You said you would make games by yourself, but how did you become the richest man by doing nothing?

It was a midsummer afternoon, and the sun in the magic city scattered into the office through the French windows, with a subtle atmosphere of air conditioning and coffee.

The employees of the Peach Garden Utopia studio were busy with their own tasks. The sound of keyboards typing code, the whispers of planning discussions, and the friction of the art team's handwriting boards intertwined to form a unique symphony for game developers.

However, today's atmosphere was somewhat unusual.

The door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open. Lu Yu had one hand in his pocket and the other holding a document. With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he scanned everyone in the room.

"Everyone, let's have a short meeting. I have an important decision to announce."

Mo Xiaoxuan put down the plan in his hand, pushed his glasses, and looked at him suspiciously: "What's so formal?"

"Yeah, haven't we just optimized the plot framework recently? Why is there a new arrangement suddenly?" Zhang Qiqi also looked puzzled.

Chu Xiong folded his arms and frowned, "It's not another new extension of your 'lying flat philosophy', is it?"

Lu Yu smiled, casually threw the document on the table, and said in a brisk and natural tone: "It's not lying flat, it's gathering materials."

Everyone: "?"

Gathering materials?

They make games, and gathering materials is normal.

But the problem is - every time Lu Yu says "gathering materials", it is accompanied by some kind of shocking and outrageous operation.

Sure enough, in the next second, Lu Yu announced with a smile: "From today on, our Peach Garden Utopia's employee benefits will be fully upgraded."

The conference room exploded immediately.

"First of all, all employees must rest at least four days a week, and any form of overtime is strictly prohibited."

"Secondly, all positions will receive at least five days of paid leave per month, and annual leave will be doubled."

"Then, a 'relaxation fund' will be established within the company, providing 20 days of full-pay 'inspiration leave' every year. Employees can travel around the world and experience life, and all expenses will be reimbursed by the company."

"In addition, our cafeteria menu will be upgraded, all meals will be free, and the food standards will be guaranteed to be no less than those of a five-star hotel."

"In order to improve everyone's work happiness, the company will provide an 'interest subsidy' every month. Whether you want to learn to play the guitar, learn to dive, learn to race, or want to take a drone license, the company will fully reimburse you."

"In addition, the company will organize two overseas team building activities every year, with no destination limit. Employees can vote to decide whether they want to ski in Switzerland or snorkel in the Maldives."

"Finally, a mental health center will be established within the company to provide professional psychological counseling services to ensure that every employee can devote themselves to work in the best condition."

The conference room was silent.

It was as if even the air had solidified at this moment.

Everyone's eyes widened, their expressions sluggish, as if they suspected they had misheard.

"...Brother Lu, are you serious?"

Zhang Qiqi's hands trembled slightly, almost unable to believe her ears.

"We are a game company, not a charity!" Mo Xiaoxuan pushed his glasses, his tone revealing obvious shock.

"These benefits, can they really...be realized?" Chu Xiong frowned. Reason wanted him to refute, but his heart had already begun to calculate the cost of these benefits like crazy.

"Of course, they can be realized." Lu Yu nodded as a matter of course, "Money is earned to be spent, otherwise, will it just go moldy?"

"But, but..."

"There are no buts. This is not spending money, but investing." Lu Yu stretched out his finger and tapped the table lightly, "Don't you understand? Only when employees are happy in their lives can they create games that truly touch people's hearts."

"We are making open-world games, and the best open world is not created by the planner's imagination, but by the accumulation of real-life experiences."

"How do you think those great games were born? It's because those producers and developers have really experienced those stories, really seen those landscapes, and really felt those emotions."

His tone was calm and firm, his eyes were deep, with a belief that made it impossible to refute.

Everyone in the conference room fell silent.

Because they suddenly realized that what Lu Yu said seemed to make sense.

However, Lu Yu's series of operations not only shocked the employees.

It also completely blew up the capital world of the entire game industry.

"Is Peach Garden Utopia crazy? How can they sustain such benefits?!"

"Are they running a game company or a nursing home?!"

"This is completely challenging industry rules! If all companies do this, how can capital costs be controlled?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible to continue! They will be eliminated by the market sooner or later!"

Executives, investors, and industry analysts of major companies were discussing in private, and some even made harsh remarks: "Peach Garden Utopia's business model will definitely not survive a year!"

But Lu Yu didn't care about this.

"Capital's thinking is exploitation, while my thinking is win-win."

"They only want employees to be tools for making money, and I want employees to be people who create miracles."

"Let's see who is right."

He smiled faintly and continued to promote his "charitable enterprise" plan.

After the benefits were announced, the entire Peach Garden Utopia studio fell into a state of crazy happiness.

"Damn! Is this the legendary dream company?!"

"No overtime! Full travel reimbursement! Interest subsidies! Five-star cafeteria!"

"Brothers, are we really at work? Have we strayed into paradise?"

"Anyone who scolds capitalists as vampires again, I will be the first to disagree! Brother Lu is a clear stream in the capitalist world!"

The employees were ecstatic, and some even excitedly posted on the company's internal forum -

《How Peach Garden Utopia Turned Me from a Wage Slave into an Aristocrat》《Is This Company Really a Game Industry, Not a Charitable Foundation?》

For a time, Peach Garden Utopia's recruitment mailbox was flooded with job applications, and even many employees from other major companies directly resigned and parachuted into Peach Garden Utopia just to enjoy this unconventional game company treatment.

Standing in front of the French window, Lu Yu looked down at the night scene of the magic city, the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

"They think I'm doing charity, but in fact...I want the entire industry to see what a real game company is."

"The era of capital exploitation should end."

"Real games should not be built on exploitation, but on creation and love."

"And Peach Garden Utopia is the starting point for changing the industry."

Planning Director Mo Xiaoxuan stood in the center of the conference room, holding the latest project progress report in his hand, his brows furrowed, and the expression on his face was like he had just watched a logically chaotic science fiction movie, his face full of "Did I open this the wrong way".

He took a deep breath and looked around: "Everyone, can you tell me, what exactly is President Lu doing?"

The conference room was silent.

Everyone lowered their heads, as if thinking about an extremely profound philosophical question.

A few seconds later, Program Director Chu Xiong finally raised his head and said in a complicated tone: "I think...he might really be crazy."

"Yes, he is definitely crazy." Planner Zhang Qiqi nodded, her voice revealing a hint of undisguised shock, "We are making games, he is running a resort."

Everyone nodded, their eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

All this stemmed from Lu Yu's recent series of "magical" operations.

First of all, mandatory leave for all employees.

"You must rest two days a week, no overtime allowed. Anyone who dares to work overtime secretly will have their bonus halved."

Sounds reasonable?

But the problem is that the game project has entered a critical development stage, some functions still need to be adjusted, some systems have not been optimized, and some plot branches have not even been completed!

But Lu Yu's attitude was unusually firm.

"No overtime allowed, get off work on time. Whoever dares to appear in the company at night should report to the personnel department themselves."

The result was that the development progress of the entire project team directly became the most Buddhist state in history.

- The plan is half written, time is up, slipped away.

- The code is half typed, time is up, slipped away.

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- The modeling is half done, time is up, slipped away.

"Brother Lu, our plot system still has a BUG..."

"Fix it tomorrow, get off work today."

"But our gameplay test hasn't finished running..."

"Test it tomorrow, get off work today."

"But..."

"No buts, get off work today."

So, the progress of the entire game project, in a strange way, fell into the ultimate "balance" - neither completely rotten, but definitely not efficient.

Everyone is fishing, but fishing with a lot of professional ethics.

"Do you know what? Before I went to bed last night, I suddenly thought of an optimization plan for a plot branch, and I was so excited that I got up to change the code, but when I thought of President Lu's ban, I forced myself back to bed to sleep."

"Don't mention it, I played games until three in the morning yesterday, and suddenly felt a little guilty, remembering that there was still a task system that hadn't been debugged, but when I thought of what President Lu said, I felt relieved and continued to play games."

"Do you also have a feeling...that you know the project progress is worrying, but you also think it's actually quite cool?"

Everyone fell into contemplation, and then nodded.

Yes, they are indeed a little uneasy.

But - it's really cool!

[Even more outrageous "material gathering" actions]

However, this is not the most outrageous.

What makes the project team members speechless the most is that Lu Yu actually started to use "material gathering" as an excuse to madly increase everyone's "strange" experience activities.

- "In order to strengthen the game's immersion, we need to personally experience various extreme sports."

So, the entire planning team was pulled to play bungee jumping, the program team went to learn paragliding, and the art team was even sent to experience "wilderness survival".

- "Our game has a lot of food-related scenes, so...everyone must experience at least one high-end restaurant every week."

So, employees can eat Michelin meals every week, fully reimbursed by the company, and they have to write "food experience reports" after eating.

- "Our game's NPC social system needs to be more realistic, and everyone needs to learn how to socialize more naturally."

So, the company organized a "social training camp", and team members were forced to participate in various social activities, including but not limited to blind date simulation, improvisational drama, and stranger communication challenges.

What makes everyone collapse the most is that Lu Yu always emphasizes in a serious manner that this is "necessary material gathering" to make the game more realistic.

And what's even more terrifying is - he himself is also having a great time.

[Employee's despair]

"So, are we developing games now, or are we experiencing life?"

"Have we strayed into some kind of strange reality show?"

"I originally thought that game development was a high-intensity profession, but in Peach Garden Utopia, I feel like I am a professional player + professional experience officer."

"I don't know if our company is a game company or a lifestyle company."

"Is President Lu really serious about making games? Or is he just trying to find an excuse to live his ideal life?"

For a time, the members of the entire project team fell into unprecedented confusion and doubt.

At the same time, the capitalists outside were so angry with Lu Yu's series of operations that they had a cerebral hemorrhage.

"What the hell is this guy doing?!"

"Is he crazy? Game development has reached this stage, and he is still doing some 'life experience'?"

"We invested in Peach Garden Utopia to let them develop games, not to let them travel around the world!"

"What's going on with this company?! It doesn't conform to market rules at all!"

Major investment institutions and industry analysts are discussing frantically in private, but no matter how they think, Lu Yu is still promoting his "lying flat development philosophy" leisurely and contentedly.

Late at night, in Peach Garden Utopia's office, Lu Yu sat on his exclusive sofa, holding a cup of warm tea in his hand, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth.

He looked at the confusion of the team members, the anger of the capitalists, and the discussions of the players on social media, his eyes revealing a hint of deep light.

"Confused? Doubtful? Don't understand?"

"Very good, this is the effect I want."

He took a sip of tea lightly, looked out at the night outside the window, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened a bit.

"When they discover my true intentions, it will be too late."

Liu Mengyuan sat in front of her workstation, holding her forehead with one hand, and writing game design proposals quickly in her notebook with the other, her expression focused, her eyes sharp, like a general commanding thousands of troops on the battlefield.

She is the chief plot planner of the Peach Garden Utopia studio, and also the most拼命, the most rigorous, and the one who does not allow herself to lie flat in the entire team.

"This plot branch must be optimized again...The player's emotional involvement is not strong enough...The NPC's behavior logic must also be adjusted..."

She muttered to herself while writing and drawing on the whiteboard, her mind full of how to make the game more perfect.

However, at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out and mercilessly covered her notebook.

"Planner Liu, put down your work and come with me."

Familiar voice, familiar tone, even the justified sense of laziness is so familiar.

Liu Mengyuan raised her head sharply. Sure enough, standing in front of her was Lu Yu - the boss of Peach Garden Utopia, the culprit who tried every means to let everyone lie flat.

She frowned and asked in a stiff tone: "What? I'm busy."

Lu Yu's lips curled slightly upward, his tone relaxed: "What are you busy with?"(End of Chapter)