Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

First, the sudden reduction in investment in the video division immediately relieved the pressure on Facebook, its competitor.

Chapter 567 The Arms Race

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YOO was initially very wealthy and willing to invest heavily to secure a sufficient market share.

However, because of Zhu Youxing on Facebook, he has been trying his best to dissuade Bob from being too aggressive. Even though he has a lot of funding from investors, he still maintains a relatively conservative attitude.

This also means that its video websites do not hold an absolute dominant position.

One Final Fantasy VII animated film alone cannot truly change everything; a sufficient variety of film and television works are needed to truly attract most users.

Facebook can buy a lot of copyrights in this regard, and YOO can buy even more.

However, now that Longtail Rain has withdrawn this portion of funding, Facebook's video division has been much more relaxed, as it has one less competitor.

The differences between the two sides in purchasing video copyrights are no longer particularly significant, and with Facebook's video division offering a better viewing experience, users are slowly returning.

As for YOO, the game development team, now with a new batch of funding, is working even harder to develop games.

Longtail Rain didn't just invest all its funds in the football game it's developing; it also has several other games in the middle of development that require funding.

He believes that once the game is fully completed, the sales of subsequent games will definitely not be low.

It is with this belief and attitude that he has been able to continue investing funds in it.

However, the more money he invested, the more Youxing Electronic Entertainment invested.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is not just developing a football game. During the same period, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment also announced the first-person shooter game: Counter-Strike, and the brand new Need for Speed ​​series game: Need for Speed ​​5.

Both games appear to have cost a fortune.

Need for Speed, in particular, is like a game that has ushered in a new era in terms of graphics, with visual quality reaching the level of Need for Speed ​​9.

Although the game console's performance is still roughly equivalent to that of the PS2 era, this game was originally released on the PS2. In addition, Yuxing Electronics Entertainment has a lot of money this time, so the graphics of Need for Speed ​​are even more realistic.

This time it's not just a simple game promotional advertisement. In many parts of Europe and America, there are now many areas where players can try out the latest Need for Speed ​​game. Players can experience the GS1's top-notch graphics without spending a penny. This has basically squeezed the GS1's game console performance to its limit, and even the frame rate can no longer be maintained at 30 frames per second, even though previous games could maintain a stable 30 frames per second.

However, players in this era are more tolerant of frame rate issues. They are more easily impressed by the graphics than by the frame rate, so they can accept occasional drops in frame rate.

As long as the picture quality is good enough, that's enough.

Besides Need for Speed, there's also Counter-Strike, which focuses on competitive gameplay.

This game was originally intended to be a mod derived from Half-Life in the original world. However, Counter-Strike later became the more popular game, so Takeyusei simply created the game in this world so that players could experience this game that had been popular for over twenty years in their previous life.

Guns, cars, and sports games are all included, but that's not enough. Other game development teams have also launched their own titles with ample funding.

Such as the latest Pokémon game, the latest Monster Hunter game, and a mysterious game that is currently under wraps and expected to be announced at the end of the year. This game is described by Yusei Electronics Entertainment as a work created by the "God of Games," Takeyuki, and will be a horror game with a thriller element.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has advertised at least ten games so far, and each one looks like a high-investment project.

If Yoo doesn't follow suit, he's destined to be at a disadvantage in this situation.

Even though Nagao Yu was somewhat reluctant to continue working so hard, in order to compete for the market and ensure that he wouldn't fall too far behind Takeyusei, he had to keep up.

Even if his investment isn't as much as Zhu Youxing's, it can't be too far behind.

But the more he got involved, the more alarmed he became.

How much does this Yuxing Electronic Entertainment cost?!

Why haven't they finished spending the money yet?

These games are all high-budget productions; even the lowest-budget Monster Hunter cost at least 40 million US dollars, not including marketing and promotion costs.

Where does Youxing Electronic Entertainment get so much money?

For many years, Zhu Youxing has always adhered to the strategy of saving money. Having money in hand makes him feel at ease. Although this has made his development less rapid than he had imagined, he could have expanded faster if he had used the money. However, Zhu Youxing still habitually saves money.

Anyway, his current status is already quite good. He has already reached the pinnacle and there is no need to consider expansion. He only likes video games and at most occasionally makes game derivative works, but games are still his main business.

It was like an arms race, with Zhuyouxing frantically investing its previous reserves into the development of multiple large-scale games.

He certainly doesn't want his position to be shaken, so even if he has to spend all his money on making games, he will definitely maintain his current status.

This is a battle to see who can hold on the longest.

The final result seems to be tilting in Zhu Youxing's favor.

On a plane bound for the United States, Nagao Yu sat in first class, looking preoccupied.

Just a few hours ago, the Wall Street financial giants behind him asked him to go to the United States.

He noticed that the other person's tone on the phone wasn't particularly friendly.

Previously, these people were very lenient with him. Because YOO portal developed extremely rapidly and the number of users increased exponentially, these capital giants were very optimistic about him, so he has been receiving their support all along.

However, recently they seem to have gradually become dissatisfied with some of their own actions.

They began to hope to take the initiative to get involved in the management of their own company.

They began to distrust themselves.

Damn it, he couldn't help but think of his two predecessors, Huck Brown and Myron Keyes.

These two guys also lost their dominant voice because their companies were too heavily infiltrated by capital.

He originally thought he didn't need to worry about these things, but now it seems he was oversimplifying things.

The money of these ruthless capitalists is not so easy to obtain.

Chapter 568 The person is about to die

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Bamboo Star's strategy was successful.

His intention was to divert attention by investing heavily in games, forcing YOO to respond.

This would disrupt some of his previous plans and schemes.

Who could blame Zhu Youxing for always being so persistent? He finally lost patience with this guy.

If you were to compete with me fairly and squarely in game development, I wouldn't do anything to you.

However, you always try to use underhanded methods to forcibly intercept other people's negotiations and use some insidious tricks to smear your opponents behind their backs.

This bamboo star will no longer be polite to long-tailed rain.

Through some special channels, Takeyusei already knew that the mastermind behind those who slandered and boycotted the Final Fantasy VII movie was Surui Electronics. However, Surui Electronics was only an executor; the one who really came up with the bad idea was Nagao Amazune.

This guy is really awful; he doesn't want to compete with you in a proper, fair way.

Since that's the case, don't blame me for killing you.

So, in the subsequent game development, Takeyusei deliberately attracted Nagaoyu, letting this obsessed guy be led by the nose.

Many internet upstarts share some common problems: they rise too quickly and are too young. In particular, Changweiyu has had a smooth ride with almost no setbacks, which is the unique characteristic of those who ride the wave of the times.

They rose to prominence rapidly, riding the wave of opportunity, but their mindset actually changed relatively slowly.

Bob also has this problem, but he has another characteristic. Ever since I gave Bob a lot of ideas about website development and gave him a lot of directions for website development, and all of them were very correct, Bob has regarded Zhu Youxing as a mentor. He will listen carefully to any advice Zhu Youxing gives him.

That's why Facebook itself has always been very stable.

But YOO is different; this company expanded too quickly.

He planned to infiltrate all industries, attempting to conquer everything in the shortest time and with the most money; making money could wait.

If you think about it carefully, Changweiyu's plan is really far-sighted. If he succeeds, he could really become a new capital tycoon in this new era.

However, in order to achieve this goal, his rapid expansion required an initial investment of far more money than most companies would imagine.

One or two hundred billion US dollars is probably just the beginning; more money will be needed to continuously invest in the future.

Longtail Rain may possess a mindset similar to that of a time traveler, capable of foreseeing future trends.

But the people who invested in him had no idea.

They simply couldn't allow Longtail Rain to continue burning money endlessly like this. After all, their own money didn't grow on trees, and with no return on investment for a long time, they finally started to get nervous.

They were worried that YOO's spending would be endless, and their own money really couldn't withstand such terrifying consumption.

In fact, even if Changweiyu develops a little slower, or even slower, and first establishes some industries that can generate stable profits before gradually expanding, then there will definitely be no problem.

However, those speculations no longer exist.

As soon as his plane landed in the United States, he headed to Wall Street.

This is the second time that Changweiyu has come here. The last time, she was very confident and negotiated with those financial giants.

At the time, he believed that he was an unparalleled business genius and that he would definitely have a place in the world in the future.

But now, his mindset is different.

Next, he went to an investment company.

This is currently the largest investment company in the United States, and it is rumored to have government backing.

"Mr. Nagao, this way please."

Upon entering the building, he was greeted and invited to a conference room for discussions. The financial giants were to meet with Long Tail Rain in person.

They have something important to tell Nagao Ame.

Longtail Rain had no other good options at the moment, so she could only listen to what the other party said and go to the conference room to wait.

About half an hour later, as Nagao Yu was becoming increasingly uneasy, a man who looked to be about sixty years old walked in.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Nagao."

This person is one of the owners of this investment company and is considered the first person to be optimistic about YOO Investment.

Then he took the lead in bringing together several other top investment firms to invest in Longtail Rain.

"The other friends will be here soon, let's chat for a bit first."

The man in his sixties sat casually next to Nagao Yu, exuding a very strong aura.

Longtail Rain now had a little cold sweat on her forehead.

Previously, this financial tycoon had been very friendly to me, appearing amiable and agreeing to my various unreasonable demands without much hesitation.