"And this! Is our opportunity!"

As page after page of test evaluations for "Payday" flashed across the laser projection screen.

Ito Suke, sitting at the head of the conference table, spoke in a deep voice!

The massive KOMINA logo was right behind him.

Looking around, Komera's six major board directors and several department heads were seated on both sides.

Across from Ito Suke was Seiichi Nakamura, the new president currently overseeing all administrative affairs at Komera.

At this moment.

Sitting before Komera's red and white logo, Ito Suke looked over the board directors and executives in the conference room like an emperor surveying his court officials.

And in reality.

Correct!

Just three days ago!

Through the collective vote of Ito Suke and two other major directors!

Komera successfully joined under Vivendi's banner, officially renamed as [Komera-Vivendi Corporation] just like CloudPower, becoming Vivendi's eastern pillar in dominating the global gaming industry.

And Ito Suke, after several twists and turns, finally acquiring the 7.85% equity from former president Uekoe Kagemasa through Gu Sheng, also leaped to become Komera's largest shareholder, firmly sitting in the position of board chairman.

Now!

Vivendi fully supports him, his alliance holds decisive absolute equity on the board, and even the new president Seiichi Nakamura is someone he personally installed.

It could be said that the current Komera is completely Ito Suke's industry, entirely under his control.

With everything settled!

Now, it's time to regroup and return to the position of the Eastern Hemisphere's hegemon with an unrivaled posture!

Ito Suke's ambitions are very grand.

Even greater than Uekoe Kagemasa's.

In his view, although the previous Komera was strong, it only dominated within the Eastern Hemisphere.

To truly take the helm of the global gaming circle, they must find a capital backer like Vivendi, just as CloudPower did.

And now.

Their opportunity has arrived.

Just as Ito Suke planned, Vivendi became their biggest backer.

And what's even more exciting than this is—just as they were negotiating the merger with Vivendi, CloudPower under the foolish Konik suffered an unprecedented Waterloo at the Cologne Gamescom in Germany!

Their flagship project with over five hundred million dollars in investment had abysmal quality, not only devastating CloudPower's own stock price but even affecting Vivendi's stock price to some extent!

Thus!

CloudPower, originally seen by Ito Suke as their main rival after merging with Vivendi, suddenly became a clay idol that couldn't even save itself.

Although for a behemoth like CloudPower, the current setback is only temporary, this temporary timing is enough for Komera to establish its footing.

After all!

Besides successfully aligning with Vivendi and CloudPower crippling itself!

There's another piece of good news!

Under CloudPower's influence, Golden Wind has now become the representative enterprise of the isolated and sanctioned Huaguo gaming circle.

The shadow of having no engine to use hangs over this game developer that has shone brightly in the international gaming scene in recent years.

And now.

Although their self-developed "Golden Engine" has shown initial results.

Whether in quality presentation or support functions, it still has considerable distance from the current mainstream commercial engines in the industry.

Not to mention the undisputed industry leader, the T0-level Illusion Engine.

Even compared to second-tier engines like Pride and Surging, the Golden Engine still has a long way to go!

Backed by a mountain!

Internal rivals weakened!

External enemies in distress!

Never has there been such a perfect opening!

Without doubt!

The current situation presents Komera with a once-in-twenty-years great opportunity.

Heaven's timing, geographical convenience, and human harmony—all stand on their side at this moment.

"As everyone knows, our biggest opponent right now, and the one most urgently needing resolution, is Golden Wind."

At the meeting, board chairman Ito Suke said:

"Admittedly, in terms of market value and direct impact,"

"Huaguo's Nuyan, Yiyou, and XunTeng are all formidable opponents for us,"

"They not only can compete with us equally in the gaming field,"

"But with recent years' development, they've also been gradually encroaching on our market share in the motion-sensing pod sector,"

"But!"

At this point.

Ito Suke paused slightly, frowning a little, his voice lowering:

"Ultimately, it's Golden Wind behind them, acting as the driving force, continuously squeezing and devouring what should have been our Eastern Hemisphere gaming market."

If not for Golden Wind, Yiyou X2 could never have made such a name internationally in such short time.

If not for Golden Wind, Yiyou and XunTeng would never have collaborated in this lifetime, joining forces like dual swords to encroach on Komera's share.

If not for Golden Wind, Nuyan couldn't have made such a splash at the Europa Expo either, using a Euro Truck Simulator to make CloudPower hang its head in shame.

Golden Wind is important.

At least it appears to be important.

But Ito Suke understands very clearly—

Is their massive market share being squeezed because Golden Wind's works are outstanding?

Yes, but not entirely.

Or rather, what's truly squeezing their market is the united Huaguo gaming industry.

After all, for so many years!

Yiyou and XunTeng have been standing on the continent across from them, and gaming companies like Zhenting, Nuyan, Tianlang have all been established veterans.

Why didn't these enterprises threaten their market back then?

Because they were busy competing for the vast and rich domestic market!

But now!

Golden Wind, with its unique corporate culture and work appeal, has conquered the Huaguo market, twisting the entire Huaguo gaming industry into a single rope, focusing on the broader international market!

And precisely because of this!

Manufacturers that were previously insignificant to Komera have now formed a force strong enough to shake or even change the Eastern Hemisphere, and even the global gaming landscape.

Therefore!

"Golden Wind, is not important,"

Ito Suke said:

"But having no Golden Wind, is very important to us."

Hearing this.

The executives in the conference room exchanged glances and nodded.

Seeing this, Ito Suke continued:

"Right now, it's a difficult period for Golden Wind,"

"And we are unprecedentedly strong,"

"Moreover, with CloudPower's major setback, Vivendi's executives have placed their expectations for June's Huaguo C Expo on us,"

"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,"

"As for how to use this opportunity..."

At this point.

Ito Suke gestured toward Seiichi Nakamura across from him:

"Professional matters should be handled by professionals, let's hear President Nakamura's opinion."

This is where Ito Suke is clever!

As mentioned before!

Actually, many times, some enterprises suffer major setbacks not because of execution-level mistakes, but because of management, especially senior management's blind confidence in their own ideas!

And Ito Suke doesn't have this flaw.

Professional matters are handled by professionals.

Ito Suke knows that in the gaming industry, his insights are far less solid than Nakamura's, who rose from the grassroots level step by step.

Even now, as he ascends to the chairman position and frantically catches up on relevant knowledge.

Whether in experience or industry understanding, he's far inferior to Nakamura.

As the saying goes, there's order in learning the Way and specialization in skills.

The chairman's position is responsible for steering the general direction.

As for specific administrative decisions and detailed project approval issues, Nakamura should handle them.

Nodding.

Seiichi Nakamura took over from Ito Suke and spoke:

"The chairman's offensive instinct is very sharp. As the chairman said, the upcoming Huaguo C Expo in June is our best opportunity to launch a comprehensive counterattack,"

"Because currently, the problems Golden Wind faces are very serious—"

"Engine."

At this point.

Nakamura paused.

"Perhaps some might say this is just a clichéd problem, reports about the Golden Engine's barely satisfactory performance are already everywhere, everyone knows,"

"But after going through numerous evaluations and related reports, I found very few viewpoints that can truly point out exactly where the Golden Engine's defects lie."

Hearing this!

The executives in the conference room all seemed thoughtful, inhaling sharply.

Right?

Everyone says the Golden Engine isn't great.

But where exactly is it lacking?

Graphics? Overall it seems acceptable? Not too bad, right?

Functionality? It has what it needs? Payday's completion level is decent, isn't it?

Performance? This is hard to judge? At least they developed a game during the alpha test phase, right?

So—where exactly is the Golden Engine lacking?

"Or rather, let's think from another perspective—"

Nakamura spread his hands:

"What exactly are the current mainstream commercial engines on the market good at?"

Hiss—

Hearing this.

Komera's executives seemed to have found the key point of what President Nakamura was saying.

Illusion Engine is good because it has strong comprehensive performance, excellent sensory experience, great optimization, and high efficiency.

Phoenix is good because it has outstanding visual presentation, unmatched visual experience.

Pride is good because it has low usage costs, high intelligence, offering extremely high cost-performance in creating medium-sized games.

Surging is good because it has good optimization, powerful audio tools, complete toolset, and rich customization.

But what about the Golden Engine?

Average graphics, average audio, average comprehensive performance, unknown operation difficulty, unknown customization, unknown optimization.

Overall—

"Utterly mediocre,"

Nakamura summarized:

"An engine with no outstanding graphics, no outstanding audio, no outstanding sensory experience, unknown cost-performance, and no standout engine features of its own,"

"This is the fatal problem of the Golden Engine,"

"An engine without characteristics is destined to struggle in presenting distinctive game works,"

"And coincidentally,"

"Gu Sheng is a designer with highly distinctive personal style and rich gaming imagination,"

"That is to say—"

"If we compare the previous Illusion Engine to wings on a fierce tiger, the weapon supporting his heaven-earth invincible dominance,"

"Then this current Golden Engine is the cage imprisoning the fierce tiger, making him constrained and unable to showcase his might..."

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com