novelraw Chapter 121 : A Not-So-Simple Female Designer
Chapter 121 : A Not-So-Simple Female Designer
Chapter 121: A Not-So-Simple Female Designer
Chen Fan took out the sketches and explained with gestures for a long time, but the female designer across from him still seemed a bit confused.
Chen Fan was a bit speechless.
"Do you have a computer?"
The beautiful woman nodded.
"Yes."
"Can you connect to the internet?"
Chen Fan followed this female designer to her office and downloaded a game compression package right in front of her.
Unzip, install, click to start the game.
Ding Dian had somewhat understood what Chen Fan wanted to do.
She curiously leaned over to watch for a while.
"Look. This is the desert map...If possible, I hope you can faithfully recreate the buildings on this map, and also this..."
Chen Fan showed her several of the most classic game maps one after another.
Ding Dian stared at the screen for a long time, and finally confirmed that Chen Fan was not messing around, but was truly planning to do this.
Closing the game, Chen Fan turned around and looked up.
"How about it? Can you do it?"
Ding Dian nodded: "It can be done, but...may I ask what you plan to use it for?"
Chen Fan smiled. "Didn't I just say? I'm preparing to open a real-life shooting game offline experience hall."
Ding Dian's gaze fell on the computer desktop.
"This game...is very popular?"
Chen Fan nodded and then shook his head.
"It's not that popular yet, but I think it will be in the future."
Ding Dian understood, Chen Fan was taking a gamble.
After confirming that Chen Fan was not here to cause trouble, Ding Dian's attitude changed again, and she became much more professional and serious.
"I did see this kind of real-life shooting game experience when I was studying abroad, but I haven't heard of anyone doing this in China..."
Chen Fan was a bit surprised, not expecting that this beautiful woman was actually an overseas returnee student. No wonder her dress and style were so fashionable and avant-garde.
"Actually, doing this kind of design isn't difficult. The game is ready-made, you just need to follow it. But..."
Ding Dian looked at Chen Fan, "One point I need to remind you of...have you obtained authorization from the game's owners?"
"If you don't have authorization from the game company, and you just use it directly, there could be infringement risks in the future."
Chen Fan looked at this beautiful woman with admiration.
As expected of someone who had studied overseas.
She even considered copyright issues.
In this era, most people were already accustomed to taking things without permission and had no sense of copyright at all.
For her to immediately think of authorization shows that she is indeed quite capable.
However, Chen Fan didn't actually have game authorization.
When this game first appeared, it was just a game mod in the game "Half-Life."
It gradually became an independent game as it grew popular.
The domestic popularity came later with the 1.6 version, but by then, not only players, but most of the CS games in domestic internet cafes were pirated versions.
In Chen Fan's view, this real-life CS offline experience hall was just a temporary idea to make some quick money.
It wouldn't be there for more than a year or two before the place got demolished.
Once the subsidies came in, the experience hall would naturally shut down.
In other words, this experience hall was just a way to make a quick buck and serve as a transition.
Who would care about copyright for just a year or two?
So Chen Fan smiled and explained to Ding Dian: "You don't need to worry about copyright issues, just focus on the design."
Ding Dian nodded, "Okay, no problem, I can take this job."
Chen Fan asked: "How much for the design fee?"
Ding Dian thought for a moment and quoted a number.
Chen Fan shook his head, "Too high."
But Ding Dian insisted.
As Chen Fan and Ding Dian remained at an impasse over the price, Ding Dian suddenly proposed, "Could I go to the site and take a look, measure the actual data? Then I can directly provide you with design sketches, and you can judge whether my quoted price is too high or not."
Chen Fan nodded, "No problem."
So Ding Dian changed into different clothes, took a bag, and went downstairs with Chen Fan.
Ding Dian was a bit surprised that Chen Fan didn't have a car either.
"Did you take a taxi here?"
Chen Fan smiled, "Yes, I didn't buy a car."
Ding Dian looked at Chen Fan thoughtfully but didn't say anything.
She hailed a cab, and the two headed directly to the west city.
When they arrived at the amusement park, Ding Dian finally saw how large the place Chen Fan described was.
"Such a big place, it's a pity to use it as an amusement park..."
Chen Fan smiled, "I still don't know your name?"
Ding Dian took out a business card and handed it over.
"The studio's name is just my name."
Ding Dian.
Chen Fan smiled faintly, this name...was very cute.
Seeming to notice Chen Fan suppressing a laugh, Ding Dian pursed her lips.
"Funny? My parents spent all night thinking of this name for me."
Chen Fan quickly shook his head seriously, "No, no, I just think this name is very cute, it doesn't quite match your image."
Ding Dian didn't dwell on this issue, instead turning to look around.
"Can I take a look around?"
Chen Fan gestured openly, "Please. It's just the two of us here now, you can look anywhere."
Ding Dian walked around the site alone, and finally couldn't help but exclaim, "This place is really big!"
After the lap, Ding Dian looked at Chen Fan, her eyes filled with curiosity.
"This huge site all belongs to you?"
Chen Fan nodded, "Yes."
"If I may ask, what do your parents do for work?"
"They're farmers back home, is there a problem?"
Ding Dian pursed her lips, clearly not believing him.
Chen Fan smiled, "You don't need to doubt it, this place really is mine, and there's nothing wrong with how I got my money, I earned it all myself."
Ding Dian didn't dwell on this issue either, instead taking out a notebook and writing and drawing in it.
After a few minutes, she handed it to Chen Fan.
"Before coming, I didn't expect your place to be this huge. If it's just for developing an offline experience hall, I think it's a bit of a waste."
"As you mentioned earlier, you want to design this as a real-life shooting game experience hall, but I think you may have overlooked something."
Chen Fan became interested, "Tell me."
Ding Dian raised a hand to brush back her hair.
"You've overlooked female customers."
"In your plan, this shooting range is obviously meant to serve male customers."
"Even if there will be some female customers involved in the future, it will only be a small proportion."
Chen Fan nodded in agreement with her point.
"When this venue opens in the future, there will definitely be many women coming to accompany their boyfriends or husbands, but what if they're not interested in it themselves?"
"Won't they just have to sit here bored, waiting?"
"Once or twice is fine, but what if it's many times?"
"Won't the women become unwilling to come?"
"And if the women are unwilling to come, won't the men come less and less frequently too?"
Chen Fan's eyes lit up slightly.
He looked at this woman with some surprise, as if re-evaluating her.
Interesting.
He hadn't expected that after just one lap around, she had already identified potential operational issues.
It seemed her capabilities were not simply limited to being a designer.
"Keep going," Chen Fan said, his interest piqued as he encouraged her to continue.