Rebirth Must Be Happy

"This is mainly my fault... Of course, I'm not taking the blame for Xingzhu, I just didn't want you two to stay in this stalemate..."

Xu Jinhuan tried to ease the tension between the two, but found that it was even more difficult to handle than the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and that things could easily fall apart if she wasn't careful.

It's too easy to fall into the logic that "saying good things about her means you like her more." If you don't say good things about a third party, how can you say bad things about yourself?
If she's so bad, why do you still like her?

Fortunately, Xie Wanqing wasn't the type to nitpick, and she gave him a lot of leeway. However, to all his attempts to soften the blow, Sister Xie consistently responded with one word:

ignore!

She never refuted anything he said, but she would never agree to meet, eat, or do anything with Chen Xingzhu.

Xu Jinhuan didn't say much, lest it have the opposite effect. The next day, Saturday, they went to the company together. When they arrived, they found that Chen Xingzhu had already arrived and was drawing at her workstation.

She no longer deliberately wears more mature styles like she did when she first joined the company. With the recent drop in temperature, she simply wore a light gray casual jacket over her usual jeans and white T-shirt, and her hair was still tied in a ponytail, making her look refreshing and neat.

"You came so early?"

Xie Wanqing greeted her with a smile, her attitude still gentle and warm.

"Yes, I'll come right after I finish eating."

Chen Xingzhu looked up and saw her, smiled slightly, glanced at Xu Jinhuan, but didn't reply, and continued drawing on the drawing tablet.

Xu Jinhuan came over to take a look and saw that she was drawing a female character's Hanfu attire. She smiled and asked, "Who is this being copied?"

"Nie Yinniang".

"Quite good looking."

At this time, various boxes for the League of Legends game still have the function of loading skins, so sales are not high. It will not be until Tencent starts to "clean up" the market at the end of this year that the sales of LOL skins will increase, and the market will explode after the "first year of e-sports".

The total revenue of "Honor of Kings" over the past ten years is nearly 100 billion yuan, most of which comes from skins. Xu Jinhuan will naturally not ignore this. The 34 heroes are still being improved, and the skins are also being developed in sync. The goal is to ensure that at least when the official version is released, each hero will have at least one skin.

As for what happens next, that will naturally depend on the hero's popularity.

"Keep up the good work and don't slack off."

Xu Jinhuan gave a brief instruction, then added, "There's a discussion about skin later, you can come and listen too."

"it is good."

Chen Xingzhu doesn't understand the specifics of game operations, so he generally doesn't participate except in important meetings. Since he heard it was related to skins, he didn't refuse.

Seeing Xu Jinhuan go upstairs, Xie Wanqing hesitated for a moment, but did not leave immediately. Instead, she remained standing behind Chen Xingzhu, watching her paint.

"That's great, you all know how to do something..."

When she heard Xu Jinhuan and Dong Ruiyang talking upstairs, Xie Wanqing sighed softly, "I feel like I don't know anything."

Chen Xingzhu had assumed she had left, but upon hearing this, she turned back to look at her and smiled, "Isn't my sister still managing the shop herself?"

"I won't interfere anymore; I'll leave it to Xiaoqiang to handle gradually."

Xie Wanqing sighed, and seeing other colleagues looking over, she said, "I'm going up."

Chen Xingzhu nodded.

Although the two were pretending to have a bad relationship, they were actually somewhat influenced by that jerk and still harbored some resentment. These days, they were both at school and didn't communicate much.

Even the matter of taking turns on duty was something Xie Wanqing hadn't actually discussed with Chen Xingzhu; it was more of a feeling that it should be done.

'He'll definitely tell me anyway...'

Xie Wanqing originally wanted to tell Chen Xingzhu, but she was too embarrassed and hesitated for a moment before deciding not to.

"Sister, come along too."

Soon it was time to start work, and Kong Wenbo reminded him of the meeting. Xu Jinhuan then said to Xie Wanqing next to him, "Please call Xingzhu for me while you're at it."

Xie Wanqing glanced at him, knowing that he was consciously trying to get her to spend more time with Chen Xingzhu. She nodded, picked up her phone, and texted Chen Xingzhu: "He's calling you to a meeting."

Chen Xingzhu quickly brought the things up, and she and Xie Wanqing sat down in the small conference room. Although everyone knew that the two of them were unlikely to speak, the encouragement that the beautiful women brought still boosted everyone's spirits.

"Let me report to General Manager Xu and General Manager Chen first,"

Regarding the game, Kong Wenbo was still overseeing everything. After everyone was present, he said, "Currently, besides the basic skin for each hero, the hero with the most skins in the first batch is Sun Wukong, with three skins, tentatively named 'Victorious Fighting Buddha,' 'Monkey King,' and 'Sea-Stabilizing Divine Treasure'; followed by Gai Nie, Jing Ke, Guan Yu, Diao Chan, and Yu Ji... with a total of two skins..."

He briefly explained the situation, then continued, "With our current manpower, it's definitely too late to make so many skins at the same time. Today's meeting is mainly to decide on the order; secondly, regarding the issue Mr. Xu mentioned last time, we need to create a series for these skins. Currently, we've tentatively decided on two: one is a series inspired by League of Legends' Lunar New Year limited edition, and the other is a Dragon Boat Festival series, both of which are quite distinctive..."

Chen Xingzhu hadn't originally intended to interrupt, but after hearing his explanation, she became interested and asked, "What's so special about it?"

Kong Wenbo was a little surprised, but still answered, "The Dragon Boat Festival is about dragon boats and zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), including reed leaves and bamboo leaves..."

Xie Wanqing asked curiously, "What is a bamboo leaf?"

A colleague asked in surprise, "It's about making zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), don't you guys know?"

"Aren't reed leaves used to wrap zongzi?"

"We use bamboo leaves where we're from!"

After discussing for a while, Kong Wenbo and the others smiled and said, "Generally, reed leaves are used as the main material, but in some places in the south, bamboo leaves are used. We can decide based on the region of each hero."

"In that case, can we add the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival as well?"

"I think that's a good idea too." "What about Qingming Festival?"

"Isn't it difficult to choose a theme for Qingming Festival?"

"Does the Monkey King skin count as a limited-edition holiday skin?"

Are all holiday skins limited edition?

……

The group quickly started discussing it enthusiastically. Chen Xingzhu listened for a while and then asked, "If we want different styles, can we add the Ghost Festival and the Lower Yuan Festival?"

"Is the Ghost Festival the same as the Hungry Ghost Festival?"

"I've looked it up. The Ghost Festival is mainly for ancestor worship and praying for blessings. It's also called the Ullambana Festival."

"Can the three festivals of Shangyuan, Zhongyuan, and Xiayuan be combined into one?"

"Are there many festivals where people worship Guan Yu?"

"I heard that Guan Yu is also the God of Wealth. If a skin for the God of Wealth is released, a lot of people will definitely buy it!"

"Otherwise, how will we make money?"

"Isn't the Lantern Festival the same as the Shangyuan Festival? It's too close to the Spring Festival, isn't it?"

Do they release this many skins every year?

"There are also the Double Ninth Festival, the Shangsi Festival, and the Cold Food Festival."

"Climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival, going on outings on the Shangsi Festival, and not cooking on the Cold Food Festival—the themes are actually quite easy to choose… but how do you express them on the skin?"

……

After much discussion, most of it was just idle chatter. Due to limited manpower, we finally decided on three limited-edition skins for the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival.

"Also, we need to categorize the skin types,"

Xu Jinhuan thought for a moment, and then added, "For example, there are four levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The common Yellow level is the best, the Profound level is the best, and the Earth level is limited and only sold for a limited time. The Heaven level is not sold."

"Not selling?"

Everyone was a bit confused, even Chen Xingzhu and Xie Wanqing, who trusted him the most, were somewhat bewildered, thinking they had misheard.

"Yes, not for sale."

Xu Jinhuan smiled slightly, "Just a lottery."

"..."

There was a moment of silence in the meeting room, then a colleague couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Xu, you came from Tencent, right?"

Xu Jinhuan rolled his eyes and said, "Now you're from Tencent too!"

One girl said, "Aren't four levels too few?"

"You guys can discuss this further, and while you're at it, let's also come up with some skins that can be given away for free through events or something, to encourage everyone's enthusiasm."

Xu Jinhuan said, "For example, during an event, after playing a few games, you can get a skin as a reward, it doesn't have to be very good... or you can get a chance to win a skin in a lottery, the kind that guarantees you a skin."

"How about dividing it into nine ranks?"

Another person suggested, "Isn't this too much?"

Xu Jinhuan laughed and said, "Take it slow. Let's start with the ninth grade and leave some room for inflation."

He has firsthand experience with the inflated prices of skins in both League of Legends and Honor of Kings. Currently, the performance and screen size of mainstream mobile phones are still relatively weak, unable to support overly elaborate special effects and models. Skins priced at 199 or 299 yuan will definitely have to wait until the hardware develops to a certain scale before they can be made.

"I've counted them up. The more important traditional festivals are Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Shangsi Festival, Hanshi Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Qixi Festival, Lower Yuan Festival, Winter Solstice, and Lunar New Year's Eve, a total of fourteen. If you include New Year's Day, then there are fifteen."

After the meeting ended, Chen Xingzhu took the initiative to send a message to Xu Jinhuan, saying, "I feel that each festival is quite unique. In the future, we can select a few heroes to release skins. Moreover, I feel that it is not necessary to only select domestic festivals. Other festivals with greater influence can also be included."

"Chen is so thoughtful! That's exactly what I was thinking too!"

Xu Jinhuan thought for a moment and replied, "How about you come to my place tomorrow when you're off work, and we can have a more in-depth discussion?"

Chen Xingzhu: "Where to?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Come to my place."

Xu Jinhuan: "I need your help with something. I'm planning to convert my study into a bedroom. Could you take a look at it for me while you're at it?"

Chen Xingzhu: "Why change it?"

Xu Jinhuan: "Isn't this so it's convenient for you to come and stay?"

Although Song Zhiyu doesn't usually live here, she occupies a bedroom, and Xu Jinhuan doesn't dare to offend her. The other bedroom belongs to Xie Wanqing, so she can't touch it either. Originally, she planned not to stay in her own room when Chen Xingzhu came.

But upon closer examination, Chen Xingzhu might not be able to accept it. After much deliberation, it seemed safer to convert the study into a bedroom, since it wasn't used much anyway.

That way, even if Xie Wanqing is at home in the future, she can openly let Chen Xingzhu stay overnight.

There needs to be a transition period to allow everyone to adjust before things can proceed smoothly. (End of Chapter)