Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

During this process, Takeyusei also used Nintendo's World Dominator alt account to make an indie game called Cycle Heroes.

The gameplay is actually very simple; it's an upgraded version of the idle game genre. Players cannot control the main character, but they can set up various levels and strategic points along the way. By continuously setting up various buildings with complex combinations, the main character can obtain items and resources at just the right amount of time.

Originally, the graphics of this game were even worse than those of Stardew Valley, but its addictiveness was no less than that of Stardew Valley. Zhu Youxing remembers staying up all night and working on it for more than a week in order to create the most perfect level.

Even though it's an indie game, it garnered over 100,000 views on the day of its release.

Since everyone had already made a deep impression on the developer of Stardew Valley, they were naturally very much looking forward to his second game.

This expectation did not disappoint them. The second game developed by this mysterious developer still looks rough in terms of graphics, but it is still so easy to get hooked. It can be said that this developer has a very good grasp of the players' psychology and can always make players unable to stop playing.

The game then sold 400,000 copies in its first week, and sales continued to increase thereafter.

While official games from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment rarely disclose sales figures, they are happy to announce sales figures for indie games. This is a way to drive traffic to their Battle.net platform, letting more independent game developers know that they can make money on this platform and unleash their creativity.

It sold 300,000 copies in its first week. Although the game was only priced at ten dollars, it still gave YOO a hard slap in the face.

It's even more unacceptable that a racing game that took almost a year of hard work to develop is not as successful as an indie game made by a single person. This is even more unacceptable than the fact that Yuxing Electronics Entertainment surpassed them in sales.

Need for Speed ​​continues to sell well, and players clearly love the live-action format, the semi-open racing world, and the police chase gameplay.

At the same time, this version focuses on enhancing the drifting system, making car drifting look cooler and more stylish, going further and further in the direction of being cooler and more beautiful.

The advantage of this kind of game is that it can quickly capture the attention of gamers who have only glanced at it, as they will be attracted by its cool graphics and drifting gameplay.

With such a visual spectacle, players almost immediately jumped into Need for Speed.

With the orderly release of three consecutive games, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment gradually gained recognition in the European market.

The status of shooting, racing, and ball games has been firmly established, and it can only be challenged if the opponent develops a game that far surpasses it.

Otherwise, having already established its advantages, Youxing Electronic Entertainment would have virtually no rivals.

The decline in sales has once again drawn the ire of Wall Street investors towards Long Tail Rain.

They have started demanding again that Longtail Rain limit its investment in game development.

The failure of Longtail Rain reminded them of the film and television industry, where there have been examples of large investments that flopped spectacularly. Video games should be similar.

Fortunately, long-tailed rain still has some value, so it hasn't really been abandoned by capital.

However, they have become less financially lavish and more conservative in their investment in game development than before.

At this point, YOO can no longer pose a significant threat to Youxing Electronic Entertainment in game development.

Unless YOO creates a few more hit products and the Long Tail Rain phenomenon returns, he might continue to cause trouble for Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

However, he probably won't have that opportunity.

Because the Nagao rain has encountered new troubles in Japan, and they are big troubles at that.

"Shocking inside story! Japanese internet giant YOO is backed by multinational capital and is also preparing to enter the traditional Japanese media and television sector, control the media mouthpiece, and influence public opinion!"

"Today's Interview: Economics Professor Jiro Soeda exposes YOO's conspiracy, a shameless and despicable company attempting to shake the foundations of the nation!"

A few days later, several major Japanese newspapers and television stations launched a collective attack on YOO, and all sorts of negative news came like snowflakes.

This is just the beginning.

The public was utterly shocked by the sudden influx of news.

They never imagined that the person they regarded as a role model of the new era was actually backed by a foreign power.

Due to national character and other reasons, most Japanese people are very averse to foreigners, especially Americans, and are extremely sensitive to news about foreigners.

Normally, if it is said that Americans come to Japan to do business, the public will be very resistant.

Unexpectedly, foreign capital has quietly entered the television media industry this time.

This foreign capital, especially American capital, immediately caused an uproar among the public.

What's going on with YOO? Why is there foreign capital involved? You're a star company in Japan, how come foreign capital is suddenly getting involved?

If they actually plan to rely on foreign capital to penetrate the television media industry, does that mean that some of the television content we've seen before has been misleading?

The TV station that received investment from YOO immediately became the target of public questioning.

Why are you being infiltrated by foreign capital?

Speak! Have you been preparing to collaborate with foreign powers and brainwash our people all along?

No? Not on purpose? Who believes your lies? Investigate! Investigate thoroughly, leave no stone unturned!

This caused quite a stir among the public, and for a time, news about YOO was everywhere in society. Adults knew about it, children knew about it, babies knew about it, and even stray dogs on the street would occasionally bark fiercely to express their dissatisfaction after seeing YOO-related advertisements.

For a time, YOO seemed to have become a rat crossing the street.

However, public opinion can be very useful sometimes. If you really ignore it and don't respond, people may gradually forget about it over time, and that's not a big problem.

But the chaebols won't let YOO get away with it.

They are the people who truly wield power, and they are the group that can effectively use their authority to eliminate new forces.

A few days later, the entire Special Investigation Department of Japan gathered in front of the headquarters of YOO in Tokyo and forcibly entered despite the obstruction of the YOO receptionist.

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This was a premeditated investigation.

The investigation and evidence collection took nearly a year, and every detail was investigated, from the source of YOO's funding to all the industries he was involved in.

During this period, some mysterious hackers would occasionally provide information to the Special Investigation Department, which further confirmed many of Changweiyu's shady insider dealings, leaving Changweiyu speechless even if it had ten mouths.

A listed company that expands wildly from the very beginning and continues to receive various kinds of capital injections is destined to have many shady dealings.

These things aren't really a big deal within a certain circle; it just depends on whether anyone takes them seriously.

In this world, companies like Yuxing Electronic Entertainment are extremely rare, while companies like YOO are the norm.

The Japanese Special Investigation Department was directly ordered by the Prime Minister's Office, which can be considered the highest level of authorization.

Obstruction? You blind fool, do you want to go to jail? If you want to, then go ahead and obstruct us. We're here with a special order from the Prime Minister's Office. Anyone who tries to stop us will be arrested, and we can put you in jail on perfectly legitimate grounds.

This display of force immediately frightened the receptionists so much that they dared not react and could only let these people go upstairs to investigate.

Everyone who came to work that day was ordered to stop what they were doing, put their hands behind their heads, squat in a corner, and wait for their fate. Meanwhile, the special investigation department quickly reviewed all the data on every computer in YOO Company, taking away all the data that could be taken away. For the data that couldn't be taken away, they immediately contacted more people to help move it. In short, no data was lost.

Ordinary employees are all placed under unified supervision, while YOO's management are directly handcuffed and taken away.

Regardless of whether you are suspected of a crime, arrest them all and interrogate them one by one. But the ultimate goal is to catch the big fish, Changweiyu. The other management is just a side effect.

The efficiency of the Special Investigations Department in carrying out this mission was exceptionally high, almost unprecedented.

In addition to the YOO headquarters, people also broke into Nagao Ame's home to investigate.

His home was quickly ransacked by special agents, who took everything away, ostensibly to collect evidence.

According to them, based on a tip from an informant, Changweiyu has serious financial problems, and the tax authorities have reason to suspect that YOO has a history of falsifying accounts, so they must now conduct a thorough investigation.

Zhu Youxing was one of the first to know this news, much earlier than any of the media outlets.

It was his reminder to the Kitada family that gave them the opportunity to seize upon Nagao Amane's weakness and take advantage of his illness to kill him.

He also knew that Nagao Amane's career was probably over, and his career was completely ruined as a result.

Of course, he brought this upon himself, and Zhu Youxing would not sympathize with him at all.

Even without me, those conglomerates are not to be trifled with either; this is the consequence of constantly encroaching on their established territories.

In Japan, the only way to compete with zaibatsu is to become a zaibatsu yourself. However, Nagao Amane was too high-profile before becoming a zaibatsu. The rapid success of the internet made him blindly trust his own judgment.

This scene is really similar to that of a Japanese internet company in my past life, and the ending was also similar. It can only be said that history really does have a certain inevitability.

A week later, Nagao Ame was formally arrested in the Kansai region of Japan on charges of violating the Securities and Exchange Act, as well as a series of concurrent charges including bribery and falsifying accounts.

Nagao Yu naturally denied it and filed an appeal to prove his innocence. However, the one who wanted to deal with him was not a powerful institution, but the Japanese zaibatsu class. His defeat was already inevitable.

These conglomerates cannot stand by and watch a guy with the ability to take over their territory grow stronger.

This guy actually plans to get involved in a series of industries, including entertainment, news, and economic investment. How could this conglomerate possibly tolerate that?

It's already merciful of them not to kill you.

They knew that Nagao Amane had American capital behind him, and the zaibatsu would at least consider the American capital and not go too far. It would be enough to completely ruin Nagao Amane's reputation. Otherwise, if they pushed the US too far, it would be really not worth it if the US imposed sanctions on Japan again.

The arrest of Nagao Ame has not only caused a stir in Japan, because YOO itself has already ventured into multiple industries and is beginning to develop into an international group. The company has also become well-known in several countries, and these countries were also surprised when its president was arrested.

Then people began to seriously examine the company, and they were shocked to find that the company seemed to have been burning money all along but had no way to make money.

The Japanese market reacted very strongly, with the stock prices of YOO and several of its subsidiaries plummeting, triggering panic selling.

The Japanese stock market was in a terrible state due to the bursting of the bubble, and it only started to improve slightly in the new millennium. However, the impact of YOO caused people to lose confidence in the stock market again.

As the commotion in Japan grew, American investors suddenly realized that without Changweiyu at the helm of YOO, there was no chance of recouping their previous investments.

Previously, YOO held shares in a television station, several well-known publishing houses, and even one or two small newspapers. However, due to this turmoil, these companies immediately severed ties with Changweiyu and even threatened to seek compensation from Changweiyu. It can be said that everyone is kicking a man when he is down.

These things that American capital considered valuable immediately vanished. As for game development, online film and television platforms, and online shopping platforms, they simply cannot operate without continuous investment of funds.

They were then shocked to realize that internet companies weren't really as glamorous as they seemed on the surface.

Internet companies can easily acquire millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of users with just a few taps on their phones.

However, how to convert these users into profits has become a very big problem.

The internet in this world is still in the exploratory stage. Apart from Facebook, which seems to be thriving and has the ability to make money, other internet companies are constantly trying to find their own path.

This path of constant trial and error is a path of constantly spending money, until they find their own paths.

When YOO suddenly fell from grace, investors felt that the internet was far too lacking in authenticity, and that the astonishing data was highly fraudulent.

This mindset quickly manifested in financial investment, with all capital becoming extremely cautious about investing in the internet sector. Some even went so far as to declare that the internet was fraught with uncertainty and advised investors not to easily invest in internet companies.

At this very moment, internet companies became objects of disdain, and the internet bubble that belonged to this world finally arrived.

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YOO has fallen from grace.

This is the consensus of most people.