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Chapter 116 Is this Lin Mu's studio?
As soon as Zhu Nianqiao said this.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward...
Mainly because Mou Feng felt awkward. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to hide in...
Lin Yao glanced at Zhu Nianqiao, a little confused.
You are performing crosstalk here...
Chen Qi was not surprised. After all, he had vaguely guessed that in his eyes, Zhu Nianqiao was a little dark... He even suspected that Zhu Nianqiao did it on purpose.
"Did you misunderstand something?"
Zhong Xiu looked at the two middle-aged men, then at Lin Yao, Zhu Nianqiao, Mu Wanqing and others. He guessed something and felt that he needed to stay here for a while.
After hearing what Zhong Xiu said, Mou Feng looked at him awkwardly, then slowly lowered his eyes to the planning book and original painting in his hand. After a long silence, he suddenly said, "Excuse me, can you show me the things in your hand?"
"No."
Zhong Xiu looked at him as if he was a fool: "Don't you understand the concept of commercial secrets? Besides, Mr. Chen Qi over there is also a member of Tianhu. You should have heard of Tianhu's reputation." After
saying this,
Chen Qi was also a little embarrassed.
Zhong Xiu didn't care.
He was just an employee of the studio, and the other two were here to visit. In fact, he could say anything.
Mou Feng turned around and looked at Lin Yao again.
His eyes were very complicated.
Lin Yao was a little strange, and thought for a while: "Zhong Xiu, it doesn't matter if you show him the original painting, but the planning book is forgot. Mr. Mou, please forgive me. This is the gameplay that "Breakout" will update next, so it's inconvenient."
Mou Feng nodded silently.
Zhong Xiu thought about it and handed him the original painting.
In fact, most of them are gun skins drawn by Lin Yao.
Specially prepared for the New Year.
Because it is the Year of the Snake, Lin Yao also sticks to this point. The pendants on the gun skin and the gun shape all have the style of snakes, which is very interesting, but overall, the steel feeling of the gun has not been weakened, which is very balanced.
Mou Feng silently read the original painting in his hand, and then handed it back to Zhong Xiu. Suddenly he sighed and looked at Lin Yao: "So it is really you who is in charge of the original painting. So, is "Breakout" also your work?"
"From planning the gameplay to the original painting, even the promotional video is all senior sister, didn't I just say it."
Zhu Nianqiao immediately answered when he heard it.
Lin Yao glared at Zhu Nianqiao lightly and said:
"It's mainly because the studio is limited in size. You can see that the studio has not moved yet, and it can't fit more people. In addition, it is difficult to find excellent art staff who meet the temperament of the work, so I am responsible for it." "
...What a pity."
Mou Feng looked at the young woman in front of him who was younger than his son, and was completely convinced.
The embarrassment just now and the evidence in front of him made his face a little hot.
But then he sighed again.
"What a pity?" Lin Yao was a little surprised.
"You obviously have such ability and such conditions, but you only make online games."
Mou Feng sighed again.
As soon as he said this.
Everyone in Linmu Studio looked at him strangely. Zhong Xiu looked at Lin Yao, but finally shook his head secretly.
Lin Yao scratched her face lightly and smiled embarrassedly: "Because online games make money."
"But..." Mou Feng seemed to want to argue.
Lin Yao raised her hand, interrupted him, and smiled: "I know that you think stand-alone games can also make money. I just learned about your situation from Miss Mu in the conference room. You are the founder of Tianhu and have been abroad. You may think that Tianhu has gone astray, but have you ever thought that there is actually no console culture in China?"
Mou Feng was slightly stunned.
"Standalone games won't work now, at least not in China at this stage. You know, the original idea for Breakout was to make it a buyout game, but I gave up in the end because I didn't have the confidence. The consumption and playing habits of domestic players are fundamentally different from those overseas."
"I know you must be a person who firmly believes that games are the ninth art, and so am I, but I won't be reckless and ask everyone to pay for my dream. Our studio doesn't have the technical capabilities to make a standalone game for the time being. You should have visited the engine group just now, right? That thing has indeed reduced our burden, but the work hasn't been reduced much. If our studio wants to make a standalone game of the quality of Breakout, it will take at least two years. Two years of investment, and finally release it in a market with low acceptance, the risk is too great."
"Our studio doesn't even have a single overseas market, but we have to use the two-year revenue of Fantasy OL to bet on a future that doesn't look very bright. I really don't have the courage to do that. With such a huge expenditure and only one source of income, I may have to exploit the people behind you to make the game. It's not noble, and even a bit despicable to use people's blood and sweat to achieve your dream."
Lin Yao smiled and continued, "So I make online games, because it makes money, it's not shabby, I can use the money earned from online games to protect the people behind you, so that they have a decent life and a job without worries.
At the same time, I can use online games to slowly train my technical skills. As long as I have the heart, I will get there one day, and online battles may become the trend of stand-alone games in the future. The online games you don't like now may become our advantage. Who knows?"
"..."
Mou Feng opened his mouth when he heard this, wanting to refute, for example, everyone is like-minded, there is no exploitation at all.
But he thought of the large group of people in Linmu Studio behind him, and finally couldn't say it.
It was not until then that he suddenly reacted.
Perhaps, I shouldn’t start a company.
The best path for me is to either work for others or find a few like-minded friends and then use my savings to make some independent games…
Seeing Mou Feng standing there in a daze, Lin Yao fell silent. After thinking for a while, she smiled brightly and said, "Of course, this is just my personal opinion. I am still young. This is just the way of survival that I have summarized. I don't know whether it is right or wrong. Mr. Mou, just treat it as a joke.
In fact, I admire you very much, Mr. Mou. If one day, Mr. Mou makes an ideal game and can't find a place to publish it, Linmu Studio is very willing to serve and will definitely spare no effort."
Mou Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He was already doubting himself.
"Don't you plan to make games?"
Seeing his expression, Lin Yao immediately changed the subject: "Then is Mr. Mou interested in coming to Linmu Studio... You see, our studio has good treatment, dreams and ideals, and we are planning to open up overseas markets to pave the way for the production of ideal stand-alone games in the future. We need talents like Mr. Mou..."
Chen Qi: "..."
Damn it.
Is this the boss of Linmu Studio?
He just said that he could slowly train his technical skills with online games. As long as he was determined, he would get to that step one day. He looked uncertain about the future.
Now he said that he was paving the way for the production of ideal stand-alone games in the future?
(End of this chapter)