Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"This game is pretty good. It seems my choice to queue up today was definitely the right one. I even skipped class specifically to queue up today."

"Hey, you in front, you're from class **, right? I'm your math teacher. You're going to get points deducted today for daring to skip class right in front of me?"

"Teacher, I was wrong!"

The student immediately fled in panic, feeling both unwilling and helpless.

However, he didn't plan to go back to school immediately; he intended to wait until the teacher finished buying StarCraft before returning.

Wait a minute... wait a minute, the teacher is here too, so wouldn't he also be considered to have skipped work?

He remembered that the next class was math; would he have time to get back?

Looking at his math teacher's expectant expression, he knew that the teacher was definitely a loyal gamer as well.

"Um, teacher..."

"Hehe, StarCraft should be fun... Hmm? What are you still here? Don't you really want your credits anymore?!"

The math teacher stared at his students.

"Teacher, isn't it your class later? You're not planning to skip class, are you? It's okay if I lose some credits, I can make them up, but if you skip class because of games, it's probably more serious than me."

Math teacher: "..."

"Student, I actually think you work quite hard in class, so it's normal to skip class occasionally. I'll turn a blind eye this time, but don't let it happen again!"

The student immediately and happily rejoined the group, then watched the amazing gameplay on the screen with the others.

Under Li Mingzhe's skillful management, the game has now reached the middle stage.

He faced four opposing factions this time, and he eliminated one of them by taking the initiative, but he still had to deal with three enemy soldiers at the same time.

Even under such circumstances, he could still calmly command his soldiers to deal with the battle.

Whenever he skillfully uses his abilities to defeat a larger force, it immediately draws gasps of amazement from the players.

This kind of competitive game is much more engaging than the previous speedrunning games.

Because speedrunning games are mostly only enjoyable for serious players, but StarCraft is something that even complete beginners can find fascinating just by watching the matches, which is a clear difference in quality.

Chapter 371 Big News

In several gaming stores across the United States where gamers congregate, there is a selected StarCraft player.

Like Li Mingzhe, they are all capable of delivering outstanding combat performances.

With this example set by others, many players who saw this approach almost unanimously believed that they could do the same thing.

Even if they haven't bought the game yet, they've already imagined themselves dominating the battlefield and wreaking havoc in the game.

While fantasizing like this, I secretly chuckled to myself, thinking that I could do the same thing.

After a player demonstrated a very effective gameplay scene, other players' desire to buy was immediately boosted.

Outside the door, even people who weren't originally interested in StarCraft started queuing up to buy the game.

Soon, the game's sales figures for that day were released.

Sales reached 500,000 units on the first day.

This is already a pretty good result.

While it can't compare to games like Final Fantasy VII that sold a million copies on its first day, it's still a remarkable sales figure.

At the same time, the StarCraft esports project was also officially launched.

The first edition will be funded and hosted by the South Korean government, and will invite players from all over the world to participate.

Those who win the challenge will naturally receive a generous cash prize, along with an official commendation ceremony, making the event truly memorable.

Esports supported by a country, even if that country is not large, has a mobilization capacity that companies and enterprises cannot match.

Unless you're a mega-corporation like Morgan Stanley.

The first WCG quickly gained popularity and became a hot topic due to its ability to attract visitors.

Those companies that initially chose to sponsor esports to secure advertising slots are overjoyed.

They invested only a small amount of money, and through this advertising campaign, they quickly gained a good reputation and fame. The returns are truly amazing.

However, such opportunities will certainly not be many, and the event organizers will definitely realize the commercial value of this immediately, so advertising slots will not be so cheap next time.

Even so, if public attention continues to rise, it's still worthwhile.

Looking at these data analyses, Zhu Youxing was basically relieved.

Real-time strategy games are still relatively new in the world, allowing players to immerse themselves in them for a considerable period of time. However, the development of StarCraft this time is also different from the past, as it marks the first time that Youxing Electronic Entertainment has attempted to provide internet services for StarCraft.

In addition to the LAN system that comes with StarCraft, the Battle.net platform that comes pre-installed with StarCraft is a channel specifically designed to allow players to communicate and play with players around the world.

To this end, Takeyusei also had Matsuhashi Minoru hire the most professional network engineers at high salaries, and have them form a team to be responsible for maintaining the network service of the entire StarCraft game.

This is somewhat like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. The StarCraft internet service doesn't need that many people yet, but Zhuyouxing is planning for the future. StarCraft is just the beginning, and many more games will be added to the online service in the future.

And from this moment on, his GS1 game console can also begin to bring more internet functions to users.

Just recently, GS1 updated its emulator compatibility for older games, making the emulators run more stably on GS1. This is quite considerate of veteran players, even though the current revenue of older games is completely incompatible with the cost that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment has paid for compatibility. Yuxing still insists on doing so.

Because that's how he went through it; he often needed a lot of complicated methods to experience old games. Now that Zhuyouxing can take charge, he wants to reduce these unnecessary troubles for players.

Of course, this isn't entirely without benefits; at least the reputation has been maintained, all players have been taken care of, and it's easier to make players stick with the game.

Just as Zhu Youxing was looking at some of the company's data, his phone rang.

He picked up the phone and saw that it was from Matsuhashi Minoru.

Takeyusei glanced at the time. It should be the early hours of the morning in the United States. Matsushita was still awake.

She's really a very hardworking woman; she's quite ruthless towards herself and those around her.

Then he answered the phone.

"President, there have been changes at Su Rui Electronics. Have you seen the news?"

"News? What changes have occurred at Surui Electronics?"

"Kentaro Hayakawa, the current president of Surui Electronics, has officially announced his retirement, and his youngest son, Ueto Hayakawa, will succeed him as the new president of Surui Electronics." Minoru Matsuhashi's tone was very serious, clearly indicating that she attached great importance to this latest news.

Zhu Youxing slightly opened his eyes.

Hayakawa Ueto has become the president of Surui Electronics? This is truly big news.

Surui Electronics is an electronics industry giant covering multiple fields, comparable to Sony in its previous life. The change of president was announced almost immediately after the internal shareholders' meeting.

Then, people throughout the electronics industry and the financial sector immediately took action.

The esports topics that were originally popular with Youxing Electronics Entertainment have quickly faded in popularity, and have been replaced by the big news of Surui Electronics' repositioning.

Hayakawa Ueto became the new president of Surui Electronics, and the video game division he previously managed was handed over to one of his most trusted subordinates.

At the same time, at the shareholders' meeting, Hayakawa Ueto, as president, immediately changed the research and development direction, and devoted more manpower to the video game division to develop new game consoles.

The previous shortage of manpower was immediately alleviated.

The newly appointed president came out with great momentum, seemingly convinced of the future of the video game industry and willing to take a gamble.

Zhu Youxing turned on the TV, and some of the company's core employees gathered together to watch the latest news that had just been released.

Even some game developers have temporarily put aside their work.

At this moment, it wasn't just the Japanese economic news that was shaken by this news; in the United States, even though it was still the early hours of the morning, none of the middle and senior managers at Surui Electronics' US branch were getting any rest.

This is a very clear signal that they will all have to pledge allegiance to the new leader in the future, and they absolutely cannot be negligent.

Executives from several companies that compete with Surui Electronics were immediately awakened from their sleep upon hearing the news and quickly summoned their advisory groups to discuss matters after the new president of Surui Electronics took office overnight.

The popularity of video games quickly plummeted, and most people, except for die-hard gamers, shifted their attention elsewhere.

Chapter 372 Make a Big Announcement for the Building

Compared to a diversified enterprise, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's profit points seem rather few.

Moreover, its revenue and profits are incomparable to those of top-tier conglomerates like Surui Electronics.

Each department of Surui Electronics contributes one hundred million US dollars in profit, and with fifty or sixty departments combined, their annual revenue exceeds several billion US dollars. In terms of social status, Surui Electronics is still at a higher level.

The change of president is indeed something worth making a big deal out of.

Seeing his popularity slowly fading away, Zhu Youxing wasn't in a hurry.

Esports is still in its infancy, so we should take it slow. It's something that requires long-term operation.

In the future, I will hand over the operation to those South Korean conglomerates, and I can just sit back and collect the e-sports project slot fees and some e-sports guidance.

Next, Zhuyouxing has already made future plans for the e-sports league.

The first priority is to make esports accessible to people all over the world.

Esports is a novelty for young people. Right now, it seems like just a game for a bunch of internet-addicted teenagers. But as these young people grow up and gradually become the backbone of society, esports will truly grow into a sport that can rival top-tier sports.

By then, it will be another market worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

According to statistics, there will definitely be no pirated versions of StarCraft, which has just been released, in the short term.

However, it was only a matter of time before computer games were cracked, and there was nothing that could be stopped, so Zhu Youxing didn't plan to spend too much effort on it.

According to the data department's estimates, sales should exceed ten million units a year from now, which is better than StarCraft in the previous life.

As for pirated users, the figure should be five times the sales volume.

These five times the number of users may not spend money on the game, but as long as they become interested in it, they will eventually invest their share of money in esports. Zhuyouxing is not worried at all.

With StarCraft development complete, the US development team suddenly found themselves in a somewhat bewildered state.

Fortunately, this StarCraft game has internet access.

Furthermore, StarCraft can be continuously updated over time.

Zhu Youxing simply had these people continuously optimize the values ​​of StarCraft and fix the game's bugs during this period to prevent any serious bugs from causing a bad player experience.

Sometimes, a game can really develop a bad impression because of one or two serious bugs. No matter how fun the game is, players' patience is limited.

Next, Zhuyouxing will need to start thinking about what new game to develop.