Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 113 17. Never use the knife!

In February, a dozen interns came to the company.

Neon's interns are different from those in China. Interns here are not paid.

Whether it is a visiting internship during the freshman or sophomore year, or a formal internship during the junior year, there is no internship salary. If the company can provide them with food and travel expenses, it can be regarded as a good conscience. Enterprise.

Of course, the main reason is that after the economic bubble burst, the number of companies decreased sharply, and the increase in people who needed to work caused the supply and demand relationship to be reversed, which turned into a situation where companies select people.

If we were in the neon bubble economy era of the 1980s, it would be the other way around. You would provide generous internship subsidies, and others would have to choose this company to see if it has a future.

It can only be said that times have changed too quickly.

Therefore, many companies use interns as regular employees. They do a lot of work, and the newcomers are easy to work with, easy to talk to, and cheap.

It’s okay not to be hired after you’ve finished using it.

However, Qing Zhiyuan was born as a laborer who had been severely beaten by capital, so he treated interns very well. Interns can receive half of the salary of the formal contract. If they do well, they will be adopted by the company in advance.

And there are meal supplements and line supplements.

In comparison, Pokeni is simply an angel company, which has led to many interns choosing P Agency even though they think the company is not famous.

One or two interns have been recruited for each position, and the number of interns now exceeds that of senior employees.

"President, there are more and more people here."

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded and placed the drinking glass on Ayase Akane's table.

The latter glanced at it and immediately ran to soak it in water and bring it back.

"President, your water."

"Thanks."

In order not to change HR recently, Akane Ayase has been very active and has not complained that serving tea and pouring water is the job of the secretary.

Qing Zhiyuan laughed in his heart, how could the secretary's job be so simple?

If it weren't for the company's lack of money, Qing Zhiyuan would really want to recruit a considerate secretary.

Otherwise, the more things he has to do, the less energy he will have.

I've been feeling more and more tired recently.

Could it be that……

Is it because he is about to turn 30?

"President, do you want to consider changing to a bigger place?" Ayase Akane asked with her eyes, "If we don't change, it will be a bit crowded."

"Well... that's right." Qing Zhiyuan frowned, "But where do we get the money?"

"..."

Akane Ayase was speechless by this sentence.

President, you are too incompetent. From the 1990s to now, the company has obviously made a lot of money and has produced many famous works, but why are the accounts so tight?

Akane Ayase was even shocked when she even owed the bank 1 billion.

Since there is no money, there is no way to move the company to a new home.

Otherwise, Akane Ayase would like to change to a better office environment. Now everyone is basically living next to each other, which is almost like a chicken coop. If this continues, people's mood will become bad.

"But it shouldn't take too long." Qing Zhiyuan smiled, "After our Diablo is released in Europe and the United States, we should be able to move to a larger office floor."

"Well, I hope so." The little HR didn't have much hope for this.

"By the way, are there any outstanding talents among the new interns?" Qing Zhiyuan asked, knocking on her desk.

The little HR turned around and looked around, then leaned into Qing Zhiyuan's ear and said mysteriously, "They all seem to be trash."

"Pfft..." Qing Zhiyuan almost spit out a mouthful of water.

"Haha, of course it's not entirely true." Ayase Akane said with a smile, "Sakata-san seems to have found a very good original painter. His painting skills are very good, but he is a bit weird."

"Huh? Weird, how weird can it be, even weirder than Xu Yuanxuan?" Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but become concerned when he heard this.

"No, no, no one can compare to Wada-san in terms of weirdness."

When saying this, Akane Ayase glanced at Lao Xu's work station with some guilt, and saw Wada holding his hands and touching his chin, wondering what he was thinking about.

But come to think of it, there’s nothing worth looking forward to, right?

The longer Wada thought about it, the more horrified he became.

"That newcomer," Akane Ayase pointed to the seat by the window.

Qing Zhiyuan looked in the direction of her finger.

I saw a thin young man wearing black-rimmed glasses, holding his chin and looking at the sky outside.

It's like when the boy sitting in the back row is in a daze at school.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but frown.

An intern who doesn't care much about his job?

What’s the use of having a higher level of original painting?

"I seem to like looking at the sky very much. I stare at the sky in a daze from time to time. I am not active in eating at noon, and I don't eat with my colleagues. I just go to the rooftop and lie down on it, and I like to watch the clouds."

"Isn't it weird?" Akane Ayase said.

"Well, it's quite strange." Qing Zhiyuan silently scored in his heart.

Isolated, in a daze, and passive at work. Although Taiji Sakata said that he was talented in painting, this man was incredible.

"What's your name?" Qing Zhiyuan asked smoothly.

"I remember the name, it's Xinjin Cheng."

"ha?"

…

When Qing Zhiyuan heard the name Xinjin Cheng, he didn't react at first. He searched for it in his brain for a while before he remembered it.

Xinjin Cheng also has another name called——

Makoto Shinkai.

This guy's original name is Xinjin Cheng, he is a standard rich second generation, and the Xinjin family is a very famous local family.

Makoto Shinkai is one of those legendary noble sons who will have to go back and inherit billions of dollars if he fails to make good animations.

Makoto Shinkai is very talented in painting, and his animation production level is quite high, and he was even called a wallpaper maniac for this reason.

The most famous is the animated film "Your Name" directed by him

"Journey to Suzuya" also set a box office miracle for animated films when it was released in China.

In addition to these, "5 Centimeters per Second", "The Garden of Words", "Children Chasing Stars", "She and Her Cat"...

They are both impressive and talked-about animated films.

In his previous life, Makoto Shinkai joined Pharaoh Control as an intern during college. Later, after graduating in 1995, he directly entered Pharaoh Control and started working. However, this person’s ambition was never in the game industry, so he went out alone to establish his own animation company. studio.

That is to say, in Pharaoh Control, Xin Haicheng established his royal soundtrack engineer——

Tianmen, Atsushi Shirakawa.

And now, both men have arrived at pokeni.

I have to say that fate is so wonderful.

Shinkai Makoto and Shirakawa Atsushi are together again, and they are still in their own company, which makes Qing Zhiyuan feel a little emotional.

"This person must stay no matter what." Qing Zhiyuan said seriously.

"Huh?" Akane Ayase looked at the president in surprise.

How did this man's attitude change so drastically?

There was once a moment when Ayase Akane had——

The president doesn't really want this intern's illusion.

Unexpectedly, I misjudged the president’s judgment!

…

At noon, Qing Zhiyuan and Akanishi Ken went to the rooftop to smoke together.

As soon as I got there, I saw Makoto Shinjin lying on a seat on the rooftop looking at the sky.

Akanishi Ken frowned slightly, "Hey, intern, what are you doing here?"

"Ah... I'm sorry," Xinjin Cheng quickly got up from his seat.

Seeing it was Ken Akanishi and Qing Zhiyuan, they quickly bowed slightly and said, "President, senior."

"It's okay. We are disturbing you." Qing Zhiyuan smiled lightly, then raised his head and looked at Xinjin Cheng, "Do you smoke?"

There is a difference between Neon and China. If the other party does not ask for it, it is best not to smoke casually, otherwise it will easily cause resentment.

"Okay." Xinjin Cheng waved his hand, "Then just one."

Qing Zhiyuan smiled, not caring about the age difference, and handed him a cigarette.

Although smoking is not good for your health, one advantage is that it can quickly bring men closer together.

The three of them stood on the rooftop smoking cigarettes, looking at the clouds rolling in the sky, feeling indescribably relaxed and at ease.

And at this moment, there seems to be no sense of inferiority or class, just the feeling of relaxing after being tired.

In Shinkai Makoto's works, there are quite a few girls who smoke, and these girls always have an indescribable charm about them.

If it weren't for the girl Xin Haicheng once admired, Qing Zhiyuan couldn't think of a reason to specifically depict the details of smoking.

After a while, Qing Zhiyuan looked at the sky and sighed, "The sky is so beautiful today."

"Huh?" Xinjin Cheng glanced back at him. He was slightly surprised at first, then nodded heavily and smiled, "Yes."

"Stars and the sea, a man's romance, right?" Qing Zhiyuan smiled.

"That's right!"

…

In the afternoon, Katayama Reiko, the editor of Goleton, brought the photographer to pokeni.

The purpose is to interview the production team of the upcoming new work "Reverse Degree".

"Is Teacher Furuhara Chunqiu still unwilling to show up this time?" Katayama Reiko asked with a smile.

"Well, I'm very sorry." Qing Zhiyuan nodded, "Besides, the entire script was completed independently by Xuanyuan Xuan. Even if there is no Furahara Chunqiu, the interview with him will be the same."

Xuyuan Xuanlue raised his head and looked at Qing Zhiyuan in confusion.

Good guy, aren’t you Gu Yuan Chunqiu?

"Eh~ You are really mysterious, Teacher Furuhara Tsubaki." Reiko Katayama said jokingly, "It would be great if we could dig up exclusive information about Furuhara Tsubaki. Then Goletong will definitely become popular."

"Haha..." Cold sweat immediately broke down on Qing Zhiyuan's back. He smiled bitterly and said, "Even if you don't interview Gu Yuan Chunqiu, your magazine will become popular."

"Haha, let me lend you some good words."

But it’s not a big problem. Katayama Reiko felt that although she couldn’t interview Furuhara Chunqiu, she had already made this realization.

Since the script was completed independently by Genlai Urobuchi, there is a lot that can be written.

After chatting for a while, Reiko Katayama already had some preliminary understanding of the game. Of course, the most important thing here was the interview with Gen Urobuchi about his creative process.

What the game thinks, why it does what it does, all that.

In order to give unique exclusive reports in magazines.

Gen Urobuchi and Qing Zhiyuan were very cooperative, which made Reiko Katayama extremely happy.

Having said that, the president of pokeni is really good-looking and approachable. It is obvious that Goletong is a small magazine that has just opened, but the president is always attentive to receive them and provides a lot of first-hand materials. .

Except for not being able to interview Furuhara Chunqiu, President Qing is simply an angel.

"President, I have almost recorded it. Is there anything else you would like us to report in the magazine?" Katayama Reiko put her hands on her knees and looked at Qing Zhiyuan with a slight smile.

Qing Zhiyuan came well prepared, but still pretended to think for two seconds and said hesitantly, "If possible, I hope to promote one more thing——

That is the game "Reverse Degree", which is a game very suitable for boys and girls.

Even girls can get extraordinary feelings in it. "

"Huh? A galgame that girls can also play?" Reiko Katayama let out a sigh.

"Yes." Qing Zhiyuan nodded heavily, "We have adopted an unprecedented dual-perspective mode in the game."

"Dual perspective?"

Katayama Reiko's eyes suddenly lit up.

This was the first time she heard this word.

"Yes, in the game, players can choose the male protagonist's perspective or the female protagonist's perspective to experience the game." Qing Zhiyuan said with a smile, "No matter which perspective you choose to play the game, you can get a good and complete experience. .

In other words, if possible, we hope that players can try both perspectives. In addition to gaining new feelings, we can also complete the content that is not available in the other perspective. "

Lao Xu is really a very talented and eccentric guy.

Although he is so unpopular with girls in the group and makes many mistakes that are common among straight men, the girls in his works have extremely delicate thoughts.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't understand what was going on in Lao Xu's heart.

"Wow, if that's the case..." Katayama Reiko held her chin, thinking quietly, and then raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

"If that's the case, it would definitely be a good gimmick."

Although the previous game "Mermaid Heart" was also a galgame that girls could play, it was because that game only had a single male protagonist and a single female protagonist. From this perspective, it was a one-on-one pure love.

So at that time, Goletong gave the evaluation as "a galgame that girls can also play".

But if we dig deeper, the main perspective of "Mermaid Heart" is still that of the male protagonist.

Now, "Reverse Degree" actually has dual perspectives of male and female protagonists. This is obviously a game specially designed for girls.

"I have to say that P Club is really different, very considerate and imaginative." Reiko Katayama sighed.

"By the way," before Reiko Katayama was about to leave, Qing Zhiyuan thought of something and added, "In this game, you can spoil a little bit of the content."

He made a little gesture.

"Players always say that P Club's galgame is too unfriendly to the heroine, and there is no game where the heroine is immortal.

So this time we won’t use the sword, and both the male and female protagonists will live well. "

"Ah?" Reiko Katayama was completely shocked. This news was even more shocking than the dual perspective just now, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Qing Zhiyuan nodded heavily and exchanged glances with Xu Yuan Xuan next to him.

Lao Xu promised very seriously, "There is no death in "The Man with Reverse Degrees", only rebirth."

…

The latest issue of Guo Letong came out and it was an instant hit.

Players were extremely shocked when they saw the report about "Reverse Degree Man" [There is no death, only rebirth].

"Isn't this nonsense? How is it possible? Is this still the P Club I know? And it doesn't actually use the knife anymore?"

"Nah, there was no sword that P Club didn't dare to issue before. Among the two Onmyojis, the heroine can't die any more. In the second generation, Asakura Reimu is still infinitely dead.

At that time, I really wanted to strangle the old thief Gu Yuan to death.

Did pokeni actually change his ways this time? "

"Huh? Pokeni actually has a life as a human being?"

"This doesn't look like Gu Yuan Chunqiu's style."

"Did you see it wrong? In fact, the producer of "The Man with Reverse Degrees" is Qing Jiyuan, not Furuhara Chunqiu?"

"It's possible. Although Qing Zhiyuan doesn't have much talent, it's true that he doesn't use swords very much."

"No, the report clearly states that it is Gu Yuan Chunqiu's name."

"Huh? That's weird. Did the old thief Gu Yuan actually change his gender?"

"With the title of producer Furuhara Chunqiu, and this Urobuchi Xuan script, there is no reason not to use the sword."

"Maybe it's because of conscience, right? They have done all bad things before and were condemned by the players. Now they have realized that they feel that if they kill the heroine again, they will be too sorry for the players, so they made the decision not to use the knife?"

"Haha, I would rather believe that dogs don't eat shit."

"Whether it is true or not, we will know when "The Man with Reverse Degrees" is released."

"If either the hero or heroine dies, I will send the blade to the old thief Gu Yuan!"

"Me too!"

…

Amid the voices and doubts of the players, time gradually passed and came to February 14, 1992.

This day is the release day of pokeni's new work "Reverse Degree Man".

Furukawa Haoze and two male colleagues came to the store early.

"No matter how you look at it, this game is full of malice, right?" Furukawa said, stroking the surface of the cassette box.

"Yes, we chose to release it on February 14th, Valentine's Day. What does that mean?" Kinoshita frowned.

Hayamikawa and Furukawa couldn't help but sympathize with him——

Just last month, Kinoshita's girlfriend put a hat on him, and then the two broke up.

Now all three of them are single.

"There seems to be nothing more sad than playing galgame on Valentine's Day, right?" Hayamikawa sighed.

Hearing what they said, even the store manager at the checkout counter couldn't help but sympathize.

…