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    ## Chapter 63: Drawing Inspiration from Movies

    *Knock knock knock*

    “Come in.”

    Gu Sheng pushed open the door and saw Xia Nezha holding a stack of documents, her face contorted in a grimace.

    “What are you looking at?”

    Gu Sheng walked into the office, closing the door behind him. “Why are you making that expression?”

    “Sales summary.”

    Shen Miaomiao sighed and slammed the stack of heart-attack-inducing revenue analysis summaries onto the table.

    This was just given to her by Chu Qingzhou. It clearly showed the date when *Terror Phobia* started to see a surge in sales.

    Looking at the death-like vertical line, Shen Miaomiao felt a pang in her heart.

    All that money is going into my little piggy bank…

    But Gu Sheng was right in front of her, so she couldn’t lose her composure. She could only manage a forced smile, saying:

    “I never imagined our game would sell this well, Director Gu, you truly… are the driving force behind it all!”

    The last four words were practically squeezed out of Shen Miaomiao’s teeth.

    But Gu Sheng didn’t notice at all. He even chuckled and jokingly said, “Right? Aren’t I awesome, your Shengzi Ge?”

    As he spoke, Gu Sheng even struck a pushing pose, shrugging his shoulders.

    What the…!

    Shen Miaomiao almost picked up her computer and smacked him in the face!

    She was already annoyed! Why are you being so flippant!

    Shen Miaomiao felt like she would be downing more Motherwort tea if this conversation continued. She quickly waved her hand, gesturing for Gu Sheng to sit down.

    Gu Sheng, on the other hand, pulled out a lollipop from his pocket and handed it to Shen Miaomiao. Then, he tugged at his pants and sat down on the sofa.

    “They just got a new coconut flavor at the convenience store downstairs. I picked one up for you while I was buying cigarettes.”

    That’s actually nice of him.

    Shen Miaomiao took the lollipop, tore off the wrapper and popped it into her mouth.

    “It’s pretty good.”

    “It’s just a candy, you know,” Gu Sheng frowned, unable to understand. “What’s there to like or dislike?”

    “You smoke that stuff, too,” Shen Miaomiao retorted. “Why is Huazi so expensive?”

    “Sss…”

    Gu Sheng was suddenly enlightened. He nodded.

    “CEO Shen is right.”

    As he spoke, Gu Sheng pulled out the invitation from the file, leaned over and handed it to Shen Miaomiao.

    “So, take a look at this. Do you have any constructive feedback?”

    Taking the invitation, Shen Miaomiao read it carefully, her eyebrows slightly furrowed. She nodded and uttered “Hmm… hmm hmm… oh…” from time to time, looking very serious.

    Gu Sheng watched Shen Miaomiao and secretly praised her.

    Don’t look at how Xia Nezha was a complete newbie to the gaming industry when she first took charge of Golden Wind.

    She’s smart and a fast learner!

    If this was before, she would’ve just glanced at this invitation and tossed it in the trash.

    After all, for her, an organization like Huayun Digital was too unfamiliar.

    And it sounded like some kind of shady, unofficial, loose organization that was trying to use a tiger’s skin to make a flag.

    But now!

    Look at how seriously our CEO is reading. And she’s thinking as she reads!

    She must be researching development strategies and plans!

    After a while, Shen Miaomiao finished reading and slowly opened her mouth.

    “This…”

    *Swoosh*

    Gu Sheng quickly grabbed his pen.

    Xia Nezha’s words were all pearls of wisdom, and a huge help for his game selection!

    He adopted a posture of eager listening, looking at Xia Nezha!

    He saw Xia Nezha point to the name at the end of the invitation—

    “This… what Electronic Association… what is it?”

    Gu Sheng:…

    I just praised a dog to high heaven.

    “It’s just… an organization that promotes events…”

    Gu Sheng’s face was full of black lines as he tried to explain it to Shen Miaomiao in a concise way.

    “We will be exhibiting with many domestic game giants.”

    Sss…

    Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao took a deep breath in her heart, secretly feeling uneasy.

    Isn’t this like an early pre-release?

    She’s already experienced this loss once.

    *Vampire Survivor* was a disguised pre-release promotional campaign.

    My goodness!

    Those sales numbers were like they had a rocket booster, taking off straight into the sky.

    But then, she thought again!

    Wait a minute.

    The pre-release promotion for Huayun Digital and ArtTour is fundamentally different!

    ArtTour was due to the circumstances. Yan Sheng compensated them by giving them a full-channel special promotion for a whole week!

    But Huayun Digital is the industry leader, they don’t owe them anything, and they won’t care who Shen Miaomiao’s father is!

    It’s a fair competition.

    Shen Miaomiao loves fair competition, because she’s a lazy bum who can confidently be lazy.

    Thinking about this, Shen Miaomiao hesitated and asked, “This media conference… can’t we be the only ones who agree to participate?”

    “I would love to,”

    Gu Sheng sighed in response.

    “But they have to let us!”

    “Don’t even dream about it. Other manufacturers would be clawing their way into the exhibition list,”

    “Don’t think about monopolizing resources. It’s impossible.”

    Gu Sheng laughed helplessly, feeling like Xia Nezha was a little too dreamy.

    “Oh… so that’s how it is…”

    Shen Miaomiao very cooperatively put on a ‘disappointed’ look.

    But her heart was already bursting with joy!

    Good! Good! The more competitors, the better!

    Then, Shen Miaomiao’s eyes lit up and she asked, “So, the ones exhibiting at the same time as us, are they all bigger than us in terms of size?”

    “Hmm… about 80% of them,”

    Gu Sheng nodded.

    “According to the annual ratio, small and medium-sized manufacturers only account for 20% of the seats, and we are a small volume among the small and medium-sized manufacturers,”

    “We can basically say… all the game manufacturers present are bigger than us.”

    “Aaagh!!!”

    Shen Miaomiao was trying to hold back her laughter. It felt like she was going to bite someone. Joy and sorrow were intertwined on her face, and even the muscles on her face were contorting.

    It was so painful. She wanted to laugh so badly, but she had to put on a pained and heartbroken look.

    She tried to hold back her laughter, pinching her thigh under the table. “Then wouldn’t the amount of promotional space we get shrink?”

    “Hmm, that’s my biggest worry.”

    At this point, Gu Sheng let out a long sigh, a tinge of gloom clouding his face.

    As Xia Nezha said, according to convention, manufacturers’ exhibition space is proportional to the company’s size.

    A small company like theirs would probably only get a small booth in a corner.

    Therefore!

    He desperately needed a game that was explosive in quality.

    To use the smallest space to unleash the most powerful energy, a true underdog story!

    Gu Sheng furrowed his brows in thought, trying to find a way out.

    He completely missed the fact that Xia Nezha was about to turn purple from holding back her laughter!

    Her thigh was probably going to turn green!

    Hold it in! Shen Miaomiao! Don’t let the corners of your mouth turn up!

    You can only pop the champagne after Old Gu leaves!

    Otherwise, your cover will be blown!

    Shen Miaomiao was about to laugh out loud.

    This stupid event was perfect!

    It was literally heaven-sent!

    Their size is smaller than others, their resources are less than others.

    Even if she were to throw all the company’s money into it, it wouldn’t compare to the casual spending of those big factories!

    I’m just a rice-serving bucket!

    If we say that Golden Wind’s competition with other companies of the same level was like a middle school athlete winning a championship at the school games.

    Then this Huayun Digital conference is like a middle school athlete participating in the Asian Games!

    There’s nothing else, just sinking!

    Well, not even sinking, just hitting rock bottom!

    This level of competition, it’s probably going to leave those big factories with money and experience blown away on the spot!

    To put it nicely, they’re humbly learning, their courage is commendable.

    To put it bluntly, they’re trying to put on a brave face, they’re overestimating themselves.

    In the end, not only will the promotional effect not be ideal, it will even backfire on them!

    Thinking about this!

    Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but be righteous!

    “The more this is the case! I think we should be even more courageous in participating!” she began to sing!

    “This is an annual event, a great opportunity for us to gain a foothold in the motion capture category!”

    “Of course! Currently, we still have some gaps compared to those big factories!”

    “But, I don’t think it’s an insurmountable gap!”

    “Golden Wind can do it, and so can you!”

    Motivational!

    Shen Miaomiao’s words inspired Gu Sheng!

    See, this is the advantage of having a young boss.

    They have drive, confidence, and dreams!

    “I think so too,”

    Gu Sheng nodded sincerely.

    “But the only thing I can’t decide on is the game theme. Do you have any good ideas?”

    Game theme?

    Speaking of which, Shen Miaomiao’s expression faltered.

    Originally, at this stage, she was just supposed to be making random suggestions.

    But!

    Thinking about *Terror Phobia*’s “I kill myself,” Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but shudder.

    Maybe I should just stop talking nonsense.

    I’ll just throw out a few random words to get him off my back. Maybe letting Old Gu do his own thing will make the game worse.

    After all, I was initially attracted to his aura of brilliance and bound him as the manager.

    Thinking about this, Shen Miaomiao scratched her cheek.

    “Theme… uh…”

    She was hesitating about how to dodge the question when her computer WeChat dinged.

    Shen Miaomiao made a gesture of waiting and clicked on the voice message.

    Chu Qingzhou’s voice came from the computer: “Miaomiao, I’ve sent you the movie link. It’s free, it’s even Blu-ray.”

    Shen Miaomiao’s little mouth stretched into a grin, her white teeth gleaming, as she picked up her phone.

    “Okay, okay, thanks Sister Chu Chu!”

    Then, she looked at Gu Sheng, raised an eyebrow and said, “Let’s go to the meeting room to watch the movie? They have a projector! Big screen!”

    Gu Sheng: ???

    “…But we’re talking about the game theme, aren’t we?”

    Gu Sheng was a little confused by Xia Nezha’s jumpy thinking.

    “Hey—”

    Shen Miaomiao waved her small hand and said righteously, “I’m helping you find theme inspiration! Don’t be so narrow-minded, Comrade Director Gu! Drawing inspiration from movies is also a valid approach!”

    Silence for two seconds.

    “Whoa—”

    Gu Sheng couldn’t help but applaud slowly, exclaiming, “You make slacking off in the open sound so righteous! What kind of movie is it?”

    “Uh… a horror movie.”

    As she spoke, Shen Miaomiao shrunk her neck, her expression sheepish.

    Hearing this, Gu Sheng looked Xia Nezha up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.

    “So—you’re just scared and want to find a slacking-off partner?”

    Shen Miaomiao blushed: “That… What are you talking about! We’re… looking for inspiration, that’s right, looking for inspiration!”

    Looking at Xia Nezha, who was stubborn as a black box, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but laugh.

    “Okay, okay, looking for inspiration, go, let’s go.”

    Seeing Gu Sheng agree, Xia Nezha nodded in satisfaction. “Yes! That’s right! How can looking for inspiration be considered slacking off!”

    As she spoke, she rushed to the rest area and came back with a bunch of snacks and jelly.

    *Whoosh*

    She spread the snacks on the table and, without a word, pulled the curtain closed.

    Then she directed Gu Sheng to push the sofa next to the meeting room to face the projector.

    With a plop, she threw herself onto the sofa, patted the empty space next to her and said, “Come on, Director, let’s get to work!”

    The whole operation made Gu Sheng speechless.

    “You…”

    Gu Sheng looked at Shen Miaomiao with a look of disbelief.

    “You’re… so familiar with this???”

    “It’s just part of the daily work!”

    Since she had the excuse of ‘drawing inspiration,’ Shen Miaomiao became more confident. She argued without reason: “Don’t be so surprised, here, have some energy.”

    She then shoved a bag of chips into Gu Sheng’s hand without a word.

    It was ridiculous.

    Gu Sheng was speechless and sat beside Shen Miaomiao, tearing open the chip bag.

    And with a tap of Shen Miaomiao’s little finger.

    The movie began—

    On a winding road, a small truck used to transport livestock was driving.

    Ahead, at a toll booth, several people wearing white isolation suits were carrying out inspection tasks.

    As the truck drove into the inspection station, a white-clad worker carrying a spray gun walked forward and sprayed disinfectant onto the vehicle.

    Another worker also approached, signaling the driver to roll down the window.

    *Buzz*

    The window rolled down, and the driver impatiently handed over his documents.

    “Hey hey, what’s going on? Is it foot-and-mouth disease again? Why is there never a peaceful day?”

    Hearing the Japanese dialogue, Gu Sheng couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

    It’s actually a Japanese movie.

    But this movie… why does it seem familiar???

    ——

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    (End of Chapter)

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