Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

At this moment, Changweiyu was unaware of the impending calamity; he was still desperately trying to raise money and find ways to make the game development go as smoothly as possible.

After much persuasion, he finally managed to raise the money, and only then did he realize that money was not so easy to obtain.

His ability to amass enormous wealth and own a company at such a young age was truly a coincidence, or perhaps he possessed the protagonist's template, only now that template has expired.

As 2004 quietly passed, the multiple games that Nagao Rain had completed with most of his remaining money were finally officially released.

Before the game's release, Nagao Rain personally promoted several of his own games, confidently declaring that his games would be the best, and that he himself had played them and found them very fun.

Especially for football games licensed by FIFA, although they cannot directly use the name of the secondary league, they can still represent it in some alternative ways, which does not have a significant impact.

He then demonstrated the gameplay to players in the final promotional segment.

As a well-known entrepreneur, Nagao Ame is quite famous in Japan. Moreover, because he is a typical example of a self-made man who rose from humble beginnings, he is idolized by countless people.

Under the influence of idols, even people who have no interest in video games are willing to pay for their idols, which is similar to the later practice of IP works exploiting fans.

At the same time, Long Tail Rain deliberately chose to release its own work before the release of several games by Youxing Electronic Entertainment, in order to gain an advantage and win over a group of players first.

A game based on real football is a very attractive gimmick for players, especially in Europe.

Most of the games European players had played before were more entertainment-oriented, so this was the first time they had played a game with such a realistic background, and the novelty was immense.

With extensive advertising, YOO's FIFA soccer game quickly achieved one million sales in its first week in the European market.

Based on a price of 59 euros per set, the company would generate over 59 million euros in revenue in the first week.

The revenue generated in the first week made Changweiyu extremely happy. In addition to this, several other games were also affected and their sales were also very good.

Judging from this trend, the gaming division is likely to achieve outstanding results, which will allow him to boast to his backers and gain leverage to secure even more funding.

However, the capital reaction in the United States was lukewarm. In their view, it was not yet profitable and they could not be optimistic. Although the sales performance was indeed very good, which put them at ease and at least stopped making strange remarks about Long Tail Rain.

Soon after, Long Tail Rain announced its first week's sales results, which were quite surprising.

Surui Electronics, as a partner, was naturally very pleased.

Because their latest console also saw a surge in sales in Europe.

Previously, Surui Electronics did not pay much attention to the European market because European countries are too complicated, and it is troublesome in terms of statistics, tax calculation, and so on. It has always been difficult to understand the gaming audience of European players.

But now many game companies can rest assured that they can easily create a shooting, racing, or sports game and potentially achieve good sales in Europe.

After its success, Long Tail Rain started again, very smugly, and began to taunt Youxing Electronic Entertainment once more.

The European market is now mine, and it won't matter if you choose to enter now.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, as always, remained completely unresponsive, seemingly having long been accustomed to Nagaoyu's boastful nature. They remained remarkably calm and continued to promote their game in a methodical manner.

Because both YOO Electronic Entertainment and YOO use the same engine for game development, there isn't a significant difference in their graphics. Both are realistic in style and are shooting, racing, and sports games. The difference is minimal, at least in terms of the visuals shown in their advertisements.

However, European players' enthusiasm hasn't waned much; having just played Longtail Rain's football game, they want to play more games of the same type.

Based on the development cycle, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's shooting, racing, and ball games followed closely behind, and naturally, they also garnered a very high level of attention.

In May, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's shooting, racing, and ball games were released on schedule in many parts of Europe.

Unlike in the United States and Japan, sales of games in stores in Europe were not particularly good; there were certainly no instances of hundreds of people queuing up at a single store.

The main reason is that Europe is a vast and sparsely populated region, and most people are not interested in traveling a long distance to buy a game. Only stores in big cities seem to be doing well in terms of sales.

However, this doesn't mean European gamers don't want to play the latest games. Rather than queuing to buy games, they prefer to pre-order from retailers and wait for the games to be delivered to their homes before playing.

This led many players to buy the game and boost the sales figures for the first week, but in reality, it would take at least another week for the game to actually reach them.

……

Carson's favorite things to do are playing football, watching football matches, and getting into fights. He's a typical European football hooligan.

Such people are adept at disrupting public order and forming cliques, causing great trouble to social security.

This situation is even more serious in Europe, where there is a subconscious tendency to like fighting and a desire to find an outlet for that pent-up energy.

And football, with its long history, is one of their outlets for venting their frustrations.

Normally, unless there are special circumstances, he would find a place to take a group of guys to a bar to watch a football match. There happened to be an English Premier League match recently, so seven or eight of them agreed to go to a bar called Spin Spin Spin to watch the match together. It had the best beer, several very pretty waiters, and the biggest TV screen, and it became their favorite place to hang out.

However, this is not good news for the bar owner.

Because if these guys get even slightly upset while watching a game, they're very likely to start a fight in the bar.

But he still had to do business, and forcibly driving these people away wouldn't work; it would only cause them more discontent and lead to an even worse situation.

"Hey Larson, long time no see. Where have you been making money lately?"

In front of the Spin Spin Spin Bar, Carson, dressed in a leather jacket and sporting a buzz cut, looking like a thug, was squatting to one side. When he saw his friend arrive, he immediately jumped up happily, walked over to him, and put his arm around his shoulder.

Larson, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, casually said, "I worked as a temporary worker at the docks for a few weeks and made a little money. I'll cover the drinks tonight."

Carson's eyes lit up: "That's really rare! It's a deal, we won't pay today, you're treating!"

Chapter 574 The Football Battle (2)

Besides Carson and Larson, five or six other people also walked over from a distance and entered the Spin Spin Bar together, chatting and laughing.

"Dad, they're here again."

The moment these people entered the bar, they attracted everyone's attention, including the young bartender and the other customers, who involuntarily showed expressions of disgust.

They all hated these guys because they always ruined the drinking atmosphere.

At that moment, an elderly bar owner walked out from the kitchen with a headache on his face.

"They're here again? Arrange for them to go somewhere secluded, treat them well, give them plenty of drinks, and make them quiet down. After all these years, they won't go too far this time because of me."

"Father, can't we just drive these people away?"

"How do you get rid of them? These people are all acquaintances in the town. If you drive them away today, they'll be defecating in front of your house tomorrow. There's basically no way to negotiate with these scoundrels."

The bar owner seemed quite helpless. After so many years, these people had almost gotten used to coming here, and he didn't have any good ways to deal with them.

Now his only hope is that these people will try to reduce their irritability as much as possible each time they come.

Try to reason with them humbly and politely; they might calm down before they get completely drunk.

The young bartender was furious. These guys were truly despicable, and there was nothing he could do about it. It was these people who constantly forced him to help his father clean up the 'battlefield' left behind by them.

Every time he finished cleaning, he would feel an involuntary surge of anger and violent emotions. He really wanted to fight these people and fight violence with violence.

Unfortunately, I was too thin and weak, and I had no chance of winning against these crazy guys.

Whenever his violent emotions surged, he couldn't help but think of video game consoles. At least these things could alleviate his violent emotions a lot, and they provided a very reasonable outlet for his rage...

Hey?

and many more……

The young bartender's eyes widened slightly.

If one's own violent emotions can be eliminated by video games, then can the violent emotions of these guys also be eliminated?

“Father, I…may have a solution to stop these people from causing trouble.”

"Ok?"

The bar owner looked at his son with a puzzled expression.

What's your idea?

"I'm not entirely sure if this method will work, but I want to give it a try."

The bar owner pondered for a moment, then said, "You can give it a try, but be careful with the child. I don't want to pay your medical bills out of my own pocket."

"Do not worry."

The young bartender looked very confident. He then walked up to the group of guys and invited them to a spot in the bar with a good view of the large-screen TV broadcasting football. He then quickly prepared their drinks, providing excellent service.

Carson and the others were quite satisfied and immediately started shouting loudly to begin a drinking contest.

At that very moment, the football match on television officially began.

The players on the field were engaged in a tense duel, and these guys started cheering loudly, chanting the name of a certain football star, hoping that the other side could do better in today's game.

Just then, the young bartender brought out a game console from the lounge—the latest game console from Surui Electronics—and also brought out a slightly smaller television, attracting the attention of some people.

The loudest guys naturally noticed the young bartender's actions, but they didn't quite understand what he was trying to do.

On the other side of the live football television, the situation is developing in a direction these guys don't want to see.

Carson and his group's emotions gradually became unstable.

Seeing that things were not going well, another bartender planned to go up and gently remind these people to behave themselves.

But the bar owner suddenly stopped the bartender and shook his head.

"I want to see what my son plans to do."

This bar will eventually belong to his son, and he will definitely encounter similar situations frequently in the future. So he really wants to see what his son is up to and whether he can really calm these restless guys down.

At worst, I'll just lose some money. Unless my son gets beaten, all other outcomes are acceptable.

"Boss, if they smash anything else, especially that TV, we'll be at a huge loss."

"I can accept this loss. Let's see how things go first."

……

"Damn it! Blarry, if you're not good enough, get off the plane! What kind of stinky feet are these?!"

"Damn it! I'm going to lose all my money again today!"

"You went betting on football again? You never learn! How many times have I told you to bet against the favorites?! Every time you bet on whoever wins, you lose!"

The group of irritable individuals gradually became agitated, and it seemed that things were heading towards a violent confrontation.

Meanwhile, the young bartender was still leisurely adjusting the game console, and then inserted a disc with the FIFA logo into it.

Not long after, a cool 3D football animation appeared on the small TV.

Carson glanced casually in the direction of the young bartender, and then was involuntarily drawn to the scene on the television.

The game on the big TV was already in a worrying situation, and he was in a bad mood, not wanting to watch any longer. That's why he was drawn to the content on another TV.

The young bartender skillfully adjusted the game console, arriving at the FIFA game's main interface. Here, he brought up the two teams currently in a match, and controlled the football team on the television that was at a disadvantage.

Of course, the team names in the game are somewhat different from those in real life, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell which team it is at a glance.