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Chapter 89 Main Line and Branch Line

The Spring Festival holiday was only seven days away, and it passed in the blink of an eye. As the employees of Ange Network returned to the company one after another, the office that Chen Tiancai felt was deserted became lively again, and all the development work was back on track.

Chen Tiancai felt as if he had passed away, as if yesterday was the annual meeting of Zange Network.

Unlike the serious annual meetings of other companies, Anthem Network's first annual meeting was more like a big party.

Since they didn't go to work after the annual meeting, the lounge completely turned into a big bar that day.Not to mention drinking freely, Pei Guangming also got a large flashing light, which pushed the atmosphere of the annual meeting to a climax.

Although there were flashing lights, not many people were dancing. At most, it was just a group of demons dancing wildly, twisting and turning at will.

For more activities, the employees gathered together in twos and threes, using the computers in the rest area and the host to play online battle games online. Of course, the most popular game of the day was "Hunting Crisis".

In short, this is a happy event for game fans, but they have grown up and replaced drinks with fine wine, and their game playing partners have changed from classmates to colleagues.

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Feng Bi didn't seem to have much rest during the Chinese New Year. He took a few backbones of the copywriting team to work at home, and he just tossed out a few scripts.

Seeing his subordinates working so hard, Chen Tiancai felt embarrassed to take advantage of it, and gave Feng Bi a lot of suggestions for the script, so that he could polish it better.

Speaking of the script, it actually has several roughly the same main lines, and the specific storyline is still being perfected. The protagonist of "Legend Chang'an" was decided according to the idea proposed by Chen Tiancai. He is a descendant of the Fubing family.

Although they were called Fu soldiers, they were actually a relatively wealthy farmer when they were not fighting. By the Kaiyuan era, Fu soldiers had basically withdrawn from the stage and a recruitment system was implemented.

The protagonist's family has been soldiers for generations, and naturally his generation has also become a soldier. The story begins when he returns to Chang'an after many years of guarding the border for the Tang Dynasty.

The main plot has also been roughly settled. After the protagonist returns from guarding the border, he is assigned to the most mysterious secret service agency. On the surface, his position is a "bad guy" squad leader in Chang'an County.

Historically, there are almost no written records of the secret service of the Tang Dynasty. There are only sporadic Baiqisi or internal guards. This shows how well the emperors of the Tang Dynasty hid this department of theirs.

However, this also brings about a problem, that is, there is no clear yamen or administrative agency. Everything in the secret service is linked to the emperor. If the emperor's power is restricted by various factors, the secret service will disappear.

Chen Tiancai asked Li Zhu to ask those professionals about this point, and the setting of the conclusion he came to was quite rigorous.

After all, the story of the game still serves the game. In order to achieve the expected results, Chen Tiancai decided on this mainline setting.

In general, the following plots have also determined several most important branches.

They are the protagonist’s love line. This line is almost standard, but it is not the most heavily inked among the main branch lines. It is a small dessert in the game.

Tentatively, the name of the most important branch line has been decided, it is called "Longevity". It tells the story of the protagonist receiving an order from his superiors, relying on the clues provided by a Taoist priest to trace the clues of "Longevity Pill" all the way in Chang'an City, and finally go to Kunlun Shenshan Complete this branch.

Although Chen Tiancai doesn't know much about history and can only be regarded as a lover, he also knows how much the issue of seeking immortality occupies in the history of ancient emperors.

As far away as Xu Fu, who deceived Qin Shihuang, the alchemist witchcraft of the Han Dynasty also lasted almost throughout the entire era. In the Tang Dynasty, there was no shortage of emperors who risked death for immortality. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that this trend became weaker.

This branch line was determined jointly by Chen Tiancai and Feng Bi. It was Feng Bi who proposed this inspiration, and Chen Tiancai perfected some backgrounds from it.

The branch of "Longevity" should also be the longest chapter of "Legend Chang'an" besides the main story. It is estimated that it will take five hours to complete this branch.

Another most important point in choosing the element of 'immortality' is that it is related to Taoist thought, which represents domestic traditional culture.

As a native religion, Taoism is the most representative of traditional Chinese culture, and the various elements of it are most suitable for games.

Similarly, "Longevity" also represents a kind of outlook on life of Chinese people since ancient times.

Under the thought of wanting to live the same life as the sky, there is actually the belief of the Chinese people since ancient times that man will conquer the sky.

Since the last mission of the "Eternal Life" line is in the Kunlun Mountains, the programmers who designed the levels have another task.

Fortunately, that scene does not require many degrees of freedom, as long as there is a walkable path and the surrounding textures, it will be done, so this task was quickly dispatched.

After the main line is settled, many follow-up development tasks are relatively simple.

For example, the protagonist's approximate appearance, age, and residence that matches his identity.

The 3D models of all the main characters in "Legend of Chang'an" are made using motion capture technology, so the selection of actors has become a top priority.

Anthem Network is very rich now. Last month, the turnover of "Hunting Crisis" reached 2000 million, and the total profit was nearly [-] million.But Chen Tiancai doesn't plan to hire any big stars, but he still needs people with acting ability.

Of course good looks are needed, but acting skills are more important than looks. The specific candidates are intended to be recruited from students in acting schools or newcomers in the performing arts circle.

There are two proposals offered by the motion capture company, one is to connect with the entertainment company and let the other party provide actors in a package, and the other plan is to audition on the bad street.

After Chen Tiancai looked at these two proposals, he said that I want them all.

Because the volume of "Legend Chang'an" is very large, there are at least [-] to [-] actors who need motion capture technology. Of course, people of all ages are required, so choosing an entertainment company can solve part of it.

For the most important protagonists, etc., Chen Tiancai planned to use the method of audition. Apart from being able to fit the theme, the other idea was to stir up popularity.

Compared with the audience of the first two games, Chen Tiancai targeted the domestic market this time, otherwise he would not have chosen this theme.

Chen Tiancai is still very confident about the potential of the domestic market. The largest player group on the steam platform is domestic players, and Chinese has become the language with the largest number of users on the steam platform.

Strictly speaking, "Legend Chang'an" should be regarded as the first domestic work with a 3A volume. Chen Tiancai has high expectations for domestic players, and all this depends on future sales.

Through this year's game development experience, Chen Tiancai feels that the current domestic game market has slowly transformed. From the original krypton gold trend to quality games, his era has come.

(End of this chapter)