After leaving the conference room, Zhang Lexing explained to Wang Mengyao: "Well, you usually pay attention to the development of "Three Kingdoms", and if there is any problem that cannot be solved, report to me in time." ”

After Wang Mengyao made a record in the notebook, she nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'll pay attention." ”

Next, Zhang Lexing took a few turns in the creative workshop, and found that in addition to Ken Silverman's 3D engine group, the busiest people were Zhan Jun's gang, since the completion of the development of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", they did not rest for a few days, and they picked up the old games again, and are developing the sequels of "Three Kingdoms 3" and "Age of Exploration 2". Age of Exploration 2 uses the same engine as the previous generation, with only minor modifications, adding more characters, items, ports, and supply points, and it is not too difficult to make. "Three Kingdoms 3" had to be significantly improved due to the emergence of other companies' Three Kingdoms strategy games on the market, not only the graphics were upgraded to SVGA's 800×600 resolution and 65536 colors, but the game system was also greatly modified, especially the war system.

When the newcomers from Fengyun Game Academy were added to the company, Zhan Jun's project team divided several people to lead the newcomers to do routine exercises (developing mini games), but after selecting seven or eight prominent newcomers to join the project organization, the progress of development was not greatly affected, and it was still proceeding in an orderly manner.

After turning to the creative workshop, Zhang Lexing remembered that Zhou Zhehan's "Mythology" project team was not here, because he hoped that this game could be linked with comics, so this project team was sent to Kunpeng Animation Beijing Branch, and worked with the "Myth" comic adaptation team, because there were mostly newcomers, in order to ensure the unity and coordination of the painting style, Kunpeng Animation also specially transferred a senior comic producer.

After leaving the creative workshop, Zhang Lexing and Wang Mengyao came to Kunpeng Animation Beijing Branch, intending to see the progress of the remake. The reason why "Mythology" needs to be remade is different from "Three Kingdoms", when Zhang Lexing first saw the application for this project, he thought it would be a card battle game like "Yu-Gi-Oh", but he didn't expect to find out that it was just a card fighting chess with a mythical background, which is simply a mutual growth and a comparison of the size, to be honest, in addition to the pattern design on the card on the card, the gameplay can be said to be very low, Zhang Lexing's envisioned adaptation of the comics, Animation or something don't count on. Therefore, tearing down and starting over became the only option.

After more than a year of development, the staff of Kunpeng Animation Beijing Branch has reached 120 people, including more than 30 comic book authors, and two professional comic studios have been established, one is called Mangongtang, and the other is called White Bird Studio.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the office of Kunpeng Animation Beijing Branch, I met Xia Haoyu, the person in charge of the company. As soon as he saw Zhang Lexing, he immediately greeted him and said, "Boss, you are welcome to come and inspect." ”

Zhang Lexing was not polite, and asked directly: "Is there any progress in the project team of "Mythology" now?"

Xia Haoyu introduced: "At present, the setting of the entire system, including the character setting, has been completed, and Shiratori Studio is working on the creation of the first volume of comics, while the "Myth" project team is designing the game system. I've informed them, boss, are you going to have someone from the Myth team come to the conference room and report back to you?"

Zhang Lexing nodded and said, "Well, yes, by the way, take a look at the comics that have been completed by Shiratori Studio." ”

"Okay boss, you can go to the conference room and sit down for a while, and I'll arrange it right now. ”

After speaking, Xia Haoyu led Zhang Lexing and Wang Mengyao to the conference room first, and then he turned around and left. After waiting for about five minutes, Xia Haoyu came back with a stack of manuscript paper, followed by Zhou Zhehan, the person in charge of the "Myth" project.

Zhang Lexing first took the comic manuscript paper handed over by Xia Haoyu and looked at it, the number of pages drawn was not much, not even half a volume. As a result, after turning it over, Zhang Lexing only figured out that the story took place in a virtual time and space (because the place names that appeared in it were all fictional, and the background of the era was also very vague), telling the story of a teenager who found a mysterious card handed down by his ancestors, and it has not been drawn later......

put down the unfinished comic draft, and sent the planning draft of the second edition of "Mythology" to him, Zhang Lexing reached out and took it, opened it and looked at it, Zhou Zhehan also lost no time standing next to him and explaining.

"Boss, we have modified the whole system based on your previous suggestion. There will be two modes in the game, one is the story mode according to the comic story, which is basically interspersed with more than a dozen card battles between interactive animations, with opponents ranging from easy to difficult, and with different decks. The other is the direct battle mode, which not only allows you to play against the computer, but also adds an online function, allowing two people to play against each other over the Internet......

The essence of this game is the card battles, which are made up of various cards, and we divided the cards into two categories, one is the creature card with the most quantity, and the other is the support card that is used to change the situation on the battlefield. Biological cards are mainly designed according to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Sou Shen Ji" and other ancient books recorded in the beasts, there are different stars (1~7 stars, 4 stars or less can be summoned directly, from 5 stars onwards, the creatures on the sacrifice field can be summoned), divided into five elements, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, with different attack and defense capabilities, and most of them have special abilities, such as one of the four holy beasts Qinglong is 7 stars of wood attributes, attack power 3500, defense power 2800, with special attributes' Tempest', clear all support cards from the opponent's field......

Auxiliary cards include spell cards, item cards, synthesis cards and terrain cards, spell cards as the name suggests are cards that can send out five spells of gold, wood, water, fire and earth after use, such as the water spell 'tortoiseshell technique', which can increase the defense of a creature on the battlefield by 500 points, and increase the defense against water attacks by 50 points, and the wood spell 'Arrow of the Spirit', with an attack power of 260, and has a certain chance to make the opponent's creature in a stunned state. Item cards are based on certain items in myths and legends, and can activate certain special effects, some of which take effect once, some that take effect continuously, and some that can be used to counter the opponent, such as the 'Kunlun Mirror', which has the ability to travel through time and can restore the state of the battlefield to the state at the end of the previous round. Crafting cards have the ability to synthesize specific creatures, which is another way to summon high-star creatures, of course, the star level of the synthesized creatures does not necessarily increase, such as two four-star creatures synthesized, and it is possible to come out of four-star creatures. Terrain cards, cards that set the terrain for the battlefield, different terrain may have attribute bonuses or weakens for a certain group of creatures......

Before the battle begins, you can select 40 cards from the cards in your hand according to certain rules to form a battle deck. At the start of the match, both sides start with 8,000 HP, and the battlefield has a five-slot area for mob cards, a five-slot area for spell and item cards, and one slot for crafting cards and one for terrain cards.

When fighting, draw 5 cards each......"

While listening to Zhou Zhehan's introduction, Zhang Lexing flipped through the planning book, the second version of "Myth" has been modified, and it is already a decent card battle game, and the rules of the battle are similar to Zhang Lexing's impression of "Yu-Gi-Oh", but the cards in it are still very Chinese, basically from ancient Chinese myths and legends. For example, there are many strange beasts in ancient mythology in the creature card, such as Fu Zhu (like a white deer, but with four horns, recruiting big water, recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"), raccoon dog (pig-like beast, with protrusions behind the feet, the sound is like a dog barking, with the ability to manipulate the soil, recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"), Bi Fang (wood spirits, such as birds, cyan, barefoot, one foot, the omen of fire, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "The Book of Divine Differences", "Huainanzi" are all recorded) and so on.

In Zhang Lexing's plan, he also plans to compile a book of "Mythology" at the same time, which is dedicated to introducing the origin of these cards in the game, so that players can learn about China's long-standing culture while playing the game. Coupled with the comics and animations that accompany the game, Zhang Lexing hopes to take this opportunity to gradually promote Chinese culture.

After listening to Zhou Zhehan's introduction, Zhang Lexing came to the office of the "Myth" project team. The project team is working with the writers of the comic book company to continue to develop the story and refine the details of the game. In keeping with the company's tradition, the program is designing the engine for Mythology so that it can be reused in the future. The artists are digitizing the character designs and card designs provided by the comic company, and designing the game scenes based on the manga characters. Everyone seemed busy, but with good coordination, everything seemed to be in order.

After telling Wang Mengyao to follow up on the project, Zhang Lexing left Kunpeng Animation Beijing Branch, but as soon as he walked out of the door, Zhang Lexing suddenly remembered something important. It turns out that I only paid attention to games and anime, and neglected the cards themselves, and actually forgot to arrange the production and distribution of "Myth" cards. Zhang Lexing thought about it for a while, it seems that his own company does not seem to do this, it seems that he has to consider acquiring a professional company in this area, so that in the future, it will be more convenient to continue to develop the card system of "Myth" and the work of distribution and promotion, and it will be easier for him to promote Chinese culture.

After leaving the Beijing branch of Kunpeng Animation, Zhang Lexing called Yan Ruofei and asked her to postpone all the things on tomorrow's schedule or cancel it altogether, and make time for tomorrow to go to see the legendary villa area.

Next, Zhang Lexing called Chen Zishan again, after all, buying a house is a big deal. After the bell rang a few times, the phone was picked up.

"Hello, which one to find? Chen Zishan's voice came from the phone.

"Zishan, I'm Lexing, are you doing well at home?"

"I'm okay, what about you?"

"It's fine. By the way, I'm going to buy a house tomorrow, do you have time to go with you?"

"Ah, buy a house, you want me to go with you." The voice on the phone was first surprised, and then became shy again, but Zhang Lexing didn't notice.

"Yes, Zishan, are you free tomorrow?"

The voice on the phone was a little more frustrated: "It's not good business, I have to accompany my mother to Tongzhou to visit relatives tomorrow, and I can come back the day after tomorrow." ”

"Alas!" Zhang Lexing sighed and said, "That's a pity." ”

"Lexing, as long as you choose, I will like it, it's okay. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it. Zishan, when you come back, I'll take you to see it again. ”

"Okay. Well...... Mom called me, nothing else, I'll hang up first, bye-bye. ”

"Bye-bye ......"

Putting down the phone, Zhang Lexing remembered the card issuance issue he had thought about before, so he called Blue Information Market Research Company and Russell Market Research Company respectively, and asked them to investigate whether there was a suitable company.

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The next day, Zhang Lexing, accompanied by Yan Ruofei, drove by Ma Guanghai to the villa area. The first place to go is the Regency Garden, located on the banks of the Wenyu River, which is said to have been built in '92.

As soon as I saw Zhang Lexing and Yan Ruofei coming in, a young man with a sales representative's badge immediately greeted him and introduced him enthusiastically: "Sir, hello, my name is Ren Zhiqiang, are you interested in our villa, or I will help you introduce it." ”

Seeing that Zhang Lexing did not object, Ren Jiqiang smiled and made an invitation gesture and said, "Sir, please come with me." ”

Walking to the sand table in the middle of the sales department, Ren Zhiqiang continued: "Sir, you see, this is the general layout of our villa area. We are the first foreign-related high-end apartment and villa area in Beijing, southwest is the only natural water system in Beijing with water all year round - Wenyu River, to the north is the capital airport, it can be said that the wind and water, convenient transportation. With a green area of nearly 100,000 square meters, Lijing Garden also has entertainment, fitness, preschool education and other services and supporting facilities, which can be called a beautiful environment and comfortable life. Definitely the best choice for you......"

Zhang Lexing has long been tired of listening to those bombastic real estate promotions in the future, so naturally he will not be easily moved by Ren Jiqiang's casual words, and the expression on his face has not changed at all.

Seeing that his introduction didn't play a role, Ren Zhiqiang was not discouraged, and planned to continue to work hard, he was just about to open his mouth, Zhang Lexing suddenly spoke: "Well, what you say is false, let's take us to see the house." ”

Ren Zhiqiang had no choice but to smile awkwardly and said, "That's it, let's go and see the house first." ”

Follow Ren Zhiqiang to the villa area of Lijing Garden, along the way I saw that many villas have been occupied, a few may have just been bought, it seems that they are still decorating, and there will occasionally be cars passing by on the road.

After walking for seven or eight minutes, Ren Zhiqiang stopped and said, "Sir, this is our villa, do you want to go in and have a look." ”

Zhang Lexing's brows couldn't help frowning, just looking at it from the outside made people very dissatisfied, maybe because it was built relatively early, the appearance of this villa looks a little outdated, and the green area seen along the way just now doesn't seem to be as big as Ren Zhiqiang said, and there is no water system circulation system, so people don't even have the mind to go in and take a closer look.

"Sir, our villa is really good, all the people invited are Hong Kong professional designers......" Ren Zhiqiang was still boasting endlessly, but unexpectedly, Zhang Lexing and Yan Ruofei had already turned around and left, leaving him standing there awkwardly......

The second stop is the Longyuan Villa located on the bank of the Chaobai River in Mapo, Shunyi County, which is farther away from the city than the previous Lijing Garden, almost all of which are the northern suburbs of Shunyi County, which has just been completed at the beginning of this year, and can be regarded as a relatively new villa area.

The sales lady is still very enthusiastic, but the environment and traffic here are indeed not as good as the previous Lijing Garden, but the villa is very good.

"We are completely designed according to foreign villas, all the building materials are basically imported from the United States, and the designers are also invited from the United States...... A lot of foreigners have already come to us to register to buy a house...... "said the sales lady.

After seeing the scene of the villa, Zhang Lexing also thinks that compared with the previous villa area, at least the garage is considered here, although it is a little remote, but it is also quiet. The house price is not too high (of course, this is based on the crazy rise in housing prices in the future as a reference), buy and live for a few years, and if there is a better party in the future, it should at least not lose money if you resell it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing turned his head sideways and whispered to Yan Ruofei: "Well, let's choose this place first, pick one with a better orientation and a larger area, and you will be responsible for the specific handling." ”

"Okay, boss. Yan Ruofei nodded and took the order.

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The day passed quickly, and on July 5th, the "95 Years of Game Software Development Trend Seminar" hosted by the China Game Industry Association and co-organized by the Dream Foundation was officially opened. In addition to some member units developed by the China Game Industry Association, there were also representatives of newspapers and periodicals such as "Computer News", "Computer World", "China Computer News", "People's Daily", "China Youth Daily", "Beijing Youth Daily", "Home Computer and Game Console", "Electronic Game Software", "Popular Software", and even non-member units such as Bang Software and Lenovo Group.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the past few months, the position of video games in the public opinion environment has been slightly reversed, at least more people know and understand video games, and this seminar does not need to be bogged down in the cry of "justifying the name of the game", but focuses on more important things. For example, the analysis of "the latest fashion trends of foreign games" and the statistics of "the number of foreign game themes" are all gains made by Zhao Haiguang and others after visiting the E3 exhibition.

The most active at this meeting is the association's newly established subordinate organization"Domestic Game Software Promotion Association",The main thing of this promotion association is to promote the technological progress of mainland game development companies,In fact, creativity is more important for games,It's a pity that this thing is not something that can be cultivated if you want to cultivate,Or the development technology is more realistic based on operability。 In this meeting, the main action of the promotion association is to promote KylinWindows95, a new game development platform, and a lot of relevant development materials were also sent at the meeting, which of course is indispensable Zhang Lexing's promotion behind the scenes, mainly hoping that mainland game companies can gradually catch up with the trend of the world at least in terms of technology.

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