Losing Money to Be a Chapter 672 - Teacher He is the Guiding Lantern

Chapter 672: Teacher He is the Guiding Lantern

Tengda naturally was on holiday during the seven-day National Day Holiday.

The last cycle just ended. Pei Qian’s personal wealth had reached 2.2 million yuan, which was very touching. He could take his opportunity to have a good rest.

His parents had finally moved to the new house.

Pei Qian’s plan went very well. He first got them to choose the furniture and household appliances and got them to stay there for a few days to bring so life to the house. The house was a gift to them naturally.

However, while Pei Qian ca to the new house near the high-speed rail station prepared in advance, he was still shocked by the furnishing style within.

The full set of solid wood furniture was big and heavy; they were all dark brown, The TV wall was filled with lotus, large landscape paintings on the wall, and green plants that could be seen everywhere in the living room, bedroom, study—everywhere.

Yes, there was no need to consider anymore. This house would be given to them. He would not live in it no matter what they said, he thought silently.

However, Pei Qian really did not need this house anymore. The Sloth Apartnts were so comfortable. There were cleaners and butlers; there was no need for him to tidy the house.

Pei Qian did not have any plans for the current two million personal wealth yet either.

He would save it first so that he could better resist the risk.

...

October 8th, Saturday, work as usual...

Pei Qian ca to the office early because he had two things to do today.

First, arrange which departnt to receive shock therapy and the Tengda Cornerstone Award.

Next, to assign a new ga developnt task to Tengda Gas.

The departnts for shock therapy and the Tengda Cornerstone Award for this cycle were really a little hard to decide.

The shock therapy was prepared for the departnt that made the most money but most departnts seed to be making money during the last cycle, but none of them made Pei Qian really anxious.

Obviously, the most profitable of all was IOI’s 500 million shares. However, should this be counted towards Dream Realization Ventures or Shang Yang Gas? None of them seed very suitable.

It was a historical issue, strictly speaking.

Should he give Old Ma the shock? That seed pointless as well.

Therefore, Pei Qian thought for a long ti and decided that this cycle should be to shock Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Of course, the shock would only be for the managent; the stores would continue their normal operations.

The managent arranged the location and renovation of the new store before going into shock for three months. The store employees would be paid extra wages based on salary standards. The money would be spent without backstabbing this way, which was perfect.

Tengda Gas and Shang Yang Gas should also be shocked, but he was still counting on their normal operations to burn money for this cycle so he could only spare them.

The choice for Tengda Cornerstone Award gave Pei Qian a headache as well.

Fish-Catching Take-Out would have undoubtedly gotten the award if they had lost money up till now, but they had already betrayed him so they were not eligible for this award.

The other departnts that Pei Qian had high hopes for include the Deposit Fitness gym, Sloth Apartnts, etc. They all basically had problems now and could only kiss this ‘last place reward’ goodbye.

Upwind Logistics had gotten it once; it was impossible to give them repeatedly, right?

Pei Qian finally decided to give this prize to Otto Technologies after so thought.

Otto Technologies might not have done anything, but they had only spent money without production. That in itself was a rit.

It would be a waste not to give the reward. Find the best fitting one and make do with it.

Pei Qian handed over the comndation to Assistant Xin after he was arranged and then began to think about the new ga.

This cycle only had four months, which was totally not enough for a well-made RTS ga.

Not to ntion CG, it was simply not enough.

Therefore, Pei Qian thought about dragging this ga to the next cycle and spent more money.

However, he had no idea how to make this ga.

Pei Qian did not want to decide for himself, let alone Hu Xianbin and the others. No matter which one it was, it seed that there would be no good results.

Therefore, it was better to ask Teacher He for help!

Pei Qian made a video call to He An.

It was connected in no ti.

He An had left Jingzhou and returned to his residence. Judging from the video, it seed like he was reading a book while drinking tea quite leisurely.

“Boss Pei? What’s up?” He An drank his tea leisurely.

“Teacher He, I would like to ask for your advice for the new ga,” Pei Qian asked very humbly.

“Pfft!”

He An nearly choked.

For so reason, people would always feel that Boss Pei was acting arrogant whenever he was being humble.

Fortunately, He An had gotten used to it. He coughed twice before saying: “Didn’t I say everything clearly? What else is there to ask?”

“RTS ga, spend 200 million yuan on the ga itself, spend 300 million yuan on the CG, a total of 500 million yuan—it was absolutely challenging.”

He An repeated what he said previously.

Pei Qian nodded. “I know, Teacher He. But there is still not enough.

“Do you want to consider the details?

“For example, what the? What type of story background?

“Should the operations of the ga be hardcore or simple?”

“You’re also letting

choose this, too? The challenge is hard enough; you want to add more?” He An was slightly shocked on the other end of the video call.

Pei Qian nodded quickly. “Yes, add it up!”

He An beca silent.

So confident?

The difficulty for the RTS ga wasn’t enough; you want to add on to the challenge?

Sure, I hope you don’t regret it.

He An considered for a while before saying, “There are actually not many options for the the. There are only science fiction, western fiction, and eastern fiction.”

“Sci-fi the would be ‘Starcraft’, Western fiction would be ‘Fantasy Battle’, Eastern fiction... no one has done it yet.”

Pei Qian was delighted. “Then, should I make an Eastern fiction RTS?”

He An smiled. “Didn’t you want it to be challenging? The Eastern fiction RTS has the lowest challenge!”

Pei Qian was stunned.

He An took a sip of his tea and continued. “There are almost no RTS gas produced locally that could be regarded as successful. If you make an RTS ga with the the of the Three Kingdoms or Ancient mythology, it would beco very popular even if the quality was average since it would be the only one!

“The chances of it becoming successful are still rather big if overseas players purchase it because they are interested in Eastern culture.

“If you want a challenge, you should choose western fantasy or sci-fi; how about going up directly against Fantasy Battle and Starcraft?”

Pei Qian was hit with a realization.

Indeed, a seasoned veteran was valuable for his experience and insights.

If he did not ask Teacher He and made an Eastern fiction RTS ga, he might even make profits!

What He An said made sense after thinking carefully.

Competing on the wrong footing would on the contrary increase the substantiality.

On the contrary, RTS gas already had jewels like Starcraft and Fantasy Battle previously. Wouldn’t it beco a head-on battle if he were to make a similar one?

Excellent!

Teacher He was really scheming; he felt like he could definitely win this ti!

Pei Qian raised his eyebrows with joy and continued. “Okay, let’s do it then! Teacher He, please continue, what about the difficulty of the ga?”

He An frowned and looked carefully at Boss Pei’s expression on the cell phone screen.

He seed to be happy?

So confident?

I don’t believe you dare to do as I say!

He An continued. “The operations of the ga have to be simpler.”

Pei Qian was stunned. “Huh?”

He An smiled. “What’s with your “huh?” You don’t dare to do it?”

Pei Qian scratched his head. “It’s not that I don’t dare to, Teacher He. Are you sure making sothing simple will give

a loss... oh, no, I an be more challenging?”

He An frowned slightly, a little confused whether Boss Pei was speaking the truth or was he acting. “Of course, there was no doubt about this.

“RTS gas are now on a decline, but there were so many old players so the most important thing is nostalgia!

“If you make the operations more cumberso like Fantasy Battle and Starcraft 2, it would naturally be welcod by hardcore players. That is the target group of players for RTS gas.”

“Starcraft 2 was released the year before the previous year, many people must have complained about it, but its sales are not low at all. The expansion pack released last year was also well-received.

“It might be impossible to reproduce the brilliance of Starcraft, but from a comrcial standpoint, it is very successful!

“Making RTS gas more difficult is the correct way to do it. The purchasing power of these hardcore players is very scary if you can et their requirents.

“On the contrary, if the RTS ga is simple, then it would be very embarrassing. For hardcore players, the ga was too simple and boring to play; for normal players, it is an RTS ga that can never be comparable to GOG no matter how simple it is. They wouldn’t touch it.”

Pei Qian was stunned again.

That’s right! Teacher He made a lot of sense!

Pei Qian had learned about ga design so what He An said made absolute sense to him.

“Alright, I understand, Teacher He! You are really my guiding lantern! I will definitely treat you to a good al at a naless restaurant when the ga is done!”

Pei Qian thanked him profusely before hanging up.

He An looked at the ‘video call ended’ on the cell phone, baffled.

Boss Pei seed to have said... guiding lantern?

...

Pei Qian knew in his heart that there was hope after he hung up.

Make a low-difficulty sci-fi or western fantasy RTS ga for 500 million yuan, it would definitely lose money!

So the question was whether to make sci-fi or western fantasy?

He decided on sci-fi in the end.

On the one hand, Starcraft 2 was released more than a year ago but still had so popularity until now. The possibility of failure was greater if he were to go head-on with it.

Going head-on with Fantasy Battle that was released nine years ago might not have such a high probability of failure.

On the other hand, there were a lot of heroes in GOG that were suitable for western fantasy background, Pei Qian was afraid that—when the new ga and GOG would be seen as one—all the GOG players would be attracted to that. It would be troubleso.

It was not impossible looking at his previous experience.

Therefore, it was better to work on a sci-fi the. The possibility of failure was higher and would burn more money!