Of course, Tengda had a seven-day National Day holiday.
The previous cycle had just ended, and Pei Qian's Personal Wealth had also reached 2.2 million yuan. He could take this opportunity to rest.
His parents had finally moved to the new house.
Pei Qian's plan was very smooth. He would first let the two elders take some time to choose furniture, appliances, and the like. Then, he would let them stay there for a few days to liven up the house. Once the two elders got used to it, the house would naturally be given away.
However, Pei Qian came to the new house near the high-speed railway station this time. He was already mentally prepared, but he was still shocked by the soft decoration style inside.
The full set of solid wood furniture was big and heavy, all dark brown. The television wall was full of lotus flowers. There were large landscape paintings on the wall. Green plants could be seen everywhere in the living room, bedroom, and study.
Pei Qian thought silently. Yes, there was no need to be conflicted this time. This house would be given to the two elders. He would not live in it no matter what.
However, Pei Qian really did not need this house. It was so comfortable to live in the Sloth Apartments. There was a butler and a cleaner. There was no need to tidy up the house.
Pei Qian had not thought about how to spend the two million yuan of Personal Wealth now.
He would save it first and leave some money so that he would be more resistant to risks.
…
October 8th, Saturday, work as usual …
Pei Qian came to the office early. He had two things to do today.
First, he arranged for the shock therapy department and the Tengda Cornerstone Award.
Second, he assigned new game development tasks to Tengda Games.
It was a little difficult to choose between the shock therapy department and the Tengda Cornerstone Award this cycle.
Shock therapy was prepared for the department that made the most money. However, many departments seemed to be making money in the last cycle, but none of them made Pei Qian anxious.
The most profitable was obviously the 500 million yuan in IOI shares. However, should this account be counted on Dream Realization Ventures or Shang Yang Games? It did not seem very suitable.
Strictly speaking, this was a problem left over from history.
Shock therapy Old Ma? That would be meaningless.
Therefore, after thinking for a long time, Pei Qian decided to shock Fish-Catching Internet Cafe this cycle. Of course, it was only shock therapy for the management. All the shops were still operating normally.
After the management arranged the location and renovation of the new store, they would go into shock therapy for three months. The store employees would be given extra pay according to the standard overtime pay. This way, they could spend money without creating new backstabbing. It was perfect.
Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games deserved to be shocked as well, but this cycle was still counting on them to maintain normal operations and burn money. Thus, they could only be spared.
The choice of the Tengda Cornerstone Award also gave Pei Qian a headache.
If Fish-Catching Take-Out had continued to incur losses until now, it would have undoubtedly won the Tengda Cornerstone Award. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out had betrayed Tengda, so it was not qualified to win this award.
The other departments that Pei Qian had high hopes for, including Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, and so on, had basically all kinds of problems. They could only say goodbye to the 'last place reward system' for the cornerstone award.
As for Upwind Logistics, they had already taken it once. They could not possibly take it again.
After some thought, Pei Qian finally decided to give the award to Otto Technologies.
Otto Technologies might not have done anything, but they had only spent money and not produced anything. This was already a great achievement.
It would be a waste not to give out rewards. Choosing a general from a dwarf, I'll just make do with it.
After everything was arranged, Pei Qian handed the commendation to Assistant Xin and then began to think about the new game.
This cycle was only four months. It was completely not enough for a well-produced RTS game.
Not to mention making CG. It was even more insufficient.
Therefore, Pei Qian thought about dragging this game to the next cycle so that he could spend more money.
However, he had no idea how to make this game.
Pei Qian did not want to decide on his own, and he did not want to let Hu Xianbin and the others play freely either way. There did not seem to be any good results.
Therefore, it was better to ask Teacher He for help!
At that thought, Pei Qian called He An for a video call.
It did not take long for the video call to go through.
He An had already left Jingzhou and returned to his residence. From the situation on the video, he seemed to be drinking tea and reading, quite leisurely.
"Boss Pei? What's the matter? "He An slowly took a sip of tea.
Pei Qian said very humbly, "Teacher He, I would like to ask about the new game."
"Pfft!"
He An almost choked.
For some reason, the more humble Boss Pei's attitude was, the more people felt that he was pretending.
Fortunately, He An was used to it. After coughing twice, he said, "Didn't I say it very clearly? What else is there to ask? "
"RTS game, spend two hundred million yuan on the game itself and another three hundred million yuan on the CG, a total of five hundred million yuan. It's definitely challenging."
He An repeated what he had said before.
Pei Qian nodded. "I know, Teacher He. However, I'm afraid it's still not enough. "
"Do you want to consider the details?"
"For example, what theme should we do? What kind of story background should we choose? "
"Should the difficulty of the game be more hardcore or simpler?"
He An on the other end of the video was stunned. "You want me to choose this too? This challenge is already high enough, and you want to add more? "
Pei Qian nodded quickly. "Yes, add more!"
He An was silent.
Was he that confident?
He was already making an RTS game, and he still felt that the difficulty was not enough and wanted to add more?
Sure, I hope you don't regret it.
He An considered for a moment and said, "In terms of theme, there are actually not many options. It's nothing more than science fiction, Western fantasy, and Chinese style.
"The science fiction theme would be 'Starcraft', the Western fantasy theme would be 'Fantasy Battle', the Chinese style … no one has done it for the time being."
Pei Qian was delighted. "Then, I'll make a Chinese style RTS?"
He An chuckled. "Don't you want a challenge? The Chinese style RTS is the least challenging! "
Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh?"
He An took a sip of tea and continued. "There are almost no RTS games that domestic manufacturers can take out. If you make an RTS game with the theme of the Three Kingdoms or ancient mythology, and then spend a lot of money on it, even if the quality is average, it would be praised by domestic players. After all, this is the only one!
"At that time, foreign players would be interested in Chinese culture and buy it. The chances of success are still very high.
"If you want a challenge, choose Western fantasy or science fiction, directly with 'Fantasy Battle' and 'Starcraft', how about that?"
Pei Qian had a sudden realization.
Indeed, having an old man at home was like having a treasure.
If he did not ask Teacher He and foolishly did it himself, he might make a profit again by making a Chinese style RTS game!
He An's words made sense on further thought.
Misplaced competition would greatly increase the chances of success.
On the contrary, RTS games already had 'Starcraft' and 'Fantasy Battle' in front. If he followed the trend and made a similar one, wouldn't it become a pure head-on confrontation?
Very good!
Teacher He was indeed astute and felt that it was stable!
Pei Qian beamed and continued. "Alright, let's do that! Teacher He, please continue. What about the difficulty of the game? "
He An frowned and looked carefully at Boss Pei's expression on the cell phone screen.
He seemed really happy?
So confident?
I don't believe you would really dare to do as I say!
He An continued. "The difficulty of the game would definitely be simpler."
Pei Qian was stunned. "Huh?"
He An chuckled. "What huh? You don't dare? "
Pei Qian scratched his head. "It's not that I don't dare, Teacher He. Are you sure that making it simpler can lose … oh, no, make it more challenging?"
He An frowned slightly, a little unsure whether Boss Pei was sincere or acting. "Of course, what's so suspicious about that?
"RTS games are now declining, but there are many old players, and the last thing they lack is nostalgia!
"If the operation is more complicated, like 'Fantasy Battle' and 'Starcraft 2', it would naturally be welcomed by hardcore players. That is the target group of RTS games.
"'Starcraft 2' was released the year before last. Many people complained about it, but the sales were not low at all. The expansion pack released last year was also well received.
"It might be impossible to recreate the glory of 'Starcraft', but it is very successful from a purely commercial point of view!
"Making the difficulty of RTS games high is the right way to open it. As long as the requirements of these hardcore players can be met, their purchasing power is very terrifying.
"On the contrary, if RTS games are simple, it would be very embarrassing. For hardcore players, the game is too simple and boring to play; for ordinary players, it is an RTS game no matter how simple it is. Can it be compared to GOG? I still won't touch it. "
Pei Qian was enlightened again.
That's right! What Teacher He said made sense!
After all, Pei Qian was also a person who had learned game design. He understood immediately with a little guidance.
"Okay, I understand, Teacher He! You are really my guiding light! When the game is finished, I will treat you to a big meal at the nameless restaurant! "
Pei Qian thanked him profusely and hung up the video.
He An looked at the 'video ended' notification on the cell phone screen, a little puzzled.
Boss Pei seemed to be talking about … guiding light?
…
After hanging up the video, Pei Qian had a complete idea.
It would definitely be a loss to make a low-difficulty sci-fi or Western fantasy RTS game and spend 500 million yuan on it!
Then the question was, should it be sci-fi or Western fantasy?
After some thought, he decided to make sci-fi.
On one hand, 'Starcraft 2' was released more than a year ago, and it was still popular until now. The probability of failure was higher if it hit this.
If it hit 'Fantasy Battle', it was a game from nine years ago after all, and the probability of failure was not that high.
On the other hand, there were a lot of heroes in GOG that were suitable for Western fantasy backgrounds. Pei Qian was afraid that the new game would be combined with GOG and all GOG players would be pulled over. That would be troublesome.
Based on past experience, this was not impossible.
Therefore, it was better to make sci-fi themes. The probability of failure was higher, and it would burn more money!
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