Number One Game Designer

Fang Xi coughed in embarrassment:

"The tentative title is Octopath Traveler, not Octopath Woman. Qiulin, you have to get rid of the problem of speaking in dialect when you're excited."

Then Fang Xi gave a formal introduction:

"Shao Qiulin, Hongyi's deputy director of research and development, is also the person in charge of the "Octopath Traveler" project. You are a young man with vigor. Don't take offense, everyone. Qiulin sit down and eat meat."

The atmosphere was a bit cold for a while, whether it was Shao Qiulin's outburst or Fang Xi's emphasis on the word "spirit", it all showed that Fang Xi was not satisfied with them.

At this time, Shui Yuan, who had cut the mutton next to him, came over, looked at the people staring at each other at the table, and only Fang Xi was still cooking the mutton calmly, and wiped his hands with a towel:

"This one is the apprentice I recruited when I was still making games, Cui Yue."

"Cui Yue, Mr. Fang is now one of the best designers in the world. Before questioning, look at other people's achievements."

Fang Xi was too embarrassed to say anything after the face was given by others. Looking at Shao Qiulin who still looked angry, Fang Xi stopped his chopsticks.

"Brother Shui, you should have a vacant room here, right?"

Shui Yuan nodded, pointing to the opposite side where they were sitting in the hot pot:

"That's my usual study over there. I don't use it very much, but it's been cleaned all the time, so it's fairly clean."

Fang Xi took a look, it was half a yard away from their place, it was not bad, Fang Xi faced the water abyss:

"Since this is the case, Brother Shui, look, the young people are not convinced with each other, so why not go to the room and have a good chat, either quarreling or reasoning, anyway, to resolve this conflict, it's much better than keeping it in your heart, right? "

Looking at Shui Yuan looking at himself with strange eyes, Fang Xi also knew that this proposal seemed meaningless, how could the difference in ideas be resolved in a short conversation, Fang Xi scratched his cheeks, and said:

"Actually, it's because the script of "Octopath Traveler" I wrote is quite satisfactory, so why not let their juniors communicate with each other, I think, there should be good results."

Shui Yuan nodded, Fang Xi had already talked about this, and it was hard for him to refuse:

"Cui Yue, you and Teacher Fang's disciples go to my study, and the two of you can share your experience in making games."

The teacher has an order, Cui Yue said no more, stood up and hummed to Shao Qiulin:

"follow me."

Shao Qiulin also stood up with an expression of disbelief, and followed.

Shaking his head, Fang Xi also felt that this kind of young mentality was very good, he dared to tear up, dared to tear up, now he felt tired when he saw this, looked at the group of middle-aged people left at the table, Fang Xi Smile:

"Those big brothers, the younger generation will solve the matter of the younger generation, we eat meat, come~"

After Shui Yuan sat down, the atmosphere finally became a little lively. Someone took out a bottle of white wine from somewhere, and the fresh meat was paired with strong wine, and the atmosphere became more lively.

Fang Xi looked at Shui Yuan and said in a low voice between the toasts and cups:

"Brother Shui, haven't you played games recently?"

"I definitely want to do it." Shui Yuan shook his hands and took a bite of the food.

"In the past, it was because Donghuang was blocking there. We were so enthusiastic at the time that we only thought about the fun of the game. As a result, Donghuang and the others came from other industries and took the lead in occupying the distribution channels. We can do games come out, but there is no place to sell it."

A few words, spoken lightly, but Fang Xi can also feel the helplessness in it.

"Later on, my apprentice Cui Yue and I printed CDs and sold them on the street by ourselves. Now that I think about it, it was a very happy time." After finishing speaking, Shui Yuan drank a small cup of wine, and his face turned rosy. .

"But later... I asked you to call you Brother Fang."

Fang Xi nodded to express that he didn't mind.

"Brother Fang, if your company is getting bigger now, you should also understand how profitable the monopoly is and how powerful its influence is."

This Fang Xi has a deep understanding. Now he is almost a monopoly in digital distribution. New games are released on the Honghu platform every day, and there is an eternal and survival path that suppresses the situation.

In this case, if Fang Xi wants to maliciously crush other manufacturers, it will not be too easy, such as cutting his own commission ratio, giving new games a period of free promotion, etc., so that the Honghu platform still has huge profits to make, but Other new platforms basically don't have the money to fight this kind of battle with Fang Xi, and they can easily overwhelm other platforms. It's not very moral, but it's very effective.

On the other side, Shui Yuan took a sip of wine and continued talking:

"At that time, we sold CDs by ourselves, and we gained a bit of fame, but soon the market was full of pirated copies of our games. We burned them ourselves, and the cost alone cost more than ten yuan for each game. Thirty yuan can still make some money. But those pirated copies are five yuan a piece, and all the games we make are all on one CD."

Speaking of this, Shui Yuan became more and more angry, Fang Xi hurriedly filled another glass of wine.

"Just five yuan! For five yuan, we can package all the games made by the few of us. This is Donghuang's method. They have their own processing factory. They only lose a little money, and they can force the game to be played." We have to leave the stage directly. It's hard to calm down~"

Speaking of this, Shui Yuan let out a long sigh, and the others also let out a long sigh.

It's not that they don't have dreams, but their dreams were strangled by others from the very beginning.

Not to mention dreams, everyone is human too, if you are hungry, you have to have money to eat, and when you are tired, you have to have a place that can shelter you from the wind and rain to rest well. As a result, making a game not only does not make money, but also loses money, which is quite ridiculous. After all, everyone is here for their dreams, and to fill their stomachs, not for charity.

Looking at the frustrated people at the table, Fang Xi shook his head and filled up the wine one by one:

"It didn't work before, but what about now? Now Donghuang is on the verge of collapse, and their biggest reliance on physical distribution is nothing now. Have you ever thought about coming back and continuing to make games?"

Speaking of this, everyone fell silent again for a while, but Shui Yuan still poured himself a glass of wine in a calm manner, then raised his head to dry it, and said with a wry smile:

"Of course I want to make games, I dream about it, but now we have been away from the market for ten years, and we dare not think how much the whole world has changed. The game industry is naturally the same."

"What are we now? A group of losers, come out again, and make old-fashioned games for people? When we made it, it was still 2D, let alone 3D now. I have seen your Hongyi's CG, and what you are doing now can be said to be good. Disgusting the real ones, what can we do when we go out?"

Fang Xi smiled and filled Shui Yuan's wine again:

"The retro style is still popular in the art world, who said it can't be done in the game world?"

Fang Xi drank a glass of wine full of confidence, pointed to the study at the other end and said:

"Let's see what the juniors are talking about."