Don't get married if you're reborn.

Chapter 473 I Teach Miyazaki How to Do Soul Travel (5K)

When Feng Xiao heard Zeng Wenjie enter, she pretended nothing was wrong and maintained an indifferent expression.

Nobody likes having their secrets exposed.

Zeng Wenjie extended his hand to Feng Xiao and said, "Let's go have a meal together?"

Feng Xiao reached out and placed her hand in his palm, smiling, "Okay, let's have Western food then."

Zeng Wenjie said, "Didn't you complain that the Western food in Fengzhou wasn't authentic enough?"

Feng Xiao said, "Although it's not authentic, it's still edible, and their steak is pretty good too."

Anyway, Zeng Wenjie doesn't really like Western food, but Feng Xiao has been used to a life of luxury since childhood, so it's not surprising that she has some unique tastes.

Every place has its own unique flavors, and foreigners don't necessarily think that Chinese food is really that delicious. Most videos are actually just made for the sake of getting views.

"How about we try something different and have some Japanese food? There's a Japanese restaurant in Century City that's doing pretty well," Zeng Wenjie suggested.

"Japanese food is fine too." Feng Xiao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Then, Feng Xiao said, "Inviting me to dinner is just an excuse; the real reason is to go check on the progress of the shopping mall, right?"

Zeng Wenjie said, "There's a saying, 'It's rare to be confused,' and I suggest you study it carefully."

Feng Xiao laughed and said, "There's no way around it, I can't just stay confused."

Upon arriving at the entrance of the business alliance, two Audi A8s were parked side by side.

"Take mine, the W12 is pretty cool, isn't it?" Feng Xiao said with a smile, tossing the keys to Zeng Wenjie.

“Your mother…” Zeng Wenjie couldn’t help but curse.

That being said, he had never actually driven Feng Xiao's A8 before. He thought the V8 engine was already quite powerful, so the W12 must be incredible.
Anyway, the amount of fuel that Feng Xiao reported each month was really quite a lot; this W12 engine was a real gas guzzler.

After driving to Century City, I took the elevator from the parking lot and went straight to inspect the Haoyoulai Supermarket.

The renovation is still a mess, after all, the area is too big, and it has two floors, totaling more than 5,000 square meters.

Ever since having dinner with the leaders of the General Administration, Xue Lu has become full of energy, and he also hopes to have the opportunity to gain fame and be interviewed by the General Administration.

Upon receiving Zeng Wenjie's call, Xue Lu rushed over and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, what a rare guest!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "President Xue, please don't joke with me. This shopping mall is a cooperative project between us. I've just been too busy lately, so I haven't had time to come and inspect it."

Xue Lu said, "We agreed that I would pay for it and you would manage everything. Now it's become that I pay for it and I manage it. I feel like I've been ripped off!"

Zeng Wenjie laughed and said, "The capable should do more. Mr. Xue, you are a capable person, so of course you should do more! At worst, I will pay more money when I repurchase the shares."

Xue Lu thought this was acceptable, since Zeng Wenjie was going to repurchase the shares every year anyway, so raising the price a little would be good.

"Mr. Feng, please take a look and see if there's anything you're not satisfied with, and if any improvements are needed?" Zeng Wenjie asked.

"It's still a mess, how can I tell? Let's take a look when it's a bit bigger." Feng Xiao looked around and shook his head.

Xue Lu said, "Anyway, we're doing it strictly according to the plan you gave us!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "Don't worry, Mr. Xue, I'm not the kind of person who likes to shift the blame."

After inspecting the progress of the shopping mall's renovation, Zeng Wenjie took Feng Xiao to a Japanese restaurant for dinner.

Overall, the progress is a bit slow, but since the goal is to build a landmark company like DL, we definitely need to put a lot of effort into refining it.

When Zeng Wenjie was unavailable, Xue Lu would supervise him; at other times, someone else would be in charge.

If it weren't so inappropriate, he would have really wanted to bring Ye Qiansheng over to supervise the renovation.

However, Ye Qiansheng's experience is limited to snack shops of one or two hundred square meters. He might feel powerless to handle large supermarkets like this.

Moreover, there are already too many urgent matters to attend to regarding snacks. If he were to oversee the renovation as well, Ye Ling would probably go to the kitchen and get some US dollars for Zeng Wenjie.

We sat down in a private room at a Japanese restaurant and ordered a table full of dishes.

It's not that it's intentional waste, but Japanese food is really ridiculously small in portion size. A small plate can only hold one piece of sashimi, which is simply outrageous.

"This Japanese restaurant is pretty good. The chef must have studied cooking in Japan," Feng Xiao nodded and commented after taking a few bites.

Zeng Wenjie found everything bland and tasteless, but dared not add too much wasabi, lest he be overwhelmed by the pungent smell that seemed to hit him right in the head!
Zeng Wenjie suddenly heard someone speaking Japanese outside. The voice sounded familiar, like Miyazaki.

So he opened the sliding door of the private room and went out, and sure enough, he saw Miyazaki Hidetaka holding a chef's hand and talking to him in a lot of chatter.

The chef was also very happy, communicating with Miyazaki in fluent Japanese.

"Hey, Mr. Miyazaki, you're here too?" Zeng Wenjie greeted him.

Upon seeing Zeng Wenjie, Miyazaki Hidetaka immediately displayed his obsequious spirit, hurriedly bowing and shaking hands, saying, "Mr. Zeng, I didn't expect to meet you here! Do you also like the cuisine from our hometown?"

Zeng Wenjie asked, "Miyazaki-san, are the cherry blossoms in your hometown beautiful?"

Hidetaka Miyazaki was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Bright!"

Then, Miyazaki Hidetaka introduced Zeng Wenjie to the chef, saying, "This is my boss, Mr. Zeng Wenjie. He is the one who recruited me from Japan to the Chinese mainland."

The chef, being a Japanese man, also possessed the same obsequious spirit. He immediately bowed and shook hands, saying, "Welcome, Mr. Zeng! We hope you will appreciate our cuisine!"

“Mr. Miyazaki, why don’t you join us for a meal and we can chat about work?” Zeng Wenjie suggested.

"Hai!" Miyazaki Hidetaka nodded slightly. "Then forgive me for being shameless."

When Feng Xiao saw Zeng Wenjie bring Miyazaki Hidetaka into the private room, he smiled and stood up to greet him, saying, "It's nice to see you again, Mr. Miyazaki."

"Hello, Mr. Feng," said Miyazaki Hidetaka.

Feng Xiao sized up this little-known Japanese man whom Zeng Wenjie had poached for two hundred thousand US dollars, waved his hand at the chair, and said, "Please sit down."

Two hundred thousand US dollars is enough to poach a well-known senior talent, but at this time, the old thief is not famous and is still a small fry, so this price seems particularly exaggerated to him.

If we consider Miyazaki's true talent, an annual salary of one or two million US dollars wouldn't be too much.

Zeng Wenjie said, "This is my first time eating at this Japanese restaurant, but Mr. Miyazaki seems to be a regular?"

Miyazaki Hidetaka said, "Yes, the food in Shigeyama is very spicy and oily, which I am not used to. So, I often come here to improve my diet. Over time, I got to know the people in the restaurant. Their chef also came from Japan."

Zeng Wenjie said, "Mr. Miyazaki, our WG gaming platform is about to launch. Therefore, we need to speed up the production of Hollow Knight. This game is not a big production, and I hope it can be completed within this year. Next year, I hope you and Yuka can release a truly great game."

Hidetaka Miyazaki nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zeng. I have a lot of experience with Metroidvania games, after all, it was first created in Japan. The overall framework of Hollow Knight has been built, and the current art director is very professional. I am very confident that it will be completed within three months."

Hollow Knight was originally a small production, created by a small workshop with only two or three people, but its reputation and sales were phenomenal, making the small studio incredibly wealthy. They then abandoned the project and delayed the release of the promised DLC year after year.

"So, how does it feel to work in China?" Zeng Wenjie asked.

"It feels great, not as bad as the Western media makes it out to be, and the people here are very friendly. However, the language is a problem; communication is a bit difficult," Miyazaki Hidetaka remarked.

Feng Xiao calmly replied, "After all, we don't have any US military bases here, so not everyone is good at speaking English."

Miyazaki Hidetaka was instantly embarrassed, and Zeng Wenjie couldn't help but glance at Feng Xiao with amusement. He hadn't expected this woman to be so patriotic, especially in front of the Japanese. "However, the Chinese game market is really terrible. Players are practically scavenging for food in a garbage dump," Miyazaki Hidetaka said seriously.

Feng Xiao couldn't refute this statement. The current online gaming environment was indeed like this. Almost all online games on the market were filled with channels that allowed players to become stronger by recharging. Smaller developers were driven crazy by piracy and fell into a vicious cycle, leaving them with no financial resources or energy to develop high-quality games.

This situation continued until 2024, when Black Myth emerged and swept across major game charts worldwide, marking the beginning of the gradual rise of domestically produced games.

Capital recognized the power of high-quality domestically produced games, which led to the emergence of various excellent projects that garnered attention from gamers worldwide.

"That's precisely why I invited Mr. Miyazaki from Japan, because I believe he's worth the price, and even far more," Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.

"I will do my best, and I hope I will not disappoint Your Excellency's high expectations." Miyazaki Hidetaka once again demonstrated his stubborn spirit.

Teaching Hidetaka Miyazaki how to make Souls-like games?

Zeng Wenjie thought this was even more impressive than a chef teaching Liu Guoliang how to play table tennis.

While eating and chatting, Feng Xiao barely spoke, mostly listening attentively to Zeng Wenjie and Miyazaki Hidetaka's conversation.

She was quite certain that Hidetaka Miyazaki was a nobody in Japan, and had no reputation at Oracle. FS was a small game company with almost no highlights that would make Miyazaki, as a co-producer, memorable to outsiders.

A $200,000 annual salary isn't much in this industry, but for an unknown nobody, it's excessive.

As Hidetaka Miyazaki explained the game Hollow Knight and his future game ideas in a simple and easy-to-understand way, Feng Xiao realized that this guy was indeed a talented person, but whether he was a genius was unknown, because whether the market could accept such a rare and somewhat outrageous game was a big question.

If he can withstand the test of the market, then he must be a genius;

If it can't withstand the test of the market, then it can only mean that his ideas are too extreme.

Then, Feng Xiao couldn't help but glance at Zeng Wenjie, only to see that this guy was listening with complete rapt attention, even echoing Miyazaki Hidetaka, saying, "I think this alone won't do. We need to add a poison pool here... Hmm, the poison pool will slow down the players' running speed and also accumulate poison status. We also need to put traps here. When players go to pick up treasures, a huge elite monster will immediately emerge from under the poison pool to ambush them."

Miyazaki Hidetaka's eyes lit up as he listened, and he exclaimed, "President Zeng, you really know a lot about games!"

Feng Xiao felt a chill run down his spine. What kind of twisted setting is this? Are you sure the players won't be driven crazy by you?
“We can also make the main storyline vague, make the characters’ dialogues mysterious, and hide the main clues in items such as weapons and equipment,” Miyazaki Hidetaka said seriously. “I think fragmented narratives can better stimulate players’ desire to explore.”

“That’s right, we also need to design an incredibly complex dungeon. The doors can’t be opened from the outside; players have to find their own way in,” Zeng Wenjie said excitedly.

“Yes, the door can’t be opened from this side!” Miyazaki Hidetaka nodded repeatedly, finding the thought of torturing the players so satisfying that it almost brought him to orgasm.

Zeng Wenjie had released the demon in Miyazaki Hidetaka's heart ahead of time, and was instantly very satisfied.

In the coming years, players will likely experience the terror of being dominated by the two wicked planners, Hidetaka Miyazaki and Feng Qiying.

After finishing the meal, Zeng Wenjie paid the bill.

Hidetaka Miyazaki bowed and said in gratitude, "Thank you for your hospitality!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "You're welcome. We should eat together often in the future, so we can chat about our game ideas and create a better game together."

Hidetaka Miyazaki said, "Hello, nice to meet you."

After leaving the Japanese restaurant, Hidetaka Miyazaki went straight back to his residence.

Feng Xiao watched the Japanese man's retreating figure and said, "Looks like the two hundred thousand US dollars was well spent, huh?"

Zeng Wenjie laughed and said, "Of course."

Feng Xiao said, "Are you so sure that his twisted theories, which are somewhat obsessed with torturing players, can really stand firm in the market? Players come to play games to enjoy them, not to be tortured."

“You don’t understand the joy of playing against a powerful enemy, nor do you understand the sense of accomplishment of defeating an enemy after losing dozens of times,” Zeng Wenjie laughed.

"The players will probably curse your ancestors for eighteen generations," Feng Xiao sneered.

"After they defeat the BOSS that has slain them dozens or even hundreds of times, they'll be so excited they'll want to post a message thanking us for giving them such a thrilling BOSS battle," Zeng Wenjie said with a smirk.

"..." Feng Xiao was speechless for a moment. "Fine, you can foresee the future, you win."

Zeng Wenjie clicked his tongue and didn't say anything more. Feng Xiaojie was too shrewd; she already had deep suspicions about him.

After getting into the car, Feng Xiao fastened her seatbelt and said, "Let's go back and rest. I'm a little tired today."

Zeng Wenjie said, "You finally have a holiday, don't you want to go out and have some fun?"

Feng Xiao replied, "I've been playing games for many years, and I've tried everything that's available. But I still feel most comfortable staying at home."

Zeng Wenjie thought this was a good idea. It was still early, and he could pay the royalties several times when he got back, pay off the recent debts, and also make advance payments for the next few.

Feng Xiao, who is now at the center of the storm, appears unmoved on the surface, but in reality, he hates Jiucheng Capital to death and is thinking that when he sees Xu Yuhuan again, he will give her two big slaps.

With such a big news story about Marleneja, its expansion plans for this year will definitely have to be halted.

Zeng Wenjie thought this was a good idea. He could settle down in Fengzhou, shift his focus to developing online sales, and once the storm had completely passed, he could move into bigger cities and crush those who had taken advantage of his misfortune.

"CTMD!"

As Feng Xiao sat in the car, four words suddenly popped out of his mouth.

Zeng Wenjie chuckled and said, "I really thought you were unmoved by the eight winds, but it seems it was all an act."

Feng Xiao glared at him and said, "I'm angry because of you. If this affects this year's top ten national selection, then it will be a huge loss!"

Zeng Wenjie was stunned, then reached out and patted her leg, saying, "It's okay, if we don't get it this year, we can get it next year. This WG gaming platform that I'm cooperating with Tencent is very promising. We'll even go overseas to earn foreign exchange. The country can't help but support me."

Enterprises that can earn foreign exchange are all strongly supported and appreciated by the government.

Steam is still relatively quiet right now, but Zeng Wenjie believes that with the abilities of the two main creators, Hidetaka Miyazaki and Feng Ji, they are capable of opening the door to the world.

Feng Xiao sighed and said, "But I'm very unhappy, after all, I'm playing a raising simulation game!"

Zeng Wenjie was stunned. What the hell? You're treating him like a raising simulation game? Well, well, I didn't expect you, Mrs. Feng, to be so good at this!
Every time Feng Xiao saw Zeng Wenjie speaking in public according to her script, she felt a great sense of accomplishment, and the public occasions Zeng Wenjie appeared on were getting bigger and bigger.

"Tomorrow I'll contact my senior brother and ask him to have the inspectors put our Marlenia under scrutiny, so we can shut up any gossip," Zeng Wenjie said as he drove.

Without a doubt, this is the best way to minimize the losses. Moreover, Marlenia is not afraid of being investigated and can withstand any investigation.

At the same time, Zeng Wenjie was also somewhat relieved that since he started his business, he had not engaged in any illegal operations, and all his actions had been compliant and legal, without ever crossing the line.

He has always adhered to the idea that "it is not easy to be reborn, so stay away from prison" in doing business, so it couldn't be more upright, and the authorities are happy to support him.

Feng Xiao nodded and said, "That's right, this is the second best method at the moment."

Zeng Wenjie asked, "So, what is the best thing?"

Feng Xiao said calmly, "Of course, it's about me severing all ties with Marlenia from now on. That way, they won't have anything to say."

Zeng Wenjie shook his head and said, "That's not good. I don't agree. Let's go with the second best method."

Feng Xiao smiled gently and said, "You're the boss, I support whatever decisions you make."

Zeng Wenjie looked at her and nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)