Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

…

While Qing Zhiyuan was on long vacation, all affairs of several companies continued to operate.

The process on Blizzard's side has been completed, and then it was successfully merged into Pokeni, a subsidiary of the United States, and became an affiliated development studio. Qing Zhiyuan's instructions to Breivik was to give Blizzard members enough space. and time, without intervening in the creation of content.

In addition, the American subsidiary is working hard to develop "Ashes of Eternal Mark 2"

In addition, on Neon's side, Akanishi Ken and P-Net's software engineers have already built the basic framework of the Dandelion game platform, including server-side communication and downloading, client-side network transmission, and downloading games on the game platform. All the functional modules for launching the game have been almost developed, and then some people will be sent to the United States for transplantation and handover.

The main content is to localize the game platform.

In terms of games, the Pokémon team continues to work on subsequent Pokémon content. Shinji Mikami is leading the team to develop "Yu-Gi-Oh!", and Hidetaka Miyazaki is co-producing "Dragon Journey" with Gen Urobuchi.

As for "Mushishi", since the producer Qing Jiyuan took a long leave, the responsibility was temporarily handed over to Shinji Mikami.

The monster hunter in charge of Hideki Kamiya has also made great breakthroughs and progress.

Mika Ishino and Jun Asae develop "Future Girl", and Fate continues to work on the sequel "fate/zero"

All game departments are operating in an orderly manner.

…

Qing Zhiyuan handed an investment form to Takahashi Kazuma, which listed a bunch of companies worth investing in.

For example, after Apple's Steve Jobs returns, Apple's market value will increase in the future.

Since Pokeni did not establish a so-called strategic investment department, after the president left suddenly, there was really no one to entrust.

This also illustrates the importance of a time traveler. It is one thing for a company to have technology and strength, but in many cases it is more important to be able to see the future direction clearly.

How many people dream of possessing Qing Zhiyuan's ability. Not to mention seeing the future for decades, even if it can be seen for three to five years longer than now, it is already very remarkable.

However, until now, when Qing Zhiyuan took a long vacation, he realized that the company's strategic development was really impossible without him.

Qing Zhiyuan feels more and more the importance of supporting a housekeeper.

There are also different types of stewards. The most senior steward, the CEO, is someone you can completely let go of. He can manage the company in an orderly manner and even take the company into the next field, making the company stronger and stronger.

For example, Steve Jobs.

Qing Zhiyuan himself counts.

In ancient times, it was Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi who could be entrusted to him by the whole country.

Another way is that when you want to take a leave of absence, he can step in to temporarily manage the company, or he can manage many non-general matters for you very well, so that you have no worries and can just go to war with confidence and boldness.

Or go on vacation with confidence and confidence.

A king like Sun Quan is a conservative, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to expand territory.

What's worse is that they can help you solve and handle certain matters, but they don't have enough ability to take charge of the overall situation.

Now Qing Zhiyuan feels that even the third possibility is difficult for talents in the company.

There are a lot of talents in the company, but many talents, even those who can be said to be geniuses, are basically professional. It is really difficult to pick out those who are truly talented in management and strategic planning.

If there is a taller person among short people, then it will probably be Shinji Mikami. Of course, Miyazaki Hidetaka may be able to train him more in the future.

However, these guys can perform well in a small team. If they become a large company with thousands of people in the future, Qing Zhiyuan doubts whether they will have this ability.

…

In short, during the two months when Qing Zhiyuan took leave, although these guys in the company were working on their own, they had received President Qing's "good tips" before, and everyone was still able to do their jobs well step by step.

Projects, operations, investments, all aspects are operating in an orderly manner.

As for Moon River, Hitotsubashi Mune appears to be much more reliable. She and Nolan complement each other and work well together. "The Matrix" has officially started filming in February, and it is expected that all filming will be completed within a few months. It’s just time, and the rest will be left to pokeni for post-production.

The movie "My Robot Girlfriend" has already been produced and is waiting to be released in major Neon theaters in June.

As for Makoto Shinkai, "Your Name" is more than half complete and is expected to be available on the big screen by the end of next year or early next year.

…

Starting from February, pokeni's new game "My Robot Girlfriend" has entered the promotion period.

It's still the same as before, using various channels, including PVs released on TV and overwhelming advertising.

On March 14, 1998, "My Robot Girlfriend" was officially released.

Masaharu Yamada and his friends entered the game store on time as soon as they got off work and bought this game.

"This is pokeni's galgame."

"By the way, does your girlfriend mind now?" Hayamikawa raised his chin and asked Furukawa Haoze.

The latter scratched his head and smiled, "Junna is not an ordinary girl, and she said she likes the way I play games."

"Speaking of which, you have been dating for such a long time, and you are not young anymore. Isn't it time to consider getting married?"

"Haha, for this kind of thing, let it take its course. I don't know when it will develop to this point." Furukawa Hirose said.

Hayamikawa and Kinoshita Keisuke looked at each other and felt that it was a miracle that this guy had a girlfriend.

"Are you stupid? If you don't ask for a proposal, will you let a girl come to you? How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

…

When checking out, Yamada Masaharu hadn't paid yet, and Hayamigawa-senpai next to him snatched his game disc.

"senior?"

Yamada Masaharu was stunned for a moment.

However, the next second Hayamikawa said to the clerk, "This guy's birthday is today, otherwise, should this CD be given to him as a gift?"

Why?

Yamada Shoji looked at Hayamikawa in surprise, and then at the seniors standing behind him, and he was moved unconsciously.

"Senior...you actually remember my birthday."

"That's natural. Didn't we come here like this before?" Kinoshita Keisuke said with a smile, "You have forgotten that we helped you celebrate this time last year."

"Ah...I was almost moved to tears." Yamada Masaharu wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Huh? Really?"

The clerk's eyes hidden behind his glasses lit up. He looked at Yamada Masaharu and compared it with others. He tilted his head in embarrassment and squeezed his face into a ball, "Ah... That’s true, but it’s really a bit difficult to handle.”

The price of galgame is not cheap. A game CD of "Robot Girlfriend" costs 9,800 yen.

"The key is that I'm just a part-time worker."

Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard this, but he still managed to calmly step forward and said, "Well, you don't have to listen to them, why are you embarrassing the store manager?"

"But."

At this moment, the store manager put a figure of a robot girl on the table, "This is a bonus made by pokeni, so I'll give it to you.

Congratulations and happy birthday! "

"Huh?" Yamada Masaharu was a little overjoyed.

The figure is actually very small, probably less than 10 centimeters, but the shape is very delicate, a bit like Rei Ayanami in EVA, except that the robot body is black and white.

Moreover, the person’s face is also very delicate, which is definitely the style of pokeni.

…

After walking out of the game store, a group of people, including Kinoshita's wife and Yukitake Junna who had just arrived, celebrated Yamada Masaharu's 27th birthday.

It turns out that Xuezhu was entrusted by Furukawa Haoze to buy cakes.

The group did not go to the store, but only sent blessings to him in the park, and watched Yamada Masaharu make a wish and blow out the candles.

"I hope we can continue like this and our friendship will last forever!"

"Ah, my wish doesn't work when I say it."

"Hahaha……"

"Happy birthday!!!"

"I'm so touched, thank you!" Yamada Masaharu's eyes were filled with tears.

…

After a period of joy and torment, Yamada Masaharu said goodbye to these seniors.

It sounds a little strange.

Yamada Masaharu returned home with the game CD. When he looked at the empty house, compared with the lively birthday party before, he suddenly felt a little lonely.

However, Yamada Masaharu shook his head and quickly calmed down the sadness in his heart.

He is now immune to these guys talking about three-dimensional girls.

You might feel quite envious at first.

However, such things as fate really cannot be forced.

Even a nerd like Furukawa-senpai can meet a beautiful Miss Seizhu.

Hayamikawa can also meet cute girls with similar interests on the Internet.

Maybe I can meet him someday.

It's useless to think so much. Go to work when you need to go to work, and play games when you need to play games.

Before finding a girlfriend, P Club's games were the greatest comfort.

He took the game CD out of the bag, looked at the cover, and couldn't help but frown.

"Good guy, now pokeni doesn't even have a human heroine? Has it turned into a robot?"

Is it a satire on the dead nerds?

You can't find a human girl, so you might as well get a robot girlfriend.

Yamada Masaharu always felt that something was wrong.

This is not necessarily a forward-looking advertisement. What if pokeni actually develops something like a robot girlfriend one day...

Yamada Masaharu fell into hesitation for a while, so should he buy it or not?

A robot that can be used to replace a real girlfriend is a bit satisfying to think about.

…

Insert the disc and the game starts.

As soon as the screen went dark, the familiar pokeni logo appeared on the screen.

Here are the iconic slogans:

【Game is life】

[Here, start an unprecedented journey of life]

But something slightly different from previous games is——

This time the prompt words are presented in a mechanical style.

To be precise, the font is like some kind of strange metal, shining with luster, and traces of oxidation and corrosion can also be seen in it, and the two words "life" in the middle are replaced by robots.

The little robot in the middle opened its legs and turned into a big human character.

Seeing this, Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but smile knowingly. Every game in pokeni is designed with great care.

It feels very cyberpunk.

…

No tweets…

The TV makes a strange sound of a bunch of colliding parts and electromagnetic interaction, but it makes you feel a little cute.

The font trembled, then broke into various parts and fell to the ground.

The logo was spliced ​​together again to become a big [My Robot Girlfriend]

The screen went dark, and when it lit up again, it was already at the main interface.

The main interface still retains the same sense of futuristic technology.

However, this sense of technology is attached to nature.

In the background of the picture, there is a hill in the distance and a small house built on the roof of the building nearby.

The exterior wall of the house is an old lime wall, which is slightly mottled. It was painted by pokeni's painter into a very fresh forest-style architectural style. The stone wall is covered with various plants, long ivy, green vines...

There are also morning glories that wind down from above.

The morning glory is colorful and blooming in the sunshine.

But what is a little bit out of place with the entire game background is that close up, in the center of the camera, is a strange girl.

To be precise, she is a robot girl with a metal body, generally human cheeks, and exposed parts on the other half of her cheeks.

On her back was a pair of broken mechanical wings that could no longer fly.

She just sat calmly on a chair in the courtyard outside, looking aside motionlessly.

The entire picture is not a completely static picture, but a dynamic picture with changes in light and shadow.

Although the robot girl cannot speak, walk, or move much, birds will fly in from outside the screen from time to time and land on her shoulders.

After staying for a few seconds, the birds flew away again.

The cycle goes back and forth.

It's strange to say that when he saw this place, Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He had the illusion that time was passing by and the years were changing.

The girl who looks like a mechanical structure is incompatible with this dilapidated human house with a natural atmosphere. It seems like one comes from the future and the other comes from a long time ago...

Put together, they have the flavor of time in themselves.

Especially the birds kept coming and going, which made this feeling even worse.

After tilting his head and looking for a while, Yamada Masaharu took a deep breath.

The producers and artists of pokeni are simply a group of artists, and the main interface alone can keep you looking at it for a long time.

I always feel that there is endless power in it.

The power of time.

Even just a few dozen seconds of looping dynamic graphics can make people feel the vicissitudes of time. This skill is really extraordinary.

Moreover, the robot girl is very beautifully drawn. Even if half of her cheeks have turned into metal structures and are oxidized and corroded, the remaining half of her cheeks still make you think she is so cute.

…

Press the button and select [New Game]

The game officially begins.

The screen went black and a number appeared:

【October 20, 1993】

In the picture, the lonely figure of the male protagonist appears.

Soothing and pleasant music also started playing.

Without looking at the credits, Masaharu Yamada can tell that this is the composition of Atsushi Shirakawa.

Shirakawa Atsushi's music has a healing power. It is warm and charming, but it can always shine into the depths of your soul.

Today is the birthday of the hero Jiro.

[Today is my birthday. Unfortunately, there is no one to celebrate with me, so I can only celebrate my birthday. 】

[Every time at this time, I think about how great it would be to have a girlfriend]

From the male protagonist named [Jiro], Yamada Masaharu felt deep malice. This was completely copying his life!

Jiro is a lonely office worker, and no one wishes him well on his birthday.

I wake up from bed alone every morning, and then go to work alone in the company. I am engaged in the IT industry, and my daily job is to write code.

The most common way to communicate is to discuss needs with colleagues.

Ah this...

Do you want it to be so real?

Yamada Shoji covered his heart with his hand.

Ouch……

it hurts.

Damn pokeni, are you peeking into my life?

Does it have to be this far?

…

[My colleagues in the company are all very nice, but no one wants to talk to anyone after work]

[Going to work is hard enough, no one wants to waste time in meaningless socializing after get off work]

[In companies without girls, even socializing is rare]

[Occasionally I have one or two social activities, and I rarely meet girls who really like me]

[In short, I am a lonely person who doesn’t need anyone to accompany me. I just like to stay at home, play games and watch cartoons. 】

[I’ve long been used to celebrating someone’s birthday alone like this]

[I don’t want anyone to bring about any changes]

hateful!

You curse again!

Yamada Masaharu frowned fiercely, this is no longer simple malice, right?

pokeni completely broke my heart.

unacceptable!

pokeni is too much!

This is simply more outrageous than directly giving the hero and heroine a knife!

There was never a time when Yamada Masaharu played a game that it hurt his heart to such an extent, it was like being stabbed with countless knives.

[Today is my 24th birthday, I want to buy myself a gift]

Jiro walked into a department store, then carefully selected a watch.

"Please pack it."

"Okay." The clerk asked with a smile, "Is it a gift?"

Heartbroken.

The actor's expression was obviously stiff for two seconds. No one gave him a birthday gift, so he had to give himself a gift, but...

There was no way to explain this self-esteem, so Jiro could only smile and nodded, "Yes, it was given as a gift."

[Just giving it to myself]

So bitter...

Yamada Shoji couldn't help but sympathize with him. Anyway, he still picked up friends in reality. Although those guys seemed to be unable to spare time after they got girlfriends, everyone was also doing a good job. Communication games.

This feeling is not measured by time.

On his birthday, Yamada Masaharu also received gifts from Hayamigawa-senpai and others, and a group of people gave him blessings.

But……

Why is it that after playing here and playing, Yamada Shoji has tears in his eyes?

hateful!

…

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There is another chapter in the evening (end of this chapter)