===30 "Home Entertainment Computers" ====(None Edited)

At 4.50pm, this time of day is just about the peak time for the subs to feed the programmes.

Most of the kids are in front of the TV at this time to watch their favourite programmes.

However, in the past two days, the television station has been surprised to see that the ratings for the programme, which are usually very stable, have been declining.

Of course, it's only a small margin, around 0.1%.

However, the network's ratings map shows that the drop is mainly in the main city of Tokyo.

What are these kids doing at this time of the year? Is there some kind of festival going on around here? I hadn't heard anything about it.

The staff at the station broadcasting the programme were a little curious, but compared to the total ratings, it was a painless change and not enough to make them panic.

Rather, they were intrigued by a commercial that Zi offered to run in the middle of the programme today.

The ad began with a scene of a group of children gathered in front of a television set, seemingly watching something intently.

From time to time the children let out a cheer, as if they had won something.

Then the ad flickers and the image from that TV gradually zooms in on a little pixelated man bouncing through mountains of mushrooms and dense forests, occasionally meeting what look like monster mushroom men and turtles, and some strange but slightly cute monsters.

"Free! Manipulable!" A few large words gradually fly out to fill the screen.

The screen changes once more to a very rhythmic electronic mix of music.

This time it was a pixelated villain walking around a slightly smaller, larger map, then the villain encountered monsters, fought them, and finally saved the princess, who was grateful to the pixelated villain for giving her life.

"You will be the brave man who saves the princess!"

The scene changes again and the pixel villain turns into a muscular man with a machine gun in his hand, fighting to the death against his enemies.

"And also a super agent!"

The screen ends with a few more words that gradually become clearer and brighter.

"You can play everything and be the master of the place!"

The FC home TV entertainment computer, the ultimate playmate for kids, learning and entertainment for as long as you want, you deserve it.

The FC-type home TV entertainment computer will be released in a month's time for 6,999 yen, which includes the Super Mario game; if you want to play other games, you'll need to buy them separately, so feel free to pick them up.

This thing really does look like it's for kids.

But the staff in charge of the TV programme broadcast seemed to be equally intrigued.

It was clear that the graphics looked a bit childish.

But there was just something inexplicably attractive about it.

Then he glanced at the big 6,999 yen figure on the screen.

It seemed like ... wasn't very expensive, so just think of it as a cheap splurge.

A brand new computer on the market now still maintained at least 50,000 yen or more.

And this home entertainment computer is only 6,999, so it's not a huge loss to buy it.

Big deal, just think of it as a gift for your nephew.

At the same time, many adults watching the TV had very similar thoughts.

And the children outside of Tokyo who didn't know anything about red and white machines were also wide-eyed when they saw this advertisement on the TV programme.

They didn't care about computers.

What they cared about was the colourful graphics in there.

It wasn't as good as the cartoons, but the point was the words that first appeared.

Free and controllable.

I can play any character, so that means I can be G.One? Become Superman?

In most children's minds, the biggest dream is to become whoever they want to be right away.

A scientist, an astronaut, a secret agent, Superman, preferably Koshien Superman, and a G.I. Joe who saves the princess!

It's super fun just to think about it!

When the kids got together as children it was often role-play oriented as well.

They would choose which kids would be the bad guys and which kids would be the brave guys and then have fun.

But there was a limit to how much they could control the choices of the others, and some children would leave early for various reasons before they could have any fun.

But this computer didn't seem to have that limit and could play for as long as it wanted.

"Mummy (Daddy)! I want this one! This one and this one!"

The mothers who were preparing dinner, or the fathers who had just gotten off work and were lying on the side resting just heard this voice and their hearts just thumped, and they couldn't help but feel sorry for their wallets.

But when they looked up at the price, they pondered for a moment in their minds and nodded gently again.

"If you buy this, you won't have any extra pocket money this month, oh."

"Mmmmmm!"

At 6999, it was quite acceptable - it didn't go to seven thousand, after all.

In a normal family in Japan, such spending is still affordable.

It's not bad at all if it keeps the kids happy.

Usually the slightly more expensive toys that a child is clamouring for are around this price.

The price, of course, is that many children will have much less pocket money for the month.

Apart from that, there are definitely some that you would never want to buy for your child, but that doesn't matter.

Bamboo Youxing turned off the TV and leaned back on the sofa contentedly.

He was still quite happy with the production of this advertisement.

It was a simple and straightforward advertisement that he had taken the time to create, and it was created from the thinking of the latter-day advertisements.

The kind of focus that is often most effective in latter-day advertisements is also most effective.

Ari Sazawa was currently sitting on a sofa a metre away from TakeYoung Hoshi, one hand clutching her thigh, one hand holding an apple, her mouth bulging.

"How much money do you think we'll make, Takenyou-san?"

Takenyou Hoshi shook his head, "I can't answer that, but it should at least pay for itself."

Ari Sazawa was worried, "But there's still a lot of money in advance, if we really lose money, you'll go bankrupt."

Take Yousei said, "What's the big deal, I'll just eat my way out of it."

"You rich people are so enviable, even if you go bankrupt, you have someone to cover it."

Ari Sazawa took a hard bite of the apple with a bit of hatred, as if the apple was Bamboo Youxing.

"Don't worry, I won't lose any of your salary or the other employees' salaries, at least the employees I can guarantee."

"Hey hey? I didn't mean it like that, but of course it's great that you're paying."

Failure wasn't much, Bamboo Youxing didn't care, not least because he had this world's parents peddling him, but also because of his forward-looking vision from another world.

Other than that, there was no problem for people who had crossed over to make some money.

If he failed this time, he could just regroup and start all over again when he had some money saved up.

Besides, he was basically sure that at least he wouldn't lose any money.

The kids' word-of-mouth effect alone will make it possible for him to make back all the money he paid for advertising and the full price of the board.