Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 287: The Battle Machine Among the Absurd Patients, M

“Miaomiao hopes I can give more consideration to this cooperation and try to increase the budget as much as possible,”

“And I’m a bit hesitant on my side too, not sure if taking this step now is appropriate,”

“Our first negotiation has co to a temporary halt.”

In the Lou Wang villa, Gu Sheng shrugged and said this to Lao Shen.

“Hmm…”

After hearing Gu Sheng’s words, Shen Wanlin took a light sip of tea and pondered for a mont.

Gu Sheng’s concerns made sense.

Though Golden Wind has already achieved success in the gaming industry,

they still remain a mid-sized gaming company.

The entire company’s scale amounts to just over one to two billion.

Moreover, the company is currently in a growth phase, so investnts in the core gaming business will undoubtedly keep increasing.

At this mont, sponsoring an unprecedented event is definitely not a safe move.

Furthermore,

Miaomiao even proposed to increase the investnt cost.

This only made this already uncertain project even more risky.

“...But on the other hand, Miaomiao’s proposal is not without reason,”

Shen Wanlin said,

“An investnt of one to two million in promotion is indeed a drop in the bucket for you right now,”

“Not only does it consu a lot of effort, but it also yields minimal results,”

“If you want to raise a big banner, you have to ‘tear tiger skin’.”

That’s right.

On this matter, Shen Wanlin surprisingly agreed with his treasured daughter’s opinion, and even seed quite appreciative, showing a look of ‘my son has finally woken up’ satisfaction.

“As for whether this project is worth doing,”

At this point, Shen Wanlin beca serious and looked at Gu Sheng,

“Son, in business, many things require taking risks to succeed,”

“Your project at the start was extre sports, no one believed in it or cared about it, but you made it work,”

“Now, although a joint competition is different from a ga, they are similar in spirit,”

“Find a good gimmick, like your Peak Eight Events, and success is guaranteed,”

“Besides, this step has to be taken sooner or later. You’re going to go out into the world anyway, so why not do it now? After all…”

At this, Shen Wanlin took a sip of tea,

“Soone is sharing the project risk with you.”

These words suddenly enlightened Gu Sheng!

Shen Wanlin supports this project.

In fact, as he said—this step will be taken sooner or later.

If they want to beco a globally unique gaming enterprise and build a vast gaming empire, the company cannot rely solely on “gas.”

Though Kora has always been their biggest competitor in Asia and even worldwide,

there’s no doubt Kora’s industrial layout is worth learning from.

But more than that,

in the process of learning, Gu Sheng must abandon Kora’s scattered investnt style that tries to do everything at once, proactively isolate bloated and redundant industries, and establish a comprehensive business model centered absolutely on “gas,” branching out and flourishing in all directions.

Just like now.

Using Peak Kingdom as the backbone, extending branches and buds, they can cultivate and extend the “extre sports competition” branches.

This is a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity.

Thinking this through, Gu Sheng slowly nodded,

“In that case, I roughly know how to increase the gimmick and the budget...”

...

“What is the Soapbox Challenge? And what’s this 7,000-ter high-altitude parachuting?”

Three days later!

The second cooperation negotiation between Tiansi Bull and Golden Wind began.

On Tiansi’s side, the participants remained Matt and Xu Zhixing.

But Golden Wind sent Gu Sheng and Moriya Tetsuya instead.

Yes.

Because the state dia had praised them thrice and published a strong interview recently, Shen Miaomiao, as an outstanding young entrepreneur representative of Binjiang City, was invited to attend a provincial eting yesterday.

Unfortunately,

Gu Sheng couldn’t split himself to both speak and negotiate simultaneously, so he stayed in Binjiang for a more important cooperation negotiation eting.

This ti!

Gu Sheng brought a detailed plan for the “Golden Bull Joint Challenge.”

The result?

The first project shocked Matt and Xu Zhixing.

Soapbox Car Race

“This…”

Matt looked at the oddly nad challenge with a complicated expression,

“I think I’ve heard of this before,”

“Back in the 1930s and 40s, to enrich children’s entertainnt, this event was popular in the eastern United States,”

“The gaplay was to attach axles, wheels, and a steering wheel to a soapbox wooden box. Participants would slide down a small hill in these cars to complete the race,”

“But President Gu’s challenge… should be just borrowing the na, right? What’s the actual format?”

“Ah…”

Gu Sheng hesitated awkwardly but smiled politely and shrugged,

“The format is the sa,”

“Participants decorate their cars into all sorts of strange shapes. Within specified size and weight limits and without power, they slide down the track,”

“Final scores combine track completion, average speed, and novelty of design,”

“The winner gets a prize.”

After this, the conference room instantly fell deathly silent.

Matt’s mouth hung open in surprise, Xu Zhixing frowned in confusion, and even Moriya gave him a dumbfounded look from the side.

…What?

No, wait!

Xu Zhixing opened his mouth, then closed it again, raised his hands then dropped them, unable to speak.

We’ve been discussing extre sports all along, right?!

Is this thing extre?

Oh.

Extre.

Extre absurdity!

A children’s entertainnt activity from the 1930s!

Now it’s being set up as our extre sports challenge?

This is beyond unbelievable!

Ridiculous! This is absurd to the extre!

“We… um…”

Xu Zhixing showed a strange, constipated expression, like wanting to curse but feeling impolite.

After a long while, he finally squeezed out,

“...Where’s the danger in this?”

“Oh, I forgot to say,”

Gu Sheng slapped his forehead and said seriously,

“No brakes.”

Xu Zhixing: …

What the hell???

Is Peak Kingdom really made by your company?

Bro!

You’re my bro!

Can you wake up!

Didn’t you design the Peak Eight Events?!

Look at what they are!

High-altitude parachuting in the Himalayas! Avalanche speed descent in the Alps! Free climbing at Angel Falls!

And now, our extre sports event is going to be this!

You’re telling the most dangerous thing about this extre sport is—

Bicycle with no brakes?!

This is…

Xu Zhixing no longer knew what to say.

My grandmother running a red light in a wheelchair is more extre than this crap!!!

Xu Zhixing was at a loss for words.

The most infuriating thing was that Moriya Tetsuya, his old friend, after carefully considering President Gu’s proposal, actually raised an intrigued eyebrow and nodded:

“Wow, sounds fun.”

Ahhhh!

Are you guys the Absurd Company Limited?

No! Absurd Unlimited Company!

Xu Zhixing felt like he was about to pass out.

Seeing this, Gu Sheng knew this event was hard for normal people to understand.

Looking around the eting room, only his close friend Moriya-san understood.

After a long pause!

Xu Zhixing forced himself to suppress the ridiculous absurdity, rubbed his temples:

“Or… is your company really no longer considering the Ridge Descent project?”

“Oh, Mr. Xu ntioned that? Of course we’re considering it.” Gu Sheng nodded.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhixing’s eyes lit up!

Good, good!

As long as it’s being considered!

Much better than your absurd project, at least it sounds normal.

“So your company ans…?”

Xu Zhixing asked tentatively.

“Mountain opening,”

Gu Sheng smiled,

“The Devil’s Course is too difficult, and the normal course too conventional,”

“Our Director Shen ans to open a new mountain descent track, investing about thirty million dollars, spending roughly one quarter to build it,”

“To serve as the challenge race track.”

Xu Zhixing: …

I don’t want to talk anymore.

Really.

I’m tired.

Destroy .

Who are these people…

The vice president is an absurd person! The president is a prodigal son!

Even the usually wise Moriya-san beca filled with absurdity after coming to this company, agreeing to such a ridiculous soapbox car project!

This company is toxic.

Xu Zhixing’s head was buzzing.

He wanted to leave imdiately, but just as he was about to speak, Matt unfortunately asked curiously: “What about this 7,000-ter extre high-altitude parachuting? What’s extre about it?”

Xu Zhixing’s eye-roll nearly went to heaven.

Old Ma, are you crazy? Why are you encouraging this?

What else could 7,000-ter high-altitude parachuting have? As the na suggests, jump from 7,000 ters and open the parachute before landing!

What else?

Not open the chute?

“It’s extre because it has no parachute.”

The next second, Gu Sheng’s voice sounded:

“Like fish-flavored shredded pork without fish, or wife cakes without wife,”

“This high-altitude parachute… also has no parachute.”

After this, Xu Zhixing paused for three seconds.

Then suddenly stood up, walked backward out of the eting room, looked at the sign outside—

Golden Wind Conference Room No. 1

Then turned back and looked at the huge logo of Golden Wind Ga Company on the automatic door.

“That’s right…”

Xu Zhixing felt like he had been possessed.

I’m not in the wrong place, am I?

This is Golden Wind, not a ntal hospital, right?

Or am I the crazy one???

Seeing the surprised expressions of the others and the sign above,

Xu Zhixing raised his hand and apologized, then returned to the eting room:

“Sorry President Gu, I really didn’t understand just now. You said the 7,000-ter high-altitude parachuting… what did you say?”

“Hehe,”

Gu Sheng smiled,

“It’s like this,”

“A few days ago, our Peak Kingdom’s core player and the only title reward winner Octane sent us a private ssage,”

“Saying that one of his senior extre sports fans found him, hoping to contact us to sponsor an unprecedented extre sports challenge—”

“A 7,620-ter high-altitude parachute jump without a chute.”

Heh.

Xu Zhixing almost laughed out loud.

What kind of hellish joke is this?

Making suicide sound so elegant?

Perhaps sensing Xu Zhixing’s disbelief and confusion, Gu Sheng waved his hand and explained:

“Of course, he’s not doing this just to die,”

“According to the plan, there will be a 50 by 50-ter high-strength fiber safety net at the landing site to catch him and help him complete the challenge.”

Yes.

This 25-year-old guy nad Ike Garcia was inspired by the Peak Eight Event [Earth Awakening – Passing Through Swallow Cave], wanting to attempt an unprecedented extre challenge in the real world.

Taking a plane up to 7,620 ters, jumping down, protected by three professional parachutists and recorded by a high-altitude photographer, he aims to complete a precise chute-less pinpoint jump, landing perfectly on a 50x50 safety net.

Speaking of this, Gu Sheng shrugged,

“But unfortunately, this sport seems too dangerous, and no sponsor is willing to support him.”

So we’re supposed to be the sucker sponsor???

Xu Zhixing’s face turned green!

It felt like being roasted under scorching heat then suddenly plunged into an icy lake!

Is Golden Wind always this extre?

One event, two projects.

The first project is children’s entertainnt, the biggest danger being the car has no brakes—truly a battle machine among absurd patients.

The second project is a death-defying feat, the only safety being a tiny net—MVP among self-destructive players.

Yes!

I admit my inner rant just now was loud!

But there’s no need to create a hellish “no-chute parachute” project!

At this mont,

Xu Zhixing finally understood why Golden Wind’s planned event was called extre.

The extre part isn’t the athletes.

It’s the sponsor’s blood pressure.

Silence.

Silence was today’s Golden Wind.

After listening to Gu Sheng’s introduction, Xu Zhixing felt like his brain was about to crash, gazing blankly at Matt.

He didn’t notice Moriya Tetsuya giving Gu Sheng a thumbs-up under the table!

Yo-yee! Aweso, Mr. Gu!

Moriya Tetsuya definitely nodded.

This idea is so cool!

Two activities like fire and ice, guaranteed to maximize the event’s buzz during pre-promotion!

The soapbox car race’s clever fun and the no-chute parachute’s thrilling intensity both hit the max!

And!

If successful!

Moriya could hardly imagine the explosive hype this stunning live “Peak Challenge” would bring to Golden Wind!

Of course!

While expecting huge promotional benefits, they would also bear significant public opinion risks.

What choice to make—

It all depends on Tiansi Bull...