Shang Yang Games.

Ye Zhizhou waited anxiously for a long time, and finally received President Pei's reply.

However, he was dumbfounded when he saw the content of President Pei's reply.

"Brother Wang, come and take a look!"

Wang Xiaobin had nothing to do at the moment. Hearing Ye Zhizhou's call, he immediately stopped what he was doing and came to his workstation.

"Brother Wang, President Pei has already given us the plan for the new game. He... chose my plan."

Ye Zhizhou pointed to the document on the screen: *Rage of War Enhanced Edition*.

Wang Xiaobin's mouth opened slightly, a little surprised: "Did you come up with this name?"

Ye Zhizhou: "...No, President Pei changed it. I originally wanted to call it *Rage of War 2*."

"Hiss..."

Wang Xiaobin gasped.

This name really exudes a strong aura of shanzhai!

President Pei would actually give a game such a name? This...

Incomprehensible!

"Did President Pei change any other design aspects?" Wang Xiaobin asked again.

Ye Zhizhou was a little embarrassed: "I checked carefully, he didn't change a single word, just the name..."

Wang Xiaobin: "..."

He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Wang Xiaobin knew very well that the main reason why Ye Zhizhou wanted to make a sequel to *Rage of War* was because he was unwilling.

Ye Zhizhou created the Chosen One System for *Rage of War* and completely transformed the profit model of this pay-to-win game according to President Pei's requirements. Ye Zhizhou was very proud of this.

Now, *Rage of War*'s activity and various data are maintained well, many old players have returned, and the reputation has completely reversed.

But the only problem is that this game doesn't make money!

Ye Zhizhou was actually quite concerned about this.

In his opinion, a game that doesn't make money is still a failure, no matter how good its reputation is.

Thinking about it carefully, why doesn't it make money?

Mainly because the graphics of *Rage of War* are too bad, completely outdated, and Shang Yang Games simply doesn't have enough funds for promotion, so no new players are flowing in.

With the paid aspects all cut, relying solely on those few pitiful old players is not enough to support the game's income.

Therefore, Ye Zhizhou was unwilling. He hoped that this new "Chosen One System" model could be played by more players, and make the game profitable through the development of a sequel.

But Wang Xiaobin didn't really agree.

In the past, making pay-to-win games was out of necessity.

Now that they have been acquired by Tengda and have President Pei's backing, with food to eat, who would still eat shit?

*Rage of War* is not a great IP, it's just a third-rate, garbage pay-to-win game. Is it really worth holding on to like this?

Therefore, Wang Xiaobin wrote a design draft for a single-player game and submitted it, hoping that President Pei would choose this design draft so that he could fulfill his long-cherished wish of developing a true single-player, high-quality game.

Wang Xiaobin was originally very confident in this design draft.

Because his experience is the richest among everyone at Shang Yang Games, and the design of a single-player game should be most in line with President Pei's taste.

In Wang Xiaobin's mind, President Pei should be a genius designer with the responsibility of saving the game industry, a noble person, a person detached from low-level interests, and a person who doesn't covet money.

Otherwise, how could he have done something like cutting off most of the paid aspects of *Rage of War*?

But now, President Pei's choice has been made.

He chose Ye Zhizhou's plan, not his.

Not only that, but President Pei didn't change a single word of Ye Zhizhou's plan, just changed the name.

This made Wang Xiaobin feel somewhat confused, puzzled, and a little disappointed.

"Oh, right, Brother Wang."

"President Pei said that your plan is also good, but it's too conservative. Revise it again during the development period, and there will be opportunities to use it in the future."

Ye Zhizhou truthfully conveyed Pei Qian's words.

Wang Xiaobin couldn't help but perk up.

Oh! So that's how it is!

So President Pei still approves of my plan, but my approach is too conservative and not good enough as a single-player game!

Wang Xiaobin was instantly filled with motivation again.

Now he probably understands why President Pei chose Ye Zhizhou's plan and not his.

Ye Zhizhou's plan can be said to be quite novel among pay-to-win games;

While Wang Xiaobin's plan seems very ordinary among single-player games.

The two games are within different frames of reference, and Ye Zhizhou's plan is more innovative, so it's naturally easier to win President Pei's favor.

"President Pei said this design is too conservative."

"That's right, that's the situation."

"Out of consideration for stability, I adopted some very mature designs. Looking at it now, they are actually a bit outdated."

"The environment is constantly changing. It can barely keep up with the times now, but after the game is developed in a few months, it will already be outdated."

"President Pei is right, I am too conservative."

"As expected of President Pei, he saw the crux of the problem at a glance!"

"It seems I still have to continue working hard."

Wang Xiaobin's little emotions instantly vanished.

In that case, let's fully cooperate with Ye Zhizhou to make *Rage of War Enhanced Edition* first, and then make the single-player game he likes next time.

During these three or four months, he can also continue to brainstorm and make some major changes to the current plan, striving to satisfy President Pei by then!

Ye Zhizhou flipped through the design draft again.

Indeed, President Pei didn't change a single word!

"Brother Wang, what should we do? Are we just going to do it according to this?"

Ye Zhizhou was a little apprehensive.

Wang Xiaobin's blind faith in President Pei was at its peak at this time, and he immediately nodded: "Of course! President Pei has given the go-ahead, what's there to hesitate about? Just do it according to this!"

"And there's another advantage to this, which is that the development time can be greatly shortened."

"The *Rage of War Enhanced Edition* that we're going to make - ugh, this name is really awkward - can actually be seen as a high-definition remastered version."

"In terms of game functions and gameplay, there's actually no need for major changes. At most, we'll just spend a little effort to optimize various functions."

"That way, we can use all the energy we save to pour into art resources."

"Didn't you always say before that the current *Rage of War* has been completely reborn, just lacking a good skin? We can take this opportunity to give it a new one!"

"I think this should also be what President Pei meant."

Ye Zhizhou nodded: "Yeah, that's right. I'll organize the design draft and prepare the art resource list!"

After finalizing the design plan, the first thing to do is to prepare the art resource plan.

Shang Yang Games is currently in a state of continuous losses. All the money has been turned over, but even so, it can't maintain the daily rent and salary expenses, and Tengda needs to pay to fill the gap.

Making a new game this time will cost a lot of money, and this money can only be requested from President Pei by submitting a report.

"I'm a little worried. I want two million. I don't know if President Pei will approve it." Ye Zhizhou felt a little apprehensive.

Wang Xiaobin was silent for a moment: "Let's try it. President Pei should be willing to spend money on game quality. If it really doesn't work, we'll cut the budget again."