Chapter 98 is finished (thanks to luoyeqingsi89 for the reward of 10,000 yuan).
This time, Gao Jialin still chose his own big house as the writing place. It is much quieter than No. 675 Julu Road. The huge yard is all his own, so he doesn’t have to worry about being disturbed by outsiders and can write with peace of mind.
In the study room specially used for writing, there is a pile of materials collected by Tokuma Shoten, most of which are Chinese versions. In addition to physical books, there are also various videotapes. Most of them are Japanese movies, TV shows and animations purchased in Taiwan or Hong Kong, and then dubbed and subtitled in Chinese. It is no problem to watch them directly.
The essence of "Showa American Story" lies in the various memes in the game, and this advantage must be maintained. However, many of the memes in it have not yet been created, so Gao Jialin must screen them again.
"Arale" has already been aired, so Arale's running can be used; the "Dragon Ball" animation has just started airing, and the comics started serializing two years ago. If you can find it, Son Goku raising his fist to pierce Piccolo can also be used.
"Gurren Lagann" is an original animation work in 2007, so the drill in the game can only be abandoned.
Gao Jialin spent half a day reading various materials and selecting suitable materials, and the remaining half a day was used to conceive the outline.
Two short game trailers only revealed that this is a road adventure game in which the protagonist, Chouko Chigusa, needs to go through an adventure across the United States to uncover the secret of her resurrection.
This content alone is not enough, so Gao Jialin must add more content. Fortunately, although the game is not completed, there are many works on the themes of zombies and apocalypse in later generations. It is completely possible to integrate the content of some classic works like writing "Young Friends Come to Meet".
First of all, the reason why zombies came into being and Chigusa Chouko came back to life is easy to solve. We can directly borrow the setting of "Resident Evil". There is a company called Umbrella in the United States that is secretly conducting biological experiments.
Chigusa Chouko's parents worked in this company. They used their own genes to conduct some experiments and made unexpected breakthroughs. At the same time, they noticed the dangers of the experiment, so they destroyed the experimental records and tried to escape from Umbrella's control. Unfortunately, they died in an accident on the way.
The Umbrella Corporation found clues in some data that had not yet been destroyed, and began experiments based on the fragmentary records. Unfortunately, all the experiments ended in failure. Finally, a researcher discovered that the genes of the Chigusa family were necessary to succeed.
So the Umbrella Corporation took advantage of Hollywood's invitation to trick the Chigusa sisters into coming to the United States and control them for human experiments. In their opinion, the experiment failed, but in fact it was a success, which is why Chigusa Chouko came back to life.
Some universes' Spider-Man was born in this way. Why did Peter Parker become Spider-Man? It was because his parents did something to the spider. This plot was just right for Gao Jialin to borrow.
When Chigusa Chouko woke up, she found that she had lost her memory for a period of time, leaving only some fragmentary images. In order to track down these images, she embarked on a long journey across the United States, and the plot entered the routine of apocalyptic road movie.
You can refer to the settings of classic works such as "Fist of the North Star", "Mad Max", "World War Z", "Train to Busan" and "Fallout".
In short, as Chigusa Chouko travels, this apocalypse infected by biological creatures gradually reveals its true face to readers. Chigusa Chouko not only has to face the pursuit of zombies, but also has to fight wits and courage with the survivors, who are even more terrifying than zombies.
During her journey, she will encounter various gatherings of survivors, who have chosen different development paths. Some of them are left with only one person, who is alone in the city looking for partners. Gao Jialin is planning to copy this part from "I Am Legend".
Others, like the villains in "Fist of the North Star" and "Mad Max," use violence to control the survivors in the gathering place to serve them.
For the remaining gathering places for the survivors, I'll pick a few shelters from "Fallout" to write about. This game has conducted multi-directional explorations of the social models that humans may choose in the end times. The systems of several shelters are very interesting, and writing about them will definitely attract readers.
Of course, these survivor gathering places must be designed in a Japanese style so that Japanese readers will feel involved when reading them.
During her continuous adventures, Chigusa Chouko gradually discovered the truth about the catastrophe. It turned out that it was the Umbrella Corporation that created the catastrophe that destroyed human civilization, and her sister has now become a senior executive and the strongest fighter of the Umbrella Corporation.
In the end, like Alice in "Resident Evil", Chigusa Chouko destroyed the conspiracy of the Umbrella Corporation and died together with her sister in the final battle, leaving the hope of rebuilding civilization to the partners she met during her adventure.
After sorting out the main plot, I wrote an outline and submitted it to Tokuma Shoten. After reading it, Heita Mibu and the editors of Tokuma Shoten were very satisfied, and shouts of "Spalassi" of praise could be heard continuously in the conference room.
With an outline, the next step was easy. Just fill in the routines and elements of various classic works according to the progress of the outline. It only took Gao Jialin one month to complete the writing of the first draft.
Senior translators from Shanghai Translation Publishing House translated their works into Japanese, and editors from Tokuma Shoten read them and gave suggestions for revision. Gao Jialin spent more than a week on revisions, and finally the "Showa American Story" was completed.
The editors of Tokuma Shoten began to celebrate as soon as they received the manuscript, as they knew that such a work would become a bestseller once it was published, and they would also receive a considerable bonus.
They immediately made final revisions to the manuscript. It was not because Gao Jialin's novel was poorly written, but there was definitely a difference between the way Chinese translators translated Chinese works into Japanese and the way Japanese translators translated Chinese into Japanese. They were revising the book now to make it more in line with the reading preferences of Japanese readers.
At the same time, they began to advertise in major media, announcing in advance the news that "Showa American Story" would be on sale soon.
After Gao Jialin told this idea to Teruyuki Kagawa and others on the campus of the University of Tokyo, the Japanese media publicized it extensively. Many Japanese readers were full of expectations for this story at first sight, and now when they saw the news of the upcoming sale in the newspaper, they immediately went to the nearest bookstore to inquire about the news.
The bookstore sent the information to the publishing house, and Renbu Heita summarized the information and analyzed it. After taking a look at the final results, he rushed into his boss' office and said, "Boss, the first print run must be revised!"
(End of this chapter)
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