Chapter 60 Robert’s Kindness
"Lo!"
As soon as he got off the plane, Mr. Robert greeted Luo Bai with a spring-like smile and raised his arms.
"Oh, Mr. Robert."
Their chests collided fiercely in mid-air, and then they patted each other's back enthusiastically.
"God, you are so strong."
Robert touched his aching chest and grinned.
"Making games is actually physical work in a sense. It's always good to keep exercising, isn't it, my friend."
Luo Bai asked with a smile.
"You are right, my friend."
Robert smiled with big white teeth, and then led Luo Bai into the special car he sent.
As the head of Microsoft's gaming department, Robert has extensive research into the gaming industry and is a loyal gaming enthusiast himself.
My daily job is to contact some cooperation related to the game industry.
As for going to the Independent Games Festival that day, it was purely Robert's personal hobby.
Discovering and investing in potentially high-quality new games is somewhat overkill given Robert's current status.
However, it was indeed an unexpected surprise to be able to see Ori's demo at the Independent Games Festival that day.
"Ori and the Blind Forest" sold quite well on XBOX and received unanimous praise from players, but this was not what Robert liked about Luo Bai.
Robert carefully collected all the information that Luo Bai could collect so far, including mirror and Ori.
He found that any game produced by this person would always cause considerable commotion through a coincidence that was difficult for others to understand.
In other words, the games produced by Luo Bai always get out of the game inexplicably.
There is no doubt that Luo Bai carries an inexplicable fortune.
Although Robert himself is not superstitious, luck is often called a miracle.
For example, this game producer from Yan Kingdom will be at the top of this industry in the future.
Hey, who can explain it clearly?
"Tonight, there is a gathering within the gaming community in Beverly Hills. Do you want to attend, Luo?"
In the back seat of the carriage, Robert opened a bottle of champagne for Luo Bai and extended an invitation to Luo Bai.
"Me?"
Luo Bai was a little surprised.
The venue of TGA is the City of Angels, so it is not surprising that Lobai can hold a party in Beverly Hills.
What really surprised Luo Bai was that Robert would actually invite him.
Even though he has a net worth of hundreds of millions, Chuxin Game Studio is quite famous in the gaming circles within Yan Kingdom.
But in essence, the current Luobai is still far away from the capital circle, let alone such a top capital circle.
He is just a lucky guy who made an excellent game. No one knows where his luck will extend. He is not qualified.
But the Mr. Robert in front of me is certainly qualified.
"Why not? Geniuses always get some preferential treatment."
Robert shrugged his shoulders, looking noncommittal.
After a moment of silence, Luo Bai smiled slightly:
"Thank you, Mr. Robert, this is very helpful to me."
Luo Bai was indeed tempted.
Although he is really not interested in socializing and socializing, Luo Bai cannot deny the huge role of connections.
Despite Chu Xin's current success in China, at that time he was almost killed by Ma Bin.
If he hadn't met the heads of the three major consoles at the Independent Games Festival, and without their endorsement, 10,000 negative reviews would have directly pushed Luo Bai into the abyss.
No player would be willing to try a game with such poor reviews. Even if a few players who don't believe in evil play it and think the game is very good, how long will word of mouth spread?
By then the day lilies will be cold.
By the time Ori was vindicated, Luo Bai had already announced that Chuxin Game Studio's capital chain had been broken and it was disbanded.
I still want to make a comeback and honestly make the Mirror DLC. However, the popularity of Mirror cannot be replicated at all. This will undoubtedly force Luo Bai to use his master-level CG drawing ability to make more restricted-level games. game.
But this thing has been done too much. With the vest bound to the system, can Luo Bai really turn back?
There were so many porn stars in Hong Kong back then, how many of them ended up landing?
A mirror has already made players remember it. Luo Bai still made a serious game in the end, and no one would buy it.
The situation at that time was really dangerous.
"Who made us friends?"
Robert just smiled lightly, but then he thought of something again,
"I heard that Luo has recently launched a new game project. I haven't read the relevant content yet. I want to ask, is it Ori2?"
"No." Luo Bai shook his head, "This is a turn-based RPG game with meaty pigeon elements. Its name is "Dark Dungeon"."
"Is it because of financial difficulties that we cannot develop Ori2?"
Robert didn't understand why Luo Bai didn't continue to make this IP, but he added,
"If it is for this reason, we at Microsoft are willing to bear all the costs of the development process of Ori2."
"Ori will continue to do it, but not now." Luo Bai shook his head and smiled,
"In my eyes, "Darkest Dungeon" is no less charming than Ori, but in terms of production difficulty, it is actually much simpler than Ori's development.
I am reorganizing my team, this is a hands-on work for a new team. ”
"So that's the case, then congratulations Luo on your new game selling well."
"I would like to lend you your kind words."
Two goblets clinked in the air.
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
That night, Luo Bai was invited to attend a dinner in Beverly Hills.
There is no unpleasant slap-in-the-face plot. As Luo Bai’s introducer, Mr. Robert introduced Luo Bai to many big players in the gaming industry.
After learning that Luo Bai was the developer of Ori, many world-famous game producers showed strong interest in Luo Bai.
They intensely discussed Ori's development concept with Luo Bai, the essence of the Hakoba design.
And after Luo Bai put forward some views on the current gaming industry and some prospects for future development, he even expressed surprise.
Many of them directly extended an olive branch to Luo Bai.
As long as Luo Bai is willing to work for them, he is willing to give him an annual salary of tens of millions and even equity rewards.
Luo Bai just declined, but there was nothing angry about this group of people.
After everyone exchanged contact information, it was considered a great time for both host and guest.
The cold evening wind blew away the alcohol on Luo Bai's face.
All I can say is that it was indeed a party held by the gaming community - there was no impact at all!
Thanks to Agnis, Flexbio, Burning Yellow Stew, 123 Ganglie You, and Gray Start for their monthly ticket support.
It’s time to fill up the display cabinet in Mr. Luo’s office!
I also read everyone’s messages.
Play the games one by one, take your time, don’t rush, I will write whatever I can.
Finally, thank you all for your support to Xiao Xiao.
As usual, I would like to ask everyone for a follow-up reading. This is really important to me.
Pen refill~
Tomorrow at the same time, we will see each other.
(End of chapter)