Lin Chang quickly replied: “Mr. Pei, amazing! I thought you were just casually playing around with that money, but I never expected you could create a digital media account with 600,000 followers all by yourself in just over a month!”

“It seems Mr. Pei isn’t only good at games but also has great talent in self-media.”

Pei Qian internally scoffed.

At first, he really was just planning to casually play around with the money. He hadn’t expected the followers to grow so quickly…

Before Pei Qian could reply, Lin Chang’s next message arrived.

Lin Chang: “Actually, my older sister wants to express her gratitude to you.”

Pei Qian: “?”

After a quick search, Pei Qian remembered from materials he had read before that Lin Chang’s older sister was named Lin Yu, who currently headed the mobile phone division of Shenhua Group.

Another big shot.

Pei Qian was a bit confused, though. Lin Yu was in charge of Shenhua’s mobile phone business, which was a core department among core departments. How would she have any connection with him?

Lin Chang: “Does Mr. Pei remember the first three videos you released?”

“Shenhua phones have always used solid materials, but online, whenever Shenhua phones are mentioned, there are always many irrational fans and trolls smearing them.”

Although many review organizations evaluate Shenhua phones, the effect is limited. Those who like them still like them, those who don’t still don’t, and people with prejudice against Shenhua phones just think the review organizations received black money from Shenhua.”

“But Mr. Pei’s Hardcore Review is different. This simple, violent test immediately demonstrated the solid quality of Shenhua phones, which are no worse than foreign brand phones!”

Although you smashed a Shenhua phone, it had a good impact. I saw Shenhua’s phone’s official account repost this video, and the host looked familiar, which reminded me of Mr. Pei.”

“Then I told my sister about this, and she was very pleased. She said she owes you a favor and must thank you properly.”

Pei Qian: “…”

So that’s what happened.

He hadn’t expected that casually smashing a phone would produce such complex effects.

“Strictly speaking, this should be credited to Shenhua phones’ good workmanship. I didn’t think much when I was smashing the phone.”

Pei Qian replied: “No need for thanks, after all, the money for ‘Hardcore Review’ was sponsored by you, Mr. Lin.”

Pei Qian understood that Lin Yu’s gratitude would likely be material, but he didn’t plan to accept it.

On one hand, he truly hadn’t done much and felt undeserving—the money wouldn’t feel right.

Besides, if he could successfully lose money this time, would Mr. Pei care about those few thousand yuan?

Being someone with a system, always accepting assistance from others didn’t feel right.

Mr. Pei was also a person with pride.

Lin Chang: “You’re too polite. Whether intentional or not, the result is that Mr. Pei has been a great help, so we must express our thanks.”

“My sister was thinking, whenever Shenhua has new products, we’ll send one to Mr. Pei first.”

“Oh, make that two. Mr. Pei can use one and smash one.”

“Additionally, she wants to give Mr. Pei a gratitude fee of 100,000 yuan. I’ll transfer it directly to the account from last time.”

“After all, Wan has been well taken care of by you during this time.”

Sure enough, it was roughly what Pei Qian had expected.

Hearing the figure of 100,000, Pei Qian wavered slightly but quickly resisted.

The money could be taken, but there was no need.

Pei Qian replied: “Mr. Lin, you’re too kind. Lin Wan works diligently; I haven’t taken care of her—it’s all her effort.”

“I think this money should just be directly given to Lin Wan instead, after all, she works conscientiously and has helped me share many worries.”

Pei Qian took the opportunity to redirect the 100,000 yuan that Lin Yu had prepared for him to Lin Wan.

After all, Lin Wan had just rendered meritorious service by successfully losing eight million yuan.

This 100,000 yuan, let the Lin family handle it internally.

It took a while before Lin Chang replied.

“Mr. Pei knows that the relationship between my sister and Wan isn’t good, so you want to take this opportunity to help repair their relationship?”

Pei Qian:?

What are you talking about? You’re overthinking! I didn’t mean that at all!

Lin Chang continued on his own: “Mr. Pei is so thoughtful.”

“I can also use this as an excuse to ease the relationship between the sisters.”

“Since that’s the case, I humbly accept Mr. Pei’s kindness. I’ll owe you this favor, and if Mr. Pei needs any help in the future, please don’t hesitate to ask.”

Pei Qian: “…Alright.”

Although he didn’t quite understand what was happening, it seemed like he had triggered some hidden storyline.

Pei Qian didn’t pay much attention to it—let them handle their family matters.

Mr. Pei was only interested in how to lose money.

Lin Chang and Pei Qian exchanged a few more pleasantries before ending the conversation.

Pei Qian pondered Lin Chang’s earlier words, feeling something was off but couldn’t quite put his finger on it.

“Lin Yu and Lin Wan’s relationship isn’t good? But Lin Wan seems to have a good relationship with her two brothers. Does that mean Lin Yu’s attitude leans more toward Old Master Lin’s side?”

“Then Lin Yu should be very eager for Lin Wan to abandon the gaming industry and return to inherit the family business.”

“In that case… Lin Yu and I should be on the same side, and there might be opportunities for cooperation in the future.”

“Well, I’ll just consider this a favor, going with the flow.”

Pei Qian didn’t think too much about it and happily went back to suffering in “No Return Shore.”

……

……

Shangyang Games.

Lin Wan was browsing through forum posts.

Players’ evaluations of “Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version” were mixed—some praised it to the skies, some mindlessly trampled it, and many offered suggestions.

However, most veteran players were very supportive of the game.

Although players offered many suggestions, Lin Wan hadn’t seen any valuable references after looking for a long time.

She sighed softly.

While many players would offer various suggestions for the game, the vast majority were impractical.

Rather than wasting time on these unreliable suggestions, it would be better to carefully consider what Mr. Pei had said and understand the deeper meaning behind his words.

“Mr. Pei said that when the time is right, a turning point will naturally come.”

“But for ‘Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version,’ what constitutes the right time?”

“And when will the right time come?”

“If it never comes, what should we do? Just let the game keep losing money?”

Lin Wan felt overwhelmed and had no clue.

Although Mr. Pei had given a direction, it was far too vague, and she had no idea how to proceed.

As a director, she once again felt the heavy burden on her shoulders.

While Lin Wan was struggling, her phone rang.

It was a call from Lin Chang.

“Hello? Brother, what’s the matter?”

Lin Wan’s train of thought was disrupted, making her slightly annoyed.

Lin Chang smiled: “Nothing much. Our sister wants to give Mr. Pei a gratitude fee of 100,000 yuan, but Mr. Pei asked me to give it to you instead. Your card number hasn’t changed, right? I’ll have someone transfer it to you shortly.”

Lin Wan frowned and firmly refused: “I don’t want it!”

“I can support myself now, and I don’t want Lin Yu’s money.”

“Besides, wasn’t it supposed to be a gratitude fee for Mr. Pei? Why give it to me?”

Lin Chang hurriedly explained: “Mr. Pei feels that you’ve been working hard recently and made great contributions, so he wants to give it to you. Don’t disappoint Mr. Pei’s goodwill.”

“Besides, you and our sister have been in this cold war for too long. Mr. Pei is transferring this money to you is also hoping you two can repair your relationship a bit.”

Lin Wan became even more displeased: “Brother, I think you’re overthinking it. Mr. Pei probably just genuinely doesn’t care about this 100,000 yuan. And Lin Yu is stingy when it comes to showing gratitude.”

“Anyway, I don’t need money. Take it back.”

Lin Chang was a bit speechless: “If you don’t want money, that’s fine, you can ask for something else. I just had dinner with our sister a few days ago, and I could feel that she still cares about you. Don’t be so stubborn.”

Lin Wan was silent for a moment: “I understand. But I truly don’t need anything. The treatment here is good, and my salary and bonuses are enough for me to spend. I appreciate the goodwill, please thank our sister for me.”

“Don’t rush,” Lin Chang thought for a moment. “Aren’t you at a game company? Our sister’s mobile phone division is currently promoting a revamp of their app market. Why not put some of Tenda’s games on it? They can arrange some good recommendation spots, which would also express gratitude to Mr. Pei.”

Lin Wan shook her head: “No need. Those are mobile games. We only have one mobile game, ‘The Ghost General,’ and its player base is already fixed—promotion won’t help much.”

Lin Chang: “It doesn’t have to be an existing mobile game. You could develop a mobile version of another game. These are our recommendation spots, might as well use them.”

“I’ve heard that mobile games are in a booming period recently, and Shenhua phones have many users, so these recommendation spots are quite valuable.”

Hmm?

Develop a mobile version of another game?

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Lin Wan as she realized something.

What had Mr. Pei said before?

For “Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version” to succeed, it depended on timing.

Those words were correct.

Why was the game’s data poor now? Because the micro-client didn’t align with the current trend.

In the current gaming industry, web games have been continuously declining. Trying to make sufficient innovations in the web game field to reverse this trend was quite unrealistic.

But the mobile game industry was booming and flourishing!

What constituted the right timing?

In the future, mobile games will be the right timing!

The 370MB micro-client was indeed difficult for web game players to accept, but what about mobile game players?

It was not unacceptable!

Some heavy mobile games of two to three hundred megabytes had already begun to appear, and players didn’t reject them—they were all playing them happily.

If “Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version” were converted to a mobile game, wouldn’t the micro-client problem be completely solved?

Lin Wan instantly became excited and enthusiastically said, “Brother, that’s great! I finally understand what Mr. Pei meant!”

Lin Chang: “Huh?”

“Ask our sister to keep those mobile game recommendation spots for me! I’m going to ask how long it will take to convert to a mobile game!”

Lin Wan hung up and quickly went to find others for a meeting.

……

……

Shangyang Games, meeting room.

Seeing everyone was present, Lin Wan got straight to the point: “How long would it take to convert our game into a mobile game?”

Everyone was a bit confused, not immediately understanding.

Convert to a mobile game?

Why convert to a mobile game?

No one in the company had any mobile game development experience…

Everyone exchanged glances, not quite understanding why Lin Wan would ask this.

Finally, Wang Xiaobin spoke up.

“Converting to a mobile game… wouldn’t be too difficult.”

“There are some cases in the industry of web games being converted to mobile games. Web games require low configuration, and mobile games also require low configuration, so the client can be directly ported over.”

“Besides, our micro-client is 370MB, which is just the right size for a mobile game. We wouldn’t need to compress resources and such, which is very convenient.”

“The only problem is that the operation methods between web games and mobile games are quite different. Web games use mouse clicks, while mobile games use touch screens, so the operation mode and UI interface may need corresponding adjustments.”

“Moreover, none of us present has mobile game development experience. If we decide to convert to a mobile game, we’ll need to play some popular mobile games to learn.”

“As for time… I think if we all work hard, it could be done in as little as two weeks, or at most a month.”

Lin Wan nodded, satisfied with this answer.

In terms of time, it was completely feasible!

Lin Wan cleared her throat: “Everyone, I have a bold idea.”

“Earlier, I went to see Mr. Pei, and he said our game is already very good and doesn’t need modification. We just need to patiently wait for the right timing.”

“What is the right timing? Web games declining, mobile games rising—this is the right timing!”

“Mr. Pei was hinting that we should follow the trend. As long as we can catch the wave of mobile games rising, how could our game not succeed?”

“Moreover, our game can be dual-platform.”

“After converting to a mobile game, it can be played on phones and also downloaded as a micro-client to play on computers. With data synchronization between platforms, this would be a unique advantage!”

Imagining the bright future Lin Wan described, the previously confused team gradually understood.

It seemed to make sense!

They hadn’t considered this direction before, mainly due to inertial thinking.

Everyone had been making web games from the beginning, so they never thought about converting an existing game into a mobile game.

The game quality of “Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version” was very solid; the only problem was that traditional web game players couldn’t wait to download the micro-client.

So why not simply abandon traditional web game players and embrace mobile game players instead?

They might not have much advantage competing in the traditional web game field, but in mobile games, the advantage would be significant!

If the mobile game could become popular, it could then drive the web game through cross-platform data synchronization.

Perfect plan!

Ye Zhizhou was the first to nod: “I think we can try! Converting to a mobile game is much more reliable than splitting into two micro-clients. This should be the most reliable direction for change.”

Wang Xiaobin also nodded: “Yes, that’s the principle. Although none of us have developed mobile games before, mobile game systems are much simpler compared to web games. If we study well and change our game’s operation mode to mobile game operation mode, it shouldn’t be difficult.”

Lin Wan was very pleased: “Then it’s decided. The project to convert ‘Hot Blood Battle Song Power-Up Version’ from a web game to a mobile game is officially launched!”