Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"He called himself Bruno, and he also said that in addition to being a journalist, he was one of the editors of Time magazine."

Editor-in-Chief?

Things will be different soon.

It's clear that Time magazine is serious this time; they genuinely want to interview Takeyusei, rather than just trying to ride the wave of popularity.

Zhu Youxing did know that Time magazine had many versions, including Asian and American editions.

The most influential of all is undoubtedly the main edition of Time magazine.

Articles selected for the main edition are chosen from countless others, and those that grace the cover of Time magazine represent the most influential people or events of the year.

I never imagined that I would one day be on the cover; this is truly an unexpected bonus.

Being featured in Time magazine signifies an expansion of influence, which also indicates that video games are gradually gaining mainstream acceptance.

This was also a great opportunity to further expand the game's influence, and Zhu Youxing immediately understood that this was an opportunity he couldn't miss.

After thinking for a few seconds, Zhu Youxing said, "Let's arrange a quiet place where we can have a proper talk."

"Ok."

The assistant left immediately to arrange a quiet meeting room.

Such a large-scale exhibition naturally requires dedicated meeting rooms for clients to conduct business on-site, as well as rooms specifically for interviews.

The room was quickly arranged, and Zhu Youxing followed the assistant's instructions to go to a private meeting room in another venue.

A man with very little hair, a slightly overweight build, and a mustache and glasses seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

He was wearing a standard blue business shirt, which was stretched taut by his overweight body. Judging from his physique and the depth of the sofa he had collapsed on, he must have weighed at least 200 pounds.

When Zhu Youxing came in, Bruno immediately stood up enthusiastically, but he seemed to be having some difficulty standing up.

"Mr. Zhuyou, it's a pleasure to meet you. I am Bruno, one of the editors of Time magazine. Many people also like to call me Old Bruno."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Bruno formally took out a voice recorder and a notebook to begin preparing for his interview.

Zhu Youxing also sat down casually, looking directly at Bruno in front of him.

I don’t know when it started, but Zhu Youxing’s aura has changed a lot.

If it were him in the past, he would have been very nervous and anxious, because he had never experienced anything like this before.

However, after a certain point in time, he became increasingly successful in the gaming industry, and his status in the industry was almost godlike. It seems that his mindset was different from before.

At least now he can remain calm and composed no matter what kind of interview he faces.

"Mr. Zhuyou, let's get down to business. My topic this time is to gain a deeper understanding of the video game industry. According to recorded history, video games should have emerged around the 1960s, but they haven't developed much until you came along. It made video games a true form of entertainment in people's eyes and they were widely praised. It's no exaggeration to call you a god in the video game industry."

Zhu Youxing quickly waved his hands: "No, I can only be considered a porter of video games. I bring the games out with my own hands and present them to the people of this world so that they can experience new joy. Calling me a god is really an overstatement."

If the other party directly claimed to be the godfather of the gaming industry, Zhu Youxing probably wouldn't refuse. However, calling him a god would be too absurd, and he didn't want to be deified.

"A video game porter? That's a unique title, but it does seem to fit your low-key nature, Mr. Takeyu."

Bruno immediately wrote down the title in his notebook.

Zhu Youxing has always considered himself a game porter, bringing over well-known games from his previous life. Of course, porting is tiring, and since he works so hard in this world, it's only natural that he should earn some fame and money.

Without our own transportation, the world wouldn't have experienced so many amazing video games, would it?

Well, that's a bit of a stretch, but since he's the only one who time-traveled, he can say whatever he wants, and no one will argue with him.

"So, Mr. Zhuyou, may I ask why you suddenly came up with the idea of ​​creating such a unique entertainment industry? Was there some kind of motivation, or some other factor?"

The motivation was to bring the game from his previous life to this world, so that people in this world could also experience the cultural charm of his world.

However, such words are definitely not something that can be said. If you say them, you'll either be treated like a specimen or seen as crazy; neither will end well.

Then I'll just say something random.

Anyway, no one should be going to travel through time to cause me trouble.

Chapter 433 The Heart of a Player

“A long time ago, I said that on my business card I am the president of a game company, in my mind I am a game developer, and deep down I am a gamer. This is something I have always believed in.”

As Zhu Youxing said these words, he suddenly became very calm.

This quote from Satoru Iwata, the most famous game developer in his previous life and also the game developer that Takeyusei likes the most, is the one that Takeyusei remembers most vividly.

He genuinely agreed with this statement.

Deep down, he was still a gamer, recalling familiar game scenes from his past life, and the touching moments he had been moved by in those games.

Since coming into this world, his heart has never changed.

He always hoped that this world could also create wonderful games. He brought the games from his previous life to this world so that this world could experience the culture of his own world.

He also wanted to experience the culture of this world.

Strictly speaking, this should be considered a cultural clash between two parallel worlds.

“I remember this sentence. I’ve seen some of your interview videos from Japan, and this is a sentence that I particularly agree with.”

Bruno had already decided on the title for the cover: "Player's Heart," which perfectly matched the theme of Bamboo Star.

Zhu Youxing's gaze was deep: "To talk about the original intention of developing the game, it was probably because I have a cultural family background. My mother is a painter and should be considered somewhat famous. My father used to be an investor and is now a novelist, but his fame is not as great as my mother's."

"Mr. Takeyu's mother is Ms. Takeyu Masako, right? I've had the pleasure of seeing her paintings; they're excellent works. However, I haven't really heard of your father, his novels..."

"Well, there's no need to elaborate on that."

To put it simply, all of my father's novels were flops. I doubt more than 10,000 people have read them. Even among those 10,000, 99% probably only read the beginning of my father's novels before putting them aside.

He remembered his mother, Masako Takeyu, saying that his father lost money writing novels, paying for printing and then paying others to read them—it was a very miserable situation.

Even so, he still enjoyed writing novels, which clearly shows that he truly loved it.

"So, was it under this family background that Mr. Zhuyou conceived the idea of ​​creating a completely new cultural product?"

Zhu Youxing nodded first, then shook his head: "Not entirely. Family background is one of the reasons, but afterwards, it was just a flash of inspiration on my part."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

"It's actually quite cliché. At the time, I was enjoying my university life, had a close girlfriend, came from a wealthy family, and had a girlfriend. I guess I was a winner in life."

Bruno nodded, but did not interrupt Zhu Youxing.

"However, I did some wrong things that led to our eventual breakup. At that time, I couldn't hold back anymore and even dropped out of school."

In fact, given Zhu Youxing's personality in his previous life, he would never have suffered an emotional breakdown or even dropped out of school because of a single romantic experience. These were all memories from the original owner's past, and he could have simply copied them. It would have been unwise for him to fabricate lies in front of the editors of Time magazine.

They are an organization with the most authoritative information channels, and they have almost never had any problems with information, regardless of its size. In any case, the original owner's memories have nothing to do with him, so he has no burden to tell them.

Zhu Youxing put on a helpless look and said, "It's so melodramatic, isn't it? But even in this melodramatic state, I wanted to find some... fun. At first, I hid at home alone and frantically read novels, watched movies, watched cartoons and read comics. Then gradually I felt a bit bored, and that's how video games were unintentionally born in my mind."

The original owner, Takeyuki, happened to be a computer science major in college. After experiencing emotional turmoil and being influenced by his family culture, he naturally wanted to create a brand new form of entertainment in the field of computers. All of this sounds very logical.

Although there were still some slightly far-fetched parts, Bruno seemed to have a lot of empathy. As Zhu Youxing spoke, his expression actually began to show some empathy.

"It's been quite a rollercoaster ride, Mr. Takeyu. Your experiences are truly fascinating. So, all these factors combined led you to create the world's first popular video game, Mario Bros., right?"

"Yes."

"Is there any origin story behind the Mario Bros. character? Because the character's features are so distinctive, it feels like there are many stories behind them."

Bruno clearly wanted to delve deeper into the story of the Bamboo Star.

A dry, unexplained origin story interview is definitely not enough.

Since I promised to put Zhu Youxing on the cover of the main edition of Time magazine, I definitely need to collect more interesting stories, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to the editor-in-chief.

He had promised the editor-in-chief that he would definitely write an excellent interview article.

"Well, it's not that complicated. When I was brainstorming ideas for video games, the water pipes at home had a problem, so I called a plumber to come and fix them. That's how I was thinking about video game ideas while I was working on them."

"That plumber was your inspiration? Then his nose must be very big, right? Because Mario's most distinctive feature is his big nose."

"Oh? That's not it at all. I just used the identity of a plumber as inspiration, but the image was actually something I thought about carefully."

Zhu Youxing is now making things up without batting an eye. There are some things you can't lie about, but you can make things up about things that can't be verified.

"The reason for Mario's image is actually due to the performance limitations of the game console I developed at the time. The FC game console I created initially had very poor graphics. After all, it was something that I and another founder put together in the attic. It really didn't have much technical content, so the graphics could only show very simple pixel blocks."

Zhu Youxing took out paper and pen and began to continue speaking on the paper, accompanying his description.

"The original Famicom was an 8-bit machine, and the characters had only very simple pixelated images. At the time, I just wanted to make the characters as distinctive as possible within the simple pixels, and the big nose was obviously the most eye-catching feature. That's the origin of Mario's big nose."

This is a true story from my past life. In my past life, the idea behind creating Mario's big nose was to express his distinctive features in simple pixel art.

Later, Mario's image became short and chubby with a big nose, while Luigi, another character, was made tall and thin to be more easily distinguishable in the game.

In this way, Mario and Luigi, two of the most famous characters in video games, were born.

"I see, that's amazing!" Bruno said with a look of surprise.

He didn't understand programming and computer technology, but Zhu Youxing had explained it as simply and clearly as possible so that he could easily understand it.

He had previously conceived many intricate storylines for game development, but in reality, game development involves many coincidences and is quite dramatic.

He was very satisfied with the interview; it seemed he could deliver a perfect result.

Chapter 434 seems to be at a disadvantage.

The interview went smoothly, and Bruno got the information he wanted. Now all he had to do was polish it up before he could finish his interview.

He has to admit that he really admires this young man, Zhu Youxing.

At less than thirty years old, he is already a leader in the industry, which alone represents a different status and significance.

Moreover, he has also achieved commercial success and maintained a leading position. I really don't know how many more creative ideas he can come up with.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Zhuyou, for cooperating with the interview. To be honest, I'm also a fan of Youxing Electronics Entertainment. My two children are about to go to university, and they also really enjoy your games. If possible, I hope you can maintain this level of enthusiasm so that we can continue to enjoy high-quality games."

Zhu Youxing smiled and said, "No one can say for sure whether there will be a creative block, but at least for the short term, I can still guarantee that."

"Then I'll look forward to your next work. Oh, by the way, you should be releasing your latest Mario game today, right? So, besides Mario, do you have anything else planned?"

Zhu Youxing smiled even more brightly: "Of course there is, but if you want to know, wait and see our press conference tomorrow afternoon, then everything will be revealed."

"Okay, I will definitely come."