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

Chapter 321 Hot Spring Moon
In the middle of the day, Dongchuan Che was very happy to eat hot pot and drink wine with a group of beauties. However, as time came to more than three o'clock in the afternoon, after saying goodbye to his cousin Chiaki Minami and returning to the company, he immersed himself in work again.

In other words, he wasn't buried in work, but was drinking coffee and reading novels.

In World of Warcraft, not only the main storyline is important, but the side quests are also very important.

Online games are not stand-alone linear games where players only need to experience the plot once. Each major version of online games lasts for nearly a year. During this year, the player's gaming experience certainly cannot be supported by the main quest. There is no game in the world with enough main plot content to allow players to play for a year. Online games, like mobile games, require players to log in for a long time, especially "World of Warcraft", which is a pure point-card game.

The original World of Warcraft added designs such as [Fortress], [Mythic Rift], [Daily Perimeter], and Dungeon CD to increase the depth of gameplay, thereby enticing players to log in every day.

There is nothing wrong with these practices, but Dongchuan Che needs to make further improvements on this basis, which is to optimize the quality of side quests.

There are more than 20,000 quests in World of Warcraft. Every area on the game map has a corresponding branch story.

However, many side quests in the original World of Warcraft are just an excuse for players to repeatedly kill monsters, and there is not much excellent story content. Therefore, most players who have reached the maximum level will basically not touch low-level quests unless they want to get some transmogrification rewards or mount rewards.

What Dongchuan Che wants to do is to make full use of all these sections. He wants to make an excellent main storyline while relying on a large number of side quests to enrich the entire world, make the whole world alive, let most NPCs have their own wonderful stories, and let players have more sense of substitution. After all, one of the slogans of "World of Warcraft" in its early days was - [We have one more world than you].

Dongchuan Che estimated that more than a thousand authors would be hired worldwide by then. Of course, these many authors would not all work in the office and receive a fixed salary. He would just pay for the stories and let these authors freely fill in various relatively exciting plots in the map of World of Warcraft, although the process would not be too long.

He is very ambitious and pays a lot for his articles.

A big paycheck always brings out the brave. And it should be said that a plot is at least a few thousand words, and at most tens of thousands of words. Whether it is for Chinese online novelists, Japanese light novel writers, or those online novelists in Europe and the United States, it is not a difficult task, and it can basically be done in a few days. And the result is that Dongchuan Che was overwhelmed by various manuscripts.

Asking someone to write the plot does not mean that he can be a hands-off boss, he is responsible for the overall plot style of the game. At the same time, because he did not give the world view of "World of Warcraft" to these authors, but only gave requirements such as "Western fantasy epic theme", so he also has to consider which plots to put on which maps, and even the connection between stories.

Of course, he doesn't read all the authors' stories. Manuscripts submitted to Holy Light Society will be cross-examined by the screenwriters in the screenwriting department first. Only manuscripts that are favored by two or more screenwriters at the same time and those from famous writers will be sent directly to him.

To be honest, drinking coffee and reading novels in an air-conditioned room is indeed a comfortable life, but it also gives me a headache if I read too many manuscripts.

Especially some European and American manuscripts, where writers write Western fantasy stories, the flavor is naturally very pure. But the problem is that some zzzq is very popular there nowadays.

Dongchuan Che found many manuscripts interesting at the beginning, but when he reached the climax of the love story and was expecting the hero and heroine to make a warm or passionate confession, the heroine suddenly said, "I'm quite good at [fencing]", which made Dongchuan Che confused.

Speechless.

Fortunately, the days of reading manuscripts did not last long. Soon, as time came to late February, the focus of Dongchuan Che's life shifted from "World of Warcraft" to the two projects "FGO" and "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves".

"FGO" will be launched in March, and the animation of "Fate/Heaven's Grave" will be released before the game is launched.
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"Mr. Dongchuan is just as the rumors say, he is very generous. This is the first time I've seen a production crew book an entire hot spring hotel during a program recording."

at dusk.

Hakone is a hot spring resort located in the southwest of Kanagawa Prefecture, more than 80 kilometers from Tokyo.

Although Tokyo is not that cold at the end of February, it is still a bit chilly in the evening.

Under the cherry blossom trees that were about to bloom, in the women's bathing pool of the hot spring, two well-known Japanese female artists were chatting in low voices while soaking in the hot spring.

Hearing the words of the young woman's friend, Akina Uemori, who was wearing a towel on her head, nodded and said with a little envy: "Yes, especially when I heard that the program team has not attracted any advertising investment, all this money was paid by Director Yuezhu and Mr. Dongchuan. Tsk, it's really good to be the woman of a big boss.

His tone was full of envy.

Although Akina Kamimori doesn't look very old because of her natural baby face, she is actually 38 years old this year. For female artists, age is still very important, especially for actresses like her who became famous on Fuji TV with the "Monthly Nine Drama".

【Monthly 9th drama】.

To put it simply, it is a TV series broadcast on TV at 9 o'clock on Sunday (Monday) evening.

Japan is indeed a very contradictory country. On the one hand, they even gave up the Lunar New Year and took the Western New Year's Day as the New Year. But on the other hand, even China no longer uses the Seven Days Day method, but they still use it.

Of course, this is not the key point. The key point is that [Monthly Nine Dramas] are mainly love dramas for young people. The most famous ones should be "Tokyo Love Story", "Nodame Cantabile" and "101 Marriage Proposals".

【Monthly 9 drama】was Fuji TV's trump card before, so she was very popular when she played Akina Mori, and it was considered the emotional enlightenment of a generation. But romance dramas, especially those for young people, are very dependent on the age of the protagonist.

No matter how popular they are when they are young, unless these actors have very good acting skills or have a big boss supporting them, it will become increasingly difficult for them to survive after they are 30.

The same is true for Akina Kamimori, and precisely because she was so popular back then, she failed in her subsequent transformation many times. In recent years, she could only take on supporting role scripts to make a living.

To be honest, when Ms. Mao Li found her agent and invited her to participate in the variety show "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves", she was very excited and grateful at first. After all, although Dongchuan Che has never filmed a variety show, or even been in the film and television entertainment industry, the three words Dongchuan Che are now a shining golden signboard that can attract a lot of attention. But as she entered the program group, her mentality began to change slightly.

Hey.

There is no other reason, it's just jealousy. After all, the chief director Yuezhu Asuka is a relative of his own no matter how you look at it!
Take a look at Yuezhu Feiniao’s resume.

After graduating from university, I went to a kendo hall to serve as the captain; after playing kendo for two years, I became a model; after being a model for a year, I started racing; after racing for a year, I came back to open a flower shop; after running the flower shop for a year, I went to learn cooking.

The only thing that has been related to the entertainment industry is that he became famous after filming "I'm Surrounded by Beautiful Women" last year. But after that, Yuezhu Feiniao disappeared from the public eye for more than half a year, and the next time he appeared was in the British program "Wild Survival".
Super weird.

Although Yuezhu Asuka has almost reached the top level in every field of the industry and won many awards, when she was playing kendo, even the Olympic national team invited her.

This was obviously a huge talent, but it also made her even more jealous of Akina Mori.

"He knows his trade very well, and he has the support of big capitalists like Mr. Dongchuan. He doesn't want to let other people live!"

Akina Kamimori complained quietly, and the young woman next to her laughed and said, "But if it weren't for her, you would still be lying at home. These days, there are not many opportunities for us out-of-date artists to stand on the stage again."

"I know, but her life is so enviable. Did you see it yesterday? Mr. Dongchuan personally took her out of the car and put her on the wheelchair! Oh my God, Mr. Dongchuan's expression at that time was as if he was holding a fragile gem, but her reaction seemed to be natural, with just a smile on her face!
Really, if one day I broke my leg, and there was a man like Mr. Dongchuan who was talented, tall, handsome, and super rich and willing to take care of me like that, I would be willing to do anything he asked me to do! Director Yuezhu really doesn’t know how to appreciate the blessing he has!”

Akina Kamimori gnashed her teeth in envy. The young woman next to her smiled and said, "Alright, alright, Mr. Fuyukawa's private life is too far from us. Instead of discussing this, why not... Do you think his new work will be a hit?"

"Fate/Heaven's Cup" will be available tonight.

This work has nothing to do with the two of them, but it is also related. It has nothing to do with them because they are neither participants nor rentiers, but one week after the release of "Fate/Heaven's Cup", "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" will also be broadcast.

It is true that Dongchuan Che is now very famous, and the production standards of this variety show are also very high, with celebrities from China, Japan and South Korea invited. Therefore, the show has already attracted a lot of traffic and attention before it even started, but the popularity is not too high.

March and April are graduation seasons in Japan. Although the variety shows broadcast during this period are not as exaggerated as those in the summer season, it is also a peak season. Many sequels of first-line variety show IPs will be broadcast on various TV stations.

"Fate/Heaven's Cup" and "Sisters Who Make Waves" are both works by Toru Fuyukawa. Although they are on different tracks and have different audiences, if they can replicate the previous success of "Fate/ubw" and "Fate/zero", they will more or less produce some chain effects.

Akina Kamimori also understood this principle. When it came to business, she didn't act frivolously like before, but frowned and thought for a while, then said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. Mr. Fuyukawa has always been famous for his ability to write scripts. Although I haven't played Fate, I heard that the original work of this game is very popular. With the original work as a foundation, unless it's messed up, the results should not be bad."

The young woman nodded. "Yes, my son likes to play this game. Before I came to the show, he recommended me to watch this animation, saying that the sweet campus romance can relax and relieve stress."

"Hey, is it a sweet school romance drama? No wonder all the online reviews say it's a 'healing cute show'. But... when I passed by Akihabara before, I saw a lot of fans holding banners under the building of the Holy Light Society with words like 'Old Thief Dongchuan' written on them. If it's a sweet school romance story, it shouldn't cause such a big reaction from fans."

Akina Kamimori was a little confused.

"Fate" is very famous, and its content is of good quality and has depth. People of different ages will have different feelings when watching it, but the main audience is still teenagers. Although Akina Mori had learned about some of Toru Toru's resume before participating in Toru Toru's variety show, she had not watched "Fate" much.

The young woman next to him was the same. She smiled and said, "I have nothing tonight. Let's go to the rest area together later?"

"Okay, but first I need to drink a glass of hot milk! After so many years of fighting back, I have to take good care of my skin!"
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"Fate/Heaven's Cup" is about to be released, and "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" is about to start filming. At this time, many people in the hot spring hotel are paying attention to "Fate/Heaven's Cup". However, not everyone has never watched "Fate". Some people still know how "healing" "Fate" is and why many fans call Dongchuan Che "Dongchuan Old Thief".

Anime, especially anime with a very unique temperament like "Fate", can easily bring people's emotions into the work. Although "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" invited many TV artists like Akina Kamimori this time, the show is ultimately a competition of singing and dancing.

Going to watch an overly depressing animation at this time is just asking for trouble. But for those who are not participating in the show, it doesn't matter.

“The popularity of the comment section has begun to soar, and the number of users who have turned on [play notifications] is higher than when Fate/zero was released. It seems that as long as the quality of this work is good, this IP will be completely established.”

Hot spring under the cherry trees.

With her black hair tied up like a noble lady and a layer of white gauze draped over her body, Chika Ohara, who was soaking in the scorching hot spring water of the Thirty-Six Emperors Snow Mountain, put her cell phone aside and turned around to say something to Toukawa Che on the other side.

Cool spring breeze, chirping insects and singing birds.

Dongchuan Che, who was only wearing a black bathrobe, was fanning himself with a small fan while grilling slightly browned yakitori and saury on a small grill. He nodded and said, "It's within expectations that the popularity will increase. It mainly depends on the market feedback after the animation is broadcast."

Hearing this, Ohara Chika turned over, rested her hands on the shore, and let her lower body float slightly.

The white and beautiful back with attractive curves and the plump and delicious big peach occasionally floated to the surface in the moonlight, which was very tempting. Dongchuan Che moved his thigh unconsciously.

Chika Ohara's field of vision at this time was also very tricky, and she could just see Toru Fuyukawa sitting on a small chair.

Seeing the deep dragon's nest through her bathrobe, her face, which was already rosy from the hot spring, became even redder. But at this time, they were still talking about business, so she didn't come out of the water. She just rested her chin on her arm, and her white feet swayed naturally in the hot spring. Then she smiled helplessly and said, "Actually, I still think you don't need to be so anxious. For an IP with such potential like Fate, it is best to release a work once a year or even several years. On the one hand, this will allow the influence of each work to be fully released. On the other hand, over time, fans are more likely to develop feelings and be more tolerant of the work. It won't be as worrying as it is now."

Ohara Chika kept talking, and Dongchuan Che was silent for a while after hearing it.

The original work of "Fate/Heaven's Cup" is a theatrical version. On the one hand, it is because a lot of the daily plots of Matou Sakura overlap with the plot lines of Toosaka Rin and Saber. On the other hand, the plot is too radical.

This is actually somewhat similar to "Elden Ring".

Why is the main game of "Elden Ring" so popular, but the DLC is criticized?
The reason is because Hidetaka Miyazaki has done it.

Although players like to self-deprecate that "people who play Souls games are masochists", this is just a self-deprecating joke. What players really need is a challenge, not real masochism. So when Miyazaki Hidetaka completely let go of himself and let those numerical and mechanical weirdness appear in the DLC, many players went crazy.

This is what is called too much is as bad as too little.

"Fate/Heaven's Cup" is the storyline of Matou Sakura, which is the most vicious and dark storyline in Fate. Although the original movie version had great box office, he changed it into a seasonal series.

The advantage of doing this is that there can be more daily descriptions and interactions, which can make players like the character of Sakura Matou more, but the disadvantage is that because there is more emotional preparation, the emotions will be more full.

This is like going separate ways after a one-night stand, which may make people feel lost, but the emotional impact is usually not as strong as breaking up after being in love for several years.

Although he, Dongchuan Che, also made certain adjustments, especially in terms of narrative techniques.

Because the daily plot overlaps a lot with the plot lines of Rin Toosaka and Saber, he adopted the narrative method of "Haruhi Suzumiya" [same day, same event, but from different people's perspectives], which must be able to bring a completely different experience to the audience. But he is not sure whether the audience can bear the emotional impact of this work.

but
Thinking of this, Dongchuan Che blew the grilled bird skewers in his hand to cool them down, fed a bite to Yuezhu Feiniao who was reading a book in a wheelchair next to him, then walked to the hot spring pool, handed the grilled bird skewers to Ohara Chika, and said with a smile: "There are many uncertainties, but the rice has been cooked, so don't look back. What's more..."

"kindness?"

Chika Ohara chewed a piece of meat and turned her head to look at Toru Fuyukawa.

Dongchuan Che placed the saury by the pond, undressed himself and went into the water, then held her in front of him.

Sitting cross-legged, looking at the ruddy Ohara Chika, Fuyukawa Che smiled and said, "It's the most interesting thing to be unsure whether your work will be successful, but the sense of surprise that comes with success in the end, isn't it?"

"You are just looking for trouble. It would be lighter if you follow the normal way, but you are still eating skewers!"

"Oh? But that's not what Undercurrent Whirlpool says."

"No, that's a hot spring! Hey, slide down a little, you can't reach the center of the vortex like this."

"Haha, weren't you just quibbling?"

"Hmph, anyway, the way you do it, umm - anyway, the way you do it, I, a financial staff, really don't like it~"

"Do you like it or not?"

"Shut up! Yuezhu is still here."

The cherry blossom spring under the moonlight is filled with the sound of water.

"Hey, can't I read the book?"

Sitting in the wheelchair, taking a look at Dongchuan Che's strong back and Ohara Chika's flushed little face, Yuezhu Asuka pulled the small blanket on her legs. There was a little helplessness, a little smile, and more desire in her cold big eyes.

"I want to take a hot spring bath together. But... it seems that only when the matter of "Fate" is completely settled, his emotions can be more stable."

Feeling a little bit of "pressure relief" in Dongchuan Che's rough action, Yuezhu Asuka looked up at the bright moonlight, then looked down at his watch.

"In half an hour, Fate will be available."

(End of this chapter)