Huangtu Game Company

After finishing up the company address matters, the next step was handling the registration.

Wang Chuan wasn't very familiar with this process, and he'd heard the queues were a hassle.

So he just found a Scalper and handed everything over to them.

The efficiency wasn't bad either—spending just a few tens of thousands, the company was registered.

Huangtu Game!

That was the company's name.

At the same time, Wang Chuan proactively accepted interviews with some media outlets.

For instance, Game New World, which had helped promote him early on, along with other well-known publications.

He planned to use this interview to promote his next game.

While The Stanley Parable was still riding high, he'd funnel some traffic to the new title.

By now, all the endings of The Stanley Parable had been uncovered by players.

And the core theme of freedom hidden within the game was being discussed by more and more people.

After Wang Chuan's interview was posted online, he unexpectedly found himself going viral as a developer.

Meanwhile, the internet was buzzing with heated discussion about his interview.

"What does this mean? The next game isn't a Meta Game? Then what about The Stanley Parable???"

"Wait, didn't he make his name with Meta Games? Now he's just dropping them?"

"Down with Wang Chuan, give us a sequel! We demand a sequel!"

On gaming forums, similar comments abounded.

Players and developers alike were baffled by Wang Chuan's choice.

After all, The Stanley Parable was still blazing hot right now.

And Wang Chuan had resolutely abandoned it.

It was really hard to understand.

"Don't bother trying to talk him out of it—Wang Chuan's gotten too big for his britches. I heard he turned down all the invitations from the Three Factories to go solo."

"Is that so? No wonder the Three Factories suddenly announced they'd be making Meta Games. Interesting, interesting~~"

In a way, Wang Chuan had achieved his goal.

Riding the wave of The Stanley Parable, the internet was abuzz with talk about his decision in the interview.

If before, the game was famous but the person wasn't, now the person was famous, and the game even more so.

And in the gaming circle, developers were equally puzzled.

"This Wang Chuan is something else—the founder of Meta Games isn't making them, while other studios are blindly jumping on the bandwagon?"

"Exactly. You know, there are so few Meta Games on the market right now that basically any one you release makes money."

"What? That's like picking up free cash! Forget it, I'm jumping on the bandwagon too."

"Same here!"

Likewise, this was a hot topic for the media.

["Father of Meta Games 'Wang Chuan' Announces Next Game Will Abandon Meta Games."]

["Wang Chuan Abandons Meta Games—Is He Getting Cocky, or Does He Have Other Plans?"]

In short, with everyone confused and curious, attention on Wang Chuan himself kept climbing.

On social platforms, his personal account's follower count had soared to nearly 400,000.

Of course, plenty of those were casual fans who'd just hit follow and move on.

But in this era, numbers meant traffic.

The online noise was a raging storm, yet Wang Chuan remained calm and composed.

He was busy preparing for recruitment.

Though he wanted to handle everything himself, he was still human and could get tired.

Back when he'd soloed The Stanley Parable, he'd been exhausted.

So for less critical matters, he'd leave them to his subordinates.

He didn't want to be Zhuge Liang, nor did he want to die from overwork.

"Right, when I'm hiring, I need to leave a position open for building a game platform later."

Wang Chuan scribbled notes in his notebook, recording the directions he planned to recruit for.

Suddenly remembering something, he quickly jotted it down.

This game platform, simply put, was his own channel.

This was something he valued greatly.

After all, in this era, without a channel—without an opening to deliver information to players—

it was impossible to grow big and strong.

Of course, right now it definitely wouldn't work—no funds, no talent, no resources, no games—but in the future, he could still hope for it.

As for the candidates to hire, Wang Chuan didn't go through an agency.

Instead, he chose to recruit at the school, which could also be considered giving back to his alma mater.

The recruitment went quite smoothly.

Because of the outrageous success of "The Stanley Parable" and his reputation at the school, many people came to apply.

After a careful selection process, Wang Chuan chose four people from the fresh graduates.

Since it was just starting out, the team was still a bit small.

Among them were two men and two women.

The ones responsible for maintaining daily operations were Liu Qiang and Zhou Wei.

Both were computer science students with solid skills, having won several awards.

Handling other affairs was Zhao Jing, who had studied financial management.

Well, "other affairs" meant everything except game development and equipment maintenance.

There was no helping it—starting out meant they had to work a bit harder.

Thinking back to that girl's pale face when she found out, Wang Chuan felt a little sorry for her.

Well, sorry for the high salary he was paying~

Taking on multiple roles without a high salary—who would agree to that anyway!!

The last girl had studied art.

Wang Chuan noticed she had won an award in 3D art, so he directly appointed her as his assistant.

Even though she hadn't studied game development, having learned 3D art meant she had some understanding of game production.

When serving as his assistant, she could help him out.

And because she had only studied art, there was no risk of her maliciously jumping ship.

In his view, someone who had specifically studied game development

would never submit to being just his subordinate.

Such a person would be more likely to want to learn his skills.

Once they had learned enough, they would either jump to another company or start their own venture.

Just like Wang Chuan—wasn't that the same reason he didn't join Three Factories?

So he preferred the honest, the conventional, rather than the highly capable.

Of course, that didn't mean he would always reject talented people.

If he ever grew to the scale of Three Factories, he would recruit talented individuals too.

Because by then, the relationship between them would be reversed.

If they left you, it wouldn't be your loss—it would be theirs.

Also, talent was something you could cultivate yourself.

You might not be able to nurture a peerless genius, but you could train someone with enough ordinary skill who would listen to you.

"Sister Yuanyuan, thank you for this."

Before leaving the school, Wang Chuan specifically found Liu Yuanyuan to express his gratitude.

Although the school had helped find the location, it was Liu Yuanyuan herself who had helped with the recruitment.

"It's nothing. After all, you're quite the celebrity at our school now."

Liu Yuanyuan teased him a little, then saw him off.

"Make sure your company does well. Who knows, maybe I'll come work for you someday."

"Haha, don't worry!"