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The one speaking, of course, was none other than President Shen Miao Miao and Game Director Gu Sheng.

Actually, from a business perspective, Chu Qing Zhou’s suggestion wasn’t at all problematic.

Furthermore, in this world, many game developers do this.

While the game’s popularity is still high, they quickly develop a second part to rake in more money.

However, Shen Miao Miao and Gu Sheng had their own different thoughts.

Shen Miao Miao’s thought was simple – she couldn’t let Gu Sheng ride the wave of popularity again!

Currently, Mao Liao was a huge hit, its momentum soaring.

And this game had a low investment and a short production cycle.

If they released a sequel now, it would be like jumping into a fire pit, the system would definitely lose its effect again.

Therefore, she absolutely couldn’t let Gu Sheng borrow this favorable wind.

Gu Sheng’s thoughts were also not complex – he didn’t want to ruin his reputation.

Finishing the first part and immediately making a second part, in this world, this was the most common tactic used by game developers to milk the players dry.

Because they were afraid that their next independent work would flop, they would quickly release a stable money-making sequel while the previous game was still hot.

But Gu Sheng didn’t have this consideration!

As a man who possessed a treasure trove of games.

As long as his emotional value was sufficient, the games in his hands were all-encompassing!

He could easily pull out any one of them, and in this world, they would all be explosive hits!

Why would he ruin his reputation and lower the company’s image for a few tens of thousands of dollars?

After all, he was going to become the king of games!

Besides, emotions are quite resilient.

If a person stays immersed in one emotion for a long time, they will soon develop resistance to it.

And if another Mao Liao game was released at this time, it would be easy for players to experience aesthetic fatigue and even feel disgusted.

Privately, Gu Sheng was worried that releasing a sequel would affect his reputation as a designer.

Publicly, he also thought that releasing another sequel would be detrimental to the company’s reputation and might even affect the company’s income.

So, Gu Sheng was naturally firmly opposed to a sequel.

After all, he finally found a “silly and rich” boss like Xiao Nezha.

He had to cherish this opportunity, striving to grow the company, make it stronger, and achieve even greater glory.

…

Hearing the simultaneous objections from both sides, the two looked at each other.

Xiao Nezha raised her hand, motioning for Gu Sheng to give his reasons.

Come on, she couldn’t just say that she was afraid of the company making money, delaying her losses, right?

Gu Sheng nodded and said:

“From a business perspective, Secretary Chu’s suggestion is completely correct, but that applies to mature game companies,”

“They have a big family and countless projects, and they want to maximize their profits in the shortest time possible,”

“But we are different.”

At this point, Gu Sheng looked around at everyone present: “We are just a newly established game company.”

“Now, this first step, we have managed to take, we have just emerged in the market, it is not appropriate to warm up old rice and release a sequel, showing a fatigued appearance of having run out of inspiration,”

Speaking, Gu Sheng turned his gaze towards Shen Miao Miao:

“So, President Shen, I request to start a new project, developing a game completely different from Mao Liao,”

“At the same time, increase the funding, making further attempts.”

Good!!!

Very spirited!!!

Shen Miao Miao, who had been lacking in enthusiasm just now, was immediately revitalized upon hearing the words “increase investment”!

Increase investment, good!

The more investment, the better!

Ideally, the kind that goes in and never comes back!

Hearing this, Shen Miao Miao’s big eyes flashed with a hint of excitement:

“It seems Director Gu already has a plan, that’s great!”

In Shen Miao Miao’s eyes, the success of Mao Liao was eighty percent due to their good luck.

But people can’t rely on luck every day, right?

Moreover, even Gu Sheng himself said that this time was just a “lucky” success!

This meant that he was uncertain about his next game!

This new project was just an attempt by Gu Sheng!

It sounded like a losing proposition!

Just as she wished! The little flame in Shen Miao Miao’s heart reignited, she nodded:

“So, Director Gu, what type of game is your new project?”

“Uh… it’s kind of hard to say,”

Facing Shen Miao Miao’s question, Gu Sheng pondered for a moment:

“If I have to categorize it, it should be considered a role-playing online competitive casual puzzle game.”

What the…

Hearing this, let alone Shen Miao Miao and Chu Qing Zhou.

Even the financial lady was stunned!

Are you stacking BUFFs here?

What kind of bizarre game is this?!

Role-playing, online competitive, and it’s also casual and puzzle-based?

How did you combine these game genres together?

And!

As far as she knew, the mainstream game genres in today’s gaming world were only four – ACT (Action Game), MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), and FPS (First-Person Shooter) and RCG (Racing).

Among these, the first two, as mainstream games, dominated the PC market.

The latter two game genres, on the other hand, completely occupied the sensory pod market.

But looking back at Gu Sheng’s game!

It lacks everything!

For a moment, forget everyone else, even Shen Miao Miao hesitated!

“Ah – ah?”

Shen Miao Miao even thought she had heard wrong:

“Sorry, Director Gu, I… I didn’t quite understand.”

You wouldn’t understand.

Gu Sheng sighed inwardly.

This game was too abstract, not only was it indescribable by the game standards of this world, even in his previous life, it was quite explosive.

“To put it simply…”

Gu Sheng tried to describe the game in the simplest terms:

“It’s where one player plays as the father, and the other player plays as the baby, and they compete against each other,”

“The father’s objective is to ensure the baby doesn’t die within the game time,”

“And the baby’s objective is to… die as much as possible.”

Silence…

Silence throughout the room…

Gu Sheng’s description of the game directly caused a system crash in those three’s brains.

For a moment, they couldn’t even find an appropriate adjective to describe the abstract nature of this game!

The same question lingered in the minds of the three:

Is this a concept thought up by a carbon-based lifeform?

Originally, the setting of one person being the father and another being the son was already explosive enough.

Unexpectedly, Gu Sheng’s design of the game’s victory and defeat determination method was even more outrageous!

Especially the phrase “the baby’s objective is to die as much as possible”!

Is this a hellish game?

How could a 37-degree mouth say such cold words?

Is your mental state really stable?

Looking at the three strange gazes cast upon him, Gu Sheng smiled awkwardly, like a bright and cheerful young man.

Finally, he turned his gaze to Xiao Nezha, who was undergoing complex calculations in her brain:

“So, President Shen, can this game… be approved?”

Shen Miao Miao remained silent for a full five seconds before slowly nodding.

It can.

Not only can it.

It’s just perfect.

With your mind-blowing creativity, you’re underselling yourself by working at our game company.

If you went back a hundred years, even Picasso would have to call you teacher.

(End of Chapter)

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