Chapter 1 Pei Qian Fell into Silence

Sounds pretty reliable!

Since Chihsing Studio had already become a hit in the VR field, continuing to cultivate the VR field and modifying the game content according to the operating standards established in *Animal Island*, developing a new VR game was indeed a fairly stable decision.

After the game was made, with the reputation of Chihsing Studio and Tengda, the possibility of making money was very high.

Seeing President Pei fall silent, Cai Jiadong felt a little lost.

As expected, his idea was still too simple and far from the standard answer in President Pei’s mind.

Lin Wan continued, "Lao Cai's choice is indeed the most reasonable choice under normal thinking."

"However, I think there are certain risks in this choice."

"I chatted with Lao Song, the product manager of VR glasses. He said that DoubtVR glasses have used all the available VR glasses technology. It is a product that integrates everything. Pessimistically, the form of VR glasses products may not change much in the next two or three years."

"What I'm worried about is that once the development of VR glasses products stagnates, the VR industry will definitely cool down quickly. At that time, the game we invested heavily in may be difficult to recover the cost because the market is not big enough."

"So, my idea is not to put all the eggs in one basket."

"You can develop regular games and VR games alternately, or make dual versions when you start the project."

"In this way, even if the VR industry shrinks drastically in the future, Chihsing Studio can continue to make traditional games and still live well."

Pei Qian continued to remain silent.

Sounds... reasonable too!

Lin Wan’s plan was more solid and stable.

According to her method, Chihsing Studio could not only eat the dividends of VR games but also use the experience and advantages of developing traditional games before to avoid risks and make money steadily.

Damn it, it seems like I'll make money no matter which one I choose…

However, Lin Wan still provided some very useful information, that is, the VR industry has no technical reserves, and it is very likely to fall into a state of stagnation or even shrinkage in the future.

This completely matched the state of the VR industry in Pei Qian's memory.

Due to technical reasons, the VR craze would only last for a short period of time, and then it would cool down sharply. The "VR game era" that many people expected had ended before it even began.

Therefore, neither of these two plans could be used. He had to think of a plan that would lose money badly.

Continue to invest heavily in the development of VR games, and not develop VR games that seem likely to succeed!

Like what Cai Jiadong said, developing a 3A-level FPS game would definitely not work, the probability of success was too high.

Pei Qian summarized that the success of *Animal Island* was mainly because the idea was not outrageous enough.

Previously, he decided to make the *Animal Island* project mainly because he was just talking during the meeting, and after negating several directions such as realistic FPS and cinematic games, he inexplicably finalized the direction of cartoon style and casual games.

Then, pieced together and after a lot of brainstorming, *Animal Island* was born.

Looking back at the game *Animal Island*, Pei Qian found that it was obviously too reliable.

How could he have allowed Chihsing Studio to develop such a reliable game in the first place?

No wonder it failed so miserably.

Therefore, Pei Qian felt that the reason why VR games had not failed was mainly because he was lazy at the beginning and the idea was not outrageous enough.

This time, he would come up with a particularly outrageous VR game idea, invest huge sums of money, and add the general trend that the VR industry would gradually cool down in the future, and he would definitely lose money!

Thinking of this, Pei Qian coughed lightly and said, "Both of your ideas are quite right."

"However…"

"Obviously, it still doesn't meet my previous definition of 'Chihsing'." (Literally "Slow Progress")

"Think about it, what did you say before you decided to make VR games?"

Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong looked at each other.

Cai Jiadong said, "I remember. At that time, everyone said they wanted to make mobile games. President Pei, you said that Chihsing means to boldly assume and carefully verify. When establishing goals, we must have a long-term vision. Although the road must be taken step by step, if you only care about your feet and have no vision, you will still take detours."

"Also, there can be progress only if you dare to break through. None of the previous projects have succeeded because of 'seeking stability'."

"Could it be that… President Pei, you think my current idea is still too stable?"

Pei Qian nodded, the class representative summarized well, a good seedling.

Cai Jiadong was thoughtful.

"Indeed…"

"When Chihsing Studio was just starting, VR games had not yet appeared. Making games like *Animal Island* was already a relatively risky behavior."

"But now that DoubtVR glasses have succeeded, making a conventional VR game in a step-by-step manner is not an adventure."

Lin Wan thought for a while and said, "Then, President Pei, you mean that we should continue to increase investment in VR games and make a very novel game that no one has ever made before?"

Pei Qian nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, that's what I mean!"

"Don't be afraid of failure. If you are afraid of failure, you will never achieve true success."

The implication was, if you guys keep making money by relying on your old capital, how can I withstand it?

You must be more adventurous and more failures to spend all this huge family fortune.

Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong nodded, each with a look of sudden realization on their faces.

As expected, President Pei's way of looking at problems was still so unique and insightful!

But what new ideas does President Pei have this time?

Pei Qian coughed lightly and said, "This time, my idea is to make a game with a realistic theme."

"The game will be set in Jingzhou, with realistic painting style, detailed modeling, and real-person motion capture. The investment must be huge!"

"And the identity of the characters in the game… is a type of occupation that is relatively annoying and boring in reality."

Putting the most annoying occupation in reality into the game and letting players enter this occupation should disgust the players, right?

It's a realistic theme again, it sounds so boring.

As for what kind of occupation this is…

There are many kinds, and Pei Qian hasn't thought about it too much.

He looked at Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong, obviously, he had to rely on their brainstorming at this time.

Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong looked at each other. Neither of them guessed what occupation President Pei was going to say for the first time.

Cai Jiadong was silent for a while and said tentatively: "Uh… real estate agent?"

Pei Qian immediately slapped the table: "That's right, that's it!"

Real estate agents in reality are definitely a very annoying industry.

Of course, that's still the same sentence, it's not about how most people who work as real estate agents are, but the nature of this job, and the nature of most real estate agency companies, determines that this job is not easy to do.

If there were other ways, many people would not choose to do this job.

Making this into a game, even thinking about it with your feet, feels very boring and very dissuasive to players.

The basic gameplay of the game is nothing more than constantly taking customers to see houses, selling houses, and clicking on the dialogue options on the screen. The gameplay has no depth at all.

Such a boring game, using detailed modeling and real-person motion capture, can be said to be quite a waste.

There will also be a lot of useless dialogue and text in the game, all with real-person dubbing, which is another expense of burning money in vain.

Such an outrageous game should not be able to make money, right?

In fact, Pei Qian didn't think about the specific requirements for making a simulator for what profession at the beginning, but after listening to Cai Jiadong, he suddenly felt that real estate agents were quite suitable.

That's it!

Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, he added: "Of course, this is just a small idea of mine that is not very mature. If you think it is not suitable, you can do something else."

"Also, you must be fully prepared before starting the project. It will start at the earliest next month."

In name, Tengda Group and Chihsing Studio are only an investment relationship, and Pei Qian cannot "order" Chihsing Studio to develop a certain game.

But Pei Qian believed that Lin Wan and the others would definitely do it.

……

After sending off President Pei, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong changed from one kind of confusion to another.

President Pei did give them a clear direction, but it sounded a bit unreliable?

Cai Jiadong said: "President Lin, according to what President Pei said…"

"A game with real estate agents as the protagonist can only be a 'real estate agent simulator'…"

"But what's so good about simulating this?"

"The work of a real estate agent is very boring. Every day, they just take customers to see houses, post online, find sources of houses, etc."

"Many people in reality are unwilling to do this job, let alone make it into a game?"

Lin Wan's expression was serious and she fell into deep thought.

"Since President Pei said it can be done, there must be enough gameplay to support it."

"The game must be based on reality and higher than reality."

"We can actually design it this way: the protagonist is a new real estate agent who rents a house at the beginning. His job is to take customers to see houses, introduce houses to customers, and earn commissions. But as the game progresses, he can also open his own company and build his own brand."

"In the early stage, the protagonist mainly focuses on looking at houses. Different customers have different preferences. Whether to truthfully say the shortcomings of this house or deceive customers will bear corresponding consequences."

"After the protagonist is promoted to store manager, he can have certain autonomy, change the layout structure of the house, and renovate some old houses to attract more customers and earn rental differences."

"After that, after the protagonist builds his own brand, he can also customize furniture with furniture manufacturers and deeply transform the house according to his favorite style. He can also save money to buy his own house and rest and do some simple entertainment in his own house."

"In this way, the gameplay of the game is still very rich. It can be a real estate agent simulator, judging the shortcomings of the house, communicating with customers to promote orders, or it can be a decoration simulator, planning the layout and decoration style of the room, and the system will give a score."

"We can even cooperate with Sloth Apartment and furniture manufacturers that meet the standards and link up in the game."

"From the perspective of VR, players can clearly see the structure and layout of a house, which will be very helpful for many people who need to buy or rent a house in reality."