Wednesday.

In the meeting room.

Lü Mingliang was very nervous and anxious.

Because at this conference table, the pillars he used to rely on were all gone!

Bao Xu hadn’t come to work yesterday, taking a one-month paid vacation. Mr. Pei had forced him to visit all the major scenic spots around the country and learn from various game companies.

Huang Sibo hadn’t been seen recently either. No one knew where he planned to spend the 1 million yuan Dream Fund that Mr. Pei had given him.

With these two experts no longer at the forefront, Lü Mingliang suddenly taking over as executive designer felt incredibly pressured!

And after this meeting, when Mr. Pei announced the recent work objectives, Lü Mingliang became even more worried.

Because Mr. Pei said that “Ghostly General” and “Sea Fortress” wouldn’t have any update plans recently, and all manpower would be invested in the development of the next game!

This was really beyond Lü Mingliang’s expectations and made him deeply concerned.

Following normal logic, with two successful games in hand, it should be time to make as much money as possible.

Release a new version, create some new cards, launch a new epic weapon…

They could earn money while lying down, truly a venture of minimal investment for maximum returns!

This would also be a perfect opportunity for Lü Mingliang to complete his work handover.

First, producing new versions for “Ghostly General” and “Sea Fortress,” gradually adapting and adjusting, and then developing a new game would be the most stable approach.

But Mr. Pei had no plans whatsoever to develop new versions and wanted to launch a new project directly!

This made Lü Mingliang, who had inexplicably become the executive designer just two days ago, feel extremely anxious.

Of course, Lü Mingliang understood clearly that Mr. Pei must have his reasons for such arrangements.

Mr. Pei was a constantly progressing person, certainly not the kind of mediocre boss who would rest on his laurels, counting money.

Not developing new versions that would earn money effortlessly, but instead establishing a new project with great risks, truly demonstrated Mr. Pei’s ambition, broad vision, and magnanimity!

“Regarding the new game, I already have some ideas. Let me share them with you.”

At the head of the conference table, Pei Qian’s calm and confident aura easily held everyone’s attention, further cementing Lü Mingliang’s judgment.

However…

Pei Qian’s considerations were completely the opposite.

Why not develop new versions?

Because developing new versions would require introducing paid elements.

Either charge for DLC or add new in-app purchases.

Completely free new versions were not allowed by the system.

But the problem was that both “Ghostly General” and “Sea Fortress” had large player bases with high enthusiasm for spending!

In this situation, after releasing a new version, the new paid features would likely be instantly purchased in large numbers…

Therefore, Pei Qian felt it was more reliable to start a new project. After all, ruining a new project was much easier than sabotaging an already successful one!

Many new games failed immediately upon launch, and even professional star producers found it difficult to reverse the situation.

While many successful old games, despite repeated self-sabotage, still managed to survive.

So, Pei Qian decided to start from scratch and to learn from his previous mistakes.

What was the biggest mistake last time?

Trusting Huang Sibo and Bao Xu too much!

Pei Qian never imagined that his three requirements would be misinterpreted by them in such a way, even becoming selling points for the game!

This time, Pei Qian decided to strengthen his control over the entire game slightly, absolutely preventing another deviation like “Sea Fortress”!

He didn’t even dare let Xiao Lü exercise free creativity.

What if… Xiao Lü secretly consulted Bao Xu, or had a flash of inspiration himself, and came up with another good idea!

So, Pei Qian wanted to run a dictatorship.

He looked around and slowly said, “This time, we’re going to make a game that will go down in history!”

“It’s name is…”

“‘Game Producer’!”

Everyone in the meeting room focused intently on Pei Qian.

Impressive but confusing!

It sounded awesome!

Was this going to be adapting Tenda’s story in the gaming industry into a game?

But for this subject matter, making a documentary would work, doing an interview would also work, but how could it be made into a game?

Everyone listened attentively.

Pei Qian spoke confidently and eloquently.

“The content of the game is very simple. Players take on the role of a game producer. In the game, they need to constantly make choices, and each choice will lead to different outcomes.”

“For example, they can freely choose the type of game, payment method, promotion strategy, and so on… Meanwhile, players will also encounter a series of unexpected events.”

“Finally, players will develop a game and see the profits and sales after the game is launched.”

“That’s roughly the mode. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask at any time.”

No one spoke, with slightly confused expressions on their faces.

Pei Qian smiled confidently.

Confused?

That’s exactly right!

This was a niche theme that no one had ever done before, and the content wasn’t attractive either. There was no way to create any grand scenes, and the gameplay was extremely monotonous!

The gaming industry was so bitter and boring, making it into a game definitely wouldn’t be fun.

This theme would flop!

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

By then, spending more money on art resources and setting a low price, failing to recover costs would be a very simple matter!

Of course, Pei Qian had a different narrative for these people.

Lü Mingliang was the first to raise his hand.

“Mr. Pei, I understand the general process of this game. I want to ask, what’s the presentation form of this game? Is it similar to those text adventure indie games?”

Text adventure games were essentially games about “talking with paper characters.”

This type of game was simple to produce and widely applicable. It only required creating a series of 2D scenes and character concept art, adding a large amount of text, and the entire game content could be presented very simply.

According to Lü Mingliang’s imagination, the form of this game would be closer to a game production version of “Chinese Parents.”

Of course, Lü Mingliang didn’t know about the game “Chinese Parents,” but he had seen other text adventure games.

Pei Qian shook his head: “No.”

Make it a text adventure game? Of course not!

How much money could a text adventure game cost???

Just a few pieces of concept art, even if they hired several well-known voice actors, it would cost at most a few hundred thousand yuan, which was just a drop in the bucket!

Now, “Sea Fortress” was earning four to five hundred thousand a week, but the new game would only invest that much in total? Wasn’t that just treating the symptoms but not the disease?

It wouldn’t solve the problem at all!

Pei Qian’s budget for the new game had to be at least two million or more to possibly create a loss!

Otherwise, in front of the two money trees, “Ghostly General” and “Sea Fortress,” a loss of a few hundred thousand wouldn’t even be a worthy opponent.

“We want full 3D scenes, all using top-tier 3D modeling. Whether characters or scenes, use the best for everything!”

Lü Mingliang was dumbfounded.

He couldn’t imagine what kind of visual that would be!

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

“A text adventure game… that uses all 3D assets?” Lü Mingliang asked tentatively.

“Why are you so fixated on text adventure games?”

Pei Qian shook his head in disbelief: “I don’t plan to use the form of text adventure games, it’s too outdated!”

“We will use a more abstract, more postmodern approach to package this game!”