Chapter 178 Finding Tom; Clancy's Successor
When the Tom Clancy's novel was popular, Jester was also looking for Tom Clancy's successor. He didn't want to miss the classic game scripts he remembered about Tom Clancy. In case, he wanted to let someone write these things first to take advantage of the trick, just in case, he wanted to make a mistake when he wanted to do it later, but he didn't even have the copyright.
You should know that in later generations, Tom Clancy's military game scripts are a symbol of sales of this type of game. Ubisoft's rise to the top of the show and the super publishers such as EA and Activision, and Tom Clancy's role in it is invaluable.
This time, Jester found a special headhunter company to handle this matter, looking for an author who could meet his requirements to complete some of his novels that could only provide creativity and outline. The requirements are very high, at least not too bad than Clancy. To be honest, such people are very difficult to find, and Jester did not expect to find it in a short time, but the efficiency of this headhunter in the United States, especially after Jester agreed to a high reward, their efficiency was amazing.
In just less than two weeks, Jester was provided with a suitable candidate.
David Bolling.
To be honest, this person is not famous in the country in later generations. If it weren't for the crowd of science fiction novels, he might have never heard of this name. After all, the crowd of science fiction novels in China can only be regarded as a niche among the niches. As far as Jester knows, in the mainland in later generations, the best science fiction novel "The Three-Body Problem", which is known as the best science fiction novel in the mainland, was only sold for 500,000 under the hype of various followers.
This person, Jester, has indeed heard of it. This is not because Jester has a wide range of knowledge, but because he once followed the trend and bought "The Three-Body Problem". Before buying it, he specially found several book reviews to read, including David Bolling's book review. Many of the comments in the post that reposted this book review are senior science fiction readers. A large group of people commented on this post called David Bolling's kneeling and licking.
This made Jester know who the man named David Bryn, who he had never heard of, was sacred.
There is no need to describe his deeds and status. His works do not require too much introduction. You only need to know this person. It is enough to be the most influential science fiction writer after the three science fiction giants, and there should be no need to explain too much - Asimov, Heinrein and Arthur Clark's achievements in the science fiction literature are almost equivalent to Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Victor Hugo in the literary world.
And you can imagine what David Bolling's status is.
Jester looked at the information sent to him by the headhunter company. They had contacted David Bryn, who is now in his thirties and is a doctor of space physics and has published several famous science fiction short stories. He is a bit famous, of course, far less than Tom Clancy. He bought "Dawn" before and felt that he was very interested in fantasies like alien life, and the book "Dawn" is also his appetite.
At this time, the headhunter was looking for Tom Clancy's successor to Jester. David Bryn, who was a little itchy after watching "Dawn", also expressed his thoughts to the headhunter, so the two were connected in this way.
To be honest, David Bryn's style, at least from the few most famous books that Jest had read before he was curious about rebirth, is not very suitable for being Clancy's successor. He is suitable for the unique culture of alien creatures such as Hein Rhein's "Starship Paratrooper" and the vast universe. However, in Jest's opinion, the classic game novels he remembers are not just a few books by Tom Clancy.
For example, the "Dawn" he wrote to Tom Clancy before, all the settings in it were made by him in reference to the later "StarCraft", such as the concept of Sarnaga.
Can't write military novels like Tom Clancy, can you write novels like "Starcraft" that describes the vast universe and unique life? The novels of "Starcraft" are not too outstanding, of course, because of the writer's own limited level. If it were replaced by a science fiction god like David Bolling, it would definitely be completely different.
The same plot is completely different from the writings of ordinary authors, and Jester is deeply touched by this.
So, after reading the information about David Bolling submitted to him by the headhunter company, Jester immediately had the idea of meeting the other party, and also wanted to listen to his subsequent creative suggestions for "Dawn". This was also stated in the information of the headhunter company. The reason why David Bolling contacted them was that he wanted to complete the follow-up of "Dawn".
In Jester's eyes, the ideas of this science fiction master are naturally worth tens of thousands of dollars.
However, after contacting the headhunter company, Jester received a news that temporarily disappointed him. The science fiction master also has an identity as a consultant for Nasa. He is recently involved in a Nasa project, so he has not been able to get out to meet Jaster in recent months. However, after David Brin learned that Jaster agreed to his request in principle, but after meeting him, he was also very excited after making a decision. He also gave Jaster a clear message through the headhunter company. After he helped Nasa finish this project, he would definitely visit Costa Mesa in person.
Although Jester was a little depressed, he had to accept it. After all, in anyone's eyes, Nasa's project is much more important than completing the sequel to a novel.
In addition, for Jester, his days are not much different every day. He handles many things and controls the style and direction of the entire "Flame Emblem". Seeing this work that has devoted all his efforts to be completed day by day, he still feels a different feeling in his heart.
In fact, after accommodating several of the world's best game text plot designers, this game has become a huge difference compared to the original version that Jester is familiar with. It has a richer story line, a flesh-filled main line, and a more interesting side line. To be honest, in Jester's eyes, this is already a completely different game - except for the name.
The message from Sega that the development team of "Cooking" will arrive in the afternoon of Tokyo time, with a total of 17 people, and Yu Suzuki led the group. Originally, Jester just asked the company to send an administrative receptionist, but Jester thought about it and decided to go there by himself. In essence, it was not appropriate for Yu Suzuki to lead the group. After all, his identity was not equal, and at most Mark Seni could go there. This was a very grand specification. However, he was a young man, and he must follow his personality.
He went, mainly to express his gratitude to Yu Suzuki. He had already obtained detailed information from the team who came back to participate in the "hang-on" in Japan, and also looked through the R&D log. Yu Suzuki did not hide his personal information when dealing with the members sent by Mars Entertainment, and the entire development process was open to them. This even caused dissatisfaction from Sega. If Hayao Nakayama had not supported Yu Suzuki, Yu Suzuki might not have been able to bear it under the pressure of the senior management of the Sega board of directors.
And according to the learning team he sent, if it weren't for Yu Suzuki's generousness in this regard, they might have had many key areas that would have been deliberately concealed and would not have been able to get a full set of experience.
In this regard, Jester personally thanked him, which in his own opinion was completely overdue.
Jester called to ask about the date of the ANA flight to Los Angeles, and then contacted the company's administrative department to ask them to prepare for the reception vehicles and accommodation. After all, the hardware development team he had previously arranged and was responsible for Sega. Although before sending this development team this time, Shiga said that Sega would bear all the costs by phone, but Jester didn't want others to think he was too stingy, so he directly replied to Shiga Nakayama that he would give him whatever treatment he had received in Japan.
More than an hour later than the scheduled time, this ANA flight carrying Sega's game development team was late. Jester had already received news from the airport that the plane encountered serious weather problems on the way and had to temporarily change the route, so it was more than an hour later. In this regard, ANA also apologized to those waiting for pick-up at the airport.
It wasn't even necessary for Jester to ask the people around him to raise the arcade sign written in Japanese, because the team of Japanese led by Yusuki was so conspicuous.
Later generations said that the teams sent abroad from mainland China are the easiest to distinguish, because they are basically uniformly dressed, basically have expressionless appearances, and are thin due to malnutrition. Although they try to avoid them, they are still uncontrollable and peeping around, etc., as long as they are yellow-skinned and black-haired teams, the ones who are inseparable from the mainland are from the mainland.
In fact, in this era, especially the Japanese official dispatch teams, it is also very easy to distinguish.
Chapter completed!