February 24, 2022, Modu, a game studio

Feng Xing, the owner of the studio, looked at the draft of the new game design in front of him with some confusion, and then looked at Lu Huang, the chief designer of the studio in front of him and the shareholder and founder of the studio, and hesitated.

"Lao Lu, do you think this game planning can work? ”

Lu Huang is a thin man in his thirties, probably engaged in mental work all year round, his hairline is a little dangerous, and he is not good-looking, but his eyes are very bright and his speech is quite magnetic.

"Of course, Lao Feng, you know the financial situation of our studio, after the setback of "Yuntu" before, it is no longer able to develop those new games with themes that cost too much.

Textual role-playing games are one of the new game themes that we can take on at the moment.

Xiao Li and I have both had relevant production experience before, and Lao Wang, a veteran copywriter, is in control, and all things considered, our studio has the greatest grasp of this theme for new games. ”

"But ......"

Feng Xing was still a little hesitant: "Text role-playing games are originally niche, and if you do the undercover theme of the Anti-Japanese War, I'm afraid I won't be able to attract players." ”

"No, no, no. ”

Xiao Li, who was sitting on the side, couldn't sit still, and he asked, "Mr. Feng, do you know the recent hit "Latent". ”

Feng Xing nodded: "I've seen it twice, it's the spy war drama played by Sun Lei." ”

"Mr. Feng, you may not pay much attention to this drama, "Latent" is very popular online and offline, yesterday's finale, the average rating of the whole drama was 3.79, and the Douhua score was 9.4, which is the best spy war drama in recent years.

Not only that, but the explosion of "Latent" also caused an "underground front fever", and many viewers and netizens spontaneously went to learn and explore the deeds and history of underground workers back then.

This is undoubtedly cultivating some related enthusiasts, and now many people who are ready to rub off on the popularity of "Latent" have begun to prepare spy war movies and television, but those who make games, as far as I know, have not heard of it for the time being.

If we can get ahead of our peers and be the first to release a related spy war-themed game, I believe we will get good sales results. ”

Xiao Li obviously had made a lot of preparations before, and talked about it eloquently, and Lu Huang on the side was not idle, helping to supplement from time to time, and the two worked together to persuade Feng Xing to agree to their plan.

However, Feng Xing was not so easily persuaded.

About eight months ago, the studio founded by Feng Xing and Lu Huang was far from being as depressed as it is now, when the studio was one of the more promising rising stars in the game industry, with nearly 30 employees at its peak.

At that time, in addition to Feng Xing, the founder of the studio had a third person.

Feng Xing is the boss, in charge of logistics and administration, and Lu Huang and another founder are in charge of game development and technical issues.

At that time, the strong studio was preparing to enter the mobile game field with the strong advice of another founder.

In fact, at the beginning, the studio's conditions were not enough to fully cope with the unprecedentedly fierce competition in the mobile game market, and most of the studio's employees did not have relevant mobile game production experience.

But because of the strong encouragement of the founder, and because Feng Xing and Lu Huang also had a bright future for the company at that time, they were somewhat floating.

As a result, the studio invested heavily in the production of a competitive mobile game called "Cloud Journey", which hit the mobile game market with an almost desperate attitude.

The results were bleak, the market for the heavily funded production of "Cloud Journey" was cold, and the studio almost went bankrupt.

After that, the founder broke with Feng and Lu and left the studio, and the rookie in the game industry with nearly 30 employees in its heyday is now three or two big cats and small cats, relying on the old capital to maintain the business.

The fiasco of "Cloud Journey" left a deep shadow on Feng Xing, causing him to hear that Lu Huang and they were going to make a new tour, and his instinctive first reaction was to resist.

It's not easy to have a small studio.

Relying on the support of the old book before, and after Feng Xing's hard work for more than half a year, the studio finally improved a little, and also accumulated a considerable amount of funds.

This fund determines whether the studio can make a comeback, Feng Xing didn't dare to gamble at all, and if he loses the bet, the studio should almost be disbanded.

Therefore, even if Lu Huang and Xiao Li talked wildly, he was still cautious.

——Whether the undercover text role-playing game on the theme of the Anti-Japanese War mentioned by Lu Huang and Huang will be included in the studio's new tour plan will be decided after careful study.

Even if someone eats the first bite of crab, you must be on the safe side.........

.........

Lu Huang and the others understood Feng Xing's caution, but when the two left Feng Xing's office, their faces could not hide their disappointment.

Peers are not fools, the outlets you can think of, others may not be unexpected, the market plate of this theme is not big, one step is slow, one step is slow.

The first person who developed the game ate meat and drank soup, and the second one might only be able to take two mouthfuls of bones.........

Lu Huang and the others left disappointed, and Feng Xing was not in a good mood, he knew that both of them were good for the studio.

Especially Lu Huang, with his level, he went out to find a random game company, and made more money than staying in the studio, and now he is guarding a studio with an unknown future, isn't he reluctant to build this hard work that he has built single-handedly.

Therefore, Feng Xingbi believes that Lu Huang's new tour plan is indeed for the good of the studio.

But Feng Xing, as the boss and the first shareholder, also has to be responsible for the studio and the remaining employees, or that sentence, the current studio can't afford to gamble.

"Alas......"

Sighing, Feng Xing poured a glass of water, and after a few sips, he rubbed his face and turned on the computer to search for "Latent".

He is going to take a look at this drama, evaluate the specific level of this drama, and then consider the new travel plan of Lu Huang and the others.

Feng Xing had heard of "Latent", and when he went home, he occasionally saw his family chasing this drama, and he glanced at it a few times, but he didn't watch it very closely.

In addition to knowing that there are several familiar actors such as Sun Lei and Yin Li, the specific plot is not clear, so this evaluation of "Latent", Feng Xing watched it from the first episode.

An episode of "Latent" is about 45 minutes, and excluding the opening and ending songs, an episode is about 40~42 minutes.

On average, based on 41 minutes per episode, the TV series has a total of 30 episodes, and even if there is no pause in the middle, it will take 20.5 hours to complete the continuous broadcast.

Of course, Feng Xing can't watch 20 hours of TV series in one go, even if he has this time, his body and spirit can't stand it.

He wanted to see what charm there was in the drama "Latent", to impress Lu Huang to prepare to follow the trend and make a new tour, and tried to analyze whether this theme had a head, and it was not his purpose to read the plot dryly.

Therefore, Feng Xing set aside two days to study and watch "Latent".

From Yu Zecheng's appearance in the first episode, to the undercover Jinmen, he fought wits and courage with enemies such as Ma Kui, Li Ya, and Lu Qiaoshan to complete one task after another.

looked at Yu Zecheng's beloved and comrades-in-arms, Zuo Lan, Cuiping, Qiu Shopkeeper, Liao Sanmin...... One by one, they either sacrificed or left him.

Feng Xing, who originally just wanted to study and analyze the TV series, slowly forgot his original purpose, and the whole person was silent in the drama "Latent", with the ups and downs of the characters and plot in it.

The drama "Latent" is okay in the early and middle stages, although the overall is slightly depressed, but the plot style is still biased towards the various divine operations of the protagonist Yu Zecheng, and the audience is still very cool to watch.

But as the plot develops further on, the tone of the whole show becomes heavier and heavier.

Cui Ping's "death" can be regarded as the first breaking point that inspired the finale of "Latent", and the subsequent plot stabbed the audience in the heart.

Yu Zecheng, who mistakenly thought that Cui Ping was dead, had put life and death out of the way, and decided to snatch the command of the [Yellow Bird Plan] arranged by the military commander to stay in Jinmen from Li Ya.

This is not a simple matter, the [Operation Yellow Sparrow] is highly secret, Li Ya has always acted cautiously, and Lao Wu is unwilling to keep Yu Zecheng in Jinmen, Lao Yu's progress has been repeatedly unsmooth.

At a critical time, Yu Zecheng made a desperate bet and secretly reported Li Ya, leading Mao Renfeng to send a commissioner to investigate Li Ya, and borrowed the commissioner's hand to get the list.

Yu Zecheng's plan was very smooth, the list was successfully obtained, and at the same time, Yu's connector Liao Sanmin was discovered by Li Ya, and the two died together.

Liao Sanmin's sacrifice was extremely heroic.

At that time, Liao's identity was exposed, and he was restrained by Li Ya's people, Yu Zecheng didn't know the truth, and called Liao Sanmin to discuss the destruction of the [Yellow Bird Project], and Li Ya heard the voice.

Liao Sanmin noticed Li Ya's abnormal movements, and in order to cover Yu Zecheng, he pretended to cooperate, but when he went downstairs, he attacked Li Ya and fell directly down the stairs with Li Ya in his arms, and finally died together.

Liao Sanmin used his own life to help Yu Zecheng get rid of a strong rival, and at the same time extinguished the crisis of Yu Zecheng's identity exposure.

Yu Zecheng was grieved by Liao's sacrifice, but he also understood that his top priority was to hand over the latent list to the organization.

And here, losing Liao Sanmin, the connector, the underground party also realized that Yu Zecheng's situation was extremely dangerous, and that night, Yu Zecheng heard the organization's clear call on the radio of secret intelligence contact.

"Recently, this station has been looking for the deep sea many times and persuading him to go home, but there has been no news, I hope that this time the deep sea can hear it and go home quickly.

Come back son, mom doesn't need you to run around anymore

Do you hear the rumbling cannon, that's the heartbeat of mom calling you

The wood door at home opens for you, and the oil lamp on the kang head lights up for you

The concern of the whole family is the bright red and beautiful window flowers

Mom keeps the New Year for you, Mommy prays for you,

Come back, my son, and my mother will wait for you to come back for the spring of 1949—"

The undisguised clear call, the recitation lines full of deep meaning, with the lyrical BGM, and the tears in Yu Zecheng's eyes in the play, can be the biggest tears in this play.

Others don't know, Feng Xing cried like a dog when he watched this paragraph.

The beloved "left", his comrades-in-arms died, and at this time, Yu Zecheng had become a loner, except for the task in hand, he almost lost the hope and belief to live.

At this time, the organization showed a clear attitude and called clearly, and it can be imagined how much impact it had on Yu Zecheng.

And the audience with God's perspective outside the TV feels that the hero has not been forgotten, and it is naturally difficult to suppress the excitement in their hearts.

............

The call of the organization has re-aroused Yu Zecheng's fighting spirit, anyway, the list of [Operation Yellow Sparrow] has been obtained, and he can retire successfully.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lao Wu had already been eyeing him.

Up to now, if you want to say that the old fox of Stationmaster Wu hasn't seen Yu Zecheng's cattiness, then he has cultivated for so many years.

So at the critical moment when Yu Zecheng was evacuating, he detained Yu Zecheng for many reasons.

First of all, Yu Zecheng is the deputy stationmaster of Jinmen Station, if he runs back to the underground party, he will restore his identity in the future, and when the party sees that the military commander has hidden such a big "moth", Lao Wu, Yu Zecheng's Bole and top boss, is afraid that he will follow and eat melons.

Second, Yu Zecheng did a lot of personal things for Lao Wu and mastered a lot of black material for Lao Wu, so Lao Wu wanted to take Yu Zecheng with him in case he was stabbed in the future.

Third, Yu Zecheng is a very capable cadre, Lao Wu relies on it very much, and the withdrawal of the Guo Party from Taiwan Province in the future will be another power reshuffle, and he needs such talents to assist him.

Fourth, our party is very powerful, and no one can say what will happen in the future, and with an underground party hostage in his hand, he finally has a bit of a chance to negotiate, and he is likely to save his life at a critical moment.

Fifth, after all, after getting along for several years, the relationship is good, and there are some personal emotions mixed in it.

For many reasons, Lao Wu will definitely take Yu Zecheng away, even if he doesn't bring his wife, he has to take Yu Zecheng with him.

Lao Wu was well prepared, and Yu Zecheng could only admit it, but before leaving, he hid the information in the chicken coop at home, hoping for the opportunity to notify the organization to pick it up.

Yu Zecheng never thought that the opportunity would come so quickly, when waiting for the plane at the airport, Yu Zecheng saw Cuiping who had come back from the dead.

It turned out that Cuiping didn't die at the beginning, but because of the chaotic situation in Jinmen, she didn't contact the organization, and she didn't dare to come back to find Yu Zecheng, for fear of affecting him, so she temporarily found a big family as a maid.

The husband and wife met again, looking at each other with tears in their eyes, although neither of them spoke, but it was worth a thousand words.

The situation was urgent, Yu Zecheng imitated the old hen in front of Cui Ping, prompting the information in the chicken coop, the two had hidden gold bars in the chicken coop before, Cui Ping immediately understood what Yu Zecheng meant.

The husband and wife separated again, Cui Ping went to get information, but Lao Wu and Yu Zecheng flew to Taiwan Province by plane.

On the plane, Yu and Lao Wu had a meaningful conversation, which was very tasteful, and was also analyzed by various critics on the Internet in turn.

Wu: "The headquarters originally wanted you to stay, but I thought the Yellow Sparrow plan had no future, so I rejected it." ”

Yu: "I like to be latent and stimulated. ”

Wu glanced at Yu, shook his head and said, "You are heavy-hearted, your hands are not ruthless, and you are not suitable for lurking." ”

Yu smiled and became expressionless.

After that, Cui Ping successfully obtained the information, and the [Yellow Sparrow Project] failed, and then she was arranged to a remote mountain village and went incognito.

Cui Ping didn't complain, she understood that only in this way would Yu Zecheng be safe, so she was willing to do so.

It is worth mentioning that Cui Ping is pregnant.

In the days to come, she will stand on the hill in the village, holding the child and waiting for Yu Zecheng to come to her one day and reunite the family of three.

At the same time, Lao Yu, who came to Taiwan Province, received a new hidden mission, and sent him a new partner, who was also the person who played the two husbands and wives with him - Mu Wanqiu.

In the end, Yu Zecheng and Mu Wanqiu stood side by side in a room, looking at the wedding photos on the wall, Yu Zecheng thought of the pungent and rude Cui Ping, and couldn't help but leave tears.

The picture is frozen at this moment, and the whole play of "Latent" ends.

............

After watching "Latent", Feng Xing lay on the sofa in the office, and it took more than two hours to calm down, and then got up and frantically searched for news and posts related to "Latent" on the Internet.

A few hours later, Feng Xing called Lu Huang.

"Lao Lu, your plan is right, the new game will be a latent undercover theme. ”

"Haha, Lao Feng, you have finally figured it out, don't worry, I will definitely come up with a high-quality game this time, you just wait for our studio to become popular." ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your kindness, by the way, do you have a name for the new game?"

"Not yet, tentatively 'Lurker'. ”

"The name is too similar to "Latent", and it sounds a bit like an assassin game, which doesn't quite fit the theme of the game, so I came up with a new name, you don't listen to it. ”

"You have a point, what's the new name?"

"Invisible Guardians ........."

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