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

Chapter 408: Mr. Lu's speech at the Tokyo Game Show stunned the entire industry! (2-in-1 order required)

The Tokyo Game Show began with the big names in the gaming industry taking the stage to give speeches.

When the host announced the opening, the entire venue fell into a brief silence.

Immediately, the Nintendo logo flashed on the huge floor-to-ceiling screen, and the powerful main theme music resounded throughout the venue, and the scene was instantly filled with warm applause and cheers.

A middle-aged Japanese man in a well-tailored suit slowly approached the stage, bowed slightly, and gestured for silence. This was Nintendo's president, Satoru Iwata, a gaming legend.

He looked calm, and his generous eyes swept around the audience. His calmness and composure revealed a sense of majesty and magnanimity.

"Hello, colleagues in the gaming industry!" he said, speaking in a pure Tokyo accent, his tone steady and powerful. "On behalf of Nintendo, I would like to thank everyone for coming. As the new year begins, let us look forward to what new heights the art of gaming will reach in the days ahead."

The president's brief yet powerful opening remarks drew rounds of applause. He then proceeded to elaborate on Nintendo's strategic plans and new product lines for the new year.

Including plans for new works in the Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Super Mario series.

After Nintendo, there were speeches by bigwigs from Capcom, Konami, Naughty Dog and EA in the United States, and Ubisoft in Europe.

They basically talked about the current status of the gaming industry and its future development plans.

The forum was halfway through when the host suddenly came on stage and said with a smile:

"As everyone knows, there's a rising star in the global gaming industry lately: Taoyuan Township. They've been the center of attention at the Tokyo Game Show. Now, we'd like to invite Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township to the stage."

When Lu Yu appeared, the entire venue was in an uproar!
Below the stage, the people from the Longteng Group had sullen faces, their eyes flashing with anger and fear. Among them, Pei Shengnan himself was the first to bear the brunt.

The boss of Longteng Group had lost his usual calmness and his eyes looked a little cloudy.

Relying on his status as a veteran in the gaming world, he still managed to occupy the best seat in the center of the audience. At this moment, his face was full of anger, his hands were clenched tightly on the armrests, and his eyes were fixed on the stage.

Beside him were several of his trusted and capable department heads, all of whom looked grim.

This kid made their efforts for more than half a year go to waste...

In fact, the entire Longteng Group's private room was filled with a large number of employees, their faces sullen and filled with pent-up energy. It seemed that the blow dealt to them by Taoyuan Township was too heavy.

Similarly, the boxes of other domestic competitors participating in the exhibition were also filled with unhappiness.

For example, the faces of several senior executives at the Pokémon Company who had just come off the stage were extremely grim. The middle-aged, fat leader Yan Zhongshan had a knotted meridian on his forehead, and it looked like he wanted to eat Lu Yu alive.

The backbones around him showed a mocking look, and seemed to be whispering something. Only the hot female supervisor with bright red lipstick was still pretending to smile as if nothing had happened, but deep in her eyes, there was a hidden feeling of resentment and hatred flowing.
At Konami Software, someone even threw a chair and cursed. It was clear that Lu Yu's appearance had put immense pressure on the people at all the established gaming companies.

In sharp contrast to this is Taoyuan Township’s own audience seats.

Chu Xiong, Zhang Qiqi, Zhang Fan and other founding employees looked at Lu Yu on the stage with tears in their eyes.

Their subordinates jumped up in excitement, their mouths occasionally bursting into excited cheers. Even the boss Mao Wuyong was now flushed and full of energy, as if a heavy burden had finally been lifted from his head.

Today, Lu Yu is wearing a neatly tailored black suit, with neatly combed hair, handsome features and a vigorous spirit.

He walked onto the stage with great confidence, facing the crowds of people staring at him with composure and dignity, as if he was the only focus of the entire venue.

"Dear colleagues, hello everyone!" Lu Yu's every move was filled with natural composure.

……

After Lu Yu came on stage, the forum host asked a few simple questions. The host mainly wanted to talk about the development process of Taoyuanxiang battle cards and the development process of Taoyuanxiang company when it started its business.

The host pointed at Lu Yu with the microphone in his hand and said with a dry laugh: "Well, Mr. Lu, we all know that Taoyuanxiang, a card game, can be said to be a fierce attack, opening a new chapter in the entire gaming industry. As the core of the development team, you must have made arduous efforts and experienced all kinds of hardships and setbacks. I wonder if Mr. Lu could share with us what kind of story Taoyuanxiang went through in its early days?"

"Hahaha!" Lu Yu laughed heartily and interrupted the host's question neatly.

"Let's not talk about the past, it's so boring! As for the development process, I can only tell you that I have no idea how we made such a successful game."

There was an uproar in the audience! Even the host was stunned by Lu Yu's unexpected remarks.

"To be honest with you, I don't really care about strategy or reason when doing things. I'm just very spontaneous and willful."

Lu Yu spread his hands and smiled, "Take this game for example. I didn't have any intentional contribution to the entire development process. I just did it out of passion."

“In fact, I never thought I would be so successful.”

Lu Yu shook his head, looking helpless. "If I had known that I would suffer such a disaster, I would rather not start a business in the first place. It would be much less troublesome!"

"Mr. Lu is joking!" The host's face twitched.

"To be honest, when we were planning today's program, we made thorough preparations. We wanted to ask you some questions about the hardships of starting a business and how to overcome technical difficulties. But now it seems that our preparations have been somewhat redundant. Mr. Lu, you are clearly a unique person!"

"No, no, you're too kind." Lu Yu smiled modestly, without any affectation. "That's just how I work. I just do things spontaneously. To be honest, I didn't really put much thought into developing the game."

"Yeah, everything went so smoothly!" Lu Yu spread his hands, his tone half-truthful, "The engineers are so pitiful, I don't put much pressure on them at all, let alone overtime, I even let them rest on weekends. In addition to work, we often go on team-building trips!"

Afterwards, he gave a detailed introduction to the company's 543 work system, efficiency reduction and cost increase system, and werewolf killing system.

...Lu Yu's exaggerated and humorous remarks instantly caused the entire venue to fall into an uproar!
Even the host was stunned by his outrageous remarks. The middle-aged man, who had originally intended to host the forum according to the rules, was now stunned, his mouth slightly open, and the microphone in his hand was about to fall to the ground.

"Mr. Lu, aren't you going a bit too far?" He smiled awkwardly, trying to maintain the atmosphere. "Ahem, making a game requires long-term mental and physical effort. How can you say that passion and love are enough?"

Below the stage, there was an uproar and laughter.

The first to bear the brunt of this was the staff sent by Konami to work on the "Yu-Gi-Oh" and "Pokémon" projects. These people were incredibly dedicated, working day and night, often eating instant noodles for years, to develop sequels and new titles.

At this moment, seeing Lu Yu's thoughtless comments on game development, how could they remain calm?
"Are you kidding me?" A middle-aged man wearing thick black-framed glasses almost jumped up from his seat and shouted at Lu Yu. His facial muscles were tense, his hands were waving in the air, and his eyes were almost spitting fire.

"We've put so much effort into developing a sequel. Mr. Lu, you know nothing!"

Sitting in the first row with him were a group of unattractive middle-aged male employees. As veterans of the gaming industry, each of their faces was filled with anger and disbelief.

Some opened their mouths wide, as if they were about to burst into curses at any moment; some frowned, pressed their lips into a line, and trembled with anger; others simply put their heads in their hands, hanging their heads helplessly.
"You guys, don't think that you can develop a real masterpiece just by relying on passion and love!" An old man with white hair and a ferocious face screamed as if he was about to suffocate.

"To satisfy the players, we rely on the hard work of practitioners like us! Everything is exchanged for our lives and youth!!"

As a result, the old man known as the "Gaming Uncle" flew into a rage and roared repeatedly, showing how much he despised Lu Yu's remarks.

In addition to the employees of Japanese game companies, even other foreign industry professionals present had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

A beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes was pinching her fair arm hard, with her brows furrowed and eyes wide open, as if she was trying her best to suppress her inner surprise and anger.

A dark-skinned Hispanic youth simply put his hands in his curly hair and lowered his head in dismay. It seemed that he simply could not understand Lu Yu's point of view.

Even the dignified and elegant European and American lady in a professional suit opened her blue eyes wide at this moment. She shook her head first, and then she couldn't help but reach out and tap her ears, as if to confirm whether she had heard something wrong.

It can be said that the entire scene was in an uproar, and all the industry insiders present were stunned by Lu Yu's outrageous words.

……

Seeing that Lu Yu was too conspicuous on the forum, Pei Shengnan, the boss of Longteng Group's major gaming company, was obviously unwilling to give up.

This capable and steady middle-aged man glanced sideways slightly, his eyes wandering over Lu Yu several times, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"Hmph, last time you relied on this arrogance to temporarily defeat our Longteng's Xie Yunchuan. But you can't underestimate us!"

At this point, the host seemed to realize the subtlety of the situation. He quickly changed the subject and asked about Lu Yu's company's next major project: adapting the popular science fiction film "The Last Stand" into a VR film.

"Mr. Lu, you dropped a bombshell at the press conference last time. You're planning to adapt the blockbuster film "The Last Frontier" into a VR 360-degree experience. I'm wondering how you plan to achieve this technically?"

When Lu Yu heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Well, I've already experimented with our company's engineering team, and the results are quite good! As you all know, VR cinemas have many hardware deficiencies—"

Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged scholar sitting in the audience suddenly interrupted him.

This old man with white hair is a senior expert in the field of VR multimedia technology. He is dressed in a formal suit and has a kind face, but judging by his straight back, he is also a straightforward and unceremonious person.

"Mr. Lu Yu, could you please listen to me?"

Lu Yu was slightly startled, then nodded. This senior was of high status, and it would be difficult for him to offend him.

Pei Shengnan smiled slightly. He was the one who paid a high price to bribe this old scholar to ruin things!
"In fact, current VR viewing pod technology still has many flaws," the old scholar said earnestly, coughing. "First, the hardware specifications of the equipment don't meet the requirements for truly panoramic immersive imaging. The resolution of current mainstream VR devices is seriously insufficient, making it impossible to reproduce the realistic visual effects of a 360-degree panorama."

"Secondly, current VR headsets are also significantly heavier than standard headsets. Wearing them for extended periods of time can significantly strain the viewer's body," the elderly man continued. "Furthermore, the limited freedom and range of viewing angles in cinemas due to the seating position limits the depth of field and three-dimensionality."

"It's more than that!" the old man said, his face becoming increasingly grim. "Just the slight difference in the left and right eye perspectives of the headset can cause severe dizziness in the audience! I have to say, by current standards, the viewing experience in a VR theater is simply not as good as that of a regular large-screen theater."

When Lu Yu heard this, he nodded repeatedly, looking as if he completely agreed.

"You're absolutely right! Many fans raised the same opinions and concerns at our last press conference. VR cinemas do still have many flaws."

As he spoke, Lu Yu smiled mysteriously.

The old man in the audience was dumbfounded. Oh my god, he was looking for trouble with money.

The other party accepted everything he said, and he was speechless.

It's like punching cotton, I always feel like something is wrong!
"I completely agree with your point of view. After all, our company originated from the gaming industry. Since traditional VR cinemas have so many flaws, why not completely gamify them and understand them with gaming thinking?"

"Gamification? Mr. Lu, what do you mean?" The old scholar frowned in confusion.

"It's simple!" Lu Yu said with a smile. "We plan to develop a new model of VR viewing equipment and transform it into a VR gaming cabin! We'll install various interactive somatosensory devices inside the cabin, allowing viewers to not only watch the film as if they were there, but also interact with the film content firsthand! Think about it, wouldn't it give people an unparalleled new viewing experience?"

"And this way, we can perfectly solve all the drawbacks you just mentioned." Lu Yu continued, "There's no need to wear a heavy headset, and surround projection can be used. The viewing angles and degrees of freedom will be infinitely expanded. We can even solve minor problems like dizziness in many ways."

Hearing this, many people in the audience could not help but whisper and point fingers. It was obvious that Lu Yu's idea made them very excited!

This kind of cockpit will create a stir in the gaming industry, not to mention the film industry!

(End of this chapter)