Everyone hurriedly stood up to welcome President Pei in, and Hu Xianbin gave up the central seat to him.

After Pei Qian sat down, he scanned the room, but didn't see Bao Xu.

"Did Bao Xu go traveling again?" Pei Qian asked casually.

In his memory, Bao Xu wasn't often at the company, either traveling or on his way to traveling.

But then he thought about it, there didn't seem to be any travel activities recently?

The outstanding employee selection was in February and August, and there were still two months until the next selection, and there were no annual meeting activities recently either.

So where was Bao Xu?

Hu Xianbin quickly explained, "President Pei, Brother Bao has been helping out at the snack market recently. I'm not very clear about the specific situation. Does he need to attend this meeting?"

Pei Qian immediately shook his head, "No need, I was just asking."

This Bao Xu, what's he doing meddling in the snack market?

Pei Qian was a little puzzled about Bao Xu's motives for this behavior. He didn't seem like the type of person who liked to meddle in other people's business?

But that didn't matter, Bao Xu wasn't some kind of foodie.

Letting him wreak havoc on the snack market was less harmful than letting him wreak havoc on the game department.

Anyway, Bao Xu probably couldn't escape the fate of a paid vacation in the next selection. Since he was already like this, he could do whatever he wanted.

Everyone took their seats and the meeting continued.

Hu Xianbin said, "President Pei, after receiving the task of adapting *Eternal Reincarnation*, we immediately organized the department's designers to read the original novel. We specially invited the author here to roughly finalize the specific content of this DLC."

"But everyone's opinions aren't very unified, and the specific form of this DLC hasn't been finalized yet."

"Perfect timing for you, President Pei, to give us some guidance! What's the right way to make this DLC?"

Everyone looked at President Pei expectantly, their eyes full of hope.

*Turning Back is the Shore* had previously developed DLCs, released some new weapons and props, and also released Reincarnation Mode and Random Mode, but the situation at that time was different from now.

The previous DLCs only added some gameplay and weren't particularly rich in content. The price was also very cheap, just to give the old players of *Turning Back is the Shore* something to do.

But this time, the DLC involved the copyright development of the novel *Eternal Reincarnation*. According to President Pei's meaning, it was obviously necessary to show the essence of the novel as much as possible, and make a substantial DLC, which couldn't be simply perfunctory.

But the problem was that if they wanted to adapt the content of the fanfiction into the game, they not only needed to thoroughly understand the plot of the novel, but also needed to make corresponding, specialized designs in the game.

These changes might conflict with the original gameplay of the game, requiring some trade-offs.

As a result, everyone couldn't quickly reach a consensus.

It was perfect that President Pei came!

As the father of *Turning Back is the Shore*, President Pei would definitely come up with a perfect solution!

Pei Qian pondered for a moment, "Uh... before talking about the game, I'll briefly emphasize two things."

"The first thing is that everyone has been notified before, you must keep the copyright development of the Inspiration Class works confidential and not leak it."

"The second thing is that within two months, that is, before August 1st, everyone can carry out the preliminary preparations for the DLC development, but do not formally establish the project for development."

Carrying out preliminary preparations was not the same as establishing a project for development.

The concept of preliminary preparation was relatively broad. For example, thinking about the specific approach to the DLC in your head, or producing a few drafts, or even preparing some art resources in advance for minor repairs, all of this was considered preliminary preparation.

If it was just like this, the system wouldn't consider it as opening a new project, and it wouldn't affect the settlement.

But once the project was formally established, a development schedule was arranged, and there were clear plans for the release date of the game's DLC, then it would be considered a new project, which would affect the settlement.

Pei Qian emphasized this mainly to ensure that the settlement was not affected.

Hu Xianbin nodded, "Understood, President Pei. Do you mean that the *Eternal Reincarnation* large-scale DLC requires a lot of preparation, so we must deeply explore inspiration, prepare fully, and then officially develop it after two months of precipitation, and not be too hasty, right?"

Pei Qian: "...More or less."

Obviously, Hu Xianbin and others' understanding deviated a little bit from Pei Qian's original idea, but since the result was roughly the same, then it was fine.

Pei Qian then said, "As for the design of the DLC... uh, how have your discussions been going?"

"I can give you some suggestions as appropriate, but ultimately it's up to you to decide."

Originally, Pei Qian didn't plan to get involved in the design of the DLC. He had a lot of things to do now, and it didn't matter whether he paid attention to a mere game DLC or not.

But Pei Qian suddenly thought of something that changed his mind.

So far, *Turning Back is the Shore* was still not free!

According to the system's regulations, a standalone game that has been on sale for more than 10 months and whose revenue in the current month has fallen to within one-fifth of the revenue in the month after its release can be made free.

But the problem was that the revenue of *Turning Back is the Shore* was still very strong. Every time it was about to fall to one-fifth of the revenue in the next month, it could always miraculously rebound!

In this way, the sales of *Turning Back is the Shore* were always jumping back and forth, but no matter how much it jumped, it just couldn't reach the standard for being free!

This made Pei Qian very frustrated and puzzled.

Who was still buying *Turning Back is the Shore*!

This game had been on sale for two years, how was it still making money?

It was too坑爹 (keng die - pit-father, meaning something is a rip-off or disappointing) to not be able to make it free!

Pei Qian felt that these people were coming to be abused one after another because the difficulty wasn't high enough.

Logically speaking, the difficulty of *Turning Back is the Shore* should be able to dissuade a large number of players. But after Qiao Laoshi (Teacher Qiao) released a very detailed guide video, many people could just follow the video and advance steadily, and they could clear the game as long as they suffered a little.

Many new players came for the name, and relied on these guide videos to persevere until they cleared the game, continuously contributing sales to *Turning Back is the Shore*.

This situation couldn't continue, the difficulty had to be raised even higher!

Pei Qian planned to do something unconventional.

For other games, the DLC was placed after the main game, and players generally experienced the content of the main game first before experiencing the DLC.

But this time, Pei Qian wanted to put the DLC in front of the main game.

It wouldn't affect players who had already cleared *Turning Back is the Shore*, but if a player hadn't played *Turning Back is the Shore*, they would experience the content of the DLC first before experiencing the main content of *Turning Back is the Shore*.

And the DLC would have a special screening mechanism: you must clear the content of the first few chapters before you can pay to buy the DLC; and if you clear the DLC, you will get a 30% discount when you pay to buy the main game of *Turning Back is the Shore*.

It wouldn't affect old players, but for new players, they would definitely be greedy for this 30% discount, which would lead to a decrease in the number of people buying the main game of *Turning Back is the Shore*. Wouldn't this be able to lower the sales of the main game of *Turning Back is the Shore* and achieve the system requirements for making it free?

Making it free a month earlier would mean earning so much less money!

Of course, in order to take care of the players' emotions, there would be a corresponding explanation before the main game of *Turning Back is the Shore* became free, and players who bought it for money in the short term could get a price protection refund service.

This plan was quite perfect, but the main problems currently facing Pei Qian were two.

The first was the difficulty problem. The difficulty of *Turning Back is the Shore* was already very high for him, and he only cleared it with the weapon "Pudu" (Salvation). If the difficulty was increased again, how would Pei Qian himself clear this game?

The second was the plot problem. To put the DLC before the main game and experience the DLC before the main game, there had to be a convincing reason.

And Pei Qian hadn't thought of these things yet.

He hadn't even read the plot content of the novel *Eternal Reincarnation*.

Therefore, Pei Qian planned to first ask about everyone's discussions, and then offer his own opinions as appropriate.

Hu Xianbin handed over a document, "President Pei, this is a summary of the ideas we整理 (zheng li - organized/compiled) earlier and the story outline of *Eternal Reincarnation*. Please take a look."

"We are currently considering starting with the protagonist's identity."

"According to the story background of *Eternal Reincarnation*, the entire story takes place in the period when the world of *Turning Back is the Shore* has not yet collapsed. The protagonist is a powerful human martial artist whose skills are superb. He travels the world, honing his skills, and becomes a generation of martial god."

"But even the most powerful person will eventually face death. In his later years, he tried every means to escape the fate of death, forcing skilled craftsmen to forge a magic sword that could cut off souls for himself, staining it with the blood of enlightened monks, and using witchcraft to create a pill that could allow him to enter a dying state, floating between the Yin and Yang worlds."

"When the Black and White Impermanence (Heibai Wuchang) came to claim his life, this martial god used the magic sword to kill them, and under the urging of the magic sword, he slaughtered all the ghost messengers who came to arrest him, entered the underworld, and caused the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation to collapse."

"But at the last moment, he woke up and realized that he had made a big mistake under the urging of the magic sword. The demons in the entire Avici Hell were all ready to move, about to awaken. So he went deep into Avici Hell, integrated himself with the Dao, and became the first Warden of Hell."

"Our current idea is to arrange an NPC in the initial village. After the player kills the Warden of Hell in the first playthrough, they obtain an item, hand it over to the NPC, and they can travel to the DLC to experience the story content of *Eternal Reincarnation*."

"The game's combat system will continue to be used, but some new weapons and prop actions will be added, such as special combo skills, finishing moves, etc., to highlight the protagonist's identity as a 'Martial Saint' and contrast with the weak protagonist of the main game of *Turning Back is the Shore*."

Pei Qian pondered for a moment, without responding immediately.

It could be seen that, for Hu Xianbin and others, this degree of change was already quite "bold."

After all, this was just a DLC, not a sequel, nor a new game.