美術組與演員在戰場上也有出頭天?
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1944年1月20日,美軍第23特戰隊正式在歐洲戰場啟動。不過他們並非訓練有素的戰士,而是一群由上百位美國各個大學藝術相關科系學生組成的士兵組成。在戰場上,他們不需要操作大砲或駕駛坦克,其任務只有一個────「欺敵」。他們的故事在1996年解密,被稱為「幽靈軍團(Ghost Army)」,而這段精彩故事即將搬上大銀幕。
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據說當時他們剛運送設備下船的時候,有兩個法國人路經港口,被眼前景象嚇了一大跳,有四個美國人正在將一輛坦克扛起來。一名士兵見狀,有些心虛地對驚魂未定的法國人說:「喔!我們美國人是比較壯一點。」
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然而,他們抬起來的當然不是坦克,而是一個充氣坦克(如圖示),至於其它所有裝備如大砲、飛機也都是他們一手「研發」出來的擬真模型。
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幽靈軍團共有1100名士兵,其中一半以上的人是藝術家,美軍高層知道與其讓畫家奮勇殺敵,不如運用他們的才華,看看能否創造奇效。招募的對象不只來自針對學生,也包括廣告公司職員、建築師、演員與布景設計師。他們的目的是在歐洲戰場上的一個據點,創造出那裡駐有三萬人的假象,以嚇阻德國人來襲,牽制敵方的進攻動線。
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就這樣,假坦克、大砲、飛機以及播放砲聲的巨型揚聲器進駐,數萬件大量假制服曬在衣架上。由於士兵對視覺藝術的深刻造詣,他們甚至利用了視錯覺(Optical illusion)的原理,在布陣上營造出各種假象。其中包括讓卡車覆蓋上帆布,組成環形車隊,讓車子不斷在特定的地點繞圈。只需要出動兩輛車,就能創造出現場有成千上百輛的效果。
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德軍在進行空中偵察時,果然信以為真,不敢輕舉妄動。但如果只是被看見這些偽裝,卻沒有任何「風吹草動」,也還是不夠寫實,於是演員就派上用場了。演員士兵們紛紛換裝潛入咖啡廳等社交場合,刻意高聲談論自己部隊有多威猛,目的是讓潛伏各地的敵方間諜收到假情資,達到混淆之效。
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不過幽靈軍團不止在一處紮營,隨時要移動去需要他們的地方,兩年之內總共執行了20次任務,從未被敵軍識破。直到戰爭結束為止,他們幾乎沒有真正發動過攻勢。不過據後世統計,他們的驚世偽裝,成功拯救了一萬至三萬盟軍士兵的性命。
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然而,美軍高層當時認為二戰結束後,可能又要與蘇聯發生戰爭,於是對所有幽靈成員下達封口令,要求他們終身不能透露第23特戰隊的實際作用。戰後,這群深具創意的士兵們,一個個在美國畫壇、服裝設計、建築業等領域闖出名號,其中包括抽象畫家艾爾斯沃茲.凱利(Ellsworth Kelly)、時裝設計師比爾.布拉斯(Bill Blass)等人。
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他們的故事隨著冷戰結束才逐漸解密,PBS電視台在2013年推出的《幽靈軍團 Ghost Army》紀錄片,邀請碩果僅存的成員現身說法,也令這個傳奇故事更廣為人知。只是目前成員已經迅速凋零,在當時負責操作橡膠大砲、後來以建築師聞名的吉爾伯特.瑟澤(Gilbert Seltzer)在稍早過世,享嵩壽106歲。
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一名士兵說,當時他們都稱自己為「西席.第密爾(Cecil B. DeMille)的戰士」。西席.第密爾當時的導演的作品《十誡 The Ten Commandments》(1923)表徵了好萊塢早期視覺效果的巔峰。可見與其覺得自己在打仗,大家更覺得自己像是在拍一部電影。
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《幽靈軍團》的故事實在太引人入勝,本身也的確是適合搬上大銀幕的絕佳題材。導演將由班.艾佛列克(Ben Affleck)出任,他的代表作《亞果出任務 Argo》(2012)也是一個關於偽裝的行動,同樣改編自史實。而劇本則將由尼古.皮佐拉圖(Nic Pizzolatto)執筆。
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人類居於五趣(阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄)雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界,犯十惡業(殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴)者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」(欲界、色界、無色界)二十八天?凡人無此意識,別說能破「十二因緣」(無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死)還滅門,更別想斷除「四聖諦」(苦、集、滅、道)集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑(五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑),了悟「五蘊」(色、受、想、行、識)本空、「十二入」(眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法)空、「十八界」空,破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執,生十一處「善心所」(信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害),降二十六處「惡心所」(貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知),須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。
地獄可能空滅嗎?若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪,地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土?若能證空性何處現地獄?
地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間,老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心,然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所,惡性所及實無可根除,礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層,乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷,暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄,心多妄念,妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間,會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉,我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄,三魂七魄尚不足以出竅,驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧,豈不謬哉?
病毒肆虐年半有餘,全球確診者逼近一億八千萬,枉死者近四百萬,堪比戰爭規模,望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空,唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。
姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節
Postscript
I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.
In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).
Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.
Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.
Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.
The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.
June 2021,
Yao Jui-chung
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【我如何運用法律與經濟學在投資決策:營業中斷保險】
2004年左右我就曾為文記錄如何從消費者保護法中的「科技抗辯(state of art)」判斷當年因止痛藥Vioxx瑕疵陷入集體訴訟法律風險、股價腰斬的默克藥廠,其實真正面臨的風險並不高,並大膽$26美元危機入市,兩年半後$50多美元陸續獲利了結。
這部份可以參考後來2018年寫得更清楚的【效率市場假說是錯誤的】一文。
這是一次靠法律專業知識的價值投資操作。
近日因Covid-19在美國失控的疫情,我們又看到新一波影響更廣的法律爭議浮出抬面:營業中斷(business interruption)。
美國各州政府的封城(lockdown)措施使得許多中小企業面臨無法營業、營收中斷、現金流鎖死的倒閉危機。原本這些中小企業購買的商業保險,幾乎都有「營業中斷條款」,此條款大概涵蓋範疇如下(以Allstate公司為例):
1. 預期收入損失(For lost income from the destroyed merchandise (minus expenses you may have already paid, such as shipping).Your pre-loss earnings are the basis for reimbursement under business interruption coverage. Lost earnings, also known as the actual loss sustained, are typically defined as revenues minus ongoing expenses. )
2. 額外支出( For extra expenses if you must temporarily relocate your business because of the fire (for example, the cost of rent at the temporary location).)
然而近日上百萬家申請保險賠償的中小企業卻遭到保險公司拒付,理由是:「Covid-19疫情並未造成實質物理損失(actual physical loss)」。
什麼?賠到當內褲還叫沒有損失?這是怎麼一回事?
一、美國商業保險營業中斷(business interruption)條款法律爭議
多數保險公司紛紛於近日在各自網站上強調「實質物理損失(actual physical loss)的存在是申請保險支付的先決條件」。實質物理損失在保險公司方面的定義為:真實損害(damage)造成營業設備、不動產失去部分或全部原本功能/效用,造成商業收入損失。
換言之,目前美國保險公司的態度是 -- 病毒並未造成中小企業保戶物理上營業設備或不動產失去運作能力,病毒讓人致病又不讓機器廠房店面生病,當然不構成支付賠償金的條件。
中小企業主的立場顯然相反 -- 病毒與政府封城措施造成營業上之不可能,我當初買保險不正是為了這種不可預期之風險?沒了收入但租金、工資與各項支出依然照付,損失哪裡不真實不存在?
為何保險公司可以如此狹隘限縮解釋?這是因為此類商業保險的營業中斷條款最早源自於美國南北內戰時期,當時的商家因戰爭破壞或徵調的關係,其所擁有的商業設備或店面因此不再能持續生產失去收入,在此侷限條件下商界所應運而生的保險制度。故,美國保險法律與習慣上,對實質物理損失的看法是有歷史累積,而因循前例恰恰是普通法(common law)的核心邏輯。
可是現代世界與南北戰爭相差100多年,難道法律上都沒有可以擴張或改變的突破口?
有的,而此問題的法律突破口在一個我想台灣讀者大概都想不到的關鍵點 -- 「附著與污染」。
⟪附著與污染⟫
附著概念在1980、1990年代都已經有州法院判決提供了初步概念,但最標誌性、最多後來者引用的則是2002年康乃迪克州聯邦地方法院的⟪Yale University v. CIGNA Ins. Co.⟫一案。
此案中耶魯大學於1980年代的建築外牆塗漆後來證實含有重金屬鉛與石棉,造成第三人健康受損。耶魯大學根據產物保險條款,要求保險公司支付賠償金。保險公司稱:「塗漆又不影響建築物原本功用,不構成物理性實質損害。」拒絕賠償。
官司先在康乃迪克州州法院打,州法院也是採取與保險公司相同的限縮解釋。
但後來官司打到聯邦地方法院,聯邦地院卻採取擴張解釋:「附著」於耶魯大學建築物上的油漆,實質上「污染(contaminated)」了建築物,使其一部或全部失去了原本功用,因此構成實質物理損害。
此觀點在2009年也於⟪Essex Ins. Co. v. BloomSouth Flooring Corp.⟫案得到位於麻州的聯邦第一巡迴法院支持,認為附著於財產上的「惡臭(odor)」也是種能造成實質物理損害的汙染。
這也是為什麼目前我們看到針對Covid-19相關幾百個保險訴訟案中,最活躍的佛羅里達州律師John Houghtaling II主張:「『附著』於建築物、商業設施表面的冠狀病毒也是一種造成實質物理損害的汙染」。即便事實上多數公衛專家均指出目前科學證據顯示,Covid-19主要還是透過人傳人機制傳染,透過附著物體表面傳染案例屬於極少數特例。
因為熟悉英美法的人都知道,common law的先例是一個比較可能勝訴的框架,律師多盡量把訴之主張想辦法塞進成功框架裡,即便看起來很彆扭。要是跳脫既有框架另創新法律見解,則勝訴機率很可能大減。
但前述「附著與污染」見解並非每個法院都買單,例如紐約州州法院在2002年與2014年不同判決中都否定此擴張見解,堅持南北戰爭留下的狹義解釋。
可這就進入我們第二個重點...
二、經濟學角度切入:
各州法院之間對於營業中斷(business interruption)的法律定義不同勢必會增加各州中小企業與保險公司各自在營運上的不確定性。當然,這也會增加再保險公司的不確定性。
依據美國法架構,各州法律見解不同牽涉到跨州商務,是有高度可能最後進入聯邦最高法院以求一統一見解。然而法律訴訟程序的曠日廢時將使得中小企業不見得有足夠資金支撐到訴訟結果,但反之,希冀減少損失的保險公司們卻有相當高誘因要把戰場拖到最高法院。
從經濟學競爭(competitiveness)的概念切入,中小企業方也必將嘗試繞過既有遊戲規則,即法律程序,試圖建立有利於自己的新遊戲規則。
於是乎我們就見到美國知名四大主廚--Daniel Boulud (米其林兩顆星), Thomas Keller(米其林三顆星), Wolfgang Puck(米其林一顆星) 以及 Jean-Georges Vongerichten(米其林三顆星)-- 結盟,並於今年3月底去電美國總統川普,要求逼迫保險公司支付停業的商業損失。
川普果然也在4月份內部會議上提出:「他知悉保險公司對多年支付保費的餐廳業者雨天收傘一事,雖然他也知道保險公司保單涵蓋範圍有限,但如果支付賠償金是公平的,則保險公司就應該支付。(... saying restaurateurs had told him they paid for business-interruption coverage for decades but now they need it and insurers don’t want to pay. He said he understood that some policies have pandemic exclusions, adding: “I would like to see the insurance companies pay if they need to pay, if it’s fair.)」
熟悉制度經濟學的朋友都知道,當「無主收入」出現時,意味著租值消散(rent dissipation),也代表著整體社會的浪費。租值消散是整個經濟學最難掌握的高級概念,許多有名的經濟學家或教授,甚至某些諾貝爾獎得主,也不見得能正確理解並掌握此概念,本文並不打算詳談,請有興趣的讀者自行參考我過去幾篇舊文。
就我所知,一般經濟學者未曾討論「準租值消散(rent dissipation on depend)」狀況 -- 在法律定義未由最高法院統一見解前,被保險人無從得知是否可以取得保險賠償金;保險人雖暫時對保費有所有權,但一旦訴訟發生依會計原則也必須劃出一部分作為賠償準備金。可是在真實世界,我們目前不存在比曠日廢時的司法或所費不貲的政治遊說(包含政治獻金/賄絡),更有效率且廣為接受的制度來安排這樣的權利衝突。
(此處on depend概念類同於英美財產法中的on depend概念,我就不岔題解釋)
這是說,從經濟分析角度看,在統一法律見解未出現前,此狀況是一種社會費用,以租值消散形式暫時存在。
這就轉到本文的第三個重點,身為證券市場投資人,怎麼看怎麼應對?
三、投資人角度
在日常法律爭議上,此類「未有最終判決前,權利範圍或收入歸屬處於未定狀態」的狀況實屬常見。換個角度說,其實這些案件多屬於個體性風險,即便在系統內會產生一定權利範圍/未來收入預期影響,可幾乎都不會構成「系統性風險」。
但此次對「營業中斷」定義爭議卻碰上歷史罕見的大規模被迫停業狀況,根據美國普查局 (United States Census Bureau)的資料顯示,截至今年5月8日,因被迫停業而申請Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)的中小企業高達360萬家,借款金額達$5370億美元。4月26日~5月2日該週資料更是超過51.4%企業受到疫情影響(見圖)。
有保險公司代表說得清楚:保險原理是基於「大數法則」,亦即平時由多數人分別出資一小部分,於個別性風險實現時支付賠償金彌補其風險。但若「近乎所有出資者的風險都實現」,保險公司根本不可能同時支付所有被保險人賠償金,這已經不是個別性風險而是系統性風險,保險公司只能宣告破產。
2008年金融風暴主因之一也是原本以為透過大數法則建立的CDOs,包裹大量不同債信的房貸債權很安全,結果不堪系統性風險實現而崩潰。
我在今年五月份【美國失業人數破2千萬為何股市上漲?再來怎麼看?】一文中特別強調我們應該多關注CLOs(Collateralized Loan Obligation)潛在違約危機,也是著眼於此類別個別性風險轉為系統性風險的可能性激增。
同樣的,前述營業中斷保險條款無論美國法院最終見解為何,都很可能發生二選一結果:「大規模中小企業因封城出現流動性枯竭引發的大規模倒閉風險」對上「保險公司支付如此大量賠償金恐陷大規模財務危機」。
即便是繞過法律程序,透過政治遊說施壓美國行政單位,依然繞不開上述兩項風險必然實現其中一種的局面。
根據富國銀行(Wells Fargo)的推估,美國目前含有營業中斷條款的保險金額約$8千億美元,其中50%透過再保險方式轉嫁。值得慶幸的是我並未查到此類保險有轉化為其他衍生性金融商品,這表示風險可能未如CDO、CLO般倍數放大。富國銀行認為美國商業保險公司應該有能力吸收$1500億左右的賠償,但根據美國普查局資料受影響商家超過5成,意味著假設$4千億索賠發生時,即便能移轉$2千億至再保險公司,依然還有約$500億的差額。
我們要特別注意的是保險公司收到保險金後必須轉為投資方能獲利,這表示當股市下挫時保險公司的資產也會跟著縮水,償付能力也會隨之下降。例如巴菲特的Berkshire Hathaway旗下保險集團於今年第一季因支付保險賠償金淨損$4.89億美元,但同時集團資產卻也記入$550億資產減損。
故,我前述二擇一風險實現時,會不會引發股市下挫傷害保險公司資產也值得注意。
另一方面,有誘因把法律戰拖到聯邦最高法院的保險公司即便此策略成功執行,流動性短缺的中小企業恐怕提早實現第一種風險,對整體經濟乃至於股市同樣不利。
身為投資人還要再小心的,是本屆Fed主席Jerome H. Powell屢破歷史紀錄的灑鈔救市風格,也很可能在前述因保險爭議而生之系統性風險可能實現時再度開啟瘋狂印鈔機制,而在經濟學上會有什麼效果,我在【美國失業人數破2千萬為何股市上漲?再來怎麼看?】一文已經講得清楚,簡言之:
a. 證券資產價格將局部出現嚴重通貨膨脹。尤其這段時間持有美國資產者獲利率可能超越持有其他國家資產者。
b. 各國因貨幣政策多少掛著美元,而將出現輸入性通膨。
c. 寬鬆貨幣產生的貨幣幻覺(money illusion)將埋下更多錯誤投資地雷。
d. 每次寬鬆貨幣救市都是以美元地位為代價。當美元地位跌破均衡點,人民幣等主要貨幣不再支撐美元,美國將出現全面性嚴重通貨膨脹,美國債券價格將大跌,許多州政府、市政府有破產可能。此時,持有美元與美國境內資產者恐受相當傷害。
結論:
我批評過很多次,坊間常見的「價值投資」多半只是拿幾個財務數字挪來搬去,從嚴謹的經濟學角度看這只是看圖說故事的自我欺騙行為。我認為真正有效的價值投資,是依據如經濟學這類具備科學解釋力的理論架構,蒐集真實世界的關鍵侷限條件與條件轉變從而預測未來,並嘗試從中獲利。
掌握真實世界的關鍵侷限條件必須:a. 累積大量、多範圍的各種知識,其中法學、經濟學、基礎物理/化學/醫學乃至於某些工程實務等都是必須;與b. 有足夠的能力從無數侷限條件中分離出「關鍵」。
我也談過,Benjamin Graham以降至巴菲特的傳統價值投資法最大缺失在於「忽略貨幣因素」,一旦出現極端貨幣現象時,價值投資幾乎失效。這部份價值投資者必須自行強攻以價格理論出發的貨幣學來彌補。
巴菲特老夥伴Charlie Munger認為投資者需具備各種不同知識體系,吾人深以為然。此文為一又牛刀小試。
參考資料:
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✤ Essex Ins. Co. v. BloomSouth Flooring Corp., 562 F.3d 399, 406 (1st Cir. 2009)
✤ Roundabout Theatre Co. v. Cont’l Cas. Co., 302 A.D. 2d 1, 2 (N.Y. App. Ct. 2002)
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✤ Milton Friedman, "Money and the Stock Market," Journal of Political Economy, 1988, Vol. 96, no. 2
✤ Irving Fisher, "The Money Illusion," 1928
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illusion公司 在 Bell 宇田 Youtube 的最佳解答
见山不是山
2020年,地球上的各⼤城市都出现了⼀座⾼⼭(抗击疫情)。它彷佛暂停了每⼀个⼈的⽣活,让每⼀个⼈都为了它停转。它是世界的⼀个路⼝。今⽇,让我们重新启动,⼀起翻过这⼀座⼭。这⾸《⻅⼭不是⼭》,是要为失去的2020年致敬,不管你正身处在哪个角落,就让我们见山不是山。
见山不是山 ( Life. Illusion)
曲 :Bell 宇田、黄子达
词 :卡夕
制作:Bell 宇田、黄子达、卡夕
编曲:Euywein Yong、黄子达
木吉他:黄子达
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和声编写/和声:Bell 宇田
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出品公司 :北京百沐娱乐文化传媒有限公司
出品人 :赵凯
影片制作 VIDEO PRODUCTION
制作人 Producer : 潘芳敏 Mun Mun
导演 Director : 卡夕 Kenzi
副导 Assistant Director : 梁以近Sky Leong
摄影指导 D.O.P : Han Ping Chuan
摄影助理 Camera Operator: Kua Sin Yee
灯光师 Gaffer : Puah Weng Won
灯光助理 Best Boy : Liew Lip Tong / Ng Jin Joo / Ramli Bin Jamaludin
美术指导 Art Director : 潘芳敏 Mun Mun
美术助理 Props Assistants: 郑宜俪 Elle Tay
场记 Clapper boy : 黄麒锦 Wilson Ooi
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蓝色的床单 红色的风扇
白色窗帘迎着风招展
靠在沙发上 什么都不干
一个人躺着看天花板
咬一口苹果 什么都不想
我想分开再痛总有一天会习惯
唉 我顺其自然
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 什么都 不想管 什么都不看 噢
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 人生很短暂 跟我
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦见 山是山 见山又不是山
突然又 见山又是一座山
一直在感叹 一直在感叹
吐了好多的二氧化碳
我总是感叹 为何快乐这么短
工作到一半 思绪好混乱
想到童年时候我们是如此的简单 花开得很灿烂
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 什么都 不想管 什么都不看 噢
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 人生很短暂 跟我
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦见 山是山 见山又不是山
突然又 见山又是一座山 啦啦
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 什么都 不想管 只想出去玩 噢
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 不想有遗憾 跟我
啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦啦 啦啦见 山是山 见山又不是山
突然又 见山又是一座山
噢啦啦……
没有安全感 也没有存款 我的人生快过了一半
没有告诉你 我也觉得很孤单
月儿弯呀弯 星光闪呀闪
想到如果明天死了一切都归还 我有一种释然
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illusion公司 在 National Palace Museum國立故宮博物院 Youtube 的最佳解答
「一場虛實之間的藝術漫遊」
“An artistic journey that transcends the tangible.”
「揭開東西藝術史VR敘事」
“Witness the history of eastern and western art in VR.”
「國際博物館尖峰交會,探索VR未來之境」
“Internationally prestigious museums join forces to create a VR odyssey.”
「故宮南院奇幻嘉年華:21 世紀博物館特展」為故宮邀集法國羅浮宮、英國泰特現代藝術館、法國橘園美術館、德國舊國家美術館、捷克慕夏基金會共同策劃,即將帶給大家一場虛實整合的文明奇幻之旅!
A CARNIVAL OF FANTASIES: A Special Exhibition of 21st Century Museums at the Southern Branch of the NPM is co-organized by the National Palace Museum (NPM), Musée du Louvre, Tate Modern, Musée de l'Orangerie, Alte Nationalgalerie, and the Mucha Foundation. It will soon send you on a fantastic journey through civilization across the physical and virtual realms.
嘉年華 (Carnival) 廣泛代稱慶典,源自中世紀 「狂歡節 」。屬於東方的歡樂節慶,可在歷代風俗畫中窺見,而 20 世紀蘇聯思想家巴赫金認為 「狂歡節 」亦是一場精神感官的釋放,呼應本次策展以 「新媒體藝術 」獻給觀眾一 場穿梭文明珍奇的 「幻境狂歡 」。本展除了呈現故宮近年屢獲國際大獎的虛擬實境、擴增實境及混合實境,更結合 來自多座世界頂尖博物館的精彩虛擬實境製作。展覽以故宮近年豐碩的新媒體藝術為主軸,規劃 「璀璨光河 」 、 「故宮啟航 」 、 「羅浮宮驛站 」「美學世界 」四大展區,展覽更以 「奇」字象徵博物館的珍奇藏品,「幻」字則開展科 技世界下的虛擬幻境,交織一場虛實共舞的流動盛宴。
The word "carnival" originated from the medieval period and is widely used to mean "celebration," while festivals in the East can also be found in genre paintings throughout history. Mikhail Bakhtin, the 20th Century Soviet philosopher, believed that "carnivals" were a release of the spirit and senses. Bakhtin's ideas cohere nicely with the exhibition theme as new media art brings visitors a perception of illusion and polysensory experiences. In addition to presenting the National Palace Museum's award-winning virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) programs and other new media artworks, the exhibition will also feature incredible virtual reality experiences from leading museums around the world. This exhibition is divided into four sections: "River of Time," "NPM Voyage," "The Louvre Station" and "Aesthetic World". The other worldly features of the exhibited works are also embedded in the exhibition's Chinese title, with the word " 奇 " symbolizing the museum's rare and invaluable collections, and the word " 幻 " referring to the virtual fantasies created with modern technology.
工作人員名單
國立故宮博物院 National Palace Museum
發行人 Issuer
院長 Director/吳密察Wu, Mi-Cha
專案指導Advisor
副院長 Deputy Director/黃永泰 Huang, Yung-Tai
策展團隊 Curatorial team
教育展資處 Department of Education, Exhibition and Information Services
處長 Chief Curator/ 徐孝德 Hsu, Hisao-Te
副處長 Deputy Chief Curator/ 謝俊科 Hsieh, Chun-Ko
科長 Section Chief/ 吳紹群 Wu, Shao-Chun
策展執行 Exhibition Executive/賴志婷Lai, Chih-Ting
網站事務 Website Administrator/黃瀞萩、黃郁涵 Huang Ching-Chiu, Huang Yu-Han
南院處 Southern Branch of National Palace Museum
處長Chief Curator/彭子程 Peng Tzu-Cheng
科長Section Chief/于秉儀Yu,Biing-Yi
助理研究員 Assistant Curator 鄭莉蓉 Cheng, Li-Jung
助理研究員 Assistant Curator 羅勝文 Lo Sheng-Wen
設計與施作 Design & Construction
安益國際展覽股份有限公司Interplan International Design
鳴謝 Acknowledgements
HTC VIVE Arts
Cécile Debray
Marcus Mucha
Dominique de Font-Réaulx
Yann Le Touher
Adrien Franceschi
Katie Durand
Sophie Parkin
Emissive Studio
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Lucid Reality
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illusion公司 在 將會在2018年推出兩款全年齡向的VR遊戲 - Facebook 的推薦與評價
『業界良心』 著名3DH遊戲製作公司Illusion宣佈,將會在2018年推出兩款全年齡向的VR遊戲:《VR女友暑假》和《VR男友》。這也是Illusion公司第一次製作全年齡作品, ... ... <看更多>
illusion公司 在 [快報] 對話黃油大廠ILLUSION我們也非常喜歡中國- 看板H-GAME 的推薦與評價
以下文章轉自游研社
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/38156642
2017年2月,許久沒有產生任何波瀾的VR遊戲圈忽然躁動了起來ILLUSION新作《VR女友》發售了。時隔一年,本作經過調整後以全年齡分級登陸了Steam平台,這是I社首次將自家遊戲在主流PC遊戲分銷平台上發行。
如果你不是很瞭解ILLUSION,那麼我們可以簡單的用幾句話來概括它可能是業界對「美少女遊戲」這一遊戲類型把握的最自如的公司。首先是在美術風格上精益求精,並且沒有像很多其它日系工口遊戲公司那樣停留在對話、收集CG等一成不變的系統上,而是一直用新技術來尋找和美少女角色們更佳的互動手段最新的《VR女友》就是一次全新的試水。
隨著《VR女友》的發售,ILLUSION迎來了一系列變革。比如成立分公司ILLUSION VR(縮寫IVR)主攻VR遊戲的研發,並採用將遊戲內置中文、申請官方微博賬號和中國玩家主動溝通、以及考慮將未來的作品都加入中文等手段,意在進攻中國市場。不過這次《VR女友》的Steam版發售也不是一帆風順的,例如中國區上線後火速漲價、官網被牆導致無法下載全內容解鎖補丁等,對國內玩家來說都是目前很受關注的問題。
儘管很多人是玩著I社遊戲長大的,但這家公司卻很少有對外露出,特別是對中國市場來說,它一直是一個非常神秘的存在。借工作之便,近日我拜訪了位於東京秋葉原附近、新成立的IVR公司辦公室,和遊戲的主力開發成員對談,試圖將這個特殊遊戲類型的開發幕後展現給玩家們。
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在此行之前,我還通過游研社徵集了一些國內玩家關心的問題和期望,一併直接傳達給開發團隊,試圖在打破兩國玩家、開發者的溝通壁壘上邁出小小的一步。
ILLUSION總部位於橫濱,但為了接觸到更多資源,他們在秋葉原繁華主幹道的遠端這棟不起眼的小樓裡租下一層,作為未來VR新作開發的據點。
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這次我們的採訪對象,是ILLUSION的美術監督平井雄一先生(上圖右),和主程序小林隆貴先生(上圖左)。平井是將近20年來ILLUSION的人設原畫主力,並同時負責角色的建模。那些被大家所熟知的遊戲角色,幾乎無一例外出自他手。而小林則是在IVR成立後剛剛加入,是一名主攻Unity的VR工程師。
話題首先從前段時間發售的Steam版《VR女友》開始,我們選擇將國內玩家最關心的漲價問題放在最初,單刀直入的問問究竟是怎麼一回事。平井表示,多年來他們沒有接觸過Steam的經驗,都是複雜的後台設定的鍋。
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「我們從沒想到Steam有按地區自動換算遊戲價格的功能,全球發售的遊戲中國區會比日本便宜一半左右,而我們第二天才發現這個事情,當時光想著糟糕,趕快就給改回來了。」
我們給兩位解釋了一下Steam這麼設定的原因,是基於中國遊戲行業的一些歷史遺留問題、用戶消費習慣等考慮之後,兩位才作恍然大悟狀。日本開發者只對各國由於匯率差導致的價格浮動有瞭解,但中國、俄羅斯等低價格區政策和背後的原因,很多人都是第一次聽說。
在短暫思索後,平井給出了官方的表態:
「首先發售後第二天漲價這個事情,純粹是對平台不瞭解和緊張導致的疏忽,請中國玩家們接受我們誠懇的道歉。我們今後都想和中國玩家好好的搞好關係,絕對沒有欺騙或者刻意的漲價的打算。
但對於定價策略,我們堅持全球統一定價這個原則,因為它確確實實是我們認真製作的作品,有自信它值這個價格,並且我也不想給遊戲貼上一個『廉價遊戲』的標籤。我們不是什麼大公司,單個遊戲的售價對我們來說非常非常重要,也沒有大公司的實力來進行大幅度的價格修正,但是按季節進行打折或者促銷是沒問題的。」
瞭解了這次價格風波的原委之後,接下來就該聊聊開發的幕後種種了。我們先是問了問VR遊戲開發和傳統平面3D遊戲不同的地方,比如角色設計和玩法。
平井:「關於遊戲中的角色,我是一直想做出我自己心中可愛的感覺啦。但是VR視角和2D的人設圖不一樣,做出來的模型帶上VR設備進行親自檢驗的時候往往不盡人意,人的頭部和身體比例看起來完全不同。不停的微調這些細節費了相當大工夫,VR遊戲和普通的H遊戲區別的確很大。還有一開始裙子的飄動動畫是固定的,但感覺太死板了,才做成可以和玩家的手互動的形態。」
小林:「VR角色的模型微調對於玩家來說難度確實較高,因此第一作角色的外形是固定的。」
另外我們還瞭解到一些工口遊戲開發中會遇到的技術問題,這些都是傳統遊戲可能不太會考慮的地方。
「VR遊戲由於視角和普通的遊戲不一樣,幀率至少要達到90幀,然後一般的主機遊戲建模多邊形數量在5W左右,但是《VR女友》的小櫻的建模用了十幾萬的多邊形。為了把胸作出那種軟軟的感覺(大家笑),還有裙子要做出那種飄逸的感覺來的話,必須加入大量的骨骼。在這塊我們下了很大的功夫來優化。」
而對於玩家是否能夠玩到自己喜歡的角色,平井表示這完全是有可能的。
「在這次的《VR女友》裡,我是抱著『這是我心目中最可愛的女孩子,請各位看一看』的心態來製作的。畢竟是VR上的第一作,需要拿出最可愛的女孩子來征服玩家。下一作的話會開始登場別的角色,甚至以後的作品中根據玩家的要求,可能會加入允許定製的部分,大家可以期待。」
「但對於以前《尾行》《電車之狼》《人工少女》這樣的作品,由於技術太過於落後、多邊形數量太少,已經沒有高清化的可能了,除非完全重新製作。但這樣的話我們更加傾向於,基於這些系列的玩法來推出全新的作品。」
而關於將這類遊戲全年齡化之後登陸主流遊戲主機的問題,平井則有不同的看法。
「主要還是性能和操作我們不是很滿意。一個角色十幾萬多邊形,在家用機平台上幾乎很難運行的起來,而且VR遊戲的話,目前只有PSVR可選,Move控制器沒法做到揉胸的感覺啊。目前我們試下來手感最好的還是Oculus的控制器(笑)。」
說著平井還給我們演示了這套尚未發售的VR控制器,表示這才是目前手感最好的方案,不過目前發售日未知,只能在公司內部體驗。
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聊到對中國市場的看法,平井和小林都表示出濃厚的興趣。二位表示I社甚至已經建立了自己的官方微博賬號,但目前一直是交給在日本的中國粉絲運營,接下來打算強化一下和玩家的互動,有必要的時候還會增加公司裡中國人職員的人手。藉著難得的機會,我們也拿出了游研社的微博,挑出玩家們關心的幾個問題來詢問。
第一個問題是:「劇情主導或二次元風格的新作還會不會製作?」
回答是肯定的,《戀愛活動》正是這樣一款二次元風格的作品。不過目前公司主力在VR上,考慮到資源分配問題,主導大作可能玩家們還需要再等一等。
「其實我們一直是想開發的,只是VR上用卡通渲染的畫面,接受度果然還是很低。所以《戀愛活動》我們選擇開發成普通3D遊戲。只要市場有需求,這都是可以的。」
關於女性向遊戲其實I社也一直在考慮,比如去年東京電玩展的時候公開的《VR男友》,這塊對I社來說一直是空白,由於缺乏經驗,他們沒有當成課金主導的遊戲來開發。而當我們介紹了女性向遊戲在中國市場的火爆之後,二位更是表示,這類題材一定是未來會考慮的重要方向之一。
是否會推出遊戲專用外設,也是很多玩家詢問的問題。平井表示目前對公司來說,硬件是非常消耗開發資源的,短期內應該是很難看到了。不過目前他們也有一些嘗試,比如和日本本土的硬件品牌聯動,推出一些冠名形式的產品。
「目前我們有和家電賣場TSUKUMO合作,面向消費者提供『VR女友完全兼容配置電腦』這類整套的裝機方案,還有計畫和市場上預定推出的其他硬件進行一些聯動,比如MR眼鏡或者VIVE focus之類的。但專用的目前確實沒有考慮過。」
這次發售的Steam版《VR女友》是一款全年齡作品,也許有人已經知道可以通過補丁恢復全部內容,但由於提問的玩家依然很多,我們還是向平井和小林確認了這點。由於眾所周知的原因,國內無法訪問官網的補丁下載鏈接,而且操作說明目前只有日文。我向二位提供了一些能在國內使用的方案,相信不久後官方會給出一個便利的解決方法。
關於在《VR女友》中能否使用MOD,平井表示本作是Unity開發的,雖然官方不能鼓勵這種行為,但是也不會阻止。
「我們無法把更換模型作為標準功能導入,因為前面提到,這款遊戲在胸部等地方進行了大量的特殊處理,多邊形數量非常高、骨骼結構也非常特殊。提供任意模型導入從技術上來說實現太困難了,但如果玩家自己能破解數據格式,自己製作一模一樣規格的模型放進去,理論上是可以的,但是技術資料我們的立場上無法公開(笑)。」
在本次採訪的尾聲,我向I社轉達了微博上很多玩家想說的話。在過去由於各種各樣的問題,中國玩家無法通過正當途徑購買遊戲,關於這點我也想向I社表示歉意和感謝,而平井和小林則表示他們完全理解這一點,未來可能會考慮通過支持支付寶或者微信等方式,讓國內玩家也可以方便的購買遊戲,並且未來的新作都會優先追加中文,請玩家們期待。
小林:「說起來也就是這次托《VR女友》的福才開始真正注意到中國市場。」
平井:「是的,這是我們第一次把市場擴展到海外,我們在這方面還不是很成熟,還在學習中。今天告訴了我們這麼多事情,非常感謝。我們之後也會一直努力的,請多多支持I社。我也非常喜歡中國。」
最後小林補充說:「請大家多多支持我們!我很喜歡中國菜。不過到現在為止都沒吃過真正的中國菜,以後一定要親自去中國看看!」
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/38156642
本次重點"未來的新作都會優先追加中文"
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