After a few years, Takayuki once again tasted the hot pot in Chinatown.
The last time was in a previous life; there haven't been many opportunities since coming to this world.
But in the future, I can consider preparing some at home to taste anytime.
Jeff never imagined that meeting the big benefactor would be in a hot pot restaurant.
As he sat somewhat uneasily in his seat, he realized how wrong he was to wear this suit.
The smell of hot pot would linger on his suit for weeks; it was truly tormenting.
But the person in front of him was the big boss, and he couldn't change clothes now.
Now he could only lament over his suit and hope it wouldn't absorb too much odor.
At this moment, he even envied his friend Bob, who was dressed so casually, seemingly unaffected.
"Hello, please have a seat, I warmly welcome both of you."
Upon seeing the two, Takayuki enthusiastically greeted them to sit down.
Strictly speaking, they were peers in age. Bob was only about twenty-three or twenty-four, and Takayuki was about twenty-two now, both very young.
Bob was already the founder of the most famous social networking site in several universities, and even before graduation, they had received millions of dollars in investments. Countless people admired Bob and Jeff's future.
As for Gamestar Electronics Entertainment, so far few people knew much about them in terms of investment in social networks.
Bob was very casual; no matter who he faced, he seemed very calm. When he saw Takayuki, he also looked at him with a curious gaze.
He wondered what kind of person could create such an interesting electronic game industry.
Now, upon close contact, he felt that it wasn't such a big deal after all; Takayuki didn't have the aura of a leader at all.
But the spark of the creator was obvious.
In fact, it seemed to be true.
The company's core was almost entirely managed by professionals.
Only occasionally, when the company had some problems, would he use some things he had learned from the internet in his previous life to try to intervene.
The rest of the time, Takayuki was almost entirely devoted to making games.
After all, the quality of electronic games is fundamental, and managing the company is secondary.
After everyone was seated, Jeff seemed a bit restrained; he still regarded Takayuki as a formal big boss and didn't dare to be negligent.
But Bob quickly got along well with Takayuki.
In fact, they had some similarities in creativity.
Bob should basically be the Mr. Mark from the previous life. To create a social network famous worldwide, it's definitely not just a coincidence or luck.
Bob himself had a certain amount of personal strength, including but not limited to personal creativity and the ability to deal with investors.
If Mark was just a programmer geek who knew programming technology, he would have been crushed by the big sharks of capital long ago, unable to stand on his own.
So, although Mark seemed like a gentle lamb on the surface, he definitely had the fierceness of a big bad wolf inside.
Bob was the same.
Through their conversation, Takayuki quickly saw the ambitious side of this guy. He was willing to actively accept various new technologies and dared to try to experience and further transform them.
As they talked, they talked about their respective fields. Bob praised Takayuki's game console and felt that he might need to pay more attention to electronic games. Perhaps he could help Takayuki program a social network in the game console.
At this moment, Bob seemed to have set his sights on the million users of Takayuki's game console.
Using a game console for socializing sounds quite far-fetched, but Bob is someone who dares to try.
And he also has technical capabilities, so it's not a problem for him to write a social program in a game console.
Takayuki actually had the same idea.
In the future, electronic games will inevitably have social attributes.
Whether it's console games or later computer network games, mobile games, etc.
The richer the social attributes, the higher the probability of success for the game.
But one cannot overly rely on social attributes, which would make oneself forget the original intention of the game and make it all messed up.
"Regarding your idea of a social network on the game console, I think it's very good. In the future, we indeed have the opportunity to try it out, but I think we should skip SFC and try it on a new console."
"A new console? Mr. Takayuki, have you already planned to develop a new console?" Bob asked.
Takayuki nodded. "There is already such a plan, and the research and development should be progressing to about eighty or ninety percent. I think you should have seen Suirui Electronics' PN2 game console, right?"
Bob nodded, then exclaimed, "Suirui Electronics is also a Japanese company. Their PN2 game console is very creative, wanting to use completely new 3D graphics to make games. This kind of graphics will make electronic games appear more realistic. I believe this will indeed be the future direction of electronic game development."
Bob's foresight is indeed very good. He almost immediately saw the future development trend of electronic games.
But he probably didn't know who the real leader was. Bob thought that Suirui Electronics' game console was entirely his own idea.
But in reality, Takayuki was secretly guiding them and encouraging Suirui Electronics to develop related industries.
3D graphics games and game consoles are completely new and unknown territories. Before Takayuki came into contact, they could only try various attempts like blind men touching an elephant, helping Takayuki avoid some pitfalls.
And when they have cleared the path enough, Takayuki can start a new game console project. By then, the cost of chips required for the game console should also be reduced considerably because of Suirui Electronics' involvement, just catching a ride, reducing their own research and development investment.
Of course, so far, only the top executives of Gamestar Electronics Entertainment know about these plans. Only they know how scheming Takayuki is, while outsiders still believe that Suirui Electronics will have a big development and Gamestar Electronics Entertainment is likely to lag behind.
Takayuki smiled and nodded, "That's right, their game console is indeed one of the future directions of development. So, we have decided to enter the market as well, but I think we will be a bit slower than them. This gives us the opportunity to polish the quality of the game console itself more and also incorporate the social network you envisioned into the game console."
After hearing this, Bob paused for a moment and then said, "In that case, the workload is probably not low."
"Yes, so I came here today to invite you. This invitation is not just about meeting you two. I want to try recruiting some excellent future employees through your channels."