Chapter 471 375 Who Are You Scolding?

Chapter 471 375. Who are you scolding?

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During the time when Qing Zhiyuan was on vacation, all the affairs of several companies continued to operate.

The process on Blizzard's side had been completed, and then it was successfully merged into the US subsidiary of Pokeni, becoming an affiliated development studio. Qing Zhiyuan's instructions to Brevik were to give Blizzard members enough space and time and not interfere with the creation of content.

In addition, the US subsidiary is fully developing "Eternal Ashes 2"

In addition, on the Japanese side, Ken Akanishi and P-Net's software engineers have built the basic framework of the Dandelion game platform, including communication and downloading on the server side, network transmission on the client side, and the various functional modules for downloading and starting games on the game platform have been developed almost, and then some people were sent to the US side for transplantation and handover.

The main content is to localize the game platform.

In terms of games, the Pokémon team continues to work on subsequent Pokémon content. Shinji Mikami is leading the development of "Yu-Gi-Oh!", and Hidetaka Miyazaki is working with Gen Urobuchi to produce "Dragon Quest".

In terms of "Mushishi", since producer Ao Chi-Yuan took a long vacation, it was temporarily handed over to Shinji Mikami to take charge.

And the Monster Hunter that Hideki Kamiya is in charge of has also made great breakthroughs and progress.

Ishino Mika and Maeda Jun are developing "Future Girl", and Fate continues to make the sequel "Fate/Zero".

All game departments are operating in an orderly manner.

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Ao Chi-Yuan handed an investment form to Kazuma Takahashi, which listed a bunch of companies worth investing in.

For example, Apple, now that Steve Jobs has returned, Apple's market value should rise in the future.

Since Pokeni did not set up a so-called strategic investment department, after the president left all of a sudden, there was really no one to entrust.

This also shows the importance of a time traveler. For a company, having technology and strength is one thing, but in many cases, being able to see the future direction is more important.

How many people dream of having Qing Zhiyuan's ability, not to mention seeing the future for decades, even if they can see three to five years longer than now, it would be very remarkable.

However, until now, when Qing Zhiyuan took a long vacation, he realized that the company's strategic development really couldn't be done without him.

Qing Zhiyuan increasingly felt the importance of supporting a butler.

Butlers are divided into different types. The highest-level butler, the CEO, is someone you can completely let go of. He can manage the company in an orderly manner and even bring the company into the next field, making the company stronger and stronger.

For example, Steve Jobs.

Qing Zhiyuan himself is also considered one.

In ancient times, it was Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi who could be entrusted with the whole country.

There is another type, that is, when you need to take a leave to rest, he can take over and temporarily manage the company, or manage many non-major matters for you very well, so that you have no worries and can just go to war boldly.

Or take a vacation boldly.

For a ruler like Sun Quan, who is good at maintaining the status quo, it is probably difficult for him to expand the territory.

The inferior one is that he can help you solve and handle certain affairs, but he does not have enough ability to take charge of the overall situation.

Now Qing Zhiyuan feels that it is difficult for the talents in the company to even have the third possibility.

There are many talents in the company, but many talents can even be said to be geniuses, basically in the professional field, and it is really difficult to pick out those who are really talented in management and strategic planning.

If you pick the tallest one among the short ones, then it is probably only Shinji Mikami. Of course, it may be possible to train Hidetaka Miyazaki more in the future.

However, these guys can perform well in a small team. If they can become a large company with thousands of people in the future, Qing Zhiyuan is very skeptical whether they have the ability.

...

In short, during the one or two months when Qing Zhiyuan took leave, although these guys in the company were all doing their own thing, they had received the [Tips and Tricks] from President Qing before, and everyone was able to do their work step by step.

Projects, operations, investments, all aspects are running in an orderly manner.

As for Yuehe, Ichihashi Fumi is much more reliable. She and Nolan complement each other and cooperate well. The Matrix officially started shooting in February. It is expected that all the shooting will be completed in a few months. The rest will be handed over to Pokeni for post-production.

The movie My Robot Girlfriend has been completed long ago and is waiting to be released in major theaters in Japan in June.

As for Shinkai Makoto, Your Name has been completed for more than half, and it is expected to meet everyone on the big screen at the end of this year or early next year.

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Since February, Pokeni's new game My Robot Girlfriend has entered the promotion period.

As usual, various channels come to a set, TV releases PV, and advertisements are overwhelming.

On March 14, 1998, My Robot Girlfriend was officially released.

Yamada Makoto and his friends went to the game store on time after work and bought this game.

"This is a pokeni galgame."

"By the way, does your girlfriend not mind now?" Hayamikawa raised his chin and asked Furukawa Hiroze.

The latter scratched his head and smiled, "Junna is not an ordinary girl, and she said she likes the way I play games."

"By the way, you have been dating for so long, and you are not young anymore, isn't it time to consider getting married?"

"Haha, for this kind of thing, let it go naturally, I don't know when it will develop to this point." Furukawa Hiroze said.

Hayamikawa and Kinoshita Keisuke looked at each other, always thinking that it was a miracle that this guy had a girlfriend.

"Are you stupid? If you don't ask for marriage, do you want girls to come to you? Where in the world is there such a good thing?"

...

When checking out, Yamada Masaharu hadn't paid yet, and Hayamikawa, the senior next to him, snatched his game disc.

"Senior?"

Yamada Masaharu was stunned for a moment.

But the next second Hayamikawa said to the clerk, "This guy's birthday today, why don't you give him this disc as a gift?"

Hey?

Yamada Masaharu looked at Hayamigawa in surprise, and then looked at the seniors standing behind him, and was unconsciously moved.

"Seniors... you actually remembered my birthday."

"That's natural, didn't we celebrate like this before?" Keisuke Kinoshita said with a smile, "You forgot that we also celebrated for you at this time last year."

"Ah... I'm almost moved to tears." Yamada Masaharu wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Huh? Really?"

The clerk's eyes behind the glasses lit up, and he looked at Yamada Masaharu and compared him with the others. He tilted his head in embarrassment, his face squeezed, "Ah... That's right, but it's really a bit difficult."

The price of galgame is not cheap to begin with. A game disc of "Robot Girlfriend" costs 9,800 yen.

"The key is that I'm just a part-time worker."

When Yamada Masaharu heard this, he was a little disappointed, but he still pretended to be calm and said, "Well, don't listen to them. Why do you want to embarrass the store manager?"

"But."

Just then, the store manager put a robot girl figurine on the table, "This is a benefit made by Pokeni, I'll give it to you.

Congratulations, happy birthday!"

"Huh?" Yamada Masaharu was a little overjoyed.

The figurine is actually very small, probably less than 10 cm, but the shape is very delicate, a little like Rei Ayanami in EVA, but the robot body is black and white.

And the whole person's face is also very delicate, it is definitely the style of Pokeni.

...

After walking out of the game store, a group of people, including Kinoshita's wife and Yukitake Junna who had just arrived, celebrated Yamada Masaharu's 27th birthday.

It turned out that Yukitake was commissioned by Furukawa Hirozawa to buy a cake.

The group did not go to the store, but just sent him blessings in the park, and watched Yamada Masaharu make a wish and blow out the candles.

"I hope we can continue like this, and our friendship will last forever!"

"Ah, the wish is not going to work if it is said out loud."

"Hahaha..."

"Happy birthday!!!"

"I am so touched, thank you!" Yamada Masaharu's eyes were shining with tears.

...

After a period of joy and tossing, Yamada Masaharu finally said goodbye to these seniors.

It's a bit strange to say.

Yamada Masaharu took the game disc back home, and when he looked at the empty house, compared with the lively birthday party before, he suddenly felt a little lonely.

However, Yamada Masaharu shook his head and quickly calmed down the sadness in his heart.

He is now immune to these guys talking about three-dimensional girls.

At first, he might feel envious.

But, fate is really something that cannot be forced.

Even a dead otaku like Furukawa can meet a beautiful Miss Xuezhu.

Hayamigawa can also meet cute girls with the same interests on the Internet.

Maybe I can meet one someday.

There is no point in thinking so much, just go to work when you should go to work, and play games when you should play games.

Before finding a girlfriend, Paradox's games are the greatest comfort.

He took the game disc out of the bag, looked at the cover, and couldn't help frowning.

"Wow, now Pokeni doesn't even have human heroines anymore? Instead, they become robots?"

Is this a satire on otakus?

You can't find human girls, so why not give them a robot girlfriend?

Yamada Masaharu always felt that there was a big problem.

Maybe this is just a forward-looking advertisement. What if Pokeni really develops a robot girlfriend one day...

Yamada Masaharu was in a state of hesitation. So should he buy it or not?

A robot that can be used to replace a real girlfriend, just thinking about it makes me feel a little excited.

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Insert the disc and start the game.

The screen went black, and the familiar Pokeni logo still appeared on the screen.

Here is the iconic slogan:

【Game is life】

[Here, start an unprecedented journey of life]

However, it is slightly different from previous games.

This time, the prompt words are presented in a mechanical style.

To be precise, the font is like some strange metal, shining with luster, and you can see traces of oxidation and corrosion in it, and the two words [Life] in the middle are replaced by robots.

The small robot in the middle spreads its legs and becomes a big human character.

Seeing this, Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but smile knowingly. Every game of Pokeni is designed very carefully.

It feels very cyberpunk.

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Mmm…

The TV makes a bunch of strange sounds of parts colliding and electromagnetic interaction, but it makes you feel a little cute.

The font trembles, and then breaks into various parts and falls to the ground.

The logo is reassembled into a big [My Robot Girlfriend]

The screen goes black, and when it lights up again, it has come to the main interface.

The main interface still retains the same sense of future technology.

However, this sense of technology is attached to nature.

In the background of the screen, there is a hill in the distance, and a small house built on the roof in the near distance.

The outer wall of the house is an old lime wall, slightly mottled, and painted by Pokeni's painter into a very fresh forest-style architectural style. Various plants are climbing on the stone wall, long creepers, green vines...

There are also morning glories winding down from the top.

The morning glory is colorful and blooms in the sun.

But what is slightly abrupt with the whole game background is that in the near distance, near the center of the camera, there is a strange girl.

To be precise, it is a robot girl with a metal body, a human face, and parts exposed on the other half of the face.

On her back, there is a pair of broken mechanical wings that can no longer fly.

She just sat calmly on a chair in the courtyard outside, looking at the side motionlessly.

The whole picture is not a completely static picture, but a dynamic picture with changing light and shadow.

Although the robot girl can't talk, walk, or move, birds will occasionally fly in from outside the screen and land on her shoulders.

After staying for a few seconds, the birds fly away again.

Repeatedly.

It's strange to say, when I saw this, Yamada Masaharu's heart couldn't help but move, with an illusion of time passing and years changing.

The girl who looks like a mechanical structure is out of tune with this dilapidated human house with the breath of nature, as if one is from the future and the other is from a long time ago...

Put together, it has the taste of time.

Especially the birds keep coming and going, which aggravates this feeling.

After tilting his head and watching for a while, Yamada Masaharu took a deep breath.

The producers and painters of pokeni are simply a group of artists. Just the main interface can keep you looking for a long time.

I always feel that there is endless power hidden in it.

The power of time.

Even if it is just a few tens of seconds of looping dynamic pictures, it makes people feel the vicissitudes of time. This skill is really extraordinary.

Moreover, the robot girl is drawn very beautifully. Even if half of her cheek has become a metal structure and oxidized and corroded, the remaining half of her cheek still makes you feel that she is so cute.

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Press the button and select [New Game]

The game officially starts.

The screen went black and a number appeared:

[October 20, 1993]

The lonely back of the male protagonist appeared in the picture.

Soothing and pleasant music also sounded.

Without looking at the list of production staff, Yamada Masaharu can also know that this is the composition of Shirakawa Atsushi.

Shirakawa Atsushi's music has a healing power, warm and charming, but it can always shine into the depths of your soul.

Today is the birthday of the male protagonist Jiro.

[Today is my birthday, but unfortunately, no one helps me celebrate, so I can only celebrate my birthday. 】

【Every time I get to this point, I think, how nice it would be if I had a girlfriend】

Shoji Yamada felt deep malice from the male protagonist named [Jiro]. This is completely a copy of his life!

Jiro is a lonely office worker, and no one wishes him a happy birthday.

Every morning, he wakes up from his bed alone and goes to work alone. He is engaged in the IT industry and his daily work is to write code.

The most common communication is to discuss requirements with colleagues.

Ah, this...

Is it so real?

Shoji Yamada covered his heart with his hand.

Ouch...

It hurts.

Damn pokeni, you are peeping into my life, right?

Do you have to do this?

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【Colleagues in the company are all good, but no one wants to talk to each other after work】

【Working is hard enough, and no one wants to waste time on meaningless socializing after get off work】

【There are no girls in the company, and even socializing is rare】

[There are one or two social activities occasionally, but I rarely meet girls who really like me]

[In short, I am a lonely otaku who doesn't need anyone to accompany me. I just like to stay at home and play games and watch cartoons. ]

[I have long been accustomed to celebrating my birthday alone like this]

[I don't want anyone to bring any changes]

Damn it!

You keep scolding me!

Yamada Masaharu frowned fiercely. This is not just simple malice, right?

Pokeni completely stabbed my heart.

Too much!

Pokeni is too much!

This is even more excessive than directly sending knives to the male and female protagonists!

Yamada Masaharu has never been so heartbroken when playing games. It's like being stabbed countless times.

[Today is my 24th birthday. I want to buy myself a gift]

Jiro walked into a department store, and then carefully selected a watch.

"Please pack it."

"Okay." The clerk asked with a smile, "Is it for someone else?"

It hurts.

The male protagonist's expression was obviously stiff for two seconds. No one gave him a birthday present, so he could only give himself a present, but...

This self-esteem could not be explained, so Jiro could only smile and nodded, "Yes, it's for someone else."

[It's just for myself]

It's so sad...

Yamada Masaharu couldn't help but sympathize with him. After all, he still had friends to meet in reality. Although those guys seemed to have less time after having girlfriends, they were also communicating about games.

This feeling is not measured by time.

On his birthday, Yamada Masaharu also received gifts from Hayamigawa seniors and a group of people gave him blessings.

But...

Why did Yamada Masaharu have tears in his eyes when he played to this point?

Damn!

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There is another chapter in the evening