At the last company meeting before the start of the E3 exhibition, everyone communicated and analyzed the information of the opponent and formulated a series of countermeasures.

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

Soon, the time came to April 18th.

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

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

But Hideki Hanyu, as the boss, stayed until today before deciding to set off.

In the car leaving San Jose, the Italian female secretary asks Hideki Hanyu.

"Boss, why are we staying until now to go to San Francisco?"

"Because I'm waiting for someone."

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

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

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

After contact these days, the female secretary, who is familiar with Hanyu Hideki's temper, does not dare to continue asking.

The repeated setbacks in Hanyu Hideki have made her fully understand a truth.

That's her beauty, and it can't affect Hanyu Hideki's mood at all.

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

But in personal relationships, there is no progress at all.

It didn't take long for Monica Bellucci to notice that the car was not heading in San Francisco.

It's getting closer and closer to San Jose International Airport.

She couldn't help but ask Marco, who was driving, "Mr. Marco, aren't we going to San Francisco?" Why come to the airport. ”

"Pick up people." Marco replied succinctly.

"Pick up someone?"

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

At this time, Hanyu Hideki just put down the handheld, and when he saw the female secretary looking over, he replied casually.

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

Monica Bellucci, although curious about who it was, was still very measured and did not continue to ask.

Next, she followed Hideki Hanyu to the San Jose airport.

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

Hideki Hanyu has a good attitude towards the girl, with a gentle smile on her face that she has never seen before, and she warmly hugs the girl at the exit.

Such a scene made Monica Bellucci have mixed feelings.

How is she worse than this girl?

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 with her at all.

With emotions such as unwillingness, envy, and jealousy, she asked Marco tentatively.

"Mr. Marko, who is this girl?"

For Monica Bellucci, the boss's personal female secretary, Marco did not hide.

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

So he replied directly, "She's the boss's lover in neon." ”

"Lover?"

Monica Bellucci was surprised, but not surprising.

After all, for a rich man like Hideki Hanyu, it's just too normal to find a lover.

However, when she still wanted to extract some information from Marko's mouth, she saw that Marco stopped talking.

And at the exit position, Hideki Hanyu, who was "reunited after a long absence", also came over with the girl.

"She's Yasuko Sawaguchi."

"This is my secretary, Miss Monica"

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

That's right, he came to the airport to pick up Yasuko Sawaguchi.

After the girl went to Osaka to receive the yacht, she took a plane directly from Osaka to Amerika to find him.

It was precisely because of the girl that he did not go to San Francisco with the army of Elf Entertainment.

"Hello, Yasuko Sawaguchi."

Monica Bellucci recited the awkward neon pronunciation.

"Hello Miss Monica, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Yasuko Sawaguchi also greeted Monica Bellucci.

Her English is very lame, with a neon "flavor" that she learned by surprise the last time she came to America.

For Monica Bellucci, Yasuko Sawaguchi is equally curious.

I thought that this female secretary was really beautiful.

With what she knows about Hideki Hanyu.

I can't help but wonder in my heart whether Hideki Hanyu has anything else to do with the other party.

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

Doubts filled my mind again.

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

When you go out, you rarely command your own women to do chores.

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

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

But soon, she put those doubts behind her.

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

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

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

On the way to San Francisco, the tone was excited, and he chattered non-stop to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu's reaction was not so great.

After all, I just bought a $50 million private jet, and the threshold for luxury in my heart has been raised again.

Actually, it's nothing, just look at the annual tax returns to the Neon government.

Buying a private jet is nothing.

……

A little more than two hours later, the group arrived in San Francisco.

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

The Atari shock silenced the Amerika gaming market.

It's not just game makers that are affected, it's also gamers.

The enthusiasm that everyone has been building up for several years is going to be released at this exhibition dedicated to video games.

Even driving on the road, from time to time you can see some people imitating the game characters.

THIS IS ALSO THE EARLIEST COSPLAY.

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

He made a reservation at the Ritz-Carlton, near Union Square.

First, I don't want to take women to hang out in front of employees,

Moreover, he can't look down on the hotel booked by the company, the environment is too poor, and it is not comfortable to live in.

The group checked in.

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

"Boss, do you need to go to the pavilion next?" The female secretary stood in the doorway and asked.

Whoever wants to Hanyu Hideki just says, "I'm tired, take a rest first." ”

"But ......"

Monica Bellucci wants to say that today's itinerary has been arranged.

Who thought that before she finished her words, she saw that Hanyu Hideki had already closed the door.

In the moment before closing the door, Monica Bellucci saw through the crack in the door that Hideki Hanyu couldn't wait to pick up the neon girl.

What Hideki Hanyu wants to do, it goes without saying.

In that case, it is obvious that I have endured it for a long time.

The female secretary's face also became annoyed.

If she knew that Hideki Hanyu was so eager, she should have been more proactive before.

For Hanyu Hideki's style, Marco next to him had no reaction.

Even he felt that with the character of his boss, it was already a miracle to have such a beautiful woman as Monica Bellucci by his side, and to endure it alone for so long.

From his experience, he can see that Monica Bellucci is intentionally or unintentionally getting closer to his boss.

With the experience of the boss's veteran of the flowers, how could he not see it.

Marco felt that this seemingly shrewd and ambitious Italian woman seemed to have become a "pastime toy" for 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'll go back to the room first, the boss has something to do, please inform me in time." ”

With that, Marco prepared to leave.

When the female secretary heard this, she followed in three or two steps, and asked curiously, "Mr. Marko, can you tell me some information 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 young lady next, and it will be convenient for me to work by understanding it in advance."

The female secretary's reasons were above board, and Marco thought about it and said something he could.

"You already know her name, she is a signed female star of the boss's company, and 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 due to the delivery of the yacht that the owner bought her, she came late......"

At this point in Marco's words, Monica Bellucci couldn't help but ask, "You mean the boss sent her a yacht." ”

"It's a twenty-meter 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.

……

Afternoon.

In the bedroom of the luxurious suite where Hideki Hanyu is located.

Yasuko Sawaguchi lay on Hanyu Hideki without a wisp of it, lightly opened her lips, and panted slowly.

She looked at Hideki Hanyu with a look of satisfaction.

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

She could feel it from Hideki Hanyu's enthusiasm.

This discovery also dispelled a doubt for her.

That is, Hideki Hanyu must have nothing to do with that glamorous female secretary.

"The main thing is that Yasuko is too beautiful." Hideki Hanyu doted on the girl.

He didn't say this to make the girl happy.

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

Slightly exotic, glamorous and moving appearance,

Plus the unique coquettishness and softness of the neon girl.

And the docile character who obeys him.

Hanyu Hideki likes to stay with Yasuko Sawaguchi the most among all women, and it's not for nothing.

"Then I'll stay with Xiushu-kun for the rest of the day, okay."

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu picked up Yasuko Sawaguchi's chin, looked at the flower-like face, and asked deliberately.

"What is Yasuko going to do with me?"

Facing Hanyu Hideki's gaze, the girl lowered her eyes shyly and said softly.

"Hideki-kun can do whatever he wants me to do."

In the face of such a girl, Hanyu Hideki couldn't bear it, and when he kissed the girl, he turned over violently.

And then......

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

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

If it weren't for the fact that the girl was too weak and already a little overwhelmed, Hideki Hanyu wouldn't have planned to come out today.

In addition, the two of them lingered, each other's stomachs were hungry, and they didn't want to eat at the hotel.

The room that finally left it.

The female secretary, who had been waiting outside for a day, saw that Hideki Hanyu had finally come out, and she wanted to ask about the work arrangement.

Hideki Hanyu said, "Let's not talk about work today, Monica, you should rest early."

After saying that, Hideki Hanyu ignored Monica Bellucci and left with Yasuko Sawaguchi and the bodyguards.

The Ritz-Carlton is located in the picturesque Nob Hill area, and there is a gondola ride right outside the door, allowing you to explore the unique scenery of the Bay Area city.

And it is very close to Union Square, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf and other famous attractions.

Hideki Hanyu had been to San Francisco a few times before, so he was familiar with the area.

I didn't drive either, so I took Yasuko Sawaguchi and played.

First go to Chinatown for an authentic Chinese meal.

Then he went around the commercial street around Union Square and accompanied the girl to spend.

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

Looking at the night scene outside the bar, listening to soothing music, and enjoying the service of the beauty.

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

I'm so busy making money all day long that I've almost forgotten how to enjoy life.

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

"Let's go back to the hotel."

"Okay."

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 bags.

Hideki Hanyu took a closer look, isn't this something he bought when he just shopped.

He asked the clerk to send it directly to the hotel, but he didn't expect to be accepted by the female secretary.

"Boss, these things were sent before."

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

Hideki Hanyu opened the door, and the female secretary and bodyguard behind him hurriedly took the bags in.

Seeing that the busy female secretary was leaving, Yasuko Sawaguchi suddenly said in English, "Miss Monica, please wait." ”

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

Then he smiled and handed it to the female secretary.

"Miss Monica, first meeting, this is my gift to you, I don't know what you like, I heard that you are Italian, so I chose this Fendi bag."

"Thank you, Miss Sawaguchi, I'll 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 immediately changed, and she couldn't help but slander.

What is the gift you gave me, it is not the cost of the boss's money.

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

Looking at the latest Fendi SELLERIA handbag in my hand, I couldn't help but smile on my face.

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

This pouch, although not the most expensive style, is at least five or six thousand dollars.

But after the excitement, I thought of Hanyu Hideki's room and helped Yasuko Sawaguchi buy the "piled up" luxury brand.

and Yasuko Sawaguchi's reaction to giving him a handbag of several thousand dollars, and Hideki Hanyu didn't even look at it.

The joy in her heart vanished.

Although after becoming Hanyu Hideki's secretary, he received a good salary every month, as well as a special installation fee, and other subsidies.

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

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

Everything seems very good.

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

At that moment, the phone in her room rang.

Monica thought that Hideki Hanyu was looking for her, so she hurriedly put down her handbag and went to answer her call.

"Boss, what's the matter with me?"

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

"Auntie, is there something going on over there in the house?"

As soon as I arrived in 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, it always needs to be contacted in time.

"It has nothing to do with Mr. Hanyu, I called this time to find you, and a modeling agent in Italy contacted me and asked if you were interested in working part-time this summer, saying that I could arrange for you to work in Milan."

"I'm not interested, if he calls next time, my aunt will help me turn him down."

The female secretary did not hesitate to refuse.

To be a model, how many years do you have to do to get ahead.

Even if you become a star in Italy, you still can't afford to buy a private jet or a luxury yacht.

Hearing this, Nadia said approvingly on the other end of the phone.

"You made the right choice, it's very rare to work with Mr. Hanyu......

Nadia is a cliché.

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

That's how you have a chance to succeed.

For example, the development of elf entertainment in Europe has just begun, and as long as Hanyu Hideki is willing, the family can benefit from it.

If these words are heard in the ears of a woman with a strong sense of career, it must be to work hard according to what Nadia said.

But for the female secretary who wants to take a shortcut and doesn't want to work hard at all, she basically only gets a perfunctory response.

……

The day after Hanyu arrived in San Francisco, he was finally busy with business.

I went to meet Satoshi Iwata first, and then we went to the exhibition hall together.

Today is the 19th, and tomorrow the E3 exhibition will open.

Therefore, when Hideki Hanyu arrived at the exhibition hall, all the booths in sight had basically been set up.

He did not go to the booth of Genie Entertainment for the first time, 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 owner of "Game Base", he is the organizer.

Even without this identity, Genie Entertainment used the Pokeball 2 handheld to successfully help the Ameri gaming market recover.

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

Of course, too much enthusiasm for enthusiasm.

Dazhan also has no special preferential treatment for elf entertainment.

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

The largest booth fee in the whole audience of Genie Entertainment is not a penny.

Even when competitors come to the exhibition, Genie Entertainment can't stop it.

Nintendo, however, rented a booth second only to Genie Entertainment.

Of course, this is actually related to the fact that Hideki Hanyu did not do anything about this.

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

There are some methods that can have a limited effect.

On the contrary, it will leave others with the impression of being petty and ungenerous.

When to be stingy and when to be atmospheric, Hideki Hanyu knows very well.

For example, pressuring dealers to choose between the PS console and the Nintendo NES is where the "stinginess" comes in.

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

Soon I saw the Nintendo booth next to the main booth.

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

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

There is also Nintendo's "Forest Guardians" series, which has the highest sales in neon.

Nintendo's light gun game "Western Gunner".

There is also the earliest Popeye series.

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

Although Genie Entertainment has won the authorization of many events.

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

In addition to these self-developed games, Nintendo, with the dominance of neon, has also attracted the support of a large number of third-party game developers.

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

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

Although the handheld version of the former's "Tank Wars" is in cooperation with Pokeball 2, the console version is placed on the Nintendo platform.

Not to mention popular games such as Macross Fortress.

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

At this time, he was helping Nintendo prepare the classic masterpiece "Takahashi Celebrity's Adventure Island".

For these two developers, even Hideki Hanyu is salivating.

Unfortunately, these two developers almost wore the same pants at Neon and Nintendo, and they were even involved in FC development when they were developing.

It is said that he signed a contract with Nintendo that did not end until 1989.

So if you want these two to land on the PS console platform, the possibility is very small.

Hideki Hanyu did not shy away from observing Nintendo, and Nintendo's staff soon discovered his existence.

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

It's a bit hard not to get noticed by Nintendo's neon employees.

What's more, in addition to the bodyguards by his side, he also has two top beauties with their own Eastern and Western characteristics, so the attraction is not too great.

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

This well-known merry man, even when he arrived in America, still did not change his playboy style.

At this moment, a man in his thirties walked out of Nintendo's booth.

The other party came to Hideki Hanyu with a straight suit and a pair of glasses, smiling.

"President Hanyu, when we first met, I was the president of Nintendo's America branch, Minoru Arakawa."

"Hello, Mr. Minoru Arakawa."

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

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

The original time and space once made Nintendo's performance in America even better than neon.

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

Hanyu Hideki didn't know if the other party had seen him for the first time, but it wasn't the first time he had seen the other party.

At the first two International Consumer Electronics Shows, he would pay attention to Nintendo's booth each time.

Each time, the president of Nintendo in America appears.

"When I returned to Neon in the New Year, one of my seniors even mentioned President Hanyu, and he recognized President Hanyu's abilities very much."

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

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

Who wants to say that Minoru Arakawa said, "Yuichi Asada's predecessor of the Marubeni Fund." ”

When Hideki Hanyu heard this, he immediately thought of the middle-aged man he had seen at the Osaka Marina.

By the way, I also remembered that in addition to being the son-in-law of Yamauchi Pu, Minoru Arakawa himself is also quite extraordinary.

Born into a large family, the land owned by the two families of the parents occupies one-fifth of Kyoto.

Before joining Nintendo, the other party had already worked at Marubeni Corporation.

It's no wonder that he knows that Yuichi Asada.

"Is that so? I've only met him once, and I'm not very familiar. ”

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

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

"Goodbye, President Hanyu."

After Minoru Arakawa said goodbye, he looked at the back of Hideki Hanyu leaving, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

On the surface, the two met amicably.

But in fact, Genie Entertainment and Nintendo are already on the same page in America.

Although Genie Entertainment did not do anything explicitly, it was based on the feedback from the dealers.

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

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

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

Tuoma Gezi, electronic Poké Ball, Pokeball 2 handheld, and huge peripheral sales.

This kind of interest involvement makes it necessary for large supermarkets to have enough interests to help Nintendo withstand the pressure of Genie Entertainment.

In fact, in addition to the game console, Minoru Arakawa, who was looking at the back of Hideki Hanyu, was still worried about another thing.

That's the EGP arcade machine that has begun to make full use of neon.

Since the launch of this console in March, there has been a trend of dominating neon third-party arcades with the help of Genie Entertainment's powerful game library, taking advantage of the unprecedented rent-to-sell model.

Its strength in the arcade segment 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 begun to join forces with Asian distributors and is ready to start dominating the pace of Asian arcades.

Minoru Arakawa believes that as long as the production capacity can keep up, I'm afraid that the next target of the EGP arcade machine is America.

Faced with the strength of EGP arcades, those third-party arcade game developers can only cooperate with Genie Entertainment.

With excellent performance, a powerful game library, and the EGP console taking America by storm, it doesn't seem like a problem.

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

But now, I can only watch Nintendo be swept out of the EGP arcade market in the Amerika arcade market.

It's not that Nintendo hasn't thought of following the trend of an arcade machine of the same type.

But the problem is that EGP's patents, R&D cycles, and exclusive supply agreements with Genie Entertainment are available from individual suppliers.

This makes it almost impossible for Nintendo, and other manufacturers, to launch the same type of product in a short period of time.

However, Elf Entertainment's unprecedented rent-to-sale strategy has expanded incredibly fast.

When they really launch competing products, I am afraid that the market share of Elf Entertainment will be unshakable.

This young man who was more than a decade younger than him.

In just a few years, step by step, interlocking, the development of elf entertainment to the current point.

Lao Spicy doesn't look like a young man at all.

Even his scheming father-in-law was no match for Hanyu Hideki.

Hanyu Hideki at this moment, naturally I don't know what Minoru Arakawa thinks of him.

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

For example, Capcom, which has already made its mark in neon.

Although he was cut off by Genie Entertainment, Capcom still managed to develop the first successful arcade game "VULGUS" by relying on Kitaka Funamizu, who had joined him when it was founded.

President Kenzo Tsujimoto has also been focusing on the introduction of talents.

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

Hideki Hanyu also heard from Eri Kitahara.

Because of its penchant for poaching Konami's technology developers, Capcom has also angered the neon veteran gaming giant for this.

As a result, Konami also contacted Genie Entertainment to teach Capcom a lesson in the arcade market.

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

Just after the launch of Genie Entertainment's EGP ONE arcade machine, Capcom was the first third-party developer to say that it would join the EGP platform.

Capcom saw it all, and naturally he was entangled with Capcom for a lifetime, and developed the SNK of the "King of Fighters" and "Metal Slug series" games.

Today's SNK is still called New Neon Project.

The game "Super Powered Female Warrior", which gave birth to the classic character "Athena Asamiya", has not yet been developed.

Because of his early beginnings, he has accumulated a large number of game development talents, and he is quite strong in hardware and software.

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

SNK saw the opportunity and also developed their light gun arcade machine with its own hardware research and development capabilities.

Now relying on the light gun arcade machine, it is also very popular.

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

Good guys, it's completely richer than the products of the pioneer of Genie Entertainment.

And at this moment, Satoshi Iwata, who had been busy at the booth, came over.

When he saw Hideki Hanyu looking at the booth of the New Neon Project, he asked, "Does the chairman know about the New Nippon Project too?" ”

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

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

"I thought President Kitahara would call President Hanyu yesterday to tell me about the news that just happened."

Satoshi Iwata said and looked at the booth of the new neon project and continued to explain.

"Just yesterday, Project New Neon teamed up with a company called Alpha Electronics to announce a high-profile announcement to develop an arcade machine that is better than EGP."

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

Hideki Hanyu looked at the booth of the new neon project with an interesting expression.

SNK is truly a hardware R&D expert.

In his previous life, for the sake of "Superpower Female Warrior", he took the risk of bankruptcy and developed a sound chip for the arcade substrate, which can allow the game protagonist Athena Asamiya to sing popular idol songs.

Now EGP hosts came out ahead of schedule.

SNK is bigger than another time and space, and it is directly planning to develop a new generation of arcade machines.

And it cooperated with the "old partner" of Alpha Electronics.

Well......

R&D of the overall arcade machine, which is much more than the investment in R&D chips, if you mess up, I'm afraid you will go bankrupt on the spot.

"Keep an eye out for them, and let me know as soon as anything happens."

Hanyu Hideki commanded.

Satoshi Iwata replied, "Yes, President." ”

Hanyu Hideki looked at Satoshi Iwata, "Oh yes, didn't you come to me just to talk about it?" ”

"No, I'm just here to inform President Hanyu that our booth is set up, so please come and take a look."

"Okay, I've finished reading everything I should have seen anyway, let's go."

In this way, Hideki Hanyu and his party walked towards the booth of Elf Entertainment.

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

However, for Sega, which repeats the same old tune, Hideki Hanyu is really not interested, and he is too lazy to go over to watch.

If the SG1000 can turn around by relying on a price war, then the console market will be too mixed.

The booth of Genie Entertainment is the best location and the largest booth in the whole venue.

There are three entrances on all sides, and when you look at it, you can see that there are large game posters with beautiful designs.

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

There are all kinds of Pokémon elves, cute enough to make girls scream.

The Eskimo siblings with ice hammers in their hands are smashing Tetris falling from the sky.

Lee, the protagonist of Kung Fu, smashes a box thrown by a squirrel with his bare hands.

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

A tennis player with a tennis racket with Jimmy Connors' name written on his back is hitting a super curveball.

This is one of America's hottest tennis stars today.

The other party will come to the E3 exhibition tomorrow and go to the main booth to help Genie Entertainment promote.

Of course, it's not free.

Compared to Nintendo, which simply made tennis games, Genie Entertainment, which got the license, directly produced a real tennis all-star smash brawl.

However, on the main wall, there is one of the largest posters that is still obscured.

That's the promotional poster for the PS console.

Only tomorrow after the official launch of the main booth will the PS console actually meet all players.

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

Players are also looking forward to this news.

Many consumers came to the E3 exhibition to witness the release of the Genie Entertainment console.

After all, after the baptism of electronic Poké Ball and Pokeball 2, as well as excellent games, Amerika players have developed enough trust in Pokeball Entertainment.

However, Genie Entertainment has always remained mysterious.

In response to media interviews, he only vaguely said that he would surprise players and promise not to disappoint everyone.

After checking it out, Hideki Hanyu nodded and said, "It's well arranged." ”

In fact, because the PS console cannot be exposed yet, the on-site trial area is not equipped with a PS console except for a few EGP arcade machines and the newly remodeled Pokeball 2 handheld console.

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

"It's definitely good, I've been staring at it here for the past two days."

"Thank you, Mr. Katz."

"I don't care, but Mr. Hanyu is going to speak at the main booth tomorrow, are you ready to speak?"

"There's no need to prepare at all, it's all here."

Hideki Hanyu pointed to his head.

The last and most important step in America's three-step strategy is about to be taken.

No matter who this step is handed over, Hideki Hanyu is not at ease.

So he decided to take it upon himself to be the speaker at the main booth tomorrow.

After all, America and Neon have different atmospheres.

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

But in America, it's the opposite.

"I remember when Hanyu-chan first told me about that plan a few years ago, I wasn't confident that I could do it.

But if you look at everything now, we're about to succeed, and it's all like a dream. ”

Michael Katz said this in an emotional tone, and suddenly stretched out his hand.

"Hope everything goes well."

Hanyu Hideki smiled, also stretched out his hand to put it up, and then looked at Satoshi Iwata next to him.

Satoshi Iwata glanced at the two bosses a little helplessly, thinking to himself that we are not going to participate in any sports competition, why are we so naïve.

But although he thought so in his heart, his hand still went up.

"All the best!"

……

April 20.

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 lot of people.

It's a video game festival that is exclusive to video games, and it's also a great event for video game lovers.

On the first day of the opening, the main booth will hold the most anticipated new product launch of Elf Entertainment.

Invited media, as well as visitors who have 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 I had already rehearsed it last night, it was necessary to review it in advance.

Next to him, Yasuko Sawaguchi carefully sorted out his clothes for him.

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

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

Just to accentuate a tone.

Approachable.

"President Hanyu, you're ready, it's time to take the stage."

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

Mario Bros. game music is heard.

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

"Good morning, fellow Elf Entertainment players! I'm Hideki Hanyu. ”

Just a greeting, those sprite entertainment game lovers applauded enthusiastically.

The players who were able to come to the scene were almost all die-hard fans of Genie Entertainment.

Naturally, I know who Hideki Hanyu is.

Founder of Genie Entertainment.

First producer of games such as Pokémon, Super Mario Bros., Kung Fu, Ice Knock, Tetromino (Tetris) and others.

The absolute "supreme god" in the minds of gamers.

The applause fell, and Hideki Hanyu's textured voice sounded again.

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

Genie Entertainment hasn't disappointed everyone before, so it won't disappoint you today. ”

Hideki Hanyu said, walking to the center of the stage.

There was a tall platform, but it was covered with a cloth.

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

Hideki Hanyu reached out and snapped his fingers.

Then the lights went out.

Only one pillar of light shone on Hideki Hanyu and the platform.

"Next, I will introduce you to the latest product of Genie Entertainment, an unprecedented next-generation console.

PlaySystem！ ”

With the final introduction, Hideki Hanyu lifted the cloth printed with the Genie Entertainment logo.

A blue and white, sci-fi host appeared in everyone's eyes.

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

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

The details of the main unit are shown to everyone.

The PS logo reads 16-BIT, and you can see the transparent case of the circuit board, as well as the handle that is full of science fiction and is marked with unique symbols.

Amid everyone's cheers, Hideki Hanyu continued to explain.

"You've seen the words 16BIT, and I'm here to tell players who like elf entertainment, as you think, the PS console is the world's first sixteen-bit console.

Next, I will let you see the unprecedented ......"

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

In particular, tennis star Jimmy Connors was amazed after experiencing the unique pseudo-3D effect in this era.

Near-arcade graphics.

Clear, audible stereo sound.

Powerful gaming performance.

Everything is unprecedented.

Offstage, watching Hideki Hanyu show the performance of the PS console, listening to the excited discussions of the players around him.

Specially came to participate in the PS console press conference, Minoru Arakawa, the president of Nintendo's America branch, was cold in his heart.

Far beyond the performance of the FC console, with a rich game library, with the help of the reputation accumulated by Genie Entertainment.

He seems to have seen the scene where the PS console defeated Nintendo.

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

The cost of the PS host is definitely more expensive than the FC host.

Nor has the gaming performance reached the point of complete crushing.

Fighting a price war, Nintendo is not without a chance to win.

At this time, Hideki Hanyu also happened to talk about the retail price.

"I think everyone must want to know at this time, how much does it cost to buy such an excellent host."

Hideki Hanyu said this, pointing to the projection screen.

I saw a figure of $499 appear on it.

The audience exclaimed.

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

After Arakawa really saw this price, he was even more unconsciously relieved.

He felt that by setting this price, Genie Entertainment was giving Nintendo a chance.

But how did Minoru Arakawa and the people at the scene know that Hanyu Hideki was just playing the usual routine released by the mobile phones of the later generations.

But anyone with experience will never take the first published price seriously.

“NO！ Don't 499! ”

With the sound of Hideki Hanyu, the projection screen changed, and the number changed to $399.

The difference of 100 US dollars, the audience instantly felt much better in their hearts, and felt that 399 was not unacceptable.

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

Who wants Hideki Hanyu's voice to sound again.

“NO！ Don't 399! ”

The screen changes again, and it goes straight to $299.

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

After all, the price of game consoles in the past was also in this range.

And the performance of the PS console is so good, which is unprecedented for game consoles in the past.

Also totally worth the price.

Seeing that some players cheered for this price, Minoru Arakawa's mood sank a little more unconsciously.

"Are you happy with the price?"

Hideki Hanyu asked everyone out loud.

A large number of players in the audience immediately responded.

"Satisfied!"

Who wants Hanyu Hideki to shake his head, "But I'm not satisfied." ”

As soon as this remark came out, players who had never been tricked like this were a little confused.

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

"I think video games should be mass entertainment, and I want every player to be able to easily take the PS console home, so I think the price of the PS console should be ......"

Hideki Hanyu pointed hard at the projection screen.

$299 disappears.

$229 appeared.

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

Dear Genie Entertainment Players! Are you satisfied? ”

Hideki Hanyu pointed the microphone at the stage, put his palm behind his ear, and listened!

"Satisfied!"

Crazy cheers resounded throughout the audience!

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

Damn Elf Entertainment, this is simply a matter of forcing Nintendo to death if he doesn't make money himself.

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

Hideki Hanyu on the stage continued to speak to everyone after the cheers became smaller.

"A long time ago, the gaming market suffered a devastating catastrophe that caused everyone to lose faith 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, Genie Entertainment is here, and we're determined to get everyone back in love with the game.

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

That's why I have a word of encouragement for all of you who are defenders of video games. ”

Hanyu Hideki looked at everyone and shouted in an impassioned tone.

"Life never ends! The game doesn't stop! ”

Thank you for the tip.

Thanks to the owner of Tongzhai for the tip.

Today it's more than 12000, so it's a little late, mainly to finish the story of E3, and the province is out of chapter halfway.

(End of chapter)