Star Trek is currently the most popular large-scale game. After its scandal was exposed, the situation became a little out of control.
According to the "whistleblower" Wang Yu, she was once a good friend of Luo Qingmei, the game designer of "Star Trek". She was very happy when the game created by her friend became a big hit, but she did not expect that her friend would do such a thing as plagiarism. The original designer of the new map was a staff member from the Federal Central Military District who was mainly responsible for the management of wartime maps. He was usually in charge of managing wartime maps, and he became interested in creating virtual maps on the Star Network for other game enthusiasts to experience.
However, because they had no experience in independent game production, they came to ask Luo Qingmei, who had experience in game design, for advice.
This was originally just a small matter of asking each other for advice, but Wang Yu did not expect that Luo Qingmei actually plagiarized the map designed by the other party. The latest updated map of "Star Trek" has more than 70% of the structure consistent with the other party's map. Wang Yu thought about it and finally decided to keep his "conscience" and expose it to the public!
It is this "conscience", what kind of "conscience" it is, I am afraid only Wang Yu himself knows.
At least, what Tang Tang learned from Luo Qingmei on the day of the incident was a completely different situation.
Considering that they came from the same military region, Luo Qingmei had indeed communicated with the other party before and gave him advice on the direction of game design, but the content of the advice was mainly about game design rules and game balance, and did not involve the game map at all.
On the contrary, before the new map version was officially updated to the public, only three people had seen it: Luo Qingmei, Luo Dongyang, and... Wang Yu.
After her physical condition improved a little, Luo Qingmei even publicly admitted on StarNet that she was indeed in poor condition and was too eager for quick success when she was designing and building the new map model, so the quality of the new map construction declined and was full of loopholes.
But he can swear that every map model of "Star Trek" was built by him alone without the help of others, whether it is the old maps in the past or the new maps now, he has never plagiarized others.
However, this matter still became a big deal.
One reason is that the last move of "Star Trek" was indeed not very good, which made many players feel that "Star Trek" was going to decline.
Secondly, Luo Qingmei did not have any strong evidence to prove that the map was indeed designed by herself, because Wang Yu posted a map design draft that was earlier than Luo Qingmei's, and the draft was most likely stolen from Luo Qingmei.
Furthermore, some people probably haven't had enough of Star Trek dominating the charts for so long, and they want to mess things up and get a piece of the pie.
In short, in just a few days, the popularity and traffic of "Star Trek" plummeted, a large number of players fled, and the ratings dropped to freezing point.
At this time, Wang Yu launched a large-scale game designed by the "original designer of the new map" on StarNet, and asked everyone to pay attention to the advertising screen recently. In a few days, their new game will be launched to the majority of players.
The timing couldn't have been more perfect. After reporting a wave of plagiarism allegations against "Star Trek", they took the opportunity to launch another large new game that was about to be released.
And from the description given by the other party, the content of this new game seems to be somewhat similar to "Star Trek". It seems to be called "Star Trek"?
To be honest, if Tang Tang was asked to believe that all this was just a coincidence, he really couldn't believe it.
This incident was such a coincidence that Tang Tang couldn't help but think that the "pheromone out-of-control incident" that happened a few days ago might have been intentional, just to disturb Luo Qingmei and make her stay in the hospital for observation, so that she would not have enough energy to go online to deal with this matter.
As for the issue of "plagiarism", it depends on one's opinion.
Tang Tang and Luo Qingmei were not very familiar with each other. At most, they had met and had contact with each other. But after returning from the agency a few days ago, she and Zhang Shang had nothing better to do and took down the old map models of "Star Trek" and compared them with the latest updated new maps. It can be basically confirmed that the new map was designed by the original designer, which should be Luo Qingmei's original design style.
The construction of the terrain structure modeling of the new map is based not only on the components of past wartime maps, but also on Luo Qingmei's personal habits.
For example, supply points for weapon parts are basically placed within a certain range, such as the attack range of nearby monster groups.
What's more, Tang Tang didn't think that Luo Qingmei had the need to copy a map that was worse than the old map she had designed before.
What's the benefit? There's no benefit at all. Why would you do something that doesn't bring you any benefit? Even a person with a weak brain wouldn't do it.
Moreover, as Tang Tang listened to this large-scale game that was about to be launched, he began to get a taste of it.
It seems that this large-scale game that is about to be launched is very likely the game that Lin Lin’s agent mentioned before, which "lets her stay out of the limelight" and "grabs the recent prime-time advertising."
"But didn't Luo Qingmei say that Wang Yu, like her, doesn't have any special background? If that's the case, where did they get such a huge sum of money to book a prime-time advertising slot?"
Hearing this, Zhang Shang couldn't help but ask.
Tang Tang thinks this is normal and not difficult to understand.
"What if Wang Yu isn't the only designer, or investor, behind this new game? Besides the 'original designer' she mentioned, there's probably also Ling, a 'powerful' investor from the Federation Center. Otherwise, Wang Yu, who comes from an ordinary background, and a designer who's at best well-off wouldn't be able to secure such a long period of prime time. And... Commander Huo still doesn't seem to have any accurate information on the origins of that syringe."
On the pretext of 'leaving a few bottles of wine for them', Tang Tang privately inquired about the situation on Luo Yang and Mu Changfeng's side. The reply he got was that it had been confirmed that it was indeed not an 'inhibitory injection' but a 'pheromone inducer'.
It was a drug developed in the past to stimulate Alpha, make Alpha feel excited and improve their combat effectiveness. However, it was later confirmed that if this drug was not used properly, it would leave Alpha with lifelong disability, so its development was banned. Luo Yang did not expect to see this banned drug here again.
The only lucky thing is that this time, it did not have an excessive impact on Luo Qingmei, and now this kind of "inducer" will be used moderately, and it is only used in the more dangerous pheromone surgery - "pheromone induction experiment".
However, before conducting the "induction experiment", the relevant treatment departments must apply to the federal center for approval. It is almost impossible to obtain this kind of medicine in other places. Luo Yang and his team are not sure where this "inducer" comes from.
As for Mu Changfeng's investigation at the battle pet base, he found nothing.
In fact, it was proved that the syringe involved in the incident some time ago was indeed swapped. When the person in charge of the combat pet base took Mu Changfeng to search for it, they were basically certain that this was the syringe that had been swapped, not the original one.
The reason is very simple. It's just that the syringe found in the battle pet base was very clean, as if it was broken by someone. But at that time, Caesar was angry and ran out. It was impossible for the wolf claws to be clean. Even if they were not stained with Caesar's blood, they would be stained with a lot of dust and dirt. It should look quite dirty. But the syringe they found was not like that. It was basically clean, with no blood or mud on it.
Therefore, after Mu Changfeng went back and checked the details with Luo Yang and Huo Yan, he was basically certain that it was the syringe that had been swapped. No wonder the investigation result of the battle pet base at that time was "nutrients". They concluded early on that the syringe had been swapped long ago without finding anything different.
As for 'Lin Ke', the person in charge of the battle pet base was also a little confused. He didn't quite understand Lin Ke's identity, but what was certain was that Lin Ke was indeed related to Marshal Lin in the Federal Center.
Because Lin Ke was a soldier on Marshal Lin's side, responsible for sending it to the combat pet base, and he also asked the person in charge of the combat pet base to help take care of it for a period of time.
After the incident, the people at the battle pet base didn't want to keep Lin Ke. Now he didn't know where Lin Ke had gone, whether he had returned to the federal center on his own, or was still staying in their secondary star zone.
But preliminary estimates suggest that if the previous injection was not aimed at the three-tailed wolfhound Caesar, it might have been aimed at Huo Yan, because Caesar is Huo Yan's war pet, and the bond between the two is not shallow. If the aura of Caesar around Huo Yan is affected, for example, if it is mixed with some kind of potion, it may have an impact on Huo Yan over a long period of time.
However, all of this is just speculation at the moment and no conclusion can be drawn. But just in case, Huo Yan let Caesar come back first and let Caesar live in his own home, so that Caesar would no longer stay at the battle pet base.
"If you want to know more information, you'll have to ask Marshal Lin for a thorough inquiry. However, Marshal Lin and Captain Lin have not been at the Federation Center for the past two months. It seems they went on an emergency mission some time ago, and they probably won't be back until the expedition is over. As for the incident with Major Luo, the relevant surveillance footage has been destroyed, and Wang Yu has also refused to admit that he gave Major Luo the inhibitory needle that day, saying that the needle was originally Major Luo's own. He said that it's normal for an Alpha in a susceptible period to inject himself with the inhibitory needle...?"
Luo Yang and Mu Changfeng also expressed helplessness when they talked about this. Although they did not tell the final result, Tang Tang also guessed that this huge loss would have to be borne by Luo Qingmei alone. They could only hope that Luo Qingmei would not lose her health because of this incident.
There's nothing we can do about it. Tang Tang can only put this matter aside for the time being.
Most importantly, they did not find any direct, crucial evidence. Based solely on the injection of "nutrients" that was swapped, they really had no good way to prove the crime.
Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, this matter has not affected Tang Tang's life. It just makes Tang Tang frown and feel very uncomfortable and unhappy.
The main reason is that the nature of this matter is too bad. If she is not careful, Luo Qingmei may become disabled for life. What kind of hatred and resentment would make Wang Yu attack his childhood friend?
But soon, Tang Tang became busy again and had no chance to think about this matter anymore. Instead, he focused all his energy on the advertising shooting.
Although Tang Tang has not yet decided whether it is better to choose other advertising time periods or postpone the promotion, this does not affect her decision to shoot the promotional advertisements in advance.
Just during this period, Lin Lin's schedule was free, and she had several days of rest.
Seeing this, Tang Tang decided to go all out and filmed Lin Lin's part of the advertisement first. He also invited several Omega Emei players who often played games with Lin Lin to shoot the advertisement together.
The shooting technique of the game promotional advertisement is also very simple, without too many fancy things. It simply tells the story of Lin Lin and other players, from reality to the game, and then from the game to reality.
Lin Lin and those little players really acted in their true colors, and their performance was not much different from when they were playing games. So the whole process of shooting the commercial was fast and smooth, and Tang Tang was quite satisfied with it. After returning, they only needed to do a little editing and fine-tuning to complete it, and there was no big problem.
It can be said that on the day of the commercial shooting, Tang Tang still found time to play games online with Lin Lin for a while before saying goodbye to Lin Lin.
The next step was the CG introduction to the game's worldview. This part was not stressful at all for Tang Tang. She didn't even need Zhang Shang's help and could finish the game promotional CG in a whole day. It was the last 'technical guidance' scene that took a little more time.
Actually, the difficulty wasn't in the filming itself, but in the other retired veterans. After seeing the incredibly well-dressed Wen Changping basking in the spotlight in front of the camera, they all started to get a little impatient and wanted to join in the photoshoot, even arguing that the spotlight couldn't just be on Wen Changping. Didn't he have enough photos on StarNet? Wasn't it time for them to get their turn?!
In response to this, Tang Tang directed the filming team to adjust the lens while saying in an extremely awkward tone:
"Well, this is a bit troublesome, isn't it? Seniors, as you know, I'm shooting a promotional advertisement for a game now, which will be put on an advertising screen. Grandpa Wen is the technical director of "Xianxia Qiyuan", so it's okay, but what about you seniors? What if after the advertisement is played, people misunderstand that you are all the technical directors of "Xianxia Qiyuan"? Wouldn't that damage your reputation? No, no, this is really not good~"
Just as Tang Tang was 'embarrassed' and 'declining', Wen Changping, who was looking at himself in front of the camera with satisfaction, couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Well, if you want to appear as handsome as me, you have to have a 'technical instructor' specially hired by Tang Xiaoyou. Otherwise, when the advertisement comes out, what will others say about Tang Xiaoyou? Am I right, Tang Xiaoyou~"
As Wen Changping spoke, he also blinked at Tang Tang. Every time he did this, Tang Tang acted as if she didn't understand anything and smiled brightly at everyone else with a "pure" face. Her smile was particularly bright, particularly beautiful, and particularly "innocent".
Even when smiling on the side, Tang Tang would put his hands behind his back and make a "two" gesture to Wen Changping, indicating that after the next batch of wine was produced, Wen Changping would get two more bottles than the other predecessors. Wen Changping narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this, and looked like he was in a good mood, as if "everything was under control".
Of course, the old fellows who could get along so well with the old fox Wen Changping were no pushovers. Even if they weren't old foxes, they were still jackals. Seeing the cunning interaction between the old man and the young man, could they really be so blind that they couldn't see anything? They couldn't help but spit out "Pooh" and repeatedly express their gratitude. They all thought they were the "technical directors" of "Xianxia Qiyuan"? Really.
In fact, they had already decided to become the "technical instructors" before, mainly because they had recently participated in the adjustment of the copy data with Wen Changping. The work was done, so wouldn't it be a big loss if they didn't become the "technical instructors"?
The reason they hadn't spoken up yet wasn't because of anything else, but to get more benefits from Tang Tang. They couldn't always let Wen Changping, the old fox, get more gifts than them, could they? Who would have thought that this big and small guy would play such a trick on them?
But don't be fooled by the faces of these veterans, each one more stingy than the other, because they are more generous than anyone else. Tang Tang had previously sneaked a peek at the progress of an unfinished game dungeon and saw a completely different dungeon map. He knew that these veterans were really dedicated to it, which made Tang Tang admire them deeply. He also tried his best to have the filming team capture the veterans at their best.
After all, in Tang Tang's eyes, these old seniors might be the most handsome people in the entire promotional advertisement.
About a week later, the promotional video for "Xian Xia Qi Yuan" was edited, and after a long period of thinking, Tang Tang decided to believe in the possibility of "Xian Xia Qi Yuan" and decided not to avoid a large-scale game that was about to be launched. Instead, he chose to place the advertisement in the morning time period and it is expected to be officially launched tomorrow.
However, what Tang Tang did not expect was that the time she chose to place the advertisement happened to be the second day after a large-scale game "Star Romance" aired during prime time was officially advertised and launched online.
Originally, this was nothing. Although Tang Tang was a little annoyed by Wang Yu, when it came down to it, she and Wang Yu had no grudge against each other. Tang Tang was not opposed to the launch of other large-scale new games. Anyway, the interstellar game market was bigger than she had imagined, and one game could not take up all the profits of the entire game market.
What's more, the other party's game has nothing to do with their "Xianxia Qiyuan" and has nothing to do with each other. Others can make their own games, and they can just make their own games.
However, when "Star Romance" launched a massive advertising campaign and was officially launched on the Star Network, Tang Tang, Zhang Shang and others were all a little dumbfounded, and couldn't help but sneer on their faces for a long time.
It was not just because in the designer name column of "Star Romance", they saw, in addition to Wang Yu and the name of a person who was said to be the original map designer, there was also a very familiar name - Lin Ke.
This is because "Star Romance" also has fantasy series battle pets and five major military camps.
Having fantasy pets and military factions wasn't a big deal; it was just a game mode, after all. Sooner or later, other game designers would develop and innovate based on it. But the problem was, the design and modeling of these fantasy pets were practically identical to Tang Tang's four mythical beasts, with only the color, an extra horn, or a tail as the only difference!
The author has something to say:
The little angel who is the prophet in the comment section is really awesome. He guessed the plot. Can I kill the prophet? _(:з」∠)_
Thanks to Doraemon Chang for the grenades!! And Senhai Koi for the mines!! Thanks to everyone for feeding this scumbag author! Bow!
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