Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 294 Life Ends!More games!
At the last company meeting before the start of the E3 exhibition, everyone communicated and analyzed the opponent's intelligence, and formulated a series of countermeasures.

Next, it is to "prepare" for the E3 exhibition.

Soon, the time came to April th.

There is only one day left until the opening of the E3 exhibition.

The main person in charge of Spirit Entertainment basically went to San Francisco in the first two days.

But as the boss, Hideki Hanyu waited until today before deciding to leave.

On the car leaving San Jose, the Italian female secretary asked Hideki Hanyu.

"Boss, why did we wait until now to go to San Francisco."

"Because I was waiting for someone."

Hanyu Hideki's answer made the female secretary a little puzzled.

In the schedule she assigned for Hanyu Hideki, there was no reception schedule.

But after Hideki Hanyu finished speaking, he picked up the handheld and started playing.

After getting in touch these days, the female secretary, who knew Hideki Hanyu's temper well, didn't dare to continue asking.

Suffering repeated setbacks from Hanyu Hideki made her fully understand a truth.

That was her beauty, which couldn't affect Hideki Hanyu's emotions at all.

Even after becoming Hanyu Hideki's secretary, she has been in contact with Hanyu Hideki for longer and longer.

But in terms of personal relationship, there is no progress at all.

The vehicle was driving on the road, and it didn't take long for Monica Bellucci to discover that the direction the car was heading was not San Francisco.

Instead, it is getting closer and closer to San Jose International Airport.

She couldn't help asking Marco who was driving, "Mr. Marco, aren't we going to San Francisco? Why are we coming to the airport?"

"Pick up." Marco replied concisely.

"Pick up?"

Monica Bellucci remembered what Hideki Hanyu said before, and couldn't help but glance at the back seat of the car.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu just put down the phone, and when the female secretary looked over, he answered casually.

"He's the one I'm waiting for."

Although Monica Bellucci was curious about who it was, she still knew how to ask without further questions.

Next, she followed Hanyu Hideki to San Jose Airport.

I saw Hideki Hanyu at the exit, and greeted an Asian girl with a somewhat mixed-race appearance.

Hanyu Hideki had a very good attitude towards the girl, with a gentle smile on her face that she had never seen before, and hugged the girl enthusiastically at the exit.

Such a situation made Monica Bellucci feel mixed feelings.

Compared with this girl, how is she worse?

In terms of appearance, although the other party is very beautiful, she is definitely not bad.

In terms of figure, the other party is not comparable to her at all.

With feelings of unwillingness, envy, and jealousy, she tentatively asked Marco.

"Mr. Marco, who is this girl?"

Marco did not hide anything about Monica Bellucci, the boss's personal secretary.

After all, in the past, Hideki Hanyu would arrange for Reiko Uemura and Chie Ishihara to deal with some lover matters.

So he replied directly, "She is the lover of the boss in Neon."

"lover?"

Monica Bellucci was surprised, but not surprised.

After all, it is quite normal for a rich man like Hideki Hanyu to find a lover.

But when she still wanted to get some information from Marco, she saw that Marco stopped talking.

At the exit, Hideki Hanyu from "Reunion after a long absence" also walked over with the girl.

"She is Yasuko Sawaguchi."

"This is my secretary, Miss Monica"

Hideki Hanyu introduced the female secretary and Yasuko Sawaguchi to each other.

That's right, Yasuko Sawaguchi was the one he picked up at the airport.

After the girl went to Osaka to pick up the yacht, she took a plane directly from Osaka and came to America to find him.

It was to wait for the girl that he didn't go to San Francisco with the elf entertainment troop.

"Ms. Yasuko Sawaguchi, hello."

Monica Bellucci speaks in a clumsy neon pronunciation.

"Hi Miss Monica, nice to meet you."

Yasuko Sawaguchi also said hello to Monica Bellucci.

Her English is very bad, with the unique "flavor" of neon, which she learned by surprise when she came to America last time.

Yasuko Sawaguchi was equally curious about Monica Bellucci.

I thought this female secretary was really pretty.

Based on her understanding of Hanyu Hideki.

I can't help but guess in my heart whether Hideki Hanyu has any other relationship with the other party.

But then, when she saw Hanyu Hideki ordering Monica Bellucci to help her put her luggage in the trunk.

Doubts arose in my heart again.

Although Hanyu Hideki is fickle, he loves his woman very much.

When going out, he seldom directs his women to do chores.

At this time, the attitude towards Monica Bellucci seems to be similar to that of the two assistants Reiko Uemura and Chie Ishihara.

With doubts in their hearts, Yasuko Sawaguchi and Hideki Hanyu got into the car.

But soon, she put these doubts behind her.

They began to happily describe their new yacht to Hideki Hanyu.

"Xiu Shu-kun, you really should go and see how beautiful our yacht is, there are three floors above the water surface..."

It can be seen that Yasuko Sawaguchi likes that luxury yacht very much.

On the way to San Francisco, he spoke excitedly, chatting non-stop to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu's reaction was not so great.

After all, I just bought a $5000 million private jet, and my threshold for luxury goods has been raised again.

In fact, this is nothing, look at the annual tax returns to the neon government.

What is the point of buying a private jet?

……

More than two hours later, the group arrived in San Francisco.

Although there are still two days before the opening of the E3 exhibition, we can already feel the different atmosphere.

The Atari Shock silenced the American gaming market.

It is not only the game manufacturers that are affected, but also the players.

The enthusiasm that everyone has accumulated for several years will be released at this exhibition specially held for video games.

Even when driving on the road, I can see some people who imitate the characters in the game from time to time.

This is also the earliest COSPLAY.

When Hideki Hanyu came to San Francisco this time, he did not stay in the same hotel as the company's employees.

His reservation was at the Ritz-Carlton near Union Square.

Firstly, I don’t want to take women to hang out in front of employees,
What's more, he looked down on the hotel booked by the company, the environment was too bad and it wasn't comfortable enough to live in.

A group of people checked in.

Together with Marco and other bodyguards, Monica Bellucci helped Hideki Hanyu deliver the luggage to the room.

"Boss, do you need to go to the exhibition hall next?" The female secretary asked at the door.

Who would have thought that Hideki Hanyu just said, "I'm tired, let's take a rest first."

"But……"

Monica Bellucci wanted to say that today's schedule has been arranged.

Who would have thought that before she finished speaking, Hideki Hanyu had already closed the door.

The moment before the door closed, Monica Bellucci saw through the crack of the door that Hideki Hanyu couldn't wait to hug the girl who came from the neon.

What Hideki Hanyu wants to do is self-evident.

That way, obviously endured for a long time.

The female secretary's face also became annoyed.

If she had known that Hanyu Hideki was so eager, she should have been more proactive.

Marco next to him didn't respond to Hideki Hanyu's behavior.

He even felt that, with his boss' personality, it was a miracle that he could endure such a long time alone with a beautiful woman like Monica Bellucci by his side.

From his experience, it can be seen that Monica Bellucci is getting closer to the boss intentionally or unintentionally.

With the boss's experience as a veteran of flowers, how could he not be able to see it.

Marco felt that this seemingly shrewd and ambitious Italian woman seemed to be a "pastime toy" of the boss.

After all, women with ulterior motives are always the easiest to catch their weaknesses.

Marco glanced at the female secretary, "Miss Monica, I'm going back to my room first, please let me know if the boss has anything to do."

After speaking, Marco was ready to leave.

Hearing this, the female secretary followed in two or three steps, and asked curiously, "Mr. Marco, can you tell me something about that Miss Sawaguchi?"

Seeing Marco's suspicious eyes, the female secretary hurriedly explained.

"I just think that I will definitely have to deal with that lady in the future. Knowing about it in advance will make it easier for me to work."

The female secretary's reason was aboveboard, Marco thought about it, and said some information that could be said.

"You already know her name, she is a signed female star of the boss company, she starred in a very popular TV series in Neon last year.

According to the plan, she was supposed to arrive in America a week ago, but because the yacht the boss bought for her was delivered, she was late..."

At this point in Marco's words, Monica Bellucci couldn't help asking, "You mean the boss gave her a yacht."

"It's a 20-meter-long luxury yacht, and it's named after Miss Sawaguchi..."

The moment the female secretary heard these words, the envy and jealousy in her eyes could no longer be suppressed with reason.

……

in the afternoon.

In the bedroom of the luxurious suite where Hideki Hanyu was staying.

Yasuko Sawaguchi lay undressed on Hideki Hanyu's body, parted her cherry lips, and panted slowly.

She looked at Hideki Hanyu with a satisfied expression.

"Did Hideki-kun have a hard time in America?"

She could feel it from Hideki Hanyu's enthusiasm.

This discovery also dispelled her doubts.

That means Hideki Hanyu must have nothing to do with that glamorous secretary.

"The main reason is that Yasuko is so beautiful." Hanyu Hideki hugged the girl dotingly.

He didn't mean to make the girl happy with this sentence.

He has a lot of women, but in terms of appearance alone, Yasuko Sawaguchi is the number one in his mind.

Slightly exotic, glamorous appearance,

Plus the unique cuteness and softness of neon girls.

And the docile character that obeys his orders.

It is not without reason that Hanyu Hideki likes to stay with Yasuko Sawaguchi the most among all the women.

"Then I'll stay with Hideki-kun from now on, okay?"

When Hanyu Hideki heard this, he lifted Yasuko Sawaguchi's chin, looked at that beautiful face, and asked deliberately.

"What is Jingzi going to do with me?"

Facing Hideki Hanyu's gaze, the girl shyly lowered her eyes and said in a soft voice.

"Hideki-kun wants me to do whatever."

Facing such a girl, Hanyu Hideki couldn't bear it anymore, he kissed the girl and turned over suddenly.

then……

When Hideki Hanyu and Yasuko Sawaguchi came out of the room, the sun was already setting outside.

Hideki Hanyu, who had been depressed for a long time in America, was fully relaxed today.

If it wasn't for the fact that the girl was too weak and already overwhelmed, Hideki Hanyu didn't plan to come out today.

Coupled with the lingering relationship between the two, each other's stomachs growled with hunger, and they didn't want to eat at the hotel.

Finally left the room.

Seeing that Hideki Hanyu finally came out, the female secretary who had been waiting outside for a whole day wanted to ask about work arrangements.

Hanyu Hideki said, "We don't talk about work today, Monica, you should go to bed earlier."

After finishing speaking, Hanyu Hideki ignored Monica Bellucci and left with Yasuko Sawaguchi and bodyguards.

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is located in the picturesque Nob Hill area, and there is a cable car ride after you go out, so you can visit the unique scenery of the city in the Bay Area.

And it is very close to well-known attractions such as Union Square, Chinatown, and Fisherman's Wharf.

Hideki Hanyu has been to San Francisco several times before, so he is quite familiar with it.

I didn't drive either, so I started playing with Yasuko Sawaguchi.

First go to Chinatown for an authentic Chinese meal.

Then I walked around the commercial street around Union Square and spent a trip with the girl.

Then I found a music bar and had a few drinks with the company of Yasuko Sawaguchi.

Looking at the night view outside the bar, listening to soothing music, enjoying the service of the beauties.

Hanyu Hideki, who is physically and mentally relaxed, feels that this kind of life is right.

So busy making money all day, I almost forgot how to enjoy life.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Hanyu Hideki patted the hand of Yasuko Sawaguchi who was helping him rub his arm.

"Let's go back to the hotel."

"Ok."

The group returned to the hotel, only to meet Monica Bellucci waiting outside the room.

The other party was standing next to a large pile of packaging bags.

Hanyu Hideki took a closer look, wasn't this something he bought when he was shopping just now?

He asked the clerk to deliver it directly to the hotel, but he did not expect to be picked up by the female secretary.

"Boss, these things were delivered before."

"I see, just help me bring it in."

Hanyu Hideki opened the door, and the female secretary and bodyguards behind him hurriedly brought in these bags.

Seeing that the female secretary was about to leave after finishing her work, Yasuko Sawaguchi suddenly said in English, "Miss Monica, please wait a moment."

Under Monica Bellucci's suspicious eyes, Yasuko Sawaguchi took out a bag with 'FENDI' written on the outside from the pile of packing bags.

Then smiled and handed it to the female secretary.

"Miss Monica, it's our first meeting. This is a gift from me. I don't know what you like. I heard that you are Italian, so I chose this Fendi handbag."

"Thank you, Miss Sawaguchi, I will take my leave first."

Monica Bellucci took the handbag, looked at Yasuko Sawaguchi, who was much shorter than her, and thanked her with a smile.

But the moment she turned around, the female secretary's expression changed immediately, and she couldn't help but slander.

What is the gift you gave me? It's not the boss's money.

But after returning to the room, the female secretary couldn't wait to open the package.

Looking at the latest Fendi SELLERIA handbag in his hand, he couldn't help showing joy on his face.

As an Italian, she is certainly no stranger to Fendi, an Italian luxury brand.

Although this handbag is not the most expensive style, it costs at least five or six thousand dollars.

But after the excitement, I thought of Hideki Hanyu's room, helping Yasuko Sawaguchi buy the "mountain" of luxury brands.

And Yasuko Sawaguchi handed him a handbag worth several thousand dollars, and Hideki Hanyu didn't even look at it.

The joy in her heart disappeared.

Although after becoming Hideki Hanyu's secretary, he has a high salary every month, as well as a special equipment fee, and other subsidies.

Even in Elven Entertainment, the income is considered to be at the upper-middle level.

And working beside Hideki Hanyu can add a lot of color to her resume.

Everything looks very good.

But for some reason, she just felt that she was getting farther and farther away from the life she wanted.

At this time, the phone in her room rang.

Monica thought it was Hideki Hanyu who was looking for her, so she hurriedly put down her handbag and went to answer his phone.

"Boss, what can I do for you?"

"I'm not the boss, I'm Nadia, does Monica have to work so late?"

"Auntie, is there something wrong with the house?"

As soon as she came to San Francisco today, the female secretary informed Nadia of the phone number here.

After all, Hideki Hanyu's house is still under construction, and if something goes wrong, he always needs to be contacted in time.

"It has nothing to do with Mr. Hanyu. I called this time to find you. A model agent in Italy contacted me and asked if you are interested in working part-time this summer. He said that he can arrange for you to work in Milan."

"I'm not interested. If he still calls next time, Auntie will help me refuse him."

The female secretary refused without hesitation.

How many years does it take to become a model?

Even if you become a star in Italy, you still can't afford private jets and luxury yachts.

Nadia heard the words and said in approval on the other end of the phone.

"Your choice is correct. It is very rare to work with Mr. Hanyu..."

Nadia is a cliché.

Tell the niece to seize the opportunity, deal with the relationship with Hideki Hanyu, and actively make contacts.

Only in this way can there be a chance to succeed.

For example, the development of Spirit Entertainment in Europe has only just begun. As long as Hideki Hanyu is willing, the family can benefit from it.

If these words are heard in the ears of a career-minded woman, she must work hard according to what Nadia said.

But for the female secretary who wanted to take shortcuts and didn't want to work hard at all, she basically only got perfunctory coping.

……

The second day Hideki Hanyu came to San Francisco, he finally got busy with business.

First go to meet Iwata Satoru, and then go to the exhibition hall together.

Today is NO.19, and the E3 exhibition will open tomorrow.

Therefore, when Hideki Hanyu arrived at the exhibition hall, the layout of all the booths that came into view had basically been completed.

He didn't go to the booth of Elven Entertainment immediately, but first met several representatives of the organizer "America Video Game Software Association" under the introduction of the person in charge of "Game Base".

Everyone's attitude towards him is still quite enthusiastic.

After all, as the boss of "Game Base", he was originally from the organizer.

Even without this status, Pokeball Entertainment has successfully helped the Ameri game market recover by using the Pokeball 2 handheld.

It is also the most important reason why this E3 exhibition can be held successfully.

Of course, too much enthusiasm belongs to enthusiasm.

Dazhan also does not have any special preferential treatment for Elven Entertainment.

After all, these forces are so enthusiastic about promoting the exhibition, not for charity, but for making money.

Fairy Entertainment had the biggest booth fee in the audience, but not a penny was missing.

Even if competitors come to participate in the exhibition, Spirit Entertainment can't stop them.

Nintendo rented a booth second only to Elf Entertainment.

Of course, this is actually related to Hanyu Hideki's failure to address this point.

After all, even if the Tokyo Electronic Entertainment Expo is completely controlled by Hideki Hanyu, he has never banned any manufacturer from participating in the exhibition.

Some methods have limited effects.

On the contrary, it will leave the impression of pettyness and lack of tolerance on others.

Hideki Hanyu knows when to be stingy and when to be generous.

For example, to put pressure on dealers to choose between PS consoles and Nintendo NES, this is where they should be "stingy".

After bidding farewell to the organizer, Hideki Hanyu continued to wander around the venue.

It didn't take long to see the Nintendo booth next to the main booth.

In addition to the promotional posters of the NES host, there are also various game posters.

For example, the "Donkey Kong" series of games that are very popular in America.

There is also Nintendo's highest-selling "Forest Guardian" series in Neon.

The light gun game "Western Gunner" developed by Nintendo.

And the very first Popeye series.

Next is Nintendo's sports series, such as "Nintendo Baseball", "Nintendo Golf", "Nintendo Tennis" and so on.

Although Spirit Entertainment has won the authorization of many events.

However, Nintendo's current sports games only start from the sports itself, and do not involve copyright in this area at all.

In addition to these self-developed games, Nintendo has also won the support of a large number of third-party game developers by virtue of Neon's dominance.

Therefore, there is a huge library of third-party games.

Among them are many powerful developers, such as 'Namco' and 'Hudson' who joined the FC platform very early.

Although the handheld version of the former "Tank Battle" cooperates with Pokeball 2, the console version is placed on the Nintendo platform.

There are also popular games such as "Macros", not to mention.

As for "Hudson", he is now making a lot of money with "Gold Diggers" on the FC platform.

At this time, I was helping Nintendo prepare the classic masterpiece "Takahashi Celebrities: Adventure Island".

For these two developers, even Hideki Hanyu is salivating.

But helplessly, these two developers almost wear a pair of pants in Neon and Nintendo, and even participated in the development of FC.

It is said that he signed a contract with Nintendo until 1989.

Therefore, it is very unlikely that these two companies will land on the PS console platform.

Hideki Hanyu observed Nintendo without hesitation, and the Nintendo staff soon discovered his existence.

Hanyu Hideki's image is already outstanding, plus he is a neon celebrity.

It's really hard not to get noticed by Nintendo's Neon employees.

What's more, in addition to bodyguards, he also has two top beauties with Eastern and Western characteristics, so the attraction should not be too great.

Of course, this also made many people who recognized him sigh in their hearts.

This well-known romantic talent, even in America, still does not change his style of playboy.

Just then, a man in his 30s walked out of Nintendo's booth.

The other party was dressed in a neat suit, wearing a pair of glasses, and came to Hanyu Hideki with a smile on his face.

"President Hanyu, this is our first meeting. I am the president of the Nintendo of America branch, Minoru Arakawa."

"Mr. Arakawa Minoru, hello."

Looking at the man in front of him, Hanyu Hideki nodded slightly.

Hiroshi Yamauchi's son-in-law, Nintendo's recognized successor.

In the original time and space, Nintendo's performance in America was once better than that of Neon.

But in the final competition for the head of Nintendo, he lost to an outsider, Iwata Satoru.

Hanyu Hideki didn't know if it was the first time the other party saw him, but it wasn't the first time he saw the other party.

He'd paid attention to the Nintendo booth at each of the previous two CES shows.

Every time, the president of Nintendo in America will show up.

"When I returned to Nihong in the New Year, a senior once mentioned President Hanyu, and he recognized President Hanyu's ability very much."

"Oh, really? I don't know which senior it is."

Hideki Hanyu thought that what Arakawa was actually talking about was someone from Nintendo.

Who would have thought that Arakawa said, "Senior Asada Yuichi of the Marubeni Foundation."

When Hanyu Hideki heard this, he immediately thought of the middle-aged man he saw at the Osaka yacht pier.

By the way, I also think of it, besides being the son-in-law of Hiroshi Yamauchi, Arakawa Minority is also of quite extraordinary background.

Born in a big family, the land owned by the two families of the parents occupies one-fifth of the capital.

The other party had already joined Marubeni before joining Nintendo.

It's no wonder that I know that Asada Yuichi.

"Is that so? I only met him once, so I'm not familiar with him."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he looked at Nintendo's booth again.

"I still have something to do, so I'll say goodbye first."

"Goodbye, President Hanyu."

After Minoru Arakawa said goodbye, watching Hanyu Hideki leave, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

On the surface, the two met in harmony.

But in fact, Elven Entertainment and Nintendo are already in the same situation in America.

Although Elf Entertainment didn't specify what to do, judging from the feedback from dealers.

Unless the PS console fails miserably in the market, or Nintendo achieves unimaginable success.

Otherwise, those large supermarkets would never offend Elf Entertainment for the sake of Nintendo.

After all, their cooperation with Genie Entertainment is not limited to PS consoles.

Tamagotchi, electronic pet Pokéball, Pokeball 2 handheld, and huge peripheral sales.

This kind of involvement in interests makes it necessary for large supermarkets to have sufficient interests in order to help Nintendo withstand the pressure of Elf Entertainment.

In fact, besides the game console, Minoru Arakawa, who was looking at Hideki Hanyu's back, was still worried about another thing.

That is the EGP arcade that has begun to fully exert its strength in Neon.

Since the launch of this console in March, using the unprecedented rent-for-sale model and the powerful game library of Elf Entertainment, there has been a trend of unifying the third-party arcade halls of Neon.

Its strength in the arcade field has even surpassed Nintendo's performance in the console market.

According to the latest news from Neon, Genie Entertainment is no longer satisfied with the Neon market, and has started to join hands with Asian distributors, preparing to start to dominate the arcades in Asia.

Arakawa believes that as long as the production capacity can keep up, the next target of EGP arcade is probably America.

Facing the strength of EGP arcade, those third-party arcade game developers can only cooperate with Elven Entertainment.

With excellent performance and a powerful game library, EGP hosts are sweeping America, and it doesn't seem to be a problem.

For a long time, Arakawa has relied on the arcade business to help Nintendo expand its territory in America.

But now, they can only watch Nintendo being swept out of the American arcade market by EGP arcade.

It's not that the Nintendo headquarters has never thought of following the trend of an arcade machine of the same type.

But the problem is, EGP's patent, research and development cycle, and the exclusive supply agreement between individual suppliers and Elf Entertainment.

This makes it almost impossible for Nintendo, and other manufacturers, to launch similar products in a short period of time.

However, Elf Entertainment's unexpected rent-for-sale strategy has expanded at an incredible speed.

When they really launch a competing product, I am afraid that the market share of Spirit Entertainment will no longer be shaken.

This young man who is ten years younger than him.

In just a few years time, step by step, interlocking, the elf entertainment has been developed to the point where it is now.

Old hot doesn't look like a young man at all.

Even his scheming father-in-law is no match for Hanyu Hideki at all.

At this moment, Hideki Hanyu naturally didn't know how Minoro Arakawa evaluated him.

After leaving Nintendo's booth, he went to the booths of other manufacturers to have a look.

For example, Capcom, which has already emerged in Neon.

Although many generals were cut off by Spirit Entertainment, Capcom still successfully developed the first successful arcade game "VULGUS" by relying on Funamizu Jitaka who joined when it was established.

President Kenzo Tsujimoto has always attached great importance to the introduction of talents.

Taking advantage of the good relationship in the arcade market, the development is also quite smooth.

Hanyu Hideki also heard from Eri Kitahara.

Because it likes to dig Konami's technology developers, Capcom also angered the neon veteran game giant for this.

Konami therefore also contacted Spirit Entertainment, wanting to teach Capcom a lesson in the arcade market.

It's just that Eri Kitahara didn't agree.

Just after Elf Entertainment's EGP ONE arcade machine was launched, Capcom was the first third-party developer to express its intention to join the EGP platform.

Capcom has seen it all, and naturally it is inevitable to be entangled with Capcom all his life and develop SNK of the "King of Fighters" and "Metal Slug" series of games.

Today's SNK is still called New Neon Project.

The game that gave birth to the classic character "Athena Asamiya" "Super Power Woman Warrior" has not yet been developed.

Because of his early fortune, he has accumulated a large number of game development talents, who are quite capable in both hardware and software.

Previously, Elf Entertainment broke into the arcade market with the light gun game.

SNK saw the opportunity and developed their light gun arcade machine by virtue of their own hardware research and development capabilities.

Now relying on the light gun arcade machine, it's also doing well.

This time, the SNK booth at the E3 exhibition is completely a light gun arcade exhibition.

Good guy, it's completely richer than the pioneers of Spirit Entertainment.

And at this moment, Iwata Satoru, who had been busy at the booth, approached him.

Seeing Hideki Hanyu looking at the booth of New Neon Project, he asked, "The president also knows about New Japan Project?"

"Know what?" Hanyu Hideki was a little confused.

Iwata Satoru heard Hanyu Hideki's answer and understood that Hanyu Hideki didn't know yet.

"The news just happened, I thought President Kitahara would call and tell President Hanyu yesterday."

Iwata Satoru looked at the booth of New Neon Project and continued to explain.

"Just yesterday, the New Neon Project teamed up with a company called Alpha Electronics, and announced in a high profile that it would develop an arcade machine that is better than EGP."

"Really? I'm really curious about what they can develop."

Hideki Hanyu looked at the booth of New Neon Project with an interesting expression.

SNK really deserves to be a small expert in hardware research and development.

In her previous life, for the sake of "Super Powered Female Warrior", she risked bankruptcy and developed a sound chip for the arcade board, which can make the main character of the game, Athena Asamiya, sing popular idol songs.

Now the EGP host was born ahead of schedule.

SNK plays bigger than another time and space, and even directly plans to develop a new generation of arcade machines.

Moreover, it cooperated with the "old partner" of Alpha Electronics.

Ok……

The development of the overall arcade machine is much more than the investment in the development of chips. If it goes wrong, I am afraid that it will go bankrupt on the spot.

"Pay attention, if there is anything wrong with them, please let me know as soon as possible."

Hanyu Hideki ordered.

Iwata Satoshi replied, "Yes, President."

Hanyu Hideki looked at Iwata Satoru, "Oh, by the way, you came to me to talk about this, right?"

"No, I'm just here to inform Chairman Hanyu that our booth is ready, please go and have a look."

"Okay, anyway, we've seen everything we need to see, let's go."

Just like that, Hideki Hanyu and his group walked towards the booth of Spirit Entertainment.

In fact, if you walk a little further, you will see Sega's booth.

However, Hideki Hanyu was really not interested in the old-fashioned Sega, and he didn't bother to watch it.

If the SG1000 can be turned around by price wars, then the game console market is too easy to mix.

The booth of Elven Entertainment was the best and largest booth in the audience.

There are three entrances on all sides, and when you look into the past, there are all large and beautifully designed game posters.

The plumber brother is using a combo to knock away the mushroom monster that wants to hurt the princess.

All kinds of Pokémon are cute enough to make girls scream.

Eskimo brothers and sisters holding ice hammers are smashing Tetris falling from the sky.

Lee, the protagonist of kung fu, smashed a box thrown by a squirrel with his bare hands.

A shotgun is pointed at the sky, the ducks fly, and the hounds follow.

Tennis player holding a tennis racket with Jimmy Connors name written on the back, hitting a super curve ball.

This is the hottest tennis superstar in America today.

The other party will come to the E3 exhibition in person tomorrow and stand on the main booth to help Elf Entertainment promote it.

Of course, this doesn't come for free.

Compared with Nintendo simply making tennis games, the authorized Elf Entertainment directly produced a real tennis All-Star Smash Bros.

However, on the main wall, one of the largest posters was still covered.

That was the promotional poster for the PS console.

Only after the official press conference at the main booth tomorrow will the PS host really meet all players.

Although there have been many media predictions, Elf Entertainment will announce their new console at E3.

Players are also looking forward to this news.

Many consumers came to the E3 exhibition just to witness the release of the Elf entertainment host.

After all, after the electronic pet Pokéball and Pokeball 2, as well as the baptism of excellent games, American players have already developed enough trust in Pokémon Entertainment.

However, Elf Entertainment has always remained mysterious.

When answering the media interview, he only expressed ambiguously that he would give players a surprise and promise not to disappoint everyone.

After some inspection, Hanyu Hideki nodded and said, "The layout is good."

In fact, because the PS host has not yet been exposed, there are no PS hosts in the on-site demo area except for a few EGP arcade machines and the newly remodeled Pokeball 2 handheld.

As soon as Hideki Hanyu's compliment fell, Michael Katz's voice came from the backstage.

"It must be good. I have been staring here for the past two days."

"Thank you, Mr. Katz."

"It doesn't matter to me, but Mr. Hanyu will speak at the main booth tomorrow. Have you prepared your lines?"

"There's no preparation at all, it's all here."

Hanyu Hideki pointed to his head.

In the three-step strategy of Elf Entertainment in America, the last and most important step is about to be taken.

No matter who this step is entrusted to, Hideki Hanyu is not at ease.

So he decided to go out in person and serve as the spokesperson for the main booth tomorrow.

After all, America and Neon have different ethos.

In Neon, young people who are too high-profile will be disliked.

But in America, it's the exact opposite.

"I still remember a few years ago, when Hanyu-san first told me about the plan, I actually didn't have the confidence to complete it.

But looking at everything now, we are about to succeed, and all this is really like a dream. "

Michael Katz said this with emotion, and suddenly stretched out his hand.

"hope everything is fine."

Hideki Hanyu smiled, and put his hand on it, then looked at Satoshi Iwata next to him.

Iwata Satoru glanced helplessly at the two bosses, thinking that we are not going to participate in some sports competition, why are we so childish.

But even though he thought so in his heart, he still put his hand on it.

"all the best!"

……

April th.

San Francisco.

The first 'Electronic Entertainment Expo' kicked off.

At the entrance of the Moscone Exhibition Center where the E3 exhibition is held, there is a crowd of people, shoulder to shoulder.

This is a grand event not only for video games, but also for video game lovers.

On the first day of opening, the most anticipated new product launch event of Elven Entertainment will be held at the main booth.

The invited media, as well as the audience who obtained admission tickets through various channels, came to the main booth one after another.

Backstage at the main booth, Hideki Hanyu was watching the process of the press conference.

Although the drill was done last night and afternoon, it is still necessary to review it in advance.

Next to him, Yasuko Sawaguchi tidied his clothes carefully.

Today's Hideki Hanyu wears a simple T-shirt and jeans, and a pair of canvas shoes.

Pair it with a pair of seemingly ordinary black-rimmed glasses.

Just to highlight a keynote.

approachable.

"President Hanyu, the front is ready, it's time to go on stage."

Following the notice from the staff, Hideki Hanyu walked to the entrance of the main booth.

Hear the Mario Bros. game music playing.

Hideki Hanyu took a deep breath, stepped on the beat of the music, walked to the main booth, and waved to everyone.

"Good morning, players of Spirit Entertainment! I'm Hideki Hanyu."

It was just a greeting, and those elf entertainment game fans applauded enthusiastically.

The players who were able to come to the scene were almost all diehard fans of Spirit Entertainment.

Naturally, he knew who Hideki Hanyu was.

Founder of Spirit Entertainment.

The first producer of games such as "Pokémon", "Super Mario Bros", "Kung Fu", "Ice Breaker", "tetromino" (Tetris) and so on.

The absolute "Supreme God" in the minds of gamers.

After the applause fell, Hideki Hanyu's textured voice sounded again.

"I know what you're here to wait for, and I know what you're looking forward to.

Spirit Entertainment has not let you down before, so it will not let you down today either. "

Hanyu Hideki said as he walked to the center of the stage.

Here is a vertical table, but it is covered with a cloth.

On the cloth covered, there is the LOGO of Elf Entertainment that players are familiar with.

Hideki Hanyu stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

Then the scene lights went out.

Only one beam of light was left to shine on Hideki Hanyu and the raised platform.

"Next, let me introduce the latest product of Elf Entertainment, an unprecedented next-generation console.

Play System! "

Accompanied by the sound of the final introduction, Hideki Hanyu lifted the cloth printed with the LOGO of Spirit Entertainment.

A blue and white host with a sci-fi feel appeared in everyone's eyes.

Next to the host, there is also a light gun of the same color.

At the same time, a huge projection screen lights up on the projection screen of the main booth.

Show everyone the details of the mainframe's appearance.

The LOGO with the words PS says 16-BIT, and you can see the transparent case of the circuit board, as well as the sci-fi-like handle marked with unique symbols.

Amid the cheers of everyone, Hideki Hanyu continued to explain.

"Everyone has already seen the words 16BIT, and here I can tell players who like Elven Entertainment, just as you think, the PS console is the world's first -bit console.

Next, I will let everyone see unprecedented..."

In the following time, Hideki Hanyu showed all players the excellent performance of the PS console.

In particular, the tennis star Jimmy Connors was invited. After experiencing the unique pseudo-3D effect in today's era, all players exclaimed again and again.

Almost arcade game screen.

Clear and audible stereo sound.

Powerful gaming performance.

Everything is unprecedented.

The audience watched Hideki Hanyu demonstrate the performance of the PS console, and listened to the excited discussions of the players around him.

Came here specially to attend the PS console press conference, the president of Nintendo's America branch, Minoru Arakawa, felt cold inside.

Far beyond the performance of the FC host, with a rich game library, with the help of the word-of-mouth accumulated by Elf Entertainment.

He seems to have seen the scene where the PS console is defeating Nintendo steadily.

But Nintendo still has a chance, and that's the price.

The cost of PS mainframe is definitely more expensive than FC mainframe.

The game performance has not reached the point of being completely crushed.

In the price war, Nintendo has no chance of winning.

At this moment, Hideki Hanyu also happened to mention the retail price.

"I think everyone must want to know at this time, what is the price of such an excellent console."

After saying this, Hideki Hanyu pointed to the projection screen.

I saw a figure of $499 appeared on it.

The audience in the audience exclaimed.

Although the PS host is excellent, the price is a bit expensive.

After Arakawa really saw the price, he was unconsciously relieved.

He felt that Elf Entertainment set this price to give Nintendo a chance.

But Mikazu Arakawa and the people at the scene didn't know that Hideki Hanyu was just playing the usual routine of mobile phone releases by later generations of major manufacturers.

Anyone who has experience will never take the first announced price seriously.

"NO! Don't 499!"

With Hideki Hanyu's voice, the projection screen changed, and the figure changed to $399.

With a difference of one hundred dollars, the audience instantly felt much better, and felt that 399 was not unacceptable.

Arakawa was fortunate again, thinking that 399 still had a chance.

Who would have thought Hideki Hanyu's voice sounded again.

"NO! Don't 399!"

The screen changed again, directly changing to $299.

For the majority of players, this is already an acceptable price figure.

After all, the prices of previous game consoles were also within this range.

The performance of the PS console is still so good, which is unprecedented in previous game consoles.

Also totally worthy of the price.

Seeing some players cheering for this price, Arakawa Minoru's mood subconsciously sank a bit.

"Are you satisfied with the price?"

Hanyu Hideki asked all of them loudly.

Immediately, a large number of players responded from the audience.

"satisfy!"

Unexpectedly, Hideki Hanyu shook his head, "But I'm not satisfied."

As soon as this remark came out, players who had never been subjected to such a routine were a little confused.

But Arakawa Minoru suddenly felt a chill in his heart, as if he realized what was going to happen.

"I think video games should be entertainment for the masses, and I hope that every gamer can easily take a PS console home, so I think the price of the PS console should be..."

Hideki Hanyu pointed at the projection screen.

$299 gone.

$229 came up.

"The retail price of the PlayStation console, $229!

Dear elf entertainment players!Are you satisfied! "

Hideki Hanyu pointed the microphone at the audience, put his palms behind his ears, and pretended to be listening!
"satisfy!"

Crazy cheers resounded through the audience!

The numbers on the projection screen and the cheers of the players made Arakawa couldn't help but curse in his heart.

Damn Elf Entertainment, this simply would rather not make money, but also kill Nintendo.

But in the entire main booth area, no one cared about his feelings at all.

Hideki Hanyu on the stage continued to talk to everyone after the cheers died down.

"A long time ago, the game market suffered a devastating disaster, which made everyone lose confidence in games.

But I believe that players who like games still exist, and the spirit of yearning for happiness still exists.

So here I am, Elf Entertainment, and we're determined to bring everyone back to gaming.

Today, seeing everyone's support for Elven Entertainment, I think we have succeeded.

So I have a word to share with defenders of video games. "

Hanyu Hideki looked at everyone and shouted passionately.

"Life is endless! Games are endless!"

　Thanks for the reward of Slow Travel Books.

　　Thanks to Master Tongzhai for the reward.

　　It was updated today by 12000, so it is a bit late, mainly to finish the story of E3 and save the chapter from breaking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)