Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Who wouldn't line their own pockets?

Anyone can do it; he doesn't believe that no one is unable to.

He was simply following the mainstream of society.

Moreover, as far as he knew, there were many people in the Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee who were even more arrogant than him.

This is just a small-scale operation for him.

However, he never expected to encounter such a tough opponent, such a bizarre company as Youxing Electronic Entertainment.

This company forcibly intervened in the preparation and production of the opening and closing ceremonies, allowing their directors to take control of the entire process.

And to make matters worse, this person actually succeeded. It's hard to imagine why the people behind the scenes would want to make concessions.

He was unaware of the underlying interests involved; all he knew was that he was promptly ousted from the game.

He was soon abandoned by the chaebol capital behind him, and even though he had a chaebol relative as a backer, he was still kicked out.

He fell from a high and mighty position to the mundane world.

Later, he was not only kicked out of the Olympic preparations, but his attempt to return to his old profession of making animated films was also met with resistance from the industry.

A good friend of his told him that it was Youxing Electronic Entertainment that did this.

Yuxing Electronic Entertainment has already established a certain position in the animation industry because it is now quite willing to spend money on animation production and gives directors a lot of creative freedom, which makes it very popular with many animation companies.

Meanwhile, Zhu Youxing is boycotting this director. Even without Zhu Youxing's authorization, these production companies have simply cut off contact with him, causing him to lose his original job.

"See that? It's still video game music. This guy's selfishness is really too much!"

The third nation makes its appearance, accompanied by the signature music from Street Fighter, exciting Street Fighter fans.

The director was even more convinced that the opening ceremony would be a one-man show for video games. Anime and traditional Japanese culture would be thrown out the window, making video games the sole protagonist and turning the Olympics into a promotional machine for video games.

Seeing this, the director was convinced that Youxing Electronic Entertainment must have also made huge profits from it.

Every song is from Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, so the licensing fee must be a considerable sum.

Given that Youxing Electronics Entertainment holds a dominant position, isn't the price they set the tone for?

Kicking himself out of the opening and closing ceremony directing team is nothing more than letting even bigger rats dominate the propaganda mouthpiece.

This intensified the resentment and unwillingness in his eyes.

He couldn't resist any longer and picked up the phone next to him to dial a number.

"Hello, is this the self-inspection department of the Olympic Organizing Committee? This is **, I want to report something!"

"You ask me what I'm reporting? I'm reporting Youxing Electronic Entertainment for embezzling funds. They've included too much of their own video game business in the opening ceremony, which is far removed from the fairness and impartiality of the Olympics. I'm reporting them..."

beep.

The phone rang with a disconnection sound.

The director's expression froze.

Splash!

"asshole!"

His expression was somewhat ferocious.

The person who hung up the phone had a strange expression.

"Hello, who called?"

Beside him were members of the Olympic Organizing Committee with the same identity.

"A guy reported that Youxing Electronics Entertainment was lining its own pockets, saying they collected huge music licensing fees through the Olympic Games opening ceremony..."

Those who heard this all looked at the person holding the phone, their faces filled with question marks.

???

"Is this guy an idiot?"

The person who answered the phone shrugged: "Yeah, he's an idiot."

Someone laughed out loud: "Doesn't he read the news and newspapers? The news and newspapers have been reporting on the opening and closing ceremonies for who knows how long."

"Who knows? Maybe he's just a lazy bum who only knows how to complain and blame others."

The news and newspaper content they were referring to was an interview with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment.

This interview focused on discussions regarding the potential benefits that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment might gain from the Olympics.

There are also some self-inspection agencies within the entire Olympic Organizing Committee.

They publicly claim to be reviewing the use of Olympic funds, but in reality, the existence of this organization is practically meaningless.

Their actual positions are not high enough for those who occupy mouthpiece positions, so they are at best just figureheads.

However, they have also achieved some results, results that can be reported to the public.

That is, they disclosed in detail the use of funds for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games.

From the cost of a large-scale mechanical prop to the cost of a single screw, nothing is overlooked.

This also includes a breakdown of licensing fees for the music, film and television characters, game characters, and visuals used in the opening and closing ceremonies.

A significant portion of these fees are licensing fees for anime and traditional Japanese culture.

However, behind these licensing fees is a list of a lot of very eye-catching numbers.

Average licensing fee for video game music: $100

Average licensing fee for a video game character: one hundred US dollars

In Japan, copyright is taken very seriously.

Even an ordinary person who wants to sing a song in a Japanese nightclub needs to pay a copyright fee for that song.

This kind of accumulation, little by little, can make singers and other people in the cultural and entertainment industry very rich.

Music from video games is also a major source of revenue for many copyright holders.

Video games have produced countless classic background music tracks, each of which has had a social impact worldwide.

The licensing fees are even more difficult to estimate.

If music is played live at a venue of the scale of the Olympics, it's not an exaggeration to say that the licensing fee for a single song could range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Some people previously estimated that the music license for Super Mario would be worth over $100,000.

However, the bill for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics contained a large number of eye-catching hundred-dollar bills.

Each song was charged a symbolic fee of one hundred dollars.

Each character also costs a symbolic $100.

It shouldn't be 0, because that would be too unfair to the creators themselves.

At the same time, it is said that Zhu Youxing does indeed have a lot of influence.

Many games' background music and character designs are not entirely from YX Electronic Entertainment.

There are also game characters and music from Brown Entertainment, Suri Electronics, and even Mike F. Smith.

With the Olympics in mind, Mikfu didn't bother arguing with Yuxing Electronic Entertainment anymore.

Because this was something that would bring more benefits than hatred, Myron Keyes was quite generous and agreed to let Yuxing Electronic Entertainment license the production of the Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies for $100 per song and per character, which embodied the meaning of global unity.

Many of the characters are from small and medium-sized game companies around the world, and each license costs one hundred dollars.

The total licensing fees for these video games do not exceed $100,000.

It's arguably the most cost-effective place.

If we really want to be precise, this amount could be multiplied by ten or a hundred times, which wouldn't be an exaggeration.

At that time, it will be 1 billion yen to cover the losses.

But now it only costs tens of millions of yen, which is roughly the basic annual salary of a Japanese white-collar worker.

When this data was first released, some people questioned its authenticity.

However, all stakeholders soon issued announcements confirming that the licensing fees for music and characters related to video games were indeed only $100 each.

The young man is not deceived.

Then many people fell silent, followed by a flood of praise online.

Video game players are especially happy.

Because they truly experienced the atmosphere of all players being one family through this.

Just as Zhu Youxing once promised.

He firmly believes that video games are a common language in the world, that all gamers are one family, and that everyone can have fun from video games.

With the positive example of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, public opposition to the preparation of the Olympics has decreased significantly, making it easier for the Japanese government to carry out its ideological work and reducing a lot of pressure on the Japanese government.

The Japanese government even wants to express its gratitude to Yusei Electronics Entertainment.

Without Youxing Electronic Entertainment, there would definitely be no shortage of troubles. Youxing Electronic Entertainment has really helped them out of their predicament.

We will give Youxing Electronic Entertainment more policy support when we get back.

Anyway, these preferential policies don't come from their own pockets, so they don't feel bad about spending them.

Giving preferential treatment to Youxing Electronic Entertainment will not be questioned.

As for Youxing Electronic Entertainment itself, their original intention was simply to look down on the licensing fees for the opening and closing ceremonies.

How much can you earn? At most, a few million or tens of millions of dollars.

They could easily make more money from a game sale than this; using the Olympics to generate buzz is more valuable than using it to make a profit.

That's why the person who answered the phone thought the guy who called to report it was a complete idiot.

Do you not read the news at all?

This is all obvious online; he's clearly a clueless guy who doesn't care about worldly affairs. This kind of person will be eliminated by the world sooner or later.

The director angrily smashed the wine bottle, convinced that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was not that generous, but he had nowhere to turn for help.

As he was smashing the bottle, a piece of music he was very familiar with started playing.