After the holidays, a new week begins.

The elevator door opened, and Atletico strode towards his office.

The girl behind the reception desk saw it and hurriedly bowed down to greet: "Chairman, good morning!"

"Well, Shanshan, it's your turn today?"

"Uh-huh!" the girl nodded excitedly, as soon as it was her turn to be on duty at the reception desk today, she ran into the boss coming to work, a good omen.

Ma Jing nodded slightly, put the wood-colored suitcase on the reception desk and opened it casually, took out an iron box and handed it over, "By the way, this is for you!"

The iron box is only half a palm the size, the front is printed with the scenery of the tea mountain, and the blue sky background is written with the word "Tieguanyin", which looks quite concise.

Seeing this, Su Shanshan was surprised, raised his head and asked, "Iron box Tieguanyin, this is the new tea you made, boss?"

As an assistant team member, she naturally knows that her boss has the habit of going to the front line to experience work, going to the store to be a shopping guide, going to the factory must go to the assembly line, going to the farm will also do farm work, and the sitting is not bad, can reach the level of advanced employees. After a long time, the factory directors and store managers under Bee and Jiajing all knew that their boss had this hobby, and they would arrange such an "experience program" for him without waiting for Atletico to ask.

Outsiders don't know the inside story, they just think it's their subordinates who brag about him, but these assistants have seen and tasted it with their own eyes, and they know that Ma Dong really understands, and his craftsmanship is indeed not inferior to those masters.

Boss Ma went to Jiajing's tea farm last week to inspect the autumn tea picking work, and Su Shanshan knew that making tea by hand was a high probability event, so he asked this question.

So hearing this question, someone was a little embarrassed, he did fry some tea in Zhangpu Tea Farm, but there was a little mistake in the middle. In addition to the tea made by Atletico himself, there were also some practice works of Tang Jiayi and four snacks mixed in it, and when he found out, the product had been packaged, but he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

"These are indeed the teas I make. By the way, the quality of this tea is not very stable, so don't take it to entertain guests. ”

"Oh," Assistant Su nodded in response, "Shall I help you disperse it to everyone?"

"No," Atletico shook his head and beckoned to the assistants who were watching not far away, "What are you still doing in a daze, come and get what you want!"

Hearing this, everyone came over one after another, shouting the chairman, Ma Dong, and the boss, but their hands stretched out into the suitcase, and there was a posture of a grocery shopping aunt rushing into the fresh food area of the supermarket to buy event vegetables. Their ears are not deaf, so they naturally heard the unstable quality, and they all wanted to pick a good box to go back.

After everyone got the tea, Atletico put away the box, and Shi Shiran said: "Don't patronize and drink, the old rules still have to be done." Remember to write a tasting report after drinking, more than 100 words, plagiarism and ghostwriting are strictly prohibited, repeat falsehoods, and hand it over to your director next week. ”

When the words fell, all the assistants wailed in unison. Of course, a 100-word short essay is not difficult, the problem is that someone has too many rules, not only to write new ideas, to write changes, but also not to exaggerate, fiction and brainless touting that writing is out of reality, and it really takes some thought to write well.

Raising the box in his hand, Sun Ke bargained with a smile: "Boss, can you give me a reference template?"

Atletico shook his head resolutely: "No! You are a generalist who graduated from a prestigious school and is also a liberal arts and sciences, and you need a template to write a 100-word essay, and you will definitely be laughed at when you say it." Beware of dishonoring your alma mater!"

"Okay," Sun Ke lowered his eyebrows and walked towards his desk.

"Wait! Sun Ke, wait a minute!"

Seeing him turn around, Atletico took out his mobile phone and operated, "Wait a minute, you go to the Bee Tour Giant Rat Studio, and let the exhibiting team of the Steam Project come over with the materials." ”

"Okay!" Assistant Sun left, and didn't forget to stuff the box of tea into his pocket before leaving.

"Let's get busy," waved the crowd away, and Atletico unlocked the inner door and walked into the office.

The assistant on duty followed, delivered important documents and tea and snacks respectively, and then quietly left. If it is an ordinary boss, it is indispensable to leave people for interviews and inquiries, but Atletico Madrid prefers to obtain information through written documents, and the assistants know his preferences, so they will naturally not stay here to be an eyesore.

Just by the stride, Atletico Madrid had read three briefings from international and domestic companies before they began to deal with the backlog of official duties over the weekend.

The important and urgent ones have been dealt with as soon as possible, and the important and non-urgent ones have been hung up in the office system for work hours to deal with, plus the important and confidential content must be opened in a safe environment, and there is really a lot of work backlog.

Fortunately, Atletico Madrid has a reading speed far beyond ordinary people, as well as a huge brain library and a self-made decision-making assistance system as a reference, and after reading the documents submitted by subordinates, you can quickly find the core points and make trade-off decisions, which is also handy to deal with.

By the time Sun Ke brought the people from the Giant Rat Studio into the office, he had already done this part of the work.

The original members of the Giant Rat Studio were a group of tank enthusiasts, and the studio is also known for its ability to produce realistic war vehicles, and has created a number of works on the theme of "Steel Torrent", "Battlefield Gallop", "Crossing the Battlefield" and so on. Among them, the first two are biased towards direct confrontation, belonging to TPS (third-person shooting) online games, and the last one is a derivative driving racing stand-alone game, players need to withstand the pressure of artillery fire and aircraft bombing, and cross the battlefield to complete challenges such as delivery and pick-up competitions.

Because the sword is off the edge, "Piercing the War" has made the eyes of racing gamers who are accustomed to seeing supercars and rally cars shine, and has achieved good sales results.

Seeing that it was a hit, the giant rat simply continued to work hard and came up with an even more bizarre, first-of-its-kind racing game "Steam Age", which is the guy who is internally codenamed Project S.

As a loyal believer in the multi-turret cult, these people naturally know a lot about the essence of the holy cult of "multi-turret, riveting (jointing process), steam (steam-powered), and rigid (sexual suspension)", and after experiencing multi-turret in the war game, they set their sights on steam power, intending to create a steam locomotive racing game.

Given that domestic players are not very enthusiastic about the steampunk theme, and ChinaJoy is also a staple of online and mobile games, they put the debut of "Steamtime" at the TGS Tokyo Game Show to be held this week. Unlike domestic producers who love martial arts RPGs, island artists and producers are very fond of this genre, and can often see steam, gears, connecting rods, airships and other old-time technological elements in their works. Correspondingly, players over there are also much more receptive to the steam theme, so there is nothing wrong with this choice.

Atletico had seen the trailer and concept demo they had prepared before, and they were instructed to change some of the content, and this time they called someone to see the results.

The big boss beckoned, and Bai Xing, the boss of the giant rat studio, immediately gathered all the people to put on the information and rushed over.

Seeing the visitor, Atletico asked, "Lao Bai, how is it?"

Bai Xingren is as his surname, a tall, thin and fair-skinned young man with glasses, and when he heard this question, he replied cheerfully: "Don't worry, boss, it's all done!"

Nodding, Atletico beckoned everyone to the rest area, "Then take a look!"

He has a PT game console in his office, and a large flat-screen TV hanging on the wall, which is easy to play videos and demonstrate games.

As soon as the studio members were busy, the video began to play.

First of all, of course, there was the brand animation, with bees flying over the flowers, and then a P1000 giant rat super-heavy tank roaring past, firing a few shots and turning into a silhouette logo.

Then the picture turns, and there is a large square city with clear and orderly houses, and the inner city surrounded by red walls is the Forbidden City, the center of Manchu rule.

The camera pressed down, galloping towards the imperial city, but after approaching the Qing Gate, he suddenly turned right, passed through two large courtyards, and finally was in front of a group of civil officials wearing placket robes and hats.

The stereo behind him suddenly heard the eunuch's shrill shout: "The emperor has arrived!"

A group of officials, scribes, and craftsmen suddenly knelt on the ground, and shouted respectfully: "Welcome to the emperor!"

There was only one exception, a bearded middle-aged white official stood still, staring at the dragon robe emperor who was walking slowly, but bowed his head slightly, "Welcome to His Majesty the Emperor!"

This person was none other than the missionary Nan Huairen (Ferdinand Verbiest) from Belgium, who was appointed by the Kangxi Emperor to be in charge of the Qin Heavenly Prison because he was proficient in astronomical calculations.

The young emperor wearing a golden dragon robe is the Aixin Jueluo-Xuanye (era name Kangxi) who survived the auxiliary ministers, killed the powerful ministers and worshipped, and was able to truly pro-government.

Due to various reasons, astronomy, which once led the world in China, gradually came to a standstill, and by the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was seriously lagging behind the West. After the German missionary John Tong, the Manchu Qintian Supervisor fell into the hands of European missionaries and helped spread the Catholic faith.

In 1664, missionaries such as John Tong and Nan Huairen were strongly counterattacked and were ordered to be imprisoned or exiled to Lingnan by the four auxiliary ministers. It was not until April 1669 that Nan Huairen was released by Kangxi and appointed as the deputy supervisor of Qintian.

As if to be grateful for the young emperor's indulgence, Nan Huairen soon became active, first applying to renovate the observatory and build an observation instrument adapted to the Western calendar, and then building a steam automatic car to demonstrate the magic of science for the emperor, feeling that "the Kangxi Emperor was deeply impressed by European astronomy, and the joy brought to him by Western mechanics will definitely turn his attention to the belief behind science."

On the TV screen, the CG video continued to play, and the young emperor waved his hand to signal everyone to flatten down, and then looked at the object covered by the red cloth next to him, "Nanqing, this is the 'automatic machine' you made?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!

Red blaze, and a strangely shaped wooden cart appeared in front of everyone, less than three feet long, very small.

It looks a bit like a tricycle with an extra pair of rear axles, with a large single wheel that can rotate in front and a flatbed body with four wheels in the back. On the cart were a stove and a copper kettle with a spout. The tip of the copper kettle is flanked by a windmill, and the lower part of the windmill is connected to the rear wheel spindle by a gear redirection.

"Your Majesty, please look!" Nan Huairen introduced to the young emperor to the strange Jing Pianzi: "As long as you put charcoal fire in this furnace, and when the water in the copper kettle boils, steam will spew out of this mouth, hit the windmill blades, and then drive the wheel to rotate." I don't need to pull a horse or push it, my 'automatic machine' can run on its own!"

The little emperor nodded slightly noncommittally, waved his hand and said, "Let's start!"

At the sound of the order, someone immediately brought in the stove that had been lit in advance, put a copper kettle filled with hot water, and soon steam gushed out.

The brick-paved floor of the Qin Tianjian was not very flat, and the Blanca impulse steam turbine that came out in 1629 was even more inefficient, and the steam thrust near atmospheric pressure was limited, but with the help of multi-stage gear deceleration, it finally produced enough torque for the axle to overcome the frictional resistance, and then the car moved on its own, although it was as slow as a snail.

At that time, roller bearings (1760) were introduced, but the material had not yet been widely used on a large scale, and it would take longer for it to spread to the East, and vehicles in the East could only use grease to lubricate the axles. Grease is particularly easy to evaporate and drip, and with the leakage and loss of "lubricating oil", the car quickly stopped, and the old man and his subordinates suddenly sweated on their foreheads and were at a loss.

The Kangxi Emperor in history did not realize the significance of this small car and quickly left it behind. If it weren't for Nan Huairen's careful attention, he sorted out the manuscript and mailed it to Europe before his death, and published it in the German journal "European Astronomy" in 1687, so that this technical achievement could not be preserved, and his hat as the "ancestor of the automobile" would not have been guaranteed.

Because of this miss, the budding steam locomotive died in the wind, and it was not until a hundred years later that the Englishman James Watt (James Att) built a practical and improved steam engine, and the age of steam really arrived. Then, in 1886, the hat of the "father of modern automobiles" was put on the heads of the Germans Karl Friedrich Benz and Gottlieb Daimler.

History is history, games are games.

In The Age of Steam, the world line turns a corner in 1672.

The 18-year-old Kangxi Emperor was possessed by the "little Xuanzi", and suddenly became interested in Nan Huairen's toys, not only took away this "concept car" to play with day and night, but also rewarded Lao Nan's legendary yellow jacket, and issued an edict to the world to spread the word to the township, recruiting strange people who can improve the car and "enable people".

At the end of the video, the official document covered with a big seal was posted from north to south, and finally pasted on the wall in front of the yamen in Qiantang County, where it was seen by a young man named Dai Zi.

According to Ji Xiaolan's "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", "(Dai Suitang, a descendant of Dai Zi) said that he was originally from Zhejiang, and he was clever in his mind to compete with Westerners. In Qintianjian, with Nan Huairen, he migrated to Tieling. When he said little, he saw that the ancestors made a bird's gun, which was shaped like a pipa, and all gunpowder and lead shots were stored in the milling ridge, and opened and closed by a wheel...... Twenty-eight rounds were counted, and the gunpowder and lead pellets were exhausted, and they needed to be restored. ”

Siren has passed away, and the grievances between Dai Zi and Nan Huairen are no longer verifiable, but this entanglement was put into the game, and Xiao Dai successfully transformed the "South Che", and then was selected into the Qin Tianjian and then exiled to Tieling by Nan Huairen. The plot of the game unfolds, and players will play the role of the descendants of Dai Zi, who went abroad with the "Dai Che" technology, and participated in the tide of the steam age that is coming. 2k reading web