You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 125: Declaration of War from Mi Leyou (Please Order)
The more the man thought about it, the more embarrassed he became. The words he had just mentioned to Lu Yu were like a boomerang, stabbing him in the back like crazy and making him feel uncomfortable all over. In the end, he was so embarrassed that he covered his face and left early.

[Seeing the shocked expression on the web game company boss's face, I feel happy. Leisure Points +10]

After Lu Yu came on stage, the audience was amazed.

"Wow, Mr. Lu from Taoyuan Township is so young?!"

"Mr. Cai is a graduate student, and this Mr. Lu looks like a recent undergraduate, even younger than Mr. Cai."

"This is truly a young talent!"

"How does this genius brain of his work work? How come every product he makes is such a hit?"

"Also, have you heard about what happened at the booth yesterday? Taoyuan Township was suspected of being stabbed in the back by a competitor, but they fought back!"

At this time, Manager Shi, who was sitting in the audience, listened to the discussions of the people around him with a cold face, while Zou Zhongtian's face had turned the color of liver.

Yesterday, Youyi's criticism did not achieve the expected effect. Instead, it caused many employees to suffer mental attacks, which was really embarrassing.

Manager Shi never expected that Taoyuan Township would produce so many talented people.

Although, he was worried that Wang Su would make a fuss about this matter and complain about him in front of Liu Lan,

But he remained calm.

Boss Simulator and Mouth Cannon Life should be released on the same schedule in half a month.

Since Taoyuan Township is determined to be stubborn, he will let the other party understand what has enabled Youyi to reach its current scale.

As long as he can eliminate this potential competitor before reporting to Shenzhou next time and allow the Boss Simulator to successfully occupy the market, his promotion will still be a foregone conclusion.

……

On the stage, the host smiled and started the interview:
"Mr. Lu, we all know that you have successfully produced three games in succession.

The recently released "The Life of a Talking Head" has sparked heated discussions online. What insights do you have on producing hits one after another?

Lu Yu thought about it and said very modestly and sincerely:

"To be honest, I also want to know what the secret is to making my products a hit, but I really don't know."

"Ah this..."

The host smiled awkwardly but politely and reminded:

"For example, could you please talk about your main work in game development?"

Lu Yu thought for a moment and hesitated:

"Actually, I just took my team out for good food and drinks, gave them lots of benefits, and enjoyed the good things in life, and then I became successful."

The guests in the audience rolled their eyes.

Wow, it comes again, this is simply the highest level of Versailles!
Mr. Lu's words make it seem too easy to make a hit game.

It's like telling someone: This is addition, this is multiplication, okay, now please solve the Goldbach conjecture for me.

Mr. Lu is so young, but I didn't expect him to speak like an experienced person.

If you take the team out for eating and drinking, how can the construction schedule be met? Will the employees still have the mind to focus on serious work?
Besides, Mr. Lu, you are making a lot of money and giving it to those workers for nothing. Isn't this a sin? Do you believe what you say?

Therefore, they all felt that Mr. Lu was making fun of them and throwing a smokescreen.

Whoever believes it is a fool!
The host continued to smile: "Mr. Lu, could you share your team management style?"

"Let nature take its course, eat when it's time to eat, have fun when it's time to play, don't hold anything in your heart, and emphasize the principle of governing by doing nothing."

The host and guests were dumbfounded again. Why did Mr. Lu keep repeating the same words no matter what interview he accepted?

The Mr. Cai just now was quite abstract, and you are even more abstract than Mr. Cai!

Lu Yu was actually quite helpless in his heart. These were really the only R&D experiences he had because he had only done these things.

You can't ask me to make up something that doesn't exist.

The host was unwilling to give up. After all the effort, these two rising stars in the gaming industry were in the same venue today, so she had to find some topic to connect them.

So she smiled and said, "Just now, Mr. Cai said in the interview that the disastrous failure of 'Collapse Academy 1' taught him that pay-to-play games are no longer viable, and that gacha-style games are the way forward. What do you think?"

Although Lu Yu was also a practitioner of pay-to-win games in his previous life, he actually has a negative attitude towards the pay-to-win card drawing model.

So, he smiled and said:
“I cannot agree with Mr. Cai’s opinion.

I personally feel that no matter how beautifully packaged a pay-to-win card game is, it is essentially a "Skinner box" that exploits players' psychological weaknesses. Players are treated as guinea pigs who constantly click buttons to get food rewards.

The card-drawing mechanism, by continuously increasing the cost of silence for players, creates a gambler's dilemma, forcing players to keep pouring money into the game, trapping them deeper and deeper. This is actually a form of PUA for users."

The host thought, Mr. Lu, your words are too straightforward, and quickly tried to make amends:

"But if the operators were more generous with their rewards, free players and monthly card holders could also continue playing. Although the gameplay might not be as comfortable as the high-paying players, they could still maintain a basic gaming experience."

Mr. Lu responded with a smile:

“As long as the numerical design is reasonable, even if the money spent on the Gachapon is small, it can indeed allow players to play.

However, the core of the game is to bring happiness to the players.
Real life is already difficult enough, and if playing a game is also divided into different levels based on financial resources, I cannot agree with this design concept. Meanwhile, the comments in the live broadcast room were also discussing:
"That's true. I've been playing "Collapse Academy 2" and "Expansion Million Arthur" recently, and I'm addicted to drawing cards. Especially when the gacha spins on the drawing interface, it's so exciting."

"Upstairs, I'm like that too, but after spending a lot of money on the cigarettes, I feel empty again. If a seal jumps in my face at this time, my blood pressure will be even higher."

"It's not over just because you've drawn it. After a couple of versions of fun, the character will easily fade out of the meta, and you'll have to draw new cards all over again."

The guests in the audience were all shocked. How could you, the CEO of a gaming company, always stand on the players' side and speak for them?

Gacha card drawing is indeed not the optimal solution for the player experience, but it is a very profitable business model.

Many of their manufacturers also plan to follow suit.

Lu Yu continued to laugh:

“Of course, there’s no right or wrong business model. Making money is not shameful.

But I think we can actually consider users more.
Imagine that the manufacturer carefully produced promotional PV and character modeling, promoting fighting for love and beauty.

As a result, after the user was attracted, Kachi extended his thumb and index finger to the player and rubbed them:

Sorry, you have to pay extra to draw lots.

So, for many players who are short of money, does this love become a bit realistic and heavy? "

After Lu Yu finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter from the audience.

Mr. Lu is really good at telling jokes.

The barrage also sighed:
"Actually, it's fine for us players to ask for money. Gaming companies aren't doing charity; they have to survive. Just think of the money I spent as a gift for my wife.

But if you break your wife into many pieces, and each piece costs at least one or two thousand yuan, that's too much.

How can you marry a wife in installments these days?"

"Alas, card-based games can be played for a few dozen yuan a month at most, and single-player masterpieces are only three or four hundred yuan. If you want to marry a complete wife in card-based games, you have to spend a month's salary of a salaried worker. I can't afford it."

Cai Yuhao in the audience looked up instantly.

Element detection!

"Fight for all the good in the world."

This slogan is obviously the promotional slogan for the next-generation action mobile game "Honkai Impact 3" that they are planning to develop. How did this guy know it?

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Lu Yu and Cai Yuhao's eyes met, and sparks seemed to ignite in the air.

Cai Yuhao smiled slightly and took the microphone handed to him by the staff:

“I’ve been paying attention to the games produced by Taoyuan Township recently, and they are indeed quite good.

However, I found that, except for the very first Cat Girl Paradise, the remaining two new works, one is more realistic and the other is more Q version, neither of them is orthodox two-dimensional.

Our company will soon launch a new 3D beautiful girl action mobile game.
If Mr. Lu is willing, we can use our next new games to let the market and players test who has the better business model and who has a deeper understanding of 2D games! "

Cai Yuhao's words caused quite a stir at the annual meeting.

Wow, Mi Leyou is officially issuing a declaration of war to Taoyuan Township!
Moreover, Mr. Cai’s vision is too advanced.

You know, the Chinese market is still mainly based on PC games.

As soon as there was a major breakthrough in mobile graphics chip technology, Mileyou launched a 3D mobile game project.

Moreover, he didn't mind exposing this project in advance.

Because he knows that even if he reveals his cards, other manufacturers in the industry will find it difficult to match him.

This is the pride of Cai Yuhao, the talented producer!

The guests around were also amazed.

He turned his gaze to Lu Yu on the stage.

Taoyuan Township is going all out recently.

Because of the problem of Sharingan, he lashed out at Tenghui.
Because of the issue of unfair competition,
Because of the drawbacks of the card drawing mechanism, I started to criticize Mi Le You again...

This is an idealist who truly has a passion for gaming and is determined to change the industry.

Many of them present here had the same arrogance as Lu Yu when they were young, but were soon smoothed out by reality and time.
How long can Mr. Lu hold on?
……

Afterwards, the industry annual meeting entered the next stage, with bigwigs from the foreign gaming industry taking the stage to share their experiences.

Taking the stage was Neri Duckman, a producer at Naughty Dog Studio, a subsidiary of Locke Interactive Entertainment.

He has led the production of the "Uncharted Waters" series and the "First of Us" series.

After taking the stage, Duckman made a shocking statement at the beginning:

"I'm very disappointed with the current state of the gaming industry in China."

(End of this chapter)