Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

That's very straightforward.

He knew that if he dared to go back on his word here, he would definitely do the things that Matsuhashi Minoru had just said.

His expression immediately became complicated.

Jeff, standing to the side, looked completely bewildered.

He couldn't compare to his good friend in terms of technology and creativity; he was just better at finance. Seeing his friend get the short end of the stick, he wanted to defend him, but Matsuhashi was a seasoned veteran who had been in the business world for many years.

Moreover, even in Japan's distorted social environment, where it's difficult for women to get ahead, Matsuhashi Minoru managed to carve out her own path through her abilities, making it easy for her to deal with the naive and innocent girls from two American universities.

Perhaps these two will become influential figures in society in the future, but right now, they are just two greenhorn students, still very inexperienced.

"So please don't let us down. We've come up with these ideas, and we only have one condition: you have to help promote our products."

Bob seemed somewhat disappointed at this point.

He has always touted himself as a genius programmer and believes he has a great grasp of human nature; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to create such a social network on his own.

But when he was with Matsuhashi Minoru, he realized that he didn't seem to have any strengths.

This is mainly because Matsuhashi Minoru has a time traveler named Takeyusei behind him.

Using all the intellect and creativity of later generations, one could easily knock out two inexperienced college students by smashing them.

"Ms. Matsuhashi Minoru, may I speak with my friend?"

"Sure, I'll go order a juice. What would you like?"

"Beer is fine, thank you."

Jeff also raised his hand and said, "Me too, thank you, big sister."

Matsuhashi Minoru staggered slightly; no one had ever called her "elder sister" before, and it sounded a little awkward.

Matsuhashi walked to the bar. Bob and Jeff glanced at Matsuhashi's back and then started discussing quietly.

"Jeff, what do you think?"

Jeff nodded: "Honestly, this is a really good investor. All they ask for is the initial shares, and you can hold the voting rights on their behalf. It's great that you're not controlled. And all they want is to help promote their products. I think it's a good deal."

“But… I still don’t want to take on advertisements at this time.” Bob was still a little hesitant.

“Bob, sometimes you have to compromise. Next time you look for investors, it’s hard to say whether they’ll be so easy to talk to. Sometimes, you can’t avoid some necessary sacrifices. Besides, those ideas she just told you about, you seem to think they’re pretty good?”

Bob said, "They're really good, each one is very useful, and they could even influence the popularity of the entire website."

"So you see that the other party is indeed very sincere, so you should also make some concessions. This is society, not an ivory tower. When we are preparing to start a company, we can no longer be just simple college students."

Jeff has a clearer understanding of human relationships than Bob.

After his friend kept persuading him, Bob seemed to waver a little.

"Okay, we can agree to that, but I think we can also propose some other conditions."

Jeff said somewhat helplessly, "Don't go too far. If you drive away such a high-quality investor, you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life."

"I understand."

After ordering his drinks, Matsuhashi saw that Bob and the others seemed to have finished their conversation, so he picked up his drinks and went back over.

"How did it go? How did the negotiations go? Did you accept my investment terms?"

“We have some ideas about this,” Bob said in a low voice.

Tell me about it.

"We'd like to see the content of your advertisement first, because I think even if it's an advertisement, it should be produced to a certain standard, not too poorly."

"Oh, you don't need to worry about that at all. We're doing this with the utmost sincerity. The cost of producing the advertisement is negligible. So, it seems we've reached an agreement?"

Bob was about to say something, but Jeff interrupted, "That's right, we've reached an agreement. So when can we sign the specific investment business contract? And when will the money be ready?"

"Anytime is fine. Since we've already reached an agreement, we won't be stingy. If you can't wait, you can sign the contract here. I'll call our lawyer over right now."

"No need for that. We definitely need to do this in a more formal setting."

"Okay, whatever you say. But we need our advertising in a bit of a rush. I need you to put the ads on your social networks soon. Of course, you can rest assured that our ads will do their best to keep your website's image in check."

In later generations, there were many advertisements that were completely integrated into the software or website itself.

Sometimes, without realizing it, one might click on it, which causes great distress to people in later generations.

However, those ads were quite effective at first, working silently and even attracting some unsuspecting people who were willing to click on them.

It only takes about six months for people to gradually become annoyed and eventually completely hate such advertising content.

However, this kind of advertising should still be very effective now.

Chapter 210 'Psoriasis' Advertisement

The next day, Bob didn't hesitate to change the name of his website to what is now commonly known as Facebook.

Bob does indeed prefer this name; he even feels it's the name that suits him best from the start.

Then on the third day, after a full day of checking the advertising content provided by Youxing Electronic Entertainment, he determined that these ads were indeed interesting enough, at least not as good as those junk pop-up ads.

Adding such ads to one's own social network is not a big problem.

It was at this point that Bob learned that GameStar Entertainment was actually a pure video game company.

Moreover, it was a company that had only made a small splash at the Consumer Electronics Show.

As an IT professional, he naturally keeps an eye on exhibitions like the Consumer Electronics Show.

Back then, when he saw the Super Famicom and Game Boy on TV, he even considered buying them to play with, as they did look quite interesting.

I never expected that I would be noticed and invested in by this company so quickly, and then I would have to place advertisements for them.

This gave him a somewhat unreal feeling.

With several large companies on high alert, Zhuyouxing did not focus too much on its traditional mainstream advertising channels, but instead planned to start with the internet.

Moreover, it started with a social network that seemed to be relatively unknown.

Even if those big companies discover it, they probably won't take it too seriously at first.

However, these advertisements are viewed completely differently by college students.

On this day, a student from New York University, as usual, turned on his computer every morning and logged into his social network.

He was initially taken aback that the name of the social network had changed.

However, the changed name sounded quite catchy. He nodded as he brushed his teeth, thinking the name was not bad, and then he clicked to enter a social square.

This social plaza function was one of the ideas that Bamboo Star gave to Bob.

There are many creative ideas, but it's not appropriate to include them all on a webpage at once.

Firstly, the network load will be under great pressure, and some good features must be rolled out gradually to maximize benefits.

As for when each idea should be launched, that's Bob's decision.

The first thing he launched was the emotion tagging feature for the social square and personal pages.

These two features are what he considers to be his top priorities.

In the social square, some college students can more easily find alumni, and if they think the other person's basic information is good, they can muster up the courage to try chatting. It is a great platform.

Now, this NYU student is completely absorbed in it, and every day he can't wait to find more friends on Social Square.

Just then, an anonymous message came in.

Hey friend, are you from New York University?

"That's right, who are you?"

"I'm from Stanford University. It's nice to meet you. What do you usually like to do?"

The NYU student was taken aback. It felt pretty good to be approached by someone. No one had ever approached him before. Regardless of gender, he felt he should politely strike up a conversation with the person who approached him.

"It's nice to meet you too. I usually enjoy playing basketball and watching movies. By the way, why did you choose to remain anonymous?"

"Oh, I just wanted to chat with someone casually, I don't want to get to know them well, but since you seem to really like basketball, I think there's something you might be interested in."

"what?"

Without saying a word, the other party sent a video link.

"Go check this out. If you're interested, you can contact me to chat later."

The NYU students were a bit confused; this guy who suddenly appeared was a little strange.

However, he was still quite pleased that the other person had taken the initiative to strike up a conversation. After all, it was just a video website to watch. Could it be that the other person had given him some small, unknown video website?

The NYU student immediately became a bit sneaky. After glancing at his roommate who seemed to be doing nothing, he quietly picked up his headphones, put them on, and then clicked on the video link.

The video link led to a website with a very nice interface, a website he had never heard of before.

Gamestar?

In the center of this link is a video that is ready to play.

Looking at the webpage interface, he felt that this seemed to be a legitimate website, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. Then, he clicked the play button.

After the video started playing, a rhythmic melody began to play, and then, within the melody, he could vaguely hear the thumping sound of a basketball hitting the ground.

Is it some kind of basketball promotional video?

He suddenly became interested; he was a basketball fan, so he naturally wouldn't refuse anything related to basketball.

As the melody intensifies, an animation slowly emerges.

A typical tall American youth, dressed in casual, loose-fitting short-sleeved shirt and shorts, struck a defensive pose.

In front of him was a tall, dark-skinned man holding a basketball, swaying from side to side as he faced the white defender.

The two were locked in a stalemate for a moment, but then the black basketball player suddenly turned around and threw the basketball in one direction.

The camera immediately followed the basketball as it arced gracefully before landing in the hands of another basketball player.

Then the basketball player suddenly charged straight at the basket, and with a powerful leap, slammed the basketball into the rim with tremendous force.

WIN!

A large "Victory" sign lit up.