Making Genshin Impact: Elysia Helps Me Endorse Chapter 6

"Boss, you just said this game's main selling point is its character cards..."

"Is that why you used us as templates to create the game characters?"

"Huh?" Hearing Durandal's words, the girls finally snapped back to attention, glaring at Mo Li with unfriendly expressions.

Rita narrowed her eyes. "Boss, I think you owe us an explanation~"

Chapter 9: Himeko: Is the boss already developing feelings for me?

"Ahem..." Mo Li was startled by the girls' gazes and quickly waved his hands. "I said before... this really is just a coincidence..."

Mo Li felt a headache coming on. He couldn't tell them about the system.

Even less could he say that Durandal and the others were characters in a game in another world.

As Mo Li was struggling with his headache, Mei was the first to speak up and break the tension.

"Actually... I still believe the boss..."

Himeko also chimed in with a smile. "I don't mind, but you're being a bit unfair, Boss~"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Bronya curled her lips. "Since you used us as templates, shouldn't our salaries also be relatively increased?"

Mo Li finally caught on.

So, these girls, seeing the profit potential of Honkai Impact 3rd, were thinking of getting a raise...

Mo Li didn't mind the girls having these thoughts; it was only natural.

Besides, the characters in Honkai Impact 3rd were indeed based on their templates.

"We don't want much, just..."

Before Bronya could finish, Mo Li interrupted. "I understand. This is indeed appropriate..."

"Haven't you forgotten? I told you this on the first day?"

"I said back then that I would never treat you unfairly and that once the game became profitable, I would give you a share of the profits."

Hearing Mo Li's words, the girls finally remembered this.

They couldn't help it; they hadn't paid much attention to Mo Li's game back then, thinking he was just making empty promises.

Now that Mo Li brought it up again, the girls realized that his words had been very serious.

Thinking about it, the girls felt a bit embarrassed.

After a while, Bronya cleared her throat. "Ahem..."

"Boss, actually... our request for a salary increase was out of necessity. After all, you developed this game, and our contribution wasn't that significant."

"But 'Saving Girl' is the result of all our hard work, and we still want to keep operating that game. However... operating that game still requires some money..."

"I see," Mo Li nodded, pondered for a moment, and then smiled.

"I've seen your game. The main reason it's failing is that the gameplay isn't good enough to retain players."

"Once Honkai Impact 3rd is stable, I'll devise some new elements for you. You can tinker with them in your free time, and then your 'hard work' won't be losing money every month."

After hearing Mo Li's words, the girls' faces lit up with joy.

Mo Li's ideas were definitely not simple.

Just look at Honkai Impact 3rd: its novel game modes, its globally leading operational strategies...

It even developed such an excellent game engine for 3D anime rendering.

It was clear how amazing Mo Li was in their eyes.

Therefore, as soon as Mo Li said this, the girls felt completely assured.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Mo Li." Miss Mei, the gentle one, was the first to recover and bowed to Mo Li, unable to hide her happiness.

Himeko also gently tucked her hair behind her ear, looking at Mo Li teasingly. "Boss, you're so good to us~ How should we repay you~"

"Repay me, you say..." Mo Li stroked his chin thoughtfully.

His reaction made Himeko's heart skip a beat.

Could he really have feelings for me...?

Himeko could talk a big game, but if Mo Li truly had ill intentions towards her, she would definitely retaliate fiercely.

"How about this," Mo Li snapped his fingers crisply. "Honkai Impact 3rd is getting a lot of attention on Douyin right now, but the game is still half a month away from launching."

"To prevent the game's popularity from waning, how about Miss Himeko... makes an appearance?"

Himeko, who had been a little nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mo Li's proposal.

Thank goodness Mo Li didn't say anything too suggestive.

Otherwise, they might have had to re-evaluate Mo Li's character.

After thinking for a moment, Himeko finally shook her head. "Boss, how about something else? I really can't do this."

The others also shook their heads. "None of us want to appear in public..."

"I see..."

Mo Li didn't press the issue in the end.

"Since you don't want to, then forget it. There are plenty of ways to maintain our popularity anyway."

"Besides making us show our faces, does the boss have any other ideas~?" Himeko, having cooled down for a bit, started talking big again.

Just as Mo Li was about to speak, the phone in Ganyu's pocket suddenly rang.

In the studio, Ganyu, like Fu Hua, spoke very little. They mainly helped everyone with some trivial matters.

They were quite like secretaries.

"Sister Durandal, it's that person's call..."

For some reason, as soon as Ganyu said this, the girls' expressions immediately turned cold.

This made Mo Li very curious.

"What's wrong?"

Bronya explained softly, "He's someone very annoying."

"A guy Big Sister met while looking for investors outside... Anyway, he's just really annoying..."

Although she explained, she didn't fully clarify, leaving Mo Li still very curious.

"This call... should I answer it?" Ganyu held her phone, blinking her big eyes as she looked at Mo Li.

Mo Li rolled his eyes at her, "It's your phone, why are you asking me..."

Ganyu's cheeks flushed at his words, and she quickly turned her face away, looking at Bronya.

"Answer it. Let's hear what he wants to say."

"Oh... okay." Ganyu nodded, quickly answered the call, and put it on speaker.

"Miss Durandal, it's me." A young man's voice came from the phone.

Upon hearing the voice, Bronya instinctively frowned, "Tsk... I get annoyed just hearing that voice."

Durandal didn't seem to mind and replied expressionlessly, "What is it?"

The man on the other end of the phone chuckled, "I'm at your studio's entrance. Can we meet?"

Durandal: "If you have something to say, say it now."

The man didn't pester. Instead, he was quite forthright, "Then I'll get straight to the point. Your studio needs investment, right? I think you have potential, so I want to invest 2 million."

After hearing the man's voice on the phone, the girls exchanged glances.

He's clearly in the gaming industry. Haven't they been online recently? Don't they follow what's happening in the gaming circle?

"Honkai Impact 3rd" has such high discussion volume on Douyin, and the MiHoYo logo is so obvious...

Our studio is about to take off, and you're only coming now to invest?

"Mr. Zhao, I apologize, but the MiHoYo studio is no longer under our control. You should talk to our new boss."

After saying that, Durandal directly hung up the phone.

Her actions made Mo Li even more curious.

The girls were so easy to get along with. What did that guy do to make them hate him to this extent...

[Image of Rita]

Chapter 10: The Girls Are Being Targeted?

Outside the studio.

Zhao Yi sat in his car, his expression somewhat gloomy.

It wasn't because Durandal hung up on him, but because he heard her last sentence.

"New boss?"

He stared quietly at the entrance of the MiHoYo studio, lost in thought.

He had also learned about the MiHoYo studio by chance. The moment he saw Durandal, he was utterly captivated.

Her flawless, beautiful face, her capable and elegant, perfect figure, she was simply the perfect female protagonist straight out of a manga.

With just one glance, that figure was deeply imprinted in his mind.

Afterward, he inquired through various channels and learned that the MiHoYo studio was in a state of losing money and desperately needed investment, so he began to harbor ulterior motives.

When he approached Durandal under the guise of investment, and then saw Bronya and the others at the MiHoYo studio, he was stunned on the spot.

The entire studio was filled with top-tier beautiful girls... He felt like he had arrived in paradise.

He subconsciously set a small goal for himself—at least to win over Durandal, and not go home empty-handed.

As for why he didn't choose others... it was naturally because Durandal seemed a bit naive and, compared to the others, should have been the easiest to win over.

But when they talked about investment, Zhao Yi was completely stumped.

At that time, he didn't have that much money to invest in MiHoYo...

An idea struck him, and under the guise of an extended observation period, he began frequenting MiHoYo's studio.

However, Rita and the others weren't naive fools; they had long seen through Zhao Yi's little schemes.

After that, he never set foot inside MiHoYo's studio again.

"Damn it! I'm too late..."

Looking at the entrance to MiHoYo's studio, Zhao Yi felt a pang of unwillingness.

Thanks to his uncle's connections, Zhao Yi was now a game producer at one of Tencent's studios.

Tencent, as a rule, didn't engage in losing ventures. Under his uncle's guidance, a game he had planned was about to launch soon.

When the time came, he, as the game producer, would undoubtedly receive a substantial sum of money.

But since it would take another month or two to start earning, he borrowed some money from friends. Once he had scraped together 2 million, he immediately came to MiHoYo's studio.

In his calculations, the money he had prepared was enough to buy the entire studio.

However, he worried that if he bought MiHoYo's studio, the girls might seek employment elsewhere. Therefore, he didn't intend to buy MiHoYo outright, still preferring to invest.

This way, he could legitimately enter MiHoYo's studio and then slowly win over the beautiful girls.

Although this investment was a sure money-losing deal, for the sake of the beautiful girls at the studio, Zhao Yi felt that losing this amount of money was well worth it.

Unfortunately, while his thoughts were pleasant, reality was rather harsh.

It wasn't until he made the call just now that he learned MiHoYo had already been claimed by someone else!

How could he stand for this?

"So, you're the new boss, huh? Let's see what kind of person you are," Zhao Yi cursed inwardly, picked up his phone again, and redialed Durandal.

The ringing went on for a long time, and amidst his slightly anxious feelings, the call was finally answered.