On February 15th, just after Valentine's Day, Ye Shenxi and Shan Jie went to Chengxi Airport to receive a guest from afar.

The guest came from Warsaw after a journey of 22 hours and 45 minutes...... Most of the time was spent on transfers, with four hours each at London's Heathrow and Heathrow airports before arriving in Funan.

The guest is called Adam? Badowski, the head of CDPR (CD Projekt Red), the R&D team of CDP (CD Projekt), just came up with a critically acclaimed title "The Witcher" in September last year, which has sold 1.15 million units so far, and the studio from the game desert Poland has also begun to be active in the vision of gamers and gamers around the world.

Not alone, Adam also brought a small team of three technicians, and the group all looked a little tired, after all, such a long journey, still need to adjust to the jet lag.

At the exit of the terminal, Ye Shenxi and Shan Jie shook hands with the four-person team one by one.

"Hello, Adam."

"Hello, Pasca, Malchin asked me to thank him again in person."

"Is he okay? I was in a good mood on the phone. ”

"Of course, it couldn't be better, your assistance has helped us solve our urgent needs, and we finally don't have to work with Atari anymore."

The failure of the console project "Rise of the White Wolf" made the Polish stupid donkey realize that no matter how much they work with the publisher, they must not lose one thing, and that is the most precious thing for the game - creative control.

When it comes to development, they don't want any publisher to dictate what kind of project to do, which platform to go on, CDPR should have the final say, fuck Atari.

In fact, Adam's impression of Ye Shenxi and Qingyu Network was not very good at first, he was from a technical background, and he didn't want to get too involved in some business things...... He doesn't really like capitalists very much.

The console version of "Rise of the White Wolf" that Atari asked them to do before he needed to go to the French studio IdescreenGames every once in a while to give routine guidance, and they themselves were preparing new projects, where did they have so much time. And the end result is that even if they go, the studio is still muddy and can't support the wall, wasted manpower, time and a lot of money, coupled with the global financial crisis last year, even CDP and their GOG platform almost collapsed.

When Marchin returned to Poland from the United States, he happily told Adam and his other partner, Mika? Tisinsky, we found the money, we don't have to sign with Atari anymore.

Adam and Mika didn't have much hope, but seeing Marchin's excited expression, they considered each other's feelings and asked, "Okay, then, what is the price?" ”

"Is it the distribution rights of the follow-up to The Witcher? Or do you want to help them with a project? Or our engine...... No the Red engine is our own and will not be given to others! ”

Malchin almost set them up to dance a poloniz (traditional Polish dance): "Haha, you are thinking too much, there are no conditions!" ”

At that time, Mika whispered to Adam, "You see, at last he is crazy. ”

Marcin said with a fanatical face: "No, you listen to me! I met a Chinese friend in the U.S., a Chinese game company, who was willing to lend us money, compensate Atari without taking a stake, not interfering in our decision-making, not even interest! ”

Doesn't sound like a joke?

Mika said: "So, you got acquainted with a Chinese madman again?" ”

"No, it's the FG platform, it's Fisoa, they're willing to fund us!"

“FG？ That digital game publishing platform? "Survival"? ”

"That's right! It was them, and I met their owner, Pasca, at EA headquarters in Sequoia City, and it was a beautiful encounter. ”

"That's our competitor, right? Why? Is there any reason why it doesn't look like a conspiracy? ”

"Listen, Adam, Mika, I'm telling you in all seriousness that Fisoa will give us money to help us complete the reparations to Atari without any interest in between, and the repayment time will be within two years of the launch of our next product, and our Witcher 2 will be counted from when it will be released."

"So we can wait until "The Witcher 2" is released and recover the funds before repaying the money? And what about their intentions? It's like a trap...... I don't believe that this good fortune can happen to us when they are a charity? Fisoa International Aid? ”

"Listen to me, okay? They are also a game development company themselves, and the borrowing money is certainly not free, and the quid pro quo is that we need to help them, complete at least three technical assistance in the next two years, and we need to send specialized technicians to China, each time it will not be less than two months. ”

"That's it?"

"Yes, that's it, Pasca is a nice guy and he's happy to help us. We also developed a personal friendship while in the U.S., and he invited me to visit their branch in Seattle, where I met his girlfriend, the founder of Fisoa, a young and beautiful Oriental lady. ”

"That's not what we care about...... Is it reliable? This Pasca and Fisoa. ”

"Hey!" Only then did Malchin dig out a paper contract from his backpack: "You see, this is a written cooperation agreement, and they will transfer the money to our company's account next week, and you will know if it is reliable at that time." ”

"So how many people do we need to send to China? I don't see this detail in the agreement. ”

"Pasca expressed his sincerity and believed in us, so he didn't ask for it in writing, and we can't let them down."

"Didn't they do 'Survival'? It's a completely different direction from our technical characteristics, and I can't imagine any place where we need help. ”

"No, no, no, it's not Survival, it's a new project that they're going to start next year, it's also a 3D open-world sandbox RPG, and then Pasca will send some documentation to it."

Mika is still a little incredulous: "If that's the case, that's great......"

"America is really a place where miracles happen......"

"Perhaps...... Is it China? ”

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Adam's impression of Ye Shenxi at first was not very good, because it was very pure, a bit of a traditional kind of antipathy to businessmen, especially some honest people......

They think that businessmen are generally flowery intestines, no businessmen and no treachery, and will give themselves some benefits, but often they take more, the tongue can bring the dead to life, a honey-bellied sword can tear you into the clouds, in the dark places you can't see, there are some behind-the-scenes activities, and finally take away your things You don't know it.

Tut...... What a deep resentment.

But then the game "The Origin of Everything" was released and became popular, causing a wave of games in social media circles around the world, and Adam himself bought it and then experienced the game.

(Of course...... At this time, the money was also received. ）

At this time, he felt that Pasca turned out to be a real gamer like himself, if it was only a success in sales, even if he sold tens of millions of epic sales, he might not be able to impress Adam's "heart", but in such a game, he himself felt a kind of envy.

He had heard of "Survival", but he hadn't played it, it wasn't his favorite style, but the popularity of "The Origin of Everything" and the later relationship between the two companies made it impossible for him to miss this work, so he classified Ye Shenxi into his "same kind" category, and went further, becoming an admiration.

He is also a gamer, and he admires Pasca's ability to realize a great idea at will, conceive and realize, which are two stages, one indispensable.

The difference is between taking something that everyone knows to the extreme, and doing something that everyone can't think of.

Of both things, Adam felt that he was doing the former, but he was more envious of the latter.

For him, he knows that he is doing a cool thing, and the craftsmanship of carving a thing to the extreme is certainly worthy of awe, but after all, this is an industry that advocates innovation and creativity, and he is even more envious of this kind of pioneering school, which is almost the ultimate dream of many gamers in their lives.

"Congratulations, Pasca, Origin of Everything is an impressive game, and it has achieved results that match his quality."

"Thank you, thank you very much for coming to China from Poland to help us, and let me introduce you, this is the head of our development team, Shan Jie, who has a deep code background like you, and he will have the closest cooperation with you in the future."

Adam also introduced his team members: "These two are Marchion and Michal, and they are the best at handling very large terrain, including calling the GPU to share the pressure on the CPU, and they have a set of algorithms that they have optimized to achieve global super large maps. ”

"And this is Pavelchak, he's our best architect, and believe me, I'm bringing our strongest team to solve the problem you asked on the phone earlier, about building an open world."

"Thank you very much, I believe in your sincerity, with your help, we will be able to create a magnificent world, I have no doubt about that."

In fact, this is the technology they prepared for another "Witcher 3", and they don't even plan to use it in "The Witcher 2", because the development is too difficult, and the manpower and material resources required are not fully controllable with their current team size.

"I've read some of the information you sent us earlier, and we're ...... you too," Adam couldn't remember the word for a moment.

"Xianxia." Ye Shenxi reminded.

"Oh, yes! Xianxia! We are also very interested in your Xianxia world, the charming exotic, an oriental witcher world, for which we have discussed in advance, we can provide two solutions for your situation, and the specific implementation can be decided according to your specific situation. ”

"Don't worry, Adam, we still have a long time to get along, and we can discuss it slowly, at least ...... No need to stand in the airport hall to decide. ”

"Haha, right...... Can ancient Chinese people really resist swords? Adam also gestured with his index and middle fingers together, scribbling horizontally and vertically, manipulating the movement of the flying sword.

Shan Jie doesn't know much about this studio and team, and their reputation at this time is not as big as after "The Witcher 3", this kind of problem and matching action ...... I feel a little worried about the next collaboration......

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Ye Shenxi and Shan Jie have now sent this "survival road team" (four people) to a four-star hotel next to the software park, which is already the best that can be found near the Qingyu network, let them rest first, after all, after such a long journey, even though the game industry practitioners generally practice fatigue resistance, there is not much difference between domestic and foreign, but it is always ...... At least treat people well at the beginning of the cooperation...... Even if it's pretending......

Where can we start squeezing on the first day of meeting?

In the afternoon, several core employees of Heng Gong and Jiang Gong Studio also came here, as the host, the blue fish network banquet CDPR four-person group, the way is the traditional hot pot of Funan.

Even if he asked in advance if he could eat spicy food, several people said that there was no problem, fearless, Chen Xiaofan still arranged a mandarin duck pot. All four of them are Polish, and their main eating habits are Western food, and they don't like greasy and spicy food.

When Chen Xiaofan booked a banquet before, this hotel is also a temperament store, and asked them if they have a mandarin duck pot, they said sorry, the store is at least slightly spicy, the mandarin duck pot please go to other homes, the business is not benevolent, everyone is still good friends.

Chen Xiaofan has also been working in Qingyu Network for so long, and a company's habit of this kind of thing is from top to bottom, and she is a self-proclaimed confidant of President Xia Ye, so she directly found the manager and said that she would add money and not do it.

The hotel manager gritted his teeth and said okay, let's go to the hot pot restaurant next door to borrow a mandarin duck pot.

When he said "good", his expression was stunned, as if there was some broken voice in his heart...... As a native of Sichuan and Shu, on this day, he lost his faith.

Of course, the members brought by Adam are all communication and fluent in English, and after the P01 "Immortal Dao" project team in ancient times for themselves, English is also one of the basic requirements for recruiting employees, not only will look at professional skills, but also make overall professionalism in line with the company's later status and positioning.

During the banquet, more than a dozen people talked happily, and they were not all distracted, but they complimented and praised each other with pure understanding, of course, this process is still necessary......

However, as a fellow gamer, it is easy to find a common language for many chats.

Including the views on the current hot games, some concepts, the discussion of technology among programmers, the global game industry pattern, and the future trend of the industry......

This kind of thing is still quite common in the workplace, even the employees of a small real estate agency can talk to you about the country's regulatory policies, the real estate bubble, and the subprime mortgage crisis is not.

Tsk, it's just pointing out the country, inspiring words, and flying spirits.

Several Poles have eaten hot pot before, but it is the kind of Swiss hot pot, and even cheese hot pot, chocolate and fruit hot pot, these entertainment goods, are careless, and they have no awe of Chinese Sichuan and Shu hot pot.

When he was on the bottom of the pot, he was shocked to see the other half of the red oil in the mandarin duck pot tumbling, and Adam took the lead in trying it in the middle, and shook a piece of beef, refreshing his cognition of food. Sweating profusely, but feeling both novel and addicted to the taste, a bearded face can reveal a sincere redness.

Then several other people also tried, and then said that the last time they cried was when they broke up with their ex-girlfriend.

This banquet is staggered, and the guests and hosts gather.