Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

"no problem."

Takeyu Aya got up and went to the kitchen, while Takeyu Sei continued playing the game with the controller, all the while thinking of a solution in his mind.

He really wants to drive the entire industry.

However, there will still be some unavoidable problems.

First, Zhu Youxing needs to overcome these hurdles.

After thinking about it all night, Zhu Youxing still couldn't come up with a good solution.

If a solution could be so readily devised, someone would have thought of it long ago.

As for myself, I have my own advantages, namely, the experiences and knowledge I have gained from another world.

However, in this day and age, the knowledge from the previous world is becoming increasingly less useful.

"Forget it, let's work on an indie game first and get it done before the developer conference."

Zhu Youxing plans to continue brainstorming solutions while also working on developing an independent game.

But what type should we develop? We need to think about that carefully.

The next day, Zhu Youxing went to the company in the morning, and he continued to think about countermeasures on the way.

After arriving at the company, Zhu Youxing first checked the game development progress of several development departments.

Check it every day to make sure every task is completed within the scheduled time.

It seems that everything is proceeding as planned.

After returning to his office, Zhu Youxing checked his schedule again and realized that he hadn't inquired about the Olympic Games for several days.

He just went to check out the department developing the Olympic Games game. Their development is progressing quite quickly, and it might even be finished two or three months earlier than expected.

However, Zhu Youxing hasn't been paying much attention to the opening ceremony lately. He should at least keep an eye on it himself, as it's a good opportunity to increase his company's influence.

Online, when people learned that the Tokyo Olympics would feature cultural elements they were familiar with, such as anime and games, fans of these cultures went wild.

They are happy because they feel that these cultures, which were once defined as non-mainstream, are gradually being recognized by the mainstream.

To this day, the video game and animation industries are still somewhat looked down upon.

The saying "literary men may belittle each other" is probably quite common throughout the world.

People from other cultural fields tend to look down on the animation and video game industries.

Of course, it's also possible that these two industries have taken away some of their traffic and jobs, causing some people to feel envious and jealous, and outwardly show disdain.

There are now quite a few related discussion videos on Facebook video sharing website.

Many bloggers related to anime and games are imagining how amazing the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics will be.

And they all vowed to make time to watch the opening ceremony.

Let's at least watch the opening ceremony first.

Discussions about the Olympics have reached a new high.

The Rio Olympics, preceding the Tokyo Olympics, was probably the least popular of any Games, with many saying that such competitive events had become somewhat boring.

The International Olympic Committee is actually seeking innovation and change, wanting to find some new breakthroughs, or at least some ways to attract young people.

This is one of the reasons why they are willing to accept anime and games as part of the Olympic culture.

As the Tokyo Olympics approached, the top officials of the organizing committee became increasingly convinced that this path was the right one.

Because of the involvement of anime and games, young people are clearly paying a lot of attention to this Olympics.

Although most of these people may not care about the Olympics itself, that's enough.

At least it generated buzz, so the organizing committee can still make money.

Indeed, in public, the IOC is a good way to call for world peace and encourage the use of sports to resolve world disputes and build world harmony.

But in reality, the IOC is not as selfless as it is portrayed.

They also need to make money, just like some traditional businesses.

They make money, receive dividends, and operate like a company by selling Olympic broadcasting rights, Olympic brand licensing, and other similar methods.

Gaining sufficient attention and traffic is also their magic weapon and tool for making money.

This collaboration between gaming and anime culture to host the Olympics is a win-win situation, and the organizing committee has even begun to study the possibility of using the same approach for the next Olympics in 2024.

Takeyuki picked up the phone and dialed the number of Ono Saeji, the opening ceremony director.

The call was quickly connected, and Ono Sane's voice came through on the other end.

"Mr. Zhuyou, it's so nice that you called."

"Huh?" Zhu Youxing was taken aback. "What's going on? What do you mean by that?"

Ono Sayuki's tone was clearly indignant: "Even if you hadn't called me, Mr. Takeyu, I probably would have called you back later. I'm really furious with these bastards!"

Chapter 1095 Accident Reenactment

"Tell me in detail what exactly happened."

Zhu Youxing asked calmly.

"That's right. This Olympic opening ceremony was prepared by multiple directors, right? There are three directors in total, including myself, each belonging to different factions. The other two are very annoying. They are doing their best to make their part the core of the opening ceremony and are even planning to apply for more unnecessary funding."

Ono Saneyuki is, after all, a director who is quite well-known in the world.

He has served as the chief planner and director of many large-scale celebrations, and is also a core member of the creative team for many award-winning films and television dramas worldwide.

This resume is arguably the best among the creative teams for the opening and closing ceremonies of this Olympic Games.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, with its deep pockets, is simply looking for a promotional effect, showcasing its strong capabilities in the electronic game culture.

As for anime and traditional Japanese culture, these should actually be ranked second in this Olympics.

After all, Zhu Youxing deserves credit for hosting this Olympics. It was Zhu Youxing who initially proposed the idea of ​​using popular culture to attract young people, and it was Zhu Youxing who took the initiative to provide material and non-material resources.

Brand IP licensing is completely free.

Inviting Ono Saneyuki was a decision made after much consideration, and his position as the general director and his generous remuneration were enough to impress him.

Ono Saeyuki was very happy to take on this job.

However, when he actually started participating in the preparations for the Olympic Games opening ceremony, all sorts of troubles began to emerge, giving him a real headache.

The most pressing issue is that there were three directors in total this time.

The other two guys are also quite well-known in their respective fields and are very expressive. They are not convinced by Ono Saeji and want to force their way into more management, and they want to add more content from their own supervisors to the opening ceremony.

After all, whoever has the most cultural content in the opening and closing ceremonies should be ranked higher as the chief director.

The other two guys are very concerned about this ranking.

Furthermore, these two guys also liked to apply for funding under various pretexts.

I won't go into details about licensing fees for anime brands or consulting fees for Japanese traditional culture masters; you can use the excuse of essential needs to apply for these.

But these two guys also applied for all sorts of bizarre funding.

The chief director in charge of choreographing traditional Japanese culture wanted to purchase a batch of antiques scattered among the people. He meant that these could well represent traditional Japanese culture and would be great to exhibit at the Olympics. He also wanted to hire ten master craftsmen from different fields with 300 million yen to perform various traditional Japanese cultural performances on site with their apprentices.

This is normal.

What's outrageous is that the director also applied for 3 billion yen in funding, which was for the cost of costumes, props, and sets.

He hired several renowned costume and prop designers to design costumes and props, and a single costume for a performance could be worth tens of millions of yen.

Of course, it would be fine if the costumes and props were worth the price, but what shocked Ono Sano was that the initial drafts of costumes and props provided by these so-called designers were more and more awful than the last.

There's a rather eerie design called the Japanese Cannon, which might be meant to make a splash. The plan is to release it with a loud bang at the start of the opening ceremony, blasting out a map of Japan in the sky. Then, the map will be divided into different regions to represent the different traditional cultures of different parts of Japan.

Such a cannon would cost around 200 million yen.

Even Zhu Youxing was a little confused by the design of this cannon.

Not to mention that Ono Sane heard it.

The person in charge of anime culture arrangement was alright; he wanted to apply for the production of more anime character props. He wanted to create a medley of Japanese anime culture, adding as many Japanese anime characters as possible to the opening ceremony to highlight diversity.

But he was very fond of meticulous craftsmanship and hired hundreds of master craftsmen to carve all kinds of materials.

From a giant movable statue of an anime character... oh, it should be called a giant movable figure.

It's down to the smallest detail: the nameplate each participating country holds when they enter the venue.

Those were all meticulously crafted by master craftsmen, and the labor costs alone are approaching one billion yen. And it's not over yet; they anticipate needing to produce even more.

This thing only requires machining, which is dozens of times cheaper than manual labor, and it looks much better.

Ono Saeji also gave this suggestion.

Ono Sayuki is also over sixty years old, older than the other two, but he seems younger and more open to new technologies, doing his best to save money in the video game programming projects he manages.

The other two companies seem to have budgets of tens of billions of yen for their opening ceremony productions.

Ono Saeji would save at least half the money compared to those two guys.

Of course, these funds did not come from Ono Sane or Yusei Electronics Entertainment; they were all funded by the Japanese government.

But Ono Saeji still felt heartbroken. Why waste money on such a bunch of bizarre and illogical things?

With so much money, wouldn't it be better to do something meaningful?

But they refused.

It's about being unconventional.

The point is to highlight Japan's wealth and power, while also claiming it's about showcasing Japanese craftsmanship to the world.

"Mr. Zhuyou, this is roughly the situation. These two guys are not easy to deal with. They are trying their best to squeeze more funds out of us, while also squeezing out our original opening ceremony script and arrangement. This will obviously disrupt our design. With all this back and forth, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the opening ceremony rehearsals to proceed normally. In a serious case, the opening ceremony may end up being just a half-finished product."

Ono Saeki became more and more excited as he spoke, while Takeyusei became more and more composed as he listened.

Knew it.

really.

Different worlds, same fate.