Losing Money to Be a Chapter 109 - Boss Pei…. a Lonely person

Chapter 109: Boss Pei…. a Lonely person.

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Bao Xu had already finished with the updates for Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold; he finally managed to take a breather recently.

Lu Mingliang imdiately handed over the Ga Designer ga for Bao Xu to try it out.

After all, this was the number-one experienced ga tester in the company; he also knew Boss Pei’s intentions the best! As Lu Mingliang was not feeling very confident, he needed to get a confidence boost from this experienced person.

Bao Xu seriously went through the ga once. He did not run through all the possible endings; that would be a waste of ti. He had just followed his instincts and completed two to three runs of the ga.

“How is it, Brother Bao? How does the ga feel? Are there things that need to be changed? Lu Mingliang asked.

Bao Xu did not answer imdiately.

After a while, Bao Xu responded, “What do you guys think?”

The ‘you guys’ here naturally referred to everyone involved in developing Ga Designer, including Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang hesitated as he decided to tell the truth. “Many people feel that… this ga is a little boring. Besides , no one else has much confidence in this ga.

“Although this ga had been personally designed by Boss Pei, it sohow seems… to lack the motivation for one to persevere and continue playing…”

Lu Mingliang was very conflicted. On one hand, he was at a loss at what to do and embarrassed. Thinking about the previous ga, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had created Ocean Stronghold; and it had been an instant success!

Now, when it ca to his turn after he took over from Huang Sibo, he still had to have Boss Pei personally helping him to make changes to the ga. He felt as if he was being a hindrance, and he didn’t have much face.

On the other hand, he was really worried. Since the gaplay had been designed by Boss Pei while the ga arts had been taken care of by Big Boss Ruan; from every aspect, this ga ought to be very popular and lucrative.

However, after trying it out, it didn’t give off the sense that ‘this would be in high demand’; many people in the design team all thought that it was rather boring!

These contradicting feelings made Lu Mingliang very apprehensive. He couldn’t possibly go and ask Boss Pei directly and hence wanted to hear Bao Xu’s opinion.

Bao Xu thought for a mont. “I think that your thinking is from an insider’s point of view. You guys have long seen the ga script and know every single choice and option within the ga. It is as if soone had given you guys a spoiler; of course, you guys won’t feel anything special while playing.

“As a bystander, I feel that this ga is interesting and very special.”

Lu Mingliang was stunned; he did not expect Bao Xu to have such a high appraisal of this ga.

It was interesting? Very special?

Although it seed like an ordinary description, the crux was whose mouth those words ca from!

Who was Bao Xu? He was a god when it ca to ga developnt; he had done so many gas before, and his insights were definitely broader than ordinary players. Just like that little girl that had been added into Ocean Stronghold. For many dostic players, it was their first ti encountering this kind of gaplay. However, Bao Xu had done this design up precisely because he had seen this and played this in many foreign gas before.

This was a difference in perspectives and horizons.

Even Bao Xu—who had played so many gas—felt that Ga Designer was ‘interesting’; suffice to say, Ga Designer was indeed very special!

However, Bao Xu had not finished speaking just yet.

His face grew stern as he caveated, “However, that does not an that this ga would definitely make money. I think that this is Boss Pei’s experint with a non-mainstream ga. He would either be called a god or would fail miserably. Everything depends on how the market reacts to it.”

“Please enlighten , Brother Bao.” Lu Mingliang listened earnestly.

Bao Xu formulated his thoughts. “I can only guess at Boss Pei’s intentions based on my limited gaming experience. I feel that Boss Pei has always been a very lonely person.”

Lu Mingliang was confused, “Boss Pei is a very lonely person? Why would you say that? I think that… Boss Pei is rather optimistic and chirpy.”

“Really?” Bao Xu asked back, “Do you rember that company gathering we had?? How Boss Pei acted?”

Lu Mingliang was a little stumped. He recalled what happened that day. That gathering for a al had been to celebrate Ocean Stronghold’s successful developnt. Boss Pei had brought everyone to eat a four-hundred-yuan apiece buffet.

As they had had so much fun and the food was so good, Lu Mingliang’s mory of that day was still fresh.

How Boss Pei acted? He actually didn’t really have an impression.

He tried again to jog his mory.

“It seed… Boss Pei had been sitting down quietly the whole ti. He did not eat or drink much; he seed to have a lot on his mind, and he kept thinking of things…” Lu Mingliang looked at Bao Xu.

Bao Xu nodded, “That’s right. In such a place and environnt, can one’s real ntal state be noticed? In the office normally, Boss Pei is rather amicable in front of us. As a leader, this is what Boss Pei has to do: to constantly infect us with his best energy, to encourage us.”

“However, at gatherings over a al, one who is actually really a lonely person would more or less reveal his true emotions!

“Think about it. At that ti, Ocean Stronghold’s developnt had been completed, and we were almost on the cusp of a huge success. Delicacies had been laid out in front of everyone. No matter how one looked at it, there was no reason to be worried or troubled, right?

“What is it that could make Boss Pei so dejected? It is probably his feeling of loneliness internally!”

Lu Mingliang blinked as he felt that this seed to make sense. Boss Pei was indeed not at his best form by then, from an emotional and ntal point of view.

Bao Xu continued, “Furthermore, when I’ve been updating and making new changes to Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold, I could feel similar feelings and emotions in the gas. These had probably been hidden deep inside the gas during the preliminary stages of designing the gas!

“Take Ghost General, for example. Why was the purchase price set at ten yuan and the permanent card at thirty yuan? I think that this represented a mockery of the heartlessness of the ga industry.

“Boss Pei must think that this ga wasn’t worth much! That if he sold a card for a few hundred or a thousand; that would be a scam! Ghost General’s creation was to expose this scam, for players to realize that it was laughable to spend so much money to get a card!

“From The Lonely Desert Road to Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold… and now Ga Designer, Boss Pei had been using unique ways to mock the impetuous, profit-minded, and black-hearted ga industry.

“However… Ga Designer seed to be even more direct, fierier, and deeper than the previous gas! It… is even less appealing.”

Lu Mingliang’s eyes steadily lit up. So, that was why!

Everything now made sense!

However, Lu Mingliang soon had sothing he didn’t understand again. “Wait, since this ga is so deep, why do you—Brother Bao—think that this ga could either be a grand success or a huge failure?”‘

Bao Xu looked out of the window and gazed at the scenery far away. “Products that surpasses its ti… haven’t they all been like this? A real artist often would not be appreciated or understood by the masses. To experience failure in business or in the comrcial sector was very normal.”

“If Ga Designer failed, that wouldn’t be Boss Pei’s failure. It would just be that… gars now do not deserve such a good ga. Perhaps in the future, they would slowly understand the profoundness behind this ga.”

“For now… whether this impetuous gas market can understand and delve into the aning of this ga or not… I really do not know.”