To become the richest man from the beginning of the game

Chapter 882 Mr. Pei's Creation Secret

Mr. Pei patted his ass and left, leaving behind a confused Cui Geng, who could only aimlessly flip through the comics of Hurricane Comics.

For Pei Qian, the status quo of the entire "Inspiration Class" was completely in line with his expectations, and he was following the script.He took special care of Cui Geng and asked the author who was most likely to have problems to write a subject with the lowest success rate, which can be said to be multiple insurances.

As long as Cui Geng verifies that this policy is feasible, then Pei Qian can consider allowing more authors to join the "Inspiration Class" in the future, which will have the effect of drawing salary from the bottom of the bucket for the development of Diandian Chinese.com.

As for Cui Geng, he is now in deep confusion.

If Cui Geng could choose by himself, he would definitely not choose this subject, because he is neither good at it nor interested in it.

As an author whose knowledge of European and American superheroes is limited to those super IPs and who has no in-depth understanding, Cui Geng really can’t think of any reason why he can write superhero themes well.

But Mr. Pei said that it is an advantage not to know superheroes, and it is absolutely no problem for him to read more materials and polish more.

Cui Geng thought about it, since it was Mr. Pei's opinion, he still had to take it seriously.

Because in terms of creation, Mr. Pei is the real master!

Whether it is Tengda's games or movies, in fact, Mr. Pei personally directs and controls the general direction.And these have been verified and are very successful works.

President Pei's status in terms of creation is much higher than that of web writers like them.Since Mr. Pei said that Cui Geng is fine, it is possible that he is really fine.

"Is there some potential in me that I don't even know?"

With this kind of doubt, Cui Geng decided to follow Mr. Pei's request and try hard on the superhero IP of Hurricane Comics.

As an important part of Tenda Group's IP, of course, a large number of comics from Hurricane Comics are also prepared in the "Inspiration Class".

Cui Geng picked a few books with relatively high sales, returned to his seat, turned on the reading light, played light music through the headphones, and then nestled on the single sofa to read carefully.

……

in the afternoon.

Cui Geng put the last comic he brought aside and rubbed his temples with some headaches.

He has been watching the afternoon from the morning, and he was thinking about the plots of these superheroes when he was eating at noon, but seeing it now, the more he watched it, the more he felt that it was useless.

The more you know, the more you can feel the arduousness of this task!

Because they are all comics, there is relatively little text information, so the translation is very fast.Cui Geng's mind became even more confused after skimming through several comics with relatively high sales volume and understanding the general outline of the plot.

"This Hurricane Comic Company only accounts for 5% of the market share in the United States. It is not without reason that the top two comic companies are rubbing against the ground."

"Whether it is from the superhero's character design or the storyline, there is a big gap between the level of the previous two comic companies."

"These stories are not good at first glance!"

"Moreover, these characters and plots are not very suitable for the tastes of domestic readers. It can be said that the advantages of the first two comic companies have not been learned, but the shortcomings have been retained."

"Writing this kind of IP character, I'm not asking for my own death..."

Cui Geng fell into deep melancholy.

Many-faced man, Duke of Purgatory, Xenomorph, RoboCop, etc. are already the most famous IPs of Hurricane Comics. Although these IPs have a certain impression, they are already outdated.

And in Cui Geng's view, these IPs are either not very scalable in the story, or the settings no longer meet the current aesthetic standards, and it is not easy to write derivative plots.

If these IPs are simply used as a game image in the GOG game, then there is no problem at all; but if you want to write a sufficiently attractive story with them as the protagonist, it is even more difficult.

Not to mention other IPs, they are all given away for nothing.

There are even a lot of superheroes that compete with the top two comic companies, such as a hero called "Captain of the World", who can tell the signs of copycats at a glance, which is even more unusable.

If I really write it out, I am afraid that I will be laughed out of my teeth.

In short, Cui Geng's head is getting bigger.

"Or, I'll deal with it?"

"Just choose an IP like Multi-Faced Man or RoboCop, and write a doujin first?"

"Although this kind of IP is very old and outdated, at least domestic readers still have some impressions. It shouldn't be considered cheating on manuscript fees if you make do with it?"

After thinking hard for hours to no avail, Cui Geng subconsciously wanted to choose the easy way.

But Mr. Pei's face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately dismissed the idea.

"No, absolutely not!"

"How could I have such a thought?"

"Boss Pei takes special care of me. Obviously, he attaches great importance to what I want to write and has a high sense of expectation!"

"How can I have the idea of ​​fooling around? This makes Mr. Pei so sad!"

"Boss Pei has already said that there is no requirement for the number of words, and work slowly and meticulously. If I give up so quickly and start writing rashly, wouldn't that completely disappoint Boss Pei's expectations?"

"No, think again!"

"We must use the energy we used to analyze Tengda's spirit with Wu Bin at that time, try to figure out the deep meaning behind Mr. Pei, and find the only correct answer!"

"I should follow Tengda's internal interpretation method to properly interpret Mr. Pei's true intentions!"

When Cui Geng wanted to give up, Tengda's spirit encouraged him again.

When Cui Geng and Wu Bin were analyzing the Tenda Spirit and compiling the Tenda Spirit Manual, they had an in-depth understanding of "General Manager Pei's intention to answer the standard thinking".

This is a set of methodologies led by company veterans such as Bao Xu, Huang Sibo, and Lin Wan, and constantly improved by other department heads to figure out Mr. Pei's true intentions.

To be more specific, it is to deduce President Pei's true intentions through the content of President Pei's assignment of tasks.Whether it is in the game department, the movie department or the physical department, this trick has been tried and tested and has created many miracles.

Now, Cui Geng decides to apply what he has learned and apply it to his own creations!

"What's the first step? Oh, by the way, find the most unreasonable point in Mr. Pei's words, and then start to analyze..."

Cui Geng tried his best to recall the conversation Mr. Pei had with him in the morning.

In fact, Mr. Pei didn't say much, he just said that "superhero themes can also be written for domestic readers", "it doesn't have to make domestic readers like these superheroes", "write these superheroes to death or half-dead it is also fine".

"It sounds like Mr. Pei is suggesting to me, don't use the traditional Western story structure to write superhero stories, but try to tell them in a way that domestic readers accept..."

Cui Geng began to look up relevant information on the Internet.

Superhero-themed movies can be regarded as part of cultural exports, and they also have a large domestic market.Although Cui Geng didn't pay special attention to it, he still fully understood some basic concepts.

Although superheroes have different abilities, personalities and identities, most of them have similar characteristics:

Possession of extraordinary strength, technical ability, or proficiency in a particular field of equipment.Regardless of whether it is strength, intelligence, supernatural powers or physical abilities, they can all be counted in this category.

They want to uphold justice, have a sense of responsibility, and will choose to stand up when they are in danger, and they don't need anything in return.

They represent Western morality to some extent, and generally do not kill people, but hand them over to the police and the law.

They generally have a secret identity to protect their friends and family members. At the same time, they often have another identity besides superheroes in real life, such as reporters, students, rich second generation and so on.

They generally have a signature costume or prop.

Generally speaking, the stories of superheroes are basically stories in which justice finally defeats evil: the supervillain wants to do bad things, but is discovered by the superhero. world peace.

Of course, with the development of superhero themes, the story has shown more and more patterns, and even some "anti-hero" characters who are both good and evil have appeared.

But there are still very few superhero stories that deviate from the core of "justice defeats evil", because if they deviate from this core, the audience may not necessarily buy it.

In a sense, superhero-themed comics or movies, like web articles, are a creative mode that can be mass-produced. Although the basic routines are repeated, there will be many innovations in the detailed routines, and readers will eat them. One set, no matter how many times you repeat it, you still love to watch it.

This is also the reason why Cui Geng felt unable to write: precisely because this is a creative model that can be mass-produced, and it is deeply rooted in the Western cultural background. Process creation can never surpass superhero stories created by Westerners.

This is not to belittle oneself, but to have a clear understanding of reality.

It's like asking a native Westerner to write a traditional Chinese martial arts story. No matter how much preparation he has made, the final thing he writes must be "uninteresting".

Cui Geng frowned: "That is to say, if I want to sell the stories I wrote to foreigners, I'm afraid it's impossible, and I can only target Chinese people."

"Boss Pei did say that."

"But how can we sell it to the Chinese people?"

"Mr. Pei seems to have done a lot of western-themed content, which seems to be very popular with the Chinese people. How does Mr. Pei do it?"

Cui Geng couldn't help thinking of the game "Struggle".

In fact, the game "Struggle" is also a completely western story background. The characters and stories in it are all based on the western background, but domestic players like it very much.

Cui Geng carefully recalled the plot of "Struggle", and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Understood!"

"The secret of Mr. Pei's creation is to observe Western stories from the perspective of Chinese culture, deconstruct them, tear off the exquisite coat of Western literary and artistic works, and then fully reveal the inner part of it!"

(End of this chapter)