"CEO Shen is making the proposal?!"
Inside Golden Wind's game director's office.
Lu Bian and Da Jiang looked at Chu Qingzhou in shock and spoke in unison.
"Uh... yes."
Chu Qingzhou was helpless as well. She shrugged.
"CEO Shen wants to personally take the lead on the game proposal for this competition."
"This..."
Lu Bian looked troubled.
"Secretary Chu, for something like this... there's no need to trouble CEO Shen, right?"
Lu Bian had phrased it politely.
But how could Chu Qingzhou fail to understand what Lu Bian really meant—could you, a boss who didn't understand a thing, please stop meddling in game development?
Actually, Chu Qingzhou also disliked it when bosses barged into operational matters.
You didn't understand the actual business situation, so what the hell were you trying to direct?
Besides, wasn't the young lady normally not this kind of person?
As a laid-back girl, she usually wanted to stay as far away from actual operations as possible. Ideally, she would spend her whole life as a hands-off boss!
Why had she suddenly gotten the urge to take charge of a game proposal today?
But!
The boss had spoken. As her secretary, Chu Qingzhou couldn't argue. She could only carry out the order.
"CEO Shen said so herself. I also told her that when it comes to making games, your team is definitely more experienced."
"But CEO Shen still wants to oversee the overall direction. What do the three of you think...?"
As she spoke, everyone turned their eyes toward Gu Sheng.
After all, he was the director.
Even if he was unwilling, he would have to be the one to personally persuade Shen Miaomiao.
"Mm—"
Gu Sheng pondered for a moment.
Then he spoke.
"How about this? CEO Shen's willingness to oversee the overall direction shows that she takes this event very seriously."
"However, considering that CEO Shen's understanding of the game industry isn't particularly... professional..."
"Some of the finer details will still need to be adjusted by us."
Gu Sheng's suggestion was fair, and his meaning was clear—
Shen Miaomiao could offer suggestions on the broad direction. After all, the company was hers, and she was the boss.
But she shouldn't interfere with refining the details. Those were professional matters, and she wouldn't be able to help with them anyway.
Gu Sheng was already being extremely respectful by making that concession.
After all, no expert wanted to be instructed by a layperson, even if that layperson was the company's top boss.
Besides, their top boss... truly didn't understand game development.
Chu Qingzhou nodded repeatedly as well.
"Alright, Director Gu, please make some preparations."
Chu Qingzhou let out a long breath.
"I'll talk to CEO Shen again. Let's meet in the conference room in ten minutes."
"Alright."
Gu Sheng nodded.
Secretary Chu had left.
But Gu Sheng's office exploded!
"Holy shit, Old Gu! Are you okay? You're going to let Little Nezha guide us in making a game?"
Lu Bian shut the door and looked at Gu Sheng in disbelief.
"She... doesn't understand game development! Couldn't you tell from that demo last time?"
You had to know!
During their previous demo, that diaper-wearing baby had clipped through the model right in front of everyone and violently glitched out!
If they'd had any normal boss, the three of them would have been bundled up and kicked out long ago!
But Little Nezha had laughed while watching. Not only had she grinned like an idiot, she'd even applauded them!
At that level...
You wanted to let this lady be the chief planner?!
Da Jiang also looked troubled beside them. "Yeah, Brother Sheng. CEO Shen is a good boss, but that doesn't necessarily make her a good planner..."
Yet after hearing his two brothers' concerns, Gu Sheng merely smiled faintly.
"That's why I said we'll make the final call on the details."
As he spoke, Gu Sheng unhurriedly poured each of them a cup of water, signaling for them to calm down.
"It's precisely because she knows nothing about game development that I want to hear her suggestions."
Lu Bian and Da Jiang exchanged glances.
"I don't get it, Brother Sheng." Da Jiang scratched his head.
Gu Sheng chuckled.
"Little Nezha truly doesn't understand game development, but at the very least, she's a normal person. She knows what she wants. And why do we make games?"
"To... let other people play them..." Lu Bian answered.
Gu Sheng pointed approvingly at Lu Bian.
"Lu Bian got it right. We make games for players to play."
After that!
The office fell into a brief silence.
A moment later, Lu Bian suddenly understood. "Oh—"
"Old Gu, you mean Little Nezha is our player, right!"
Lu Bian understood.
The reason Old Gu had agreed to hear Little Nezha's opinion was precisely because she knew nothing about game development!
She was a pure player!
When judging whether a game was good or bad, there was only "fun" and "not fun"!
And what Gu Sheng wanted to hear was exactly that kind of pure player demand.
Whatever kind of game you think is fun, that's the kind of game I'll make.
"You really are something, Old Gu!"
Now that he understood Gu Sheng's thinking, Lu Bian gave him a thumbs-up in wholehearted admiration.
"No wonder you were born to be a designer. That design perspective is fucking amazing."
"You brownnoser."
Gu Sheng laughed and scolded him, then turned to Da Jiang.
"What about you, Da Jiang? Do you agree with this design perspective?"
"Ah—"
Da Jiang froze for two seconds, then clasped his fists.
"Same here!"
Ten minutes later!
Conference room.
Little Nezha might have been laid-back, but whenever money was involved, she had always acted decisively!
Seated at the head of the conference table, Shen Miaomiao's heart surged with excitement!
Who would've thought that one day, someone like me, who knows absolutely nothing about game development, would get to lead a game proposal!
Sorry, Comrade Old Gu!
Shen Miaomiao said inwardly.
Although I know you want to become a good game designer, we're ultimately headed down different paths. Once I succeed, I'll give you part of the rebate as compensation!
Just as she was thinking that, Gu Sheng and the other two entered the conference room.
Everyone took their seats, and the proposal meeting officially began.
"Everyone, don't be nervous."
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the delighted Shen Miaomiao smiled.
"Today's meeting is mainly for discussion. Speak freely. If anything I say is wrong or insufficient, Director Gu, please correct me."
Hearing that, Gu Sheng nodded. "CEO Shen is too modest. Please, go ahead."
Hehe! Then I won't hold back!
Shen Miaomiao grinned wickedly to herself and opened her meeting notebook.
It was filled with data she had just gathered, including but not limited to the least popular game genres of the past three years, the most negatively reviewed games of the past five years, the lowest-selling games on the Yiyou Platform, and so on.
"Ahem, then let's first decide on the game genre."
Shen Miaomiao cleared her throat and looked at Gu Sheng and the other two.
"Director Gu, do you have any thoughts on the genre for the game we'll be entering this time?"
That depended on how many Emotion Points I had in my system.
Gu Sheng said inwardly.
He shook his head. "Not yet. The notice came on such short notice that we haven't had time to discuss it. Does CEO Shen have any ideas?"
Bingo!
Shen Miaomiao was extremely pleased with Gu Sheng's answer. Perfect. Let's see which genre in my data is the worst, and we'll make that.
With that thought, she lowered her head and scanned through her notebook.
"Then let's make... a bullet hell shooter!"
As the name implied, bullet hell shooters focused on dodging frenzied, deadly barrages while striking back in search of survival.
Honestly!
Shen Miaomiao had never even heard of this genre!
In fact, there hadn't been a single game of the same genre on the Yiyou Platform in the past five years!
It was the kind of genre not even dogs would spare a glance!
Sure enough!
The moment she said it!
Lu Bian and Da Jiang both sucked in a sharp breath!
What the fuck kind of game genre was that?!
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