In the office, Pei Qian looked at the employees’ replies on the internal forum, speechless, left only with a sigh.

No way out!

His original intention was to persuade everyone to slack off more and work less, but it was forcibly interpreted as motivational, and judging by the looks of it, it seemed damn successful too!

Seeing employees expressing one after another that they would “take care of their health, improve their professional skills, and strive better for Tenda,” Pei Qian felt mentally exhausted.

He wanted to reply with a few words, but was momentarily choked with emotion.

Forget it, let it be…

As long as the message got across, some people must have relaxed a bit because of this letter, right?

Pei Qian took out his little notebook, preparing to plan the work tasks for the next cycle a bit.

Although this cycle was very long, lasting five months, due to too much loss potential being consumed in advance during the last cycle to quench thirst with poison, this month, the revenue capacity of various industries might significantly increase.

To avoid crying in a dark room at the end of the cycle, Mr. Pei could only prepare in advance and make plans.

He must try to nip dangers in the bud as much as possible!

Pei Qian thought about it, and the priority was the issue of Lin Wan and the Shangyang Games.

Pei Qian had already reached a strategic cooperation with Lin Chang and Lin Yu, the brother and sister, and had preliminary plans on how to arrange Lin Wan’s direction.

Pei Qian decided to have Lin Wan be responsible for a new field while also handling Shangyang Games’ business.

This way, Lin Wan would surely be stretched thin, unable to juggle both sides, significantly increasing the chances of failure.

Shangyang Games had just recently moved to a new office building, maxed out employee benefits, and aligned all aspects of treatment with Tenda, substantially increasing daily expenses.

As long as the new game lost money and the new business also lost money, not only would all profits made from the mobile version of “Hot-Blooded Battle Song” be vomited back out, but it would also drag down the parent company, Tenda.

Thinking about this exciting scenario, Pei Qian was full of anticipation!

Having just made a highly successful game, Lin Wan must be very inflated right now.

People are easiest to fool when they’re inflated like this.

Pei Qian quickly figured out how to arrange Lin Wan and Shangyang Games. After having a general idea, he called for his driver and headed to Shangyang Games’ new office location.

…

Reception room.

Shangyang Games’ newly recruited administrative assistant brought tea for the two.

Lin Wan sat across from Pei Qian, triumphant, her eyes full of expectation.

She was eager to start making the next game.

Looking at Lin Wan’s proud and elated demeanor, Pei Qian inwardly sighed.

How did things turn out like this…

Ultimately, it was Lin Yu who betrayed him! The misfortune lay with having a pig for a teammate!

This time, he must learn from the lesson and not make another mobile game!

Pei Qian silently resolved.

Lin Wan took a sip of tea: “Mr. Pei, the entire company’s work state is very good now, you could say morale is high.”

“After getting sufficient rest, everyone is eager to dive into new work.”

“I have to say, your internal letter was written so well, it greatly boosted the employees’ morale, reminding everyone to maintain their fighting spirit while also giving them warm, humanistic care.”

“So thoughtful!”

Pei Qian held his tea, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

Please don’t mention that internal letter again! What I wanted to express wasn’t what you all understood at all!

He wanted to say something, but held back.

Forget it, there’s no need to dwell on this.

However, judging from Lin Wan’s mental state, the situation at Shangyang Games was about what he had estimated.

The nice way to put it was high morale; the not-so-nice way was inflated ego.

Since everyone was informed, it would be easier for Mr. Pei to carry out his work.

Pei Qian drank his tea, maintaining an outwardly calm and unfazed appearance: “As for the new game, there’s no rush. It’s not too late to make it after thinking it through.”

“Do you have any good ideas or thoughts?”

Lin Wan had anticipated that Mr. Pei would ask this and had prepared in advance: “Yes! I had a brief discussion with Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin earlier, and we unanimously believe that we should continue the success of ‘Hot-Blooded Battle Song’ and continue on the path of premium mobile games!”

Currently, the mobile version of ‘Hot-Blooded Battle Song’ brings in a net income of only four to five million per month, with a TPDb rating of just 8.9. We hope the next mobile game can achieve a net income of ten million per month, with a rating of over 9.5!”

Pei Qian’s hand holding the tea trembled.

Having goals is good, but don’t always say such frightening things out loud!

Pei Qian was silent for a moment.

“…I remember, Wang Xiaobin wanted to make a single-player game before.”

Before deciding to produce “Hot-Blooded Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version,” Pei Qian had conducted a simple drawing of lots, having all Shangyang Games employees write a proposal for him to screen.

At that time, Wang Xiaobin’s proposal was for a single-player game that sought not to achieve greatness but to avoid mistakes.

In Pei Qian’s view at the time, this single-player game’s lower limit wasn’t low enough. Although there was a certain possibility of failure, compared to “Hot-Blooded Battle Song: Power-Enhanced Version,” it paled in comparison.

So, it was passed over.

But now, Pei Qian was only left with regret.

If possible, the current Pei Qian wouldn’t mind mending the fold after the sheep had been lost, digging out that single-player game proposal again, and making it Shangyang Games’ new project.

Lin Wan smiled: “Yes, Wang Xiaobin did want to make a single-player game before.”

“But I remember at the time, your evaluation, Mr. Pei, was that this game’s approach was too conservative, mediocre, lacking innovation.”

Pei Qian coughed twice: “Ahem, before was before, now is now.”

“I was hoping he could revise this game, make it more ‘special.'”

“That proposal was written quite well.”

Pei Qian tried his best to make his expression appear sincere enough.

Lin Wan smiled faintly, with an expression that seemed to say, “Mr. Pei is consoling employees again.” “I understand your meaning, Mr. Pei.”

“Wang Xiaobin did try to revise according to what you said.”

“But during the revision process, ‘Turn Back to Shore’ was released.”

Pei Qian: “?”

Lin Wan explained: “Originally, Wang Xiaobin had many ideas he thought were decent, but after seeing ‘Turn Back to Shore,’ his concepts were completely overturned, and his confidence took a major hit.”

“He felt that no matter how much he revised his original game concept, it could never reach the heights of ‘Turn Back to Shore.’ In comparison, it would be a complete piece of garbage, so he decided to completely scrap and redo the game.”

“Later… it just fizzled out.”

“I asked him about this issue recently, and he said that so far, he’s only written about two hundred words for the new proposal, and hasn’t even sorted out the basic gameplay and story changes after the remake.”

Pei Qian: “…”

How did this become my fault???

The success of “Turn Back to Shore” impacted Wang Xiaobin, making him completely scrap his previous game design draft?

Doesn’t that mean this proposal is gone now?

Pei Qian felt heartache.

Young people nowadays are too easily influenced by others!

How could they so easily give up after experiencing a little setback?

Originally, Pei Qian had planned to have Shangyang Games make a game based on Wang Xiaobin’s previous ideas.

This way, even if the game didn’t lose money badly, it would probably not make much money due to its mediocre gameplay, not causing too much burden and pressure for Mr. Pei.

But now, that was off the table.

Wang Xiaobin himself was disappointed with his previous proposal, so what could be done?

Seeing that Shangyang Games was about to continue the success of the mobile version of “Hot-Blooded Battle Song” and continue developing mobile games, Pei Qian felt this crooked wind had to be stopped!

After deliberating a bit, Pei Qian slowly spoke: “Continuing to make mobile games… I think that’s inappropriate.”

“Oh? How so?” Lin Wan listened attentively.

Mr. Pei’s words carried a lot of weight in her heart.

Pei Qian pondered for a moment, then said with deep meaning: “People should be brave enough to step out of their comfort zones and constantly break through themselves.”

“Continuing to make mobile games and achieving a bit of economic success, this small amount of money is insignificant.”

“True success still comes from making premium games, achieving both fame and fortune. This is truly fulfilling one’s gaming ideals!”

Lin Wan nodded, deeply agreeing.

But after thinking for a moment, she said: “But, the three of us don’t even have a reliable, good idea.”

“Even if we want to make a premium game, how do we start?”

Pei Qian leisurely took a sip of tea: “Well… I can provide a…”

“General direction.”

Lin Wan was very surprised: “What is it?”

“Horror games,” Pei Qian said with a serious expression.

Lin Wan was taken aback: “Huh?”

She considered for a moment, then said with slight difficulty: “Horror games… no one in the entire project team has ever made one. Oh, not just horror games, conventional single-player games, no one has made those either.”

“Moreover, everyone has barely even played horror games and isn’t interested in this type of game…”

“To say we know nothing about it wouldn’t be an exaggeration…”

Pei Qian smiled slightly.

Barely played them?

Isn’t that perfect?

The reason Pei Qian thought of horror games was mainly inspired by the previous trip to the amusement park by Xia Jiang and others.

After the interview team hastily departed overnight, fleeing Jingzhou, Pei Qian also inquired a bit with the Tenda staff who accompanied them to the amusement park, roughly determining the number of participants for each attraction.

After investigation, he found that although the listed extreme attractions, such as drop tower, roller coaster, pendulum ride, etc., were all very scary, most attractions had relatively high participation rates.

Perhaps because of ax “since we’re here anyway” or “it’s free anyway” mentality.

But among these, the attraction with the lowest participation rate was the haunted house!

And it wasn’t just the interview team that didn’t like the haunted house; all visitors to the amusement park didn’t really like the haunted house.

Pei Qian looked into it a bit, and the popularity of the haunted house facility in Jingzhou City’s amusement park was indeed the lowest.

Ultimately, it boiled down to two reasons:

For many visitors, especially female visitors, while they might dare to experience some high-altitude attractions, they wouldn’t dare enter the haunted house, and their boyfriends couldn’t leave them behind to enter the haunted house alone, naturally deterring a large number of visitors;

At the same time, this haunted house had relatively shabby settings and a short process, so even if some interested visitors went in, they would feel very disappointed after coming out and would not go a second time.

Inspired by this, Pei Qian felt this experience could be promoted in games!