Chapter 517 - Struggle’s System Design Problem (1/2)

Zhang Wang was stunned. “Boss Pei, there’s no reason to increase the cost to four hundred yuan. What’s more, it’ll be quite difficult to increase the cost anymore…” Pei Qian frowned. “Difficult to increase? How can that be?

“Make the box bigger. Look for an artist to design the box. Plate the edges in gold. Try to source for higher quality materials…

“Weren’t you very willing to spend money when we were working on the shared phone booths before? Why are you getting more and more backward?”

Zhang Wang felt ashamed by Boss Pei’s comment. “Alright, Boss Pei. I’ll do as you say.” He Desheng’s expression was becoming more exciting.

At first, he had thought that Boss Pei would not feel confident in this project. However, not only was Boss Pei investing four times the proposed amount, but he was also going to tell the product for 488 yuan instead of 260!

No matter which angle he looked at it from, He Desheng did not think that the product was worth that much money!

He Desheng thought that people would only play with this item when they felt bored. If they sold it for forty to fifty yuan, perhaps a few people would buy it for fun.

Yet, if they sold it for 488 yuan…

Who would be willing to buy it?

This thing was unique, but it was neither beautiful nor tasteful. Apart from someone as strange as Boss Ma, nobody else would be so free as to fight with this thing for hours, right?

There were a couple of bored and wealthy people in the world, but they would still not be able to sell over twenty thousand of those!

What if they could not sell all the stocks and everything was left in the warehouse? Wouldn’t they incur huge losses?

He Desheng had wanted to speak up at first, but on further thought-since Boss Pei had already said the word, there must have been a way. Thus, he decided not to interfere but to watch and learn instead.

Pei Qian patted Zhang Wang on the shoulder, his face filled with appreciation that he could not express in words.

It was so awesome!

It looked like the shared phone booths had just been a misunderstanding. This inventor, Zhang Wang, was very trustworthy!

If he invented ten more things that wouldn’t sell just like that, Boss Pei would easily be able to lose eighty million yuan. What’s more, he would be able to make good use of his storage space. It was so fitting!

May 13th, Friday…

At Tengda Games…

Hu Xianbin tilted his head back and downed his coffee at one go. Then, he buried his head back in his work.

Tengda’s games department had now been split into two teams. Hu Xianbin was leading one team to develop Struggle while Min Jingchao was leading another to maintain GOG’s operations and ensure that it could fight neck to neck with IOI.

Both of their styles were becoming increasingly distinct. Min Jingchao’s team passionately discussed various heroes every single day, and the atmosphere was always lively. However, Hu Xianbin’s team always looked bored and listless.

The main reason was that developing a game like Struggle was already extremely difficult to begin with. On top of that, they were constantly experiencing setbacks throughout the entire process. Now, their morale was significantly hurt, and the atmosphere could not liven up.

Hu Xianbin was still working on the script for the game-nothing was finalized yet. Yet, all the game’s characters and concept art were already complete. He had to admit that Big Boss Ruan was very efficient.

Hu Xianbin saved his document and then opened the folder that Ruan Guangjian had sent him minutes ago. He scanned the document briefly and became increasingly confused.

The game’s characters included the poor protagonist, the rich protagonist, the poor parents, the rich parents, the poor protagonist’s superior, the rich protagonist’s superior, and the like. There were a lot of them.

They had selected the actors before working on the concept art. Thus, according to the original plan, there should only have been minimal beautifying and alteration done to the actors’ outer appearance.

Yet, the batch of concept art that Hu Xianbin was looking at now looked overdone. All the images had been exaggerated and expressed in extreme manners. Some characters even looked very weird.

Take the poor protagonist and his family, for example. All of them were obese. The most ridiculous of them was the mother of the house, who looked to be about three hundred kilograms.

Obviously, the motion capture actors were not obese. That meant they probably needed to resort to special methods to simulate this level of obesity while capturing the motions.

On top of that, the rich protagonist looked overly handsome. He looked just like a first-tier celebrity from the West, and he was practically glowing.

On the other hand, not only was the poor protagonist mediocre-looking, but his expression screamed ‘toady’ with a hint of resentment.

Both of those expressions had been forcibly mixed into the poor protagonist’s face, and each one was too clear. As a result, anyone looking at the poor protagonist would feel a certain discomfort.

In other words, Ruan Guangjian had practically written the characters’ deepest characteristics plainly on their faces.

After browsing through the concept art, Hu Xianbin instinctively rejected them for being inappropriate. He was confused. Why would Big Boss Ruan Guangjian make such an elementary mistake?

However, Ruan Guangjian answered that it was Boss Pei who had requested this.

Thus, Hu Xianbin began to wonder if there was a deeper meaning to it.

“The flaw is that it would make the game feel less realistic.

“The merits… weird-looking characters would make their traits look more obvious, and thus form a deeper impression on gamers? “An opera-like image could also have a symbolic effect that would bring out the game’s themes better.

“Is there anything else…? I can’t think of anything else.”