25. Hot summer

Go back to your accommodation and turn on the lights.

Atsushi Shirakawa inserts the game cartridge into the console.

Then turn on the TV and start playing.

The familiar BGM rang out.

That's the soundtrack he wrote for Onmyoji.

Even though he has already cleared the customs once, Atsushi Shirakawa still wants to relive it.

"Ah~pokeni, that's great."

A complicated smile appeared on the corner of Shirakawa's mouth.

There is relief, happiness, but also a trace of melancholy and regret.

I have to say that Onmyoji is the ideal game in his mind, and the president of Pokeni, Sei Jiyuan, has not failed him.

Not only did it not, but it even far exceeded Shirakawa's expectations.

The game's graphics and plot give full play to the pure and melancholy temperament of BGM.

These details work together to make it perfect.

That's what he had in mind.

Atsushi Shirakawa has such a strong sense of heartbeat.

"It's worthy of being the president of the youth club, and being able to do the game so well."

At the same time, his brow furrowed slightly, these days, when he closed his eyes at night, there would always be a scene in front of him when Qing Zhiyuan was sitting here and sincerely invited him to join Pokeni.

However, Shirakawa, who had no experience in game production at the time, did not have the courage to accept it.

Now working as the soundtrack in Pharaoh's Control is not bad, and to some extent, even with good sales results, Pokeni is still a small company.

In contrast, Pharaoh has mastered series of masterpieces such as Ys and Legend of Heroes, but in fact, he has gained a firm foothold in the industry, and even has a faint tendency to challenge Square Enix, which made Final Fantasy.

Pharaoh's control is obviously more stable and promising, but I don't know why......

Atsushi Shirakawa always found it difficult to fit in, and there was always a sense of loss when the pharaoh controlled the music.

Or rather, it wasn't as beautiful and pleasant as he had imagined.

Now Atsushi Shirakawa is working in the soundtrack department of "Legend of Heroes 2", although he is not the leader, but he also has a considerable degree of participation, but the style of music and the music theme are more Western.

The more time passed, the more he felt that this was not the music he wanted.

What Atsushi Shirakawa wants to do more is to integrate neon's own national characteristics into orchestral music, an international style that is more pure, natural, and healing.

To put it bluntly, his idol is Master Jean Hisaishi.

Qing Zhiyuan was not wrong at all.

"Ah~ I think about it, go to pokeni!"

Atsushi Shirakawa held the handle and let out a sigh.

……

"Isn't it a bit exaggerated that everyone should experience a galgame once in their life?" Jun Kinoshita, an office worker at an ordinary company, sighed while holding the latest issue of Famitsu.

"Uh-huh~ Not at all." Hirosawa Furukawa sat down beside him, staring at the screenshot of Yuuki Ling on the magazine.

As soon as he thought of Ling's final ending, Furukawa's little heart throbbed for a while.

"Do you want to try it, I just have the cartridge of Onmyoji there." He proposed to Kinoshita.

"It's really fake, it turns out that Furukawa has already experienced it? It is said that this galgame game is very powerful.,It's worthy of being a fellow traveler.。 Kinoshita Jun laughed evilly, "Please be sure to borrow me to play." ”

"That's for sure." Furukawa smiled.

I just didn't have a chance to sell this game to anyone.

Mainly because "Onmyoji" is a galgame, although there is no dirty plot in it.

But everyone will subconsciously think that this must be a dirty oil.

It's a bit hard to say it, but I happened to see Kinoshita's interest in it, so Furukawa didn't hide it.

Kinoshita didn't understand what the meaningful smile on Furukawa's face meant.

But two days later, he finally understood.

"Furukawa, are you still a person?" Kinoshita clutched his aching chest and looked tired, "The game "Onmyoji" is also too torturous, I haven't slept all night since clearing the level yesterday. ”

"Isn't that right?!"

Furukawa laughed, "I was in the same mood at the time, and now I get a little comfort when I see Kinoshita like this." ”

Kinoshita was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, "Furukawa Hirosawa, please be a person!" ”

"Hahaha, what are you going to do?" Furukawa asked.

"Of course......" Kinoshita was silent for a moment, then a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It's the introduction of Onmyoji to that guy in Uesugi."

"I can't be the only one who suffers."

"Hahaha......"

The two of them burst out laughing.

Men's happiness is as simple as that.

……

The popularity of "Onmyoji" has not decreased, and after entering July, just like the climate at this time, there is a tendency to get hotter and hotter.

Summer is the season to play galgame games.

Many players came to visit, and many game stores quickly sold out of Onmyoji cartridges, or even ran out of stock.

As for the game stores that didn't dare to buy because Pokeni was too small, now I can say that I regret it to death.

Tokyo.

Akihabara Street, a chain store selling KAK games.

A teenager pushed the door in, and asked:

"Store manager, do you have Onmyoji here?"

"Huh? I haven't heard of it. The store manager responded.

"Huh? Don't you even have Onmyoji here? ”

"Well, I'm sorry."

"If you don't even have an onmyoji, you're out."

"Huh?!"

The shopkeeper was shocked.

……

"Huh?!"

Hiroyuki Hattori, the president of Torun Entertainment Co., Ltd., was shocked.

"Is Onmyoji so popular?!"

Dongrun is a comprehensive entertainment company with many brands and subsidiaries.

For example, bookstores, magazines, audio-visual products, electronic entertainment products, and so on.

In particular, the following Golden Thumb game specialty store chain is arguably one of the largest game sellers in the Tokyo area right now.

"Yes, President." The female secretary wearing black-rimmed glasses next to her nodded seriously, "According to our preliminary statistics, the overall sales share of "Onmyoji" has exceeded 80,000 copies now, and there should be no problem with breaking through 100,000. ”

"100,000 copies?!"

Hiroyuki Hattori was a little confused.

Hattori was entrusted by Nao Tsuda before, and reluctantly entered a batch of cassettes of "Onmyoji", I thought that this company couldn't make any good products, but I didn't expect that-

Even if the position of Onmyoji was placed in the corner, the game was still sold out.

What does this mean?!

A product that can't even be hidden in the snow must be a piece of glittering gold.

"And ......," said the secretary.

Hattori gave her a look and encouraged her to continue.

"And many players have reported that we don't have the game "Onmyoji" in our store, and I hope to increase it. Otherwise...... "Miss Secretary gritted her teeth and said with difficulty, "Dongrun will fall behind." ”

Hattori fell silent for a while, but quickly laughed.

"Don't worry about that, after all, we're the biggest game distributor in Tokyo. Pokeni does not account for comparisons. ”

He spun around his chair calmly and tapped his fingers on the wooden table.

I thought this company was not good, but now that it is doing well, it is time to give them a chance.

"Hmm...... Fujiki, you call the president of Pokeni, by the way, and President Tsuda, I'll invite them to dinner together. ”

"Okay, President."

……