Chapter 1513 "The Future You Choose"!

Pei Qian's words stunned everyone.

What the hell?

I am the conglomerate?

These massive conglomerates in cyberpunk settings always represent extreme monopoly capital, the root of all suffering in the cyberpunk world, and the evil embodiment of exploitation and oppression of ordinary people.

In any cyberpunk genre, these mega-corporations are undoubtedly the ultimate villains.

But now, the cyberpunk theme that President Pei wants to create will incorporate all of Tenda's industries? And turn them into the big bad guys?

That's outrageous!

Everyone instantly understood why the story background of "A Beautiful Tomorrow" wasn't being used.

Because "A Beautiful Tomorrow" already has a ready-made world view, although it is relatively vague, the various advertisements implanted inside have already defined a kind of soft boundary.

Using Tenda's industries as the story's mega-corporation would conflict with the world view setting of "A Beautiful Tomorrow," making it difficult to fit in.

Some people also understood what President Pei meant earlier by "a future universe in a parallel time and space, a virtual city in a fictional world."

Parallel time and space means that this world also has Tenda and Tenda's various industries;

Future universe means that Tenda's industries here have developed into monopoly-type super-conglomerates, a future state;

Fictional world and virtual city mean that the entire world view has nothing to do with the present world or Jingzhou.

But no matter what, putting Tenda's own industries into the game, making them mega-corporations, becoming the embodiment of big capital, it just doesn't sound right…

Because these industries are all around, and may even have been brought up by these very people in charge; they're all too familiar.

It's like asking someone deeply influenced by Eastern culture to create a superhero story with a Western cultural background based on themselves.

It's bound to be awkward no matter how it's written.

Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment and then said, "So... the villains are ourselves? Then who are the heroes? Who will resist us?"

Pei Qian said, "Everyone."

"Everyone in the entire world has to resist us."

"However, they will inevitably fail, after all, Tenda is invincible."

Everyone looked at each other again.

Something's not right; the more they listened, the more outrageous it became.

Everyone resists? Isn't that just a public enemy?

Although the point that "Tenda is invincible" sounds good, in such a world view, the villain is invincible, which feels like doubling down on self-deprecation…

Ye Zhizhou asked, "President Pei, you haven't said whether this game is a single-player game or an online game."

Pei Qian thought for a while, "Single-player? Not exactly. Online game? Hmm... not entirely."

He was also caught in a dilemma, feeling that there were problems with either choice.

A single-player game is basically the path of a AAA blockbuster, with high development costs but a relatively controllable process.

As long as the story in the game is faithfully presented, it can be an excellent work.

Of course, if the plot is garbage, it may indeed drive players away, but the rules that apply to other companies may not apply to Tenda.

For example, "A Beautiful Tomorrow," the plot was originally intended to be garbage, but the final result was completely the opposite.

Judging from Tenda's current success rate in making single-player games, Pei Qian really didn't have much confidence.

So, what about making an online game?

Pei Qian himself couldn't say how to make an online game of this scale.

Make it a traditional MMORPG? That's definitely not going to work, because it's completely incompatible with the single-player game approach.

Pei Qian didn't want to give up the single-player game approach because it costs a lot of money, has a high upper limit for losing money, and comprehensively demonstrates Tenda's evil image.

Online games have weaker storytelling ability; if they can't express Tenda's negative image well and instead turn into advertisements for Tenda's industries, there will be big problems.

But Pei Qian also wanted to combine the gameplay of online games with single-player games a little bit, to do some unexpected operations, so that the probability of failure would be greater.

After all, pure single-player and pure online games have both been successful, maybe combining the two gameplays could produce some wonderful chemical reactions?

Pei Qian thought for a moment: "A single-player game with online gameplay!"

Anyway, he doesn't care about the design; it's up to the two game departments to design it. He just puts forward a concept, and the design is completely up to fate.

Everyone recorded it in their notebooks.

They didn't quite understand, but they still wrote it down first and pondered it slowly.

The meeting room fell silent for the time being, and Yu Fei weakly raised his hand and said, "President Pei, this background seems to be completely different from the background of my novel…"

Pei Qian asked, "Didn't you only do a small part of your novel's background? Since it doesn't have much impact, you can modify it a little bit."

Yu Fei: "This… that's okay too."

Although his first reaction was a bit off, he thought about it carefully and realized that he could indeed modify it.

Because his world view is very incomplete, and he still doesn't have any great ideas. If, according to President Pei, all of Tenda's various industries are broken down into mega-corporations and infiltrate all aspects of city life, that would be a good way.

At least he is familiar with these industries and has a lot of ready-made material to use.

Moreover, people from the two game departments and Fei Huang Studio will also participate in the development, and there will be a large number of concept designs, which will be very helpful in stimulating his imagination and inspiration.

As for the plot that has already been written, most of it can still be used, and the remaining parts can be modified or other methods can be used to smooth things over, and there will be no problems.

After listening to President Pei's approach, Yu Fei even had the urge to tear down and rewrite all of his current works.

Not unique at all!

Look at President Pei, how imaginative and bold he is!

Huang Sibao finished recording and raised his hand to ask, "President Pei, will the movie and the game still combine the plot like "Mission and Choice"? Will the movie plot be part of the game plot?"

Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "No!"

No way, I will never make the mistake of "Mission and Choice" a second time!

One of the big reasons why the game "Mission and Choice" sold so well was that playing the game allowed you to watch the movie for free. Although RTS games are a niche genre, many people with no RTS game foundation can still have a lot of fun because the game operation mode is simplified, and the AI effects and smooth plot.

If they are linked again this time, something big will really happen.

So, they must be separated!

Pei Qian added: "The movie and the game will at most share the same background, but the game plot must be completely separated and there should not be too many connections."

Ye Zhizhou raised his hand and asked, "President Pei, will each department become a mega-corporation that directly affects people's lives? Is the game industry included?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Yes, the game industry is easy to influence. You can think of it more exaggeratedly, such as virtual reality games stealing user information, infringing on user privacy, making players addicted to games and escaping real life, etc.…"

"Think to the extreme, give full play to your imagination!"

Ye Zhizhou nodded silently and stopped talking.

Good heavens, this is not something that an ordinary big villain can do; it's the kind of thing that will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

With Ye Zhizhou's question, everyone else basically had a good idea.

They had to give full play to their imagination and imagine the most extreme monopoly situation after the development of each department and various industries, and then show it in the game and movie.

What's the bottom line? There is no bottom line!

But since President Pei said that the plots of the game and the movie only have the same background and the details are completely unrelated, it means that the game and the movie can focus on showing different aspects.

How to specifically express it still needs to be discussed in the long term.

President Pei's task assignments are becoming more and more brief, which shows that the capabilities of each department are improving, and President Pei no longer needs to plan the game in detail like before. He can give a simple general framework and then hand over the specific work to his subordinates.

This shows that everyone's abilities have improved, and President Pei's trust in everyone has also improved!

Although President Pei's requirements are still as broad and imaginative as ever, everyone is full of motivation and determined to do this project well!

Seeing everyone's determined appearance, Pei Qian suddenly felt a little panicked.

Something doesn't feel right!

Did these people clearly understand my design intentions?

It seems probably not.

I have to emphasize it to them again.

Pei Qian coughed lightly twice and said, "Let me clarify again, Tenda appears as the biggest villain in this story background, and we must make the players and audience feel as disgusted and even hateful as possible. There must be absolutely no beautification or misinterpretation by the audience."

"We must let them see the serious consequences brought about by Tenda becoming a monopoly enterprise in the future, understand?"

"Don't let them expect anything, and don't have any advertising effect."

Pei Qian was very clear that it is quite common for creators to be misinterpreted.

For example, there is a TV series whose original work is a dystopian work that evokes people's vigilance by describing a future world that looks beautiful but lacks humanity.

However, when this TV series was being filmed, it accidentally made this future world too beautiful. It was full of handsome men and beautiful women, with advanced technology and no worries. Although there was also some satire, it was a bit unbalanced, so that the audience yearned for this world and sincerely felt that this world was very good and wanted to travel there.

If the game that Pei Qian wants to make also has this situation, then something big will happen.

Therefore, he must explain it in advance, so as not to misunderstand these creators.

Huang Sibao and Zhu Xiaoce looked at each other, obviously, the path they had thought of before had been denied by President Pei again.

But it's not a big problem. The more President Pei denies, the clearer the direction becomes.

Yu Fei said, "President Pei, we definitely can't use the name of my current novel anymore, why don't we change the name? Do you have any good ideas?"

Pei Qian nodded slightly.

He had already considered it in advance. This time, he decided to take the most direct and unpretentious name.

"Just call it 'The Future You Choose'!"