Chapter 16 Monday, April 16th

"Finally done!"

Qiao Liang rubbed his dark circles and stretched.

The words "New episode of *Deification* successfully uploaded and approved" were displayed on the computer screen in front of him, which made him feel relieved.

After playing through *Mission and Choice* and *Fantasy Battle Remastered* continuously on Saturday, Qiao Liang was suddenly inspired. He spent all day Sunday frantically working overtime, staying up late to edit this episode.

After sleeping for four or five hours, he got up again this morning and worked intensively for several hours. Finally, in the afternoon, the video was finally completed perfectly!

Qiao Liang himself was very satisfied with this video.

Previously, when analyzing *Struggle*, Qiao Liang had encountered some minor setbacks, and the video almost failed to be produced. In the end, He An's long Weibo post, which analyzed the game from the perspective of a designer, made Qiao Liang suddenly realize.

After that, Qiao Liang also learned his lesson.

He gradually realized that President Pei's realm was getting higher and higher, and his game design concept was also changing rapidly. As a game player, his understanding of President Pei's games was gradually diverging and being pulled apart.

If this continues, one day there will be a situation where "President Pei makes a classic game that can be recorded in history, but Teacher Qiao can't understand it."

Qiao Liang would never allow this to happen!

Therefore, in order to keep up with President Pei's ever-changing game understanding, Qiao Liang also spent a lot of time learning some professional knowledge of game design, and watched various game media and professional game producers' analysis and evaluation of some classic games.

And his efforts finally paid off.

Qiao Liang noticed that although there were many players on the Internet who were praising *Mission and Choice*, many of them did not praise the key points.

*Mission and Choice* was popular, but it was not popular enough, and it had not completely broken the circle!

Time is a very important factor.

After all, *Mission and Choice* lacked early publicity. Relying solely on the natural spread of popularity, the popularity in just two or three days was still limited.

Therefore, Qiao Liang felt that he should systematically, completely, and comprehensively promote this episode of the video, so that players could more clearly understand the epoch-making historical significance of this game!

Only when players clearly recognize this can they face up to the true value of this game, and those players who are still hesitating and waiting can spend money to buy it without hesitation!

…

At the same time.

Pei Qian had just arrived at Shang Yang Games, ready to coax Lin Wan, so that the establishment of the Shenhua Games department could be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

For Pei Qian, there were at least two benefits to establishing this department. The first was that he could arrange for Lin Wan to leave, and the second was that he could be more relaxed in terms of spending money.

The Shenhua Games department had just been established, and the probability of making games that would fail would definitely be higher. Moreover, the system's restrictions on Tengda Group's own projects and on Tengda Group's investment and participation projects were also different.

For example, the games developed by Tengda Games department would be subject to various restrictions from the system, while the games developed in the Poor Path Project incubation base would receive fewer restrictions, and the restrictions on other companies invested by Round Dream Ventures would be even less.

At this time, the office area of Shang Yang Games was filled with a busy and enthusiastic atmosphere.

"There seems to be a small bug in this place, fix it as soon as possible."

"The personality of this Mature Sister character still feels a little stiff, should we fine-tune it?"

"It seems so, maybe it's mainly the dubbing problem, let the voice actor re-dub these lines."

*Fitness Battle* developed by Shang Yang Games has also entered the final stage, starting the testing, bug fixing, and final optimization stage.

The success of *Mission and Choice* undoubtedly gave Shang Yang Games a shot in the arm, making them all full of energy.

After all, there were only these two biological son game departments under the Tengda Group. One biological son was about to take off, how could the other biological son be willing to lag behind?

Pei Qian saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

What happened to the good Shang Yang Games, how did it become like this!

Obviously, Lin Wan, as the highest person in charge of Shang Yang Games, should bear the highest responsibility.

Thinking of this, Pei Qian came to Lin Wan's office and knocked gently on the door.

"President Pei?" Lin Wan was a little surprised. "Please come in."

She poured tea and asked, "Why do you have time to come over today, President Pei? Shouldn't you be staring at *Mission and Choice* at Tengda Games?"

"Or, do you think that *Mission and Choice* is completely done and there is no problem, so you want to see how *Fitness Battle* is going?"

Pei Qian silently took a sip of tea and said hehe in his heart.

Lin Wan was completely wrong.

It wasn't that *Mission and Choice* was completely done, but that it was completely hopeless, so he came to Shang Yang Games!

Moreover, *Fitness Battle* was not the focus. Pei Qian didn't pay attention to this project at all.

What kind of waves can a fitness game make? Can it be compared with a project like *Mission and Choice*?

Let you earn as much as you want, how much can you earn?

What Pei Qian is concerned about now is the future development of the entire Shang Yang Games!

He pondered for a moment and said, "You have been in charge of Shang Yang Games for a long time, how do you feel?"

Lin Wan thought for a while: "Very good! I think my ability has steadily improved during my time as the person in charge of Shang Yang Games, and I have also learned a lot of game design theories. It can be said that I have benefited a lot!"

"However... I still have many shortcomings."

"Games of the level of *Struggle* and *Mission and Choice* are something that I can't catch up with no matter how hard I try. Therefore, I have to continue to strengthen my learning!"

Pei Qian was silent.

Sure enough, Lin Wan still had this attitude and there was no change.

But if you think this way, it's too difficult for me!

*Struggle* and *Mission and Choice* actually don't have any profound game design theories at all. Their birth was completely an accident. In fact, your game design theory has already far exceeded mine. Please leave quickly and let me lose money steadily!

But Pei Qian couldn't say these words.

Pei Qian can't tell Lin Wan now that "you are good enough" because Lin Wan firmly believes in her heart that she is far from enough. If Pei Qian says such a thing, it will trigger Lin Wan's protection mechanism, which will make her suspect that Lin Chang is interfering, and the situation will get out of control.

Pei Qian must send her away safely without triggering the protection mechanism in Lin Wan's heart.

He has already cleverly thought of a set of rhetoric, and based on his understanding of Lin Wan, the success rate of this set of rhetoric is very high.

"Well, indeed."

"Although your ability in game design has improved, there is still a certain gap from becoming the top game producer."

Pei Qian first superficially agreed with Lin Wan's statement, so that he could eliminate her vigilance to the greatest extent and pave the way for what he was going to say next.

Lin Wan's eyes lit up and she asked, "Then President Pei, what should I do next to better improve myself?"

Pei Qian was silent for a moment and said, "I think you should step out of your comfort zone."

Lin Wan was stunned for a moment: "Step out of my comfort zone?"

Pei Qian nodded: "Yes, Shang Yang Games is your comfort zone."

"To become the top game producer, three abilities are indispensable."

"First, a fantastic mind and far-sighted vision."

"Second, the management and control to lead a good team."

"Third, the adaptability to unfamiliar environments."

"Thinking and vision are relatively mysterious things. You already have a preliminary form now. If you want to go further, you can only rely on your own enlightenment. No one can teach you hand-in-hand."

"The key is the last two points."

"An excellent game producer is never a lone wolf. There must be a very strong team behind him to support him. It is important to ensure that every employee in the team can understand your intentions and turn these intentions into detailed rules in the game as an extension of your thoughts."

"And for an excellent game producer, the environment is definitely not static. If you are very good in one environment but fail in another, then you cannot be called an excellent game producer."

When Pei Qian said these words, his expression was very serious and earnest, giving people the feeling that "this is true knowledge."

In fact, this is all nonsense he made up to pave the way for the next remarks.

But even though it's nonsense, it sounds reasonable, so that it can give Lin Wan enough confusion.

Lin Wan had a thoughtful expression, but her expression was mixed with three points of confusion.

"But, President Pei, I have a good team at Shang Yang Games. Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou have helped me a lot, and our ideas are very unified."

"As for the adaptability to unfamiliar environments... Shang Yang Games develops different types of games, doesn't this also show that we can adapt well to unfamiliar market environments?"

Pei Qian immediately shook his head: "No."

"This is the key point I said before: you need to step out of your comfort zone!"

"Why is Shang Yang Games your comfort zone?"

"Because before you came, Wang Xiaobin, Ye Zhizhou, and those grass-roots employees had actually been working together for a long time. After I acquired Shang Yang Games, I made a series of personnel structure adjustments, and the entire organizational structure of Shang Yang Games had been completely determined."

"You accepted a very mature team as soon as you came, of course, you can do what you say and everything goes very smoothly."

"But for an excellent producer, an excellent production team obviously needs to be built by himself."

"The same goes for adaptability to unfamiliar environments."

"In Shang Yang Games, this mature team, your adaptability has actually been greatly improved. The general direction of the game has been determined early on, and the details can be finalized after everyone's discussion. When the game is released, it is automatically covered with the 'Tengda Halo', and the players have a built-in filter in their eyes... This greatly improves adaptability."

"But in fact, these adaptations do not belong to you personally, they belong to the entire Shang Yang Games, and even the Tengda Group."

"At this time, if you are only satisfied with the current state, of course you can continue like this. But the problem is, are you really just satisfied with this?"

Lin Wan immediately said, "Of course not!"