Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

The headhunting firm had nothing to say about such a generous employer; in fact, they were quite pleased.

These two women have been listed in their database for at least a year.

Most companies are unwilling to hire the two women because they are women.

However, their work skills are quite high.

Sometimes, no matter how high your skill level is, you can't overcome gender discrimination. In Japan, it will take at least another 20 or 30 years before there is any improvement in this area.

"Well then, President Zhuyou, I wish us a pleasant cooperation. If you have any further needs in the future, please feel free to contact us anytime. This is my business card."

The manager respectfully presented his business card with both hands.

Zhu Youxing is already a valued customer, and we must maintain this relationship.

Zhu Youxing politely accepted the gift and then prepared to leave the company.

However, just as I stepped out of the company gate, a familiar person walked towards me.

Honda Rimi.

That housewife with two children.

Honda Rimi's previous job was as an economist, but she did not have experience working for large companies; she only served as a short-term finance manager at a medium-sized company.

However, after getting married, she resigned from her job to become a full-time housewife.

Unfortunately, her husband committed suicide after his investments failed, leaving Honda Rimi to support the entire family alone.

She previously assembled game consoles at Zhuyouxing's game company, but this was not the job she had envisioned.

She hopes to find a job similar to her past one.

It's just that it's so hard to find now.

On one hand, there's her age, and on the other hand, Japan's current talent demand is saturated, leaving no room for her.

"Ms. Honda?"

"President of the Bamboo Travel Club?"

The two of them were stunned when they saw each other.

Chapter 50 Game Plan

Honda Rimi was dressed in a fairly decent business outfit today, with her ponytail draped over one shoulder.

"Ms. Honda, your hairstyle is dangerous."

Remi Honda:? ? ?

Takeyusei coughed twice and said, "Ms. Honda, what are you doing here?"

"Ah, I'm here for an interview. I have a long-term accounting job to interview for today."

"Accounting? You know accounting?"

Zhu Youxing was very surprised. Before, she was just doing odd jobs, but now she's become an accountant.

"It seems that President Takeyu and Ms. Honda know each other," the headhunter manager remarked from the side.

Honda Rimi immediately bowed slightly upon seeing the headhunter manager.

Zhu Youxing glanced back at the headhunter manager.

The man immediately explained, “Ms. Honda is also one of our clients, but she’s looking for a job. She’s been looking for a long-term position in the finance field. Someone had a need for her yesterday, so I recommended her. We’ve scheduled an interview for today.”

It seems unnecessary to use a headhunting firm for just a finance job, especially since this is a very well-known one.

It's not that I'm underestimating Honda Rimi, it's just that simple financial work doesn't seem to meet the standards of a headhunting firm of this caliber.

But this has nothing to do with me.

Now Takeyusei understands that Honda Rimi's job with him was only a temporary arrangement.

If she can find a long-term job in finance, then she can settle down.

"Congratulations, Ms. Honda! I wish you the best of luck in your interview."

"Thank you, President Zhuyou. Thank you for your care before."

The previous month was quite tough, with two children and her husband's debts putting her under a lot of pressure.

Although the job of assembling game consoles given by Zhu Youxing was somewhat hard, it was very lucrative.

But ultimately it didn't last long.

After completing the first batch of game consoles, Zhuyouxing began contacting professional assembly plants to reduce costs by placing large orders, which was much cheaper than simply hiring them. Zhuyouxing didn't have much money to place large orders before.

Because her job couldn't last, Honda Rimi had to find another one.

A few days later, Minoru Matsuhashi and Sayaka Takenaka had gradually become familiar with the company's operating procedures.

The two were indeed workplace elites. In a very short time, they found and dealt with many legal and financial loopholes in the company. They also took care of all the issues related to the game console patent. Registering domestic patents was not enough; they needed to register international patents next to prevent others from stealing the product.

The two had a clear division of labor and were very efficient.

In addition to daily management work, one of them can also handle personnel matters. If Zhu Youxing needs a certain type of employee, he only needs to tell the two of them the requirements, and they can immediately start arranging candidates for interviews.

In this era, as long as you promise to pay a sufficient salary, a large number of students from prestigious universities will come to apply.

This was something unthinkable during the bubble era.

It could be said that Zhu Youxing has come to a terrible era, but it is also an era that is very suitable for him.

These two assistants to the president are quite valuable.

Women face discrimination in other places, but Zhu Youxing doesn't care about that; he only pursues cost-effectiveness and ability.

Even if these two do get married in the future, he can arrange a sufficiently long marriage leave and maternity leave for them so that they can relax.

As long as you are diligent and meticulous in your work, everything is negotiable.

Zhu Youxing didn't even plan to continue the trial period; signing an employment contract would be fine.

Minoru Matsuhashi and Sayaka Takenaka were also quite curious about this so-called electronic entertainment company.

There were no similar companies in Japan in the past, and now this company only has one product, which is the FC-type home entertainment computer that has been generating a lot of buzz recently.

Although it's called a computer, most people in the market now refer to it as a game console.

"Home entertainment computer" is more of a fancy name.

At the same time, the two of them were also keeping a close eye on the company's cash flow.

If it were a company with absolutely no potential, the two of them would immediately consider taking the money and looking for another job.

However, once they saw the daily revenue from the game consoles, they settled down completely.

The fact that they can sell tens of thousands of game consoles and various game software during this period, generating hundreds of millions in revenue in a single week, indicates that their potential is definitely very good.

Moreover, this is only in the Tokyo metropolitan area; according to Takeyusei's plan, the game console will be promoted nationwide.

If this trend continues, the company will definitely make a lot of money.

After settling down the company's affairs, Zhu Youxing was finally able to devote himself fully to game development.

Including Super Mario, which was sold with the console, there are now seven games on the Famicom.

Super Mario Bros., Dragon Quest, Contra, Gomoku, Tetris, Bomberman, and Battle City.

These are respectively categorized into several main types such as leisure, adventure, role-playing, and board games.

Zhu Youxing initially planned to directly develop a shooting, racing, and ball game.

However, it's clear that making a first-person shooter game with the capabilities of the Famicom is probably not easy; let's wait for the next generation of game consoles.

Oh, by the way, we should consider increasing the number of research personnel to assist in the research and development of more complex game consoles.

Another thing is to start recruiting some programmers to work with you to create games according to your requirements.

He can handle the current games by himself, but the more complex the games become, the more overwhelmed he will be if he tries to play alone.

Since shooting games aren't feasible for now, let's just make a ball game instead.

If you were to ask what the most popular ball game in Japan is, there's only one answer: baseball.

Baseball can be considered Japan's national sport.

From international professional tournaments to four- or five-year-old children playing with baseballs, baseball covers almost all age groups.

Its status is similar to that of table tennis in China.

However, making a professional baseball game requires player authorization, and my company can't afford the licensing fees right now, so I'll just make a more amateurish baseball game.

This isn't difficult to make, so now that we have ball games, let's make a racing game too.

Limited by its capabilities, Bamboo Star doesn't have many options; the rocket car is probably the only choice.

The gameplay of the rocket car is very simple: you constantly dodge obstacles by moving up, down, left, and right on a vertical track, which is similar to the Subway Surfers game on mobile phones in later generations.

The original rocket car game was simply about dodging and seeing who could last the longest, which was obviously not very fun.

So I decided to modify it a bit more, adding some items that can be picked up and setting the game up as a series of levels. After passing a level, you can get a certain reward, which can then be used to buy certain car models with different attributes.

This significantly increases the game's playability.

This is a common practice in later generations, but it's novel enough for this era.

Well, he's mainly been working on these two games for the past two months. They're not difficult to make, and he probably only needs to spare some time occasionally to finish them. But he doesn't plan to rush things. He has an idea for the future: to recruit employees and then teach them how to make games through his own experience with these two games.

If you want to develop and spread video games in this world, it's not enough to do it all by yourself.

No industry can be supported by one person.

He can be a leader, a godfather of video games, but he can never become a dictator.

Another aspect is researching new types of game consoles.

Chapter 51 Expanding the Game Territory: Recruiting Staff

A mature game is often created by multiple people working together.

For someone like Zhu Youxing, who started by working alone, it was essentially building upon the work of his predecessors. Combined with the more mature programming systems of later generations, this made game creation relatively easier for Zhu Youxing.