My game is depressing worldwide.

at the same time.

9th floor, Building A, Yanxin Building.

This is the new address of the mental hospital's workroom. It's not fully operational yet, and some furniture and equipment needed for the work haven't arrived.

However, the expanded interviews were still held here.

The door to the reception room opened and closed again.

"Have you considered...?"

"No need to think about it, I'll join."

"......"

"Mr. Chen, what's the problem?"

"I'm completely stumped. None of my prepared explanations came up." Chen Xuan rubbed his temples. "I'm curious, we've only been talking for less than five minutes, and you've already made a decision?"

The person opposite is Gong Jing, who is the former colleague that Shen Qingtu mentioned earlier. He was the numerical planner for Zheng Yanbin's "Starry Night Promise" project team, the producer of Tianshuo.

He was somewhat unkempt, and unlike most of the energetic young people in the studio, he seemed a bit lazy and listless.

However, some of their shrewdness cannot be hidden.

"I'm a bit older, and I can't compare to a prodigy like President Chen who achieved fame at a young age, but I do have some experience in judging people and situations." Gong Jing chuckled. "Zheng Yanbin has been living too comfortably these past few years with Tianshuo backing him up. He's long lost the drive to make good products. It's time for him to switch sides."

"Then why me?" Chen Xuan asked curiously. "Although we've produced some minor hits, our studio is still just a small fry compared to a behemoth like Tianshuo."

"Excessive modesty is no fun," Gong Jing said meaningfully, glancing at the bustling traffic outside the glass curtain wall. "Starting as an indie game studio, without funding or resources, relying solely on each game to grow to this level, such a feat is rare in the history of the game industry."

Chen Xuan was very pleased with this unintentional yet sincere flattery.

But before he could speak...

Ring ring~

The phone rang first.

Gong Jing frowned slightly and took out his phone to take a look.

"Excuse me, Mr. Chen, I need to take this call."

"Please go ahead."

As Gong Jing stepped out of the meeting room, he answered the phone.

"President Zheng! You're such a busy man, what made you think of calling me?"

On the phone, Zheng Yanbin's voice came through, tinged with coldness: "Gong Jing, haven't I treated you well enough?"

"Of course, you are my benefactor."

"Everyone has their own ambitions, and I won't criticize you for leaving your job to pursue better opportunities. But you've ended up working in a mental hospital's workroom?!"

"Yes, I'm talking to General Manager Chen right now, and we've already finalized the onboarding details."

Zheng Yanbin: ......

What's with this feeling of being NTR'd and then making a live phone call?

"Is this how you treat important people?"

"What do you mean? I didn't do anything wrong to you." Gong Jing was somewhat surprised. "A few years ago, your mobile game suffered a reputation collapse due to design issues. It was only because I meticulously controlled the numerical values ​​that it survived for two years. Could you become the producer of Tianshuo's flagship second game now?"

Zheng Yanbin was speechless for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Don't you know about the rift between me and that brat Chen Xuan? Of all the game companies out there, why did you have to betray me and go to the 'Asylum Studio'?"

Gong Jing was even more puzzled and asked, "But haven't you been the one making things difficult all along? President Chen hasn't targeted you at all. You couldn't even handle a small studio, and you almost got yourself into trouble. How can you blame me for betraying you?"

Lies don't hurt people; the truth is the sharpest knife.

The next second, a roar came.

"Didn't get it sorted out?! I was just giving them a warning. If I really wanted to destroy a small studio, it would be a piece of cake! Besides, my position as producer, Zheng Yanbin, is secure, and the CEO trusts me. How could I possibly get caught up in this mess!"

Gong Jing touched his nose.

Earlier this year, a character named Zheng Tu said something similar, which became a meme at the time.

You both have the surname Zheng.

Should I reply to you with something like, "Old Zheng, it seems like working in the gaming industry isn't for you?"

I'll let it go for the sake of him being my former boss.

"In short, I'm very optimistic about the future of Asylum Studio. Although Mr. Chen is young, he's quite capable and a natural-born game genius. I've made my decision. Okay, Lao Zheng, I'm hanging up now. Let's have a drink later."

"Wait! I haven't finished saying that..."

"Oh, by the way, Lao Zheng, please don't call me during my work hours anymore. If there's anything, talk to me after get off work. I'm afraid Mr. Chen might misunderstand."

Then, ignoring it, he hung up the phone decisively, disregarding the sinister tone on the other end that sounded like he wanted to kill someone.

Um......

I hung up a bit too early.

When Gong Jing decided to join, Shen Qingtu told him to tell Zheng Yanbin not to pester her like a lapdog and to stop bothering the Asylum Studio.

I forgot to mention.

Then let's send a WeChat message.

Shortly after the message was sent, Zheng Yanbin replied.

It is a 58-second audio message.

Then came another 60-second voice message.

60 seconds is the limit for WeChat, not Zheng Yanbin's limit.

Gong Jing leisurely adjusted the mute function.

"Hey Zheng, that's no fun. The only people who can get me to reply to messages actively, besides work, are Zhouzhou from Xingyuehui and No. 67 from Tianhai Bathing City."

Back in the reception room.

The two had already discussed the matter extensively, and after further discussion about salary, the deal was finalized.

"Planner Gong, I have no intention of interfering in my employees' personal lives, but..." Chen Xuan coughed lightly, "There are many young people in the studio, so please don't take them to foot massage parlors or karaoke so often, okay?"

"Hey, those are all stereotypes. We Renwang Shield owners just enjoy life and making friends. Don't you see how we get along so well whether we're in a Cadillac Escalade or a CT5? Cadillac owners might even offer cigarettes to CT5 owners!"

Ha ha.

Just like a fisherman, the first thing he asks when he meets someone is whether they have any fish, right?

In every sense of the word.

Once this matter was settled, Chen Xuan immediately went to the other side.

The Asylum Studio is known for its high productivity. With Chen Xuan, who is a cheat code, many things are skipped, and there is no need for unnecessary discussions or repeated agonizing. They can directly rush towards the finished product.

In this situation, a platform for communication with players is needed.

Live streaming is a great format.

Not only will Honkai Impact 3rd continue the tradition of its predecessors by conducting previews and teasers for the new version.

For all future games, development progress will be regularly updated to players via live stream.

Referencing Night City from Cyberpunk 2077.

However, today's previews are for Clannad and Honkai Impact 3.

Sun Zhirui has arrived.

She is quite well-known in the industry, after all, she comes from Hongtu Studio, a professional action game studio, and has designed many interesting and popular gameplay systems.

Today she was supposed to be a guest on the program "Honkai Impact 3: Face to Face with the Planner".

However, this is just a gimmick.

Her true identity is that of Gundyr, the first victim of the Dark Souls demo.

However, at this moment, this star-struck little devil was still clinging to Su Xing, chasing after her idol offline.

He had an attitude that said, "I have absolutely no interest in joining the asylum workshop."