When Qi Xuan called Ye Zhi back with him, it was as if they had done so many times before, so casually.
But these were not the main points.
The main point was that when Qi Xuan realized his words might lead to misunderstandings among those around them, he immediately clarified for Ye Zhi. He cared about her reputation even more than she did.
Feng Jie suddenly thought of someone and couldn't help but sigh, "Different, they are truly so different."
When he used to follow Ou Minghan, in similar situations, Ou Minghan would always be overbearing and do things that were far too intrusive, never considering whether the other person was willing or if it would cause misunderstanding.
In fact, Ou Minghan would even intentionally cause misunderstandings.
Sometimes, when faced with women who were strong-willed and firmly rejected him, Ou Minghan would become enraged and badmouth them behind their backs, saying they were being pretentious, overthinking things, couldn't take a joke, or were deliberately seducing him.
Thinking of this, Feng Jie immediately showed a look of disgust. Forget it, some people weren't even worthy of having their names mentioned alongside Qi Xuan's.
Qi Xuan was a true gentleman. If he were a woman, he would surely be captivated by Qi Xuan. Unfortunately...
Why did Qi Xuan fall for Ye Zhi?
It wasn't that Ye Zhi was bad; in all aspects, they were a perfect match. But Ye Zhi's mind seemed to only have room for career and nothing else, as if the program for love wasn't installed.
He wondered when Qi Xuan would finally win Ye Zhi over. There was nothing he could do, so he could only offer Qi Xuan a little encouragement!
The next day at ten o'clock, the game was launched on schedule.
Ye Zhi went directly to the game department, where everyone was staring at the game's data and public opinion online.
Yesterday's press conference was a great success, generating significant discussion. After the game opened for download, the download numbers also continued to climb.
Soon, a large number of discussions about "Journey to the West Reimagined" appeared online.
【I finally understand why that cool older sister said my wish came true last night. It turns out they really made me run to see the Great Sage!】
【No wonder they mentioned everything at the press conference last night except the gameplay. So this is a fitness game! Taoxun, how dare you force me to exercise? Do you think I'm scared?!】
【Taoxun, I beg you to open the store! Even opening a gacha pool would be fine! I'll give you money, money! Let me spend money, I don't want to run! Do you know how hot it is outside? I'm practically dying of heat!】
【As expected, what's free is the most expensive. Some free games want my money, some want my liver, Taoxun, what's your deal? Why do you want my dozens of pounds of fat? Do you know how many years I've accumulated them, and how inseparable they are from me?】
...
The public opinion about the game was very heated. Players had never seen a game mode that involved collecting cards by walking before.
However, despite their tough talk online, the game's backend data showed that many players had already started playing, and more players were continuously joining.
Besides Ye Zhi and a few others, the person most concerned about this game was Yao Hongbo.
Yao Hongbo had been waiting for Taoxun's big move, but even after the game launched and became very popular, he hadn't seen any action from Taoxun.
He was puzzled. Had he really been overthinking it, or was there some other hidden secret in this game?
Finally, Yao Hongbo decided to download the game himself and try it.
Yao Hongbo didn't usually play games. Fortunately, the game's beginner tutorial was clear and simple, allowing him to quickly understand what was going on.
Suddenly, the map showed that there was a card nearby that he could obtain.
Yao Hongbo followed the prompts and walked a few steps, finally obtaining the gold-rimmed card in his CEO's office.
Yao Hongbo was puzzled. Was that it? What was so fun about this game?
He truly didn't understand why so many people online were obsessed with collecting cards.
Unable to figure it out, Yao Hongbo decided to post a question.
However, Yao Hongbo decided not to post it directly online. He planned to post it on Qianbai Company's internal forum. This way, he believed he would get more objective information.
Yao Hongbo opened the forum and directly posted, "What's so good about the game 'Journey to the West Reimagined'? Is it difficult to collect cards?"
Afterward, he attached a screenshot of his gold card.
Soon, a large string of replies appeared below the post.
【Ahhh! Gold card! You hateful European, eat my spear!】
【Brother, spill the beans on the gold card's location! I also saw it was in our company, but I searched for a long time and couldn't find it!】
【Brother, this is just within the company. If you posted this online, you'd be asking for your entire family to be insulted for showing off like that!】
...
【Wait! This ID looks familiar! Brother, you're quite bold, your forum ID is so similar to the Vice President's! Let me check, which character is this imitation trying to copy.】
【This isn't an imitation ID! There's verification behind it! This really is the Vice President!】
After this reply, the replies immediately stopped. Yao Hongbo, looking at the hundreds of replies cursing him as a European showing off his luck, his face turned as dark as it could possibly be.
While he still didn't understand what made this game fun, he could see that the game was indeed very popular. In fact, even Qianbai employees were players of Taoxun's game.
Yao Hongbo immediately deleted the post and issued an announcement stating that during work hours, any activities unrelated to work would be subject to a fine.
Ye Zhi was not yet aware of this little interlude at Qianbai, but the game's internal data reassured her.
In the conference room, Ye Zhi smiled faintly, "The game's launch has had a very good reception..."
"It's currently work hours, and so many people have already joined. I believe the data will see new breakthroughs after work hours tonight," Feng Jie said.
"Yes," Ye Zhi nodded and looked at Bai Xuan, "What is your next plan?"
"This." Bai Xuan handed over a plan.
Ye Zhi didn't ask any further questions. She opened the plan and was immediately surprised.
In addition to launching new cards, Bai Xuan's next step was to cooperate with the Taoxun Communications department to further strengthen data interoperability between the two parties.
"Journey to the West Reimagined" would introduce a step leaderboard, and players could choose to share their steps and the cards they owned on Taoxun Communications' social media.
After reading through it, Ye Zhi gasped.
Socially anxious genius, terrifying indeed! Bai Xuan had truly grasped the essence of the game!
Many reskinned games made a fortune largely by exploiting people's vanity and competitive spirit.
With the introduction of this step leaderboard and card-sharing function, Ye Zhi could imagine the scene of everyone on their social media vying to post their steps.