Chapter 394 Small Scene

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 394 Small Scene

The news of Hongkawa Kaede's wedding to Akihito and his wife, unsurprisingly made the headlines of major newspapers.

Although the wedding refused all media interviews, he also instructed other colleagues to try not to seek coverage.

But if the appearance of the current crown prince was an accident, how could the explosive news about Zhong Qi be covered up?

Besides, there are so many guests attending the wedding banquet, so there is no secret in spreading it through word of mouth.

Not surprisingly, the next day newspapers and TV news reported on his wedding.

Prince Akihito and his wife are the witnesses of the wedding. See how many cards there are?

I would like to ask, has the royal family had any similar activities in the past ten years or so?

No! But the more this is not the case, the more it highlights the extraordinary nature of Hongchuan Feng’s wedding.

Even if he himself explained whether Akihito would drop by to visit Yidong, he would not be a witness.

But the general public didn't believe it, and the media followed suit, using all kinds of suggestive words.

Without such gimmicks, how can newspaper sales be increased?

Based on two consecutive days of reports and analysis from various angles, the news that Prince Akihito is proposing for Hongkawa Kaede is confirmed.

While the public secretly lamented Hong Chuanfeng's strong connections, they were also very curious about how he was related to the royal family.

There is no need to worry about such curiosity, because the media soon dug up the secret that Hongkawa Kaede was a descendant of the Tozawa family.

Some people may not have heard of Mr. Tozawa, but the considerate media have already thought of this.

In the relevant reports, it was also popularized by the way. The inheritance of the Tozawa family can be traced back to Emperor Hengwu, who is considered a descendant of the Taira family.

So, if the public has some understanding, it turns out that the descendants of the Ping family are related to the royal family.

At the same time, it also made people feel a little relieved. If they were not nobles, it would be understandable that they could rise in such a short period of time.

After all, the family has a long history, and some of the details are not surprising.

Many people take it for granted that because he has aristocratic blood, his probability of success is naturally higher than that of ordinary people.

After Hongchuan Feng saw that statement, he immediately felt dumbfounded.

That's nothing. Really based on blood, I can't beat the eight poles of the Heping clan.

Xiaoyuezi likes to adopt children to find heirs. Since thousands of people have come from the east over a hundred years, there is no close blood relationship.

But that view is very popular, and quite a few people are inclined to that view.

Forget it, Hongchuan Feng is too lazy to argue.

What he needs to do is to make the word "Hongchuan" more popular among the people until it becomes a household name.

By that time, the bloodline and aristocratic theories will naturally cease, and the real influence is the most convincing.

After two days of news about the marriage, Hong Chuanfeng returned to work.

It was hardly time to lie down now, especially if he had a child, so he had more to think about.

Time has entered June. In addition to continuing to promote the sales of FES game consoles, Hongchuan Electric has also continued to introduce new games in terms of new game cartridges.

After more than two months of fermentation, the FES game console platform has welcomed its tenth game.

As for Nintendo, which is on the wrong side of the competition, it has also accumulated six games on FC.

Especially the latest game "Mario Bros." has shown its face in cassette sales.

The sales volume of 500,000 in less than a month was slightly better than Hongchuan Electric's "Snowman Brothers" in the same period.

Whether "Mario Brothers" can be considered a prequel to "Super Mario", many of the gameplay and character images are already very similar to the latter.

If that game is also derived from "Donkey Kong", then its producer team will naturally have Shigeru Miyamoto's name.

Speaking of which, Hongchuan Kaede had some ideas about the game genius.

However, after checking his background and resume, HAL had to give up that plan.

Miyamoto Shigeru's father, Miyamoto Futou, and Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamagata were good friends when they were young, and could they be considered family friends?

With that kind of relationship, how could HAL dig it?

In Neon, sometimes relationships are more reliable than money.

So after understanding that, Hongchuan Feng could put aside the hoe he just raised.

Although Nintendo has a slight advantage, Hongchuan Electric Co., Ltd. is not panic at all.

Because just in May, "Gold Digger" also achieved that achievement, and even beat Nintendo's "Mahjong" and "Gomoku" to the ground in seconds.

In the two months that FES has been on the market, more than 10 game cartridges have sold more than 4 million copies.

From those games alone, Hongchuan Electric has made more than 8 billion yuan in profit per month, making it a big moneymaker.

And like Nintendo, HAL is also developing better-selling game cartridges, sequels or derivative IPs.

For example, "Double Dragon II" has "Bomberman" developed based on the villain in "Gold Digger".

The cultivation of market IP has always been like this. Only by continuously developing sequels can we slowly accumulate fans.

Then wait for one day to completely ignite the enthusiasm of fans with an excellent game of the same series and usher in a huge sales explosion.

Of course, in addition to the development of the sequel, HAL is also quietly accumulating strength and preparing for a big one.

A project codenamed "Zelda" outside the development team has been officially approved.

This will be the first role-playing game for home consoles, and it will also be an RPG game.

Of course, whether it will be developed into an ACT+RPG game in the future is a matter for later.

But the current first-generation works are not defined as RPG games outside of HAL.

It will have a rigorous game background and story setting, characters with growth potential, and props that are diverse and complex.

In addition, game cartridges will likely support storage functions, and game progress will not be lost after a power outage.

There is no doubt that this is an ambitious and epic game, and it will definitely leave a grand chapter in the history of video games.

Such a complex game appearance and settings will also require a huge investment in research and development costs and development time.

Currently, HAL externally estimates that the game will be officially launched around 1985.

In order not to affect the development progress of other games, HAL has also divided into six development groups, each responsible for different game development.

As the game console business develops, HAL's scale is slowly expanding.

Of course, in addition to game cartridges, the FES game console also officially achieved one million sales in June.

Millions of sales, even though FES sells it relatively cheaply. But for a product, it has already become popular.

And when it comes to millions of sales, reporters think of someone's flag once made by Lidong.

No, after finally catching the opportunity, the reporters put the microphones in Pu Shanwai's mouth.

"Sangwai-san, you once said, 'If Hongchuan Electric's FES sells 1 million units, you will walk upside down with your head facing east.' Is that true?"

Those reporters didn't take it too seriously to watch the excitement, and they focused on picking out Shan Waipu's weak spots.

Of course, Pu Shangai would not respond directly to reporters who made mistakes.

With a dark face, he hurriedly tried to squeeze out of the crowd. It was best to escape as quickly as possible when he was slapped in the face.

"Yamagai-san, what do you think of the statement that 'FC's performance and graphics lag behind those of FES, so its sales are poor'?"

Shanwai Pu, who had already made up his mind to remain silent, couldn't help himself when he heard that.

Just kidding, the development purpose of Nintendo game consoles is that appearance is king and hardware is secondary.

In terms of appearance, Nintendo does not admit that it is inferior to Hongchuan Electric.

Shangai Pu himself was very disdainful of the function of the hardware.

Without thinking, he turned around and retorted, "The advancement of game technology is not necessarily a good thing.

Consumers will not be interested in so-called luxury masterpieces with more advanced graphics, sounds and plots.

The simpler the game, the better, and the most important thing is whether it is interesting.”

Good guy, there are many people who deny technological progress.

Even if reporters don’t understand games, they still know that technological progress will definitely have positive implications for games.

But there are people right in front of us who are wrong about this and hold negative opinions.

The reporters were delighted. Look, just after one flag was slapped in the face, Shanwai Sang was so considerate that he put up another one.

"Sangwai-san, do you think that the advancement of technology has hindered the development of games?"

"Sangwai-san, do you think games don't apply the law of positive feedback brought about by technological progress?"

I beg you to tell me whether you are a professional or not, and whether the reporters who blame you are slipping away one after another.
To be continued...