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

Chapter 363: Card Battle Game Project Meeting, Everyone is Shocked, Mr. Lu, Are You Going to Do This So Big? (2 in 1)

However, when he was about to reach the entrance of the maze, the earth shook again, and the hero was pulled back by this force.

After an unknown amount of time, the brave man's stomach started churning.

He started to yue directly in the forest area...

……

"Meow~"

Dabai, who was sleeping in a daze on the sofa, suddenly woke up.

Dabai looked at the clock and saw that an hour had passed.

It glanced towards the bathroom and it seemed that the stupid biped was still dilly-dallying on the repair work.

At this moment, it heard Liu Mengyuan's conversation from inside:
"Wow, this... this is a lot. When will it stop?"

Lu Yu replied:

"Sorry, I, I don't know either. Keep using the Absolute Domain."

Dabai grinned. Does it take so long to repair a shower head?

The sound of maintenance and wiping continued to come from the bathroom:

Puff... Puff... Puff...

after awhile.

Lu Yu: "Huh...finally stopped. Sorry, it's everywhere."

"It's okay. I was planning to shower afterward. Could you please help me get my change of clothes? They're in the closet in my room. It's not convenient for me to go out right now."

"Um……"

With a creak, the bathroom door opened.

Dabai meowed and jumped off the sofa.

Through the crack in the open door, it saw Liu Mengyuan standing in the bathroom wearing a bathrobe and slippers.

She was holding a box of yogurt, but it was obvious that she had accidentally knocked it over.

The spilled yogurt drink flowed down her fair legs in a crisscross pattern.

Click, click, click...

Although Liu Mengyuan tried his best to wrap himself tightly in his cotton robe,
But the yogurt drink continued to spill onto the ground, like rain.

Dabai meowed regretfully, "Stupid two-legged beast, what a waste of drinks!"
After handing new clothes to Liu Mengyuan and closing the bathroom door, Lu Yu slumped on the sofa.

Dabai jumped onto his legs and found that his eyes were quite clear, as if he had seen through everything in the world.

Dabai thought to himself: My goodness, it’s just repairing a bathroom fixture, why does it seem like my body has been hollowed out twice?

Lu Yu scratched Dabai's chin, ran to the study and picked up Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason".

What is the truth of life?
Where do we come from?

Where is the universe heading?

Lu Yu was like a great sage in ancient times, constantly thinking about these issues.

Wow…

The shower in the bathroom was turned on, and Liu Mengyuan let the water continuously hit her face, as if this could help her calm down again.

She felt that she and Lu Yu were becoming more and more familiar with each other, and were about to take that crucial step.

She was nervous and looking forward to it...

……

on Monday.

Lu Yu sat at his workstation in the Taoyuan Township villa, checking the company's operational background.

Now, the company's monthly revenue has reached nearly 4 million yuan, and the company's book funds have exceeded 15 billion yuan.

"This...it really is just the more you spend, the more you spend."

Spending these 15 billion yuan on employee benefits to earn some points is a big project.

However, when thinking about what benefits should be provided in this cycle, he needs to first decide what should be done in this cycle.

The system task requires that the games released in this cycle must be a two-player mode, and the project investment budget must be no less than 5 million.

The moment Lu Yu received the task, he decided to make a TCG card game.

If he had followed his previous thinking habits, he would have just randomly appointed a producer who looked like a slacker, and then become the hands-off manager, letting them do whatever they wanted.

But after being stabbed in the back several times in a row, Lu Yu felt that he couldn't go on like this!
He gradually realized that the company's group of small-time lottery kings seemed to have an understanding beyond ordinary people and adapted to new game types very quickly.
What if, by chance, a producer makes a hit product again this time?

What's more, this time the budget is 5 million yuan. What if these geniuses spend the budget wisely?
The more Lu Yu thought about it, the more unreliable it seemed.

So, he decided that during this cycle, he would control the direction of the project throughout!

After all, he was an old producer with more than ten years of experience in his previous life. As long as everything is done according to his experience, it will be foolproof!
However, Lu Yu does not intend to take on the role of producer again.

This will make him busy with various executive tasks again. If he is too busy with business matters, the system will deduct a lot of points from him.

Most importantly, he didn't want to set a bad example for the company's employees!
If the boss doesn't lie down, the employees will only accelerate the internal competition.

Therefore, Lu Yu deliberated back and forth between the three major studios and finally decided to let Wan Xiaotong's Mengniao Studio be the main producer of this TCG card game.

The other two major studios have recently focused all their energy on the maintenance and updates of the two games "My Wife is the Savior" and "Defense of the End". If they are assigned new tasks, their points will probably be deducted sharply.

The previous flagship game of Moegirl Studio Group, "Super Time-Space Moegirl", is already a game of the previous generation, and the "Moe God Cup" league will not officially open until after National Day, so they just happen to have a development schedule.

So, he decided to trust Wan Xiaotong again.

If for no other reason than this girl’s middle school syndrome!

As long as you make good use of it, wouldn't it be easy to lead her design ideas astray?
After making up his mind, Lu Yu immediately called a meeting of the Moe Girl Studio group.

This time, Lu Yu briefly made a project planning PPT.

When they saw that they were going to make a collectible card game and that the budget was as high as 5 million yuan, the members of the project team all looked hesitant.

Strictly speaking, TCG is a type of board game toy, and a lot of its design experience has nothing to do with the gaming industry. Mr. Lu wants them to venture into a completely new field!
Moreover, President Lu invested 5 million yuan at once, which made them feel overwhelmed.

They become even more desperate when they think about the fact that their competitors are at the level of Nintendo and Konami.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Lu Yu was secretly delighted:

Yes, it’s this expression. I hope you will give up when you see difficulties, completely give up struggling, and start to play badly!
However, in order to avoid everyone from being overly stressed, Lu Yu still comforted them in advance:
"Don't worry, every time Taoyuan Township launches a new project, I've never set KPIs for you. Just use these 5 million as you please."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and a wave of emotion welled up in their hearts.

Mr. Lu doesn't care about these 5 million? Just think about it and you know it's impossible!

But President Lu still said this because President Lu trusted them unconditionally!

If we retreat in the face of such difficulties, wouldn't we be letting down Mr. Lu's good intentions?
Everyone cheered up again and began to seriously think about project establishment.

Copywriter Xu Qin raised her hand first and said:
"Mr. Lu, what kind of IP worldview should we adopt for this card?
Is it our own IP under Taoyuan Township, or should we sign a more popular anime IP, such as Marvel, Naruto, Ultraman, Demon Slayer, etc.?

Business Operations Manager Meng Yue raised her hand and said:
"I think it's better to sign an IP like Marvel. Compared to Japanese anime IP, Marvel has a greater global influence.

As a test product for our card game business, this signing strategy is the safest. We can conduct trial and error on a small scale, and we can attack or defend."

After hearing Meng Yue's words, everyone else in the meeting room nodded.

When Lu Yu heard this, he frowned slightly and a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

Is what Meng Yue said wrong?
No, quite the opposite!

She was so right!

Based on his project management experience in his previous life, this approach of using mature IP to conduct trial and error on a small scale and then continuously iterating the business model is the most correct and safest approach.

So he was worried, what if these little test-taker could come up with the correct answer again?
Seeing Lu Yu frown, everyone thought he was dissatisfied with the plan and speculated in their hearts:

Mr. Lu has always been a bit of a shrewd person in the company. What's with this look of extreme disappointment on his face?

At this moment, Wan Xiaotong raised his hand to speak and began to spout all kinds of second-year student lines.

Xu Qin quickly translated:

"Miss Wan means that as game producers, we must have absolute confidence in our own IP. She is willing to personally volunteer to produce a TCG version of 'Super Time Travel Moe Girl'!"

When Lu Yu heard this, he began to think silently in his mind.

The current sales of "Super Time Travel Moe Girl" have already exceeded 10 million, and the IP influence is not low. Moreover, if various cute moe girls are made into cards, it will also be quite eye-catching.

What if it succeeds?

However, others in the room pushed back.

System Planner Ma Yanyu:
"I don't think so. The problem with the Super Time-Space Moegirls IP lies in two words: 'random'!
Each player's cute girl is uniquely randomly generated, but the characters in the card game are fixed and printed on the card surface, which will undoubtedly conflict with the gaming experience of the electronic game version.

Moreover, the battles in Super Time and Space Moe Girls are mainly based on action and cuteness, which would also be difficult to design rules for.

Others nodded in agreement.

"..."

Wan Xiaotong's eyes gradually dimmed.

However, Lu Yu suddenly said excitedly:

"So that's how it is! Ma Yanyu, your analysis is very good. I've decided not to bother with Marvel anymore and just follow what Wan Xiaotong says!"

"No, I, I..."

Ma Yanyu was confused. He suspected that President Lu didn't even listen to what he said.

When everyone was worried about whether the IP of "Super Time-Space Moe Girl" could handle the big responsibility, Lu Yu made another shocking statement:

"Besides, not only do I want to use Super Time and Space Moe Girl, I also want to put all the game IPs that Taoyuan Township has had since its establishment into it!

Yes, that's right, from "Cat Girl Paradise Adventure", to "My Leisurely Island Life", "Free and Easy Mouth Cannon Life", to the latest "Final Defense", all are crammed into this TCG game.

and!

Not only do I want to use the main games, but also the smaller games I made before, such as "Weird Small Country Simulator" and "The Strongest Crosstalk Master",

In other words, whether it is Guo Degang, Mobutu, Kitahara Kensuke, or Illya, Abihime, Yanagishita Igarashi...

They will gather in the same world view and start a card battle!"

Lu Yu became more and more excited as he spoke. He turned on the computer screen and started typing away.

Soon, the name of the product that Lu Yu wanted to produce was displayed on the PPT: "Taoyuan Township Battle Card", abbreviated as Taoyuan Township TCG.

The conference room was silent and fell into a long silence.

The project team members’ jaws almost dropped!
But soon, everyone reacted and raised their hands to speak.

That’s right, President Lu trusts them so much, so they must stop this idea that is against the sky in every sense!
Meng Yue's voice was trembling:
"Mr. Lu, you must be very cautious. In my limited experience, creating a hodgepodge of IPs has always resulted in more failures than successes throughout business history. The chance of success is less than one in ten!

It’s hard to replicate the success that Marvel has achieved with “The Avengers.”

Xu Qin also echoed:

"Yes, and the reason why the Avengers was successful is because those superheroes are all in the same world view, and they have interacted with each other in their respective works, such as Superman and Batman, Iron Man and Spider-Man...

Our works are relatively isolated, and there is no setting like a "world bubble" to connect them. "

After hearing this, Lu Yu nodded silently in his heart, quite satisfied.

Xu Qin is absolutely right!
To put it bluntly, the birth of every project in Taoyuan Township so far has been full of absurd drama and randomness, which is the result of Lu Yu's extreme indulgence in his employees.

The entire company has no systematic planning to unify these works into the same universe!

But although he was secretly happy in his heart, he remained calm on the surface and said:
"We can add settings now!"

Art girl Gao Xueya raised her hand:
"Mr. Lu, it's not just a matter of the IP story. The art styles of our company's works are all over the place. Unifying them into the same product will pose a huge challenge to the card art design.

For example, the Guo Degang and Mobutu you mentioned earlier, apart from being bald, there's really nothing in common between the two. And if you mix them together with catgirls, zombies, and homeless people, it's even more... "

After the girl said this, the others also began to imagine the battle scenes between the players at that time, and they all broke out in cold sweats.

Be nice!

Is the high profile that Taoyuan Township has built in the gaming industry going to be completely destroyed because of this bizarre product?!
Mr. Lu must be stopped!
When Lu Yu heard Gao Xueya's analysis, it seemed to be the case!

If works with completely unrelated styles are mixed together into a big hodgepodge, the probability of failure will be greater!

Although he was extremely excited, he still cleared his throat:

"Well, we can discuss the art style later. If something like 'Greed Pot' can be put into 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' together with 'Gray Flow Beauty', what else is impossible?"

Everyone was dumbfounded and unable to refute for a moment.

"Anyway, that's it regarding the IP! As for how to stitch the world together, it's up to the writing team to come up with it!"

Lu Yu exercised his decision-making power as the company's CEO.

"I……"

The copywriter Xu Qin had a bitter face, and the people around her looked at her with sympathy.

Now, in the entire conference room, only Wan Xiaotong seemed to be in sync with Lu Yu. She waved her hands excitedly and spoke again.

Xu Qin's eyes were empty as she mechanically translated Wan Xiaotong's words:
"I hope that our new game can have a more stylish duel style. For example, whether summoning characters or using skills, we should strike cool poses and shout out passionate lines!"

Everyone broke out in cold sweat again.

My goodness, you think the players playing our game are not socially dead enough, right?
When Lu Yu heard this, he thought it was a good idea!

If we add this setting, the shame level of our product will be taken to another level!
This terrible setting is simply a surefire way to drive users away.
It's your fault, Wan Xiaotong, well done!

Jin Mingshan, a hardware developer who was listening in on the situation, raised his hand and said:
"Currently, various peripherals for Taoyuan Shenyou cannot support this type of gaming."

Everyone cast approving glances at Jin Mingshan:
Well done, Xiao Jin!
Lu Yu waved his hand and said:
"What's the big deal? Why don't we just design a new peripheral that adds a microphone and camera that can support this gaming mode?
Let me think about it... That's right!"

Lu Yu slapped his head:
"Duel disk! It's like the one used by President Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!
If players want to play the Taoyuan Township TCG, they need to wear a similar duel disk on their arms, and then add a cool card drawing pose and energetic lines, wouldn’t it be great?

Hearing this, the project team members' faces turned green!
From what Mr. Lu said, it seems that this duel disk is an essential part of the game rules?
Level planner Ye Kun quickly spoke:
"Mr. Lu, you should think twice! The three major TCGs in the world right now all require a deck of cards and a table mat to play. I've never heard of a game where you have to carry a duel disk on your arm. This... this is truly shameful!"

(End of this chapter)