I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 441

"Don't think too much, the investors won't agree. Well, I also prefer works with a unique style like this. Although Senju-sensei's works are very powerful, but from the perspective of liking our company's game style, Uesugi-sensei's works are acceptable. The popularity will be higher, the ability to attract fans will be stronger, and the chance of a sequel will be greater in the future."

Abogen Haizi looked at a bunch of design drafts that were produced with some expected designs, and said.

"Right... Haizi, I am the chief planner of this company. However, when I became a gamer, I just simply liked games. I finally voted for this work because I really like it. This is a script with a relaxed yet serious style. If...I want to make a bet, will everyone in the company join me?"

As he said this, Hazuki Shizuku, who had always maintained a soft face, raised her head, looked at Abogan Haiko with a smile, and asked.

Chapter 241 Welcome to Eagle Jump

Eagle Jump Game Club.

"...Wait a minute, I didn't understand what you meant just now."

Li Yan blinked and asked.

At ten o'clock on Sunday morning, in the office, Li Yan was invited by Hazuki Shizuku to the game club to talk about his game script. As a result, the other party proposed a special proposal to seek Li Yan's approval.

After experiencing yesterday's failure, Li Yan had not had time to heal his pain. At night, he received a call from Eagle Jump Company, inviting him to discuss the game script again. As a result, he heard that An unexpected turn of events occurred.

"With the permission of the president, I specially asked Mr. Uesugi to come here again. Many of our department staff felt that the work written by Mr. Uesugi was very thoughtful. It is indeed a work worthy of investment and effort."

Ye Yuezhi placed a cup of coffee in front of Li Yan, smiled lightly, looked at him and said: "We can't let down your talent. Even though Feiying Yuedong Company is not a big company, there is not much money to invest in this project. , however, I still convinced everyone at the top level and decided that the company would act as an independent investor to raise funds and develop this series of games."

When Li Yan heard this, he immediately fell silent.

Invest alone…

Such a risky investment method is very dangerous for a small game company with more than 50 people. Regardless of how well it sells, if it loses money, the company will probably go bankrupt or have its assets reorganized.

As a result, the director of this game company decided to take this risk and decided to bypass investors and develop the company independently.

"In this case, isn't the risk too great? Although I am very happy that you like my game script, there should be many factors that determine the quality of the game. Once the sale fails, it will probably lead to your business being in trouble, right? "

Li Yan asked with a worried expression.

Hazuki Shizuku smiled and asked, "Ah, is it possible that Uesugi-sensei is questioning the development capabilities of Eagle Leap?"

Li Yan looked troubled and said, "No, I don't mean that..."

"Just kidding, such risks naturally exist. Therefore, I assume all responsibilities for this project. If the sale fails, I will directly resign from the position of director of Eagle Jump. In the future, I may be relegated to other companies because of this stain. The future is worrying."

Hazuki Shizuku explained the situation with a relaxed expression while holding coffee.

Li Yan didn't know what to say for a moment. With such a risk, even if she didn't have to say it herself, the consequences of investment failure would be serious.

Hazuki Shizuku then looked a little more serious, and she said: "But, even so, I still want to take a gamble. It is not that easy to get wages in Japanese game companies, and it is basically an industry that requires some outsourced labor to support it. Not only is it thankless, but the risks are also quite high. Therefore, most people who work in the game industry have a deep love for games and are willing to spend their careers in the game production industry."

"So, when I understand that the investors have forcibly rejected your script because of profit issues, as gamers, we are also very sad. The essence of games still needs to be interesting and fun, and we, including the president, , both agreed to use the company's own funds to adapt and develop your game script and create a series of games whose copyright belongs only to Eagle Jump."

Hazuki Shizuku's words seemed to be resisting the dissatisfaction that everything was based on money and deprived gamers of their free creative efforts. This company leader, who has a dignified appearance, easy-going personality and a bit of mischief, has gathered all the power of the company and placed his hopes on the game "Witch" in an attempt to weaken the capital control of foreign investors from France and Spain. force.

"..."

Li Yan understood that Ha Yuezhi, as well as the senior executives who supported her decision-making, had placed the company's future as a bet in his game script.

The development rights of the "Elf Story" series and the mediocre "Star Kingdom" are largely controlled by the cooperative investment companies. Eagle Jump, which has worked hard for more than ten years to develop, has never given up its desire to develop independently.

No matter how interesting the script is, it seems to bear too much burden at the moment. Now, Eagle Jump officially invites him to join this big gamble.

"We are all ready to go all out, what do you mean, Mr. Uesugi?"

Hazuki Shizuku looked at him with a smile and asked.

"...I would also like to know more information. Do you have any other safeguards to ensure the quality of this game?"

Li Yan asked after thinking.

After hearing this, Ha Yuezhi showed a slight smile on her lips. She nodded, her glasses flashed, and said, "Yes."

"Bypassing investors to start developing new works, and letting a game company with 53 people develop two games at the same time, the risk factor for a small company is quite high, so it is really a battle with no retreat. Therefore, in addition to us being responsible for the entire process In addition to this game, we will temporarily recruit more people to join, including school students without any qualifications, to speed up the development progress. In addition..."

Hazuki Shizuku stretched out her hand in an inviting gesture and said with a smile: "Teacher Uesugi, on behalf of Eagle Jump Co., Ltd., I formally invite you to join our game planning department. Your joining is likely to affect the success or failure of development. We Eagle Jump need you. Let’s make this game together.”

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In the early morning of October, the hot Tokyo has always been busy. The intricate urban transportation network carries people coming and going from work to and from get off work, shuttling through various administrative areas.

Li Yan finally agreed to Hazuki Shizuku's invitation within the Eagle Jump company and temporarily joined this small but sophisticated game company on a part-time basis.

As an international student, Li Yan obtained a work permit very early. Sanhe Bunko has always communicated with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Naturally, writing is not restricted by time. However, if he directly works in a company under his name, there are certain working time restrictions. That is, you cannot work more than 4 hours a day.

Therefore, in the Eagle Jump company, Li Yan could only choose to start tracking his game script at 6:00 pm and work until 10:00 pm. Naturally, Li Yan's salary and benefits are also taken into account, and he can even write during working hours without restrictions.

"The salary...and benefits are very good." Li Yan looked at the contract document and thought silently.

"Then, Mr. Uesugi, the remuneration for the game script will be paid to you directly according to the contract. As a trainee game planner, you need to be familiar with office software. It is best to master relevant computer technology and be relatively proficient in product prototype design (Axure ”

Outside the office, Hazuki Shizuku handed a pile of thick books to Li Yan. The titles of the books were almost a bit strange, "Learn Axure well to make Angry Programming less troublesome", "Quick Programming that Won't Lose Hair"... and so on. There is a book "The Secret Technique of Ryukyu Karate".

"You must study the last one carefully. As an experienced planner, I recommend that you study that one first." Hazuki Shizuku suggested with a smile.

"..."

Li Yan looked at Ye Yuezhi, who was light and agile, and always felt that among the risk factors in planning, the personal risk was much greater than the liability risk.

Self-defense was certainly not a problem for Li Yan. As for programming technology, Li Yan also learned a lot of professional knowledge. The rest should be how to learn flow charts and product prototype design.

"Then, the next step is the newcomer meeting. Let's visit the art, IT, and music departments first. We can meet with other departments later. The main thing in planning is to deal with these departments."

Ha Yuezhi walked a few steps, turned back and said to Li Yan who was looking through the book for a while.

"Yes." Li Yan responded.

Whether a game is excellent or not depends on the division of labor between many experienced departments, who add and improve all the details required for the game one by one and finally finalize it. The map, maze and character design are completed by the script staff and game planners. After that, it was directly handed over to the art team for design and 3D modeling.

"……what happened?"

When Li Yan followed Hazuki Shizuku as he walked in the corridor of the company, although he made a cursory observation, he inexplicably found that something was not quite right.

As early as yesterday when he came in, he also had this sense of déjà vu.

"Why haven't I seen a male employee until now?" Li Yan thought curiously.

"This is the art team, which can also be called the character team. All the characters you write will be designed and produced here after I have slightly modified them. From now on, this will probably be the company you visit the longest. One of the departments.”

Ye Yuezhi took Li Yan to the outside of a department office area closer to the entrance of the company and introduced him.

"Ah...what are you talking about? The character team actually doesn't really want you to come here every day."