"Holy!"

Of course, Yu Wenhui understands that crowdfunding is not a new thing, but crowdfunding of more than 6 million dollars is equivalent to more than 40 million ¥, which is terrifying!

What is the situation? Since 2014, when Big Dog Dong standardized the matter of crowdfunding, who can raise so much money in one project with so many crowdfunding projects over the years? What does this mean? It shows that the fans of this game are really rich. Moreover, iron fans also believe in the level of the game producer without a bottom line, which shows that although the previous work hit the street, it is the porcelain of the iron fan circle.

"But why crowdfunding?"

I only heard Chu Yuanxi say: "This series is a super old series, and the first two games are games from 20 years ago." Moreover, the R&D expenses are huge, the sales are very high, and the game company is gone. And then the producer of this game is called Yu Suzuki.,Not as famous as Hideo Kojima.,But it's also a famous god.,This game is his obsession.,After retirement, he launched crowdfunding.,Set up a company and then do it.,That's why there are 3.。 ”

Yu Wenhui said that it stands to reason that the crowdfunding 6 million $ product should be very promising, but why was it targeted by Mr. Chu so quickly? He was puzzled, but there seemed to be only one answer: "They, hit the street again?"

I saw Chu Yuanxi nodding very comfortably, "I just like this kind of team that is particularly technical but makes products on the street, you look at this expressiveness, it is too difficult for a mature team with excellent technology to dig it over." ”

"How much pounce?"

"More than 10,000 copies were sold in a week. You have to know that there are more than 60,000 people in crowdfunding alone, how far do you want to go? Chu Yuanxi smiled, his face full of very satisfied feelings.

He not only watched the show of the up master of this game,But also experienced it himself.,The sense of operation and picture is really good.,The experience is really boring.。 Players actually need to work part-time in the game, otherwise they won't be able to earn living expenses, and the part-time job is really played, not just a form and a click. The daily boring training + part-time job is an infinite loop, too much pursuit of reality, real to the point of drilling the horns, it is better to do odd jobs in reality and make some money with this time.

So much so that Chu Yuanxi began to doubt his life after playing for an hour, what am I doing for such an expensive hour? Isn't this game made with the goal of hitting the streets? Did the old man of the island country get some money-losing system? This game designer recommended it to Mr. Pei, and his mother couldn't recognize it if he guaranteed to lose money.

Of course, this can't be told to Yu Wenhui, otherwise it will not be conducive to the team's kneading. He looked at Yu Wenhui, the other party was very busy, watching TV and looking at his mobile phone at the same time, and he had to think about distraction.

Yu Wenhui did not deny that the workmanship of this game was awesome, but considering the salary level of the island people, he began to sweat, and asked: "But if it's just art, the island team is actually relatively cost-effective, right?" The cost is going to be unheavenly!

"Oh, first of all, these people really come over, the relationship must be hung in the group, and there is no need for the 'Mediterranean' to bear the cost, you can rest assured. And, if you look at this game first, it's a fully open-world game, in other words, the team's abilities perfectly cover the needs of Enemies of Rome. ”

Zhao Jie's incubation company is called "Gobi Network", and Yu Wenhui's is called "Mediterranean Game", which seems to pay tribute to the programming ape, which can be described as a moment of brilliance. Yu Wenhui searched for "Shenmue" on his mobile phone while watching the video, and then found that Yuzu Suzuki's main achievement came from arcade machines, and the game series "Shenmue" is actually the originator of "open world" games, and it was the game master of the island nation who first practiced this concept 20 years ago.

Yu Wenhui suddenly understood why Chu Yuanxi valued this team, Suzuki Yu's team not only has extremely high game performance, but also has sufficient experience and concepts in open world game production, and the product also has a strong sense of operation. "Enemies of Rome" does not pursue the freedom of the open world, but pursues the depth of scenes similar to the open world, as long as the other party does have strong technical ability, let the team do the subtraction, and the difficulties in research and development are expected to be overcome.

"Enemy of Rome" is a project with a lot of ideas but a bit ahead, before he led the team to engage in research and development, VR is mainly a technical problem, the planning of the mobile game has been a headache how to write the plan, because a qualified planning and design system document must be designed on the basis of the program ape can be realized, it is impossible to write blindly Jaguar.

But the realization of these ideas, theoretically, can be seen in the international 3A masterpieces have been realized, the problem is that the second step of putting the elephant into the refrigerator needs to be completed by its own program ape, but when it comes to the depth of the scene, it involves everything editable, and the elephant just can't be stuffed into the refrigerator.

However, Yuzu Suzuki's team is obviously a team that is very good at stuffing elephants, so the technical implementation link that used to be the most difficult for him suddenly becomes a longboard?

The "Enemies of Rome" project has two huge challenges, one is the technical implementation, and the other is the "semi-intelligent online game", that is, the "robot character" (see chapter 547) scheme discussed by Xue Ming and Chu Yuanxi together, using robot characters to enrich the player's task line and enrich the player's plot experience. Now that Xue Ming has been working hard for this task for more than half a year, the server is expected to get it done, that is to say, this project has actually seen the possibility of completion?

This made Yu Wenhui, who was still worried about how to do the project yesterday, feel that it came too suddenly.

However, he noticed that the research and development cost of "Shenmue 1" 20 years ago exceeded 70 million dollars, which almost put a company as big as Sega down. It's kind of creepy.

What's even more a pity is that the two generations of games are not called, and they have attracted a group of extremely loyal fans, but they can't sell. It can be said that any game company with such a game producer is a serious test, and Sega also withdrew from the competition of console games because of the failure of this game. But there's no denying that Yu Suzuki is still Sega's trump card.

In fact, the concept of open world is really avant-garde, but it is also easy to applaud or not, Yu Wenhui is also a gamer, and I often see others vomiting badly, and such and such an open world game is good anywhere, but it's not fun. is as strong as Hideo Kojima on the altar, and the latest masterpiece "Death Stranding" is also mixed, with mediocre sales.

As for Shenmue, the most literary thing he saw in the evaluation was that it was more of a work of art than a game. I don't know if this is a compliment or a disparagement?

"Mr. Chu, this Suzuki god seems to be a fan of our Celestial Dynasty culture? ”

"Ah yes, it should be easier to communicate, but this is not important, we are going to develop European and American games. Listen to me Teruko, there is one thing you have to pay attention to. ”

Chu Yuanxi said, becoming a little more dignified, "If we really absorb Suzuki Yu's team, you don't have any stage fright, you should give orders, how to communicate, how to communicate, and maintain an equal mentality." Can't just because he's a famous artist, you don't, just retreat and retreat, understand? Our own design concept is the first, what we do is our product, not his, what is needed is their technology. I'll make this clear to him as well. ”

Yu Wenhui said in his heart that Grandpa Suzuki Yu's concept is indeed not very good, and the series of masterpieces that have condensed his life's work should be easier to talk about, right?"

"Before we talked face-to-face, if I asked Knight to take it, it was he who could provide effective technical support, and I provided him with follow-up development funds so that he could continue to work on the Shenmue series. It is absolutely impossible for him to do "Shenmue 4" in his current situation, but if he comes to Pakistan, he can make an investment. ”

"Ahem, cough, cough-" Yu Wenhui almost choked on a mouthful of water, when he searched just now, he also saw that the "Shenmue" series was going to be 11, eleven generations, how many generations did the fairy sword be so successful?

I only heard Chu Yuanxi continue: "Whether or not to provide him with funds, how much to provide, must depend on the other party's role in our project, it can be regarded as an equivalent exchange." But on the other hand, since he needs to exchange his technology at an equivalent price, he must have determined the technical framework at the beginning, and he nodded, he can do the requirements within this framework, and then he can talk about the equivalent exchange.

So here comes to the specific problem, we have to think clearly about the technical requirements to be put forward now, you understand? No, he agreed, we started work, and then you found that there were a few fewer requirements, and people said that they couldn't do it, wouldn't it be over? But in general, people are the originators of the open world, and we don't have to achieve a full degree of freedom, so it should still be possible.

In the end, I definitely asked their team as a whole to come to the imperial capital and come to the company to do development, so as to truly form a team. This is indeed a bit more expensive, but our program ape can be integrated into it to improve the technical level. There is a reason why domestic game companies do not make triple-A masterpieces, game producers are one thing, value orientation is one thing, and the most important thing is technical ability. The video game sector in the island nation has gone decades before us, and it's not a big deal to admit the gap.

I don't require to make a product, our level is directly world-leading, but at least we can follow up, maintain, and learn advanced methods and processes. This requires you to be selective when recruiting, and try to recruit as many malleable, young and good learners as possible. The current level is tolerable even if it is a little tender. You understand the requirement, right? ”

This series of requirements made Yu Wenhui tired of taking notes, but it was not difficult, and the most difficult thing was recruitment. Regarding the various needs in the game, because Chu Yuanxi interrupted the development of the project, it was equivalent to leaving him idle for a while, so he had a lot of time to think, and almost all kinds of difficulties were thought of, although he couldn't come up with all the solutions, but he believed that he was very well prepared to put forward the difficulties.

As for treating Suzuki Yu equally, this is indeed a bit of a test, because the other party has a lot of iron fans, worshipping like a god, and playing a game can make you cry.

After thinking about these key points one by one, all that Yu Wenhui left was excitement, because he had never fought such a wide battle, and the Italian artillery was already hungry and thirsty!

However, he was still caught off guard, because the time was not as Chu Yuanxi thought, it didn't drag on to the weekend at all, and they gave feedback that afternoon, and the next day it was already flying!

So on Tuesday the 26th, Chu Yuanxi took Yu Wenhui, who was not prepared to meet with Grandpa Suzuki Yu in the Ba Ren reception room.

Yu Suzuki has been to the Celestial Empire many times, and he can speak fluent Chinese, which makes Yu Wenhui particularly surprised, so that it will be very easy to communicate in the future. However, as an islander, the polite process of meeting is very rigorous, praising the mobile game "Out of the Mountains in Troubled Times" as a lot of masterpieces in the game industry, praising Yu Wenhui as the project manager of "Out of the Mountains in Troubled Times" for being young and promising, and praising Chu Yuanxi for his good management, so that Chu Yuanxi doesn't know how to praise it back......

Moreover, it may be that Knight Mabao has described the equity structure and development model of "Next Door Network" and "Mediterranean Game" to the old man, so he is obviously very interested in Wenhui.

Fortunately, when Chu Yuanxi pulled the topic to business, the old man quickly entered the role, and then he was very surprised, because Chu Yuanxi started talking about cloud games.

"Google's support for cloud gaming has set off a bloody storm in my big A shares, but in fact it doesn't make sense at all, because it's obviously good for triple-A masterpieces, not mobile games, or even online games, at least it doesn't help existing online games. In fact, cloud gaming is just a very normal network experience mode in the 5G era, the mobile phone retains the input, output and storage functions, and the computing is placed in the cloud, but this function is particularly obvious in the game......

Yu Suzuki saw that Chu Yuanxi had the meaning of his speech, and hurriedly raised his hand to signal him to stop: "I know cloud gaming very, very well, in fact, cloud gaming is our great enemy, whether it is Nintendo, Sony or Sega. ”

This sentence shows that the old man's understanding is very clear, and Chu Yuanxi nodded in affirmation: "But it's a very good thing for a simple console game developer." ”

Console manufacturers must be in pain in the face of the big wave of cloud gaming, for example, Ren Dolphin's Switch, Q3 sold more than 30 million units worldwide, but after the large-scale realization of cloud gaming, it is estimated that even 30,000 units will not be sold, players only need a 5G mobile phone, what 3A masterpiece can't be played?

The advantage of cloud gaming is that it can turn home TV or 5G mobile phones into display terminals for high-quality game masterpieces, and bring computing that previously required the powerful computing power of the host to the cloud. In other words, the entire console channel will be wiped out, which is also the logic of the collective carnival of my big A-share game stocks - factories that can make large-scale games will suddenly become extremely wide in the future, as wide as mobile games.

In the next two days, the big A shares woke up, and the game stocks fell back to their original prices, because these game stocks basically supported their performance with mobile games. This is a dimensionality reduction blow, and in the near future, with the popularization of 5G is about to appear, the first to appear in the scope of our Great Celestial Empire, which is the first to popularize 5G.

This is also one of the reasons why Chu Yuan Xiken sold "Out of the Mountain in Troubled Times", because of his judgment of game genes, which is a reflection of his sensitivity to games. As for what the buyer thinks, it should be strategic, right?

In the 5G era, games must be more content-oriented, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Yu Wenhui saw that Grandpa Suzuki agreed, and immediately picked up the conversation, saying: "The game we plan to develop is called "Enemy of Rome", and the specific gameplay is like this......"

He briefly introduced the main gameplay and mission mechanics of this MMO, as well as the need for depth in the scene, and then described the core combat, "...... In short, this is the case, and the experience in operation should be more similar to that of a home machine. ”

"It's not like that. Chu Yuanxi interrupted directly, "What we want to do is to develop two modes at the same time, one is the regular mobile game mode, the picture is presented on the mobile phone, and the operation is also completed on the mobile phone screen." The other is the double-ended mode, if the player chooses to cast the screen on the TV, the TV screen presents the game screen, and then uses the mobile phone as the controller of the home machine to operate. If a player chooses to use a VR headset, they are using VR to present the visuals, and the phone is used as a controller. What does Mr. Suzuki think of this mode of operation?"

Yu Suzuki didn't wait for Chu Yuanxi to finish speaking, he began to pretend, his eyes were tilted up 45 degrees and he looked at the sky speechlessly, his hands were pinched, as if he was pinching a handle to operate, and then said: "In this way, there must be a mark on the display screen that can show the position of the player's left and right hands on the mobile phone screen." If you want to have TV, it's a must, but if you want VR, it's a must. ”

"Yes, that's right. Yu Wenhui secretly praised, but he didn't expect the old man to break through this key point in one sentence, and he deserves to be the strongest arcade designer who pays the most attention to operability.

In fact, under the impact of cloud gaming, the only place where the controller operation mode of consoles and home consoles may have application scenarios in the future is the operation of VR. The controller is raised with fixed buttons, and the player holds the controller to play the game, and the headset only needs to present the game scene, and there is no need to display virtual operation buttons.

And if Chu Yuanxi wants to make "Enemies of Rome" into a VR game, the biggest problem is operability. His basic operation mode is to use a helmet display + a mobile phone as a handle to operate, which can be adapted to most potential users, only need to buy a VR headset, and then VR and mobile phone or smart TV Bluetooth connection, no need for a handle.

But you can't see the phone screen with the headset, even if your fingers keep sliding against the phone screen, the left hand controls the direction is okay, how to point the skill button with the right hand?

This is a problem that must be overcome, and it is impossible to talk about VR without it.

"This has a relatively high threshold for players, and they must adapt to a certain mode of operation in order to continue playing. Yu Suzuki muttered to himself, "But it's already VR, and the various operating modes are all new, so I should be able to ......"

"Wait!" Chu Yuanxi found that this meeting had a tendency to become a technical exchange meeting, and hurriedly stopped: "That's the case, Mr. Suzuki, although you must be able to meet our technical requirements to have a basis for cooperation, but let's talk about the conditions of cooperation first? ”

Unexpectedly, Suzuki Yu immediately raised his voice and became very formal: "No, President Chu, what is your solution plan?"

Yu Wenhui scratched his head: "The whole must be left and right to control the direction, and the right hand points the skill." Our plan is to distinguish the three finger states of the right hand's 'click and adsorption', 'move', and 'release', and if you misoperate, you can also not release and take back the skill. ”

"Well, let me think about it. This is actually more important than the depth of the scene, as for the rest, it seems that technically it is not too difficult to complete......" Suzuki Yu said and suddenly saw Yu Wenhui glaring at him, and glanced at Chu Yuanxi, "Wait, President Chu is still waiting to give me conditions." Look at me, hahahaha......"

The old man's appearance can be said to be mediocre, and the only striking thing is that there is a big mole next to his nose. Even the cartoon image in the game he made for himself specially restored this mole.

At this time, he smiled, like a black dot trembling on his face, very happy.

Chu Yuanxi had only been in contact with him for a while, but he felt that he should be a person who could speak straightforwardly, so he didn't beat around the bush, "Knight Mabao's friend should have roughly told you that my quid pro quo is to support you to continue to develop the Shenmue series, and my specific plan is roughly like this, there are several options."

You and your team can choose to join the Ba Ren Group en masse, and then pan for gold through the group's DKP system, the specific DKP rules are as follows......"

Yu Suzuki listened, but his face was difficult, and the focus of Chu Yuanxi's explanation was on the structure of the incubation company, and then used peak visual effects as an example. Originally, this example was easy to understand, but Hiroshi Suzuki was embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, president." Your approach is novel, but I don't think we fit that model very well. Starting a business may be an easy thing for you, but in our country, this kind of thing is too unfamiliar and unaccustomed. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. ”

Saying that, Suzuki Yu also bowed his butt out of his seat, and Chu Yuanxi, who was engaged, had to hurry back the salute, "It's okay, it's okay, there are other options." The second option is for the Baren Group to buy your company, so the relationship is clearer, but there is one thing that must be communicated clearly, that is, where is the IP adaptation rights of the Shenmue series, whether it is in your company or Sega. ”

"At SEGA, we license it to our company in the form of a franchise. ”

"So if I propose an acquisition, will it affect the concession?"

"This ......" Suzuki Yumian was embarrassed, because this right was obtained by him in his lifelong service to Sega, and he did not explain anything at the beginning. "Our agreement was signed relatively simply, and it should be said that it was very loose......"

Chu Yuanxi frowned, "Then this is not appropriate." ”

IP disputes are big or small things, if they are all from the Celestial Empire, he can even mediate in person, even if it is not a big problem to fight a lawsuit in the future. But when it comes to cross-border, if the rights are not tightly linked, it may be very, very difficult in the future.

Then he found that Mr. Suzuki Hiroshi was looking at him expectantly, and this feeling was still very stressful. The plan he proposed must mainly ensure one point, that is, he can control it, and what must be avoided is to promise the other party to invest in the "Shenmue" series in black and white, and then the other party will work for the Ba people, and there will be no work. The first two controls are okay, and the third becomes less harmonious.

"There's one last option. Chu Yuanxi said calmly: "Gentleman's agreement." You and your team join the Pakren Group as individuals, as long as we agree in advance that the work that you are sure you can do and that I need to do with your ability is completed, regardless of whether the project is successful or not, or even whether the project itself is successfully completed, I promise to invest you at least 600 million yen. ”

A gleam flashed in Suzuki Yu's eyes, "Of course this is a good condition, but how can I trust you?" If you sign an agreement, there is really too much to do with this condition. ”

"600 million yen is not a lot of money for the Pakistan Group, and I just signed a sale agreement worth more than 520 billion yen. As for the possibility of ripping the skin, although it is really difficult to argue legally, it would be good to give it to the public for comment, and the loss of reputation if I broke the contract would be much greater than 600 million yen. So you have to trust me so we can work together. ”

Yu Suzuki pursed his lips and leaned slightly sideways on the sofa to ponder for a moment, squinting his eyes and said, "President Chu, let me rely on the old and sell the old, are you questioning the ability of me and my team to work? Shouldn't we trust each other?"

"Yes, then I promise you that I will give you an investment of no less than 600 million yen, and if it is done well, it can be increased. ”

Yu Suzuki nodded with satisfaction, "Then it's decided!"

Immediately, Suzuki Yu left Ba Ren on the pretext of going to see his old friend, and after he left, Yu Wenhui immediately grabbed Chu Yuanxi: "Mr. Chu, I suddenly thought of a question. When employees from island countries join our company, can they work overtime?"

Chu Yuanxi suddenly cried and laughed, "Hey, you are really funny, the people of the island country are blessed, and you don't know the blessing in the blessing, where did you get the word 'social animal' from?"

He is still quite satisfied with this result, thanks to Knight Mabao for his strength and efficiency. In fact, he originally told Aunt Cynthia of Knight Mabao that during this period of time, there was also a problem involved in the handover of the Ba Ren game, that is, the account period and settlement of Knight Mabao. There is no problem with the delivery of the Ba Ren game, but there are account periods in various channels at home and abroad, and the money on the account period cannot be sent to the Ba Ren Group all the time, but it cannot be immediately changed to the channel to be sent to Lingxi, because there are still a few months of money that need to be returned to the Ba Ren account.

This problem seems to be a small problem, it should be a matter of a few phone calls from the business manager, but in practice it is very laborious, and the operation efficiency of Knight Mabao is higher than that of several large domestic channels.

This made the other party ask whether the idle mobile game of "Wudao Dusk" should be launched in the island country and the universe country, which made Chu Yuanxi more difficult, and finally agreed.