Chapter 1 Old Zhou Thinks It's Worth a Shot

Lao Huang looked at Lao Zhou: "What do you think?"

Lao Zhou considered for a moment: "I think it's worth a shot."

The others nodded in agreement.

Lao Huang thought for a while: "Alright, let's take this job! Anyway, we have Master Benefactor to foot the bill, so let's just treat it as a test run."

"If this style isn't well-received, it's Master Benefactor who loses money anyway, which might just make you give up on this style sooner."

"If this style becomes popular, then we might really be able to start our own studio right after graduation! As long as we make a name for ourselves, everything will be easy!"

Ruan Guangjian nodded: "Exactly, that's what I was thinking!"

"Right now, we're basically using Master Benefactor's requirements to build our own reputation, and Master Benefactor is paying us handsomely. These next three weeks, you guys need to work extra hard. We'll aim for the highest standards and do everything we can to complete this job beautifully!"

"If this set of original paintings becomes a big hit, then we can take this opportunity to make a name for ourselves, and the future will be bright!"

The group finally reached a consensus and began to get busy.

Ruan Guangjian came up with character concept drafts one by one, Lao Huang created the line art, and then the other guys, who were slightly less skilled or less familiar with this style, were only responsible for refining and coloring.

According to the normal process, Ruan Guangjian should show the original line art to Pei Qian to let Master Benefactor decide whether the line art meets the requirements before continuing to refine it.

But Pei Qian was too lazy to care about these things, so this step was skipped.

The entire dormitory began to work feverishly.

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...

Handong University, dormitory.

In the blink of an eye, two weeks had passed.

Pei Qian pulled up the system to check.

[Wealth Conversion System]

[Host: Pei Qian]

[Surplus Conversion Ratio 100:1, Loss Conversion Ratio 1:1]

[Next Settlement Time: 16 days]

[Note: If there are any unreleased products one week before settlement, the settlement date will be postponed, and the postponement time will be determined by the system.]

[System Funds: 8792 (↓291208)]

[Personal Assets: 1607.6]

Pei Qian had already squandered 290,000 of the system funds, leaving less than 10,000 yuan.

In addition to purchasing art resources, buying music and sound effects, and renting cloud servers, Pei Qian also spent money to buy a set of skill templates for card games.

He wasn't planning on buying it originally, but after realizing that the system funds hadn't been completely spent, Pei Qian felt that there was no need to save it.

Unspent system funds cannot be converted into personal property, which would be a huge loss for Pei Qian. He couldn't tolerate that.

Pei Qian had already assigned all of these skills to the game.

For example, Guan Yu's skill was Qinglong Yanyue Dao (Crescent Blade) continuous strikes, Zhou Yu's skill was burning Chibi to deal full-screen damage, and Xiahou Dun's Ganglie (Unyielding) could provide crowd control immunity and damage reduction for a short period of time, and so on.

Anyway, the skills of card games are nothing more than these. Most of the card games copied *Q Meng Sanguo* (Cute Three Kingdoms), and the skill mechanisms were similar, so the skills in the template were also these.

Pei Qian slightly distributed these skills to the characters in the game, and basically made the best use of them.

Of course, during this process, Pei Qian dumped all the troublesome work on Ma Yang.

Pei Qian didn't even expect him to match all the skills correctly. It would be best if he made some mistakes in the values or created some bugs.

However, Ma Yang was quite careful. After the entire skill system was configured, Pei Qian checked it and didn't find any problems.

But after thinking about it, the main focus of losing money wasn't here anyway, so Pei Qian didn't care.

In the end, 3,000 yuan of the remaining 8,000 yuan was the salary reserved for Ma Yang, which could only be paid at the end of the month.

Pei Qian considered spending the remaining 5,000 yuan in a last-minute spree before the settlement, buying something from the resource website at random. In any case, all the system funds had to be squandered, leaving not a single penny behind.

As for why personal assets had increased...

It was because his family had sent him living expenses, one thousand yuan.

Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh. As someone with a system, he still needed his family to send him living expenses. What a disgrace!

He was simply a disgrace to the Host community!

He originally wanted to lose 50,000 yuan, but he accidentally earned 70,000 yuan instead.

Only 700 yuan was converted, which was less than his original living expenses.

Too shameful!

But this time was different.

300,000 yuan! As long as the game failed, it could all be converted into personal assets! In a word, awesome!

Thinking about the huge sum of 300,000 yuan about to arrive, Pei Qian felt a sense of happiness welling up within him, and he was even willing to go to class.

Now everything was ready, waiting for the art resources to arrive and be put into the game. Then the game could be launched and flop at the speed of light, and the mission would be accomplished!

...

One week later.

Shanghai, a dormitory in the Fine Arts Department of a certain University of Finance and Economics.

Ruan Guangjian, with dark circles under his eyes, threw the stylus pen on the table: "Okay! Mission complete!"

Looking back at the others, some were sleeping in front of their computers, and some were sleeping in their beds. Only he was still awake.

There were many instant noodle boxes and snack bags piled under the table, and there were also many empty cans of energy drinks on the table. The entire dormitory looked like a mess.

"Phew, finished on schedule."

Ruan Guangjian felt a little regretful that no one was there to share this historic moment with him.

But there was nothing he could do. The others didn't have his energy. In this state of working day and night at such a high intensity, they were all a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, the work was completed on schedule.

In fact, it could have been faster, but Ruan Guangjian had very high requirements for this entire set of original paintings. Many unsatisfactory parts were repeatedly revised several times, so even with everyone working overtime, it was only completed right before the deadline.

Quickly browsing through these original paintings,

Ruan Guangjian felt very proud.

Art!

A perfect masterpiece!

Each character was carefully designed by him, with distinct characteristics and personalities, perfectly combining the original historical image, magical modification scheme, and traditional elements.

Every single one of them was guaranteed to leave a deep impression!

However, Ruan Guangjian wasn't sure whether these original paintings would become popular.

Aesthetics is a very subjective thing.

Even world-famous paintings would be considered unappealing by many people.

The same was true for game original paintings. Sometimes, no matter how exquisite your skills or how outstanding your design, players might not buy it, and might even dislike it instinctively simply because the picture was a little dark.

Why do many low-quality games like shiny golden wings? Is it really because their main artists like them? Not necessarily.

It's because wealthy players like shiny golden wings and will pay for them!

Therefore, if it were other companies, they would probably dislike this set of original paintings.

But after all, President Pei of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. had already said that they could create and design freely, so it should be fine to paint it like this, right?

Ruan Guangjian mustered his spirits, logged into ESRO's resource website, and sent this batch of original paintings to Pei Qian.

"There are a total of 50 sets, 200 original paintings, please check them."

After sending it, there was no reply. He probably wasn't online.

Ruan Guangjian looked at the time. The sky outside was gradually brightening, and it was now a little past 7 in the morning.

He reached out, grabbed a sausage from the side, peeled it open, ate a little to fill his stomach, and climbed into his bed to rest.

Finally, he was done! He would definitely call his brothers to have a big meal at noon!

Ruan Guangjian felt relieved and fell into a deep sleep in his bed.