game trailblazer

Chapter 129 Cutscenes
For the rest of the journey, Zhang Lexing didn't have the nerve to strike up a conversation anymore, and reluctantly flipped through the book for a while, but couldn't read anything, so he simply put down the seat and lay down to sleep.Except for the in-flight food that I don’t know whether it is breakfast or dinner, Zhang Lexing spent the rest of the journey lying down until the plane came over BJ.

"Dear passengers, your flight CA8889 from San Francisco to BJ is about to land at BJ Capital Airport. Please go back to your seat, fasten your seat belt, and put the small partition in front of it back to its original position..." the on-board broadcast came With the sweet voice of the stewardess, it didn't take long for the plane to slowly lower its altitude, and it was getting closer and closer to the airport.

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After the plane came to a complete stop, Ma Guanghai took their luggage from the luggage rack, and Zhang Lexing took Chen Zishan's suitcase down. He wanted to take the opportunity to get closer, but Chen Zishan took the suitcase but did not give it to Zhang Lexing. With such a good face, he just said "thank you" and turned around to leave.

Zhang Lexing stared blankly at Chen Zishan's disappearing figure, feeling a sense of emptiness in his heart.Just feeling melancholy, Zhang Lexing felt someone pat on the shoulder, and then Ma Guanghai's voice came over: "Boss, let's go, if you don't leave, the stewardess is coming to drive you away."

Of course, this was just a joke, how could the stewardess do the rough work of driving people away, but Zhang Lexing also knew that the plane was not a place to stay for a long time, so he took his suitcase and walked out with Ma Guanghai.

Since they had no checked luggage, after getting off the plane, Zhang Lexing and Ma Guanghai went straight through the terminal building.Not far away, Zhang Lexing saw Wang Mengyao standing with a man holding a sign with the words "creative workshop" on it, and the black Mercedes-Benz 400E parked behind them.

Seeing Zhang Lexing and Ma Guanghai approaching, Wang Mengyao waved and shouted happily: "Boss, this way!"

Zhang Lexing also waved his hand, and took a few steps to come in front of them. Only then did he notice that the man beside Wang Mengyao was very strange, so he asked, "Wang Mengyao, who is next to him?"

"Boss, hello, I am the new assistant to the general manager of the company. My name is Li Chunlin. I would like to ask for your guidance in terms of work in the future."

"Oh." Zhang Lexing nodded, and looked at Li Chunlin. He looked about 27 or [-], with a popular face, which seemed quite ordinary.

Wang Mengyao came over at this time, and said in a low voice: "Boss, I will be the assistant to the chairman in the future. If there is anything you can ask me to do as before. Li Chunlin was recruited by Sister Chu Jing recently, and it is said that his ability is not bad. Sister Chu Jing intends to arrange for him to be an assistant first, and if you are satisfied, you can consider him as a candidate for the general manager, which can also help you share more work."

Zhang Lexing nodded again. The general manager really needs to find a new one. He runs around by himself, so he doesn't have so much time to manage the company. Of course, someone can help.

"Boss, let's get in the car first." Wang Mengyao greeted, reaching out to help Zhang Lexing with his luggage.

"No need, I'll do it myself." Zhang Lexing waved his hand, dragging the suitcase and walking towards the Mercedes-Benz.

After the whole group got in the car and sat down, the driver Xiao Chen started the Mercedes-Benz, turned around and drove out of the airport.When the car turned around, Zhang Lexing glanced out the window, and saw someone who looked like Zhao Haiguang, the vice president of the video game branch that he had met last year. He seemed to be waiting for someone.

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Xiao Chen drove a Mercedes-Benz to the city along the airport expressway that was completed and opened to traffic last year. Wang Mengyao, who was sitting next to Zhang Lexing, pulled out a document and handed it over: "Boss, this is the company's financial report for last year. Sister Chu Jing said you should go." It’s been explained before, so I’ll bring it here for you to see.”

Zhang Lexing took the folder, opened it and looked at it. This is a 1993 financial report of Creative Workshop. The report reads: "...accumulated from January to December 1993, the total assets of the company are 1 million yuan ( RMB), a year-on-year increase of -12%; including fixed assets of 1 million yuan, book cash of 6528 million yuan...the annual revenue was 3.1, and the annual expenses were 4860 million yuan, of which operating expenses were 1 million yuan and game development expenses were 1668 million yuan... …The company lost 0 million for the year.”

From the book analysis alone, it can be said to be very ugly. After a year of busy work, it has lost more than 500 million yuan. If it is an ordinary small company, it may have closed its doors long ago.However, Zhang Lexing doesn't care about this. Anyway, after the two games are developed and officially launched, they should have income. If they are lucky, they may make some money. Of course, this must depend on overseas markets. no.At this time, in a big city like BJ, a monthly salary of [-] to [-] yuan is already considered high. One can imagine how much better the purchasing power of games will be.

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The Mercedes-Benz continued to drive on the road, but it seemed that it was not going to the company. Seeing the doubts on Zhang Lexing's face, Wang Mengyao quickly explained: "Boss, Sister Chu Jing told me that you have worked too hard on the plane, so you don't need to go today." Go to the company, go back and have a good rest, and talk about it tomorrow."

Speaking of San Francisco time, it was already midnight at this time. If Zhang Lexing hadn't been exercising normally, he probably wouldn't be able to open his eyes long ago.When Wang Mengyao mentioned this, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but feel a little tired, and it seemed that he had to go back to rest first.

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The next morning, after Zhang Lexing had breakfast, he counted his fingers. It seemed that the May period had passed. It seemed that Zhan Jun could show him something. He wondered if there had been any changes in such a long time. , Thinking of this piece of music, my heart is full of anticipation and a little bit of worry.

Coming to the creative workshop in a hurry, Zhang Lexing didn't bother to go to Chu Jing to find out about the company's recent situation, and went directly to the programming department to see what Zhan Jun and the others had done.

Everyone in the programming department is busy, most of them are writing codes with IDE (Integrated Development Environment) windows open, and a few of them are displaying game screens on their computer screens, maybe running tests, among them There is Zhan Jun, his computer screen displays the battle screen in the game, which seems to be very similar to what Zhang Lexing saw a few months ago, but the screen is more beautiful.

Zhang Lexing walked over lightly, patted Zhan Jun on the shoulder, and asked in a low voice, "Zhan Jun, is this the latest "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"

Zhan Jun, who was concentrating on his work, was taken aback. Looking back, he saw that it was his boss. He wanted to stand up quickly, but was pushed back by Zhang Lexing.

"You don't need to get up, you sit and talk." Zhang Lexing dragged a chair and sat down, intending to take a closer look.

Zhan Jun restarted the game program, then pointed to the screen and said: "Boss, you see, this is the second version of Demo. The operation method is the same as before. All systems have been added. It is basically a complete game. The rest The main work below is to redraw individual scenes, and to fine-tune the values ​​of those monsters blocking the way in the scenes to maintain a certain reasonable difficulty, neither because it is too difficult to cause players to feel too frustrated, nor because it is too difficult. It’s too simple and boring, these two departments are completed by the two departments of art and planning respectively. The main task remaining on the program side is to debug and eliminate bugs in the game.”

Following Zhan Jun's mouse click, the company logo of Creative Workshop flashed on the screen, then the screen went dark, and then the busts of Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Linger gradually appeared, and a few petals slowly fell, bursting into bursts. water waves.The screen switches to the surface of the water, under the cover of green trees, a small boat floats on the surface of the water.There were two people standing on the boat, a man and a woman, and the woman was holding something like a lantern...

Zhang Lexing couldn't help asking: "Is this the opening animation? Why do these two people look like wood, they don't move."

Zhan Jun blushed a bit, and said embarrassedly: "Boss, this is made with 3DStudio. In fact, we have put in a lot of effort, but the equipment here and our technical level can only make this kind of work for the time being." The effect is coming."

Zhang Lexing couldn't help being silent for a while, the damn technology blockade, even if the equipment was bought, it couldn't be shipped in.The effect of the cutscene in front of me can actually be fooled, and it can be regarded as a mid-range choice in this period, but in Zhang Lexing's eyes, it is really unbearable, and there is no way to watch too many good things.Of course, Zhang Lexing also knows that it is absolutely impossible to get a movie-quality picture at this time. Even if it is rendered, it may be difficult to play it on the computer at 1 frame per second.However, although the picture can't be too exquisite, at least the characters in it can't stick there like wood, at least they have to move a few times.The creative workshop is currently hopeless in the cutscenes, and it seems that we have to trouble the people of Oriental Shenyun again.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing took out the same business card as last time and handed it to Zhan Jun, and then said: "Zhan Jun, there is a company in Hong Kong that specializes in computer CG production, called Oriental Shenyun, and its technical strength is quite strong. Since the company itself The cutscenes produced are not up to the mark, why don't you outsource the cutscenes part of your project to them to do it again."

"Oriental Charm?" Zhan Jun took a look at the business card and asked the same question as Mike did last time: "Boss, is the company's technical strength good enough?"

"Of course, you've seen "Terminator 2". The liquid robot T-1000 in it was jointly produced by Industrial Light & Magic and Oriental Shen Yun. Even if you want to create the effect of "Star Wars", that level is fine. "

"But this budget..." Zhan Jun thought of a new problem. The budget made before the start of work never expected to outsource the cutscene animation part. Now that it is done like this, it will definitely exceed the budget.

"I will give you special approval for the cutscenes. Don't worry, the key is that the game must be done well, and no details can be sloppy."

"Boss, we will definitely do it with our heart."

While talking, Wang Mengyao's voice came from behind, "Boss, someone called you just now and said it was from the Electronic Game Machine Branch."

"Work hard, the future of the company depends on you." Zhang Lexing patted Zhan Jun on the shoulder, made a final confession, and then got up and left.

Coming to the corridor, Zhang Lexing asked Wang Mengyao as he walked, "Who called just now?"

"It's Mr. Zhao, and he left a phone number. I wrote it down in the pad on your desk." Wang Mengyao replied.

"Video Game Branch, surnamed Zhao, it must be Zhao Haiguang. I don't know what he wants to see me for? It should be related to games." Zhang Lexing walked to his office while thinking in his heart.

(End of this chapter)