Horrible! Actually playing this kind of game!

Chapter 95 95. Identity

Everything has been arranged, and the animation will be handed over to KyoAni for production. TEPCO's schedule will be arranged until January next spring.

After the preparation for this matter was completed, Qing Zhiyuan felt a little relaxed.

However, the psychological pressure is still great.

Although DUN is sharing the expenses, pokeni's financial situation is still extremely tight.

It's natural when you think about it. It was hard to make a profit of two to three billion yen, but now it has spent more than half of it on the company's own game research and development expenses alone.

Animation production cost another 100 million, and TEPCO also spent a lot.

In order to develop game consoles with Sega and Sony, Pokeni borrowed 1 billion from the bank using DUN as a guarantee.

After careful calculation, pokeni is actually still in the red.

ah……

Sure enough, expansion means spending money like water.

Except for Rentian Tiantang, which has always insisted on operating debt-free, other companies have more or less debt.

Sega, in particular, borrowed a lot of money from banks in order to fight the console war.

This also laid hidden dangers for the company's future bankruptcy.

From this point of view, Sega's Hayao Nakayama is really a true gambler.

I really like to take risks and bet big.

Once the sales performance of a certain game console is not satisfactory, it will drag the entire Sega into the abyss of bankruptcy.

Qing Zhiyuan couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.

You still have to be more cautious in the future, but don't make the same mistake as the previous Sega.

To be honest, being in debt doesn’t feel good.

If Qing Zhiyuan hadn't rushed to get on the bus, the 1 billion loan from the bank would have been unnecessary.

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Time flies, and October comes in a blink of an eye.

The development of Diablo is completed and enters the later testing phase.

As long as the bugs are almost converged, it can be put on the shelves.

The progress of Diablo development is very gratifying, and it can be seen from the excitement of the members and the expressions on their faces——

This is a good game.

When I went to the rooftop to smoke in the afternoon, I happened to meet the main programmer Ken Akanishi.

The sky is blue and the sun is just right.

The two sat on the bench and chatted for a while.

Akanishi Ken said with a smile while smoking, "President, you are really amazing, you can actually come up with a game like "Diablo"."

He sighed and looked up at the bright sun in the sky.

Since late October, the weather has turned cooler, and it is quite comfortable to come up and bask in the sun.

He meant what he said.

Although Ken Akanishi has felt extremely tired during this period of time, it can even be said that the development of Diablo has caused his hairline to move back a lot.

Because Diablo is different from ordinary games. In the past, it was basically turn-based combat, but now it has become a real-time combat mode.

What's even more frightening is that a monster spawning mechanism has to be added, and the monster's AI is also very problematic.

The [random structure] of the maze at the bottom almost makes programmers feel overwhelmed.

At that time, Akanishi Ken even quarreled with Qing Zhiyuan over this.

[Is this setting something that humans can come up with? 】

[How can such an excessive request be realized? 】

[Planners, please think about it carefully. Is this a bit too much? Do you have any common sense at all? 】

[Can planners regard dreams as reality? If they say they can’t realize it, they just can’t realize it! 】

Akanishi Ken complained a lot about things like this, and even in the dead of night, he often wanted to leave his job.

Such a company is really a devastation to programmers.

but……

Every time Qing Zhiyuan always found a solution and successfully convinced them.

And when all this slowly became reality, Akanishi Ken felt extremely satisfied in his heart.

There is an extraordinary sense of accomplishment.

When you accomplish something you thought you would never accomplish.

When you defeat an opponent you can never defeat.

When you successfully reach the top and look back, you will find that——

All the hard work, sweat, unwillingness and curses before seemed to be worth it.

"It's really amazing that a game like Diablo can be developed."

Akanishi Ken smiled, put the cigarette into his mouth and took a drag.

"You can come up with such an excellent game, come up with reasonable solutions, and even provide guidance in the programming field. President, you really exceed my expectations."

"You weren't like this before."

Al?

Qing Zhiyuan's anus tightened.

Is the identity of the time traveler about to be revealed?

"Think about it carefully, being able to do this," Ken Akanishi lowered his head and sighed, "It only means that President, you work harder than everyone sees, right?"

"Well..." Qing Zhiyuan smiled sheepishly, "That's right."

ah……

Sure enough, without extraordinary perseverance and dedication, we would not have been able to reach this point.

The president has been under too much pressure over the years.

"Don't you need to sleep?"

"Ah... this..." Qing Zhiyuan tilted his head and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

"Pay attention to your health, otherwise you will go downhill after you are over 30 years old."

Ken Akanishi stared straight ahead, not looking at him.

After a two-second pause, he said, "Besides, please rely on us more occasionally, right?"

"Don't make my main program look like a decoration."

"Okay, okay." Qing Zhiyuan smiled happily.

This guy probably hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet, right?

If you are talking big words like this now, there will be a lot of work for programmers to do in the future.

"Yeah, but I'm very happy."

"I've been able to work with you Aomori for so many years." Akanishi Ken sighed with a smile, "I wasn't sure at first, but now the feeling in my heart is getting stronger and stronger."

"ha?"

"It's the feeling of success." Ken Akanishi pointed to the sun in the sky, "Although it's not very bright now, just like this sun, pokeni will shine brightly in a while."

It’s not certain that we can hit the No. 1 spot in Neon.

"Well, it would be great if that's the case." Qing Zhiyuan laughed.

Being recognized by others, especially the old employees of his company, and Ken Akanishi, who has been with him for so many years, makes Qing Zhiyuan feel extremely satisfied.

In an excellent company, members are full of pride and identification with their company.

As long as employees are confident, it means we are on the way forward.

"That guy Shinji Mikami has been trained quite excessively by the president." Akanishi Ken said with a smile, "He is obviously a newcomer who has just joined the work, but he has grown up quite a lot now.

Maybe I can be the main planner for the next game. "

"Well, that's what I'm looking forward to too." Qing Zhiyuan said.

"But let me tell you, President, shouldn't you consider your personal issues?"

"Huh?" Qing Zhiyuan's face was stunned. Don't you know that President Tsuda and I have a heated fight?

"You occasionally take Mikami, Wada and the others out for social gatherings. How can this be possible since they always spend all their time at work?"

"It's too much for programmers and artists to be tortured like this by them," Akanishi Ken complained.

Haha, it turns out that this guy’s focus is here.

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