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

Autumn in Japan is actually quite beautiful. Although there are no pink cherry blossoms like in spring, the red and yellow maple leaves falling on the streets still give people a very good feeling.

The street scenery is very beautiful. Although Japan is an island country, there is relatively little rain in Japan in autumn, which gives people a more comfortable feeling of clear and crisp autumn air. Coupled with the arrival of the National Day Golden Week, there are obviously more pedestrians on the streets.

However, the leisure and comfort of passers-by have nothing to do with Dongchuan Che.

After eating saury and beef ramen made by Sayoko at home early in the morning, Dongchuan Che drove his Land Rover and drove his whole family to the red building of Shengguang Society.

Needless to say, amid countless employees' greetings, which were not surprising but still somewhat envious, he walked into the lobby on the first floor of the company with four beautiful women, Sayoko, Miyano Mine, Oohara Chika and Sato Fujiko, and two little lolis.

While standing in front of the elevator shaft, chatting with Miyano Mitsuko who was yawning softly, and helping Sayoko straighten her collar, feeling the busy atmosphere of the employees around him, Tohru Fuyukawa glanced at his watch, and his eyes showed more relief.

The Holy Light Society not only adopts a flat management system with no strict hierarchical relationships, but also has no clear working hours.

Yes, you don’t need to punch in to work at Holy Light Society.

This is mainly because Dongchuan Che feels that for a game company, things like clocking in at work are meaningless, just like asking students who are extremely sleepy but force themselves to stay in class because they are worried about being scolded by the teacher.

What's more, many employees of Shengguang Society are night owls. They feel that it is easier to devote themselves to work at night, so they often work overtime until two or three in the morning.

In the Holy Light Society, as long as the assigned work within the group is completed on time, employees can allocate their own time at will, and there are rewards for exceeding the task.

To be honest, when he first implemented this management model, it caused quite a stir in the industry. The workers naturally regarded him, Dongchuan Che, as "God", but those companies with a more old-fashioned style of doing things were different. They were all waiting to see Dongchuan Che's joke.

But it turns out.

The best way to manage employees is to pay them a salary that matches their contributions.

Shengguangshe is now the company with the best welfare benefits among its peers in Japan, no one else. At the same time, Shengguangshe is also the company with the highest work efficiency in the entire industry, no one else.

Just then, Dongchuan Che said goodbye to some beautiful girls at the corner and returned to the president's office with two little lolis. Before he could even sit down, several team leaders from the R&D department came to his door.

I had originally thought that the first thing to do this morning was to arrange a screenwriter teacher to guide the two little lolis. Seeing this, Dongchuan Che could only let the two little lolis play by themselves, while he and several team leaders from the R&D department gathered in front of the coffee table, smoking and pointing at the laptop.

The development of Elden Ring has reached the late stage. Games usually have more problems in the early stages of development, but once the teams have worked together and the development direction is clear, there will be no major problems.

but

It should be said that the Holy Light Society has indeed gathered a large number of industry elites. This is a good thing, but elites generally have many ideas.

Just look at this. During the internal trial play process two days ago, one of the team leaders of the numerical department felt that [Gerfury (Hol. Lu)], as the first king of Elden, had such a high-end title, but his strength was still too low.

The main reason is that the desire to attack is weak, and many of the moves have too many flaws, and they don't have the crazy rampage feeling of a berserker.

He felt that Ge Fulei's skill modules should be increased to make his mobility and offensive desire stronger. It would be best if the Lion Prime Minister could find players' ashes to exchange one for one after entering the second stage, giving players a real [1V1 real man battle] and allowing players to experience a [hearty and exciting] primitive battle.

It was obvious that the leader of the numerical department was also a senior action game fan. The idea he proposed sounded good, but Dongchuan Che did not adopt it.

It’s not that we’re afraid to make changes, but because this change completely destroys the emotional feedback loop of "Elden Ring".

In fact, in Dongchuan Che's opinion, from the gameplay to the graphics style to the box garden design, there is not much difference between "Elden Ring" and "Dark Souls 3".

Some players even prefer Dark Souls 3, which has a pure box map, and the excitement and tension when running around and fighting bosses are even stronger. But why does the sales of the Old Man's Ring crush Dark Souls?

The essence is that the old man's ring provides casual players with more [wheelchairs] and perfectly integrates these [wheelchairs] with the open world mode.

For example, the teardrops of the body, the meteorite set of the wizard in the early stage can be directly obtained for free, etc. These are the wheelchairs given to players by Hidetaka Miyazaki, but the interesting thing is.

Normally, this kind of wheelchair is just like the modifiers such as Moon Shadow and Wind Spirit. While reducing the difficulty of the game, it will also greatly reduce the fun of the game. But what's interesting is that these wheelchairs are combined with the open world of the Borderland, which complements each other.

Players of the Dark Souls series will be stuck if they can't defeat the BOSS, trying over and over again, only to go back to boringly kill small monsters.

If players cannot defeat the BOSS in the Old Man Ring, they can go to other maps to level up and get equipment, and then make a comeback. However, the map of the border area is really too large and has too much content.

In the process of preparing to kill the BOSS, players often need to run around the entire map, collecting equipment and skills, which will naturally make players feel the richness and diversity of the border. The desire to explore of many players will naturally be aroused, and they will feel as if they are really in a fantasy epic world. There are really too many various equipment ashes in the border, and each one can bring a sense of gain to the players.

[Can’t beat the BOSS, feel depressed → Take a detour to other new maps to explore new weapons and new equipment, gain a sense of novelty and achievement → After 30 years in the east, 30 years in the west, come back wearing awesome equipment → Defeat the BOSS, gain a sense of accomplishment → Go to the next BOSS with a sense of accomplishment, experience more interesting maps, and understand this world → Can’t beat the BOSS, feel depressed]

These factors are linked together to form a complete and effective positive feedback system, which ultimately allowed Elden Ring to break away from the niche market of Souls, and its sales exceeded 20 million, becoming a phenomenal game. Now, this numerical team leader has to design a boss that forces players to throw away their wheelchairs, and they must fight hard, and they may be stuck for a day or two.

Dongchuan Che naturally would not accept such a suggestion.

Because this proposal is equivalent to letting players be trapped in the Dark Souls cycle of [cannot beat the BOSS, emotions are suppressed → cannot beat the BOSS, emotions are suppressed → cannot beat the BOSS, emotions are suppressed] until the player defeats the BOSS.

To be honest, there are such players, including Dark Souls players, but from a business perspective, judging by sales, hardcore players are not the majority in the gaming community.

Most players find it very interesting to watch the host being beaten by the BOSS on the live broadcast, but if they were to go up and be beaten by the BOSS for a few days themselves, there would be more players running down the building to hold banners.

Dongchuan Che directly rejected the proposal of the numerical department leader. However, he did not completely reject it. In the surprised eyes of the bald guy, Dongchuan Che agreed to put his proposal in the second round.

Players who can play to the second round are, first of all, already familiar with the gameplay of Old Man Ring. Secondly, most of them should be players who have a lot of time to play the game and are willing to dig deep into the game content.

This kind of discount and enjoyment is just right for this type of players.

Dongchuan Che naturally had no reason to refuse this proposal that would make the players more enjoyable and have little impact. But soon, he regretted it a little.

There is no other reason. The main reason is that the leaders of the Holy Light Society are not only capable, but also Dongchuan Che is more inclined to recruit those who are capable and love to play games when he interviews them. After all, people who love to play games will understand what players need.

This is a good thing, but the problem is that these team leaders can also feel the status of the old man ring after its future release. In this case, it would be very cool for them if they could add their own unique designs to the game.

As a result, Dongchuan Che had just opened a loophole for the team leader of the numerical department, and several other team leaders also came up to him.

For example, [The Valkyrie's resilience is too low, players will definitely feel bored after the second round, I want to strengthen her resilience and increase her desire to attack in multiple rounds] [The Black Sword has too little health in the second stage, I think a counter-injury skill can be added to the Black Sword in multiple rounds] [Starbreaker Ratan should have a super skill like Meteor Fist] and so on. Anyway, it seems like they will not stop until they kill the players who have played multiple rounds.

However, Dongchuan Che felt that there was nothing wrong with their suggestions. After all, in the past, many players would pretend to be cool and say "That's it?" after finishing a game.

It is obvious that some players are indeed not satisfied with the strength of the old man's ring in the previous life, and the players' needs are exactly what Dongchuan Che wants.

Needless to say, under the curious or contemptuous gazes of the two little lolis, Dongchuan Che brought a group of men to gather around a laptop on the coffee table, smoking and chatting about game content. From time to time, there would be evil laughs from the crowd, which was indeed a bit weird.

The old man Tamaki worked from 9am to 11am. After all the team leaders left with satisfaction, Tohru Fuyukawa sat back at the boss's table and drank a sip of hot tea brought by the very sensible Nanako Ohara.

It must be said that Nanako Ohara is indeed a very precocious girl.

She had been preparing to make tea for a long time, but seeing that Dong Chuan Che had not taken the initiative to call her, she was very sensible and did not take the initiative to serve tea. After all, in her opinion, what they were just discussing was actually confidential.

However, this time she was obviously thinking the wrong thing.

Dongchuan Che didn't call her just now. First, it was because she couldn't understand those things, and she couldn't digest too much. Unless she completely lost interest in animation novels, he didn't want Ohara Nanako to get involved in too many things related to games, as that would only distract her.

The second thing is that, although it was just said to be a gathering of cadres of the Holy Light Society, it was actually just a group of technical geeks smoking and chatting. The chat even included topics such as whether it is possible to make breasts for the Valkyrie and whether to add black stockings to the character.

This kind of topic is naturally not suitable for a 13 or 14-year-old little girl. However, this little girl is indeed mature enough to make people feel distressed.

After hesitating for a moment, Dong Chuan Che looked at the little girl with a timid look again. He tapped his cheeks with his fingers, and finally took the initiative to explain everything.

Needless to say, as soon as these words came out, Ohara Nanako, the little loli, seemed to be reborn, and her big eyes were even brighter. As for Sato Sayuri, this arrogant girl just rolled her eyes at the two of them, and then continued to sit on the sofa and play the game console.

However, she didn't play for too long.

Although Sato Fujiko dotes on her younger sister, she is a woman who sets very high standards for herself in her career, so she also has very high standards for Sato Sayuri.

Although Sayuri Sato looks very noisy on the surface, she has actually been learning painting for five or six years, and this time she was just thrown over here to do some internship.

Not long after, Dongchuan Che found a senior female editor from the animation department.

This female editor, who is dressed in a simple and elegant style, is in her sixties and looks like a kind old lady, but her abilities are among the best in the animation department.

When she heard Dongchuan Che asked her to take care of the two little girls, she was stunned for a moment. Although she did not refuse, she was somewhat speechless. After all, the work pressure in the animation department is actually quite high now, and if she has to be a nanny, even if she admires Dongchuan Che as a boss, she still feels it is troublesome.

However, when Toru Fuyukawa took out the revised version of "Pokémon" after communicating with Nanako Ohara during this period, and confirmed that the content structure was completed by Nanako Ohara and Toru Fuyukawa only provided some inspiration and settings, the senior female editor took over the job neatly.

It's not that she thinks this "Pokemon" will definitely be a hit, but she can see that Ohara Nanako does have some foundation and talent. It's not too much trouble to bring in a "newcomer" who can at least communicate professional content normally, not to mention. This is the boss's sister-in-law.

"Well, Chairman, if there is nothing else, I will take the two young ladies to report to the department first."

"kindness."

Patting Ohara Nanako's little head, Fuyukawa Che nodded, and then, while drinking tea, he said to the elderly female editor: "This "Pokemon" should be animated as soon as possible. You don't need to go through various channels, just make a few episodes and broadcast them on our game platform. You can go directly to Director Ohara for the cost. I have already explained it to her yesterday. By the way, how are the preparations for "Fate/zero" and "Fsn" going?"

The elderly female editor said, "The production of Fate/zero has been completed, and Director Sato has also contacted various channels. It will be available worldwide at 4 pm tomorrow. All planning for Fsn has been completed, and production will begin the day after tomorrow morning. According to our current schedule, Fsn will be able to seamlessly follow Fate/zero."

"Very good. You guys go ahead. By the way, both of you remember to come over for lunch at noon. Your sister Sayoko made delicious braised spareribs for lunch."

"Hey! Braised spareribs?!"

"Sorry to bother Sister Sayoko."

It must be said that Sayoko's cooking skills are getting better and better. Hearing that they can eat the braised spareribs made by her, Sato Fujiko was so excited that even Ohara Nanako swallowed unconsciously.

They were two very cute little girls. After seeing them off with a smile, Dong Chuan Che turned his boss chair, lit a cigarette, and then looked out the window at the towering skyscrapers and the distant blue sky.

"Fz will be available tomorrow. Tsk, Fz will be followed by Fsn, and Fsn will be followed by Elden Ring."

"I guess in the next two months, young people in Tokyo and China will dream about me."