Game Development: Starting with Recreating the Anime Game Style

Chapter 353 Mr. Billionaire?
Guo Fan seemed to have suddenly unlocked his full potential, excitedly shaking Zhou Xun's shoulder: "I always felt like something was missing in this cockpit, something 'powerful'! That's it! It's missing that 'bastardly' spirit!"

The "bastard vibe" he talks about is a rough, primitive, and powerful industrial aesthetic.

Compared to those delicate things, this rough feel is more convincing to the audience that this is a reliable tool that can still work even after being hit twice by a strong man with a hammer in the freezing cold of minus eighty degrees Celsius.

"Old Wang! Art director! Get over here right now!" Guo Fan shouted at the top of his lungs, completely forgetting that Chu Chen, the big spender, was standing next to him.

Inside the tent, only Zhou Xun and his team remained, dumbfounded.

So... it was adopted? And it was implemented immediately?
Not to mention Guo Fan, even Chu Chen looked at Zhou Xun with some curiosity. This kid is pretty good; he has some ideas.

~~~
Successful people share a common characteristic: strong execution ability.

That afternoon, Guo Fan kept Zhou Xun's team behind. After filming the scheduled scenes for the day, the main creative and art directors from both teams surprisingly started a "joint discussion."

Keep in mind, this was the first time these two had ever met.

Chu Chen was quite surprised that such a wonderful chemical reaction could occur, but overall it was a good thing.

Therefore, Chu Chen simply changed his itinerary.

He left Zhou Xun and the others behind and flew back to Suzhou and Hangzhou from Qingdao alone.

That night.

Chu Chen walked out along the airport passageway.

This trip to Qingdao has been far more rewarding than I expected.

The chemistry between Zhou Xun and Guo Fan gave him hope that he could completely relinquish control. After observing for another two months, he might be able to get Zhou Xun fully in charge of "The Wandering Earth."

This frees up a lot of his time, which is a great thing.

Before he knew it, Chu Chen and his assistant had arrived at the arrival gate.

Up until this point, Chu Chen didn't feel anything was wrong. Although he had quite a few fans in the gaming community, this wasn't South Korea. Even if he encountered fans he knew, they would usually just exchange a few words and take a picture.
However, something seems amiss today.

As soon as he stepped out of the terminal, he keenly noticed that several pairs of eyes were focused on him.

Immediately afterwards, it was as if a pebble had been thrown into a calm lake, and the ripples spread rapidly.

"President Chen!!!"

"Hurry up!!"

"Stop him! Don't let him get away!"

After a brief commotion, a dozen reporters carrying cameras and microphones suddenly swarmed in from all directions, their flashes going off so fast they were blinding.

Dozens of microphones were practically poking Chu Chen in the face.

"Mr. Chu! What are your thoughts on the Asahi Shimbun's report?"

"Did Starry Night Games really surpass 100 billion yen in global revenue in August? Please confirm!"

"How would you respond to the Japanese people referring to you as a billionaire with a monthly income of 100 billion yen?"

Because the reporters arrived so suddenly, even though Chu Chen's two assistants reacted quickly, Chu Chen was still surrounded. Fortunately, the reporters didn't dare to block him too much and spontaneously formed a circle, so Chu Chen was still able to move forward.

However, Chu Chen was completely baffled at this moment. What the heck? Asahi Shimbun? Hundreds of billions of yen? A billionaire?
What's going on here? Clearly, some of the reporters interviewing him noticed Chu Chen's confusion. In the chaos, a female reporter quickly shoved her phone screen in front of Chu Chen's face.

On the screen was the front page headline of a Japanese news website, the bold black title striking and alarming.

"Black Ships Arrive! Will StarCraft's August Futures Sales Break the 100 Billion Yen Barrier? A New Force Shocking the World Market!"

Upon seeing the title, Chu Chen immediately thought to himself, "Wow!"

The Black Ships have arrived!
And following the arrival of the black ships, the figure of hundreds of billions of yen was so outrageous that it seemed like a figure filled in with one's feet.

Converted at the current exchange rate, this figure is approximately six billion RMB.

While Starry Sky Entertainment is quite profitable, it's nowhere near this exaggerated level. What level is six billion? That's almost on par with Tencent.

No wonder these reporters were so excited.

If it really is revenue of hundreds of billions of yen, then it is indeed big news, especially since it was published by the Asahi Shimbun, not some roadside tabloid.

"President Chu! Please say a few words!"

As more and more reporters arrived, airport security became aware of the commotion.

"Everyone, please calm down and be careful!"

Although Chu Chen didn't quite understand the situation, he still raised his hand and pressed it down.

"Thank you for your concern, friends from the media."

"We will release specific operating data about the company through official channels at an appropriate time. I am not in a position to comment before the official announcement is released."

"As for other questions that everyone is concerned about, please follow our official Starry Night Games platform. I have a private schedule today and will not be giving interviews. Thank you for your understanding."

After saying that, he ignored the persistent reporters and, escorted by a few airport security guards who finally managed to squeeze in, quickly walked towards the VIP channel and successfully got into the car back to the company.

Until I got on the bus.

Chu Chen finally breathed a long sigh of relief. He wasn't nervous when he was surrounded by reporters, after all, he had dealt with the media more than once or twice.

The best response is to remain silent until the situation is clear.

His first reaction was that this shouldn't be any negative public opinion, but he hadn't received any information about what exactly happened in Qingdao, so he picked up his phone and called Song Yueying.

~~~
August this year was indeed a very active month for StarCraft, not only because of the StarCraft game platform on August 20th, but also because of the concentrated "Summer StarCraft" event throughout August.

The so-called "Summer Stars" is an event targeting various ACG mobile games on the Stars platform. Although this event itself did not cause a sensation in the wider community like "Floating Dreams" or "Cat Cat".

But making money is real money.

Let's not even talk about games like "Honkai Impact 3" and "Onmyoji" which are "distributed" by StarCraft. Even if their operating data has declined compared to the previous generation, those who know about swimsuits understand what's going on.

Needless to say, the swimsuit skins in FGO were a money-making machine in the past. Back in 25, when FGO released swimsuit skins, it could even climb to number one.
Add to that the remake of the swimsuit version from StarCraft, and it becomes even more outrageous.

Besides FGO, StarCraft's other flagship game, Final Frontier, also made a strong showing in this event.

(End of this chapter)