Taking Turns Having a Fit

"Secretary Chu?"

Gu Sheng looked at Chu Qingzhou with some surprise.

"You guys didn't go to Zhongjing?"

Gulp gulp—

Chu Qingzhou slurped her lemonade noisily, a helpless expression on her face. "We've already returned."

So soon?

Gu Sheng's heart leaped with joy.

It seemed the deal hadn't gone through. Otherwise, why would they be back so quickly? They left in the morning and returned in the afternoon.

That's great.

It's best if it didn't go through. As the saying goes, good food is worth the wait. Give me a little more time, and I'll be able to develop "Outlast."

"Was it not very smooth?"

Gu Sheng gestured for Chu Qingzhou to come in and sit down, asking, Hearing this, Lu Bian and Da Jiang also turned their heads to look.

Chu Qingzhou shook her head. "It was too smooth, so smooth... it was a bit unexpected."

"We've already reached a cooperation agreement with Yiyou, and our next project will be available on Yiyou x1,"

Chu Qingzhou said.

"I'm here to inform you that we'll be holding a project kickoff meeting soon."

"Holy crap! CEO Shen is so decisive!"

Lu Bian exclaimed.

"You went out in the morning and closed the deal by noon?!"

Heh.

Chu Qingzhou gave a wry smile inwardly.

Of course, it was fast. They offered double the price. If you were Yan Sheng, you would have agreed even faster.

"Mm,"

Chu Qingzhou nodded.

"CEO Shen... attaches great importance to this project, so the pressure on your end will be quite significant this time."

This was Chu Qingzhou's personal guess.

After all, she really couldn't understand why Miaomiao would pay double the price for landing rights on Yiyou x1.

What was the point?

Was it because the market was small and the share was low?

Therefore, she could only interpret it as Miaomiao's emphasis on this project.

Extreme emphasis!

Hearing this, Gu Sheng also straightened his posture.

"Yes, after all, this is our first foray into the motion simulator cabin market,"

"Not only does CEO Shen value it, but we will also pay special attention to it."

"Then I'll have to trouble Director Gu and the two of you,"

Saying this, Chu Qingzhou stood up.

"I'll go prepare the meeting room first. I'll see you guys later."

After seeing Chu Qingzhou off, the three brothers dropped their lazy demeanor.

"Judging by Secretary Chu's demeanor, this investment is not small," Lu Bian lit a cigarette.

"After all, it's the motion simulator cabin track,"

Gu Sheng nodded.

"Even a casual investment would be more than the sum of our previous game investments."

"So... Brother Sheng, do you have any ideas now?"

Da Jiang asked.

"The project kickoff meeting is about to start, we need to have a preliminary plan, right?"

Mentioning this, Gu Sheng genuinely felt a headache coming on.

"To be honest, I only have a preliminary idea about the game genre,"

Gu Sheng rubbed his face.

"But the specific format isn't finalized yet."

"That's fine, as long as we have a genre," Lu Bian said. "There are so many motion simulator cabin games, there will always be similar ones to draw inspiration from. What direction are we planning to focus on?"

Gu Sheng pondered for a moment. "Horror games."

It was as if an angel had passed by.

The entire office fell silent at his words.

A long silence!

Lu Bian finally spoke slowly:

"...Are you and Little Nezha taking turns having fits?"

Making horror games?

What the hell kind of similar games are there to draw inspiration from for this!

That genre died out long ago!

Lu Bian was numb.

Last time, it was Little Nezha who was spouting nonsense at the project meeting, talking about pixel art style and randomness!

Fortunately, Gu Sheng was amazing, transforming into the 'big daddy' and weaving those absurd requirements together in a brilliant way, creating a masterpiece like Vampire Survivors.

But this time!

Gu Sheng was having a fit!

Who would stand up and be the 'big daddy' now?

No one!!!

"Big brother, please wake up! Horror games have been dead for ten years!"

Lu Bian grabbed Gu Sheng's shoulders, trying to shake him back to his senses.

It's one thing if other people lose their minds.

But you can't have a fit!

The survival of the entire company rests on your shoulders!

"Didn't we talk about this before? Did you forget?"

Lu Bian shook Gu Sheng, as if trying to help him regain his sanity:

"That stuff is completely dead! It can't even compete with galgames anymore! Nobody makes horror games! There's no market!!!"

"Um... Second Brother..."

Da Jiang weakly interrupted from the side:

"Galgame players' lives matter too, otaku haven't hurt anyone..."

"That's not the point I'm trying to make!"

Lu Bian was exasperated:

"Can you even touch horror games? Especially since we're just starting out! Investing in the motion simulator cabin track is already extremely risky, and making horror games on top of that would mean losing our shirts, wouldn't it?!"

Just as he finished speaking!

Click!

The office door opened.

A small head with a bun hairstyle peeked in cautiously, acting shifty: "Excuse me, what project were you just talking about that could make you lose your shirts?"

"Miss... CEO Shen?" Lu Bian flinched upon seeing the newcomer and quickly stood up to greet her.

Indeed!

The person who arrived was Shen Miaomiao!

She had just gone to the restroom and, on her way back, happened to pass by Gu Sheng's office door and overheard Lu Bian's outburst about "losing their shirts."

Shen Miaomiao's interest was immediately piqued!

Losing their shirts?!

What kind of top-tier project would that be!

So, unable to contain her curiosity, Shen Miaomiao pushed open Gu Sheng's office door.

"It's nothing... nothing at all..."

Shen Miaomiao waved her hand, signaling them not to be nervous:

"I was just passing by and heard you discussing things quite heatedly, so I thought I'd come in and see. What were you talking about... what project?"

With Little Nezha's arrival, Gu Sheng was finally able to break free from Lu Bian's 'claws'.

Thank goodness.

Gu Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If Little Nezha hadn't shown up, his brains would have been shaken into a pulp.

He shook his head and said, "We're discussing the game genre for the motion simulator cabin project."

"Oh—"

Shen Miaomiao nodded.

"What's Director Gu's idea?"

"I want to try the horror game genre," Gu Sheng said. "Although this genre isn't in high demand in the current market, with hardly any developers willing to research and produce it, and from a player's perspective, they don't have much confidence or enthusiasm for this type of game."

"But..."

Gu Sheng wanted to say, 'But I'm confident that we can break horror games free from the rigid Jumpscare template. By combining it with the highly immersive nature of the motion simulator cabin, we can carve out a unique niche in the motion simulator market and blaze a trail.'

But before he could finish, Shen Miaomiao clapped her hands!

"But isn't this exactly the embodiment of our golden spirit! Great!!!"

Shen Miaomiao was overjoyed! This was perfect timing! She also wanted to make a horror game for the motion simulator cabin. She had been worried about how to propose this idea at the project initiation meeting. But she never expected! Gu Da Congming had brought it up himself! He was really getting ahead of himself! No wonder Supervisor Lu said this project would bankrupt them! Thinking of this, Shen Miaomiao's expression became excited, and she slapped her thigh!

"Director Gu truly lives up to being the backbone of our company, a rising Supernova in the gaming circle!"

"Bold! Creative! Driven!"

"Excellent! Very spirited! We'll do as you say! We'll make a horror game!"

"Let's go! We'll head to the conference room now to discuss the game details!"