Inside information

In the forum of a male gaming website that has gradually gained popularity, a section about the gaming industry has also become a favorite place for many practitioners to hang out.

Here, there are always enthusiastic individuals willing to actively share solutions to technical challenges.

For example, if a certain program on a game console cannot be implemented, how can it be achieved?

The human mind is always fascinating.

Even under the constraints of existing rules, they always manage to come up with strange paths to solve seemingly impossible tasks.

In the newly released SFC game console, a group of so-called geeks has already emerged. They dismantle the SFC in their own way and then explain the entire operation mode of the SFC to the general public. This forum is like a kaleidoscope.

Anyone who is truly interested in electronic games can find something to learn from this section.

However, this section is not just a place for learning and exchange. It is also the fastest place for various industry rumors to spread.

In fact, even before Takayuki was preparing to release the GB, there were one or two inconspicuous posts in this section quietly revealing that Gamestar Electronics Entertainment was preparing to open up new avenues, perhaps related to the previous release of Tuo Ma Ge Zi.

But this kind of news was too inconspicuous, only noticed by a few people. It wasn't until the GB was truly released that managers like Early River Shokichi realized that this forum was indeed extraordinary.

Then, he began to arrange for people to specifically monitor this forum page in real time.

As long as there's any movement, record it for me. Even if ninety percent of the information may ultimately be false, it must be recorded and carefully verified.

On this day, a Suiryu Electronics employee responsible for monitoring this section of the forum yawned, boredly propping his chin with one hand while occasionally refreshing the forum page with the other hand.

Sometimes, some news would make him take out a notebook to jot down a few notes. Then, Early River Shokichi would personally check the content of the notebook records the next morning.

Just when he was most bored, a new post appeared in the forum.

"The latest insider information: Gamestar Electronics Entertainment has already begun to develop a more advanced game console, suspected to be a 32-bit game console, and plans to take the lead in initiating the digital transformation of electronic games into 3D, opening up a new battlefield."

The employee responsible for monitoring the rotation of the forum slightly perked up, but didn't pay too much attention to the message.

This forum is no stranger to various self-proclaimed informants, but in the end, almost none of the speculations have any factual basis; they're just guesses from people who don't know the industry.

The employee just recorded this post as usual and preserved a copy of the page, then continued to browse other content.

Following this post, the next post was another tip-off.

But this one sounded even more unreliable.

Gamestar Electronics Entertainment is already planning to enter the film and television industry, planning to shoot a TV drama version of Dragon Quest.

This caught the interest of the employee.

Although he is an employee of Suiryu Electronics, it doesn't prevent him from liking the games of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

In fact, within Suiryu Electronics, no supervisor forbids them from discussing the games of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

The head of the game division even encourages their employees to discuss the games of their competitors.

This can fully demonstrate that they are indeed inferior to others. This can also indirectly motivate their subordinates to work harder to surpass the opponent, rather than creating an echo chamber and hypnotizing themselves.

In business, strength is king.

Apart from liking the various games released by Gamestar Electronics Entertainment, this employee also particularly likes the Dragon Quest series.

Once, he was fortunate enough to participate in the arena meeting of Dragon Quest 3. Now, he still treasures the exclusive Hero Shield and Loto Sword distributed at the meeting.

Seeing this post, he clicked to enter and was quickly attracted by the introduction in the post.

The general content of the post is that the TV drama version of Dragon Quest will be a completely new story and is expected to be broadcasted on Tokyo TV.

The post also introduces the general plot of the TV drama, which is actually not very related to the world view of Dragon Quest. Moreover, it's a comedy, and some of the characters in it are even comedians who have transitioned to acting. The overall investment is not high, and it seems like an attempt to make quick money and run away by cashing in on the IP.

"You bastard, you're not allowed to insult Dragon Quest like this! This is definitely a scam!"

The person cursed loudly in front of the computer.

Anyway, there's only him in the office now, so even if he curses loudly, no one will notice.

He angrily left a comment, claiming that if such a TV drama is produced, he will definitely give it a super low rating!

Then he angrily closed the post and continued to record.

The next day, Early River Kentaro arrived at the company at least two hours earlier than everyone else.

Usually at this time, he would plan the entire day's workflow, then go to different teams one by one to check if they have completed their work according to his requirements.

Then he would assign a whole day's work content to each team. If they didn't complete it, they would have to work overtime, but he wouldn't be stingy and would provide sufficient overtime pay.

This point alone could be considered a good leader in present-day Japan.

This is rare within the entire Suiryu Electronics, and many people envy the current game division.

In addition to arranging work, Early River Kentaro also checked the forum messages recorded by the staff on duty yesterday.

Then, he saw the post record about Gamestar Electronics Entertainment.

Sharp as he was, he immediately realized that this post was probably partly true.

He immediately opened his computer to check the forum post URLs from yesterday.

But when he clicked in, he saw a sorry sign.

"Sorry, the post you wanted to see no longer exists."

Did this post get deleted so quickly, just in the middle of the night?

It's quite abnormal indeed.

Early River Kentaro immediately went to the computer where the webpage records were kept, electrically checking the copied content of the webpage.

He had anticipated the possibility of the forum deleting posts at any time, so he had the staff directly copy some suspected valuable content to the hard drive to ensure that the information wouldn't be lost.

And this time, his strategy clearly came in handy, which made him quite pleased with himself.

He accessed the copied hard drive, then opened the copied page content, and as he read deeper into the post, his expression became increasingly solemn.