"Breaking News! Golden Wind Booth Harassed at the Gaming Expo!"

"Behind the Scenes? Someone Stirring Trouble? Golden Wind’s Sudden Popularity Has Some People Unsettled!"

"Gu Sheng Personally Tweets: No Worries! Relevant Personnel Have Been Taken Away by the Metropolitan Police!"

"Gaming Expo Organizer Issues Statement! Will Punish Severely!"

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[According to reports, the harassment incident at the Higashitsu Gaming Festival has been fully investigated. Both Golden Wind and Gu Sheng have announced that this was an isolated incident caused by someone seeking trouble, with no mastermind behind it. The event did not cause serious damage or disruption to the expo, and they urge everyone to focus on the games themselves…]

Even so!

At the expo, the small commotion at Golden Wind’s booth didn’t attract much attention or investigation.

But don’t forget, this is an international event, with global media watching closely.

Various speculations fermented online.

Attacks against Komera also came pouring in.

Komera finally got the attention they wanted.

Though it was attention earned through criticism.

Fortunately!

At the first sign of the situation escalating, Moriya contacted Gu Sheng.

On the phone, Moriya begged Gu Sheng not to escalate the matter seriously, at least for his sake.

At the same time, he sent over the diagnosis results showing Koizumi Kazuo’s fractured ribs and leg bones, insisting he had done his duty righteously and hoping Gu Sheng wouldn’t turn this into an international diplomatic issue.

Actually, Gu Sheng never planned to make a big deal of it either; he didn’t want to cause trouble for the country.

After all, this matter wasn’t small, but not that big either.

On the serious side: As a rising industry representative of China, he traveled all the way to Neon for this international expo but was harassed by a local Neon company hiring thugs.

If pursued, this could turn into a diplomatic incident.

On the lighter side: He wasn’t injured, and the expo suffered no major losses—at most, one motion-sensing pod was knocked over, and it wasn’t even broken.

If made a fuss, it would be a waste of effort and might cause some embarrassment at home.

Moreover, this plea came from Moriya himself.

Both emotionally and logically, Gu Sheng was inclined to let it slide.

So he casually said, "My only condition is that Moriya-san stop being responsible for the marketing of Torii after its release."

First, he didn’t want to make an enemy of Moriya.

Second, Moriya was just too troublesome.

If it weren’t for the Komera higher-ups backing out of Moriya’s steadfast plan at the last minute, Gu Sheng would never have had a chance to plaster Sekiro’s promotional posters all over Higashitsu’s streets, which is why Sekiro is now such a hot topic and well-participated in Neon’s local gaming scene at the festival.

Upon hearing this, Moriya gave a bitter smile and said that would make things easier for him since he had already resigned from the promotion work related to this expo with Kamikoshi.

The two men were silent for a moment, then burst out laughing at this unexpected 'telepathic' understanding.

In their joking, Gu Sheng changed the condition to "Let’s have a meal before you leave."

Moriya resigned! Koizumi hospitalized!

Torii, which was already performing poorly at this expo, had now lost all hope and would never rise again.

What awaited it and Komera was another unprecedented crushing defeat…

…

“I’m fine, really fine. If you don’t believe me, look…”

That night, Gu Sheng pressed his face close to the phone, shaking his head side to side in the video to reassure the person on the other end.

“Then… can you stand up so I can see?”

On the other side of the call, Shen Miaomiao sat on the sofa in pajamas, her brows slightly furrowed, clearly worried:

“Can you walk a few steps?”

“Hahaha,”

Gu Sheng laughed heartily, placing the phone properly, walking around the chair while chanting rhythmically:

“One-two! One-two! One-two! Hey—go!”

“Walking a few steps without injury…”

He even tiptoed, one leg higher than the other.

Then he leaned close to the phone, with a shocked and terrified expression: “Ah! Doctor! Do I have one leg longer and one leg shorter now?”

This made Shen Miaomiao burst out laughing uncontrollably: “You’re such a pain.”

Little Nezha tapped the camera, pretending to hit Gu Sheng, but at the same time relaxed.

“Why don’t you come back? The expo has stabilized now, and although this incident wasn’t serious, Neon’s side will definitely take it seriously,”

Shen Miaomiao said,

“No one will dare cause trouble again.”

“Exactly why I want to stay here longer,”

Gu Sheng smiled,

“There are only two days left until the expo ends anyway.”

Hearing this, Shen Miaomiao opened her mouth but had no argument.

So she pouted and nodded helplessly but understandingly: “Alright then, just be careful.”

“Don’t worry,” Gu Sheng nodded, “I’ll be back soon.”

“Hey—come back quickly. I really can’t handle it,”

Hearing Gu Sheng’s words, Shen Miaomiao leaned back on the sofa, resting her head on the armrest with a sigh:

“I don’t even have time to binge-watch dramas when you’re not here!”

“Is there really that much going on?”

Gu Sheng was a little surprised.

Right now, the company’s biggest project was Sekiro, and updates for APEX and PUBG were all arranged before he left.

By all accounts, the company should be quite relaxed now, right?

“Relax my ass…”

Upon hearing this, Shen Miaomiao rolled her eyes:

“The moment you left, Yan Sheng came knocking.”

“Ah?”

Gu Sheng grinned:

“Yiyou? What do they want?”

“It’s all because of your younger brother, Lu Bian, the general manager,”

Shen Miaomiao said,

“He created that ‘Motion Assistance System Upgrade’ technology.”

“Yan Sheng is really sly. Taking advantage of Yiyou’s agreement to form a united front with XunTeng, he got the green light to come to you while you were away and ask for a favor.”

Pfft—

Gu Sheng almost spat out his drink.

A favor.

He wondered if Yan Sheng would get mad hearing Little Nezha say that.

Oh, probably not, since Yan Sheng quite likes this little lady.

He just thought Little Nezha was easier to persuade, so as soon as Gu Sheng left, Yan Sheng came to the company to talk cooperation with her.

“What did he say to you?”

Gu Sheng asked.

…

“I hope your company can… develop a sports game,”

In the meeting room, Yan Sheng rubbed his hands nervously, cautious but a little embarrassed:

“First, to enrich your game genres, and secondly…”

Seeing him like that, Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but smile wryly.

She raised her hand to signal that Yan Sheng could continue: “Please go on, Yan Sheng.”

“Hehe,”

Yan Sheng smiled,

“Secondly, it would provide Yiyou with a strong market competitor.”

Just as Shen Miaomiao said, Yan Sheng was very shrewd. Otherwise, Yiyou would never have flourished under his leadership after being suppressed by XunTeng for so many years and now standing toe-to-toe with them.

In the Sekiro project, Yan Sheng dared not offend Golden Wind (or Gu Sheng).

So he thought to compensate elsewhere by ‘requesting’ an exclusive game from Golden Wind.

That’s right.

Requesting.

Don’t think that sounds bad.

If you check around, all over China and worldwide,

just the fact that Golden Wind is willing to create an unprecedented exclusive game for a certain motion-sensing pod platform, you’ll see how many people rush to visit them.

It’s almost like going to a temple to ask for a talisman.

“Uh…”

Shen Miaomiao hesitated for a moment.

Normally, in this situation, she would definitely discuss it with Old Gu first.

But now, with Sekiro nearing completion, Golden Wind was in a project gap period, and both studios had no active projects.

Yiyou voluntarily coming to ‘request’ an exclusive was something they had no reason to refuse.

“It’s not… impossible…”

Shen Miaomiao nodded and didn’t reject it.

More projects mean more main projects for her!

Hearing this, Yan Sheng was overjoyed: “Not just possible, Shen Miaomiao! That’s absolutely doable!”

Then Yan Sheng laid out the facts and reasoned:

“Look, Yiyou X2’s main focus has always been what?”

“‘Full-sensory Assistance Technology,’ right? Doubling immersion!”

“And your side? The ‘Upgraded Motion Assistance Technology’ is now fully implemented in the SEKIRO project and widely praised!”

“So!”

“We join forces!”

“To create a highly immersive, flexible sports game that will surely sell like crazy!!!”

Shen Miaomiao’s heart skipped a beat.

Damn it.

PTSD kicked in.

Just hearing ‘sell like crazy’ makes her heart stop.

Get a grip, Shen Miaomiao!

This is a major order!

Can sell!

Make money!

…

“I think he might have a point…”

On the phone, after recounting the conversation, Shen Miaomiao told Gu Sheng.

Hiss—!!!

On the other side, Gu Sheng sucked in a breath.

Damn…

Exactly!

They had never produced a sports game before.

The main reason was that the sports game market had always been not very optimistic and quite fixed in form.

Football, basketball, rugby, baseball, volleyball, badminton…

Basically, sports games in this world were all about various kinds of “balls.”

Among them, football and basketball alone accounted for more than 65% of the motion-sensing pod sports game market.

So the form of sports games had been relatively fixed.

But now!

Golden Wind’s self-developed “Upgraded Motion Assistance Technology” was officially out.

After more than a year of continuous upgrades and maintenance, it had basically achieved an extremely smooth motion-sensing experience in Sekiro!

In other words, from now on, player movements in Golden Wind games would be more free.

More importantly, high-difficulty moves would be further expanded and improved!

For example—

A 360-degree grab-board backflip?

BMX freestyle ground moves?

Extreme balance control in mountain downhill racing?

Oh, right!

Thinking of this, Gu Sheng’s eyes lit up!

And!

There’s even wingsuit flying, opening a parachute mid-air, then skiing downhill!

Whoa—thanks a lot—

A powerful motion assistance system combined with Yiyou X2’s unique full-sensory assistance technology upgrade!

An unprecedented, almost perfectly realistic extreme sports game seemed to be emerging!

“Great!”

Gu Sheng nodded repeatedly:

“Yan Sheng’s idea is excellent!”

As he spoke, Gu Sheng admired Yan Sheng’s market sensitivity.

Look! This is a professional leading a professional company!

Yan Sheng knows how to make money and understands games; he clearly knows what players want, which is why Yiyou has prospered.

Now look at those idiots at Komera.

An amateur leading professionals; they finally got a pro to back them up, and they still managed to get him to quit.

Serves them right! FVK KOMINA!

Gu Sheng cursed Komera silently in his heart.

“So, what do you think…”

With Old Gu already nodding, Shen Miaomiao naturally wholeheartedly agreed:

“Should we start the project when you return?”

“Sure,”

Gu Sheng nodded, summoning the system in his mind to unlock the two target games:

“In a couple of days when this ends, I’ll go back and then call Yan Sheng for a video meeting. This idea is really good.”

He smiled, mumbling: “I was still thinking about what to do with another project, but now Yan Sheng gave us a direction…”

Hearing this!

Shen Miaomiao was surprised, catching the implication in Gu Sheng’s words!

“Another one?”

“Yeah,” Gu Sheng nodded:

“Another one.”

He shrugged, speaking matter-of-factly with no shame:

“We have two studios now. Once Sekiro is finished, Steel Chain Fingers can easily take over this sports game. After all, they handled Sekiro and are more adept with motion assist technology.”

“Then…”

Shen Miaomiao shrank her neck and blinked her big eyes, asking:

“What about Golden Experience? Have you arranged a project for them already?”

“Ah, yes,”

Gu Sheng nodded:

“Why? Any problem?”

Hiss—!!!

Big problem!

Shen Miaomiao’s heart sank!

Terrible!

Old Gu had already arranged a project for Golden Experience!

The problem was, she also wanted to arrange a project for Golden Experience!

You see!

She still held a Loss Project Multiplier Purchase Voucher!

According to system rules, this voucher could be used on any one of the five loss projects: Vampire Survivors, Left 4 Dead, APEX, To the Moon, and Garden Warfare, to develop a related sequel.

No restrictions on primary or secondary orders!

It inherited the project’s original odds!

Moreover, it could upgrade the order’s odds via the multiplier voucher!

Ten thousand yuan to double the odds!

And now, she had a full ten million in loss revenue!

If she invested it all, the project odds would reach a thousandfold!!!

One shot!

Shen Miaomiao only needed one shot!

If things went well, she could ‘go without opening for three years, then eat for three years’!

No, actually, she’d eat for a lifetime!

Achieve financial freedom instantly!

Because even if this project lost 10 or 18 million, she would earn 10 to 18 billion in rebates.

Shen Miaomiao was holding her breath, ready to lose a huge sum to gain financial freedom.

But unexpectedly, Old Gu had already made arrangements for Golden Experience’s next project.

After a moment of thought, Shen Miaomiao pursed her lips and cautiously asked:

“So… what is this project you’ve prepared in advance?”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com