Chapter 1 Wednesday

Wednesday.

Conference room.

Lü Mingliang was nervous and apprehensive.

Because the big shots he used to rely on around this conference table were all gone!

Bao Xu hadn't come to work yesterday; he was on paid leave for a month. President Pei had forced him to visit scenic spots across the country and exchange ideas with various game companies.

Huang Sibo hadn't shown his face recently either. No one knew where he planned to spend the 1 million yuan dream fund that President Pei had given him.

With these two big shots no longer taking the lead, Lü Mingliang suddenly felt immense pressure as he took over as the executive lead planner!

And after President Pei announced the recent work goals at this meeting, Lü Mingliang became even more worried.

Because President Pei said that "Ghost General" and "Sea Fortress" would not have any update plans in the near future, and all manpower would still be invested in the development of the next game!

This was completely beyond Lü Mingliang's expectations, and it made him very worried.

According to normal thinking, with two successful games in hand, it was the time to make money like crazy.

Releasing a new version, creating some new cards, and then releasing a new epic weapon...

They could totally lie down and make money; it was simply a sure thing!

And taking this opportunity, Lü Mingliang could just complete the handover of his work.

First make a new version of "Ghost General" and "Sea Fortress", adapt and get used to it a little, and then develop a new game. This was the most stable approach.

But President Pei actually had no plans to develop a new version at all, and directly wanted to launch a new project!

This made Lü Mingliang, who had inexplicably taken over as the executive lead planner just two days ago, feel extremely flustered.

Of course, Lü Mingliang knew very well that President Pei must have his own reasons for arranging this.

President Pei was a constantly striving person, not the kind of mediocre boss who would lie on his laurels and count money.

Not developing a new version that could earn money while lying down, but instead launching a new project with great risks, this precisely reflected President Pei's ambition, broad vision, and mind!

"Regarding the new game, I already have some ideas. Everyone, listen."

At the head of the conference table, President Pei's calm and composed aura easily held the entire room, making Lü Mingliang even more firm in his judgment.

However...

President Pei was acting out of completely opposite considerations.

Why not develop a new version?

Because developing a new version required launching paid content.

Either charge for DLC, or add new in-app purchase services.

A completely free new version was not allowed by the system.

But the problem was that "Ghost General" and "Sea Fortress" had a large player base and a high enthusiasm for spending money!

In this case, after releasing a new version, the new paid content was likely to be instantly bought out...

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that starting a new project was more reliable. After all, failing a new project was much easier than ruining an already successful old project!

Many new games died shortly after launch, and even professional star producers found it difficult to turn the tide;

And many successful old games, even after repeatedly courting death, still managed to survive.

Therefore, Pei Qian decided to start anew, and, he wanted to learn from his last lesson.

Where was the biggest mistake last time?

In trusting Huang Sibo and Bao Xu too much!

Pei Qian never expected that his three requirements would be misinterpreted by them in that way, and instead turned into the game's selling points!

This time, Pei Qian decided to slightly strengthen his control over the entire game, and he must not allow the "Sea Fortress" situation to happen again!

He didn't even dare to let Little Lü freely exert himself.

What if... Little Lü secretly consulted Bao Xu, or if he had a flash of inspiration and came up with a good idea!

Therefore, Pei Qian wanted to have a dictatorship.

He looked around and slowly said, "This time, we are going to make a game that can go down in history!"

"Its name is..."

"Game Producer!"

Everyone in the conference room looked at Pei Qian with rapt attention.

They didn't understand, but it sounded impressive!

Did this mean that Tengda's story in the game industry was going to be adapted into a game?

But this subject matter, making a documentary should be possible, doing an interview should also be possible, but how could this be made into a game?

Everyone listened carefully.

Pei Qian was confident and explained in detail.

"The content of the game is very simple. The player plays a game producer. In the game, he needs to constantly make choices, and each choice will lead to a different ending."

"For example, you can freely choose the type of game, the payment method, the promotion strategy, and so on... At the same time, the player will also encounter a series of unexpected events."

"In the end, the player will develop a game and see the profits and sales of the game after it goes online."

"That's roughly the model, everyone can raise any questions at any time."

Everyone was silent, and the expressions on their faces were slightly dazed.

Pei Qian smiled confidently.

Dazed?

That's right!

This was a niche subject that no one had ever done before, and the content was not attractive, there was no way to make any big scenes, and the gameplay was very simple!

The game industry was so miserable and boring, making it into a game would definitely not be fun.

This kind of subject matter was definitely going to flop!

Even if it gathered a small group of players as an indie game, it would be difficult to become a hit.

When the time comes, spend more money to buy art resources, set the price a little lower, and it would be very easy to fail to recover the cost!

Of course, Pei Qian had another set of arguments for these people.

Lü Mingliang was the first to raise his hand.

"President Pei, I understand the general process of this game. I want to ask, what is the form of expression of this game? Is it similar to an indie game like a text adventure game?"

Text adventure games, in essence, were games of "talking to paper people."

This type of game was simple to produce and widely applicable. You only needed to create a series of 2D scenes and character illustrations, and then add a large amount of text, and you could easily display the entire game content.

According to Lü Mingliang's imagination, the form of this game was closer to the game production version of "Chinese Parents".

Of course, Lü Mingliang did not know about the game "Chinese Parents", but he had seen other text adventure games.

Pei Qian shook his head: "No."

Make it into a text adventure game? Of course not!

How much money could be spent on a text adventure game???

Just a few broken original paintings, even if you find a few well-known voice actors to dub, it would cost at most a few hundred thousand yuan, wouldn't that be a drop in the bucket?

Now "Sea Fortress" had to earn four to five hundred thousand yuan a week, but the total investment in the new game was only so much. Wasn't that like putting out a fire by pouring water on it?

It didn't solve the problem at all!

Pei Qian's budget for the new game had to be at least two million yuan in order to create a loss!

Otherwise, in front of the two cash cows "Ghost General" and "Sea Fortress", a loss of hundreds of thousands of yuan was not even a match.

"We want all 3D scenes, all using the highest-level 3D modeling, whether it's characters or scenes, all using the best!"

Lü Mingliang was dumbfounded.

He couldn't imagine what it would look like!

No matter how he thought about it, it felt awkward!

"All using 3D materials... a text adventure game?" Lü Mingliang asked tentatively.

"Why are you so hung up on text adventure games?"

Pei Qian shook his head speechlessly: "I don't plan to use the form of a text adventure game, it's too old-fashioned!"

"We want to use a more abstract, more postmodern way to package this game!"