I am the only one who practices magic: I practice magic in the city

Chapter 498 Why is it called Xiao Ming (6716, 2000 added)

(I also added more than 1000 plot points in the previous chapter, please be sure to go back and read it again.)
"Boom! Whoosh~"

A badminton drew an oblique arc and flew over the right side of the net.

"Hey!"

"boom!"

Da Mimi, who changed into a pair of grey yoga pants and a white sports vest, took two steps diagonally to the left and tried to reach the ball, but it was hit back to Fang Yu's side.

It's true that Da Mimi's movements were quite standard. Although they were a little unfamiliar and she had some problems judging the landing point of the ball, it was obvious that she had practiced them specifically when she was a child.

After all, I am a native of Xinhao, and I have never lacked resources to train my hobbies since I was a child.

It was not until Fang Yu entered university that he realized that so many of his classmates had never taken any interest classes since childhood and had only attended cram schools.

In the past, he always thought that most children had to learn at least one or two literary and artistic skills from a young age.

This also made him feel for the first time that, to some extent, everyone in the world, including himself, was "eating meat porridge".

People cannot imagine things beyond their own cognition.

"Boom!"

Liu Feifei, who was still wearing jeans and a T-shirt, had a serious expression on her face. She moved her position slightly, stretched her body, and jumped high. The racket and the ball made a crisp sound, and a white light flew quickly to the backcourt.

"what!"

Da Mimi screamed, took quick steps backward, jumped and leaped, flew up and down, but still fell short of reaching the ball.

"What are you doing? It's just a game of ball. Why are you in such a hurry? It's boring. I won't play anymore."

Da Mimi was defeated by Liu Feifei and felt a little embarrassed. But Tiangang used a universal trick - "You are impatient."

Liu Feifei bit her lip, looking indignant.

Didn’t you just challenge me and insist on playing badminton with me? Why, you don’t want to admit defeat?

It was obvious that Ning Yu's personality was outside now. Seeing Da Mimi acting like a rogue, she had no way to deal with it and could only put on a blank face and pretend not to hear it.

Da Mimi has refined her essence into energy many more times than Liu Feifei, but after all, she does not exercise regularly, her foundation is poor, and her base is low. Although her improvement coefficient is greater than Liu Feifei's, she is still not as good as Liu Feifei who has a better foundation in physical fitness.

After all, in order to shoot the action scenes, Liu Feifei's exercise intensity is much greater than that of ordinary fitness enthusiasts most of the time.

In fact, this is the norm for celebrities. Even though many celebrities stay up late and go to bars every day, their physical fitness is much better than that of ordinary people. If they really fight, at least 70% of adults cannot beat celebrities of the same gender, because exercise itself is their job.

People like Da Mimi work around the clock and value money over their lives. In the past, there were only a few who relied solely on medical beauty to prolong their lives.

Da Mimi rolled her eyes at Fang Yu who was grinning, picked up the Pocari Sweat on the sidelines, gulped down two gulps, and wiped the sweat off her face.

In fact, there is not much sweat. After the essence of life is improved, the physical fitness is also improved accordingly. This amount of exercise will only make my face a little flushed.

"What is this little thing called? Why isn't it in the version I played before?" Da Mimi tilted her neck back to drink Pocari Sweat and glanced curiously at the pad in Fang Yu's hand.

This pad looks like a fruit iPad Pro, but there is no fruit logo on it, and it seems that the back cover has been replaced.

In the middle of the screen, there is a furry creature that looks like a milky white fur ball. It has two big round eyes, its limbs are buried in fur, and it keeps spitting out saliva bubbles that are bigger than itself from its mouth. It looks extremely cute.

"Its name is Xie Yu. If the enemy attacks first, it will spit out a group of bubbles. The bubbles will wrap around the enemy and then explode, causing excess damage. There is also a 50% chance that the enemy will be trapped in the bubbles."

"Xie Yu is a beast that will only be released during the public beta test. It is not among the 20 beasts released in this internal beta test version."

Fang Yu chuckled and handed the Pad to Da Mimi.

"Xie Yu? This little thing has a rather strange name."

Da Mimi held the Pad and poked the ball of fur on the screen.

The chubby Xie Yu on the screen suddenly turned into an angry expression. He jumped up and spat at the screen.

The screen seemed to be literally spitted at, and one could vaguely see the Xieyu turn around and run away after spitting.

The big Husky pointed at people and said, "Hey, hey, hey~~~ Why did it spray all over my face? And then it ran away? That's too much. Did it learn it from you?"

Da Mimi couldn't find Xie Yu on the screen and gnashed her teeth, "How do we get this thing back? I'm so pissed."

Fang Yu shrugged: "It's a Xiezhi cub. It hates being called a little thing. If you call it that, it will definitely spit at you."

Moreover, the Xiezhi can distinguish right from wrong, eliminate evil and commit treason, and is impartial. If it sees two people fighting, it will bite the one who is in the wrong. The door rings of ancient government offices had statues of this creature.

I didn't turn off its ambient sensing mode. When it saw you bullying Liu Feifei, it might as well spit at you.

Da Mimi pouted, put the pad aside, and adjusted her yoga pants.

It has been squeezed into shape. If there was no one else, it wouldn't matter. It would be a good thing. Who knew that this woman would come today? I came here to talk about the press conference in two days and get a booster shot. What is she doing here?
Ning Yu glanced at the screen curiously, and seeing that Fang Yu had no objection, she picked up the pad and shook the camera towards the badminton hall. She saw a fur ball hiding behind a pile of cushions and peeking out, just like the real thing.

"Little guy, what's your name?"

Ning Yu showed a faint smile, stretched out her finger and tapped the little milky white ball of fur.

Maoqiu tilted his head as if looking at Ning Yu, his eyes rolling around, and seemed to hesitate for a moment. Suddenly, he jumped out from behind the mat with a "plop", jumped to the center of the screen, and looked up at her.

That expression was as if he was really looking at Ning Yu outside the screen, and he even blew a bubble at Ning Yu.

"You're so cute, are you a boy or a girl?"

When Maoqiu heard it, he immediately jumped onto the small male icon in the corner of the screen. Ning Yu couldn't help but laughed with her hands covering her mouth. She stretched out her finger and touched the screen like she was touching a cat.

"It's a boy, hahaha... you have a little horn on your head. You can only see it when your hair is spread out. It's so cute."

Xie Yu seemed to feel Ning Yu's touch. He squinted his eyes and made a snoring sound through the speaker of the pad.

"How about I call you 'Good Boy'? You don't like it? Um...what about Cub? Your brother's name is that? Then how about...Xiao Ming?"

Fang Yu curled his lips when he heard this. What kind of crappy name is this?

Although Xieyu appears to be fair and just, but in fact it has a flattering face, it is not a dragon turtle like Bixi. Why is it called Xiao Ming?
However, it’s okay for a brainless licker like Youzi, but even this virtual pet likes Liu Feifei?

I always feel like there's something to this.

"I want to register one too." Liu Feifei raised her head, her eyes sparkling, "Can I download it from the app store?"

Da Mimi said sarcastically: "It's still under development, honey. Of course it hasn't been downloaded. Didn't I just say that? Oh, I forgot. You don't know much about this common sense."

"This game doesn't support fruit. The Rice Mix, which will be released tomorrow, is the only phone that currently supports this game. It also comes with a trial version, which has 20 exotic animals that can be captured."

"If you want to play, I'll ask the organizer for an extra one. Oh, by the way, it won't conflict with your endorsement, right?"

She is the spokesperson for Rice Mix and will be on stage at the launch conference the day after tomorrow, so naturally she needs to know about the product in advance.

In front of Fang Yu, Da Mimi showed deep sisterly love for Liu Feifei.

Da Mimi thought to herself that I’m not as strong as you, but when it comes to brains, you and your stupid mom combined won’t get as high a score as I do in the college entrance exam.

She is a child star and has been filming since she was young. During the critical period of her second year of high school, she also filmed a movie called The Return of the Condor Heroes with Liu Feifei, and she scored more than 430 points in the college entrance examination.

It doesn't sound high, but it's above the second-tier line. At least in the celebrity circle, I'm smarter than 99% of people.

She felt that if she had not decided to pursue an artistic career at a young age, it would not have been a problem for her to be admitted to C9.

Hearing Da Mimi's gossip, Liu Feifei turned her head away silently, but Fang Yu on the opposite side could see that Liu Feifei's eyes and expression changed instantly.

The secondary personality can't defeat Da Mimi, so you have to release the main personality, right?

"I really like this game. Do you need an endorsement?"

Liu Feifei sat on the folding chair opposite Fang Yu, crossed her legs, and gently rubbed Fang Yu's calf with the instep of her left foot, biting her lip: "It's free."

!!!

Liu Feifei, what are you doing?
Where are you rubbing your fat feet? How shameless! I can't do such a thing!

Don’t even mention how stinky Da Mimi’s expression is.

Even though she usually looks like she can flirt with everyone, she is really restrained in front of other women.

Just like when she fights together with Reba or Scarlett, she is rarely the main attacker.

He talks tough but he's actually a coward.

Ultimately, it’s a lack of confidence.

Da Mimi's lack of confidence is not due to inferiority, but comes from having too clear a self-awareness.

Not only in front of Fang Yu's other women, she often does this even at work.

No matter how much her fans flatter and control comments under the team's operation, she can clearly recognize the gap between herself and her competitors and what her advantages are.

But at the same time, her remaining sense of shame also prevents her from being shameless and righteous when her fans flatter her.

So when she appears in the same frame with female stars who are more photogenic than her, her expression and movements always seem a little unnatural.

The same is true when she attends events. Variety shows and interviews are her forte, and she often performs exceptionally well; but as long as it is a large-scale fashion party, she always has a feeling of forced calmness.

She really didn't like this feeling, but she couldn't change it, so she could only pretend to be relaxed and take the initiative to bring up the negative information to make fun of herself, to show that it was nothing to her. She acted like she didn't care and saw through everything to hypnotize herself and gain a brief sense of self-consistency.

Da Mimi was just hesitating whether to take the initiative to save the situation when she heard a greeting coming from the door of the badminton hall.

"Xiao Fang! The last three sets of exotic beast models have been synchronized into the system. Yocar and Lao Sui want to talk to you about something!"

Liu Feifei pulled her feet back quickly and felt her face getting hot.
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"Yocar, have you thought about it? Are you sure you don't want to integrate your game into Taihuang?"

Yu Dan turned the steering wheel with one hand and casually asked Wei Ao who was sitting in the passenger seat.

Wei Ao looked a bit conflicted: "I have discussed this with Lao Sui. If Youguo Games opens up its engine license, we still want to make an independent Journey to the West 3A game. After all, this is the IP with the most gaming value among the four great classics."

Sui Yi nodded and said, "Daniel, we want to make a purer stand-alone game, a stand-alone game that you can play all day long by just sitting there and plugging in the controller, rather than an AR game."

Sui Yi paused for a moment and continued, "Of course, Mirage is indeed a groundbreaking engine. Even if we exclude AR, it is the biggest technological revolution in the history of games. It can greatly improve the production efficiency and reduce the production cost of 3A games."

"If we get the authorization, we are confident that we can complete the game 'Wukong Zhuan' that we talked about before within one and a half years without further financing."

"What if Youguo Games does not agree to authorize the engine to other parties?" Yu Dan asked, glancing at Sui Yi in the rearview mirror.

"Rage from Rockstar has not been authorized to any external parties yet, and as you can see, the setting of Taihuang is to integrate other themes." Wei Ao and Sui Yi's faces changed: "Daniel, do you not agree to authorize it to any external parties?"

Yu Dan's mouth showed a trace of helplessness: "It's not a question of whether I agree or not. Although I organized this discussion, I have no say in Youguo Games' business strategy."

Wei Ao was surprised and frowned: "Didn't you vote for the pomelo game?"

Yu Dan remained calm: "I invested a little, but only a very small stake."

"Very few shares? How much is that?"

Although he knew that Yu Dan was unlikely to reveal the specific number, Wei Ao couldn't help but ask.

To Wei Ao's surprise, Yu Dan had no intention of hiding anything: "2.5%."

2.5%?

Wei Ao turned around and glanced at Sui Yi behind him, and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Such a small stake?
"Daniel, since you only own such a small stake in Youguo Games, why do you suggest that we merge into Youguo?"

Wei Ao touched his forehead and said, "To be honest, if Youguo opens up its engine license, it is doomed to replace Epic, and it is not impossible for its valuation to be three times higher than Epic. But if it does not open up its engine license, I am not optimistic about the commercial transformation of Taihuang Mountain and Sea Realm."

"The technology in Taihuang Mountain and Sea Realm is very impressive, and the gimmicks are enough, but it is a mobile game, and the most important thing for mobile games is recharge and retention."

"Recharge is easy to say, whether it is selling props or raising pets, there are enough recharge points, but in terms of retention, the retention of this game is impossible to be high. This is also the pain point of any collection game. Even for super IPs like Pocket Monsters, Go's retention rate is the lowest among mobile games."

"Daniel, you should persuade Mr. Fang to open up the engine license as soon as possible. It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. Only when more people participate in the ecosystem of the Mirage engine can a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend."

"Really?" Yu Dan smiled. "Let's not talk about this topic for now. Let's talk about it after the press conference tomorrow. We're here. Let's get off the car. The neighborhood is full of water due to the rain. It would be more comfortable if we walk here."

Seeing Yu Dan’s smile, Wei Ao couldn’t help but frown.

Why is Daniel smiling so... weirdly?
"Wait a minute, I need to take a call." Yu Dan picked up the phone on the stand and answered the call.

Wei Ao had good eyesight because he wore glasses, and he saw at a glance that it was Zhu Yifei calling.

The second tuple is also completed?

"Oh, okay, I get it. Boss Cat, since you are willing to join, of course that's good. I'll ask someone to come up with an agreement. It's still the same price as before. OK, see you later."

After hearing Yu Dan's call, Wei Ao and Sui Yi looked at each other, feeling a little shaken.

"Daniel, did you also vote for Linglan?" Wei Ao asked tentatively with a smile and pretending to be nothing.

Yu Dan twitched his lips and said, "No, I'm here to help."

Wei Ao and Sui Yi couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Help? This word is so damn familiar.

Could it be that Linglan was really incorporated into Youguo Games?

The three of them had their own thoughts. After turning a corner and entering the club, they went directly to the second floor via the spiral staircase.

The second floor of this club has been converted into a fitness center, with half of the venue being a badminton court and the other half being equipment.

Sui Yi complained as he went upstairs: "This community is so big, with nearly 200 townhouses, why is the occupancy rate so low? I didn't see a single owner."

Wei Ao looked around and nodded in agreement. It seemed that he hadn't seen any owners in all these days.

“Oh, this community has actually been completed for two or three years, but it cannot be sold because the procedures are incomplete.”

"Xiao Fang just bought this place half a year ago. While completing the formalities, he also did the interior decoration. He originally wanted to reward the outstanding employees of Youzi Technology. Later, Haixi approved a 200-acre construction land in Xinghai Bay for Youzi Technology to build an employee community for it."

"So, Xiao Fang is going to send this to the team that agrees to join Youguo Games."

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Wei Ao and Sui Yi's jaws almost dropped to the ground.

Sent to the team that agreed to join?

Townhouse?

Even though the housing prices in Haixi are not high, a townhouse here would cost close to five million, right?
It is not far from the city center, and you can basically reach the city center in 40 minutes by car. If there is a traffic jam, it will only take a little more than an hour. The environment is good and the surrounding facilities are complete.

The only problem might be that there are no good public schools nearby, only two private ones.

Are you sure this isn't price gouging?!

Are the young masters nowadays investing so much money in the gaming industry?
Compared with them, Principal Wang is nothing but a big liar!!!
"It's not that exaggerated. This place was previously developed by Chenghai. Cheng Xiaohui lost contact in the middle of last year. His son is now in charge of the company and is in urgent need of cash flow turnover. The formalities here are not complete and the sale cannot be opened. It's good to have someone to take over. I estimate that it is at most 400 million yuan, and the average cost of each unit is around 2 million."

Two million? Now it can be sold for at least four and a half million. Isn't this a huge profit?
Seeing the expressions of the two people, Yu Dan knew what they were thinking. He smiled and did not explain.

Do you think anyone can make this much money? There are many companies that can come up with 400 million yuan, but how many can handle the formalities?
"Only those with great ability and contribution will be given townhouses, of which there are 100 in total. The others are mainly given to the entire team so that the team can have their own office space, but the property rights belong to the team themselves and can be freely bought and sold after three years."

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That's too much, okay?!
Even for the legendary big-hitting pay-to-win games with a turnover of over 100 million, I have only heard of paying the down payment to employees, and they are the core of the core, only a few people at most.

However, this is not the case. For large companies like Penguin and Ali, not counting the construction expenses of employee dormitories, only the interest-free loans for employees to buy houses cost more than tens of billions each year.

The main reason is that there are too many employees.

"Xiao Fang! I've brought Yocar and Lao Sui here. The high-poly model of the real group has been completed. I'm looking for you to confirm the style of the low-poly model. I've brought the people to you. I have something urgent to do, so I'll go to Boss Hu first."

Yu Dan greeted Fang Yu, and nodded to Liu Feifei and Da Mimi.

Sui Yi followed Yu Dan awkwardly, and saw from a distance that there seemed to be two beauties sitting on the folding chairs beside the badminton court.

After taking a few steps closer, Sui Yi narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, opened his eyes wide, and said in a trembling voice:

"Liu Feifei!?"

Da Mimi on the side was unwilling.

What do you mean? You only saw Liu Feifei, but not such a big Mimi?
Wei Ao and Sui Yi pretended to be indifferent and avoided his gaze.

"Yocar, Lao Sui, come on, come on."

Fang Yu waved to the two of them enthusiastically.

"Mimi and Feifei, there's no need to introduce them, right? Youguo Technology is currently discussing facial capture and motion capture cooperation with them."

"You have seen part of the background story, Yao Ji and Chang Xi. These two characters play a very important role in the world view of Shanhaijie. I plan to invite Mimi to play Yao Ji and Feifei to play Chang Xi."

Wei Ao and Sui Yi were both startled.

Ask Liu Feifei and Da Mimi to play Yao Ji and Chang Xi?

Youguo Games actually wants to find such a first-line actress to play an NPC?

Instead of setting up an NPC named "Zha Zha Hui" in the game, we use motion capture and facial capture to realistically interpret the NPC! ?
Apart from the Call of Duty series, which likes to use first-line actors to motion capture and perform NPCs in the game, it seems that the only one that has been making a lot of noise but has not produced any results, is dragging its feet on its release, and stars Keanu Reeves, is Cyberpunk 2077.

The only ones who can afford to use these actors are 3A! And they are 3A with big IP!

Is Da Zhou Game also going to start using professional actors?

These two are now the highest-paid actresses in the Zhou Dynasty, right?
Wait, Yao Ji... Chang Xi... the story of Chang'e and the imprisoned seven fairies in Journey to the West...

Wei Ao and Sui Yi were very nervous and anxious, while Da Mimi and Liu Feifei also had their own thoughts.

Da Mimi: ??? When did it happen? Who is Yao Ji? I have only played Xi Yao. Um... I have played her twice, and I just reviewed her once more than half a year ago.

Thinking of the scene at that time, Da Mimi's eyes couldn't help but become a little dazed.

Liu Feifei: Chang'e? I play Chang'e? Do I have to play Jade Rabbit too? I have to reschedule with my mom when I get home... Wait, this is the first time he arranged something for me without asking me, I feel like... I feel relieved...

Two blushes appeared on Liu Feifei's cheeks.

"Let me introduce you. These are two gaming geniuses, Wei Ao and Sui Yi."

"...Oh, not the gaming genius like Uzi who likes you, but the genius who makes games."

Da Mi Mi suddenly realized it, and with a humble smile, she bent down slightly and shook hands with the two people: "Hello, I'm Yang Mi."

Da Mimi's attitude instantly won Wei Ao over, and even Sui Yi, who had never had any feelings for her, had a good impression of her.

The first-line actress, Da Mimi, is so approachable.

"I'm Liu Feifei, nice to meet you." Liu Feifei also stretched out her hand and smiled.

Sui Yi's heart was beating wildly, his eyes were floating, his expression was reserved, and he was calm and composed. His fingertips touched Liu Feifei's fingers and then withdrew, and he spoke sparingly: "Hello."

"Wei Ao and Sui Yi's team is very good. They showed me one of their 3A projects before. It's also about Journey to the West. It's a bit similar to the theme of the big update we plan to carry out at the end of next year..."

"What is AAA? It means the most awesome games. Unfortunately, in the short term, there is no strategic deployment for the licensing of the Mirage engine to other companies."

“In short, this cooperation with Game Philosophy is great. You are a very strong team with a very good team atmosphere.”

"In the next few years, when the industry matures, we may make some copy DLC. By then, I hope your 3A will have been made, and we will have time to continue cooperation."

Fang Yu had a smile on his face and patted Wei Ao on the shoulder.

Wei Ao twitched the corners of his mouth, and the phone call that Zhu Yifei had just made to Yu Dan suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Actually, we don't have to wait for a few years, Mr. Fang."

Wei Ao looked at Sui Yi with a little surprise. He didn't expect this guy to speak at this time.

Sui Yi looked serious, his eyes sparkling, and he was full of righteousness: "Shanhai and Journey to the West are both part of the traditional culture of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They have a lot in common. We have thought about it and we can definitely integrate our Journey to the West concept game, which is currently only in the preliminary planning stage, into the Taihuang system."

After Sui Yi said this, Wei Ao's eyeballs almost poked two holes in his glasses.

Didn’t you disagree with the merger?

Dog day!
"I don't have any other requests, because in our Journey to the West plot, Chang'e and Yao Ji have a lot of roles, and they are key NPCs throughout the entire game process. For the consistency of the world view, Teacher Liu, oh, and of course Teacher Yang, should continue to play Chang Xi and Yao Ji later, right?"

Wei Ao: Fall!

Now I understand why so many people surrendered and defected!

Where is the Sui Yi who held the dream of playing simple games? Where is the Sui Yi who drew his sword with a youthful spirit?

Sui Jingwei!
(End of this chapter)