Mercury Technology's New Project

"Then write them again," Fu Zan said, striking the final note. "Everyone here, every single one of you, hand in your Party membership application within this week. I'll take them all to the Cangshan District Committee and submit them together. First, we'll secure the slots for activists and get the framework set up."

Old Zhang grimaced. "Old Fu, these hands of mine are for typing code. You want me to write a two-thousand-character application? Isn't that asking for my life?"

"Go downstairs to Xinhua Bookstore, buy a model essay collection, and revise one yourself. Just don't make too many typos." Fu Zan gave him no room to bargain. "This isn't up for discussion. It concerns where the company goes from here."

Once the matter of organizational construction was dealt with, the meeting finally entered the technical segment everyone was most familiar with.

"Mazu is off the table, but we can't drop the Investiture of the Gods IP." Fu Zan pulled the topic back to business. "Legend of Yang Jian"

"has made a name for itself in Japan and the Chinese-speaking market, and Sega hopes we can strike while the iron is hot. For the next project, I plan to do Nezha."

"Investiture of the Gods: Legend of Nezha." Old Zhang mulled over the name. "That kid's a ruthless one too. Stirring up the sea, ripping out tendons, carving off his flesh and returning his bones to his father—the dramatic tension is even stronger than Yang Jian's."

"The genre will still be ARPG." Fu Zan wrote a few words on the whiteboard. "But the gameplay has to change. The core of Legend of Yang Jian was the Seventy-Two Transformations, switching between three forms for puzzle-solving and combat. Nezha doesn't have that many transformations. What he relies on are magical treasures and