diskusbooks #363 - At the card battle game project launch meeting, everyone was shocked. Mr. Lu, are you going t
#363 - At the card battle game project launch meeting, everyone was shocked. Mr. Lu, are you going t
However, just as he was about to reach the entrance of the maze, the earth shook again, and the hero was pulled back by the force.
This went on and on for who knows how long, and the hero's stomach churned.
He started to yue right there in the forest...
...
"Meow~"
Dabai, who was dozing on the sofa, suddenly woke up.
Dabai looked at the wall clock, and an hour had already passed.
It glanced towards the bathroom, and it seemed that the foolish two-legged beast was still tinkering with the repairs.
At this moment, it heard Liu Mengyuan's voice from inside:
"Ugh, this... there's so much this time, when will it stop?"
Lu Yu replied:
"Sorry, I, I don't know either, keep using Absolute Territory."
Dabai curled its lips. Did it really take this long to repair a showerhead?
The sounds of repairing and wiping continued from the bathroom:
Pitter-patter... pitter-patter... pitter-patter...
After a while.
Lu Yu: "Hoo... it finally stopped, sorry, it's everywhere."
"It's okay, I was planning to shower anyway, can, can you help me get a change of clothes from the closet in my room? It's a little inconvenient for me to go out right now."
"Um..."
With a creak, the bathroom door opened.
Dabai meowed and jumped off the sofa.
Through the crack in the door, it saw Liu Mengyuan standing in the bathroom, wearing a bathrobe and slippers.
She was holding a box of yogurt, but it was clear that she had accidentally dropped it.
The spilled yogurt drink flowed down her fair legs in a crisscross pattern.
Drip, drip, drip...
Despite Liu Mengyuan's efforts to wrap herself tightly in the cotton robe,
yogurt drink continued to spill onto the ground, like rain.
Dabai meowed regretfully. Foolish two-legged beast, what a waste of drink!
After handing Liu Mengyuan the new clothes and closing the bathroom door, Lu Yu collapsed on the sofa.
Dabai jumped onto his lap and found that his eyes were quite clear, as if he had seen through everything in the world.
Dabai thought to itself: Good grief, it's just fixing a bathroom fixture, how did it end up feeling like your body was doubly emptied?
Lu Yu scratched Dabai's chin and ran to the study, picking up Kant's *Critique of Pure Reason*.
What is the truth of life?
Where do we come from?
Where will the universe lead?
Lu Yu pondered these questions like an ancient sage.
Swish, swish...
The showerhead was turned on, and Liu Mengyuan let the water continuously hit her face, as if this would help her calm down again.
She felt that she and Lu Yu were becoming more and more familiar with each other, and they were about to take that crucial step.
She was nervous and expectant...
...
Monday.
Lu Yu sat at his workstation in the Peach Garden Township villa, checking the company's operations backend.
Currently, the company's monthly revenue is close to 400 million, and the company's book funds exceed 1.5 billion.
"This... it really does seem to grow the more you spend."
Spending this 1.5 billion on employee benefits to earn points is a big project.
However, when considering what kind of benefits to offer this cycle, he first needs to decide what to do this cycle.
The system task requires that the game released this cycle must be a two-player battle mode, and the project investment budget needs to be no less than 500 million.
The moment Lu Yu received the task, he decided to make a TCG card game.
If he followed his previous way of thinking, he would definitely just appoint a producer who seemed to be slacking off, then become a hands-off shopkeeper and let them do whatever they wanted.
But after being backstabbed several times in a row, Lu Yu felt that he couldn't continue like this!
He gradually realized that this group of workaholics in the company seemed to have extraordinary comprehension and adapted to new game types extremely quickly.
What if, this time, a certain producer accidentally created another hit?
What's more, this time he has to spend a budget of 500 million, what if these geniuses just happen to spend the budget wisely?
The more Lu Yu thought about it, the more unreliable it seemed.
So, he decided that this cycle, he would control the project direction from start to finish!
After all, he was an old producer with more than ten years of experience in his previous life, as long as everything was done in reverse of his experience, he would definitely be foolproof!
However, Lu Yu did not intend to take on the role of producer again.
This would make him busy with various execution tasks again. If he was too exhausted by management matters, the system would deduct his points quite severely.
Most importantly, he didn't want to set a bad example for the company's employees!
If the boss doesn't slack off, the employees will only accelerate the involution.
So, Lu Yu weighed the pros and cons of the three studios and finally decided to let Wan Xiaotong's Moe Girl Studio be the main force in the production of this TCG card game.
The other two major studios have recently focused all their energy on the maintenance and updates of *My Wife is a Savior* and *Final Frontline*. Assigning them new tasks would probably result in a severe deduction of points.
The last main game of the Moe Girl Studio group, *Space-Time Moe Girl*, was already a game of the previous generation, and the "Moe God Cup" league will not officially open until after the National Day, so they happen to have a development schedule.
So, he decided to trust Wan Xiaotong one more time.
Not for anything else, but for this girl's chuunibyou!
As long as it is used properly, wouldn't it be easy to lead her design ideas astray?
After making a decision, Lu Yu immediately convened a meeting of the Moe Girl Studio group.
This time, Lu Yu briefly prepared a project establishment planning PPT.
When they saw that they were going to make a trading card game, and with a budget of up to 500 million, the project team members unanimously showed difficulty.
TCG is strictly a kind of tabletop toy, and a lot of design experience has nothing to do with the game industry. President Lu wants them to venture into a completely new field!
Moreover, President Lu is throwing 500 million at it, they feel a lot of pressure.
When they thought that their competitors were at the level of Nintendo and Konami, they were even more desperate.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Lu Yu secretly rejoiced:
Yes, that's the expression I want. I wish you would give up when you know it's difficult, completely give up struggling, and start slacking off!
However, in order to avoid excessive pressure on everyone, Lu Yu still comforted them in advance:
"Don't worry, when have I ever set KPIs for you when Peach Garden Township establishes a new project? You can just take these 500 million and have fun with it."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and a wave of emotion welled up in their hearts.
Doesn't President Lu care about these 500 million? Everyone knows it's impossible!
But President Lu still said that because President Lu unconditionally trusts them!
Wouldn't we be letting down President Lu's good intentions if we retreated so easily?!
Everyone regained their spirits and began to seriously consider project establishment matters.
Copywriter Xu Qin raised her hand first and said:
"President Lu, what kind of IP worldview should we adopt for this card game?
Should we use our own IP under Peach Garden Township, or sign a popular anime IP, such as Marvel, Naruto, Ultraman, Demon Slayer, etc.?"
Business Operations Meng Yue raised her hand and said:
"I think we should sign a Marvel IP.
Compared to Japanese anime IPs, Marvel has a greater global influence.
As our test product in the field of card games, this signing strategy is the most stable. We can try and make mistakes in a small range, and we can attack or retreat."
Hearing Meng Yue's words, the others in the conference room nodded in agreement.
When Lu Yu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.
Is Meng Yue wrong?
No, on the contrary!
She is too right!
Based on his project management experience in his previous life, this idea of using mature IPs for small-scale trial and error, and then continuously iterating the business model, is the most correct and stable.
So he was worried, what if this group of workaholics tried out the correct answer again?
Seeing Lu Yu frowning, everyone thought he was not satisfied with this plan, and they speculated in their hearts:
President Lu has always been an old layered cake in the company, what is going on with his seemingly disappointed expression?
At this moment, Wan Xiaotong raised her hand to speak and began to spout all kinds of chuunibyou lines.
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Xu Qin quickly translated:
"Miss Wan means that as game producers, we must have absolute confidence in our own IP. She is willing to personally volunteer to produce the TCG version of *Space-Time Moe Girl*!"
When Lu Yu heard this, he began to silently calculate in his heart.
*Space-Time Moe Girl*'s current sales have long exceeded 10 million, and the IP influence is not low, and various cute moe girls can be made into cards, which is also a gimmick.
What if it succeeds?
However, the others in the conference room refuted one after another.
System Planner Ma Yanyu:
"I don't think it will work. The problem with the *Space-Time Moe Girl* IP is two words: [Random]!
Each player's moe girl is uniquely randomly generated, but the characters in the card game are fixedly printed on the card surface, which will undoubtedly conflict with the game experience of the electronic game version,
What's more, the battle of *Space-Time Moe Girl* is mainly based on action and selling moe, and there will be difficulties in the rule design."
The others nodded in agreement.
"..."
Wan Xiaotong's eyes gradually dimmed.
However, Lu Yu suddenly said excitedly:
"So that's how it is! Ma Yanyu, your analysis is very good, I've decided, we don't need any Marvel, we'll do it according to what Wan Xiaotong said!"
"No, I, I this..."
Ma Yanyu was dumbfounded, he suspected that President Lu didn't listen to what he said at all.
Just as everyone was worried about whether the *Space-Time Moe Girl* IP could handle the heavy task, Lu Yu once again made a shocking statement:
"Moreover, not only do I want to use Space-Time Moe Girl, but I also want to put all the game IPs of Peach Garden Township since its establishment into it!
Yes, that's right, from *Cat Girl Paradise Adventure* to *My Leisurely Island Lord Life*, *Free Mouth Cannon Life*, to the latest *Final Frontline*, all of them will be stuffed into this TCG game.
Moreover!
Not only do I want to use the main games, but also those small-volume games that I made before, such as *Strange Little Country Simulator*, *The Strongest Crosstalk Master*, etc., will also be added.
That is to say, whether it is Guo Degang, Mobutu, or Kitahara Kensuke, or Ilya, Blue White Princess, Yanashita Ikarashi...
They will gather in the same worldview and start a card melee!"
The more Lu Yu spoke, the more excited he became. He opened the computer screen and typed quickly.
Soon, the PPT showed the product name that Lu Yu wanted to make: "Peach Garden Township Battle Card", abbreviated as Peach Garden Township TCG.
The conference room was silent, falling into a long silence.
The chins of the project team members were about to drop!
But soon, everyone reacted and raised their hands to speak.
That's right, President Lu trusts them so much, then they must stop this brain hole that is heaven-defying in every sense!
Meng Yue's voice was trembling:
"President Lu, you, you must be cautious, based on my superficial experience, the form of IP medley has been less successful and more failed throughout commercial history, and the success rate is less than one in ten!
It is difficult to replicate the success of Marvel in creating a level of success like the [Avengers]."
Xu Qin also echoed:
"Yes, and the reason why the Avengers are successful is because those superheroes are in the same worldview, and they have interacted with each other in their respective works, such as Superman and Batman, Iron Man and Spider-Man...
And our works are relatively isolated, there is no setting similar to [World Bubble] to connect them."
When Lu Yu heard this, he nodded silently in his heart, quite satisfied.
Xu Qin is too right!
To put it bluntly, the birth of every project in Peach Garden Township so far is full of absurd drama and randomness, and is the result of Lu Yu's extreme laissez-faire attitude towards his subordinates.
The entire company has not made a systematic plan to unify these works into the same universe!
But although he was secretly delighted, he still said calmly on the surface:
"We can add settings now!"
Art girl Gao Xueya raised her hand:
"President Lu, it's not just the problem of IP stories, but the current painting styles of our company's works are also strange. Unifying them into the same product, the art design of the cards will be a very big problem.
For example, Guo Degang and Mobutu that you just mentioned, these two can't find any common ground except that they are both bald, and then mix them with cat girls, zombies, and tramps, then it will be even more..."
When this girl said this, the others also began to imagine the battle scenes between players at that time, and they broke out in cold sweats.
Good boy!
Is the tall image that Peach Garden Township has established in the game industry going to be completely destroyed by this wonderful product?!
We must stop President Lu!
When Lu Yu heard Gao Xueya's analysis, it seemed to be the case!
Works with unrelated painting styles, if they are made into a hodgepodge, the probability of failure will be greater!
Although he was extremely excited in his heart, he still cleared his throat:
"Cough, we can discuss the painting style again, even [Pot of Greed] can be stuffed into [Ash Blossom \u0026 Joyous Spring] in *Yu-Gi-Oh!*, what is impossible?"
Everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't refute for a while.
"In short, that's the final decision on the IP! As for how to weave the worldviews together, it's up to the copywriting team to shine!"
Lu Yu exercised his right as the company's CEO to make the final call.
"I..."
Xu Qin, the head of copywriting, wore a bitter face, and the people around her looked at her with sympathy.
Now, in the entire conference room, only Wan Xiaotong seemed to be on the same wavelength as Lu Yu, waving her small hand excitedly and speaking again.
Xu Qin's eyes were hollow as she mechanically translated Wan Xiaotong's words:
"I hope that our new game can have even cooler dueling methods, such as posing dramatically and shouting exciting lines, whether summoning characters or using skills!"
Everyone broke out in cold sweat again.
Good heavens, does she think our players aren't already embarrassed enough playing our game?
Lu Yu thought, what a great idea!
If we add this setting, the level of embarrassment of our product will reach a new level!
This terrible setting is simply a surefire way to drive users away.
So it's you, Wan Xiaotong, well done!
Jin Mingshan, a hardware developer who was listening in, raised his hand and said:
"Currently, Taoyuan Shenyou's various peripherals do not support this kind of game mode."
Everyone cast admiring glances at Jin Mingshan:
Little Jin, well done!
But Lu Yu waved his hand and said:
"What's the big deal? We'll just design a new peripheral to add microphones and cameras that adequately support this game mode, won't we?
Let me think... Right!"
Lu Yu slapped his forehead:
"Duel Disks! Like the ones used by President Kaiba in 'Yu-Gi-Oh!',
Players who want to play Peach Garden TCG need to wear similar Duel Disks on their arms, coupled with cool card-drawing poses and energetic lines, wouldn't that be wonderful?"
Hearing this, the project team members' faces turned green!
Listening to Lu Zong's meaning, it seems that this Duel Disk is a necessary component of the game's battle rules?
Level planner Ye Kun quickly spoke:
"Lu Zong, please think twice! The world's three major TCGs all can be played with just a hand of cards and a playmat. I've never heard of having to install a Duel Disk on your arm, this... this is too embarrassing!"