Chapter 141
The team heading to the United States this time is much larger than before. In addition to the lawyer team that we always bring with us, we also have a gaming team.
Including Fan Xiaoqian's three-person programming team, plus the twenty-person art team led by Hong Fei, and finally the two guardians Zhang Pingyi and Xiong Jiajia.
After a thirteen-hour transoceanic voyage, the plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport.
Facebook’s local staff were ready to receive him and rented a bus for Qin Shaoyan’s use.
After picking everyone up in the car, we went straight to the house we rented in advance.
This is a high-rise apartment. It is located in the urban area and has convenient transportation and a good environment.
Moreover, most of the tenants in the apartment building are students and white-collar workers, and public security is guaranteed.
This time I have to stay in the United States for at least one to two weeks, and with the large team, it would be inconvenient to stay in a hotel, so I simply rented an apartment.
The apartment has complete facilities and Internet access, which facilitates online communication, development and maintenance.
After everyone was settled, Qin Shaoyan carefully gave some safety precautions and then let everyone go to rest.
The next day, everyone who had rested and reorganized was pulled to the shooting range and began to experience the feeling of shooting with real guns and live ammunition.
I experienced various firearms such as pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles and machine guns one by one, and also had close contact with real guns.
After getting in touch with the real thing, the art team found that there were still some differences between the model and the photo. After all, the details could not be easily observed in the photo.
There is another more important issue, which is the sound of firearms.
Previously, they used audio files extracted from CS as dubbing for the demo, but now they went to the site to compare and found that there was a big difference.
If it's just a demo, it's okay. If you want to make a formal version, you have to look for post-dubbing again.
The art team here is studying firearms, and Qin Shaoyan is also busy here.
He first secured the copyright of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song "he'sapirate" through connections, and added this classic music to the BGM for game promotion.
Although it cost a little money, it still needs to be spent for advertising.
After all, the main market for this game is still in North America, so it cannot get into trouble because of copyright issues.
In the intense busyness, time soon came to May 12th, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) officially opened at the Los Angeles International Convention Center in the United States.
More than 400 manufacturers and thousands of games on various platforms from around the world participated in this exhibition, including Chinese manufacturers such as NetDragon.
E3 is the world's largest and most well-known interactive entertainment exhibition. It has been held since 1995 and plays an important role in the global electronic entertainment industry. Some reviews call it "the annual Olympic event in the electronic entertainment industry". ".
Unlike other exhibitions, E3 is a business exchange exhibition open to people in the game industry. In addition to players, the main audiences of the exhibition are publishers, distributors, developers, media, etc. in the industry.
The E3 exhibition can be said to be a preview of the annual business war in the game industry. Major game manufacturers will present their most important products of the year at the exhibition. Whether they can succeed at this exhibition to some extent represents the product. market prospects.
So at the exhibition, various game manufacturers will try their best to attract as much attention as possible.
What is different from the past is that this year not only Chinese game manufacturers participated in the exhibition, but the Audiovisual Electronics and Online Publishing Management Department of the Publishing House sent a deputy director to lead a delegation to inspect the exhibition.
As soon as the exhibition opened, countless players poured into the conference center. Their first choice was the booths of famous game manufacturers to see what game masterpieces they can expect this year.
Qin Shaoyan's booth was much deserted in comparison. Although a lot of decorations were made with the help of V agency, they were not well-known and it was difficult to attract everyone's attention.
At this time, more people's attention is on the booths of major manufacturers such as Microsoft, Sega, Sony, and Nintendo.
At the pre-show press conference, Nintendo officially announced their new handheld console "NDS", and a video started on the spot.
When the scene of Link galloping on his horse appeared in front of everyone, the audience immediately burst into cheers. Then the talented producer Shigeru Miyamoto came on the stage, brandishing a sword and shield, and announced to everyone that "The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess" was actually under development, which aroused the excitement of the players.
The classic expression of the four foreigners cheering was born at this moment.
Therefore, the Nintendo booth has become the most popular attraction, with many players and media rushing in.
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The leaders of the publishing department came to Qin Shaoyan's booth as their first stop.
Chen Peng took the lead and introduced to the deputy director leading the team, "This is the famous game designer, Qin Shaoyan."
The deputy director enthusiastically stretched out his hand and shook it with Qin Shaoyan Together, "Mr. Qin has achieved such extraordinary results at such a young age. He is truly a talented designer."
"The leader has given me the award." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "There are many game talents in the country, and I am just one of them. I also want to thank the leaders for their care and support."
"That's different, you Qin Shaoyan is recognized as the number one person in China’s gaming industry,” the deputy director joked, “This is recognized by all Americans.”
After all, Qin Shaoyan is a golden brand in China’s gaming industry. World class game designer.
And because of the project of exporting stand-alone games overseas, Qin Shaoyan has a close relationship with the publishing department, so he naturally received special attention from the authorities.
The leader encouraged Qin Shaoyan a few words, and also specifically offered to try out the new games brought by their company to express the publisher's attention.
Then the domestic media who came with the delegation came to interview one after another.
“Mr. Qin, what new game have you brought this time? Is it the Counter-Strike online game?”
“Mr. Qin, can this new game break the popularity of Plants vs. Zombies? Sales record?”
“Mr. Qin, are you confident to create another miracle this time and continue to add glory to Huaxia Games?”
“Mr. Qin, what do you think of Huaxia Games and foreign games? Is the difference big? ”
"Mr. Qin, how can the domestic game industry learn from the major international game companies? When can we catch up with the international level?"
"Mr. Qin, what do you have to say to the domestic game industry? Can you Can you tell us your secret to success?”
“Mr. Qin, what do you think about the revitalization of domestic stand-alone games? Do you think there is still a future for domestic stand-alone games?”
“Qin. In short, in the face of powerful international manufacturers, Chuxin Technology still has a long way to go. Do you have confidence?”
Qin Shaoyan sighed inwardly, what’s going on with you guys doing the news? Can't do an interview?
What kind of bad questions are being raised here?
Does it still need to be asked whether there is a big gap between Chinese games and international games?
Don’t throw all the burden of revitalizing China’s games on me alone. I’m under a lot of pressure.
Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "We have made sufficient preparations for this exhibition. It is hard to say whether we can surpass the previous game."
"Because the game market is constantly changing and full of uncertainties. Certainty, anything can happen.”
“It’s a good time for the game Plants vs. Zombies to become popular. After all, games with global sales of more than 10 million are very rare.”
“But I am still very confident in the quality of the new game. After all, What we are aiming for is the world’s first-class level.”
The reporters suddenly became excited and asked, “Mr. Qin, do you think your game can compete with the international game companies?”
< br>"It doesn't matter whether I say it or not. It has to be tested by the market." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "Please wait and see."
(End of this chapter)