Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1246: We Have A Combat Game Expert

October 10th, Wednesday…

Yu Fei sat at his desk. On his computer screen was information about Ghost General. In his hand was a small notebook filled with scribbles.

His face was filled with despair.

This was really messed up!

He had no idea at all!

After the meeting on Monday, Yu Fei was forced by Boss Pei to work on the initial design of Ghost General 2.

This was Yu Fei’s first time participating in the creative sharing session of Tengda’s new game. It was completely different from what he had imagined!

As a fan of Repent and be Saved, Yu Fei had always been interested in Tengda Games. He was originally very curious about how these classic games were designed.

However, after he really came to Tengda Games, and even participated in the research and development as the substitute designer, Yu Fei suddenly realized that this was very different from what he had expected!

What was the difference?

There might be many differences, but the most outstanding point was the style!

He kept feeling like he had opened it wrongly. He should not be in Tengda Games but somewhere else.

One had to know that Tengda Games was very famous. It was well-known.

In the games industry, Tengda Games could be said to be the elites of the domestic games industry. There were so many successful games that there were no overlaps.

This was mainly because of the talented designer, Boss Pei. However, the employees in the games department could not be underestimated since they could achieve Boss Pei’s ideas to such an extent. One of them would probably be able to beat the producers of other companies.

Everyone in Tengda knew that the people in the gaming department were direct subordinates of Boss Pei and elites among elites. They had received so many outstanding employees that once they were nurtured, they would be arranged to other industries.

Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, and the others were all in the same situation.

However, he realized that something was amiss after entering a department with so many halos.

Yu Fei felt that as a layman, he had no game development experience at all. However, Boss Pei had entrusted him with an important task. This was ridiculous enough.

Now, Boss Pei was even asking him to be in charge of designing and developing a combat game?

What was he thinking?

Of course, even though he was confused, Yu Fei, who had repeatedly told himself that he had to live up to the position, finally gave up struggling and started work step by step.

His idea was that since the mission had been assigned, he would do as much as he could. It was normal that he had not completed it. He would more or less be worthy of the salary Boss Pei gave him.

Repent and be Saved was made free of charge. The official platform was very supportive.

Repent and be Saved was a Chinese-style background story after all. It was also a rare top-notch game under the category of action games. It was completely in line with the official platform’s mission to promote traditional culture and promote the development of the game industry.

However, this news had not been officially announced because the official platform had said that there was going to be a huge event!

For a game like Repent and be Saved, it had to be free. It could not be done after the price was changed. That would be too shameful.

What’s more, Tengda had taken the initiative to give a refund back to players who had recently purchased the game. The refund quota for players who had different purchase times were different. This had to be considered at length. It had to be perfected and dealt with by the relevant functions.

Thus, the official platform decided to prepare for a period of time. They would officially publicize this news next week and open the official refund channel.

At the same time, he promised that he would package Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation together after free. He would make the best recommendation in a month!

Of course, he had to organize such a good thing. He could not let a good company like Tengda contribute silently.

Yu Fei naturally had no objections.

In his opinion, Repent and be Saved was still very influential even though it was made free which made the official platform have less of the profits. Whether it was attracting traffic to the platform, expanding the gamers, or promoting traditional culture, the invisible benefits that it brought to the official platform were very considerable. It was far greater than the small share.

Under such circumstances, wasn’t it normal for the official platform to give some good resources to publicize?

Therefore, this matter had come to an end. Yu Fei handed the docking matter to the others and started racking his brains on the design plan for Ghost General 2.

As for why he did not consult others…

He tried but to no avail.

Everyone else in the gaming department spoke in unison: There was nothing they could do!

It was not because people were indifferent. Everyone had good reasons.

First of all, this idea was suggested by Yu Fei. Different people had different ideas and could not provide opinions.

Everyone in the creative industry knew that different people had different ideas, so it was easy to turn their opinions into “stitched up monsters”. For example, when writing a novel, an author would write a plot outline for another author to write. What he wrote would definitely be unrecognizable.

Since Boss Pei was adopting Yu Fei’s idea, no one else would be able to think about this problem for him.

Secondly, Boss Pei had specifically asked Yu Fei to be in charge of this. This meant that Boss Pei must have seen a certain shine in him that was directly related to the game.

Yu Fei could only think of ways to dig out this sparkle. Others might do something bad with good intentions if they helped, so that Yu Fei could not dig out this sparkle.

Lastly, there was another important reason. Others did not know much about combat games!

Having a little knowledge about combat games and being proficient in combat games were two completely different concepts.

He could say that he knew a little about a few combo moves, but compared to those god-like players who were truly proficient in it, the gap might be even greater than between golden players and king players.

MOBA games could sometimes be mixed and wait for teammates to carry them after all. On the other hand, combat games depended purely on one’s skills. If one could not win, they could not win.

Thus, for these complicated reasons, no one could provide suggestions. Yu Fei could only write all sorts of scribbles in his little notebook in despair. Some ideas surfaced in his mind, but he quickly rejected them.

Just as he was feeling helpless, he suddenly heard Min Jingchao’s surprised voice. “Eh? Old Hu, you’re back?”

Old Hu?

Hu Xianbin?!

Yu Fei jumped up and looked at the door.

It was really Hu Xianbin!

They had not seen each other in two months. Hu Xianbin was tanner and thinner. He looked very energetic. However, the expression on his face, which seemed to be from a lifetime ago, still exposed the inhumane treatment he had been receiving during this period.

Yu Fei was overjoyed. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was in a desperate situation.

After two whole months, Hu Xianbin was finally back!

Do you know how I spent the past two months?

However, it was good that he was back. Old Hu coming back at this time was no different from a savior.

Yu Fei knew that he finally did not have to kill his brain cells over the matter of Ghost General 2 anymore. He would be free if he handed this task to Hu Xianbin and briefly explained Boss Pei’s request!

At that thought, he immediately rushed forward. “Brother Hu, you came back at the right time!”

“Come quick, I’ll briefly explain the design direction of Ghost General 2 to you. Let’s hand over some work and I’ll go back to write a novel!”

“Sigh, I won’t hide it from you, Brother Hu. I can’t take it anymore as the substitute team leader. If you had come two days later, I would have been tortured to death.”

Yu Fei was overjoyed. He was beaming with joy, as if he had finally hailed a taxi after standing in the cold wind for more than an hour.

Hu Xianbin looked at him with a strange expression. He wanted to speak a few times but Yu Fei was too happy. He kept talking to himself but Hu Xianbin did not find a chance to interrupt.

Hu Xianbin finally seized the opportunity when Fei was really about to pull Hu Xianbin to the workstation to hand over his work. He sighed softly and said, “Erm, calm down and listen to my explanation.”

“Actually, I came back this time because the special training camp gave us a holiday. They asked us to rest, reorganize and deal with the remaining affairs of the various departments so that we can prepare for the journey to Shennongjia.”

“Therefore, you are unable to handover work to me. You will probably have to continue for another month.”

Yu Fei’s expression froze instantly. He might still have a surprised smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with doubts.

“Shennongjia?”

“What are you going to do in Shennongjia?”

“Hasn’t a month already passed?”

Hu Xianbin explained, “Last month, we only conducted physical fitness training at a special training base in Jingzhou. That was not considered official content. After the physical fitness training is complete, we have to go to Shennongjia to suffer for a month.”

“Everything that happened previously was foreshadowing. This trip to Shennongjia is the main highlight of this event.”

Yu Fei was dumbfounded and lost the ability to speak for a moment.

Hu Xianbin patted his shoulder sympathetically. “Trust me, I’m more upset than you…”

Yu Fei still did not give up. “Must you go? Can’t they make an exception?”

Hu Xianbin forced a smile. “Do you think I wouldn’t try it if there was a way to make an exception?”

“It’s almost as if I want to go to Shennongjia!”

“I envy you so much. You just have to think about the new game at work every day. I am really going to suffer!”

“Why don’t we change positions and you go to Shennongjia? I have no objections!”

Yu Fei’s face darkened. “There’s no need for that!”

“Sigh, how about this, Brother Hu? Since you still have a short holiday, why don’t you help me think about the prototype of this game?”

“I’m mainly worried that I’m not capable enough. What if I mess up the game and destroy Tengda Games’ golden reputation? Wouldn’t I become a sinner?”

“I’m really not good at fighting games!”

Hu Xianbin sniggered. “What a coincidence. I’m not good at it either. There’s nothing I can do.”

Yu Fei: “…What should we do then!”

Good lord, no one in the project team was good at fighting games. How could they do that?

Boss Pei might be good at it, but he no longer did the specific design work.

Learn and understand now?

It would be too late. How could he master it in a day or two?

Hu Xianbin rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, “Actually, Tengda Games had a big boss who was good at fighting games previously.”

Yu Fei’s eyes lit up. “Oh? Who is it?”

Tengda Games was indeed filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. If Hu Xianbin had not revealed this information, he would not have known.

After a moment of silence, Hu Xianbin said slowly, “Brother Bao.”

Yu Fei :”…”

Alright, it was as good as not speaking.