Chapter 40: Using Mewtwo to Interpret Mewtwo 1
Thursday, April 3rd.
Chen She, Zhang Sirui, Zhao Zhen, Lin Luxi and others gathered in the Super Dream R&D department.
Everyone looked at the data curve after the official release of "Embers of Demise" and showed a look of worry on their faces.
Except Chen She.
Zhang Sirui felt overwhelmed: "Something is wrong. Didn't the data curve of the previous trial version change? Why does it seem to drop again..."
The data curve of the trial version of "Embers Will Die" had actually shown positive changes before, which made Zhang Sirui, Zhao Zhen and others quite shocked by Chen She's foresight.
Unexpectedly, after being split into the Death Version and the Coward Version and the complete version was launched, the data curve dropped back again!
It returned to its previous state.
He couldn't help but look at Lin Luxi, meaning: What's going on?
Lin Luxi whispered, "It's rare for the shape of Mewtwo's data curve to change. It's even rarer for it to change back and forth like this..."
"So... I don't know what's going on. Maybe it has something to do with Mr. Chen changing the difficulty..."
Chen She smiled slightly.
Xiaolu, actually you can say it more confidently and remove the "maybe" and "should".
Of course it has something to do with me! Otherwise, can this Mewtwo data curve change back by itself?
If I hadn't discovered the problem in time and tried to remedy the situation, I would have died on the spot as soon as the complete version of "Embers Are Going Out" was released today!
Ever since the changes to the Death Version and the Coward Version were made, the data curve of "Embers of Destruction" has been collapsing, and was finally brought back to its original form after the official version was launched.
Because the price of the trial version was very cheap before, and the balance payment had to be made after the official version was released, some players were already angry and took this opportunity to stop playing.
However, what surprised Chen She was that the coward version actually sold well.
The original version of "The Embers Are Going Out" was changed to the Death Edition, and the Coward Edition needed to be purchased again. Chen She originally thought that no one would spend money twice, but he didn't expect that many people would buy it.
But this is not bad, at least it makes the death of "Embers of Demise" not so ugly, and it can also recover some of the costs.
Seeing that everyone was very disappointed, Chen She knew that it was time to comfort everyone.
He coughed twice and said, "Don't be too sad, the Super Dream industry is a high-risk, high-return industry."
"Even a gold medal Mewtwo producer like Li Yunhan can't guarantee that every Mewtwo he makes will be a success."
"What's more, there is also "Under the Blade" produced by Changye Entertainment Group this time. We are willing to admit defeat and try again next time."
Zhao Zhen nodded: "Yeah, that's the truth."
Zhang Sirui suddenly had an idea and said, "Speaking of Li Yunhan...why don't we find a way to poach him? With him here, our Chaomeng Industry won't have such a hard time."
"Of course, I'm not saying that the Mewtwo you designed, Mr. Chen, is bad. I just think that if we let Li Yunhan help, our chances of success will be greater."
Chen She couldn't help but be shocked.
What if Li Yunhan comes? What about Lin Luxi?
One is a gold medal Mewtwo producer with his own ideas, and the other is a tool man without his own ideas. Isn’t it clear how to choose?
Chen She hurriedly said: "That's not appropriate!"
"Li Yunhan has his own things to do. He is doing well in Changye Entertainment Group. Why poach him?"
"When we encounter difficulties, we cannot always think of getting help from outsiders. We should look for problems within ourselves. A good ironmaker must be strong himself. We cannot develop this kind of dependence mentality."
Everyone nodded and reflected deeply on their thoughts.
Just then, Chen She's bracelet rang.
It’s Li Yunhan calling.
"Huh? What a coincidence, we just talked about you and you called?"
Chen She answered the communication request, and Li Yunhan appeared in the holographic image.
Although he looked a little unkempt and had some stubble, Li Yunhan was in very good spirits and looked full of energy.
"Mr. Chen! I have completed the death version of "The Embers Are Going Out"!"
Li Yunhan's sudden words completely stunned Chen She.
Got it through?
The full version has only been out for three days!
Chen She estimated that, judging from the difficulty of the Death Version, even if some players who had some experience in the trial version played it every day for a week, it would be impossible to complete it.
Li Yunhan wanted to complete the game within three days, even if many monsters only died once or twice and the boss did not get stuck for too long, and he had to sleep only a few hours during these three days.
How is this possible?
Could it be that... he is cheating?
Well , that's possible. After all, Li Yunhan is the producer of Mewtwo and knows the mechanism of Mewtwo very well. There are also many technical experts in Changye Entertainment Group... Minor changes are not considered cheating.
Chen She thought he was just bragging, but he couldn't expose him in person, so he just said indifferently: "Congratulations."
Seeing Li Yunhan, Zhang Sirui was a little impatient: "Are you also playing "Embers of Desolation"? Hurry up and give us some advice. What is the problem with Mewtwo? How should it be modified? The data curve estimated by the system is about to collapse to the bottom!"
Li Yunhan was stunned for a moment: "Change? No need to change, I think this Mewtwo is very well done, all aspects of the content are matched perfectly, and it has its own style."
"At first I pointed out some problems, but soon I found that it was difficult to change them because they affected the whole system."
Zhang Sirui was stunned for a moment: "You mean, it's rotten in a unique way?"
Li Yunhan laughed dumbly: "Okay, Third Brother, stop interrupting. This is me and Mr. Chen, two gold medal producers, discussing our experience in making Mewtwo. You don't understand anything, so keep your mouth shut."
Zhang Sirui was choked back by Li Yunhan, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly and he stopped talking.
Chen She was also choked by him.
Because why did Li Yunhan's words sound so sarcastic?
Does "Ember of the Dead" need no revision? Is it highly finished? Is it a unique style?
Are you exchanging your experience in Mewtwo production with Mr. Chen, two gold medal Mewtwo producers?
It always sounds awkward.
You, Li Yunhan, are indeed the gold medal Mewtwo producer, but I am not... I am just a poor little guy who relies on Mewtwo to survive.
If you, Mewtwo, mess up, you will just lose some money, but if I, Mewtwo, win, I will lose my life...
Chen She thought about it again and understood.
He must be resentful of the fact that the game was split into the coward version and the death version, so when he saw the poor data of "Embers of Demise", he came here to add insult to injury.
This is your fault. How can you be so petty?
Oh, I was too cautious. It's okay now.
However, Chen She felt that this was a good thing. Li Yunhan was a serious threat to him, and it would be better for the future if he broke up with him sooner.
So Chen She didn't say anything and just watched Li Yunhan perform silently.
Chen She felt that he was still very tolerant.
Li Yunhan added: "Mr. Chen, after I finished playing "The Embers Are Going Out", I have a question."
"In this Super Dream, we have so many choices, so which one is the most correct one?"
Chen She fell into silence.
Oh wow, you really stumped me...
I haven't thought about this question at all.
In fact, when Chen She designed the ending of "The Embers Are Going Out", it was quite casual.
On the surface, players seem to have many choices, but the final outcome will not change much.
Players can choose to go to the surrounding countries first, kill the enemies of these countries, seize their luck, and finally go to the imperial city to defend the sacred fire.
Players can also go directly to the Imperial City, defend the Holy Fire, and seize the luck of the surrounding countries in the process of continuous attacks, and finally successfully defend the Holy Fire.
Or they could simply charge directly into the imperial city and extinguish the sacred fire, and then the world would enter a state of chaos.
And luck exists in everyone. Everyone is an ember and the fuel for the burning sacred fire.
As for what kind of impact the burning or extinguishing of the holy fire would have on the world... Chen She had never thought about it at all.
Because Chaomeng ends here, why consider what happens next?
Just let the players fill in the blanks on their own.
What? This is a bad ending?
No, no, no, this is called leaving blank space. Do you understand what leaving blank space means? You are uneducated.
But since Li Yunhan asked this, Chen She certainly couldn't say "I never thought about it at all", otherwise everyone would think that Mr. Chen didn't put any effort into designing Mewtwo, no wonder it failed.
This will shake everyone's trust in Captain Chen She, which is very bad.
After thinking for a while, Chen She said, "Embers of Demise is an open-world Mewtwo, understand? Open world means that the fate of this world is left to the players to decide. It is not easy for the producer to make mandatory regulations, which will affect the players' own understanding."
Li Yunhan was expecting a relatively clear answer, but he did not expect Chen She to give such an ambiguous answer.
What he really wanted to say was, Mr. Chen, don't fool me as an outsider. This is a fucking open world. It doesn't meet the definition at all.
But if we follow Chen She's statement and extend it based on the relationship between "The Embers Are Going Out" and the real world...
It seems that some new interpretations can be generated?
Li Yunhan was silent for a moment, then said, "Does that mean that if the players are willing, they can also interpret the ending differently from the existing one?"
Chen She thought about it and said, "Okay."
He couldn't say no, because he had said that the fate of this world was left to the players to decide, but then he turned around and said that players could not interpret the ending other than the existing one. Isn't that a contradiction?
Anyway, players, just guess whatever you want. If the official admits it, I lose.
Li Yunhan fell into deep thought again.
Chen She couldn't help but frown, feeling that something was wrong, and an inexplicable sense of crisis emerged in his heart.
"Okay, let's stop here for now. We still have things to do." Chen She quickly ended the call.
Zhang Sirui was still a little reluctant: "Hey, Mr. Chen, let him give some suggestions for revising "Embers Are Going Out"."
Chen She said: "Didn't he say that there is nothing to modify, it's perfect."
Zhang Sirui was still a little unwilling: "Then let him write another review to promote it for us."
Chen She was somewhat speechless: "Be self-reliant! Do you understand?"
"You are all so anxious. I haven't seen you so anxious even in a war. Keep calm and stay calm."
"In a battlefield, people can turn the tide midway through a battle, but how come Mewtwo can't even handle the slightest setback?"
Chen She's words made many people present feel ashamed.
Indeed, on the battlefield they are all veterans who have experienced many battles and have a stable mental quality. Even if they are at a disadvantage, they will not panic, but will only try to find a breakthrough and try to turn the situation around.
But when it comes to the field of Mewtwo, they can only be said to be rookies who have just entered the battlefield, and they do not have the demeanor of a great general like Captain Chen She.
Thinking of this, everyone calmed down and waited patiently for Captain Chen She to lead them to a turnaround.
…
At the same time, after finishing the communication with Chen She, Li Yunhan walked around the room twice and quickly sorted out his thoughts.
He indeed only slept for a few hours during these days, and worked all night to finish "Embers Are Going Out".
For Li Yunhan, this was nothing. After all, he often stayed awake for days and nights during the war, but he was still full of energy, wasn't he?
The entire process of playing Mewtwo in the sleeping game cabin is in a light sleep state, and the mental burden is much lower than fighting. It is just like playing to complete Mewtwo with all your hard work.
Of course, "The Embers Are Going Out" is indeed difficult, so Li Yunhan was not able to finish it in one go, but instead slept for a few hours.
In short, after making the communication request to Captain Chen She and exchanging the secret code, most of his guesses had been confirmed .
At this moment, Li Yunhan just wanted to apologize for his previous naivety and superficiality.
What kind of rubbish is "Embers of Demise"? It is not understood simply because it is ahead of its time!
In Li Yunhan's opinion, this Mewtwo is not only unique, but has also reached an extremely high level in terms of gameplay, understanding of Mewtwo and artistry. More importantly, it is a shot in the arm for the rebels!
People who are not members of the resistance army cannot understand this. But Li Yunhan, who is also a member of the resistance army, can feel the excitement and renewed fighting spirit and hope in his heart after completing this game.
Obviously, there is a spark in the heart of every rebel.
As long as the conditions are right, this spark will take root, sprout, and burn fiercely!
But now there is one last question, which is how Li Yunhan should convey this emotion.
Write a review of Mewtwo? Short video? Live broadcast?
In fact, there are many different forms of entertainment in this world, and you can choose any one of them.
But Li Yunhan felt that these were not quite up to par.
Both text and images are flawed in their expression.
The complex emotions in "Embers Are Out" are difficult to convey through words and images, so a simple Mewtwo review or video explanation is not enough.
But what makes Mewtwo special in "Embers Are Going Out" is its flavor. If this flavor is lost, it may have the opposite effect and make others think that he is just bragging.
The previous written review posted by Li Yunhan did not receive a very good response. On the one hand, it was indeed because he did not take it seriously, but there was also a very important reason. It was because words could not convey this feeling.
So Li Yunhan made up his mind.
As a gold medal Mewtwo producer, of course he has to return to his strengths: making a Mewtwo!
As an art form, Super Dream can be large or small. Just like movies, not only large productions with hundreds of millions of dollars of investment can be called movies. With a small budget and simple equipment, you can also shoot a wonderful micro-movie.
The biggest difference between Mewtwo and traditional art forms lies in the transmission of emotions.
Therefore, if Li Yunhan wants to convey a certain emotion to others, he must go through the channel of Mewtwo.
Although using one Mewtwo to interpret another Mewtwo is a bit like taking off your pants to fart, this situation is actually not very uncommon.
The nature of this is a bit similar to some video editing u-hosts commenting on movies. Although they use videos to interpret videos, the combination of movie pictures and sounds is definitely more attractive than pure text.
Of course, what Li Yunhan wants to produce is definitely an experience-based Mewtwo, not a role-playing Mewtwo. And the audience of this Mewtwo can't be called players, but should be called "audience".
This Mewtwo is not difficult to make, because you only need to use the Mewtwo scenes and materials in "Embers of Demise".
Compared with text or video, the dissemination of Super Dream is a little more difficult. After all, it must be viewed through Super Dream equipment, which is far less convenient than text or video.
But Li Yunhan believes that he would rather sacrifice some breadth of communication and maximize its depth.
The key to success or failure lies in whether Li Yunhan's editing of this super dream structure is brilliant and whether his interpretation is attractive enough.
Li Yunhan is full of confidence about this.
