Chapter 297 - Your Mind is like the Sea of Stars in the Sky (1/2)

Xia Jiang quickly finished taking everything down and then said, “Boss Pei, we know that every game Tengda has created so far has been very profitable and reputable. That’s very rare.

“Many game developers only focus on profits and choose to sacrifice games’ reputation. As a result, potentially amazing works normally fail midway through.

“Other game developers focus more on the quality of their games and refuse to cut corners. As a result, they have good reputations but not enough profits. Some don’t even earn enough to fund their daily operations.

“One has to admit that both of these are sorry situations to be in.

“Can you share with us how you achieve both profit and reputation at the same time?”

Pei Qian let out a soft sigh. “Actually, I’m not at all interested in making profits.

“I have never thought about how to balance building a reputation and making profits. However, for some reason, as Tengda’s reputation improves; sales would increase, and we would generate more profits.

“We’re earning so much now that it’s becoming suffocating.”

“I don’t understand why gamers would keep praising our games and stuffing their money into our hands. This troubles me deeply.”

Xia Jiang nodded with a serious expression as she furiously took notes.

‘A designer who has stopped finding pleasure in the material world but has a greater desire for spirituality and mental strength.

‘A soul whose burdens do not ease off a single bit no matter how much he earns.

‘He is satisfied with just a bit of material pleasure, but his thirst for spiritual and mental improvement is insatiable.

‘He never worries about his goals being unattainable. Instead, he keeps reflecting on himself.

“Have I not achieved that level of spiritual and mental strength?’ He often asks himself this.’

After taking these down, Xia Jiang spoke again, “Boss Pei, you’ve already achieved such outstanding results. What’s your next

goal?”

Pei Qian cleared his throat, his face a mask of seriousness. “My goal has never changed. My aim has always been to make a loss-incurring game.”

Xia Jiang paused, nodded, and then started writing once again.

‘Was this because he had already won so much in life?’

‘Most designers spend their entire lives working towards creating a successful game. Yet, he secretly hopes for and seeks failure.

‘Perhaps victory is a bore to him now. Maybe one unexpected failure could provide him with more of a challenge.

‘He makes failure his goal and can put down what he takes up.

‘Many people work hard to succeed, but a rare few seek failure.

‘One can hardly imagine what kind of perilous situations he had been through in order for him to have such strong mental capacity, that he isn’t even afraid of great losses.’

Xia Jiang felt the words flowing smoothly to her. The sound of her pen scratching the surface of her notebook continued for a long time.

Pei Qian, who was seated opposite her, began to seriously question his life. Question after question surfaced in his mind as he began soul-searching.

Why doesn’t she seem shocked by my answers?

What exactly is she writing?

Why does she look like she understands what I’m saying?

Pei Qian felt increasingly uncomfortable.

Director, there must be something wrong with the script! I’ve been running my mouth off. Why isn’t this reporter expressing any doubts? Instead, she’s taking down notes very seriously as if I’m giving her golden advice… Pei Qian stole a glance at Xia Jiang’s notebook, but the words looked like scribbling. He could not recognize a single word.

Should I ask?

Yet, that seemed inappropriate.

Which interviewee would ask his interviewer what kind of notes the latter was taking? That would be akin to doubting the interviewer’s professionalism and skills. It would be too rude.

Pei Qian appeared calm and nonchalant as he smiled. However, his heart was filled with confusion. He could not help but feel like something was wrong.

Soon, Xia Jiang asked the next question. “Let’s talk about your latest work, Repent and be Saved.

“Everyone knows that you work on a different game genre each time. What internally motivates you to continuously venture into different territories?

“Is it because you’re brave and you want to push yourself outside your comfort zone? Is it because you want to learn as much as you can? Or is it because you have a superior attitude towards games and the world?”

Pei Qian was speechless.

This was getting increasingly ridiculous!

The earlier questions were more objective. However, this one made Xia Jiang’s bias very obvious!

Pei Qian shook his head, denying it at once. “None of the above. I purely want to venture into uncharted territory, so that I can increase my chances of failure.”

This time, Xia Jiang did not write anything down. Instead, she smiled and said, “I understand.”

Pei Qian’s mind was filled with question marks.

What the h*ll do you understand?! I hate know-it-alls like you the most!

Pei Qian was completely speechless. He was now a hundred percent sure that this reporter had misunderstood him. What’s more, it was probably a grave and ridiculous misunderstanding. Pei Qian was frantic. Yet, his good sense told him to remain calm.

Whether this reporter had misunderstood him or not, Pei Qian could not forget his original motive.

He had to try his best to reduce his popularity! He had to make himself look bad among gamers so as to reduce his sales volume. It would be best if he could even cause his next game to fail! At that thought, Pei Qian regained his composure and gestured for Xia Jiang to carry on with the interview.

Xia Jiang asked, “Many professional critics have commented on Repent and be Saved. Did you expect the professional critics to say whatever they did about the game?”