Chapter 970: Visiting
The car slowly stopped, Atletico took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on, and got out of the car after the bodyguard.
Recently, the popularity has soared, and I am often recognized when I walk outside, so I have to cover it up.
The organizers of East Malaysia have used a large number of elite officers (pacemakers, frontrunners), greatly modified the course, deliberately reduced bridges and undulating sections against the wind, and even did not hesitate to abandon the traditional finish line Tokyo BigSight (Ariake International Exhibition Center) for this painstaking efforts have not been in vain, and the results of this East Malaysia have been significantly improved, and the top three have all run within 205 good results.
The first place went to Atletico, who broke the marathon record in East Malaysia and the island nation and helped him win the championship despite being 126 seconds slower than the world record he set at Egret Island last month.
As the only yellow-skinned person in the top six and the world record holder standing in the middle of the podium, Atletico has naturally received a lot of attention from the media and netizens in the island country.
What makes him even more well-known is the "Atletico Leap 200" that defeated the two "breaking two" running shoes of Adidas AdizeroSub2 and Nike ZoomVaporflyElite. Many island citizens and netizens regard his success as a victory of scientific and technological progress, and call on island companies and scientific research departments to act quickly to create exclusive combat boots for veterans and rookies such as Masato Imai, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Daihito Inoue, and Yuma Hattori, so as to add a weight to the "Tokyo 2020" plan. Although they are overtaken by their western neighbors in many ways, they still firmly believe that their country has an advantage in the field of high-tech, and firmly believe that if others can, the island companies must also be able to do it.
Because of this incident, Atletico Madrid was harassed and talked about by the media of the island country, and its already popular popularity rose to a new level. Even if he meets an ordinary person on the street, there is a good chance that the other party will talk to him about marathons and running shoes.
In Atletico Madrid's view, this is the same mysterious confidence as "I can fight back", if you really have to jump in, you will definitely be pitted and unable to find the north.
Limited by technology and patented materials, the actual performance of the "Leap 200" is actually inferior to the similar models of Adi and Nike. Atletico actually played a "Tian Ji Horse Race", and the "Shrinkage Competition Version" sold to the outside world is actually a real competition version, and the combat boots he wears to the competition are a special weight loss version that has been changed on this basis, and the weight has been greatly reduced at the expense of life and protection ability.
If the island company participates, the best result is to make a Japanese version of the "Leap 200", which is far less convenient and affordable than finding Nike and Adi to customize exclusive running shoes.
However, he will not tell this kind of truth, and of course he will not encourage the people of the island countries to jump into the pit, all he has to do is to live in seclusion, cover up his work, and do not express any opinions, so that they can encourage each other and jump into the big pit of the "running shoe plan" by themselves. Although the relationship between the two countries has improved significantly under Han Letian's hard work, the vigilance that should be there is still no less.
Today is Atletico's last day in Tokyo, and after visiting DigiTiger (Tokyo) Co., Ltd., he will leave for Spain to attend Bee Mobile's pre-MWC launch event in Barcelona. Bee has prepared a lot of C4 for this industry event, and I firmly believe that it can shock the world.
Thinking about the other side of the world, the elevator he was taking stopped on the 22nd floor of the office building, but it was his destination.
As soon as the car door opened, Liu Haiyang's big face appeared outside, "Haha! Welcome, welcome! Just as I was saying that I was going down to pick you up, you came to the door by yourself!"
Behind him, there were many employees huddled together, and when they saw Atletico Madrid appear, everyone excitedly shouted in unison, "ζθΏγγγγΎγ!"
Once Atletico stepped out of the car and nodded at them, it was no longer easy for them to keep their tone in line, some excitedly telling him that they were happy to see you, some yelling that you were the best, and others saying regretfully that they couldn't run for two hours again.
Atletico Madrid was a little stunned for a while, what is going on with these people? Doesn't it mean that the employees of the island country are very rigid and cold? What is the matter with these people?
Noticing the expression on the other party's face, President Liu stretched out his hand to wave everyone away, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I may have recruited some fake island country employees, who are not at all as rumored. β
Atletico smiled, "That's okay, it's loose and energetic, and the suit or something is still too restrictive." β
Digital Tiger is an entertainment company with "people" as its product, if everyone is dressed in suits and leather shoes, rigid and serious, it is hard to imagine what kind of products they will make, soldiers?
Atletico Madrid, who took off his sunglasses with his fingers, Liu Haiyang introduced in Japanese: "This founder of the famous Bee Group, whom everyone knows, is the first place in this year's Tokyo Marathon! At the same time, he is also the world record holder, the only man who can run for two hours!"
Turning around, he switched back to Chinese and pointed to a young man in a fluorescent green jacket next to him and introduced, "This is Mr. Fujita Morito, the vice president, my important partner. β
Atletico knew that this person was the second generation of a puppet company here, because his father insisted on not retiring and taking over, he asked for a sum of money to start his own business. Liu Haiyang's digital tiger bought his small company, and the two hooked up and became adulterous, causing countless disasters to the homebody.
Just thinking about it, Fujita took a half step forward, bent down and bowed to 45 degrees, and at the same time greeted him in Chinese, which he was not very proficient in: "First time we meet, please take care of me!"
"This is the familiar taste! This is the normal style of painting!" shouted in his heart, Atletico Madrid hurriedly bent down to return the salute, the degree can be small or short, but it can't be done, otherwise it will make people at a loss.
When both of them straightened their waists, Liu Haiyang pointed his finger to a very feminine curly-haired man with pink nails, diamond stud earrings, a bright red suit and pinned scalp shoes, "This is Mr. Suiki, the chief designer of the club, who is in charge of the appearance and clothing design of many hot-selling products. β
Curly bowed, "Please take care of me!"
Atletico returned the salute, "Please take care of me!"
"This is Mr. Shiraishi Futahashi, the chief engineer, a veteran we have finally dug up," this time it was a man with black-rimmed glasses and gray sideburns, who looked really like an engineer. This person is from the Fujita Doll Society, and he was brought by Fujita Mori himself, but he has not been poached at all.
The opponent bowed humbly, and Atletico had to bend down again.
The last one is a slender girl with fair skin and a ruddy face, "This is Miss Yoshimi Nishinomiya, the chief model of the club." β
The young girl bent down to play at 90 degrees, and said softly and timidly, "Please take care of us when we meet for the first time!"
This Miss Nishinomiya is a newcomer who just debuted last year and just celebrated her 20th birthday a few days ago. Although she has the title of chief model on her head, she doesn't have much actual status, and her presence here is actually the result of someone's deliberate design. Many film and television modeling companies have a tradition of letting top stars come forward to accompany customers, and Lao Liu's goods have obviously been damaged.
glared at Liu Haiyang vaguely, and Atletico shook his body slightly as a courtesy. The difference in status is too big, if you insist on reciprocal gifts, it will make the other party unable to get off the stage, and others around you will feel embarrassed.
In any case, some lengthy meetings and introductions were finally over, and Atletico Madrid secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile: "Lao Liu, are you here to receive me?"
"How come?" the latter asked, then leaned sideways to get out of the way, "This way, please!"
The other side where the few people are is only an elevator room, and it takes a little more to really enter the territory of the Tokyo branch of Digital Tiger. However, this floor is their territory, and they don't have to worry about disturbing others by standing outside.
Office rents in Tokyo, which fell sharply after '07, have now recovered, but they are not yet at the peak, and the average price is even one-third lower than that of Sagishima, where the vacancy rate has soared since the entry of the World Trade Center Twin Towers. The neighborhood where the Tokyo branch of Shuhu is located is relatively remote, and the price is much lower than the average, so Boss Liu waved his fat hand and directly rented a whole floor.
The space is spacious enough that everyone's office space is much larger than usual. Ordinary employees have two desks per person, one for office, one for books, figurines, potted plants and even game consoles, and everyone above the middle floor has an office/studio, plus everyone is dressed casually, it really doesn't look like an island company.
Of course, the reason for this is that the Tokyo branch does not have many employees, and if the headquarters on Sagishima is full of mechanical and material engineers, even the most spacious office space can be filled.
Pointing to the staff pretending to be busy, Liu Haiyang said: "The mission of the Tokyo branch is to contact users to collect needs and design the most popular virtual characters. We have the best designers, the best screenwriters, and mature voice actors and the music industry to support us, and we have found potential newcomers like Miss Nishinomiya as prototype models, and several smart dolls have been welcomed by the market. β
Atletico Madrid knew in his heart, "This is a localization team, only responsible for designing the local version of the doll's appearance, personality, and dialogue lines. The skeleton, muscles, and processing system of the doll are still designed by the Sagishima headquarters, and the manufacturing is also in China, but the packaging and sales are here. β
Since it is a puppet company, it is natural that all kinds of finished and semi-finished dolls are indispensable.
As soon as he walked into the office hall, Atletico immediately saw four dressed women, two of whom had a ninety percent similar face to Nishinomiya Haomi behind him, and couldn't help but look back at her.
Noticing Atletico Madrid's small movements, Liu Haiyang opened his mouth and introduced: "These four are the four most popular companion dolls in the company at present, and the dolls wearing cherry blossom kimono and sailor suits are Nishinomiya Sakurako and Nishinomiya Ai who are based on Miss Nishinomiya. Diana Lei, who is wearing a one-piece combat suit, and Yuko Mita, who is wearing an apron, are both original characters synthesized based on the contributions of netizens. β
The latter two are obviously synthetic characters created by synthesizing the faces and figures of two-dimensional and three-dimensional stars, and you can see a lot of dΓ©jΓ vu. And the two "Nishinomiya" are a strengthened version of the plastic surgery of the model next to him, with a sharper chin and a better figure.
Atletico nodded in agreement, "Well, I've seen the replay of the puppet couple challenge on the hotel TV before, and the most popular girlfriends are indeed the two Miss Nishinomiya. β
Hearing the mention of herself, the girl's face flushed with shame and her head drooped, and I saw that the shyness of the pity became more and more obvious.
However, Atletico Madrid knows that she is just performing habitually, and if it weren't for DLT (Tiger Tokyo) throwing money and poaching halfway, she should have signed with MOODYZ at this time and become a female knight who controls HyperDigtalMosaic.
Passing over the four "beautiful door gods", a group of people walked into the company, and then saw more dolls.
Pointing to a male and female puppet with or dressed or bare board, Liu Haiyang introduced: "The figure of the puppet is thin, but the bust and hip circumference are a little excessive, and it will be inconvenient to wear ordinary clothes. This is also a very important profit point for the company, especially popular with female users. β
After visiting the body and facial features responsible for playing with mud, as well as the corresponding departments for designing makeup, tattoos, and hairstyles, the group finally walked into the tuning department with a strange painting style.
The black room is lined with three long rows of shelves against the wall, on which are neatly arranged the heads of beautiful women and handsome men, looking like the secret laboratories of evil scientists.
It's a lab, but it's not evil at all.
There are three rows of workbenches separated by soundproof glass in the room, and the staff can go up from the shelves and place the head on the stand, and then attach various cables to the base under the neck, and then use the work computer next to it to control the head. Just tap on the corresponding on-screen button and the head will speak, reading the specified sentence according to a specific parameter.
Thanks to the latest bee voice technology, the sense of synthesis in the voice is already quite thin, and the tone and mood can be clearly heard. The only problem is that there will be occasional emotional misalignment, laughing and crying, crying and laughing, etc., which need to be corrected by someone in tone.
The reason why there are so many heads is not to be scary, the sound of the puppet comes from the built-in horn under the larynx, but it is also affected by the mouth, chest cavity, and head cavity.
Although he understood this approach, Atletico Madrid still asked suspiciously: "It doesn't seem that there is such a big battle on Heron Island, right?"
"Aren't you all responsible?"
"What's the matter with us?"
"The voice engine sold to us didn't have a Kansai accent template in it, so we had to add it ourselves, and that's how the workload came up. β
Although the Kansai accent is considered by some people to be both village and earthy, it is a cute point in the eyes of others, and DLT has to follow the local customs.
(End of chapter)