Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"It's in... in the trash can behind the shop. I just collected it last night..."

Before the shop assistant could finish speaking, Ota Masashi had already run to the alley behind the shop.

Just then, a garbage truck was preparing to dump its trash.

"stop!"

Ota Masashi's roar was incredibly powerful, which shows that he must have been a formidable man in his youth.

The workers who were about to dump the garbage were also startled, and then, as if they had seen a ghost, they saw Da Tian rush to the garbage can and start frantically searching through it.

After rummaging around for about three or four minutes, he finally found the bag of trash belonging to his office, and then found Hirohito Tomoda's business card inside.

Hirohito Tomoda, Sales Representative, Sales Department, Shenzhen Da Electronics Co., Ltd.

This is it!

The garbage truck worker stared at Ota Tadashi.

Are you crazy?

That shout just now almost scared him to death, and all for a business card?

This stuff is disposed of in huge quantities at their landfill; there are so many that it's impossible to count them all.

Ignoring the worker's strange look, Ota quickly took out his flip phone and dialed the number.

Ultimately, Ota Masahiro managed to find the company address that Takeyusei had just used through Tomoda Hirohito's connection.

"Watch the shop for me, I'm going out for a bit."

After finishing his sentence, Ota drove directly to the address given by Tomoda Hirohito.

……

Today is the day for the renovation inspection.

Because Zhuyouxing was generous with its pay, it was a rare good business opportunity during the bubble burst, and the renovation company worked very hard.

The renovation of the three floors was completed in just three days.

Of course, the main focus is on the decoration of the first floor, while the second and third floors can be decorated simply. Zhuyouxing only needs the second and third floors to have basic working conditions.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to finish the production of his first ten game consoles.

Zhu Youxing had just contacted Zhida Guangren again, and they confirmed that a batch of 500 circuit boards would be sent this afternoon.

The outer packaging is also in place, and the employees will be able to start work this afternoon.

However, what Takeyusei didn't expect was that Ota Masashi would arrive at this time.

"Ota-kun, what's wrong with you...?"

"Zhuyou-kun, you really should buy a cell phone, otherwise you'll lose a lot of business!"

As soon as Ota got off the bus, he offered a series of earnest suggestions.

Ota had originally planned to discuss the game console as soon as they got off the bus.

But when he saw what the company looked like, he already knew what was going on, and his heart sank.

The company just finished renovations, so when will the game consoles be delivered? Will there be any delays?

"Oh right, I've actually already bought the phone, but I didn't tell you."

Zhu Youxing took out his phone.

Chapter 27 You Have to Accept Being Openly Scammed

"What? The game console can be made this afternoon?"

"At least twenty units should be produced by this afternoon?"

"I want them all! If you can give them all to me today, I can buy your game consoles right now with full payment."

After hearing Takeyusei give him a brief introduction to the company's current situation, Ota Masashi decided without hesitation to immediately buy the twenty-odd game consoles.

He had already taken out 500,000 yuan in cash from his wallet and was planning to go to a nearby bank to withdraw the money immediately.

And he had absolutely no intention of haggling over the price.

Takeyusei didn't expect Ota Masashi to be so generous.

However, he quickly understood what the other party was thinking.

Game consoles are now very popular, and children and many adults have begun to show interest in this new form of entertainment.

So, after a month, I should be able to make a decent profit by the time the product is officially released.

Even now, Zhu Youxing intends to use the entertainment hall as a promotional channel.

Moreover, this channel is free; they even pay them to participate. Such promotional opportunities are extremely rare.

At the same time, Takeyusei also felt that Ota Masashi was a rather shrewd guy. He was able to immediately realize the value of this thing and was very proactive, eager to come to him in order to make more money as soon as possible.

Working with people like this is the most pleasant and straightforward experience.

However, Takeyusei still wanted to give Ota a heads-up: "Ota-kun, my advice is not to buy any more, because we will soon be mass-producing it. If you can wait a week, you can buy the game console for 100,000 yen, and in two weeks, you can buy it for 50,000 yen. In another month, the price will be even cheaper."

Anyway, the cost price of this thing is only a little over two thousand yen. Even if you sell it for five thousand yen a unit, the profit will double.

"No, I want it now, but not too many, twenty-five units, twenty-five units at most will be enough." Da Tian shook his head.

He knew better than anyone how terrifying the benefits this thing could bring right now were.

Takeyusei's suggestion might be good; after a week, he could save 100,000 yen per game console, which would be equivalent to saving one million yen.

But sometimes making money is a race against time.

He could easily calculate that saving a million now might result in earning two million less in a week.

This thing is so popular right now, but things might change in a week, and the kids will gradually get tired of it.

So even though a game console costs 200,000 now, he decided to buy it.

"Okay, I think you can pick up the goods before you leave work this afternoon."

If it weren't for saving face, Ota Masashi would be planning to go up and help assemble the machines himself, without having to pay him a commission.

However, Zhu Youxing would never ask him to help.

Suddenly, Zhu Youxing remembered a scene from his past life where a boss went into a factory to tighten screws, which was somewhat similar to the current situation.

In the afternoon, Honda Rimi and the others came to work as agreed. Whenever someone passed by Ota Masashi, Ota Masashi would enthusiastically offer each of them a cigarette, a bottle of water, or a dessert, and would repeatedly say, "Thank you for your hard work, and I'm counting on you for everything."

This confused Honda Rimi and the others, who thought the bald man was a shareholder of the company.

After receiving some training from Zhu Youxing, they were able to divide the work and carry out the assembly tasks.

Even though there was nothing else going on, Hayazawa Airi ran up to help assemble the game console.

When she learned that she could earn an extra 500 yen commission for assembling one of these things, she couldn't resist.

No matter what you say, she insists on going up to help.

Helpless, Takeyusei decided to let her go for the time being. At least in the short term, Hayazawa Airi's role was not significant. She only needed to be responsible for optimizing the game console hardware later.

Then Zhu Youxing stayed downstairs, hunched over his desk, continuing to type code on his computer to create Dragon Quest.

He's already halfway through Dragon Quest, and should be able to finish it all in a few more days.

All that's left is to find an artist to add some original artwork for the game, and then everything will be done.

In fact, the first Dragon Quest game was not particularly attractive to players at first, and its success was somewhat coincidental.

However, the subsequent second and third generations almost completely laid the foundation for the development direction of role-playing games, essentially setting a template.

Many subsequent games were almost all based on and optimized versions of Dragon Quest.

For example, side quest systems, equipment, levels, cave exploration, random encounters with enemies, and so on.

Of course, the story itself is also quite appealing.

Bamboo Star plans to use the core of the first generation's storyline, plus the optimized game template from the second and third generations, to create a Dragon Quest game with maximum gameplay from the start, taking the essence and discarding the dross, while also slightly improving the graphics to make the characters look more vivid.

This will consume more hair and require writing more code, but it's still better than the AAA games of later generations that often require hundreds of people to create.

Ota Masaya, who was idly waiting for the game console to be assembled, came to Takeyusei's side and looked curiously at the dense code on the computer screen.

He felt dizzy looking at the code, and only the occasional game screen would bring him back to his senses.

"Mr. Takeyu, may I ask what this is?"

Ota discovered that the game scenes seemed unrelated to Super Mario, and the businessman's keen sense of smell once again made him realize something.

"Oh, this is a new game. A game console can't just run one game. I plan to have more games, more choices, just like TV programs. There will always be people who like this and people who like that."

Upon hearing this, Ota's eyes immediately lit up.

The explanation of Zhu Youxing is already quite straightforward.

Indeed, he also noticed that a small number of children who passed by his arcade would come in out of curiosity, watch others play Super Mario for a short while, and then leave on their own.

He could tell that some kids were indeed not interested in Super Mario.

But there were probably only three or four.

This also demonstrates just how high the quality of the Super Mario game is.

It's almost like a hit TV series; over 90% of kids love this game.

Now, Zhuyouxing says it will have even more games, which means it will have an even larger audience.

Moreover, children who might have gotten a little tired of playing Super Mario might become interested in new games again, just like they might become interested in new TV shows.

In this way, the revenue from his game console will be even higher!

"Takeyu-kun, is this game included in the game console we'll be making later?"

Zhu Youxing turned around and showed a kind expression: "Sorry, no, you have to buy this separately."

Ohta Masaru: "..."

That smile doesn't look friendly no matter how you look at it.

On the contrary, it is full of treachery.