The fiery atmosphere quickly spread.

Tuesday.

The last day of the Dongjin Video Game Festival.

"Mr. Moriya, you called me?"

Yuki pushes open the door to the office of Tetsuya Moriya, managing director of Komera's game business.

See this at this time.

In Moriya's office, there were two other people present.

It's not that they're outsiders --

Muneki Sato.

Okura and.

Yuki was happy when he saw this battle.

After a week of rest, the team of Silent Hill PT was assembled again.

Sensei, this must be to start the development and production of the official version of Silent Hill!

Also.

Today's Silent Hill can be described as in full swing.

Countless players are calling for the release of the official version.

Coupled with the terrifying somatosensory cabin login rate, even if you think about it on your knees, this game is not a loss.

It seems that the senior management must have seen the current popularity of PT and felt that it was time to speed up the cooperative development.

Thinking.

Yuki smiled and nodded, and sat in line with the other two main development directors, waiting for Moriya to mobilize them.

However!

Moriya's face did not have an expression of excitement and expectation, but was a little dull.

"Everyone is here, let's have a private meeting,"

Moriya said:

"I believe the three of you know the rules of private meetings, so you don't have any objections, right?"

Hear the words.

All three of them were stunned.

The private meeting system is a form of meeting that exists within Comera and many large companies.

Such meetings are not public, transparent, and no minutes are kept.

It is usually held during the discussion of matters that are more hidden or not accessible to the public.

At the same time, participants will also default to not disclose any information about the meeting.

It's an unspoken rule of the company.

The trio are no strangers to this form of meeting.

But the question is......

At this time, why suddenly have a closed meeting?

For a moment, a trace of uneasy premonition lingered in the hearts of the three of them.

After exchanging glances with each other, the three of them nodded, acquiescing to the format of this meeting.

Then, I saw Moriya take out three thin business plans from his drawer and hand them to the three of them:

"This is the preliminary project plan for the official version of "Silent Hill", after reading the recycling, we have time today, you can take a closer look."

After receiving the plan handed over by General Manager Moriya, Yuki frowned slightly.

See what it says - ["Silent Hill" Project (Draft)]

With a deep sigh, Yuki read it carefully......

First of all, in terms of game settings, the main work still continues the "table world" and "inner world" settings given by PT.

The main character of the main work is named James, and he is an excellent plastic surgeon.

One day, he receives a letter from his wife, inviting him to a small town called Silent Hill, in which he mentions many things about their past.

Originally, the letter seemed to be very uneventful.

It seems that the divorced wife wants to see each other again.

But the horror is that James is not divorced, but widowed - his wife has been dead for three years.

This is a letter from his deceased wife.

So, with all kinds of complicated emotions, James came to Silent Hill.

Here, he saw the most bizarre sights.

All kinds of strange monsters and monsters took turns to appear, which were very powerful, and put James in a dangerous predicament several times.

And among these monsters, only one is particularly powerful.

It was a woman in an apron who had lost her head, and she was like a nightmare, killed countless times, but reborn countless times.

Finally, after fighting all the way, James killed the place indicated in his wife's letter.

It is a mansion on the edge of town.

Upon entering the mansion, players will be greeted with a number of group photos.

And the protagonist in those group photos is a photo of James and a woman in an apron.

Not bad!

James is the murderer of another wife murder case that appeared on PT radio, and he has been at large through the convenience of his plastic surgeon.

This time I returned to Silent Hill to cut down the grass and eradicate the inexplicable "resurrected" wife.

In the end, James killed his headless wife completely in the same kitchen.

But the so-called cycle of retribution.

Although his shot completely killed his wife, it also ignited the liquefied gas in the kitchen.

Ultimately.

In the midst of a loud bang, James got the final bad retribution, and he was wiped out.

Let's go.

This concludes the draft plan.

Yuki closed the project, and the expression on his face was a little complicated.

She looked at Okura, then at Sato.

I found that the expressions on the faces of these two people were similar to my own.

Actually, objectively speaking.

The completion of this business case is not bad.

There is a beginning and an end, the story is complete, and the main theme is a cycle of karma and retribution.

But only if -

Don't give it the name Silent Hill.

"This ......"

After carefully organizing the language for a long time, I listened to Sato speak:

"With all due respect, Moriya, I would like to ask, what is this...... Gu Sang's business case? ”

Seeing that all three of them looked at themselves.

Moriya shrugged noncommittally and asked, "What do you think?" ”

The servants look at me, and I look at you, and they are all a little embarrassed.

Eventually, Yuki spoke: "I think...... Not like. ”

Not that it's bad.

It's that it looks...... It's too ordinary.

You must know that a large part of the reason why PT has such an excellent horror effect and topicality is its obscure metaphor of the clouds and mountains and fog, as well as the god's chattering storytelling method, and the inexplicable blank open ending at the end.

This kind of game form of "caring for everything" will always give the game a layer of mystery, like a veil between it and the player.

But now!

In this edition of the project!

The veil was removed.

What Yuki and the others see is a story with the adventure of fighting monsters as the main line, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded.

Perhaps the only special point of this story is that the player acts as a villain.

For the rest, there is nothing to be remarkable.

After listening to Yuki's words, I saw that Moriya's face also showed helplessness, 'It was really so'.

Sighing, he asked:

"And what do you think of it as a project for Silent Hill?"

Hearing this, I saw Sato smack his lips: "What is the 'how' asked by General Manager Moriya?" ”

"Sales." Moriya is concise and to the point.

"It's going to be affected." Sato is even more straightforward.

Moriya nodded and looked at Sato: "Tell me specifically?" ”

"This business plan is obviously not Gu Sang's,"

Sato saw that everything was said about this, and there was no need to hide it, so he simply opened the skylight and said something bright:

"If it's made as a separate game, then there's no problem,"

"But if it's released as the official version of PT, it might be a big deal to say that the dog's tail continues to be mink."

"But the word-of-mouth that affects Silent Hill's IP is certain,"

"Now, PT has been praised on the altar in the analysis of the media and players,"

"The kind of charm it has is by no means something that this ordinary plot can catch,"

"At that time, it will be criticized and the decline in sales will be certain."

Listening to Sato's words, Moriya nodded, and then spoke:

"How much will it affect?"

Sato thought for a moment: "It's hard to say, because in this case, the player's subjective factors account for too much, and it is conservatively estimated...... 20% of it. ”

Hiss——!!!

As soon as these words came out, Yuki and Okura both gasped.

It's just a slightly more ordinary script, but it will drop the game's sales by one-fifth!

And that's just a conservative estimate!

"And what about higher estimates?" Moriya asked.

"That's hard to say," Sato shook his head this time, signaling that he couldn't predict it, "If I really use this project, I wouldn't be surprised that the sales volume is discounted." ”

Let's talk about it.

There was a long silence in the office.

Half a day.

Only then did Yuki slowly ask:

"So, Moriya ...... Silent Hill's main work, are we going to develop it ourselves? ”

Moriya's words have already reached this point, and no matter how stupid a few people are, they can hear the meaning!

The high-level people actually wanted to shake off the golden wind and swallow the sales results of the official version of Silent Hill by themselves!

And on this!

Moriya also nodded slowly.

Albeit!

I'm ready!

But!

When he saw Toru Moriya nodding, Yuki couldn't help but feel a burst of anger!

What the hell is this idiot doing?!

Throwing off the wind of gold means dumping Director Sam too!

Good!

You see the popularity of Silent Hill now, and the widespread support of players, and you want to get rid of the penny and make a profit for yourself, which is understandable!

After all, the same is true of the consistent style of the Comela!

Moreover, changing directors in the middle of a project is nothing new.

But!

Before you get rid of people, don't you really think about it, who gave the soul of this game?

The crown of the "King of Horror Games" is on SamGu's head!

And not in the hands of our KOMINA!

"This ...... This ......"

Yuki simply couldn't understand this wave of operations from the top:

"With all due respect, Moriya Executive! It's like we make cars, but—"

……

“…… But it dumped the engine manufacturer! ”

Turn back the clock to yesterday!

The Komera Room!

A private meeting chaired by President Keimasa Kamigoshi!

Tetsuya Moriya, who is the managing director of the game business, also raised the same questions as Yuki!

This operation is also outrageous!

However!

Before he could speak, Yue Jing was speaking.

Yamamoto Tsunada, who was sitting next to him, had a sinking face:

"Managing Director Moriya, do you mean that with more than 20 years of experience in the industry and my status as a veteran game designer, I can't replace a fledgling kid and lead the development of Silent Hill?"

Not bad!

As the president, Kamigoshi Keimasa's 'disciple and student'.

Yamamoto Tsunade is going to occupy the magpie's nest this time, and the two projects will be grasped at one hand!

Now the official version of "Extreme Hurricane" has entered the development work in an orderly manner.

He can free up his hands to take over the now popular "Silent Hill" project!

In this way, the two popular projects will be in his pocket!

And it just so happens!

Ever since Silent Hill exploded, Kamitsu Keimasa has been pondering how to kick the Golden Wind out of this project.

After all, this IP is too hot right now!

Once released, nine times out of ten, it will become a phenomenal horror game, and even have a high probability of becoming the highest-selling horror game in history!

And such an alluring project!

They even have to take out 30% of the net profit and share it with the wind of gold!

This is unacceptable to a pure businessman like Jotsu Jingzheng.

Don't say three percent.

He didn't want to divide it!

Kamigoshi Jingzheng doesn't understand games.

In his opinion, Gu Sheng is an external "business manager" in the final analysis.

Now, Gu Sheng has given them a big order for Kemera, and as a reward, in the next follow-up project, he asked for a three-percent split.

Shangyue Jingzheng is naturally reluctant to go out with money.

After all, he also has another top business manager in his hands - Tsunade Yamamoto.

Moreover, this business manager has a longer career experience and more work experience, and the most important thing is that Yamamoto Tsunade is not an external hire and does not need such a high share.

So, there was almost no trade-off!

Kamigoshi Jingzheng hit it off with Tsunade Yamamoto, and decided to kick the golden wind and develop "Silent Hill" independently!

"This ...... That's too presumptuous! President! ”

Moriya was numb when he heard it!

Kamitsu Jingzheng doesn't understand the game, he does!

He knows all too well how special Silent Hill is a game!

"Silent Hill's unique psychological horror experience was pioneered by Sam, and he's also the designer who has mastered this concept the most, so replace him, I think uh......"

Don't wait for Moriya to finish.

Just listen to Yamamoto Tsuna open his mouth and interrupt him!

"Haha, Moriya's words are too arbitrary,"

Tsunade Yamamoto smiled:

"Replacing a director midway through game development is nothing new,"

"There are even a lot of projects that are already halfway through development, and the director has been replaced for various reasons, and in the end it has been smoothly implemented without affecting the quality of the game at all,"

"What's more, PT is just a demo version, and it's a good time for us to change the designer before the official version is developed."

After Yamamoto finished speaking, he looked at Moriya with some smugness.

Moriya didn't pay attention to him, but kept staring at the president Kamikoshi Keimasa: "President, this game really can't change the director, after all, Sam won the title of 'King of Horror Games' through this demo version, if this time ......"

However.

Moriya didn't finish!

Hearing Yamamoto Tsunade speak again, he interrupted him again: "It's just a false name, today he is the king of terror, and tomorrow I can ...... it"

"No road race eight grid tooth road! (Fuck you, bastard)"

Boom!!!

Moriya finally can't take it anymore!

Bang the table!

Pointing to the nose of the big-looking Yamamoto Tsuna, he scolded:

"How fucking old are you?! Dare to interrupt me too?! Looking for death?! ”

Boom!

On the spot, Yamamoto Tsunade was so scared that he shrank his neck!

What is Toru Moriya's identity?

Managing Director!

An executive within the company who is second only to the president Keimasa Uekoshi!

And what about him?

A game designer!

It's not half a star worse than Moriya's level!

Although he relied on himself to be the president's disciple, he participated in this private meeting.

But in terms of level, Moriya trains him as casually as a dog!

"What ......?"

Seeing that Yamamoto Tsunade didn't dare to jump anymore, Moriya snorted coldly and glared at him fiercely:

"From now on, shut your dog's mouth for me, I don't want to hear you say half a syllable more while I'm talking to President Joetsu, understand?"

Tsunade Yamamoto bowed his head and shrunk his eyes, looking at President Joetsu beside him, as if he wanted to say something.

But when he saw Kamitsu, he waved his hand: "Get out." ”

"But the teacher ......"

Syllable!

Without the slightest hesitation!

Shangyue Jingzheng's backhand is a big mouth!

Directly pulled back Yamamoto Tsuna's words.

Then, he shook his hand and raised his eyebrows!

"How many times have I told you that you have to call your job title when you work! I don't care about you! ”

"Hah...... Hai ——!!! ”

(End of chapter)