Chapter 184 Arriving in America(2/2)
But in fact, it has become one of the key partners of Infinite Entertainment.
This gap is really huge.
Manager Lian stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Meng Shu politely.
"Mr. Meng, you are the same. We have been working together for more than a year. Today I finally met you in person. You are really younger than I thought."
"Thank you for your hard work along the way, Mr. Meng."
Meng Shu nodded, took two puffs of cigarette, looked at Director Lian, and then looked at the hotel.
"Did you, Mr. Liang, come to this exhibition too?"
Manager Lian shook his head after hearing this.
"General Manager Liang will not participate in this kind of gaming event, and the company has arranged for others to promote the game at the exhibition."
"Promotion game?"
Meng Shu immediately became interested after hearing this.
"It's not my game, right?"
"Indeed, I heard you mention it before. It was said that you were developing an FPS game internally. Has it been completed now?"
Manager Lian laughed dryly.
"I'm not sure. This is a matter for their game development team. They are not in the same department as me. I don't know much about it."
"That's it."
Meng Shu nodded to express understanding.
"So you are also planning to hold a press conference for this E3 show, right?"
After hearing this, Manager Lian shook his head again.
"That's not true. We are just promoting it at a venue provided by the organizer. We don't plan to hold a press conference."
"Their charges are too expensive, and our games focus on the domestic market. Although we also use cyber platforms for overseas translation, the core users are not from abroad, so the company's publicity department feels that holding a game conference is not worthwhile."
"Besides."
Manager Lian looked at the busy people on the bus behind him and brushed his hair from his forehead.
"...Mr. Meng, you are carrying out this big move almost regardless of the cost. As a partner, you naturally have to give up competition and provide support."
After hearing this, Meng Shu couldn't help grinning and waving his hand.
"You're welcome, Director Lian. By the way, has the temporary venue at the E3 organizer's side been ready?"
Manager Lian raised his eyebrows and spoke quickly.
"You're talking about the real-person game scene, don't worry, I've been following up on this. You guys have a rest today, and we can go to the E3 venue tomorrow to have a look. Anyway, there are still about four or five days until the official opening, so there is still time.
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After hearing this, Meng Shu understood clearly that this place was the same as the E3 exhibition in the original world.
Game manufacturers who have signed up to participate in the exhibition can enter the venue anytime and anywhere without waiting for the open day.
In this case, there are still four to five days until the official opening.
This period cannot be wasted. We must contact the technical teams of Japan's H and C companies as soon as possible and ask them to cooperate with the actors in the stage play to rehearse.
After chatting with Director Lian for a few more words, Meng Shu and the stage team entered the pre-arranged hotel.
Although Infinite Online Entertainment helped make the reservation, Meng Shu knew that the money was charged to himself.
After all, the only game and unlimited online entertainment are two companies, and it is impossible for one company to pay for the settlement of the other company.
After the break, that night, I had a meal with the Infinite Entertainment team and exchanged gaming experiences with each other.
The next day, Meng Shu took the stage team and Infinite Entertainment to the E3 site.
After waiting for the destination, they separated from the supervisor Lian.
After all, Infinite Online Entertainment also has its own venue to be responsible for. Director Lian has helped Meng Shu very much before he and others arrived, and Meng Shu is very grateful. It is up to him to take over the rest.
Soon, Meng Shu led everyone to the exhibition stand of the only game, and found that construction was going on here, and the construction of the game building was in progress.
Meng Shu went in and took a look around. Maybe it was because it hadn't been completed yet, so it wasn't very good. But in terms of scale, it was at least quite satisfactory.
When it is completed, two staff members will be arranged to dress up as monster characters in the game and wander around inside to give players a good real-life experience.
In addition, Meng Shu also met the two technical team leaders from H Company and C Company here.
When they first met, the three of them almost unanimously communicated in English.
After a brief introduction, the two responsible persons took Meng Shu and others to the independent venue where the game conference was to be held.
As soon as he entered, Meng Shu was pleasantly surprised.
It’s not that the entire independent venue is beautifully decorated, but the venue is very spacious and it seems that it can easily accommodate thousands of people without any problem.
Especially the stage, which basically spans half of the venue. The performance of 3D virtual characters is definitely enough, but I don’t know if the actors behind the scenes have such a large space.
Behind the stage is an electronic display screen that is the same height and width as the wall.
Anyone who has seen a live stage performance knows that the function of this large electronic screen is to focus and enlarge the performance on the stage. Because only in this way, people who are far away from the audience can clearly see the performance on the stage through the electronic screen.
For those who are close, you can just look at the stage, which is very convenient for the audience.
"This venue is very good. We need to decorate it as soon as possible to leave time for subsequent rehearsals."
Meng Shu was very satisfied after seeing the venue and spoke to the heads of the two agencies in English.
"Of course, we will arrange it as soon as possible. The projection equipment has been installed, you can see."
The two persons in charge brought Meng Shu and others to the stage and pointed to several projection equipment on the top. Their appearance was obviously different from other lamps in the venue, and it looked like they were extra ones.
Meng Shu already knew about this before he came, so he just nodded and said well done.
For the rest, the two people in charge said that they would place a special transparent screen on the stage that is difficult to see with the naked eye. Then the equipment would be projected onto it to achieve a 360° virtual 3D stereoscopic effect.
This is similar to what Meng Shu himself understood.
But after all, before E3 officially opens, the stage play still needs to continue to be practiced. Especially now that the equipment is available, rehearsals must be carried out to avoid performance accidents.
Meng Shu had a simple communication with the two technical leaders from Japan, and then explained it to Mr. Li.
In the end, the two parties carried out their own work.
The Japanese technical team installed tools and equipment, and Mr. Li strengthened the rehearsal behind the stage.
Then, after a full day of testing, it was found that the projection equipment and screen used for the performance were all normal, and the masking rehearsal could begin.
Early the next morning, Meng Shu and others came to the E3 exhibition again.
This time, we started directly by asking the actors to put on professional motion capture suits with facial capture.
The Japanese technical team imported and adapted the already designed monster models and character models, and projected them on the stage screen in real time through the joint tracking devices on the motion capture suit and the actor's facial expression collection.
Since the technical team used the entire stage as a virtual background in advance, when the projection equipment projected the image onto the screen, the real stage looked unchanged.
But when the 3D characters appear in the background of the real stage, the three-dimensional feeling from the second dimension to the third dimension emerges.
During the test, Meng Shu himself ran up to the booth and took a close look at the real stage background and 3D virtual characters on the screen.
He was sure that the people sitting in the audience would definitely think that some black technology made the 3D characters appear in reality.
Little did they know that it was a screen with a picture of a real stage as the background.
The virtual animation special effects have also been prepared. According to the script, these special effects only need to be 'played' in specific plots.
After several tests, the technical support team responsible for the special effects was able to seamlessly connect with the people on stage.
After one rehearsal, Meng Shu felt that the money was well spent.
Then, the next step will be left to Mr. Li and the actors.
Therefore, in the new round of rehearsals, all work was carried out in an orderly manner.
Meng Shu sat in the audience from a distance, watching everyone's performance.
He looked at the stage for a while, and then looked at the electronic screen behind the stage, feeling satisfied.
However, it is still a bit difficult for the actors.
After all, everyone usually wears their daily clothes for rehearsals, but now that they are wearing this kind of restrained motion capture suit for rehearsals, it is inevitable that they can’t let go.
But as they rehearsed over and over again, the actors gradually improved and became more proficient.
Meng Shu watched from a distance and couldn't help but feel relieved.
Mr. Li and these actors are very dedicated. After so many years of working together, I can trust them.
So, under such intense rehearsal, time passed day by day.
When the last nearly perfect practice ended, Meng Shu, who had watched several games in a row, couldn't help but stand up and cheer loudly.
Now, everything is proceeding steadily as he planned.
And the E3 exhibition officially started as scheduled!
Chapter completed!