章節 55: Envisioning the game magazine
"President Takayuki, it's been a long time since I received your call. I suppose the company must have been very busy preparing and operating during this time?"
Ikeda Daigo was just handling business, but when he saw it was Takayuki calling, he immediately put down his work and answered hastily.
Takayuki and the magazine company are currently in a partnership status. Earlier, Ikeda had considered calling Takayuki because of the Dragon Quest matter.
However, he learned through news and other channels that Takayuki's company had been very busy lately, so he had to temporarily postpone it and wait for this period to pass before saying anything.
But he didn't expect Takayuki to call him first.
"The company is doing fine. We're on track now and can proceed steadily. How about you, Editor-in-Chief Ikeda?"
"Manga magazines are generally in a struggling state, neither good nor bad, just barely getting by."
Ikeda Daigo wasn't being modest about this.
Compared to other industries, manga magazines could barely manage, at least not starving.
But they were also affected by the burst of the economic bubble.
The early 1990s happened to be the last glorious period of the golden age of Japanese manga, and then it entered a decade of silence.
In 1993, they were indeed just barely getting by in this gap.
The advancement of technology and the internet by ten years ahead of his previous life did not save anything.
"So, manga magazines also need to find some profitable points, right?"
"Yes, we are also working hard to expand some business related to manga copyrights, such as the most common anime adaptations or some peripheral derivative products, and then the sale of manga tankobon, but it's still just barely getting by."
Ikeda Daigo said with a bitter smile.
He now envied Takayuki's newly established company, which had just started but was gradually becoming a hot topic.
Speaking of hot topics, the popularity of the Dragon Quest manga recently was gradually increasing, indirectly increasing the sales of their manga magazine.
When the president of the magazine learned about this, he really hoped Ikeda Daigo would continue to deepen his relationship with Takayuki and see if there were any other possibilities for cooperation in the future.
"Well, I have an idea now, which is also a win-win opportunity for both parties."
Just as Takayuki finished speaking, Ikeda Daigo became spirited.
It's like the pillow when you feel sleepy.
He was still thinking about discussing more cooperation opportunities with Takayuki.
He immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "Takayuki-san, please go ahead."
"I want to publish a gaming magazine."
"A gaming magazine? Specifically about electronic games?"
"Yes, but of course, it's just a concept for now. Given the current volume of games, it's impossible to support a magazine's capacity, but I think in another year or so, maybe it will be different. If we can prepare in advance, there should be some profit."
A magazine specifically for electronic games, this was something Ikeda Daigo hadn't thought of.
So Takayuki had already started considering this?
It seems he really has high hopes for the future of the gaming industry.
Actually, he also had high hopes for the electronic gaming industry.
His family had already purchased all the games available at this stage.
His children were enjoying themselves, and sometimes he would join in and play a few rounds himself, inadvertently improving their parent-child relationship.
But to make a magazine specifically for electronic games seemed premature.
But if the potential of electronic games is really great, starting to prepare now...
No, it might be better to consider adding a few pages of game introductions at the end of manga magazines.
If he, as the editor-in-chief, proposed this suggestion, the editor-in-chief and others should also consider it seriously, and this was suggested by Takayuki first.
"Takayuki-san, I think your idea is very good, but as you said, directly producing a magazine seems a bit rushed. However, I can suggest to the president and editor-in-chief to add a few pages introducing games at the end of the existing manga magazines."
"If that's possible, it would be great. But I suggest not directly recommending games. It might seem more like advertising that way, and I think it might affect the stickiness of your manga magazine readers."
Readers, like TV viewers, often dislike advertisements, but they are unavoidable.
If suddenly a few pages of game introductions were added to the back of a manga magazine, there would be suspicions of paid advertising.
This would indeed benefit his own game, but he couldn't let the cooperating party suffer losses.
"Hmm? Not recommending games? Then what should we do?"
What Ikeda Daigo had just subconsciously thought of was simply recommending games.
Capture some screenshots from the game and then write some editorial recommended recommendations, especially for Dragon Quest, which could seamlessly arrange recommended phrases through the manga. Wasn't this a good model?
"Well, I was wondering if you're free now? Shall we meet somewhere? It would be difficult to talk just over the phone."
Takayuki wanted to add game walkthroughs.
But in this world, electronic games hadn't really taken off yet, and they probably didn't even know what game walkthroughs were.
It might be better to discuss it in person.
Ikeda Daigo immediately nodded and said, "I'm free now. There's a very nice coffee shop nearby, perfect for work discussions, very quiet. What do you think?"
"Sure, can you send me the address? I can go directly. Oh, by the way, I'd like to see the recent feedback from Dragon Quest readers as well. I want to see how readers are responding to the manga now."
"Okay, see you in a bit."
Ikeda Daigo immediately hung up the phone.
Then he rushed to the main office and looked at all the editors.
"Where are the reader letters from Tsuchiya-sensei for the past two weeks? Get them to me quickly!"
"Editor-in-chief, they're here. I just finished organizing them."
"Good job!"
Ikeda Daigo stuffed the two boxes into the downstairs car and went to the designated coffee shop. He had already booked a private room in advance, waiting for Takayuki to arrive.
About an hour later, Takayuki also drove to the coffee shop. Ikeda Daigo took this opportunity to roughly organize the letters from readers.
Separate the praise from the criticism.
Those mindless trolls can be put aside, there's no need to read those.
Takayuki got out of the car and entered the coffee shop.
This coffee shop was indeed very quiet.
There were about a dozen people in the hall, but only the melodious music could be heard, making it hard to hear people talking loudly.
And the layout of the entire coffee shop also had a quiet atmosphere, very comfortable.
After asking the waiter, Takayuki approached the door of Ikeda Daigo's private room according to the waiter's instructions.
Ikeda Daigo had just finished organizing the letters at this moment.
"Takayuki-san, welcome!"
Ikeda Daigo warmly stood up.
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