Chapter 169 Horror Master

More than an hour later, Ye Zhizhou looked at the several pages of notes he had filled with opinions, as well as the various scene concept art sent by Ruan Guangjian, and was momentarily speechless.

Ye Zhizhou looked at the radiant Ruan Guangjian: "Dude, are you sure you're really afraid of horror themes?"

Ruan Guangjian nodded: "Yes, I'm very afraid."

Ye Zhizhou was speechless for a moment: "Then what's with all this horror-themed concept art you've collected?"

Ruan Guangjian: "It's for work."

Ye Zhizhou asked again: "Then why do you know so many frightening little details, and have such a good grasp of this kind of horror psychology?"

Ruan Guangjian: "You remember it naturally after watching too many horror movies and getting scared too much."

Ye Zhizhou was even more confused: "Wait, timid, but you've watched a lot of horror movies, isn't that a contradiction?"

Ruan Guangjian shook his head: "It's not a contradiction, I'm indeed timid, but that doesn't stop me from watching horror movies."

"It's like a person with no sense of humor who never laughs but often watches comedies, is that contradictory?"

Ye Zhizhou: "..."

That makes sense, very reasonable!

Ye Zhizhou thought to himself, it seems that every real master has some unknown, strange quirks...

Ye Zhizhou didn't pay too much attention to this. So what if Master Ruan claimed to be timid but was actually very enthusiastic about horror themes? That's a good thing!

No need to dwell on it.

The top priority is to quickly summarize the opinions put forward by Ruan Guangjian, create a document, and add it to the development plan for the next version.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhizhou turned on the computer and quickly turned the modifications proposed by Ruan Guangjian into a document and added it to the upcoming development plan for the next version.

There were only about two months left until the game's scheduled release date, with a seven-day Spring Festival holiday in between, so the development time was still quite tight.

President Pei had repeatedly ordered no overtime, and even wanting to work overtime for an hour during the Spring Festival was a luxury, so they could only seize the time to rush the work now.

Ruan Guangjian, on the other hand, pulled out the art resource document for *BeQuiet* and began to propose modifications according to his own ideas.

And his biggest advantage in proposing modifications was:

If the other party couldn't accurately understand the modifications to the original image through text, Ruan Guangjian could directly draw it;

If the other party felt it was too difficult and didn't want to change it, and tactfully expressed the attitude of "If you can do it, then you do it," then Ruan Guangjian would really do it himself.

Looking at Ruan Guangjian working seriously, Ye Zhizhou couldn't help but sigh.

A master is a master.

Just a few casual pointers can raise the quality of the game to another level.

And this technique, which can be described as turning stone into gold, has only been seen in President Pei!

Of course, President Pei's level is still higher.

Because Master Ruan still has to achieve this effect through some specific changes, while President Pei often only needs a sentence, or even a simple word.

"That's why President Pei and Master Ruan are the best partners. The cooperation between masters is often so tacit."

Ye Zhizhou was sincerely convinced and continued to organize the new version of the development document.

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...

In the afternoon, Yuemeng Ventures.

He Desheng looked at the renderings in his hand, and then at Zhang Wang sitting across from him.

"You... call this thing a phone booth?"

Zhang Wang smiled somewhat embarrassedly: "President Pei gave too high a budget, and as I was modifying it, I realized that it was deviating a bit from the theme."

"But rest assured, President Pei didn't originally require the shared phone booth to be exactly like anything."

"Mine is just a bit larger in size and has a few more things added. The essence of the shared phone booth hasn't changed."

He Desheng looked carefully at the exploded view behind it: "The entire phone booth, you designed it? Your efficiency is a bit high..."

Zhang Wang said modestly: "Actually, it's just a random modification of those things I made when I had nothing to do before, it didn't take much effort."

"I have a workshop in my hometown in a nearby county. This is just a preliminary prototype, and it can be made in a few hours."

He Desheng was silent for a long time, squeezing out two words: "Awesome."

What he was holding in his hand was a physical diagram and an exploded view of the "shared phone booth."

It was a bit different from what he had said before. After all, President Pei had added to the budget, so the design plan for the phone booth naturally had to be adjusted accordingly.

It was 2.2 meters high and occupied an area of about 2 square meters, which was significantly larger than the phone booths in his memory, enough to seat two people and still be quite spacious.

From the exploded view, this shared phone booth was indeed easy to install and easy to disassemble. Each frame was not welded together. As long as the surrounding tempered glass was removed and all the frames were disassembled in turn, it could be easily towed away.

The key parts of the disassembly and assembly could be locked.

Of course, this was just a sample that Zhang Wang had tinkered with in his "workshop". If it was entrusted to a manufacturer for production, they would definitely fully consider it from all aspects such as materials, strength, cost, and details.

But at least, the sample was already there, it just couldn't be transported over.

In the phone booth of the physical diagram, there were also some other things, with detailed explanations attached.

For example, there was a counter inside, with a small coffee and beverage machine, a jukebox, a three-port charger, wireless Wi-Fi, a bookshelf, and a gumball machine on the table, and two folding seats next to it.

There was also a small scrolling display screen inside the phone booth, and the content on the display screen could be clearly seen from the outside through the glass.

Of course, as a shared phone booth, a telephone was indispensable.

On the upper right side of the phone booth, there was a beautiful retro telephone, with a rotary dial and a gold and black color scheme, which looked very cool.

Obviously, the sentimental value of this phone outweighed its practical value.

Even more outrageous, there was something under the table.

He Desheng was a little puzzled: "AED? What's this?"

Zhang Wang replied: "Automated external defibrillator, it's a medical device."

He Desheng was a little puzzled: "That should be quite expensive, right? And, isn't it a bit abrupt to put this thing in a phone booth?"

Zhang Wang smiled: "It's okay, less than twenty thousand. It won't be abrupt, because there are other medical devices, such as a body fat scale and a blood pressure monitor."

He Desheng: "...Is there enough money?"

Zhang Wang nodded: "Yes!"

"Originally, I planned to make that kind of traditional phone booth, which would cost about five thousand yuan, but since President Pei increased the price, it definitely had to be upgraded!"

"The current size and materials cost about 10,000 yuan per unit, plus the other equipment and installation costs inside, except for the AED, it's about 18,000 yuan."

"The monthly rent for the venue is about 500 to 1,000, so it's estimated that the initial investment of 40,000 yuan is enough!"

"President Pei gave 500,000 yuan, I calculated it, invest in ten shared phone booths, and then use the remaining 100,000 yuan and the usual income for subsequent maintenance costs."

He Desheng suddenly realized a problem: "Wait, the monthly rent for the venue is 500 to 1,000? So high?"

Zhang Wang nodded: "Of course, I've asked several major shopping malls in Jingzhou, and they all have reserved locations like this. The cheaper ones are 500, and the more expensive ones like Global Shopping Center can be taken down for around 1,000, after all, it only takes up a little more than two square meters."

He Desheng blinked his eyes, slightly blank: "Not standing on the side of the road?"

Zhang Wang smiled: "Standing on the side of the road? There's traffic coming and going on the side of the road, who would use it?"

"There are only ten or twenty in total, so they must be set up in shopping malls with high traffic."

He Desheng was speechless.

Why did it feel like he was being intellectually despised by Zhang Wang?

This script was a bit wrong!

He Desheng flipped through it again: "Why is the 'cultural connotation' column behind it blank?"

Zhang Wang said: "I haven't thought about this yet, mainly because there's no budget."

"I originally planned to leave a separate side on this phone booth and find an artist to paint a post-modern painting to decorate it a bit. Each phone booth would have a unique theme, so that everyone can take photos and leave memories."

"And then design a different chop for each phone booth and put it inside, so that people who come to play can stamp it as a souvenir."

"But, I accidentally set the budget too high, and there's no money to hire an artist..."

He Desheng thought for a while: "If you remove those ten AEDs, wouldn't you have two hundred thousand?"

Zhang Wang shook his head violently: "That won't work! The AED is a must, it's the heart and soul of the shared phone booth!"

He Desheng: "..."

He didn't really understand Zhang Wang's thinking, but considering that this was Zhang Wang's project after all, he would definitely prioritize Zhang Wang's considerations.

After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly felt that this project didn't seem so outrageous anymore.

At first, when He Desheng heard that it was a phone booth, he subconsciously thought that the phone booth must be opened on the side of a major road.

And seeing Zhang Wang's IQ, He Desheng didn't doubt at all that he would do this.

As a result, Zhang Wang didn't plan to open this thing on the side of a major road at all!

Thinking about it, the old phone booths were all on the side of major roads because everyone had a rigid demand in this area, and it was more convenient to make calls by the side of the road, but now everyone has mobile phones, and this demand has long disappeared.

Since the current shared phone booth is just a cultural symbol, and also has some other functions, it must be opened in a place with a lot of traffic.

He Desheng couldn't help but wonder: "Strange, it suddenly looks like a project with a normal style."

"It's clearly a person with a normal brain, how could he write such an unreliable plan..."

"Could it be that President Pei had already seen that this project was actually very reliable and had the potential to succeed, so he immediately approved the investment?"

"Well... this possibility is very high!"

He Desheng nodded and said: "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to contact the manufacturer and hurry up to produce it. I'll also keep an eye out for the artist's matter for you."

"If there's anything else you need help with, just ask."

Although Zhang Wang was the initiator of this project, he was just one person, and he was not familiar with various matters.

Since it was a project that Yuemeng Ventures was going to invest in, He Desheng and the others had no other work, so it was only natural to lend a hand.