Chapter 55 second quarter

Tomohiko and Hiroe came to a small izakaya with a sliding door at the entrance. It was full of office workers, and only the outermost table was empty.Tomohiko and Hiroe sat opposite each other, putting their coats on the neighbors.The TV above the head is playing a variety show. A middle-aged woman in an apron came to greet them, and they ordered two glasses of beer and a few dishes.In addition to sashimi, the Japanese egg rolls and marinated vegetables are especially delicious. "The first time I met that person surnamed Jincheng was last spring." Tomohiko put the cold squid mentaiko served in the store as a drink and dish, drank beer, and began to talk, "Tiriya called me out and introduced me to him. At that time , Jin Cheng's face isn't that bad."

"A little more meat than a skeleton?" Hirohiko's words made Tomohiko laugh. "You can say that, but he must have deliberately pretended to be a good person. At that time, Jincheng wanted to find someone to make a game program, so he came to entrust Kirihara." "what game?" "play golf." "Oh, he entrusted you to help develop it?" "Yes, but it's actually much more complicated." Tomohiko drank the remaining half glass of beer in one go. That was suspicious from the start.What Jincheng showed Tomohiko were game proposals and unfinished programs.The content of his commission is to complete this procedure within two months.

"It's all written here, why do you need someone else to do the rest?" Tomohiko immediately asked the biggest question. "The person in charge of writing the program suddenly died of a heart attack. The other engineers in this programming company are all incompetent. If this continues, they are afraid that they will not be able to meet the delivery time, so they are looking for someone who can take over." At that time, Jin Cheng was polite. Unthinkable now. "How is it?" Kirihara asked, "Although it is not finished, the system is roughly set up. All we have to do is to fill in the holes that look like they have been eaten by moths. It should be fine in two months."

"The problem is the test after completion," Tomohiko replied, "I think the program will be enough for one month, but if it is completely ok, it's hard to say whether the remaining month will be enough." "Please, I have no one else to look for." Jin Cheng bowed.This is the only time this man puts on a low profile. As a result, Tomohiko and the others took the job, the biggest reason being that the conditions were very good.If all goes well, it may be able to revive the "Infinite Project". The content of the game fully demonstrates the authenticity of golf.Players use different clubs or styles of play depending on the situation, and they have to judge the grass pattern when they are on the green.To figure out these properties, Tomohiko and Kirihara had to study golf balls, since they were both utter laymen.

The finished program is said to be sold to electric playgrounds or cafes.Jin Cheng said that if he is lucky, he may become the second "Space Invaders". Tomohiko didn't know where Jincheng came from, and Kirihara didn't introduce it in detail.But during several conversations, Tomohiko heard that he seemed to be related to Hiroshi Kemoto. Hiroshi Takimoto - lover of Namie Nishiguchi who worked with Tomohiko. The murder of Namijiang in Nagoya has not yet been solved.Jiben was suspected by the police for accepting the stolen money from her, but the police did not have key evidence, so the theft case is still in litigation.Since the key figure Nami Jiang died, the police investigation could not proceed smoothly.

Tomohiko believes that Namijiang was killed by Terumoto.But the question is how did Namie know about Namie's stay in Nagoya?Of course Tomohiko could guess the answer.But he dared not say it out loud. Tomohiko didn't mention the matter of Namie Nishiguchi, but only explained to Hong Hui the circumstances under which he entered the golf game program.Assorted sashimi and Japanese omelets have been served. "Have you finished the golf program?" Hong Hui asked, splitting the egg roll in half with chopsticks. Yuhiko nodded. "We will finish it in two months according to the schedule. After another month, we will start shipping to all parts of the country."

"Is it selling well?" "Yes, how do you know?" "I know that game too. I've played it several times. Chipping and putting are quite difficult." Tomohiko was a little surprised to hear Hiroe say golf terminology.He thought she knew nothing about golf. "I'd love to thank you for your support, but I don't know if you're playing the one we made." "why?" "The golf program has sold about 10,000 sets nationwide. But only half of them are made by us, and the rest are sold by other companies." "Just like 'Space Invaders', where many companies copy it?"

"It's a bit different. 'Space Invaders' was first launched by one company, and because of its popularity, other companies began to copy it. But this golf program, almost at the same time that Megabit Entertainment, a large video game company, was launched, pirated copies were on the rise." Out." "Hmm!" Hong Hui stopped halfway as he was about to put the grilled eggplant into his mouth, his eyes widened, "What? It shouldn't be a coincidence that the same program was released at the same time?" "It can't be a coincidence. The truth is probably that someone got one of the programs in advance and copied them."

"Let me ask first, are you making the original version or a pirated version?" Honghui looked up at Tomohiko. Yuhiko sighed. "Need to say?" "Too." "I don't know where Jincheng and the others went, but they must have obtained the golf game program and design drawings during the development stage. Because they were incomplete, they came to us to fill them in." "So nothing happened?" "It's out. Megabit investigated the source of the piracy like crazy, but couldn't find it. It seems that the channel they used seems to be very complicated." The channel he said was actually related to the underworld, but Tomohiko didn't want Honghui to know so much .

"Aren't you worried about being implicated?" Honghui asked anxiously. "I don't know. It's fine so far. However, if the police come to ask, we can only pretend that we don't know and pretend to be stupid. And we didn't know in the first place." "Oh. So Tomohiko and you guys have done such a dangerous thing." Hong Hui stared at Tomohiko with surprise and curiosity in his eyes, but he didn't despise him. "I've had enough," Tomohiko said.Although he didn't tell Hong Hui, he thought that Tong Yuan might have seen through the details of the whole thing from the very beginning.He is so shrewd that it is impossible to accept all the words of an old fox like Jincheng. The evidence is that when they knew that they were entrusted to make a pirated game, Kirihara was not very surprised.

Tomohiko saw with his own eyes what Kirihara did in the past.Thinking of those things, Tomohiko thought maybe writing a pirated computer software was nothing to Kirihara. In the past, Kirihara was keen on counterfeiting bank cards, and personally used counterfeit cards to steal other people's money, and Tomohiko also helped him.Although I don't know how much Tong Yuan earned from those things, I can be sure that it is definitely more than one or two million. Not long ago, Kirihara was a keen eavesdropper.Tomohiko didn't know whose phone he was entrusted to wiretap, but he had discussed effective methods with Tomohiko several times. It's just that Kirihara now seems to be concentrating on keeping the PC store running smoothly.I hope he won't be instigated by those in Jincheng, Tomohiko thought.In fact, Kirihara is not a person who will change his mind because of other people's words. Tomohiko knows this better than anyone else. After sending Honghui to the station, Tomohiko decided to go back to the store, he guessed that Kirihara was still there.Kirihara lives in a rented room in another apartment complex. When I came to the apartment and looked up, the lights in the store were still on. "PC store MUGEN" is located on the second floor. Tomohiko climbed the stairs, took out the key and opened the store door.Looking in from the door, Kirihara was sitting in front of the computer drinking canned beer. "Why did you run back again?" Seeing Tomohiko, Tong Yuan said. "I always feel a little worried." Tomohiko opened the folding chair against the wall and sat down, "What is Jincheng doing here again?" "It's the same. He never forgot about winning a ticket in golf." Kirihara pulled the tab of another can of beer and took a big gulp.There is a small refrigerator at his feet, and there are about a dozen cans of Heineken in it at any time. "What did you say this time?" "Whimsical." Kirihara sneered twice, "If it's really easy to make money, I'd be willing to take some risks, but this time it won't work, it really can't be done." Tomohiko understood the danger of this matter from his expression, not his words.Kirihara's eyes shot out the light that he would only emit when he was thinking seriously.Although he didn't want to participate in what Jincheng proposed, he must be very interested.Tomohiko became more and more curious about what the skeleton man was talking about. "What is he going to do?" he asked. Kirihara looked at Tomohiko and smiled coldly. "It's better that you don't know." "Could it be..." Tomohiko licked his lips.He only wanted one prey that could make Kirihara so nervous. "Could it be 'Longwu'?" Kirihara held the beer high, as if to say "That's right". Tomohiko didn't know what to say, he just shook his head blindly. "Monster" is the nickname they give to a certain game software, not based on the content, but for its outstanding sales performance.Its real name is "Super Mario Bros.", Nintendo's game software for home computers.As soon as it was launched in September this year, it was very popular, and the goods were added frequently in various places, and the sales volume was close to 2 million pieces.The content is that the protagonist Mario avoids the enemy's attack all the way and saves the princess.In addition to breaking through numerous levels, detours and shortcuts are also designed, and elements of treasure hunting are added.What is amazing is that not only the game itself is selling well, but also the books and magazines that crack the game levels are also selling well.In the run-up to Christmas, the sales continued unabated.Tomohiko and Kirihara agree that the Mario craze will continue next year. "What can they do with 'Monster'? Are they trying to pirate it again?" Tomohiko asked. "It just happened to be that 'couldn't'." Tong Yuan looked ridiculous, "That guy from Jincheng asked me if I wanted to make a pirated version of 'Super Mario', and even boasted that it shouldn't be too difficult technically." "Technically, it's really not difficult. The finished products are already on the market. Just take one to copy the IC chip and get it on the motherboard. As long as there is a small factory, it can be done immediately." Kirihara nodded. "Jincheng wants us to do this part. As for the printing of the instructions and the imitation genuine packaging, we have already found a printing factory in Shiga." "Shiga? The printing factory they are looking for is really far away." "Most of the bosses there borrowed money from the underworld behind Jincheng." Tong Yuan said with a familiar look. "But it's just now, not in time for Christmas." "Jincheng and the others didn't want to make money for Christmas. What they wanted was the children's lucky money. They only started to make it now. No matter how fast they rushed, it would take one and a half months to make a complete product. At that time, the children's lucky money was still there. It's hard to say." Tong Yuan said with a sarcastic smile. "Even if it's finished, how do they plan to sell it? If they want to spread it to the middle market, they can only sell it to the middle market that specializes in cash transactions..." "That's too dangerous. Those middle-market players are very well-informed, and suddenly they are asked to buy a lot of popular games that are out of stock everywhere. Of course, they will think there is a problem, and if they ask Nintendo, they will miss the bottom line." "Where is it sold?" "The black market they are most proficient in, however, this time is different from 'Space Invaders' and golf. The target is not an electric playground, nor is it Ojisan who goes to a coffee shop, but ordinary children." "Anyway, you declined, right?" Tomohiko confirmed. "Of course, I don't want to kill myself with them." "If you say that, I'm relieved." Tomohiko took out a can of Heineken from the refrigerator and pulled the tab.Fine white foam gushes out.