Traveling through the Tokyo bubble era

Chapter 755: The Direction of 3D Games

After knowing that the little fairy came to Yunshang Culture to renew his contract, Hanyu Hideki did not ask any more questions.

It's just that since the little goblin met him and had no work arrangements, she just stayed by his side.

When Hideki Hanyu went to meet Reiko Uemura, the little goblin called Akina Nakamori and invited her to dinner at her home, saying that she wanted to give Akina Nakamori a surprise.

Needless to say, the surprise is definitely Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Hanyu pretended not to see the little elf's little movements.

After being away for so long and just returning to Neon, there was a lot of work piled up in the assistant's office, and he himself even had a lot of things to delegate to the assistant's office.

I was so busy that I even had lunch in my assistant's office.

The little fairy ate her lunch box beside Hideki Hanyu and enjoyed it very much.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon. Hideki Hanyu finally finished his work in the assistant's office and went out and walked towards the Elf Entertainment headquarters across the street.

Seeing this, the goblin asked, "Teacher, do you still want to continue working?"

Hanyu Hideki said, "I still have some things to deal with at Elf Entertainment. If you are in a hurry, go back first."

But the little fairy said coquettishly, "No, I want to accompany the teacher."

Just like that, the little elf followed Hideki Hanyu to Elf Entertainment again.

Speaking of which, the little elf is actually more familiar with the headquarters of Elf Entertainment than Hideki Hanyu.

After all, since the establishment of Elf Entertainment, Xiao Yaojing has been promoting the persona of a gaming girl and has always had endorsement cooperation with Elf Entertainment.

Therefore, in addition to signing contracts with Elf Entertainment every year, he also often comes here to shoot various promotional advertisements and is very familiar with this building.

However, today, after Hanyu Hideki entered the headquarters, he came to the top floor which she had never visited before.

Except for the exclusive meeting rooms for management and the board of directors, all other rooms here are offices of the top management of Elf Entertainment.

Looking at the quiet and elegant office area where there were basically no ordinary employees, the little goblin looked left and right, with the word "novelty" written all over his face.

As the little fairy watched, he couldn't help but say to Hanyu Hideki, "I've been to Elf Entertainment so many times, but this is my first time here."

Hanyu Hideki opened the door of his office, invited the little fairy in and said, "This is my office, but I rarely use it on weekdays. If you come to Elf Entertainment for work in the future, you can come to my office to rest."

But at this time, the little goblin seemed not to have heard what Hanyu Hideki said. She was looking at the office with wide eyes and couldn't help sighing.

"The teacher's office is too big. Compared with this, my office in the law firm is so small that it looks like a dog kennel."

"Is it big?"

Hideki Hanyu glanced around the office and didn't take it seriously.

Because compared to his offices in Gangnam District, South Korea, and Hopewell Center in Hong Kong, where almost an entire floor was converted into an integrated office and living space, the office of Elf Entertainment is indeed not good enough.

"Of course it is big. Even President Suho's office is not as big as your lounge."

While the little goblin was speaking, he had already opened the door of the office lounge and was looking inside curiously.

Although this office does not have a formal living area, it is more than just a simple separate lounge.

When Hideki Hanyu was leading the game development department to rush the work, he used it a lot.

However, in recent years, Hideki Hanyu no longer personally participates in game design, so this place has been abandoned.

Just looking at the hygiene conditions, it looks so clean and tidy, there must be someone who comes to clean it every day.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door and a report sounded outside the office. It sounded like the junior assistant Ishihara Chie.

Hideki Hanyu no longer paid attention to the little elf in the visitor lounge and walked out to let Tomoe Ishihara in.

Then I heard Ishihara Chie report, "Teacher Hanyu, when I went to inform the person you wanted to meet, I learned that President Iwata Satoshi was holding a meeting in the game development department. The three major studios and subordinate development teams were all in attendance."

"With so many people attending, it looks like this is an important plenary meeting."

Today's Elf Entertainment, without taking into account overseas game developers and the subsidiaries it supports, acquires, and holds controlling stakes in, the scale of the game development department at its headquarters alone is an exaggerated figure.

It goes without saying that the three major game studios, Sacred, Magical, and Mythical, are now the most coveted jobs for game practitioners, and are like temples in the eyes of game players.

All loyal game players of Elf Entertainment are familiar with all kinds of information about the three major game studios, from the management, game developers, the games they developed, and even various interesting anecdotes.

Hideki Hanyu can only say that he doesn't know as much about the three major studios as these game players.

Don’t underestimate him because he is the creator of the "Pokémon" series of stories in this world and he constructed the entire Pokémon world background.

But he is sure that among fans of Pokémon comics and games, there will inevitably be people who will say, "Hideki Hanyu? He knows nothing about Pokémon."

Of course, after Hideki Hanyu laid the foundation, he no longer cared about this series.

Nowadays, all work on the "Pokemon" series is handled by the third development team under Magic Studio, and the team leader of the third development team is Satoshi Tajiri.

Speaking of the development teams under the three major studios, after Satoru Iwata took over the management of Elf Entertainment, the expansion speed was rapid.

When Hideki Hanyu first participated in the development of the game, he drew personnel from the three major studios to form a temporary joint development team.

This development group, also known as the beginning of the independent development group, is the first development group that no longer exists.

Then there is the second development team formed under Magic Studio for the Pokémon series of electronic pets, headed by Satoshi Tajiri.

Later, Yoshiki Okamoto developed a light gun game, and Hideki Hanyu agreed to set up a third development team and poached his former colleague Tokuro Fujiwara.

However, in order to develop "Sweet Home (Resident Evil)", Tokuro Fujiwara has now left the third development team and established a new independent development team under the Sacred Studio.

However, the new development team is no longer approved by Hideki Hanyu.

The last working group approved by Hideki Hanyu was the fourth development team under Mythology Studio, formed by Yukiji Ryumori and responsible for the arcade game "Legend of Journey to the West".

But now, the number of independent development teams under the three major studios of Elf Entertainment has reached sixteen, with a total number of nearly seven hundred people.

With the current scale, it is already very difficult for Hideki Hanyu to get involved in the front line. After all, he doesn’t even recognize all the people and is completely unfamiliar with the development progress of various game series.

Fortunately, Elf Entertainment is now on the right track and does not need him to do this.

While Hanyu Hideki was thinking about the current situation of the development department of the headquarters of Elf Entertainment, Ishihara Tomoe continued to answer.

"President Iwata did call a general meeting of the game development department, but the content is confidential and I don't know it either."

"When will it end?" asked Hideki Hanyu.

This time he came to Elf Entertainment for matters related to game development.

If it takes too long, then there is no need for him to wait any longer.

Ishihara Chie replied, "According to President Iwata's secretary, it will probably take more than an hour. Do you need me to notify President Iwata in advance that you are here?"

"No need. I didn't notify them in advance this time, so don't disturb their normal work. It's only for more than an hour. When the meeting is over, except for Iwata Satoshi, you can notify...these people to come see me."

After Hanyu Hideki mentioned a few names, Ishihara Chie respectfully said goodbye and left.

After Ishihara Chie closed the door, Hanyu Hideki turned around and found that he and his assistant had finished talking. The little fairy who was watching the rest room just now had not come out yet. He walked towards the rest room in confusion, opened the door and asked curiously, "What is Kyoko still doing in there..."

He stopped talking before he finished.

Because Hanyu Hideki saw that the little elf who had just entered the lounge wearing a long dress had now changed into an OL suit, with a hip skirt on the lower body and a small suit and white shirt on the upper body.

What's more, the little goblin didn't dress properly. She tied up the hem of her shirt on purpose, revealing her fair and slender waist.

"Teacher, does it look good?"

When the little fairy saw that Hanyu Hideki didn't say anything, he immediately stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Hideki Hanyu looked the little fairy up and down and had to admit that she was not only very pretty, but also had a different kind of OL temptation with her deliberate dressing up.

However, he did not answer directly, but asked back.

"Uh! Where did you find this?"

Hearing this, the little fairy pointed to a cabinet in the rest room and said, "I found it in this cabinet, and there are several of them. Why are there women's suits in the teacher's rest room?"

Faced with the question from the little fairy, Hanyu Hideki immediately remembered that this seemed to be when he was leading his subordinates to develop games, and he brought the beauty to relieve boredom during the evening break, and he specially asked his assistant to prepare it.

Not only can you wear it to add fun, but you can also have clothes to change into after having fun.

I didn't expect to be discovered by the little goblin now.

He quickly changed the subject and said, "It was prepared for my secretary, but I never agreed to have a secretary, so I put it in there and forgot about it."

After saying that, he immediately said to the goblin, "But why did you suddenly change into this outfit? There are other people coming to the office later, so you should change back to your original clothes quickly."

Who would have thought that the little goblin didn't listen to him at all, instead of changing her clothes, she walked up to him, stretched out her slender index finger, touched his chest, slowly teased it, and spoke in a soft and charming voice.

“Why should I change? I can feel that the teacher likes the way I am now.

And I just heard Assistant Ishihara say that the meeting will take more than an hour to end.

So, there is plenty of time..."

Snapped!
The door of the rest room was closed by Hideki Hanyu.

"You're really feverish."

As the scumbag spoke, he grabbed the little devil's hand and took her into his arms.

then……
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The dividing line of pleasant imagination——
More than an hour later, Hanyu Hideki, who had just left the lounge and straightened his shirt, heard a knock on the office door.

Following his agreement, several people led by Satoru Iwata walked into the office one after another.

"President, I'm very sorry to have kept you waiting."

As soon as everyone met, several of them apologized to Hideki Hanyu first.

"It's my fault for not notifying you in advance. You can just go about your normal work. There's no need to apologize. Please sit down first. I have something to tell you."

Hideki Hanyu gestured for everyone to sit down first.

While Ishihara Chie was pouring tea for a few people, Hanyu Hideki asked Iwata Satoshi first.

"What was discussed in today's meeting of the game development department?"

Iwata replied, "It's mainly about some work arrangements for the second-generation PlayStation console."

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Specifically?"

“The Elf Scepter development platform with an embedded Elf engine has been tested and is ready for actual use.

According to the progress report submitted by the America R&D Center, there will be absolutely no problem for the second-generation PS console to be launched at the E3 exhibition in April next year.

So after discussing with several senior executives in the game development department, I decided to first implement the learning and application of the new generation of Elf Scepter development platform in the headquarters, and start developing exclusive 3D games for the second-generation PS console.

Today’s meeting is to announce this.”

Hanyu Hideki asked, "Did the meeting produce any results? Has the direction of game development been determined?"

Iwata responded, “Today was just a preliminary discussion and everyone raised a lot of opinions.

Some people think that completely new games should be developed. They believe that no one knows whether the 3D game market will be successful, and that successful games cannot be used to test the waters in order to avoid a negative impact on the game's reputation.

But some people think that it is precisely because the 3D game market is uncertain that we should use successful games to open up the market and quickly gain a dominant position. "

Hanyu Hideki asked, "What do you think?"

“I think both make sense. If 3D gaming is the future trend, we can’t just have new 3D games. If old games want to continue to develop, they must also try 3D.

However, directly converting the orthodox sequel of a successful game into 3D does have the risk of failure.

So I think that while developing new 3D games, we can also make some derivative games of successful games other than the orthodox sequels into 3D.

This way, after the game fails, the reputation of the original game can be minimally affected, while also leveraging the popularity of the original game to a certain extent.”

Iwata's words made Hanyu Hideki nod unconsciously.

"Iwata-san has a good idea."

He glanced at the others again, and then said, "Actually, I came here this time just for this matter."

After that, he told his assistant Ishihara Chie who was standing next to him, "Give them the documents."

"Yes."

Ishihara Tomoe agreed, took out the documents she had prepared earlier, and began to distribute them to the people in front of her according to their names.

"You can watch it now, and then we can talk after you finish watching it."

Hanyu Hideki opened his mouth and the people in front of him quickly flipped through the pages.

The content of the document was not much, but everyone was surprised after reading it.

Then, their eyes turned towards Hanyu Hideki, all filled with admiration.

Regardless of their behavior, they were given another big surprise.

Just now, they were arguing fiercely about the development of 3D games after the second-generation PS console was launched. Neither of them would give in, and both thought their ideas were correct.

But after reading Hanyu Hideki's documents, they found that Hanyu Hideki had thought of these problems long before them and gave corresponding solutions and development strategies.

Even among several game development managers, there are completely different and seemingly very complete 3D game development plans.

And the last one who finished reading all the information was Satoshi Iwata. After closing the file, he looked at Hideki Hanyu and smiled helplessly.

"If I had known the president would bring these today, I wouldn't have wasted my time in the afternoon to hold a meeting."

(End of this chapter)