You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 314: The industry admires Mr. Lu, the global console war warms up, and Pei Shengnan is defeated by Huang Zhong (2 in 1)

The director seemed to be knowledgeable. After hearing Hua Wu's words, his face turned green and he quickly asked the host to drop the topic.

In the subsequent program, the host talked with Hua Wu about the daily life of game development and where the inspiration for the game came from.

Regarding her daily work life, Hua Wu's answer is still off the mark:

"Every morning, I would go to the company's convenience store to buy breakfast, then go to the gym to exercise and sort out the things I need to do for the day. By 10 o'clock,

Then I play with the cat for an hour, work for a while, and then go to the restaurant downstairs to eat.

After lunch, I soaked in the hot springs and took a nap. It was already two o'clock.

After waking up, I attended a development meeting. It lasted until 3 o'clock and it was time for encouragement from the five Tangtang sisters. After watching the show, I went to the toy area on the fifth floor to draw a capsule toy and play board games.

At around 4:30, employees from the company's administrative department began to inspect the entire company to check the implementation of the "reducing efficiency and increasing costs" system.

Once they find that an employee is still working hard near the end of the day, they will treat it as a major enemy and intervene in time to reduce the employee's subsequent workload.

After get off work at 5 o'clock, we continue to eat in the restaurant, and stop by the bookstore on the second floor to browse books and buy games. Some employees will go to the multimedia room on the fifth floor to watch a movie, and then everyone goes home.

The host was confused. She was asking about the daily life of game development, but why did it sound like a vacation in a villa?

Hua Wu continued:

"As for the inspiration for the game, I also learned it from the company's daily system.
For example, many of the strategies for capturing girls in the game are actually based on my company’s Leisurely Daily King and Werewolf Killing systems…”

Listening to Hua Wu's introduction, the live broadcast room was flooded with comments:
"Holy crap, is this company's working environment really that good? I'm so envious!"

"After listening to this, I feel like Mr. Lu is just doing charity by starting his company. It's like he's encouraging everyone to slack off during work hours."

"How many hundreds of millions in revenue can they generate by doing this? Could it be that the employees are deliberately saying this to trick people into submitting their resumes?"

"I'm a little curious about what's inside that werewolf training camp, haha..."

The host also looked embarrassed. She thought that if the show continued, it might turn into a live broadcast accident.

At this time, the director in the audience was also hinting to her, asking her to finish quickly.

She was just about to think of some closing remarks when she suddenly yawned for no apparent reason.

It’s strange, wasn’t it this tiring to make shows before?
The barrage is also complaining:

"Damn, looking at Miss Huawu's expression, I can't help yawning either."

Soon, the audience also yawned.

As more and more people started yawning, it looked like everyone on the show was about to fall asleep, so the director quickly ended the show early and started inserting commercials.

……

Although there was a minor incident at the end of the show, the ratings of this episode still reached a new high!

Because the show was so popular, many live streaming websites are broadcasting the replay of this episode.

The comments section below is also hotly discussing:

"What happened in the end? Why did everyone fall asleep?"

"Speaking of which, the style of Taoyuan Township employees is quite different from what I imagined. I thought they were all elite people."

"However, I'm really envious of their company's work atmosphere and benefits. I'd like to submit my resume and give it a try next time."

"Forget about it. Look at what those career experts on Maimai are saying about this company. The interview questions they ask are so bizarre, it's like they're screening for psychopaths."

"Anyway, I feel like Mr. Lu is so awesome when his employees talk about him. When I watched his interviews before, I always felt that he was a very nonchalant person who took everything very lightly."

"Haha, if you believe his superficial behavior, you'll lose. Real bosses like Mr. Lu are the ones who keep a low profile."

As the show becomes more popular, more people continue to break down.

The first to be defeated were Mao Wuyong's colleagues in the smart wearable entrepreneurship field.

Before, whenever their own products were not going well, they would use the serial failures of useless technologies as psychological comfort.

They thought to themselves, "At least there are still idiots like Mao Wuyong in this world who keep talking about idealism. What's a small setback for us?"

But now, they are shocked to realize that other people have no use for technology. This is called sleeping on straw and tasting gall, and accumulating strength for a breakthrough!
All those seemingly useless technical reserves were used in the journey to Peach Blossom Land!
Over the years, the clowns have turned out to be themselves!
Many of his colleagues who had previously been sarcastic towards Mao Wuyong had completely lost their spirit and fell into decadence and despair.
Within a week of the show airing, the number of smart wearable startups that voluntarily cancelled their registrations or went bankrupt liquidated soared to 1200!
……

It's not just the hardware industry that's been breached.

Many people from the gaming industry also watched this episode, including gaming companies affiliated with Longteng Group and Liu Group, as well as software manufacturers such as Tenghui, Beautiful World, and Nanshanju.

Many of their newly launched VR games seem to be dazzling, but they are basically just running for the sake of it.

According to the statistics of Game Tower, an authoritative game sales statistics media,

As of April 2013, 4,
Domestic VR game console sales rankings are:

Taoyuan Shenyou: 1600 million sets (producer: Taoyuan Township)

Dragon Fantasy: 1380 million copies (Producer: Dragon Group)
Youyi Park: 1020 million sets (Producer: Liushi Group)
Baofeng Base: 270 million sets (Producer: Baofeng Technology)

Shengju VR Box: 180 million units (Producer: Shengju Games)
Apart from the top five giants in the industry, the sales of other small and medium-sized manufacturers generally do not exceed 100 million.

In the comment section of this ranking, there are trumpets disguised as passersby leading the rhythm:
"Heh, what's so great about Taoyuan Township? The second-ranked Dragon Fantasy sells for 9999, while Taoyuan Township only sells for 3999. They're just losing money to gain publicity. They can't sustain it."

"That's right, whether it's the chipset or the hardware, Dragon Fantasy's performance is far superior to Peach Blossom Land."

Other passersby couldn’t bear to watch and replied:

"Is it possible that Taoyuan Township won by finding a unique way to play?"

"If you have the guts, Longteng Group can lower the price and sell one to see if you can outsell Taoyuan Township?"

There were also some people watching the quarrel between the two sides, who interrupted and said:
"You guys can just argue all you want, the mainland game consoles are just jumping around for a few seconds now,
Have you read the tech news? HTC is also going to launch its own smart VR game console, VIVE.

Fakebook in the United States is also going to launch its own VR device Oculus.

Samsung, Google, and Apple are also going to join the game!"

There are also game enthusiasts who replied in the comment area:
"All of you are useless. The entry of the three established game companies is what we are most looking forward to.
At this year's CES, Sony will announce PlayStation VR.

By then, first-party studios like Naughty Dog and Santa Monica will surely dominate the market. Will small-time Chinese companies like Taoyuan Township be enough for them to defeat?

The reply from downstairs:
"Shut up, my great Microsoft's XBOX-VR is about to be announced.
Won’t our first-party 343 Industries and Mojang Studios beat you to pieces?

Are there any players around the world who have played "Halo" and "Minecraft"?
Not to mention, Microsoft is also interested in acquiring Bethesda and Activision! "

Someone else replied downstairs:
"Forget it, I, Nintendo, have something to say. Nintendo will also announce a VR game console at this year's Tokyo Game Show.

Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Kirby, and Animal Crossing won't kill you all instantly?"

Finally, someone concluded:
"I'm really looking forward to the upcoming global VR console war after hearing what you said!"

"My blood is boiling, hahaha! I'm optimistic about Mr. Lu and Taoyuan Township!"

"Keep going, domestically produced game consoles! I hope to see our Chinese gaming industry leave its mark in the history of world video games in my lifetime!"

……

The success of Taoyuan Shenyou has given a shot of adrenaline to gamers. While various game forums are flooded with discussions, the [Game Melon Incidents] section of NGA has a completely different style.

The number of replies to a post soared:
[Exclusive disclosure from Tenghui Photonics employees: VR masterpiece "Air Combat Heroes: Burning Medal" has been remade]

"Hey, Taoyuan Township's three new VR games have completely crushed us at Photon."

"The top 10 best-selling new VR games in China include Weird Small Country Simulator, A Security Guard's Night, and My Wife is My Savior."

"And our highly anticipated cross-platform title, Ace Combat Heroes, has only sold 110 million copies. It's barely cracking the charts. Even at our best, it's failing to sell. We've decided to go back to the drawing board and rework the project."

A player downstairs replied:
"Forget about Utopia for now. You guys can't even sell as well as the recently criticized 'Gun Girls 2'."

"There's nothing I can do. After all, no one has done VR before, so I'm afraid to shop around."

3rd floor reply:
“I heard that Dimi’s Mysterious Island, Wonderful World’s Magic Tower, and Lingniu Interactive Entertainment’s VR Three Kingdoms didn’t sell very well.

Tenghui's "VR Martial Arts: Jin Yong's World" and Youyi's "Codename: Infinity" and "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" were all scrapped halfway through development.

4rd floor reply:
"This is hilarious. Taoyuan Township and Longteng Group are fighting, and they've wiped out all the other games?"

The poster replied with emotion:

"Honestly, as a game developer, I'm in deep self-doubt right now.

In order to successfully produce the new game, we have been working overtime like crazy since we returned to work after the Chinese New Year!
In order to seize market opportunities, Photon Studio Group adopts a three-shift system.

Developers work overtime for 16 hours every day. The office area is full of tents and beds on the floor, where they eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep.

From morning till night every day, the ground is filled with people lying there, and the air is filled with the smell of sweat and snoring.

It can truly be said that "women are used like men, and men are used like livestock"!
However, after watching this interview with Mao Wuyong and Hua Wu, my worldview collapsed.

Is it true that whether or not a game is good has nothing to do with working crazy hours, or even the background of the producer?

I couldn't help but wonder why I joined the gaming industry in the first place. What's the point of this internal competition?
Therefore, I admire Mr. Lu even more!
I decided to quit my job and send my resume to Taoyuanxiang. If I can't join Taoyuanxiang, I will completely leave the gaming industry! "

Downstairs have encouraged:

"Brother, you're really clear-headed. Whoever wants to take advantage of you can do it. The most important thing is to take care of yourself and spend time with your family."

"Although I'm not in the gaming industry, I feel like the anti-involutionary thinking brought about by Taoyuanxiang's various products has subtly influenced me. I'm increasingly tired of meaningless overtime and high-intensity PUA."

“Brother upstairs, you are not alone!”

……

After Taoyuan Shenyou reached top sales and the talk show aired, major domestic business weekly magazines began publishing articles:
【IT Pioneer Daily】

Brief Commentary on Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township: Managing games is like managing life, making light of heavy tasks and creating miracles!

【Fortune Think Tank Magazine】

"A young entrepreneur born in the 80s is leading Taoyuan Township to become a new benchmark in the VR industry!" [Entrepreneur Management Weekly]

A brief analysis of Mr. Lu's humanistic management: high welfare and high degree of freedom do not hinder the birth of hit products?

【Business Star Weekly】

Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township: A Business Genius of the New Century Emerges

【Investor Era】

"Exclusive Interview with Mr. Cao of Huihuang Fund - Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township in My Eyes: Strategist, Careful Step-by-Step, Brilliant Strategist, and Winner from afar!"

On Station D, the gaming industry UP host Pineapple Ice OL also released a new video:
"Extra to the History of Chinese Online Games: Remember Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township? He's taught us another lesson in the VR industry!"

Soon, the video's 24-hour playback volume exceeded 300 million and was included in the "Weekly Must-See" list.

……

As public opinion turned, a large number of players began to flock to the comment section of the homepage of "Da Ji", the middle volume of "Central Plains Five Volumes".

Previously, among all the gaming media, Daji was the most harsh in criticizing Taoyuan Township, so players directly started a team-building carnival in the comment section:

"Hahaha, Taoyuan Shenyou sales have reached their peak, and I'm here to see the ancient battlefield ruins."

"Although the anchor has a big heart, I think you are wrong about this matter."

"Taoyuan Township focuses on making good games, and you, the Central Plains Fifth Division, focus on catching the boomerang. You both have bright futures."

"It's fine if you're trying to criticize Taoyuan Township, but I didn't expect you to use that cuckold game Huang Zhong made to criticize it, and identify it as a defense."

"The Longteng Group's technological prowess is so impressive, but how come I, as their commander, can't even touch a tactical T-doll? Oh, they're already taken. Excuse me."

"You're even using production capacity to criticize me. I'm dying of laughter. Taoyuan Township at least gave a complete story, but why is the writing for Gun War Girls 2, which you're hyping, delayed? Why?"

……

Shenzhou City, Thomas's apartment in the southern part of the Central Plains Five Districts.

Thomas' eyes were bloodshot as he watched Daji's comments section being filled with all sorts of funny people:
"Big sister..."

I thought that with the boss of Zhongyuan Wubian personally taking action, coupled with her well-known skills in pulling down and bitching that have been renowned in the gaming circle for over a decade, it should be a sure thing.

I didn't expect that even the big sister would lose so completely!
Thomas hesitated for a moment, but still called Daji's cell phone.

There was a soft sobbing sound coming from Daji.

Thomas sighed, "Sorry, Boss, this was originally a personal grudge between me and Taoyuan Township, but I didn't expect to involve you."

Daji sniffed her nose, and her delicate voice revealed a bitch's aura:
"Five chapters of the Central Plains, the Huashan Alliance, we all prosper together and suffer together!
Now, Taoyuan Township has offended all of us, and this matter will not be let go so easily.

The console war and game war in the VR era have just begun, and the final winner is still unknown!

Next time, the five of us will each use our strengths and attack together, and we will surely defeat Taoyuan Township!"

She paused, then suddenly shouted in a delicate voice:

"We! Unite!!"

Thomas was so excited by Daji's words that he also echoed loudly:

"We! Unite!!"

……

Pei Shengnan’s office in the Longteng Group branch building, Jiangdong District, Jianghai City.

At this time, Pei Shengnan, with a dark face, was watching the latest video released by an UP host named "STN Studio" on the D station.

At the beginning of the video, subtitles appear:

"Fake Doomsday Game"

A fat man who plays the role of a player appears and asks: "How can I survive in this harsh apocalypse?"

Suddenly, a bunch of NPCs appeared and stuffed things into the players' hands.

The player exclaimed:
"Wow, all these card drawing resources are given to me for free?"

"Wow, a free stamina gift pack?"

A beautiful girl with yellow hair appeared: "Master, I love you~"

Player: "There's also a beautiful girl who loves me? Haha, this apocalyptic game is so fun!"

Immediately afterwards, the screen went black.

"A true apocalypse game"

The player appeared in style, extending his hand to the NPC, "Should I come directly or go through the process? Where are the resources?"

The NPC was arrogant and dismissive: "No!"

Player: "There has to be a beautiful girl, right?"

A man passed by with a beautiful woman on his arm.

The NPC spread his hands and said, "Well, they have their own lives."

Player: "Well, then you have to give me some benefits, right?"

The NPC scoffed and pulled out a piece of moldy cake from his pocket.

"Do you want this potato flower cake?"

The player's defense was broken: "Aminos!"

Seeing this, the barrage of music went crazy, and the screen was filled with dense comments:

"Hahaha, the shit and the game are just cut off!"

"I accept business orders ≠ I won't be sarcastic with you."

"Holy Cut! Rave reviews!"

……

Pei Shengnan's face was ugly because he had hired this UP host at a high price to help promote "Gun Fight Girl 2".

The original purpose of doing this business deal was to change the image of Burst Network as a minotaur in the minds of players.

After that commercial broadcast, it slightly reversed the reputation of the explosive network.

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong is still doing something big after the game is launched!

Now players all over the Internet are playing with the "limping", "potato flower pendant" and "ring" memes.

Pei Shengnan was completely defeated. He stared at Huang Zhong, who was standing in front of him, trembling with fear, and said in a deep voice:
"Mr. Huang Zhong, are you seriously ill?"

He turned the laptop screen towards Huang Zhong and poked the screen hard with his hand:

"Look at how much your game's sales have dropped since the Daiyan event launched! If you include player refunds, the new sales in recent days have already fallen into negative territory!

I just don't understand, why would you rather change the gender of that damn Raymond than delete it?

And that damn lightning pendant and that damn ring, if you have a special fetish, you can enjoy it in private, why feed it to users?"

Pei Shengnan was so angry for a reason.

"Gun Girls 2" is Longteng Fantasy's first flagship game, and is also the flagship of the group that has invested a lot of resources.

The bad reputation of this game will directly affect the subsequent brand image of Dragon Fantasy.

It can be said that Huang Zhong’s reckless behavior directly disrupted his entire business layout!

Huang Zhong hung his head.

After all, he is the investor and financial backer, so he has to endure the scolding.

Seeing Pei Shengnan's anger had subsided a little, Huang Zhong said:

"Boss Pei, these problems are actually due to the lack of production capacity of our copywriting team, and we haven't had enough time to completely replace them."

Pei Shengnan was stunned: "This game has been in development for seven years, and you don't even have any content reserves?"

Huang Zhong's voice gradually faded: "After the Daiyan event went viral, I conducted an emergency investigation of the game's copywriting and found that many of the tactical figures' plots also had...similar problems, and some were even more serious.

So we could only delete the problematic parts and slowly fill them in, which resulted in many places still having remnants of the old copywriting."

Pei Shengnan was shocked: "In other words, even if this incident doesn't explode, you will have more and bigger bombs to explode later?"

He pondered for a long time, his face cold, "Longteng Group's investment in Burst Network ends today."

Huang Zhong wanted to struggle a bit more: "Boss Pei, please give me another chance. We have prepared a trial for the new version..."

Pei Shengnan: "Secretary, show him out!"

……

Although Longteng Group withdrew its investment, Huang Zhong was unwilling to admit defeat.

The most classic tactical figures in the series such as UMP45, G36 and HK416 have not been released yet to attract money!
The explosive network soon released the news that a trial play session for the new spring version of "Gun War Girls 2" was held in a hot spring villa near Jianghai City.

To Huang Zhong's surprise, after the news of the trial session was released, many players signed up.

Huang Zhong was secretly delighted: That’s great, it seems that players still can’t give up these paper wives.

However, on the day of the event, when Huang Zhong stood at the door of the villa to welcome the registered players, he found something wrong -

Why are all these players limping over here with bandages on their legs and crutches?

(End of this chapter)