Zhang Lexing noticed that Lucas's expression was gradually different from the beginning, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, and asked carefully: "Mr. Lucas, what I said is my own crankiness, don't mind." ”

Lucas waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you're saying a good thing." If you come to be a screenwriter, I believe you can achieve good results. ”

"Really, I don't know if you use what I'm talking about?" Zhang Lexing was very happy to receive praise from the famous director.

"It's a pity that I can't use it for the time being," Lucas said regretfully: "You may not know it, my cash flow is very tight now, and most of the money I made from Star Wars was invested in the two companies of Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound Effects, especially Industrial Light & Magic ate most of it, and as a result, the Lucas Art Company established later was also affected, and even sold his company's animation production department to Apple's Jobs last year in order to raise money." The young man who just left was here to talk about the acquisition, and although I need cash now, I don't want to transfer my hard work to anyone else. Under the current conditions, the conditions are not yet ripe for filming a prequel, and maybe when my kids grow up and Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker sound won't just eat money. ”

Skywalker sound effects Zhang Lexing had never heard of before, but Industrial Light and Magic was quite famous in Zhang Lexing's previous life. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM, full name) was born during the filming of "Star Wars", and has since gradually dabbled into computer special effects, from the first use of computer 3D characters in "The Abyss", to the breakthrough liquid transformation robot T-1000 in "Terminator 2", and "Jurassic Park" The release of the film was an instant hit, thus creating a new era of computer special effects, and it can be said that many Hollywood movies that use computer special effects are inseparable from the behind-the-scenes work of Industrial Light and Magic.

Zhang Lexing has no interest in shooting movies now, but the future development of computer games and console games is inseparable from computer CG pictures, which is in the same vein as the computer special effects of Industrial Light and Magic, and in the future, more games will inevitably be released occasionally One or Two movie versions or something, and at that time it will be indispensable to the help of Industrial Light and Magic. Now that the opportunity is in front of him, Zhang Lexing certainly won't let it slip away.

"Mr. Lucas, I don't know how big your funding gap is? You may not know that my Red River Fund has a lot of money in hand right now, and if you don't mind, I'm willing to make a proper investment. ”

"You're not trying to buy my company, are you?" Lucas's gaze became vigilant, and the equally young figure in front of him slowly overlapped with the equally young figure before.

"Of course not, even if I wanted to, you wouldn't agree. I'm just thinking that the business is not doing well right now, and that the other shareholders of Mr. Lucas's company may not want to hold on any longer, and I can take over their shares. In addition, I am putting aside some cash to alleviate your current predicament, and in return I hope to get the right shares. ”

"If you can come up with $200 million, you might be able to do it. Lucas threw out a sky-high price, perhaps he hoped to scare off Zhang Lexing.

"Mr. Lucas, it's too early to say that, whether I need $200 million or not, I still need the professionals of the Red River Fund to analyze. We'll talk about this later, can you leave me the contact information?"

Lucas hesitated for a while, but still took out a business card and handed it to Zhang Lexing, maybe the financial pressure he faced was really too great. Zhang Lexing also took out a business card of the Red River Fund and handed it to Lucas, and the two sides continued to chat after exchanging business cards, but Zhang Lexing felt that the atmosphere was not as harmonious as it was at the beginning, and Lucas's words were more like perfunctory.

"Mr. Lucas, it's an honor to speak with you today, and I look forward to your early preparation for the filming of the Star Wars prequel, and if you need to invest, I would be more than willing to do so. Since the words are not speculative, Zhang Lexing decided to leave first.

"Mr. Lucas, I'm sorry, our company's contracted designer is here, and we went over to say hello first. Hawkins was very good, and immediately found an excuse and pulled Zhang Le away.

Hawkins didn't lie, and after leaving Lucas, he really took Zhang Lexing to greet the contracted game designers of EA. Under the introduction of Hawkins, Zhang Lexing met with Joan Freman, the designer of "Archon", Don Bunton, the designer of "M.U.L.E.", the founder of the concept of simulation games and real-time strategy games, Mike Abbott of "Worms", the ancestor of casual battle games, Eric Hammond, the designer of "Dr. J v Larry", the first sports game, and the future king of Britain "Genesis" series designer Richard Hammond. Gariot et al. For these legends in the game industry, Zhang Lexing has been fascinated for a long time, but he didn't expect that he was lucky today, and he could gather together, so he naturally wouldn't let it go easily. As he was pulling Don Bunton to talk about the use of modem online communication in games, Zhang Lexing noticed a man who appeared to be Sid Meier, the chief designer of MicroProse, hurrying in front of him, and was about to go to say hello, but was stopped by a voice coming from behind him.

"Mr. Levy, don't be in a hurry, this game is different from the ones you are used to, and city building is not achieved overnight......"

"A game of city construction?" Zhang Lexing felt as if he should have heard of this word, but unfortunately he couldn't remember it for a while, so he turned around to see who the owner of the voice was.

A man in a gray shirt and black-rimmed glasses appeared in front of Zhang Lexing's eyes, and a sense of familiarity arose. "City building game...... Black-framed glasses ......" Zhang Lexing kept thinking in his heart, these two elements were very important but he always missed the point, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, Zhang Lexing remembered who the person in front of him was - Will White, the chief designer of "The Sims".

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but step forward and say hello: "Mr. White, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Are you?" Will White wondered, he had never dealt with an Oriental, but why did the Orientals in front of him seem to be familiar with him.

Zhang Lexing resisted the urge to slap his mouth, and said with a smile: "I am Zhang Lexing, an investor in EA Company, and we have never met before. Because I love talking to some well-known game designers, Hawkins sometimes introduces them, and this time it was the same. ”

"Mr. Hawkins, it seems that we have met once, but ......" Will White still felt strange, but before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Zhang Lexing.

"Believe it or not. Zhang Lexing stood next to Will White and deliberately waved to Hawkins in the distance, the unlucky Hawkins noticed it, and thought that Zhang Lexing was greeting him, as for Will White next to him, he had been automatically labeled as a human flesh background. Hawkins smiled and waved his hand, falling into the eyes of Will White, who had a heart, and finally dispelled his suspicions for the time being.

"Mr. White, I'm sorry, what is that city-building game I heard you talk about just now?" After getting Will White's suspicions out, Zhang Lexing was finally able to get to the point, and this time he didn't make the same mistake as just now.

"It's a long story, but it has to start with '83......" Will White gradually fell into his own memories, "I developed RaidofBungeling Bay on the Commodore* platform that year, which is actually a very ordinary helicopter shooter in which the player pilots a helicopter and flies around the city and destroys stationary targets to complete missions. The main setting of this game is on an island, and in order to design various buildings on the island that are destroyed by the player, I wrote an island editing software and used it every day to build various levels in the game. During the design of the island, an idea gradually came to me, and I found that the process of building each level was much more interesting than the process of destroying it. After finishing the development of the game, the idea lingered, and I couldn't help but think, why not turn this idea into a game...... I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, you won't mind all this nonsense. ”

"Mr. White, it's okay, just say. ”

"Just call me Will. Will White was in a much better mood and continued to talk about the topic just now: "When I really studied the gamification of city building, I realized that it was actually not simple, and in the game I first made, the city was very dull and lifeless, which was far from my own vision. Fortunately, there are many previous research results in this area, and I have collected a lot of materials to read, including some books on urban construction and planning, especially Professor Forrester's theory of urban dynamics, which has benefited me a lot. Gradually, I realized that the city is actually a dynamic composite system, and its development and evolution process is the result of the joint action of many factors, and its development mechanism is quite complex, and if it is to be fully realized, it is simply not something that the current computer system can bear. I refer to a series of system self-organization theories, such as dissipative structure theory, synergy theory, hypercirculation theory, mutation theory, chaos science and fractal theory, to study the self-organization evolution mechanism of complex systems from the microscopic processes of phylogenesis and development, and then streamline a set of urban operation models, and add traffic models and growth models to them......"

Will White's words slowly diverged from a professional perspective, Zhang Lexing began to listen a little dizzy, no wonder the guy who was talking to him in front of him ran faster than a rabbit, if Zhang Lexing didn't know Will White's achievements, it was estimated that he would run faster.

For his own safety, Zhang Lexing had to take action, "Will, let's talk about your game." ”

"Ahem......" Will White cleared his throat and finally began to introduce his game, "After referring to a lot of information, I finally designed a city-building game. In the game, the player is the god of a city, can formulate various policies of the city like a mayor, or directly carry out the planning and construction of urban roads, transportation, water supply and power supply, functional areas and other projects, and sometimes there will be various disasters in the city, from fires, floods, air crashes to tornadoes, and even occasionally monsters will appear...... This game can be described as quite a lot of fun. ”

"Will, did you find a company to publish your game?"

Will White's face darkened, and he sighed and said: "I haven't found a company willing to represent me yet, just now I wanted to talk to Jimmy Levy of Activision, but unfortunately it didn't work out." They don't understand the games I design, and they still look at them with the same old eyes. I've actually explained many times that this game is different from the previous ones, it's a city-building game. But they always have to ask me when this game will end, how to calculate the win or loss, it's impossible, what is the win or loss of city building, and this is a simulation game, the same as real city building, as long as the player wants to play forever, why bother to get a limited time to end. I'm not going to give up, though, and I'm sure I'll always find someone who appreciates the game. ”

"I'm very optimistic about your game, and if you don't mind, I can recommend it to Hawkins. ”

"Really?" said Will White with a look of disbelief.

"That's right, trust me. But Will, you can't do it all the time, have you ever considered starting your own studio?"

"I thought about it, but I didn't have the conditions. ”

"I'm willing to fund you to set up a studio and help you find someone, but there's a small request. ”

"Just say. ”

"I hope you can set up this studio in Hong Kong. ”

"Why go so far?"

"Since you're designing a city-building game, why didn't you expect to see more about the urban development of other regions? There is an old Chinese saying that reading 10,000 books and traveling 10,000 miles, and seeing more cities in other regions will help you in your game design. ”

Will White had a thoughtful expression, and seemed to be a little moved.

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