"But......" Tsuda wanted to say something, but it was useless to say more when he thought about it, "Well, I see. ”

Hanging up the phone, she looked back at Qing Zhiyuan.

"You heard the phone too. What are you going to do next? ”

Qing Zhiyuan sighed and did not speak.

It can only be said that weakness is the original sin.

"I'm tired of President Tsuda, so we'll go all out to sell in the future." Qing Zhiyuan said with determination.

Looking at his determined eyes, Nao Tsuda bowed slightly, "Okay, please keep up the good work!" ”

……

After being reborn, Seongjiwon realized for the first time what Nao Tsuda meant when he said, "It's not that the quality of the work is good enough to achieve results".

In this world, there are so many factors that can determine success or failure.

After the superstar Akina Nakamori was hidden in the snow, it was also a slump, and this phenomenon is a common thing.

Or it's like a movie, the theater doesn't give you enough film scheduling, what's the use of the good work?

The neon of the 90s, after all, is still a personal society, and the channels that can increase exposure are very limited, and the Internet does not have it.

Even in China in 2020, it will be very difficult for your game to get ahead.

Without the blessing and promotion of capital, and without the resources given by the bigwigs, ordinary people want to become stars, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

How can you do it without working hard?

Back in the company, the members looked at Qing Zhiyuan with blank eyes, like little chicks waiting to be fed.

Especially Mika Ishino, with a pair of big eyes sparkling, looking forward to Qing Zhiyuan bringing back a little good news.

However, Qing Zhiyuan just sighed and clapped his hands.

"Everyone!"

Everyone stood up and faced the president.

"The sales of the game Onmyoji, so far, are not very optimistic. I think everyone can feel this more or less in their hearts. ”

The look on everyone's face darkened.

Since receiving the investment from DUN, pokeni has been injected with new vitality, especially when the onmyoji is completed and presented in the conference room, the employees of pokeni are full of anticipation and confidence.

Because Onmyoji is indeed a good game.

There is no reason to fail when anyone asks themselves.

But the truth is so cruel that no one wants to accept this reality.

"However, this does not mean that Onmyoji is a failure."

Qing Zhiyuan continued, "It's only that Pokeni is a small company, and we haven't been able to get our hands on any of the works before. ”

"So, weakness is the original sin!"

"It's my problem that I haven't been able to bring good news to everyone with the new work." Qing Zhiyuan said, "I'm really sorry. ”

After speaking, Qing Zhiyuan clasped his hands in front of his chest and bowed deeply to everyone.

Mika Ishino's eyes were red.

Akanishi Ken opened his mouth, and wanted to say something comforting, but his throat choked for a while, and he couldn't make any sound.

Maybe it was a wrong decision not to follow Mizutani to change jobs in the first place.

However, in the era of the bubble bursting, the window period for job hopping was very short, and there was no way back for them now.

"Next, Pokeni has to fight against the water." Qing Zhiyuan raised his head and said with burning eyes.

"Whether it is a member of the original sales position or not, from tomorrow, you need to call customers, distribute more flyers on the street, and attract people...... We're going to do everything we can to sell Onmyoji. ”

"It's been a hard time for everyone."

"Please go back today and have a good night's rest, from tomorrow, we will go all out to sell."

"Yes!!" The crowd responded in unison.

……

21 June 1990

Enterbrain.

"You can see how the game is, give a rating the day after tomorrow, and issue a report."

Hiroichi Nagahamamura, the editor, put a few boxes of game tapes on the desks of several editors.

Enterbrain is an entertainment magazine owned by MediaLeaves, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Shoten.

In addition to reporting entertainment content, there is also an important module that focuses on tracking and reporting on upcoming and released games, as well as issuing guides based on game content.

It's just that at the beginning of this year, after Hamamura Hiroichi became the chief editor, he proposed a major reform-

We hope to build our "FAMICOM Newsletter" into a comprehensive and more original magazine.

"FAMICOM Communication" is the later famous "FAMI-tong" (for the sake of narrative convenience, the name Fami-Tong will be used in this book)

After taking over as the head of the editorial process, Koichi Hamamura repositioned CROSS REVIEW and deliberately made the column the highest authority in the industry, and proposed the concept of a temple game for the first time.

CROSS REVIEW is rated by 4 editors for a game, with a maximum score of 10 points per person, and a total maximum score of 40 points.

The total score of more than 30 points is selected into the game hall, and the magazine focuses on the promotion of these excellent works.

The number of works that have made it to the Shirokane Hall in history is very small, and most of them are well-deserved masterpieces.

All of the games are proud to have been selected for the Platinum Hall of Famitsu.

It's not an exaggeration to say that it's the game Oscars of the neon world.

In order to reflect the authority of CROSS REVIEW, Hirokazu Hamamura stipulates that editors can freely judge the merits of the game itself when commenting on the game, but it is absolutely forbidden to praise or criticize the game's hardware or even the publisher in words.

It is precisely because of [Justice], [Fairness], [Openness], [Representing the Voice of Players], coupled with the editors' merciless criticism, strict scoring, and poisonous expressions, that "Famitong" will become the game magazine No1 in the minds of players.

It can be said that the current "Famitong" is equivalent to the game industry's [marking teacher]

In fact, by the 90's, the magazine had become Neon's most authoritative gaming magazine, and there was no one.

One of the editors picked up the game card belt and looked at it, "Huh? Pokeni, I haven't heard of it. ”

"Is there anything out of the ordinary?" Another editor asked.

"Please make an accurate and truthful judgment after careful experience. I have nothing else to comment on. Hamamura left this sentence, patted everyone on the shoulder and left.

What should I say?

Returning to his workstation, Hamamura sighed.

It's a favor that the president sold to DUN, right?

Today, Nao Tsuda paid a special visit to the president of Kadokawa Bookstore.

That's why I will take this kind of judgment for a game that doesn't have any famous company.

However, for Hamamura, this "Onmyoji", regardless of the performance and quality of the game, is a strong topic in itself with its ancient style + RPG + galgame game theme.

The game is badly done, and it can be criticized for a while.

In short, Hamamura said that he would never give a false high score just because it was a favor like [so-called acquaintance recommendation] or "president please] that hindered his game professionalism.

Fair judgment is the cornerstone of Famitong's success.

……