At the end of May, the bloody hour was getting closer and closer, and the situation continued to deteriorate, Zhang Lexing felt that it was no longer realistic to stay in China, and began to arrange a way back for the continued development of the domestic industry in the future. The people of Sunrise Software are easy to do, just continue to settle in Shenzhen, anyway, do those things, Le Yiyang's people are much more troublesome, and it will definitely be impossible to have new outsourcing business for a long time in the future, even if it is the contracted business, I don't know how much I can keep. In order to make a better choice, Zhang Lexing arranged for the company's administrative staff to understand the thoughts of the employees, and of course, to help himself find out how many people are interested in game development.

It took three days for the administrative staff to complete the survey, and the questionnaire collected showed that most of the people in Le Yiyang wanted to stay, and only a few chose to leave, and Zhang Lexing was surprised that there were 18 people who were interested in game development. The age difference between these people is quite large, the oldest one is called Xiao Donghai, who is 32 years old, and the youngest Peng Hanwen has just turned 20 years old. Although he is interested in game development, it is still unknown how many people are really willing to devote themselves to game development, so Zhang Lexing decided to communicate with them in order to confirm this.

In the makeshift conference room on the fifth floor......

Zhang Lexing sat at one end of the conference table, next to the clerk in charge of recording, and eighteen Leyiyang employees who claimed to be interested in game development sat around the conference table. Perhaps it was the first time to face the big boss, everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, and the atmosphere in the conference room seemed a little depressing.

"Don't be too nervous, let's just talk. Have you all played the game before? Computers, game consoles, all of them. If so, can you give an example or two? Zhang Lexing decided to liven up the atmosphere first, so as not to be too serious.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't seem to dare to speak first, and when Zhang Lexing was about to order a casual personal speech, someone finally made a bird. A young man stood up and talked about his game history, but he didn't expect that he was not very old, and he had played a lot of machines, such as Apple II, Atari 2600 compatible machines, and Nintendo red and white machines. Someone started, and the people behind them gradually became bolder, and they all got up to speak, but Zhang Lexing found that this group of people had really played games.

Next, Zhang Lexing chatted with everyone about the game, of course, he chose to talk about it that he was more familiar with, and the atmosphere in the conference room gradually became lively. After chatting for a while, Zhang Lexing felt that the atmosphere was already good, so he changed the topic and said: "After playing so many games, has anyone ever thought about making one by himself?" ”

"What's so good to do here, it's just a bit of jumping and jumping, and it's not as useful as making software." Such people have usually only played games on the early Apple II and clearly look down on them.

"The game design still seems to be very complicated, at least not as well as on the little genius console I've played, but I'd love to make it myself one day." This kind of person is kind of interested in game design.

"I'm interested in game design, and I've designed a couple of mini-games on Mac." This is actually the young man who started with it, claiming to have played Apple II, Atari 2600 compatible phones, and Nintendo red and white phones.

Zhang Lexing is not surprised to have such an answer, at this time, there are very few people in China who know what game design is, and it would be good to find some people who are willing to engage in game design. However, since he plans to work in game design, some misconceptions have to be corrected, so Zhang Lexing said: "In fact, game design is not as simple as you think, and it is not as complicated as you think. In the past, the games on the Apple II were limited by the performance of the machine, but with the progress of computer technology, the current computer games are no longer the same, and there is a good computer game in the computer next to it, you can come and take a look. ”

Zhang Lexing turned on a 386 computer on the table, and launched a game through the command line - "Sid Meier's Pirates", this is a version that would not have appeared, Sid Meier's 87-year-made game "Pirates" ported version on the PC platform, in the picture, music and sound effects have been enhanced to a certain extent, and support the first sound card on the PC - Ad_Lib sound effect card. Zhang Lexing controlled the protagonist of the game to purchase materials for the sea at the port, and then left the port, sailing away with the sound of the waves, everyone surrounded him, looking at the expectant eyes around him, Zhang Lexing had to abdicate and make way for Xian.

More than two hours have passed since this one, and the eyes of everyone who have tried the game are a little different, and it can be seen that this game is very exciting for everyone, and it seems to open a new world in front of some people's eyes, "It turns out that the game can be made like this!" ”

"This is one of the works of famous game designers in the United States, and now a large number of excellent computer games are designed abroad every year, but what about our domestic ones? It can be said that there is not a single one. Don't you want to change that fact? ”

The excited crowd nodded their heads and said, "We want to." ”

"Don't you want to make a game that can leave a glorious mark on the history of Chinese games?"

The crowd nodded again: "We want to!" ”

"Then don't hesitate, come to ......" Zhang Lexing stretched out a hand: "Come on, let's open a new era together!" ”

And they all stretched out one hand, overlapping each other, and clasped each other.

……

Zhang Lexing took the first step in the domestic computer game industry, with the initial eighteen people development team, but now these people are basically rookies in the game industry, in order to make this group of people get started early, Zhang Lexing plans to arrange for them to go abroad for further study, twelve people go to the United States, six people go to Japan. The reason why it is so troublesome is that Zhang Lexing is actually because the future game development style should not be too single, and it is best to be inclusive and gather the strengths of all families. After determining the candidates to go abroad, the next step is to apply for a passport, but now it is different from the past, the passport for the special period is not as easy as before, and it took a lot of hard work to get it all, and the ticket to go abroad is finally determined on next Wednesday.

By this time, the aftermath of the June events had gradually become apparent, and China's foreign relations had fallen to a freezing point. Unsurprisingly, Le Yiyang was implicated, and most of the large number of outsourcing orders were cancelled, and the reasons were often absurd excuses, but in fact, the real reason was just the political needs of some people. The CCPC/COSC, originally scheduled for July, not only lost the support of sponsors, but the competition was postponed indefinitely, and this year's finals and software awards had to be reluctantly cancelled.

Fortunately, Zhang Lexing has been prepared, and the employees of Le Yiyang will not be fluctuating, according to the previous choice, some people have been added to Shenzhen Jinshan and Sunrise Software, and those who are unwilling to stay have gone their separate ways after receiving a severance pay. As for whether they will be in the software development industry in the future, only God knows.

Originally, I planned to open a special line to the United States this year, although it was only *K, but it was able to keep in touch with the company in the United States in a timely manner, and the cost was much cheaper than international long-distance calls. But the nationwide chaos has brought everything to naught, and what was supposed to be approved has been postponed indefinitely. Fortunately, after transferring to Shenzhen, sometimes I can go to Hong Kong to find some way, but the timeliness is still difficult to guarantee, and many tasks that require both parties to work together have to be postponed.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to leave Shenzhen. Bidding farewell to the remaining employees, Zhang Lexing and the twelve people who went to the United States flew to San Jose via Hong Kong, while the other six people will be destined for Square Enix.

As we boarded the plane in Hong Kong, it was nearly dusk when a ray of sunset peeked through the bottom of the clouds, casting a golden afterglow over the skyscrapers surrounding the airport.

Zhang Lexing and his entourage of nearly 20 people sat in the first few rows of the business class, and most of these former Leyiyang employees who had never been abroad seemed very excited, sitting in their seats and looking around from time to time, and sometimes tasting the feeling of the sky through the porthole. There is a young man here who looks different, after getting on the plane to bring a blanket, he quickly closed his eyes and rested, Zhang Lexing remembered that it was the one who was the first bird that day, it seemed to be called Zhan Jun.

The flight time from Hong Kong to San Jose was as long as 12 hours, and those who were too excited tossed for a while slowly couldn't stand it, and one by one they fell into their seats and fell asleep, and when the plane landed at San Francisco International Airport, these people barely opened their eyes, but it could be seen that these people had not slept well, but Zhan Jun was a little exceptional, as if he was very energetic.

San Francisco International Airport, located about 35 kilometers northwest of San Jose, is the largest commercial airport in California. When I got on the plane in Hong Kong, it was close to dusk, and after a 12-hour flight, I got off the plane at San Francisco Airport, and it was still a touch of sunset reflecting the sunset, and time seemed to have frozen, which felt quite amazing.

It was Yang Xinxin who came to pick up the airport, and she happened to be resting today, so she personally brought someone here. Knowing that there were more people coming this time, Yang Xinxin also specially rented a tourist bus to come over. Zhang Lexing squeezed into Yang Xinxin's silver Porsche 911, and everyone else went to the tourist bus behind. Yang Xinxin led the way, and the tour bus followed as it drove to a Chinese community in San Jose.

On the way, Yang Xinxin asked curiously: "You brought so many people over, do you have any new ideas?" ”

"Well, I'm going to get them into the gaming industry."

"Why don't you let them join VisualSystem, these people have participated in that software program training in China, and it may be more appropriate to engage in software development."

"It's not easy for me to find such people, don't beat me or dig into my corner."

"Cut, what, like a treasure."

……

After driving for more than half an hour, Zhang Lexing and others came to the Chinese community, which is the future residence of these employees who came to study, and in order to settle them, Yang Xinxin rented two houses. I chose the Chinese community in the hope that they can live more accustomed to it, and the English for software outsourcing is the basic, so there is no need to worry about their communication during the study period.

The timing coincided with the release of SimCity PC on the second day of my arrival in the United States, and it was a great opportunity for everyone to see and see the game industry up close.

This wasn't SimCity's first release, as SimCity was released in '85, when the game was run on Commodore*, a popular home computer at the time. It's just that this version of "SimCity" has a bumpy fate, and sales have been low, which makes Will White depressed.

Later, Will White met Zhang Lexing, and his fate changed from then on. After the establishment of Maxis Studios in Hong Kong, Will White remastered the game on PC, adding some oriental elements that he had seen in Hong Kong. This year, the PC version of "SimCity" entered the EA company's summer game release list, and with Hawkins, an industry veteran, the listing of "SimCity" was no longer silent, and in addition to spending money on publicity, Hawkins even asked someone to write an introduction in Time magazine. The main contents are as follows:

"In SimCity, players take on the role of the mayor of a new city, responsible for building and maintaining a city where residents can live and work...... Players are asked to make some wise decisions. For example, some energy sources are polluting but less expensive, while others are more environmentally friendly but more expensive...... Players also need to be financially savvy to ensure that taxes are sufficient to pay for public services such as the police and road repairs, and that they are not too high to hinder business and cause a revolt among the residents...... As a mayor, you have to be ready to face emergencies, earthquakes, floods, and fires can destroy a town......"

The introduction concludes with a comment from industry celebrity Tim: "SimCity is an edutainment game. Players need to learn how to build and plan their city with limited resources. The game requires you to make choices and face the consequences, and in its own right, it's a creative tool that is only subject to the player's own imagination......"

Through the magazine's promotional packaging, SimCity has become an industry pioneer leading the game mode revolution. After experiencing a slow initial sales growth, the game's sales suddenly ushered in explosive growth, and the majority of gamers are proud to have played SimCity, and the most trendy greeting is "Are you mayor today?" Players who haven't played SimCity are even too embarrassed to say hello.

This game has influenced a lot of people, and Sid Mayer is one of them. After the release of "Ironclad Helicopter", Sid went on vacation to Europe to recharge his batteries for his next creation. After SimCity was launched, Sid was impressed by the innovative way of playing, and he wanted to make a similar game, which he felt would break new ground. Sid has loved trains since he was a child, and even has a model train in his studio, so Sid's mind can't help but turn to trains.

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