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Chapter 126 Chen Baipiao was also taken advantage of?

A series of low chuckles immediately filled the room.

Their eyes held no curiosity about knowledge, only a thirst for gossip.

Pairs of eyes darted back and forth between Chen Xuan and Chen Hongyu with ill intent, seemingly curious about what exciting scene would unfold next.

The conflict between Chen Xuan and Tian Shuo is no longer a conflict.

Most of the people who came to this experience exchange meeting knew something about this.

However, it is clear that this man named Chen Hongyu has excellent self-control.

Even after the defense penetration value was displayed, it remained unmoved.

If it were someone who was easily embarrassed, they might have panicked on the spot.

But he still smiled and didn't say anything. Instead, he reached out and made a gesture towards Chen Xuan.

This is a way of telling you to continue, as I have nothing more to say.

This action greatly disappointed the onlookers; it's still a bit disheartening to only get half the story.

With the other party backing down, Chen Xuan stopped pressing the issue and began today's topic.

Although the gaming industry on Earth is still in a relatively low-end state, with its design and quality lagging behind, it is clear to everyone that it is about to enter a period of great development.

There are also signs of a flourishing of diverse game genres.

Various previously unheard-of game genres have gradually emerged.

Each game developer is locked in a fierce battle to the death in their own arena.

Therefore, Chen Xuan's experience today is about the theme of "genre fusion" in games.

To put it bluntly, it's a Frankenstein's monster.

Players used to describe this type of game with the phrase: "The bad news is that it's a Frankenstein's monster, the good news is that it's all stitched together."

Players don't care about whether the game is stitched together or not; they only care about whether it's fun.

For example, if a developer stubbornly tries to use the Souls of the Game design to make an action game, they'll inevitably fail miserably.

Clever people took it and made it into an FPS, resulting in a niche game like Remnant: From the Ashes, which has a decent reputation and almost no competitors in the field, and is doing quite well.

For example, instead of fighting tooth and nail in the traditional FPS genre, Blizzard borrowed ideas from MOBA games. With Team Fortress as a precedent, they combined skills and shooting to create Overwatch.

Another classic example is "Fantasy Beast Palu," which made a fortune.

Many producers and planners who originally only wanted to hear about the design philosophy of Dark Souls were somewhat disappointed.

But once they started talking about the main topic, they became completely engrossed in it.

Chen Xuan didn't hold back either; he used the design of "Dark Souls" as a starting point to expand on the topic, sharing all the valuable information he had.

As for how much the people in the audience can understand and learn, that remains to be seen.

That depends on their own skill level.

An hour passed quickly.

Chen Xuan's mouth was getting dry from talking, and the meeting was coming to an end.

...That concludes my presentation to my colleagues today. Thank you for listening.

After that sentence, thunderous applause erupted.

In the corner, Cui Jing, who was watching the speech, also breathed a sigh of relief.

It all ended safely, without any major mishaps.

The lectures lasted for three days, each day with a different theme.

He would really have a headache if something went wrong on the first day.

Seeing Chen Xuan come down, Cui Jing went up to greet him and said, "Many planners are a bit reserved when they step onto this stage for the first time. I didn't expect that you, a young man, are so at ease, showing no signs of nervousness or awkwardness."

Chen Xuan shrugged: "After all, I'm a producer, not one of those planners who spend most of their time in the company working on the front lines of development. Communicating is a basic job for me."

"Yes, I was starting to doubt you."

"Let's put that aside for now, Director Cui. Who is Chen Hongyu from Tianshuo who's been picking on me? I don't recall ever offending him, have I?"

Tian Shuo is a behemoth.

The company has at least a dozen studios and production teams under its umbrella.

Every month, new projects are launched, or some projects are canceled.

Even if they had a previous falling out with Tian Shuo, it wouldn't be enough to cause them to be hostile to all the producers or planners of Tian Shuo's faction.

There's no conflict of interest, and not everyone is a mad dog.

What is the picture?

They actually showed their hostility in such a public setting.

Cui Jing shook his head: "No, that's true. But given his current status, his relationship with you is destined not to be very good. It's a matter of political correctness."

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

"The 'Starry Night Promise' project has taken over from Zheng Yanbin as the new producer. Now you understand?"

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"...I understand, then it's not surprising."

Whether intentional or unintentional, the "Starry Night Promise" project team was really unlucky to run into "Honkai Impact 3".

The producer had a bad reputation and was replaced.

If the project team's revenue falls short of expectations, it will also affect the income of all production team members.

Fans of the two games are constantly arguing with each other.

Therefore, it's not surprising that Chen Hongyu has this attitude. It's the same approach that producers and planners in Chen Xuan's previous life would publicly express their support when their positions were unstable or their projects were risky.

The most extreme form of this approach involves inciting players to pressure their own company's top management via Twitter.

For example, Activision Blizzard is a frequent player in palace intrigue dramas.

However, Chen Xuan was genuinely curious.

What will this new producer do next?

The "Starry Night Promise" project, while not exactly half-finished, has certainly had a tough time surviving.

Given the current state, how can we save it?

I'm really curious.

Chen Xuan didn't expect that the answer to this question would be revealed the very next day.

The experience-sharing and exchange session on the second day was also held in the afternoon.

So, Chen Xuan got up very early the next day.

While lazing in bed, he scrolled through short videos for a while, and a video with AI voiceover, clearly based on press release copy, caught his attention.

"Who among us understands this? The gaming industry might be about to change drastically!" Chen Xuan, a highly acclaimed genius designer, bluntly stated at an experience-sharing conference that plagiarism and copying will become the mainstream in the gaming industry!

In fact, players may have already noticed this phenomenon to some extent. In recent years, with the increase in development costs, game companies have become more conservative and tend to fully develop and operate existing IPs.

"Is it really that hard for us gamers to want an original and innovative game?"

Chen Xuan almost laughed out of anger.

When the term "genius designer" is mentioned, the accompanying image is a collection of Chen Xuan's own videos circulating online.

However, when it comes to games that are "original and innovative".

It was paired with "A Promise to the Stars"!

Not only that, but a download link for the game was also displayed in the corner of the video.

Chen Xuan was also aware that his name had become very popular recently, generating considerable discussion both on social media and among gamers.

But I never expected that people would try to ride on my coattails!

Moreover, it was done in such a blatant and undisguised manner.

The largest group of fans of Asylum Studios on the internet is not actually those fans of buy-to-play single-player games.

They are fans of Honkai Impact 3.

As both are gacha games, they are competing in the same arena.

In other words, the audience is the same type of people, and they may switch between each other.

"Goodness, I underestimated you." Chen Xuan casually long-pressed the video and clicked "not interested." "Such shameless behavior, I must say, actually works."

He never expected this.

The "freeloader monster" that his peers and Cui Manzhou talked about actually got his popularity taken advantage of one day.

Chen Xuan himself was both amused and exasperated.