Game Market 1983

It was 5: 00 in the morning when I was drunk in my sweet sleep.

I lifted my heavy eyelid to Yuki's urgent voice as if it were coming from a dream.

“Joon-Hyuk!! Joon-Hyuk!!"

“Hmm…? ”

“Get up quickly!! ”

“What? What's wrong? ”

“The whole house just thumped and rang. Didn't you feel anything? ”

I know you feel a vibration on this soft bed...?

For Yuki, who was expressing anxious, holding Seohyun in her arms, I woke up tired and looked for a remote control.

The moment I tried to put my hand on the TV remote on the little table next to the bed...

Wooooo...

The remote control shivers away from my hand on the table.

“You just did it again, didn't you? ”

“Calm down. You've never been in an earthquake like this before...”

“I'm still nervous about the earthquake that happened this morning. It's been almost 30 years, so...”

To reassure Yuki who was still shaking, I pressed the power button on the TV remote.

The moment the TV screen lit up with a ticking sound.

Me and Yuki lay down on the bed and became stiff.

“What... hey? Where is that?”

“If it's Awaji, it's near Kobe. ”

The word "Kobe" came to my mind.

Kobe Earthquake!? How can you be so abrupt?

The scene of the disaster beyond the TV screen was already just after a straightforward 7.2 earthquake swept through everything.

At the time of the earthquake, the CCTV inside the station was shaken so badly that household appliances inside the office were destroyed in just a few seconds.

I was staring at the TV dazed, and I could feel Yuki's trembling hand gripping my hand.

“What should I do? They...”

Soon, the scene was even more devastating, reflecting the residential streets of people who were not stations.

Time for everyone to go to sleep. Because of the earthquake that hit the residential area, many people were buried alive in the pile.

In addition, the hot tubing in the house breaks and the gas leaks out, and the sparks from the nearby telescopes have set the housing on fire.

A broadcast helicopter flew up and lit up the disaster area, and it looked like it was watching a scene from a disaster movie.

Among them, what caught my eye was that an expensive road designed to be enormously thick with a column was bent and collapsed like a flint.

“Oh my…”

The station's helmet spoke with a pale face to see if it was no longer possible to fly in the blazing smoke.

“Since the shoot is no longer possible, I will follow up with you in the morning about the incident. Now, the Hanshin, Awaji and Kobe areas, as you can see, are still burning up all over the city due to the devastating earthquake damage. We will conclude the emergency report by informing you that the interior is gathering at the disaster site, including in the area of the accident, as well as firefighters in Osaka, Nara and Kyoto. ”

Reports from the accident site ended, but TV continued to show alternate footage taken on CCTV and helicopters at the time of the crash.

After watching Yuki and the disaster broadcast for a while, I looked up at the clock on the wall.

6: 10 a.m.

I got out of bed, picked up the phone and immediately called Mr. Kawaguchi.

The tone rang for a moment, and there was a slightly bewildered voice of Kawaguchi behind the handset.

“Mr. Kawaguchi, have you seen the show?"

“Yes, I was just getting up and watching the news. God, I don't know what's going on in the morning...”

“First, use the Emergency Contact Network to notify the General Employee of the temporary leave, and gather only as many people as possible in the meeting room as 10 am. ”

“Yes, I understand. I was going to give you a leave of absence because there are temples with families in the Kobe area. Good.

“Then I'll see you in the conference room. ”

At that time, Yuki and Seohyun left the living room.

“Joon-Hyuk... should go, right? ”

“Yes, I think we should. Why don't you go with Seohyun to his family for a few days just in case? ”

Tokyo would be safe if the situation was the same as the past I had originally known, but today's earthquake was about a month behind the events of the past I knew.

So? I couldn't be sure that Tokyo would be safe.

Your mother-in-law's house is a private house, so it's relatively easier to evacuate than the mansion, and even if the house collapses, even if it's a timber building, even if it's buried there, it's easy to get out if there are people nearby.

However, in the case of high-rise mansions made of concrete, if the entire building collapsed in a single straight earthquake, it could cause tremendous life damage.

Like a giant highway that just collapsed on TV...

“Okay, I'm just going to go to my parents' house for the day. ”

“It's going to be okay. Don't worry too much.”

After a while, I finished breakfast a little early with Yuki, and her wife dropped her off at home.

As soon as Yuki arrived, her mother-in-law ran out surprised, but she was nervous. She said she was welcome and took Yuki and Seohyun inside.

The father-in-law was also appointed on temporary leave today, and was waiting for him at home without going to work.

“Are you still going to work today? ”

“The general staff turned to temporary holidays, but the Executive Group has a countermeasure meeting. ”

“Countermeasures? What kind of countermeasures does a gaming company have against earthquake damage? ”

When my father-in-law asked me a question, I hesitated for a moment, then I stopped.

“We should also take a look at the relief supplies we need in the affected area in advance, and at some point during the stabilization period, we should also review our service activities. ”

“Oh, well, that, too. You won't be able to use electricity or water right now, so you'll need a lot of help in the affected area. What an extraordinary thought... Yes, I'm sure you're busy. Go now. ”

“I'll be back to pick Yuki up from the situation until evening. ”

I greeted my father-in-law with a happy smile and hurriedly got into the car.

At the same time, when the phone that was sitting in the car rang a rather trivial ringtone, I put the car in the ignition and pressed the call button on the phone.

“Director, it's Hayashi. ”

“Uh, what's going on? ”

“Well, I heard about the summons...”

Unlike usual, Hayashi's voice felt uneasy.

“Are you...? ”

“Yes, I have Bonga in Awawa, but I can't reach her at the moment. I think I need to go back to the mainland for a while. ”

“Yes. Yes, Hayashi. You used to be a handyman, okay. I'll talk to Jules. Have a good trip.

“Yes... thank you. ”

“It's going to be okay. Don't worry too much. Drive safely. ”

“Yes, I understand. We'll get back to you when we get there.”

“Yes. Yes. ”

After hanging up the phone with Hayashi, I sighed a little and drove straight to the company.

On the radio, we were talking about the magnitude of the damage and casualties of the Kobe earthquake on every channel, and it was growing over time.

The casualties increased dramatically, unlike when we first heard the news, because the area was so devastated.

While waiting for a signal, I bit the tip of my hand in nervousness, hoping that nothing would happen to Hayashi's parents.

The Kobe Earthquake must have caused a great deal of casualties and caused a tremendous amount of despair for the affected villagers. Also, many Koreans who lived there were also there, so it was heartbreaking in many ways.

However, the Japanese government, as I know it, has taken the crisis of the Kobe earthquake as an opportunity to boost the economy.

Because of all the work that has been done to rebuild a ruined city. Then, companies called Japan stood up for the fallout effect.

Among them are Minten and Sensoni. It also included the NEGA.

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Could it be the Kobe earthquake? I parked my car in the company parking lot just past a particularly thin central road in Shinjuku today, and took the elevator straight to our meeting room.

At that moment, Morita was rushing to the conference room to see if she had just arrived at the company.

“Hey, Morita. ”

“Ah, Director. Good morning. In fact, Hayashi...”

“Yeah, I heard that on the way over. But, Mauritana, are you okay? You have a principal's office. ”

“I'm fine. Mainland is in Osaka, but she said she's doing well because she's on the phone this morning...”

“Yes, thank God. Hayashi's supposed to call me when she arrives. Let's wait. ”

“Kaori from the design department went with him, so he should be fine. ”

“Kaori? He teases Hayashi all the time, but he's really creepy too. ”

“I see. ”

After speaking with Morita and entering the conference room, several team leaders greeted me.

“If you're in the accident area, you're welcome to go. The content of the meeting is not more important than the family. ”

Then Ueno, who planned a "gift of God" with me, replied.

“I would have contacted you this morning. He said it was fine.”

“Well, that's good, then. Everyone except Hayashi, who's more than just a team leader, is fine. ”

“Mr. Kawaguchi. He's coming.”

The secretary said, and all the staff gathered in the conference room stood up.

As he entered the meeting room, he told the staff to sit comfortably and sent a small greeting to me.

“First of all, I'm glad you have no earthquake victims. I hope everything goes well with Hayashi, the head of the second development team. ”

An urgent summons with a short greeting from the Kawaguchi delegation announced the beginning.

The agenda was to discuss the list of relief supplies needed in the affected area and which companies would win.

Once the electricity and gas are blocked, living supplies such as water and food are assigned as priority relief items, as well as blankets or sleeping bags. Various opinions came out, such as clothing items.

Everyone was genuinely concerned about the inhabitants of the affected area, so they decided to select all the relief supplies they could say.

At that time, the Kawaguchi representative asked me with a cautious look.

“Joon-Hyuk, do you have any other opinion? ”

His question opens his mouth, tapping the tip of the ballpoint pen against the desk.

“I already have a lot of good opinions about the necessities. But I'd like to suggest something a little different. ”

“What part? ”

“For example... if you bring a broken Raon and a game cartridge against the villagers affected by this incident, will you get a free A/S?" ”

“Yes? Do you really want me to trade you for a broken console for the earthquake? ”

I smiled, raising one lip slightly at the head of the Kawaguchi delegation, looking embarrassed.

“There are definitely people who like our games in the affected areas.

Companies are sustainable with the help of every single one of those customers. In the past, when the company was struggling with Final Frontier 1 and 2, as many of you believed in our Pentagon games and bought them... I think it's time for our Pentagon to help them. And I think that's exactly the kind of social action a candidate would have to take. ”

The staff gathered in the conference room looked dumbfounded by my words.

Then Morita slowly clapped her hands at me, and two of her staff started clapping with him.

“That's right, relief supplies, but we're a gaming company, right? Moreover, in the case of Raon, a portable device, it would be a good play for the kids in the affected area. ”

“Oh, that's good. It's dangerous to wander around an earthquake, so why not create a playground for the kids in the shelter? ”

The atmosphere of the meeting, which was going on rather rigorously, began to reverse in one word.

I leaned on a chair and smiled as I listened to the ideas pouring out of their mouths.

Then the Kawaguchi representative who was sitting near me asked me.

“If Joon-Hyuk is right, I think the amount of the propulsion will be substantial, is that okay? ”

“It doesn't matter. Consider it Complex Laon's promotion fee, which will be released later...”