Time goes back three hours.
Keizo Suetsu was looking at the closed office door, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
He knew that what Koizumi had just said made sense.
As a designer, Gu Sheng's status and qualifications in the industry may be lacking.
But in terms of popularity, it can be said that no one in the world can match it.
That's right.
Ever since China Art Games created him as a 'supernova' and pushed him from behind the scenes to the front stage, Gu Sheng's popularity has remained high. He has been passed on by word of mouth among the player community and has become a label of Golden Wind.
Koizumi cannot compare with Gu Sheng in terms of appeal.
Yue Jingzheng was very clear about this point.
Even if Koizumi really shows up at the exhibition, I believe it will not have much effect.
so.
Now we want to cool down the popularity of Golden Wind.
Nothing else.
The only way I can think of is to discredit them, and the best thing would be to squeeze Gu Sheng out.
Or they may be inciting public opinion, saying that Golden Wind is a conscious cultural export, using the cultural background of Japan's Warring States Period to infiltrate the Japanese mainland.
Or they could simply join forces with a few nearby booths, hire some people to lead the pace, hold high the slogan "Game Festival is not a show", and tell Gu Sheng to stop using his face to sell games.
In short, the purpose is one -
Go into the village quietly, don't shoot, and use tricks to lower the rave reviews of Golden Wind, just like they did with Garden Warfare before.
This is what Jōetsu Kagemasa meant.
However!
He didn't know that after leaving his office, Koizumi had some extra thoughts in mind.
The president instructed me to squeeze out Gu Sheng...
Um.
But now, the video game show has entered its second day.
Even if Gu Sheng was pushed away and sent back to China, the Golden Wind booth would still be there and the popularity would continue.
Even if Konami tries harder, it is estimated that only on the last day of the exhibition will it be possible to pull the popularity index back and catch up with the golden wind.
Instead of this...
Why not find a way to knock down the Golden Wind booth directly?
Wouldn't that be a permanent solution?
It is not difficult to bring down the Golden Wind booth.
After all, this is Japan, and Konami, as the largest game manufacturer in Japan, has a lot of weight among the organizers of the Game Festival.
Just think of a reason to create some trouble for Golden Wind.
For example, find some people to "experience" it, then pretend to be sick and uncomfortable, and when they come out of the cabin, they will directly block their experience area.
For example, their newly upgraded "motion assistance technology" is not perfect yet and can cause nausea, vomiting, or even mild coma.
In this way, the organizer had a reason to close the Golden Wind booth immediately.
Not only that, after such an incident, even "Sekiro" will be caught up in a security crisis, which will have a negative impact on their game.
Although!
After this, Golden Wind will definitely use various means to prove that there is no problem with its game, and the truth will come to light.
But the exhibition would have ended by then, and the negative speculation and public opinion about "Sekiro" would also affect their sales to a certain extent.
It's like killing two birds with one stone.
This is Kazuo Koizumi's idea.
…
"And then... and then Nakamura-san found me..."
At this time, after a brief riot.
Tetsuya Moritani took timely action and quickly calmed the situation.
Order has been restored at the scene, and players and tourists have resumed their normal sightseeing order, without their enthusiasm being affected by the previous incident.
Green Hair and his fellow bad boys are currently standing in the backstage of Konami.
He trembled like a little chicken in front of Moritani.
Gu Sheng was drinking tea nearby, stealing glances at Moriya, whose face was as gloomy as water, and grinning secretly.
I still remember it was last year, the first time I came to Japan to participate in the PT project, and the person who came to pick me up was Moritani.
That guy...everyone wears a black suit, white shirt and tie.
Moritani had an extraordinary demeanor, and the people below were all wearing small white gloves and standing with their hands behind their backs.
At that time, I felt that this guy Moritani must have some connection with the Yamaguchi-gumi, and according to rumors, Moritani also seemed to have some yakuza background.
And today!
This idea has been confirmed.
The fight between those two big guys really had the momentum of Ma Dongxi, the God of War of the Western Eight. And judging from the reactions of Green Hair and his friends, I dare not say much, but at least in the Kansai District, Moritani-san is definitely something special and not someone that ordinary people can mess with.
"Nakamura-san told me..."
The green hair trembled:
"Tell them to find a way to cause some trouble at the GW (Golden Wind) booth, and it would be best to just drive away... drive away Mr. Sam,"
"I just thought...I thought I could solve this problem once and for all,"
"If Mr. Sam is injured, he will have to... ahem... withdraw from the exhibition..."
Bang!!!
Not finished yet!
Moritani threw the teacup directly away!
It fell at Green Hair's feet and broke into pieces!
With a gulp!
Green Hair knelt down directly, bowing his head and apologizing repeatedly: "Private Marseille! Private Marseille Sen Gu Senior! Private Marseille Sam! Private Marseille——!!!"
"Uh... well... that's not necessary..."
Gu Sheng didn't quite understand the rules of the Japanese underworld.
As a law-abiding and sunny young man of the new era who always abides by public order and good customs, he is ultimately unable to accept the act of kneeling down to apologize.
It felt like, 'There were a lot of people outside just now, I'm kneeling down for you.'
Green Hair shrank back, Gu Sheng was embarrassed, but Sen Gu was going crazy!!!
Who is Nakamura?
That's Kazuo Koizumi's assistant!
In other words, this on-site provocation was personally instructed by Koizumi!
Moritani's blood pressure is about to burst his blood vessels!
Take a deep breath!
Trying hard to suppress his anger, he turned to Gu Sheng and gave him a very apologetic look:
"Gu Sang, I need to go back to the headquarters to deal with some things now. I will call you later. I beg you... not to publicize it for the time being."
Speaking of this.
Moriya stood up and bowed to Gu Sheng: "I beg you in my personal name."
"Hey--Moriya-san,"
Gu Sheng quickly stood up, helped Moriya up, and said with a smile:
"It was just a minor incident. If Moriya-san hadn't intervened in time, I would have really had to go back to China."
Gu Sheng had never heard of the name 'Nakamura'.
However, with his intelligence, he could guess at a glance that this Nakamura was definitely an insider of Konami.
And what Moritani said about 'don't publicize it for the time being' also meant that he was asked not to tell the inside story of this matter to the outside world for the time being.
At that time, he will definitely give Gu Sheng a satisfactory answer.
If it were someone else.
Gu Sheng would definitely just laugh and refuse on the spot.
joke!
Once this gets out, it won't be Golden Wind that will be the one to go, but Konami!
but.
He was still willing to give Moritani face.
"I'll wait for your call,"
As he spoke, Gu Sheng patted Moriya's arm:
"Calm down."
…
Cool down?
Can't eliminate a bit!!!
Crunch——!
In the blink of an eye, the silver-gray Lexus stopped under the Konami Building.
Moriya didn't even put out the fire, he pushed open the car door and rushed into the building.
bite!
As the floors went by, Moritani strode out of the elevator, his eyes almost spitting fire!
As you walk, unbutton your cuffs and loosen your tie!
"Is Kazuo Koizumi here?"
Passing by the front desk, Moritani took off his suit jacket and threw it to the receptionist who hurriedly followed.
Seeing that the general manager looked unfriendly and as if he was about to eat someone, the receptionist did not dare to say more: "That... Director Koizumi should be reporting to the president's office..."
"Okay," Moriya nodded, took off his watch and threw it to the front desk, rolled up his sleeves to reveal his muscular arms, and said, "Let me go to my office. No matter what noise is made in the president's office later, no one else is allowed to come in."
“Uh…uh…” The receptionist nodded blankly, obviously a little frightened: “Ha…hayi…”
Talking about it!
Moritani also walked to the door of Joetsu Keimasa's office.
No knock.
Bang!
Just push the door open!
At this moment, Kazuo Koizumi was sitting opposite Keizo Joetsu in the office, seemingly reporting on his work with a bit of pride on his face.
Moritani's sudden intrusion obviously caught both of them off guard.
Shangyue Jingzheng frowned slightly: "Director Moriya..."
The words haven't finished yet.
"Fuck you! Bastard!"
Moritani didn't even look at Yue, he just kicked Koizumi who was sitting on the chair!
Bang!
Koizumi was caught off guard. He never thought that the executive board would hit someone, so he flew out with a bang, followed by a scream: "Moriya! Moriya are you crazy?! Why are you..."
But before he could finish.
Moritani took two quick steps, picked up a chair, and swung it at him!
Buzz—bang!
Moriya will be less than forty this year .
As far as he could remember, he had not been so angry for more than ten years, almost twenty years!
"Fuck you! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot pig!!!"
Moriya cursed and beat Koizumi until he rolled on the ground, holding his head and wailing:
"Hiring people to go to Golden Wind to mess things up? Ah? And they're also going to beat up Gu Sheng?"
"You f*cking think you can force Gu Sheng to leave like this? Shut down the Golden Wind booth?"
"Do you have no fucking brains?"
Bang! Bang!
Moritani was so angry that he kicked Koizumi like he was kicking a football, making him scream in pain!
While cursing wildly, he grabbed Koizumi's hair and lifted him up, his pupils filled with blood:
"Do you know who he is? Huh? Let me ask you, do you fucking know who he is?"
"Let me tell you, he is the director and vice president of Golden Wind, the hero who created the most terrifying profit doubling in a single year under Shen Capital, and the designer appointed by China Entertainment, the largest gaming and entertainment group in China. He is a philanthropist and a cutting-edge entrepreneur who has been praised by the Chinese government!!!"
"You're in fucking Japan! At the Game Festival! In front of media and reporters from all over the world!"
"Want to hire someone to beat him up? Huh?!"
Talking about it!
Buzz-boom!!!
Moritani swung his fist, which was as big as a sandbag, and hit Koizumi's stomach with a cannon punch, making him hunch over like a boiled shrimp!
Boom! Boom!
"Fuck you! Fuck you!"
With two punches, Koizumi was almost knocked unconscious.
But soon, a big fan came over and made him wake up again!
Then Moritani gritted his teeth!
My hair is standing up!
"Today I am there,"
"If I wasn't here, and there was a conflict, you hired that bunch of bastards and really hurt Gu Sheng,"
"Do you know how big of a disaster this is? Huh? Do you fucking bastard know what the fucking nature of this is?!"
Snap! Snap!
Two big ears!
Moritani's furious voice shook the entire office!
"This is a fucking diplomatic accident!"
"Serious diplomatic incident!"
"It's us! It's Konami! Hiring thugs to beat up an internationally renowned Chinese emerging entrepreneur! You idiot!"
"By then! You! Me! The president! Even the entire Konami! Will be seriously or even fatally affected!!!"
In an instant!
The whole office was in dead silence!
All that was left was Moritani's furious breathing and Koizumi's painful sobs and groans.
And on the side.
Keizo Jyouetsu is already numb!
Because just now, he was about to listen to Koizumi reporting to him the plan of "Squeezing Out the Golden Wind".
And now.
Moritani's violent scolding could be considered as an "indirect" report to him.
Joetsu originally wanted to scold Moritani and ask him to calm down.
But now.
If he wasn't nearly seventy years old, he would probably pick up a stool and beat Koizumi to death!
The office was quiet for ten minutes!
Kazuo Koizumi was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Joetsu and Moritani were the only ones left in Konami's office.
The two people sat opposite each other in silence.
For a long while!
Moriya took a deep breath and said, "...President, I would like to resign from all the promotion and management work for this Game Festival project."
Give up the job.
Moriya is tired.
I feel tired.
Back then, when working on the Silent Hill project, he had suggested withdrawing from the project in a timely manner and not being led by the golden wind.
They didn't listen and ended up getting smashed to pieces.
But now, in the Torii project, he played very well in the early stage and proposed to hold on at the last moment.
They didn't listen, which resulted in the fall of Tokyo, causing "Sekiro" and "Tori" to compete with each other in terms of promotion and marketing.
Even if he wasn't here today.
An unprecedented major diplomatic incident of "beating up entrepreneurs from other countries" is about to happen.
I can’t win. I really can’t win.
The enemy is too strong for one thing.
On the other hand, there were too many outrageous actions by the top management, and he really couldn't lead the team anymore.
Hearing this.
Then a strange light flashed in Shangyue Jingzheng's eyes.
Then, he gathered his thoughts and looked at Moritani: "Okay... But before that, do we still have to deal with the impact of public opinion caused by this incident?"
"Um,"
Moriya nodded:
"Let me discuss this matter with Gu Sang."
After saying that.
Then Kamikoshi Keizo nodded, then waved his hand, indicating that Moritani should deal with the situation.
Click.
The office door is closed.
Keizo Jyoukoshi was leaning weakly on his boss's chair, exuding an air of despair.
Obviously.
At this time, although the Video Game Festival has not yet ended, there is still some time before the real sales battle between them and Golden Wind.
But from the current situation, it is not difficult to see that their situation has become precarious again.
Scenes flashed through Jyoukoshi Keima's mind.
Friendly talks between Moriya and Gu Sheng during the PT period...
Moriya's public display of weakness at the meeting during the Silent Hill era...
During the promotion period of Sekiro, Moriya's command failed...
And now he has taken the initiative to ask for peace with Gu Sheng...
a long time!
Suddenly.
Joetsu Keisha suddenly opened his eyes!
Pick up the phone and dial a number:
"Hello? Is this the Nohara Detective Agency?"