A game of dreams

"Star Tower" won the IndiePrize for the best narrative and game sound effects, which is no small achievement.Zhao Shouyu took a fancy to this award and personally took the team to Shenzhen to receive the award.Yuan Chong also had to go, and IndiePrize was linked to the Global Game Developers Conference, which is one of the most important conferences in the industry every year, bringing together leading companies and leading teams in the game field around the world.

There was a small episode on the day of receiving the award.In the morning, Anna took a whole dress to room service for ironing, and the tie was burned.In the early morning, the shopping malls are not open yet, no one knows where to buy a tie, and they have to go to the stadium again for fear of being late.In the end, Yuan Chong broke a wild rose in the hotel garden and put it in his breast pocket.Zhao Shouyu was already proud of his good looks, but in this way, he had the charm of "I hope to die of old age and spend wine, and I don't want to bow before chariots and horses".

Even the host of the awards ceremony teased Zhao Shouyu that he didn't seem like a gamer. Other producers are bald, glasses, and beer belly. He should be able to rely on his face for a living.

Yuan Chong was sitting in the first row below - he was one of the invited guests of this awards ceremony.He was even more excited than he was when he won the award. Looking at Zhao Shouyu holding the trophy, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.

The microphone was handed over to Zhao Shouyu, and it was time to say a word of thanks.Zhao Shouyu was a little nervous——

"I entered this industry with the mood of playing tickets. When I first came in, I just wanted to make money by making games."

People thought he was humorous, and the venue burst into laughter.

Zhao Shouyu also smiled: "I have indeed made some money now, which shows that my luck is quite good. What I want to say is that I didn't know much about the industry at the beginning, and I came in with a naive and willful idea. Until the two It’s only after [-] years that I have a deeper understanding. I found that the game cake is not a big one, and it’s not even a beautiful cake. People outside seem to see huge profits and prosperity in this field. If you want to go to Tencent and NetEase, then Of course huge profits, but no one will really regard them as game companies. The real game companies are Blizzard, Ubisoft, Nintendo... Then you go to see what the people in this industry are like every day, day and night upside down, sleeping in sleeping bags, chewing bubbles The face-to-face, internal beta period-living company...the little money earned may not be spent.”

Yuan Chong's heart moved when he heard this, Zhao Shouyu's words were very sincere.

"Another problem is that there are too many talented people and too many excellent works, but you are struggling everywhere. Obviously you got A's in your college courses, and the professor praised you in front of the whole class. Don’t you think you are talented enough? Then you enter the society and you find that there are many people who are more talented than you. They are all amazing, the competition is so cruel, and the chance of getting ahead is so slim. How can I compare with others? ? How did I succeed?"

"Money is hard to earn, life is lost, and self-doubt is easy, this is the game industry." Zhao Shouyu's eyes fell on Yuan Chong: "But it is such an inhumane environment that has produced countless excellent producers and works. They let me see the power of belief, believe in creation, believe in beauty, believe in culture and art, and believe that the tiny things we do today will also be part of human civilization."

In the end he said: "I won't say how much I can achieve, but I want to pass on this belief. Someone once showed the preciousness of this belief in front of me, and I almost missed the opportunity to protect it. In the past I will definitely take good care of it in the future. Thank you everyone."

There was applause from the audience.Yuan Chong impulsively stood up and went to meet him at the place where he stepped off the stage. Zhao Shouyu's face was still a little red, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He was nervous. He hadn't been so nervous for a long time, and his hands were shaking.

"Is it okay...? Anna originally wrote the manuscript, but after many revisions, if it doesn't work out, I'll just be useless." He asked.

Yuan Chong originally wanted to hug him, but realized that there were people around him, so he wiped his sweat instead: "Very good, very good."

Yuan Chong was only invited to the small dinner held by the organizer in the evening, and Zhao Shouyu was too embarrassed to say that he would go. Yuan Chong was worried that he would be bored alone in the hotel, so he applied for an extra companion spot from the organizer and brought him in.

In the past few years, Yuan Chong's contacts have expanded exponentially, and he knows more people. At most, he can store [-] to [-] phone numbers in his mobile phone, and there is a secretary in the office to help him manage the thick business card folder.Especially producers and business representatives in Europe, he is more familiar than most domestic practitioners, many people only recognize him by name, and even pay an hourly fee to make an appointment to chat with him.

But not many people know Zhao Shouyu. He is not famous enough as a representative of a cutting-edge game team. Yuan Chong introduced him to the partners and producers of major game studios, and the box of business cards in his hand was quickly scattered.

Some people misunderstood the relationship between the two: "Tsk tsk, Ah Chong, you just hooked up with the newcomer? You started too fast."

Yuan Chong scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, what is the matter of fate called hooking up?"

The other party also had a boy beside him: "What do you think of me? A top student from the School of Economics and Trade, 19 years old, cute, right? Do you want to change the game?" He threw out a nasty invitation, his eyes locked on Zhao Shouyu.

That boy was really good looking, like a starlet, he came over and called out in a soft voice, "Hello, Teacher Yuan."

Yuan Chong instinctively took two steps back.There is a lot of pressure in the circle to have fun, and the problem of exchanging wives in groups has never been corrected. They even regard the "sensible and well-behaved" of their playmates as capital to show off, and feel that it is a very face-saving thing.Yuan Chong was not interested in these third-rate activities, and he didn't bother to join in, but he didn't expect to be so courageous in public.

The other party is a representative of a company, so he can't refuse too ugly: "Don't make fun of him, he thinks I'm a bad guy."

"Hey, is it so expensive to win an award? Let me tell you, Ah Chong, you can't be so used to it." The other party waved to Zhao Shouyu: "Come on, say hello. What's your name? Oh, I don't know how to eat." If you leave him, why are you protecting him so tightly?"

Yuan Chong wanted to block Zhao Shouyu, but when he felt Zhao Shouyu take a step forward, he grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him back abruptly, finding a reason to run away.

Zhao Shouyu was dragged by him all the way to the underground parking garage, where he was thrown on the edge of the car door. When he looked up, Yuan Chong's angry and painful face appeared: "What's wrong with you? You can do whatever you are told? How old are you? Have you ever played?"

Zhao Shouyu's shoulders shrank from his yelling, and he didn't answer the words for a while.

Yuan Chong was furious, Zhao Shouyu was so wrong during this time: "Calling you cheap is really cheap, right? Anyone can do it, right? You don't see if you are qualified! He is 19 years old, how old are you? Do you think Are you still fresh?"

Zhao Shouyu's eyes were red, and he blurted out: "Don't you just like this? You think I would? What do you want from me?"

Yuan Chong was taken aback for a moment, but didn't understand what it meant.

Zhao Shouyu held back for too long, and tears flowed as soon as he spoke, "Don't you just like people who are sensible, caring, and gentle? I have done everything, I have tried my best... What else can I do, you still want to scold me... ...How could you do this, I know it's wrong, I've already changed it... um... I really changed it, and you still want to scold me..."

This cry was incoherent, back and forth it was "I changed it" and "you still want to scold me".

Yuan Chong couldn't help but laugh, and his heart softened: "Who told you that I like sensible, caring, and gentle people? Hmm? What's going on in my head all day long? Did I tell you?"

"Aren't you just saving face?" Zhao Shouyu complained tearfully.

Yuan Chong immediately clarified: "I don't want this face, don't include me in it."

"I don't want to go with him either. I want to reject him, but you don't even let me say a word! Just kill me! Scold me! I have such a temper, okay? I can't do it! You love to find Whoever is looking for whom!"

"Who else can I turn to? May I apologize? I blamed you wrongly."

Zhao Shouyu continued: "You still want to humiliate me in front of Fu Lien!" At this point, he wanted to cry again.

Yuan Chong was defeated: "My fault, I was wrong, okay? I was really wrong. I was not in front of him, that call was fake." He took out two mobile phones: "Hey , one called the other. There is no Li En, and there is no one else. I have nothing to do with him. I am really confused. I was wrong, and there will be absolutely no next time."

Zhao Shouyu's eyes were clouded with tears, and the tears fell even more fiercely.Yuan Chong managed to find a pack of tissues from the car to wipe his face: "I don't have to like sensible, caring, and gentle people. You don't have to wrong yourself for me."

Zhao Shouyu hiccupped from crying: "You said I have a bad temper. You still think I can't cook."

Yuan Chong kissed the tears on his face distressedly: "Ancestor, cooking is not a matter of principle. If you don't know how to do it, forget it. Can you still starve to death? I am so old, and I can take care of myself. I really like it." Wouldn't I hire a part-time worker to eat at home?"

"Anyway, you don't like me." Zhao Shouyu said dully, "You hate me."

Yuan Chong's heart ached, and he brushed the hair on his forehead and kissed his forehead: "I like you, I only liked you once."

Zhao Shouyu wrapped his arms around his neck tightly with a whimper.Yuan Chong held him in his arms, his nose sore.

"I like you, don't cry." He said one by one, and said tirelessly: "I don't hate you, I just like you, okay?"

Zhao Shouyu nodded desperately, and the spirit that had been tense for too long relaxed all of a sudden, and wept loudly.

Yuan Chong patted him on the back lightly, and sighed a long time. He didn't even know that he had waited so long to say this sentence.

Zhao Shouyu's cry echoed in the quiet parking lot for a long time.

Yuan Chong and the others had had enough crying, and while wiping their faces, they teased: "The cat with the painted face."

Zhao Shouyu stared with round eyes, he was really as fierce as a cat.Yuan Chong likes his majestic expression: "The Zhao Shouyu I know is a second-generation ancestor who is domineering, domineering, bullying his subordinates, and doing harm to the company. He knows nothing except being rich. But, he only has me in his heart, so There is only one him in my heart. The Zhao Shouyu I like is like this, he doesn’t need to change into another, he is already the best in my heart.”

Zhao Shouyu was very dissatisfied: "Is it my fault for being rich?"

Yuan Chong went to kiss him on the mouth: "Okay, it's good to have money. I took advantage."