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Chapter 92 "Ant War" Part [-]

Ten years ago, Company A, a major stand-alone game company, was almost unstoppable.

With just one game, it has become the third largest game company in the world.

The gun shooting games produced by DOC series are hot-selling in almost every country.

But the president, Mr. Lu Qiao, suddenly chose to develop emotional board games.

Dungeons and Dragons was put on Company A's schedule.

After ten years of hard work, it was finally released recently.

Complex gameplay, huge world view.

The difficulty is almost abnormal, and the thickness of two Xinhua dictionaries can only be roughly explained.

Dungeons and Dragons has broken a new difficulty record in the world, but it has also become the most difficult game in the world to get into.

Even some senior DND game fans can't help but shake their heads when they play Dungeons and Dragons.

Various media gave it a negative rating of about 2.1 points, and no one could get more than 3 points.

In its first month, Dungeons & Dragons sold less than 200 million units.

It cost [-] million in ten years and ended up with nothing in return.

Yesterday, company A, a major stand-alone game company, was forced to sell its largest headquarters in country C.

The money was used to repay debts owed and employee wages.

At this time, there is a sea view house in the suburbs of the seaside.

This is the sea-view villa that Company A rented ten years ago to celebrate the success of DOC.

Because the minimum lease term is 15 years, there are still five years of use rights left.

This became the last headquarters of Company A. At this time, there were only five employees including Lu Qiao.

. . . . . .

By the way, I am Luqiao.

"Are they stupid for such a fun game?" I said while chewing on an apple and clicking on the computer.

"Boss, it's really not fun." The man with glasses said with a wry smile.

"Are you telling the truth? Didn't you say the game was good during the test?" I said, playing Dungeons and Dragons on the computer screen.

"I'm just an art director, and I've only played in teaching mode. Who would have thought that it would be so difficult after teaching?" The man with the eyes said helplessly.

"Difficult? Have you ever played DND? Doesn't this introduction already explain the entire game? The rest of the tutorial just makes the teaching a little more complicated." I said.

"I think we have piled up too much stuff. It would be better if we released this content several times." Fatty whispered beside him.

"It's not fun anymore if we go around in circles?" I looked at everyone.

Everyone nodded slightly.

"Did we really fail? I think it's actually pretty good. Look at the quality of the game and the content of the game." I pointed at the computer monitor and poked at it.

"Boss, be gentle. The computer belongs to me, and this game is always too niche." The man with glasses said and moved the computer monitor back.

"Yours? Wait, what about the company's equipment? Is there anything left?" I said again.

"No more. When the building was closed, all the equipment was mortgaged. The only two computers here now belong to us." The man with glasses said again.

"Is the accountant still there? How many years does this villa have to rent? Remember when you rented it, you said it would be for at least 15 years." I said again.

"It was rented in your name at the time. It was not considered a company asset, so it was kept. There are still five years left, but we don't have any other funds." Accountant Xiaomei said.

"In five years, we will make a comeback. Just think that I owe each of you five years' salary, and then I will pay you double the salary. Who is willing to continue working with me?" I said.

"Whether or not you want to do this is a matter that needs to be discussed separately. What I want to ask is what you can use to turn over." The man with the eyes said.

"Isn't there a DOC? Gunfighting games are easy to make, so we can just make a sequel." I said. "Boss, we sold the copyright of DOC four years ago. Company B has already released DOC13, and we no longer have the copyright." Xiaomei said.

"Sold? Well... the worst we can do is make something similar, change the name and continue. I still don't believe we can't make a second DOC." I said.

"But, we even sold the engine. If we want to do it, we need to redo the engine. Five years of engine and game, five people, I'm afraid..." Fatty said hesitantly.

"Which idiot sold it? Don't I have to sign for this kind of thing? Why did I sign at that time?" I said.

Everyone raised their fingers and said, "It's you."

Xiaomei then said: "It was because of the company's poor turnover and your refusal to listen to the advice of other senior executives that you sold it to meet your urgent needs. Have you forgotten?"

"Hey, let's put this matter aside for now. So? What else do we have left?" I said helplessly.

Xiaomei looked around and said: "A sea-view house with a five-year authority, four employees who can leave at any time, and two employees' personal computers, that should be all."

"Wait, did I do all this?" I said.

Everyone nodded their heads and did not dare to speak.

"Then what else can we do? Let's talk freely." I waved my hand and said.

"I think we should make games from other companies. Be their little brother for five years and make some money. We have programmers, artists, accountants and planners here, so this shouldn't be difficult," the man with glasses said.

"I think it's better to just make games. Small games are ready, step by step. Didn't we just start with small games at the beginning, a DOC that turned around?" Fatty said with a little lack of confidence.

"It used to be in the past, when there were only a few game companies. Now there are more game companies than dogs, and small games can't get ahead without incredible playability," said the man with eyes.

"Actually, I think mobile games are quite good." Xiaomei said.

There was a moment of silence, and no one spoke.

I said: "So it's settled? Mobile games? Wait, Xiao Zhuangzhuang. We are having such a lively discussion, what are you doing on the sidelines."

At this time, a strong man in the corner was playing something, turned his head and said: "This, I raised it in the office. It's called an ant nest, which means ants are raised in a box."

"Why hasn't this been seized? Come here and give me a meeting." I said.

The strong man picked up the ant nest and walked over and said: "Because this is my own thing, why was it seized? I didn't take care of it too carefully before, and they are growing well now. If it weren't for moving out this time, I would have been Forget them."

"Wait what did you say?" I asked while my mind was spinning.

"If I hadn't moved out this time, I would have almost forgotten them." The strong man said.

"No, no, no, the previous sentence." I said again.

"I didn't take care of them very carefully before, but they look good now?" the strong man said in confusion.

"Is this just a game? Is it popular?" I said loudly.

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds at first, and their eyes widened.

"Boss, do you want to use your mobile phone to raise ants?" the fat man said.

"This training game seems to have a gimmick, but it's boring. If you're just raising ants, why not play a dress-up game." The man with glasses thought for a while and said.

"Of course there is something else. This game is called Ant War. It is a mobile game. From this moment on, all processes must go through my hands before they can be executed." I said with a smile.

"War?" Xiao Mei said in confusion.

I snatched the ant nest from the strong man's hand and said: "Grow ants on your mobile phone. When they grow bigger, take them out to pk. The two cages will start fighting when they are connected. The whole computer simulates the battle. Players cannot interfere. At most, they can make fine adjustments before the battle begins. Some data. The winning side will be ranked, and the losing side will be dropped. But regardless of winning or losing, the lost troops will require time or money to repair. What do you think?"

"Oh my god, isn't this a game about using money to create happiness?" the man in glasses said.

"I think it will work." Fatty said.

"It would be a bit disgusting if it was a real ant battle, but the digital ant battle on the mobile phone. I think it's okay, it will be a bit interesting." Xiaomei said.

"The only girl here finds it interesting, I definitely agree." The man with the eyes said.

"Boss, can you return the ants to me first?" the strong man said awkwardly.

(End of this chapter)