"Gorgeous?"

At the company's regular meeting the next morning, Zhao Nuo's proposal caused a mysterious silence in the conference room.

There was a moment of silence, and finally a weak-looking boy raised his hand and asked, "Is it the 'gorgeous' that glows in full screen like a web game?" ”

"It's not the kind of blinding, I mean the glamorous style of gore that is out of touch with reality. Since we can't make bloody scenes, we can make the game a completely different style, such as ink painting. Zhao Nuo said and opened the text that had been prepared for a long time, and the opening CG of CAPCOM's "Street Fighter 4" began to play on the TV wall of the conference room.

"Look at this ink style, it is really suitable for a game with the theme of the Three Kingdoms." Zhao Nuo said.

"But it's okay to watch this kind of picture once in a while, but if you watch too much, you'll get dizzy." As soon as a member of the art team next to him finished speaking, he immediately remembered a chorus.

"Of course, it's not so exaggerated in CG, and if it's copied completely, it's plagiarism, as long as it's added appropriately. When the general casts a special move, how about increasing the ink effect? Zhao Nuo put forward his opinion.

――Last night, I broadcast the second level of "The Executioner", and when I killed the prisoner in the "Horror Paradise", because it was a spirit world, the game did not show the usual cruel blow effect of blood splashing, but it still had a very refreshing feeling.

The reason why it is refreshing is also because the game's setting is very clever:

The ghost watch in "Horrorland" has a very ghostly ethereal effect, and the game's graphics also have a certain eerie hazy feeling. Killing monsters in that environment, even if there is no bloodshed, is very emotional.

In short, it is "style outstanding".

"You mean, Tong guò highlights the ink style to cover up the lack of percussion?" Wang Zhihao of the planning team asked.

"Yes, that's it."

Zhao Nuo nodded: "And using this style can also arouse the resonance of players, after all, this is the classical culture of our country, and integrating it into the game may also arouse the pride of players." ”

"It sounds like it should work." Wang Zhihao recognized Zhao Nuo's idea, and then turned to look at the members of the program team and the art team: "But in this case, it is equivalent to completely revising the previous light and shadow effects, and it should take a lot of time." ”

"It's okay, after all, our game hasn't been approved yet, right?" Zhao Nuo said.

"That, it's already passed......" Xia Xiaoling, who had been standing beside her, spoke weakly.

"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhao Nuo asked, "Why is it so fast?" ”

――In his cognition, the approval speed of domestic games has always been very slow, but since most of the time he directly buys foreign genuine versions, he has not paid attention to this problem for a long time.

"Well, it seems to be because there are too few domestic single-player games recently." Xia Xiaoling nodded as if affirming her words: "We only reported it a few days before it was approved." ”

“…… Has the domestic stand-alone game been depressed to this point? ”

Hearing this, Zhao Nuo sighed helplessly, and then said: "Then we must speed up the progress, and from today onwards, Xia Xiaoling and I will also accompany you." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a wail suddenly sounded among the company employees below. However, Zhao Nuo didn't have time to care about this kind of thing now, so he turned his head and asked Xia Xiaoling: "Has the promotion of the game started?" ”

-- Since it had just been formed, Hellfire Games did not actually have its own publicity agency, but directly outsourced the promotion of the game to an advertising company. As for this matter, it is not in her own hands, Xia Xiaoling is in charge.

"I've handed it over to Mercury Commercial, and they made a video sample for me yesterday." Xia Xiaoling grabbed her hair.

"Let them change their publicity strategy to highlight the retro ink painting style of "The Legend of the War of the Three Kingdoms", and work hard in this regard." Zhao Nuo immediately ordered.

"Uh-huh, I'll let them know right away." Xia Xiaoling saluted like a soldier receiving an order, and her movements were still as non-standard as before.

After solving the problem of publicity, Zhao Nuo looked at the employees who were still talking in the conference room and began to think about how to make them obedient.

-- The business of game companies has always been very heavy, and it is common to work overtime or something. But Zhao Nuo doesn't plan to squeeze these employees too much, after all, everyone is a person who likes games.

"Well, how about a few more days off after this development is completed?" Zhao Nuo tentatively said Tiyì.

"Boss, "Legends of the War of the Three Kingdoms" has been revised N times in the past few days. We're almost empty, and if we can't wait for the development to be completed, everyone will be tired first. A programmer made an opinion.

"I'm still very happy with the speed of everyone's revisions, but now is the pinch, do you want to see all these days of hard work in vain?" Zhao Nuo tried to arouse their feelings of "not admitting defeat".

Then, without any suspense, he failed:

"Now that the quality of the game is good, it can crush most domestic games, why continue to modify?" An unconvinced voice rang out from the crowd.

"That's right, if it's released like this, it should sell well!" This voice sounded very unconfident, and it was obvious that he didn't even believe his own words.

Even if Zhao Nuo wanted to refute, he couldn't convince such a group of "complaining" guys by himself.

Just when he was still thinking about what to say, he saw the personnel director dressed in black with a stern expression stand up and said loudly: "Quiet! ”

For this guy who is strict to death, everyone in the company has already learned it. Before he could finish his words, the employees who were still complaining immediately fell silent.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the personnel director nodded and said, "The meeting will be dismissed today, and I will go to work according to the usual working hours, and I will talk about overtime later." ”

Hearing this, the employees began to leave the conference room in order, only Zhao Nuo and Xia Xiaoling, as well as a few "cronies" stayed.

"The negotiation failed." The pale face of the "ghost and god scriptor" showed a faint smile on his face.

"What's so funny about that." Zhao Nuo turned his head to look at the personnel director and asked, "Is there any way?" ”

"No, they're already overloaded these days, and if you force them to work overtime, it will severely affect the motivation of employees. For a company like ours, which is just starting out, disheartening is fatal. "The HR director, who has always been very strict, also looks like he has nothing to do at this time.

"Is there really no way...... Zhao Nuo sighed.

Now that the development of "Tales of the War of the Three Kingdoms" has entered the final stage, several new projects are about to be launched. And those projects that are completely "starting from scratch" obviously take much longer than modifying an existing game.

If you spend too much time on this game, it may be too late for the rest of the work: after all, there is only one year left for them, and now is not the time to relax.

Although it is very reluctant, it seems that it can only be slowed down now......

Just as Zhao Nuo was about to give up his thoughts, his cousin's voice interrupted his thoughts:

"I have a way, but I need your cooperation, brother."

Jian Hitomi's eyes narrowed, and a malicious smile appeared on her beautiful cheeks.