Chapter 189: One that can satisfy all your fantasies
"Director, these studios have a great influence in China recently. Are you sure you don't want to consider it any further?"
Inside the huge office .
Weimer, who was previously responsible for negotiating with Chen Lin, held up several copies of game information and looked at the director who had just finished talking with the big company with some confusion.
In his opinion, apart from the difference in size, the new games from these studios all have great potential.
It is definitely worth continuing the discussion.
But now they are all ignored.
"Mr. Wei, I think you may have misunderstood. What we need is the annual exclusive masterpiece, not the small game that can be found everywhere. Do you understand?"
"But……"
"alright."
The director waved Weimer off.
"Mr. Wei, I know you care deeply about this matter."
"But you have to understand that the headquarters sent me here to better develop the market. I just made the most correct choice."
"I still need to discuss the details with the representatives of those companies. If you have nothing else, please leave first."
After saying that, without paying attention to Weimer's reaction, he walked directly to the reception room where representatives of several large manufacturers were.
Bang!
Weimer punched the back of the sofa next to him.
So stupid!
These guys transferred from the headquarters actually rejected so many potential games that could become hits because of this stupid prejudice.
Did they really conduct a serious investigation of the domestic market before coming here?
Let’s not talk about anything else for now.
The influence of Honghuang and Dongshanju in China alone is not much weaker than that of ordinary large companies.
Even if cooperation cannot be achieved, it should be given due attention.
But now it's different.
Directly offended both families.
How do you want him to go over and explain to them?
"Manager Wei, something big has happened! The representatives of those studios have left!"
At this moment, an anxious cry came from outside.
Weimer, who was still angry, suddenly felt a jolt in his heart and woke up instantly.
I glanced at the time and it was already past noon!
“Damn it!”
He cursed inwardly and hurriedly left the office.
By the time he arrived at the reception room, it was empty and quiet.
Obviously.
The long wait without a response has worn out the patience of these representatives, and no one is willing to wait any longer.
Weimer's face turned pale and he clenched his fists.
But in the end.
Still sighing helplessly.
Of course he knows.
The director has just been transferred from the headquarters and is eager to make achievements.
This starting point is correct.
His mistake is that he is too stubborn and only thinks that what he thinks is good is right.
"I hope there won't be any damage, alas..."
Weimer shook his head and turned away.
For the entire big company, his small management can't change anything.
…
The huge hard branch is downstairs.
As soon as Chen Lin got into the taxi, he received a call from Lao Song.
"Didn't you make the deal?"
"Well, they wanted too much share, and they thought our game was not good, so they wanted to modify the permissions. We talked for more than half an hour, but we ended up falling out."
Lao Song's voice came from the other end of the phone, without much ups and downs.
When it comes to business, no one can guarantee success.
And this is even with so many competitors around.
Such result.
Instead, it was within his expectations.
If Ren Tiandi came up to them enthusiastically as soon as they met, was amazed by their game design and asked them to sign a contract, then that would be weird.
"Forget it, let's just forget about it. This game doesn't have much to offer from its design. Only when you really play it, you can understand how fun it is."
The game "Red Dead Redemption" is not too shocking in terms of design.
The difficult part is the invisible aspects of game production.
Even with Honghuang's current manpower and funds, plus a universal game engine, it would be quite difficult to make it.
After all, this game cost $800 million in its previous life and was produced by a team in eight years.
certainly.
He also knew that there must be some exaggeration in this.
For example, in addition to making this game, the team also made other games.
A lot of time was also spent on game design, program scripts, and humanistic materials.
They can save all this time.
With the R&D cycle shortened, the labor costs, which account for the majority of the total, will naturally be greatly reduced, so he had the confidence to make this game.
"So what should we do next?" Old Song asked over the phone.
"I have already asked the production team to build the map framework according to your requirements, and also collected a lot of humanistic materials, but it will probably be difficult to produce it in a short period of time."
"It's okay. As long as we can finish it before the annual exclusive blockbuster of the three major console platforms next year, we can recruit more people if we don't have enough people."
"Okay, I feel relieved with your words."
The Dawn team has not launched any new games during this period in order to make preliminary preparations for this game.
They can only watch the Dawn Team taking the spotlight and feel envious.
Now that everything is ready, we can finally start working with full force. Naturally, Old Song is putting all his effort into doing a great job.
"That's right."
At this time, Chen Lin thought of something.
"Do you know any entertainment companies? The game can't be made yet, but we can still shoot the promotional CG in advance."
"You want to make a promotional CG for this game?" Old Song paused, "What kind of CG is it?"
"A TV show, it's called Westworld, and it's set in the popular science fiction setting."
Long before he planned to make this game, Chen Lin thought of this TV series first because their backgrounds were just right.
In recent years, western cowboy movies have also had a large market in China and are loved by many young people.
Especially the kind of unrestrained, free and easy life, which makes them yearn for it very much.
It is completely sufficient for making game CG.
“Westworld combined with a sci-fi setting?”
On the other end of the phone, Old Song had a strange look on his face.
What kind of weird setting is this?
Are you sure these two things can be combined?
Don’t make it like that foreign movie about Qin Shi Huang , which looked weird and received a lot of criticism.
After a moment of silence, he said, "I did talk to a few entertainment companies when I was doing endorsements before. They should have a lot of actors and Asian-Americans who come to China to develop their careers. I'll go ask them when the time comes."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After some discussion, the two quickly settled the matter and took their respective flights back to the studio.
…
In less than half a month.
The news that Juying and Nintendo are negotiating for next year's exclusive rights has spread.
As the players expected, the two companies that finally reached the deal were two well-known large companies, Shanda and JuQing.
These two companies are not only well-known in China, but also occupy a considerable share abroad. They are definitely heavyweights in the gaming field.
As soon as the news came out.
It immediately sparked a heated discussion in the gaming community.
"It's these two? I thought it would be Penguin."
"I thought it was Penguin, but I heard they focus on the online game market and don't do much standalone gaming."
"Sure enough, my guess was correct. They are all well-known domestic and foreign companies."
"Need I say that? Not every company can get the annual exclusive. It takes strength to do so."
"With these two companies joining, it will be hard to say who will win or lose in the console market next year."
"Just sit back and watch the show..."
"Watching a show +1"
The players were not surprised by this result.
The only difference is which big manufacturer wins the bid.
Although I heard that many small and medium-sized manufacturers sent people to negotiate some time ago, not many people were optimistic about them.
After all, this concerns the console competition among the Big Three tomorrow. Even if it were them, they would definitely choose a more stable and powerful large manufacturer.
"It seems that Honghuang has also sent people to negotiate? How come there is no news at all?"
In a university dormitory.
Several young men who had previously
"Why don't we send a message to Brother Dachui to ask?" someone suggested immediately.
"I just sent it, but no one responded. Maybe he's busy."
"I'm so anxious. Do you think the new game will be cancelled because of this?"
As loyal fans of Honghuang, the last thing they want to see is the project being cut short, and they very much hope that this cooperation can be reached.
But I have to admit it.
These people on the internet are right.
It is extremely difficult to win the annual exclusive spot in such fierce competition.
This can be seen from the internal negotiation information recently revealed by major game companies and studios.
Some even revealed the arrogant attitude of the three great families, who did not treat them as human beings and rejected their proposals without even meeting them.
You can imagine how fierce the competition was at that time.
I'm afraid Honghuang didn't get any good results.
"Look! Shengqu and JuQing have released a new announcement!"
Suddenly, an exclamation interrupted their discussion.
The Weibo gaming section, which was originally refreshing very quickly, suddenly had two pieces of news pop up in succession, officially released by Shanda and JuQing.
It turns out to be the latest news about the console exclusive game of the year!
"Is there news about a new game so soon?"
"Is Juqing's an open world game?"
“It seems so from Shengqu!”
"Fuck, is this a big move? No wonder they got the exclusive of the year!"
"The two companies actually competed in the type of games!"
Everyone knows.
Open world games are extremely difficult to make.
Not only does the content need to be rich enough to support the entire huge worldview.
The plot style must also be self-contained and perfectly integrated into this world.
More importantly, it is freedom!
The gameplay of traditional games is mostly to follow a main line to the end, and then branch out into various side lines from the main line.
But the open world is different.
What matters is free exploration.
No matter which point you start from, you can play the game well.
Even a small piece of bread given to a beggar may lead to a completely different story.
It is not easy to immerse players in the game world you create, and if you are not careful, there may be many loopholes.
Therefore, most manufacturers do not dare to touch this category easily without some strength.
But once it is done well, it will be another matter. It will definitely be enthusiastically sought after by players.
It can be seen that the battlefield of the Big Three this time should be in the open world game.
I'm afraid that by then it will trigger a craze for open world games.
As expected.
Just half a day.
Industry insiders immediately revealed that many manufacturers have changed their strategies and started trying to move towards an open world.
Soon after this news was released, it immediately sparked a lot of discussion, heating up the atmosphere in the entire gaming community.
However.
Just when everyone thought it was over.
A new announcement was suddenly issued under the official account of Honghuang.
# "Westworld", a world that can satisfy all your fantasies. #
There is also a short video attached below the announcement.
These incomprehensible words made all the players stunned, and the originally heated discussion gradually died down.
"What's going on? Why would Hong Huang issue an announcement at this time?"
"What does this mean? Is this a trailer for Honghuang's new game?"
"Fuck! Is Honghuang going to release a new game too?"
"It's a bit intriguing to send a message at this time."
"They actually released it with the annual exclusive of two giants. This is too brave!"
"Hurry and check out what's in the video below!"
