National Game Producer

After hanging up the phone, Meng Lanqing sat on a chair and meditated.

The deputy knocked on the door and came in. He walked straight to the desk and sat down: "How are you doing? Have you asked He Zu?"

"Asked." Meng Lanqing replied in a low voice.

"How did he say?"

"He said it was because he liked playing games."

"Tsk, it's exactly what I thought!" the deputy chuckled.

"Did you already know that he would answer like this?" Meng Lanqing looked up at him.

"Anyone who has heard him speak publicly several times basically knows his attitude towards a good game."

The deputy sat down leisurely, "He is never stingy in praising a good game, even if the game is made by his competitor... He is a pure gamer, he just happens to be good at making games."

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"He is also the person in charge of the 'Fire Carrier' team..." Meng Lanqing frowned slightly.

"To be precise, he should be the real game producer in the 'Firebringer' team. The other members will probably not participate in the planning of the game content, but will only be responsible for the execution." The deputy expressed his guess.

"Then we can almost give up our plan to recruit the 'Fire Bearer'." Meng Lanqing said with a solemn expression.

"You could say that." The deputy nodded.

After all, Tenglin is a super large company that puts profits at its core.

After recruiting He Jiu, they could not let him do whatever he wanted, but needed him to make money for the company.

The other party's behavior of inexplicably attracting traffic to competitors is simply dancing on the company's red line.

By then, even if the other party is not finished, executives like them will have to suffer some hardships.

"Do you think there is another reason, that is, he feels that his new game cannot beat "Duty Duel", so he plans to make compromises in advance in exchange for not targeting us?" Meng Lanqing asked.

"Uh... I don't think it's possible."

"Why?"

"Because I feel that based on their capabilities, the new game they make will definitely be better than Duel of Duty."

"..." Meng Lanqing was silent for a moment and asked, "So, is this your subjective judgment as a fan?"

"I'm not a fan!" the deputy emphasized.

"what is that?"

"At most I can be considered a hobbyist."

"Are you a fan of the 'Fire Bearer'?" Meng Lanqing smiled and said nothing more.

It's not that she's angry, it's that she thinks it's really nothing.

After all, before this, the other party was a fan of "Solar" and "Hua Shake".

As long as she doesn't bring this personal emotion into company-level decisions, she won't care too much.

She believed that the other party could carry it clearly.

"However, it is probably not easy for the new game of 'Firebringer' to beat 'Duty Duel' when its promotional capabilities are far inferior to ours," the deputy analyzed carefully.

"What you mean is that the quality of their games may be better, but in terms of game sales and popularity, Duel of Duty will be better?" Meng Lanqing asked.

"Yes." The deputy nodded.

"That's enough." Meng Lanqing pursed her lips slightly and relaxed.

As long as she can suppress the popularity of "Firebringer", she doesn't care whether the quality of the game wins or not.

After all, this society is very realistic, and most people focus on profits and popularity.

As for word of mouth...that's all a matter for the future.

Although in doing so, I may be a little sorry for He Jiu's enthusiasm.

But the reality is that she cannot give up the interests of the entire company because of some personal emotions.

Anyway, as an independent game production team, "Firebringer" must have made enough money from selling games in the past to cover everyone in the team's expenses in the next few decades, right?

Even if they are unable to recover from this year, they won't be able to survive, right?

Thinking like this, Meng Lanqing felt even less burdened.

She is just trying to persuade people who are not suitable for this industry to leave this industry.

She didn't do anything bad.

…

After the gaming community experienced a day dominated by Duel of Duty, it soon ushered in an exciting second day.

"Firebringer"'s "Titanfall" and Yun Yi's "Wasteland Planet" were launched on the official game platform in almost no particular order, officially starting the "ultimate battle".

Zhang Jingchuan, the head of Yunyi's elite studio, immediately bought and downloaded "Titanfall", intending to see how his opponent's game performed.

Yesterday, he was naturally the first to hear about He Ji, the "Fire Bearer", helping Teng Lin's "Duty Showdown" attract traffic.

His first reaction at the time was... the "Fire Bearer" had been subdued by Teng Lin!

The two are colluding together and want to deliberately target Yun Yi's "Wasteland Planet"!

However, after getting to know He Ji carefully, he temporarily gave up this conjecture.

Nowadays, although his thoughts are no longer so extreme, his favorability towards the "Fire Bearer" has always been maintained at a level that is infinitely close to zero.

He can probably guess the purpose of doing this.

But he didn't agree.

In other words, he felt that He Ji was too idealistic!

Such people are likely to eventually become police officers in the gaming industry, who like to police everywhere.

He could almost foresee a scenario where the other party would take control of the entire gaming world in his hands after reaching the top of the gaming world.

That kind of future is really scary!

He didn't want to live in the shadow of the "Firebringer".

Therefore, the important task of defeating the "Fire Bearer" can only be left to him!

He will give the world a bright future!

While thinking about it, the game has been downloaded.

Zhang Jingchuan decisively clicked on the game.

According to "Firebringer", this is another single-player story plus multiplayer online game.

As an old-school and traditional game producer, he naturally has no interest in multiplayer online content.

Therefore, after entering the main interface of the game, he decisively chose the single-player story mode.

At the beginning of the game, it is customary to have an opening animation.

Zhang Jingchuan only watched it for less than thirty seconds before he was shocked by this animation.

This picture, this music and sound effects, and this performance, is this a game made by a team of five people?

"Wasteland Planet" and this game are not in the same sub-type of game, so he can skip the comparison for now.

But the styles of "Duty Duel" and this game are somewhat similar...at least judging from the current situation, there are still many things that can be compared between the two.

The result of the comparison is... "Duty Showdown" was instantly killed!

The two games feel as if they were separated by an era.

'Just the opening animation can make people's blood boil with excitement. This is the only one...'

Zhang Jingchuan reluctantly put aside his prejudices and turned his attention to the plot.

The plot of the opening animation is actually the monologue of the protagonist Cooper.

Cooper is introducing a type of soldier called [Pilot].

[Pilot] is the top hunter.

They are agile, fast, elegant, yet powerfully destructive;

They are keenly observant, good at utilizing resources, and ruthless.

They have special abilities such as flying over walls and being invisible, and can come and go at will on the battlefield.

However, the biggest difference between them and ordinary soldiers is that they are qualified to drive [Titan].

The so-called Titan, in Zhang Jingchuan's opinion, is a fully enclosed mechanical exoskeleton, or it can be said to be the future mechanical power armor, referred to as "mecha".

[Titan] is about the height of three or four people, flexible and powerful. It can be controlled by a high-intelligence AI or freely driven by [Pilot].

Judging from the plot of the animation, it seems that only when [Pilot] and [Titan] are combined into one can they exert their maximum power.

Later, Cooper introduced the background of the world view.

Cooper lives in a star system called "Frontier".

Interstellar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (IMC) wants to violently exploit the resources of "Frontier".

Such behavior was naturally strongly opposed by the indigenous people.

As a result, the indigenous people formed a resistance army and wanted to expel the IMC and make the "border" independent again.

A fierce war broke out between the two sides.

In the end, the rebels gained a huge advantage in the war on a planet called Ceres, which allowed them to switch from defense to offense and force the IMC to retreat.

However, this is still very far away from the victory of the resistance army.

Against this background, as a rebel rifleman, Cooper began his own story while longing to become a [Pilot].

The story is a bit cliché, but after watching the opening animation, Zhang Jingchuan couldn't suppress his excitement.

This is not because the plot of this game is so attractive, but because the [Titan] in the game is so handsome!

As long as someone is interested in ordnance, who wouldn’t want to own a [Titan] mecha of their own?!

The "Firebringer" team really has a firm grip on the players' psychology!

"Huh..." Zhang Jingchuan couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Calm down, be sure to calm down!

What if this game becomes awkward later on?

Don’t put too much pressure on yourself…

Zhang Jingchuan calmed down and started the teaching level of the game.

The teaching scene is generated in the virtual reality world of the game.

Zhang Jingchuan controlled Cooper and learned basic operations such as running, jumping, wall stepping, and shooting.

He finished teaching quickly.

Later, his instructor, Captain Lastimosa, was going to let him try to drive the [Titan] in the virtual reality world.

But at this moment, an accident happened.

The resistance forces launched a fierce battle with the IMC on a planet called Typhon. Cooper and Captain Lastimosa needed to go to support immediately.

...The plot of the game seems to have officially begun.

Zhang Jingchuan curled his lips with a little regret.

He thought he would be able to pilot the [Titan] soon!

However, the controls and shooting feel of this game are really good.

Even if he doesn't drive [Titan], he feels that he can play it for a long time.

...Damn it, it seems that based on this alone, "Wasteland Planet" and "Duty Duel" are not as good as this game!

The game continues.

Cooper and others, who were traveling from outer space to Typhon in a landing module, were attacked by an IMC anti-orbital defense cannon.

Cooper crashed to the surface of the planet in a lifeboat.

After some first aid in the lifeboat, Zhang Jingchuan controlled Cooper directly into the battlefield of blood and fire.

It was such an exciting war scene right from the start, which made him nervous.

Fortunately, the difficulty in the early stages of the game was not high, and his technical level was not bad. After half a minute of quick adaptation, he was already playing well.

In the game plot, the rebels who forcibly landed were scattered in various places on Typhon.

The temporary team formed by Cooper and several other riflemen was defeated by the enemy's Titans because they could not get support from their own Titans. They could only seek a chance of survival by constantly shifting their positions.

During the transfer, Zhang Jingchuan was knocked down by an enemy [Titan] and was seriously injured.

Just as the enemy's [Titan] was about to execute Zhang Jingchuan, another friendly [Titan] came out from the side and killed the enemy with a shoulder-throw and two shoulder cannons.

Then, the front hatch of the friendly [Titan] opened, and the previous instructor, Captain Lastimosa, jumped out.

Seeing that Zhang Jingchuan's condition was very bad, Lastimosa dragged him to a safe place and gave him an injection directly.

"It might make you sleepy, but you'll feel better when you wake up."

While talking, [Titan]'s AI [BT-7274] issued a warning, saying that the enemy [Titan] was coming, and it was also a top hunter.

Captain Lastimosa quickly returned to the [Titan] cockpit and faced the enemy [Titan].

Zhang Jingchuan saw Lastimosa easily defeating an enemy [Titan] in Mimi Lake. However, when he was attacked from the rear by another [Titan], he was attacked from behind by a third [Titan].

, fell to the ground instantly.

Then, Zhang Jingchuan fell asleep.

When he woke up again, he found that the IMC's enemies were searching for the lone rebels not far ahead.

Several rebel soldiers were already dead in front of him.

A little further away, there are two [Titans] guarding the surroundings, and even further away there are [Titans] moving.

At this time, there was only one enemy in front of Zhang Jingchuan.

At this moment, one of the Titans that was guarding the surroundings took two steps forward and opened the front hatch.

Brisker: Hey, Richter, we have 18 hours left. In 18 hours, the "Holy Ark" will be sealed and ready for delivery. Hurry!

He came to urge the enemy in front of Zhang Jingchuan who was searching for the rebels to leave.

Richter looked around for a few times, and was finally dragged away by Brisk with some reluctance.

Zhang Jingchuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The battlefield from the first-person perspective is so realistic!

Even if he knew it was fake, he would be nervous involuntarily.

'"Holy Ark"... there is still 18 hours left... These are probably important information in the game...'

While Zhang Jingchuan was thinking, he watched the screen in front of him turn black again.

...Cooper fell asleep again.

'I wonder if I can drive [Titan] after waking up...'

Zhang Jingchuan groaned silently in his heart.