Tian Boxun's Shamelessness

"Manager Wang, look! A copycat Meta Game has already come out. As expected, Penguin was the fastest."

Zhao Jing suddenly looked at the information on her phone and spoke angrily.

"Isn't that normal? You know what Penguin is like. This is what they're best at!"

Wang Chuan paused for a moment, then said indifferently.

As one of the Three Factories, Penguin's greatest strength was its ability to copy others.

Once Penguin set its sights on something, the outcome was either acquisition or imitation, followed by a rapid release that surpassed the original.

So Wang Chuan wasn't surprised by this at all.

"Hey, that's not the point, Manager Wang. The Game Producer from Penguin said something way too outrageous in an interview."

Zhao Jing had originally been a quiet girl, but now her face was flushed red with anger.

"Hm? What interview?"

At that, Wang Chuan became interested.

The other three also looked over curiously. They wanted to know what kind of interview could make Zhao Jing this angry.

"It's about the Meta Game they made. Penguin's game has already started being promoted, and they directly named it 'The Parable of Illidan.'"

"That's completely shameless! Aren't they blatantly riding the hype? And that Game Producer even said his game was more fun."

Zhao Jing said indignantly, not forgetting to send Wang Chuan the link.

"Oh? Then I'd better take a good look."

Wang Chuan opened the link thoughtfully and examined it carefully.

He had a feeling that the problem troubling him for so long would be solved here.

After reading the link, Wang Chuan had to admit that Penguin truly deserved to be Penguin. Their eye for things was sharp.

Judging by the scale of this game, Penguin had prepared for it long ago.

They had probably started making it as soon as The Stanley Parable began gaining popularity.

At that time, The Stanley Parable's results had not even taken off yet!

Penguin truly deserved its place among the Three Factories. It was unquestionably worthy of possessing one of the country's three major distribution channels.

They had been able to estimate the game's potential in advance based on The Stanley Parable's data, then promptly follow the trend.

Mm, very good. This was very Penguin!!

"So, when the Three Factories invited me before, they probably wanted me to handle Meta Game development too~~~"

Suddenly, Wang Chuan recalled the graduation recruitment invitation from before. The Three Factories must have already started making moves at that time.

And after reading this link, Wang Chuan understood the whole story.

It was not quite as direct as Zhao Jing had described.

Although the man was putting Wang Chuan down while elevating himself, he had still phrased his words rather tactfully.

"What? Wang Chuan? Who's that? Oh, oh, the producer of The Stanley Parable!"

"It's a good game, but I personally don't think he has much room for development."

"As a Game Producer, you need to understand that in this industry, what matters is sustained growth, not Becoming a God in one go."

"I heard he abandoned the Meta Game that made his name and wants to make a new type of game. That's an impulsive idea."

"Every year, countless genius producers emerge, but in the end, only a few are known and remembered by players. Young people shouldn't let sudden success go to their heads."

"And The Stanley Parable has done very well? Yes, I admit that. But I believe my The Parable of Illidan will only perform even better."

Zhao Jing had specially gathered the above interview excerpts from Penguin so Wang Chuan could see them.

It was clear that Penguin was using this to promote the game.

Wang Chuan only needed to search online to find out who the other party was.

Mm, speaking of which, this person had a slight connection to Wang Chuan.

Did he remember the record Wang Chuan had accidentally broken?

The record for becoming a Game Producer in the shortest amount of time.

This man had held the previous record, but before he could hold it for even a few years, Wang Chuan had broken it.

It had to be said, this was fate indeed~~~

Mm, though the other party probably did not see it that way.

This person was named Tian Boxun. Although there had been some padding behind his record when he earned it,

he did possess some genuine skill.

After all, Tian Boxun was also a producer backed by Penguin Company.

And there was no need to doubt it—the interview was Tian Boxun stirring things up.

The entire interview carried an air of disdain.

He wanted to suppress Wang Chuan's reputation through the media and the internet.

As for the reason, Wang Chuan knew it too. Wasn't it simply because his record had been taken away?~~~

This visitor had come with ill intent!

Although Wang Chuan knew Tian Boxun's motives were impure, his mood only grew better.

Ahem, ahem, it was not because he had any strange preferences.

Rather, Tian Boxun's actions had inadvertently helped him.

He had been worrying about how to maintain the popularity The Stanley Parable had brought him.

Tian Boxun's interview had been aimed at him, but if he made good use of it, things would become completely different!

Online, it was not scary when there was no conflict; what was scary was having no controversy.

And Wang Chuan already had an idea for Tian Boxun's interview.

He could wait until the interview became popular and attracted widespread attention, then latch onto it.

Just like when a game was being released—what if it had no promotion and no traffic?

Then it would latch onto something, finding a connection with famous games already on the market.

What? No connection?

If there was no connection, then create one!

Just like how The Stanley Parable's popularity had surged, and many new games were riding its hype.

For example, The Parable of Stanley, The Parable of Stanegg, and so on. Even Tian Boxun's The Parable of Illidan was riding Wang Chuan's traffic.

Wang Chuan was rather open-minded about this sort of thing.

Following game genres, copying game content, riding hype, and siphoning traffic.

These were all very common practices, so he had not paid them much attention.

After all, he was no longer making Meta Games, but that did not mean those who followed the trend afterward could mock him however they pleased.

He wolfed down the food in his hand in a couple of bites, then picked up his laptop.

He logged into some game forums and media websites on the Pangu Editor and browsed around.

The discussion was quite heated, and many players had left comments below.

Wang Chuan did not read any of the praise or agreement. He specifically picked out the comments criticizing Tian Boxun.

"Oh my, are you sure you're not just sour because he broke your record in a single day? Where do you get the nerve to say that about him?"

"Enough, enough. Don't I know what you Penguins are like?? If you're going to copy, at least do it quietly. Why come out and make your presence known?"