Chapter 1512: The Future You Choose!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Pei Qian’s words stunned everyone.
What the h.e.l.l?
‘The financial group is actually myself?
‘The large financial groups in Cyberpunk had always represented extreme monopoly capital. They were the root cause of all pain in the Cyberpunk world. They were evil representatives of exploitation and squeezing the ordinary people at the bottom.
‘As long as it was a Cyberpunk theme, these large financial groups were undoubtedly the biggest villains.
However, Boss Pei was going to make a Cyberpunk theme now. He was going to make all of Tengda’s industries into it? And become the antagonist?
Ridiculous!
Everyone immediately understood why they did not use the background story of Tomorrow is Beautiful.
That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful had a ready-made worldview. It was vague, but the various advertis.e.m.e.nts embedded in it had already set a soft border.
If he wanted to use Tengda’s industry as the financial group in the story, it would conflict with the setting of Tomorrow is Beautiful. It was actually not possible to package it.
Some people understood what Boss Pei meant by ‘in the future of a parallel universe and a virtual city that frames the world’.
The parallel universe meant that this world also had various industries of Tengda and Tengda;
In the future universe, it meant that Tengda’s industry had already developed into a monopoly-type super financial group. It was a state of the future.
Taking over the entire world and the virtual city meant that the entire world had nothing to do with the current world and Jingzhou.
However, no matter what, it did not sound right to put Tengda’s own industry in the game, become a large financial group, and become the embodiment of large capital
‘That was because these industries were around him. They might even have been brought up by these people in charge. He was very familiar with them.
‘That was like making a person deeply influenced by Eastern culture create a superhero story about Western culture based on himself.
It must be awkward no matter how he made it up.
Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment before saying, “So… the antagonists are ourselves? What about the righteous side? Who will resist us?”
Pei Qian said, “Everyone.”
“Everyone in the world must fight back against us.
“However, they will definitely fail. After all, Tengda is invincible.”
Everyone exchanged confused looks.
Something was amiss. The more he heard, the more ridiculous it sounded.
Everyone was resisting? Wasn’t that the public enemy?
‘Tengda is undefeatable’ sounded good, but in such a world, the villains were undefeatable. It felt double the self-mockery.
Ye Zhizhou asked, “Boss Pei, you haven’t said if this game is a standalone game or an online game.”
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. “A standalone game? No, online game? Hmm… not all.”
He fell into a dilemma, feeling that there was a problem in either way.
A standalone game was actually the path of a 3A masterpiece. The cost of development was high, but the process was relatively controllable.
It would be an outstanding piece as long as he displayed the plot in the game honestly.
Of course, if the plot fed sh*t, it might indeed dissuade players. However, the rules that were applicable in other companies might not be applicable in Tengda.
Take Tomorrow is Beautiful for example. The plot was meant to be fed sh*t, but the final outcome was completely different.
Given Tengda’s current success rate in standalone games, Pei Qian really did not have much confidence.
What about online games?
Pei Qian could not tell how such a work should be made into an online game.
Make it into a traditional MMORPG? That would definitely not do because it was completely incompatible with the method of standalone games.
Pei Qian did not want to give up on standalone games because he would spend more money. The upper limit of his losses would be higher. What’s more, he would show Tengda’s evil image more fully.
Online games were relatively weak in expressing the plot. If they could not display Tengda’s negative image very well and turned it into advertising for Tengda’s industry, there would be a huge problem.
However, Pei Qian also wanted to combine the gameplay with the standalone game and do some tricks so that the chances of failure would be higher.
After all, pure standalone games had been successful. Perhaps a magical chemical reaction would be produced if the two gameplay were combined?
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. “A standalone game with online gameplay!”
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In any case, he did not care about the design. The two gaming departments were in charge of the design. It was completely up to fate to propose a concept.
Everyone took notes in their notebooks.
He did not really understand, but he noted it down and tried to figure it out slowly.
The conference room fell into a temporary silence. Yu Fei raised his hand weakly and said, “Boss Pei, this background seems to be completely different from the background of my novel…”
Pei Qian retorted, “Didn’t you only make a small portion of the novel’s background? Since the impact is not big, you can modify it slightly.”
Yu Fei: “This… Alright.”
His first reaction might be a little strange but he thought about it carefully and could indeed modify it.
‘That was because his worldview was very incomplete. Until now, he had not had any good ideas. If he followed Boss Pei’s instructions and divided Tengda’s various industries into large financial groups, it would be a good idea to permeate all aspects of urban life.
At the very least, he was very familiar with these industries. There were many ready-made materials to be used.
What’s more, the people from the two gaming departments and Fei Huang Works.p.a.ce would also partic.i.p.ate in the development. At that time, there would be a large number of concept designs. These pictures would be very helpful to stimulate his imagination and inspiration.
As for the plot that had been written, most of it could be used. It would not be a problem to modify the rest or think of other ways to resolve it.
Yu Fei even had the urge to push down all his current works and rewrite them after hearing Boss Pei’s approach.
It was nothing special!
Look at Boss Pei. His imagination was bold and imaginative!
Huang Sibo was almost done recording everything down. He raised his hand and asked, “Boss Pei, are movies and games still the same as ‘Mission and Choice’? Are the plots combined? Are the movie plots part of the game plot?”
Pei Qian immediately shook his head. “No!”
What a joke. I will definitely not make the mistake of Mission and Choice a second time!
One of the reasons why the game ‘Mission and Choice! was so popular was that they could play games and movies. Even though RTS games were a niche game, many people who did not have the foundation of RTS games could play very happily because the game’s operating mode was simplified, the AI
effect, and the smooth plot.
If this combined event happened again, something big would really happen.
Therefore, he had to disa.s.semble it!
Pei Qian added, “Movies and games can only have common backgrounds. However, the game plot has to be completely separated. There shouldn’t be too much connection.”
Ye Zhizhou raised his hand and asked, “Boss Pei, does every department have to become a huge financial group that directly impacts people’s lives? Is the game industry the same?”
Pei Qian nodded. “That’s right. It’s easy to influence the game industry. You can exaggerate a little. For example, virtual reality games steal user information, invade user privacy, make players addicted to games to escape from reality, and so on…”
“Think more extreme and fully utilize your imagination!”
Ye Zhizhou nodded silently.
Good lord, this was not something that ordinary villains could do. They were simply nailed to the pillar of shame.
Everyone knew what to do with Ye Zhizhou’s question.
He had to use his imagination to imagine the most extreme monopoly situation after the various departments and industries developed. Then, he had to perform in games and movies.
What was the bottom line? There was no bottom line!
However, since Boss Pei had said that the game and movie’s plot only had the same background and the details were not related, it meant that the game and movie could focus on different sides.
He had to think about how to perform.
The tasks a.s.signed by Boss Pei were becoming increasingly simple. This meant that the capabilities of the various departments were improving. Boss Pei no longer had to plan the game meticulously like before. He could give a simple framework and then hand the specific work to his subordinates.
‘That meant that everyone’s abilities had improved, and Boss Pei’s trust in everyone had increased!
Boss Pei’s requests were as broad and imaginative as ever, but everyone was filled with motivation. They had to do this project well!
Pei Qian suddenly panicked seeing how confident everyone was.
Something was amiss!
Did these people understand my design intentions?
‘There probably wasn’t.
He had to emphasize it to them.
Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, “I’ll make it clear again. Tengda appeared as the biggest villain in this story background. It has to make players and viewers hate it as much as possible. It must not be beautified or misunderstood by the audience.”
“want them to see the serious evil that Tengda will bring when it becomes a monopoly in the future, understand?”
“Don’t let them look forward to it, and don’t let it have any advertising effect.”
Pei Qian knew very well that it was common for creators to be misunderstood.
For example, there was a series that was originally a work against Utopia. It aroused people’s vigilance by describing a future world that looked beautiful but had no humanity.
However, when this series was filming, it accidentally made the future world too beautiful. It was filled with handsome men and beautiful women. They were advanced in technology and had no worries. There were some ironic content but their performance was a little unbalanced. The audience began to
yearn for this world. They sincerely felt that this world was quite good and wanted to transmigrate.
If that happened to the game that Pei Qian was going to create, he would be in deep trouble.
Therefore, he had to make it clear in advance so that these people would not misunderstand.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce looked at each other. Obviously, another path that they had thought of had been rejected by Boss Pei.
However, it was not a big problem. The more Boss Pei rejected, the clearer the direction would be.
Yu Fei said, “Boss Pei, we definitely can’t use the name of my current novel. Why don’t we change the name? Do you have any good ideas?”
Pei Qian nodded subtly.
He had already thought about it in advance. This time, he decided to come up with the most straightforward and boring name.
“It’s called “The Future You Choose!”