Chapter 395: The Finale of 'Hidden' and the undercover text role-playing game of the Anti-Japanese W
February 24, 2022, Shanghai, a game studio
Studio owner Feng Xing looked at the draft of the new game design in front of him with some confusion, and then looked at the studio's chief designer in front of him, Lu Huang, who is also the studio's shareholder and founder, and hesitated.
"Lao Lu, do you think this game plan can work?"
Lu Huang is a thin man in his thirties, who may have been engaged in mental work all year round. His hairline is somewhat dangerous and his appearance is unattractive, but his eyes are bright and his speech is quite magnetic.
"Of course, Lao Feng, you know the financial situation of our studio. After the previous setback of "Cloud Road", we are no longer able to develop new games with themes that cost too much.
Text role-playing games are one of the new game themes we can currently undertake.
Xiao Li and I have had relevant production experience before, and Lao Wang, a veteran copywriter, is in control. Taking all factors into consideration, our studio has the best grasp of this theme for the new game."
"But……"
Feng Xing was still a little hesitant: "Text role-playing games are already niche, and if we make them about undercover anti-Japanese war games, I'm afraid they won't be able to attract players."
"No no no."
Xiao Li, who was sitting next to him, couldn't sit still. He asked: "Mr. Feng, do you know about the recently popular "Latent"."
Feng Xing nodded: "I've seen it twice, it's the spy drama starring Sun Lei."
"Mr. Feng, you may not pay much attention to this drama. "Insidious" is very popular online and offline. The finale yesterday, the average ratings of the entire drama was 3.79, and the Douhua score was 9.4. It is the spy drama with the best performance in recent years.
Not only that, the popularity of "Latent" also caused "underground fever", and many viewers and netizens took it upon themselves to learn and explore the deeds and history of underground workers back then.
This has undoubtedly cultivated some related enthusiasts. Now many people who want to take advantage of the popularity of "Insidious" are starting to prepare spy movies and TV shows. However, as far as I know, there is no news about games.
If we can get ahead of our peers and be the first to release related espionage-themed games, I believe we will get good sales results."
Xiao Li had obviously made a lot of preparations before and started talking about the matter. Lu Huang was also busy beside him and helped supplement the information from time to time. The two of them worked together to convince Feng Xing to agree to their plan.
However, Feng Xing was not so easily persuaded.
About 8 months ago, the studio founded by Feng Xing and Lu Huang was far from being as depressed as it is now. At that time, the studio was a relatively promising rising star in the game industry, with a peak number of employees of nearly 30.
At that time, in addition to Feng Xing and the others, there was a third person who founded the studio.
Feng Xing is the boss and is in charge of logistics and administrative work, while Lu Huang and the other founder are in charge of game development and technical issues.
At that time, the studio, which was full of people and horses, was preparing to enter the field of mobile games under the strong suggestion of another founder.
In fact, the studio's initial conditions were not enough to fully cope with the unprecedentedly competitive mobile game market, and most of the studio's employees had no relevant experience in mobile game production.
But because of the founder's strong encouragement, and because Feng Xing and Lu Huang also had a bright future for the company at that time, they were somewhat discouraged.
Therefore, the studio spent a lot of money to produce a competitive mobile game called "Cloud Road", with an almost all-or-nothing attitude to impact the mobile game market.
The results were dismal. The market for "Cloud Road", which was produced with a heavy investment, was cold and the studio almost went bankrupt.
After that, the founder broke up with Feng and Lu and left the studio. At its peak, there were nearly 30 employees in the game industry. Now there are only two big cats and two kittens, relying on the previous capital to maintain operations.
The disastrous failure of "Cloud Road" left a deep shadow on Feng Xing. Now that he heard that Lu Huang and the others were planning a new game, his first instinctive reaction was to resist.
It’s not easy to have a small studio.
Previously relying on capital for support, and after more than half a year of hard work by Feng Xing, the studio finally made some progress and accumulated a fairly considerable amount of funds.
This amount of money will determine whether the studio can make a comeback. Feng Xing simply doesn't dare to bet. If the bet fails, the studio will almost be disbanded.
Therefore, even if Lu Huang and Xiao Li made wild claims, he still remained cautious.
——Whether the text role-playing game with the theme of Anti-Japanese War undercover as mentioned by Lu and Huang will be included in the studio's new game plan can only be decided after careful study.
Even if someone takes the first bite of crab, you must put safety first...
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Lu and Huang understood Feng Xing's caution, but when they left Feng Xing's office, they couldn't hide their disappointment.
Colleagues are not fools. The outlets you can think of may not be thought of by others. The market for this subject is not big to begin with, so one step is slow and one step is slow.
The first person to develop a game can only eat meat and drink soup, and the second person may only be able to chew a few bones...
Lu and Huang left disappointed, and Feng Xing was not in a good mood. He knew that both of them were doing it for the good of the studio.
Especially Lu Huang, given his level, he could make more money by just finding a game company than by staying in a studio. Now he is guarding a studio with an uncertain future, isn't it because he can't bear to part with the hard work he has built?
Therefore, Feng Xing believes more than anyone else that Lu Huang's new tour plan is indeed for the good of the studio.
But as the boss and first shareholder, Feng Xing also has to be responsible for the studio and the remaining employees. Again, the current studio cannot afford to gamble.
"well……"
Sighing, Feng Xing stood up and poured a glass of water. After taking a few sips, he rubbed his face and turned on his computer to search for "Latent".
He planned to watch this drama, evaluate its specific quality, and then consider Lu and Huang's new travel plans.
Feng Xing had heard of "Insidious". When he went home, he would occasionally see his family watching the show. He glanced at it a few times, but didn't pay much attention to it.
Apart from knowing that it contains several familiar actors such as Sun Lei and Yin Li, the specific plot is not clear, so when evaluating "Latent" this time, Feng Xing started watching it from the first episode.
An episode of "Insidious" lasts about 45 minutes. Excluding the opening and closing credits, an episode lasts about 40 to 42 minutes.
On average, assuming that each episode is 41 minutes, the TV series has a total of thirty episodes. Even if there is no break in between, it will take 20.5 hours to finish continuously.
Of course, Feng Xing cannot watch 20 hours of TV series in one go. Even if he had the time, his body and mind would not be able to bear it.
He wanted to see the charm of the "Insidious" drama, to impress Lu Huang and prepare to follow suit and make a new game, and to try to analyze whether this theme was successful. It was not his purpose to endure the plot dryly.
Therefore, Feng Xing dedicated two days to study and watch "Latent".
From the appearance of Yu Zecheng in the first episode, to going undercover in Jinmen, fighting wits and courage with Ma Kui, Li Ya, Lu Qiaoshan and other enemies, completing each mission.
Then look at Yu Zecheng's true love and comrades-in-arms, Zuo Lan, Cuiping, Shopkeeper Qiu, Liao Sanmin... one by one, they either died or left him.
Feng Xing, who originally just wanted to study and analyze the TV series, gradually forgot his original purpose and became completely silent in the drama "Latent", and his mind was ups and downs with the characters and plot trends in it.
The drama "Insidious" was good in the early and middle stages. Although it was a bit depressing overall, the plot style still favored the protagonist Yu Zecheng's various magical operations. The audience was still very happy watching it.
But as the plot progresses, the tone of the entire drama becomes more and more serious.
Cuiping's "death" was the first explosive point in the finale of "Latent", and the subsequent plot stabbed the audience's heart.
Yu Zecheng, who mistakenly thought Cuiping was dead, had already put life and death aside and decided to take the command of the "Yellow Bird Project" where the military commander arranged for lurkers to stay in Jinmen from Li Ya. At the worst, he would also take the lurkers.
Got the personnel list.
This is not a simple matter. [Operation Yellow Bird] is highly confidential, Li Ya has always been cautious, and Lao Wu is unwilling to leave Yu Zecheng in Jinmen. Lao Yu's progress has often been unsatisfactory.
At the critical moment, Yu Zecheng made a desperate move and secretly reported Li Ya, leading Mao Renfeng to send a special commissioner to investigate Li Ya, and then borrowed the special commissioner's help to obtain the list.
Yu Zecheng's plan went smoothly and the list was successfully obtained. At the same time, Yu's contact person Liao Sanmin was discovered by Li Ya and both of them died together.
The footage of Liao Sanmin's sacrifice was extremely heroic.
At that time, Liao's identity was exposed and he was restrained by Li Ya's leaders. Yu Zecheng, not knowing the truth, called Liao Sanmin to discuss sabotaging the "Oriole Project", and Li Ya heard his voice.
Liao Sanmin noticed Li Ya's unusual movements. In order to protect Yu Zecheng, he pretended to cooperate. However, when he was going downstairs, he attacked Li Ya and fell down the stairs with Li Ya in his arms. In the end, they died together.
Liao Sanmin used his own life to help Yu Zecheng get rid of a powerful enemy, and at the same time put an end to the crisis of Yu Zecheng's identity being exposed.
Yu Zecheng was deeply saddened by Liao's sacrifice, but he also understood that his top priority was to hand over the latent list to the organization.
But here, without Liao Sanmin as their contact, the underground party also realized that Yu Zecheng's situation was extremely dangerous. That night, Yu Zecheng heard the organization's clear call on the radio of the secret intelligence liaison.
"Our station has been searching for Shenhai many times recently to persuade him to go home, but there has been no news. We hope Shenhai can hear him this time and can go home quickly.
Son, please come back quickly. Mom no longer needs your running around.
Have you heard the rumbling sound of cannons? That’s your mother’s heartbeat calling you
The firewood door at home is opened for you, and the oil lamp on the bed is lit for you.
The concern of the whole family is the bright red and beautiful window grilles
Mom stays up late for you, Mom prays for you,
Come back, my son, mother is waiting for you to come back and welcome the spring of 1949——"
The unabashed clear call, the profound recitation of the lines, the lyrical BGM, and the tears flowing from Yu Zecheng's eyes in the play are the biggest tears in the play.
Unbeknownst to others, Feng Xing himself cried like a dog while watching this episode.
His beloved "left" and his comrades died. At this time, Yu Zecheng had become a loner. Apart from the task in hand, he had almost lost the hope and belief in living.
At this time, the organization showed a clear attitude and made clear calls. You can imagine the impact it had on Yu Zecheng.
The audience outside the TV with a God's perspective felt that the hero had not been forgotten, and it was naturally difficult to suppress the excitement in their hearts.
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The call of the organization rekindled Yu Zecheng's fighting spirit. Anyway, the list of "Operation Yellow Bird" has been obtained, and he can retire with success.
However, what he didn't expect was that Old Wu had already kept a close eye on him.
At this point, if stationmaster Wu, an old fox, has not noticed the fishy nature of Yu Zecheng, then his training for so many years has been in vain.
So at the critical moment when Yu Zecheng was evacuating, he detained Yu Zecheng for many reasons.
First of all, Yu Zecheng is the deputy chief of Jinmen Station. If he runs back to the underground party and regains his identity in the future, the party will see that the military command has hidden such a big "worm". Old Wu, Yu Zecheng's boss and boss,
The boss is afraid that he will follow suit.
Secondly, Yu Zecheng did a lot of private things for Lao Wu and had a lot of dirty information about Lao Wu, so Lao Wu wanted to take Yu Zecheng with him to prevent him from being stabbed in the future.
Thirdly, Yu Zecheng is a very capable general, whom Lao Wu relies on very much. In the future, if the party withdraws from Taiwan and there will be another power reshuffle, he will need such talents to assist him.
Fourth, our party is powerful, and no one can predict the future situation. With an underground party hostage in hand, we finally have some luck in negotiations, and may save our lives at a critical moment.
Fifth, after all, we have been together for several years and have a good relationship, which is somewhat mixed with some personal emotions.
For many reasons, Lao Wu definitely wanted to take Yu Zecheng away. Even if he didn't take his wife, he still had to take Yu Zecheng with him.
Lao Wu was well prepared, and Yu Zecheng had no choice but to admit defeat. However, before leaving, he hid the information in the chicken coop at home, hoping that he would have the opportunity to notify the organization to retrieve it.
Yu Zecheng never expected that the opportunity would come so quickly. While waiting for the plane at the airport, Yu Zecheng saw Cuiping coming back from the dead.
It turned out that Cuiping was not dead at the time, but because of the chaos in Jinmen, she could not contact the organization, and she did not dare to come back to find Yu Zecheng for fear of injuring him, so she temporarily found a maid in a wealthy family.
The couple met again and looked at each other with tears in their eyes. Although neither of them spoke, it was worth a thousand words.
The situation was urgent. In front of Cuiping, Yu Zecheng imitated an old hen to remind him of the information in the henhouse. The two had hidden gold bars in the henhouse before. Cuiping immediately understood what Yu Zecheng meant.
The couple separated again, Cuiping went to get information, but Lao Wu and Yu Zecheng took a plane to fly to Taiwan.
On the plane, Yu and Lao Wu had a meaningful conversation, which was very interesting and was analyzed by various commentators on the Internet.
Wu: "The headquarters originally wanted you to stay, but I felt that the Yellow Bird Project had no future, so I rejected it."
Yu: "I like to lurk and be stimulated."
Wu glanced at Yu, shook his head and said: "You are serious and not ruthless, so you are not suitable for lurking."
Yu smiled and became expressionless.
After that, Cuiping successfully obtained the information, but the "Oriole Project" failed, and then she was arranged to a remote mountain village to remain anonymous.
Cuiping did not complain. She understood that only in this way could Yu Zecheng be safe, so she was willing to do this.
It is worth mentioning that Cuiping is pregnant.
In the following days, she would stand on the hilltop in the village, holding her child in her arms, waiting hard for Yu Zecheng to come to her one day and reunite her family of three.
At the same time, Lao Yu, who came to Taiwan Province, received a new lurking mission. The superiors sent him a new partner, who also played the role of a couple with him - Mu Wanqiu.
In the end, Yu Zecheng and Mu Wanqiu stood side by side in a room, looking at the wedding photos on the wall. Yu Zecheng thought of the shrewd and rude Cuiping and couldn't help but shed tears.
The scene freezes at this moment, and the whole play of "Latent" ends.
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After watching "Latent", Feng Xing lay on the sofa in his office. It took him more than two hours to calm down. Then he got up and frantically searched for news and posts related to "Latent" on the Internet.
A few hours later, Feng Xing called Lu Huang.
"Lao Lu, your plan is right. The new game will have an undercover theme."
"Haha, Lao Feng, you finally figured it out. Don't worry, I will definitely come up with a high-quality game this time. Just wait for our studio to become a big hit."
"Okay, I'm waiting for your kindness. By the way, do you have a new game name?"
"Not yet, tentatively it will be "Lurker"."
"The name is too similar to "Insidious". In addition, it sounds a bit like an assassin game, which doesn't fit the theme of the game. I've come up with a new name. Do you think it's okay?"
"What you said makes sense, what's the new name?"
""Invisible Guardian"......"
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