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

It was already past ten in the morning when Dongchuan Che returned to the recording site of "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves".

It was drizzling outside the studio, but it was bustling inside.

Dongchuan Che couldn't help laughing when he saw that Yuezhu Asuka's legs had obviously healed, but because of his lazy personality, he sat back in the electric wheelchair, running around the stage with the manuscript and the director's microphone.

Quite an interesting scene.

Not to mention Dongchuan Che, many singers and artists participating in the show were also amused by Yuezhu Feiniao's appearance. In such a lively and relaxed atmosphere, "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" continued to record.

Today's recording mainly focuses on the celebrities' dormitory life.

With only a few days of recording time each week, they also take time out to shoot content about daily life. It seems a bit unprofessional, but this is normal because "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves" is not a competitive stage that emphasizes professionalism.

It’s not that these artists or singers are not talented, but because the main source of income for variety shows is advertising sponsorship fees, so variety shows must cater to the tastes of the public.

This is like opening a noodle shop in the city. The main thing the owner needs to consider at this time must be what flavor and ingredients the customers like.

The same is true.

Although most viewers who watch "Sisters Who Make Waves" certainly want to see high-quality stage performances, they will not refuse to see what the stars who were once popular in their childhood are like in their [private lives].

Life content is also very important, but it is not that difficult to record.

Because the goal was to highlight the natural feeling of life, Yuezhu Feiniao did not give any scripts for this segment. The main purpose was to let the singers and artists move around in the living quarters by themselves, and film them chatting and practicing.

The workload was not particularly heavy, but after a while, the relevant person in charge of AEON Supermarket also came and said that he wanted to discuss matters related to advertising endorsements.

Sato Fujiko told Toru Fuyukawa about this this morning, but Toru Fuyukawa did not take over the task, but instead handed the task of connection to Yuezhu Asuka. After all, attracting investment and sponsorship is the director's job.

What's interesting is that the person in charge of AEON Supermarket originally thought that Yuezhu Asuka was an inexperienced little girl and thought that Dongchuan Che was playing tricks on the princes and using himself to amuse the woman.

Somewhat unhappy.

However, although this middle-aged, balding person in charge was somewhat unhappy, he did not dare to offend Dongchuan Che and could only suppress his emotions.

He planned to deal with Yue Zhu Fei Niao casually for a few words, and then go find the person in charge to discuss it in detail. But what he didn't expect was that although Yue Zhu Fei Niao was indeed a novice director, she was a super genius and could remember everything she read!

In order to help Dongchuan Che with his career, she has been frantically reading relevant professional knowledge and information in the past few months. Whenever she has time, she uses her wheelchair to go to a quiet place to read information.

To put it bluntly, not to mention the knowledge in professional books, she wrote down everything, including the traffic scale and corresponding advertising sponsorship fees of Japan's top variety shows in the past two years.

Very exaggerated!

With various examples as reference, Yuezhu Feiniao was able to handle it with ease. Her conversational style of being able to talk about [XXX program X years ago, how much traffic it received and how much advertising sponsorship] also shocked the relevant person in charge of AEON Supermarket.

It was very shocking. After all, although Toru Fuyukawa is very famous now, and although AEON is an international retail giant, the two companies have very few areas of intersection.

He had only heard rumors like "Dongchuan Che is very fickle, but none of his women are simple characters" before, and had never actually come into contact with him. This time, after coming into contact with Yuezhu Asuka, he was completely numb.

"A woman like this is willing to be someone's mistress. Tsk, that Dong Chuan Che is really amazing."

Looking at Yuezhu Feiniao who was "presenting data and making arguments" in front of him, the middle-aged man was secretly shocked, but his attitude also became straight and serious.

At the same time, in the corridor on the second floor, Dongchuan Che, who was leaning against the railing and smoking a cigarette, saw Yuezhu Asuka below completely entered the working state and seemed to enjoy this atmosphere. He also curled up a slight smile.

To be honest, among the women in the family, the one he was most worried about was Yue Zhu Fei Niao.

Mainly spiritual.

Although he also dotes on Miyano Miyano and Sayoko, even the youngest girl, Izumi Himawari, has her own dreams and pursuits.

The pursuit of dreams is very interesting. It can bring great pressure to people, but it can also bring great motivation to people. Even if it makes people depressed sometimes, it can always give people the motivation to get out of bed the next day.

Yuezhu Feiniao is the type who seems to be interested in everything and wants to try everything, but in fact, she is not interested in anything. She tries hard to try various industries, and in essence, she wants to find something that can inject motivation into her life and calm her emotions.

This kind of emotion is very troublesome. After all, it is like men and women who are married and have children. The life pressure is often greater than that of single people. However, many young people who do not seem to have too many burdens have a higher suicide rate.

This is because many young people cannot find what they want, and their spiritual world has lost its anchor, so they can neither imagine the future nor find peace and satisfaction in their hearts. In the end, they can only slowly wither in the crazy and silent noise of their brains, or even self-destruct.

Now that he saw Yuezhu Feiniao had found something she loved to do, no matter what the reason was, Dongchuan Che was very happy for her. However, his leisurely and contented mood did not last long. Before he had even finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, Yokogami, who was in charge of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" project, ran up to him.

On the one hand, he wanted to continue discussing the project plan for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and on the other hand, he wanted to ask Dongchuan Che for manpower.

Graduation season is coming soon in Japan, and the first expansion pack of FGO is about to be completed, and the early planning stages of World of Warcraft and Pokémon are also coming to an end. When Dongchuan Che returns to the company in a few days, there will definitely be a new round of personnel transfers.

In addition to job promotions and demotions, this round of personnel changes also included the assignment of new employees and the transfer of some old employees. In this case, Yokogami must have wanted to snatch some strong employees and have them join [Sacred Light Society·Red Scorpion Studio] to assist him in developing the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Series".

To be honest, I am also very interested in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Series" Dongchuan Che, but.

After chatting for a few words, looking at Yokogami who was standing there excitedly and imagining about the future, he took a sip of coffee and sighed with emotion.

There is no other reason, the main reason is that Yokogami was cheated by his wife.

The last time we met, Yokoya said he wanted to set up a studio under the company. There is nothing wrong with that, SATE, NICO and NTsoft all have this model, but Yokoya wanted to invest in this studio.

This request was actually a bit excessive, because Yokogami himself did not have much savings, and had not yet made a name for himself in the industry. Adding these conditions together, Yokogami was actually not qualified to propose the "investment" condition in front of him, but Dongchuan Che still agreed.

On the one hand, he admired Yokogami very much. He was not only capable at work, but also an upright and filial person.

With Yokotani's education and ability, he could have lived a good life in Tokyo, but he had to support his sister who wanted to study abroad, his brother who was disabled due to a work-related injury, and his elderly parents.

For such a kind-hearted, upright, and capable person, Dongchuan Che does not mind giving him a chance to change his fate. Moreover, he currently has three projects, "FGO", "World of Warcraft" and "Pokemon", and he does not have much time to personally take charge of the development of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Series" in the near future.

He was originally prepared to agree to Yokotani's request and allow the other party to invest and reap some benefits, and he only needed to get the IP copyright during the contract negotiation.

The acquisition of the IP copyright does not mean that Yokogaya will be completely kicked out. He will still give Yokogaya dividends from the copyright-derived profits after the IP development, but without his permission, Yokogaya cannot independently develop and use the IP of this series.

To put it simply, he can let his subordinates eat more meat, but Dongchuan Che wants to gain absolute control, and he doesn't want any bloody things like being grateful for a little bit of money and then resenting it for a little bit of money.

For Yokotani, who could only afford a few tens of thousands of U.S. dollars, this was definitely a great opportunity sent from heaven. After all, with just a few tens of thousands of U.S. dollars, he could leverage millions of U.S. dollars to set up his own studio, and then make the games he wanted to make, and get dividends from shares. This was something that many game developers couldn't even imagine.

The two had almost finished their conversation, but... Yokotani's wife found out about it.

Yokogami was going to pay 30,000 US dollars to buy shares. 30,000 US dollars was nothing to Dongchuan Che, but it was all the savings that Yokogami, who was born in a small city and had to support his parents and brothers, had worked hard for more than ten years. What was even more exaggerated was that Yokogami's wife was a brother-supporting demon.

In the end, Yokotani's investment ended with "Sorry, President, my brother-in-law is getting married soon, and this money should be saved for his wedding preparations." He continued to be a salaryman who received bonuses instead of stock dividends.

"Is this what they call a gentleman who can be deceived?"

Looking at Yokogani who was still talking about the Three Kingdoms project with great enthusiasm, Dongchuan Che raised his coffee cup and took another sip, but did not say anything more. After all, they were all adults, and no one had the obligation to pay for the thoughts and actions of people other than their relatives.

Without dwelling on this thought for too long, he quickly turned his attention back to Yokotani's plan.

The current development cost of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1" is one million US dollars.

The development cost is not high, but it is definitely not low either. After all, this first part is just a test, and the quality specifications are not much different from the previous "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Moreover, the development funds are all decided by him, Dongchuan Che, and he can add more when the time comes.

but

After reading the new business plan handed over by Yokotani, Dongchuan Che was speechless.

"Are you serious about this proposal?"

Putting the project plan back on the coffee table, Toukawa Che took a sip of coffee with a helpless smile in his eyes. Yokotani timidly rubbed his cheeks, "President, do you mean that I think too much?"

"I thought too little!"

After glaring at Yokogani with a look of disappointment, Dongchuan Che took out a cigarette, lit one himself, and then threw another one over.

He's feeling a bit pain in the ass now.

There is no other reason, it is mainly because of the plan for the entire series in Yokotani's plan.

It’s so fucking similar to the glorious “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” from the previous life!

Very speechless.

Is Koei's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series fun?

It's fun.

In fact, strictly speaking, Koei's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series is easier to get started than CA's "Total War Three Kingdoms", and it is also very fun, but Koei's ambition is too small.

The first work in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series was released in 1985.

From 1985 to 2024, including the Power-Up Edition and Heroes of Legends, there are a total of 33 works in this series, but the biggest improvement of these 33 works spanning nearly fifty years is probably the character illustrations.

Although it was still quite fun, Dong Chuan Che didn't want to be so useless.

Although the first few trial works in the series can be made simpler to explore the gameplay and market reaction, they will definitely develop in the direction of 3A in the future.

He, Toru Fuyukawa, plans to develop the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" series in two directions.

One direction is the role-playing of military generals.

He wants to make "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" with the production standards and gameplay of "Red Dead Redemption". To put it simply, he wants to make the role-playing of generals a Three Kingdoms version of "Red Dead Redemption", where players will enter a very realistic open ancient world, play the role of civil officials and generals according to their own ideas, join any faction they want, and do whatever they want.

The difficulties of this route are money and the script.

The script is okay.

When a player's character enters the game, it will most likely change the course of history. However, as long as human and financial resources are sufficient and development is invested at all costs, it is possible to create various overhead routes and a large number of side plots. But the premise of all this is - investment in development at all costs.

The production cost of "Red Dead Redemption" is about 600 million US dollars, but if it really decides to go the route of military commanders playing roles, the project will not be launched until "World of Warcraft" and "Pokemon" are launched next year.

By then, with the support of these two top works, the production cost of 600 million US dollars or even more will not be a big problem.

Another direction is monarchy.

For this route, he plans to combine the flavor of the original "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the actual combat systems of "Total War Three Kingdoms", "Starcraft" and "War3", as well as the fun feedback systems of "Civilization" and "Hearts of Iron" that involve cultivating and farming, and then climbing the technology tree.

Super N-in-1!

It sounds great, but the production difficulty of this route is even more difficult than playing the role of a military general!

Let alone N-in-1, many newbies can’t understand how to play Total War: Three Kingdoms or Hearts of Iron. To stitch together so many gameplays, we need to take into account the excitement while making it easy for players to get started, and not let the excitement interfere with each other or even have a counter-effect.

How to perfectly integrate them is very difficult. Even if his colleagues knew Dongchuan Che's idea, they would definitely call him a "madman". However, the historical process of the world is mostly driven by crazy dreamers and ambitious people.

Rather than being timid and standing still with honor, Dongchuan Che would rather be called a "madman" by others.

Of course, even crazy people have to eat one bite at a time.

Instead of directly asking Yokotani to take the final step according to his own ideas, Fuyukawa Che just kept communicating his ideas with him and asked him to test the waters with the low-cost previous work first, and to explore and see how the gameplay should be integrated.

It must be said that although Henggu is a little stubborn, opinionated, and a little cowardly, his professional ability is indeed impeccable.

Dongchuan Che also had a very happy chat with him about the two routes of playing the role of a general and playing the role of a monarch. In a blink of an eye, it was noon.

"Okay, then go back and continue thinking about it."

"Ha Yi! Then I will take my leave now."

"kindness."

After waving goodbye to Yokogami, Dongchuan Che drank a cup of coffee, checked the time, and was about to go downstairs to find Yuezhu Feiniao for dinner. But at this moment, the door of the room was knocked again.

“Isn’t that Fujiko really coming here?”

Through the window, Dongchuan Che saw Yuezhu Asuka still at the recording site below. He thought that Sato Fujiko was jealous and thirsty and really came over, but when he opened the door of the office, the scene in front of him made him stunned.

"Brother, good afternoon."

"Oh haha, you big pervert! Hey, it smells so strong of cigarettes."

Two crisp loli voices sounded at the door. Under Fuyukawa Che's painful gaze, Ohara Nanako and Sato Sayuri, wearing spring skirts and carrying small school bags, were standing in front of him.

Ohara Nanako was still as shy as usual, just holding the shoulder straps of her schoolbag with both hands. Sato Sayuri smiled heartlessly, even waving her hands in front of her, complaining about the heavy smell of cigarettes in the room. After seeing the two of them, Fuyukawa Che also had a helpless smile on his face.

Although neither Sato Fujiko nor Ohara Chika called in advance, it was obvious that this was definitely a trick by Sato Fujiko.

It was a little funny, but Dong Chuanche hadn't laughed yet. Soon, another beautiful figure that he had seen last night also appeared at the door.

"Hey, are these two little girls your daughters?

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