Chapter 176 [Fxxk KONAMI]
Wow——!!!
although!
The idea of reporter Miles was originally proposed by Yuki on a sudden inspiration.
But she never expected that Director Gu could use such a small thread to pull out a huge net and weave a complete game!
No wonder he was so excited that day!
This brain works too fast!
Yuki was numb.
I turned my head to look at Sato and found that Sato-senpai had the same expression as me.
After all, they were the most direct participants in this Easter egg, so they were the most shocked.
In fact, according to Director Gu, if "Escape" is successful, Miles will become the key to carry the personalized label of Golden Wind and will be inserted into their future horror games!
Extraordinary conception!
Next, Gu Sheng briefly explained the project plan so that everyone could have a clear idea of it , and then distributed the project plan to each person in charge.
"...That's basically the outline of the game. Do you have any questions?"
Gu Sheng said this, looking around at everyone.
The project meeting has basically come to an end here.
After listening to the introduction of the project, everyone was full of confidence and said that there would be no problem and they were ready to destroy Konami!
Only Sato opened his mouth, seeming to be hesitant to speak.
now!
The developer has been confirmed! The project plan has been confirmed! The benchmark game has been confirmed!
But the only thing Director Gu hasn't said is the budget.
As an experienced game planner, Sato is very sensitive about the budget!
Because the Planning Department is a department that "gets paid to do things".
Most of the time, their job is to balance the relationship between 'budget cost' and 'effect presentation'.
After all, game plans are words, while games are built on graphics.
Their planning team needs to do what they do: How to perfectly transform text into pictures and playable games within a limited budget and make the game presentation as optimal as possible.
But now!
But Gu Sheng only forgot the budget!
This surprised Sato.
Because in his opinion, as an experienced and creative game designer, Gu Sheng should not miss such an important link.
What surprised him even more was.
Not just Gu Sheng!
Jiang Yun, his partner, immediate superior, and leader of the project planning group, was surprisingly indifferent and seemed to have completely forgotten about the "budget"!
This... isn't this a bit too unprofessional?
Or...have they all forgotten?
no!
Sato frowned secretly.
Others may have forgotten, but he must not forget. Since he has joined Golden Wind, he must consider the company at all times. It is his obligation to remind the director of such a critical link!
"that……"
Sato raised his hand to indicate:
"Director, did you forget to tell me about the budget for our game "Escape"?"
Sato felt that his reminder was crucial.
After all, the budget is a matter of great importance. Once I open my mouth, everyone will surely understand and express their affirmation and approval of my meticulous thinking.
However!
As soon as these words were spoken, the entire conference room froze!
Then, everyone laughed!
Laughed!
What does it mean to smile?!
Sato was a little confused listening to the good-natured laughter in the conference room!
Moreover, not only did everyone laugh, but even the director laughed!
As if there was no need to mention this matter at all!
“This…this…”
Sato was even a little scared by the laughter:
"Is there anything... funny about this?"
"No, hahaha."
Jiang Yun reached out and patted him, who looked confused.
"I mean, in other gaming companies, this wouldn't be funny."
After hearing Jiang Yun's words, Sato was stunned:
"So... do we at Golden Wind... have any special cost budget plan?"
"certainly,"
Lu Bian on the opposite side said:
"Golden Wind's cost budget plan is no plan."
This time!
Sato is completely down!
Even Yuki next to him was a little dumbfounded:
"Uh...what do you mean there is no plan?"
"Literally,"
Gu Sheng saw that the two newcomers looked confused, and they obviously didn't understand the Golden Wind's bold cost investment method, so he said:
"Let me put it this way. How much do you think the development cost of our game "Escape" on Yiyoux2 will be?"
this……
"Thirty million? Fifty million?"
Yuki was not a professional after all, so he turned to look at Sato.
"Much more than that,"
Sato shook his head.
"The development cost of Silent Hill PT was $2.8 million, which is about 20 million,"
“Although they can continue to use the Phoenix engine and PT engine development results in the development of the main body,”
"But considering Konami's strategy of quick victory, they will definitely use a lot of manpower and outsourcing, and the total development cost will be around $1,500-2,000, or about 100-140 million,"
"And if we were to benchmark against Silent Hill... the cost would be at least 60-80 million."
After saying that.
Sato looked at Gu Sheng: "Director, what do you think?"
Gu Sheng fell into deep thought: "One hundred million...isn't that enough?"
"Look, first of all, we will log in to Yiyou x2. The most iconic feature of Yiyou x2 is full sensory assistance. If you want to achieve full sensory assistance, you must work hard on full sensory technology, which is a considerable expense."
Gu Sheng began to count on Sato's fingers, just as little Nezha had said to him back then:
"The second is manpower. There are only so many people in our company's project department. To develop a project like this, we are short of manpower, so we must use a lot of outsourcing. The price of the outsourcing team is definitely higher than that of the company's own employees. After all, the outsourcing team cannot enjoy the welfare protection, bonuses, etc. of the game company, so the price will naturally be higher, which is another not small expense."
"The last thing is time. According to Mr. Shen's instructions, we are going to release it together with Silent Hill, but the problem is that we don't know when Silent Hill will be released, so we must hurry up and complete the development as soon as possible before Konami. This will cost us both the cost of outsourcing personnel and the overtime pay within our company."
hiss--
Listening to the director's words, Sato's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.
yes.
We have to ensure both quality and time, and both cost money.
Although the overall wage level in China's gaming industry is about 10%-15% lower than that in Japan.
But in order to make up the gap between the company and Konami, it has to at least be on par with Silent Hill, which is 100 million to 150 million.
Thinking of this, Sato couldn't help but frowned and looked at Gu Sheng: "So..."
Gu Sheng spread his hands.
"So, to sum up—"
"Just look at the flowers, I'm too lazy to count,"
"Anyway, this game can't possibly wipe out the entire company. Besides, we've wiped out entire companies before,"
"Just play your game and don't worry about the money."
ah?!
Sato almost couldn't catch his breath!
Look at the flowers!
What the hell is looking at flowers?
original!
He thought that Gu Sheng calculated all these things for him to tell him that this project was difficult, the budget was limited, and he needed to spend frugally!
result!
You told me "I'm too lazy to count, just look at the flowers"? !
What the hell is this budget?
Which game company's budget is spent wisely? !
Seeing Sato's surprised and stunned expression, I heard a burst of laughter in the conference room, and the atmosphere was suddenly filled with joy!
"Okay Sato,"
Seeing Sato's shocked and unbelievable look, Jiang Yun was kind enough to pat him on the back to indicate that he didn't need to be so surprised:
"Golden Wind never pays attention to budget,"
"Mr. Shen's consistent goal is to make the game ,"
"after all,"
“We are a gaming company.”
In one sentence!
Sato just felt his scalp tingling!
We are a gaming company
It had been a long time since he had felt this way.
A pure gaming company, a gaming company that always puts game quality first.
They can even completely release the budget for the sake of game quality!
Shen Miaomiao!
What kind of president is this!
Beneath his seemingly youthful appearance, he hides such ardent ideals and such deep trust in everyone!
No wonder!
No wonder Golden Wind has been able to launch so many works that have refreshed the gaming community’s cognition and created one milestone after another!
No wonder the Golden Wind team is so small but has such strong cohesion and enthusiasm!
No wonder Golden Wind was able to produce SamGu, such a top supernova!
turn out to be!
All of this is because of Mr. Shen!
She is the one who truly loves games, loves this industry, and loves this art!
so!
Under her leadership, Golden Wind was able to attract such elite soldiers and like-minded people!
"Swoosh, so dead..."
Sato suddenly realized and nodded slowly:
"Sri Lanka..."
It seems so!
Joining Golden Wind is very likely the best decision he has ever made in his life!
In an instant!
The flame of Sato's ideals that was about to go out in Konami was ignited again!
once Upon a time!
He also has a passion for games, he was once an idealist, and he also regards games as art!
And now!
His blood is boiling again, and the vast stage has opened up for him!
Sato-san——!!!
Sato roared in his heart!
Now, it is time to be loyal to the wise master Miaomiao-san——!!!
"I understand!"
Think of this!
Sato's eyes became sharper than ever!
Smart Sato, go all out!
And Gu Sheng also struck while the iron was hot!
"Very well then! Now, I declare——"
"The Escape Project,"
“Project approved!!!”
start!
…
that's all!
Silent Hill produced by Konami from Japan!
and Escape from China Golden Wind!
In the silence between each other, they started working almost at the same time.
Konami's idea is to delay the time as much as possible, let the popularity of PT continue for a while longer, and try not to say anything if possible.
Golden Wind wanted to develop the game in secret, trying not to let Konami notice their upcoming ambush and prevent Konami from interfering.
Thus, in this strange atmosphere, the two sides quietly launched an arms race.
but!
Although both sides remained tight-lipped and avoided talking about Silent Hill.
but!
Players can’t wait!
In the blink of an eye, the Tokyo Game Festival has been closed for almost a week!
There are calls for a Silent Hill sequel on the Internet, and they are getting louder and louder!
There are also waves of questions and doubts about when the work will be developed!
'Strange, why hasn't the Silent Hill co-development been officially announced yet?'
"Yes, it's been so long."
"I heard that the two parties originally planned to announce the cooperation and start development on the last day of the Tokyo Game Festival, but now the Game Festival is almost a week away..."
"Could it be that the two sides have fallen out?"
"It shouldn't happen. PT is so popular, there's no possibility of a breakup."
"Could it be that Golden Wind has other works to develop? The project has been shelved?"
"Don't be ridiculous, brother. You might as well guess that Konami was blinded by greed and kicked Sam out."
"So what's going on? Why haven't you announced a joint development yet?"
'Come out and explain yourself, @KONAMI'
'Urgent, urgent, urgent, urgent, I am the urgent king @Gu ShengSam'
"……"
For a time, speculations from all sides were rampant!
And as we all know!
The truth will come out sooner or later!
On the third day when all kinds of discussions and speculations were rampant!
A piece of news that exploded in the horror game circle!
At first, the news was just a normal post from a player in the #SilentHell# social media thread:
[According to reliable sources, KONAMI has now started to develop Silent Hill independently, and the chief director has become Yamamoto Tsuna. Yes, Sam was kicked out by KONAMI because the Silent Hill IP was too popular and K-company was unwilling to share it with Golden Wind. It is also because of this that the two executives who used to be the chief planner and the chief artist in the PT project have now jumped to Golden Wind. ]
original!
This blog post was not very noticeable amidst all the discussions, and it did not receive many likes.
Because during this period of time, there have been countless uncle parties like this who have made solemn promises, and it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false!
but!
Something magical happened.
Just one hour after this blog post was published!
I don’t know whether it was a slip of the hand or it was intentional!
Tetsuya Moritani, who was then the managing director of Konami's game affairs, liked this blog post!
Although it was cancelled after just one minute!
but!
It was also intercepted by the media attentively!
What’s even more amazing is that Toru Moritani liked the post in the morning!
At this time, it happened to be the broadcast time of Pewdiepee, a super popular anchor on the other side of the ocean, who has 89 million fans and is one of the top anchors in the world!
"What——?!!!"
The speed of Internet communication was so fast that Pew received the information immediately!
And after reading the report carefully and repeatedly three times!
Pew was stunned for five seconds!
Then he picked up the phone and called an internal manager of Konami whom he knew far away in Japan.
Now, he only needs to confirm one thing - whether Sato and Yuki - the two mainstays who once participated in PT production, have really jumped to Golden Wind.
The friend on the other end of the phone, who had been using a voice changer, said, "Yes," after a brief silence.
silence!
Long silence!
pew silence.
The barrage in the live broadcast room also fell silent!
until!
A colorful bullet screen slowly floated onto the screen——
【Fxxk KONAMI】
