Chapter 19: [Pong], [Breakout], and...
Before, Chen Yize had once pondered. Pondering how to explain to everyone in the Xinyi company what was the video game.
He must first explain this to everyone if he wants to develop more games in the future.
So everyone could better understand what he wanted to do, making it easier for them to cooperate with him.
However, only when he had pondered this matter seriously did he realize... That he didn't know how to explain it well.
Because he couldn't come up with a clear definition of the word 'video game', he found it difficult to explain it in words.
So, Chen Yize thought of another way to explain it.
And that was... To provide them with some 'examples'.
Like what he was about to do at this moment.
He opened one of the files from his laptop and presented it to everyone, the slides he had prepared before.
In the past ten days, Chen Yize had not only developed the official website together with others but had also taken some time to make these slides.
At first, Chen Yize intended that after they had finished developing the official website, he could bring up the matter of video games and present these slides to everyone in a meeting.
However, according to his previous plan, Li Xinyi wasn't supposed to be here... At the meeting.
After all, he still wanted to give Li Xinyi a surprise, just like the last time.
So he planned to return to the development department, and then he could present these slides there.
But Li Xinyi had stopped him from doing so.
So this time, he could only choose to abandon the plan to surprise Li Xinyi.
For the two files Chen Yize had prepared, both only contained some of his general ideas about the designs of the games. One for each game.
And these two games were both the games from his previous life. One was [Pong], and the other was [Breakout].
Of course, the file Chen Yize chose to open first was [Pong].
For [Pong], Chen Yize didn't ponder much, as he directly chose it to be the first game, the first game to be introduced by him as a 'video game'.
Although before choosing this game, he didn't ponder anything much, there was still a reason for choosing it.
And the reason for choosing this game was still pretty simple.
Because in his previous life, [Pong] was, undoubtedly, the 'first' video game.
In fact, [Pong] wasn't the first video game to be developed.
Many 'video games' were actually developed before [Pong] appeared.
However, [Pong] was still regarded by many people as the 'first' video game.
Why did this happen?
It was because, at that time, [Pong] was the first game someone used the word 'video game' when describing it.
It was because, at that time, [Pong] was the first commercially successful game. As a result, this game started the video game industry, proving to everyone that the video game market could produce significant revenues.
It was because [Pong] was undoubtedly a pioneer. The pioneer that appeared as it laid a foundation and later affected the whole world.
Based on these achievements alone, the appearance of [Pong] was of great significance for the video game industry.
And based on these achievements alone, Chen Yize intended to give his full respect to the developers of this great game by making it the 'first' 'video game' in this world.
While Chen Yize was still recalling, the slides had already appeared in front of everyone.
And on the first slide, there was a relatively large word in the center, which read [Pong].
But if people looked carefully, there were also some smaller words below, which read [By Chen Yize].
And so, Chen Yize first gave himself a 'pretentious' cough before he started his presentation.
"Hello, everyone. In this meeting, I will explain it to you. What is a video game?
"For this purpose, I have already prepared some of its examples to show you today, which will make it easier for you to understand than me trying to explain it in words.
"And I sincerely hope... Everyone here can have a deeper understanding of it. After listening to my presentation."
Saying to this point, someone here, including Li Xinyi, had already rolled their eyes at his pretentious act.
And Chen Yize had also noticed it, but he chose to ignore it and didn't care about it much.
"By now, everyone should have guessed... That the 'video game' is simply another kind of software, just like [Choice of Robots].
"In fact... The 'video game' is indeed... Another kind of software as they still require a hardware device to operate.
"They can be released as computer apps, mobile phone apps, or even websites. Just like most of the software being released in the market currently.
"However, the 'video game' itself isn't a kind of 'novel' as everyone once thought [Choice of Robots] was.
"There are still many differences between the 'video game' and the 'novel'... And I will use some of its examples to explain it to you today.
"The first example... Was THIS, which I chose to call it [Pong]."
When Chen Yize said "THIS," he slapped the projector screen behind him and raised his voice slightly, making everyone here realize... Of how exaggerated he could be.
Then, Chen Yize changed the slide page to the next one, which showed the picture of a 'circle' in the middle, two 'rectangles' one on the left side and the other on the right side, and two '0' on the top.
"And these are the things people will see on their screen when 'playing' this 'video game' called [Pong].
"They are the 'ball', the 'paddles', and the 'points'."
While saying this, Chen Yize also kindly used his finger and pointed to the various 'things' on the screen, indicating which one was which.
"And the rule of this game is also pretty simple. The 'players' just need to control their paddle by moving it up or down. Simply put, they can only move it vertically.
"Then, they can use these paddles to hit the ball back and forth. If one side's paddle misses the ball, the other side will gain one point. And the first side to reach 11 points wins."
Chen Yize used his eyes to meet everyone's eyes, seeing that their eyes were all filled with 'doubts'.
"At this point, does anyone have any questions?"
So Chen Yize decided to allow everyone to ask the questions first before he continued to move on.
"I want to ask. Why did you use the words 'playing' and 'players' with [Pong]? Why didn't you use the words 'using' or 'users'?"
Li Xinyi keenly noticed the words Chen Yize had spoken before, and she first asked this question before anyone else had an opportunity to ask.
And Chen Yize raised his eyebrow slightly before falling into deep thought. Obviously, he didn't expect this question, and he hadn't noticed it himself that he had used these words.
Chen Yize thought for a while before giving Li Xinyi a somewhat vague answer.
"Because the purpose of the video games is to let people 'enjoy' and 'have fun'. So... I preferred to use it, this kind of words."
Noticing Chen Yize's 'rare' embarrassment, Li Xinyi didn't continue to pursue it anymore and chose to stop asking.
Chen Yize sighed with relief, but it didn't take long before he heard another question raised by another person.
"Are you intending to develop this... 'video game' called [Pong]?"
And the person who raised this question was Zhou Wei, another familiar person to Chen Yize.
"Of course, it won't take long anyway."
Chen Yize answered Zhou Wei like it was a matter of course.
"Then how do you want to develop it?"
Zhou Wei continued to ask, and Chen Yize felt like he could see the words 'I'm curious. I want to know.' from his eyes.
"About this... We will talk about this matter later."
For this question, Chen Yize only smiled and indicated that he wanted to skip this topic for the time being.
Yet, his smile looked somewhat... Meaningful.
"Any question? If not, we will continue to move on."
After scanning the 'audience' and finding that there was no more question, Chen Yize continued.
"And next, I'm going to talk about another example of 'video games', which is... [Breakout]."
...
"And that's all about my presentation. Thank you for listening, everyone."
After Chen Yize had finished his presentation, he bowed to his 'audience' as the finishing touch.
Everyone also chose to give Chen Yize applause, although the sound wasn't loud because only a few people were present.
And when everyone had stopped their applause, Li Xinyi was the one who spoke first.
"Alright, everyone. It's getting late. Today's meeting ends here. Let's all go back and return to work.
"If someone still has any questions, you can go and ask Chen Yize later after this."
After Li Xinyi finished saying this, everyone stood up from their seats and left the meeting room one after another.
Chen Yize also stood up from his seat. Looking at Li Xinyi's current 'smile', he pondered for a moment, wanting to say something.
There were only the two of them left in this room.
In the end, he went straight and sat in the position beside Li Xinyi, organizing his language before he spoke.
"I'm great, right?
"With this, we don't need to follow their words, and you don't need to sell them some of your company's shares anymore, 'cause in this way, they won't be able to pose any threat to us.
"So, if you don't mind, about the salary..."
Chen Yize, at this moment, chose to avoid the 'bad' things they talked about before and only boasted how 'genius' he was while 'deliberately' asking for an increase in his salary like he had always done.
And Li Xinyi chose silence at this time while listening to Chen Yize's 'boasting' about himself as if thinking of something, she suddenly spoke.
"Are you willing?"
"What?"
And when Chen Yize heard it, for a moment, he was stunned and couldn't understand what Li Xinyi meant.
"[Choice of Robots] was your hard work, right? I mean, are you willing? Willing to let this become worthless in the end?"
Li Xinyi spoke again, and Chen Yize heard it. He stared at Li Xinyi for a while before slowly he understood 'everything'.
But...
"Pfft"
Sorry, he couldn't help it.
"Hahaha, Are you actually worried about this all this time?"
For him, this was the funniest joke he had heard since he was born.
Had he ever cared about this?
Are you joking?
"I'm sorry, miss. But..."
But...
"But I have NEVER, EVER cared about this kind of thing!"
Chen Yize turned his head away from Li Xinyi, trying to hide his current 'knowing' smile.
"For me, what I have always pursued was neither success nor fame."
'It's money,' he thought in his heart.
Soon, not long after, Chen Yize turned his head back, and only a 'reassuring' smile could be seen on his face.
And when Li Xinyi was stunned by how Chen Yize had reacted, she heard Chen Yize speak again. In a casual tone like he used to be.
"So, it doesn't matter to let it go. Anyway, it's not like I've ever cared about it."
Chen Yize waved his hand, gesturing that he didn't care. Then, he stood up from his seat 'again', this time intending to leave.
Yet, before leaving, Chen Yize turned his head back and asked Li Xinyi the question he wanted to ask.
"In the future, you won't decide to sell some of your company's shares again, am I right?"
Looking at Li Xinyi's face, which revealed a 'smile' at this moment, Chen Yize didn't know... What she thought in her mind.
Li Xinyi only shrugged and gave him a reply in a 'rare' joking tone.
"Who knows? It's not like they are the only group of people interested in buying."
Listening to Li Xinyi's joking tone, Chen Yize also returned her with a 'smile' as he jokingly said.
"Then I guess I must continue to work hard."
After Chen Yize finished speaking, both of them stared at each other. And then, both of them laughed.
"Hahaha..."
Laughing for a while, when they stopped, out of nowhere, Li Xinyi's face suddenly turned serious as she warned.
"You're not allowed to work too hard."
Chen Yize stood there, stunned.
"Okay." He gave her a reply.
...
Returning to the development department, Chen Yize sat on 'his' chair, recalling what had happened.
It was only a moment later... That Zhou Wei called him, making him return to his sense.
"That... about [Pong] and [Breakout]..."
Zhou Wei summoned his courage and reminded Chen Yize about the 'video games'.
"Oh, about that?" Hearing Zhou Wei's 'reminder' now, Chen Yize only showed a meaningful smile, the kind of smile that made Zhou Wei shudder inexplicably.
"You guys develop them. And I won't interfere."
Saying this, Chen Yize thought in his heart.
'You guys are my future 'subordinates'. Of course, I must train you guys in advance. After all, it's my 'responsibility' as a boss.'
'It's not that I want to be lazy by only ordering you guys to do whatever I want in the future while I myself only play games in the office, right?'
When Zhou Wei heard this, he was momentarily stunned and 'subconsciously' asked.
"T-Then, what about you?"
"Me?"
Chen Yize thought for a moment before giving Zhou Wei a reply.
"Maybe, I suppose I will try to develop another game."
Saying this, Chen Yize turned on 'his' computer, intending to develop 'another game'.
At first, Chen Yize intended to do nothing while 'training' his colleagues.
However, for some reason, Chen Yize decided to develop this game.
While waiting for the computer to turn on, Chen Yize tried to 'convince' himself with many kinds of 'reasons'.
He tried to 'convince' himself that he did it just to ensure that with this game, he could complete the system's task sooner.
He then tried to 'convince' himself that he did it just because he was free and had nothing to do.
He later tried to 'convince' himself that he did it just for the sake of money, for the sake of a bonus from Li Xinyi.
Yet, his mind couldn't help but recall the time he had once been desperate, the time Li Xinyi had once 'saved' him.
Chen Yize himself didn't realize how 'cold' his eyes were at this moment.
The Shuowen platform?
Thinking of many things in his mind, Chen Yize started the programming software and chose to name his game project.
[Tetris]
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polarfox369 Author: Yes, that's right. It was the [Tetris] many people have requested before.
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