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

Chapter 359: Lu Yu shocks Liu Lan, and Fan Langtao reaches his end (2-in-1 order required)

hum... hum... hum...

hum, hum, hum...

Buzz buzz buzz!

The buzzing sounds in the room became more and more frequent, and Liu Lan's body gradually tensed up.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door behind me.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Then, the secretary's voice rang out from outside the door:
"Chairman? Are you there, Chairman?"

The secretary who knocked on the door also heard the buzzing sound in the room and muttered to himself that he had to ask the property management to inspect the air conditioner outdoor unit again so as not to disturb the chairman's rest.

At this moment, Liu Lan's eyes were gradually becoming blurred.
When I heard the knock on the door, I opened my eyes wide instantly!

Secretary Xiao had clearly told me not to disturb him during this period of time.

Already at a critical point, coupled with a moment of shock and tension, Liu Lan lightly covered her lips with her hand.

Secretary Xiao faintly heard that in addition to the beeping of the air conditioner, a new noise was heard in the room -

Pfft!

Blah blah blah blah...

……

A moment later, Liu Lan's voice rang out: "Come in."

Secretary Xiao thought something had happened to the chairman and was worried, so he quickly pushed open the door.

I saw Liu Lan holding the corner of the table, holding a watering can in his hand, watering the flowers on the desk.

Secretary Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that he was watering the flowers. He thought the air conditioner outdoor unit was leaking.

She hurried forward and said, "Chairman, why do you have to do this kind of thing yourself? Let me help you."

After walking forward, she was stunned.

It turned out that there were a lot of water droplets on the carpet in front of the sofa, which looked crystal clear under the reflection of the sunlight.

Liu Lan raised the kettle in her hand and said, "I didn't hold it steady, and I spilled a lot when watering the flowers."

The secretary nodded and quickly picked up a tissue to wipe the carpet.

It’s no wonder that the chairman is a wealthy man. The water he uses to water the flowers is different and has a unique fragrance.

After wiping the carpet, Secretary Xiao stood up, glanced at Liu Lan again, and was stunned again.

Liu Lan's outfit today was the same as usual, wearing black stockings with rose lace, high heels and a pencil skirt.

But... well, the chairman usually pays attention to his appearance, but today, one of his stockings has been pulled down halfway.
Moreover, perhaps because of carelessness when watering the flowers, water also spilled onto my socks, and it was flowing down in a crisscross pattern.

No wonder the chairman’s face turned red. He must have caught a cold from getting wet.

"Chairman, are you feeling unwell? Do you need to call a doctor?"

"fine."

Liu Lan waved his hands and said calmly:
"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Manager Shi from Youyi Company is here on a business trip from Jianghai City. He said he has an emergency to report to you."

"Let him come up."

After Secretary Xiao left, Liu Lan calmed down, sat back at her desk, and took out a tissue to wipe her stockings.

She glanced at the wallpaper on her phone again, which was a photo of her and her husband Pei Yu taken more than ten years ago.

Liu Lan's eyes dimmed for a moment, and she muttered to herself, "Wild man, where have you been..."

……

Five minutes later, Shi Yi came to the office.

"Chairman, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm here to apologize."

Liu Lan said coldly, "Is it about 'Man vs. Wild'?"

This morning, she had already looked at Youyi's revenue report for last month.

Shi Yi:

"Yes, originally, I was planning to resolutely implement the task you, Chairman, assigned me. I wanted to cooperate with Taoyuan Township to integrate resources within the VR business line, for example, to conduct joint development of console technology.

In the end, it was all my fault for hiring the wrong person. I sent a newcomer named Wu Liang to negotiate with Taoyuan Township. As a result, that person misunderstood my intentions, which caused many misunderstandings with Taoyuan Township and intensified hostility and competition.

This also led to the development of our flagship masterpiece being hindered, and the final launch results were not ideal, which affected the brand image of Youyi Park.

However, Chairman, please rest assured that I have resolutely fired this ignorant newcomer! "

Afterwards, Liu Lan continued to ask about the details of the technical cooperation, and Shi Yi had to repeat the whole process.

Of course, in order to distance himself from the matter, he put all the blame on Wu Liang, saying that he was not aware of many of the decisions.

Liu Lan held his chin in his hand and pondered for a moment, then sneered:
“Compared to Lu Yu, Wu Liang, your subordinate, is probably not on the same level.

If you carefully review the details of your cooperation, do you really think that the other party is unaware of Wu Liang's tricks?"

After Shi Yi thought about it carefully, he also felt that something was wrong.

If you think about it carefully, Mr. Lu is being too nonchalant about such an important matter as the cooperation between the two major console manufacturers.

Mr. Lu used to be known as the "God of Management" in the gaming industry, so logically speaking, he shouldn't...

He suddenly had a sudden realization in his mind, like a bolt of enlightenment!

Yup!

So that's how it is. Mr. Lu must have seen through Wu Liang's little tricks a long time ago, and then used the same trick against him, using the low-threshold extra-dimensional technology in exchange for Youyi's core technology in FPS.

even!

Even the previous bad publicity for the live-action drama was probably intentional by Mr. Lu, just to attract Youyi to take the bait and forward it for them for free!
Unexpectedly, Mr. Lu set up another chain of traps!

At this moment, Shi Yi truly felt a heartfelt admiration for Lu Yu, as well as...fear.

What a terrible decision maker!
This kid, no matter how thick the thousand-layer cake is, it can’t be as scheming as you. You put a hundred thoughts into developing a game!
The feeling of being completely seen through by the other party made Shi Yi shudder.

Seeing Shi Yi's reaction, Liu Lan sneered:
"In the future, when you know you are no match for Lu Yu, you should ask your people to stop making trouble for him and get frustrated."

This is both a reminder and a threat.

Shi Yi naturally understood what Liu Lan meant. She had originally asked for cooperation with the other party, but she didn't expect that her family would cause trouble for the future son-in-law of the Liu family.

He quickly nodded confidently and said, "Boss Liu, don't worry, we will definitely be able to find a cooperation opportunity honestly next time!"

Liu Lan waved his hand: "Don't worry for now. The next step for the entire group is to seek stability."

"Ah, this... Mr. Liu, what do you mean?"

Liu Lan's eyes gradually became sharper. "I think Longteng Group might be making some big moves. You should first consolidate Youyi's market base."

After Shi Yi left, Liu Lan walked to the glass curtain wall alone and looked at the night view outside the window.

After this round of FPS flagship battle, Liu Lan completely understood that Lu Yu was no ordinary person.

Liu Mengyuan's father had run away from home and disappeared since she was six years old. If she had a reliable man to take care of her, Liu Lan could focus her energy on the upcoming changes in the industry. As if to support her thoughts, the night sky over Shenzhou City, which had been cloudless before, was now covered with dark clouds, and a storm was about to come.

……

At this time, the online reputation of the game "Crossfire: Heroes of the Counter-Strike" also showed a downward trend.

In fact, it is not better than the Youyi products which are in a bad state.

At present, the game development team seems to be caught in an endless struggle with nightmarish bugs.

Maps can't load, models clip through the model, character movements freeze and drift, client crashes, air walls appear, game resources are lost, server connection anomalies...

Moreover, fixing bugs is like squeezing out one problem only to have another pop up.

After finally fixing one bug, another one would reappear. The team seemed to have entered an infinite loop of hell.

What made Fan Langtao most angry was that, according to Jiang Lei, these bugs should have been the means for their team to attack Taoyuan Township. Unexpectedly, now, they have all happened to him.

This... who can I go to for justice?
At this time, the game store interface, major game forums and video websites were flooded with negative reviews:

"You guys made a game based on a bug, didn't you? You'll find a bunch of problems after playing for a while. The developers really have no bottom line!"

"It freezes after playing a few times. RNM, refund!"

"This game is such a mess. It wants to do everything but can't do anything well. I'm speechless!"

"When it comes to FPS feel, you can't compare to Youyi. When it comes to gameplay, plot, and latex technology, you can't compare to Taoyuanxiang. So let me ask you, what else can you show off? Oh, your bugs are the best of the bunch, haha."

"Putting aside the bugs, your promotional CGs were truly stunning. I was looking forward to the sequel to FireWire and Heroes of Counter-Strike. I never expected these factions to be just background figures. I'm so disappointed. You haven't really polished the worldview and plot seriously. It's not even close to what you've achieved with 'Defense of the Last Airbender'!"

The bad reviews from players also caused many game review media to take action.

IGN directly gave the game the lowest score of the year, 3.8 points.

IGN explained:
"This may be the most anticlimactic game of the year. The so-called flagship FPS battle showed us the true strength of each manufacturer. Unfortunately, the powerful combination of Longteng and Tenghui couldn't even produce a game that was above the passing line.

I really want to play through this game carefully and give a more comprehensive evaluation, but unfortunately, the bugs I encountered in the game completely stuck the process and turned it into a vicious loop.

Putting aside whether the game is fun or not, this attitude towards making the game deserves the lowest score of the year!

Especially when compared with Taoyuan Township's "The Last Line", this difference in attitude will be even more obvious."

A large number of negative reviews from the media and players caused the game's reputation to collapse.

A large number of players began to cancel their subscriptions and request refunds, and the refund amount was even more exaggerated than that of the previous "Wilderness: Redemption".

After reaching its peak sales of 1890 million, "Crossfire: Reverse War Heroes" began to enter a sales decline period due to a large number of refund orders and channel returns.

Soon, the game's sales dropped by more than 600 million, and it was even lower than those small-scale VR games in Taoyuan Township.

This also affected Longteng Fantasy's hardware sales, which fell by 30% year-on-year.

In the [Game Melon Incident] section of the NGA forum, a person claiming to be an employee of the Dimei Studio Group posted an exclusive post exposing the following:
Let me tell you the inside story of this collaboration with Longteng

"People say that this is a powerful alliance between two companies, a merger of two companies. But in fact, our cooperation is not as amazing as the media hypes it up.

The producer named Fan Langtao from Longteng is stubborn and doesn't listen to other people's suggestions.
As a partner, we made many suggestions for the development of CrossFire, but Longteng ignored them all and simply told us, "Just be responsible for IP licensing, and don't worry about the rest."

Later, the boss of our studio also got angry and completely quit.

I heard that Fan Langtao was a discarded employee fired by You Yi. But somehow, he suddenly became a powerful producer.

A fired person is bound to have a work stain. Doesn't a company as big as Longteng do background checks?"

This post quickly caused quite a stir in the gaming circle.

The reason why Dimei’s employees posted this explosive post at this time is because "Reverse War Heroes" affects the brand image of CrossFire and Dimei itself.

Therefore, this post can be seen as an initiative by the US to distance itself from the matter.

……

At this time, in the Longteng Group’s Jianghai City Building, Fan Langtao’s office.

Fan Langtao stared at the computer screen with a pale face, his fingers tightly gripping the edge of the desk, and shock in his eyes.

He was shocked by the game's dismal sales and the overwhelming negative reviews, and even more shocked by Dimei's eagerness to shift the blame and kick someone when they're down.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his expression was distorted, and the extreme frustration and sense of failure made him no longer in the mood to be angry.

He rubbed his face tiredly, which had become dusty from staying up late to work overtime, and sighed to the sky!

Obviously, he has begun to doubt his life completely.
He has lived for nearly thirty years and has never doubted his life as much as he does now!

what happened?

why?
Why was all this different from what he had planned?
It's obvious that those promotions for Taoyuan Township were all just a bunch of crap. The level of abstractness of that little drama was such that it deserved a Razzie Award!
The internet is clearly full of news about people in Taoyuan Township not doing their jobs and going on group-building tours. It seems that those people have no intention of making games properly. They are either just hanging out on the streets or going abroad to live a lazy life!
That's not counting,

In order to completely defeat Lu Yu in this round of confrontation, Fan Langtao added another layer of insurance and asked the group's elite hacker team to hack into the opponent's server!

In terms of the war of public opinion, Fan Langtao not only spent money to mobilize the "Central Plains Five Editions" in full force, but also contacted Hollywood film directors.

It can be said that whether it is an open conspiracy or a secret trick, Fan Langtao has tried every possible means!

What's the result now?
All the moves were counterattacked by the opponent in a more violent way!
Lu Yu...what are you thinking?

It was as if this guy was firing his full-power weapon right in front of him.

Thinking of this, Fan Langtao suddenly shuddered!
That's right!

Lu Yu did this on purpose. From the very beginning, he had planned all of this and was just waiting for Fan Langtao to jump into the fire pit!

Think about it carefully, with the current size of Taoyuan Township, if you want to shoot a good promotional video, is it impossible to do it?
But Lu Yu refused!
It was as if he was deliberately using this method to tell Fan Langtao:
Even if I make the promotional video into such a lame live-action comedy, my sales will still crush yours in the end!
As for the public opinion war initiated by Fan Langtao, why didn’t Lu Yu respond?

Because he simply didn't bother to respond!
Lu Yu knew that when Taoyuan Township launched the game, it would be able to shut up the nosy people like Zhongyuan Wubian and Andrew.
As for Fan Langtao himself,
How does Lu Yu view himself?

Fan Langtao probably already thought of the answer.

That is disdain, true disregard!

In fact, Fan Langtao had already noticed it.
Ever since the game research club in college, this kid has always ignored his authority.
He easily seduced the woman that the whole club had a crush on.

He easily won the game development award that the entire club coveted.

Even after losing the last round of confrontation with Lu Yu, Fan Langtao saw Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan showing affection in the car when he was leaving Jianghai City!

This was probably Lu Yu's deliberate humiliation of himself.

Be it women, career, or even his entire life, Fan Langtao was completely defeated in the confrontation with Lu Yu!
The other party even disdains to mention himself in various public occasions.

Being ignored is the greatest contempt!

Thinking of this, Fan Langtao was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood!
He slumped down tiredly in his office chair, rubbing his temples with his hands, his eyes revealing utter frustration.

The office was empty and his figure seemed extremely lonely.

Now, he can only put this frustration aside for the time being. He must first find a way to survive before he can make a comeback.

However, the voice that rang out from the office door made him feel like he was falling into an ice cellar:

"Fan Langtao, right? We are from the internal audit and internal control department of Longteng Group. We suspect that you have violated the law and company regulations, illegally bribed group executives, and tampered with your own personnel information.

Now, please cooperate with the investigation and come with us."

(End of this chapter)