Chapter 156 Holiday Work

During the seven-day National Day holiday, Tenda, of course, had a normal vacation.

The last cycle had just ended, and Pei Qian's personal wealth had also reached a very touching 2.2 million, so he could take this opportunity to have a good rest.

His parents had finally moved to the new house.

Pei Qian's plan was going smoothly. First, he would let his parents take some time to choose furniture and appliances, and then let them live there for a few days to liven up the house, so that after they got used to living there, the house would be given away as a matter of course.

However, when Pei Qian came to the new house near the high-speed rail station this time, even though he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the soft decoration style inside.

The whole set of solid wood furniture was large and heavy, all in dark brown; the TV wall was covered with lotus flowers, and large landscape paintings hung on the wall; green plants could be seen everywhere in the living room, bedroom, and study.

Pei Qian thought to himself, well, there was no need to struggle this time. He would give this house to his parents, and he would never live in it again.

However, Pei Qian really didn't need this house anymore. It was so comfortable to live in the Sloth Apartments, and there were butlers and cleaners, so he didn't have to clean up the house.

As for the current two million personal assets, Pei Qian hadn't figured out how to spend it yet.

He would save it first. Having some money would strengthen his ability to resist risks.

...

October 8th, Saturday, normal work day.

Pei Qian came to the company office early. He had two things to do today.

First, he would arrange the Shock Department and the Tenda Cornerstone Award.

Second, he would assign the development tasks for the new game to the Tenda Games department.

It was really difficult to choose between the Shock Department and the Tenda Cornerstone Award for this cycle.

Shock therapy was prepared for the most profitable department, but in the last cycle, it seemed that many departments were making money, but none of them made Pei Qian anxious.

The most profitable was obviously the 500 million from IOI shares, but should this be attributed to Dream Chasing Venture Capital or to Shang Yang Games? Neither seemed appropriate.

Strictly speaking, this was a historical problem.

Should he shock Old Ma? That would be meaningless.

So, after thinking for a long time, Pei Qian decided to shock Mo Yu Internet Cafe again this cycle. Of course, only the management would be shocked, and the various stores would continue to operate normally.

After the management arranged the selection and decoration of the new stores, they would go into shock for three months. The store employees would be paid extra according to overtime standards. This would both spend money and not create new stabs in the back. Perfect.

Although Tenda Games and Shang Yang Games should also be shocked, he was counting on them to maintain normal operations to burn money this cycle, so he had to spare them.

The selection of the Tenda Cornerstone Award was also a headache for Pei Qian.

Originally, if Mo Yu Takeaway had persisted in losing money until now, it would undoubtedly have won the Tenda Cornerstone Award, but Mo Yu Takeaway had already betrayed him, so it was not qualified to receive this award.

The other departments that Pei Qian had high hopes for, including the Managed Gym and Sloth Apartments, had basically made all sorts of mistakes, so they could only say goodbye to this "bottom-ranking reward system" cornerstone award.

As for Against the Current Logistics, it had already won it once, so it couldn't keep winning it.

Pei Qian thought for a while and finally decided to give the award to OTTO Technologies.

Although OTTO Technologies had done nothing, they had only spent money and had no output, which was already a great achievement.

It was better to give out the reward than not to give it out. He would just choose the best of the worst and give it out.

After arranging everything, Pei Qian handed over the commendation to Assistant Xin and began to consider the new game.

This cycle was only four months, which was completely insufficient for a well-made RTS game.

Not to mention making a CG, which was even more insufficient.

So, Pei Qian decided to drag this game to the next cycle so that he could spend more money.

However, he had no idea how to make this game specifically.

Pei Qian didn't want to decide for himself, and he didn't want Hu Xianbin and the others to play it freely. Neither seemed to have any good results.

So, he would ask Teacher He for help!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian made a video call to He An.

Not long after, the video call connected.

He An had already left Jingzhou and returned to his residence. Judging from the video, he seemed to be drinking tea and reading a book, quite leisurely.

"President Pei? What's the matter?" He An slowly took a sip of tea.

Pei Qian said very humbly, "Teacher He, I want to ask you about the new game."

"Pfft!"

He An almost choked.

For some reason, the more humble President Pei's attitude was, the more he felt that he was pretending.

Fortunately, He An was already used to it. After coughing a few times, he said, "Haven't I already made it very clear? What else is there to ask?"

"RTS game, spend 200 million on the game itself, and then 300 million on the CG. A total of 500 million is definitely challenging."

He An repeated what he had said before.

Pei Qian nodded. "I know, Teacher He. But if that's all, I'm afraid it's still not enough."

"Why don't we consider the details?"

"For example, what kind of theme should we make? What kind of story background should we choose?"

"Should the game's difficulty be more hardcore or simpler?"

He An on the other end of the video was stunned. "You want me to choose this too? This is already challenging enough, and you want to add more?"

Pei Qian nodded quickly. "Yes, add more!"

He An was silent.

So confident?

He was already making an RTS game, and he still thought it wasn't difficult enough and wanted to add more?

Okay, I hope you don't regret it.

He An thought for a moment and said, "In terms of themes, there aren't many options. It's just science fiction, Western fantasy, or Chinese style."

"For science fiction themes, there's *Star Sea*. For Western fantasy themes, there's *Fantasy War*. For Chinese style... no one has done it yet."

Pei Qian was overjoyed. "Then I'll make a Chinese-style RTS?"

He An smiled. "Didn't you want a challenge? Chinese-style RTS has the worst challenge!"

Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh?"

He An took a sip of tea and continued, "Domestic manufacturers have almost no decent RTS games. If you make an RTS game with the theme of the Three Kingdoms or ancient myths, and spend a lot of money on fine-tuning it, even if the quality is average, it will be praised to the heavens by domestic players. After all, it's unique!"

"Then foreign players will buy it because they are interested in Chinese culture. The chance of success is still very high."

"If you want a challenge, choose Western fantasy or science fiction and compete directly with *Fantasy War* and *Star Sea*. How about that?"

Pei Qian suddenly understood.

Sure enough, having an old man at home is like having a treasure.

If he hadn't asked Teacher He and had just stupidly done it himself, he might have made a Chinese-style RTS game and made money again!

Thinking about it carefully, what He An said made a lot of sense.

Differentiated competition would greatly increase the chances of success.

Conversely, there were already *Star Sea* and *Fantasy War* for RTS games. If he followed the trend and made something similar, wouldn't that be a pure head-on collision?

Very good!

Teacher He was indeed shrewd and experienced. He felt confident!

Pei Qian was overjoyed and continued, "Okay, let's do that! Teacher He, please continue. What about the game's difficulty?"

He An frowned and looked carefully at President Pei's expression on the phone screen.

He seemed really happy?

So confident?

I don't believe you really dare to do what I say!

He An continued, "The game's difficulty must be simpler."

Pei Qian was stunned. "Ah?"

He An smiled. "Ah what? Don't you dare?"

Pei Qian scratched his head. "It's not that I don't dare, Teacher He, but are you sure that making it simpler will lose... oh no, be more challenging?"

He An frowned slightly, a little unsure whether President Pei was being sincere or acting. "Of course, there's no doubt about that."

"RTS games are now in decline, but there are many old players, and there's no shortage of sentimentality!"

"Making the operation more complicated, like *Fantasy War* and *Star Sea 2*, will naturally be welcomed by hardcore players. That's the target player group for RTS games."

"*Star Sea 2* was released the year before last, and although many people were bearish, the sales were not low at all. The expansion pack released last year was also well received."

"Although it's impossible to recreate the glory of *Star Sea*, it's very successful from a purely commercial point of view!"

"Making the difficulty of RTS games high is the right way to open it. As long as you can meet the requirements of these hardcore players, their purchasing power is very terrifying."

"Conversely, if RTS games are made simple, it's very awkward. For hardcore players, the game is too simple and not fun to play; for general players, no matter how simple it is, it's still an RTS game. Can it compare to GOG? They still won't touch it."

Pei Qian suddenly understood again.

That's right! What Teacher He said made sense!

Pei Qian had also studied game design, so he understood immediately after He An pointed it out.

"Okay, I understand, Teacher He! You are really my guiding light! I'll definitely treat you to a big meal at Wuming Restaurant when the game is finished!"

Pei Qian thanked him profusely and then hung up the video.

He An looked at the "Video Ended" prompt on the phone screen, feeling a little puzzled.

What President Pei seemed to say was... guiding dark light?

...

After hanging up the video, Pei Qian had a complete understanding in his heart.

Making a low-difficulty science fiction or Western fantasy RTS game and spending 500 million on it would definitely lose money!

So, the question was, should he make science fiction or Western fantasy?

After thinking about it, he would make science fiction.

On the one hand, *Star Sea 2* was released more than a year ago, and it still had some popularity even now. Colliding with it would have a higher probability of failure.

If he collided with *Fantasy War*, after all, it was a game from nine years ago, so the probability of failure would not be so high.

On the other hand, there were a lot of heroes in GOG that were suitable for taking to the Western fantasy background. Pei Qian was afraid that the new game and GOG would come up with a collaboration, and all the GOG players would be abducted, which would be troublesome.

Judging from past experience, this was not impossible.

So, he would make a science fiction theme, which had a higher probability of failure and spent more money!