Number One Game Designer

"The movie "Left 4 Dead" of our game is about to be released." Chen Yu said.

"Oh? Who is the protagonist of the movie?" Fang Xi was a little interested.

Unexpectedly, Ernst's movements were not slow at all, and the filming was completed in less than ten months. Excluding the running-in time of the crew, it can only be said that Ernst is still in stock.

Talking about the rare lead actor Chen Yu with a smile:

"Zhao Jiamo, the one you know is the one who plays the hero in the game, and he is also the hero in the movie."

"Oh?" Fang Xi was a little startled now.

Generally speaking, adapting a game into a movie is indeed a bit of a headache for directors and screenwriters.

If the original plot of the game is used, the audience will not feel fresh, but using the original plot will make the audience feel alienated and unfamiliar. After all, the game is one of its foundations in the final analysis, so the balance between the original and original plot is the screenwriter. And the playwright wants to guarantee.

"The release time in China is early April, and it's all over the world. Because the subject matter of this movie has nothing to learn from, many theaters don't dare to take the risk of putting it on the summer vacation to compete for summer vacation slots. They can only try it now."

"Have you seen the samples?" Fang Xi smiled.

"We are sponsors, so we should be qualified to watch the samples?" Fang Xi asked.

"Yes." Chen Yu nodded. "But you can only go to the movie shooting base in Haifang City to watch it, and you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement."

"Forget it." Fang Xi shrugged: "I still like to keep a little suspense for myself."

So in mid-April, when Hongyi went out to build teams, all the department teams returned, and Hongyi started to watch movies in rotation.

The headquarters of Hongyi has a small screening hall, which can only accommodate 50 people. Usually, films are shown randomly, so it has always been a place for employees to relax and date couples. But today it was packed to the brim.

The dark theater with few people is usually a bit noisy, and most of them are discussing what will happen to the plot of this movie. For them, this is an IP produced by their own company, and according to the boss, the box office of this movie will not be too bad, so everyone is looking forward to it.

The group of Hongyi executives who quietly arranged themselves in the last row did not speak in silence. When Fang Xi ordered this movie for everyone in the company to watch, Fang Xi himself said that this movie will definitely not lose money, and if If the company has its own film department, the proceeds of the film will not be shared with others.

Another meaning is that Fang Xi mentioned that in the future, if there is a suitable game, he will try his best to adapt the movie to maximize the effect of IP.

So now the audience in the front is paying attention to whether the movie is good or not, while the Hongyi executives in the back are all bowing their heads and thinking about the filmization of the game that Fang Xi said.

"In the future, when making games, you should pay attention not to set the difficulty of adaptation...?"

At this time, the lights in the projection hall dimmed, and the familiar dragon sign that appeared on the screen made Fang Xi feel a little friendly. The screening hall has also become unbelievable, and everyone began to concentrate on watching movies.

For Fang Xi, the zombies in this movie are lackluster. As a person who has watched hundreds of zombie movies in the last runaway, Fang Xi has long been able to laugh at all the disgusting scenes. Fang always felt that the movie "Left 4 Dead" was not a big deal at all.

When Zhao Jiamo's face appeared on the screen for the first time, sparse applause resounded in the auditorium.

Zhao Jiamo also said during the promotion of the movie that Hongyi is a very complicated company for him. They gave him a chance to take off and let him play the leading role in a big production for the first time, so they gave him a hard time. Hong Yi praised it, it was almost a rainbow fart. Many Hongyi employees also have a good impression of him: he is hardworking, restrained, and able to take responsibility, and in a sense, he is still famous among all Hongyi employees. There is a feeling that your own child is slowly growing up.

The plot that Fang Xi paid attention to was placed in the gap period at the beginning of the game.

The setting of the movie "Left 4 Dead" is that the zombie virus has broken out for a while at the beginning,

Then the protagonist wakes up to a devastated city. For the plot between the beginning of the game, the narration from other characters and the occasional memory flashback of the protagonist are used to express.

And Ernst's movie was placed directly on the eve of the virus outbreak. It focuses on how the virus spreads and disrupts normal human life.

According to what Ernst told Fang Xi, he also buried a lot of easter eggs in the movie. For example, in the later games, there are many famous characters who appear in the subplots of the game. There are also easter eggs in the movie, but this requires the player And the audience went to discover for themselves.

To Fang Xi, it was boring, but to others it was a thrill. You have to understand that this is a world that has never seen a zombie movie, so it is not surprising that the zombie movie makes them scream like this, and the adrenaline soars.

Fang Xi left the scene after seeing half of it. For him, the success of this movie was already foreseeable, but for him, who has been baptized by zombie culture for a long time, this movie is still too young. some.

After thinking about it, Fang Xi still took out the phone, found Zhao Jiamo's name and dialed it.

The call was connected quickly, but the voice on the other end was still a little cautious: "Mr. Fang, I didn't expect you to still have my phone number."

Fang Xi smiled: "I said I hope you will become an international superstar."

After exchanging greetings, Fang Xi hung up the phone after expressing his satisfaction and best wishes for "Left 4 Dead".

For Mr. Fang, he was originally here to express his blessings, and it would be unbeautiful to talk too much.

And during this period of time, what needs to be paid attention to is not only the business that makes money, but also the business that loses money.

It was about the "Mini World" that made Fang Xi's head hurt.

As Fang Xi thought, all his appeals in California ended in failure.

The legal provisions of the United States are also clear: now the United States does not recognize "game play" as a kind of intellectual property rights. They believe that in terms of material, "Mini World" only refers to "The Origin of Everything", but it does not plagiarize, so the judgment is a big deal. Wing lost the case.

On the other hand, the U.S. has also officially launched an anti-monopoly investigation on Hongyi in the Americas, which made Fang Xi almost want to flip the table: You Yankees don’t bring such games, why don’t you be ashamed?

On the other hand, the original company in Sorrento has also officially filed for bankruptcy. Although it seems that Fang Xi has won, Fang Xi has even more headaches.

Because Sorrento officially hid behind the scenes, Fang Xi could have expected his next actions: use countless leather bag companies to copy Fang Xi's games and make money lying down. After all, Hongyi's games are basically bought out. There is a fee, but he is free directly, and then built-in krypton gold will do.

In this way, even if the players who come in don't have krypton gold, he can still sell advertising fees, and he won't lose money anyway.

The only positive value of this matter is that it gives Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific a reason to laugh at the United States, while those who support the United States can only say "plagiarism in gameplay is not plagiarism"...

But the good thing is that Fang Xi has always been aware of Sorrento's whereabouts, which can probably be regarded as a killer move?