Tokyo Video Game Tycoon: Chapter 104 The future belongs to the Internet and video games
Chapter 104 The future belongs to the Internet and video games
When Zhuyouxing first established the company, went through various procedures, and applied for high-value loans, Fujii helped with some small help.
Without Fujii’s endorsement, banks in the current bubble burst era would not dare to issue huge loans to a start-up company.
But with Fujii's status, it is easy to help people establish a company and apply for high-dollar loans.
Takeyusei's father has always been a good friend of Fujii. He never refused the requests of his friends' children. He even regarded the money he gave as pocket money for his children and never thought about getting it back.
It’s just a child. It’s a good thing to want to start a business, but starting a business in this era of bubble burst is really a bit reckless.
But he doesn’t care. If he loses money, he loses money, and he won’t say a word.
Just think of it as a tuition fee for a friend’s child, so that he can grow up.
However, he never expected that Zhu Youxing could really break into a market.
It is still a brand-new market, and it has already generated very healthy cash flow in less than a year.
Based on some data displayed on the official website, he estimated that his investment in Zhuyouxing last year was actually the project with the highest return rate in recent years.
Fujii rummaged through one of the drawers in his desk, and finally found the one belonging to Takeyusei among countless contracts.
This is a share contract signed with Zhuyouxing.
“Five percent of the pure original stock does not have any voting rights... It’s a pity, but it’s also easier. You can just concentrate on waiting for dividends every year, and don’t have to worry about company management.”
As long as Youxing Electronic Entertainment continues to develop healthily, he may really make a lot of money in the future.
Perhaps I have to work harder to protect this seedling.
No, we have to talk to the other directors and try to persuade them to pay more attention to the field of video games. We can't let those TV guys crush such a company with unlimited potential.
I am overwhelmed that I have to make a lot less money.
Fujii immediately stood up and left his office.
Sayaka Takenaka has already negotiated the interview with the manager of TV Tokyo, and agreed to conduct an interview at noon on Friday. It will also come with an interview program on the radio channel. You can choose any time period. The total price is only one thousand. Just 10,000 yen.
This surprised Takenaka Sayaka.
If TV Tokyo accepts this interview program, it means that it will directly compete with several other TV stations. Originally, TV Tokyo's status is weaker than that of other TV stations. The result of such an obvious confrontation may not be very good.
In this way, they agree that the talk show should be able to speak like a lion.
In fact, the top of TV Tokyo is the Japan Business News.
Fujii is the powerful director of Keizai Shimbun, and he has no problem relying on his influence to influence its TV stations.
Even if people over there are dissatisfied, they don’t dare to show it.
The powerful directors of the newspaper are indeed not something they can afford to offend, and it is not worth it just for a talk show.
And anyway, this is the status of TV Tokyo. It has been suppressed by other TV stations in the past, and this time is no different.
With the order from above, they also understood that Youxing Electronic Entertainment was probably related to the newspaper, so it would not be good to ask for too much money, so they asked for a friendly price of 10 million to show their sincerity.
Takeyusei didn't know these things either. When Takenaka Sayaka mentioned it to him, he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't find out the reason.
Japan Economic News is probably the only newspaper that intends to get involved in this matter. Several other newspapers do not want to participate because of pride or other reasons.
The one who is preparing to conduct the interview is the public relations team of Youxing Electronic Entertainment.
They are best at standing in front of the stage and using all means to safeguard the interests of their own company.
On Friday, people from Youxing Electronic Entertainment came to the TV station, and Zhuyousing also came.
He has never been to the TV station in the past, and he wanted to stop by for a visit, and then see how his family is doing and see if anything can be repaired if there is an accident or something.
While Zhu Youxing was waiting for the interview to begin, a man in formal attire came over.
“President Zhuyou, nice to meet you!”
This person is a deputy director of the TV station, and Takenaka Sayaka had negotiated with this deputy director’s staff before.
Originally, this kind of thing would not attract much attention from the deputy director. It is just a small time adjustment.
But things are different now. The affairs of Youxing Electronic Entertainment are now related to the newspaper's senior management. As the deputy director, he immediately made a U-turn and personally led the interview program, hoping to get closer to the newspaper's senior management.
“Hello, Director Kubo, I’m glad to see you too. I didn’t expect that such a small thing would attract the attention of the director of the TV station.”
Director Kubo waved his hand: "This is not a trivial matter. This is a life-and-death crisis for an industry. The topic is very popular at the moment. This can also increase the appeal of our TV station."
Several other TV stations want to suppress video games as much as possible, trying to revive the TV industry through this, and at least spit out the 5% of ratings that video games have taken away.
TV Tokyo’s choice here is to ride on the popularity. Relying on this popularity to promote video games may also increase the ratings in disguised form.
But it was just a try. The more reason was the order from the newspaper above.
Director Kubo sighed and said: "The times have really changed. TV stations are gradually declining, but your video game is a rising star, completely unstoppable."
Takeyusei's heart moved: "Director Kubo looks different from other TV stations?"
Kubo smiled disdainfully: "Those TV stations are all a bunch of stubborn guys. They just want to protect their own ratings, but they completely ignore the general trend of the times. Look at the current Internet. There are already 30 million Internet users, and they will continue to expand. I think the future should belong to the Internet, and your video games also have this potential."
“Internet? It seems that Director Kubo has a good vision.”
Kubo is not young, but his thinking is very original.
Perhaps because of their position as the youngest member of the TV station, they have given up on competing head-on with other TV stations.
Intend to fight in other ways.
This is the person's own decision, but it has nothing to do with him, and Zhu Youxing doesn't pay much attention to it.
“Speaking of which, President Zhuyou, does your company have any plans to raise funds recently?” Kubo Shuruo asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"Financing?" Zhu Youxing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "We have no plans to do so for the time being. Our cash flow is very healthy."
It’s more than just health.
It is simply so healthy that it explodes.
The reserve funds on hand now alone have almost exceeded 10 billion.
If Zhu Youxing was a person who focused on making money now, he would probably have already planned to rely on the money to expand the scale of the company, invest crazily in companies with potential, and find ways to make money make money.
But he thinks this is enough, and healthy cash flow is actually quite important. He doesn’t panic when he has money in his hands. In his previous life, he just experienced a major epidemic in the world. People in China are generally troubled by their savings habits. It was easier to avoid risks, survived the most severe period of the epidemic, and finally emerged as a new force around the world.
Moreover, Nintendo in its previous life was also a money-saving maniac, and it also had terrifying cash flow in its hands. Only by doing this could it survive the initial crisis through repeated operations, otherwise it would have gone bankrupt long ago.
PS: Sorry dear readers, last night was the last day of my exam, and I was a little tired after finally finishing it, but I promise that I will make up for it with updates, and I will never be behind on updates until they are released.
(End of this chapter)