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Zhou Qian joined Phoenix Company, first after a short training, and then left Tokyo to recruit people from the second week.

She would call Meng Huo every few days to report the situation, but the situation did not go as smoothly as the two of them expected. Two weeks later, there were only three people who were willing to participate in the construction of Comics Street, with no money, no interest, and no money. No reader of the proposal will attend.

Especially the plan is the most important thing. Some readers are rich and interested, but if they are asked to start a business in an unfamiliar place, and they still don’t know what to do or how the market environment is, these people naturally choose reject. No one will easily decide on such an important matter as opening a store and starting a business. Most people with financial strength choose to sit on the sidelines, which leads to very few participants.

This result inevitably disappointed Meng Huo, but it was also within his expectation. He asked Zhou Qian to continue working. However, at the end of a phone call to report the situation, Zhou Qian suddenly asked curiously: "Mr. He Xi, I heard that The "Pokemon" game...is it called "Pokemon"? It's coming out soon, isn't it?"

"No, I didn't receive the news." Meng Huo frowned and asked, "Where did you hear it?"

"What your fans said just now, the news has already spread." Zhou Qian replied strangely: "The source of the news is quite reliable. It seems that someone inside the company said it. Why don't you know, Mr. He Xi?"

Meng Huo really didn't know about it. After finishing the phone call, he immediately called Jose to ask.

In the end, there was some discrepancy with what Zhou Qian said. "Pokemon" is not about to be released, but it is about to be completed. Pokemon ended work on the main body a long time ago. It was only delayed because Meng Huo dispatched manpower to make "Gundam Seed". Some time ago, Sakura Company expanded its manpower. The people in the game production department returned to their original jobs. They moved to Suhua City, and now they are working hard to make "Pokemon", and it will be completed in a short time.

The news leaked by Phoenix Company was that "Pokemon" was about to be completed, but after it got out, it soon became the imminent release in readers' mouths, which caused many misunderstandings.

"Joseph, can't we do a better job of keeping secrets?" Meng Huo sighed: "That game hasn't been tested yet. It's good now, everyone knows about it."

"I can't help it, Mr. He Xi..." Jose's voice seemed helpless: ""Pokemon" has been in development for a long time, and it has been discovered by others a long time ago, so we can't hide it...But when it comes to testing, we are now A test version of it has been prepared, teacher, do you want to try it?".

The voice behind her became expectant again.

"The test version is ready?" Meng Huo nodded: "Then you send someone to bring it over,

I'll see how the game works. "

He was looking forward to the game experience of "Pokemon". Jose was also very fast, and the next day someone brought a test handheld to find Meng Huo. Meng Huo played seriously for a few days. He compared other handheld games, and then let several employees of Sakura Company play them. A disappointing conclusion was reached - unqualified.

Unqualified is Meng Huo's conclusion. The trial version of "Pokemon" has been unanimously appreciated by other employees, but it is still unqualified. That's because although the employees appreciate the game, they don't feel that "Pokemon" is better than Pokemon. The other games on the handheld are much more fun, and everyone's evaluations are unanimous-the graphics are excellent, but the playability is not the same as other games.

Meng Huo had the same feeling. According to general company standards, "Pokemon" must be a very good work. But for Meng Huo, this is a poor work. It cannot be separated from other games. How can it be compared with the "Pokemon" in his previous life?

This game has to be remade! Meng Huo issued this order, which caused an uproar in the game production department of Phoenix Company, and some artists and programmers could not accept it.

"Why? It's obviously a success, why do you have to go back to the furnace and rebuild it!"

"What is our hard work this year!"

These people seemed disappointed and angry. When the news spread, He Xi's readers were in an uproar. The production of this game has actually been leaked for half a year. Many viewers of "Pokemon" were looking forward to its release, but it was just reported The news of the sale, suddenly came a big turning point and said that it will be remade, everyone is a little unbelievable.

"Isn't it already successful?".

On the He Xi Family forum, the "Pokemon" page was even more noisy.

"Why go back to the furnace and rebuild? Isn't it great?".

"What's going on here, what is Teacher He Xi thinking?"

Even in the extreme east, Meng Huo could feel the restlessness on the forum. On his rare last forum, he saw voices of doubt, so he specially posted an explanation post.

"Many people say that "Pokemon" is a success. I don't deny this. I personally played the trial version, and it is indeed a successful game. But this success is only a success in a general sense. The "Pokemon" I want "Yokai" is not a game in this general sense, I have higher expectations for it, so I decided to bring it back to the furnace and remake it."

"I think it failed, but I don't want to blame anyone. "Pokemon" is different from a text adventure game. And playability is the most important thing. This remaking is to make it more interesting. Remaking "Pokemon" is not a happy thing for me. I hope everyone, and All the staff in the game production department can understand."

After issuing this explanation, the situation quickly subsided.

Meng Huo felt a little regretful. The failure of "Pokemon" was the result of his negligence. During the time he left, although he occasionally asked about the progress of the game. But in fact, he didn't have much contact with the Phoenix Company, and most of the time he focused on the comics. Unknowingly, the people in the game production department moved the game closer to ordinary games.

He has to go back to the furnace and rebuild, and this time he has to supervise the production of the game. Unfortunately, he doesn't have time now, so he can only put it aside.

"I didn't expect to make a game so troublesome."

Meng Huo underestimated games. After all, real games are different from galgames. Perhaps galgames are the only game theme that can be smoothly produced by providing story scripts and graphics and music. Originally, Meng Huo was still thinking about making World of Warcraft one day, but now he feels that is simply an unattainable dream.

"For games in the future, it's better to continue to make galgames..."

Thinking about it this way, Lin Mingzhe called him that night, and he was also talking about this matter.

"Since "Pokemon" failed, how about you make a new text adventure game? Teacher He Xi, this is very simple for you, right?"

The reason why Lin Mingzhe called was because Meng Huo planned to give the game production department a collective holiday. "Pokemon" needed to be supervised, and he was not free now, so he could only give the employees a holiday.

But no one is willing to give up their income, so Lin Mingzhe wants to give these employees a paid vacation with a reasonable salary—just kidding, these guys spent a year making failed works, and now they still want paid vacations, of course Lin Mingzhe doesn’t Ken accepts that instead of letting them take a vacation, it is better to let them do galgames.

"Mr. He Xi, you said at the celebration that the three winners will be dubbed in the new work, right? Then your new work will be released soon. The text adventure game is good. The development speed of this kind of game is like flying. Now many games The company is already ahead of us. Teacher He Xi, you will release another high-quality product to stabilize our position in this market!"

Lin Mingzhe seemed very enthusiastic. Meng Huo was a little surprised why he was so enthusiastic, but he still replied: "What I want to make is an animation film. If you don't want them to have a holiday, then I will arrange them to help in the animation department." It's..."

"no!"

Meng Huo's proposal was immediately interrupted by Lin Mingzhe. After the chief financial officer got excited, he sighed and revealed: "Mr. He Xi, animated movies are movies, and movies cost too much! You have to think carefully, the company's current The financial pressure is very high... If you are launching a new work, comics and text adventure games are the lowest cost options, and the game can make full use of personnel, I hope you give up the idea of ​​​​movies for a while."

Lin Mingzhe told Meng Huo that Phoenix Company is now facing enormous financial pressure.

Phoenix Company is not a listed company, the main capital comes from two shareholders, Meng Huo and Xu Jing, and the profits are used for business development. In recent months, they first acquired Sakura Animation, then the sudden surge in business and employee growth after the collapse of Mantiantang, and the integration of resources in the entire Far Eastern region. Phoenix has been investing, and there may be problems in the capital chain.

It is difficult for them to support another large expenditure. They will also carry out marketing in the Suhua area in the next few months, which will also require a lot of money. Lin Mingzhe hopes that Meng Huo can temporarily stop.

"..." Meng Huo was speechless. He patronized the expansion and didn't pay attention to the finances. He walked quickly without paying attention for a while. Although the Far East region is only a region, the expansion here has indeed pushed the Phoenix Company to its limit. He asked: "When will the financial situation improve?"

"Our investment in the Far East will take a year to recover at the earliest, but if it's just that the financial pressure is reduced..." Lin Mingzhe paused, he looked at the report, and answered after a long time: "About three months, now we After running the resources in the Far East, we will see results in a few months, and the financial pressure will be much less by then."

"Mr. He Xi, if you want to make an animated film, it's better to continue after three months."

Three months... Calculated according to this time, Meng Huo can only be cost-effective if he can only make galgames. Phoenix Company has enough experience in making galgames, and it can be released within three months after providing text scripts and character designs.

"Success, then I will prepare a game first..." (To be continued...) ()