Chapter 516: Top-level work in vain! Konami is shaken!
"Look! Look!"
Japan.
Tokyo.
Konami.
Office of the Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors.
Ito's angry voice was accompanied by heavy knocks on the table.
The world is fair and energy is conserved.
When someone laughs, someone cries; when someone is happy, someone is sad.
With the release of the official trailer for "Resident Evil VIII", Golden Wind, which had remained silent, finally launched its rapid publicity and promotion campaign.
It can be said to be as immovable as a mountain and as aggressive as fire.
The company is working enthusiastically from top to bottom and sparing no effort to expand its territory in the publicity and promotion market.
Moreover, no one knows what the clueless chairman of Golden Wind is up to this time. He actually borrowed the relationship of the family business and relied on the cross-border cooperation of Shen Capital to carry out extensive publicity and promotion.
Its momentum is even more impressive than the promotion of "Sekiro" back then.
She acts as if she is saying, "I don't have anything else but money, I'm a local tycoon who just wants to spend money."
Plus, the news of “Dark Fairy Tale Transformed into Bio” is really explosive!
Golden Wind's move of first suppressing and then promoting "Sapless Maa Fuck" was really superb!
For a moment!
The entire gaming community was in an uproar!
The expectations of various media players have reached an unprecedented height!
"Golden Wind's new game is finally confirmed! It's not the dark fairy tale rumored on the Internet! Resident Evil VIII is unveiled in a shocking way!"
Kill my wife! Take my daughter! Will veteran Resident Evil protagonist Chris turn evil?
"Golden Wind releases the official trailer for [Resident Evil VIII]! Ethan's story is about to come to an end!"
《Hotly discussed around the world! #Resident EvilVIII# tag tops the new trending words on social media! 》
《The first batch of Yiyoux3 production units rolls off the assembly line! Resident Evil VIII will become the flagship masterpiece! 》
"It's my turn to perform! Walker, president of Huanmeng Group, said that Resident Evil VIII, equipped with Huanmeng VI's augmented reality technology, will bring somatosensory gaming to an unprecedented level!"
《Dream! Aurora! Phoenix! Powered by three major engine modules! The future of physical sensing is here! 》
《……》
Resident Evil 8! Resident Evil 8 again!
Looking at the summary information in front of him, Nakamura Masashi, who was standing opposite Itosuke, felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave!
Hit.
Got fooled by gold.
Looking back to two months ago, he was still confident of victory, and complacently thought that Golden Wind was going to fail this time.
result!
Bang, a biochemical 8!
Masakazu Nakamura felt that the corpse was a little uncomfortable.
Not you… ?
Are you crazy?
Biochemical 8 is Biochemical 8! Why the hell did you say it earlier! If you had said it earlier, I wouldn’t play like this!
Two full months!
We have bought off the media and stirred up public opinion!
A huge amount of manpower and material resources were invested, and it was only then that we lowered the expectations and reputation of your so-called "Village Phantom"!
Now you're telling me I missed the target?!
Top-notch work in vain?!
Today, the attention of the entire gaming market has been captured by the concentrated efforts of Golden Wind.
It seems that all Konami can do is to work hard and sell its products.
Fortunately, Nakamura is still very confident about his innovative work this time:
"…The situation is not irreversible yet."
Nakamura Masakazu took a deep breath and calmed himself.
He knew that now was not the time to get angry.
We must not be like the former president Kamikoshi Keimasa, who blindly competed with the Golden Wind and focused on attacking the opponent.
Otherwise, you will only drag yourself into an even more unfavorable situation.
Now, the most urgent task is not to regret that two months of incitement of public opinion has gone to waste, but to immediately change the direction of the wind and shift the focus to self-marketing.
after all--
Nakamura Masakazu suppressed his shame and anger and said seriously:
“Compared to Resident Evil 8, which continues the story of the previous game, our Silent Hill: Ascension is more innovative and the gameplay innovation is bolder,”
"I believe that in this last month, as long as we find the right direction for promotion, we will be able to... "
…
"Hickey, catching a cold— "
at the same time.
In the office of the team leader of Takasugi Studio.
Gao Shanxun drank a sip of Mingqian Longjing tea, smacked his lips and said:
"Our game is indeed innovative, and very innovative,"
"It almost killed me."
As a member of the game production team, Takasugi Isao knows the details of the game.
There is less than a month left until the Tokyo Game Festival begins.
The basic production of the first season of Silent Hill: Ascension has also been completed.
His evaluation is -
“I didn’t understand it, but I was shocked.”
puff--
Hearing this.
Moritani, who was smoking on the other side of the video call, almost choked.
Gao Shan said this in Chinese, and his tone was very stiff, even a little funny.
"…I am looking forward to it."
Moriya teased, fanning the smoke in front of him.
The two of them were just chatting on the phone today.
Besides, people like Moritani are very sensible.
Although he is the president of Golden Wind, he will not use the friendship between old friends to inquire too much about information.
It’s not that I don’t want to create favorable conditions for myself.
I just don't want to put my old friend in an unjust position by acting in such a sneaky way.
Tetsuya Moritani has always been upright in doing things!
"…Since you're about to die of a cold, would you consider coming to my place?"
In the video, Moritani put out his cigarette and asked casually.
For example, poaching people openly!
"Hashi beans...Hashi bean sacks..."
Hearing this, Gao Shanxun was also unable to react for a moment, and stretched his neck in surprise:
"Mr. Moriya, most companies hire headhunters as intermediaries when poaching employees. Besides, how can a CEO come here in person to poach employees? You are being too open and aboveboard."
"Hi……"
Moriya didn't care about Takasugi's surprise and waved his hand:
"The relationship between our two families has long been irreconcilable. It doesn't matter if there is a middleman."
"Besides, this is not the first time Konami has tried to poach our GW staff."
"Last month you offered a high salary to poach Sato, the director of our Steel Chain Fingers."
"It's funny to say that when he was at Konami, Sato was not worthy of your 'Big Three'."
"Now we have to pay him three times the salary to get him back. It's really..."
Speaking of this.
Moritani couldn't help laughing and shaking his head, finding this quite funny.
If I had known this would happen, why would I have offended Golden Wind for a small profit?
But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying anything.
"You know best what Konami is like now, I don't need to tell you."
After laughing, Moriya said seriously:
"Although the three families were originally in serious internal strife, to some extent, it was also a double-edged sword, and the benefits even outweighed the disadvantages."
"When I was the managing director, I also tried to maintain this balance, even though Yamamoto was President Joetsu's student,"
"Konami has been around for decades, and the top studios have changed over time,"
"But there has never been a precedent of a team leader being promoted to a position higher than managing director,"
"Why?"
"That's because once the leader of the Peak Studio is promoted to a position above the Executive Director, it will fundamentally disrupt the delicate balance of the Big Three, making competition meaningless."
"Even Jyougoshi Kagemasa would not dare to break this point,"
"Otherwise, since I had such a bad relationship with Yamamoto, I should have been transferred out of the executive position long ago to make room for Yamamoto Tsuna..."
Speaking of this.
Then I heard someone knocking on the door from Moriya's side.
Moritani responded, took the cup of milk tea from the visitor with a smile, and thanked him.
Then he turned back to the video and continued:
"But now, Masakazu Nakamura is the president,"
"Before he became president, there was no reshuffle at Nakamura Studios,"
" That is to say, he is no longer 'the president and the team leader', but 'the team leader and the president'."
"The 'head of the three great families' that Yamamoto and Koizumi once regarded as a crown has lost its meaning,"
"All the company's resources are centered around Nakamura Studio,"
"With a monopoly like this, even if you and Xichuan don't make mainstream games, life must be difficult, right?"
In one sentence!
The tube that pierced Takasugi's lungs was poked!
It has to be said that the reason why Toru Moritani has been able to sit in the position of managing director of Konami for so long is that he is definitely not an ordinary person and is well versed in the art of "checks and balances".
As an existence above the three great families, Moritani maintains a healthy competitive relationship between the three great families.
As a person under the president, Moritani also checks and balances the relationship between the management and technical levels.
If the group company is compared to a balance.
Then the managing director is the weight that balances all relationships.
He knew very well that if the "checks and balances" were lost, the group would fall into the quagmire of dictatorship.
And the fact is just as he said.
Today, Konami has become the world of Masakazu Nakamura.
He is the president, executive director, and director of the first studio.
From top to bottom in the entire Konami, no one can check and balance him on the affairs level.
The only person who has the ability to suppress him at the administrative level, Chairman Itosuke, is a layman in gaming affairs.
Thinking back to the past.
Although during the period of Joetsu Keimasa, Yamamoto Tsuna had been secretly enjoying relatively more abundant resources and controlling the production rights of popular game types by virtue of his personal connections.
But under Moritani's checks and balances, in addition to Yamamoto, the other two studios can also produce high-quality works.
Such as his "Hotspot Rally: Return" and "Speed League" and Nishikawa's "Wild Dunk EX" and "Baseball Heroes: Masters" and so on.
Although they are not the main products, they are also flagship works with great success in their respective categories.
But what about now?
Gao Shan asked himself.
How long has it been since they produced any decent work?
So much so that when people talk about "Speed King" today, most of them mention China's Fury, rather than the once glorious Takasugi Studio.
Seeing Takasugi falling into melancholy thought.
Moriya also took a sip of milk tea and said:
"Actually, I shouldn't have said this to you."
"But as an old friend, I can't help but tell you about the magnificent thing we are about to do—"
Speaking of which!
Then Moriya paused for a moment!
Then he took a deep breath and spoke slowly:
"Do you know Made in Heaven?"
As soon as these words came out!
Gao Shanxun couldn't help but shudder all over!
Made in heaven!
How could he not have heard of it!
As the "middleman group" that acquired Huanmeng, the name of Paradise Manufacturing is well-known to everyone in the gaming industry.
Not only because it directly acquired Huanmeng, the world's top engine manufacturer.
Moreover, after this, Heaven Manufacturing became even more mysterious!
It should have been merged into the Golden Wind, but not only did it not merge with the Golden Wind, it even changed its name and became independent!
and!
There have always been rumors that Made in Heaven is now in charge of an unprecedented super project!
Even Golden Wind had to transfer some elites from its three major studios and recruit elites from the gaming industry around the world to jointly invest in the research and development of this mysterious project!
"What I can reveal to you now is that this matter is not groundless,"
Seeing Takasugi's expression stiffen, Moriya couldn't help but smile mysteriously and lowered his voice:
"and--"
