Chapter 393: Small Scene
As expected, the news that Akihito and his wife appeared at Shirakawa Kaede's wedding made headlines in major newspapers.
Although the wedding refused all media interviews, he also instructed other colleagues to avoid reporting as much as possible.
However, the appearance of the current crown prince was an accident. How could such important and explosive news be covered up?
Besides, there were so many guests attending the wedding banquet, and there was no way there could be any secrets if the news was passed on by word of mouth.
As expected, the next day's newspapers and TV news were all about reports from his wedding.
Crown Prince Akihito and his wife served as witnesses. Look how impressive this is.
I would like to ask, has the royal family held any similar activities in the past decade or so?
No! But the more so, the more it highlights the extraordinary nature of Shirakawa Kaede's wedding.
Even though he himself explained that Akihito was just visiting and was not a witness.
But the general public didn't believe it, and the media followed suit, using all kinds of suggestive words.
How can we increase newspaper sales without creating such hype?
After two days of reports and analysis from various angles, the news that Crown Prince Akihito was looking for a wife for Shirakawa Kaede was confirmed.
While the public was secretly admiring Shirakawa Kaede's powerful network of contacts, they were also very curious about how he was related to the royal family.
It doesn't matter if you have such curiosity, because the media soon uncovered the secret that Shirakawa Kaede is a descendant of the Tozawa family.
Some people may not have heard of who Mr. Tozawa is, but the thoughtful media has already thought of this.
In the relevant reports, the inheritance of the Tozawa clan can be traced back to Hengwu Tinghuang, who is considered a descendant of the Taira clan.
After hearing this, the public has some understanding. It turns out that they are descendants of the Taira clan. No wonder they are related to the royal family.
At the same time, this also makes people feel relieved. If they are descendants of the nobility, it is understandable that they can rise in such a short period of time.
After all, the family heritage is long, so some of the heritage is not surprising.
Therefore, many people naturally believed that as a person with aristocratic blood, his probability of success was naturally higher than that of ordinary people.
After seeing this statement, Baichuan Feng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
What the hell is going on? If we really count by blood, I and the Ping family have nothing in common.
In daily life, people like to adopt children and find heirs. After thousands of years, there is no blood relationship left.
But this statement is still very popular, and quite a number of people tend to hold this view.
Forget it, Baichuan Feng was too lazy to argue.
What he needs to do is to make the word "Baichuan" more popular and become a household name.
By then, theories like bloodline and aristocracy will naturally fade away. No matter what people say, the real influence is the most convincing.
After a two-day hiatus after the wedding, Baichuan Feng returned to his busy work.
It’s not the time to just lie down yet, especially since he has a child, he has more to consider.
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As June approaches, Shirakawa Electric not only continues to promote the sales of FES game consoles , but also continues to innovate in new game cartridges.
After more than two months of development, the FES game console platform has welcomed its tenth game.
As a competitor, Nintendo also has six games on FC.
Especially the latest work "Mario Bros.", which has made a good impression in terms of cartridge sales.
With sales of 500,000 in less than a month, it was slightly better than Shirakawa Electric's "Snowman Brothers" released during the same period.
"Mario Bros." can be considered a prequel to "Super Mario," and many of its gameplay and character images are very similar to the latter.
This game is also derived from "Donkey Kong", so naturally Shigeru Miyamoto's name will not be missing from its production team.
It's not like Baichuan Feng didn't have some thoughts about this gaming genius.
However, after checking his background, HAL had to give up this plan.
Shigeru Miyamoto's father, Niji Miyamoto, and Nintendo's Hiroshi Yamauchi were good friends when they were young, and the two families are considered old friends.
Given this kind of relationship, there is no way HAL could possibly dig it out.
In Neon, sometimes ties are more reliable than money.
So after understanding this, Baichuan Feng had no choice but to put down the hoe he had just raised.
However, although Nintendo won a small victory, Shirakawa Electric was not at all panicked.
Because in May, "Land Digger" also achieved this achievement, and defeated Nintendo's "Mahjong" and "Gobang" in seconds.
In the two months since FES was launched, more than 4 million copies of more than ten game cartridges have been sold.
With these games alone, Shirakawa Electric has made a profit of over 8 billion yen, making it a big money-maker.
And like Nintendo, HAL is also developing game cartridges that sell well, as well as their sequels or derivative IPs.
For example, "Double Dragon II" and "Bomberman", which was developed based on the villain in "Gold Digger".
The cultivation of market IP has always been like this. Only by continuously developing sequels can fans be accumulated slowly.
Then wait for the day when an excellent game in the same series will completely ignite the enthusiasm of fans and usher in a huge explosion in sales.
Of course, in addition to the development of the sequel, HAL is also quietly accumulating strength and preparing for a big wave.
A project code-named "Zelda" has been officially launched within the development team.
This will be the first role-playing game, or RPG, on a home console.
Of course, whether it will develop into an ACT+RPG game in the future is another matter.
But the current first-generation works are defined as RPG games within HAL.
It will have a rigorous game background and story setting, with characters that have growth potential and props that are diverse and complex.
In addition, the game cartridge will also support storage function, and the game progress will not be lost after power failure.
There is no doubt that this is an ambitious and epic game that will leave a magnificent chapter in the history of video games.
However, such complex game content and settings will require huge R&D costs and time.
Currently, HAL estimates that the game will be officially launched around 1985.
In order not to affect the development progress , HAL has also divided into 6 development groups, each responsible for the development of a different game.
As the game console business developed, HAL's scale was also gradually expanding.
Of course, in addition to game cartridges, the FES game console also officially achieved one million sales in June.
Millions of units sold, even if FES is sold at a relatively low price, but for a product, that is already considered a hit.
And when reporters mentioned the million-sales target, they remembered the flag that someone had once set.
Now, having finally gotten the chance, the reporters put the microphones to Yamauchi Hiroshi's mouth.
"Mr. Yamauchi, you once said, 'If Shirakawa Electric sells 1 million FES units, you will walk upside down.' Is this true?"
These reporters just wanted to watch the fun and were keen on picking on Yamauchi Hiroshi's weak spots.
Faced with the reporter who was making trouble, Yamauchi Hiroshi certainly would not respond directly.
With a gloomy face, he hurriedly tried to squeeze out of the crowd. It would be better to escape as quickly as possible at such an embarrassing moment.
"Mr. Yamauchi, what do you think of the saying that FC's performance and graphics are inferior to FES, so it sells poorly?"
Yamauchi Hiroshi, who had already made up his mind not to say a word, couldn't help himself when he heard this.
Just kidding, the development principle of Nintendo game consoles is that content is king and hardware is secondary.
In terms of content, Nintendo refuses to admit that it is worse than Shirakawa Electric.
Yamauchi himself was very disdainful of the role of hardware.
Without even thinking, he turned around and retorted, "The advancement of gaming technology is not necessarily a good thing.
Consumers are not interested in so-called luxurious blockbusters with more advanced graphics, sound and plot.
The simpler the game, the better, and most importantly, it should be fun.”
My goodness, there are still people who deny the progress of technology.
Even if journalists don’t understand games, they understand that technological progress will definitely have positive implications for games.
But there are people right before our eyes who hold negative opinions on this.
The reporters were amused. Look, just after the previous flag was slapped in the face, Yamauchi-san was so considerate as to set up another one.
"Mr. Yamauchi, do you think that the advancement of technology has hindered the development of games?"
"Mr. Yamauchi, do you think that games are not subject to the law of positive feedback brought about by technological progress?"
They are truly professional, and each one of them is better than the other at accusing reporters.
As expected, in the face of reporters' questions, Yamauchi Hiroshi still turned a deaf ear and left the scene.
Although I have never won a verbal battle, I will lose if I apologize.
As long as I refuse to admit it, I will always win.
Yamauchi Hiroshi has completely understood the game of setting flags.
Of course, after this incident, there were people who asked Baichuan Feng for his opinion.
He just smiled and said, "If Mr. Yamauchi had said 10 million units, we might not have the troubles we have now."
After hearing his response, the reporters couldn't help but laugh out loud on the spot.
Not only did he secretly mock Yamauchi Hiroshi's short-sightedness, but he also raised Shirakawa Electric's FES target to 10 million units.
Look at their ambitions. One million units is not even within their target range. It's too low.
Because of the sales of game consoles, there was a lot of buzz in the newspapers.
This is what makes it interesting. If everyone is harmonious, what will ordinary people see?
However, Baichuan Feng only paid a brief attention to this matter and no longer paid attention to it.
In June, another achievement of SIC was officially put into commercial use.
It was summer vacation, and Casio released two new products, TV Watch, which caused a sensation at the electronics exhibitions in Tokyo and Osaka.
The reason why it caused such a sensation is that, just like its name "TV Watch", it is a watch that can watch TV programs.
Two watches, one in color and one in black and white.
Their watch bodies have two independent screens. The upper screen is an ordinary electronic watch TN screen, which can be used to view time, set alarms, calendars, stopwatches, etc.
The color screen below is a TFT screen, and the black and white one is an STN screen.
The color TV watch has a screen size of only 16.8x25.2mm, less than 2 inches, with more than 60,000 pixels in total and is priced at 120,000 yen.
The black and white TV watch is slightly larger than the former, about 2.5 inches. It has more than 30,000 pixels and costs 70,000 yen.
A watch that lets you watch TV shows anytime, anywhere? In color or black and white?
Everyone present was stunned; they had never seen such a creative product.
In the 80s, this would have seemed like something out of a science fiction movie, mind-boggling.
Imagine that you can enjoy TV programs anytime and anywhere on your way to work or while playing outdoors. How cool it would be.
Although it is expensive, its sci-fi functions are irresistible.
Everyone present went to experience Casio's TV Watch, and the long queue stretched directly to the gate of the venue.
So how is this unique TV watch made?
Ahem~SIC means low-key, this is just a small scene.
