Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

But he still glanced at the phone by the bedside.

"Bob, you're really something! You just turn off your phone when you're with me, and then you wake me up in the middle of the night!"

A young and beautiful woman was standing next to Bob.

Unlike Mark, the robot-faced man from his previous life, Bob was not sexually apathetic; on the contrary, he was a tech geek and a passionate guy.

Especially after he became famous, he became even less discreet in this regard.

However, this is not a big problem. CEOs like him have long had this privilege, and no one would think there is anything wrong with it.

Bob ignored the woman beside him, immediately perked up, picked up his phone, and answered the call with great respect, while telling the woman beside him to shut up and not disturb his call.

"Hello, is this Mr. Takeyu?"

Bob's tone was very formal, which was completely different from his usual casual manner.

Because Zhu Youxing was his mentor, his initial investor, and, more importantly, the provider of countless creative ideas.

Zhu Youxing has never actively participated in any management of social networks.

However, Zhu Youxing had many social skills from later generations in his mind.

Bob was overwhelmed by the sheer number of advanced social media concepts, such as social squares, emotion tags, emojis, microblogs, and Twitter.

He even felt that if Zhu Youxing hadn't gone to make video games, but instead created a social network himself, Bob would probably have been easily beaten to a pulp by Zhu Youxing.

The reason why social networks are so popular is that they have an endless stream of new ideas and features, giving each user a sense of novelty at all times, and even making them addicted to it.

This is also the biggest reason why Facebook was able to grow into a giant.

Without Bamboo Star, Bob's social network would never have developed into what it is today.

Therefore, from any perspective, Zhu Youxing is someone he needs to respect 100%, not even the President of the United States.

Bob once thought that his most admired person was a famous programmer, because it fit his geek identity.

But later he realized he was wrong. People like Zhu Youxing were the ones he should admire most. It was very puzzling how such a person's brain could be formed, and his endless stream of creative ideas seemed inexhaustible.

This is true in her own industry, and she continues to shine in other industries as well.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late, Bob, but I really have something I'd like you to know as soon as possible."

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm always ready to answer your call, Mr. Zhuyou. If you need anything, just come to me, you won't regret it."

"That's good."

Zhu Youxing slowly began to speak: "How is the video section of your social network doing right now?"

"The video section? You mean the online film and television video section?"

"Yes."

"Right now, we can only break even. The number of registered users is not increasing, and the number of monthly paying users remains the same."

Zhu Youxing said, "What if I add fuel to the fire in your section?"

"Add fuel to the fire in my forum?"

Bob was taken aback.

He was still a little confused about what was going on.

"I'm currently overseeing the production of a film, you probably know that, right?"

“Of course I know that.” Bob nodded, then said with a somewhat indignant expression, “Mr. Zhuyou, those rigid filmmakers are really awful. I’m actually considering using my influence to teach those guys a lesson.”

Zhu Youxing shook his head: "No need for that. Using unorthodox methods won't shut these people up. The best way to slap them in the face is to get them thoroughly beaten up in their own industry. That's why I thought of the subscription video section I suggested to you before."

About a year ago, Takeyusei suddenly came up with the Netflix model.

Netflix is ​​also a company with quite a legendary element.

It used to be just a very small videotape rental shop.

However, with its forward-thinking approach, it grew into a giant in the subscription video industry, eventually even shaking up the entire film industry.

Even though the entire traditional film industry initially resisted the so-called streaming subscription model, in the end, the capital behind these so-called artists still succumbed to the subscription model, and one by one, despite their reluctance, they joined the streaming industry to seize their respective markets.

Zhu Youxing also felt that this was a good time more than a year ago, so he suggested the plan for a streaming subscription video platform to Bob.

Actually, it's not just video subscriptions; Zhu Youxing feels that he will eventually implement a subscription model for video games as well, but it's just not the right time yet. The current video game industry is not mature enough, so we have to wait.

However, the film and television industry is already very mature, and it's time to start implementing a subscription model.

Bob is a trendsetter in the internet industry, and he has plenty of money to squander. This subscription model is a great expansion point.

Bob didn't really care about the subscription model. At the time, he was focused on expanding his social media platform. How could a few hundred million users be enough? His goal was for the whole world to use his social network, which would require at least a billion users.

However, this was Zhu Youxing's suggestion, and it didn't seem to cost much money, so he followed Zhu Youxing's instructions and added a department for the subscription video platform, and let some guys who were enthusiastic about this take the money and study it themselves. He didn't have time to manage these things.

At first, he thought this thing would probably be very expensive, and there might not be any return on investment for three to five years.

But what was unexpected was that in just one year, the video platform was able to break even.

However, they only managed to break even, and it seems they've hit a bottleneck in expanding their user base.

Clearly, most people still prefer to own physical copies of film and television works rather than spend more money on these ethereal subscription platforms.

If you don't subscribe, then everything no longer belongs to you. This doesn't quite fit the mindset of most people nowadays; they still prefer things that are tangible and in their hands.

In Zhu Youxing's view, this is actually due to the lack of some explosive points that can motivate these users to pay.

This explosive point could come from a blockbuster movie, or it could come from a sudden shift in people's attitudes at a certain time.

The former, Takeyusei, had already thought of it: the movie version of Final Fantasy VII.

Since your traditional film distribution channels refuse to cooperate, I don't need to play with you at all. You are a sunset that is constantly declining, and the last few years can only be considered the last few years of glory.

Once streaming media truly matures, cinemas will still have influence, but they will definitely no longer be the mainstream.

Before the time travel of Zhu Youxing, cinemas had not yet declined, but their decline was already quite obvious.

Especially in the context of the previous pandemic, the decline of traditional cinemas was further accelerated.

At the time, Zhu Youxing believed that cinemas would become a thing of the past within ten years.

Therefore, it is also possible to make some preparations in advance when you come to this world.

Chapter 496 New Preview

496

From the very beginning, getting listed in theaters was merely an added bonus.

Zhu Youxing's real goal was to get more people to buy his CDs and cassettes.

Back in the GBA era, some anime series were released on cartridges. For example, Nintendo's flagship IP, the Pokémon series, had GBA versions of anime cartridges.

However, at that time, the cost of cartridges was too high, so using them to store cartoons was a bit of a luxury. This was only around 2000.

However, flash memory technology is already quite advanced, and the price of ordinary storage devices is now many times lower than in the past.

Cassette tapes for storing movies don't need to be high-definition, at least not nowadays, so a standard capacity is perfectly adequate.

Movies made into cassette tapes under these circumstances still sell very well.

However, to gain the world's acceptance of this product, a sufficiently convincing work is needed.

And ideally, it should be the kind of piece that makes you feel like you'd be missing out if you didn't buy it.

Final Fantasy VII is clearly a very suitable title.

After speaking with Bob, Bob began to take action.

He first started promoting his video platform on some of his own advertising sections on his social networks.

Just then, Zhu Youxing brought it up, and he did indeed want to see if such a balanced department could achieve a greater breakthrough.

Soon, some ads appeared on this social platform with hundreds of millions of users. They weren't very obvious, but they were still very eye-catching.

These advertisements have never been open to the public; they are for internal use only.

Occasionally, this section also organizes some charity events to enhance its image, which makes the social network seem very pure and allows more people to like it.

Under normal circumstances, the promotional effect of this section is already amazing, and if the quality of the advertisements in this section is raised to another level, it will be even more extraordinary.

Alvin is a loyal user of social networks.

His previous job was as a reporter and part-time editor for the electronics section. Later, through his several praises of Youxing Electronics Entertainment, he gained a lot of fans. Many players liked this reporter who was the first to discover the beauty of video games.

Later, he simply started his own business, running his own review website to evaluate all sorts of products.

These include reviews of a certain internet portal, reviews of a certain game, and reviews of the products he used to work on. Now he can be considered a well-known figure to some extent.

In terms of personal influence, he is currently more influential than the Japanese university student named Kazuo Murakami.

Under the tutelage of Zhuyouxing, that college student became a very successful game review media outlet, and even had his own annual game review program, which was very popular.

However, Alvin now runs an organization that covers many categories of evaluations, and its status is probably comparable to IGN in its previous life.

However, he was clearly much more principled than the IGN of later generations, and was probably as pure as the original IGN, and would not lie through his teeth.

In Alvin's view, he was already a man who had seen it all.

Recently, it seems that technology has stagnated. He couldn't quite put his finger on why, but he felt that many electronic products these days were very perfunctory and showed no progress whatsoever.

However, speaking of which, the products of the new company of Myron Case, the former CEO of Redfruit, are not bad. They are very simple and have a simple technological aesthetic. However, this is only in terms of appearance. There is not much progress in terms of technology.

However, such companies are worth encouraging, and the more such companies the better, as they can easily find all sorts of gimmicks.

It's at least better than those companies that just lie around doing nothing and only know how to boast about their data performance.

At this moment, his daily work consists of coming to his office to check the latest technology news and then immersing himself in social networks.

He didn't know what was going on, but he felt that Facebook was very magical, making him stick to his seat and unwilling to get up.

The people inside have very pleasant voices and are all very talented.

Especially in social forums, he can always find people who come up with novel ideas.

This is actually very helpful for his review media.

That day, as usual, he was browsing social media on his office computer.

The entire social media platform has now been managed in a manner similar to a trending topics platform, with the top twenty being the most popular topics that everyone on the platform is paying close attention to.