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

Chapter 329: Parade and team building, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan show off their love, City Travel Simulator project (2 in 1)

In order to relieve the stress of employees and restore their mood, and also for the convenience of collecting materials, Lu Yu decided to start a new round of city hiking.

The next day, everyone gathered at the company gate.

Liu Mengyuan hadn't been out to play for a long time, so she dressed up carefully.

She wore a fresh white dress, the hem of which fluttered in the breeze. The lace trim and pleated design added a touch of playfulness and romance.

Wearing an exquisite straw hat with small flowers on the brim, her long hair flutters in the breeze.

The makeup is exquisite, the light pink lip gloss outlines the plump lips, and the slight blush makes the cheeks look delicate and charming.

A pair of tender little feet stepped lightly on white canvas shoes, and she carried a small handbag in her hand, which was completely different from her previous JK girl image.

[My girlfriend has a new look, she's in a good mood, and her leisure points are +100]

"What's wrong, doesn't it look good?"

Seeing Lu Yu standing there in a daze, Liu Mengyuan covered her mouth and laughed.

"No, no, it's quite nice."

Lu Yu coughed dryly and explained today's travel arrangements to the employees.

For this hiking trip, Lu Yu still decided to start from Jianghai City and choose some niche streets for team building on foot.

First, they visited the Wukang Building on Wukang Road, and then went on a spending spree at a nearby handmade ice cream shop and dessert shop:

Strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla ice cream, smoked salmon and egg tarts...

Lu Yu took a sip of coffee and smiled at Liu Mengyuan, "The coffee here doesn't have much advantage over the coffee you make at home."

After receiving the compliment, she felt a little embarrassed: "What we drink for coffee is actually the atmosphere."

She said this, but the system screen revealed her true feelings:

[Liu Mengyuan is in a good mood because of your praise. Leisure Points +60]

After dinner, everyone continued to walk around the streets bored.

The two held hands throughout the whole process, and the employees following behind them all looked at them sideways.

Blanch!
It's like a mouthful of dog food!

Passing by Tokyo Yakiniku restaurant,
Outside the store, the tempting aroma of charcoal barbecue wafted in, whetting everyone's appetite. Lu Yu went straight into the store and reserved the entire place.

Inside the store, rows of barbecue grills are neatly arranged. Employees sit around the grills, pick up freshly grilled meat slices with iron tongs, sip the fragrant gravy, close their eyes contentedly, and feel the aroma and taste of the food.

Looking at the endless fur shops, boutiques, creative office stores, and flower shops...

Lu Yu waved his hand:
"No matter what brand, go ahead and buy it. The company will reimburse you for all your purchases!"

"Great, Mr. Lu is so generous!"

The employees cheered and started to go on a shopping spree.

At noon, we came to a French restaurant called "Yue Xiang" and continued to book the whole place.
This restaurant is located in a quiet alley, with a retro industrial style decoration, and the food is also quite unique:

The golden toast is covered with fresh avocado puree, and the light fruity aroma fills your nose.

Fresh and tender wide noodles with rich cream sauce, rich and soft taste,

The golden crispy crust of ham and cheese is filled with fragrant cheese and salty ham, and every bite exudes an enticing aroma.
The crepes are sprinkled with fine powdered sugar, baked to a crispy surface and soft and sweet inside.

All Taoyuan Township employees are happy because of shopping, leisure points +3200.

After eating and drinking, Lu Yu thought to himself: Great, I will soon be able to earn back the points lost by Fan Langtao!

Hua Wu then said, "Boss Lu, should we go back to the company this afternoon? We still have some new projects to work on..."

Lu Yu waved his hand: "Back to the company? Back to what company? We're not going to do anything else for the next week, just go out and walk!"

In the afternoon, everyone went to stroll along the roads near the old concession in the old city.

There are tall sycamore trees on both sides of the road, with small houses located among them.

There are shops on both sides, and there is also a coffee bookstore that has just opened. The bookstore has a huge bookshelf wall, which is filled with books brought back by a blogger when traveling around the world.

In the bookstore, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan would always choose the same book, and then both of them would take their hands away at the same time as if they were electrocuted.

Others looked sideways:
"Zhao! You guys are so disgusting that you have to show off your affection wherever you go!"

In the evening, we went to visit a comic exhibition on the corner of the street that was not very popular. The theme of the exhibition was about emotions.

On the message board at the exit of the exhibition hall, every visitor can leave his or her own emotions on the board. Lu Yu found densely packed messages on it:

“I hope I can change a job I don’t like.”

"I want to lie down but I can't. It's so uncomfortable."

"Just treat this as a temporary crying spot for adults o(╥﹏╥)o, I really don't want to curl up anymore!"

Lu Yu secretly sighed in his heart:

When I first came across this world, people's anti-involution sentiment was gradually rising.

Perhaps, everyone longs to put down the burden of reality and escape from this world temporarily.
So, Taoyuan Township is slowly exerting influence on the world!
……

At night, everyone took a sightseeing bus and continued their night tour of the unpopular streets.

Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan sat in the last row of the sightseeing bus.

After walking for a whole day, Liu Mengyuan was exhausted and out of breath.

She stroked her chest and said self-deprecatingly, "My heartbeat feels a little fast. It seems I need to increase the intensity of my recent exercise."

Lu Yu smiled mysteriously and said:
"This matter actually has nothing to do with how much exercise you do.

I looked it up online, and it turns out that if two people you like get close to each other, your heart will start beating really fast."

Liu Mengyuan was stunned: "Is this true?"

Lu Yu said seriously:
"Of course it's true. If you have any questions, you can always ask me to manually measure your heartbeat... Of course, before the test, you have to promise that you won't treat me as a hooligan."

"Pfft, you can actually say that..."

Liu Mengyuan blushed and laughed out loud, then quietly turned her head to glance at his face, then quickly turned back.

Lu Yu continued:
"How should I put it? I think you've changed a lot since we first met a year ago.
Do you know what your biggest problem was at that time?

I just don’t know how to laugh, or I rarely laugh. Now, whether I’m at work or out and about, I can always find something to make myself happy. I think that’s great.”

Liu Mengyuan: "Before graduating from university, I was constantly under the protection and surveillance of Sister Susu. I had no experience of life outside. I could only feel my own instinctive joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. To the outside world, my heart was closed..."

Lu Yu smiled and said:

"So, the more this happens, the more I need to go on various road trips and watch more travel-related videos.

Just like the movie Lost on Journey that we watched in the coffee shop today,
Travel activities like this are interesting enough in themselves.

After all, every street is a microcosm of city life, and every corner is an adventure. Even when things get tough, there are always new surprises to be discovered after the dark clouds and the bright lights.

Liu Mengyuan felt a chill in his heart!
Ok?
New inspirational jokes about "life"?

She silently kept Lu Yu's words in her heart.

He always manages to say some golden words that impress others without realizing it. He is indeed the man I like!
She didn't know if it was the effect of the succubus's halo, but she felt her heart was really beating fast and her breathing became hot.

She suddenly lifted her long hair, her eyes seductive: "Do you want to... measure my heartbeat with your hand now?"

At this time, the employees and other passengers sitting around all fell silent and pricked up their ears to eavesdrop.

Here it comes, the most exciting part is coming!

Lu Yu was shocked: "Huh? This is not appropriate, in public."

Liu Mengyuan whispered softly: "It's okay, this is the last row, it's dark..."

The people who were listening were anxious: Mr. Lu, if you are a man, don’t be timid!

"Well...I'm sorry."

Lu Yu rolled up his sleeves...

……

After a while.

Lu Yu returned to his seated posture, but his eyes were full of aftertaste.

[Feeling my girlfriend's amazing figure, I feel happy and get a critical hit. Leisure points +220]

Liu Mengyuan blushed and lowered her head, a faint blush spreading from the tips of her ears to her neck, making her look charming and lovely. Lu Yu glanced at his empty right hand and subconsciously made a grabbing motion in the air.

To ease the embarrassment, he took out a "China Travel Atlas" and began to flip through it:
"Well, let's study the hiking route later.

How about we take some time to visit Zheshan Province next time?

Although I haven’t been to Zhejiang Province many times, the muddy and snowy areas are really huge!

Liu Mengyuan was a little embarrassed: "It's... it's okay. If I drink more papaya juice, it will be even bigger."

"what?"

Lu Yu was confused: "I said a city, what are you talking about?"

Liu Mengyuan blushed immediately and began to hit Lu Yu with her fists:
"Shrimp-headed man!"

At this moment, the male passengers who were eavesdropping around were filled with mixed emotions:

"I'm so jealous!"

[Show affection in front of other passengers, feeling happy, critical hit, leisure points +260]

……

A week later.

The employees of Taoyuan Township have walked through all the streets and alleys of Jianghai City.

Although the lost mood has been restored, everyone is confused.

Now is a tense moment for Taoyuan Township, with internal and external troubles. Why would Mr. Lu do this?
After returning to the company, everyone was confused for a while. He Chuming, the client programmer of the Leisure Studio group, suddenly slapped his head and said in the development group:
"I see! I understand, I understand everything!
Think about it, Mr. Lu took us on a road trip for a week, which actually has two meanings.

The first meaning, of course, is that we hope we can ease our mood.

The second meaning is probably that they hope our project team can gather material for the new game from their experience on the road this past week."

Hua Wu chuckled and said, "I've thought of this a long time ago and have already written the plan!"

Afterwards, Hua Wu called the company's leadership and studio backbones to the conference room and released a new document on the PowerPoint presentation: [City Travel Simulator Project Plan]

In the PPT, Hua Wu wrote:

"City Travel Simulator" is a game designed to allow players to experience the fun and charm of city hiking through an immersive VR experience.

Players will play the role of backpackers in the game, exploring various city attractions, cultural sites and landmark buildings, and experiencing the customs and culture of street shops in different cities.

The game contains multiple city maps, covering well-known cities around the world. Players can choose different destinations to explore.

City buildings will be presented in real 3D models, including famous attractions, landmark buildings, historical and cultural relics, etc., allowing players to experience an immersive visual feast.

Players can walk freely in the city sandbox, sightsee, interact with various shops and environmental objects, participate in local activities, taste local food, etc.

Players can customize tour routes, choose transportation, buy souvenirs, etc. according to their preferences and interests to create their own unique travel experience.

After reading the project proposal, the conference room fell into a brief silence.
Level Planner Lv Rui:

"With all due respect, this game currently sounds too boring.

The game seems to be just a simple city roaming, lacking sufficient challenge and excitement, which may make players feel bored. "

System Planner Ding Shaofu:
"While VR technology provides a great virtual reality experience, it still lacks the immersive feeling of a real trip. I think that simply designing it this way can't truly replace the joy of physical travel."

Copywriter Zhou Lei:

"Besides, because our game is positioned as a small game and the work schedule is tight, the content is definitely just a superficial exploration, and there is no way to deeply explore the history, culture and humanistic characteristics of the city.

To put it bluntly, it may only be suitable for short-term leisure and entertainment, and it will feel boring and monotonous if played for a long time."

Marketing Planner He Wenshu:
“Currently, there are relatively few pure virtual tourism games on the market, most of which focus on flight simulation and driving.

In fact, the main fun of this type of game lies in the operation itself, and traveling is just a gimmick.

Before us, I’m afraid that some people have wanted to try similar ideas as ours, but why can’t we see similar games on the market?

That’s because all the projects that have this idea have died in the womb!”

These comments from everyone made Hua Wu, who was originally full of confidence, look dim in an instant.

However, Lu Yu's brows relaxed at this moment, and he was ecstatic!
This game does sound mediocre, isn't that okay?

He smiled with satisfaction and nodded slightly:

"Hey, don't say that, I think Miss Huawu's idea is great!

It is precisely because others have not tried this subject that we have to open up this blue ocean!

You just need to follow the ideas in this plan.

Oh, right!
We can't let our publicity efforts fall behind. I think... we should just edit together the travel photos we took while walking down the street and create a promotional PV!"

"Mr. Lu, should you reconsider this carefully?" The others looked at each other.

"No need, it's settled!"

……

Three days later, Taoyuan Township’s official Weibo account released a promotional video for the concept of the game “City Travel Simulator”:

The style of this PV is a travel VLOG shot by real people.

The first picture shows that on a sunny street, Taoyuan Township employees are wearing casual clothes and carrying backpacks, stopping in front of the classical architecture of the Wukang Building to visit.

Then, the scene cuts to a coffee shop, where the employees are chatting and laughing while enjoying delicious food, looking quite relaxed and happy.

Then, the camera switched to show employees selecting their favorite products in the boutique, flower shop and fur shop, and going on a shopping spree.

Then it was lunchtime, and the employees enjoyed avocado, ham, cheese, and crepes in a French restaurant decorated in a retro industrial style...

Subtitle: "Leisurely travel and encounter in the city"

The camera turns around, and the backs of Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan holding hands appear in the camera. The two shuttle between various small shops. Liu Mengyuan acts coquettishly from time to time and asks Lu Yu about the products he likes.

They sat together and enjoyed French cuisine. Lu Yu carefully poured a drink for Liu Mengyuan.
On a sightseeing bus at night, two people leaned against each other...

Subtitles: "Let's have a pleasant hike, Taoyuan Township's new work will be released soon, so stay tuned."

As soon as the video was released, the players were dumbfounded:

"Are you serious about this promotional video? It looks like a casually shot company team-building vlog. I want to play games, not revisit your vacation photos."

"Hiss, even though it seems perfunctory, it's actually very perfunctory. It's reminiscent of that awkward little drama from before. You guys are really stubborn!"

"I watched the trailer three times, and it just felt like a virtual urban street racing simulator. It was completely unappealing! You could guess the gameplay right away."

"This game is destined to have no sense of immersion. Guess why we can't just walk around the streets in real life? Is it because we don't want to?"

"I guess only the petty bourgeoisie and the hipster crowd like this. It feels out of touch with reality. This game is destined to fail."

At this time, in the Longteng Group office building.

Fan Langtao sat at his desk, watching the promotional video, and the documents in his hand had been crumpled into a ball without him noticing.

Completely different from other players, Fan Langtao was watching the part where the couple showed their affection at the end.

Although he couldn't see the faces of the two people clearly due to the shooting technique, he could roughly guess that they were Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan!
Goodness me, you guys are showing off your affection to the whole internet, right?!
His expression became more and more manic, his brows were furrowed, and the corners of his mouth were twisted unnaturally.

"Too deceiving!"

A roar of resentment mixed with envy broke the silence in the office. Fan Langtao's face turned red and his hands clenched into fists.

Okay, okay, Lu Yu, are you trying to play tricks on me like this?
the next day.

At his instruction, the public relations department of Longteng Group contacted Jianfeng, the northern editor of the Central Plains Five Editions, and released a new review draft:

"Real-life dramas frequently occur. Who is Taoyuan Township looking down on?"

"Recently, Taoyuan Township released a new short film for City Travel Simulator, attempting to showcase the features of the new product through real-life footage. However, as a professional game editor who pays attention to detail, I have to question this short film!
Judging from the content, this short film completely lacks innovation and highlights. Although the travel filter is added very professionally, it cannot cover up the emptiness and boredom of the gameplay.

The previous short film of "Codename Shinkansen" has already disappointed players in terms of reputation, so what is Taoyuanxiang's motivation for making another one?

I boldly guess that the reason why Taoyuan Township is so willful is that it does not take the players seriously at all!

This kind of self-entertainment reveals an immense arrogance in one's bones!
Taoyuan Township, who are you looking down upon?"

After Jianfeng published this article, a large number of Longteng's water army accounts quickly reposted it to lead the trend.

At this time, Liu Mengyuan was anxious when he saw the surging public opinion online.

She was also unsure about the current gameplay of City Travel Simulator, but she understood that the reason why Lu Yu took them for a walk was definitely not that simple.
It's time for the project team members to continue to understand Lu Yu's true intentions!

(End of this chapter)