Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

Tsuchimikado Fuyu shrugged at the black cat and said helplessly, "Shall we go? Hopefully, it won't take too long."

"Isn't it inappropriate for me to go in?" Black Cat thought for a moment and then declined, "I'll just wait for you outside. I'd also like to take a look around the company."

Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at the black cat, then patted her head and said, "If you're bored, go to Tohru's office. There are some games to play there."

"Hmm." The black cat nodded with a smile. Although she had never been to the company before, Thor's office was easy to find; after all, no one else would hang a dragon picture on a sign outside their office.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu walked into the conference room. On the large screen in the center of the conference room, the production progress of Plants vs. Zombies and some incomprehensible data were displayed.

In the meeting room, besides Tohru and Takiya Makoto, there were four other people, who were the leaders of the other groups.

Calling someone the person in charge is just a nice-sounding title.

The illustration team only has two people. Most of the character illustrations are outsourced, so the two of them are mainly responsible for reviewing, communicating, and filling in any gaps. One of them is a newcomer who just joined recently, so naturally the veteran came to this meeting.

By the way, the reading app I've been using recently is MimiRead. It has a wide selection of books, a comprehensive collection, and fast updates!

For example, the game design team consists of only one person, who is also a member of the level design team.

Since the company didn't have many people at the beginning, everyone just did what they were good at, and there was no specific assignment. For example, Takiya Makoto and Kobayashi were involved in almost everything except illustration.

The situation has improved a lot since we hired some new people, but there are still no strict rules about what kind of work each person can do. As long as they can help out and they happen to have nothing else to do, everyone will help out willingly.

After all, the better they perform now, the greater their chances of rising to a higher position as the company grows.

As for a lack of confidence in the company, no one had that thought. After all, whether it was Plants vs. Zombies or Angry Birds, which Takiya Makoto had just started working on a few days ago, everyone was full of confidence.

These are all good games.

Tsuchimikado greeted everyone and then walked to Tohru's side. The two chatted briefly, and after Kobayashi came in carrying a stack of proposals, everyone began the meeting.

The meeting was quite simple: firstly, to summarize the progress of Plants vs. Zombies and the results of the tests over the past few days, and secondly, for each department to report on their work.

After the Plants vs. Zombies presentation, the next step was to discuss the company's next move.

First, a few new people were assigned to the elderly to mentor them, and then we discussed what games to play next.

Xiaolin provided five game designs: Angry Birds, Don't Starve, Minecraft, The Demon King Hid the Holy Sword from the Hero, and CrossFire.

"Cousin, does the company have the capability to develop CF now? Isn't it too fast?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu asked, frowning as she looked at the CF planner.

"CF is definitely not something we can do right now, neither in terms of funding nor manpower. I plan to start this project first, as a pioneering product for our large-scale games," Xiaolin explained, adjusting his glasses.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded and didn't dwell on the matter any further.

Everyone carefully examined the document and then voted.

Ultimately, Angry Birds and Don't Starve were successfully included in the list of games to be developed next.

The reason is actually quite simple: Angry Birds has already started preparations with Makoto Takiya leading the team a couple of days ago. Apart from CF, the production difficulty of these games is not too different, so it is normal for them to be shortlisted.

As for the second game that Kobayashi would lead, everyone was torn between the famine and the Demon King hiding the Holy Sword from the hero. In the end, Tsuchimikado Fuyu decided to play the famine game first.

As for Minecraft, it's not that it's bad, nor that it's difficult to make. It's just that people feel the company's reputation isn't big enough yet, and if Minecraft were made now, it might not achieve the results everyone wants.

Therefore, when the company has enough influence, Minecraft, the world's first "open-world game," will definitely cause a sensation among players across the country and even the world.

Chapter 654 Hazuki Shizuku

"Is this a game company? It's a bit different from what I imagined." While Tsuchimikado and the others were having a meeting, Kuroneko wandered around the company.

However, seeing how seriously everyone was working, she didn't disturb them. Instead, she quietly watched them from behind for a while before moving on to the next target.

The office the black cat is browsing is the Plants vs. Zombies programming office, mainly responsible for program development.

However, since Plants vs. Zombies was almost finished, and Kobayashi and Takiya Makoto had gone to a meeting, only three staff members remained in the entire programming studio.

What they are doing now is fixing bugs, developing subsequent levels, and developing new gameplay.

For example, the power of the Plants vs. Zombies exclusive mod proposed by Tsuchimikado Fuyu. In the previous version of Minecraft, modding allowed players to create all sorts of new and exciting games, making it feel like one game could dominate the entire market. The appeal and stickiness of such mods to players is simply unparalleled.

Before the existence of something like d in this world, Tsuchimikado Fuyu naturally wanted to be the first to try it.

Furthermore, they can even set up a reward mechanism. If someone does exceptionally well and their popularity reaches a certain level, they can give them a signing fee to buy the account, set a fee, and then give them 50% of the revenue. This way, Tsuchimikado and his team can make a lot of money for free.

After all, how can making games be as profitable as making a platform? All they gave us was the ability to create plugins; everything else was practically free. The signing fee was just a token gesture; they couldn't possibly pay too much unless they held competitions or other incentive events.

Moreover, Plants vs. Zombies d was just a trial run; Tsuchimikado's ultimate goal is Minecraft.

To understand open-ended games, we need to know that "d" means infinite ways to play.

In his previous life, Tsuchimikado Fuyu had seen someone build a computer within the Minecraft game and then play Minecraft on that computer. If the computer's configuration hadn't been too poor, they could have even created an infinite nested doll.

……

After wandering around for a while, the black cat realized it couldn't understand anything, so it glanced at it briefly and then moved on to other areas.

"Liuli, what brings you here?" She quietly walked into an office and suddenly heard a familiar voice.

The black cat turned its head and saw that Ryoko Gokou was standing up with a cup in her hand, probably to get some water.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" The black cat looked at Ryoko Gokou with a blank expression, completely unaware that Ryoko Gokou had changed jobs.

"Well, it was announced during dinner on Tuesday night, but someone seemed to be looking forward to their date with Fuyu-kun, so they didn't hear it."

Ryoko's teasing words immediately made Kuroneko blush. "W-no way! I'm a fallen angel of darkness, how could I possibly... just because of a mere date..."

Before the black cat could finish speaking, Ryoko Gokou said, "Oh my, is Ruri shy?"

"No...no, I didn't," the black cat muttered.

What could she do? If it were Hinata teasing her, she could use her older sister's authority to discipline her. But it was her own mother teasing her. She was usually such a gentle person, but she never expected her to have such a cunning side.

Ryoko Gokou smiled and didn't bring up the matter again. Instead, she walked towards the water dispenser and asked, "Is Fuyu-kun here too?"

"Yes, we're in a meeting." The black cat nodded, blushing.

"Really? How did the date go? Was it successful?"

"Hmm!" The black cat nodded again, echoing the words.

"Oh my, when did this cutie join your company? I wish she could come to our company, and it would be even better if Ryoko-nee came along too. Our company really welcomes beauties!"

Suddenly, a woman's voice sounded behind the black cat. The black cat turned around and saw a girl with silver curly hair and red glasses standing behind her, holding a chubby black and white cat in her arms.

"Miss Hazuki, have you forgotten the pain of your past mistakes? Last time you tried to poach our CEO, and now you're trying to poach our boss's wife. Are you going to try to poach our boss next time?" Ryoko Gokou said speechlessly.

When this guy visited the company last time, he saw Thor and got lustful, wanting to poach her. Thor was so angry that she almost went berserk, but Kobayashi calmed her down in the end.

"I didn't expect your boss to be so young? I'm quite impressed." It was unclear whether Shizuku Hazuki was being sarcastic or impressed, but she glanced thoughtfully at the black cat.

How could you give up on yourself at such a young age for money? If you come to me, I can offer you a job. After all, it's really hard to refuse a pretty girl like you.

"Stop being sarcastic. My boss is only a year older than my daughter. What's wrong with them being together?" Ryoko Gokou slapped Shizuku Hazuki speechlessly and said, "So, what are you doing here this time? Is your computer broken again?"

"The company just moved here, we haven't found investors yet, the new game project hasn't started, and everyone is still resting, so I came online to take a look out of boredom."

"After all, we're not like you guys. You just finished a new game and already have another project, and you're even investing in it yourself. Your boss really has guts," Shizuku Hazuki said with a hint of envy.

Although Flying Eagle Leap Studio is indeed quite famous in the RPG field, it is still a small studio without investors. No matter how well they plan, they cannot make the game, and they are subject to others when making the game.

So when she moved in a couple of days ago and came to visit and chat with Xiaolin and the others, she was incredibly envious of them. Although she didn't know how many game projects they had, she knew from Xiaolin and the others' constant expansion that there must be quite a few.

In addition, Tsuchimikado Fuyu is a sole proprietor, completely undisturbed by the outside world, only making the games he likes, regardless of whether the games can make money. Anyway, as game developers for many years, they are particularly envious.

“If you’re envious, why not join our company? You know we’re short-staffed right now. We have tons of game projects, but unfortunately, we’re short-handed to do them. Your Flying Eagle Leap is so amazing, you’d definitely be assigned to several games if you came. I heard we even have RPGs.” Ryoko Gokou exclaimed.

"A...a whole bunch?" Shizuku swallowed hard. "Are you kidding me? Do you really think a good game is like plain rice?"

"Believe it or not, I'm not going to tell you anything unless you join me." Ryoko Gokou shrugged and chuckled to herself as she saw Shizuku Hazuki's reaction.

The reason why Ryoko Gokou said that was because after Shizuku Hazuki came to visit last time, Kobayashi and Makoto Takiya had their eyes on Hitaka Jump and wanted to find an opportunity to poach them, since their production skills were indeed quite good.

For some reason, Shizuku Hazuki and Ryoko Gokou got along exceptionally well. Their relationship improved rapidly after just one meeting, so the task of poaching her was assigned to Ryoko Gokou.

Chapter 655 As expected of siblings

Shizuku Hazuki came upstairs to play for a while, and after learning that Kobayashi and the others were in a meeting, she left, inviting Kuroneko to visit their company before she left.

Although her company consists of only her and her cat, she is known as Boss Shuiyun.

However, after learning that they were the production company behind the "Elf Story" series, Black Cat immediately said that he would definitely visit them when he had time.

After all, she quite enjoyed playing this game when she was little.

After Shizuku Hazuki left, Kuroneko wandered around to other areas and saw her father struggling with game stats in a corner of an office. After exchanging greetings, her father got back into the stat analysis.

After wandering around the company for a while, Black Cat gradually started to feel a bit bored.

After all, the jobs she could understand were mostly either not yet started or were nearing completion; the ones she was still working overtime on were mostly things she couldn't understand, like programming...

Although the black cat in the original story is said to know some game programming, in reality, she doesn't know any at all.

Perhaps due to the butterfly effect, Black Cat's submissions were unsuccessful for a period of time because he wanted to learn coding.

However, not long after she had that idea, she regained her hope and gave up learning to code because Tsuchimikado Toyo tutored her.

However, she does practice drawing occasionally, because she believes that only the author truly understands her, so only illustrations drawn by the author are the most suitable.

Well, Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't object to her idea, but he didn't support it either.

Illustration is a matter of opinion, and it's not that one person's idea is right or wrong.

As long as Black Cat has the time, and the quality is not a problem, it's quite good that the author draws his own illustrations.

However, most authors, having finally finished writing before the deadline and able to relax without worrying about being locked up, would be so foolish as to draw illustrations. That would be a waste of time!

Leave professional matters to professionals!

As for the black cat... well, although Tsuchimikado Fuyu doesn't really believe she can make it in time, she hasn't submitted her work yet, so there's plenty of time. Letting her give it a try won't hurt.

……

After the meeting, Tsuchimikado Fuyu happened to see Gokou Ryoko, who was on her way to Tohru's office to hand in some documents, and quickly greeted her, "Aunt Ryoko, I didn't expect you and Uncle to actually come."

"Oh dear, we have to thank Fuyu-kun for giving us time to spend with Hyuga and the others," Ryoko Gokou said with a smile.

"Ryoko-nee is very capable. Since she came to the company, she has managed the personnel department very well." At this moment, Kobayashi came out and did not hold back his praise.

"It's not that good, Kobayashi. If you keep saying that, Tohru will get jealous again," Ryoko Gokou said, covering her face shyly.

"This relationship feels a bit complicated..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu said helplessly, "Cousin, you've suddenly become a generation above me for no reason."

“Each has their own opinion.” Kobayashi glanced calmly at Tsuchimikado Fuyu, but her eyes were full of admiration.

This idiot finally got it. Not only did he find two great girlfriends at the same time, but he also managed to get both of them into the company as a bonus.

Black Cat's parents are both quite capable. Ryoko Gokou only took two days to arrive in HR and she managed to reorganize the company's personnel department, making the two previous HR employees completely obedient.