On the first night of the WCG Finals, considering that it was still a Sunday, in order to relax the players who had fought fiercely for most of the day, the competition was not continued in the evening, but a carnival-like event was held - Bright Star Game Night, in addition to the players and the audience with tickets, there were also WCG staff and more than 3,000 lucky players who were invited.

The Bright Starlight Game Night kicked off at seven o'clock in the evening, although the sky was still bright at this time, and the word "night" was a little out of tune, but the rich activities had already attracted everyone's attention. The largest activity area is on the stage in front of the audience area, a wonderful theatrical performance is being staged, and the common theatrical performances at this time are different, the protagonists on the stage are mostly some players with a strong desire to perform, they (she) or wear the costumes of the characters in the game to have a amorous dance, or lead to a game song skewer. The most interesting thing is the game skit, where players dress up as characters in the game and perform familiar scenes, such as dressing up as Li Xiaoyao, performing a "wired" swordsmanship, or simply wearing a red shirt and blue cargo pants, wearing a blue work hat, with the cooperation of others, bouncing all the way to the first level of "Super Mario".

The interesting program made the audience in the audience very happy, especially the game skit, the players and actors on the stage performed very seriously, but due to physical fitness and reality, some scenes in the game can only be shrunk, such as the performance of "Three Kingdoms" In the series, the generals are heads-up, and it is impossible for players to ride a high-headed horse with a real knife and a real gun, so they can only sit on the model that acts as a war horse, and compare it with a knife and gun made of paper, plus the wheel model war horse, although it can't gallop and jump, but with the help of an assistant in black, it can still turn around, turn around, or something. There's also Super Mario, where the player in the red shirt and blue cargo pants is not bad, but it's not easy to jump from beginning to end, and the brick wall can't be as high as the game design (in that case, the average person can't reach it at all), it can only mean something.

However, the shrunken performance did not arouse the disgust of the audience, and sometimes they couldn't help but go on stage to interact with each other, maybe for them, it was already very interesting to be able to get involved with the game, not to mention that these game skits showed a very familiar part of everyone.

In addition to theatrical performances, the open-air theater in the square is also playing an animated film produced by Oriental Shen Yun, which is a film that introduces the development of video games, from the earliest oscilloscope game "Tennis" to the latest DreamBox128 game console, which was originally allocated to the game museum to attract visitors, and the production was completed just in time for the WCG finals, so the Buddha was offered flowers.

As a game carnival, games are naturally indispensable, in addition to the DreamBox128 game consoles scattered throughout the venue, arcade games are also an indispensable meal, "Street Fighter" series, "The King of Fighters", "Metal Slug" and other classic games, as well as many new titles such as "Dragon's Fury" this year, and even the latest games that have just been flown back from abroad. The sound of gunfire and fists resounded over the square, and there were people standing in front of each machine, many of whom were holding the only game currency in their hands, waiting for the person in front of the console to fail, because there was a special rule for the Bright Starlight Game Night, each person could only receive one arcade game currency, and the DreamBox128 game machine could only play for half an hour at most, which was also to prevent players from being addicted to the game and ignoring other entertainment items.

For some people, whether it's a theatrical performance or a game that requires waiting in line, it's not as appealing as delicious food, so the place they haunt most is in the tents where buffets are served in the square. Attracted by the food, players are worried about the metal plates and the beautiful food on the large table, and they are hesitating whether to have a few mini cakes first, a few crispy chicken pieces, or simply a small beef scone, and then a cool soft drink, blowing the cool breeze of the night, under the stars on a summer night, this is simply a fairy day.

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In the days that followed, perhaps due to the summer holidays, the number of people who came to watch the games did not decrease at all, and the number of people who came to participate in the dance machine contest and the starry night event in the evening also increased. During the day, the sound of guns and cannons in "Special Warfare Heroes", the sound of people shouting and neighing horses in "Three Kingdoms 3", the sound of weapons firing quickly in "StarCraft", and the sound of balls smashing on the door frame in "FIFA2000" can be heard from time to time. In the square at night, under the starlight, there are people singing and laughing near the stage, dancing figures on the dancing machine, and the joy on the faces of the players who are fighting at night.

After a few days of competition, the group stage of each WCG project has come to an end, starting from the afternoon of August 25th, the knockout rounds of various events kicked off again, "StarCraft", "Three Kingdoms 3", "Special Warfare Heroes", "FIFA2000" and other projects The top four have appeared, the first is the "StarCraft" global semi-finals, the first half of the qualifier is Ma Tianyuan and the Dutch guy Ancol Jacob Schoun, and the second half of the qualifier is two Korean players Park Taemin and Zhang Yishi.

The result of the first half of "StarCraft" is a bit unexpected, many people see that the four Chinese players are in the upper half, and there are some regrets at first, but then they feel that as long as they cooperate well, it should not be difficult to get the two of them in the upper half, but unfortunately the world is unpredictable, Ma Tianyuan has had a smooth journey and grabbed the top spot in the group, while the Dutch guy with the ID "NTT" has burst out with strong strength, allowing many viewers to see for the first time the barbaric, domineering, and unreasonable European style of play, many "NTT" 's opponents are trying to crack it, but unfortunately under the macro operation of "NTT's crazy riots", crazy mining and a strong overall view, the economy was quickly pulled apart, and then completely crushed under the impact of the overwhelming force of "NTT". Only Ma Tianyuan was relatively lucky, perhaps because Anker Jacob Schoun had not adjusted well in the first game, and with a little luck, he won by a narrow margin, which was also the only defeat of the Dutch boy in the group stage.

The first game of the "StarCraft" knockout round was Ma Tianyuan vs Zhang Yishi, and the second game was Park Taemin vs Ankor Jacob Schoun, Ma Tianyuan's good luck helped him again, and once again defeated his opponent by a narrow margin, while Ancol Jacob Schoun's violent style of play hit a wall in front of the delicate Koreans, and in the end he could only compete with Zhang Yishi for the third or fourth place.

At half past eight in the evening, the much-anticipated final of the WCG "StarCraft" project finally began, thirty minutes before that, the results of the match between Ancol Jacob Shorne and Zhang Yishi had been divided, the delicate grappling of the Koreans once again limited the "NTT" riot flow play, Ancole Jacob Schoun could only reluctantly accept the result of fourth place, and Zhang Yishi won the third place in the WCG "StarCraft" project.

At night, under the dark night sky, there were a little stars shining on the stage, and there were two transparent glass huts on both sides of the stage, and the computers, tables and chairs for online battles had been installed in each of the two cabins. The projection curtain hanging above the stage had been slowly lowered, and after a flash of white light, the game options that the two were setting appeared, Ma Tianyuan chose the Terran, and Park Taemin still used the Zerg he was familiar with.

As the "Start" button was pressed, the projection screen went black, and soon the map screen from the referee's perspective appeared, and the game officially began......

Sitting on the sofa in the guest room of the Beijing Hotel, Minoru Arakawa's mind was in a mess, he didn't know why he wanted to come to Beijing, whether it was for the man's invitation or for himself, he was a little unclear. If it had been three years ago, whoever had made such an invitation to him would have laughed it off, and at that time he was not the president of Nintendo North America, but at that time he was in the hands of his old friend Howard J. With Lincoln's support, he can decide no less things than the president, and he is also a director of the company, and has a certain influence on the board of directors, at that time he naively thought that as long as he took care of Nintendo North America and helped Nintendo make more money, there would be many opportunities to climb up in the future, and maybe there would be a chance to take over his father-in-law's class and become the president of Nintendo.

It's a pity that these are all in vain now, old friend Howard Lincoln has left, and Arakawa Minoru has been given the position of president of Nintendo North America that he doesn't care too much about, and on the surface it seems that the old man intends to promote him, but those who know the inside story understand that this is not the case. Minoru Arakawa became the president of Nintendo North America, but his power was smaller than before, and many specific affairs were taken over by someone sent from the Japanese headquarters, and his position as a director was removed, so his influence was further reduced.

If at the beginning, Minoru Arakawa still had the hope of what happened, his heart has been cold in the past few months, and he was in charge of almost all the affairs of Nintendo North America in the past, when Howard Lincoln was in power, because of the good relationship between the two, he could still decide many things, but now that he is president, he feels like he has become a mascot. When there was a big decision to make, either Minoru Arakawa's subordinates took the idea themselves, or they simply reached out to the Japanese headquarters, and only some innocuous little things would be handed over to him, such as pretending to be a press officer to make a speech, and sitting there like a statue at a new product launch. In short, if Minoru Arakawa suddenly ran away for a week one day, he would have been chased by a phone call right away, and now he even suspected that no one would find out when he returned.

Arakawa knew that he was actually a very ambitious and adventurous guy, he studied civil engineering at university, and then went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a period of time to study civil engineering, and after coming out, he went to Marubeni Trading Company to take charge of overseas real estate business because of his fluent English, and later met his current wife Yoko, the eldest daughter of her father-in-law, Yamauchi Pu.

At that time, Minoru Arakawa could be said to know nothing about games, and he didn't even think that he would give up his position as the regional director of Marubeni Trading Company, and he didn't know why, but his father-in-law took a fancy to him, and he continued to lobby him personally or through Yoko, hoping that he would jump ship and come over to help. Minoru Arakawa thought about it for a long time, after all, the game industry was too new to him, and Yamauchi Pu promised him the position of Nintendo's North American business director in order to win him over, of course, in order to expand North America, the world's largest consumer market.

Yamauchi's promise is similar to Arakawa's position when he was at Marubeni Trading Company, but the gap between the two is not a star and a half, Marubeni Trading Company's side is already a mature business, he just needs to go on step by step, and Nintendo's side, in North America, is still zero, everything needs him to start from scratch. Eventually, Minoru Arakawa's adventurous DNA prevailed, and he gave up his comfortable job to move to Nintendo, where he began to form Nintendo's North American business unit with the help of a few friends. At that time, everything was hastily built, even the office was just a garage of less than 20 square meters near Raymond, and the first batch of game boards shipped from Japan took up more than half of the place that was both an office and a warehouse, so that they had to stand and work in order to save as much space as possible.

After a few years of hard work, Nintendo's North American business unit gradually developed into a North American company, and Minoru Arakawa left the cramped garage and moved to a more spacious office, and no longer had to fight with the warehouse for turf. With his efforts, not only Nintendo's game substrates have achieved good sales in North America, but also Nintendo's red and white phones, Super Nintendo and other home consoles have been introduced to North America, and have also achieved good results. It was also him, together with Howard Lincoln, who snatched the adaptation rights of "Cube" from Sega and allowed it to settle in GameBoy, laying a solid foundation for the glory of Nintendo's portable handheld market.

Later, when Nintendo was in difficulty, it was Minoru Arakawa who made a great contribution to the birth of the N64, and through clever marketing, the N64, which failed miserably in the Japanese market, became the most successful product in North America, and sold tens of millions of units.

But these seem to be floating clouds for Yamauchi Pu, at least that's how Arakawa really sees it, otherwise, with the hard work he has made over the years, there is no one in Nintendo who can compare to him, logically speaking, the position of Nintendo president should be nine out of ten, but now don't talk about the president of Nintendo, I'm afraid he won't be able to sit for long.

To make Arakawa Minoru rebel against Yamauchi Pu, he doesn't have the courage at all now, some time ago when Howard Lincoln was still the president of the North American company, he had tried skillfully, but unfortunately he was sent away by the old man lightly, and he also gave him the current situation. Arakawa Minoru understood what his father-in-law meant, and Yamauchi Pu hoped that after a period of transition, he would take the initiative to resign, but he was still a little unwilling.

If the situation continues like this, maybe Minoru Arakawa will really resign after a while, but unexpectedly, he received a call from that man, which made his already stagnant heart come alive again, maybe his hope has not been completely lost. Minoru Arakawa has been in an ambivalent state of mind all this time, he understands that there is no such thing in this world as a show of favor for no reason, especially in the mall, once someone gives you any benefit, then he must have something to ask for.

Arakawa doesn't know what the man thinks, but he estimates that it has something to do with the competition in the home console market now, and he has also seen the so-called "Nintendo, Sega and Sony are going to merge" news some time ago, and he can only scoff at such unreliable speculation, but maybe some people don't think so.

After some hesitation, Minoru Arakawa still came to Beijing, perhaps hoping to give himself a chance, a chance to get out of the current situation, but once he sat down and rested for a while, he began to think crankily again. Seriously, Minoru Arakawa didn't intend to sell Nintendo's interests, and if the other party had such a plan, then he wouldn't be able to talk to the other party.

Coming to the bathroom and washing his face, the chaotic thoughts in his mind cleared up a little, Minoru Arakawa sat down on the sofa again, exhaled deeply, and had a decision in his heart, so he picked up the telephone next to him and dialed a familiar number to go out.

It didn't take long for the phone to connect, and Minoru Arakawa said into the microphone: "My name is Minoru Arakawa, please help me find Mr. Zhang Lexing......"

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