Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

The reporter approached the people in line and immediately spotted a player dressed as Samus.

"Hello, sir, I'd like to..."

"Metroid! Sams is my wife!!"

The reporter originally wanted to ask about the general situation first.

But when the microphone was handed to him, the player dressed as Samus shouted excitedly.

This startled the reporter, but she quickly recovered and asked, "Sir, you just shouted that Sams is your wife? Did your wife send you to buy something?"

"Don't listen to this guy's nonsense! How could Sams be his wife?! That kind of outstanding woman should be my wife!"

"Don't talk nonsense, you bastard!"

"Hey, hey, hey, it should be my wife."

"What's going on? Why is Sams your wife? Have you ever respected Sams herself? She should be allowed to decide for herself whose wife she is!"

"Since you all consider Sams your wife, then Chun-Li is mine."

"You bastard, how dare you take advantage of this chaos! I'll beat you up!"

The reporter standing nearby was a little confused.

She couldn't understand any of the slang used in video games.

She was completely confused by what she overheard as the group of people had a heated discussion about who Sams was actually married to.

Why are these people so obsessed with Samus?

At this moment, the photographer leaned close to the reporter's ear and said, "Sams is the female lead in the product they are about to buy. They all like Sams very much, so they want to treat Sams as their wife. Actually, I like Sams quite a bit too."

It was obvious that the photographer was a very knowledgeable person. After this explanation, the reporter finally understood and then turned to explain the current situation to the audience.

At the same time, she also felt that the entertainment industry was really chaotic. Why were they taking a virtual character from a video game so seriously? It was completely unreasonable.

However, this also proves how popular this product is.

However, no matter how heated the discussion became, and they almost came to blows, they eventually calmed down.

Several tall, burly bodyguards had already approached menacingly.

They immediately shrank back and obediently lined up.

At this point, the reporter was finally able to properly inquire about what exactly happened.

The player who was dressed as Samus also began to explain honestly.

They were players who wanted to buy a game called "Metrolder." They had all played "Metrolder" games before and loved the series. Today was the release date, so they all came to queue up to buy the game.

Chapter 246 The Department Store Chairman's Questioning

"Dear viewers, as you have seen, video games are a newly emerging industry, and they have obviously developed to a very large scale. Many players are happy and sad because of a character in a game. I have to say, it is really interesting and worthy of attention. It seems that I also need to play some video games properly. Well, our interview has come to an end. Thank you for watching."

Click.

In the chairman's office on the top floor of Woodson Department Store headquarters, David stood in the center, sweating profusely, while a portly man leaned back in his executive chair, smoking a cigar and holding a television remote.

Amidst the swirling smoke, he glanced sideways at David, who was still sweating profusely, and asked the question he most wanted to ask.

"Do we have this product that's becoming popular in these small and medium-sized department stores?"

“Yes…yes.” David’s breathing was a little rapid.

"If that's the case, why do only these small and medium-sized department stores seem to be doing well right now, while our department stores have been very quiet these past two days? I want to know what's going on."

"We have similar products, and our sales performance is actually quite good. Our PN1 and PN2 game consoles, as well as Lierda's 2600, have sold hundreds of thousands of units and made a lot of money."

"However, the products sold in these small department stores are not as popular."

“No, that’s not it,” David quickly explained.

"That's because the game consoles they sell over there have just released a new game, and that's why they're buying them so enthusiastically."

"Games? What are those?" The director frowned; he was clearly not very familiar with these things.

As a director of a department store, he usually spends more time on larger business deals and only inquires about the results, not the process.

He was leisurely playing golf at the golf course yesterday, chatting with some government officials and senior executives.

This is the kind of social activity they are best at.

However, yesterday, several uninvited guests who rarely appear in public suddenly showed up.

They are the owners of several medium-sized department stores.

These bosses aren't necessarily unqualified to come here, but even if they do, they'll appear inferior to these big shots.

The owners of those medium-sized department stores are also very tactful and will greet them with humility.

But yesterday, instead of lowering their stance to greet us, these bosses acted as if we were on equal footing.

This puzzled the chairman.

When did these people from mid-sized department stores start getting cocky again?

Are they planning to join forces to compete with large department stores?

That's something worth paying attention to.

So he ordered his men to investigate the recent activities of these department stores.

That evening, he learned something.

These small and medium-sized department stores have been making good profits recently.

It's normal if one or two companies are doing well, but it's unusual for most to be rapidly increasing their profitability.

On the other hand, their department stores, after a cursory glance at their reports, found that they had made almost no progress.

So he immediately conducted a detailed investigation to find out the cause.

As the chairman, and someone who only focuses on results, it's quite rare that he now wants to thoroughly investigate the specific reasons.

He eventually learned that these small and medium-sized department stores were all selling the same product, which had made them a lot of money.

With money, they seemed much more confident.

After he understood all of this, he had only one question.

Does our company have the same product?

But you should ask David, the company's business manager, about that.

Then the scene described above happened.

David was sweating profusely, never expecting that the chairmen would eventually discover the activities of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

Damn it, why is this company making such a big fuss every time?

They also sell similar game products, but they just can't compare to others, which is very frustrating.

All the video games that Youxing Electronic Entertainment put on display sold out instantly, while the game consoles they bought from Surui Electronics and Lierda were only mediocre at best.

Several large companies couldn't even suppress a small, emerging Japanese company, making him wonder if Surui Electronics and Lierda were a bit too useless.

"Chairman, video games are a type of entertainment product. A game console is like a machine that plays videotapes, and video games are like videotapes of movies and TV series. Only the good ones are more popular."

"Then why don't we have the video games that are selling like hotcakes? Why is nobody buying the video games we sell?"

"Well... it's not that no one is buying, it's just that there aren't as many buyers as over there..."

“David, don’t try to argue with me. You know me. I would never allow my men to fool me again and again. Don’t think I can’t see that you’re fooling me right now.”

The portly chairman wore a gloomy expression.

Being fooled by his subordinates is like his underlings treating him like a monkey. He's a big shot who's worked his way up over many years, how could he allow such a thing to happen?

David quickly said, "No, no, I don't think so, it's just..."

"All I want to ask now is, why aren't we selling the popular products that department stores are selling?"

"It's because we didn't get authorization from those companies," David explained.

"Hmm? It's a bit odd that a company selling products isn't going to approach smaller department stores instead of larger, more influential ones like us."

The chairman didn't quite understand.

Seeing that things had come to this, David had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "They did contact us before, but we were influenced by those big companies. They threatened that if we dared to sell this company's products, they would abandon their cooperation contract with us."

The chairman frowned and asked, "Who made the threat?"

"There's Morgan Group, Surui Electronics, and several other relatively large electronics companies."

Upon hearing this, the chairman calmed down a bit.

That's a very reasonable reason.

It's clear that several large companies want to suppress a smaller company, so it's normal for them to abandon cooperation with a smaller company in order to ensure continued cooperation with the larger companies.

Seeing the chairman's expression soften, David breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly said again, "Then, I had no choice but to comply with their request and not cooperate with this small company. I had no other option."

"I see." The chairman nodded slightly; it was no wonder David couldn't be blamed.

However, he still said, "Contact that small company again, explain the situation properly, and then sign a cooperation agreement with them."

"Chairman, what about the threat from those large companies..."

"Hehe, when there's no benefit to be gained, we can listen to them, as a way of giving them face. But now, why listen to them? Do they really dare to give up their cooperation with us? At most, they'll just complain a bit. Our department store is the one that truly holds the power."

"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll contact the company right away."

"Okay, you can go now." The chairman waved his hand, ready to send David away. It was just a small matter, nothing to worry about, and it would be fine once it was explained.

However, at that moment, one of the chairman's confidants quickly entered the office, glanced at David, and then whispered a few words in the chairman's ear.

David was about to leave when he suddenly heard a dark voice behind him: "David, wait for me."

Chapter 247 Please Be a Human Being

"Chairman, these are the emails we've received recently, along with some mail receipt records from Youxing Electronic Entertainment."

The director stared at the computer screen in front of him, which displayed a long list of emails.