"Good! Very good!"

No sooner had Gu Sheng finished saying the name than Little Nezha, seated at the head of the conference table, shouted approval and began clapping enthusiastically!

Gu Sheng shuddered in surprise.

What the hell was so good about it?

Was the name really that brilliant?

The conference room froze for half a second before thunderous applause broke out.

Clap clap clap—

"Good, good, good..."

"Nice..."

"President Gu is amazing..."

"...Wait, why exactly are we applauding?"

Amidst the clapping, Da Jiang looked puzzled and quietly asked Lu Bian, who was smiling, clapping, and nodding beside him.

"Hahaha..."

Lu Bian’s expression didn’t change as he lowered his voice and barely moved his lips:

"How the hell would I know? If CEO Ou applauds, I follow along. If the big boss applauds, how can you not join in?"

"Oh—"

Makes sense!

Da Jiang nodded.

For a moment, the entire conference room was filled with thunderous applause, as if Overwatch had already been a massive hit.

Then Shen Miaomiao raised her hand, and the room quieted down again.

"President Gu,"

Shen Miaomiao looked toward Gu Sheng,

"I have a small idea about this project. May I share it?"

"Uh..."

Gu Sheng was surprised. He hadn’t expected Little Nezha, who was usually so agreeable with company projects, to have her own ideas this time:

"Of course."

Just kidding!

No matter what, Little Nezha was the company’s CEO!

Have you ever seen a CEO ask the vice president’s permission before giving project feedback?

Luckily, there were no outsiders at the conference table, or who knows what rumors might spread outside!

Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao smiled broadly and flipped open her notebook.

Rustle rustle—

Page after page turned over!

Finally, Shen Miaomiao pressed her hand on the newest page.

Beside her, Gu Sheng raised an eyebrow slightly.

This was serious.

On Little Nezha’s notebook, the latest page was filled with all sorts of notes!

Her neat handwriting was arranged like high school study notes—dense and meticulous.

Looking at her own records,

Shen Miaomiao was brimming with confidence and pride!

Ha!

These were the secret strategies this lady had painstakingly compiled overnight!

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao sneakily glanced at the interested Gu Sheng.

"Hmph, Old Gu, you don’t know this, but whenever the night gets quiet and you fall asleep, I sneak into the studio to check all the information and reviews about Garden Warfare!"

Although my dream is to be a carefree slacker,

before becoming one, I still have to put in the effort!

For this project, I’ve gone through tons of data and reports, media reviews, and comments from senior industry experts!

And!

Most importantly!

I’ve fully grasped my unique trait of 'the more I try to make a loss, the more money I make!'

History has proven countless times that whenever I think about making the game lose money, the ideas I come up with end up becoming the game’s biggest selling points!

Like Vampire Survivors’ game mode, or Phasmophobia’s no-weapon setting.

On the flip side,

the more I try to make money, the more likely the project will actually lose money!

Like the sequels I once considered but then rejected myself.

This trait has been repeatedly verified over the past three years.

I’m basically a genius at reverse design!

After discovering this trait, Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

So, this time, I’m going with reverse thinking!

No matter what, if I sincerely want this project to rake in huge profits,

then the project will most likely lose money because I’m pushing too hard!

And once the project loses money...

Hehe.

Ten billion, ten billion, a lifetime can’t even spend it all!

At this thought, a satisfied and expectant smile bloomed on Shen Miaomiao’s face:

"Then I’ll just briefly share my thoughts,"

"Of course, I’m not a professional. If President Gu has any different opinions, we can discuss."

She looked at Gu Sheng with a slightly proud, intelligent gleam in her eyes.

Once I finish this, I’m done for good, so sorry, Old Gu, you’ll have to endure my washing feet water!

Clearing her throat, Shen Miaomiao looked down at her notebook and began:

"First, let’s talk about the core shooting mode of the game,"

"In Garden Warfare, we continued with the second-generation FPS design, but made it cartoonish through mutations,"

"Overall, the design is good—it’s what we’re best at. The system’s tuning and smoothness have no issues, but—"

Her tone shifted suddenly:

"I’ve also learned through media reviews and player feedback that in such a fast-paced, small-map game with many gun types and skills, the second-generation FPS design actually burdens players,"

"President Gu has also mentioned this before,"

"So I suggest that in this iteration, we temporarily abandon our usual second-generation FPS and revert to the first-generation FPS virtual crosshair design to make the match pace smoother."

Whoa—

At these words, the room quietly buzzed with whispers.

Initially, when CEO Ou spoke, everyone was only 30% serious and 70% respectful.

Respect was due, analysis was polite, agreement was courteous.

Don’t ask if I’m really listening—just look at how respectful I am.

After all, in the past three years, CEO Ou’s participation in meetings was rare, and everyone knew she wasn’t deeply involved in game design, basically serving as the beloved mascot.

So at first, no one took Shen Miaomiao’s speech too seriously.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

Ultimately, the project still needed President Gu’s firm control.

But!

Unexpectedly!

Today, CEO Ou’s first words

directly pierced the project’s core issues, pinpointing problems in Garden Warfare’s shooting mode, and boldly proposed reactivating the virtual crosshair!

Sss—

Everyone inwardly gasped.

Swish.

Jiang Yun opened his notebook and uncapped his pen.

The sound of notebooks opening rang out one after another.

The entire Golden Experience team’s executives furrowed their brows and listened intently to Shen Miaomiao’s analysis and guidance.

There’s something here... no, there’s a lot here!

Today, CEO Ou was serious!

She clearly came prepared!

Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao was very satisfied. She nodded and looked around at the eager expressions of the Golden Experience executives before continuing:

"Of course, as a sequel to Garden Warfare, while we’ll fix some of the original’s flaws, we’ll also continue to preserve and carry forward its strengths,"

"Like the game modes 'Payload' and 'Control Point,'"

"These two modes, whether by our in-game data or player feedback, are successful innovations on current FPS game modes,"

"We must keep them,"

"Still using them as the core modes for our Overwatch project, but actively expand the map pool to avoid player fatigue from repetitive gameplay."

Rustle rustle—

No one spoke; Jiang Yun and others diligently took notes to fully implement leadership’s requirements during development.

Shen Miaomiao then continued:

"Third, the visual style,"

"Recently, political correctness has surged in Europe and America, causing big disputes over character skin color and attractiveness in this game,"

"And I’ve seen huge backlash from players,"

"Who believe that whitening characters black or making pretty characters ugly to conform to political correctness is actually the greatest form of discrimination,"

"I strongly agree with this,"

"And hope everyone won’t abandon the pursuit of aesthetically pleasing standards just for so-called correctness."

Rustle rustle—

Not only Golden Experience, but the Steel Chain Fingers team led by Sato also took notes.

"Finally,"

Shen Miaomiao glanced at her notebook,

"Is the most important point!"

At this,

Everyone perked up, eyes focusing on Shen Miaomiao’s face.

She snapped her pen cap shut and solemnly said:

"Never try to teach players how to play the game."

After this,

The room was silent for a moment.

Then, applause suddenly erupted.

Clap, clap clap—

Whoosh—

Gu Sheng nodded repeatedly and led the applause!

In an instant, the room filled with warm applause!

Every word was a gem!

At this moment, the executives couldn’t help but deeply respect Shen Miaomiao seated at the head of the table!

Who said CEO Shen was just a mascot?

Who said CEO Shen was just a slacker?

Listen! Listen!

This game plan, taking the essence and discarding the dross!

This player-respecting, market-pleasing guiding principle!

It turns out that the seemingly indifferent, always goofing-off CEO Shen has been quietly following the project and market all along!

True wisdom disguised as foolishness, isn’t that exactly who CEO Shen is!

Gentle, kind, broad-minded, compliant to good advice, good at recognizing and trusting talent.

Strategic yet humble, wise but able to enlighten others at critical moments.

If one has such a wise leader, how could one not give their all?

Amid the warm applause, Shen Miaomiao smiled awkwardly and scratched her head—

Sorry, everyone.

Although all these ideas sound like surefire improvements and suggestions,

actually... because they’re mine...

This game will definitely suffer in performance for one reason or another.

Knock knock knock—

Shen Miaomiao silently tapped a wooden fish in her heart, trying to redeem some lost merit points.

Everyone works hard, I slack off; everyone strives for good, I pull us down.

Blame it on the system’s rewards being too tempting.

With over a thousand times loss rebate, not just me, even my dad would find ways to lose big!

Only this once, only this once...

Never again, never again...

Shen Miaomiao repeated silently.

This time, I really put all my effort in.

Market says second-generation aiming sucks, I fix it!

Players say Payload and Control Point are fun, I keep them!

I cater the art style to the masses, reject political correctness, and prioritize players in production attitude!

This project! Looks like a sure big hit!

But for me, a big hit means a big loss!

Just this one deal!

Once this deal is done, I’ll be financially free and can finally live as a carefree slacker!

Thinking this, Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng again:

"President Gu, do you have any additions or corrections?"

Now, only Old Gu’s final nod was missing!

Hearing this, Gu Sheng shrugged.

Little Nezha is unusually on point today, unusually good!

Everything she said was basically what he wanted to say!

At the end, Little Nezha even emphasized one point—"Never teach players how to play the game!"

That’s damn crucial!

Others might not realize it, but Gu Sheng knew exactly how critical this was.

After all, in his past life, the reason Overwatch, a game that amazed the entire gaming world in 2016, declined to the point of being widely criticized, was the arrogance committed by its developer, Activision Blizzard!

But now, that arrogance that destroyed OW was cut off at the bud by Little Nezha before it could even sprout.

Gu Sheng no longer had any worries and could focus on recreating his past glory in this world, even surpassing his previous brilliance!

"I think... it’s excellent,"

Gu Sheng nodded:

"I’ll bring the proposal to the next meeting."

Ding—!

As the lead, Gu Sheng nodded,

Shen Miaomiao simultaneously heard a crisp sound in her mind!

[Sub-project: Overwatch (Unlocked)]

[Project Investment Amount: 0 yuan]

[Project Settlement Time: ? days (+0 days)]

[Project Rebate Multiplier: 15x (+0x)]

[Current Revenue Amount: 0 yuan]

[Expected Rebate Amount: 0 yuan]

[Remaining Settlement Time: Waiting to start]

[PS: Unlocked projects cannot generate settlement time; it will be generated automatically after locking]

Fifteen times.

The sub-project order for the derivative work was successfully generated.

Amid the ongoing discussion, Shen Miaomiao quietly retrieved the odds purchase coupon from the system warehouse.

[Ding! You have used 1 purchase coupon! Please select the rebate multiplier you want to buy!]

[Note: Once locked, the rebate multiplier cannot be modified; please choose carefully]

Sss—huff—

Listening to the system prompt, Shen Miaomiao silently took a deep breath.

The chance to be a permanent slacker was right in front of her!

At that moment, an inexplicable song suddenly echoed in Shen Miaomiao’s mind: "If the heart remains, the dream remains, it’s just that..."

Hey hey hey!

Shen Miaomiao hurriedly shook her head, throwing that ominous tune out of her mind.

Then she steeled herself!

For all these years dominating the world, I’ve relied on one word—recklessness!

That was true before, and it is true now!

How many chances do you get in life to gamble everything?

Going all in is a form of wisdom!

[Ding! You have used a purchase coupon!]

[Cost: 10.03 million yuan!]

[Multiplier increase: 1003x!]

[Project rebate multiplier: 15x (+0x)] → [Project rebate multiplier: 15x (+1003x)]

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com