I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Chen Ya smiled and invited her to sit down. Qin Sulan was flattered and smoothed her skirt as she sat down opposite him.

"How's the assignment coming along?" Chen Ya asked with a smile, his arms crossed.

Qin Sulan quickly handed over a large stack of documents in her hand.

"It's all done. I stayed up all night last night to finish it. Some parts might be a little... rough, mainly because the time was too tight."

For a moment, Chen Ya showed a surprised expression, then took the materials and began to study them carefully.

Qin Sulan sat stiffly in place, staring at Chen Ya, afraid that he would show a displeased expression.

After staring at him for a while, her thought was... damn handsome.

Despite her good looks, Qin Sulan knew she would never have that chance in her lifetime.

She herself was of average appearance, and judging by looks alone, she could not possibly be as good as him, not to mention that he was also very capable. She gave up on the idea long ago.

Extinguish the fire in your heart and you will feel cool; without those worldly desires, you will find peace.

What's more... they also have President Gu.

Stealing a glance at Gu Yuqing, who was standing next to her with her long, silk-stockinged legs crossed high, Qin Sulan swallowed hard.

So long! So straight!

So slippery!

Qin Sulan began to understand why her female colleagues also wanted to get close to President Gu.

Even though we're all girls, she smells really good.

For a moment, she was so distracted that she didn't hear what Chen Ya said clearly. She only snapped back to reality when Chen Ya asked her.

"what?"

What did you gain from this trip abroad? How did you feel about it?

Qin Sulan lowered her head: "I have a lot of feelings, but... I'm not very good at expressing myself, so I can't explain it clearly."

"It's okay, just say what's on your mind, don't be nervous."

Qin Sulan wanted to slap herself. She felt utterly useless; her voice had been trembling with nervousness.

"My main feeling is... I'm very tired."

She thought for a long time, and this was the only thing she could think of.

Qin Sulan felt like she was going to cry from her own stupidity, having squandered such a great opportunity to be appreciated by her superiors.

Chen Ya smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, the tasks I assigned you far exceed the normal workload of seven days, so you'll definitely be tired."

Qin Sulan felt tears welling up in her eyes: "Then why did you set up so much..."

“My original plan was for you to finish it within half a month after returning to China, but I was surprised that you finished it as soon as you returned.”

Qin Sulan was speechless with grief after hearing this.

Chen Ya said, "How about I don't assign you any work this week, and you can take a break?"

"No, no, boss, I'm fine." Qin Sulan quickly straightened her posture.

I had to work incredibly hard just to keep myself from falling behind at the company.

If she wastes the opportunity she has earned, she will definitely regret it later.

"Rest is also part of work. You'll have a lot of work to do next, so don't collapse."

Qin Sulan was immediately thrilled: He cares about me, he has me in his heart!

Qin Sulan was overwhelmed by a feeling of immense happiness.

Gu Yuqing, without even raising her head, clearly and loudly uttered a disdainful sound:

"Tsk."

Chen Ya turned to her, smiling gently, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Say something auspicious."

Chen Ya said, "It's just ordinary concern for the employees."

"Yeah, when are you not paying attention to the opposite sex?"

Gu Yuqing's voice sounded extremely jealous, so much so that even Qin Sulan could smell it.

Chen Ya decided to ignore Gu Yuqing and turned to Qin Sulan to continue, "Since you're so passionate about your work, we can talk about the PV..."

Qin Sulan's gaze darted back and forth between Gu Yuqing and Chen Ya, her mind completely blank, and she didn't hear a word Chen Ya said.

She suddenly realized that this couple was really adorable.

President Gu is the kind of arrogant female lead who appears gentle on the surface but has an extremely strong possessive desire, while President Chen is the kind of domineering CEO who is confrontational and argumentative but only shows deep affection for one person.

This evenly matched couple has so many endless combinations that Qin Sulan is left wavering and unsure which side she's on.

She only realized what she had just heard after she left the office.

What? PV?

The game's PV is coming out so soon?

According to industry practice, a large-scale game typically releases more than three official PVs upon its release.

A trailer PV is usually released in the early stages of development.

The purpose is to let everyone know that we have a game that is now in development, and everyone can look forward to it.

Manufacturers who release such PVs are either well-known, have a broad customer base, or have their own fixed gaming audience.

Either the manufacturer itself has excellent technical capabilities and is very confident in the quality of the PV, believing that players will wave their money and shout that they want to join the game after watching the PV.

If there's any other reason, it's that small manufacturers want to attract attention through PV (page view) in order to attract talent or investment.

If you don't have anything to offer, then it's best not to release a PV and humiliate yourself.

Qin Sulan was quite clear about the situation of her own company: it was a game company whose resume only listed the development of "Sheep and the Sheep".

As for the effects of a PV developed by our own company, well, that's up to fate.

After all, no one expects a game company that developed "Sheep and the Sheep" to come up with some kind of trump card.

However, Qin Sulan had no objection to the release of the PV.

After all, according to Mr. Chen's idea, this PV was entirely based on actual gameplay footage, and the characters and combat content were all taken from existing materials.

In other words, creating this PV won't require too much extra effort, but it can also hone the team's collaboration skills.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the launch PV for Beichen's "Original Demon Project" has been released.

...On the Pineapple Pineapple website, a long-dormant account suddenly came back to life.

Many Pineapple users rubbed their eyes the moment they saw the update notification on their phones.

What?! Grandpa, your favorite content creator has updated!

Although Beichen Company's previous game, "Sheep, Sheep," earned the company countless criticisms...

But it wasn't all bad reputation.

A byproduct of "Sheep, Sheep, Sheep", it unexpectedly became popular on Pineapple Pineapple and created its own legend.

That's the game's theme song, "Ordinary Disco".

The song achieved its Hall of Fame status at lightning speed on the third day after its release, and then soared to new heights as its popularity grew.

It single-handedly defeated all the gods and monsters of the week, surpassing the second-ranked song on the charts by more than double.

To others, "Sheep's a Sheep" might be considered 10 or even 9 out of 10 evils, but in the hearts of V-circle players, "Ordinary Disco" deserves a lot of credit.

Unfortunately, after releasing a hit song, this account disappeared without a trace, not appearing for two whole months.

Pineapple users are generally kind-hearted; even if the content creator doesn't update, they won't easily unfollow or unsubscribe.

At 8:00 AM that day, many fans received a push notification on their phones:

"Genshin Impact Prologue PV: The Stranger Without Wind"

"The survivors have burned out, but the successors have not yet appeared."

"Let this world burn, for you are about to ascend."

……

"what is this?"

Fans were somewhat confused by the title and description.

But whatever it is, I'll just grab a front-row seat as soon as I see the first play.

Grandpa! Your favorite content creator has updated!

"First floor, front row! Mom, I've made it big!"

"Smart people have already started playing, but even smarter people are commenting directly in the comments section!"

Soon, the number of comments on the video gradually increased.

Inside Beichen Company, Qin Sulan, Xu Zheqing, and Zhao Yuanhai were carrying small stools, holding potato chips, peanuts, and popcorn, and were nervously updating their page view (PV) data.

The PV was completed a few days ago. All three of them had participated in PV production to some extent, and they were all curious about the reviews after the PV was released.

However, the company released the PV quietly, without buying trending topics or organizing employees to post comments, which made them all start to get anxious.

"There aren't many useful comments yet," Xu Zheqing said, scrolling through his mouse. "It's only been a minute since it was posted, and many fans haven't even finished watching the video."

"Let's watch the video and see the final product," Qin Sulan said nervously.

Zhao Yuanhai nodded: "I've only been involved in operations, not production, and I haven't seen what the PV looks like yet."

Xu Zheqing clicked on the video.

First, the Beichen logo slowly appeared on the black screen, then gradually faded out.

Then, a white-haired cartoon character appeared on the screen:

"You're finally awake!"

...This opening is somewhat reminiscent of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—old-fashioned, yet classic.

But to the three onlookers, it had a unique charm.

After all, this is a work I helped create, so the emotional connection is different.

Then, the screen unfolds, the protagonist of the game appears, and the entire frame expands, displaying the terrain and topography of the entire map.

Qin Sulan covered her mouth, her eyes shining, and said, "Look, look! This is the art style of the map that I designed!"

Xu Zheqing clapped and said mercilessly, "Great job."

Seeing this, Zhao Yuanhai pointed to a line of small print in the lower right corner and said, "Game engine live-action footage?"

Xu Zheqing glanced at it and said, "That means this is a live demonstration of the entire game. What you see in the PV is exactly what you'll experience in the game."

Zhao Yuanhai was somewhat dazed as he continued watching the video.

Halfway through the video, he finally couldn't help but ask, "This... is what our company is developing really a mobile game?"

Qin Sulan and Xu Zheqing turned to look at him and said in unison, "Yes, what's wrong?"

Zhao Yuanhai scratched his head: "What's wrong? This is completely different from the mobile games I remember."

Zhao Yuanhai is also a veteran anime fan; he has played quite a few anime-themed mobile games.

The earliest mobile games he played are ones that people today have never even heard of: "Goddess Control" and "Millions of Arthurians"...

These games are now relics of a bygone era.

In his mind, the characteristics of anime-style mobile games are two-dimensional characters and gacha mechanics.

One character illustration and one animated image are enough to make people admire them for ages and spend money like crazy.

The battles are just paper cutouts fighting and colliding with each other, but players can still enjoy watching them.

Although Zhao Yuanhai himself was addicted to pay-to-win games, he was well aware that most mobile games were just scams to make money.

They either use leaderboards and stats to sell power levels, giving paying players a sense of superiority over free players;

They either sell character illustrations and designs to create a cyber waifu for players, and then use a gambling-like system to trick players into spending money on their cyber waifus.