Lin Wenlong has a very comfortable life these days, he was the vice president of Ambrera Games, and after Banisek left the company, Lin Wenlong took his place as the president of Ambrera Games.

Since the birth of "Contra", the game company has entered the channel of rapid development, with an annual turnover of more than 600 million US dollars in less than two years, and Lin Wenlong's work has also been recognized by Ling Shizhe. Not long ago, the head office also allocated him 3% incentive shares, and since then he has become a real upper-class person, which makes Lin Wenlong very satisfied with his current life.

In the morning, as soon as Lin Wenlong arrived at the company, his secretary told him: "President, I just received a notice from the group secretariat that the chairman wants to see you. So Lin Wenlong went upstairs and walked to Ling Shizhe's office.

"Lin Sheng, do it," After Lin Wenlong sat down, Ling Shizhe said: "I called you here today, just for one thing, it's time for us to launch a family game console." ”

"Chairman, didn't you say that you won't launch a home game console until the arcade is upgraded to 16-bit? Why did you suddenly ...... today? You're not worried about the impact on the arcade? Lin Wenlong asked.

Ling Shizhe waved his hand and said, "That was before, when we had just stepped into the video game industry, and our heels were not stable, so I made the decision not to launch a home game console for the time being. But now that we've established ourselves in the arcade market, it's time to tap into new sources of revenue. ”

"That's right, the boss of today's home game console market is Atari, the company will launch its own home game console as soon as possible, it will be able to enclose the land as soon as possible, I heard that many electronics companies are now preparing to enter the home game console market." Lin Wenlong thought about it for a while, and then suggested: "Ambrera started with computers, I think it is better to slow down the game console first, and launch the computer learning machine first?" ”

"You and I want to get a piece." Ling Shizhe said with satisfaction, if it was Benesek sitting opposite, he would not have made such a suggestion, he wanted to push everything out in one go, and he would not have thought about whether it was appropriate to do so. Lin Wenlong is different, he is calm and calm. He knows when a new game will be launched on the market, in what way, and how to promote it to get the most benefits. This is also the reason why he asked Lin Wenlong to succeed Nisek.

The computer learning machine can be used as both a game and a simple computer, and all the games on the arcade machine can be ported to it, but these are not enough, there must be game software specially developed for home game consoles.

Ling Shizhe already had a plan. That is the launch of the most famous family game in history, Mario Bros., a game that any time-traveler must pirate. In 2015, a report published by the Guinness Book of World Records published a list of the '50 most popular gaming characters of all time', and the Mario Brothers topped the list.

This Uncle Mario, who is not tall or handsome, has been killed in both the East and the West, and has swept the game industry for decades, throughout the entire history of games, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an 'evergreen tree in the game industry'.

The synopsis of the game is actually the brainchild of a rotten street, where a beautiful princess is captured by an evil dragon and a warrior steps forward. After going through thousands of difficulties and dangers, they finally defeated the evil dragon and rescued the princess, and the two lived happily ever after.

This character first appeared in Nintendo's Donkey Kong, when Nintendo simply set him up as an Italian character, and didn't even give him a specific name, just "jupan". The player needs to control him to jump upwards to save his beloved girlfriend Pauline who has been captured by the evil gorilla King Kong.

Donkey Kong is a vertical axis game, while the later Mario series is a horizontal axis moving game. Mario wasn't made into an arcade by Nintendo. Instead, it was sold directly on the FC home TV game console, which was newly developed at the time. It can be said that it was the great success of the Mario series that established the dominance of the Nintendo FC console in the home console market throughout the eighties.

In this game planning book, there are more than just two stars of Mario Bros. Ling Shizhe also added several famous game characters such as Crash Bandicoot, Sonic, Tails, and Amy Rose. When Mario succeeds, these characters can be taken out separately and developed into a new action game. There are even comics and cartoons that can be launched, like Sonic.

According to the impression in my memory, I hand-drew several pictures of the game screen of "Mario Bros." After describing some ideas for game development, he left the rest to Lin Wenlong. After that, the "Mario" development team will fill in the details of the entire game according to his idea, come up with several detailed feasibility plans, and then start production after the next collective brainstorming.

Since Banisek's departure, Ambrera Electronics has undergone a lot of changes, with some new talent being hired and some of the original staff leaving, as not everyone is a good fit for game development.

At this time, the game company could not be compared with later generations, and it was no different from a family workshop, and a game company with a highly specialized division of labor like Ambrera was the only one in the world, and even Atari did not have such a professional game development team.

In Ling Shizhe's view, those who are qualified to stay should at least be interested in game development, and if you are repulsed by this work, then joining the development team will only hold everyone back. Secondly, you have to have some ideas of your own, the game industry will always be a place where creativity is king, if you will always only do some things that others tell you to do well, then you will only be a dispensable role at the bottom for the rest of your life.

After Lin Wenlong took office, he made a significant adjustment to the company in accordance with Ling Shizhe's requirements, and the game company was divided into a hardware development department and a game development department. After the establishment of "Mario", the game development department was divided into an arcade development team and a home game console development team, and the family game development team was responsible for the research and development of "Mario Bros.", and a PC development team will be established in the future.

After the project planning meeting of the new game "Mario", Ling Shizhe returned to his office. In the past few days, he has not been idle for a moment, and there are countless things waiting for him every day.

Ling Shizhe lay on the sofa, squinted and slept for a while, and then picked up another folder on the table, which contained the information just sent by the company's personnel department, and they had already looked for several candidates for the game director.

In the past, the position of game director was held by Ling Shizhe himself, but as the game company became bigger and bigger, he could no longer spare his energy. Start looking for the right person in the company.

Ling Shizhe looked at it carefully, and the one he picked out and put on the top was a young man named Maxeni, a student from USC, California. I have been an intern at Ambrera for a year. Because of his excellent performance, he was recommended by the personnel department.

The unusually young face in the photo seems to be somewhat similar, as if it has been seen there. His eyes, in particular, seemed to be full of passion. Confidence and wisdom.

It turned out to be him, Ling Shizhe finally remembered who this young man was, the person in charge of the Sega Sonic project, it was he who single-handedly designed the classic pink hedgehog, Sonic's girlfriend Amy Rose, and then he served as the global vice president of Universal Entertainment, and finally joined Sony Games and became the soul of Sony Games.

He is also the spiritual mentor of Crash Bandicoot Games, who has made countless outstanding contributions to Sony, and is the successor of Ken Kutaragi.

The reason why Ling Shizhe has an impression of Maxeny. It was the Celestial Empire TV station that sat down for an exclusive interview. It was only after watching that interview that Ling Shizhe had an impression of him. Unexpectedly, Maxeni did not go to Atari for an internship in this life, but came to Ambrera Video Games.

"Hey, Bai Lu, I'm Ling Shizhe, please inform Mr. Maxeny to come to me."

"Chairman, is there anything I need to do?" After receiving the notice, Maxeni seemed to have a premonition that his good luck was coming, and he put down all the work in his hand. Rushed over as fast as he could.

Too young, looking at the still childish face in front of him, this was the first feeling Ling Shizhe received, and he began to doubt a little that Maxeni could take the position of game director at this time.

The reason why the historical Maxeni was able to achieve great success. Like ordinary people, he also came out step by step, and if he was raised to such a high position all of a sudden, it would be tantamount to pulling out the seedlings and helping him grow, and it would not benefit him at all.

So Ling Shizhe decided not to rush to promote him first, thought about it and smiled: "I need an assistant." The HR department recommended you to me, would you like to be my assistant? ”

Maxeni didn't expect Ling Shizhe to ask him to be his assistant, which made him feel a little surprised, and then he became excited again, isn't this his chance? Then he seemed to think of something and asked, "But what about your original assistant, chairman?" ”

The smart young man, Ling Shizhe praised in his heart, and became more and more satisfied with him. If someone else heard that such a good thing had fallen on his head, he would agree without even thinking about it. When he was his age, he only thought about picking up girls.

As for Maxeni in front of him, after a short period of excitement, he calmed down and quickly thought of the key issues, no wonder he could achieve so much in the future, he knew office politics well at a young age, and knew that he could not offend people at will.

"I don't have an assistant, only Bai Lu, the secretary. Would you like to? "Tell him not to worry about anyone being jealous of you, but with me.

"Be your assistant, what exactly am I responsible for?" Maxeni asked without humility or arrogance.

"I do everything, I have to be on call 24 hours a day, but I am mainly responsible for the game."

"Oh, my main task is to communicate with President Lin, right?"

"Hmm...... Well, I'm the company's game director, and I have to do some of the chores. Ling Shizhe thought about it and agreed with what he had just asked.

"Understood, don't worry, chairman, I will do my job well, and I will never let you down." Maxeni stood up and assured Ling Shizhe.

After Maxeni left, the secretary Bai Lu came in again and said: "Chairman, I have just received a notice that the Hanka and Hanzi input methods have been successfully developed, and Zhu Bangfu has applied to the company for a trial. (To be continued.) It's like a book, the house of books! Unique URL: