Chapter 1535 *Shuli* Promotional CG

Hearing this, the vice president couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"President Nie is brilliant!"

"It can only be said that President Pei overlooked something despite his meticulous planning. He is indeed one of the top game producers in the world, but his self-confidence in the field of game production has also restricted him, making him turn a blind eye to this excellent local Jingzhou game company."

"Of course, this isn't President Pei's problem either. After all, in literature, there's no absolute first. Every outstanding artist has pride, and they will always subconsciously ignore those who are not as good as themselves."

"President Pei probably didn't expect that such an inconspicuous loophole, not even a loophole, would be seized by you!"

Nie Yunsheng smiled slightly, his expression quite pleased.

The game field is Tengda's strongest area.

Finding a breakthrough in a seemingly impossible area is indeed something to be proud of!

"However... President Nie." The vice president hesitated for a moment before saying, "The *Shuli* project is currently still in the development stage and should be confidential."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to obtain detailed internal information about this game!"

"Without this information, the influence we can create will definitely be greatly reduced."

"Internal leaks like this... are too risky."

Nie Yunsheng's idea was to publicize the news of *Shuli*, generate widespread attention, and then extend an olive branch while attacking Tengda, deciding on subsequent strategies based on Tengda's response.

But there's a prerequisite: it has to generate widespread attention.

The name *Shuli* alone, and the reputation of Yan Qi's team, is definitely not enough. Because this team has only ever made the mobile game *Empire of Blades*, their popularity isn't very high. Even if they boast about the sentiment and ambition of switching from mobile games to 3A games, it's still not enough.

It would be best to have ready-made trailers or actual game footage to generate widespread attention.

But these are internal materials and are definitely highly confidential, making them not easy to obtain.

Nie Yunsheng said, "Hehe, there's no need to worry about that. They will provide it themselves. As far as I know, *Shuli* will release a promotional video and a demo gameplay video this weekend, for initial promotion on the Chaolu Games platform."

"This is already a confirmed matter and will not be changed."

"It is precisely because of this news that I am even more certain that the *Shuli* project is actually short of money! But it already has a certain degree of completion. Entering at this time is the best opportunity for us."

The vice president suddenly understood: "I see! President Nie is brilliant!"

Although this project itself is confidential, it's impossible to make it completely airtight. There will always be some news leaking out. Moreover, the Anti-Tengda Alliance has so many resources at its disposal. It's difficult to dig up confidential internal game resources, but getting some news is still easy.

The *Shuli* project officially started development in November of last year, and it's been more than four months now.

Although the content of this game is vast and it's an action 3A game with a considerable scale, after all, there is a very mature official editor available. No matter what, nearly half of the development progress should have been completed.

Releasing a promotional video or a gameplay video at this stage of development is actually a common practice for many game developers.

On the one hand, it's early exposure, accumulating heat, and making players look forward to it; on the other hand, it can also attract the attention of investors and players. Whether it's attracting investment or opening pre-sales, the goal is to find ways to recover some funds and alleviate financial pressure.

Many overseas 3A masterpieces even release trailers six months or a year in advance for preheating, mainly to accumulate heat. Some domestic independent games release them early in order to gain player support and alleviate financial pressure through pre-sales.

Nie Yunsheng felt that the game *Shuli* must have both.

At the same time, this also confirms the current state of the Yan Qi team, making Nie Yunsheng even more certain that the Yan Qi team must still be short of money. The game is only half done, and a lot of money is needed to develop it to a complete state.

After this promotional video is released, how much attention it can attract and how much money it can get may directly determine the future completion of the game *Shuli*.

This provides Nie Yunsheng with an excellent opportunity!

"Seize the time to prepare and follow up as soon as *Shuli* releases the trailer, forcing them to cooperate with us!"

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March 23rd, Saturday.

Yan Qi came to the company as usual, poured himself a cup of coffee, and sat down at his workstation.

Today is Saturday, so there aren't many people in the company, only about one-fifth of the staff came.

Although they got investment from Yuemeng Venture Capital, they aren't a direct department of Tengda after all, so overtime is relatively free. Yan Qi didn't force everyone to work overtime, but some people, like Yan Qi, were worried about the project, so they would come over to work for a while on weekends.

"President Yan, are we releasing the promotional video and gameplay video today?" The chief designer sitting next to him asked.

Yan Qi: "Yes."

"Is there anything we need to do?" the chief designer asked again.

Yan Qi shook his head: "No, the videos have already been recorded and coordinated with the Chaolu Games platform. They will directly upload the videos to the video website, and the promotional resources on the game platform will also be launched simultaneously. There's nothing to do."

"Everyone should still seriously develop the subsequent game content."

"Oh, right, don't work too late today, it's Saturday. Lunch is on me. Go home and rest before 4 pm. Starting next week, we will continue to finalize *Shuli* and strive to launch the full version of *Shuli* in June as originally planned."

The chief designer nodded: "Okay, President Yan!"

Yan Qi appeared calm on the surface, but he was still a little worried in reality.

Because he wasn't sure if the release of this video would have the effect he expected!

After the game project has been developed to a certain stage, releasing a video for early promotion is a conventional method. Although Yan Qi's team has received President Pei's strong support and is not short of money at all, he lacks popularity and confidence.

What if players don't buy it after the game is made? Wouldn't that let President Pei down?

Although this idea was approved by President Pei, there will definitely be changes during the development process, and the final product will deviate from the original idea.

It's not a sure thing.

If it fails, it's definitely his fault and has nothing to do with President Pei.

It just so happened that Chaolu Games platform also had this intention.

Although Chaolu Games platform is very popular among players and there are more and more excellent games on the platform, they haven't found a very good explosive point recently to make the platform's popularity rise in stages.

They always feel like they are wasting their time if they don't do something.

Therefore, they also need a hit game to excite the players on the platform and drive the platform's traffic, so the two sides hit it off and decided to do a promotion for *Shuli* to pull in a wave of heat.

They could take this opportunity to release the gameplay video of *Shuli*, reveal some information to players in a limited way, which can not only increase the popularity, but also confirm whether the current direction is correct.

If the reaction is mediocre after it is released and players don't feel anything, it means that the current development status of the game *Shuli* has deviated from expectations, and Yan Qi will have to think about how to make major changes to it in the subsequent development stages.

He glanced at the time, the promotional video and gameplay video have already been automatically released on the Chaolu Games platform, Yan Qi immediately clicked to view them.

…

The melodious melody sounded, and a bright red, somewhat eerie little flower appeared in the lens, swaying in the drizzle.

Immediately afterwards, the lens quickly pulled up. In a misty haze, there were countless temples and pagodas in the distance.

This scene naturally reminded people of the line "Four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasties, how many towers and pavilions are in the misty rain."

But this tranquil scene was suddenly broken. The tallest pagoda suddenly exploded violently. The entire pagoda broke from the center and collapsed with a bang, and flames soared into the sky!

The raging flames devoured the pagoda. Not only that, but other pagodas also burst into flames, instantly turning the screen blood red!

Firelight and thick smoke were especially dazzling in the southern misty rain.

In a temple, the huge Buddha statue resembled an emperor, the Bodhisattvas on both sides smiled like attendants, the Heavenly Kings were solemn, the strong men were mighty, and the Vajras were angry, guarding the huge Buddha statue in the center, looking magnificent.

But at this time, all the Buddha statues were falling, collapsing, and turning into ashes in the raging fire.

Soldiers with sharp blades were slaughtering the fleeing monks, but there were also powerful warrior monks wielding their staffs, fighting the soldiers in front of the Buddha statues that were collapsing in the fire.

The camera pulled up and the scene quickly switched to the northern border.

Alien cavalry were launching a charge. They raised the scimitars in their hands high, and the warhorses under them also had red eyes, roaring as they charged towards the opposite battle formation.

On the other side were the armies of the Central Plains. Unlike the aliens, although they also had cavalry, they were arranged on the flanks. In front of the infantry phalanx in the center was a temporary stockade composed of offset carts, and archers were waiting in the rear, ready to draw their bows.

The leading general drew his long sword and issued an order, and arrows rained down!

The two sides fought fiercely together. The leading general kept giving orders, and the soldiers around him changed their formations, as if a magical power was infused into their bodies, supporting them to fight hard.

Behind the battle formation, great Confucians wielded their pens and ink, and with their words carried the force of law, streams of righteous energy merged into the battle formation.

A group of alien cavalry saw the great Confucians behind the battle formation and charged over, wanting to attack the heart of the army directly, but as soon as they arrived in front of the great Confucians, they revealed countless flaws and were easily killed by the guards.

The camera switched again, arriving at a small village on the border.

An old Taoist priest walked into the village, holding a horsetail whisk in one hand and a magic sword in the other.

It was silent all around, only crows were pecking at the corpses, and faint, mournful wails could be heard, sometimes near, sometimes far.

Suddenly, a ferocious demon rushed out of the neighboring house, its black claws grabbing straight at the Taoist priest!

The Taoist priest wasn't flustered, he threw out a talisman that turned into chains, firmly locking the demon, and then slashed out with his long sword, severing its throat with one strike.

But immediately afterwards, black death energy gathered in the village, more demons appeared, and there were even huge monsters several zhang tall, wanting to devour the Taoist priest alive!

Pills, talismans, formations… the Taoist priest had endless methods, but countless demons still surrounded him, gradually engulfing him…

In the end, the Taoist priest stood with his long sword, covered in wounds. But around him were already mountains of demon corpses.

A cry suddenly came from the silent night. The Taoist priest followed the sound to find the source of the crying, and found that it was a baby hidden by its parents.

The Taoist priest picked up the baby and left the village.

Raging flames rose, burning everything to ashes. Accompanied by the desolate melody, the title of the game appeared in the raging fire: *Shuli*!

The next chapter will be a little later.