Lu Bian

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lu Bian (陆边)
Alias(es)	Old Second; Bian'er; Supervisor Lu; Second Brother Lu 10 11 64 489
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Golden Wind 10 12
Occupation/Role	Lead Programmer; later Vice President and former Chief Program Director of Golden Wind 12 470
First Appearance	Chapter 10

Background

Lu Bian was the second member of Gu Sheng and Xu Dajiang's unusual three-person dormitory at Binjiang University. The three became an inseparable “Iron Triangle,” frequently getting into mischief together; Lu Bian and Gu Sheng were the pair most prone to wild ideas, while Dajiang usually bore the consequences. 10

During their internship period, Lu Bian had enough family connections to arrange an internship certificate if needed, but he did not yet have a career plan. When Gu Sheng offered him a position at a new game company, Lu Bian immediately agreed, seeing it as a chance to enter the game industry alongside someone whose vision he deeply trusted. 11

Gu Sheng introduced him to Shen Miaomiao as Golden Wind's Lead Programmer, specifically responsible for program architecture and engine development. Lu Bian initially worried that the unusually generous contract might be a scam, but joined the studio with Gu Sheng and Dajiang. 12

Appearance

Lu Bian is described as having an average appearance and, at Golden Wind's founding, wore a plaid pink shirt that contributed to his image as a carefree rich second-generation slacker. 10 12

• Retains a full head of hair despite his programming talent. 10
• Often presents himself casually rather than like a conventional game-company executive. 12

Personality

Lu Bian is sharp-tongued, playful, and prone to dramatic jokes. He angrily curses difficult games in “Cybertronian language,” teases Gu Sheng relentlessly, and regularly turns ordinary situations into gossip investigations. 11 64 141

Beneath the irreverence, he is intensely loyal to Gu Sheng. He entrusts his career to him, follows his technical direction without demanding explanations, and repeatedly frames himself and Dajiang as the brothers who will carry out Gu Sheng's plans. 11 236

His confidence in reading relationships is substantially greater than his restraint in discussing them. He claims extensive dating experience, analyzes details of Gu Sheng's home to identify Shen Miaomiao as the resident “sister-in-law,” and later gives Gu Sheng blunt advice about Shen Miaomiao's feelings. 85 142 159

Abilities & Skills

Programming and Engine Development

Lu Bian is a programming prodigy, especially adept at learning cutting-edge game-engine development and programming languages. He learns rapidly, can infer broader principles from individual examples, and specializes in program architecture. 10 12

• Served as Golden Wind's Lead Programmer from the company's founding. 12
• Developed and refined Golden Wind's globally unique AI engine component. 470
• Maintains technical work that Gu Sheng considers strategically important even before its eventual purpose is revealed. 236
• Quickly grasped Gu Sheng's explanation that Yunwei's apparent technical achievement was essentially CG layered over a UI. 556

Technical Problem-Solving

Lu Bian actively probes unfamiliar systems rather than accepting them at face value. He and his family spent two hours attempting to determine how Titanfall's seamless time-switching sequence functioned. 110

• Provides programming support while coordinating with art and planning teams. 143
• Recognizes when a technical objective exceeds Golden Wind's available experience; the R6 engine upgrade could have required Melancholy Blues to spend three to five years developing the necessary technology from scratch. 470
• Remained involved in overnight work on major engine upgrades despite Golden Wind's normal no-overtime policy. 470

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Golden Wind's formation — Joins Gu Sheng and Xu Dajiang at the newly founded Golden Wind as Lead Programmer after accepting Gu Sheng's recruitment offer. 11 12
• Early game development — Helps produce Who's Your Daddy under Gu Sheng's deliberately bug-heavy design instructions, then questions the apparently disastrous concepts behind Vampire Survivors and Phasmophobia before reviewing their proposals. 13 25 52
• Yiyou partnership — Interprets Shen Miaomiao's decisions as calculated business strategy, including the arrangement that led Yiyou to provide promotional support for Phasmophobia. 17 59
• Titanfall project — Becomes fascinated by the project's seamless timeline-switching technology and continues development alongside Golden Wind's expanding project team. 110
• APEX monetization — Recognizes the player appeal of Wang Xiaoming's Season Pass and cosmetics model, despite joking that its design is frighteningly effective at making players spend. 141
• Action-game technology — Continues maintaining Golden Wind's Heirloom-related technology until Gu Sheng reveals it as the core of an action RPG project; later celebrates the addition of MOSIA and Kenji Kamiyama's stunt team to Sekiro. 236 240
• Engine-era expansion — By the R6 project, serves as Golden Wind's Vice President and former Chief Program Director while leading difficult engine-development work. 470
• Competition with Yunwei — Assesses the hype surrounding Eve of Cataclysm and later recognizes the technical deception behind its presentation. 556

Relationships

• Gu Sheng — Dormitory elder brother, closest friend, and professional leader. Lu Bian follows Gu Sheng into Golden Wind, entrusts him with his career, and supports his decisions even when he does not yet know their purpose. 11 236
• Xu Dajiang — Fellow dormmate and Golden Wind cofounding teammate. The two share a habit of gossiping about Gu Sheng, though Lu Bian is frequently stunned by Dajiang's blunt observations. 10 141 194
• Shen Miaomiao — Golden Wind's CEO. Lu Bian comes to respect her business judgment and recognizes her importance in Gu Sheng's personal life. 17 142 159
• Chu Qingzhou — His relationship with Chu Qingzhou develops more slowly than his previous romances; he has pursued her longer than anyone before, and she later becomes his girlfriend. 235 489

Notable Quotes

“Alright, brother, my career is entrusted to you.” 11

“Being strong is temporary, but being cool is forever.” 141

Trivia

• Lu Bian claims to have had twenty-three girlfriends. 85
• He repeatedly invites Gu Sheng to spend Lunar New Year with his family, but Gu Sheng has declined for six consecutive years. 111
• He and Gu Sheng celebrated reaching Bronze I in PUBG as though they were on the verge of becoming elite players. 111