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

Chapter 366 Card TCG continues to defy design: Men remain young until death (2 in 1)

Two days later.

Lu Yu was at his workstation in the office, looking up the locations of various film and television cities and bases in the country.

Now that the film project has been approved, the shooting location is also on the agenda.

As the head of the company, of course he has to ask about the location of the studio.

According to Liu Mengyuan, the movie "The Final Frontier" was mainly filmed in Tokyo and shot in China.

Especially since there are many literary scenes that take place on trains, we needed to build a real train set.

What Lu Yu thought of, of course, was that he could use the excuse of filming a movie to take his employees out for some fun!
Hengdian? Zhongshan? Xiangshan?

He was thinking hard when Li Hongmei came over and reported:
"Mr. Lu, we've received an invitation from the Tokyo Game Show organizing committee. The invitation email has been in your mailbox for several days. Do you want to deal with it?"

"Oh? Is there anything else?"

Lu Yu was so distracted by these little curlers these days that he almost forgot about this matter.

He opened the email and glanced at the invitation, then casually asked:
"Sister Li, do you think our company should accept the invitation?"

The reason why he asked Li Hongmei was that she had worked at Youyi for more than ten years and had organized many international public events like this. Her suggestions would definitely be of reference value.

Li Hongmei said: "Of course, participating in such an international exhibition will definitely be valuable for the further promotion of our game, but..."

"But what?"

Li Hongmei had no choice but to analyze from her own professional perspective:
"The Tokyo Game Show will probably be in the fall, and I'm worried we won't have enough time to prepare.

The first is market adaptability. Many of our previous game products have local Chinese cultural characteristics or popular internet memes. It is unknown whether they can suit the tastes of overseas players. Therefore, we need a lot of time to localize them.

Moreover, our current international visibility is not high. If we decide to participate in the exhibition, we will need to spend more energy to increase brand exposure.

In addition, at the Tokyo Game Show, the company will face strong competitors from all over the world, such as Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Activision Blizzard, Rockstar, etc.

If we are not well prepared, we will fall behind in the fierce competition, damage our image and undermine our original achievements.

In this case, participating in the exhibition will be completely unprofitable and may even hinder the original pace of development.”

As Lu Yu listened, his brows gradually relaxed.

As expected of a veteran employee from a big company like Youyi!
At first he was worried that if he rashly participated in the Tokyo Game Show, he might accidentally go too far. When he heard what Li Hongmei said, he immediately laughed.

Go, must go!
If I didn’t have these problems, I wouldn’t go!
What's more, the surprise mission of this cycle requires him to harvest points from participating players.

He had already made up his mind that he would continue to rack his brains to lead his employees to start the exhibition and make sure that the company had no time to prepare for the exhibition.

In this way, after his extreme micro-management in the past few days, the three things of card games, movies, and video game exhibitions can be guaranteed to fail!
As for the leisure points of the participating players, he can earn them by providing benefits to the players.

Lu Yu felt very happy.

In this cycle, he really did everything he could. He really didn't believe that even in this situation, those little kings could still make a comeback?

Impossible!

……

In the evening, after dinner, Lu Yu continued to open Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon card packs in the study.

Liu Mengyuan stood by with his hands behind his back and watched.

She remembered that when she got off work in the afternoon, she had received an email asking for help.

The sender was from the Moegirl Studio group. They listed many concerns about the product "Taoyuan Township TCG". Because no one could figure out Mr. Lu's motives, they hoped that Liu Mengyuan could help to find out.

Liu Mengyuan was also worried when she received this email. As a girl, she didn't quite understand these things.

After all, Liu's family tutoring when she was a child did not allow her to come into contact with these things that seemed to be "disruptive".

Lu Yu skillfully picked up a row of new packs and stacked them together, then shook the card pack vigorously, and then cut open the seal with scissors, and poured out a row of new cards at a time.

"Before cutting open the card pack, you must shake it. This is the essence of the operation." Lu Yu explained with a smile.

"Is opening card packs so addictive?" Liu Mengyuan was very curious.

"Of course I'm addicted! I really like collecting sister cards. If I get a rare Sky Striker or Lillie, that's a real win."

Liu Mengyuan casually picked up a Yu-Gi-Oh flat card on the table and asked curiously:

"What is 'Fusion Summon'?"

"To put it simply, by fusing two low-level monsters as materials, you can summon an advanced monster."

Afraid that Liu Mengyuan didn't understand, Lu Yu continued to explain:
“In fact, you can use an analogy with an example in life.
For example, if a newly married couple merges, a new life will be born."

Liu Mengyuan blushed immediately and said, "Shrimp head man, what are you talking about?"

Of course, although he refuted it verbally, Liu Mengyuan secretly thought in his heart: Boy, sooner or later I will be the first to launch a fusion summon on you!
As if he had opened up a conversation, Lu Yu continued to sigh while opening the card:
"Actually, men remain young until they die.

After all, it is human nature to like collecting and exchanging.

I remember when I was a kid, the school canteen sold Little Raccoon instant noodles for one yuan a pack, which contained Water Margin cards. If anyone collected all 108 heroes, they could dominate the class!

Anyone who collects all six villain cards can practically walk around the school with impunity!"

Liu Mengyuan pointed to the Yu-Gi-Oh card box and asked, "Do you play this?"

"The store near our elementary school didn't sell any genuine Yu-Gi-Oh cards. My friends and I were all playing with pirated cards from the ZZ Shonenkan.
At the time, everyone basically stuffed five copies of Dark Archmage into their decks, and whoever collected all five Archmage components first would be declared the winner.

As he was speaking, Lu Yu said:
“Unfortunately, now that I’m older and have the money to buy boxes of cards, I can no longer recapture the feeling of visiting the convenience store back then.

The most important thing in playing games is partners.

But, that's life.

I'm just going to commemorate my childhood which I can never go back to."

Lu Yu's words gave Liu Mengyuan a sudden shock!
Here they come, golden sentences containing the word "life"!

There is no doubt that what Lu Yu said to her today was probably another hint of his development of a new game!
After pondering Lu Yu's words for a moment, Liu Mengyuan's eyes gradually lit up.

So that’s it, I understand, I understand everything!

……

The next day, Liu Mengyuan gathered all the employees of the Moegirl Studio group in the conference room for a meeting. "Everyone," he said, "I've received new development ideas from President Lu. He gave you these development instructions with deep consideration!"

"So that's how it is, we knew it!"

The employees were excited and waiting for Liu Mengyuan to reveal the answer.

Liu Mengyuan cleared his throat:

“The first keyword I want to mention is ‘integration’!
Although Mr. Lu’s idea is a bit like a hodgepodge of original IPs, I think a hodgepodge also has many advantages!
The first is differentiated competition. In the fiercely competitive card market, using a hodgepodge of our own IPs can make our stories stand out.

Moreover, by integrating various IPs into one product, promotional resources between different IPs can be shared, thereby improving the overall popularity of each IP and expanding the audience.

We can also integrate stories. We can completely invent a fictional worldview and stuff all kinds of IPs into it!"

After hearing Liu Mengyuan's words, the project team members were slightly moved:
"I see, that's what Mr. Lu thinks!"

"From the perspective of integration, Mr. Lu's idea is understandable."

Liu Mengyuan continued to explain:
“I believe that this ‘fusion’ approach is also applicable to the problem of inconsistent painting styles.

First of all, we can invite the original artists from each project team to participate in the concept design of the new game.
Then, you can use image processing algorithms to unify the painting style so that they present a consistent style!

Simply put, it is to use AI algorithms to assist in abstracting the design drafts of each character, removing unnecessary details, and blurring the boundaries.

This way, we can create a new art style that blends the characteristics of each game!"

After hearing this, the project team members nodded in admiration, saying that he was indeed the company’s art director!

Programmer Du Biao asked from the audience, "Mr. Liu, I'm afraid your idea requires very powerful AI technology. Are Taoyuan Township's current reserves sufficient?"

Liu Mengyuan said firmly: "Haha, there will definitely be no problem."

The reason why she is so determined,
This was because the company's technical director, Chu Xiong, still had the god-level talent she had purchased from the system mall:
[Mutated Hacker: Born with a talent for coding, they are more likely to achieve technological breakthroughs in computer graphics and artificial intelligence. However, the direction of these breakthroughs is uncontrollable and they can easily mutate into strange technologies, so be careful.]

Although she couldn't guarantee what kind of weird thing this talent would mutate into, but... it should be fine.
perhaps?

Influenced by Liu Mengyuan's ideas, Wan Xiaotong also began to add enthusiastically, and Xu Qin quickly translated:

"Sister Xiaotong said that we can also add a style conversion function to the game, so that players can switch between the "original style" and "card style" at any time.
Even some original hand-painted works can be used as rare flash cards!"

Everyone nodded in agreement with Wan Xiaotong's idea.

Liu Mengyuan continued to persuade:
"Also, regarding the Duel Disk plan, I'd like to quote Mr. Lu's words: 'A man remains a boy until he dies!'"

Mr. Lu actually wants to tell everyone——

Many of the settings that seem childish may seem a bit immature to children, but are just right for adults!

To put it bluntly, the duel disk can provide a more immersive gaming experience, allowing players to feel like they are the protagonists in the game and fulfill their duel dreams!

In addition, we can also expand the gameplay of the duel disk.
For example, we can add a [cooperative mode] to allow players to team up to fight BOSS.

To support this mode, a Bluetooth chip can be installed in the duel disk. Different duel disks can be linked and shared to defeat regional bosses and world bosses, and obtain rare cards, card sets and other loot!
All of these trophies are officially shipped in kind!

We can also design a [Big Arena Mode],
In this mode, the duel disks can be connected end to end to form a complete round table, creating a tabletop arena where up to eight people can fight simultaneously!

Liu Mengyuan's ideas undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for the employees.

Wan Xiaotong followed Liu Mengyuan's train of thought and came up with some more ideas. Xu Qin quickly translated them:

“We can also expand the hardware ecosystem for Duel Disk,
For example, we can design a "glare effect light strip" as an expansion accessory.
If the player chooses this accessory,
Then, when the player activates the effect of the card, a large number of marquee effects will appear on the field, which is cooler than the opponent's duel disk!
In addition, we can cooperate with Harman Kardon to launch a sound expansion that can be installed on the duel disk.
When the player shouts "It's my turn, draw a card!", the speakers will play the card drawing BGM, which will make you more powerful than your opponent!
In addition, a miniature fan can be designed so that when players draw cards, their hairstyle and clothes will automatically change without wind!

With this fan, coupled with the marquee and big speakers, it's so classy!"

Wan Xiaotong opened this up, and everyone's thinking was further broadened.

Meng Yue: "If that's the case, let's just go all out and change the color and pattern of the Duel Disk's shell!"

More and more girls joined in the discussion, chattering, and the other employees in the meeting room were completely dumbfounded.

My goodness, Mr. Lu’s proposal of the duel disk concept is already quite unorthodox. Mr. Liu, are you going to take us and continue to run wildly on the road of middle school second year?

Afterwards, Liu Mengyuan continued to add:

"In fact, Mr. Lu also said something -

"The most important thing in playing games is your partner."
The Duel Disk can help players identify with the game! They will quickly identify their kind and form a gaming community.

For example, if you meet a player wearing a duel disk on his arm on the street, you will probably have a sudden exchange of emotions!
You will all say in unison: "So, you also play Taoyuan Township TCG?"

This made many new project team members slightly moved:
"Hiss...Now that Mr. Liu puts it that way, it really is quite exciting."

"So this is what Mr. Lu conveyed to us before."

"We're still a long way off. We haven't fully grasped Mr. Lu's intentions!"

Although some rational people still feel that Mr. Lu and Mr. Liu have completely let themselves go on the road of being a middle school student, is that really okay?

But, whatever the boss said was the final word, and they had no choice but to continue to advance the project according to these ideas.

……

Longteng Group Jianghai City Building.

Pei Shengnan looked at the Tokyo Game Show invitation on the computer screen and fell into deep thought.

He actually knew very well that Longteng's self-developed business had been caught up in a public opinion storm recently. Against this background, the organizing committee was still willing to invite Longteng simply because they valued the Chinese game team more. He was taking advantage of Taoyuan Township!
Pei Shengnan’s current competitive strategy is to concentrate all his energy on besieging the Liu Group and first eliminate Youyi Paradise from the top three domestic VR companies!

But this does not mean that he will easily allow Lu Yu's Utopia to stand out at the Tokyo Game Show and even become the leader of China's game industry!

Whether it is the size of the company or the market value, you, Taoyuan Township, are not qualified to be the leader!

The games exhibited at the Tokyo Game Show are mainly stand-alone games, while Longteng Group's main business is online games.

However, he can support stand-alone manufacturers and fight an "proxy war"!

Pei Shengnan decided to sign a cooperation agreement with a domestic stand-alone manufacturer, provide them with technical and financial support, and send them to the Tokyo Game Show.

At that time, he can also use the group's resources to continue to do something at the Tokyo Game Show, try to be sandwiched between the two sides, and defeat the enemy with one blow!
After making up his mind, Pei Shengnan opened the list of manufacturers sent by his secretary and began to eliminate them one by one.

After searching around, he soon set his eyes on Nanshanju's "Swordsman Romance: The Legend of Xie Yun".

(End of this chapter)