Chapter 172 Private Meeting
The heated atmosphere quickly spread.
Tuesday.
Last day of Dongjin Game Festival.
“Mr. Moritani, did you call me?”
Yuki opened the door to the office of Tetsuya Moritani, managing director of Comora Game Business.
See you at this time.
There were two other people present in Moritani's office.
They are not outsiders either—
Sato Muneki.
Okura Kazu.
Yuki was happy when he saw this battle.
Well, after more than a week’s rest, the Silent Hill PT team has been assembled again.
Don’t ask, this must be the start of the development and production of the official version of Silent Hill!
Too.
Today’s Silent Hill can be said to be at its peak.
Countless players are calling for the release of the official version.
Coupled with the terrifying somatosensory cabin login rate, even if you think about it with your knees, this game will definitely make money.
It seems that the senior management must have seen the current popularity of PT and felt that it is necessary to speed up the cooperative development without further delay.
thinking.
Yuki smiled and nodded, sitting in a row with the other two main development managers, waiting for Executive Moritani to mobilize development for them.
However!
Moritani’s face did not show any expression of excitement and expectation, but instead looked a little dull.
“Everyone is here, let’s have a private meeting,”
Moritani opened his mouth and said:
“I believe all three of you are aware of the rules of private meetings. Do you have any objections?”
Hear the words.
The three of them were stunned.
˜Closed meeting system, this is a form of meeting that exists within Comella and many large companies.
This kind of meeting is not open and transparent, and no meeting minutes are kept.
They are usually held when discussing some matters that are more secretive or not convenient for public disclosure.
At the same time, participants will also default not to disclose any information about the meeting to the outside world.
It can be regarded as an unspoken rule of the company.
The three of them are no strangers to this kind of meeting format.
But the problem is...
Why should we suddenly hold a private meeting at this time?
For a time, an uneasy premonition lingered in the minds of the three of them.
Exchanging glances with each other, the three of them nodded, acquiescing to the format of this meeting.
Then, Moritani took out three thin plans from his drawer and handed them to the three of them:
"This is the preliminary plan for the official version of "Silent Hill". After reading it, we have recycled it. We have plenty of time today. Please take a closer look."
Taking the project proposal from Executive Moritani, Yuki frowned slightly.
Just see what it says - ["Silent Hill" project (draft)]
Taking a deep breath, Yuki read carefully...
First of all, in terms of game settings, the main game still continues the "table world" and "inner world" settings given by PT.
The protagonist of the main work is named James, who is an excellent plastic surgeon.
One day by chance, he received a letter from his wife, inviting him to a small town called Silent Hill, and mentioned many things about their past in the letter.
At first glance, this letter seemed very ordinary.
It seems to be a request from a divorced wife who wants to meet again.
The scary thing is that James is not divorced, but widowed—his wife has been dead for three years.
This is a letter from my late wife.
So, with all kinds of complicated emotions, James came to Silent Hill.
Here he saw the most bizarre sight.
All kinds of strange monsters and monsters appeared in turns, and they were very powerful, putting James into dangerous predicaments several times.
Among these monsters, only one is particularly powerful.
That was a woman wearing an apron who had lost her head. She was like a nightmare. Although she had been killed countless times, she was reborn countless times.
Finally, after fighting all the way, James reached the place indicated in his wife's letter.
This is a mansion on the edge of town.
After entering the mansion, players will see many group photos.
The protagonist in those photos is clearly James and a woman wearing an apron.
good!
James is the murderer of another wife-killing case that appeared on PT radio. He has been able to get away with his face-changing disguise through the convenience of his plastic surgeon.
The purpose of returning to Silent Hill this time is to eradicate the inexplicable "resurrection" of his wife.
Finally, James killed his headless wife completely in the same kitchen.
But the so-called cycle of retribution.
Although his shot completely killed his wife, it also ignited the liquefied gas in the kitchen.
Finally.
With a loud noise, James received the final evil reward and was wiped out.
eaten.
This is the end of the draft plan.
Yuki closed the project with a complicated expression on his face.
She looked at Okura and then at Sato.
I found that the expressions on the faces of these two people were similar to my own.
In fact, objectively speaking.
The completion of this project is pretty good.
It has a beginning and an end, a complete story, and focuses on a cycle of cause and effect and retribution.
But only if—
Don’t call it Silent Hill.
"this…"
After carefully organizing his words for a while, Sato said:
"With all due respect, Executive Director Moritani, I would like to ask, is this... Gu Sang's project?"
Seeing that the three of them were all looking at themselves.
Moritani shrugged noncommittally and asked, "What do you think?"
The three of them looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt a little embarrassed.
Finally, Yuki spoke: "I don't think...it's like that."
It’s not that it’s bad.
But it looks... too ordinary.
You must know that a large part of the reason why PT has such excellent horror effect and topicality lies in its obscure metaphor of clouds and mountains, its mysterious way of telling stories, and the inexplicable blank space at the end. Open ending.
This kind of "out of sight" game form always gives the game a sense of mystery, as if there is a veil between it and the players.
But now!
In this version of the project plan!
The veil has been removed.
What Yuki and others saw was a story with the adventure of fighting monsters as the main line, in which good and evil will be rewarded in the end.
Perhaps the only special thing about this story is that it allows the player to act as the villain for once.
Others, there is nothing remarkable about them.
After listening to Yuki's words, Moriya's face also showed helplessness, "Sure enough,".
Sighed, and then asked:
“What do you think about it being considered as the main project of Silent Hill?”
Hearing this, Sato smacked his lips: "What does the 'how' that Executive Moritani asked about refer to?" "Sales volume." Moritani spoke concisely and comprehensively.
“It will definitely be affected.” Sato was even more straightforward.
Moritani nodded and looked at Sato: "Can you tell me more specifically?"
“This project is obviously not Gu Sang’s,”
Sato saw that he had already said this, so there was no need to hide it, so he simply opened the skylight and spoke openly:
“If it comes out as a standalone game, then there’s no problem,”
“But if it is released as the official version of PT, it may be an overstatement to say that the dog’s tail will continue,”
“But the reputation that affects the Silent Hill IP is a sure thing,”
“Nowadays, PT has been promoted to the altar in the analysis of the media and players,”
“Its unique charm is definitely not something that this ordinary plan can capture,”
“By then, it will be criticized and sales will inevitably decline.”
After listening to Sato’s words, Moritani nodded, and then said:
“Approximately how much impact will it have?”
Sato thought for a moment: "It's hard to say, because in this case, the player's subjective factors account for too much. A conservative estimate is... 20%."
As soon as these words came out, both Yuki and Okura took a deep breath.
Just changing the script to a slightly ordinary one will cause the game's sales to drop by one-fifth!
And this is just a conservative estimate!
“What about a higher estimate?” Moritani asked.
“That’s hard to say.” This time, Sato shook his head, indicating that he could no longer predict: “If this plan is really used, I wouldn’t be surprised if the sales volume is reduced by half.”
Say it.
There was a long silence in the office.
Half a while.
Only then did Yuki slowly ask:
“So, Mr. Moritani...are we going to develop the main game of Silent Hill ourselves?”
Moritani’s words have reached this point, no matter how stupid a few people are, they can still hear what they mean!
The senior management actually wanted to get rid of Golden Wind and monopolize the sales results of the official version of Silent Hill!
And to this!
Moritani also nodded slowly.
although!
but!
The moment he saw Tetsuya Moriya nodding, Yuki couldn't help but feel angry!
What kind of stupid operation is this? !
Dumping the Golden Wind means dumping Director Sam too!
good!
You have seen the current popularity of Silent Hill and the widespread support from players. It is understandable that you want to get rid of the penny and take the profits for yourself!
After all, this is Comella’s usual style!
Besides, changing directors midway through a project is nothing new.
but!
Before you ditch someone, did you really not think about it, who gave the soul of this game?
The crown of "King of Horror Games" rests on SamGu!
Not in our KOMINA hands!
“This…this…”
ˆ Yuki simply couldn’t understand this wave of operations from the top management:
“With all due respect, Mr. Moritani! It’s like we produce cars, but—”
…
…“…but it’s the same as leaving the engine manufacturer behind!”
Rewind time back to yesterday!
Comela Conference Room!
At a private meeting chaired by President Kamikoshi Keimasa!
As the managing director of the game business, Tetsuya Moritani also raised the same doubts as Yuki!
This operation is too outrageous!
However!
Hunting to wait for Shang Yue Jingzheng to speak.
Tsuna Yamamoto, who was sitting next to him, had a dark expression:
“Director Moritani, are you saying that my more than 20 years of experience in the industry and my status as a senior game designer are not enough to replace a fledgling kid in presiding over the development of the main game of “Silent Hill”?”
good!
As the ‘disciple and student’ of the president, Kamigoshi Keimasa.
Yamamoto Tsuna is trying to occupy the magpie's nest this time and seize two projects at one hand!
Now the official version of "Yakuza Fury" has entered into orderly development work.
He can free up his hands to take over the now-exploding "Silent Hill" project!
In this way, these two popular projects will be in his hands!
And it just so happened!
Since Silent Hill became popular, Kagemasa Kamikoshi has been thinking about how to kick Golden Wind out of this project.
After all, this IP is so popular now!
Once released, there is a high probability that it will become a phenomenal horror game, and there is even a high probability that it will become the highest-selling horror game in history!
Such a tempting project!
They actually had to take 30% of the net profit to share with Golden Wind!
This is difficult to accept for a pure businessman like Kamegoshi Keimasa.
Don’t say 30%.
He doesn’t want to part with any of it!
Shangyue Jingzheng doesn’t understand games.
In his view, Gu Sheng is ultimately an external “business manager”.
Now, Gu Sheng has taken a big order for their company, and as a reward, he asked for a 30% share of the bill when following up on the project.
Shangyue Jingzheng was naturally unwilling to part with the money.
After all, he also has another top business manager—Tsuna Yamamoto.
Furthermore, this business manager has longer working experience and more work experience. The most important thing is that Yamamoto Tsuna is not an external hire and does not need such a high share.
So, there is almost no trade-off!
Kage Kamigoshi hit it off with Yamamoto Tsuna right away, and decided to quit Golden Wind and independently develop "Silent Hill"!
"This...this is too rash! President!"
Moritani felt numb when he heard it!
Kamikoshi Kagemasa doesn’t understand games, but he does!
He is very aware of the special nature of the game Silent Hill!
“The unique psychological horror experience of Silent Hill was pioneered by Sam, and he is also the most proficient designer in mastering this concept. Replacing him, I feel..."
Don't wait for Moriya to finish.
Just then Yamamoto Tsuna spoke and interrupted him!
“Haha, what Mr. Moritani said is too arbitrary,”
Yamamoto Tsuna smiled and said:
“Replacing directors midway through game development is nothing new,”
“There are even many projects that are already halfway through development. Due to various reasons, the director was replaced, but in the end they were smoothly implemented without affecting the quality of the game at all.”
“What’s more, PT is just a trial version. It’s a good time for us to change designers before the official version is developed.”
After Yamamoto Tsuna finished speaking, he looked at Moritani with some pride.
Moritani ignored him, but kept staring at President Kamikoshi Keimasa: "President, this game really cannot change the director. After all, it was through this trial version that Sam won the title of 'King of Horror Games'. If At this time..."
However.
Moritani is not done yet!
Just then, Yamamoto Tsuna spoke again and interrupted him again: "It's just a false title. Today he is the King of Terror, and I can do it tomorrow..."
“There is no way to go to Bagya Road! (It’s so noisy, you bastard)”
Bang! !
Moritani finally couldn't bear it anymore!
Bang slapped the table!
Pointing to the big-looking Yamamoto Tsuna’s nose, he cursed:
“Who the **** are you?! How dare you interrupt me?! Are you looking for death?!”
A loud shout!
Hunting Yamamoto Tsuna was so frightened on the spot!
What is Tetsuya Moritani’s identity?
managing Director!
The most senior executive in the company, second only to the president Keimasa Kamigoshi!
And what about him?
A game designer!
It's not even a little bit different from Moriya's level!
Although he participated in this private meeting because he was the president's disciple.
But in terms of level, Moritani trained him as casually as training a dog!
“What…”
Seeing that Yamamoto Tsuna didn’t dare to dance anymore, Moritani snorted coldly and glared at him:
“From now on, shut your mouth. When I’m talking to President Joetsu, I don’t want to hear you say even half a syllable anymore. Do you understand?”
Yamamoto Tsuna lowered his head and shrank, looking at President Joetsu beside him, as if he wanted to say something else.
But he saw Shang Yue wave his hand: "Get out."
“But teacher…”
bang!
Without any hesitation!
Kamigosuke is a big mouth in both his forehand and backhand!
He directly took back what Tsuna Yamamoto said.
Then he waved his hand and raised his eyebrows!
“How many times have I told you, you must show your job title when you work! Get out of here!”
“Ha…Hai—!!”
(End of this chapter)