Strange Item

After seeing the Ten-Pull, Wang Chuan did not hesitate in the slightest and went straight to the Big Wheel.

He put in one hundred thousand Fan Points and started a Ten-Pull.

Only lucky bastards believed in miracles from Single Pulls. Wang Chuan only believed in ten pulls!!!

Wang Chuan was somewhat curious about what the Ten-Pull would give him.

But seriously, no matter what he drew, he could accept it.

After all, it would strengthen him in some way.

It would make developing games easier for him.

As the Fan Points went in, the Big Wheel began to spin, multicolored lights appearing across its surface.

Wang Chuan remained very calm.

Because no matter how pretty the lights were or what was inside, he could not see any of it.

So what was the point of getting excited???

Soon, the Big Wheel stopped spinning, and ten items appeared before Wang Chuan.

Most of them were skill books related to game development.

Wang Chuan consumed them all.

His abilities in every area improved considerably once again.

Besides that, he received two Memory Searchers. Added to the previous three, he now had five.

Naturally, Wang Chuan welcomed as many Memory Searchers as he could get.

They could directly find the memories he wanted from the depths of his mind.

They were simply too useful.

Especially when he had made "The Stanley Parable" last time. One phrase described it perfectly: it had felt like divine assistance!!!

Satisfied, he put away the two Memory Searchers and stored them in the Item Section.

Wang Chuan looked at the final item.

"Oh ho ho, it's actually a special item???"

That made Wang Chuan even happier.

Sure enough, Ten-Pulls were the proper way. Single Pulls had no future.

Wang Chuan absolutely loved special items!!

When he had first received the system, he had gotten a special item.

"Magnifying Glass!!!"

At first, he had not known what it did, but he had used it with a try-it-and-see attitude.

The result had been incredible.

"The Stanley Parable" becoming popular so quickly had also been partly thanks to that special item.

Kindness of Strangers: The target group is the owner's player base. It can make players harbor kind intentions and unconsciously help the victims. (Duration: one day.)

"Kindness of Strangers??? What is this even for? Making players a little more merciful when they mail me razor blades???"

Wang Chuan stared at the inexplicable item with a baffled expression.

The previous Magnifying Glass had at least been related to games.

And it had allowed players to experience the charm of "The Stanley Parable."

But what use was this item???

After thinking for a while without figuring it out, Wang Chuan stopped dwelling on it.

The item was not going anywhere anyway, so he would just leave it there~~

Maybe he would understand it someday, or accidentally discover how to use it.

"Right now, the company's finances aren't very comfortable. The main focus should still be developing "Soul Knight.""

Wang Chuan actually had plenty of ideas, but he was poor!!

Although the official gaming platform had already transferred nearly two million in profits from "The Stanley Parable."

Part of it had been spent on setting up the company.

Now, there was less than three million left in the company account.

Well, that included the more than one million he owed the bank.

The company account might seem to have plenty of money, but it truly was not enough to spend.

Game development was only a minor expense. The real cost lay in game promotion.

After all, even the finest wine could be lost in a deep alleyway~~~

There was no need to explain how important promotion was to a game.

If players did not know about it, who would come play your game??

Even manufacturers on the level of the Three Factories had their own channels and enough fame among players.

Yet when they released major titles, they still spent even more on promotion.

Why? Did they have so much money they had nowhere to spend it???

Of course not. It was because those promotional expenses did not even amount to one-tenth of the profits earned after promotion.

One could imagine just how profitable it was to promote a game.

Back at Huangtu Game Company, Wang Chuan was the only designer.

Its only well-known game was "The Stanley Parable," so it could not compare with established Game Producers.

Much less with the enormous Three Factories.

So how to maximize promotional results with limited funds was what gave Wang Chuan the biggest headache.

"I wish I had all the money in the world~~"

Sitting in his chair and looking up at the ceiling, Wang Chuan murmured softly.

If he had enough money, he would not need to worry about any of that. He would just blanket the world with advertisements.

Sure, it was a little reckless, but it worked!!!

As an aside, that was exactly the promotional model used by AAA blockbusters.

But "Soul Knight" was a low-budget small production. It did not need that approach, and he did not have enough money for that kind of promotion anyway.

A few days later, Wang Chuan still had not come up with a good solution.

At noon, everyone ate lunch in the room.

Although the company had only just been founded, Wang Chuan made sure the benefits were properly handled.

The company covered both lunch and dinner.

And to ensure the food was healthy, he had personally sampled every restaurant nearby.

In the end, he chose a homestyle restaurant and arranged for it to deliver meals every noon and evening.

While eating, everyone did not follow the rule of silence during meals and rest.

Instead, they chatted together and checked on work progress. After all, food tasted better when eaten with more people.

Well, Wang Chuan also took the opportunity to feed them some motivational soup.

Not the poisonous kind~~

After all, the people in the company were all recent graduates who had just left school. Motivational talk worked best on them.

If they had been veteran workers with several years of experience, it would not have worked.

Because those people would think such motivational talk was replacing the benefits they should have received.

Of course, Wang Chuan provided benefits according to normal market standards.

He was not stingy at all.

He could not understand why the major corporations from his previous life treated employees so harshly.

How much could employee benefits possibly cost? The money businesses earned was hundreds or thousands of times more than those benefits.

Yet they skimped on that tiny amount, creating resentment everywhere.

Why bother???

Let employees eat well and live well. The company ate meat, and the employees drank the soup.

Would that not better inspire the employees' fighting spirit?

Wang Chuan was full of confidence in Huangtu Game Company's future.

He would definitely make it bigger and stronger!!

And once the company grew, it could not remain like this. Every position would need to be separated into its own role.

The four people following Wang Chuan now would have a major advantage.

When that time came, if their abilities were sufficient and they had not caused any trouble.

He would simply promote them and turn them into management.

That way, their efforts during the company's early days would not have been in vain.