Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 453: Reverse Blockade! What goes around comes around

Just as Shen Miaomiao said!

Among the three people currently standing in the reception room, the only outsider was him, Betang.

And from a shareholder perspective, the person with the most authority in this reception room right now wasn't even Vice President Nagashima Midori, but Shen Miaomiao, the company's second largest shareholder after the president!

Silence.

Deadly silence!

Betang looked at Shen Miaomiao before him, then turned to glance at Nagashima Midori's calm expression, trying with his remaining cognitive ability to analyze and comprehend the situation before him.

The matter actually traced back to Golden Wind's project planning eting half a month ago—

During that initial eting, Old Gu explained the difficulties and dilemmas currently facing the Golden Engine.

On one hand, they needed to achieve a qualitative leap in visual detail presentation quality within a short ti.

On the other hand, improving visual detail quality wasn't sothing that could be completed through research and developnt overnight.

Amid this almost irreconcilable contradiction, Yuki proposed a joking idea.

Yet it was precisely this joking idea that helped Shen Miaomiao find the "best of both worlds" solution—

Integration.

Since the current Golden Engine had shortcomings in visual detail presentation,

Why not simply find a top-tier engine with exceptional visual detail performance, take their ready-made technology directly, and piece it into the Golden Engine like a puzzle—problem solved!

Of course.

Other companies' engines weren't like pebbles on the beach that you could just take as you pleased.

Want to use my technology to compensate for your shortcomings?

You have to pay!

And regarding this!

CEO Ou expressed: Huh? There's such a good thing?!

That's fantastic!

How did she get the 1.8 billion dollars in her hands now?

It ca from the additional investnt in engine developnt through rebates!

A 120 million dollar engine developnt cost investnt ultimately earned her a full 1.8 billion in rebates!

And now, holding a full 1.8 billion dollars in original capital, if all this money were also lost...?

That would an 18 billion dollars in rebates!

Wow!

After calculating, Shen Miaomiao was completely shocked!

This was truly a completely new version she had never experienced before.

During the past four years, she had racked her brains, sched tirelessly, employed various thods repeatedly, yet ultimately only obtained tens of millions in rebates.

But now.

With Golden Engine's debut, money-losing opportunities not only ca one after another, but more importantly, each round was higher than the last!

180 million, 1.8 billion, 18 billion, 180 billion, 1.8 trillion!

Which ant!

If everything went smoothly!

She only needed to lose money three more tis to directly acquire Vivendi in reverse!

However!

Just as Shen Miaomiao was still imrsed in her money-printing-level dream, the system's prompt interrupted her continuous spellcasting—

[According to system regulations, if the host invests in already established projects through the principal, the rebate multiplier will be reduced to 1/5]

Undoubtedly, such regulation was also to prevent system holders from specifically exploiting loopholes by having principals invest in sunset industries.

After all, the system only stipulated that projects needed principal approval to take effect, but didn't specify that projects must be created by the principal.

Thus, even if the system host successfully hinted or deceived the principal through so thod, with both colluding to specifically seek out projects on the verge of bankruptcy or near death to invest in, what they obtained wouldn't be full rebates.

Hundredfold becos twentyfold, fiftyfold becos tenfold, tenfold becos twofold—overall rebate multiplier reduced to 1/5.

Alright.

Got single-covered again.

Might as well single-cover Jas next season.

Shen Miaomiao silently complained about the system in her heart.

However, it wasn't completely unacceptable.

Although such regulation greatly reduced her rebate amount,

There was still profit to be made, wasn't there?

Even with the most basic tenfold rebate, as long as there was loss, she could still obtain twofold loss rebates.

And this ti!

She held a full 1.8 billion dollars!

If calculated at 60 dollars per ga, the total cost of 1.8 billion dollars would require a full 30 million copies sold just to break even.

And this hadn't even accounted for the ga's own costs, plus that 25% additional commission.

Currently, it was known that the rebate calculation ti for ga projects was fixed at 1-4 weeks.

Which ant!

Even if this transaction's rebate calculation ti reached the maximum four weeks, she would still profit.

She could even say with certainty that no matter how amazing their ga was, it absolutely couldn't sell 30 million copies within one month.

Because the global market inventory of motion-sensing pods from Yiyou and XunTeng combined barely reached 30 million units!

Therefore!

For Shen Miaomiao, as long as this 1.8 billion dollars could all be spent, she was absolutely guaranteed to profit.

Even if it didn't multiply to 18 billion, being able to double it to 3.6 billion was sothing nobody would refuse.

Then!

The question arose.

How could she spend all this 1.8 billion dollars?

Or rather, who should she integrate with to invest such a huge sum all at once?

After much thought, Shen Miaomiao ultimately set her sights on Phoenix.

First, Phoenix had sufficient scale—over 8 billion in market value could support her spending this 1.8 billion dollars.

Second, Phoenix was indeed useful for Golden Engine.

Although Shen Miaomiao still had strong pursuit of losing money now, her mindset was quite different from before.

Previously she wanted to lose money and was willing to use any ans necessary, completely indifferent to ga quality, simply wanting to achieve financial freedom early and buy her dream yacht to travel the world.

But now.

Four years had passed, and she had experienced much.

For one project plan, Old Gu was willing to work overnight.

For one project, the production team was willing to forget sleep and food.

Starting from the small Cat Mario, they had step by step reached where they were now,

That was ga developers' passionate and profound love for the gaming industry.

anwhile.

She had also witnessed Jack Cooper and BT-7274's legendary journey.

Appreciated Xiao Xi and John's blazing love spanning an ordinary person's lifeti.

Experienced Vincent and Leo's perilous prison escape journey filled with bonds.

Lived through Little Plum and Cody's magical experience of emotional repair full of surprises and romance.

Those were vivid ga characters' magical lives in virtual parallel worlds.

And beyond that—

Octane who remained resilient despite losing both legs.

SuperCat who was full of regrets yet eternally rembered in another way.

Those were condensed epitos of millions of players' noble spirits and kind souls.

Admittedly, four years ago, Shen Miaomiao's feelings toward Golden Wind were singular and flat—Golden Wind was just a tool for her to achieve loss rebates and realize her financial freedom dream.

But now.

Golden Wind carried too many people's emotions.

It carried players' passion, partners' sincerity, and even the final destination of nurous virtual characters.

Gas were fake.

But the emotions and excitent gas brought were real.

Although money still had to be lost, if they could make good gas simultaneously, why not do it?

Thus!

Shen Miaomiao directly contacted Phoenix.

Both parties had cooperated as early as during Silent Hill PT, so they weren't complete strangers.

Even to so extent, Phoenix was quite grateful to Golden Wind.

Because when they first launched Phoenix, it was during their initial transformation and developnt phase.

Suddenly transitioning from original small ga engine and engineering drawing software developers to large motion-sensing pod engine developers, Phoenix felt apprehensive.

Coincidentally at that ti, Gu Sheng had just reached cooperation with Kora, boldly adopting Phoenix—this new engine with visual presentation as its core selling point.

One was the Eastern Hemisphere's hegemon-level comprehensive ga manufacturer.

One was Huaguo's supernova-level top ga designer.

The certification from this powerful combination undoubtedly gave Phoenix a guaranteed promotion ticket, allowing it to firmly establish itself in the large motion-sensing pod ga engine industry.

Past choice and assistance made Phoenix hold particularly favorable impressions of Golden Wind.

Additionally, this happened to coincide with turmoil in the large engine market.

As Phantom Dream brazenly announced a blockade ban, the engine industry fell into upheaval.

Although according to the latest financial reports, with the blockade ban taking effect, Phantom Dream Group's profits saw a wave of growth,

From a market perspective, their market share was gradually shrinking.

Clearly, naked hegemonic-style comrcial bans made more manufacturers beyond Huaguo question Phantom Dream, with constant manufacturers canceling cooperation.

Various engine manufacturers were seizing this opportunity to erode Phantom Dream's established market.

Among these, Phoenix's aggressiveness was the most fierce.

In this sibling-co-run engine developnt company, President Nagashima Hiroki mainly handled technology and stability, overseeing the overall situation.

As vice president, sister Nagashima Midori was a typical strong woman, very assertive in eastward expeditions and westward campaigns.

She was among the earliest to seize the opportunity and begin devouring Phantom Dream's market. Under her leadership, Phoenix's scale grew at almost visible speed, and the more this happened, the more their funding needs increased daily.

Thus!

Shen Miaomiao's 1.8 billion dollars beca their most welco investnt, bar none!

Perfect timing, geographical, and human conditions aligned!

In just half a month!

Shen Miaomiao thus transford into Phoenix's second-in-command, holding shares second only to President Nagashima Hiroki!

Not only was the 1.8 billion dollar huge sum successfully "squandered"!

Moreover, this investnt brought Shen Miaomiao "double happiness"!

From Nagashima Midori, Shen Miaomiao learned about CloudPower's needs regarding Phoenix.

Hahaha!

Shen Miaomiao laughed heartily three tis!

Good kid, fell into my hands, didn't you?

As they say, heaven's way goes round—good and evil eventually receive their due!

Reverse blockade was inevitable!

I need to avenge my fiancé first.

Additionally.

This matter wasn't over yet here.

That's right.

Shen Miaomiao's "reverse blockade" wasn't simply to annoy Betang.

Your CloudPower, while clearly having default exclusive cooperation with Phantom Dream, still had your chief studio approach Phoenix for cooperation?

What's this? The grass is always greener on the other side?

What's the aning of this move, sir?

Having disagreents with Phantom Dream?

Not planning to use Phantom Dream anymore?

Does this an whoever cooperates with you in the future will face 'use and discard' risks?

Or under Vivendi's direction, you're no longer satisfied with dominating the gaming circle but want to monopolize the engine industry too?

Speaking to this point!

Shen Miaomiao gave Betang a aningful smile:

"Mr. Betang, is your CloudPower... planning to beco the gaming circle's public enemy? Hmm?"