SMK's first conference room.

Hideo Kojima glanced at the company's top executives with excited eyes.

While taking a deep breath, he couldn't help but think of the previous meeting with Hayashi Daya of the "AKBS Project".

Until now, Kojima's heart can't help but rise and fall.

He originally wanted to obtain the license to use AR technology from Lin Daya, and take the lead in carving up this long-coveted big cake on smartphones, but no one has cared about it because of the lack of patent rights.

Not only did Linda simply agree to the licensing of the technology patent, but he actually put forward his own opinions, which opened up Kojima's ideas and greatly enhanced Kojima's confidence in this proposal.

This Lin Daye really has a strategic vision.

He deserves to be an outstanding representative of young and promising otaku!

SMK's vast catalog of products happens to have a few outdated games that used to dominate on old-school consoles.

However, it was a good memory of passing the time in the era of the pixel console, although as the host processed images faster and faster, and the ability to calculate in real time became stronger, the corresponding new high-resolution follow-up products could not regain the glory of the past in any case.

The reason for this is not difficult to understand. Because the leap in image quality is most likely to bring about improvement, ARPG (action role-playing), MMA (mixed martial arts), MDG (music and dance), FPS (first-person shooting) and other categories that pursue gorgeous graphics.

And games like RTS (real-time strategy) and CCG (collection of cards and pets), which focus on the deployment of troops and the accumulation of bits and pieces, and the collection of games, in the final analysis, the picture quality cannot become the bottleneck of the game, so SMK has not invested a lot of development funds and manpower and material resources like those cool and eye-catching dynamic games.

What's more, it is currently the "Warring States Period" when console games are in full swing, and if you don't follow this trend, but follow the emerging smartphone games against the current, if you don't have full confidence and a sure chance to win, SMK's top management will not easily approve the production budget.

"Is that 'fried rice' on a smartphone?"

Shoshi Nagata, the head of the sales department, who kept the middle division, propped his elbows on the table with his hands and clenched his fists to cover his mouth. The voice came from the palm of his hand, adding a bit of yin and yang weirdness - he is a well-known "white-faced" character in the top management of SMK, and he always acts as a pioneer in various approval supervision.

Kojima in front of the large-screen projector said unhurriedly:

"Having said that, it's not bad, but with the addition of AR elements this time, the experience brought to players is absolutely super shocking!"

Minister Nagata leaned back into the back of his chair and clasped his hands in front of his chest. Kojima knew that this was his signature move to attack further, and sweat was oozing from his palms unconsciously.

"But after all, mobile phones are just communication tools, don't players still like traditional console-type games?"

Kojima put his hand on his back and wiped his already moist palm by the way.

"It's true that it's still the era of console gaming, but games on smartphones, especially new games with advanced features on smartphones, are definitely catching up. There are three main reasons for this......

"That's enough!" Minister Nagata interrupted Kojima's explanation with a wave of his hand, turned his head to look at the Minister of Finance and the Director of Marketing Operations, and offered a magic weapon as if seeking fire support, "This year's product budget has already been prepared, isn't it? Isn't it?"

When it comes to areas related to their own interests, the two of them nodded busily like chickens pecking rice:

"Well, that's it!"

"Not really. As a result, the company's plans for the whole year are all disrupted!"

Kojima's throat moved slightly, and he secretly scolded in his heart "with a fart", but he argued with reason:

"You can reduce the cost of other cases to two-thirds of the usual case costs, and the development costs of these two new games will be about the same. Because Director Lin of the patent licensing fee 'AKBS Planning' promised to give us a super low price for SMK, so we can save a lot of expenses......"

Nagata seems to have discovered a new world, but it is far from the expected destination of the island: "What? two games at once? Good guy, no, no, absolutely not...... But speaking of 'AKBS Project', how was the case of the 'Bishoujo Fighting Game' developed last time?I heard that the girl group of 'AKBS Project' is now in a hot mess, and this is the fist project that we need to focus on developing, and the tropical beach scene I proposed last time must be carefully prepared, and if you need to go to the south to shoot on the spot for live-action motion capture, the company will spare no effort to support you......"

MMP！

The stormy waves from the south in Kojima's heart have already patted Nagata at this time.

"W-That...... You can rest assured that the tasks assigned to you are guaranteed to be completed. It's just that this AR game proposal ......"

Kojima still doesn't give up.

The head of the planning department saw that Kojima's face was already flushed, and asked the vice president with his eyes, and hurriedly said, "Which of the two AR games has a lower cost?...... Is that the one who collects cards?...... Well, let's either add this one to this year's development plan for the time being, and tighten up those cases that have leeway, and the expenditure should be able to be added. …… What do you mean, Vice President?"

The other party closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

Minister Nagata immediately said to Hideo Kojima with a smile as if he had changed someone:

"Congratulations on winning a new proposal for a game. Don't take what I said too seriously. I'm thinking that this is all out of the company's financial report at the general meeting of shareholders...... You must take the 'beach scene' I mentioned to heart! If this is done, the company's sales will definitely reach a new level...... Vice President, are you right about me?"

The other party still closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

Then he suddenly opened his eyes suddenly, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and said to everyone:

"Well, good...... Well, isn't it time for lunch?"

……

Zangmae Bridge near Togoshi, Taito Ward.

Izakaya "Ryukyu".

"That bastard minister is really a nuisance!"

Hideo Kojima took a big sip of Awamori sake and complained to Linda beside him.

"I don't understand anything, and I'm still pointing fingers at people with a shy face! I'm fed up!"

Linda also took a bite of the "sea grapes" that were flown in from Okinawa, and "squeaked" while chewing and interjected:

"Okay, didn't you still win that AR game that collects cards?

"But with the taste of a veteran game design director with 10 years of experience in the industry, I vouch for another game that looks for cute pets to breed into fighting will definitely be more popular!"

The slightly drunk island "Bang Bang" patted his chest and yelled loudly.

The diners sitting around the izakaya turned their eyes to them.

Linda also smiled apologetically while sweating around, and pulled the island that continued to put the wine glass in his mouth:

"I said big game director, you'd better not drink too much...... We have something to say, isn't there a lighter topic?"

Kojima struggled to drink it all down, and gave a long hiccup, still continuing his grumbling after his injury:

"Ah———— MD is happy!!"

"Cut, what's 'budget'!'What 'plan is disrupted'!Full TM is an excuse!Isn't mentioning 'beach beauty' the same as being beaten with chicken blood?!It's really hot...... By the way, 'AKBS48' is going to Okinawa for filming and motion capture, and preparations are being stepped up, so you will report the ......number to Taguchi-kun when you go back."

Oh, and is that fighting game called "DOA" going to use the exterior of Okinawa for the Nankoku beach scene?

"Da Yejun, it's really embarrassing for me, the company has such a rotten high-level executive, I think it's ...... to take jujube pills"

Linda took a sip of wine and stroked the back of the red-faced island.