Chapter 615: Ye Mingzhang
When Jester said this, both in tone and in his eyes, he was extremely serious and enthusiastic.
However, when this sentence was heard in Iwata's ears, he was a little incredulous, his brain crashed at this moment, because Jester knew that the HAL Institute would no longer exist in the future, so why did he want to stay in HAL? Don't......
Thinking of this, Iwata Satoshi seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression looked at Jester with some excitement, and opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.
However, Jester obviously knew that the other party had understood what he meant.
"Yes, I'm in contact with Nintendo, we plan to acquire HAL and then merge it directly into our Japanese branch, and I want you to be the director of the new HAL Research Institute, your job is still the same as before, but before developing games for Nintendo's game consoles or solving some technical problems, now we are developing games for our home consoles and handhelds......"
Satoshi Iwata didn't listen to the latter words, or he had no idea to listen to them.
Because he was completely in ecstasy.
Li ...... President Lee, are you telling the truth? Even, he stammered a little to Jester to confirm the general inquiry, and Jester was not dissatisfied, but nodded directly, admitting that it was true.
"For ...... Why? ”
Satoshi Iwata was still a little dissatisfied, but Jester just smiled.
"Because I think your research institute has great potential, I have asked people to get some information about the HAL research institute before, Nintendo did not have any dissatisfaction after knowing that we wanted to take over, but was very enthusiastic to tell us some information about your research institute, I found that your research and development strength is actually very good, and you have not come up with any particularly outstanding products before, in my opinion. It's not that you don't have this ability, it's not that you don't have this technology, it's that Nintendo didn't give you this opportunity. ”
said. Jester's tone changed.
"So, this time, after we officially restructure the HAL Institute, you'll have the rights to be a real independent game development company, and you can come up with your own projects. You can also complete your own projects, and the treatment is the same as that of our company's independent studios, of course, it is also self-financed, which should also be noted. ”
Iwata Satoshi was silent for a long time, and then, with some hesitation, he asked a somewhat strange question.
"President Li, I have one last question, the same as the first question I asked you, I think. What I did before was just my part, and it wasn't really anything special, but I still have some incomprehensibility that you recognized me because of what I did......"
Faced with Satoshi Iwata's question, Jester also groaned.
Then he said: "Actually, Iwata, I don't just look at a person's ability, I also rely on my feelings, I look at your resume, from the previous conversation with you. I can conclude that you and I are the same kind of people. ”
Jester was sure of that. However, Satoshi Iwata was once again a little incomprehensible, he didn't know what Jester meant by what he and Jester were the same kind of people.
But this time it didn't take the initiative to ask, after a slight pause in Jester. And he gave his answer.
"That is, we all have a player's heart."
Satoshi Iwata returned to the hotel in shock and joy.
He couldn't even sleep for an entire night, his mind was full of what Jester had told him before.
In particular, the promise to make him the head of the HAL Research Institute made Iwata Satoshi have a deep idea of dying for his confidant, he never thought that such a nobody would be so valued.
This gratitude made him think of nothing to repay.
The GDC will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m., the first session of the conference, with more than 3,000 participants, although this number is not particularly large, but it also includes developers from five continents in the world who develop various types of games, so to speak, this is the first and largest event in the video game industry this year.
Many people are also looking forward to the speech that Jester will give before the start of the first GDC conference.
Many people have already heard some of what Jester wants to talk about from their internal relationships, but it is not exact, it can only be said that Jester will give the developers who came to the GDC meeting this time, a surprise that they did not expect before, but as for what the surprise is, it is unknown, so many developers are very curious, what kind of surprise is this.
The rest is all about the eventual winners of the Game of the Year awards.
However, the result will not be announced until tonight's banquet, so there is still a whole day to wait.
As we waited for the conference to begin, developers from all over the world were also engaged in some brief exchanges in English in a variety of tones, mostly exchanging what Jester was going to talk about in a while.
In a corner position, there was a young man with black hair and a little thin who was also chatting with people about such a topic, seeing that he was only in his early twenties at most, but he was fluent in English, a person who should have been from a Western European country asked for his name, he smiled and replied in English, his name is Ye Mingzhang.
"I'm an indie game producer, and our studio hasn't been set up yet......"
This young man named Ye Mingzhang explained his situation to the people around him, and most of these people with the same game maker around him came out of this kind of bitter personal studio, so they can understand the situation of this young man named Ye Mingzhang, but there are still some people who are a little strange.
"Why spend money to participate in GDC when you don't have the money to set up your studio yet, instead of setting up your own studio first and doing your first work as best you can?"
Ye Mingzhang smiled when he heard it.
"It's not our own money to participate, it's a few of us whose works have participated in a competition about the game, and the champion can get a chance to participate in GDC, and the organizer of the competition is responsible for the travel expenses and accommodation, and our work won the first place, so we got such an opportunity, but this free place is only one, so a few of our friends gave me this opportunity."
After hearing Ye Mingzhang's explanation, the people around him also encouraged him one after another.
"You're definitely going to be able to make great games in the future."
But everyone knows that this is just a comforting word, and Ye Mingzhang also knows it, but he is still very grateful, after all, he and these people are just meeting each other.
He came to GDC this time because he wanted to communicate more, and if he could, he even hoped to get an investment for their game, and he hoped that their game would impress some investors, otherwise, it would be difficult for him and a few of his friends to make the game they wanted to make a good enough game.
Ye Mingzhang's favorite maker is not Jester, although Jester's game he also likes to play, and even takes Jester's "Fire Emblem" as an absolute masterpiece, but his favorite thought is that the Zuò person is not the most famous Matsuno Taiji among the large number of people who Jester taught, and Matsuno Yasuji's "Royal Knights" makes him even more tired of playing with his friends.
And the game they want to make is actually a game like Yasuyoshi Matsuno's "Royal Knights", and even the name of the game, they are named after "Royal Knights", called "Knights of the Dragon".
He's the one behind the game.
However, Ye Mingzhang also knows that few investors are willing to invest anything for a newcomer like them and a new studio with no achievements, but he doesn't want to give up just like that.
No matter how hard it is, you still have to give it a try.
"Look, it's Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Naka, and Yasushi Matsuno have ......"
Just as Ye Mingzhang was pondering, someone beside him pointed in the direction of the intersection, and then everyone's eyes moved over.
"Yuji Nakatsu is really young, I heard, he is only twenty-four years old this year?"
Someone sighed like this, and someone immediately echoed and said: "Yes, it is said that when he was a high school student, he joined the newly established Japanese branch of Mars Entertainment, and then was taken a fancy by Jester, and developed a few games with Jester, and after that, he came out and took charge of himself......"
Ye Mingzhang didn't know whether the person who said this was envious or jealous, but he himself was extremely envious, after all, at the age of twenty-four, he became the world's top producer, what kind of honor is this?
But it's impossible to do it, not to mention whether you have such strength and potential, at least you don't have such good luck, after all, not everyone, can stay by Jester's side, get his personal guidance, and, it is said that the game that Jester is going to develop now, will last five years, basically in these five years, Jester will not have other energy to make other games at the same time.
And that Jester wants to make a zuò game, it must be an elite gathering, and it is said that the main force of the development team of many large game companies would rather resign and go to Jester's development team to be an ordinary participant.
In the end, Ye Mingzhang set his eyes on Matsuno Yasuji.
That's his idol. (To be continued.) )xh118R1052