Chapter 581 Live Interactive Video Game

After Ark Interactive Entertainment was targeted by Penguin, Xu Ye has been thinking about how to increase the valuation of Ark Interactive Entertainment.

The most direct way is to create another popular game.

But now "Egg Star" is already in development, and the subsequent levels of "Human Fall Flat" are also being developed. There are more and more people in the company, and the office is almost full. Even if Xu Ye wants to recruit more people, it is impossible to create another game like this in a short time.

After chatting with Cheng Jun for a few sentences, Xu Ye suddenly had an idea and thought of a game that does not require many technical personnel to develop.

That is a real-life interactive video game.

Two typical representative works, one is "Invisible Guardian" and the other is "Finished! I am surrounded by beauties!"

After these two games, many similar imitations have also been released.

Although the audience is limited, it has indeed been popular for a period of time, and this is exactly the effect Xu Ye wants.

Xu Ye led Chen Qingqing along the sidewalk to the intersection, and then returned from the intersection. He recalled the plot of the game in his mind. After reaching the door of his house, he said goodbye to Cheng Jun and took Chen Qingqing home.

Seeing Xu Ye sitting in front of the computer and typing on the keyboard as soon as he got home, Chen Qingqing asked curiously: "What are you going to do now?"

"Write a script."

"Script?"

Chen Qingqing pouted and said disdainfully: "You can also write a script?"

"I know a lot."

Chen Qingqing walked forward curiously and took a look. She saw a few big words written in the first line of the word document in the middle - It's over! I'm surrounded by beauties!

"Xu Ye!" Chen Qingqing seemed to be used to pulling ears, and she pulled Xu Ye's ears.

Xu Ye sighed and said, "No, what are you doing?"

"Do you want to be surrounded by beauties?"

"Don't make trouble for no reason. I'm writing a script for a game."

"What script does a game need? Am I so easy to fool?"

"I want to create a real-life interactive video game."

Chen Qingqing saw Xu Ye's serious look and lightened her hand. She muttered, "What kind of game is this?"

"You'll know when this game is made."

Chen Qingqing watched for a while. Just looking at the corny lines written by Xu Ye, she had goose bumps. She simply got up and sat back on the sofa, watching a boring soap opera by herself and chatting with Zhang Ruowei.

Zhang Ruowei: "How is your cohabitation life?"

Chen Qingqing: "Not bad."

Zhang Ruowei: "Tsk, I heard from Jiang Yu that you look radiant."

Chen Qingqing: "You are just listening to her nonsense."

Chen Qingqing: "How are you?"

Zhang Ruowei: "It's okay, his mother is very nice to me, and she takes me to meet relatives and friends every day during this period."

Zhang Ruowei: "Also, I want to ask you something."

Chen Qingqing: "Tell me."

Zhang Ruowei: "How many times a week do you and Xu Ye have sex?"

Chen Qingqing: "???"

Zhang Ruowei: "Don't pretend, I want to know if all men are like this, or if Zhao Ming is not good enough."

Zhang Ruowei: "Where is he?"

Zhang Ruowei: "Hello."

Chen Qingqing was embarrassed to answer Zhang Ruowei's shameless question.

...

Xu Ye can no longer remember the plot of this game.

But it doesn't matter.

Because for this kind of game, the plot is not the focus, the focus is to satisfy the fantasies of otakus through interaction.

So two things are very important.

One is the actors.

The second is the quality of the video.

As for actors, only female actors are needed, because the male lead is just a tool and does not need to appear on camera, so even if a woman is found to play, dubbing can be done in the later stage.

As for the quality of the video, Xu Ye does not understand.

But it does not matter if he does not understand, the neighbor across the street understands, and this inspiration comes from him. Xu Ye has always been doing things based on the principle of keeping the fat water in the field. As long as Cheng Jun can do this well, he is happy to hand it over to Cheng Jun.

The next afternoon, Xu Ye had not finished writing the script, so he brought Chen Qingqing to visit.

Zhang Xiaoxue led the two into the house, called Cheng Jun down from upstairs, and went to make tea for the two.

After a chat.

Xu Ye said straight to the point: "Brother Cheng, after taking a walk with you yesterday evening, I suddenly had an inspiration when I went home."

"Inspiration? What inspiration?" Cheng Jun looked curious.

Xu Ye smiled and said, "I have a game company, and I want to make a real-life interactive video game."

"Real-life interactive video game?"

Cheng Jun didn't know anything about it. He frowned and asked, "What kind? Can you be more specific?"

"The process of playing the game is like watching a movie, and it is an immersive movie. The main gameplay is that in the process, several choices are provided to the players, allowing them to choose a main line to develop. For example, in the video, the male protagonist sees a drunk woman on the street, and then the game provides two choices. The first choice is to send the woman home directly, and the second choice is to help contact the woman's friends. Each choice will affect the subsequent plot. You can understand it as the player controlling the plot of the movie."

After listening to it, Cheng Jun was stunned for a long time before nodding and saying, "It sounds interesting."

"The main reason I came here today is to know if I get the script ready and provide the funds, can Brother Cheng find someone to assemble the crew."

Cheng Jun glared and said, "You mean...let me take the photo?!"

Xu Ye asked curiously: "Yes, aren't you the director?"

"this……"

Xu Ye thought Cheng Jun was unwilling, so he quickly said: "Brother Cheng, if you have other work arrangements, I can find someone else. If not, I will still pay you. I'm thinking of who to look for." , our two families are still neighbors..."

Before Xu Ye finished speaking, Zhang Xiaoxue immediately agreed: "My husband didn't have anything else to do before. When he graduated from college, the short film he shot even won an award."

Cheng Jun quickly added: "I was just nominated, not awarded."

"It would be great to be nominated." Xu Ye asked: "Brother Cheng, how much do you think it will cost to make a work like this?"

"It's hard to say. If the actors don't need to spend much money, it is estimated that less than 2 million will be enough. The main equipment is too expensive. Renting a set of top-notch equipment costs 2,000 yuan a day."

"I'll come find the actors. We won't rent the equipment, we'll buy it directly because we may have to continue shooting in the future. I'll spend a total of five million on this project. What do you think?"

"Five million?!"

"Um."

"Enough!"

"Brother Cheng, if you are free tomorrow, you can go to the company with me and I will find someone to connect with you."

"no problem."

Cheng Jun asked curiously: "What is the name of your company?"

"Ark Mutual Entertainment."

"Ark Interactive Entertainment! Is that a very popular gaming platform?!"

"right."

Zhang Xiaoxue saw her husband startled, and sat next to him and asked in a low voice: "Is he famous?"

"While I was filming, the young people in the crew were all having fun."

"Let's just say this first. We will go to the company together at 8:30 tomorrow morning."

"good."

Xu Ye smiled and quickly led Chen Qingqing away.

After the two left, Cheng Jun quickly took out his mobile phone and searched Ark Interactive Entertainment, and then searched Xu Ye's name alone. When they saw the introduction on the webpage, Cheng Jun and Zhang Xiaoxue stared with big eyes. Speechless.

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