In the original boycott of video games by TV stations, NHK, as the big brother of Japanese TV stations, did not make any clear statement. It seemed that it felt that this was a bit downgraded.
Anyway, they don't make money from the ratings, so there is no need to break up with others because of the reduced ratings.
But this does not mean that those creators will not boycott video games.
NHK may not care about ratings, but the creators of film and television dramas have thus affected the efficiency of spreading their own reputations.
People used to discuss what TV series you watched today and which famous screenwriter made a good TV series.
But now, people's energy is scattered.
Especially some time ago, that Final Fantasy.
As soon as the game came out, this was discussed almost everywhere.
Don't they understand how good this thing is?
It is obviously just an entertainment product, but it has become so powerful in a short period of time that it almost dominates the entire social topic.
And this is not just limited to the country.
There are very heated discussions in the United States and Europe.
Many screenwriters are generally quite rigid, especially well-known screenwriters, and it is difficult for them to accept this brand new thing, at least now.
Especially since this thing seems to be trying to steal their jobs.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing their parents, and even more so destroying their reputation.
It’s just that the expansion speed of video games is really terrifying.
The alliance of several TV stations didn't even have the slightest impact, and in the end it made those commercial TV stations a mess.
"I disagree! I firmly disagree! How dare that game company come to your doorstep and want to adapt my script? Forget it. They want to create a completely original story after adapting my script. This is me
The work that I worked so hard to create has achieved such good results. He is a game maker and knows nothing about telling stories. I firmly disagree with him using my stories!"
In a small conference room at NHK, several creators of recent popular legal dramas were holding a small seminar.
The producers of this show deal with management matters other than creation on a daily basis.
He directly agreed to cooperate with the government.
In his opinion, this cooperation is no big deal, it is just to complete an official political mission.
He just mentioned this matter in passing during his routine seminar today.
At first he said that he had a copyright cooperation project with the government, but several screenwriters had no reaction.
But when he said that the partner was called Youxing Electronic Entertainment, it was as if some kind of switch had been touched. The screenwriters almost unanimously expressed strong objections.
This reaction caught the producer off guard.
"This cooperation project is with the government's copyright cooperation. In fact, it is quite beneficial to us. It is equivalent to getting familiar with the government. Your works will also be more famous in the future."
"No! What is a video game? Why is there any need to cooperate with such a downgraded thing?"
Downgrading? Wouldn’t TV shopping be downgrading if it sells co-branded steamed buns of the same style? It’s just a matter of money.
Sometimes it is really difficult for screenwriters to understand this kind of brain circuit.
But the producers had to listen carefully to the writers' opinions.
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In particular, one of the screenwriters has a very powerful background and is a direct member of a certain faction of the newspaper. He is always a sidekick in the TV station.
So he had no choice but to talk to the government about this matter.
Even the government cannot forcefully intervene in this kind of thing, otherwise some unpleasant scandals may spread.
The president had a headache when he learned about this the first time.
Originally, he had already made a promise with Zhu Youxing, but something unexpected happened right before his eyes. It was really a bit unexpected.
Then he found a way to have a good talk with the producer and promised some benefits.
But as long as the screenwriter doesn't let go, there's nothing he, the producer, can do.
He can indeed offend these screenwriters, but under the same roof, it is always not good to offend one's own people for the affairs of outsiders. Even he feels that those screenwriters are really a bit crazy.
The president had no choice but to give up the plan in the end, but he didn't know how to tell Zhu Yusei about it for a while.
He had made good promises before.
At this time, Zhuyouxing was still concentrating on the production of two games.
Now that the production content of the game has been determined, the only thing left is to start making the game step by step.
The two games run in parallel, which is quite a challenge for a team.
Fortunately, Ace Attorney does not require much effort. Even if it is a team of more than a dozen people, as long as the script and the basic rules of the game are set up, it will not be too difficult to develop.
The original Ace Attorney was completed with a small number of people and took more than eight months.
With the manpower that Zhu Youxing can command at the moment, there is no problem in accelerating development.
However, while Zhu Youxing was still concentrating on the early preparations for the game, the president mentioned the other party's refusal to cooperate.
"I'm very sorry, President Zhuyou. NHK has already given me a reply. The other party doesn't really want to do this cooperation. They may not really need the benefits and fame, so they haven't produced any derivative works.
Intend."
He was very happy that Zhu Youxing took the initiative to talk to him as the president about cooperation, but the other party did not appreciate it at all, even if the government offered some benefits.
This really made him feel helpless.
"That's it." Zhu Youxing said while holding the phone, and then glanced at the employees who were working.
These employees are building the game framework, mainly The Sims, and Ace Attorney has been handed over to about 20 people with more experience to take sole responsibility.
When the president said that the other party had no plans to cooperate in film and television productions, he didn't think it was a big deal.
He proposed that derivative works and adapted games were just a small way of repaying the government for giving him a large piece of land in the most prosperous area for free.
He didn't care about the adaptation of a legal drama.
He doesn’t really want to ride on the popularity of this legal drama. Ace Attorney is not lacking in this popularity. The game itself is powerful enough. Even without the so-called film and television drama adaptation gimmick, Zhu Yuxing believes that this game can still
Got some decent feedback.
"Then this cooperation will be temporarily suspended. However, I will continue to make games. As for whether there will be opportunities to adapt literary and artistic works into games in the future, I can't say. Do you think this will work?"
"Of course, of course." The president breathed a sigh of relief. When he explained it to Zhu Youxing just now, he was actually quite tactful, but he was afraid that Zhu Youxing would think too much.
Now it seems that Zhu Youxing is quite generous and does not care about the failure of this kind of cooperation. It seems that he is still a little worried.
He was also worried that Zhu Youxing would care about such things because he was not very young.