But what the guys felt more deeply was that Wu Wei truly regarded them as good brothers.
"...I'm in."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Bian solemnly held out his hand.
"Count me in too."
Liu He placed his hand on top.
Wu Wei extended his hand as well.
Old Second and Old Third turned their eyes toward the dorm's Boss, Zhang Zhiyuan.
"Old Zhang, what about you?"
"Me?"
Zhang Zhiyuan chuckled.
"What identity do you think I attended this meeting under?"
"In terms of seniority, I'm your senior!"
"Just ten minutes ago, I had lunch with Boss Wu in the cafeteria. I'm one of Boss Wu's trusted men now, so you'd better watch yourselves around me from now on!"
As he spoke, Old Zhang smugly shook his head, practically wearing "throwing his weight around" on his face.
Lu Bian frowned!
"Hiss—Old Second."
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to hit him?"
"A little."
"Then what are we waiting for!"
"Hey, hey, hey! Verbal sparring, not physical fighting! Don't, don't, don't... Ah..."
Watching the three brothers tumble into a brawl, Wu Wei helplessly rubbed his forehead.
Hopefully, the company would remain stable.
And so, amid all that nonsense,
with everyone's unanimous agreement, the studio formed by the four brothers
was named—Platinum Studio!
At that time, none of them could have imagined it.
A game studio made up of a twisted sadist, a walking complaint machine, a booze barrel, and a rich second-generation heir would one day become famous across the globe!
It would become the world's top game studio!
It would even create a gaming era known as "Platinum"!
They got straight to work!
Although the four of them were usually each more unreliable than the last,
when it came time to actually get things done, they were anything but incompetent.
"The academy's organizing a game expo soon. It's being jointly hosted by universities in Zhongjing and Shenzhou."
Early that morning, Wu Wei gathered the four brothers with a poster in hand.
"A game expo?"
The three of them asked in unison, puzzled.
Wu Wei sat down, took a sip of water, and showed them the poster.
"I saw it while out for a run this morning."
That was right. While exercising that morning, Wu Wei had been wondering what rhythm game he should make next when he happened to spot this poster.
"Wait? Running? You?"
Old Zhang held up a hand to stop Wu Wei, his suspicious gaze sweeping him from head to toe.
"You don't even go to class, yet you actually go running?"
Wu Wei's heart tightened. Oh no.
It was one of his personal habits, meant to keep himself healthy and avoid dying suddenly from overwork.
But just as Wu Wei nervously wondered whether he had been found out, Lu Bian beside him grinned.
"Come on, Old Zhang, you really can't read the room. Our Boss Wu is a successful young man now."
"Don't you understand the trope where morning jogs lead to chance encounters with your dream girl? Don't you know the little campus belle, Shen Yunshi, goes jogging too?"
Binhai University had two campus belles: the major campus belle Meng Meichen, and the little campus belle Shen Yunshi.
The Shen Yunshi Lu Bian mentioned was not only beautiful, with fair skin, a pretty face, and long legs, but was also a talented student from the Art Department—the dream girl of countless male students at the academy.
"Sure enough, men turn bad once they have money. Sigh."
Liu He cast Wu Wei a resentful look and teased him.
It gave Wu Wei a jolt.
He was shocked!
My roommates are all sarcastic assholes!
"I really was looking at the poster!"
Wu Wei snapped!
This was outrageous!
It was not because his brothers were mocking him.
I actually didn't notice the campus belle was running too?!
I missed a chance to admire those long, pale legs for free!
Damn it!
Wu Wei beat his chest and stomped his feet.
"Mm-hmm, sure, okay, enough already. Let's look at the poster."
"Right, right, business first. Business first."
The brothers did not believe Wu Wei's explanation at all and pulled him back to the matter at hand.
Just as Wu Wei had said, it was a university student game expo led by Binhai Academy and jointly held with Zhongjing University of Science and Technology and Shenzhou Institute of Science and Technology.
Within the specified event period, students from each school could submit games they had developed for review.
Once approved, the games would be showcased at the expo.
The event was open to the public.
In other words, if a company took an interest in their game, they could receive corresponding cooperation and promotional support.
The game's creators might even be recruited directly by game companies without having to take an exam.
After the expo ended, the organizing committee would also select first, second, and third prizes based on sales volume.
The best game could even receive a two-hundred-thousand-yuan game development grant.
Without question, this event was an excellent opportunity for every game development student still in school.
"Holy shit, this is a great event!"
Lu Bian exclaimed.
"Tsk."
Liu He smacked his lips, somewhat regretful.
"What a pity. If Old Wu's Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy had released later, we probably could've snagged that two hundred thousand for free."
After all, Wu Wei's Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy had dominated Zhiyou's new games chart.
If the organizers truly judged based on sales volume, wouldn't that two hundred thousand be theirs for the taking?
Yet just as the three of them lamented missing out on two hundred thousand,
Wu Wei waved it off without a care.
"It's fine. We'll just make another one."
Wu Wei had never intended to live off a single game forever.
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