Chapter 198 Concept Art

Pei Qian was contemplating when someone knocked on the office door.

He looked up and saw Lu Mingliang.

"President Pei, we've finished a few concept drawings. Would you like to take a look?"

Lu Mingliang had already handed over all the concept design work for *Rebirth Island* to Ruan Guangjian, including scenes, characters, monsters, equipment, weapons, and so on.

Ruan Guangjian definitely couldn't complete all of this by himself, but he had his own studio now.

After graduating, Ruan Guangjian opened a small studio in Shanghai, next to the University of Finance and Economics where he used to study, relying on his accumulated reputation and connections.

The studio was called "Halo Studio," and it was already well-known in the industry thanks to *Ghost General*, *Game Producer*, and other concept design works.

Several of Ruan Guangjian's former roommates had been brought into the studio, and recently, because of good business, they had hired some new people. They used to only take small jobs, but now they could gradually take on bigger ones.

As its reputation grew, more and more game companies came to the resource station, often needing to schedule in advance.

In particular, wanting Ruan Guangjian to paint personally was not only becoming more expensive, but also more difficult to schedule.

However, Ruan Guangjian had always been very supportive of Tengda Games.

No matter when you have any needs, he would always give priority to completing them, without affecting existing schedules!

After the story, worldview structure, and various art requirements for *Rebirth Island* were completed, Lu Mingliang immediately found Halo Studio and entrusted the important task of concept design to Ruan Guangjian.

Now, the first batch of concept drawings was out.

Accompanied by Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian looked through these concept drawings.

First were a few concept paintings of scenes.

The perilous Guimen Pass (Gate of Hell), located among the rolling mountains, had uniquely shaped peaks on both sides and an abyss filled with wandering souls in front.

A tall, bluish-gray paifang (archway) was surrounded by cyan mist, and the ancient characters on the paifang, grim and terrifying, sent chills down one's spine.

Behind Guimen Pass was the Huangquan Road (Road to the Underworld), stretching to the distant end. Countless wronged souls wandered on Huangquan Road, walking forward blankly and tirelessly.

On both sides of Huangquan Road were rolling cyan clouds, and from time to time, withered, waxy yellow hands stretched out from the clouds, trying to grab those on Huangquan Road and drag them down.

The Naihe Bridge (Bridge of Helplessness) across the Wangchuan River (River of Oblivion) was already a ghostly domain. Several soul-calling lanterns hung in the air, and wandering souls walked past blankly, either disappearing into the distant mist or falling directly from the bridge, disappearing into the Wangchuan River forever.

In addition, there were also a few scattered object drawings and some concept design paintings of monsters.

Such as dilapidated temples, Buddha statues, earth god temples, earth god statues, ordinary vengeful ghosts, broken weapons, soul-calling banners, and so on.

The monsters included Meng Po from Naihe Bridge, the Four Judges of the Underworld, and so on.

Although many games had used these monster images, Ruan Guangjian would definitely completely redesign them, drawing them in his familiar style, which was a very prominent dark style that was impressive.

After looking at the paintings, Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh.

"Ruan Guangjian's performance is really stable."

The implication was, can't you just screw up once in a while?!

The key was that from *Ghost General* to *Game Producer* to *Rebirth Island*, this person's painting skills seemed to be constantly improving, which was really too deadly!

It was obvious that the concept design drafts for *Rebirth Island* were coming out faster, and some styles were becoming more mature.

Compared to *Game Producer*, the content of *Rebirth Island* was more suitable for Ruan Guangjian's epic ink wash oil painting style, which may be one of the important reasons why his performance was getting better and better.

Lu Mingliang strongly agreed with Pei Qian's view and praised, "Yes, you can only say that a master is a master, always so stable! It's so reassuring to leave the original paintings to him!"

Pei Qian: "..."

He really wanted to blacklist Ruan Guangjian completely and never cooperate again.

But, there was no reason!

The guy painted so well, and even gave a discount, and the style was suitable. What reason could he find to terminate the cooperation?

Fortunately, *Rebirth Island* itself was not a game that relied on graphics to win over players. Deterring players mainly relied on the gameplay. Considering that finding Ruan Guangjian could indeed spend more money, Pei Qian endured it.

"Not bad, continue with this."

Pei Qian looked for a long time, but couldn't find any flaws. These concept drawings were too well-drawn, and it was not appropriate to change anything.

He really didn't understand the content of the original paintings, so he could only be slaughtered.

Hearing Pei Qian's words, Lu Mingliang couldn't help but sigh, "President Pei and Master Ruan really have a connection and appreciate each other."

"Master Ruan said that after this project is completed, he may take a few days off. At that time, he may come to Jingzhou to visit our company and President Pei."

"After all, the two of you have been friends online for a long time, but you have never met. It is a bit of a pity after all. President Pei, you should think so too, right?"

The corner of Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly.

Think so my ass!

I don't want to see him at all!

Qiao Laoshi was number one on the blacklist, and this guy was number two!

The key was that since the cooperation with *Ghost General*, Ruan Guangjian and Pei Qian were no longer a simple commercial relationship.

Ruan Guangjian vaguely regarded Pei Qian as his confidant. Although the two were in different industries, one in games and the other in original paintings, this feeling of mutual appreciation had crossed the barriers of the industry.

Pei Qian's mouth twitched slightly, "Hehe, when he comes, I will definitely 'entertain' him well."

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The progress of the two games was already clear to him.

At present, there didn't seem to be any serious problems that needed to be corrected.

Pei Qian thought about it, there were still many things to be busy with next.

Seeing that July was coming to an end, there were three things that were more urgent.

First of all, according to the regulations set by Pei Qian, the selection of outstanding employees would be held on August 1st.

Pei Qian was quite unsure about this selection.

Because the selection was voted for, Pei Qian didn't plan to engage in any dark box operations, because he didn't quite trust his own vision now.

The eyes of the masses were sharp. The outstanding employees they voted for must have played an important role and were seen by everyone. Pei Qian had no intention of protecting or condoning anyone.

Even his confidant and beloved general would have to be eliminated properly!

The second was the matter of the high-end restaurant and Upwind Logistics.

Preliminary preparations were still underway, but the person in charge should be determined.

Pei Qian remembered that the last time at Ming Yun Internet Cafe, there was a store manager who was a chef. Let him manage the high-end restaurant.

After all, this chef didn't make a name for himself as the store manager of the internet cafe, which showed that he probably didn't have much ability. Letting him be the store manager of the high-end restaurant was, on the surface, a professional match, but in reality, it was to hold things back.

As for Upwind Logistics...

Pei Qian considered that he could ask this year's outstanding employee if he wanted to be in charge of Upwind Logistics.

If he didn't want to, then give him a 1 million dream fund and let him mess around on his own; if he wanted to, then arrange for him to be in charge of Upwind Logistics.

Finally, Pei Qian took Lin Chang's money, and it was about time to prepare some results.