At 10 AM the next day, Pei Qian arrived at the newly established Shenhua gaming department’s office location according to the address Lin Chang had sent him.

This was another office building owned by Shenhua Real Estate, looking equally magnificent and impressive. Though slightly inferior to Shenhua Haojing, it was very close in quality.

Shenhua Real Estate didn’t have many projects in second-tier cities like Jingzhou, but the quality of all of them was excellent.

Since this office building was prepared for Lin Wan, all conditions had certainly been optimized.

Though called Shenhua’s gaming department, strictly speaking, it should be a gaming company jointly funded by Shenhua Group and Tenda Group, so the specific name hadn’t been determined yet.

But names were just minor details; the key was the company’s objective.

The explanation given to Lin Wan was that this company was meant to further train her and enhance her abilities.

For Lin Chang, this company would allow Lin Wan to return earlier to inherit the family business while also expanding Shenhua Group’s territory.

As for Pei Qian, he hoped to use this opportunity to gradually distance himself from Lin Wan and from his relationship with Shenhua Group, thereby earning less money.

So in reality, for both Lin Chang and Pei Qian, whether this company made money was secondary—as long as it didn’t lose too much, it would be acceptable.

Moreover, even if it lost a lot of money but gained a good reputation, that would be completely justifiable.

Pei Qian was applying this line of thinking when considering this new game.

Lin Chang had already been waiting downstairs and led Pei Qian to the new company’s office location. However, upon seeing the work environment, Pei Qian was instinctively taken aback.

It was almost identical to Tenda Games’ layout!

The distance between desks, the arrangement of the water bar and entertainment room, and all kinds of office furniture were almost indistinguishable from Tenda Games.

Even the computers were purchased from ROF, with that all-too-familiar logo.

Pei Qian glanced around and found that the entire office space was very large, with at least a hundred workstations, all equipped with ROF computers…

This was another enormous order!

Pei Qian was stunned: “This…”

Lin Chang smiled and explained: “Does Mr. Pei find it familiar?”

“I was mainly concerned that Lin Wan might not adapt to a new work environment, so I did some research and arranged everything according to the office environments at Tenda Games and Shangyang Games.”

“I heard this kind of environment arrangement also helps improve work efficiency? It does look quite nice.”

“I’ll have all of Shenhua Real Estate’s branch companies in Jingzhou meet this standard as well.”

Pei Qian: “…”

Soon, everyone had arrived.

Besides Pei Qian, Lin Wan, and Lin Chang, there were several other employees.

There was a lot of preliminary preparation work for the company, and Lin Wan certainly couldn’t handle it all by herself. Besides, she didn’t need to spend all her energy on these trivial matters.

So Lin Chang had prepared an entire team for her, including administrative, human resources, and financial personnel.

Of course, apart from these staff members, all personnel for the game development team would be personally screened, interviewed, and vetted by Lin Wan.

Lin Chang first briefly assigned tasks to the heads of administration, human resources, and finance, telling them the focus of their recent work, and then dismissed them.

Only Pei Qian, Lin Chang, and Lin Wan remained in the meeting room, ready to discuss the important matters.

Lin Chang poured tea: “Now that there are no outsiders, let’s talk freely.”

“Actually, we need to confirm three things. First is to come up with a good name for this company, or studio. Second, as Mr. Pei mentioned earlier, is to determine the general direction of the first project to be developed. Third is to decide the rough investment based on this project’s situation.”

“I’m not good at naming things, so you two can decide.”

Lin Chang drank his tea, seeming like an outsider.

He really didn’t need to care much because this gaming department wasn’t intended to make money; it was completely meant as practice for Lin Wan.

When Lin Chang first went back, the old man didn’t immediately let him take over Shenhua’s entertainment industry but first gave him some money to practice with. For Shenhua, being such a massive enterprise, they wouldn’t miss this money; even if Lin Wan lost it all, it wouldn’t matter.

Lin Wan remained silent for a moment: “I’m also not good at naming…”

Pei Qian sighed lightly. Well, it seemed that he, the little naming genius, would have to do it himself.

After brief consideration, he said: “I think ‘Late Journey Studio’ would be good.”

Lin Chang sipped his tea while carefully savoring the name.

“Late Journey Studio, Late Journey…”

“Advancing slowly implies that this studio should move forward step by step. It can move slowly, but it must move steadily, without seeking quick success or attempting to reach the sky in a single bound. It must be down-to-earth and remain humble.”

“Good, the meaning is excellent!”

“Lin Wan, this must also be Mr. Pei’s kind of blessing for you, that you should remain humble and down-to-earth as well.”

Lin Wan nodded: “Mm, I understand!”

Pei Qian silently drank his tea, smiling without speaking.

Actually, “Late Journey” could be interpreted another way as “leave late,” which meant he hoped Lin Wan would leave quickly. It was just expressed somewhat indirectly, not so bluntly.

As for how Lin Wan and Lin Chang would interpret it, that was no concern of Pei Qian’s.

Lin Chang continued: “Good, then the studio’s name is settled—Late Journey Studio.”

“Next is the question of exactly what Late Journey Studio’s first game project should be.”

“Mr. Pei, you mentioned earlier that you already had some general ideas?”

Pei Qian wasn’t anxious at all. After taking a sip of tea, he said: “I do indeed have some ideas, but before sharing them, I’d like to hear both of your opinions.”

Lin Chang nodded: “Alright, then I’ll share my thoughts first.”

“Here’s what I think: Although Lin Wan already has some successful experience at Shangyang Games, she’s still in a new environment with a new batch of colleagues. The entire new development team still needs to work together more, and if we start by tackling an extremely difficult project, the probability of failure would be quite high.”

“The money issue is secondary; the main concern is that it would be quite demoralizing.”

“So I think we should choose some successful projects that have been done before, continue with the experience from these projects, make a similar game, and just add some minor innovations.”

“This project is mainly to help the team work together better. After the team has bonded well, it won’t be too late to tackle some more difficult projects.”

“Lin Wan, what do you think?”

Lin Wan thought for a moment: “Mm, I agree.”

“After all, Mr. Pei is also investing half of the funds this time, and during the development process, I might need to trouble the colleagues at Shangyang Games for a lot of help…”

“If the project fails, the team will have bonded, but letting everyone’s efforts go to waste would make me feel quite guilty.”

“So I think we should progress from easy to difficult. We could consider making a mobile game first to practice and to help the team work together. After this project succeeds, we can consider more long-term goals.”

“This also aligns with Mr. Pei’s expectations for ‘Late Journey Studio.’ After all, ‘Late Journey’ means we should move step by step, slowly, and not try to get fat with one bite.”

Pei Qian raised an eyebrow slightly.

That’s not what “Late Journey” means; don’t misinterpret it for me!

If they really followed the siblings’ idea, starting with a mobile game and then putting it on Shenhua’s app market, would there be even the slightest possibility of losing money on this project?

That absolutely wouldn’t work!

Pei Qian coughed lightly: “That’s not how ‘Late Journey’ should be interpreted.”

“There’s a saying: ‘Bold in hypothesis, careful in verification.’ When establishing goals, you must have long-term vision. The road indeed needs to be taken step by step, but if you only look at your feet without having foresight, you’ll still take detours.”

“You already have more than enough experience in mobile game development. Making a few more mobile games would merely be repeating what you’ve already done many times. What’s the point?”

“Only by daring to break through can you make progress.”

“Think about it carefully—among all the successful projects before, which one succeeded by ‘playing it safe’?”

Lin Wan was taken aback, and then her face showed a somewhat ashamed expression.