Chapter 479 - Great Grandmaster Ruan Guangjian (1/2)

If he had known that the portrait was for his own project, Pei Qian would have forcefully given more guidance.

For instance, he would have made unreasonable requests for the painting style, details, character’s expressions, and the like.

However, Pei Qian had just praised the portrait to no end. He could not possibly raise objections now that he had found out it was for his own project, could he?

That would be too obvious and illogical.

He had no choice. Pei Qian forced a smile and said, “Ah, that’s quite nice.”

Ruan Guangjian clicked his tablet a few times with his pen to open a folder.

“There are other sketches here, too. Boss Pei, please take a look and see if there are any problems. At least we’ll be able to make edits earlier.”

There were various sketches and thumbnails in the folder, but each one was attached to a photograph.

Obviously, after deciding on the characters in the game, Hu Xianbin had sourced for motion capture actors who fit the criteria.

Motion capture actors did not have to look completely identical to the characters in the game, but they had to look largely similar. If the two looked too different, the data would turn out weird after the movements of the actor had been captured. The entire mechanism could break down.

To draw the best effects from the motion capture system, the motion capture actors had to be carefully selected. What’s more, the characters in the game had to look very similar to the real-life actors.

Clearly, while Pei Qian had been occupied with Deposit Fitness, Hu Xianbin had made huge progress with Struggle.

Isn’t he a newbie? He’s way too efficient, isn’t he?

Am I that unlucky? Did I accidentally promote an outstanding employee to become the chief planner?

Eh?

As Pei Qian thought about it, he realized that something was wrong.

Even if Hu Xianbin was extremely efficient, he could not have found so many foreign actors within such a short period, could he?

Such problems could not be solved with efficiency!

Pei Qian took a closer look at the photographs.

They were looking increasingly familiar! Pei Qian pondered hard for two minutes and suddenly remembered where he had seen the actors before.

Weren’t they the freaking foreigners who had played supporting roles in Tomorrow is Beautiful?

The three local actors had had the most scenes in Tomorrow is Beautiful, but there had also been many supporting actors in the background. They were of various nationalities and skin colors. Huang Sibo and his team had searched high and low in Jingzhou for friends from all over the world.

However, they had had too little screen time in the film. What’s more, so much time had already passed. Pei Qian’s memory of the film had become blurry, and so he had not recognized them immediately.

Now, Pei Qian could be sure that Hu Xianbin was not that efficient. He had just been cheating!

He must have found a way to contact Huang Sibo and then copied his homework!

It was no wonder that the people in the photographs looked so familiar!

Pei Qian was speechless.

Hu Xianbin, Hu Xianbin… you with big eyes and thick eyebrows… you looked so loyal and honest. Why did copying others’ homework come so naturally to you?

Pei Qian looked through the photographs and sketches.

The actors were of various nationalities and skin colors. It was obvious who were to act as the poor characters and who were to act as the rich.

That was to be expected. After all, the poor and rich existed in reality as well. It wasn’t easy changing the posture that one accumulated over a long period.

Pei Qian tried hard to find a critical angle from which he could criticize Ruan Guangjian’s work.

However, he couldn’t no matter how hard he tried!

Everything made too much sense!

Hu Xianbin had obviously selected the actors based on their family and financial background in real life. They fit perfectly into their roles in the game.

On top of that, Ruan Guangjian had used the photographs as the foundation and added just the right amount of emphasis on certain characteristics of the actors. The fictitious images were not that detached from reality. Pei Qian could not find anything wrong with the sketches at such short notice.

He fell into deep thought.

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Er… images only form one aspect of games. This game would primarily be turning gamers away with its content and gameplay. I should be able to relax about the drawing style…

Wait. I can’t have this wrong mindset!

That’s what I thought about Repent and be Saved, too!

Pei Qian had wanted to let it go, but he suddenly recalled the lessons that he had learned from Repent and be Saved and jolted.

He could not make the same mistake twice!

Since he had already seen the weapons that Ruan Guangjian had prepared to stab him in the back, Pei Qian had to think of a way to make the weapons malfunction!

Any magnanimity that he showed now would come back and hurt him in the future!

Quick, think of something to mislead him…

Er… the portraits prioritize a sense of proportion…

Aha!

Pei Qian realized that, while creating the images, Ruan Guangjian had been worried that excessively art-processing the photographs would cause them to look too different from the original actors. Thus, Ruan Guangjian had exercised some restraint.

That made Pei Qian think about Lu Zhiyao’s acting skills back then.

Lu Zhiyao’s greatest problem had been his excessiveness.

Pei Qian had attempted to offer wrong advice, so that Lu Zhiyao’s acting would become more restrained. However, Lu Zhiyao ended up being praised.

That had been a serious mistake on Pei Qian’s

part!

Ruan Guangjian’s attainments in art were obviously much better than Li Zhiyao. He understood that going beyond the limit was as bad as falling short, and so he knew how to hold back when creating new works.

That was an entry point for Pei Qian!

All he had to do was ask Ruan Guangjian to be excessive, right?