knew modern slang, she would definitely say this:

That's it?

A device that allows you to remotely control people on a television screen.

What's so fun about this thing?

Airi Hayazawa couldn't imagine it at all.

Video games.

This is something completely foreign to this world.

However, it was not unfamiliar to Zhu Youxing.

Because in the world before he transmigrated here, video games had long been one of the most important forms of entertainment for people.