Chapter 56: Frenzy (Ask for Recommendation Votes!!) )
Sonoko Suzuki, a girl who has just entered junior high school, fell in love with the small, cute game console toy called an electronic pet in a TV commercial the night before.
When I saw the price of 20,000 yen, I still couldn't suppress the urge in my heart.
She wanted it so badly.
Especially that wonderful frog seed, it's so kawaii too kawaii.
Sonoko Suzuki ran to her room and took out a small piggy bank from her drawer, which contained the change she had saved up for a long time.
Looking at the piggy bank of this cute little rabbit, her face showed a hesitant look, she was originally waiting for the end of the year to prepare tickets for her idol Miyuki Nakajima's concert, if she took it out now, it would make her plan go to waste.
There was an extremely fierce battle of ideas in her mind.
To buy or not to buy?
In the process of thinking, the three colors I saw on the TV just now, the electronic pet of kawaii to the extreme, always kept popping up from her mind.
Then Sonoko Suzuki gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and seemed to have made a decision, and threw the ceramic piggy bank in her hand to the ground with all her might.
Bang!
The piggy bank hit the ground with a dull crashing sound, probably because her strength was not strong enough, and the tatami mat was much softer than the cement floor, so the piggy bank just rolled a few times on the ground and did not break.
The moment she fell out, Suzuki Sonoko's face showed a look of extreme regret, and her eyes were instantly covered with a layer of moisture, not for the money she had worked hard to save inside, but for the piggy bank that had been with her for a long time.
It was a birthday present from her mother!
Fortunately, the piggy bank fell to the ground and was not broken, and her face showed a look of surprise in an instant, and she quickly squatted down and carefully picked up the piggy bank.
Patting herself on the chest, she returned to her desk, carefully pulling out the lid of the piggy bank, and then shaking it, pouring the money inside.
The piggy bank kept rattling as she shook.
Most of the piggy banks were coins, and as she poured, a large amount of one hundred yen, mixed with a small number of five hundred yen coins, and a very small number of 1,000 notes.
After the money in the piggy bank was emptied and looked at the money on the table that she had saved up for more than half a year, Suzuki Sonoko's face showed a reluctant look again, but after hesitating for a moment, her eyes became decisive.
She carefully counted the coins that had fallen on the table, and even if it was a hundred yen coins, she blew them one by one and wiped them clean and set them aside.
It took her nearly half an hour to count the large pile of coins on the table.
Even she didn't expect that she would save more than 39,000 yen by relying on coins one by one for more than half a year!
This surprised her with some surprises.
In this way, even if she buys her favorite frog seeds, then she will still have 19,000 yen left, maybe she will work hard in the second half of the year, and by the end of the year, she will not miss her idol Miyuki Nakajima's concert.
Thinking of this, Suzuki Sonoko, who was still a little sullen, immediately showed a happy smile on his face.
This couldn't be better news for her.
On the morning of July 25th, Sonoko Suzuki took the train to Akihabara early, knowing that this was the largest electronics market, and the boys in the class said that they could buy something related to electronics.
And she remembers that in that TV show, the first place was divided into three places, retail stores in Akihabara, and several shopping malls in Tokyo and Osaka, but only by buying it here in Akihabara can you get a lottery ticket, which can be scratched, and the first prize is to get the gold version of the first three electronic pets, but it is one of the three.
This time, Jester launched a pocket version of the electronic pet with a total of three pets and three versions.
This is because he fully learned the experience of Japanese manufacturers in later generations to cheat fans of money.
In addition to the regular yellow, white, and pink versions, there are also silver editions limited to 1,000 copies, and gold editions limited to 100 copies.
The silver version is five times more expensive than the regular version, and the price is as high as 100,000 yen, while the gold version is not sold separately, but can only be drawn by lottery, and each electronic pet purchased will receive a lottery ticket, and the gold version of the electronic pet can be scratched out of this lottery ticket.
Whether it is a gold or silver plate, it has an independent number, and there will never be a duplicate number.
Suzuki Sonoko, who had long been full of yearning for the golden electronic pet she saw on TV, also came to Akihabara without hesitation, instead of going to the shopping malls closer to her.
Although she knew that the chances of drawing were slim, she still wanted to give it a try.
What if?
That's what she thinks anyway.
Tamahide Yoshiro also came to Akihabara early in the morning, and in addition to seeing the sales of the GP handheld on the first day, he also had to award the player who won the gold version of the GP handheld.
The advertising effect of the GP is still good, and although it has only been advertised for a few days so far, there are still a large number of girls who are attracted to the cute GP electronic pet machines they see on TV, and even many people in the Kansai area have come to buy them overnight on the Shinkansen.
Of course, there are even more buyers who live nearby.
The sales are not hot, but they are not bad.
On the first day, Tamahideyoshiro only sent 20,000 units to Akihabara, and when it was approaching the evening, a rough calculation showed that there were about 12,000 units, and there were 8,000 units left.
Those stores were also very satisfied, not only did they directly pay the full price of the goods they had taken before, but they also immediately ordered 20,000 units again.
Tamahide Yoshiro is also very satisfied with today's results, although it is not a full house, but it is also a victory.
For a handheld with a small investment and low cost, this sales volume is already very good.
He touched his pocket, and in his pocket was a GP handheld that he had bought with his own money, which belonged to Little Fire Dragon, and he was going to give it to his daughter as a gift, but her daughter had been pestering him since she had seen a commercial on TV a few days ago, although he could get it in advance according to his permission, but he still didn't do it.
After a busy day, he said goodbye to the employee, boarded the taxi he called on the phone, and drove towards the station.
He promised his daughter that he would definitely give her an electronic pet today.
At this time, he couldn't help but think of the girl named Sonoko Suzuki who won a golden version of Jenny turtle today.
He still remembered the girl's hesitation between the golden version of Jenny Turtle and the golden version of the Wonderful Frog Seed, he remembered that the girl bought a pink Wonderful Frog Seed, and it was the lottery ticket in this Wonderful Frog Seed that won the first prize, it seemed that she liked the Wonderful Frog Seed a little more, but obviously, after having the Wonderful Frog Seed, she wanted a different electronic pet.
But she also wanted to get the golden version of the Frog Seed, after all, her favorite was the Frog Seed.
The girl hesitated for more than ten minutes, and finally reluctantly chose the golden version of Jenny Turtle, when she looked at the golden version of the wonderful frog seed, Tamahide Yoshiro could only think of an adjective to describe.
That's heartbreak.
Although this girl is a little older, it still reminds Tamahide Yoshiro of his daughter, and the smile on his face becomes happy when he thinks of his lovely daughter.
"Sir, I think of my family." The driver also saw the smile on Tamahidejiro's face in the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but smile and ask.
"yes, yes, I brought my daughter the gift she wanted the most!" Tamahide Yoshiro said with a happy smile on his face that couldn't be hidden.
As soon as Sonoko Suzuki got home, she couldn't wait to call her friends to show off that she had bought the electronic pet that had just been released, and she had also drawn a gold version of the Jenny turtle limited to 100 pieces!
This made her friends unable to resist their curiosity and came to her home one after another.
And after Suzuki Sonoko dialed the phone, she originally wanted to wait for her friends to come and then disassemble the camera in front of them to show off, but she still couldn't help it and disassembled it in advance.
Then she was completely addicted to this little handheld game!
In this small thing, which is only half the size of a palm and only has a black and white LCD screen, there is really a pet with its own life and its own thoughts!
Of course, this is Sonoko Suzuki's own idea.
And looking at the wonderful frog seeds that had just hatched from the eggs and kept crying, shouting that they were hungry, Suzuki Sonoko instantly fell in love with this little thing that she spent a full 20,000 yen to buy, and then fed it, bathed it, made it convenient, groomed it, and put it to sleep...... Take care of it like you really care for a pet.
"It's so interesting!" Sonoko Suzuki played with it over and over again, thinking about it over and over again.
At this time, several of her friends also came to her home, surrounded her and watched her continue to take care of the unusually cute little pet in the GP.
"What's the name of this, so kawaii." A friend of Suzuki Sonoko looked at it with some envy for a while, and then involuntarily asked.
"This is called Wonderful Frog Seed! I'd like to buy it too, but I like the little dragon a little more! But one costs 20,000 yen, which is too expensive! The other girl said a little smugly, and then her voice was a little depressed, obviously she might not have enough money.
"Wow! This is the golden version of Jenny Turtle! The other girl looked at Suzuki Sonoko and left it unopened, and the golden version of Jenny Turtle she had drawn in the lottery screamed with envy.
"Take it apart, take it apart and take it apart......" Then, it was the voice of a group of girls who kept encouraging it.
Originally, Suzuki Sonoko didn't want to open it, she wanted to collect it well, but at the instigation of so many of her friends, she was embarrassed to refuse, so she gritted her teeth and opened the wrapping paper of this golden version of Jenny Turtle's GP.
When the golden version of Jenny Turtle was pulled out of the box by Suzuki Sonoko, the glittering golden shell, and the cute image of Jenny Turtle printed on the pure metal shell in a rusty way, immediately attracted the attention of everyone present.
Sonoko Suzuki held the GP handheld made of metal, and felt completely different from the plastic case she had just played.
The feeling of this golden version of Jenny turtle is so comfortable to hold in your hand.
Then, Suzuki Sonoko saw that her friends were like hungry cats, and their eyes turned green when they looked at herself, or at the handheld in her hand.
At this time, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but shudder.
"I want it too!" Then, her friends shouted in unison and pounced on Suzuki Sonoko......
This is the scene that is happening in many places where GP handhelds are purchased today.
The next day.
When Tamahideyoshiro arrived in Akihabara from Osaka, he was almost taken aback by what he saw, and before half past eight, there was a long line in front of all the shops with GP posters.
Most of them are some older girls, and there are many boys who line up with the girls.
At this time, an employee he had just hired hurriedly ran towards him.
"President! President! All 30,000 units are sold out! The employee came to his side, lowered his voice, and told him the news in a very excited tone that surprised him to the extreme.
"All sold out?" He repeated in disbelief, and even his voice became a little sharper.
Then, the employee nodded vigorously and said in a tone without hesitation: "Yes, president, all sold out!" ”
Then, Tamahideyoshiro suddenly felt a little dizzy.
Looking at the long platoons in front of him, with no end in sight, his mind was instantly occupied by one word, and there was no room for other content.
Frenzy!
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