tkworld #319 - Wu Liang: I am just a pure clown! Xia Shangyu starts looking for a toy company (2 in 1)
#319 - Wu Liang: I am just a pure clown! Xia Shangyu starts looking for a toy company (2 in 1)
Upon entering the company's reception area, Wu Liang and his colleagues were amazed by the luxurious interior.
Good heavens, this level of grandeur surpasses even the headquarters of the Liu Group!
However, he didn't intend to concede defeat so easily!
He turned and called over a girl from his entourage: "Yingying, please present the cooperation documents to Director Lu for his review."
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall woman stepped forward from the group.
This young woman wore heavy makeup, revealing a seductive smile, dressed in a tight-fitting OL uniform with a high-slit pencil skirt, and Valentino high heels.
The eyes of the men present were all drawn to her.
Wu Liang felt smug, this was another way he had prepared to show off: a beautiful woman!
Yingying was recognized within Youyi as the company flower; sending such a beauty was to demonstrate our company's wealth of talent and strength!
Although he couldn't see the expressions behind Zhang Fan and the others' sunglasses, he imagined their eyes were popping out.
Lu Yu merely glanced at Yingying, then raised his hand to stop her, saying:
"Hey, no rush. Let's take a bath first, then have lunch. We can discuss the collaboration after we eat."
He clapped his hands.
Subsequently, the small door behind the company's front desk opened, and the Tangtang Five Sisters made a glamorous entrance.
They made a heart shape to the group of visitors.
"Hello everyone~ We are~(〃'▽'〃)"
"The Tangtang Five Sisters~ヾ(ｏω)"
"Welcome everyone to visit Peach Blossom Village~Kira~(ゝω)☆"
The five sisters wore black and white lace maid dresses, white cat-ear headbands, butterfly knots around their waists, cat-paw gloves on their hands, and fluffy cat tails attached to the back of their skirts.
Their little feet, clad in white silk stockings, were like ice cream on a hot summer day.
Although they wore the same outfits, the five sisters had different personalities.
The eldest sister, Marshmallow, was delicate and dignified; the second sister was playful and cute; the third sister was a legal loli; the fourth sister was mysterious and aloof; and the fifth sister was charming and sexy.
The employees of Youyi were indeed staring wide-eyed.
Holy crap?
Fivefold happiness?!
These five little beauties had both sexiness and cuteness, encompassing everything from loli to mature women.
It was only when compared that one could see the difference!
They suddenly felt that the aloof goddesses in their company, whom they had been fawning over, were nothing more than that.
Compared to the five sisters, they were just vulgar women!
However, Milk Candy seemed very shy and didn't dare to look over here, keeping her head down and pursing her lips the whole time.
Did she have no experience interacting with boys?
And Caramel Candy was even more of a heavyweight!
Many Youyi employees recognized her at a glance:
"Y- Yang-jie?!"
Wasn't this Yang-jie (stage name Caramel Candy), the former operations director of the Leopard Tooth live-streaming division of the Liu Group, and the former Douyu first sister?!
Back then, Yang-jie was a whirlwind within the group, with the image of a powerful businesswoman, how impressive!
How... how could she be wearing such an embarrassing cat-ear maid outfit and acting cute here?
At this moment, Caramel Candy, who hadn't expected her former colleagues to visit, was also stunned.
But under the immense pressure of extreme embarrassment, she couldn't think of what expression to use to face her old acquaintances, so she chose to stop thinking.
Caramel Candy's eyes gradually became vacant.
There's nothing to be afraid of anymore...
Actually, the reason she continued to choose to stay in Peach Blossom Village after discovering that everyone in the company was weird was simple: the benefits here were too good! Especially the vacations.
Moreover, although the colleagues were a bit strange, they were all simple-minded people, and she liked the working atmosphere here very much, and she was very happy working with the other Tangtang sisters.
But she couldn't explain this to Wu Liang and the others in a short time,
So she simply gave up.
Wu Liang didn't know any of this. At this time, he was completely dumbfounded.
Why were Yang-jie's eyes so empty?
Considering the images of Lu Yu and Zhang Fan and the others,
How terrifying, wouldn't she have been like this and then like that in this Peach Blossom Village company, and then be unable to leave here completely...
Other Youyi employees had already begun to imagine doujin plots, shivering.
"Secretary Wu."
Lu Yu patted him on the shoulder, startling him.
"What are you spacing out for? Take the towel. Let's go downstairs for a swim and soak in the hot springs to relieve fatigue."
"Oh."
Wu Liang and the others mechanically accepted the disposable towels handed over by the five sisters.
...
Afterwards, Lu Yu took Wu Liang and the others to soak in the hot springs for an hour, enjoying the sauna and SPA massage.
After the bath, they started from the second floor and successively visited the company's various facilities.
The more Wu Liang saw, the more shocked he became!
Good heavens, this could almost be called a real health resort. What did it have to do with a game company?
After arriving at the third-floor restaurant, Wu Liang and his employees enjoyed a full fish banquet.
As he was about to leave, he suddenly caught sight of Fan Jing busy in the back kitchen and exclaimed:
"Chef Fan Jing? The head chef of Guwei Jiangnan? The gold medal winner of the recent Chinese Culinary Competition?"
When he heard Lu Yu mention Fan Jing downstairs, he thought it was just a homonym, but he didn't expect it to be the master himself?
Fan Jing turned around and smiled:
"I left Guwei Jiangnan a year ago. Director Lu sponsored me to participate in this culinary competition."
Lu Yu picked his teeth with a toothpick and waved his hand, saying:
"Teacher Fan Jing usually makes meals for our employees, which is very hard work. It's only right to help a little."
Wu Liang's jaw almost dropped to the ground.
Damn it, Youyi employees only dared to go to restaurants of Guwei Jiangnan's level once a year for company dinners.
You actually kept a Michelin three-star chef, a gold medal master of the culinary competition, to make employee meals?
This was too extravagant?!
The other Youyi employees' faces were also filled with real-name envy.
Later, after Wu Liang visited the company's employees' office area and the leisurely everyday life king and afternoon tea activities, he was numb.
Originally, he had prepared a lot of words in his stomach today to show off Youyi's company facilities and benefits to Lu Yu,
But now he was glad he didn't say it in advance, otherwise he would have looked too much like a clown!
Seeing that the people he brought were also restless, Wu Liang decided he couldn't delay any longer!
It was time to instigate Director Lu to jump into the fire pit and develop FPS games.
He cleared his throat and began to say the lines he had prepared in advance:
"Thank you for your hospitality, Director Lu. Let's talk about the cooperation. You know our Youyi company's achievements in the game industry, especially game sales..."
Just as he was about to brag about Youyi to increase persuasiveness, Li Hongmei walked over and interrupted:
"Director Lu, this is the monthly game project revenue report. Please take a look."
Lu Yu casually took it and looked at it.
Seeing that the sales of various new and old products were all soaring, Lu Yu felt a pang of frustration.
Damn it, I can't let the employees taste the sweetness of explosive hits anymore, it's getting more and more competitive!
He casually threw the report on the table and said indifferently: "That's not important. Has this month's across-the-board salary increase been implemented?"
Li Hongmei: "The personnel department is talking to each employee one-on-one, striving to negotiate a satisfactory price for everyone."
Wu Liang secretly glanced at the numbers on the report.
Good heavens!
Many of the games on this report, judging from the data and growth trends alone, were no less than Youyi's main games,
If you only count the emerging VR games, Peach Blossom Village could even surpass Youyi!
However, in the face of such terrifying data, this Director Lu actually behaved so lightly, even uninterested,
It seems that he is still not satisfied with such results, the big boss is terrifying!
Wu Liang directly swallowed the words he wanted to use sales to overwhelm people.
Now, of the drafts he had prepared in advance, only the scale of users could be used.
After all, Youyi started earlier in the domestic market and has accumulated a large user base, with a solid foundation.
Just as he was about to speak, Meng Yue from the Business Operations Center walked over:
"Director Lu, we have received a large number of requests for language localization from global players again..."
Lu Yu rubbed his eyebrows.
Here we go again!
Adding multilingual overseas versions will not only increase the workload of employees, but also require the recruitment of a large number of international operations personnel,
Moreover, this will make the game more popular, which is the rhythm of rolling towards the world!
But now, he obviously couldn't stop it anymore, because the system had already popped up a warning of negative slack.
He had to reluctantly agree.
Seeing the enthusiasm of global players, Wu Liang swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.
The reason was simple. Although Youyi is currently sitting firmly in the second place in the domestic market, it doesn't have much presence in the international market, and it hasn't produced a breakout game that can interest international players.
What is the scale of the global market? He was just showing off in front of Director Lu when he boasted about his own user scale.
Wu Liang even felt terrified and in awe of Lu Yu.
Why was Director Lu's expression so unwilling when he heard about going international?
He must be dissatisfied with the current game quality of Peach Blossom Village, and he wants to give global players a better gaming experience!
Damn it, as expected of the annual dark horse enterprise in the technology circle last year, it has already rolled to this point!
...
At this time, the sun had already set.
Wu Liang felt that this day had been a bit dazed, and he was about to lose his original ambition.
What was the purpose of today? To put pressure on negotiations!
To reflect the strength of his own group!
To reflect the favor and almsgiving of a large company to a small company!
But after this series of operations just now, he felt that he was a pure clown!
Depressed,
Too depressed!
Wu Liang, who had already lost all hope, did not hold out hope of persuading Lu Yu, and only wanted to seize the time to complete the task as a matter of routine, and then go home to heal his injuries.
"Director Lu, in addition to communicating with you about technical cooperation matters, I would also like to give you a suggestion. I think Peach Blossom Village might as well develop a new FPS game next, and then launch it as a flagship product on both of our platforms, how about it?"
After he finished speaking, he felt uneasy.
Director Lu's level is probably about to see through his little thoughts.
If Director Lu is furious, will he be able to walk out of the gate of Peach Blossom Village today?
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said it, Lu Yu nodded and said:
"Okay, okay."
Wu Liang: "??????????"
He almost thought he heard it wrong, and said in a daze: "Director Lu... you agreed to do FPS?"
Lu Yu spread his hands and said indifferently: "It can be done, what can't be done."
Just right, the extra task of this round of the cycle is also to make an FPS to hand over.
Wu Liang was a little dumbfounded.
In order to be able to fool success today, he prepared drafts for several days in advance, racking his brains and exhausting his energy at home, staying up until the middle of the night, and then came up with a lot of rhetoric to persuade the other party.
As a result, after this Director Lu held back his rhetoric one by one, he directly agreed?
...
At this time, Liu Mengyuan, who was sitting not far away, frowned when she heard the conversation between the two, and walked over and said:
"I think this matter still needs to be considered in the long term."
When Wu Liang saw Liu Mengyuan, he suddenly straightened up and said: "Hello, Miss!"
Liu Mengyuan nodded to him and explained:
"Secretary Wu is willing to think about Peach Blossom Village, we are very moved by this enthusiasm,
However, Peach Blossom Village does not have FPS game development experience. This type of game has a very high technical threshold. It tests the accumulation of gun feel, technical art and level design,
Moreover, the funds invested in this kind of big scene game will not be a small number,
In addition, Longteng and Tenghui have announced their entry into the FPS market, and they are using the national IP Crossfire. Peach Blossom Village's current size and development capabilities are competing with this level of opponent, I am afraid that it will not be able to get any advantage."
Wu Liang was sweating coldly.
Good guy, as expected of the eldest lady, she directly pointed out where he wanted to trick Peach Blossom Village!
Seeing Wu Liang's unnatural expression, Liu Mengyuan sneered.
Little sample, do you think I don't know what you are thinking?
Don't forget what my identity is!
I have witnessed the board of directors grow up with those people, so I naturally know the corporate culture of the Liu Group.
If there is a good thing, will you come to us?
This is simply a death game!
If I guessed correctly, are you Youyi secretly preparing an FPS masterpiece?
Peach Blossom Village is just a green leaf to set off the red flowers.
At this time, Lu Yu was overjoyed when he heard Liu Mengyuan's analysis!
Hahaha, this is really wanting to sleep and come to the pillow!
No development experience in the FPS field? High investment cost? Strong competitors?
Yes!
That's right!
Isn't this a proper street project potential? As long as this project is operated properly, it can extinguish the hearts of all employees in the company!
So, Lu Yu smiled and said:
"I don't think this is a problem. These difficulties can be overcome slowly. Who doesn't start from scratch when developing a new field?"
He complained in his heart: Starting from scratch, I'm just using these words to fool you, this is called being overwhelmed.
Originally, Wu Liang had lost all hope, and when he heard Lu Yu say this, he suddenly came to his senses:
"Director Lu, you are right, as the saying goes, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step!
As long as your company is willing to do FPS, we Youyi can provide you with a large number of our own promotion channels for publicity and distribution."
Lu Yu hesitated when he heard this.
Why are you promoting me? Wouldn't that increase the influence of my work?
Liu Mengyuan interjected at this moment:
"But, if the quality of the work isn't up to par, a lot of promotion might accelerate the spread of negative reviews, bringing unfavorable effects…"
Lu Yu understood as soon as he heard this!
That's right, if it's originally a piece of garbage, wouldn't accelerating the promotion exacerbate the decline in reputation?
He looked at Liu Mengyuan with satisfaction, his eyes full of encouragement,
Truly worthy of being my good wife!
Keep up the good work!
He nodded and said:
"In that case, we'll gladly accept the promotional resources that Secretary Wu is willing to provide."
Liu Mengyuan wanted to continue persuading Lu Yu, but when she saw the encouraging look Lu Yu gave her, she suddenly froze.
Wait!
Could it be that Lu Yu, as a master schemer, has another consideration in his heart?
Is there a possibility that the look he gave her was both an appreciation for her seeing through Wu Liang's scheme and an encouragement for her to think one layer deeper?
In other words, Lu Yu is actually using a counter-strategy?!
He already has a plan in mind on how to do FPS well and how to use Youyi's resources to turn the tables?!
He even wants to take this opportunity to train my master schemer thinking?
Thinking of this, a wave of sweetness welled up in Liu Mengyuan's heart.
This man, he really, I'm so touched!
[Liu Mengyuan is deeply moved by your advice and hints, triggering a critical hit, Leisure Points +120]
Seeing the system prompt, Lu Yu also nodded with satisfaction.
Yes, that's right, you should give me more hints about the pitfalls of the project in the future, so that I can accurately step on them,
Keep it up, my good wife!
Seeing that Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and unanimously agreed, Wu Liang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Good heavens, the two of you are singing a duet, agreeing and disagreeing, giving me a roller coaster ride here?
After that, Wu Liang bid farewell to Peach Garden Village and set off back to the company.
Only after the car drove a long way did he completely relax, his expression gradually becoming presumptuous.
Today, although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was good.
Peach Garden Village has already successfully stepped into the pit, and now all that's left is to watch this company completely stumble and then ask President Shi for credit and rewards.
Thinking of the upcoming promotion and salary increase, he couldn't restrain the corners of his mouth and even laughed wildly to the sky with joy:
"Hahahahaha!"
……
The next day.
Lu Yu sat at his workstation and thought for a while,
In this round of the cycle, the extra task of launching FPS has been determined to be done,
In addition, the system's surprise mission requires the acquisition of a trendy toy company, it's time to get this done.
He called the company's headhunting director, Xia Shangyu, over.
It should be said that he was dissatisfied with Xia Shangyu's betrayal in the previous cycle, so before issuing this acquisition task, Lu Yu decided to knock on this girl first:
"Sister Xia, it's like this, you found Teacher Mao Wuyong's team last time, I think... you found it well, very well!"
Hearing this, Xia Shangyu's heart pounded, how did she feel that President Lu said this praise almost through gritted teeth?
Sure enough, Lu Yu changed the subject: "But, in fact, your understanding of the task deviates from what I originally envisioned, do you understand what I mean?"
Xia Shangyu was shocked!
Could it be that my slacking and touching fish behavior of randomly finding acquisition targets from WeChat Moments was discovered by President Lu?