Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

This is a classic example of someone who's a complete novice, but whose equipment must be maxed out.

After Zhu Youxing outlined his grand business plan for them, the eyes of these Koreans lit up instantly.

Initially, their discussions with Zhuyouxing were solely based on the potential for profit with the government, without considering the possibility of facilitating the sale of their own products.

But now that they suddenly realize they can actually sell products here, their attitude immediately becomes much more respectful.

Several people walked out of the meeting room almost at the same time, and then took out their phones to report to their superiors.

Zhu Youxing stayed alone in the conference room and picked up the plan they had shown him earlier.

With the help of the entire country of South Korea, the e-sports project should be able to be fully established.

In the future, as long as we firmly grasp this channel, we can save a lot of money on promoting any game, which is quite cost-effective.

Like League of Legends in later generations, with its mature esports league system, they can continuously expand the League of Legends universe, so that the game is not limited to just a MOBA game, but can expand to a wider level in the future, which can be said to be multifaceted.

Zhu Youxing had also figured it out: once the Koreans really took the initiative to promote StarCraft, he might be able to fulfill the wish that Blizzard had failed to achieve in his previous life.

That is to expand the StarCraft universe, so that StarCraft is no longer limited to the real-time strategy genre and can develop in more directions.

In my previous life, there was a StarCraft series of games that remained only in the demo footage.

That was StarCraft Ghost. When the game was first shown, many players were really looking forward to it, but it was ultimately canceled for various reasons.

Perhaps due to commercial interests, or perhaps due to other workplace struggles, the game has remained silent since that demo.

If judged as a series of games, this is truly a waste of talent.

StarCraft's status in later generations should have been no less than that of the Warcraft series, but Blizzard ultimately abandoned it.

As for himself, he wouldn't easily let go of such an opportunity, even if it meant losing money, he could afford to.

The ample cash flow generated by his numerous games makes it difficult for him to run into any problems due to just one or two series.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhuyou, we had something to report to our superiors, and we have received a reply."

Several senior executives from the Jinchi Group's cultural and entertainment division returned to the conference room.

Zhu Youxing shook his head to indicate that he didn't care, and then they started discussing things seriously again.

This time they were clearly more serious.

And soon after, two more executives from other electronics departments joined the meeting discussion.

The electronics industry is one of their company's key products.

They are certainly happy that esports can provide an additional sales channel.

However, Zhuyouxing only talked to them briefly about the benefits that e-sports brings to this type of product.

As for more detailed business negotiations, that should be left to more professional business managers.

For the Jinchi Consortium, the interaction with Zhu Youxing was an unexpected and delightful surprise.

As for Zhu Youxing, he was already preoccupied with planning for more games belonging to the vast StarCraft universe.

First, get the real-time strategy game going, and then set up a new studio specifically to develop multiple StarCraft games.

We'll include all types of games: shooting, racing, and linear narrative.

In this world, besides wanting players to enjoy the game he played in his previous life, Zhu Youxing also wants to make up for all the regrets he had in his previous life.

Let's start with StarCraft.

Upon returning to Japan, Takeyusei immediately began recruiting a new development team.

First, find some experienced developers from the existing team.

Then, more fresh blood will be added.

This also presents an opportunity to expand the number of development teams and change the past game development strategy, allowing a team to specialize in a particular game series, without being limited to any particular genre.

Chapter 351 Initiative

"Senior, have you ever heard of esports?"

"Esports? What's that? A brand new sport? You young people really like to stir things up."

"No, no, no, it shouldn't be related to sports. It's just playing games in front of the computer or TV and then competing."

"Huh? This thing even has competitive elements?"

"That's right, there are competitions for this, and it's been incredibly popular lately. Our country is giving it a lot of support."

In a restaurant in South Korea, several people from the sports field are having a meal together.

What's been drawing the most attention from younger people lately is the new policy that their country just announced.

In order to gain an early advantage in a completely new field, South Korea is preparing to dedicate the entire nation's resources to developing esports.

Of course, this wasn't something that came up on a whim; it was the result of extensive research and analysis confirming the significant potential of esports before deciding to promote it vigorously.

This kind of thing originally had nothing to do with the traditional sports industry.

But the sudden idea that sitting still in one place and not moving is called competition made them a little unhappy.

What they care about even more is that if they achieve a world-class ranking in esports, the South Korean government is willing to exempt them from mandatory military service.

In South Korea's normal legal system, exemption from military service is a very eye-catching thing.

The vast majority of South Koreans do not like the mandatory military service policy, but this has never changed regardless of how many governments have governed in the past.

Many people hate military service to the point that they would rather flee their own country.

Especially for a group of young people who like to play games, they had almost no chance of being exempted from military service in the past and could only wait in despair to serve in the military.

In the past, those who wanted to be exempt from military service were either diagnosed with mental illness, made significant contributions to the country, or won medals at major sporting events.

However, there is now a brand new opportunity to be exempt from military service.

That means going to win the world's number one esports title.

According to information released by the South Korean government, a game that is still in development is the top priority project.

The world champion, runner-up, or third-place winner in this project each year is eligible for exemption from military service.

Other esports titles require the annual champion.

"What? These guys who just stay home playing video games all day can get exemption from military service? Have those government officials gone mad? What gives them the right to do this?"

The man from the traditional sports industry stared wide-eyed, clearly finding it hard to believe what his junior was telling him.

"Senior, this is indeed a policy that our country has just implemented, and it is intended to be vigorously developed. I heard that a cooperation relationship has been reached with a Japanese game developer, and they plan to increase its influence in the future."

"This South Korean government is really out of their minds. Why would I choose such a group of people to form the new leadership?"

This person from the traditional sports industry said indignantly.

Originally, he was in a good mood today because this year is the year of the Olympics, and people in traditional sports industries like him are very popular in such years.

But when he suddenly heard what his junior had to say about this, he felt really upset.

Those damn government officials, I should have voted for a different group instead.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and his good mood for the whole day was ruined.

No, he felt he couldn't accept it no matter what.

The fact that the South Korean government can exempt a bunch of guys who only know how to play video games from military service clearly shows that it intends to equate them with legitimate sports industries.

How can simply sitting in front of a screen and watching the little figures move compare to their actual physical activity?

"I'm not drinking anymore, I want to go home."

The drinking session didn't make him happy. He returned home dejectedly and tossed and turned in bed for most of the night, unable to fall asleep.

Finally, he couldn't resist getting out of bed again, and then picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, is this Kim Ji-hwa? I'm sorry to bother you so late. Have you heard about the new policy from the South Korean government? It seems they want to promote a new e-sports project and have even offered a exemption from military service."

"Oh, so esports is just a bunch of guys playing video games in front of the TV. I heard they're going to create a brand new competitive sport? That's a complete joke!"

"That's right, senior, you think so too, right? It's infuriating! We work so hard to bring honor to the country, but only a few of us receive national awards, while esports, a brand new industry that's just starting out, is on equal footing with us. This is clearly unfair!"

"What? Senior, you want to talk to the councilor? That's great! I had the same idea. I was even thinking of organizing a protest petition to make these guys who only know how to play video games in front of the TV all day understand that that stuff has no future. They'd be better off going out and exercising!"

"Okay, okay, senior, you are truly visionary. I feel relieved to hear your words."

After hanging up the phone, the man from the traditional sports industry immediately felt much better.

He showed a disdainful expression.

It's clearly wishful thinking for someone who plays video games to gain social status.

Since they really want to gain status, then we should find a way to suppress them properly and let them understand who the real boss is.

That night, several people from South Korea's traditional sports industry jointly launched an appeal, hoping that the government would not be so stubborn. If it wanted to vigorously develop the national economy, wouldn't it be better to invest money in their more mature traditional sports? Why gamble on such a completely new and unknown field?

Your government can't handle electronic stuff; it's better to cooperate with our traditional sports.

These people in traditional sports also have friends who are officials.

Through these friends, they naturally and quickly forwarded their proposal to the government.

However, the current government leadership decisively ignored the group's proposal.

Then we continued to coordinate with the Japanese side.

They may not know whether this choice is right or wrong, but the development of the cultural industry is inevitable.

Esports is part of a cultural promotion strategy, which does not conflict with traditional sports.

They insisted on coming forward wanting some benefits, but the seasoned veterans in the government already knew them inside and out, so they simply ignored their demands.

Chapter 352 StarCraft

Zhu Youxing was unaware of the initiative launched by the traditional sports industry in South Korea.

He has now reassembled a new development team.

This development team marks the first time that Zhuyouxing has integrated teams from multiple countries.

Japanese developers make up only about 10% of the team.