Tokyo Sound

"Haha, you three seem to be really relaxed. I'm still standing." Yoshida Tomoki suddenly said again, his face furrowed, and his tone changed instantly.

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"You three are so relaxed. Did you know that I signed nearly 200 CDs of 'BeforIMeteor' in Germany?" Yoshida Tomoki said calmly, "My hands are numb."

"Oh, thank you so much." Sound Director Masaharu Soma expressed his gratitude.

"What does this have to do with me? I am a specially invited guest now." Yoshimoto Mihiko calmly shook his head.

"What does this have to do with me? I don't make music." Yin Ze sneered.

"Although we are all artists, it seems that there is a difference in our professionalism," said Tomoki Yoshida.

"I heard that you even practiced signing." Masaharu Souma interrupted.

"That's for sure." Yoshida Tomoki said thoughtfully, "It will definitely sell well. After all, anything can sell well as long as it is signed, because it feels very precious when it is signed."

"When it comes to creating concepts and selling peripherals, you have to look to Mr. Kojima in the industry. In comparison, your thinking is too mercenary and vulgar. It seems that there is a gap between excellent game producers." Yin Ze sighed, and Douzhuanxingyi's skills were fully demonstrated.

"The attitude of the person in charge today wasn't very friendly, but I'm used to it. The production process of a full-scale work is always full of controversy, which reminds me of the time when we argued over the design draft." Yoshida Tomoki laughed, and secretly added a layer of Buff between his words.

Arguing? Aren't you the one who makes all kinds of demands unilaterally? The man continued to sneer for the sake of money.

"Well, let me start with a few questions." Yoshida Tomoki said with a smile, "What was your reaction when you learned that Final Fantasy 14 was going to be remade?"

"Cool, let's do it together." Masaharu Zuma said in an orderly and kind manner.

"I'm under a lot of pressure and want to give up, but there's a piece missing in my heart and I still want to put an end to it." Yoshimoto Mihiko shook his head neutrally and kindly.

"I don't care. I'm charged per piece anyway. Even if the project fails in the end, it won't affect me." Yin Ze said with his legs crossed, leaning back in confusion and evil.

"...Very good! This fully demonstrates that the ecology of our Third Development Division is very diverse." Yoshida Tomoki let bygones be bygones, "Also, let me tell you a little gossip. Who is the most popular person among the opposite sex in our department?"

"That must be him." Yoshimoto Mihiko pointed at someone next to him, "Even if nothing else, just looking at the amount of hair, he already wins by a lot."

"Well, actually, there aren't that many female members in our team, including the entire gaming industry. They seem to have a girls' club, where they often get together for meals and discuss team members. I heard there's a ranking system." Yoshida Tomoki said with a slow and sudden realization, "Sure enough, he's number one."

"Are you sure?" Yin Ze was not an ordinary person, so he asked calmly, "I was also thrown into a dungeon by someone last week. They said that the producer called a meeting at the last minute."

"How could such a thing happen? This is too much!" Yoshida Tomoki said righteously, "How can you abandon your companions and leave the dangerous battle to one person? Don't worry, the game mechanism will take care of it for you. If you forcefully quit the dungeon, you will be banned from the maze for dozens of minutes!"

"You are so righteous." Yin Ze was very moved.

"By the way, by the way, is there a ranking of the most hated people? Who is ranked first?" Yoshida Tomoki suddenly became curious.

"You." The three people sitting on the sofa opposite said in unison.

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Let’s not pursue the unfounded accusations against the rude employees.

The producer found that there were still some question marks in the comments of the live broadcast, and the audience in the audience also had some confusion about the harmonious interaction on the stage. Yoshida Tomoki couldn't help but adjust his tone and said, pretending to be aware of it later, "Oh my~ Everyone seems very confused, and they are all asking why the voice actor of Makoto Hikaru was mixed in with the R&D staff. Well, considering that this is his first appearance as a R&D staff, let me explain it a little bit——"

"It's a long story." Yin Ze fell into reminiscence.

"Then let's make a long story short."

Yoshida Tomoki interrupted the conversation and took out the speech he had prepared long ago.

"When I took over the Final Fantasy 14 project, there was a lot of work to be done. When I decided to completely redo it, the workload increased dramatically and I was very short of people, so I started looking for help. So we met - oh, Yin Ze is a pen name, it's really catchy, I've always been curious, does this name have any meaning?"

"Because that's also my name. That's my name." The man was a little slow and then said simply.

"When we first met online, I thought you were a veteran artist in your thirties, but when we met, I discovered that you had just graduated from high school." Yoshida Tomoki chuckled, "And it was quite a coincidence that your original career plan was to be a game artist, so we hit it off right away."

"Not bad." Yin Ze nodded. He first came here through the toilet, and his original plan was to continue to make a living in his old profession. If it weren't for the call from his agent, he might have been the main artist of a certain agency now.

"But later he became a voice actor..." Yoshida Tomoki said intentionally or unintentionally, and the implication of his words was that we were the first to know each other.

The audience had different expressions.

……

"Takizawa Hidaka Manzai Broadcasting Fans Group"

"Director Dong of the Psychiatry Department of Osaka Hospital: I understand. It turns out that it's not that the voice actor switched to painting, but that he switched to being a voice actor."

"Golden Pika's Five: No wonder he can perform so well in Kyoto Animation, he belongs in this line of work."

"My ex-boyfriend from Austria: It was a close call. If he had become an ordinary employee, we wouldn't have met each other!"

"Urban Strange Phlegm: It's funny. They know each other. Obviously, you are the only one who knows him, right?"

"Austrian ex-boyfriend: Director Understand."

"Urban weirdo was banned from speaking for 20 minutes by the administrator"

"Urban Little Phlegm: I can't live anymore. I can't live like this anymore! Is there anyone who can take care of this?"

"Heisei's Kong Ming: According to my information... Big Brother is quite skilled in painting, so he is right. The only thing that feels wrong is that his painting skills are so strong that they don't look real. Even a solo push of my level makes me hesitate."

"Shinjuku ex-girlfriend: You are indeed the one I like."

"Stir-fried sweet potatoes: In other words, isn't there more peripherals? My eldest brother's handwritten picture book?"

"Osaka Hospital Psychiatry Department Director: OK, OK, I want to draw 20 Final Fantasy art books right now."

"Urban Little Phlegm: 111, the director is really the pillar of our group."

"Austrian ex-boyfriend:?"

Shinjuku, office, snack area.

"Traitor! Traitor!" Kashiwa Ippei was furious at the phone, and he bit the straw in his mouth into a flat shape.

After all, Yoshida Tomoki is now the executive director, but he actually did such a shady thing, confusing right and wrong and distorting historical facts!

When Xiaobailong debuted in "Falling Star", it was definitely earlier than when he participated in "Final Fantasy"!

I personally brought him to the office in 09, and I can still remember the welcome party we attended vividly!

what--

The agent, who was facing such a sad moment, thought much faster than usual. For some reason he thought of the first phone call between the two and the place where the dream began.

"Hello, Mr. Takizawa, my name is Kashiwai Ippei. I sent you an email yesterday but you didn't respond, so I thought it would be a good idea to call you."

"...I really didn't notice it. What's going on?"

"There is a welcome party for new employees tonight in Yoyogi."

"Joining the company? I guess you have typed it wrong. I'm only a high school student."

"Excuse me, is this Takizawa Satoru?"

'yes. ’

"That's right."

'No, what company?'

"I'm Enterprise. You were selected based on your outstanding performance."

'This? What kind of business does the company run? Is it outsourcing or R&D? Am I hiring an art director or a designer?'

"What's all this? We are an office."

"Agency? What kind of introduction?"

"Dubbing."

'Um? '

"Voice actor agency!"

'ah? ! ’

As his thoughts turned over and over, a flash of lightning cut through the darkness. The agent who was holding the phone suddenly turned pale, and his hand holding the AD calcium milk was shaking slightly.

Difficult, isn't it?

Am I the one who cut in?

Am I the villain and antagonist who blocks the way in this pure story?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

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Kashiwai Ippei collapsed on the sofa as if his beliefs had been shaken.

"Maybe the work pressure is too great? How about we invite our agent to go to the amusement park one day?" Saori Ōnishi suggested in a low voice when she saw this. She was really starting to worry.

……

Expansion pack launch conference and player meet-and-greet.

The main creative staff are still talking.

"Oh, this is a question from the players. What major changes will DirectX11 bring to games?" said Yoshida Tomoki. "What does the person in charge say?"

"Simply put, the game performance will be improved, the graphics will be better, the lighting will be changed from the original Deffered system to the Forward+ system, the quality of light and shadow will be improved, and the depth of fog will be more three-dimensional. From a technical perspective, there are many things that can be done." Yin Ze looked like a senior person and spoke very convincingly.

"Well, we should not only make up for our past mistakes, but also make great strides forward." Yoshida Tomoki agreed.

"It takes courage to completely redo a project. The desire to not give up on players and to save a fantasy world really burned me," Yin Ze said truthfully.

This overly idealistic approach is extremely rare.

In the past, when men were working as artists, they had contact with colleagues in the same field and saw too many realities of interests directly and indirectly.

Artists want to create styles, design architectures, and polish color details, but production planners and distributors never mention these things. They just stitch together popular items and go for the mass market. Then they set a time casually.

What? Can't do it? HR, come and clean up the mess.

Yin Ze always suspected that some producers had not even thought clearly about what to stitch together, and just focused on things that had been proven by the market. As a result, after a few years, the market changed, and they had to start all over again, falling into a cycle of difficult and failed productions.

"It takes a lot of courage to redo a normal project. This is an MMORPG, an online game, so it's even more terrifying." Yin Ze sighed, "Some inner touches can only be appreciated by people who are close to you. You did an amazing job on this, and I'm honored to be able to contribute to saving Eorzea."

"At that time, our futures were still unclear." Yoshida Tomoki said sadly, "My team and I were under tremendous pressure, and you had just tried to be a voice actor..."

"Yeah." Yin Ze couldn't help but nodded.

"Dubbing is very popular nowadays, I didn't expect you to have talent in this area. By the way, Kyoto Animation asked me to borrow someone, it was fate that I found the main role of their series. I didn't expect that after I told you, you also served as a drawing supervisor." Yoshida Tomoki said with concern, "You work too hard and focus too much on painting. You should also pay attention to your health and rest when you need to."

"I will definitely combine work and rest." Yin Ze nodded vigorously.

"I have never made excessive demands on you, have I?"

"I remember very clearly that when my friends from the skill special effects team and I presented the plan to you, your original words were 'Why is it like this?' If you have any opinions, you should have given them to me earlier!" Yin Ze finished speaking and frowned again, "And after all, why did the special effects team also come to me?"

"Well, it seems that there is such a thing, but it should be rare, right? Uh, well, look. I passed your E3 promotional video as soon as it was released." Tomoki Yoshida remained calm.

"No, you do this all the time." Yoshimoto Mihiko stabbed him in the back, "I swear as the former team leader."

"The same goes for the sound effects. In this case, the second sentence is basically 'The quality is great, but it's not what I expected.'" Masaharu Soma followed suit.

"Well, my audience friends, now you can appreciate my attitude of striving for perfection." Yoshida Tomoki turned to the audience and the camera and smiled.