Chapter 3: A New Home
This is not Takahashi's first time in the United States, but it is the first time that a young geisha has come to the United States.
The little geisha, who was a little nervous, gently pulled Takahashi's sleeve.
The people who came and went from the airport, regardless of their skin color, were quite tall and muscular in the eyes of the little geisha. Although Takahashi beside him is not much different in size, he is a little worried after all.
"It's fine. Takahashi handed the trolley case to his left hand, and with his right hand he pulled over the hand of the little geisha who was pulling the sleeve.
At this moment, Takahashi has already shaved off his beard. Originally, when he was in Wanhu, in order to look older, he grew some beard, and his hair gradually grew longer.
And at this moment, Takahashi, with a smooth chin and short hair, really doesn't look like a person compared to the original Takahashi.
In the whole of the United States, basically except for Nick, there is no second person who can recognize Takahashi as this person.
"Takahashi?" the little geisha called softly.
"Huh?" Takahashi bowed his head.
"Is that good?" asked the little geisha, "is it okay to accompany me to school like this? ”
"It's fine. Takahashi looked down at the little geisha's face and said, "I've been thinking about going to school for a long time. Today, there are talents in all the households, and I believe in them. Besides, I discussed with them the possible development direction of the video game industry in the next three years, as well as the industrial layout of Wanhu in the next three years. I'm sure there won't be a problem. Besides, the two of us have been 'married' for so long, so we haven't had a good time together, don't you say?"
"Yes......" The little geisha's face turned a little crimson when she heard Takahashi's words.
Although she hasn't been to school since she graduated from high school. But her ability to learn is still very strong. In the process of leading the production of the Sims series, she also discovered many shortcomings of her own. Therefore, she studied harder, and really relied on her own efforts to get an admission letter from a well-known American university.
As for why Takahashi was able to go to school with the little geisha without taking the exam? He also relied on his own ability, but the ability of money. After donating a sum of money, he also successfully got the admission notice.
On the day Takahashi got the admission letter, he jokingly said to the little geisha, "I'm really sorry, I can really do whatever I want with money." ”
The little geisha didn't come to the United States to learn programming, but to study literature. After making several games in the Sims franchise, she decided that video games were an art, a game art like no other.
Its charm is that it is not one-way, it is a person-to-person interaction.
Why man and man, not man and machine?
Little Geisha believes that the levels of the game are thought to be designed. Players are trying to jump, attack, and defeat the boss. But in fact, the real enemy he faces is not these illusory things, but the game designers who hide behind these elements.
Even if it's a game like The Sims series, which focuses on numerical planning, she still thinks it's a showdown between people.
All the numerical difficulty settings are not unfounded, but carefully verified. And all this, again, is for the game.
Little Geisha believes that video games must be playful in order to be called "games", and any other elements, including plot and connotation, are additive.
She thinks she can master the core of gameplay. But for those who add head, there are still some things that are missing.
She thought that her game lacked connotation, so she went to the United States, a country founded more than 200 years ago, to find connotation.
Takahashi's major is related to computers.
The purpose of his coming to school here is to live a two-person world with a little geisha, and secondly, to think about whether he will have a chance to search for the legendary game master in the United States.
Wanhu retreated from the Great Mansion, and almost all the departments were evacuated, but the game production department did not retreat.
Takahashi felt that if he wanted to make a game that matched the characteristics of local players, he still needed to connect with the place in a physical distance.
Although it sounds a bit mysterious, the subtle influence can still affect the details of the game.
In addition to the above two reasons, the third reason is that Takahashi wants to be involved in the wave of PC game production.
1992 was the eve of the explosion of personal computer games.
The reason why Takahashi chose to go into battle himself was not to send a group of people or let Mando North America make computer games with all his might.
It's not because Wanhu North America eats dry rice, but because Wanhu people who are used to the handheld market and the console market want to participate in the field of computer games with a new way of thinking, which is definitely not simple.
Takahashi thinks he can adapt to computer games because he has played many computer games before and knows what computer games are all about.
As more people come into contact, each person's talents are limited. Maybe there are people who enter the wrong line of work, people who choose the wrong job, and they can not be bright in the east and bright in the west. But few people can light up on both sides.
It's like Takahashi himself, despite the fact that he's done his best to learn how to take charge of a large multinational group. However, his abilities are still limited.
Although Wanhu is his Yiyantang, if there are no executors who can carry out his will, Wanhu will definitely not be able to make this day.
Now, Takahashi has left a three-year plan. This is his will, and those who execute, although they have higher authority, actually act for Takahashi's will.
Of course, the three-year plan is a macro matter, and many of the small details must be decided by the executor.
Takahashi is not the kind of front-line unit manager who can hit a specific soldier with a mobile phone and ask him to change his ammunition.
Takahashi felt that such a manager, even if his hair fell out, would not be able to manage it, unless it was like Skynet, which was itself a huge intelligent system.
It's not cold in the southern part of the United States, and although it's almost winter, Takahashi and the little geisha don't wear cotton clothes.
After leaving the airport, the two men got into a taxi driven by Mexicans and went to their new home.
The Mexican guy is very talkative and chats a lot with the little geisha and Takahashi.
When the little geisha got out of the car, she suddenly said, "Maybe one day it would be nice to be able to make a game that simulates a taxi driver." Pull people to make money, and you can listen to all kinds of stories. Isn't that interesting?"
"You can give it a try. Takahashi took the little geisha's hand and walked into his new home.