Ch. 2 - Unlocking the "Berlin Speech" and "Normandy Landing
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Zhao Ming shot upright with a whoosh, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
What was Blue Star least lacking in? Supercomputer computing power! In this era, Blue Star had long since developed virtual helmets and virtual haptic pods—devices that could immerse players in virtual environments—and what supported these devices was Blue Star's overflowing computing power.
As long as you had money, you could apply for more computing power from photon supercomputing clusters to design products, works, and so on. This was also why many companies on Blue Star had particularly small staff numbers—because as long as you had ideas, even if you weren't very proficient in a particular field, through continuous optimization, you could ultimately achieve the results you wanted.
Of the sixty million Federation coins, aside from ten million spent renting large servers, the remaining fifty million Federation coins were all used to purchase photon supercomputing cluster computing power. Over eight months, they had already spent over forty-eight million Federation coins worth of computing power.
Only about one million Federation coins worth of computing power remained. Creating another sci-fi game comparable to "Cyber Blue Star: 2077" was almost impossible. But what if he only rendered and designed an island, a single battle?
It would probably cost less than tens of thousands of Federation coins in computing power.
Most of his forty-eight million Federation coins had been spent on rendering sci-fi technology—future worlds and various sci-fi aesthetic details, which was why it was so expensive. But normally rendering and designing an island, plus some firearms, without all those dazzling sci-fi aesthetic elements, just designing the most realistic visuals that approached reality—this was the simplest approach, requiring far less computing power.
What he needed to do was take certain segments from films and adapt them into the game based on gameplay mechanics. This would be much simpler.
There were so many Earth World War II films, and many were brutal enough to provoke deep thought. Blue Star had never experienced world wars, so many things remained superficial, including the [Anti-War Competition] organized by the Six Major Federations, which was just to appease the populace.
Anti-war, anti-war... without experiencing war, how could you be anti-war? Better to bring Blue Star people the brutality of World War II. That effect would definitely be explosive.
Zhao Ming excitedly stood up and paced back and forth in his office, becoming more convinced that this approach was feasible.
"Damn... I really am a genius. Now I just need World War II scripts. Which one should I turn into a game?"
[Ding—]
[Detected: host has triggered keyword "script." Earth's Strongest Director System activated!]
[This system possesses the Earth Database and can help the host become Earth's strongest director.]
[Database now open.]
[Exchanging data requires Emotion Points. Emotion Points must be obtained from others. Any emotions directed at the host—anger, shock, admiration, etc.—can be harvested. Please collect Emotion Points quickly.]
[Current Emotion Points: 572]
Holy shit?! A system??? The sudden voice in his ears and the ethereal panel appearing before his eyes left Zhao Ming stunned for a moment. Then Zhao Ming's face lit up with joy as he quickly opened the so-called Earth Database and searched it according to the prompts.
Well, damn... It really has all the data. Zhao Ming searched for filming materials for a movie, and not only did it have what the director was doing at every minute and second, what they did, what they were thinking at the time, but even details like how many cigarettes they smoked and how many people they cursed at.
Too detailed, too comprehensive. Drop this stuff into the photon supercomputing cluster's allocated computing power, and it could recreate the scene in minutes. It could render it directly.
However, Zhao Ming suddenly thought of a key issue:
"System, do I have to make films? Can I do games?"
He was currently participating in the games category competition, not the film category, so he didn't know if he could harvest Emotion Points.
[Ding—!]
[Please note, this system is the Earth's Strongest Director System, designed to help the host become the strongest director.]
"Can't you be flexible?"
[Ding! No.]
"But this is Blue Star, not Earth."
[Ding! No, this is Earth.]
[This system never transmigrates to the wrong world. Absolutely never.]
"You... did you slip up there?"
[Ding! No.]
Zhao Ming's mouth twitched. Damn... your mouth is really stubborn.
Zhao Ming didn't waste time and immediately opened his computer, searched up Blue Star's history and naming, pointed at the screen and said, "Come on, tell me. What do these two characters say?"
I've slapped the characters right in your face—let's see how you explain this.
The system was silent for two seconds.
[Ding! Earth.]
Zhao Ming was full of question marks. "What did you say?" Looking at those two characters "Blue Star," the system was blatantly lying with its eyes open.
[Ding! Earth.]
Hiss— Zhao Ming sucked in a sharp breath. What the hell?! This system was a bit cheeky, wasn't it?
"Alright, alright, so that's how we're playing this?" Zhao Ming then searched up Blue Star's [Anti-War Competition] section on his computer and pointed at the two characters under [Games] category. "Tell me, what do these two characters say?"
[Ding! Games.]
The corner of Zhao Ming's mouth curved up. "No, these two characters say... films."
[Please do not talk nonsense, host.]
"Now are you a Blue Star person or am I a Blue Star person? You have the Earth Database, not the Blue Star Database. These two characters, on Blue Star, are called films. You also want to harvest Emotion Points, right? Cooperation leads to mutual benefit. So... what category am I participating in?"
[....Static....Data updating.]
[Ding! Host is participating in the [Anti-War Competition], “film” category.]
Zhao Ming nodded with satisfaction. "That's right." Valuable experience in taming wild systems—this needs to be recorded.
"System. Search 'Berlin Speech' for me. I want to make an opening CG. Also, search 'Normandy Landing' films and materials for me, plus 'Battle of Stalingrad' films and materials. I want to make a match-3 game."
He only knew how to play match-3 games, but it should be similar enough. All games shared common elements. Bullets hitting heads, human match-3 game... Hmm... no problem.
[Ding!]
[Exchanging "Berlin Speech" requires 500 Emotion Points.]
[Exchanging "Normandy Landing" films and materials requires 150,000 Emotion Points. Exchanging "Battle of Stalingrad" films and materials requires 280,000 Emotion Points.]
[Current Emotion Points balance: 572]
Fuck?! With this few Emotion Points, I can only get an opening CG?! What about the game?!
Obtaining Emotion Points required connections to himself. Should he create some scandal? But who the hell knew him? Even creating a scandal wouldn't get views.
Scratching his head, Zhao Ming looked at the system panel. Whatever, he'd work with what he had.
"System, exchange for 'Berlin Speech' materials."
As Zhao Ming's command was issued, various materials appeared in Zhao Ming's mind, and a new folder appeared on his computer desktop. Zhao Ming clicked open the folder and looked—all the materials were complete.
Amazing. Zhao Ming took a rough look. There were all versions, even some selected fan edits. Zhao Ming selected one and dragged it into the photon supercomputing cluster's local server. Following the original owner's memories, he began operating to render this video into CG.
He wanted exactly this earth-shattering effect.
——
At this time, outside the office, everything was silent. The sudden major blow had brought the entire company to a standstill. The boss, Zhao Ming, had appeared in the morning and entered his office but hadn't made a sound for most of the day.
Click, click, click! A woman in a black dress walked in—a mature looking woman with pale skin and a slightly furrowed brow, with a somewhat cold demeanor. Looking at the silent office, she said coldly, "Don't you all need to work? Where's Zhao Ming?"
The people in the office looked at each other. Their work had already been plagiarized—what was the point of continuing to work? They couldn't compete with the other side anyway...
The receptionist, seeing it was the company's second shareholder Shen Qinghan, quickly stood up and said, "Director Shen, Director Zhao hasn't made a sound for half a day. Maybe... you should go check on him?"
The receptionist said carefully while internally praying that Zhao Ming hadn't done anything rash. Director Shen was quite wealthy—she would have a solution, right?