Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

This text is the prelude to the future high-definition remaster.

However, to prevent hackers skilled at mining game code from discovering this secret, Takeyusei specifically asked Tsukino Aya to help encrypt the code.

Unless it's a top-tier hacker with nothing better to do than crack the game code 24/7, this encrypted information would never be discovered.

This is essentially a hidden surprise for players, but they won't see it for another fifteen years.

As for now, Zhuyouxing has completely ignored the players' protests.

It doesn't matter if he's now called the "God of Game Demons" online.

Anyway, they'll still cry and keep buying his games, and Zhuyouxing is quite confident about that.

However, it must be said that this game is indeed quite brutal, more so than any previous game, so it's no wonder that these players reacted so strongly.

Moreover, after the product was released for some time, some legends began to circulate spontaneously among these players.

For example, saying that special gameplay poses can unlock hidden perfect storylines, etc.

This is exactly the same as in the previous life, which also shows that no matter what kind of world it is, players will always try their best to pursue the most perfect ending.

Unfortunately, such things are ultimately just urban legends. At least this game, Bamboo Star, only provides one ending, and there will be no changes.

After seeing the land that would belong to him in the future, Zhu Youxing plans to officially start construction in the summer. If things go smoothly, he might be able to move into the new building in three years. He will definitely want to have a huge, single-story office with a view of the riverbank. That would feel amazing.

As for now, Zhu Youxing has already had his assistant book a flight to South Korea. He plans to go there in person to talk to the people there about e-sports.

Chapter 349 Esports is the most suitable for Koreans

South Korea is a country with little cultural heritage, which makes them somewhat inferior, while at the same time having an extremely strong sense of honor and shame.

If a sport can achieve world-renowned status, then the entire nation will devote all its energy to it.

This group of people is very good at budgeting and can control time down to the second.

It is precisely for this reason that they are more adept at games like League of Legends and StarCraft, which are more strategy-oriented.

They dominated the world for many years, primarily through StarCraft, a position that no one could surpass.

It wasn't until StarCraft gradually declined and South Korea stopped focusing on esports that it was slowly overtaken by others.

The flight from Japan to South Korea took only three or four hours.

After getting off the plane, several men in suits stood at the exit holding signs with Zhu Youxing's name on them.

“Mr. Zhu You, welcome. I am Lee Myung-bak from the Jinchi Foundation. Please come with me to the headquarters.”

They already knew what Zhu Youxing looked like before they arrived, so they immediately went to greet him when he appeared.

Takeyusei is only here to discuss the details; the actual operations will have to be carried out back in Japan.

Once in the car, we went directly to the headquarters of the Jinchi Consortium.

Zhu Youxing received the highest level of treatment here, which clearly shows that they attach great importance to this cooperation.

On the one hand, the South Korean government wants to strongly support e-sports projects, and on the other hand, these conglomerates also need a new source of capital.

Normally, there are many conflicts between conglomerates and the government, but this time there was a rare tacit understanding, and they did not argue about it.

Upon arriving at the headquarters of the Jinchi Group, several senior executives from the Jinchi Group appeared together.

Most of these high-ranking officials are heads of cultural and entertainment industry departments, and they are also the main contacts for this Zhuyouxing project.

Their average age was over forty, and with so many people surrounding Zhu Youxing, a young man in his twenties, he was quite conspicuous.

Walking inside the headquarters of the Jinchi Group, one will inevitably be noticed by many of their employees.

They all stared in astonishment at their superior and Zhu Youxing, who was surrounded at the front.

"Hey, what's going on here? Who's that in front? Is he the child of some hidden bigwig in the conglomerate?"

"I guess it might be the president's child. I heard the president's children are quite handsome."

"But even if someone is the child of a president or a tycoon, they wouldn't be surrounded by so many high-ranking officials from various departments, would they?"

"He's so young! I wonder if he has a girlfriend."

"You wicked woman, trying to seduce someone again? You already have a boyfriend, don't you?"

"Oh, I was just saying that casually. Besides, he's just my boyfriend. If I meet someone better, isn't it normal to dump him without hesitation?"

A group of people were having a heated discussion about the identity of Zhu Youxing, who was at the forefront.

But they could never have imagined Zhu Youxing's true identity.

Because Yusung Electronic Entertainment doesn't have much business in South Korea, not many people know about Yusung, and since Yusung doesn't usually make public appearances, even fewer people recognize them.

It's impossible to be surrounded by so many high-ranking officials simply because of certain titles.

You must have enough strength and real status, otherwise in a society like South Korea where seniority is based on age, no one will pay attention to you, even if you are the child of a big shot. At most, they will flatter you on the surface.

As employees at these higher levels, they can easily tell whether these people are genuinely flattering someone.

If Zhu Youxing were someone with sufficient status and power, and could also bring them benefits, then the situation would be completely different.

“Mr. Zhuyou, this is our planned e-sports project. We believe that in addition to the e-sports games that your company has announced so far, the others also have great e-sports potential.”

Upon arriving at the conference room, several senior executives handed over their long-prepared proposals to Zhu Youxing.

Zhu Youxing took it and carefully looked through it.

In their plan, they detailed the specific arrangements for the future of esports.

Because Japan already has a relatively mature e-sports industry, with games like Street Fighter and Mario Kart, South Korea only needs to copy them.

Of course, besides simply copying others, they also wanted to make some breakthroughs of their own.

Therefore, they added several e-sports games to their plan.

Of course, there are still games that they focus on, and these will be their future areas of focus.

"Based on your previous reply, Mr. Zhuyou, we will temporarily focus our esports efforts on the new project you mentioned, as well as Street Fighter."

Zhu Youxing nodded, indicating that there were no problems with the plan.

Street Fighter is a popular game right now, but to be honest, it's not really suitable for Koreans.

Because this game heavily relies on reaction speed, with younger players having a greater advantage, it completely contradicts South Korea's social norms that prioritize seniority based on age. This project is unlikely to be successfully promoted in South Korea.

"I don't think we need to focus on Street Fighter. You just need to build a project team and then use these projects to familiarize yourselves with the management and processes of esports."

Zhu Youxing put down the plan and looked at everyone.

"Mr. Zhuyou, do you mean we should focus our efforts on the game you mentioned before? But we haven't seen any promotional materials for that game yet. Isn't that a bit risky?"

"No, my game is tailor-made for you. It's the most suitable esports project for you. I can guarantee that 100%."

With his past life experience, Zhu Youxing didn't need to doubt anything too much; it was a product that had been proven by the market.

"Then... Mr. Zhuyou, do you have any more details about this game? If we are to shift our focus, we should at least understand what this game is like."

"This is a completely new type of game, and it's a product that's going to be released on PC. It has complex controls and requires precise time management. Sometimes experience and age are more important than reaction speed."

Their eyes gradually lit up.

This sounds...like it really suits them.

But they still wanted to see the actual product.

"Mr. Zhuyou, has the game already started production? Our agreement with the government is to quickly establish an e-sports team and achieve certain results. If we fail to fulfill this agreement, we will be in a very passive position."

Zhu Youxing smiled: "Of course, it has already started production."

Before arriving, Zhu Youxing had already had one of his development teams build the framework for the real-time strategy game StarCraft. It is currently in the numerical adjustment phase, and if things go smoothly, StarCraft 1 should be developed in another six months.

Chapter 350 Fulfilling the Unfinished Dream

If I develop StarCraft myself now, I can also fulfill my agreement with Morgan Stanley at the same time.

Contributing a game product to the Morgan Group's system that boasts tens of millions of genuine sales and at least thirty million potential users would likely satisfy them.

Koreans have their own ideas about game development; they don't want to simply copy Yusung Electronic Entertainment.

Therefore, Zhu Youxing doesn't need to worry about this aspect.

Zhu Youxing briefly explained the training process and rules for esports to them.

Let the Koreans familiarize themselves with other games before StarCraft comes out, and then establish a mature esports system.

Ideally, we could directly build a world-class esports event similar to the WCG in its previous form.

Like Surui Electronics, this Jinchi Consortium is also a large company with multiple popular semiconductor and electronics industries.

Moreover, because they have the backing of the United States, they have more areas of expertise, which is significantly different from Suri Electronics.

They are hoping to make money through this esports project.

Even if a project doesn't make money, it certainly won't last long, even with government support.

And StarCraft is the best choice.

First, StarCraft is logged into a personal computer.

Then you definitely need to have your own computer, right?

High performance isn't necessary, since the hardware comes from other countries anyway; Jinchi Group only has a flash memory and memory business.

But the computer monitor must be really good, otherwise how can the game's graphics be shown?

Fortunately, the Jinchi Consortium has its own display technology, and it is among the world's best.

It is said that Samsung Electronics in its previous life initially started the WCG e-sports event in order to sell its own monitors.

Samsung eventually abandoned hosting the WCG because the event was becoming less effective than other promotional methods.

Ultimately, everything is in service of profit.

So Zhuyouxing specifically seized on this pain point and planned a wonderful future blueprint with them.

Through StarCraft, they can further increase sales of display devices and flash memory devices.

In the future, many electronic products seem to increase their value as long as they are associated with e-sports, and players are willing to pay for them. In reality, these products are not significantly different from ordinary peripherals or hardware products in terms of performance, at least ordinary players can hardly feel the difference.

In his previous life, Zhu Youxing was deeply harmed by this consumer trap, buying a lot of e-sports products, but he was still a noob.