Pei Qian's words stunned everyone.
What the hell?
I'm the consortium?
The big consortiums in Cyberpunk had always represented extreme monopoly capital. They were the source of all the pain in the Cyberpunk world, the evil representative of exploitation and oppression of ordinary people at the bottom of society.
As long as it was a Cyberpunk theme, these big consortiums would undoubtedly be the biggest villains.
Yet, Boss Pei wanted to create a Cyberpunk theme that involved all of Tengda's businesses? What's more, it would become a big villain?
That was ridiculous!
Everyone immediately understood why they did not use the story background of Tomorrow is Beautiful.
That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful had a ready-made world. It might be vague, but the various advertisements in it had already framed a soft boundary.
Using Tengda's businesses as the big consortiums in the story would conflict with the world setting of Tomorrow is Beautiful. They could not actually do it.
Some people also understood what Boss Pei meant by 'in a virtual city in a parallel universe'.
Parallel universe meant that this world also had Tengda and Tengda's various businesses.
Future universe meant that Tengda's businesses had developed into a monopolistic super consortium. It was a state of the future.
Virtual world and virtual city meant that the entire world had nothing to do with the current world and Jingzhou.
However, no matter what, it did not sound right to put Tengda's own businesses in the game and become a big consortium and the embodiment of big capital …
That was because these businesses were around them. They might even have been brought up by the people in charge. They were too familiar with it.
It was like asking someone who was deeply influenced by Eastern culture to create a superhero story with a Western cultural background.
It would definitely be awkward no matter how they made it up.
Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment before saying, "So … the villains are ourselves? What about the good guys? Who will resist us? "
Pei Qian said, "Everyone.
"Everyone in the entire world will rebel against us."
However, they will definitely fail. Tengda is invincible after all. "
Everyone looked at each other again.
Something was wrong. The more they listened, the more ridiculous it sounded.
Everyone will resist? Wouldn't that be public enemy number one?
Although 'Tengda is invincible' sounded good, in such a worldview, the villains were invincible. That felt like self-deprecation …
Ye Zhizhou asked, "Boss Pei, you haven't said if this is a standalone game or an online game."
Pei Qian pondered for a moment. "Standalone? Something was not right. Online games? Hmm … not entirely. "
He also fell into a dilemma. He felt that no matter what he did, there would be problems.
Standalone games, in fact, followed the path of Triple-A masterpieces. The development costs were high, but the process was relatively controllable.
As long as the plot of the game was properly presented, it would still be considered an excellent work.
Of course, the plot might dissuade players. However, the rules that applied to other companies might not apply to Tengda.
Take Tomorrow is Beautiful for example. The plot was originally going to be fed sh * t, but the final outcome was completely different.
Given Tengda's current success rate in making standalone games, Pei Qian did not have much confidence.
Then, what about online games?
Pei Qian did not know how to make an online game out of a work of this magnitude.
Should he make it into a traditional MMORPG? That would definitely not work because it was completely incompatible with the way standalone games were done.
Pei Qian did not want to give up on doing standalone games because they would spend more money and lose more money. What's more, it would show Tengda's evil image more comprehensively.
Online games were less expressive of the plot. If he could not show Tengda's negative image well, it would become an advertisement for Tengda's businesses. That would be a huge problem.
However, Pei Qian wanted to slightly combine the gameplay of online games with standalone games. That way, the chances of failure would be higher.
After all, pure standalone games and pure online games had been successful before. What if the two gameplay were mixed together? What if there was some amazing chemistry?
Pei Qian thought for a moment. "Standalone games with online gameplay!"
He did not care about the design anyway. The two games departments were in charge of the design. They just had to come up with a concept. What the design looked like was completely up to fate.
Everyone started recording in their little notebooks.
They did not really understand, but they still wrote it down and slowly figured it out.
The conference room fell into a momentary silence. Yu Fei raised his hand weakly and said, "Boss Pei, this background seems to be completely different from mine …"
Pei Qian asked in return, "Didn't you only make a small part of your background? Since it won't affect much, you can modify it a little. "
Yu Fei, "That … works."
Although his first reaction was a little strange, he thought about it carefully and realized that he could indeed modify it.
That was because his worldview completion was very low. He did not have any good ideas until now. If he followed Boss Pei's instructions and split Tengda's various industries into large consortiums, it would be a good idea to infiltrate all aspects of the city's life.
At least he was very familiar with these businesses and had many ready-made materials that he could use.
What's more, the two games departments and Fei Huang Workspace would also participate in the development. There would be a large number of concept designs. These pictures would be very helpful in stimulating his imagination and inspiration.
As for the plot that had already been written, most of it could be used. It would not be a problem to modify the remaining parts or think of other ways to round things out.
After listening to Boss Pei's plan, Yu Fei even had the urge to rewrite all his current works.
There was nothing special about them at all!
Look at Boss Pei. His imagination was wild and unrestrained. What's more, he was very bold!
Huang Sibo was almost done recording. He raised his hand and asked, "Boss Pei, will the movie and game be the same as Mission and Choice? Will the plot be combined? Will the movie plot be part of the game plot? "
Pei Qian immediately shook his head. "No!"
What a joke. I will never make the mistake of Mission and Choice a second time!
Mission and Choice was selling like hotcakes. One of the main reasons was that they could watch movies while playing games. RTS games might be a niche game but many people who did not have any foundation in RTS games could still play it happily because of the simplified operation mode, AI effects, and smooth plot.
If they were to work together again this time, something big would really happen.
Thus, they had to be separated!
Pei Qian added, "Movies and games share the same background at most, but the game plot has to be completely separated. There should not be too much connection."
Ye Zhizhou raised his hand and asked, "Boss Pei, do you want every department to become a large consortium and directly affect people's lives? The same for the games industry? "
Pei Qian nodded. "That's right. The games industry is very easy to affect. You can exaggerate it. For example, virtual reality games steal users' information, violate users' privacy, make players addicted to games to escape from real life, and so on …"
"Think to the extreme and use your imagination to the fullest!"
Ye Zhizhou nodded silently and did not speak.
Good lord, this was not something an ordinary villain could do. It was the kind that would be nailed to the pillar of shame.
With Ye Zhizhou's question, the others basically knew what to do.
They had to use their imagination to imagine the most extreme monopoly situation after the development of various departments and industries, and then show it in games and movies.
What was the bottom line? There was no bottom line!
However, since Boss Pei said that the plot of the game and the movie only had the same background and the details were not related, that meant that the game and the movie could focus on different aspects.
They had to think about how to express it in the long run.
Boss Pei's missions were becoming simpler and simpler. This meant that the abilities of the various departments were improving. Boss Pei no longer had to plan the game in detail like before. He could give a simple framework and then hand the specific work to his subordinates.
This meant that everyone's abilities had improved, and so had Boss Pei's trust in them!
Although Boss Pei's requirements were as broad and imaginative as ever, everyone was full of energy. They had to do this project well!
Seeing how confident everyone was, Pei Qian suddenly felt a little flustered.
Something was not right!
Did these people clearly understand the intent of my design?
It seemed like they did not.
He had to emphasize it to them again.
Pei Qian coughed lightly and said, "Let me be clear. Tengda will appear as the biggest villain in the background of this story. We have to make the players and the audience feel as disgusted or even hostile. We must not beautify it or be misinterpreted by the audience.
"We have to let them see the serious consequences of Tengda becoming a monopoly in the future, understand?
"Don't let them look forward to it and don't have any advertising effect."
Pei Qian knew very well that it was common for creators to be misinterpreted.
For example, there was a drama series where the original work was a dystopian theme. It described a future world that looked beautiful but was devoid of humanity to arouse people's vigilance.
However, when this drama was being filmed, they accidentally made the future world seem too beautiful. It was full of handsome men and beautiful women, with advanced technology and no worries. Although there were some satirical content, it was a little unbalanced, so much so that the audience had a yearning for this world. They sincerely felt that this world was quite good, and they really wanted to transmigrate there.
If this happened to the game that Pei Qian wanted to create, it would be a huge problem.
Therefore, he had to make it clear in advance so that the main creators would not misunderstand.
Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce looked at each other. Obviously, Boss Pei had rejected one of the paths they had thought of before.
However, it was not a big problem. The more Boss Pei rejected, the clearer the direction.
Yu Fei said, "Boss Pei, we can't use my current name. Why don't we change it? Do you have any good ideas?"
Pei Qian nodded slightly.
He had already thought about it in advance. This time, he decided to use the most straightforward and unpretentious name.
"Let's call it 'The Future You Choose'!
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