Early the next morning.

Esplanade University, research room.

"What do you say, what did Professor Liu come to us for?"

A group of young men and women in their twenties gathered together and whispered about it.

They are all graduating graduate students this year, and just now, they received a notice from Professor Liu asking them to gather at the Academic Affairs Office.

"It's certainly not a trivial matter to call so many people over at once."

One of the emaciated boys said worriedly.

"Could it be that something is wrong with the project?"

"Don't scare me, if something goes wrong, won't you be scolded to death?"

"But I've been fine lately, huh?"

"Is it possible that something was announced?"

The more they talked, the more worried and fearful the expressions on the faces of several people.

After all, Professor Liu was very frightened when he got angry.

They usually get scolded when they do research projects.

But it's even more worrying for them.

It is my own credits and tutor evaluation.

Because there is less than half a year to get a degree, if you anger Professor Liu at this time, you can directly deduct their credits, or even cancel their recommendation places.

Pedal Pedal –

Just as everyone was nervously discussing, a sound of footsteps came from afar.

The heavy voice made everyone's faces change, and they instantly heard Professor Liu's footsteps, and they all sat up straight.

Sure enough.

As the footsteps approached, a tall figure in a white research uniform appeared at the door and walked in with a lesson plan.

"Professor."

"Hello Professor!"

The students hurriedly got up and their eyes fell on the mortal.

"It's all here."

Liu Heng put down the lesson plan and sat down directly on the podium.

His expression was very calm, and he couldn't see joy or sorrow, but it also lifted the hearts of everyone below.

"Sit down." Liu Heng waved his hand, "I came to you today mainly for one thing, don't be so nervous." ”

When the students heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again.

"Professor, is it because of the research topic?"

Finally, someone dared to ask.

"It's not."

Liu Heng raised his head and glanced around with a calm face: "In half a year, you will graduate, originally I didn't plan to interfere with your future decisions, but now there is a career opportunity in front of you, I want to ask you what you think." ”

"Career opportunities!"

When the crowd heard this, there was a commotion.

I didn't expect the professor to come to them for this.

The eyes of several of them also became hot.

Isn't the purpose of going to graduate school to increase the competitiveness of one's academic qualifications and get a better job in the future?

The work that allows the professor to speak in person is certainly not far behind.

At least it's better than those masters running to deliver food online, right?

To know.

The employment environment is not the same as it was then.

In this era when undergraduates are all over the place, the competitiveness of master's degrees has become much weaker.

If you choose those unpopular majors, it will be even worse.

has gone from a monthly income of more than 10,000 insurances and one housing fund with two days off at the beginning to a situation where 5,000 people are rushing to do it now.

"Mentor, what kind of job is it?" Someone asked boldly.

"Honghuang Studio, have you heard of it?" Liu Heng said lightly.

As soon as this remark came out.

Many people's complexions changed slightly.

"Flood Wilderness Studio!"

"Is that the game studio that's been famous lately?"

"It is said that their market value is estimated to exceed 10 billion, which is comparable to that of large enterprises."

"Professor, you have a relationship over there!?"

The trainees were incredulous.

I didn't expect the professor to hook up with this studio.

It is said that any programmer there will have a salary of more than 30,000 yuan, not to mention more senior technical personnel.

If you can get in.

I don't know how many people are ahead.

Even the two PhD students were a little moved.

"What else could it matter? That studio was opened by a stinky boy I used to have. ”

Liu Heng snorted, but the pride on his face couldn't be hidden.

However, the students did not pay attention to this, and fell into an uproar.

Flood Wilderness Studio.

Was it opened by a professor who was a former student?

How is this possible!

"Speaking of which, he's just a student in my art design class." Liu Heng said with emotion.

"At that time, his performance was good, and I was ready to recommend him to graduate school with a quota, but he was rejected by that kid, and he went to build a game studio, which is now Honghuang Studio."

Rumble!

Everyone's heads roared.

The owner of the Flood Wilderness Studio.

What a student of the professor!

"Okay, I'll talk about it here, there are a lot of art technicians in the Honghuang Studio now, if you are interested, I can recommend you to come over."

"But whether you can pass the interview or not, and what position you get, depends on your own ability."

Now.

Chen Lin can be regarded as the best student Liu Heng has ever taught, so it is natural to make it clear about this kind of thing, so as not to have worries.

But even so.

The students were still very excited.

After graduation, they can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, and the stronger their ability, the higher their income, which has far exceeded their expectations, so they naturally don't want to miss this opportunity.

Almost more than half of the people came to sign up for the first time.

As for the rest, their families are wealthy, or they already have other places to go, so they have no choice but to give up.

After the count.

After talking about some research topics, Liu Heng got up and left, and sent the registration information to Chen Lin.

……

Meanwhile.

Inside the Flood Wilderness Studio.

Chen Lin was staying in the studio, checking the progress of the CG shooting.

"That's good, just move in this position."

At the edge of the venue, Chen Lin smiled, looked at Lao Li, who was wearing a motion capture suit and walking with a cane, and commanded.

The other staff members on the side were holding back a smile and their faces were flushed.

Ultimately.

I can't control it anymore.

"Poofha......"

"No, I can't hold it back."

"It's a weird pose."

"How does Old Li Tou feel?"

The laughter spread throughout the studio in an instant.

Lao Li in front of the motion capture instrument also looked resentful and looked at Chen Lin next to him.

This motion capture, no matter how you look at it, looks like an old man.

Didn't you say that it was okay to play an orc?

Could it be an old orc?

“OK！ Click-"

Finally.

The staff in charge of filming did not shake their hands and captured the whole movement.

Lao Li on the field was relieved, and finally couldn't help asking: "Mr. Chen, it's too strange for you to want me to play this role, right?" ”

Although he had read the script, he didn't seem to have such a role in his impression.

But if it's just a passerby, then you don't have to spend so much time shooting, just find someone to go through the motions.

"It's not strange."

Chen Lin, who was looking at the screen of the device, raised his head: "Guldan's character image is like this. ”

"Huh? It turned out to be him? ”

Lao Li was stunned, and finally remembered the important villain in the script, the orc warlock Guldan.

It seems that TM is really on crutches!

Shocked, he immediately ran to the instrument, and sure enough, he saw that the action he had just filmed had been copied into a rickety old orc character, and he couldn't tell that he was playing it at all.

"It's okay, it's okay, I can't see that I'm acting."

Lao Li breathed a sigh of relief.

The special effects of this CG account for a large proportion, and it is almost impossible to see who played it on the orc character's side, only on the human side.

As long as others don't know who he is.

So what's there to be ashamed of?

"Take a break, and I'll go and record the actions of the Frostwolf Clan Patriarch later, and see if it's suitable."

Chen Lin looked at the character movements cropped by the staff and said.

"Clan Chief?"

Lao Li's spirit was shocked.

That's right, he should play this kind of domineering and positive role.

Or it's not impossible to simply play the king of the human race.

It's just in the middle of a cranky thought.

He was soon dragged by Chen Lin to shoot the motion capture of several characters, and it was not until noon that he was finally released and went back to take care of the Daybreak team again.

As a result, as soon as I entered the door, I heard the ridicule of the employees.

"Old Li Tou, I heard that you were captured by Mr. Chen to play an orc?"

Ah Guang from the art group said with a smile, almost writing the four big characters of schadenfreude on his face.

Lao Li glared at him viciously: "You know a fart, I play important roles!" What about Director Song? Does anyone of you know where he went? ”

As he spoke, he looked at the Liming team, but he didn't see Lao Song's figure.

"It seems that there is some business to discuss, and I am out." An employee spoke.

"Out? Damn it! Let him run away! ”

Lao Li's face was full of unhappiness, and he slapped the printer next to him.

Originally, he also thought of dragging Lao Song into the water to shoot a few roles.

As a result, that guy was so ghostly, he ran away first under the pretext of talking about business, and slipped away quite fast.

"Forget it, let's keep working, have you completed the task assigned to you today?"

After that, Lao Li began to patrol and sprinkle all the accumulated resentment on these gloating guys.

……

In the blink of an eye.

Another half a month passed.

After a period of silence, a bombshell news finally broke the temporary calm of the game industry.

The massively multiplayer online role-playing game "Oracle" represented by Shengqu will be launched this week and start a full public beta!

As soon as this news came out, the whole network boiled.

Because it's been a long time since a new MMO genre has appeared.

"It's too fast, I originally thought they would be released after the Spring Festival, but I didn't expect it to be changed to the year before!"

"It's only been January, can't you help but do it?"

"In the end, it was Shengqu who took the first step."

Compared with the expectations of players, manufacturers are much more nervous.

The appearance of this game not only disrupted their plans, but also affected the promotion of their new game.

In addition, "Oracle" has been a great success abroad and the quality is guaranteed, so I am afraid that it will seize a part of the market in advance.

There are foreign quotes for reference.

That's where proxy games come in.

"Looking at it like this, the other ones probably won't be able to sit still."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Recently, several major studios have been advocating new concept MMO games, just to pave the way for the upcoming release of new games, and compete for the declining market of games such as Journey of Legends.

Sheng Qu started so quickly, and several other opponents would definitely not have no reaction at all.

As expected.

A week after Shengqu's "God's Domain" was launched, Penguin Giant Engine also issued announcements one after another.

A new MMO will be released later this year, with more game content and new combat CGs revealed.

Several large manufacturers have launched new games together, and other manufacturers are eyeing each other, which can really be described as a fight between immortals, which also makes players feel refreshed.

"Okay, okay, let's get together and let me learn the Separation Technique, right?"

"I've been painting the cake for so long, and I'm finally willing to serve it."

"Shengqu's "Oracle" looks good, adding nautical exploration and home building gameplay, and changing from 2.5D to 3D."

"Penguin's "Sword and Sword" is also very good, and the siege dart gameplay is the first, and it will definitely be very lively at that time."

"I'm more optimistic about Juqing, and I even have a marriage system."

Since the recharge system was pioneered and successful many years ago, the entire online game industry has ushered in an explosive growth, and countless manufacturers have followed suit.

Now.

That group of representative 2.5D games is gradually declining, and players are disgusted with resisting this brainless and money-making model, and gradually gravitate towards the emerging 3D graphics in recent years.

As a result, the MMO industry has ushered in a new round of changes, starting to shift from 2.5D to a more ambitious 3D narrative.

To this end, manufacturers can be said to have hollowed out their minds and excavated all kinds of new ways to play and new gimmicks.

It is to attract more players to the pit and establish the status of MMO giants in the future!

Or rather.

The wave of MMO change is coming!

(End of chapter)