Chapter Summaries

Peng Qianqian explained that his father had assigned him a nearly impossible commercial development project in Binjiang’s Southern Suburbs as a test of his ability. Shen Miaomiao unexpectedly agreed to help Golden Wind take part, leaving Gu Sheng and Peng Qianqian stunned.

• Peng Guangjun again criticized Peng Qianqian’s relationship with his ordinary-background doctor girlfriend and challenged him to prove his ability by developing a difficult plot of land.
• Peng Qianqian visited Golden Wind and explained that Pengcheng Real Estate had acquired the remote Southern Suburbs commercial plot as a condition of buying valuable Eastern District land.
• Peng Qianqian said his father would only provide the land and wanted another company to fund construction through a joint development company.
• Peng Qianqian asked Golden Wind whether it would join the project, despite admitting it was a bad investment.
• Shen Miaomiao declared that Golden Wind had a duty to support the city’s plan and told Peng Qianqian to leave the matter to Gu Sheng.

Shen Miaomiao persuaded Gu Sheng to approve a real estate project on a remote Southern Suburbs plot, and Golden Wind formed a joint venture with Peng Qianqian’s company. As Gu Sheng examined the unusual land, A Yin finished discussing Resident Evil 7 and encountered a viewer’s suggestion to try Stardew Valley.

• Shen Miaomiao coaxed Gu Sheng into agreeing to invest in the remote Southern Suburbs plot.
• Golden Wind’s executives approved the project and established the joint venture Jinpeng Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. with Peng Qianqian’s company.
• Gu Sheng inspected the plot, which included a farmhouse courtyard, crop fields, and a weed-covered riverside area, and found it familiar.
• A Yin recapped Resident Evil 7’s tragic story and wondered about the mysteries left for Resident Evil 8.
• A Yin saw a viewer recommend Stardew Valley and began looking up the game.

A Yin tried Golden Wind’s obscure farming game, Stardew Valley, and found himself cleaning his new farm without any clear objectives. After working through the entire day, he collapsed at 2:30 a.m., leaving the stream chat joking that he had traded a 996 schedule for 627.

• A Yin learned Stardew Valley had received little promotion because it had competed with Golden Wind’s Resident Evil 7, then started the game and praised its music and pixel art.
• The opening introduced KomiVendi, a fictional corporation, and showed A Yin receiving his late grandfather’s letter and deed to CSTG Farm.
• Robin escorted A Yin to the overgrown farm near Pelican Town, where he found farming tools but no sword or clear main quest.
• A Yin began clearing weeds, branches, and stones, and became absorbed in tidying the farm despite not knowing what the game expected him to do.
• A Yin worked until 2:30 a.m. in-game, then collapsed from exhaustion as viewers laughed at his relentless labor.

A Yin and his cousin organized their farm, explored Pelican Town, and met Willy, who gave them fishing rods. As they fished at the beach, A Yin reflected on the stress of everyday life, while his cousin decided that catching sardines was the meaning of life.

• A Yin discovered he owed 200G after passing out and invited his cousin to join the farm.
• A Yin and his cousin planted parsnips, sorted supplies, and headed to town to look for ways to upgrade their tools.
• They explored Pelican Town, met its residents, and noticed the imposing Komei Wangdi Supermarket.
• Mayor Lewis directed them to visit Willy, who gave them fishing rods and bait.
• A Yin cast his line and found peace by the sea, then asked his cousin what they were so busy for.
• A Yin's cousin caught a Silver Star sardine and declared that the meaning of life was going to the docks to catch sardines.

A Yin and Cousin’s fishing jokes led into a reflection on how Stardew Valley’s neighbors and stories helped players reconcile with life. They discovered the Community Center’s repair quest and chose to save it from KomiVendi, leaving them busier than ever as their stream ran late into the night.

• A Yin and Cousin laughed with the livestream audience about fishing, and A Yin said life was trouble-free by nature while people made trouble for themselves.
• A Yin reflected on Stardew Valley’s stories, describing how players could build relationships with Pam, Penny, Leah, Abigail, and other townspeople.
• A Yin and Cousin reached Pelican Town, where Mayor Lewis showed them the run-down Community Center and explained that KomiVendi wanted to buy it for a warehouse.
• A Yin and Cousin chose to repair the Community Center rather than join KomiVendi, beginning the quest to gather seasonal crops and restore the town’s vitality.
• A Yin and Cousin spent their days farming, fishing, mining, and pursuing relationships until a viewer noticed that it was nearly midnight.

Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao planned Stardew Valley Resort on the Southern Suburbs plot, with Gu Sheng imagining a low-density pastoral retreat that could anchor a future entertainment complex. Shen Miaomiao expected the project to lose money, but Gu Sheng enthusiastically approved her proposal to let visitors build their own courtyards, and the resort project officially launched.

• Gu Sheng proposed turning the Stardew Valley-like land into a resort, though he worried its construction and upkeep costs would be difficult to recover.
• Shen Miaomiao encouraged Gu Sheng to invest by framing the resort as the starting point for a future entertainment and commercial complex in the Southern Suburbs.
• Gu Sheng was inspired by Shen Miaomiao's vision and imagined expanding the resort into a Golden Wind theme park.
• Shen Miaomiao suggested leaving the farmhouse unfinished so visitors could build their own courtyards and charging them a reduced daily fee.
• Gu Sheng approved the plan, and Shen Miaomiao opened a six-million-yuan peripheral project with a projected rebate of 438 million yuan as Stardew Valley Resort launched.

Resident Evil 7 claimed record-breaking sales despite mixed reviews, while Stardew Valley began drawing players with its unexpectedly rich gameplay. A Yin and his cousin attended the Spring Egg Festival and used a coordinated strategy to dominate the egg hunt.

• Review outlets gave Resident Evil 7 mixed scores, praising its horror while criticizing its repetitive enemies, late-game content, and limited innovation.
• Resident Evil 7 sold 4.28 million copies in its first week and became the best-selling sensory pod horror game in history.
• As attention shifted away from Resident Evil 7, players discovered Stardew Valley and were captivated by its many activities and festivals.
• A Yin and his cousin hurried to town for the Spring Egg Festival, where A Yin gave Abigail gifts and his cousin chatted with Penny.
• When Mayor Lewis started the egg hunt, A Yin and his cousin coordinated their routes so A Yin could collect eggs his cousin had already located.

A Yin’s Stardew Valley stream ran until the early morning as players praised the game’s addictive new gameplay. The next day, Fang Ge spotted Golden Wind’s announcement of a real-world Stardew Valley resort and found an idea for the Seventh Project Department’s new variety show.

• A Yin kept delaying the end of his stream until Nana revealed it was three-thirty, and he asked to stay on for the Flower Dance Festival.
• Players and SNG editor Simon praised Stardew Valley as an addictive game with a completely new genre.
• Fang Ge apologized to Yuan Quan for falling asleep during a meeting, where General Manager Wu Mengxing had rejected the department’s two show proposals.
• Fang Ge saw Golden Wind announce a real-world Stardew Valley resort and read players’ reactions to its booking offer.
• Fang Ge told Yuan Quan that the resort had given him an idea for a new variety show.

After Fang Ge introduced Stardew Valley Resort to Yuan Quan, their inspection trip inspired Mango Comprehensive Vision to propose a slow-paced variety show. Gu Sheng rejected their request to lease the resort, but suggested renaming the show “Golden Wind: Back to Field.”

• Fang Ge told Yuan Quan about Stardew Valley and proposed using Stardew Valley Resort as inspiration for their project.
• Yuan Quan led his team to visit the resort, where they helped build the courtyard and enjoyed a day of rural activities together.
• After returning, Yuan Quan’s team created a proposal for a slow variety show called Field Life.
• Yuan Quan asked Gu Sheng to lease the resort for the show, but Gu Sheng said the show’s name was not good.
• Gu Sheng suggested calling the show “Back to Field” or “Golden Wind: Back to Field.”

Gu Sheng proposed that Golden Wind become the naming sponsor of Yuan Quan’s variety show, and Shen Miaomiao approved a 20-million-yuan investment. Shen Miaomiao expected the unusual show to lose money and watched her projected rebate climb, while the investment settlement remained inactive.

• Gu Sheng proposed adding Golden Wind to the title of Yuan Quan’s show, and Yuan Quan explained that the prefix meant naming sponsorship.
• Yuan Quan presented Gu Sheng with sponsorship plans priced at eight million and sixteen million yuan.
• Gu Sheng asked Shen Miaomiao which plan Golden Wind should choose, and she urged him to invest twenty million yuan.
• Shen Miaomiao checked the Stardew Valley Resort project statement, which showed a projected rebate of 1.898 billion yuan and a settlement awaiting activation.

Golden Wind became the sole investor in Back to Field, raising its investment to twenty million yuan in exchange for a larger share of the profits. The show premiered to a surprised audience, revealing He Jiong and Huang Lei as its regular guests.

• Yuan Quan confirmed Golden Wind’s twenty-million-yuan investment and quickly arranged to sign the partnership with Gu Sheng.
• Golden Wind and Mango Comprehensive Vision agreed to share Back to Field’s production costs and advertising profits, with Golden Wind receiving a 55.55% share.
• News of the partnership and rumors about Golden Wind’s upcoming FPS game sparked excitement among audiences and industry rivals.
• Back to Field premiered on Mango Comprehensive Vision’s online platform, opening with music and imagery from Stardew Valley.
• Viewers discovered that He Jiong and Huang Lei were regular guests on the show.
• Gu Sheng had secured He Jiong and Huang Lei for the lineup after Shen Wanlin called Li Heng to arrange it.

Golden Wind’s Back to Field debuted with a star-studded cast and made its guests pay for rent and meals through hard farm labor. The first mysterious callers ordered dishes, and the chapter ended as two guests arrived, leaving their identities unrevealed.

• Back to Field premiered to huge online attention as Peng Peng, Little Sister, He Jiong, and Huang Lei gathered at Stardew Valley Farm.
• The production team charged the family one thousand ears of corn for rent and required them to exchange crops for food, forcing Peng Peng and Teacher He to harvest corn for zhajiang noodles.
• Peng Peng proposed eating plain noodles and vegetables to avoid more work, but the production team announced that callers ordering food were mysterious guests whose requests had to be fulfilled.
• Little Sister answered a call from a woman who ordered Qiāo Jiǎo Beef, and Peng Peng learned that the guests’ meal requests meant more labor.
• A second caller with a Hong Kong Putonghua accent struggled to order bamboo fungus, prompting Huang Lei to figure out the ingredient.
• The camera turned to reveal two mysterious guests arriving, but their identities were not shown.

Golden Wind chairwoman Shen Miaomiao and CEO Gu Sheng appeared as the first guests on Back to Field, where they worked, joked, and discussed the resort’s origins. Gu Sheng then revealed that Golden Wind was developing a new FPS inspired by Tom Clancy’s The Sum of All Fears for the Dongjin Game Festival.

• Yuan Quan invited Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng to appear on Back to Field as the show’s first guests and financial backers.
• Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao arrived at Mushroom House, greeted Peng Peng, He Jiong, and Huang Lei, and joined them in farm work and cooking.
• Shen Miaomiao explained that she and Gu Sheng had built Stardew Valley Resort as a real-life place for players to relax, even though it lost money.
• Peng Peng asked Gu Sheng about Golden Wind’s upcoming FPS, and Gu Sheng said the company planned to bring it to the Dongjin Game Festival.
• Gu Sheng revealed that the FPS drew inspiration from Tom Clancy’s The Sum of All Fears, which he and He Jiong named as a favorite novel.

Gu Sheng announced that Golden Wind and Melancholy Blues were developing Tom Clancy's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a trilogy he called the studio's best story-driven shooter. The announcement rattled rival studios, while the breakout success of Back to Field left Shen Miaomiao fearing the variety show would bring unexpected consequences.

• Gu Sheng said the planned shooter would match Sekiro's production quality, draw on Titanfall's storytelling, and launch as a trilogy with multiplayer.
• Gu Sheng revealed the project as Tom Clancy's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, combining the Tom Clancy setting with Call of Duty's Modern Warfare story.
• Gu Sheng kept the original plot and villains after higher-ups rejected his proposal to make Task Force 141 a United Nations force with Chinese elements.
• The announcement spread across the industry, prompting rival studios to avoid scheduling their FPS games near Golden Wind's planned November release.
• Back to Field gained over 30 million valid views within twelve hours and dominated entertainment headlines, making Shen Miaomiao worry about its success.

Shen Miaomiao tried to keep Back to Field’s sponsorship bids low so Golden Wind would not profit too much, but her instructions were misinterpreted as a demand for advertisers to raise their offers. The chapter ended with the advertisers preparing to increase their bids dramatically.

• Gu Sheng showed Shen Miaomiao bids from eighteen advertisers, including several offers exceeding twenty million yuan.
• Shen Miaomiao rejected the bids as too expensive and asked Gu Sheng to tell the advertisers to reconsider their sponsorship amounts.
• Yuan Quan relayed Shen Miaomiao’s three statements to the advertisers at an online meeting.
• The advertisers took her remarks as proof that the show deserved much higher bids and resolved to raise their offers as much as possible.

Shen Miaomiao discovered that Gu Sheng had helped push Back to Field’s sponsorship revenue to 213 million, then playfully kept him in bed. The next day, Nakamura Masakazu raged over Komeila canceling Nightfall Island’s Dongjin Game Festival appearance, only to learn Golden Wind had released a Call of Duty trailer.

• Shen Miaomiao confronted Gu Sheng about Back to Field’s reported sponsorship revenue, and he revealed that the eight sponsors had offered 213 million.
• Gu Sheng explained that he had subtly encouraged the sponsors to raise their bids, enraging Shen Miaomiao before she playfully kept him from getting up.
• Nakamura Masakazu learned that President Jouetsu Kagemasa had barred Nightfall Island from the Dongjin Game Festival and ordered its release delayed.
• Nakamura accused Jouetsu Kagemasa of surrendering to Golden Wind and protested that Nightfall Island was designed to challenge the studio’s new FPS game.
• The Deputy Director showed Nakamura a tablet and told him that Golden Wind had just released a Call of Duty trailer.

Golden Wind released a trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, presenting it as its first “Grand Masterpiece” and sending players and the gaming industry into a frenzy. Uneasy but unwilling to back down, Nakamura Masakazu went to ask Director Ito for help after Jouetsu Kagemasa decided Nightfall Island would skip the Dongjin Game Festival.

• Nakamura Masakazu watched Golden Wind’s new trailer and hurried off with the Deputy Director to see Director Ito.
• The trailer showed a covert operation, modern warfare across several battlefields, and a nuclear blast that devastated a city before revealing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
• Golden Wind labeled the game its first “Grand Masterpiece,” prompting widespread excitement, speculation, and media coverage.
• Nakamura Masakazu asked Director Ito for help after Jouetsu Kagemasa decided Nightfall Island would not attend the Dongjin Game Festival.

Ito Suke maneuvered to force Jouetsu Kagemasa to exhibit Nightfall Island, hoping to weaken the president and advance Nakamura Masakazu’s position in Komeila’s succession struggle. Under pressure from the board, Jouetsu reversed his decision and declared Nightfall Island would headline the Dongjin Game Festival with maximum resources.

• Ito Suke considered using Nightfall Island’s potential failure to make Jouetsu Kagemasa take the blame and help Nakamura Masakazu rise.
• At Komeila’s festival-planning meeting, Ito asked Jouetsu which game would serve as the company’s flagship, prompting the directors to question the lack of a major title.
• Uehara pressed Jouetsu about his concerns, and the seven directors’ scrutiny left him silent and isolated.
• Jouetsu began to concede that Nightfall Island could appear, but Ito insisted that the decision belonged to the president.
• Jouetsu requested that the directors reverse the cancellation and make Nightfall Island the festival’s flagship with maximum resource allocation.

Ito plotted with Sarah Gascone to remove Jouetsu Kagemasa and take control of Komeila, while Jouetsu threw everything into promoting Nightfall Island ahead of the Dongjin Game Festival. As the festival opened, Gu Sheng and Moriya Tetsuya prepared Golden Wind’s booth with help from former troublemakers turned security guards.

• Jouetsu Kagemasa resolved to survive the next six months and step down from the presidency safely after Nightfall Island’s failure threatened his position.
• Ito called Sarah Gascone and discussed using evidence of Jouetsu Kagemasa’s occupational embezzlement to force him out and align Komeila with Vendi.
• Sarah Gascone said Vendi’s board supported Ito’s efforts but was dissatisfied with Yunwei Kornik’s recent performance.
• Jouetsu Kagemasa spent heavily on Nightfall Island’s promotion, covering Dongjin with advertisements before the November Dongjin Game Festival.
• Gu Sheng and Moriya Tetsuya prepared Golden Wind’s booth and hired the green-haired punk and his companions from last year as temporary security guards.
• Shen Miaomiao spoke with Gu Sheng and Moriya over video call, then the Dongjin Game Festival officially opened.

At the Dongjin Electronics Show, Golden Wind’s Call of Duty drew crowds away from Komeila’s Nightfall Island despite Komeila’s massive promotional campaign. As Moriya Tetsuya opened the hands-on experience, streamer pew began the immersive No Russian mission as rookie Sergeant Soap MacTavish alongside Captain Price.

• Nakamura Masakazu watched visitors bypass Komeila’s booth and crowd around Golden Wind’s Call of Duty display.
• Moriya Tetsuya announced the opening of Golden Wind’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare hands-on experience to a roaring crowd.
• pew entered the sensory pod and began No Russian as Sergeant Soap MacTavish aboard a Black Hawk with Captain Price and the SAS team.
• Captain Price ordered the team to begin the operation and descend onto an armed freighter in the rain.
• Captain Price swiftly killed the guards on the bridge while pew had not fired a shot, then led the team toward the ship’s interior.