Tokyo: Being coveted by my wife, I just want to play games

Chapter 98 Meeting Miyano Miwa’s best friend
  If a masterpiece with a development cost of 50 million US dollars dies suddenly, for a Japanese game manufacturer like NTsoft, although it will not bring down the entire company, it will still cause violent turmoil.

Everyone knows that although the project of "Sekiro" has been approved, Fuyukawa Teru and the company's senior management must have conducted more detailed research and discussions between the project approval and the official development. After all, not to mention that the project was cut in half after the project was approved, even if There aren’t too many examples of half feeling something is wrong and then cutting it in half, but for ARPG games, the battle mode is the absolute top priority!
  This morning, Tetsu Fuyukawa was about to discuss the combat mode of "Sekiro" with President Asai and the entire Asai faction of game producers who had made action games. The whole company was aware of this.

"I heard that this game is based on a ninja theme and an imaginary Warring States period. The combat mode is probably mainly based on hard-core stealth assassination, with a little bit of QET."

"I guess not. Players are now more impetuous than before, and an overly hard-core combat mechanism will only make them feel unsatisfied. Didn't SATE release a stealth assassination game called "God Kill" before? It was developed and publicized. The total cost was more than 90 million US dollars, and it was claimed to be "to let the whole world appreciate the charm of ninjas". In the end, more than one million sets were sold worldwide, and it died violently, and the entire studio was disbanded on the spot."

"It's really hard to make hard-core games now, and Sibu was a fighting game before. Although fighting games have declined, Sibu is very experienced in those action moves, strike feedback and so on. Maybe it will be similar to Wushuang." A lawn mowing game. Think about it, the name is Sekiro. A lone wolf, is it the kind of game where he carries countless soldiers and then takes off the BOSS's head?"

"That's quite right! Look, someone is coming out!"

On the top floor of NTsoft, I heard noises coming from the corridor. Several ladies in the tea room poked their heads out and stared curiously at the door of the conference room!
  Soon, many employees from Department 4 and Department 2 who were direct descendants of Asai strode out. Some of them had sad faces and helplessly shook their heads, while others had expressions of excitement on their faces and whispered something to someone beside them.

"Mr. Koharu is smiling very happily! She has participated in the production of several ARPG masterpieces before! It seems that she is very satisfied with what Section Chief Fuyukawa has come up with?"

"That's not necessarily the case. Deputy Commander Kuroki's face is very serious. He is an old employee of the Fourth Department and is very knowledgeable about combat systems. Judging from his frown, he seems to be in some trouble?"

"They are not the key! We still have to see what happens to President Asai! Here they come! President Asai and the others are out! President Asai seems to be having a great time chatting!"

Under the watchful eyes of several ladies in the tearoom, a man in his early fifties with meticulously combed hair walked out of the office door laughing with Fuyukawa Teru and Miyano Miwa.

"Fuyukawa, the plan you came up with this time is very good! But you have to make a trial demo as soon as possible! Only in this way can I get more development funds for you on the board of directors. After all, what is that woman Xiaohe doing recently? You should also know in your heart. It is impossible for the company to fully support the development of two large-scale ARPGs at the same time."

"I understand, President."

"Well, go ahead and do it well!"

Bowing slightly to President Asai, Fuyukawa Che turned around and left with his briefcase. As he stepped into the elevator, Miyano Miwa, who followed behind him, also breathed a sigh of relief, with a little "surviving the disaster" expression on her face. , "I didn't expect that President Asai would be so optimistic about your proposal. I thought it would take a long time. But..."

Speaking of this, Miyano Miwa turned his head and said with a playful smile: "I didn't expect that your research on ARPG is so deep. You just stunned Minister Koharu."

"You're oversimplifying things."

Fuyukawa Che shook his head with a smile, put his hands in his pockets and looked at his shoulders as the elevator descended, and said with a smile: "It's not just because my proposal is excellent, it's not just because the combat system of "Sekiro" is indeed outstanding. More importantly, Yes, Asai and Koharu, who he single-handedly promoted, are both in urgent need of a gimmick.

If a game of the size of "Sekiro" dies suddenly, it will indeed be a fatal blow to Asai, but the development cycle of this kind of game is very long, and President Kozuru returns as the president who "retired to the second line" Corporate power struggles already make many centrists uncomfortable.

As long as "Sekiro" has something to say, is innovative in its gameplay, can give board members hope, and can stabilize these people, he will have room to deal with Chairman Xiao He.

To put it simply, he is trading time for space, which is why I will let you jump directly to the Asai team without any scruples, because compared to the Xiaohe faction, we are needed here more. In the workplace, only alliances tied together by interests are the strongest. At least until there is no internal conflict of interest, our alliance with the Asai faction is unbreakable. "

Hearing Fuyukawa Che's ramble, Miyano Mitei smiled and said: "The so-called snipe and clam compete for the fisherman's profit, are you talking about it? You are a man with such a narrow mind."

"Forget it, if I am the kind of honest person who doesn't have many ideas, will you feel free to follow me?"

"Huh~ I won't tell you this anymore." Miyano Miwa rolled her cold eyes, "By the way, I have sent the list of candidates to build the production team to your Line. Please hurry up and choose during this time. come out."

"Oh, I see."
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  "Sekiro" passed the "preliminary review" by President Asai!

Like a depth charge, once this news spread, it instantly detonated the entire NTsfot!

Yes, detonate!
  Fuyukawa Che had just created an industry miracle of selling five million units at a cost of 100 million yen. Many employees now look at him as if they are looking at a god! Even if it is now a cross-border ARPG, there are many people within the company who have confidence in him and want to get a share of the pie!

And another point is that large-scale productions worth more than 50 million US dollars are not common in Japan. As long as you can join the production team, it will be a highlight on your resume in the future!
  "Sekiro" is successful, promotion, salary increase and bonus!

If "Sekiro" fails, the most you will lose is your dividends and year-end bonus, but you can gain experience in participating in large-scale productions, which will be of great benefit to future promotions!
  Nowadays, everyone wants to join Lightbird Studio, and not just within NTsoft!

This kind of large-scale production with a R&D cost of 60 million yuan will basically find an outsourcing team. Just like the employees of NTsoft, outside outsourcing teams also want to get access to such large works. This is also true for them, regardless of the success or failure of "Sekiro". It’s always a good thing that the pros outweigh the cons!

The whole gaming circle is shocked!
  The big production, superimposed on the popularity of "I'm Surrounded by Beautiful Women" which has not been completely extinguished, has caused an extremely strong shock. Not only Japan, Europe, America and China have also focused their attention on Fuyukawa Teru!

[Tokyo Game News: "Magical Producer" Fuyukawa Che's new work is about to start development! Can this amazing producer who once spent 100 million yen to achieve sales of 5 million yuan can achieve greater success this time? ! 】

[London Game Weekly: NTsoft, which is declining, is making a big gamble! President Asai bets the new era on this young man who is only 26 years old! According to an exclusive interview, President Asai claimed, "Fuyukawa is a very talented young man. I believe his work will shock the world! This is an ARPG game that is completely different from all ARPGs on the market!" . 】

[Ma Weiguo, editor-in-chief of Longguo Star News: "Innovation", this is the word that was mentioned most often by Mr. Asai, the president of NTsoft, in an interview. It's clear that he understands the current dire situation in Japanese gaming. When it comes to large-scale open world games, Japanese games have no advantage over European and American games, and they are overwhelmed by us on the mobile terminal. In this situation, they can only innovate in gameplay, but innovation is not that easy.

I think it is too risky for a newcomer like Mr. Fuyukawa, who has no representative works in the ARPG field, to directly innovate. As the saying goes, "Nothing can be done without words." He should learn from his seniors for a few more years before considering this issue again. 】

[Zac Bird, deputy editor of the New York Herald: "Souls", (laughing) To be honest, this is the first time I have seen a situation where my game has been characterized before the game has even started production. Of course, this is understandable. When we were young, we all imagined that a clever idea could change the entire industry, but in the end we discovered that these ideas had already been used by others, but they just didn't work.

Well, yes, I am not optimistic about this game called Sekiro. I am not optimistic about the so-called "soul system". I even think that they will find that the so-called "soul system" cannot go down the road in the early stages of game development, and then overturn it and start over. 】

Sekiro is determined to start research and development, which has caused an uproar in the outside world.

There is no doubt that most people are not optimistic about Sekiro, but these things do not affect Fuyukawa Che.

Since "I Am Surrounded by Beautiful Women", he has basically not shown his face in front of the camera. Besides, although there are many "die-hard fans" of this company and that company on the Internet, game producers, singers and actors The biggest difference is that although players will quarrel among themselves, it's just like MiHoYo and Genshin Impact are criticized by many people on the Internet, but Viagra's reputation is not bad.

Players are at odds with each other, usually focusing on either the company name or the game itself. Few people compete over which game producer is better.

Honestly, it's pretty good.

Fuyukawa Che didn't want his private life to be disturbed. However, although his private life was not disturbed, his life was indeed busy again. The day after the meeting, he was back at work.

At nine o'clock in the morning, he just arrived at the company cubicle, hung up his suit jacket, sat in front of the computer and began to read the list of personnel sent to him by Miyano Miba.

Normally speaking, it is not too difficult to select members of the production team. After all, there are no "souls" games in this world. As long as they are talented in ARPG production at the same level, it will be no problem for him. But the problem is " After finishing "Sekiro", he will go solo, and he also wants to bring more people who produced "Sekiro" with him.

Not only the outsourcing team, but also some of the core team formed within NTsoft this time, so that the subsequent production of "Bloodborne" or "Old Ring" will be easier.

It is a delicate job to find employees who have potential and ability, and who have not yet joined various factions within NTsoft.

Fortunately, Miyano Miwa has a strong working ability, and she has already preliminarily selected one of the submitted lists. He only needs to focus on his ability and resume, but even so, the workload is still very heavy.

I kept my head down and flipped through my resume. Once I flipped through it, the whole morning passed.

"Phew—my eyes are dizzy."

With the warm spring sun falling on his back, Fuyukawa Che took off his transparent glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose and leaned back on the boss's chair, looking at the list on the laptop screen.

I have been busy all morning, but it has indeed paid off. After Miyano Miwa's preliminary screening, coupled with his review just now, forty-three names have been selected, most of which are planning, technology research and development, and art. Performance talent.

"I will take care of the cornerstone aspects of copywriting planning, combat planning, numerical planning and technology research and development. I will leave the marketing and other aspects to Miyano to handle. As for the artistic expression."

Sayoko's face flashed in his mind, and Fuyukawa Che frowned slightly. Naturally, he wanted to leave all the most important aspects of planning, technology research and development, art performance and marketing to his own people.

Miyano Miwa was originally an elite member of the marketing department who was recruited by NTsoft at a large price. She could handle this aspect, and he, Fuyukawa Che, could rest assured, but in terms of art.

Although Sayoko is also engaged in art performance, she is an original painter. Of course she knows some things like 3D modeling, special effects including motion capture, but she is not proficient in them, and she has no management experience at all.

"Go back and talk to her tonight."

Sayoko is very smart, and after being opened up [the second line of Ren and Du], she completely relaxed and began to show her talent in art. Without going into too much detail, let’s just say that after she had some free time during this period, the 18X comics she drew in order to increase the mood actually achieved good sales on the XX website, but...
  "Her career ambitions are too low."

Dongchuan Che shook his head helplessly. Sayoko's personality is completely opposite to that of Miyano Miwa. She is a very typical traditional Japanese woman with no career ambitions. She is like a dodder wrapped around a big tree. She just wants to live her own little life in peace and care for her husband and children at home.

"As for artistic expression, let's consider it after talking with her."

I was thinking naggingly in my mind, and at this moment, the door opened.

"Any plans for lunch?"

Looking sideways, he saw Miyano Miwa walking into the room wearing a black OL uniform with a layer of white silk covering her plump thighs.

"No, what's wrong?" Dongchuan Che drank coffee. Miyano Miwa walked up to him, folded her hands on her chest, and looked down from a high position, "I have made an appointment with the outsourcing team. How about meeting together at noon?"

"You made your choice so quickly?"

"Well, that's an old friend of mine over there. She wants to talk to you in person."

"Old friend?"

Fuyukawa Che raised his eyebrows slightly, and Miyano Miwa nodded, "Yes, I have worked with her before at SATE, and you should have heard her voice."

"sound?"

He was stunned for a moment, but soon, when he thought of something, Fuyukawa Che's eyes widened slightly: "It's the one who said you were a maid last time."

"Yes!"

Speaking of maid uniforms, Miyano Miwa's eyes flashed with a hint of embarrassment, but her chin raised even higher, "Anyway, although her team is not many, they have a lot of experience in ARPG production. How about it?" , do you want to come with me?"

An experienced small team.

After thinking for a moment, Fuyukawa Che nodded, stood up and put on his suit jacket, "OK, where is she?"

“Shinjuku’s Slugger Restaurant.”

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Unexpectedly, he was going to the Heavy Gunner Restaurant again. Fuyukawa Che was stunned for a moment, but soon, looking at Miyano Miba's curvy figure, his eyes became playful.

There is a bet that seems to have not been fulfilled yet.

Feeling the gaze and the meaning of the gaze, Miyano Miwa's face became even more embarrassed. She glared at Fuyukawa Che, turned around and walked towards the door, but when she reached the door, she stopped: "We'll wait until the preliminary work is completed! I've been too busy recently!"

"As long as you haven't forgotten."

".Follow up!"

(End of this chapter)