Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Before recording any related footage, all parties involved sign a confidentiality agreement, and it's the strictest kind of confidentiality agreement ever.

If there is even the slightest leak, the entire television station will face lawsuits.

The TV station was originally unwilling to accept such a strict confidentiality agreement.

But then Deputy Director Kubo remembered that there was a bigwig in the newspaper group behind Yusei Company, and it didn't seem right for him to refuse directly.

As long as you keep your people in check and prevent them from easily leaking information, there shouldn't be much risk.

In the following days, Zhu Youxing frequently went to the TV station because he had to participate in the recording as the host of the live broadcast.

"President Zhuyou, look here. That's right, please show a friendly smile. Yes...yes, that's it. Okay...begin!"

With a click, the recording officially began.

Meanwhile, Zhu Youxing began to recall the famous scenes from those face-to-face meetings in his previous life and started to learn how to give speeches like the people in those scenes.

Since everyone except himself was created using green screen technology during the live broadcast, Takeyusei could only rely on his imagination to perform for thin air.

But perhaps because he had seen too many direct confrontations in his previous life, Zhu Youxing felt that his performance was quite good.

"Card!"

Fifteen minutes later, after the director called "cut," Zhu Youxing seemed still immersed in the performance and hadn't come back to his senses.

"President Zhuyou, your performance was really good, almost on par with some actors with a certain foundation."

The director in charge of filming walked up to Zhu Youxing with a smile and warmly handed him a cup of coffee.

"Thank you. This is my first time performing, and it's quite a new experience."

Zhu Youxing took the coffee. Actually, Zhu Youxing wasn't a big fan of this kind of stuff, just like a certain well-known game character had said.

"I don't like coffee; it tastes like scalding hot mud."

Zhu Youxing took a small bite and then asked, "How many more times do we need to film?"

"If you can maintain your current state, President Zhuyou, I think we can finish all the filming in one day. The rest will be our post-production editing and adding special effects."

Zhu Youxing still felt a little regretful. He thought the filming would last for three to five days, allowing him to fully enjoy the experience of making a movie.

Oh right, maybe I should consider making a movie based on a video game someday.

Although in the game industry, almost every movie adaptation of a game will flop, with nine out of ten films flopping and the remaining one barely passing, truly successful crossover products are extremely rare.

But I still really want to try it.

Well, let's wait another three to five years for video games to develop before making a decision.

After a break of about half an hour, filming resumed.

This shoot doesn't need to be too long; just a short video of three to five minutes will suffice.

The main purpose of watching this show is still video games; I'm just a supporting character, so I only get about ten minutes of screen time throughout the entire show.

After a day of filming, Zhu Youxing said goodbye to the director and prepared to go home.

However, just as he stepped out of the filming location, Deputy Director Kubo appeared in front of Takeyusei, seemingly having been waiting for him for some time.

"President Zhuyou, has today's filming wrapped up?"

"Hmm." Takeyusei nodded, then politely replied, "Is Director Kubo getting ready to leave work?"

"Yes, I've been busy all day. I happen to have some free time tonight, so how about we have dinner together, President Zhuyou?"

Zhu Youxing nodded, showing no intention of refusing.

TV Tokyo has now expressed its sincere willingness to cooperate with Yusei, which will certainly cause it to be ostracized in the television industry.

Even though TV Tokyo is used to being ostracized every day, it's still not appropriate for them to be ostracized for no reason because of an outsider.

"Of course, no problem, Director Kubo. But I'd like to ask, is it just the two of us?"

Zhu Youxing was worried that the station director might be trying to persuade someone to invest in his company.

If that's the case, he needs to make things clear beforehand.

"That's right, just the two of us, no one else."

"Alright, Director, you can make the arrangements. I'll go with you."

"Then please come with me to the underground parking garage, President Zhuyou. Let's go together."

Takeyu followed behind Kubo. Kubo was very good at chatting with others, and the two talked about all sorts of things along the way.

Such as some interesting anecdotes from TV stations, or some problems that TV stations usually encounter, etc.

They soon arrived at the underground parking garage, got into their respective cars, and drove away.

After several twists and turns, we arrived at a high-end-looking Western restaurant. Kubo seemed to be a regular customer there, as he addressed us as "Kubo" as soon as we entered.

The two went to a window seat on the third floor, where they could see the night view outside, which was quite nice.

After ordering a few simple dishes, the two continued chatting.

Kubo first praised Takeyusei for his talent at such a young age, noting that he was already able to grow up to where he is today on his own at just over twenty years old.

Despite the fierce competition from its peers and the previous crackdown on video games by television stations, the competition is fierce.

But from a business perspective, Zhuyouxing's company is now a highly sought-after asset.

Someone had already given a rough estimate of the value of this company, which was established less than a year ago.

It is probably worth 100 billion yen.

Converted to US dollars, that's a market value of one billion US dollars.

In modern terms, Yuxing Electronic Entertainment is now a high-quality unicorn company.

Numerous venture capital firms have already tried every means to contact Zhuyouxing.

They were all vying to invest money in Zhuyouxing.

Even a fool can see that Yuxing Electronic Entertainment's development momentum is unstoppable, leaving others far behind.

Unfortunately, Zhu Youxing completely ignored these venture capital firms. In the video game industry, he was the absolute leader, and no one could influence him. Plus, he had a perfectly healthy cash flow. Why would he put himself in a bind for a little money?

Chapter 125 An Unreasonable Request

Admittedly, if he accepted the financing, he could probably immediately obtain several times more money than his own reserves.

Then I can use this money to expand rapidly, and the development speed should be faster than it is now.

However, that would gradually turn the company into a purely profit-driven tool.

This is not what Zhu Youxing wanted.

After chatting with Takeyusei for a while and having a little something to eat, Director Kubo finally revealed the purpose of his invitation to Takeyusei.

Previously, Takeyusei had already sensed that Director Kubo seemed to have some ulterior motive, but he couldn't guess it for the time being.

"President Zhuyou, actually I have a favor to ask of you today."

Zhu Youxing remained calm and said, "Director Kubo is too kind. If you have any requests, please state them first so I can hear what it is."

If you're looking to build a closer relationship and then invest, then forget about it.

So we have to listen to it first.

"Previously, I learned about your company's collaboration with Kasuga-sha through personal channels, and that it had achieved considerable success."

"Yes, that's right. It's a win-win situation for us. Their magazines are selling very well, and our company's game promotion channels have also been expanded."

With a hint of longing in his eyes, Director Kubo looked at Takeyusei and said, "Well, if you don't mind, our TV station would also very much like to have the same opportunity for cooperation."

Zhu Youxing was taken aback.

This request was truly unexpected.

Director Kubo seemed to realize that his request was too sudden. He explained with a slight embarrassment, "Actually, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but things aren't going well for TV Tokyo right now. Even though we're one of the six major television stations, we've been teetering on the brink of decline for years because we've been marginalized."

Zhu Youxing nodded silently.

He did know something about this. It seemed that in his previous life, because he was constantly being bullied by other TV stations, TV Tokyo eventually became a dead fish and stopped struggling. By reducing project expenses and increasing investment in relatively cheaper animation production, TV Tokyo gradually had a chance to breathe thanks to otaku, but it was forever reduced to a subordinate under the other five TV stations.

"Director Kubo, what you mean is..."

"Right after the video game program that you suggested, President Zhuyou, started airing, our ratings actually rebounded slightly, which was something we couldn't have imagined in the past. So, if possible, our TV station's senior management has discussed it for a while and thinks we can deepen our cooperation with you."

Zhu Youxing asked, "How exactly does this 'deepening cooperation' mean?"

"Simply put, TV Tokyo will provide you with all promotional resources free of charge in the future, including those of our subsidiary TV stations. And isn't your company planning to co-produce a Dragon Quest anime with Kasuga? We hope to acquire the broadcasting rights. In addition to that, we will also have the right of first refusal to purchase all of your company's film and television broadcasting resources in the future. Of course, I mean that if there are other buyers offering the same price when purchasing your company's broadcasting rights, you will give us priority consideration."

In fact, in Kubo's view, video games and television stations should not be at odds.

The two sides should be able to complement each other.

At the same time, television stations also began to hope to earn money from more channels in order to maintain their operations.

This includes other forms of investment, or directly purchasing high-quality content for film and television production, animation production, and selling related merchandise. In short, the goal is to expand the TV station's revenue sources as much as possible, rather than being limited to viewership ratings alone.

Otherwise, they might starve to death sooner or later.

To date, many high-quality content productions have already been linked to other television stations.

TV Tokyo is having trouble finding suitable content to produce films and TV dramas.

It seems that only video games are not being targeted by other TV stations.

This could be a good opportunity for TV Tokyo to revive.

Zhu Youxing pondered for a moment.

He is seriously considering this matter.

Judging from what they said, it seems they simply want the broadcasting rights on television or the distribution rights for videotapes.

If the bidders offer the same price, I will just give priority to TV Tokyo.

This seems acceptable.

Originally, I focused more on game development. I could keep an eye on these derivative industries, but it was better to leave them to professionals and just sit back and collect the money. At most, I would keep a close eye on them occasionally to prevent these adaptations from ruining my reputation.

"Director Kubo, do you mean your TV station only needs the film, television, and anime adaptation rights and broadcasting rights for our video games? And also the videotape rental and sales business?"

"That's right, that's all. Our TV station may not have outstanding producers, but at least we have qualified ones. I can assure you that once you entrust your work to us, we will do our best. Also, if your company has any completed films, TV series, or animations, we would like to purchase them."