Sweden.
Stockholm.
That night, as dusk fell, the gentle moonlight dotted the elegant glass curtain wall of the ETHem InterContinental Hotel.
In the suite on the top floor, soft and soothing music flows slowly, and the faint warm light casts a blurry shadow on the wall of two figures hugging each other and dancing slowly to the music.
"Did you enjoy the dinner with the host?"
"It's great. Senior executives from IDC and UBM came and were very satisfied with our performance. They even wanted to invite us to continue to be the main guest for the next session."
"Hurry up and ask them to let me go. God knows how many manufacturers I have to deal with when you are not here. My original travel plans with Sister Chuchu have been disrupted..."
"But I heard from Secretary Chu that you performed very well, and you were able to handle the situation with ease?"
"Workers are just holding on."
"Boss Shen, you call yourself a worker, but it's a bit of a mockery of us who actually work for you, right?"
"Excuse me, sir, how can you say such shameless words? Not to mention the representatives of the manufacturers, even the rats in Stockholm now know that you are the boss of GW. They are not considering the monk's face but the Buddha's face..."
"Has anyone ever told you that you're cute when you puff up your face pretending to be angry?"
"Eh? This is a rather abrupt change of subject...Do you want a kiss?"
"Your is more rigid, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Opportunities never come again. If you show your affection now, you will get a mysterious surprise message."
"real?"
"Fake!"
"Even if it's fake, I'll give it a kiss. I'll make money anyway..."
"Hmm...you hate bags, don't you..."
The temperature in the room seemed to be getting hotter, and the warm lights made their cheeks look even redder.
The soft dancing steps became more and more blurred, and the gentle tide of touch between ears made the beautiful girl squint her eyes in the night, and the faint halo trembled on her long and dense eyelashes.
But at this moment.
Ding-ling-ling——
Ding-ling-ling——
The sudden ringing of the cell phone interrupted this blurry moment.
laugh--
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but roll her eyes, feeling both angry and amused. She secretly said that the TV series was not lying to her. It was really discouraging to receive a call at this time.
He gently hit Gu Sheng and said, "Answer the phone, you're a busy man."
Gu Sheng rolled his eyes helplessly, as if there was a fire blocked in his chest.
But he turned around and looked at the time.
It’s only eight o’clock.
For a moment, it was hard to tell whether the two of them did not know the right time or the person who called was unromantic.
When he came to the living room and picked up the phone, Gu Sheng glanced at the caller ID, his expression suddenly realized, and he quickly sat on the sofa and answered the phone:
"Hello, Bian'er? You're calling so early. Is there any progress?"
good.
The person who called was Lu Bian.
Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but be shocked.
It's 8pm in Stockholm now, so in China it's... 2 or 3am?!
My old swan!
When Lu Bian called at this time, it was definitely not because he suddenly missed Lao Gu in the middle of the night and called to say hello.
That is to say!
At this moment, they are still working overtime in the company, and even seem to be ready to fight all night!
As expected, as soon as I was not in the company, the company went crazy, completely ignoring the company's rules and regulations and wantonly trampling on the no overtime rule!
hateful!
When I get back, I will definitely buy a large amount of delicious food, and then deduct a lot of your snack coins!
What good company would allow you to work overtime until two or three in the morning?
Crazy ball!
Shen Miaomiao wrinkled her nose, then sat down at the other end of the sofa and half-reclined, ready to listen to what they were doing now and why they were working overtime so late.
While listening, her smooth white thighs were vaguely visible from under her bathrobe.
The pink arch of the foot lightly stepped on the outside of Gu Sheng's thigh, and the cute toes boredly and restlessly teased the bathrobe straps hanging from Gu Sheng's waist.
Then, she was caught by Gu Sheng's big hand again, and the slight burning heat from his palm made her face turn red with a sly smile as she bit her red lips.
Is such a dangerous action allowed?
Gu Sheng used his eyes to "warn" the naughty little Nezha who was secretly doing bad things.
Then, Lu Bian's voice came from the receiver:
"The progress is not optimistic, otherwise I wouldn't still be in the company with Sean and the others at this time."
Hiss—tsk.
Hearing this.
Gu Sheng couldn't help but smack his lips and frowned slightly:
"It's just as we expected. It's not easy to solve..."
"It's not just difficult to solve, it's too difficult to solve,"
On the other end of the phone, Lu Bian also sighed:
"This thing is not a barrier, but it is better than a barrier. Although no one uses it to block us, the problem is that no one is willing to study it."
"This not only left us helpless, but even Phoenix had no good way to provide us with technical assistance,"
"And according to what Phoenix has learned,"
"Looking at the mainstream commercial engines around the world, there is not a single one that can meet our expectations in terms of performance in this regard."
Wow——
Hearing the voice from Lao Gu's phone, Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
It sounds like Lu Bian and the Melancholic Blues group are working overtime all night to upgrade the engine again.
But the progress was not smooth, or even very unsmooth.
What the hell are they researching?!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't figure it out.
Who is Lu Bian?
Vice President of Golden Wind, former Chief Program Director.
He is a gifted guy in himself. During the rapid development of Golden Wind, he has learned from many people and made rapid progress in his strength. He is a top-notch programmer who does not wear a plaid shirt.
As the cornerstone of the Golden Wind game, Lu Bian not only has a solid foundation, but also has top-notch creative abilities.
Today, Golden Wind is known as the world's only AI engine component, which was created and perfected by him.
It is hard to imagine that such a person would be stumped by the upgrade of an engine component.
What's even more outrageous is that this time, not only Lubian was stuck, but even engine manufacturers of Phoenix's level were helpless with the problems they were facing.
This is weird.
Shen Miaomiao grinned.
Are they trying to use engines to simulate controlled nuclear fusion?
Otherwise, she really couldn't think of anything else that could make Lu Bian and the entire Phoenix company feel so troubled.
"What are you guys...doing?"
I really couldn't help my curiosity.
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but ask.
"Ah... Mr. Shen is next to you?"
Hearing Shen Miaomiao's voice, Lu Bian on the phone paused slightly.
"Ah, yes."
Seeing that little Nezha was curious, Gu Sheng simply turned on the speaker:
"We just returned to the hotel from the GDC dinner."
“Oh oh oh,”
Hearing this, Lu Bian responded repeatedly and then hurriedly explained:
"Well, Mr. Shen, this is... an accidental situation. We don't work overtime here all night every day. It's just that the situation has been a bit tricky recently. Please leave us some snack coins."
Puff——
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help laughing.
I thought to myself, so you know what I am going to do.
He cleared his throat and said in a serious tone:
"That depends on Mr. Lu's performance. Confess and give me a reasonable explanation, and I will consider giving you leniency."
Lu Bian hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, thank you, you are so generous and kind. We have a happy family and a happy relationship. We have two children in three years..."
"You fucking say something!"
Gu Sheng held his forehead.
Even staying up late can't tire of this grandson's chatterbox.
"Hahahaha, let's talk business, let's talk business..."
Lu Bian sensed Gu Sheng’s speechlessness and couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Then, he sorted out his thoughts a little bit, and explained the cause and effect of the matter to Shen Miaomiao in a concise and concise manner.
They are going to do a new project.
The new project requires a completely new technical support (for the golden engine).
Of course.
Although it is called a new project, in fact, long before "Battlefield", Gu Sheng had already made certain plans and ideas for the current project.
However, after some consideration, Gu Sheng ultimately believed that Battlefield could better demonstrate the physical destructive characteristics of the Golden Engine.
This is why I put this project aside for the time being and started the Battlefield project instead.
"I wonder if you still remember the scene at the CJ Expo during the Battlefield live competition where the blue team attacked the building?"
Lu Bian asked.
Shen Miaomiao thought about it for a moment and immediately remembered:
"Yeah, I have an impression..."
The situation at that time was that the red team stole the house and occupied the stronghold at the doorstep of the blue team's home.
The blue team could not bear the trouble and sent out a team to attack and seize the point.
The battle between the two sides took place in a two-story coffee shop.
Relying on the physical destruction effect of the Golden Engine, that offensive and defensive battle can be said to have opened the door to an alternative CQB in the FPS genre.
The attackers no longer stick to the old idea of ​​"breaking in through doors", but instead use rocket launchers and C4 to blow up buildings in order to launch surprise raids.
That game was one of the best skirmish sequences on the show.
Even now, the battle video remains a classic.
The ingenious offensive ideas and exciting combat performances are still talked about by players.
"That offensive and defensive battle was actually the embryonic form of the shelved project,"
After a pause, Lu Bian said:
"If we hadn't made a big battlefield like Battlefield,"
"Then the game that will be released at the CJ exhibition will be a game that focuses on three-dimensional CQB attack and defense."
“That is the current project——”
"Codename: R6"
Tom Clancy series.
Rainbow Six : Siege
good!
This work, which was previously shelved, has now been brought up again and handed over to the former Ubisoft team, now Melancholic Blues Studios.
It was Cai Liu, who was known as "Demolition Number Six" in Gu Sheng's previous life!
This 5v5FPS competitive game will completely subvert the current gaming circle's inherent impression of this type of competitive shooting games!
The new three-dimensional buildings and partially destructible wall design make it completely different from the traditional FPS competitive games!
At the same time, it will also be the world's first "first-person perspective indoor close-range tactical simulation and competitive game"!
“We call it — [FPS-CQB] game.”
Gu Sheng said.
ah???
After hearing what Lu Bian and Lao Gu said, Shen Miaomiao grinned.
No wonder players always say “Never predict the old thief, because the old thief can always predict your prediction”!
Before, she just thought it was a joke about the "old thief's conspiracy".
But now it seems that Lao Gu really has a very clear understanding of game production planning!
She clearly remembers that when the building siege battle took place at the CJ exhibition, many viewers said in the barrage, "It would be great if there really was a building siege game like this."
result!
He really has it!
And it seems that this is a plan that Lao Gu had prepared a long time ago!
In fact, to some extent, this game "Codename: R6" is even earlier than "Battlefield"!
It’s just that due to some reasons, it has been shelved until now and has only started development!
"There were two main issues that were considered at the time,"
Gu Sheng said:
"One is the factor of visual impact—"
Compared to Battlefield, the design of Rainbow Six is ​​more sophisticated, and the operating space and combat ideas are also more detailed.
But there is no doubt that it is definitely not as good as the big scenes in Battlefield in stimulating the adrenaline of players and spectators.
And players who have watched the Rainbow Six game should know that -
The live broadcast of the Rainbow Six games is really not good to watch.
Very ugly.
Because of the multi-layered three-dimensional map design, its expression of tactical intent is far less intuitive than traditional shooting games such as CS.
In addition, professional players' understanding of the map and their offensive and defensive ideas are difficult to reconcile with the ideas of ordinary players.
The most important thing is that Rainbow Six is ​​one of the games with the shortest TTK (time to kill) among all FPS games.
Any firearm is set to kill instantly with one shot, which means that almost all kills happen in a split second.
The combination of all the above situations inevitably leads to the third-party commentary perspective of Cailiu being extremely confusing and difficult to predict.
Often the kill has already happened before the commentator and OB even catch up with the camera.
The end result is "ugly".
Those who play games are all confused, and those who don’t play games are even more confused.
Maybe that's a bit extreme.
But in Gu Sheng's opinion, Rainbow Six may be the only game in the world where the experiences of "playing in person", "live broadcast from the first perspective" and "watching the game" are completely different.
Play by yourself: Awesome! Fun! Lively and exciting!
Watch the live broadcast: Good gun! Good mine! Learn the technique from the anchor!
Watching the game: What the hell, even dogs wouldn't watch it! Pfft!
Therefore, this thing is absolutely not suitable to be placed at the exhibition as the main exhibit.
Besides!
"Due to the nature of the game,"
Gu Sheng continued:
"R6's physical destruction is relatively restrained, and the engine effects presented are definitely not as good as Battlefield."
After all, R6 is more competitive, while Battlefield is more entertaining.
He couldn't just change the Rainbow Six Magic so that all buildings could be destroyed just to show the physical destruction effect of the engine.
The defending side can't do anything, there's no balance at all.
And beyond that!
In fact, there was another problem that they couldn't solve at that time.
Even to this day——
"Enhanced panoramic stereo effects."
At this point, Gu Sheng concentrated and said seriously: "Our engine cannot achieve the enhanced panoramic stereo effect required by R6."
You must know!
As a competitive FPS game, "footsteps" and "sound effects" are two extremely important key pieces of information that can even determine the outcome of a game.
Through "footsteps", you can clearly determine the enemy's position.
Through "sound effects", you can gain insight into the enemy's actions and gun usage.
Take CS as an example.
Suppose you are a policeman hiding in the A pit in the Sand II map.
Then, if everything goes well, you can even judge that someone is coming from Gate A without showing your head at all. There is a sniper rifle in Gate A, and a P90 is pulled out from the door. After occupying the blue box position, it throws a fire towards your position.
And quickly report the information to teammates - Fuck A! Hit A, hit A! Go back to defense!
You didn't see all of this, but you can judge it 100% clearly.
What it relies on is the capture of sound information.
But now, the question is -
Whether it was the CS in Gu Sheng’s previous life or the FireWire in this world.
They don't have strong requirements for "panoramic stereo sound".
Since most maps are purely flat in design with little height difference and simple structure, players don't need to spend much effort to clearly determine the enemy's position, weapons used, and even how many people there are through footsteps and sound effects.
But the color six is ​​different.
As a CQB game, the map design is completely focused on complex buildings.
Players often face sounds coming from rooms on all sides.
Not only do the orientations of rooms on the same floor need to be carefully identified, but in maps with three or even four floors, players also need to identify sound information coming from above and below their feet.
Moreover, compared to mainstream FPS games that only make sounds when running, jumping, throwing, and aiming, etc.
R6 has a wider range of sound sources! More diverse!
Crouching, lying down, deploying skills, throwing props... even the most basic action of "turning around" will make a rustling sound due to the friction of the fabric of the clothes in extremely quiet circumstances.
An abundance of sound sources, coupled with an extremely three-dimensional map design.
If the clear presentation of panoramic stereo sound cannot be achieved.
Then for the players playing the game, it would be a complete disaster.
even.
What Golden Wind wants to do is not only to realize the "panoramic stereo sound" that many manufacturers don't care much about!
They have to go one step further!
Upgrade "Panoramic Sound" to "Enhanced Panoramic Sound"!
In this way, players in the game will be endowed with a keen hearing that surpasses the real world. Through subtle sounds, they can determine where the enemy is above their heads, in which room they are in, whether they are deploying explosive patches or shotgun charges, and whether they are preparing to blast a hatch or lift the floor for a vertical attack.
If this is not done well.
Players' gaming experience will be greatly reduced.
You may even fall into a bad gaming experience of "Where is it? Where is it? How did this thing open? How did he come from there? Who killed me? Ah?"
"But the problem is..."
At this point, Gu Sheng spread his hands, shrugged, and looked somewhat helpless:
"Because no one had ever made or even tried to make this type of game before us,"
"Maybe this is a bit absolute, but according to our research,"
"All competitive shooting games on the market today use traditional map design,"
"No one makes an FPS like CQB..."
Speaking of this.
Lu Bian also added at the right time during the call:
"This means that we have no experience to draw on,"
"Although we can start from scratch, it will take too long for us. Maybe we will have to invest the next three to five years to realize this technology,"
"This efficiency is... difficult for us to accept."
That’s it!
There was silence in the suite.
Gu Sheng frowned in thought, and Lu Bian was also pondering on the other end of the phone.
As for Shen Miaomiao...
You made these dumplings just for my vinegar???
ah???
Shen Miaomiao was stunned!
Obviously, the conversations between the two of them just now have made the current predicament very clear!
With their current technology, they cannot meet the requirements of this work code-named [R6]!
They can't afford to start researching from scratch and delay Melancholy Blues' development time for three to five years just for this game!
So you're coming for me?!
The expression on Shen Miaomiao's face was complex and subtle.
She even suspected that Lao Gu already knew the content of her conversation with Aurora Games' chief director Maher at noon!
I just finalized the deal!
Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng.
I am also preparing to give you a "little surprise" and present you with a "small topic" that the chairman has just received!
Before I even opened my mouth, you already slapped the answer in front of me?
Ah, this...
Shen Miaomiao was a little nervous.
Why do I suddenly feel that this deal, which seems to be a sure loss, is a little shaken?
Previously, she had always believed that "sound" was not very important in the game, and that as long as it was loud, it was fine!
Finally, after listening to what Lao Gu and the others said!
That's not the case!
In competitive games, sound is the most critical factor that determines success or failure!
In some ways, it is even more important than vision!
If you put it that way...
Shen Miaomiao started to murmur in her heart:
If I give you the cooperative technology of Aurora's self-developed engine now, I'm afraid you will give me a hard time again, right?
But then again!
First of all, she had finalized the cooperation intention with Maher at noon. After the GDC is over, the two sides will enter into detailed negotiation.
She is the chairman of Golden Wind and the nominal top leader.
Regret now?
Not to mention whether it will affect the reputation of Golden Wind.
As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world.
She has returned the Aurora game. Will Mr. Gu find out about it later?
Secondly, besides her, Sister Chuchu is also the one who knows about Aurora Games’ intention to cooperate.
Comrade Chu Qingzhou is Lu Bian’s girlfriend now, and if anything the two of them end up talking about this matter.
Will Lu Bian turn around and tell Lao Gu about it?
well--
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao sighed in pain.
There is no 'good person' around!
This matter cannot be hidden from Old Gu.
If I hide it at this time, and Lao Gu finds out later, I will be a pure bad woman.
By then, it won’t matter whether you get a rebate or not.
No matter how much rebate she gets, it is not as important as the relationship between her and Lao Gu.
Moreover, concealment may not necessarily completely block Aurora Games' cooperation with them.
so!
After much deliberation, Shen Miaomiao decided to "confess and receive leniency".
Give it a try. In the final analysis, you can't stop Aurora Games from offering its treasures. You might as well be a 'good wife'.
Besides, the world is still unsettled and it is not certain who will be the cattle and horses.
What if I lose money?
Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao made up her mind, cleared her throat, and put on airs:
“Ahem!”
"Xiao Gu... about the technology of the 'Enhanced Panoramic Stereo' engine upgrade,"
"I do have a little opinion, I wonder if you'd like to hear it? Hmm?"