Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"On the one hand, Youxing Electronic Entertainment is paying too much money. They can easily get millions just by licensing a video game, which is quite good."

After speaking, the Manchester United owner quickly showed a regretful expression.

It's clear he's already starting to regret that the amount of money was a bit too little.

If I had known earlier that esports would be this popular and video games would be this hot, I could have asked for a much higher licensing fee.

However, the contract signed at the time had a long term, so we could only wait for the price to increase in the next year.

"On the other hand, the Premier League organizing committee wanted to break through and not be controlled by FIFA. So they found a new breakthrough point. At that time, FIFA also found an entertainment company willing to cooperate to develop football games. The Premier League and FIFA were essentially each finding a target to gamble on, betting on who would have the last laugh."

The assistant immediately said, "Then it's obvious that you made the right bet, boss."

“That’s right.” The Manchester United owner immediately became happy. “In the end, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment succeeded in this competition, and all the teams in the Premier League also benefited greatly. In addition, I finally realized in this process that video games are not just for children. Look at all the men, women, and children below, that’s the best proof.”

"Boss, you have a truly discerning eye."

"Haha, right now my biggest hope is that the kid I just signed named Carson can bring back the eSports World Cup football title for me this year."

His gaze fell on the enormous screen hanging in the center of the arena, which was showing a live broadcast of Carson and another of his teammates, both of them focused intently.

Once upon a time, Carson was a troublemaker, but video games changed him, and they changed many others as well.

Carson's opponent is a French esports team player. Both have already qualified for the esports World Cup, and now they are competing for the European championship.

The audience below the stage shouted loudly in support of their favorite players, and every time one of them scored a goal, it would elicit cheers.

Unlike traditional real-life football matches, football video games are faster-paced and offer a more intense and exciting experience.

In real football matches, it's normal for a close game to end with a small score difference. Most of the 90-minute match is about the players vying for the ball.

However, in a football video game, it's normal for both sides to score seven or eight goals in a match, and the average match time is shorter. But esports matches are relatively more frequent, so the overall time is about the same as traditional football, but it's more exciting.

The cheers from the spectators in the stadium were almost non-stop. Many of them even became hoarse from cheering so loudly, but they still cheered excitedly. Many of them didn't even know anything about video games, only that there was a football match. But when they saw that the football match was a video game match, they didn't leave. Instead, they became very interested in this kind of video football game. Coupled with the atmosphere at the scene, they quickly joined in.

Finally, after more than an hour and five games, Carson's team won the European region with a total score of 3 to 2. Amidst cheers from countless people, Carson achieved his first moment of glory.

"Alright, we should go now. I need to give my soccer player a proper reward!"

The owners of Manchester United were overjoyed to have won the European Championship.

Chapter 868 The Time Is Ripe

868

"Looking at the time, it seems like it's about time."

Zhu Youxing looked at the time on his computer, calculating in his mind. Then he opened the official website of Oily Electronic Entertainment and entered the Final Fantasy section.

The Final Fantasy discussion forum is one of the top five forums among all of Yusei Electronic Entertainment's official forums.

Among them, the most popular are naturally Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X.

After that, Final Fantasy released the very popular Final Fantasy XII, and then temporarily put this story aside, without continuing to release sequels, and instead began to focus on various derivative works.

Later, Final Fantasy released several games with subtitles, such as Dissidia Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Type-0.

These games all abandoned the original turn-based gameplay and instead opted for real-time combat, which is more exciting. As a result of releasing more than ten titles in a row, the Final Fantasy series has maintained a consistently high level of popularity.

Even at this time, many players are still sharing new things they've discovered in Final Fantasy.

As the game grows larger, in addition to significant improvements in graphics and sound effects, there's also the ability to add more interesting elements.

Easter eggs are what players love to find the most.

In Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII, Bamboo Star added many game-related Easter eggs, and finding these Easter eggs has become one of the joys for many players.

"The Final Fantasy VII forum isn't as active anymore."

Zhu Youxing opened the Final Fantasy VII section, and the most recent post there was from a week ago.

"After all, it's been a game for over a decade. Do you really expect it to stay popular forever?"

Tsukino Aya came to Takeyusei's side and handed him a bento box.

Here, your lunch.

Takeyusei took the bento box and opened it. Inside was a meal carefully prepared by Tsukino Aya, which looked and smelled delicious.

Around the time when Tsukino Aya began to like Takeyusei, she started to work hard to learn how to make food.

Of course, this doesn't mean she wants to be a simple housewife. She just hopes that the people she loves can eat the meals she has personally prepared, which gives her a sense of accomplishment similar to playing a role-playing game.

Takeyusei ate the meal that Tsukino Aya had carefully prepared with a look of enjoyment, while continuing to look at the computer screen.

"There are still a lot of players who like Final Fantasy VII, but now there are so many new games that they have lost interest in the old ones."

"Hmm? From what you're saying, you want to make another Final Fantasy VII game?"

Takeyusei didn't give a clear answer, but looked at Tsukino Aya and said, "What do you think? Wouldn't it generate a lot of buzz if we did it?"

“That’s for sure,” Tsukino Aya nodded.

Final Fantasy VII is also one of her favorite series.

Of all role-playing games, her favorite is Dragon Quest, because it was the first role-playing video game she ever played. This first impression made Aya Tsukino never forget the feeling of surprise and joy she experienced when she first played Dragon Quest.

My second favorite series is Final Fantasy.

Especially during the process of working with Takeyusei on Final Fantasy VII, he wanted Takeyusei to change the ending countless times because she loved the story of Final Fantasy VII so much and really hoped that the story could have a happy ending.

Alice didn't want to die, and the world was thriving. Later, after the game Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core was released, she hoped that Zack wouldn't die either.

She's a fan of the Zack and Alice pairing, and she gets incredibly sad every time she sees the scene where Alice sends Zack his last letter.

This is one of the few moments that she can truly empathize with.

Now, it seems that Takeyusei is saying that the story of Final Fantasy VII is going to continue, and she is still very interested.

"Tell me, who do you want dead this time?"

Zhu Youxing said, somewhat amused and exasperated, "Why ask such a question directly?"

"Anyway, if a few important people in your Final Fantasy don't die, it won't feel like Final Fantasy anymore."

Zhu Youxing said helplessly, "This is the driving force of the story, and the driving force of the story is often not just tragedy. I did not make the characters die for the sake of dying. Everything is natural."

Aya Tsukino nodded and said, "I agree with what you said. If it weren't for the natural order, and characters were just dying for no reason, purely for the sake of torture, then I might have taken Airi Hayazawa and given you a good beating."

Zhu Youxing remained silent for a moment.

Just think of Airi Hayazawa's iron fist... that's pretty ruthless, after all, she comes from a family of swordsmen.

"Speaking of which, do you remember what I told you and Hayasawa Airi before?"

"What have you said? You've said a lot of things."

"It's related to Final Fantasy VII. I told you about it when we were making Final Fantasy VII. Have you forgotten?"

Aya Tsukino frowned: "Something that was mentioned during the initial production..."

Takeyusei didn't give any hints, but patiently waited on the side, thinking that Tsukino Aya should be able to remember.

Finally, it seemed that Aya Tsukino had indeed thought of something, and her eyes suddenly widened.

"Is it the promise you made to me when we learned about the ending of Final Fantasy VII?"

"Yes."

The so-called promise was made by Takeyusei when Hayasawa Airi and Tsukino Ayaka were heartbroken by the ending of Final Fantasy VII. He assured them that the story of Final Fantasy VII and the story of Aerith would not end easily because of death, and that there was still hope for Aerith to reappear in the future.

This remark put Hayazawa Airi and Tsukino Aya at ease.

Later, when Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core was released, Ayaya Tsukino remembered this incident. After watching the story of Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core unfold, she did recall the promise that Takeyusei had made to her, but at the time, she subconsciously thought that Crisis Core was Takeyusei's promise.

In the end, Alice could not avoid death, and not only that, the core crisis was marred by a new tragedy, making Aya Tsukino even more distressed.

"Wasn't that the promise you made to me back then for Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core?"

Takeyusei smiled: "I never said I had kept my promise. I told you that the story of Final Fantasy VII would not end easily, and Aerith would not leave easily either."

"then you……"

Takeyusei casually picked up a pen from his desk, wrote a passage on a piece of white paper, and then showed it to Tsukino Aya.

Tsukino Aya looked at the words above, then glanced at Takeyusei with some disbelief.

Zhu Youxing smiled and nodded.

Final Fantasy 7 Reset

The word for this remake is "Remake," which means a complete remake, not just a high-definition remaster of an old game.

"I plan to remake Final Fantasy VII using new technology. Of course, it's not just about simply remaking the story. My colleague also plans to 'slightly' rewrite the story."

"Then you mean..."

"Alice might survive."

Chapter 869 You're something else, SE!

869

Zhu Youxing said it was only a possibility; the true direction of the story was not revealed after Zhu Youxing's time travel. However, Zhu Youxing himself preferred to add a perfect ending to this version, in which everyone had a chance to survive.

However, imperfect stories are always memorable, and even though Zhu Youxing didn't get to play the game before his time travel, he could still roughly guess the ending.

However, in this world, Takeyusei felt that at least one hidden perfect branch ending could be added. After all, the Final Fantasy VII series has already started to play with parallel worlds, so there will always be a perfect ending in one of the parallel worlds, and this will not affect the release of some subsequent games.

The development team responsible for the Final Fantasy V series has been relatively free recently. This project will also be a long-term game, because it is not only to give players a chance to make up for their regrets, but also to show off their strength.

The best CG effects will definitely be used in the Final Fantasy series.

As for now...

Zhu Youxing looked at the forum on the computer again.

It's time to reveal that one card.

He logged into one of his alternate accounts that he hadn't used in a long time.

On his official forum, Zhuyouxing keeps many of his own official alternate accounts, sometimes used to observe the chat content on the forum, and sometimes used to express his own opinions as a player.

All of his alternate accounts have remained unknown to others; even Tsukino Aya doesn't know how many alternate accounts Takeyusei has.