Chapter 1562 "Dimensional Game Adventure"!

Friday, April 12th.

Qiao Liang watched the rising popularity of this episode of *Director's Talk*, a sense of pride welling up within him.

Was this the feeling of invincibility?

It was his first time as the acting head of a Tengda Corporation department, and also his first time participating in a business war, confronting other companies head-on.

Originally, Qiao Liang was in a state of righteous indignation and unease. After all, these were two giant livestreaming platform behemoths. Would publicly slapping them in the face like this invite retaliation? Would there be any serious consequences?

But after doing it, he realized there were no consequences at all, and it was actually quite refreshing!

As soon as the video was released, it immediately sparked a strong reaction. Many streamers released videos in response or shared their own experiences, exposing the tricks these livestreaming platforms used to exploit them.

On the surface, the two platforms were fiercely competitive, but in reality, they poached each other's streamers and then happily shared the streamers' breach of contract fees.

The streamers thought they were getting the better of the livestreaming platforms, receiving sky-high salaries, but how much of that money actually ended up in their own pockets? Even if it did, it could all be lost in a lawsuit the next second!

Qiao Liang's video was perfectly timed, completely exposing the other two livestreaming platforms' systems.

If he had released this video a year ago, it wouldn't have had much of an impact. Back then, the livestreaming platform industry was still in its infancy, with a dozen or so large and small platforms in China engaged in a chaotic battle. Because of the fierce competition, the top streamers had strong bargaining power.

Even if they jumped ship and got sued, the breach of contract fees weren't a big deal.

On the one hand, the streamers' salaries were relatively low at the time, so the breach of contract fees were also relatively low. A streamer could increase their salary tenfold by switching platforms and could afford to pay the fees without causing a major scandal.

In that situation, what effect would it have to educate streamers about the tricks behind the livestreaming platforms? Most streamers wouldn't listen.

But now, a year later, Waiwai Livestream and Wolf Fang Livestream had achieved a preliminary monopoly on the livestreaming platform industry and were already looking to swing their scythes and start harvesting.

At this point, exposing the tricks, combined with cases of some top streamers being sued for hundreds of millions in breach of contract fees, had a strong impact and made many streamers suddenly realize the truth!

Qiao Liang almost wanted to applaud himself, and maybe even strike a pose with his hands on his hips.

I'm so awesome!

Although the *Director's Talk* program had been going on for a while, Qiao Liang felt that he was the first acting director to actually appear on camera! That was a completely different concept from the regular troops like Lü Mingliang, Guo Licheng, and Rui Yuchen.

The first acting director to win a victory, President Pei would definitely look at me with new eyes, right?

Not only that, but Qiao Liang also took this opportunity to show his face to his fans.

Didn't everyone disbelieve me when I said I was the acting director of Rabbit Tail Livestream?

What do you have to say now? Hurry up and worship Old Qiao!

Seeing the rainbow farts pouring in from his fans, Qiao Liang felt even happier than releasing ten consecutive videos and getting three-in-a-row wins!

"Even so, I can't be arrogant and complacent. I must continue to remember my mission as acting director!"

Qiao Liang felt that he had completely grasped the fun of being an acting director, and he was full of energy!

But at that moment, his phone vibrated, and he received a notification.

"Huh? President Pei is requesting that the *Director's Talk* program be temporarily suspended??"

...

A few minutes earlier.

Pei Qian looked at the new episode of *Director's Talk* with a blank expression.

"What's going on?"

"Why is Qiao Liang personally rolling up his sleeves and getting involved? And he's speaking so well, his level is completely different from the previous episodes of *Director's Talk*?"

"Doesn't that mean the going-down-to-the-grassroots activity that I worked so hard to create is completely meaningless?"

"Can you guys please stop playing this dirty game?"

Pei Qian felt very confused and speechless.

He created the going-down-to-the-grassroots activity because he saw that *Director's Talk* was in full swing, so he wanted the directors to stop for a while and give the companies in the Anti-Tengda Alliance some breathing room.

But he didn't expect that after replacing them with acting directors, it was the same old wine in new bottles, and the result was still the same!

Moreover, Qiao Liang's move was equivalent to setting a very bad precedent for the acting directors of other departments!

With Qiao Liang taking the lead, wouldn't the acting directors of other departments also want to show their faces on *Director's Talk* one after another?

Would people like Li Shi, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, and Xue Zhebbin miss such a chance to show their faces? Would they let Qiao Liang perform alone?

This is a big problem!

Pei Qian had only just finished his thesis not long ago, and he hadn't yet quickly entered a working state. He instinctively wanted to slack off for a while longer.

But this incident quickly alerted him.

"No, this trend must be nipped in the bud. We can't play this table-flipping game anymore! If you guys do this, what will the Anti-Tengda Alliance do?"

Thinking of this, Pei Qian immediately sent a notification, copied to the heads of all departments, especially Meng Chang.

"Starting this week, *Director's Talk* will be temporarily suspended. No department may release any content related to *Director's Talk* without permission!"

Of course, this program wasn't being suspended indefinitely.

Pei Qian felt that the *Director's Talk* program as a whole was still very meaningful, and netizens were indeed very interested in such a program that exposed the tricks of capital.

But could it be done later?

After this cycle ends, the Anti-Tengda Alliance will basically be on its last legs. Then you can do *Director's Talk* programs at will, exposing these business tricks.

Now that the Anti-Tengda Alliance is still in a highly motivated stage, wouldn't it be nice to let them be active and burn some money for me?

Therefore, Pei Qian only said that he was temporarily calling a halt, and didn't say that it could never be broadcast or that the program should be directly killed. After all, it might still be useful in the future.

...

When the various departments received this notification, the Independent Game Incubation Base was not affected.

After all, they weren't a department within Tengda, and they didn't have the going-down-to-the-grassroots activity, nor did they need to be on the *Director's Talk* program.

All the independent game developers were seriously considering how to design Tengda's first console escort game.

Seeing these developers full of energy and high spirits, Qiu Hong knew that they had found the right direction.

"How is everyone's preparation for the game's overall framework? Wuzhicheng, let's hear your thoughts first."

Wu Zhicheng nodded and said, "I've come up with a name for this game, called *Dimensional Game Adventure*! In the game, we can connect all of Tengda's games, especially the classic ones, and turn them into small levels."

"In other words, this is a brand-new world full of imagination that is derived from the Tengda game universe."

"Because Tengda's games have already been very successful and are loved by players, which is equivalent to a proven successful gameplay, and also has extremely high IP value, so our approach is the most stable and the easiest to be accepted by players."

"In this way, it's equivalent to further strengthening the Tengda game IP. For Tengda game's core players, this game will also be given some special cultural meaning, and it will be very worthwhile to buy and collect."

Qiu Hong nodded slightly. This idea was within his expectations.

This was, after all, Tengda's console, so the game content should naturally be as closely related to Tengda games as possible.

Tengda had so many excellent games, each of which was popular. Wouldn't it be a waste of such good IP resources not to use them?

Qiu Hong added, "However, there is also a problem with this approach."

"Tengda has so many classic games, but the gameplay and art style of each game are different. For example, the art style of *Game Producer* is different from that of *Struggle*. How to integrate them is a big problem."

"If the integration is not good and unnatural, then it is very likely to become a Frankenstein's monster."

"This is also our biggest concern at the beginning."

Wu Zhicheng said confidently, "Of course I've considered this!"

"We definitely can't completely copy the art style of each Tengda game, because these art styles have strong characteristics. When President Pei designed the games, he considered the characteristics of each game, and the art style matched the gameplay."

"But if we want to integrate all these games into an organic whole, we must unify their styles to a certain extent. But it's impossible to be completely consistent, because this would destroy the original game's connotation and would not be easily accepted by players."

"I found that the art style of most Tengda games is designed by Ruan Guangjian."

"I think as long as we let Ruan Guangjian redesign these art styles and integrate them, that would be enough. He is the original author, so he is naturally familiar with the task."

"In this way, we can both reproduce these Tengda games, allowing players to relive the highlights of these games, and integrate them, allowing players to play the role of free travel!"

"We can divide these games into different chapters. When entering a new chapter, not only will the title of each chapter be displayed, but also the original name of each chapter and the name of the new independent game producer. This is a tribute to Tengda games."

"Moreover, this game being released on Tengda's first game console has a special meaning."

"It means that this console will be a paradise and destination for all game developers. Everyone can create a happy game world together, and Tengda provides this platform and soil for everyone, as well as sufficient centripetal force!"

Qiu Hong nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, this is exactly the perfect solution we expected!"

He looked at the other independent game developers again. "How is everyone's gameplay design?"

The game developers began to raise their hands to talk about the gameplay they designed.

These gameplays were all derived from Tengda games. Some largely followed the original design, but made their own modifications to some details of the gameplay, while others completely transformed them from scratch, retaining only the game's original story background.

Because the gameplay of these games must be close to the gameplay of independent games, family games, and multiplayer games.

For example, *Mission and Choice* is an RTS game, but RTS games are actually outdated. President Pei's approach at the time was to weaken the operability of RTS games and focus on the game's plot as much as possible to achieve a breaking-circle effect.

That was also a good path, but it was only suitable for single-player games, and this method could only be used once.

Therefore, the independent game developer responsible for *Mission and Choice* decided to transform this story module into a flight simulation and shooting game. The protagonists mistakenly entered the world of *Mission and Choice*, and a swarm of bugs came flying at them. They were flying human spaceships and attacking the Zerg under the command of Commander Qin Yi.

If two players were playing, one could steer the ship and the other could control the ship's firepower.

If four or more players were playing, they could control two spaceships.

As for *Game Producer*, it was transformed into an action-adventure game. The player constantly climbs and jumps in a huge sandbox, triggering various mechanisms, which will affect the game producer's direction.

The player must lead the game producer to a specific ending to clear the level.

As for *Turn Back is the Shore*, although there were some changes in the art style, it was still a difficult action game that required close cooperation, some skill, and memorization to clear the level.

In addition, the independent game developers also came up with various features to match the gameplay.

For example, in *Game Producer*, players need to constantly climb, jump, and trigger various mechanisms.

They can use the mechanisms on the map, and they can also use their superpowers to interfere with the game producer's choices, so as to achieve the clearance conditions faster.

Everyone introduced their ideas in turn, and Qiu Hong recorded them carefully.

After the meeting, all the independent game developers will send their good ideas to the mailbox, and Qiu Hong will organize a research and development team to uniformly sort, screen, and evaluate these ideas.

After the selection is successful, a specific game developer will be arranged to develop it.

As for the supporting staff of the original incubation base, they will set the development priority of this *Dimensional World Adventure* to the highest level to ensure that it can be developed simultaneously with Tengda's first game console!

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou... The developers in all the independent game incubation bases are all boiling and working hard to contribute ideas to this game.

For them, President Pei and Tengda Group are as heavy as mountains. This time, they have found a stage where they can both repay President Pei's kindness and prove their game design ability, so they naturally want to perform well!

Even if they have to work themselves to the bone, they will complete this game for President Pei!