Game Development Giant

When the Tom Clancy novel "Dawn" was selling like hotcakes, Jester was also looking for Tom Clancy's successor. He didn't want to miss the things he remembered about Tom Clancy. Classic game scripts, just in case, he wanted to have these things written out first to take advantage of the situation, just in case when he wanted to do it later, he didn't even have the copyright.

You must know that in later generations, Tom Clancy's military game scripts will be a symbol of the sales of this type of game. Ubisoft is able to become a rising star and be on par with super publishers such as EA and Activision. Tom Clancy His role in it is indispensable.

This time, Jester hired a specialized headhunting company to handle the matter, looking for a writer who could meet his requirements to complete some of his novels that could only provide creative ideas and outlines. The requirements were very high, at least not more than K. Lanxi was too far behind. To be honest, it was very difficult to find such a person. Jester did not expect to be able to find him in a short time. However, the efficiency of this headhunting company in the United States, especially after Jester agreed to the high-dollar After being paid, their efficiency is amazingly fast.

In less than two weeks, a suitable candidate was provided to Jester.

To be honest, this person is actually not well-known in China in later generations. If you are not a fan of science fiction novels, you may not have heard of this name. After all, fans of science fiction novels can only be regarded as a niche within a niche in China. As far as Jester knows, in the mainland of later generations, the so-called best science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem" only sold 500,000 copies due to the hype of various followers.

And Jester has indeed heard of this person. This is not because Jester has a wide range of knowledge, but because he once followed the trend and bought "The Three-Body Problem" and looked for several book reviews before buying it. Among them was David Brin's book review. Many of the followers in the thread that reposted this book review are senior readers of science fiction novels. A large group of people posted comments about this book called David Brin. speech.

Only then did Jester know who this man named David Brin, whom he had never heard of, was.

There is no need for too much narration about his deeds and status, nor too much introduction to his works. It is enough to know that this person is the most influential science fiction writer after the three giants of science fiction. There should be no need to explain too much - the achievements of Asimov, Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke in the world of science fiction literature are almost equivalent to Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Victor in the literary world. Hugo.

Jester looked at the information sent to him by the headhunting company. They had already contacted David Brin before. Now in his thirties, he has a PhD in space physics and has published several famous science fiction short stories. A bit famous, of course, far less famous than Tom Clancy. He bought "Dawn" before and felt that it suited his appetite. He himself was very interested in fantasies such as extraterrestrial life, and "Dawn" was a The book was also right up his alley.

At this time, the headhunting company was looking for Jester's successor to Tom Clancy, and David Brin, who was a little itchy after watching "Dawn", also expressed his thoughts to the headhunting company, so the two That's how they got in touch.

To be honest, David Brin's style, at least judging from some of Jester's most famous books that he read out of curiosity before his rebirth, is not very suitable to be Clancy's successor. What he is suitable for is the unique culture of alien creatures and the vast universe similar to Heinlein's "Starship Troopers". However, in Jester's view, the classic game novels in his memory It's not just Tom Clancy's books.

...For example, he previously asked Tom Clancy to ghostwrite "Dawn". Many of the settings in it were made with reference to the later "StarCraft", such as the concept of Xel'Naga.

If you can't write military novels in the style of Tom Clancy, can you write novels like "StarCraft" that describe the vast universe and unique life? The novel "StarCraft" itself is not too outstanding, of course. The writer's own level is limited. If it were written by a giant of science fiction like David Brin, it would be completely different.

The same plot written by a master is completely different from that written by ordinary authors. This is something Jester feels deeply.

Therefore, after reading the information about David Brin submitted to him by the headhunting company, Jester immediately had the idea of ​​meeting him and hearing his thoughts on the follow-up to "Dawn" The creative suggestions were also stated in the headhunting company's information. The reason why David Brin contacted them was that he wanted to complete the follow-up to "Dawn".

In Jester's eyes, the science fiction master's ideas are naturally worth tens of thousands of dollars.

However, after contacting a headhunting company, Jester received news that temporarily disappointed him. This science fiction master also has an identity as a consultant for NASA. He is currently participating in a NASA project, so in recent months He couldn't get away to meet with Jester, but David Brin was very excited after learning that Jester agreed in principle to his request, but he still needed to meet with him to make a decision. He also passed The headhunting company gave Jester a clear message. After he helps NASA complete this project, he will definitely make a special visit to Costa Mesa in person.

Although Jester was a little depressed about this, he had to accept it. After all, in anyone's eyes, NASA's project was much more important than completing the continuation of a novel.

Other than that, for Jester, every day is pretty much the same. He deals with many things, controls the style and direction of the entire "Fire Emblem", and looks at this work that he has devoted all his efforts to. Day after day, he was getting closer to completion, but he still had a different feeling in his heart.

In fact, this game, after accommodating several of the world's most outstanding game text and story designers, has been greatly different from the original version that Jester is familiar with, with a richer story line, flesh and blood With a fuller main line and more interesting branch lines, to be honest, in Jester's eyes, this is already a completely different game - except for the name.

According to information from Sega, the development team of "Cooking No Ichiban" will arrive in the afternoon of Tokyo time. There are seventeen people in total, led by Yu Suzuki. Originally, Jester could just ask the company to send an administrative receptionist there. However, after much thought, Jester decided to go by himself. Essentially, it would be inappropriate for Yu Suzuki and not Hayao Nakayama to be the leader of the group. After all, the identities are not equal. At most, Mark Saini can go. , this is already a very grand specification, but he is a young man, and young people must follow their own temperament.

He went mainly to express his gratitude to Suzuki Yu. He had obtained detailed information about their time in Japan from the team that had participated in "Hang-on" and also looked through the development logs. Suzuki Yu was treating them like Mars. When the members sent by Entertainment Entertainment were not hiding anything, the entire development process was open to them. This even caused dissatisfaction from Sega. If Nakayama Hayao hadn't supported Yu Suzuki, he might have been in the upper management of Sega's board of directors. Under pressure, Suzuki Yuya couldn't bear to eat and walked away.

...And according to the learning team he sent, if it weren't for Suzuki Yu's generosity in this regard, they might have had many key points deliberately concealed, making it impossible to get a full set of experience.

In this regard, Jester personally went to thank him. In his own opinion, it was completely justified.

Jester called to inquire about the arrival date of this ANA flight in Los Angeles, and then contacted the company's administrative department to ask them to prepare trivial matters such as vehicles and accommodation for the reception. After all, his previous hardware research and development team was Sega arranged and was responsible for the entire process. Although this time before dispatching the development team, Nakayama Hayao explained over the phone that all the expenses would be borne by Sega. However, Jester did not want others to think he was too stingy, so he also Reply directly to Hayao Nakayama, and he will give his hardware team whatever treatment it enjoys in Japan.

More than an hour later than scheduled, this ANA flight carrying Sega's game development team arrived belatedly. Jester had also received news of the delay from the airport before, and the plane encountered an enemy on the way. Due to serious weather problems, the route had to be temporarily changed, which was why the flight was delayed by more than an hour. In this regard, ANA also apologized to those waiting to be picked up at the airport.

Jester didn't even need to ask the people around him to hold up the arcade sign with Japanese written on it, because the Japanese team led by Yu Suzuki was too conspicuous.

Later generations say that the current mainland teams dispatched abroad are the easiest to distinguish, because they are basically uniformly dressed, basically expressionless, and have thin bodies due to malnutrition. Although they try to avoid it, they still move around uncontrollably. Peeping eyes and other external characteristics, as long as it is a team with yellow skin and black hair, it is almost certain that they are from the mainland.

In fact, in this era, especially the teams dispatched by Japanese government officials, it is extremely easy to distinguish them.

They also have yellow skin, black hair, and are as disciplined as the mainland team. What distinguishes them from the mainland team may be that their clothing is obviously closer to European and American trends, and their faces do not have too many colors. The most important thing is that the Japanese people now have such arrogant self-confidence because of their economic rise. r1152