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The person Li Yuanhang wants to meet is Wang Tongxu, a game producer from Tianyu Entertainment.

Why is it a former producer, because Tianyu Entertainment has declared bankruptcy a month ago.

Li Yuanhang wanted to meet Wang Tongxu, just to dig him into Shinhwa Studio to make up for his lack of experience in PC game development.

Only Li Yuanhang and his secretary Shen Bing came here this time. It was already night before they arrived in Pengcheng. They went straight to the reserved hotel to rest.

After taking a shower, Li Yuanhang lay on the bed and read the information about Wang Tongxu collected by Shen Bing for the third time.

Wang Tongxu, male, thirty-two years old, a game producer under Tianyu Entertainment, who is good at making RPG-type PC-side stand-alone games. Tianyu Entertainment is also one of the few domestic manufacturers that only produce stand-alone games.

Over the past ten years in the industry, he has developed many excellent stand-alone games, but unfortunately most of them are not popular.The "Legend of the Sword" released at the beginning of this year was of good quality but too hardcore, which discouraged many players. This became the last straw for Tianyu Entertainment's bankruptcy.

After the bankruptcy of Tianyu Entertainment, Wang Tongxu once released a crowdfunding to raise 5 million funds for the production of a new game. Unfortunately, the predetermined amount was not reached, and this crowdfunding failed.

In all fairness, Li Yuanhang feels that Wang Tongxu is indeed an excellent game producer, and the quality of the games he makes is really good. However, he pursues the difficulty and level design of the game too much, ignoring that the most important thing for an RPG game is to tell a good story.

Take the previous "Dance of Gods" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" for example, both of which are also mythological games. The release date is less than a year apart. They are still the same publishing company, Shengtang...

On the steam platform, Gujian 3 is particularly well received, and "Fantasy of God Dance" has mixed reviews. Why is there such a big difference in reputation between the two?

"Fantasy" uses the Unreal 4 engine, and "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" uses the VisionEngine engine, so in terms of screen details, "Fantasy" is better.

"Fantasy of God Dance" uses motion capture, while most of the character movements in "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" are hand-tuned.

The research and development funds of "Fantasy" is said to be 70 million, and "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" is only 30 million.

Although most of the comparison projects are "Fantasy Dance" dominates, but after the release, they were scolded for optimization and plot, especially the male protagonist Fei Xing, Ji Virgin, hypocrisy and other various Mary Su heroines Many players want to kill the hero after half of the game.

Although "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" is not as good in all aspects, it tells a good story, a story about inheritance, so it won the favor of players.

If an RPG game can't even tell the story, how can the player be substituted into the game?

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The next day, Li Yuanhang took Shen Bing to a teahouse in Pengcheng, and finally saw Wang Tongxu.

Wang Tongxu looked haggard. He was wearing an old jacket, like a migrant worker entering the city.

"Hello Brother Xu, I am Li Yuanhang from Shinhwa Network, and this is my secretary Shen Bing." Li Yuanhang first introduced himself.

Wang Tongxu looked at Li Yuanhang, and said calmly, "Hello, President Li, this is Wang Tongxu."

Li Yuanhang asked straightforwardly: "Brother Xu, I believe you are already very clear about my purpose this time. I am here to officially invite you to serve as the executive producer of Shinhwa Studio to help me complete the development of the game."

Wang Tongxu said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Mr. Li, I am very happy for your invitation, but I have already conceived a game and will start production, so I can only refuse it."

"Brother Xu, hasn't your crowdfunding failed?" Li Yuanhang looked at Wang Tongxu curiously: "Can you tell me where you got the R&D funds for the game?"

Wang Tongxu stubbornly said: "It is not convenient to tell President Li."

Li Yuanhang noticed something and said with a faint smile: "I don't know if Brother Xu, would you let me see your plan for this game?"

Seeing Wang Tongxu staying silent, Li Yuanhang continued: "Brother Xu, don’t worry, I’m just looking at your plan. I will never use this idea to develop games. If you still don’t believe me, we Confidentiality and contract can be signed. If I, Shinhwa Network, or other companies related to me make similar games in the future, I am willing to pay high compensation."

Wang Tongxu took out a thick stack of printed plans from his briefcase: "I can trust President Li's character."

Li Yuanhang took the planning case, while drinking tea while watching the planning case, he asked Wang Tongxu from time to time.

After going through the plan roughly, Li Yuanhang found that Wang Tongxu’s games were not selling well for a reason.

Wang Tongxu’s game is a very traditional ARPG martial arts game. The storyline is the same. The protagonist’s family is destroyed by the villain. The protagonist escapes and gets a chance.

In the process of searching for his enemies, the protagonist strengthens a confidante, and finally defeats the villain with the confidante and returns to the world.

Forget the cliché of the story. After all, it's only ARPG. Players can accept the plot as long as it is not too bloody.

The problem is that in Wang Tongxu's settings, the game is very difficult. As long as the operation is not good, a mob may take the protagonist away in one wave.

Only this can persuade the vast majority of handicapped players to leave.

More importantly, it will be difficult for you to kill BOSS as proficiently as in "Sekiro" after you have practiced your skills in this game, because no matter how proficient you are, you can only avoid damage and skills.

If the mobs have a million HP, you can only lose a thousand points with a single cut. Even if you fill up enchantments and gems, you can only damage a single 5,000 points. Why do you have to cut two hundred points to do it? The mobs grind to death.

This is simply killing people!

In addition to this, the other designs of this game are pretty good, and some places even make Li Yuanhang shine. However, because of the difficulty, this move can please hardcore players, but many people just want to experience the plot. The player turned away.

Li Yuanhang thought for a while and said to Shen Bing, "Take out the plan in my briefcase."

Shen Bing quickly took out the plan that Li Yuanhang had asked her to print out before departure.

Li Yuanhang said to Wang Tongxu: "Brother Xu, in exchange, you can also take a look at my plan."

Wang Tongxu took the planning case in surprise, and a few large characters on the cover came into view: "The planning case of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"."

Yes, the next game of Shinhwa Studio is Jin Daxia's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The choice of this novel to be adapted into a game was also considered by Li Yuanhang.

China’s domestic games have too many Xianxia themes. It seems that domestic gamers think that only Xianxia is suitable for games, and martial arts are too low.

Li Yuanhang once considered making "Legend of Sword and Fairy" or "Gu Jian Qi Tan 3", but the former is too old, and it is still a turn-based game. If Li Yuanhang wants to make it, it is almost like redo a game.

"Gu Jian Qi Tan 3" is similar. In addition to the content of the story, Li Yuanhang will definitely have to overthrow all the frameworks, and even not make ARPG this type, then the workload will be too much.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is different. As one of Jin Daxia's most remakes of novels, the content of the story is definitely not to be said. How inspiring a silly boy becomes a generation of heroes.

Coupled with their own magical secrets, gods, mounts, and medicines, they can satisfy the players' desire to collect. More importantly, this breaks through the barriers of ordinary martial arts, adding national hatred and historical background. It is definitely not a martial arts game. It has to be said.

Sure enough, Wang Tongxu watched the constant changes on the face of the planning case, and finally slumped: "After reading the planning case of President Li, I feel that my own share is simply unsightly. It seems that I am really not suitable. Be a producer."

Li Yuanhang smiled and asked, "Brother Xu, are you willing to join Shinhwa Studio now? I promise that after helping me complete the two games, I can set up your own studio for you. I will provide the creativity of the game."

Wang Tongxu tore up his plan: "I am very happy."