Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

In his memory, Dragon Quest was also a super popular IP that swept across Japan.

In his previous life's world, it even became a phenomenal game.

The first Dragon Quest game truly showed players that games could be played in this way, and that they could actually play as a hero to fight against evil demons.

Then the second generation became a sensation throughout Japan.

Then came the third generation of Dragon Quest, which caused such a sensation on the day of its release that the streets were packed with people, becoming an indelible memory in Japanese history.

Now, Zhu Youxing plans to make Dragon Quest 1 first, as an appetizer.

Super Mario will be the first release, Dragon Quest will be sold as an extra, and then a few relatively simple games that can be sold at a cheaper price will be added to the mix.

It would be rather pathetic for a game console to only have one or two launch titles before its official release.

Hayazawa Airi walked downstairs with a clattering sound, then curiously approached Takeyusei from behind to look at the content on Takeyusei's computer.

Programming is hardly aesthetically pleasing until it is fully completed; laypeople may even find it confusing.

So Airi Hayazawa only glanced at it twice before giving up, and went to wash up before starting her day's work.

"Zhuyou Sang, what work do we do today? Should we continue recruiting employees?"

"Today, you'll continue to be the supervisor, and I'll take charge of employee recruitment," Zhu Youxing said, while saving the computer data and shutting it down.

The production of Dragon Quest is now halfway complete.

Thanks to having a clear direction in mind for the production, the overall production didn't take too long. He even handled the voice-over himself, since it was just electronic synthesized voices plus some simple rhythmic music.

People in this era don't have a particularly intuitive understanding of video game music, so their requirements aren't too strict, and they can manage to figure out the music from memory.

However, I'm not very good at drawing, so I'll have to find a professional to take care of it.

Akira Toriyama was the go-to illustrator for Dragon Quest in its previous life, and that hasn't changed even after more than 20 years. The art style of Dragon Quest has become its signature element.

However, with the limited funds available to Zhu Youxing, finding a well-known and trusted illustrator for his own use seems unlikely to be easy.

Wait a minute...

Zhu Youxing suddenly remembered something.

It seems that I... can actually find such a personal illustrator.

Half an hour later, the two set off again for the office building.

After a full day of recruitment yesterday, the initial staff responsible for assembling the game consoles has reached approximately twenty people.

His plan was to bring in about fifty employees first.

If the speed is fast enough, an employee can assemble more than 20 units a day, so 50 people can assemble nearly 1,000 units a day.

That's 30,000 a month.

However, Zhu Youxing could not satisfy this need at all.

He needs to find a way to further expand the production line process, either by finding a real assembly plant or by building one himself.

However, dealing with the initial stages shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Today's recruitment and renovation work went relatively smoothly. Zhuyouxing recruited more than 20 employees to be responsible for assembly throughout the day, and the renovation progress is basically completed. All that's left is to conduct another inspection tomorrow, and then everything will be basically done.

At the same time, Hirohito Chida also sent a message to tell him that the price of 650 yen could be finalized, and that Takeyusei only needed to pay a 5% deposit in advance.

According to company rules, at least 10% should be paid upfront.

However, after some persuasion from Hirohito Tomoda, the company's superiors finally agreed to a 5% deposit.

Because this is a very rare order, if we don't show enough sincerity, Zhuyouxing could easily find a new company.

Once the deposit was confirmed, the factory immediately began the production process. Everything was kept simple because Zhu Youxing had specifically requested that a batch of goods be shipped out early, and the factory also had to rush to meet the deadline.

Fortunately, the circuit board itself is not complicated, and only a simple factory briefing is required to get started.

At the same time, Takeyusei also contacted the factory for the plastic shell, and the final price was maintained at only 400 yen for a set of game console shell and accessories.

In this way, the cost of the game console motherboard was 650 yen, plus 400 yen for the casing, and then about 700 yen for labor and rental costs, etc., reducing the cost price from the originally planned 2,500 yen to 1,750 yen.

Zhu Youxing feels there's still room for cost reduction, but it's acceptable for now.

With only three or four days left until the delivery date agreed upon with Ota Masahiro, it was just right.

Once ten game consoles are sold, that's two million yen. Then, after waiting another ten days to give his first partner, Ota, ample opportunity to make money, he can begin the second batch of game console sales.

So far, everything is still within Zhu Youxing's plan.

Chapter 26 Without a game console, I, Ota Masashi, am going to die.

Speaking of Ota Masashi, he has been very anxious these past few days.

In the office, he would pick up the phone and dial a number every now and then, but he would hang up quickly because he couldn't get through.

More and more children were arriving at the entrance...

There was only one Famicom game console with a single Super Mario game. Just now, the moment the door opened, more than thirty children rushed in, holding coins and lining up to play.

Even those who don't play the game will watch with great interest as other children play video games.

It seems that watching others play is also a kind of fun.

This was only nine o'clock in the morning.

He still remembers the peak time yesterday afternoon, around three or four o'clock, when a group of children, numbering nearly a hundred, gathered.

They were all gathered around the arcade machine, holding their queue numbers, and there were more than a dozen adults among them.

It seems that the thing is quite attractive to adults as well.

People passing by would look on curiously, wondering what was happening here that would attract so many children.

This was something he could never have imagined before.

The more he saw such scenes, the more anxious and worried he became.

Why is there only one game console?

If he had ten game consoles now, wouldn't that mean his game console revenue would increase tenfold?

The revenue of a game console is usually capped at that, and as children become more skilled at playing, it's now quite normal for an average child to play for seven or eight minutes.

The longer the children played, the more heartbroken he became.

This would further impact the earning efficiency of a game console.

This made him even more eager to own more game consoles.

This is not the end.

When it gets to eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the children reluctantly leave and have to go home. After that, the game console becomes the domain of adults during the night and late at night.

Those corporate slaves and a group of Heisei-era otaku could actually spend the whole night in front of this game console.

With just five or six people, they can play from 9 p.m. until 8 a.m. when they start work. Sometimes their income is even higher than their daytime income because the adults at night are not as skilled at playing games as the kids and die very quickly.

This game console now earns him an average of nearly 30,000 yen a day.

In other words, he can break even in just one week.

This is outrageous profit.

He had never made such a high daily profit from a single pachinko machine.

Of course, he knew that this was only an initial benefit, but it was enough.

Even if this popularity only lasts for a month, he will still make a fortune.

Only now did he finally realize the value of this thing.

Therefore, he is now even more eager to secure the remaining nine orders immediately.

No.

It's not Jiutai.

At least... at least twenty!

Even if it costs 200,000, he would still buy it!

Finally, he seemed to have made a decision.

Make a phone call...

"This is Zhuyou's home. If you need anything, please leave a message after the beep, and I will call you as soon as possible."

Ohta Masaru: "..."

Zhuyoujun, couldn't you just buy a phone?

Oh, right! That Hirohito Tomoda!

Suddenly, Ota remembered the salesman who had contacted him a few days ago.

All he knew was that the salesman seemed eager to discuss some business with Zhu Youxing, and then he came to him.

At that time, I was a little impatient and didn't really want to talk to this person.

But at this moment, it seems that the only way to quickly find Zhu Youxing is through this salesman.

He immediately rushed to his desk, opened the drawers, and began rummaging through them.

"Hey! Have you guys seen a business card? It says something like 'Electronics Corporation'!"

After searching for a long time without finding it, Da Tian started shouting loudly.

The cleaning staff were startled and for a moment forgot about the business card.

"I'm asking you a question. Have you seen a business card?"

"Manager... we have a lot of business cards, don't we? Every day, many people give us all kinds of business cards to promote their products."

Ota rushed up to the shop assistant, glaring at him: "Where did they all go?"

The shop assistants were genuinely frightened by the manager's appearance.

Originally, Ota Masashi was a bald man with a somewhat roguish air. After all, his business was related to the Yakuza, so it was inevitable that he would pick up some Yakuza traits.

The shop assistant was so startled that she stammered.