My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 200 The whole situation
Blue Window Technology is not easily fooled. From the very beginning, their executives had extremely high expectations for the game adapted from the work "Dragon Abyss Secret Record".

After all, they did do many things that they had never done before, or that they were unwilling to do before.

For example, starting to engage with the Chinese market was a significant change.

Yes, BlueWindow Technology and their VX platform have always maintained a lukewarm reception in the Chinese market.

Occasionally, when the mood strikes, they might spend money on promotion, but they might give up the next second.

This is largely because their focus has always been on the European and American markets. They naturally wouldn't choose to go through a thankless task in a market like China, which even the Star Wheel Group couldn't penetrate.

They are not unaware of the size and potential of the Chinese market, but size and potential are not tangible things; they must first be converted into a real market to be considered valid.

Therefore, if neither they nor Xinglun Group can break into the Chinese market, then this is the best-case scenario for Lanchuang Group.

After all, they are aware of their own limitations; if they were to truly compete with Star Wheel Group in Asia, they would most likely lose.

Unfortunately, things are unpredictable.

After "The Lost Tomb" announced that the GS4 would be their exclusive console, BlueWindow Technology had no choice but to spend a fortune and take a gamble!
Ordinary business law could no longer reverse the situation; they had to take matters into their own hands and find the gold hidden in the sand.

Blue Window Technology believes that this gold is the "Dragon Abyss Secret Record".

Once "Dragon Abyss Chronicles" is successful, the price of game adaptation rights for other IPs under Jinqian Shengshi that are also created by Chakla will immediately increase several times, or even more than ten times.

The sunk costs have already been incurred, so why not go all out?

Losing means bearing the consequences, which can manifest as being forgotten once the relationship ends, regardless of whether the loss is large or small.

But if you win, it's divided into big wins and small wins!

"We'll see, we'll see!"

Cha Qian chuckled, not so foolish as to agree immediately.

He remembered clearly that before he came, Uncle Li told him not to agree to anything and to come back and discuss it with him before making any plans!

The other party emphasized it several times, and he was almost tired of hearing it.

The white representative from BlueWindow Technology was slightly disappointed, but still nodded in acknowledgment.

If it doesn't work the first time, try a few more times.

Sooner or later, we'll be able to convince them.

When the meeting ended, Cha Qian said goodbye and left, but the white man did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned around and spoke to the representative of Wind Spirit Games.

"Mr. Lu, let's go."

"Ok."

The two walked out and got into the same car, heading towards the office of Fengling Technology.

As the client, BlueWindow Technology is not simply letting Fengling Games develop the game; instead, it will send a team to Fengling Games to provide "guidance."

No matter how optimistic they are about Fengling Games, they are simply choosing the option they favor most within the Chinese gaming industry—the tallest among the short.

To ensure the project's success, they had to incorporate their successful experience and essence from the European and American game industry, so that "Dragon Abyss Chronicles" could truly become a masterpiece.

Today, the white man is going to inspect the office of Fengling Technology to ensure that there will be no obstacles to the subsequent move-in process.

Throughout the journey, the representatives from Windlink Technology tried to promote their company to the white man and increase his positive impression of them.

But when he realized that the white man barely responded and seemed uninterested, he reluctantly shut up.

The two sat side by side in the back seat of the car, their bodies almost touching, yet they remained eerily quiet until they reached their destination.

After getting out of the car, the two walked inside.

Meanwhile, the producer from Fengling Technology had been waiting at the door for quite some time.

He had naturally received prior notice and knew that people from Blue Window Technology were coming soon.

Le Zhengkun rubbed his hands together and saw President Lu walk in with a white man. He quickly went to greet him.

"This is?"

The white man had obviously seen him too, and frowned as he asked.

"This is the music producer of our Fengling Games, and he leads our game development team."

The white man's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he turned and walked towards the other person.

He had no interest in chatting with the COO of Fengling Games; after all, in his eyes, such a high-ranking executive of a small company like Kalami was still just a small company.

But it's different for producers. People often say that a game is like the producer's child.

Whether a child grows up to become a criminal and end up in prison, or to become a pillar of society and shine brightly, largely depends on how well their parents educate them.

Therefore, even though the producer's status is not as high as that of the game company's COO, their importance to this project is actually greater.

The white man shook hands with Yue Zhengkun and introduced himself with a smile.

"Hello, I am Sigma Ritzer, the Asia Business Partnerships Director of Blue Window Technology. You can call me Ritzer."

"Hello Mr. Reizler, welcome to our company."

Le Zhengkun paused for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

It wasn't that he was nervous, but rather that he noticed that President Lu behind the other person was clearly not happy.

Le Zhengkun inwardly cried out in alarm. This President Lu was not a magnanimous person. Wasn't this foreigner digging a hole for him?

But he doesn't have a good solution right now, so he can only try to defuse this awkward situation later.

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The group first met with the company owner and senior executives of Fengling Games.

Unlike Zhou Kuang's position at Kuangshi Games, the boss of Fengling Games knew very little about games and had simply entered the market as an early investor.

Back then, online games were very profitable, and even coal mine owners liked to invest in them or simply start their own game companies.

For non-technical bosses, the natural choice is to hire professionals to manage the company.

The advantage is that the boss is very relaxed and often not even in the company, yet the company can operate on its own.

However, the downsides also stem from this.

Since the company's operations are entirely handled by the employees under his command, namely the senior executives hired by the boss himself, the boss's control over the company is not very high.

They have almost no control over the company's development direction.

Even if you try to find ways to make your subordinates check and balance each other, the effect will be extremely limited.

In many cases, situations of "subordinates overthrowing superiors" and "acting arbitrarily" occur frequently.

At this point, the advantage of the boss being an industry insider becomes apparent, and it's even better if someone like Zhou Kuang, who is knowledgeable in the field and knows how to be a producer, is in the same boat.

No matter how his subordinates tried to deceive him, Zhou Kuang only needed to go down and investigate to find out the truth.

Therefore, his subordinates dared not lie to Zhou Kuang, since lying would be discovered immediately and would not be worth the loss.

Compared to the boss of Fengling Games, Zhou Kuang does have to worry more and work much harder, but compared to ordinary employees, this level is nothing.

After meeting with all the senior executives, President Lu, Producer Le, and Mr. Ritzer arrived at the company's office area.

This is where the employees are located. Today is a workday, and basically all of the more than one hundred development team members are here.

Upon entering the office area, a blast of cool air mixed with the aroma of food or drink hits you, followed by the sound of keyboards being typed and conversations.

At the open workstations, employees in different positions were all focused on doing their own work.

Ritzler's leather shoes made a soft thud on the carpet as he walked forward, his gaze drawn to a drawing on a whiteboard.

Next to an art staff member was a whiteboard that wasn't small, on which was drawn a character wearing a straw hat.

The character holds a scabbard in his left hand and a sharp blade that has just been drawn from the scabbard in his right.

The colors on the scabbard are distinct, with slight fading at the bottom.

The bamboo forks along the edge of the character's hat are sharply defined and have a very high-quality feel.

The raincoat on his body is painted in ink, covering most of his body. The figure in the painting stands in profile, but no facial features are depicted, only the curve of his face is shown.

This painting is surprisingly exquisite.

Both Le Zhengkun and President Lu noticed what Ritzler was looking at; after all, it's easy to tell when someone suddenly stops in place.

Le Zhengkun followed his gaze and instantly realized what he meant.

No wonder he couldn't take his eyes off it; he had the same reaction when he first saw the other person's painting.

That was the position of the chief artist of the project team, a master who came from the Central Academy of Fine Arts and had practiced his skills since childhood.

They have a family tradition of this.

Mr. Lu was overjoyed, thinking that he finally had something that could catch the other party's eye, and quickly walked towards the chief artist.

The other person was wearing noise-canceling headphones and concentrating on drawing something when suddenly they were tapped on the shoulder and their whole body trembled violently.

Mr. Lu didn't care whether his actions disturbed the other party. I don't care about this or that!
He gave the order in a low voice.

"Go over there later and introduce your art team's work to this person."

When the beauty turned around and saw who it was, she had no choice but to stand up.

Ritzler frowned when he saw their subtle interaction, but didn't say anything immediately.

"Hey, Mr. Ritzer, this is the head of our company's art department. You can ask him anything you want to know."

Ritzler, showing no politeness, walked up to the lead artist and asked him condescendingly.

"Did you draw this?"

"Yes."

The lead artist nodded in response.

Who is depicted in this painting?

He walked up to the whiteboard.

"It's a character from 'The Secret Records of Longyuan'."

The lead artist answered honestly.

If you are a Chinese person and have some knowledge of "The Secret Records of Longyuan", you should be able to tell at a glance who this painting depicts.

Unfortunately, Ritzler was not Chinese and had no knowledge of the "Dragon Abyss Secret Records".

"Are you going to include this character in the game?"

He pointed to the painting, then turned to President Lu and Le Zhengkun and asked.

When President Lu heard the question, he looked at Le Zhengkun, who immediately replied, "Yes, this is an important character in the original novel who drives the plot, so he will definitely appear in the game."

"With this image?"

Ritzler looked at the painting in front of him, his brows furrowed.

"Yes."

"not good."

"Ok?"

The three people from Fengling Games were all taken aback.

“No, we can’t have this character in the game.” Ritzler pointed to the straw hat on the character’s head on the whiteboard. “That’s racist.”

Hearing his statement, Le Zhengkun was both amused and exasperated.

How is this racial discrimination? Am I discriminating against myself?
He quickly explained.

"That's right, Mr. Ritzler. The straw hat is a very common clothing element in traditional martial arts literature and has nothing to do with racial discrimination."

After hearing this, Ritzler gave him a disdainful look, snorting through his nostrils, clearly not taking it seriously.

He pointed to the whiteboard with his finger and said seriously.

"No, this is discrimination!"

"By our standards, this is racial discrimination."

"Straw hats are an element that is absolutely forbidden."

Only then did Le Zhengkun realize that the other party was serious, so he had no choice but to start arguing.

"But this is our culture, I..."

But President Lu stopped him, and asked Ritzler with a smile on his face.

"So, what do you think we should do to solve this?"

"Remove the straw hat element from the game!"

"all?"

The lead artist blurted it out without thinking.

"No straw hat elements are allowed in our game!"

Ritzler insisted, emphasizing the word "we".

Mr. Lu smiled and turned to the two of them.

"Since Mr. Raizler has said so, then you shall do as he says."

"..."

Neither Yue Zhengkun nor the lead artist spoke; they simply stared silently at President Lu, their faces seemingly saying, "Are you serious?"

In "The Secret Records of Longyuan", there is more than one character who wears a bamboo hat; many characters are described as wearing bamboo hats.

Does this mean we have to completely change all the plot points from the original work?

In a unique region, the conical hat represents a cultural or spiritual symbol; what's left if you replace it?
In the rainy scene in the original work, the two swordsmen wore straw hats to prevent themselves from losing their vision due to the rain in order to fight. What would you replace the straw hats with?
Two people, soaked to the bone, are doing a street dance challenge in the rain?

Mr. Lu felt uncomfortable being stared at by the two men, so he could only turn around and follow Ritzler forward.

The beauty director shook his head and sighed.

Le Zhengkun patted him on the shoulder and gave him a look, signaling him not to overthink it and to figure out a solution himself.

Little did he know that this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

When Ritzer joined the planning team, he discovered that the planning of Wind Spirit Games was mainly based on verbal discussions, lacked document records, and often involved "doing first and adjusting later," relying on rapid iteration of prototypes to solve problems.

This made him very dissatisfied.

When developing AAA single-player games, European and American game companies often spend several months or even a year creating documentation before entering the formal development phase.

These documents include hundreds of pages of numerical designs, numerical formulas, plot outlines, processes, and more.

Therefore, he demanded that the planning team immediately change the development approach and stop this "amateurish" workflow.

Under pressure from General Manager Lu, the head of the planning team had no choice but to admit his mistake and agree to revise their workflow.

After leaving the planning team and joining the programming team, Ritzler immediately discovered the problem.

Fengling Games has developed its own internal martial arts action system suite, which can combine the game engine and martial arts motion capture to integrate them into the game more quickly.

However, this kit is not a mainstream international kit.

Ritzler questioned why the internationally used Kovac physics engine suite wasn't being used.

The programming team leader was stunned. We've developed so many martial arts online games, all using our self-developed software suite.

It was working perfectly fine, so why isn't it working now?

Ritzler stated that the Kovac physics engine suite is a mature technology solution, while their self-developed engine is "immature" and "high-risk".

This made the program team leader laugh in exasperation.

(End of this chapter)