Game Development Giant

Hideo Kojima is still studying in college, but he is in his last year and is basically an internship.

After the party, Tamahide Yoshiro proposed to go to Kabukicho to see and experience their Japanese culture. However, he was not interested in this Jester, so he mentioned that he was a little tired and planned to go back to rest first, and Hideo Kojima also A person who likes purity also said that he would go back because one of his previous game designs had not been completed.

Tamahide Yoshiro persuaded, "Don't be in a hurry. I'm not in a hurry to get that game design. It would be nice to get together with everyone."

However, Hideo Kojima still shook his head and refused.

Seeing that Kojima was so persistent in not going, Tamahide Yoshiro no longer insisted. However, because Kojima came by company car, everyone was going to Kabukicho, and the famous Kabukicho here is not far away from this restaurant. Considering the distance, one of the cars will definitely be given to Jester. If another car is allocated to send Hideo Kojima back, then there won't be enough cars this time.

Taxis are not very easy to find in this area. Tamahide Yoshiro called a taxi driver he often contacted and asked. Unexpectedly, today is the sixtieth birthday of the taxi driver's father. He is currently celebrating his father's birthday at home, so he simply came. No. Hideo Kojima didn't want to waste so many people's time, and he still had things to do when he went back. If he went back too late, he wouldn't be able to do anything, so he said directly: "I'll walk for a while and sit down later." Just take the tram, and the nearest stop is not far from here anyway."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Tamahideyoshiro directly rejected his suggestion.

"How can that be done? The nearest stop sign is not far from here, but there is no stop sign near the place where you live. It's only five or six kilometers away. What time is it when you walk back?"

At this time, Jester was also very interested in Hideo Kojima, who would be known as the most talented designer in the future, so he said directly: "Let's do it. You give me the car, no need to send a driver, I'll do it I had exchanged an international driver's license before, so I sent him back, and he happened to know the road and be a guide for me. By the way, your name is..."

Hearing that his big boss was about to send him back, Hideo Kojima immediately bowed in fear. Then he remembered that Jester didn't know his name, so he quickly spoke and said before Jester: "Hideo Kojima .My name is Hideo Kojima, please take good care of me!"

Jester smiled nonchalantly, waved his hands and said, "I know your name is Hideo Kojima. President Tamahideyoshiro who recruited you before introduced you to me and said you are very talented." "Thank you! "Hearing Jester's praise, Hideo Kojima bowed excitedly again.

A Toyota Crown business car was driving on the road with flashing neon lights. Seeing that Japan was not inferior to the prosperity of the United States, Jester also lamented the brilliant achievements of Japan's post-war reconstruction, although his soul was a mainlander. He was born with a hostility towards Japan, but he still sincerely admired the extraordinary achievements, the golden decade completed by the Showa generation. It is indeed the greatest miracle in human economic history.

But Jester knew that this prefix, which was constantly being recited by the Japanese as the greatest economic miracle, would be replaced by the reform of the mainland in a few decades.

Moreover, Jester also knows that under this prosperity, Japan's strength in manufacturing has angered many countries. Especially its overlord country, if my memory is correct, it was in September this year. The United States will unite with three other G5 member countries to force Japan to sign the Plaza Accord, and then the time for shearing will come.

According to American saying, if the sheep are fattened, aren't they just killed for food?

Thinking of this, Jester also felt that using the Plaza Accord to speculate on the Japanese yen was a good way to make quick money, but it was still early and there was no need to rush, and his grandfather's best friend was still at home. After he returns to China this time, he will go to New York to meet the future Wall Street tycoon. Based on Jester's understanding of him, it is absolutely impossible for him to allow himself to waste time like this because he is a self-centered and arrogant person.

The Plaza Accord is obviously a very good opportunity.

Are there any smart people among the Japanese? Don’t these people see the insidiousness of the Plaza Accord and what kind of traps it contains? No, but just like Lu Zhengxiang’s sigh to the sky after the signing of the Paris Agreement after the end of World War I, a weak country has no diplomacy. Although Japan’s economic growth has become the second in the world, and its money is so rich that it can even buy the entire United States, but he In the eyes of real powers like the United States, it is a weak country that does not even have its own national defense force.

Hideo Kojima sat in the back seat and glanced at Jester from time to time while he was driving. He liked playing games and watching movies very much, so he was very familiar with Jester. Calling him an idol might not be considered an idol. But when a game fan meets a producer who can only look forward to when playing games, he is still a little excited. In fact, Hideo Kojima wanted to ask some questions about game design in that restaurant before, but The other party was the big boss, and I was just an intern. All the seniors present at the time wanted to get close to the big boss, and I, a junior, was not qualified to strike up a conversation on my own.

At this time, Jester saw through the rearview mirror on the roof of the car that Hideo Kojima, who was sitting in the back seat, hesitated to speak several times. He immediately knew that the other person might be cautious, so he just didn't take it seriously. He smiled and took the initiative to speak.

"I just heard from President Yuxiu that you studied economics in college?"

Hearing Jester's sudden question, Hideo Kojima, who was a little distracted before, shook his body for a moment, regained his composure, and then said with some embarrassment: "Yes, but I don't like economics, and I want to switch to economics." I didn’t transfer to the department, so I didn’t learn much about this major in the past few years in college.”

"Haha." Jester smiled at first and was about to say something, but when he saw an intersection in front of him, he asked first, "Which way do you turn ahead?"

After hearing this, Hideo Kojima looked up, then pointed to the left and said something at the same time.

As soon as Jester turned the steering wheel, the car turned in the direction Kojima Hideo said, and then he continued to ask: "No wonder President Yuxiu said that your college evaluation was not good. If you are applying for an administrative or administrative job, As for the business position, President Yuxiu might have just passed you, but luckily he took a second look and didn’t expect that you, an economics student, would apply for game development.”

As soon as Jester turned the conversation to game development, Hideo Kojima's interest suddenly aroused.

He was not as reserved as he was at the beginning, and became more active. He said sheepishly: "The teacher didn't let me change my major, and I had no interest in economics, so I let them go. In the past three years, I Basically I didn’t attend a few classes.”

"Oh?" Jester was confused at first and then asked curiously, "Then what have you done in college in the past three years?"

"writing a novel!"

When it comes to what he once did in college, Hideo Kojima also has a desire to talk about it as long as he doesn’t talk about economics. In fact, no one pays much attention to his novels. He has also read them to his friends and classmates, and they are very fond of them. Hideo Shima didn’t like people who participated in club activities and played mahjong all day long, so some people directly replied to him without even reading it, saying that the writing was terrible.

Although this was a bit of a blow to Hideo Kojima, it made him more confident. He must write an outstanding novel that will impress everyone.

Jester was a little surprised when he heard that Hideo Kojima said that he had written novels. He really didn't know that Hideo Kojima had this experience. He only knew that Hideo Kojima liked movies. In the end, he was able to choose to work in the game industry only because of his He wants to make the game as sophisticated and excellent as the movie, and his ideas and thoughts can be more perfectly expressed in the game.

However, when he heard Hideo Kojima's expression of excitement when talking about the novel he wrote, Jester also became a little curious. He knew that the plots of later Metal Gear Solid were all written by Hideo Kojima. The designer who wrote such a classic plot must have written very good novels, and he had never heard of Hideo Kojima having experience as a writer before, so Jester asked tentatively: "Are you interested in becoming a writer?" A writer?”

Unexpectedly, after hearing Jester's words, Hideo Kojima shook his head.

"No, I don't want to be a writer. I express my thoughts by writing novels, but that doesn't give me the visualization I want. I wanted to be a director, but, you know, Japan is not the United States. The film industry is not that developed, and the cost of the film is not something I can afford, so..."

Hideo Kojima didn't finish his sentence, but Jester had already guessed it, and he continued following Hideo Kojima's words: "So you chose to make games?"

"Yes?" Hideo Kojima nodded solemnly.

Then he said with a very serious expression: "I want to use games to express ideas that I cannot express in words."

"Then why did you choose Mars Entertainment? You know, we are not a Japanese company. We will definitely be rejected by those Japanese game companies. Are you not afraid of being criticized? For example, look at a Japanese helping Americans to fight against Their own company!" Jester continued to ask with a slightly curious tone. He also heard what Tamahide Yoshiro just said to him about the recruitment difficulties. Not only those who have been working in the industry for several years and have deep research and development experience An experienced person will not easily leave the company he has worked for a long time. Even for the best Japanese graduates, their own company is not a good choice.

Although our own Mars Entertainment is much more famous than Japanese game developers such as K Club, Namco, Hudson, etc., one can even say bluntly that they are not on the same level as ourselves, but these Japanese like Elite graduates of electronic games are still rushing to those Japanese companies, and they can only recruit some leftovers from others.

This feeling also made Jester very speechless and depressed. (.)