This is a carnival about players and is closely related to players.
Video games are what this carnival is all about.
Here you can find the most like-minded people from all over the world.
Zhu Youxing never thought that one day he would be able to host such a carnival in person.
This is really heartwarming.
It's a pity that I can't invite the world-class stars I'm familiar with.
I really don’t know any of the movie, TV, songs or football stars in this world.
At this point he felt somewhat alienated.
However, he still generously spent tens of millions of dollars to find ways to invite some well-known celebrities to the show.
He is not familiar with these people, but the people in this world are very familiar. It is a beautiful thing for players to see some of the idols they admire with their own eyes.
For these celebrities, it is a good deal to get hundreds of thousands of dollars just for showing up at the carnival. Of course, world-class A-list stars are definitely more expensive.
Since these celebrities have been invited, it is natural to promote them well. First, announce a small star lineup. Whenever players see that their favorite celebrities will also participate in the carnival, they will yearn for this carnival even more.
In January and February of 2003, Tokyo's tourist arrivals suddenly increased rapidly.
The Japanese government is naturally very happy. This is a real achievement. The Japanese people are obviously more favorable to their current government. Many people even suggest that this government should be re-elected.
This was something that was simply not possible in the past few years.
Previously, the Japanese people criticized the government most harshly, and even had a record of having the shortest term of office of less than 20 days.
Fortunately, Japan is not like South Korea, where the president is a high-risk profession and goes to jail immediately after leaving office. Otherwise, the prime minister may not be enough.
These economic benefits are real. If people come to travel, the economy of some shops can be revitalized.
Especially in the streets of Akihabara, which has gradually become popular in recent years.
This was just the address of a temple at first. Later, shops gradually opened around it, and then electronic companies such as Surui Electronics entered it, adding to the prosperity of this street.
But what really makes Akihabara famous is the two-dimensional culture that is unique to Japan, but even so, it still belongs to a small circle.
But things are different now.
There are many more game stores in Akihabara now.
Some are arcades where you can play games, and some are stores where you can sell video games.
Here you can buy the most fashionable electronic game products, and there are also some free gifts exclusive to Akihabara, which have become the favorites of some collectors.
In January and February, some foreign tourists almost have only this place to choose from.
It’s really nice to be able to personally experience the cultural atmosphere of the place where video games emerged.
On the entire street of Akihabara, the most stylish and conspicuous store is naturally the official store of Yusei Electronic Entertainment.
This store directly occupies the third floor of the most popular location, with a total area of more than 5,000 square meters.
There are a dazzling variety of games here, which is simply a paradise for gamers.
At this moment, because the carnival of Yusei Electronic Entertainment is approaching, the largest official store in Tokyo also seems to have a celebratory atmosphere.
The hall is full of promotional brochures about the carnival, and customers who come in can pick up one of these brochures for free.
Every page of the booklet is filled with seals.
These seals are the location of each Youxing Electronic Entertainment official store.
If you are really a loyal player of Yuxing Electronic Entertainment, you can travel all over Japan before the carnival and fill up the stamps on it, and you will get exclusive special 10th anniversary celebration rewards.
It is said that the top prize will be a chance to have a meal with the god of games, Bamboo Yusei.
For players, being able to have dinner with the God of Games is simply more desirable than having dinner with a goddess.
Therefore, every player who enters the store will pick up the booklet and collect stamps without hesitation.
In addition to this brochure, the current store clerks have also put on a new set of work clothes.
This is an exclusive work outfit for the Anniversary Carnival. It highlights a celebratory atmosphere. All the most classic game tracks of Youxing Electronic Entertainment will be played in a loop throughout the hall, and there are many cheerful variations in it, allowing players to play in advance.
Get into the celebratory atmosphere of Carnival.
And then there is something very substantial, that is, you will get a certain discount when you buy games in the official store during the carnival, and some games are very cost-effective.
And if you purchase digital games on the Battle.net side of the PC platform or the network port of the Youxing Electronic Entertainment console, you will also get a larger discount, allowing you to get better games in advance without leaving home.
All in all, the last two months have been full of celebration atmosphere.
At this moment, the Japanese government is also working hard to help promote it.
This is a good opportunity to improve the national economy. Although there is no way to fundamentally change the current situation of the entire country, at least serving the people well now and letting them stop criticizing the government will be a big gain.
For a time, the number of foreign tourists in the Tokyo area surged rapidly, and the data was refreshed almost every day.
At this time, Surui Electronics chose to stay away from the competition and not compete with Zhuyouxing at this time, because it was very uneconomical.
This time, Youxing Electronic Entertainment has even been endorsed by the government. At this time, competing with others is obviously asking for trouble.
But the other person was not so happy.
He is yoo 's Changweiyu.
He is a person who started his career on the Internet. He has a lot of investment money in his hands and has nowhere to spend it. He originally felt proud that he could gain more attention by relying on his money offensive.
But he didn't expect that he had used money to suppress Yuxing Electronic Entertainment several times, but it didn't work. Now Yuxing Electronic Entertainment actually gained attention again because of a carnival, which he simply couldn't bear.
If this continues, all his previous efforts may be in vain.
So he decided without hesitation to spend more money to broadcast more of his own advertisements to promote the works of several game studios he acquired, hoping to attract the attention of other players in this way.
Unfortunately, such efforts have had little effect.
Youxing Electronic Entertainment is now at the top of the gaming industry, and their reputation will naturally attract countless people to them, and they will get twice the result with half the effort.
What I did here at Changweiyu was to get twice the result with half the effort, which was a huge loss.
Even Hayakawa Ueto suggested that Nagaoyu should not compete with Takeyusei at this time, because it is not cost-effective. If you have the money, you can invest in it later.
However, Nagaoyu does not seem to want to follow the advice of its allies, but continues to increase investment in game advertising.
Zhu Yusing didn't want to pay attention to this at all, because Zhu Yusing knew that this guy would fail sooner or later, and the Internet bubble would burst almost at any time. Now he just wanted to wait for him to fall.
Investors' money is not so easy to get, they need real rewards in real money.
Nowadays, many Internet companies are burning money like crazy, but there are not many ways to make money.
Changweiyu's e-commerce and game production do have some potential, but these cannot make up for the money he spent.
It can only be said that Internet upstarts like Changweiyu are easily confused by money. They achieve success too quickly. In the end, they can only be regarded as short-lived and disappear completely.
Zhu Yuxing vaguely remembered that there seemed to be stories about the rise of Internet upstarts in Japanese history in his previous life.
After the Internet upstarts in the previous life had some voice and money, they naively believed that they already belonged to the capital class, and then prepared to attack the cornerstone of the interests of the established plutocrats.
Then, the final result of this group of Internet upstarts was that they were ruthlessly crushed. Almost no Internet companies grew up in Japan. It was because the established chaebols felt threatened and forcibly crushed these young people to death.
In Japan, few people who dare to touch the plutocratic cake will reap the benefits.
The harder you jump now, the harder you will fall in the future.
However, Zhu Yusei also planned to deliberately ignore this Nagao Rain.
He found that the more he ignored this guy, the more he jumped away, so it was better to use a trick to make him dance more cheerfully. It was better to play to death himself, and then he could still reap a wave of harvest.
Devour all the wealth he left behind.
Now I already have a certain voice and capital on the Internet, but it is only implicit and has not been revealed too much. But Zhuyouxing, who knows that the future must belong to the Internet, will definitely not miss this opportunity.
After all, game development costs money, and he has a super dream in the future, which is to develop the best game.
How can I have the confidence to make the best games without saving more money?
Changweiyu continues to increase investment, but it does not have much impact on Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
The carnival is an event that many players are looking forward to, and they will not change their minds because of the heavy promotion of other games.
Even if Nagaoyu follows Zhuyusei's example and holds a press conference to celebrate the game, it won't have much impact.
And time came to the end of February quietly.
The venue for the Star Carnival has also been basically set up.
Main venue promotion venue.
At this time, a temporary three-story steel structure celebration area has been built as quickly as possible.
In the center of the first floor is a huge screen.
All subsequent press conferences about electronic games will be held here, and real-time live broadcasts of competitions in another venue will also be broadcast here, allowing more players to experience the charm of e-sports.
The second floor is a large trial area and viewing area.
In the viewing area, relevant game managers will occasionally come to interact with players and have in-depth exchanges with them about game content.
The third floor is a completely open-air venue that can accommodate more than 20,000 people to party at the same time without any problems.
On the day of the carnival, there will be a great concert on the third floor, an open-air concert.
In order to do this, Zhuyouxing spent over 100 million US dollars.
This can be considered the most extravagant purchase Zhu Youxing has made since he came to this world.
He has never spent money so lavishly in the past.
The feeling of being able to spend money as much as you want is indeed quite refreshing.
But you still have to save money when you should. This is the tenth anniversary carnival, which is very commemorative, so it is very reasonable to spend the money.
Later carnivals may be more advanced and interesting than this, but they probably won't cost so much anymore.
Moreover, in fact, I have spent so much money on this carnival, and I have made a lot of money back so far.
E-sports tickets at the sports venue next door are more expensive than at the carnival.
The price there ranges from 7,000 yen to 50,000 yen depending on the location.
It seems that the ticket money alone has already earned more than one billion yen. This is the income from ticket sales for several days.
In addition to event tickets, there are more peripheral items that are selling out quickly.
It can be said that if I continue to make money these days, I may be able to make back all the money I spent.
It's like the players crowdfunded a grand carnival event.
In the last few days, players have been looking forward to it.
All of a sudden, hotels and apartments in the Tokyo area close to the carnival venue were packed with people.
No one can accurately estimate how many players there will be this time, not even the current Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
Nowadays, Tokyo is a lively scene even at night.
Many locals even feel as if they have returned to the good old days before the bubble burst.
They even shed tears because of this and didn't know what to say for a while.
It really makes me nostalgic for the era before the bubble burst.
Many players can be seen gathering together in the streets and alleys. Some of them are exchanging their experiences about the game, while others are exchanging the precious Pokémon they have on hand. This also proves the dominance of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
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The next day, February 28th, today is the last day of February.
Tomorrow is the opening day of the carnival.
The enthusiasm of the players reached its peak on this day. They also gave full play to their original queuing strength today and set up tents directly at the entrance of the venue, waiting to rush into the carnival venue early tomorrow morning.
This also formed a unique scenery. There were colorful tents around the entrance of the venue, and people gathered in twos, threes or more to play games together.
It is very happy to play games with so many like-minded people.
At this moment, video games allow everyone to have no barriers. Everyone is here just for one thing, and that is to be happy.
Here, just being happy is enough.
March 1st has just arrived.
Then, at midnight on March 1st, when many players were still gathering together in twos and threes to play games, bursts of roaring sounds suddenly began to sound in the direction of the venue.
At this time, people raised their heads in surprise and looked in the direction of the sound, and then they saw a scene at the bottom of Yinggu that they would never forget in their lives.
It was a fireworks show, accompanied by exciting music that made people's blood surge.
In the middle of the night, the carnival opened without any warning, which was beyond the expectations of all players.