Chapter 498 Why is it called Xiao Ming? (6716, 2000 added)
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"Boom! Whoosh~"
A badminton drew an oblique arc and flew over the right side of the net.
"Hey!"
"Bang!"
Da Mimi, who changed into a pair of gray yoga pants and a white sports vest, took two steps diagonally to the left and tried to reach the ball, but it was hit back to Fang Yu's side.
It’s true, Da Mimi’s movements were pretty standard. Although a little clumsy and she had some problems judging where the ball would land, it was obvious that she had practiced specifically when she was a child.
After all, I am a native of Xinhao, and I have never lacked resources to train my hobbies since I was a child.
It was not until Fang Yu went to college that he realized that so many of his classmates had never taken any interest classes since childhood and had only attended cram schools.
He used to think that most children had to learn at least one or two literary and artistic skills from a young age.
This also made him feel for the first time that, to some extent, everyone in the world, including himself, was "eating meat porridge".
People cannot imagine things beyond their own cognition.
"Bang!"
Liu Feifei, still wearing jeans and a T-shirt, had a serious expression on her face. She moved her position slightly, stretched her body, and jumped high. The racket and the ball made a crisp sound, and a white light flew quickly to the backcourt.
"ah!"
Da Mimi screamed, and quickly stepped back, jumping and leaping, flying up and down, but she still fell short of reaching the ball.
"What are you doing? It's just a game of ball. Why are you so anxious? It's boring. I won't play anymore."
Da Mimi was defeated by Liu Feifei and felt a little embarrassed. Instead, Tiangang used a universal trick - "You are anxious."
Liu Feifei bit her lip, looking indignant.
Didn’t you just challenge me and insist on playing badminton with me? What? You don’t want to admit defeat?
It was obvious that Ning Yu's personality was outside now. Seeing Da Mimi acting like a rogue, she had no way to deal with it and could only put on a blank face and pretend not to hear it.
Da Mimi has refined her essence into energy many more times than Liu Feifei, but after all, she doesn't exercise regularly, her foundation is poor, and her base is low. Although her improvement coefficient is greater than Liu Feifei's, her physical fitness is still not as good as Liu Feifei's who has a better foundation.
After all, in order to shoot the action scenes, Liu Feifei's exercise intensity is much greater than that of ordinary fitness enthusiasts most of the time.
In fact, this is the norm for celebrities. Although many celebrities stay up late and go to bars every day, their physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary people. If they really fight, at least 70% of adults cannot beat celebrities of the same gender, because exercise itself is their job.
People like Da Mimi, who work non-stop and value money over life, are actually a minority. In the past, those who relied solely on medical beauty to prolong their lives were the ones who did.
Da Mimi rolled her eyes at Fang Yu who was grinning, picked up the Pocari Sweat on the sidelines, gulped down two gulps, and wiped the sweat off her face.
In fact, there is not much sweat. After the essence of life is improved, the physical fitness is also improved accordingly. This amount of exercise will only make my face a little flushed.
"What is this little thing called? Why isn't it in the version I played before?" Da Mimi tilted her neck back to drink Pocari Sweat, and glanced curiously at the pad in Fang Yu's hand.
This pad looks like a fruit iPad Pro, but there is no fruit logo on it, and it seems that the back cover has been replaced.
In the middle of the screen, there was a furry creature that looked like a milky white ball of fur. It had two big round eyes, its limbs were buried in fur, and it kept spitting out saliva bubbles that were bigger than itself from its mouth. It looked extremely cute.
"Its name is Xie Yu. If the enemy attacks first, it will spit out a ball of bubbles. The bubbles will wrap around the enemy and then explode, causing excess damage. There is also a 50% chance of trapping the enemy in the bubbles."
"Xieyu is a beast that will only be released during the public beta test. It is not among the 20 beasts released in this closed beta test."
Fang Yu chuckled and handed the Pad to Da Mimi.
"Xie Yu? This little thing has a rather strange name."
Da Mimi held the Pad and poked the ball of hair on the screen.
The chubby Xie Yu on the screen suddenly turned into an angry expression, jumped up and spat at the screen.
The screen looked like it was actually spitted at, and one could vaguely see the Xieyu turning around and running away after spitting.
The Husky pointed at someone and said, "Hey, hey, hey~~~ Why did it spray all over my face? And then it ran away? That's too much. Did it learn this from you?"
Da Mimi couldn't find Xie Yu on the screen and gnashed her teeth, "How do we get this thing back? I'm so pissed off."
Fang Yu shrugged: "It's a Xiezhi cub. It hates being called a little thing. If you call it that, it will definitely spit at you."
Moreover, the Xiezhi can distinguish right from wrong, eliminate evil and do good, and is impartial. If it sees two people fighting, it will bite the one who is in the wrong. The door rings of ancient yamen had statues of this creature.
I didn't turn off its environmental sensing mode. When it saw you bullying Liu Feifei, spitting at you would be the least of its worries.
Da Mimi curled her lips, put the pad aside, and adjusted her yoga pants.
It has been squeezed into shape. If there was no one else, it wouldn't matter. It would be a good thing. Who knew that this woman would come today? I came here to talk about the press conference in two days and get a booster shot. What is she doing here?
Ning Yu glanced at the screen curiously, and seeing that Fang Yu had no objection, she picked up the pad and shook the camera towards the badminton hall. She saw a furry ball hiding behind a pile of cushions and peeking out, just like the real thing.
"What's your name, little one?"
Ning Yu showed a faint smile, stretched out her finger and tapped the milky white ball of fur.
Maoqiu tilted his head as if looking at Ning Yu, his eyes rolling around, as if hesitating for a moment, and suddenly jumped out from behind the mat with a "plop", jumped to the center of the screen, and looked up at her.
That expression was as if he was really looking at Ning Yu outside the screen, and he even blew a bubble at Ning Yu.
"You're so cute, are you a boy or a girl?"
When Maoqiu heard this, he immediately jumped onto the small male icon in the corner of the screen. Ning Yu couldn't help but laugh with her hands covering her mouth. She stretched out her finger and touched the screen like she was touching a cat.
"A boy, hahaha... you have a little horn on your head. You can only see it when your hair is spread out. It's so cute."
Xie Yu seemed to feel Ning Yu's touch. He squinted his eyes and made a "mu mu mu" snoring sound through the speaker of the pad.
"How about I call you 'Good Boy'? You don't like it? Um...what about Cub? That's your brother's name? Then how about...Xiao Ming?"
Fang Yu curled his lips when he heard this. What kind of crappy name is this?
Although Xieyu appears to be fair and impartial, he actually has a servile face. However, he is not a dragon turtle like Bixi. Why is he called Xiao Ming?
However, it’s okay for a brainless bootlicker like Youzi, but even this virtual pet likes Liu Feifei?
I always feel like there's something to this.
"I want to register one too." Liu Feifei raised her head, her eyes sparkling. "Can I download it from the App Store?"
Da Mimi said sarcastically, "It's still under development, honey. Of course it hasn't been downloaded yet. Didn't I just say that? Oh, I forgot. You don't really understand this common sense."
"This game doesn't support fruit. The Rice Mix, which will be released tomorrow, is the only phone that currently supports this game. It also comes with a trial version that has 20 exotic beasts to capture."
"If you want to play, I'll ask the organizer for an extra one. Oh, and by the way, it won't conflict with your endorsement, right?"
She is the spokesperson for Rice Mix and will be on stage at the launch conference the day after tomorrow, so naturally she needs to understand the product in advance.
In front of Fang Yu, Da Mimi showed deep sisterly love to Liu Feifei.
Da Mimi thought to herself that I’m not as strong as you, but when it comes to brains, you and your stupid mom combined won’t get as high a score as I do in the college entrance exam.
She is a child star and has been filming since she was young. During the critical period of her second year of high school, she filmed a movie called The Return of the Condor Heroes with Liu Feifei, and she scored more than 430 points in the college entrance examination.
It doesn't sound high, but it's above the second-tier line. At least in the celebrity circle, I'm smarter than 99% of people.
She felt that if she had not decided to pursue an artistic career at a young age, it would not have been a problem for her to be admitted to C9.
Hearing Da Mimi's gossip, Liu Feifei turned her head away silently, but Fang Yu opposite her could see that Liu Feifei's eyes and expression changed instantly.
The secondary personality can't defeat Da Mimi, so you have to release the main personality, right?
"I really like this game. Do you need an endorsement?"
Liu Feifei sat on the folding chair opposite Fang Yu, crossed her legs, and gently rubbed Fang Yu's calf with the instep of her left foot, biting her lip. "It's free."
!!!
Liu Feifei, what are you doing?
Where are you rubbing your fat feet? How shameless! I can't do such a thing!
Don’t even mention how ugly Da Mimi’s expression is.
Even though she usually looks like she can flirt with everyone, she is actually quite reserved in front of other women.
Just like when she fights together with Reba or Scarlett, she is rarely the main attacker.
He talks tough but is actually a coward.
Ultimately, it’s a lack of confidence.
Da Mimi's lack of confidence is not due to inferiority, but comes from having too clear a self-awareness.
Not only in front of Fang Yu's other women, she often does this even at work.
No matter how much her fans flatter and control comments under the team's operation, she can clearly recognize the gap between herself and her competitors and what her advantages are.
But at the same time, her remaining sense of shame also prevents her from being shameless and righteous when her fans flatter her.
So when she appears in the same frame with female stars who are more photogenic than her, her expression and movements always seem a little unnatural.
The same is true when she attends events. Variety shows and interviews are her forte, and she often performs exceptionally well; but whenever it comes to large-scale fashion parties, she always has a sense of forced composure.
She really didn't like this feeling, but she couldn't change it, so she could only pretend to be relaxed and bring up the negative information to make fun of herself, to show that these were nothing to her. She acted like she didn't care and saw through everything to hypnotize herself and gain a brief sense of self-consistency.
Just as Da Mimi was hesitating whether to take the initiative to save the situation, she heard a greeting coming from the door of the badminton hall.
"Xiao Fang! The last three sets of exotic beast models have been synchronized into the system. Yocar and Lao Sui want to talk to you!"
Liu Feifei pulled her feet back quickly and felt her face getting hot.
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"Yocar, have you thought this through? Are you sure you don't want to integrate your game into Taihuang?"
Yu Dan turned the steering wheel with one hand and casually asked Wei Ao in the passenger seat.
Wei Ao's expression was a bit conflicted. "Old Sui and I have discussed this. If Youguo Games opens up its engine licensing, we still want to make an independent Journey to the West 3A game. After all, this is the most valuable IP among the Four Great Classics."
Sui Yi nodded and said, "Daniel, we want to make a pure standalone game, one that you can sit down and plug in the controller and play all day long, not some AR game."
Sui Yi paused for a moment and continued, "Of course, Mirage is indeed a groundbreaking engine. Even if we exclude AR, it's the biggest technological revolution in gaming history. It can greatly improve the production efficiency and reduce production costs of 3A games."
"If we get the authorization, we are confident that we can complete the 'Wukong Legend' we discussed before within a year and a half without further financing."
"What if Youguo Games doesn't agree to authorize the engine to other parties?" Yu Dan asked, glancing at Sui Yi in the rearview mirror.
"Rage has never been licensed to anyone else, and as you can see, the world setting of Taihuang is designed to integrate other themes."
Wei Ao and Sui Yi's expressions changed: "Daniel, do you disagree with external authorization?"
A hint of helplessness played around Yu Dan's lips. "It's not a question of whether I agree or not. Although I organized this discussion, I don't have any say in Youguo Games' business strategy."
Wei Ao was puzzled and frowned: "Didn't you vote in the pomelo game?"
Yu Dan remained calm: "I invested a little, but only a very small stake."
"A very small number of shares? How much is that?"
Although he knew that Yu Dan was unlikely to reveal the specific number, Wei Ao still couldn't help but ask.
To Wei Ao's surprise, Yu Dan didn't hide anything: "2.5%."
2.5%?
Wei Ao turned around and looked at Sui Yi behind him, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Such a small stake?
"Daniel, since you only own such a small stake in Youguo Games, why are you suggesting that we merge into Youguo?"
Wei Ao rubbed his forehead and said, "Frankly speaking, if Youguo opens up its engine licensing, then it's bound to replace Epic. It's not impossible for it to even reach a valuation three times higher than Epic's. But if it doesn't open up its engine licensing, I'm not very optimistic about the commercial transformation of Taihuang Mountain and Sea Realm."
"The technology in Taihuang Mountain and Sea Realm is impressive, and the gimmicks are great, but it's a mobile game, and the most important thing for a mobile game is recharge and retention."
"Recharging is easy to do. Whether selling items or raising pets, there are plenty of recharge points. But in terms of retention, this game simply can't have high retention. This is a pain point for any collectible game. Even with a super IP like Pocket Monsters, Go has one of the lowest retention rates among mobile games."
"Daniel, you should persuade Mr. Fang to open up the engine licensing as soon as possible. It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish. Only when more people participate in the Mirage engine ecosystem can a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend."
"Really?" Yu Dan smiled. "Let's not talk about this topic for now. Let's talk about it after the press conference tomorrow. We're here, let's get out of the car. The neighborhood is flooded from the rain. It would be more comfortable if we could just walk here."
Seeing Yu Dan's smile, Wei Ao couldn't help but frown.
Why is Daniel laughing so... weirdly?
"Wait a minute, I need to take a call." Yu Dan picked up the phone on the stand and answered the call.
Wei Ao had good eyesight due to his glasses, and he saw at a glance that it was Zhu Yifei calling.
Is the secondary element also completed?
"Oh, okay, I get it. Boss Cat, since you're willing to join, that's great. I'll have someone come up with an agreement. It's still the same price as before. Okay, see you later."
After hearing Yu Dan's call, Wei Ao and Sui Yi looked at each other, feeling a little shaken.
"Daniel, did you also vote for Linglan?" Wei Ao asked tentatively with a smile and pretending to be indifferent.
Yu Dan twitched his lips and said, "No, I'm here to help."
Wei Ao and Sui Yi couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.
Help? That word is so damn familiar.
Could it be that Linglan was really incorporated into Youguo Games?
The three of them had their own thoughts. After turning a corner and entering the club, they went directly to the second floor via the spiral staircase.
The second floor of this club has been converted into a fitness center, with half of the venue being a badminton court and the other half being equipment.
Sui Yi complained as he went upstairs: "This community is so big, with nearly 200 townhouses, why is the occupancy rate so low? I haven't seen a single owner."
Wei Ao looked around and nodded in agreement. It seemed that he hadn't seen any owners in all these days.
"Oh, this residential complex has actually been completed for two or three years, but it can't be sold because the paperwork is incomplete."
"Xiao Fang acquired this place just six months ago. While completing the paperwork, he also did the interior renovations. Originally, he wanted to reward outstanding employees of Youzi Technology. Later, Haixi approved a separate 200-acre construction site in Xinghai Bay for Youzi Technology to build an employee community."
"So, Xiao Fang is going to send this to the team that agrees to join Youguo Games."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wei Ao and Sui Yi's jaws almost dropped to the ground.
Sent to the team that agreed to join?
Townhouse?
Even though the housing prices in Haixi are not high, a townhouse here should cost close to five million, right?
It is not far from the city center, and it takes about 40 minutes to drive to the city center. If there is a traffic jam, it will only take a little more than an hour. The environment is good and the surrounding facilities are complete.
The only problem might be that there are no good public schools nearby, only two private ones.
Are you sure this isn't price gouging?!
Are the young masters nowadays investing so much money in the gaming industry?
Compared to them, Principal Wang is nothing but a bunch of charlatans! ! ! ! !
"It's not that exaggerated. This place was previously developed by Chenghai. Cheng Xiaohui lost contact in the middle of last year. His son is now in charge of the company, and they're in urgent need of cash flow. The paperwork isn't in place, and we can't open it for sale. We'd be lucky to have someone take it. I estimate it's at most 400 million yuan, with an average cost of around 2 million per unit."
Two million? Now it can be sold for at least four and a half million. Wouldn't this be a huge profit?
Seeing the expressions of the two, Yu Dan knew what they were thinking. He smiled and did not explain.
Do you think anyone can make that kind of money? There are plenty of companies that can come up with 400 million, but how many can handle the formalities?
"Only those with great ability and contributions will be given townhouses. There are 100 of them in total. The others are mainly given to entire teams so that they can have their own office space. However, the ownership belongs to the team themselves and they can buy and sell them freely after three years."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's too much, okay?!
Even for the legendary big-hitting pay-to-win games with a turnover of over 100 million, I have only heard of paying the down payment to employees, and they are the core of the core, only a few people at most.
However, this cannot be said. For large companies like Penguin and Ali, not counting the construction expenses of employee dormitories, only the interest-free loans for employees to buy houses cost more than tens of billions each year.
The main reason is that there are too many employees.
"Xiao Fang! I've brought Yocar and Lao Sui here. The high-poly model for the real team has been completed, and I'm looking for you to confirm the style of the low-poly model. I've brought the people to you, but I have something urgent to do, so I need to go to Boss Hu first."
Yu Dan greeted Fang Yu, and nodded to Liu Feifei and Da Mimi.
Sui Yi followed Yu Dan awkwardly, and saw from a distance that there seemed to be two beauties sitting on the folding chairs beside the badminton court.
After taking a few steps closer, Sui Yi narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide, and said in a trembling voice:
"Liu Feifei!?"
Da Mimi on the side was unwilling.
What do you mean? I only saw Liu Feifei, but not such a big Da Mimi?
Wei Ao and Sui Yi pretended to be indifferent and avoided his gaze.
"Yocar, Lao Sui, come on, come on."
Fang Yu waved to the two of them enthusiastically.
"Mimi and Feifei, there's no need for an introduction, right? Youguo Technology is currently in talks with them about facial capture and motion capture for their characters."
"You've seen some of the background story. Yao Ji and Chang Xi play a very important role in the worldview of the Shanhai Realm. I plan to invite Mimi to play Yao Ji and Feifei to play Chang Xi."
Wei Ao and Sui Yi were both startled.
Ask Liu Feifei and Da Mimi to play Yao Ji and Chang Xi?
Youguo Games actually wants to find such a top actress to play an NPC?
Instead of setting up an NPC named "Zha Zha Hui" in the game, we use motion capture and facial capture to realistically portray the NPC! ?
Apart from the Call of Duty series, which likes to use motion capture of first-line actors to perform NPCs in the game, it seems that the only one that has been making a lot of noise but has not delivered much, is dragging its feet on release, and stars Keanu Reeves, is Cyberpunk 2077.
The only ones who can afford to use these actors are 3A! And they are 3A with big IP!
Is Da Zhou Games also going to start using professional actors?
These two are now the highest-paid actresses in Da Zhou, right?
Wait, Yao Ji... Chang Xi... the story of Chang'e and the imprisoned Seven Fairies in Journey to the West...
Wei Ao and Sui Yi were very nervous and anxious, while Da Mimi and Liu Feifei also had their own thoughts.
Da Mimi: ??? When did that happen? Who is Yao Ji? I've only played Xiyao. Um... twice, and I just reviewed it over six months ago.
Thinking of the scene at that time, Da Mimi's eyes couldn't help but become a little dazed.
Liu Feifei: Chang'e? I'm playing Chang'e? Do I have to play Jade Rabbit too? I need to reschedule my schedule with Mom when I get home... Wait, this is the first time he's arranged something for me without asking. I feel like... I feel really relieved...
Two blushes appeared on Liu Feifei's cheeks.
"Let me introduce you. These are two gaming geniuses, Wei Ao and Sui Yi."
"...Oh, not that gaming genius like Uzi who likes you, but a genius in making games."
Da Mimi suddenly realized it. With a humble smile, she bent down slightly and shook hands with the two of them: "Hello, I'm Yang Mi."
Da Mimi's attitude instantly won Wei Ao over, and even Sui Yi, who had never had any feelings for her, had a good impression of her.
A-list actress, Da Mimi, is surprisingly so approachable.
"I'm Liu Feifei, nice to meet you." Liu Feifei also stretched out her hand and smiled.
Sui Yi's heart was beating wildly, his eyes were wandering, his expression was reserved and calm, his fingertips touched Liu Feifei's fingers and then withdrew, he spoke sparingly: "Hello."
"Wei Ao and Sui Yi's team is excellent. They showed me one of their AAA projects a while ago, also about Journey to the West. It's a bit similar to the major update we're planning to do at the end of next year..."
"What is AAA? It means the most awesome games. Unfortunately, there's no strategic plan to license the Mirage engine to external parties in the short term."
"All in all, this collaboration with Game Philosophy is great. You are a very strong team with a great team atmosphere."
"In the next few years, when the industry matures, we might make some copy DLC. By then, I hope your 3A game will have been completed, and we will have time to continue our cooperation."
Fang Yu smiled and patted Wei Ao on the shoulder.
Wei Ao moved the corner of his mouth, and the phone call that Zhu Yifei had just made to Yu Dan suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Actually, we don't have to wait a few years, Mr. Fang."
Wei Ao looked at Sui Yi with a little surprise. He didn't expect this guy to speak at this time.
Sui Yi's expression was serious, his eyes piercing, and he was filled with righteousness. "Shanhai and Journey to the West are both part of the traditional culture of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They have strong similarities. We've thought about it, and we think it's entirely possible to integrate our Journey to the West concept game, which is currently only in the preliminary planning stage, into the Taihuang system."
After Sui Yi said this, Wei Ao's eyeballs almost poked two holes in his glasses.
Didn’t you disagree with the merger?
Damn it!
"I don't have any other requests. In our Journey to the West storyline, Chang'e and Yao Ji have a lot of scenes. They are key NPCs throughout the entire game. For the sake of world view consistency, Teacher Liu, oh, and of course Teacher Yang, should continue to play Chang Xi and Yao Ji later, right?"
Wei Ao: Fall!
Now I understand why so many people surrendered and defected!
Where has the Sui Yi gone, the one who dreamed of playing simple games? Where has the Sui Yi gone, the one who drew his sword with such youthful spirit!?
Sui Jingwei!
(End of this chapter)
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