"The Public Relations Department said that things had gotten too big, and the only solution now was for you to publicly apologize and settle the matter."
The assistant repeated the Public Relations Department's words verbatim.
Tian Boxun's expression gradually stiffened.
"Fine, I understand!!"
His expression shifted unpredictably. In the end, he took a deep breath and gritted his teeth as he spoke.
He knew that now that things had blown up this badly, it was no longer a personal grudge. It concerned Penguin's credibility and reputation.
Penguin's higher-ups would never clean up his mess, so he could only step forward and take the blame himself.
As unwilling as he was, if he did not do this, the consequences might be being shut out of the gaming industry entirely.
After all, employees fired by Three Factories were not welcome anywhere else.
That was also why Wang Chuan did not want to work for someone else. There was no freedom, and he could not act as he wished.
Just as Tian Boxun resigned himself to reality,
Wang Chuan was hard at work developing "Soul Knight."
He even used a Memory Searcher to recall a few key details and wrote them into the design document.
The essence of "Soul Knight" lay in the game's fast pace.
Because of that fast-paced gameplay, each run would not take very long.
A single run could generally be finished in anywhere from ten minutes to an hour.
At the same time, to let players enjoy the game during fragmented bits of free time, it also needed a save-anytime feature.
It was precisely these mechanics that made many people traveling around willing to start a run whenever they had time.
Based on Roguelike gameplay features, every run of "Soul Knight" was different from the last.
It was full of randomness and replayability.
Although Wang Chuan planned to release "Soul Knight" on both PC and mobile version, he had no intention of changing the game's core pacing.
However, when it came to the story, Wang Chuan planned to turn it into more of a background embellishment.
"Soul Knight" was originally a low-cost game, and story was optional for Roguelike games anyway.
Just like the Roguelike game "The Binding of Isaac," which had become hugely popular in his previous life.
That game put a great deal of effort into its story, and it was very deep as well.
But compared to the story, players still preferred the random gameplay of "The Binding of Isaac."
Some players even said, "The Binding of Isaac would still be The Binding of Isaac even without a story."
That showed just how much influence Roguelike elements had on "The Binding of Isaac."
Its ability to make its way onto major platforms and achieve enormous sales in his previous life clearly could not have happened without Roguelike elements.
"Boss, this is the material submitted by the art outsourcing team. I've looked it over, and there doesn't seem to be any problem. Take a look and see if it works. If not, I'll go communicate with them again."
At that moment, the little secretary, Huang Shanshan, reluctantly walked over and reported on her work.
"Alright, just put it there. I'll look at it in a bit."
Wang Chuan nodded with a smile.
"Alright then. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."
With that, Huang Shanshan prepared to make her escape.
"Ahem, you're leaving just like that??"
Wang Chuan looked at his little secretary with an amused smile and teased her.
"Ugh~~"
Huang Shanshan turned around with a dejected face, walked behind Wang Chuan, and began pounding his shoulders with one fist after another.
She hit him hard, as though she wanted to vent all her frustration that way.
"Are you really that unwilling to give me a shoulder rub?"
"Hmph, who told you to bully me~~"
"Isn't that part of a secretary's job?"
"You're still saying that? Whose fault is this?"
Huang Shanshan gritted her teeth and spoke resentfully.
"Ahem, how about this? I'll treat you to milk tea. Calm down, alright?"
Wang Chuan coughed guiltily, then spoke with a pained expression.
"No. At least three a week!"
Huang Shanshan furrowed her brows and said it with some hesitation.
"Deal!"
Wang Chuan agreed without a moment's hesitation.
Then he sent the bewildered Huang Shanshan off to buy milk tea.
Yeah, it definitely was not because he wanted some too~~~
After bullying his little secretary, Wang Chuan took out his phone and checked the recent news.
The post he had made earlier had already dropped off the trending list.
Still, Wang Chuan was already very satisfied. He had thought it would be good enough if it stayed hot for two days.
Who would have thought it would actually remain on the trending list for two whole days?
"Wow, I'm getting rich~~"
After logging into the social platform, Wang Chuan was surprised to find that his personal account now had nearly five hundred thousand followers.
He was still about halfway short of his goal of one million followers.
Huangtu Game Company's new game, "Soul Knight," had also drawn the attention of quite a few players because of this incident.
Of course, for now, it had only made a brief appearance in front of players.
Wang Chuan had not yet revealed the game's specific content.
After all, the unique gameplay of Roguelike games was still relatively new.
If he revealed it too soon, it would be easy for those major companies to imitate it.
"Huh, why are so many people @-ing me??"
Suddenly, Wang Chuan noticed that many people were @-ing him, leaving him puzzled.
So he looked into the reason.
Following the trail left by netizens, Wang Chuan found the answer.
Tian Boxun had finally issued a response.
"I'm very sorry that my previous inappropriate remarks caused everyone to misunderstand what I meant."
"First of all, I did not directly plagiarize someone else's game as people online have claimed."
"I simply believe, from the perspective of a Game Producer, that newcomers should settle down and not become arrogant or complacent because of temporary success."
"If this caused everyone to misunderstand, I offer my deepest apologies."
After receiving the notice from the Public Relations Department, Tian Boxun could only choose to apologize in the end.
But he was still unconvinced. After helping Penguin out of its predicament,
he shifted the conflict toward a personal dispute between himself and Wang Chuan.
Although it was difficult to make that explanation hold together,
his direct confrontation with Wang Chuan did shift the attention of netizens elsewhere.
If this were military strategy, it would be a classic case of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao!
Using his conflict with Wang Chuan as bait, he resolved Penguin's image problem.
"Fine, since you want to target me, I'll grant your wish."
Wang Chuan smiled maliciously and began editing a post.
He casually took the milk tea handed to him. Huang Shanshan had already inserted the straw, and he took a loud sip.
"Ah, delicious!"
"Th-that one is mine."
Huang Shanshan gritted her teeth resentfully, on the verge of tears. How had she ended up with such a shameless boss?
"It's fine. Just drink the other one."
Wang Chuan did not care in the slightest. His skin was unbelievably thick.
"B-but I already drank from that one~~"
A blush rose on Huang Shanshan's fair face. After saying that, she grabbed the milk tea and ran away.
"Uh..."
Wang Chuan was instantly left standing there in a daze.
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