Chapter 1101: Why Were They Given A New Lease Of Life?
At the same time, at Slow Movement Studio.
“Come, this way.” Meng Chang gestured at Qiao Liang.
Qiao Liang quickly nodded and followed suit, looking both expectant and flattered.
He did not expect Tengda to invite him to be a special tester for this new VR game!
Qiao Liang might have been invited to experience Repent and be Saved before, but that was a long time ago. Qiao Liang had not received such treatment in recent games, such as Mission and Choice and Fitness Battle. He had not even heard much about the new game.
He did not know that Boss Pei had purposely hidden this from him. He thought that Boss Pei had some special, publicity, or marketing considerations.
He might have thought of many reasons and excuses for Boss Pei but Qiao Liang still had a grudge against the “new game is not to be tested”.
Why? Did Teacher Qiao not even have the privilege of experiencing Tengda Games in advance as the person who understood Boss Pei the most?
That was very sad.
That was why Qiao Liang was so excited, excited, and overwhelmed by Meng Chang’s invitation to come to Slow Movement Studio to experience the first VR game that Tengda Games had developed.
Tengda’s new game needed him again. Could this be a very positive signal?
Am I not far from becoming an external employee of Tengda?
Qiao Liang began to imagine.
Meng Chang stopped when he was about to enter the work area.
“Teacher Qiao, it’s like this.”
“That’s because the game is still in the testing stage. The current quality cannot represent the final quality, and we are not sure what kind of modifications will be made in the future. Therefore, I hope that you can keep this project a secret. Don’t spread the news online.”
“If possible, I hope you can minimize discussions online, including forums, fan groups, and so on.”
Qiao Liang patted his chest. “Don’t worry, I’m a professional!”
“Keep it a secret! Not a single word!”
“Erm… is it alright for me to discuss in the daily fan group, but not talk about this game, alright?”
Meng Chang thought for a moment and nodded. “Alright.”
It might only be a verbal promise, but according to Meng Chang’s understanding, Teacher Qiao was a person who kept his word. He would work hard to keep whatever he promised.
What’s more, Meng Chang wanted a verbal promise at most.
What else could he do? He could not possibly put Qiao Liang under house arrest during the trial period and not let him speak in the fan group, right?
That was too ridiculous. It was impossible.
Therefore, a verbal promise was enough for Meng Chang. Even if Teacher Qiao chatted in the fan group, there would be no problem as long as he did not talk about Animal Island.
The main reason why he asked Teacher Qiao to try this game was to divert Teacher Qiao’s attention so that he would not get involved in Eternal Reincarnation after all.
Keeping Animal Island a secret was just a side benefit.
After reaching a consensus, the two of them continued walking in. They soon met Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou.
Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Qiao Liang knew each other. They shook hands warmly after the meeting. The scene was very harmonious.
However, the way Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou looked at Meng Chang was not very friendly. There was a hint of wariness in their coldness.
Meng Chang might be the person-in-charge of the marketing department now and could be considered a part of Tengda in terms of ident.i.ty, but Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou still had some understanding of his previous style and actions.
Meng Chang might be gradually changed by Boss Pei after entering Tengda but who knew what stage he had changed to?
Thus, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and the others were naturally wary of him.
Meng Chang keenly felt that he did not fit in with the atmosphere here, so he laughed and prepared to leave. “Alright, Boss Lin, come and receive Teacher Qiao. Let’s talk about the gaming experience with him. I’ll make a move first.”
Meng Chang heaved a sigh of relief after leaving Slow Movement Studio.
Fortunately, everything was going well!
There might be a small flaw but his plan was considered a success. Teacher Qiao would definitely devote himself to the evaluation of “Animal Island” in the future and not pay attention to “Eternal Reincarnation”.
He had gotten rid of a hidden danger on the way to commission!
The so-called minor flaw referred to his plan that had slightly aroused Lin Wan’s suspicion.
Meng Chang called Lin Wan first and said that Teacher Qiao wanted to partic.i.p.ate in the test for Animal Island. After Lin Wan agreed, he called Teacher Qiao and invited him to Slow Movement Studio to partic.i.p.ate in the test for Animal Island.
Just like that.
However, this plan was not seamless. The biggest hidden danger was that Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Teacher Qiao were very close. However, Lin Wan, Teacher Qiao, and Meng Chang were not close…
Why did he need strangers to help him link to those he was familiar with?
That was strange.
Meng Chang’s explanation was that as the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, he had to come up with a publicity plan next month. It was related to Teacher Qiao and Slow Movement Studio.
He had used this slightly lame excuse to bluff his way through, but it obviously could not completely eliminate Lin Wan’s suspicions.
Of course, this was not a big problem. Even if Lin Wan had doubts about his motives, it was impossible for her to guess the truth behind it. After all, Meng Chang and Boss Pei’s agreement was absolutely confidential. No outsiders would know.
Meng Chang felt much more at ease after the arrangements for Teacher Qiao. He prepared to go back and continue thinking about places where loopholes still existed.
…
In Slow Movement Studio, Lin Wan found a work desk for Qiao Liang in the office. Then, she handed him a VR gla.s.ses from a certain foreign brand.
There was a demo for “Animal Island” on the VR.
“We’re still in the development stage. There are still many problems. If you discover any problems during the experience, you can report them to the chief designer of our project at any time,” Lin Wan said.
Qiao Liang nodded immediately. “Don’t worry!”
“Boss Pei invited me to take part in the internal test of Repent and be Saved previously. Back then, I made huge contributions to the balance of the game!”
Qiao Liang looked very proud as he spoke about this.
His so-called ‘making huge contributions to balance’ was actually the best weapon in the game that he had painstakingly selected and hacked by Boss Pei.
Especially Guan Dao and a few other weapons that could reduce the difficulty of the game. They had been hacked so badly that even their own mothers did not recognize them.
At that time, Qiao Liang did not understand. He even thought that Boss Pei was deliberately making things difficult for him.
However, the moment ‘Pudu’ was mentioned, Qiao Liang immediately understood why Boss Pei wanted to kill these weapons.
It was to highlight the power of ‘Pudu’ so that players could better experience the game content!
Thus, Qiao Liang had always been proud of his contributions to Repent and be Saved.
Lin Wan smiled. “Repent and be Saved? That’s great. Our project will be completed in about a month. It’ll be seamless.”
Qiao Liang was stunned. “A seamless connection? What connection?”
Lin Wan wanted to say Repent and be Saved’s new downloadable content, but she suddenly realized that something was amiss.
He could not say.
That was because the downloadable content ‘Eternal Reincarnation’ involved the development of Zhongdian Chinese Network’s inspiration cla.s.s. Boss Pei had clearly said that it could not be leaked!
Fortunately, Lin Wan only said “seamless connection” and did not mention anything else.
This shouldn’t be considered a leak, right?
Lin Wan quickly corrected herself. “It’s nothing. You’ll know when the time comes.”
“Alright, I have work to do. Go and experience the game. You can look for me if you have any questions.”
Lin Wan quickly slipped away after she finished speaking so that Qiao Liang would not notice anything amiss and ask about it.
Qiao Liang was confused as he watched Lin Wan leave.
What was it about a seamless connection?
Could there be a new game for him to experience after a month?
…
An increasing number of readers were discussing the same problem in their group chat while the authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network’s inspiration cla.s.s were frantically editing their own works.
What was wrong with these lazy authors in the inspiration cla.s.s?
It was completely different from before and now!
It was especially so for Cui Geng and the other three authors. They had been working very hard on editing the ma.n.u.script over the past few days. They had to edit more than ten chapters a day.
What’s more, this was no ordinary minor amendment. Much of the content in the plot had changed. It had been polished to be more reasonable and perfect.
He estimated that these people had to work at least five or six hours a day. That was not even the time to redo the story and straighten out the structure of the novel.
If he were to calculate the time, they would probably have to work for eight hours.
To these slackers, working for eight hours was ridiculous!
As for the other authors, even though they did not revise their works so frequently, they either updated more or prepared new books. All of them were no longer lazy.
Was this the distortion of human nature or the downfall of morality?
Bliss had come so suddenly that it seemed unreal. The readers began to guess what had happened.
“There must be a special reason for the salted fish to turn the tables one by one! If the treatment did not change, they would definitely not be in their current state!”
“The royalties increased?”
“That doesn’t seem like it. As far as I know, the fixed-rate royalties for the inspiration cla.s.s is already very high in the industry. The possibility of it increasing is not high. What’s more, if the royalties really increased, Cui Geng and Yu Fei should update more or start new books. Why are they always getting old books and revising them? They are not paid to do editing.”
“Perhaps it’s a new rule, they would be paid for editing?”
“In that case why didn’t the other authors get paid for editing?”
“Then… What else could it be? I really can’t think of anything else.”
“Perhaps they gave special recommendation spots based on results? Or perhaps they used other channels? Or perhaps they had some guaranteed bonus?”
The netizens were very imaginative, but they basically did not guess it.
Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have any copyright development works previously after all. Thus, netizens subconsciously did not think in that direction.
They could only think of better recommendation spots, better distribution channels, or better website contracts.