Before players entered a room, the narrator would provide suggestions.

And after players made certain choices, while walking through the corridor, the narrator would mock these choices and viciously ridicule the players!

For example, before players chose between “heavy pay-to-win” and “light pay-to-win,” they would hear a narration:

…

Very good, previously you chose “value-added services” instead of “one-time purchase” as the main profit model for your game.

You followed my advice.

Well, I must say, this is a good decision. Selling value-added services is so profitable, why would you refuse, right?

But now you face a new problem.

Should you choose heavy pay-to-win or light pay-to-win?

Heavy monetization means you’ll sell many high-priced items, such as… 888 yuan Fire Kirin and the like.

Light monetization means your product pricing can’t be too ridiculous. For instance, the most expensive item in the game would only cost a few dozen yuan.

My suggestion… you’d better choose heavy monetization.

No reason why – this makes more money, doesn’t it?

If you’re considering light monetization for the sake of reputation, why didn’t you choose a one-time purchase in the first place?

So, choose heavy monetization. This is a very correct choice.

…

After players made their choice and entered a door, they would still hear narration in the corridor, but the two types of narration would be different.

…

“Heavy pay-to-win”:

Oh, oh, oh, I knew it. You would choose this.

Between money and dreams, you still chose money, didn’t you?

When you were a player, you always cursed unscrupulous developers for being blinded by profit.

But when you’re making games yourself, you worry that in-game items are priced too low.

Alright, alright, no need to explain. I understand. This is human nature.

Examples like you happen every day in the gaming industry. Nothing is surprising about it.

But have you considered the possibility of neither making money nor gaining a good reputation?

Hehe, just kidding.

Are you ready to be a heartless businessman, counting money while being cursed?

…

“Light pay-to-win”:

What a stupid decision.

Why won’t you just listen to me?

Yes, you’ve salvaged some reputation, but do you know how much income this choice will cost you?

Your loss is a dynamic number, because the more popular your game is, the larger this number will be!

Imagine, you’ve lost millions, just because of this one stupid decision…

Do you regret it now?

But I’m sorry, you’ve already made your decision, and you can’t go back.

What, you don’t regret it?

Fine, you can continue to be stubborn, but I believe when a clear loss figure is placed in front of you, you can’t possibly remain so calm.

Anyway, I think you’ve made a pretty stupid decision.

But it’s okay. I’ll still give you the correct advice for your next choice.

It’s not too late for everything, as long as you can honestly listen to me.

…

In Pei Qian’s design, this narrator had two functions.

On one hand, the blunt narration would break immersion, constantly reminding players that they were in a game, actively destroying the game’s sense of immersion;

On the other hand, it would continuously mock players, provoking their anger!

A win-win situation, perfect!

Moreover, this narrator would try hard to guide players in the wrong direction.

If following the narrator’s prompts, players would get the worst ending in the game, and then be savagely ridiculed by the narrator!

The narrator would mock players for being soft-eared, indecisive, and losing their principles as bosses…

In short, it was extremely insulting!

A game that insults players, have you ever seen that?

It was impossible for this not to lose money completely!

Pei Qian went through the entire design draft carefully with Lü Mingliang, believing he’d eliminated any potential problems.

“Alright, follow this for the design draft.”

“Art resources, music, sound effects, and the narrator’s voice acting – go find the best for everything. Don’t you dare spend too little, understand?” Pei Qian instructed.

Lü Mingliang nodded vigorously: “Rest assured, Boss Pei, I will follow your requirements and strive for excellence!”

Lü Mingliang left.

Pei Qian felt somewhat relieved and continued drinking his tea.

Not long after, there was another knock at the door.

“Brother Qian, the expert I invited has arrived. Would you like to meet him?” Ma Yang’s face was full of excitement.

“Oh, sure, let’s meet!”

Pei Qian stood up. He took Ma Yang’s work very seriously.

Could this helper, Ma Yang found do the job? Pei Qian had to personally evaluate.

If they were too smart, he would have to find a reason to reject them!

…

Zhang Yuan stood at the entrance of Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd., feeling rather anxious.

The story was quite bizarre.

In his daily life, he was a resident singer at a bar, also working part-time as a bartender. But because of his passion for building computers, he was quite active on computer forums and even held the title of a minor moderator.

A few days ago, a forum user suddenly contacted him, saying they wanted to invite him to help.

Zhang Yuan’s first reaction was that this was a scammer!

There were many bored people online. As a forum moderator with privileges, Zhang Yuan had banned several troublemakers in cycles.

It would be normal for someone to play a prank for revenge.

So Zhang Yuan didn’t take it seriously.

But after a day, the other party seemed very anxious, saying the work was urgent here and invited him to come to Jingzhou City. Travel expenses, accommodation, meals, etc., would all be reimbursed, plus 3,000 yuan for his trouble.

Although Zhang Yuan still didn’t believe it, the 3,000 yuan payment did attract him.

He was just puzzled – what kind of computer assembly job would be worth 3,000 yuan???

So he added the other person as a friend, and unexpectedly, without saying much, they sent a 200 yuan red packet as a token of sincerity!

Zhang Yuan immediately understood that he had encountered a real wealthy person.

Would a scammer send money to someone right away??

Then, the person gave Zhang Yuan an address, an office building in Jingzhou City, and also transferred the round-trip ticket money.

So today, Zhang Yuan came to Jingzhou City.

After arriving, he was received by a student-like person named Ma Yang.

This Ma Yang seemed honest and simple, but Zhang Yuan felt that he might be missing something upstairs, not quite bright.

Zhang Yuan believed that the 3,000 yuan payment wasn’t coming from this student.

Sure enough, this student named Ma Yang brought him to a company and instructed him that the company boss, Mr. Pei, wanted to meet and talk with him shortly.

Standing at the entrance, Zhang Yuan felt his horizons broadening.

This company, at first glance, was a wealthy one, definitely not short of money!

Looking at the sign at the entrance: Tenda Network Technology Co., Ltd..!

After a quick search online, he immediately knew this was the company that developed Ghost General and Sea Fortress.

A game company, flush with cash, no doubt about it!

This made Zhang Yuan feel very constrained.

Next, a tall and beautiful female assistant led him to the reception room door, where he met the company’s boss.

Zhang Yuan became even more nervous.

Ma Yang had not revealed his true intentions to Zhang Yuan; after all, whether to hire him or not still needed Pei Qian’s approval.

If Pei Qian thought Zhang Yuan was suitable, only then could Ma Yang continue the discussion with Zhang Yuan.

So, Zhang Yuan was currently completely confused.

He didn’t know why, as a bar singer and bartender, he had caught the attention of such a big boss, nor did he know exactly what they wanted from him.

Have him perform singing?

Have him demonstrate bartending?

Have him perform singing while bartending?

Hmm… all seemed unlikely.

Could it be…

The big boss wanted him to help build a computer???

Well, that was probably the only reason. He couldn’t think of any other possibilities.