September 20, 1993.

On this day, several young people came to Pokeni Co., Ltd.

Basically, they are seventeen or eighteen years old, and they are less than 20 years old and fresh enough to breathe water.

Oh no, except for the glasses-wearing, slightly chubby boy.

President Sei Ji-won is taking the children on a tour of the company, explaining what they are doing, how the game is made, and telling the glorious history of Pokeni to date.

In fact, this glorious history has only been glorious for 3 years.

From this point of view, pokeni is even more tender.

"Huh? Why are there so many young people today? ”

As soon as he joined the company, Taiji Misakata, the owner, noticed that something was not quite right.

Program boss Ken Akanishi pouted and motioned for him to whisper, "The president is taking the college students from Keio Juku to visit the company, probably trying to take the opportunity to promote a wave and recruit a few interns, right?" ”

"Huh?"

Taiji Sakata blinked, mechanically put down his briefcase, and then sat down at his desk, sorting out today's work while looking at the college students out of the corner of his eye.

There were about six people in total.

4 males and 2 females.

The two girls have beautiful faces and look quite kawaii, and one of them wears round-framed black glasses, and even has a bit of a comic girl feeling.

"Since 90 years onwards, it seems that newcomers don't have this kind of treatment."

Taiji Sakata said suspiciously.

Yes, Ken Akanishi very much agrees, wasn't it the era of bubble economy 90 years ago? All neon is taking off, and entrepreneurs are desperately grabbing people, providing college students with all kinds of preferential treatment, and even before they sign it, they will give big gifts.

At that time, talent was more expensive than anything else, and there were almost no interviews.

It's different now, the economy is in a recession, companies are closing down one by one, and there are still so many jobs left for young people.

Nowadays, it is almost always college students who want to join the company, and it is really rare for the president to invite them to visit the company in advance.

Unless this group of people is very important.

"The top students of Keio University can barely be regarded as talents that need to be sought." Ken Akanishi responded, "Before you came, the president had already asked me to introduce some program work. ”

Among the visitors today were students from different majors, including those from the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Social Sciences......

"Who does the president have a crush on?" Taiji Sakata couldn't help but be curious.

"Guess?" Akanishi Ken laughed evilly, and said mysteriously.

Taiji Sakata looked around, "That girl with glasses, right?" In fact, people are very beautiful.,After putting on glasses, there is a feeling of cuteness.,The president won't like this one.。 ”

"No, it's not." Ken Akanishi laughed happily.

"You may not believe it when you say it."

"HR Akane Ayase said that today's invitation, in fact, the president is just for one person."

He directed Taiji Sakata's gaze with his eyes.

The latter glanced at it, and the whole person was shocked.

Because Akanishi's gaze fell on the most inconspicuous of those students, and even looked like a little obscene temperament.

It's the boy who wears glasses and is a little chubby.

"Huh? Really? Is the president actually looking at such a person? ”

……

At this time, Sei Chi Won was taking the students from Keio University to visit Pokeni and tell them about the history of game development at P Company with great interest.

The crowd listened with great interest.

Especially the boy who wore glasses and was said by Taiji Sakata to have an obscene temperament in the middle of the team-

Hidetaka Miyazaki.

The young Hidetaka Miyazaki has grown thinner and has thicker hair, but his appearance has hardly changed, and it can be seen at a glance that this guy is an old thief from Miyazaki.

In some ways, this guy is a little similar to Liu Cixin.

But this guy was very low-key the whole time, although his eyes were shining, he barely spoke much, and he didn't ask any questions.

The others, especially the good-looking girl, behaved extremely lively.

Like a little bird, he always chirps around Qing Zhiyuan.

Qing Zhiyuan felt a little noisy.

A girl's heart is towards Aoi Chiwon, and President Seoki only seems to care about Hidetaka Miyazaki.

He patiently asked, "What do you think, classmate?" Are you interested in interning at Pokeni? ”

Hidetaka Miyazaki was stunned for a moment, and held his glasses with his fingers, the nervousness was visible to the naked eye.

The current old thief is still a little introverted little fat man, even if his heart is ready to move, there is no particularly obvious performance.

It's just that the corners of his mouth can't help but rise, revealing Hidetaka Miyazaki's signature gloomy smile, indicating that although he didn't make it clear, he was very interested in Qing Zhiyuan's invitation.

Before he went to college, this guy was watched by his family and had little opportunity to play games, but that doesn't mean he wasn't interested in games.

Born into a poor family in Neon Shizuoka Prefecture, Hidetaka Miyazaki often went to the library to read books and manga because his parents couldn't afford to buy books or manga.

Ironically, he was forbidden by his parents to play games since he was a child, so he could only read game books and play board games, but this did not affect his creativity and imagination in the slightest.

After Hidetaka Miyazaki entered college, he began to experience the game process of revenge, and there is a sentence -

The more you didn't get it when you were a child, the more you wanted it when you grew up.

The more forbidden it is, the more mysterious and attractive it is.

Boys who have never been in a relationship are always full of all kinds of fantasies about girls.

Hidetaka Miyazaki, who had never played a game before, was naturally full of desire for games.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the money to buy a game console, so his inner desire is even more suppressed.

Invited to Pokeni, Hidetaka Miyazaki was suddenly brought into a mysterious world by Seo Chi Yuan, just like a girl who had been secretly in love for a long time lifted the veil covering his face in front of him.

Hidetaka Miyazaki fell in an instant.

"Pokeni is definitely a place to achieve your dreams, and it has a great family atmosphere."

After finishing speaking, Qing Zhiyuan shifted his gaze to the others and added:

"Well, everyone is welcome to come to Pokeni for internships in the future, I wonder if there will be a work that shocks the world in the future from your hands."

"Teacher, I'm a computer major, so I should be doing programming work in the future, right? Can apes also be involved in the design? ”

"Of course."

Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously, "Employees in any position have their own ideas and creativity, Pokeni never restricts individuals, as long as your ideas are good, interesting, and creative, you have the opportunity to try it." ”

Really?

Hearing Aojigen's words not far away, Ken Akanishi and Taiji Sakata were shocked.

The president is shameless and lies in front of the students.

Before this, how could I not see a single game designer with a programming or art background?

Oh, except for the president himself.

……

"That ......" At this moment, Hidetaka Miyazaki raised his hand weakly.

Qing Zhiyuan hurriedly encouraged with his eyes, "This classmate, please speak freely." ”

"I ...... I've never played a game. "I've only read game guidebooks, but I'm interested in games, and no, because I haven't played games, I don't even know if I'm really interested in games."

Can someone like me participate in game development? ”

"Well, that's fine." Qing Zhiyuan nodded seriously.

The current Hidetaka Miyazaki has not yet been able to meet his destined game, and today is a turning point.

It's just that what this guy wants to do in the future should be to experience more games and stimulate his imagination and creativity.

"If you don't know about the game," Qing Zhiyuan thought for a while, and looked back at the program ape who was debugging the game, "Come to Pokeni for internship, I can configure the corresponding game console for you, if there are no conditions, then the company's test room can be used by you."

Miyazaki-san, if you want to experience any game at that time, you can experience it here, and if the school has the conditions, you can bring the testing machine back, as long as it is not damaged and does not leak secrets. ”

Huh?

Hidetaka Miyazaki was stunned for a moment.

It seems that Qing Zhiyuan can call his name directly.

But he soon understood—

Today

It can only be said that President Youth is really a very charismatic entrepreneur, even an inconspicuous little person like them can remember it, and he did his homework in advance.

This heart alone is unusually impressive.

And......

There are free games to play in the world.

That's great, right?

The other students looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh happily.

……

After sending off the college students, Qing Zhiyuan returned to his office and sat down.

Happy.

From what he had just observed, it was clear that the old thief Miyazaki was very interested in making games.

But of course.

After all, Hidetaka Miyazaki in his previous life was a person who could give up Oracle's high-paying career in order to make games, and even take less than half of the salary of his original position and take a salary cut to do game development.

And he also changed jobs at the age of 29.

You must know that Neon is a lifetime employment system, and once you leave Oracle, the future is full of uncertainty.

It takes a lot of courage to quit a job in such a situation, and at the same time, you need to have a great passion for the game.

So even if Hidetaka Miyazaki doesn't make games today, he will be in the game industry in the future.

The only thing that worries Qingzhiyuan is-

The current Hidetaka Miyazaki, in addition to imagination and creativity, can be said to be a blank slate.

But it doesn't matter, because Qing Zhiyuan knows that this guy has the potential and talent to become a top producer.

What he needs is time and experience, and he needs to enter the game company to experience and polish.

In the end, it won't take a few years, and Qing Zhiyuan is confident that he can polish this piece of jade from Hidetaka Miyazaki into a crystal clear treasure.

As for the other college students who came to visit, Qingzhiyuan adhered to the principle of meritocracy, as long as they performed well during the internship in the company, they wanted it.

After all, Keio University is one of the best universities in neon.

……

Not long after the visit, Hidetaka Miyazaki and several students from Keio University signed their names on the internship contracts.

It's just that I will come to the company for an internship during the winter vacation in December.

"Good."

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but be secretly happy.

Get rid of the old thief Miyazaki, and Pokeni will have another amazing producer in the future.

Akane Ayase glanced at him, indicating that she was getting more and more incomprehensible to the president.

……

After August, Pokeni's other game, "The Nest Man", entered the finishing touches.

This game is developed by a small team of only 6 people in total, with Mika Ishino as the producer, Jungar Asae as the script planner, and artist Yokoyama as the original designer.

Small productions, small teams, members of other departments of the company don't seem to have much hope for them either.

Furuhara Tsubaki is [gone], and the script was not written by Wada.

I feel that the president is completely experimenting at a small cost.,Piecing together a few [newcomers], it would be better if the results could be sold, and if not, it would be regarded as an experience for newcomers.

Yes, newcomers.

Mika Ishino worked as a producer for the first time.

Jun Ma Zhi just graduated this year and only came to the company in April.

And the art Yokoyama,Although he has been in charge of the art work of several galgames,It's the first time to officially serve as the main artist and create independently.。

What's even more terrifying is that this time the creation is quite difficult.

Because the president's brain is estimated to be pumped, he actually asked Yokoyama to fuse the current Japanese comic style with the French Sambei style to create a new style.

According to Qing Zhiyuan's original words, the quilt man needs a dreamy sense of innocence, and at the same time, he also needs to combine the style of "Your Name" to create a unique new game with a neon flavor.

Yokoyama said——

Is this Nima something that people can do?

This requirement is even more excessive than when "Mermaid Heart" was made.

At that time, it was a requirement to combine horror and suspense with aesthetic healing......

In short, just thinking about it, Yokoyama feels that his head is big, and every time in the dead of night, he has an urge to pick a child.

However, when he thought of what Qing Zhiyuan said, "Maybe this is the brightest moment in your art career, a work of art", Yokoyama felt that there was a fire flowing in his blood.

……

After showing Qing Zhiyuan the original painting style, the little heart of the artist Yokoyama was almost scared.

Because Qing Zhiyuan was stunned for a long time.

The air in the entire conference room was unusually dull, as if it had frozen.

"Wow, that's what I want." Qing Zhiyuan said.

Dreamy.

To be precise, Yokoyama uses colored pencil and watercolor to increase the color saturation, so that the whole picture has a beautiful fairy tale color.

In terms of character modeling, it is mainly based on the drawing of Japanese comics.

So it looks fantastic.

Such a work is either a work of God, a work of art, and is praised to the sky.

Either it's just a lump of soaring, and being criticized for nothing.

There is a great deal of uncertainty, and the results may or may not be dismal in the end.

Therefore, it seems that it is not unreasonable for the members to suspect that Qing Zhiyuan is using "The Man in the Bed" as an experiment.

"Well, steady, if this game can be made. For better or worse, it's sure to leave a mark on the history of the game. ”

Sizzle......

Yokoyama said that he could not understand the president's words very well.

What does it mean to be good or bad?

Is this stable or unstable?

……

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