Game Development Giant

Jester didn't know that his opponent was in trouble from the beginning.

In fact, he didn't have much time to devote to this research and development. During the initial discussion, he had to set the tone for the initial development of this game. Therefore, this discussion meeting lasted for three days. , which is basically extremely rare even in Mars Entertainment.

The reason is very simple. At the end of this month, Jester will be planning his own wedding, so naturally he doesn't have much time to waste here.

time flies.

As the end of the month approaches, the preliminary development work for "Foreign Requiem" is almost on track.

In fact, there is nothing particularly difficult about the initial development of this game - to be precise, game development in this era does not have particularly difficult technical problems. The most difficult aspect of "Planetary Requiem" is its plot. , after all, this is a game that uses a very tense plot to sublimate.

This is why decades later, even though the graphics of this game are obviously outdated, there are still many fans who can't put it down.

Although Jester's plot text about "Planet Requiem" is written eloquently for hundreds of pages, there are still many things about some settings and the like, and the plot can only be regarded as a relatively detailed outline. As for the language and wording of the plot, let alone the literary talent.

What fans often brag about in "Foreign Requiem" is the writing level of a first-rate novel.

This is not difficult to do.

After all, Jester has a development team of more than 20 people, more than half of whom are dedicated to polishing the plot text.

At the beginning of development, the main thing was to perfect all the plots.

As for the artists, they only do hand-painting of some scenes, while the technicians complete the preliminary production of the game engine according to the game type and some systems or game functions specified by Jester in the settings. This is also the tradition of Mars Entertainment.

Half of their game development requires making a separate engine based on the type or style of the game, or the bottom layer is more suitable.

Rather than making an engine and then using it casually between different games.

Because Jester hates this method of using the engine the most, the names are different types and styles of games, but the most intuitive feeling for players is like twins. Of course there are art reasons for this, but there are more Yes, it's still an engine problem.

Although Jester also knows.

He did this in the 2D era, so it could still be done when the engine requirements were not high. Even in the early days of the 3D era, it is not impossible to do this, but if it comes to the era when he lives in later generations, when 3D technology is very mature, he will have to write a separate 3D engine before making a game.

Then the cost is simply not proportional to the cost.

However, things in the future will be discussed in the future. Naturally, Jester will not be stingy with things that can be done easily now.

Claudia also rushed back from the UK at this time, and the negotiations with Ubisoft went smoothly. Ubisoft's proposal to exchange shareholdings was rejected by Claudia, and was directly replaced by a personal capital injection of shares, and the investor was Claudia. It is no secret in the industry that Claudia and Jester are getting married.

Originally, Claudia wanted Jester to inject capital as an investor.

But to be honest, Jester's current vision is not satisfied by a company like Ubisoft. In his eyes, it is like Oracle. Only companies at the level of Microsoft and Apple can make him interested in investing.

Although Ubisoft's market value will be several billion at its peak in the future.

But in Jester's eyes now, billions are nothing. When Sandy Weill reorganizes Commercial Credit Company into Travelers Group next year, and after a few years of merging with Citibank, his assets will expand to unimaginable levels. It can even be said that he will become the entire United States. Or rather, one of the richest men in the entire world.

Of course, the main thing here is net worth and influence.

If you want money, then nothing can come faster than doing finance. For example, he and Sandy Weill jointly worked on the beauty Monday and the appreciation of the yen, and then there was the Gulf War a year later. Oil futures, plus Japanese index futures following the Great Hanshin Earthquake a few years later.

Thinking of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, Jester also thought of the century-old Barings Bank that went bankrupt as a result.

In fact, Jester does have the idea of ​​​​acquiring a bank. After all, it is much more convenient to transfer funds with a bank than without one.

Moreover, the bank is the core of the consortium.

Now, although my assets are only at the initial stage for those large consortiums, I have managed to do so. It is time to plan in advance for establishing my own consortium, and Bahrain Bank is a good choice.

Of course, there are many problems to be solved here, and it is not that simple.

The Gulfstream private jet has not yet been delivered. Due to some previous problems, the construction period will be delayed by two months. However, although it is a bit regretful for Jester and Claudia, it is not unacceptable. Because Gulfstream provided them with an aircraft for temporary use free of charge.

This is considered as compensation for delays in construction.

The private island that Jester purchased belonged to New Zealand and was not large in area. However, there were not many private islands for sale in New Zealand.

This was because Jester knew from his own channels that this wealthy New Zealand businessman had serious business problems. In order to save his career, he had to sell off part of his fixed properties to save his business. However, his subordinates The most valuable property is this private island called Slipper.

But then again.

There are many people in the world who can afford private islands, but not many people who want to buy them can afford them.

In addition, there are naturally fewer people who hope to take over as soon as possible.

It happened that Jester knew about this, so he contacted the wealthy businessman from New Zealand.

Jester has never been a stingy person. Although the intermediary also reminded Jester that he could use this opportunity to lower the price and probably get it at less than 80% of the market price, Jester still laughed. He refused.

He didn't think it was necessary at all.

When the other party is in trouble, the benefits obtained by adding insult to injury are only minimal. This is not your enemy or anything. If you provide help when it is timely, you will always get much more than adding insult to injury.

Jester had a good conversation with the New Zealand tycoon who wanted to sell his private island, and finally reached an agreement based on the actual price.

And this money has indeed solved the urgent need of this New Zealand rich man.

The New Zealand rich man was also extremely grateful to Jester for his generosity, and the two became good friends. Mainly because Jester knew that the New Zealand rich man had great power in New Zealand, and although he bought this private It is an island, but it is only used as a place for leisure and vacation.

It may only come once or twice a year, and the total time may not even last a month.

Therefore, it is still very necessary to ask a local local snake to take care of it.

This one called slipper cost Jester less than three million US dollars in total. This price is definitely not low, and it is definitely high for a private island in this era.

If you use this money to go to the Caribbean and buy those private islands.

You can probably buy two.

Slipper, also known as whakahau, is 4 kilometers away from the Coromandel coast. The island has a total of 224 hectares of land, with two main residences and more than a dozen independent North American bungalow-style guest houses. All houses have direct access to the beach and beautiful views. Sea views and the Coromandel Peninsula coastline.

Of course, this requires a small private airport.

Although large passenger planes cannot be parked, there is absolutely no problem with the takeoff and landing of private jets.

The most important thing is that there is a horse farm on this island. Of course, there are no good horses, but it is not a big problem for Claudia. As a traditional British noble, Claudia is very interested in raising horses. Horses are also very interesting.

At an early age, Claudia was asked to learn to ride a horse.

Even when she was in a girls' school, she signed up to learn polo. Although she didn't have much time in the past few years and basically never went to watch horse racing or polo matches, she still raised a few horses. Jester has seen some good horses, but he has no knowledge about horse breeding.

I don’t know much about this industry either.

However, after Claudia saw the horse farm on the island, she still liked it very much and planned to transport several horses she raised in London to here after the wedding.

Jester and Claudia first arrived at Slipper Island, accompanied by wedding planners.

Jester hired the best related contractors in North America this time, and all the requirements for the wedding were agreed upon by Claudia. Basically, the consensus reached by Jester and Claudia was that this It should be held low-key at a time, and the people invited are only limited to friends of both parties.

There was just one thing that made Claudia a little dissatisfied.

When Jester extended an invitation to his most important partner, Samsung President Lee Kun-hee, Li Jianxi immediately stated that he would definitely attend Jester's wedding.

But the first one to come was Li Fuzhen. (To be continued...)