game trailblazer

Chapter 157 The Xishan Residence in the Beginning

In 1995, Shenzhen was covered with reinforced concrete jungles, and tall buildings soared into the sky. It looked like an international metropolis, and almost no domestic city could compare with it.In particular, Shun Hing Plaza, which is located in the triangle at the intersection of Shennan East Road, Jiefang Road and Baoan South Road, is dubbed Diwang Building by the public. , with a total height of 69 meters, trying to challenge the throne of the tallest building in Asia.

The purpose of Zhang Lexing's visit to Shenzhen this time is actually very simple, just to see the progress of the development of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and the two games originally code-named "Obsidian" and now officially named "Legend of Black Stone". The project teams of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Legend of Black Stone" are located on the 6th floor of Kumho Building where Kingsoft is located, and each rented an office of about [-] square meters for development.

From Luohu Port, after driving for seven or eight minutes, we arrived at the downstairs of Jinhu Building.Zhang Lexing and his assistant Wang Mengyao got out of the car, walked through the lobby downstairs, and prepared to take the elevator upstairs.When the two of them were about to reach the elevator, the door of an elevator was slowly closing. Wang Mengyao ran a few steps in a hurry, trying to press the up button of the elevator, but it was too late.Seeing that the elevator was about to close completely, the elevator door suddenly opened to both sides. Zhang Lexing and Wang Mengyao hurried into the elevator.

There was only one woman in the elevator, wearing a red double-breasted coat and dark jeans, holding a few folders in her hands. Obviously, she should have pressed the door open button just now, and the elevator door would open again.

Zhang Lexing glanced at the woman in red, and then said to her, "Thank you so much just now!"

"I really thanked my sister just now, otherwise we would not be able to catch up with this elevator." Wang Mengyao, who was next to her, also thanked her obediently.

"It's okay." The woman in red smiled faintly, and took two steps back with the folder in her arms.

Wang Mengyao reached out to press the floor button on the 6th floor, but found that she had already pressed it, so she stopped and took her hand back.The woman next to her obviously noticed this, but she was still very indifferent, holding the folder and saying nothing.

"Ding..." When we reached the 6th floor, Zhang Lexing got out of the elevator after Wang Mengyao and the woman in red.The woman in red walked to the right after getting out of the elevator. Zhang Lexing followed her back and saw that there was only Jinshan General Motors in that direction. It seemed that the woman in red should be going there, but I don’t know whether she was a new employee or came to work. of.

The back of the woman in red disappeared at the gate of Jinshan General Motors not far away. Zhang Lexing turned his eyes back and walked with Wang Mengyao to the offices of the project teams of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Legend of Black Stone" located on the left hand side of the elevator exit. go.For the sake of confidentiality, the doors of the two project offices are usually closed, and outsiders are not allowed to visit.

Zhang Lexing casually knocked on the project office of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but there seemed to be no response. Wang Mengyao followed up and knocked for a while, and finally there was a movement. It seemed that after a figure shook on the cat's eye, the door of the office was blocked. Open it, revealing Zhan Jun's slightly tired figure.

"Boss, you are here, please come in!" Zhan Jun took two steps back, moved out of the way, and greeted repeatedly.

"Zhan Jun, it's been a tough time for you guys." Zhang Le stepped forward and patted Zhan Jun's shoulder, and walked into the office, followed by Wang Mengyao.

Zhan Jun took two steps quickly, leading the way ahead, and asked as he walked, "Boss, are you here to see the development of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"

"Yes, by the way, I'm here to express my condolences to everyone." Zhang Lexing nodded and continued to walk inside.

Turning around the foyer separated from the outside, the inside is an open office area, where all the staff of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" project team work. When Zhang Lexing arrived, everyone was busy in front of the computer.

Zhan Jun was about to call out to everyone, but Zhang Lexing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Don't disturb everyone's work, first show me how "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is doing."

Zhan Jun nodded, led Zhang Lexing and Wang Mengyao to the outermost desk, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Boss, sit down first, and I'll introduce the situation to you."

Zhang Lexing nodded and sat down, Wang Mengyao also dragged a chair from the side and sat down, then took out a pen and notepad, ready to record.

"Boss, at present, the art, planning and programming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" have all been completed. After a large-scale test some time ago, there are basically no obvious bugs. Now the main task left is the voice library file. And the replacement of resource library files and the production of installation disk. According to the company's market plan, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" needs to produce three versions, the first is the mainland version with simplified Chinese subtitles (the game voice is Mandarin), and the second is Hong Kong and Macau version with traditional Chinese subtitles (the game voice is in Cantonese), and the third is the Taiwan version with traditional Chinese subtitles (the game voice is in Mandarin). When we first planned, we had already agreed on a unified library file definition rule for the three versions , so there is no need to adjust the program part to meet the use of the three versions at the same time, and then use the library file replacement tool designed by ourselves to replace the three versions of the voice library file and the resource library file, plus importing data Automatic verification and manual verification, the workload of making these three versions of the installation disk is not too big. At present, the mainland version with simplified Chinese subtitles and the Taiwan version with traditional Chinese subtitles have been completed, and the Hong Kong and Macau version with traditional Chinese subtitles has just been completed. The replacement is being checked. In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, we will do a final test on the finished installation disk, which includes the installation and compatibility tests of the installation disk in various hardware environments."

"Very good." Zhang Lexing nodded, expressing his satisfaction with the current progress, and then remembered the completion date, so he asked, "When do you expect it to be completed?"

"Well," Zhan Jun thought for a while, and said, "It is expected to take about three weeks, which is around February 2th."

"February 2th?" Zhang Lexing thought about it in his mind, and felt a little wrong: "Then it doesn't mean that there is no rest even for the Spring Festival?"

"That's right, boss. The main reason is that the difference is almost there. We all want to rest after finishing." Zhan Jun explained.

Zhang Lexing shook his head: "This won't work. It's not easy for everyone. Why don't you go home during the Spring Festival. Besides, the creative workshop never encourages rush work. Since there is already a development schedule, just follow the scheduled schedule. I hope that there will be no overtime and rush work in the creative workshop. If this happens, I can only think that either the estimation of the development progress is wrong, or the development efficiency cannot be guaranteed during the development process. Only from these two Only by starting from one aspect can we really solve the problem, instead of covering it up with overtime and rush work. Of course, I know that this is not the case for you, and you want to finish it ahead of schedule, but the Spring Festival only comes once a year, so let’s go home and have a rest. How about this, I will have a holiday on the 29th at the latest, um, I will come back to work on the 13th of next month, and I will give you two weeks to rest."

"Boss, in that case, it may not be completed until around February 2th, so it won't delay the company's marketing plan." Zhan Jun asked worriedly.

Zhang Lexing turned to Wang Mengyao and asked, "Well, does this time have any impact on the marketing plan?"

Wang Mengyao flipped through her notebook and replied, "If it's February 2, the marketing plan may take a week to launch."

"Well, then you should inform the people in the marketing department and ask them to adjust the plan." Zhang Lexing explained.

"Okay boss, I'll notify them right now." After speaking, Wang Mengyao got up and went to make a phone call.

"What's the difference between this official version and the demo version I've seen before?" Zhang Lexing asked Zhan Jun.

"It's roughly the same, except that the content of the official version is more complete, and some minor adjustments have been made to make it easier for players to operate. There is an official version in this computer, boss, would you like to see it for yourself?"

"Okay, you can call it out for me, and I will take a look by myself."

Zhan Jun quickly started the game, and Zhang Lexing held the mouse and started to operate.The opening title animation is similar to the ones I have seen before, but the picture looks more delicate. After entering the game, the picture looks more refined, and it seems that a lot of effort has been put into the art.In addition to supporting the mouse, the operation of the character can also be controlled by the keyboard, and even the game controller connected to the computer can be controlled smoothly, and the walking and running of the character can not be seen at all, and the feeling is very smooth. The control is also very smooth, and the effects of various spells look more gorgeous. It seems that from the trial version to the official version, the members of the development team have put a lot of thought into it.

Zhang Lexing was playing on the computer, and Zhan Jun was explaining the characters, scenes and related plots on the screen from time to time, or the explanation of the related game system.

While playing, Wang Mengyao came back from the phone call. She didn't bother to sit down, so she reported to Zhang Lexinghui: "Boss, I have already notified Chen Jingyi from the marketing department. She is fine."

"Very good." Zhang Lexing replied, then exited the game and restarted it, then released the mouse in his hand, and said to Wang Mengyao, "Come and play."

"Boss, how do you play this?" Wang Mengyao held the mouse, but didn't know what to do, so she cast her eyes on Zhang Lexing for help.

"It's very simple, basically just move the mouse and click with the left button, try it yourself..." Zhang Lexing deliberately didn't say anything, just to see if a person who knows nothing about the game can play without an instruction manual Turn to "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Wang Mengyao had no choice but to hold the mouse pitifully, move and click, and quickly entered the game.Relying on continuous guessing, coupled with the prompts on the screen, Wang Mengyao, who was at a loss, turned out to be able to play with great vigor, and Zhang Lexing's goal was achieved.

"You guys did a good job. How about this? Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. I invite everyone to dinner at noon. On the one hand, I want to thank you for your efforts during this time, and on the other hand, it is also for the festival. By the way, Wang Mengyao, you can contact me If you don’t know where to eat, you can go to Jinshan General to ask, they should have local people.”

"Alright boss, I'll do it now." After speaking, Wang Mengyao turned and left.

"Zhan Jun, wait for Wang Mengyao to come back, and then announce to everyone." Zhang Lexing explained to Zhan Jun again, and then re-entered the game to experience the familiar and strange feeling.

After playing for a while, Wang Mengyao came back while sitting on the sword of Jiu Jianxian and flew to Shushan, "Boss, it's done. It's in a restaurant called Xifenglai near here. I heard from Jinshan General The taste and environment there are not bad, I have booked six tables.”

Zhang Lexing gave her a thumbs up and praised, "Smart!"

When Zhan Jun heard the exact news from Wang Mengyao, he clapped his hands and announced loudly to everyone: "Attention everyone, the boss is here to visit you, and please come to Xifeng Restaurant for dinner at noon."

Hearing that the boss was coming, everyone felt their bodies tense instinctively, and then the news of the meal made everyone relax again.Everyone stood up one after another and said hello to Zhang Lexing, Zhang Lexing had no choice but to nod to everyone in response.After visiting the project team of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Zhang Lexing and Wang Mengyao transferred to the project team of "Legend of the Black Stone" next door.

After more than a year of re-editing, the current "Legend of the Black Stone" has undergone great changes compared with the original "Obsidian", such as the real-time combat mode and the random item drop system, but the biggest change is the style of the screen, Much brighter than it first appeared.The reason for this is that Zhang Lexing often adjusted the brightness of the monitor to the maximum in order to play "Diablo". For the sake of the life of the monitors of the majority of players, Zhang Lexing put forward requirements for the brightness of the screen.

According to Zhang Lexing's suggestion, the "Legend of the Black Stone" project team led by Mike Ronald made extensive revisions. On the day Zhang Lexing came, they just came up with a relatively complete demo version.After announcing the news of the noon dinner, Zhang Lexing played a trial version of "Legend of the Black Stone" as usual. After major revisions, not only the game's combat effects are gorgeous, but the operation feels smoother. In Zhang Lexing's opinion, It's kind of like the accelerated version of "Diablo".

In Zhang Lexing's original plan, "Legend of the Black Stone" will participate in the first E3 exhibition this year, but from the quality shown in the current trial version, Zhang Lexing believes that it is absolutely likely to become a blockbuster. The only flaw is the requirement for computer performance, the processor It must reach the level of Pentium 60, and the memory requirement is 16MB. If any one is not met, the game will not be able to proceed smoothly. Fortunately, this game is not planned to be released this year.

After leaving the "Legend of the Black Stone" project team, Zhang Lexing made another trip to Kingsoft General Motors. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qiu Bojun discussing something with several young people.Qiu Bojun was facing the direction Zhang Lexing came from, and he noticed it before Zhang Lexing approached.

"Mr. Zhang, why do you have time to come here today?" Qiu Bojun stopped the discussion with several young people, and turned to Zhang Lexing to greet him.

"I went to the side to have a look just now, and I stopped by to have a look. What are you researching?" Zhang Lexing asked curiously.

Before Qiu Bojun could speak, several young people stood up and greeted Zhang Lexing: "Hi, principal!"

Zhang Lexing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you graduated from Fengyun Game Academy?"

Several people nodded, and one of them, a slightly tall young man, replied: "We are students of class 9303, graduated in 94. My name is Wu Minghong, and I am doing planning now. The two on my left are Zhu Weigang and Wang Feng, They are all programmers, and the two who are drawing pictures are Wu Qiong and Yuan Zhen, who are doing art."

"Oh, there is more." Wu Minghong came to the side, patted the shoulder of the woman who was sitting in front of the computer and wrote the code, and said, "Tong Caihua, the principal is here."

Tong Caihua stood up and turned around, just looking at Zhang Lexing, Zhang Lexing was taken aback, this is the woman in red whom she met in the elevator just now.

"I didn't expect it to be you." Zhang Lexing didn't expect to meet his students casually in the elevator, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Tong Caihua also said in surprise: "Ah, I didn't expect you to be the principal, no wonder I looked familiar in the elevator just now."

"Qiu Bojun, what are they doing here? Developing games?"

"That's right, Mr. Zhang, they belong to the game studio established by Kingsoft GM. The official name is Kingsoft Multimedia Project Team, but I prefer to use the name 'Xishanju'."

"Unexpectedly, you also set up a game development studio."

"I only remembered that under the influence of Mr. Zhang. It was only after your two project teams came that I got the idea of ​​engaging in game development. Last year, I posted a recruitment notice. Except for a few of your students, everyone else It was recruited. Let me introduce, this is planner Zhao Lihai, the project we are developing is his suggestion, this is programmer Liu Qingyang, artist Chen Zhuo, and music producer Luo Xiaoyin."

Qiu Bojun introduced the remaining members of Xishanju to Zhang Lexing one by one. They happened to be all Zhang Lexing had heard of before. These people are still passionate about entering the game development industry. It is the time when they are most energetic. In a few years, Luo Xiaoyin will be left alone.

After introducing the members, Zhang Lexing curiously asked Qiu Bojun what project they were developing. Qiu Bojun was quite generous and introduced directly using a computer: "The game we are developing is called "Revelation of Zhongguancun". A business strategy game..."

While listening to Qiu Bojun's introduction and looking at the game screen on the computer, Zhang Lexing almost didn't recognize him.Maybe a few graduates from Fengyun Game School joined in, and now this "Revelation of Zhongguancun" should be very different from the one Zhang Lexing played. Not only is the art more refined and perfect, but also the gameplay has increased. For more interesting content, not only can you start a company to do research and development, but you can also directly rent a shop in a computer store for retail or wholesale.The operation interface is also richer. It is no longer the monotonous application software interface in Zhang Lexing's impression, but many familiar scenes in Zhongguancun have been added, and the control interface has been improved to become more like a game.At least at this time, it can be regarded as a pretty good game.

(End of this chapter)