My game, you have no right to award

Chapter 213 Ending
The two walked out of the office where Chu Hong drew the storyboard and went around to the boss's office on the other side of the company. They found that the lights were on but no one was there.

Chu Hong understood that Kuang Ge must have gone to some project team again.

So they searched around again and finally found Zhou Kuang in the copywriting team's work area for "Code: Shadow".

"Brother Kuang, excuse me, do you have a moment now?"

Zhou Kuang was chatting with Fu Anle, who had just returned, when he saw Chu Hong and his spirits lifted, causing him to fall off the table to the ground.

He was sitting half-on the edge of the desk, which was a little unseemly.

"It's nothing, I've finished talking on my end. What's wrong?"

Zhou Kuang's eyes unconsciously drifted toward the people sent by Heying Vision who were next to Chu Hong.

"that……"

Chu Hong explained the whole story, and the people from Heying Vision also chimed in to explain.

"Sure, if you think it's okay, then it's fine. I have no problem with that."

Zhou Kuang nodded.

Chu Hong couldn't possibly finish drawing the entire storyboard for the whole movie in one day, could he?

Even if the other party obtains a portion of the storyboard and copies it, it won't make a difference.

This kind of storyboard represents the director's own thoughts and will. Even if someone can take the script, they can't take the person with them.

No matter how well a storyboard is drawn, if it can't be filmed, it's ultimately just a mirage.

Most importantly, this script is obviously an adaptation of "The Netherworld Mountains and Seas". If the other party didn't want to provoke their legal department, they would never be so foolish as to do this.

"Okay, Brother Kuang."

Chu Hong turned around and returned to the office with the people from Heying Vision, passing the storyboard to their superior.

That evening, the business staff of the game company were awakened from their sleep by an urgent phone call.

Even the voices of singers you used to like don't sound very pleasant under these circumstances.

The businessperson angrily opened his eyes slightly and fumbled for his phone in the dark.

"I just told you to go to bed early, this is so annoying..."

He picked up his phone, squinted at it, and when he saw the name written on it, he instantly snapped to attention and pressed the call button.

After picking up his phone, his attitude changed completely.

"Hello."

"Hmm, ummm."

"Um... okay, I'll let you know."

Upon hearing the other party's request and their complete 180-degree turn in attitude, the business personnel were secretly surprised.

What's going on? Why is the other party suddenly so eager to hold another meeting between high-level officials?
Something must have happened behind the scenes, but he had no idea what was going on and was completely unaware of it!

"Okay, okay."

"Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, he sat on the bed and thought.

The other party wants to resume high-level consultations tomorrow, and their attitude is clearly much more conciliatory than before.

In his view, this was a sign that the other side wanted to make concessions, but what was the reason?
After thinking about it for a long time without being able to figure it out, he simply gave up and picked up his phone to start a WeChat conversation.

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A day later, Kuangshi Games and Heying Vision reached a preliminary verbal agreement to collaborate on adapting and producing a spin-off film of "Youming Shanhai".

According to sources, after seeing the storyboard drawn by the director of the animated film "Youming Shan Hai," the senior executives of Heying Vision were amazed and decided to make significant concessions and accept the conditions of Kuangshi Games.

Zhou Kuang was equally moved upon hearing the news.

I hadn't even used my full strength yet, and my opponent had already fallen.

However, he did not inform Chu Hong of the negotiations immediately, but instead asked him to continue writing the storyboard for the film "The Netherworld Mountains and Seas".

The 72-hour time limit for the [3D Projection Consciousness Converter] cannot be wasted. One of the goals—to convince Crane Shadow Vision—has been achieved, but the storyboard is not yet finished.

In order to make a movie, the storyboard will have to be drawn sooner or later, so it is wise to finish it as soon as possible before the effects of the props wear off.

Chu Hong focused intently on drawing for three consecutive days. After learning that he had been internally selected as the director of the film "The Netherworld Mountains and Seas", he breathed a sigh of relief.

At least he didn't disappoint Brother Kuang.

But now, he's about to embark on a new battle.

Convincing Heying Vision was only the first step; making a good film was the most important thing.

For the next month, he kept revising the storyboard until it reached a level that satisfied him.

A lot has happened in the past month.

First, Kuangda Film & Television and Heying Vision finally signed a contract.

Crane Shadow Vision acquired the animated film adaptation rights to "The Mysterious Mountains and Seas" and appointed Chu Hong as the film's director.

In return, Kuangda Pictures received a higher percentage of film revenue and the rights to the film's merchandise.

In fact, "The Lost Tomb" is an IP of Kuangshi Games. As a derivative work of the original game, it is normal for the rights to develop and sell merchandise in the movie to be acquired by its subsidiary, Kuangda Film and Television.

Meanwhile, Qingyan Studio has completed the optimization of all content in "Clown Cards," and almost all the game's bugs have been fixed. Ma Tu is also preparing to discuss the planning of the next project with Zhou Kuang.

However, none of that matters. The most important thing is that Zhou Kuang has finally finished the martial arts game provided by the system!
Yes, for the past two weeks, Zhou Kuang has been playing games almost every time he falls asleep!

As the game progressed, Zhou Kuang's mood fluctuated with the ups and downs of the plot.

When Zhou Kuang finally reached the ending, he was so moved by the story that he was able to give an objective and comprehensive evaluation.

A masterpiece.

An absolute masterpiece, scoring a perfect 1/10.

All the games Zhou Kuang played before and after his time travel combined couldn't compare to the impact this game had on him.

After calming down a bit and analyzing the game, he attributed the reasons to several factors.

First, the game itself offers a level of immersion that is simply incomparable to current gaming methods.

In the game, Zhou Kuang's five senses are almost synchronized with the game world. Compared to ordinary hearing and sight, the addition of the other three senses is simply a revolutionary product.

Imagine feeling the collision of steel and flesh every time you swing a sword to slash at an enemy.

Walking on the grass, you can smell the earth and the moisture in the air after the rain.

When using food utensils, you can feel the taste left by the food passing over your taste buds and experience the tactile sensation of liquid flowing through your esophagus.

What kind of gaming experience is this?
This completely shocked Zhou Kuang.

Secondly, the game offers an extremely high degree of freedom.

In this game, players can truly choose the path they want to take and take responsibility for every decision they make.

Every seemingly insignificant choice in the game can potentially create a butterfly effect later on.

A minor enemy that Zhou Kuang overlooked at the beginning of the game later led to a series of events in which he was hunted down.

Even the game's ending is closely related to every choice he makes.

This deep connection is not as simple as the game giving a result corresponding to option A because the player chose option A. Rather, it is a result produced through a series of very complex changes, influenced by multiple factors.

Zhou Kuang was certain that a task system of this caliber was beyond human capability.

Even if every member of the team were a senior mission system designer at Rockstar, Zhou Kuang could not achieve any similar results by recruiting 10,000 such talented individuals without considering the company's structure and organizational capabilities.

Because of this level of freedom, it requires meticulous, painstaking work to bind each branch to another without affecting other branches that shouldn't be affected.

This should have been an impossible thing, but it was done.

Thirdly, the game's character development is incredibly skillful.

After clearing the game, Zhou Kuang had a feeling, or rather, an intuition.

This is not so-called "character creation," but rather a kind of "character creation."

In other words, these characters may not be fictional creations made up of human-written scripts and program code, but rather real, created individuals.

Zhou Kuang is increasingly suspicious of the game's origins.

The deeper you think about it, the more frightening its technological content becomes.

After completing the game, Zhou Kuang wanted to experience it again, but found that the item [Jin Hui Hua Zhang Lu] had disappeared.

After much deliberation, he wrote down all the content of the game and handed it over to the copywriting team of the "Code: Shadow" project.

Although Kuangshi Games couldn't recreate the game's original high-tech features, the game's realistic depiction of the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty and the storyline that Zhou Kuang completed were already quite impressive.

Unfortunately, this means that Code: Shadow has become a fixed main storyline game.

Even if they could create several different endings, it would be less than one-tenth of the experience that a truly free ending could provide.

Despite his regret, Zhou Kuang's confidence in the project grew stronger.

Every minute and every second of the game was etched into his mind, and he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to. He was certain that this was also the power of the system.

His biggest takeaway wasn't the game's plot or design, but his understanding of the "real" Ming Dynasty background.

This might be what the description of the item 【锦绘华章录】 means as "greatly enhances the host's understanding of Chinese culture".

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"how do you feel?"

Zhou Kuang looked at Chu Hong in front of him and asked.

"Great, the storyboards are all ready, I can't wait!"

Chu Hong said excitedly.

After Heying Vision and Kuangda Film & Television, or rather Kuangshi Games, reached an agreement, Chu Hong has been preparing the storyboard for the film.

He finally completed the task a few days ago.

Zhou Kuang called Chu Hong to his office today, not to ask this question.

What he wanted to know was how he felt during this time without the aid of the props.

Zhou Kuang was not surprised at all that Chu Hong's storyboard could convince Heying Visual, thanks to the effects of the two props.

After all, those were items he had carefully prepared before choosing to exchange for.

If Chu Hong could still manage to hold out for a while after the 72-hour duration of the [3D Projection Consciousness Converter] expires, he could rely on another item with an even longer duration.

During this period, the other party's work has been completely without the support of a systematic approach.

"How have the revisions been going lately? Compared to when you first started drawing the script?"

"I remember the week you first started drawing storyboards, you were drawing like crazy!"

After carefully considering his words, Zhou Kuang jokingly probed while making a teasing remark.

Chu Hong nodded and said, "It went very smoothly when I first started drawing, but I thought about it a little too much later, but it still went smoothly."

"You mean this period of time?"

"correct."

Zhou Kuang was deep in thought.

The other party didn't even notice any difference after the item's effect was removed.
According to him, without the help of props, it was merely a matter of "overthinking," not a problem...

Zhou Kuang had a guess in his mind, so he asked.

"Compared to your previous work? Have you done similar storyboards before?"

"No."

Chu Hong shook his head and then nodded, "I can't say there aren't any, but there really aren't any this formal."

"How are the informal ones?"

Zhou Kuang pressed him for answers without hesitation.

Chu Hong scratched his head and replied embarrassedly, "I just draw for fun, and I always give up after starting."

Zhou Kuang nodded.

The system rated Chu Hong as S-level, which means that he is capable.

However, due to his lack of prior experience with similar work and his own personality traits, Chu Hong overthought things before drawing the storyboard.

The items he redeemed were essentially used to give the other party a head start, making the subsequent work relatively easy for him to do on his own.

In other words, he already possessed the ability, but for various reasons, he was unable to unleash it.

Now that they've figured it out, the other person's confidence has clearly increased a lot.

In short, Zhou Kuang probably doesn't need to worry about him anymore.

The film project will now be handled by Heying Vision, with supervision from the employees of Kuangda Film & Television hired by Zhou Kuang.

He can now save a lot of energy and focus on the core business of Megvii Games.

"That's good."

Zhou Kuang praised Chu Hong a few times and then let him leave.

Watching Chu Hong walk out, Zhou Kuang leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to think.

In this way, the task issued by the system, "Find a director with S-level ability to adapt 'The Netherworld Mountains and Seas'", is already more than half completed.

Now we just have to wait for the movie to finish its theatrical run and see what rewards the system will give out.

After going through so much trouble, if the system doesn't give him any good rewards... then he'll probably faint.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Just then, there was another knock on the office door.

It was quite rare for two people to come looking for him in such a short period of time. Zhou Kuang was surprised and quickly said, "Please come in!"

The door was pushed open, and Zhou Kuang saw the person who walked in, a genuine smile appearing on his lips.

"Brother Kuang, I've come to see you!"

Ma Tu rubbed his hands together and, without any hesitation, plopped down on the sofa.

(End of this chapter)