Chapter 1

Lin Wan sat in the reception room, sipping the tea Assistant Xin had brought her.

Ah, so nostalgic.

It's the taste of home…

How long had it been since she had tasted such good tea? It must have been almost half a year…

Lin Wan was a senior in college, with only half a year left until graduation, but she had already been interning at Tianhuo Studio for half a year.

During her university years, Lin Wan's decision to devote herself to the game industry had caused no small amount of conflict with her father, especially during the summer vacation of her junior year, when these conflicts reached their peak.

So, in a fit of pique, Lin Wan simply didn't go home and went to Tianhuo Studio for an internship.

Since then, Lin Wan had been living frugally, and the brand-name bags and clothes she used to buy without a second thought could only be bought sparingly now.

She rarely drank the tea she used to drink at home.

This was the first time Lin Wan had felt like she was coming home.

This made her goodwill towards Tengda skyrocket!

This was Lin Wan's first time in Jingzhou City, and she was a little disappointed when she got off the plane.

After all, it was just a second-tier city, and it couldn't compare with a super-first-tier city like Yangcheng in terms of prosperity.

However, after entering Shenhua Haojing, this disappointment disappeared, replaced by joy and appreciation!

Seeing this kind of working environment and the working state of all the employees, Lin Wan was sure that this was the feeling!

The light of idealism that she had once seen in Pei Qian was fully reflected here!

Assistant Xin knocked on the door and entered, holding a contract in her hand.

"Congratulations, President Pei has agreed. Sign this contract, and you will be a formal employee of Tengda! The salary is 4,000 yuan per month, is that okay?"

Lin Wan quickly stood up: "Yes, yes!"

She took the contract, glanced through it, and signed her name on it.

"So, what is my job?" Lin Wan's eyes were full of expectation.

Assistant Xin thought for a moment: "Your job… well, come to participate in the team building activity at 2 pm tomorrow, movies, dinner, karaoke, the whole shebang."

"Huh?" Lin Wan looked bewildered.

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Friday morning.

Pei Qian, who had been busy with exam week and hadn't shown his face for a long time, came to his company because, according to the original work plan, he would complete all the development work of *Sea Fortress* this week and officially put it on the official game platform.

The settlement would be in two weeks, because Pei Qian had left a little leeway.

When determining the development plan, Pei Qian was worried that these slacking employees would develop too slowly and cause the game to be released late, so he deliberately moved the deadline forward by a week so that there would be enough buffer time.

Today was the day to accept the results.

Pei Qian came to the company and went straight to Huang Sibao.

"President Pei!" Huang Sibao looked energetic, and seemed even more handsome.

In the two months since coming to Tengda, Huang Sibao's income had increased, his usual rest time had increased, and his mood had improved.

Therefore, his mental state was no longer as miserable as before, but became radiant!

Now that winter had arrived, Huang Sibao had just gone to buy a few winter clothes last week.

Considering that he now had money and was working in a place like Shenhua Haojing, Huang Sibao decided to get himself a decent outfit, so he spent more than a thousand to buy a slightly casual suit, which now made him look a bit like a successful person.

"How is the progress of *Sea Fortress*? Do you need to postpone it for a week?" Pei Qian asked.

Huang Sibao shook his head violently: "No need! President Pei, don't worry, we have tested it repeatedly, and all the bugs we found have been fixed. The game is ready to go online at any time!"

"Well, not bad." Pei Qian nodded, but there wasn't much joy on his face.

Huang Sibao's confident attitude made Pei Qian a little nervous!

Could this game really be completed with quality and quantity?

However, thinking of Huang Sibao and Bao Xu's qualifications, and thinking of the three rules he had set for the game…

Pei Qian felt that even if the game was successfully developed, it was absolutely impossible to make money.

"Do you want to try it out?" Huang Sibao asked.

"No need to try it out." Pei Qian thought for a while, "Show me the game's story mode and epic weapons."

Pei Qian knew very well that *Sea Fortress* was probably a trash game, and there was nothing to try out.

There was no reason to personally eat the shit he made.

However, to ensure that the game could lose money, Pei Qian decided to take a look at whether his ideas had been resolutely implemented.

Did they spend a lot of effort making the story mode?

Are there any Huo Qilin (a type of overpowered gun) for 888 in the game?

Pei Qian was still very concerned about these things.

Huang Sibao nodded: "Okay, President Pei, I'll show you now."

Opening *Sea Fortress* on his computer, Huang Sibao began to introduce it to Pei Qian.

"This is our story mode. Players need to fight from the bottom of the sea base to the top. The story mode takes about 6 hours in total and is divided into three different scenes. The main game content is fighting zombies, fighting mercenaries, and some simple puzzle-solving content…”

"This is the mall system."

"This is the epic weapon Rainbow Dazzling Huo Qilin that we plan to launch in the first month. As you said, the permanent usage right is priced at 888. More epic weapons have been included in the subsequent development plan, and we plan to launch a new epic weapon every two or three months."

Pei Qian listened to Huang Sibao's explanation, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding.

He frowned because he saw the real game screen of *Sea Fortress*.

It was a little different from what he had imagined!

He originally thought that the appearance would be similar to *CrossFire*, but after seeing the real picture, he found that it was much more refined and beautiful!

Whether it was the characters, guns, scenes, or the game's interface UI, they were all brand new. It couldn't be said to be the top-notch art level like foreign 3A masterpieces, but it wasn't much different.

Pei Qian was a little angry and wanted to question Huang Sibao, who told you to make the game so beautiful?

Do you know that being so beautiful is a death sentence?

But then he thought about it, wasn't it myself…

Oh, never mind then.

When Huang Sibao came to Pei Qian with a budget of more than 600,000 for art purchases, Pei Qian doubled it without looking at it, turning it into more than 1.2 million.

The money was indeed spent.

However, the quality of the art resources purchased has also been improved by several levels!

Looking at the beautiful game screen, Pei Qian suddenly felt a little empty.

The key was that he couldn't get angry, because he was the one who asked Huang Sibao to buy these beautiful art resources…

However, after listening to Huang Sibao's explanation, Pei Qian felt a little more relieved.

Fortunately, the time-consuming, laborious, and unrewarding story mode had been made. Fighting zombies and mercenaries sounded uninteresting.

The Huo Qilin for 888 was also made, and there was only this one gun in the mall, no low-priced guns.

He would probably be scolded by players, but Pei Qian was already mentally prepared. He would just accept the scolding, as long as he could lose money!

People like Old Ma were scolded by players every day, but it didn't affect him from taking the bus, right?

What's more, Pei Qian had already investigated and found out that Tianhuo Studio's *Bullet Marks* was also scheduled to go online recently. Pei Qian decided that *Sea Fortress* would crash into *Bullet Marks*, and it would be best if it was crushed to pieces!

With such a powerful competitor, what use was it even if *Sea Fortress* had a better picture?

The data would definitely be crushed and beaten in various ways!

"President Pei, there are some other modes in the game. Would you like me to tell you about them?" Huang Sibao asked.

Pei Qian shook his head: "No need, just send it to the official store for review! Everyone has worked so hard for so long! Get ready, we'll go out and have fun this afternoon! Watch a blockbuster, eat a big meal!"