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"Feeling...... It's a bit of a lack of money. One afternoon in April, Zhou Xiao looked at the company's account and whispered.

AZX's account has about more than 10 billion yen, which is more than 100 million US dollars, most of which are earned by Zhou Xiao from a movie, as a dead otaku, although Zhou Xiao knows that the capital must be flowing, and if he doesn't move, he is losing money, but before Li Rui came, even if he wanted to do it, he didn't have time to concentrate on operation, and now Li Rui is here, and he has already raised the issue of company funds with himself several times, Zhou Xiao knows that these money must be operated.

In Zhou Xiao's future plan, the establishment of a small idol group is not something that burns money in itself, what really burns money is what is done around this group.

Although the AKB that Zhou Xiao has seen is a behemoth with a related economic benefit of more than 200 billion yen a year, of course, the profit of all parties cannot be this number, and at that time, AKB was a huge and loose group mixed with countless interests and composed of various forces, among them, Dentsu should be regarded as the largest force in it, and in addition to Dentsu, Jingle, major firms, and the operating body of Yasuwei Akimoto all have a force in it.

Of course, Zhou Xiao doesn't want to run AKB into a place where all parties have the strength of the feet like in his previous life, and I believe that if he can't do it, Yasu Akimoto will definitely hope that AKB is under his own hands, and he has mastered a place like the Good Morning family! P is a group with UFA, but AKB is too big, a group of 4oo people, food, mobile clothing, everything needs money, and the whole group, all the time, has money to spend. If a large amount of money is collected again, Akimoto Yasushi alone can't operate it, because he has always been just a ruler, and the person who really grasps the roots of the group is not him.

To really control AKB, there are many, many things that Zhou Xiao needs to do, and even not just control a combination, AKB This combination, even if Zhou Xiao really controls it, he will not recommend qualified members to the outside. Nor is he in complete control of the group, as there is more to be controlled.

For example...... Sales of merchandise.

In the previous life, AKB was located in the Don Quixote Building in Akihabara, this eight-story building has become the heart of almost all AKB meals, but this building is not AKB's property, the person who owns this building is the operator of Don Quixote, and the price that AKB paid for renting this building is that they get full power to sell all kinds of AKB peripheral products, you know, AKB is such a huge group. If you hold a concert or something, even if the whole venue is full, you will lose a lot of money in a concert, and the bigger the venue. The more money you lose, and the same goes for the daily theater operations, what really makes AKB profitable is the merchandising that is an extremely important part.

That's a big deal.

Did Zhou Xiao want to buy Don Quixote? No, no, no. He couldn't have done that, and Don Quixote was a very large company in Japan with a lot of industries. Zhou Xiao couldn't do it. In fact, his idea is that if possible, at least buy Don Quixote's building, as for the distribution of goods sold around the future market, at first it may only be commissioned in an ordinary way of cooperation, but as long as AKB becomes popular in the future, then naturally there will be many people rushing to cooperate with him, and it will be much more convenient to choose when the time comes.

Even with this plan, Zhou Xiao is still difficult to achieve.

Don Quixote's building in Tokyo is located in the most prosperous area of Akihabara, which was originally just a street selling electrical appliances, but after 2ooo years, it has gradually become known to the world, because it has become the so-called "otaku holy place", manga, figurines, cosp1ay, it is a place that is almost out of touch with the world, full of otaku atmosphere. Under the influence of such culture, Akihabara has gradually become a well-known place in Japan and the world, not only the people from all over the world have come to Akihabara for pilgrimage, but even various tour groups will introduce this place as a scenic spot, such a place, its land prices, in recent years, are due to the trend of crazy growth.

Zhou Xiao estimated that if he wanted to worry about the Don Quixote building in Akihabara, there was no tens of billions of dollars that he couldn't take, that is, if he wanted to buy the building now, just this one would drain all the company's funds.

Because of this, Zhou Xiao felt short of money.

What should I do if I am short of money? Making a movie? Zhou Xiao thought about it, among the movies that will become popular in the future, in addition to those blockbusters that will never be made, there are also some films with small investment and big returns, such as "Ghost Shadow" or something, but such films ...... Zhou Xiao hadn't seen it, not only hadn't he seen it, but he didn't have it in the hard drive in his mind.

Zhou Xiao, who broke off the idea of movies, set his sights on the world outside the entertainment industry, and outside the entertainment industry, the most familiar to him should be the Internet and online games.

"Speaking of games...... Zhou Xiao rubbed his chin, the computer in his mind was not all video novel music, as a man's computer, how could there be no games in it, but there was a return, but he couldn't make it.

Programming or something, Zhou Xiao has only learned C language, even if it is C language, after learning for many years, it has basically been returned to the teacher. So, if he wants to make a game, there is only one way, and that is to hire the person who makes the game, and then go to the game according to his description.

As for what games to play...... Casual games, of course.

It's better to act than to be excited, after Zhou Xiao arrived at the company the next day, he directly called Suzuki Xiao from the network department.

The current network department of AZX is not so much called the network department as the AMEBA department, and the main job of the department is to operate such a thing as AMEBA.

After Suzuki Xiao sat down, Zhou Xiao began to explain his thoughts to him, he didn't explain to Suzuki Xiao what game he wanted to do, what he was explaining now to the other party was a concept that was very important in the direction of free games, mobile games, casual games, etc. in the future - micropayment.

After Zhou Xiao told Suzuki Xiao, Suzuki Xiao thought about it a little, and said to Zhou Xiao with some hesitation: "Boss, what you mean is what you mean." Make some games, and then the game as a whole is free, but some of the expansion items are charged? ”

"That's right." Zhou Xiao nodded.

"But...... We can't do it......" Suzuki said.

"Can't do it? Why? Zhou Xiao was surprised, micropayment or something, it was nothing more than writing a program, with his barren C language knowledge, it felt that it should be easier.

"The program is quite easy to write, but we don't have a mature payment platform, and the most important thing you said is actually a payment platform. And the establishment of this thing is to be linked to e-commerce, the banking system, and even the mobile phone exhibition, in short, this thing may be difficult to do in recent years...... "Suzuki said.

Zhou Xiao suddenly realized that small games and casual games, these things are not something that can be launched after they are made, and they can become extremely crazy when they are launched. Ten years later, small games and mobile games can make money, a big reason is that the user's payment method was very convenient and fast at that time, as long as you enter a password on your mobile phone, you can do it in 2oo3 years. This method is still a legend, and even online banking and other things are still rarely used, and the vast majority of online games still use point cards as payment methods, not to mention Japan. There was no exhibition of online games in this country.

However, although one way didn't work, Zhou Xiao quickly thought of another way.

"In that case. How about making a mini-game and selling it at a much lower price than a normal game? We can even not release the physical disc, and after the game is made, we just sell the activation code on the Internet! ”

"Cheaper for a lot of money? For example......

"For example...... 5oo yen? Zhou Xiao asked.

"A game for 5oo yen?" Suzuki was surprised.

Japanese games are not cheap, most of the word-of-mouth or well-made games, their prices are around 5ooo yen, Zhou Xiao's 5oo yen, is equivalent to reducing the price by ten times.

"Can you make money at this price......?" Suzuki asked.

"Small profits are quick turnover, and the time to make zuò is not big."

"So what platform is this game you are talking about?" Suzuki asked.

"Platform? In addition to PC, let's put it on PS2 as well. Zhou Xiao said.

"Okay, so please describe the game you want to make." Suzuki said.

In fact, Suzuki Xiao is already very annoyed, but in the face of the boss, he is still trying very hard to maintain his feelings.

In Suzuki Xiao's view, Zhou Xiao's boss is a pure computer layman, and he did see the prospects of the blog with a good eye before, but when it comes to the game, whether he asks questions or raises things, he is very flashy, such a boss, he is really worried about whether he can come up with suitable things.

As an employee of the company, the most embarrassing thing is that no matter what Zhou Xiao proposes is right or wrong, they must follow it and implement it, even if they know that the boss is taking the wrong path, they will persuade them, but if the boss is determined to take this road, they can't stop it.

In the dark, Suzuki Xiao seemed to have seen that picture, and the time was just after Zhou Xiao put forward his idea.

Zhou Xiao began to speak, just saying that it was not enough, he still stood up and gestured.

"This is a 3D game, but unlike common 3D games, a qiē in this game is only represented by blocks, each square is about one square meter, and the player's own model, the number of polygons should not exceed a hundred, these squares have water, land, desert, wood, etc., just use these Yongxi to form a world, every square of the world can be removed, and the essence of this world lies in two points, one is that those elements in the world can be synthesized, For example, sand will turn into glass after firing, for example, wood handles and stones can form wooden pickaxes, and the iron, gold, diamonds, etc. contained in the stone can also form iron pickaxes, gold pickaxes, etc., and the other essence lies in a thing called redstone, which can play the role of electricity, in addition, redstone can also be made into basic logic circuits, that is, there are three kinds of ...... of and gates, and gates.

The game that Zhou Xiao said is really simple, and this game is almost a completely blank game, there are only the most primitive things in the game, there is no plot, no fighting, all of the game, it's just a creation zào!

Of course, Suzuki Xiao was disdainful in his heart at the beginning, but listened. Akatsuki Suzuki's open mouth couldn't close.

"This game can theoretically be very big, you can do 256 floors underground, there will be dark rivers underground, there will be magma, there will be underground creatures, there will be huge caves and various mineral deposits in the caves."

"And, not just that, we can also add dd or d1c to the game, we can add new ores, or plants. These deposits can smelt new things, and plants can make corresponding things, such as rubber trees and bronze, and with these two, we can make an industrial age and even a nuclear reactor and so on......"

"Good...... It's amazing! Suzuki Xiao couldn't help but say.

"Huh? What the? Zhou Xiao was immersed in the game he described, and he didn't hear Suzuki Xiao's words too clearly.

"Boss, you're amazing! This game can do! It's so good to do! Suzuki Xiao said excitedly: "Because it is a color block, the configuration of the game can be large or small, with PS2 hardware." It's completely operational, even if it's a bit hard to run, just sacrifice a little performance. And we don't need to waste too much time when making zuò, this game just needs to make an opening concept! ”

"That's right! This game can be played for many, many years. You can make many, many things out of those blocks, like huge cities or something! Zhou Xiao said.

"Boss, you're such a genius, you say such a game. What's a good name? Suzuki asked.

"It's called "Necraft"!" Zhou Xiao said without hesitation.

Yes, what Zhou Xiao said to Suzuki Xiao is the sandbox game that was only opened in 2oo9 years later. The initial version of this game was only about 15m, but it was such a small game, but it sold tens of millions of copies around the world, and the description of the game's sales was probably only crazy.

The initial version of "Necraft" was only listed on the game website, and the price at that time was only $5, and later, when the version and bugs were perfected, the final price of this game was 27 dollars, which is about 27oo yen, which is only about half of the price of a normal game, but if it is a small game, this price is relatively expensive.

Even if you don't talk about the price of $27, just talk about the lowest price of $5 in the front, this game has sold more than 3ooo million copies in more than two years, $5 per copy, and the final income is $150 million, and what Zhou Xiao paid is at most to ask a few programmers who make games to make a game of more than ten trillion!

It's much harder to grab money than this job.

Since Suzuki Xiao also agreed with the idea of this game, Zhou Xiao naturally no longer hesitated and immediately set about establishing a game department for AZX, but Li Rui suggested after listening to this idea: "Instead of establishing a game department, it is better to establish a branch whose main business is networking." ”

"Branch? Then build one! It's convenient for everyone! Zhou Xiao said.

A word from the boss,The people below are all busy,In fact, Zhou Xiao's original intention,If you make a small game or a free game,I want to go to China to do it,Japan's PC games and online game exhibitions are almost zero,This point has not changed even after ten years,But now since you want to make a stand-alone game,And it's PC,PS2 is OK,Naturally, there is no need to go back to China to do it,And I'm afraid in the future,I won't be a fan of Necraft in China.,The reason is very simple,This game ...... There is really no need to engage in too complicated key protection, Zhou Xiao and AZX will not even think about piracy at all, because the price of sale is already low, so it is not a burden for many people in Japan, Europe and the United States, and they buy it.

The system of "Lost Necraft" was put on the agenda, and Zhou Xiao originally thought that the game that could make Zuò was also proposed by him, which includes Bejeweled, Plants vs. Zombies, Angry Birds or something, all of which are very classic games in later generations, especially the latter two, at the current level of the game, if these two games add a little plot, achievements or other playable and time-consuming things, they can even be regarded as normal games and not small games, and once they get to that Cheng dù, The price of the game is not only 500 yen, but at least 2,000 yen or more is still considered a good and inexpensive positioning, coupled with the game style suitable for all ages, I believe that it is easy to sell and earn tens of millions of dollars!

"I don't know if these games will be able to make at least 200 million US dollars in the market in two years, if they really can, plus the company's 100 million or 30 billion yen now, the dream of combining schools that Akimoto Yasusu shouted for seven or eight years but has not been realized for a long time should be realized......

"By the way, the establishment of a branch and the hiring of people, it is estimated that the overall investment of the AZX game department is at most 100 million yen, and the company's 100 million US dollars of working capital has not been spent, what should I do with this 100 million US dollars......" Zhou Xiao finally thought of his 100 million dollars again.

"Maybe, with that $100 million, I can invest in some movies and TV series or something...... he thought. (To be continued......)