"Speaking of which...... I don't know if you've heard of it, but we young people in China prefer a novel called 'Infinite Stream' to ordinary fanworks......"

"I'm sorry, Chu Fangjun, may I ask if the infinity of 'infinite flow' and 'fantasy infinity' you said are the same words?"

Speaking of "Infinite Stream", Miss Hotaru Sugida, who served as the Japanese translator, interrupted Chu Fang with a somewhat embarrassed face, and proved that not only these presidents and vice presidents who were already middle-aged had never heard of "Infinite Stream", but even she, a young man working in the cultural industry, had never heard of "Infinite Stream" at all.

However, this was originally expected by the Chu side - if they had heard of the "infinite stream", the Chu side could only think that they had probably begun to consider Huaxia to sue the "infinite stream" for infringement.

"The so-called 'Infinite Stream', and Japan's 'Killing City'...... The original Japanese name is G, A, N, T, Z, the comics of "gantz" are somewhat similar, telling the story of a group of people who are desperate for life, taken to a closed space by a mysterious ball of light, and then survive, fight, and complete tasks in one mission world after another, and after returning to the closed space, you can also use points to exchange for various powerful items or abilities in the huàn mission world to strengthen yourself. ”

Because of the mention of "GANTZ" in Chu Fang's explanation, Hotaru Sugida immediately succeeded in establishing an intuitive impression in her mind, but among the others, only Yoshiki Tanaka, a famous writer, immediately noticed the fun of this kind of story, and the three presidents and vice presidents who were also engaged in the cultural and entertainment industry did not have the professional qualities of game producers, editors, and writers.

"The reason why this 'infinite stream' can become a genre is precisely because it needs to be replaced with different characters and different mission worlds. Many different stories can be written with a similar setting.

And the quest world, which is most popular with readers, is not the author's own original world. Rather, it is the world of various novels, anime, games, and movies, and readers like to watch various characters created by the author. Adventure in unoriginal worlds, interact with popular characters, and change some of the world's unsatisfying histories.

In the case of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, for example, the author can create one or several characters of his own, be transported from an enclosed space to a certain place in the world of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes by a mysterious ball of light as a teammate or enemy, and then issue an order - either to live until a certain time to the end, or to help the Alliance or the Empire achieve victory.

And in this mission world, they must complete the tasks specified by the mysterious light ball. You can also discover various 'side quests', such as saving characters who are going to die, killing characters who shouldn't have died, and changing a plot to earn rewards for doing so.

If anyone likes Willy Yang, he can save Willy Yang and even take the character out of the world of Legend of the Galactic Heroes after the mission and follow the protagonist to another world - such as StarCraft, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Dragon Ball adventures.

It can be said that the works of 'Infinite Stream' are strung together by fanfiction. ”

Chu Fang explained the content of "unlimited streaming" to these copyright holders in detail. And of course, the other party frowned - the idea he said was similar to the star smash brawl, which sounded interesting, but like the fanwork, it was a blatant infringing work.

However, the president of SCE did not come to discuss the infringement issue with Chu Fang today, he thought about it a little. I understood the requirements that Chu Fang did not explicitly say:

"Chu Jun, the second game you want to make is this kind of 'infinite stream' world, right?

We can contact you for copyright issues. At least the copyrights owned by our Sony are certainly fine. ”

"Thanks, but I don't want authorization. Rather, it is a cooperative share.

――I would like to work with all companies that have licenses, and each company can make its own products. Or entrust a third-party company to make your own copyrighted quest world, and then access my infinite game.

I may acquire some copyrighted quest worlds, but my only task is really to be responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the game's AI, and my profits only come from technical and service fees. ”

"This kind of cooperation ...... It's truly an infinite game!

And your company becomes a platform and technology provider for all RPG games...... No, all types of games can be connected to this platform, regardless of whether they need your company's AI technology or not. ”

After hearing about Chu Fang's real request, the president of SCE couldn't help but admire, Chu Fang is indeed very thoughtful, and his ambition is really great, and he wants to use his own game as a platform to access other games.

The game designed by Chu Fang is to allow players to create a character that can be used in many games, and no matter which game you play, you can accumulate experience for your game characters, strengthen and upgrade, it is not difficult from a technical point of view, the key is to adjust the balance of each world, even if it is a third-rate game company, it depends on the ability of each company to play the task world.

But here's the problem - if third-rate game companies can produce such games, why should Sony and other companies let Chu Fang take a cut of it?

The president of SCE asked Chu Fang this question in a very tactful way, and Chu Fang seemed to have expected this question from the other party, and replied directly and confidently:

"That's right, if you just want to make the mission world into an ordinary RPG game, then a third-rate company or even a non-mainstream company can do it, but even if it is a well-made RPG game, it is only stronger than the screen.

We can already give up on script-based Japanese RPGs, and the current sandbox games and open-ended RPGs are closer to the mission world I described, but their game AI is far from enough, and it is not possible to communicate well with the player, nor can it accurately and reasonably deduce the impact of the player's various actions on the plot.

Such a quest world is nothing more than a new map with different tastes, and the player has gone through the quest and got all the rewards that are worth taking, and there is no point in re-entering the map.

And even if the game designer designs the task to be difficult, because the AI is too rigid, as long as there are advanced players who figure out the routine and summarize the strategy method, the players behind will just follow the strategy to get rewards step by step.

Due to the limitations of AI, all of our games are like this now, so game designers have to find ways to summarize the game's reward mechanism, addiction, psychological satisfaction, and sense of competition, and strive to capture the player psychologically, so that the player can continue the game because of addiction rather than because of pleasure.

- Of course, the reason why players are addicted is because they feel happy, but in the final analysis, this is a 'technical knockout' of the player, and the game itself does not capture the player's heart, or even makes the player feel interesting, and even the excitement has to be maintained by selling meat, horror, speed, gore, and other factors.

The world in this game is not a 'different world' that I can really venture into, and it is not the quest world that I need.

The AI technology I used in the demo version of Legend of the Galactic Heroes allows the AI to respond more accurately to the player's words and actions, and technically enhance the simulation of the game world - isn't that why you came to me in a hurry?

With this kind of AI close to human intelligence, the virtual game world is closer to the real world, and players will be engaged in the game because of the charm of these fantasy worlds themselves, instead of repeatedly obtaining those negative pleasure and stimulation like taking drugs, and wasting their lives boringly.

――Of course, in my infinite game, there are also a lot of elements such as monster farming, leveling, case opening, PK, etc., but in addition, I think my game has a more important, more positive, and can tell the player openly! ”

In front of the president of SCE, Chu Fang not only explained his technical advantages, but also explained his game system concept full of "positive energy", but the president and two vice presidents in front of him were unmoved, only Yoshiki Tanaka, who is a writer, showed an expression of appreciation.

But think about it, two of those three are the president and vice president of the game company, and the remaining one is the vice president of the manga and light novel publishing house, and if they really care about the physical and mental health of consumers, they will not allow their own company to make a company or publish works that are not illegal to the law, but are dedicated to sensory stimulation and have no nutrition at all.

In the final analysis, the first thing a commercial company should do is to make money, and the second thing to do is to make money without breaking the law; If necessary, it will be added the clause of making money without violating morality; If it's not necessary, even the idea of making money without breaking the law can be removed.

As for the consumers and producers, it is not at all for commercial companies to consider, capital is such an ugly monster.

But if possible, the president of SCE is not opposed to his game having stronger technical competitiveness and more beneficial "positive energy" - after all, "positive energy" is also money, which is not only a bright spot in publicity, but also a moral high ground, which can give both the company's products and the company itself a moral advantage in the competition.

The most critical questions are......

Is the AI technology possessed by Chu Fang really powerful enough to be so powerful? This is simply artificial intelligence in science fiction!

If it's true, then its value is so amazing, how can it be used only for games! (To be continued......)

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