Villain’s Programming - Chapter 259



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Episode 259: The Dog Warrior

Marshall didn’t answer Dojun’s question. Instead, he asked a different question.

“Dojun, you said this was a console game?”

“that’s right.”

Marshall shook his head.

“Then it’s impossible.”

Dojun looked dumbfounded at the unexpected answer.

“Impossible… you say? Is what Miyazaki asked for such a difficult technique?”

Marshall shook his head again.

“It’s not easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.”

“Then why?”

“You mean it’s a console game? If it’s a console game, everything has to fit on one CD, right? So that it can be run on PS3 or XBOX 360.”

“yes.”

“So it’s impossible. That level of performance isn’t enough to run AI.”

“ah!”

Dojun realized it right away.

‘Even in Lost Memories, it took a huge amount of servers to turn on the Morning Star.’

Dojun asked.

“You don’t need a human-like AI, but you just need it to meet the requirements written in this plan. Do you still need a lot?”

“Even if you make it as small as possible, you’ll need at least 10 of the latest servers, right? With Intel Xeon CPUs.”

Dojun had a serious expression on his face. It was because a problem arose in an unexpected place.

“Ugh, this is going to be a big problem. I came to Korea to develop game AI, so if this happens, there’s nothing for me to do. I’ll have to pack my bags again as soon as I get back.”

Dojun’s mind suddenly cleared.

‘That can’t be happening. I need Marshall!’

Dojun realized in his lost memories that the core of future technology is AI.

‘Shangri-La and Morning Star are not things that can be separated from AI. If we want to know about them, we definitely need Marshall’s help.’

Dojun started to worry like crazy, wondering if there was a way.

‘Console games. How do we make AI work on consoles?’

It was then that I saw the server and client people talking to each other outside the window.

‘Wait, server? Is it really necessary to do AI calculations on the console? Both the XBOX 360 and PS3 support networks, right? Just calculate the AI ​​on the server and send it down to the client!’

Dojun thought this was the right answer.

‘The problem is that console users these days don’t connect to networks very well… ‘

Dojun thought that this wasn’t a big problem either.

‘AI Mode’ wasn’t a mode that all gamers played. It was a mode for very special, extreme enthusiasts.

‘If it’s them, they’re the ones who will do anything to network to take on more challenges.’

“Marshall, I have a good idea.”

Dojun told Marshall what he thought.

“Hmm. You’re saying we’re going to put AI in a server and compete against people over a network?”

“That’s right. What’s complicated is the calculations, not the large data resulting from the calculations.”

“Yes, at most, it’s only a few megabytes of data. It’ll be smaller if you compress it.”

Marshall, who had been disappointed earlier, was gone. Marshall asked Dojun with his eyes sparkling.

“Well then, Dojun. By any chance, could you prepare more servers?”

“To what extent?”

“40s to 50s.”

That was enough servers to run a decent MMORPG.

“why?”

“I got an inspiration from reading the plan earlier. I think it would allow us to create a more realistic AI.”

Dojun said, stroking his chin with his hand.

“A realistic AI… … .”

“Hmm. If it’s difficult because of the cost, then even in your 30s… … .”

Dojun stroked his chin with his hand and said with a smirk.

“I’ll prepare the capabilities of a 50-something… no, a 100-something server.”

Marshall’s eyes widened at Dojun’s words.

“What? No… Up to 100… … . I appreciate it, but is that possible? Then even if the game makes money, it’ll quickly turn into a deficit.”

“No. It’s not a deficit. In reality, 10 servers are enough. However, the actual computing power can be made into about 100 units.”

“What? Is there some supercomputer out there that I don’t know about?”

Dojun thought of the AI ​​of the future.

‘Everyone uses GPUs for AI calculations. Coins use GPUs, and AI uses GPUs. That’s why the price of graphic cards has skyrocketed.’

“AI needs parallel computing, not serial computing?”

“Yes. That’s why you need so many CPUs.”

“There is a solution there.”

“way out?”

“If you use a GPU that performs parallel computations, you can do whatever computations you want.”

Marshall’s mouth fell open.

“Oh my goodness, why didn’t I think of that? I have a GPU. That would be no problem!”

Marshall nodded, then looked sullen again.

“But isn’t it hard? I heard that these days, because of Bitcoin, it’s as hard as picking stars from the sky to get a GPU.”

Due to Dojun’s intervention, Bitcoin was being traded at a price more than three times higher than in his previous life.

Naturally, a lot of people got into mining and were buying up graphics cards.

Dojun chuckled at Marshall’s words.

“Don’t worry. Let’s see, AMD HD6870 is the latest graphics card, right? Let’s start with 200 of these.”

“200 HD6870s? Where can I get them?”

“Someone who knows that well.”

Dojun called right away. There was a brief ringing sound and then the person on the other end picked up the phone.

“Hello, Representative Lisa Su. This is Dojun Hwang.”

* * *

“CEO Ma Huateng, I’m really disappointed. Do you know how much pressure is coming from above because of this Baekseon mistake?”

Ma Huateng bowed his head deeply in response to the words of Zhong Weijun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau.

“sorry.”

“Tsk tsk. Is that all you have to say sorry? QQ and Wechat have stopped working, causing great inconvenience to people. The same goes for the Politburo members. They no longer trust Baekseon.”

The problem was unexpected. The game could have just given out some items for free and extended the paid extension period, but the problem was the regular people who used the messenger.

Since WECHAT and QQ account for more than 90% of the Chinese messenger market, when their services were halted, conversations between ordinary people were also cut off.

Naturally, people’s discontent exploded, and the political world reacted sensitively to this. Above all, people in the political world were dissatisfied because they could no longer use WeChat and QQ.

“Fortunately, the service resumed yesterday. This won’t happen again. Don’t worry.”

He wanted to get angry again, but Zhong Weijun had already received a lot of money from Ma Huateng.

“Hey! Did you find the cause?”

“… I’m still looking.”

Ma Huateng answered like that, but in fact there was something he was certain of.

‘The plan and AI script from Black Cat! That’s the only thing that came into Baeksent without external verification.’

The problem was that even if I knew about it, I couldn’t do anything about it. It was because the information was basically stolen.

“Hey! Anyway, there’s a lot of talk up there about this incident. If something like this happens again in the future, we must have a plan. On one side, there are voices saying that JM-SOFT’s messenger should be activated as well.”

Ma Huateng bowed his head deeply.

‘That should never happen. Messenger is a platform. In the future, we can dominate China through this platform.’

“If you just stop me, I will never forget your kindness.”

“Ha, it’s hard. But it’s not like there’s no way.”

“I hope you can teach me how to do this.”

“The Goguryeo Project. We need to divert people’s attention from the messenger.”

“ah!”

As Ma Huateng raised his head, Zhong Weijun took out a cigarette and said.

“You said all the data was useless? I’ll give you two months. In that time, I’ll make all of China boil over with the Goguryeo project.”

It was impossible, but I couldn’t say it was impossible.

“I will definitely show you in two months.”

Ma Huateng bowed his head and went outside. Ma Huateng got into the waiting car and came to the company.

As I entered the office, the chief secretary came running and shouted.

“Thank you for your hard work, sir.”

“Okay. Report on your work first. Are you ready?”

“Yes. It’s ready in the conference room.”

Ma Huateng got off the elevator on the 10th floor. Everyone above the level of director was gathered in the conference room.

“Start by looking.”

The lights went out and the presentation began.

“First, here’s the damage status.”

“Okay. It’s all broken. Tell me the status of the repairs first.”

At Ma Huateng’s words, the chief secretary opened a new page. There were numbers written there, such as 80% recovery, 90% recovery, etc.

“It was a miracle that it could be recovered.”

Ma Huateng smiled bitterly at the Chief Secretary’s words.

“Yeah. It’s a miracle.”

When all the company’s data was lost and services were halted due to a ‘ransomware’ infection, Ma Huateng ordered that they be restored somehow. He announced to the entire company that if the restoration was successful, he would be paid 10 times his annual salary.

Then, a strange atmosphere was detected. QQ, WECHAT, and some employees started to restore the data. That was impossible.

The chief secretary said.

“They were known to have kept the company’s sources and materials private.”

Ma Huateng made a dumbfounded expression.

“In short, aren’t you saying that individual employees were stealing company data?”

“…yes.”

“But thanks to that, we were able to recover the data now.”

They had copied not only the sources of WECHAT and QQ, but also the DB.

“Yes. Should I hold them accountable?”

“No. As promised, we will pay them ten times their annual salary. In return, we will strengthen the company’s security.”

“All right.”

Ma Huateng looked at the graph of the ‘Goguryeo Project’ among the graphs.

“But, the Goguryeo project only has a 5% recovery rate?”

“There… there was no one who took the materials.”

“Ha, really? That’s fortunate, but unfortunate.”

Ma Huateng thought for a moment and then got up from his seat.

“Then there’s nothing we can do.”

Ma Huateng went straight to the Goguryeo project development room. Unlike before, it was in a much more chaotic state.

Ma Huateng called all the team leaders into the conference room and spoke.

“Don’t be disappointed. This is a blessing in disguise. We will use this incident as an opportunity to start a new, more excellent Goguryeo project. Team Leader Cla.”

“yes!”

“What engine are you using now?”

“This is the Gamebryo Engine.”

“Can you surprise the world with that?”

Team Leader Cla hesitated and answered Ma Huateng’s question.

“It might be a little difficult.”

“Well, the Gamebryo engine is too old. And the development speed is slow. So, what engine currently produces the best graphics?”

After hearing Ma Huateng’s words, Team Leader Cla thought for a moment and then answered.

“There is Epic Games’ Unreal 3 and Real Fantasy Games’ Real Fantasy Engine. They are similar, but I understand that Real Fantasy Engine is a bit more powerful.”

“It’s a real fantasy engine… … .”

Ma Huateng shook his head. This was because he knew that the real owner of Real Fantasy Engine was Huang Dojun.

“Change to Unreal 3 Engine.”

“Huh? Are you talking about now?”

“Don’t we have to make a new one anyway?”

“…yes.”

“Give me two months. Make a prototype with Unreal Engine 3 within two months.”

“yes?”

Everyone in the conference room was surprised. It was an impossible schedule. Everyone looked at each other and tried to say something.

But everyone was silent at Ma Huateng’s next words.

“If you complete the prototype within two months, I’ll give you an incentive equal to your annual salary.”

“… … !”

Everyone looked shocked. But Team Leader Cla shook his head and said.

“It’s a very good deal, but it’s impossible. We’ve never used the Unreal 3 engine before.”

“Is it really impossible? Is there no way?”

Team Leader Cla hesitated for a while before answering.

“It might be possible if Epic Games provides full support. If their engineers come here and provide support, it’s not impossible.”

Ma Huateng answered Team Leader Cla’s words.

“Okay. I will definitely do that.”

As soon as Ma Huateng left the conference room, he gave instructions to his chief secretary.

“Epic Games. Let us acquire you.”

“Huh? You mean Epic Games?”

“No matter how much money it costs, I don’t care. So, please take it over.”

“All right.”

Ma Huateng pushed everything forward like a bulldozer. When he was short on manpower, he hired more manpower. When he was short on technology, he bought a company that had the technology. Then, results began to appear little by little.

Epic Games was one of those results.

Baeksent became the major shareholder of Epic Games again, just like in his previous life. Epic Games engineers came to Baeksent to provide technical support, and the ‘Goguryeo Project’ began to progress quickly.

And two months later, Baeksent called all the game journalists and made an announcement.

* * *

[Goguryeo Project Made with Unreal 3 – Ssangryong.]

[Creating realistic graphics and gameplay with the latest graphics.]

[After the Prince of Northern Wei split into the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, the tragedy of them fighting each other was sublimated into a game.]

Chinese media heavily promoted Baeksent’s ‘Double Dragon’ announcement.

The story of ‘The Twin Dragons’ begins when the princes of Northern Wei lead their people to the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo after the Sui Dynasty destroyed Northern Wei.

It seemed like a story about brothers, but it was a story that made Goguryeo into a story within China.

To this end, scholars of the Northeast Project and the Chinese media quickly took action.

[Goguryeo is the same as the Jurchen people. It is part of the Chinese lineage.]

[Do you remember Wei, Shu, and Wu from the Three Kingdoms? Goguryeo is like Wei.]

[Perhaps the Twin Dragons are not a game, but a true story based on history.]

Numerous Chinese media outlets published articles following the game’s announcement.

Naturally, Koreans who heard this were outraged.

– Are you crazy? How can you compare Goguryeo to Wei, Shu, and Wu?

– You little shits… Are you kidding me with games now?

– Oh, it’s true that I’m annoyed, but why are the graphics so good?

– Oh my. We get angry because we don’t know history, but don’t foreigners who come into contact with this game believe this?

– What’s Black Cat doing? She’s making a dog groomer, right? Isn’t she still not making it because of the wedding at the White House?

Due to Baeksent’s announcement of ‘Twin Dragons’, people were outraged and eventually turned their arrows towards Dojun.

Dojun, who read all the articles and comments, chuckled.

“Team Leader, are you ready?”

“yes!”

“Okay, we’ll announce that too.”