Chapter 4

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

They flipped to the last page of the proposal for the game, ‘Jumping the Line of Fire’. They did not read it for long.

Not only did He Wei start laughing, but Wang Kewen also found it so funny that he could not stop smirking.

“I say, President Xu, this…”

As if he had encountered something extremely funny, Wang Kewen laughed until he could not breathe. He could not even speak properly. After waiting for a while, he still could not stop laughing.

He Wei, who was at the side, suppressed his laughter and said, “President Xu, forgive me for being blunt. I myself graduated from Qingshan University with a master’s degree in mathematics. I’m not surprised by the average person’s level of mathematics. But what you wrote is a little too much. I really can’t help it. I think what you wrote is a joke to us? Or perhaps President Xu’s IQ is too much higher than ours, and we’re unable to understand President Xu’s thoughts.”

“What is there that you don’t understand? Just say it. I can explain it to you,” Xu Zhi said as he sipped his water.

“President Xu, do you really need me to say it?” He Wei asked seriously. It was as if he was eager to embarrass Xu Zhi.

“Say it!” Xu Zhi said with a calm expression.

The leaders at the side were straining to listen to their conversation. They were so curious that their heads were sweating. 

“Well, President Xu, since you asked me to say it, I will say it. Cough.”

He Wei cleared his throat and said, “President Xu, you added this in the proposal. Players can carry seven backpacks and switch freely between them in the game. I will tolerate this. Let’s just treat the game characters as Hercules and top-notch Special Forces soldiers, and they can totally carry so many backpacks. However, regarding the last sentence, the mall will be selling hero weapons… Different hero weapons can provide additional bullets to different guns. President Xu, I really can’t tolerate this one.”

“Let’s take President Xu’s example, and let’s talk about the cop pistol. As far as I know, a cop pistol only has 4 bullet chambers, and one bullet hole can only fit one chamber. However, under the addition of President Xu’s whimsical plan, eighteen bullets can be forced in one pistol. President Xu, if you’re not good at math, I can tutor you for free. Or, can you teach me how to fit eighteen bullets into these four bullet chambers?”

After He Wei finished speaking, everyone else in the room could not help but laugh.

After laughing, they started discussing in hushed voices.

“Hahahaha!”

“No way. President Xu really thinks that game planning is a joke.”

“If the players find out about this, wouldn’t they laugh to death?”

“Every single one of our Dream Game Company employee is a graduate. I’m afraid this President Xu hasn’t graduated from primary school yet.”

Listening to the group of people below, Xu Zhi put down his cup. His expression was as calm as water, and his heart was calm as if he had not heard any of these words.

After sweeping a glance at everyone, Xu Zhi asked slowly, “Is everyone finished?”

There was no emotion in Xu Zhi’s words.

The crowd below instantly fell silent.

“Looks like we’re done. Then I’ll say a few words.”

It was August, and the sun was blazing outside. However, the temperature in the Dream Game Company’s conference room seemed to have dropped to freezing point. It was unknown whether it was because the air conditioner was turned on too low, or some other reason.

“Dream Game Company. This is the name of our company. As a game company, I don’t know why everyone here has their minds restricted by realism. In my opinion, a game is never real, and it can’t be real. It can’t even be compared to the moon in the water or the flower in the mirror. Why can’t there be a weapon with a lot of bullets, and why can’t there be a cop pistol with eighteen bullets? Everyone here, you should know that we are a game company. Shouldn’t we be bold? Let loose your imagination, and you will find that nothing is impossible in a game. Of course, the game is not detached from reality. It is an art that originates from reality but transcends reality. In a word, the reality in the game should be the background, not the focus of gameplay. If it is impossible in reality, why is it impossible in the game?”

“President Xu…”

After listening to Xu Zhi’s words, He Wei, who was standing, did not sit down. He gradually closed his eyes, as if he was touched.

“Reality should be the background, not the focus of gameplay…” This sentence kept spinning in his mind. He thought of Real Battlefield 1 that he had planned by himself. The scenes in it wandered in his mind, and he slowly opened his eyes.

“I seem to understand the reason for the failure of the Real Battlefield 1.”

He Wei did not say anything else. He looked deeply at Xu Zhi and sat down.

“Does anyone have any objections?”

Xu Zhi asked while holding the proposal for Jumping the Line of Fire.

Seeing He Wei sit down, none of the directors said a word. The rest of them lowered their heads and looked at the table.

“Alright, I hereby announce that the company shall stop research and development for Real Battlefield 2. All information on the project will be sealed immediately. From today onwards, Jumping the Line of Fire will become your top priority. Jumping the Line of Fire is not a difficult game to build. The company has built a complex game like Real battlefield, so I’ll give everyone a month’s time for this new game. I want to see the results by then.”

“Meeting adjourned!”

Following Xu Zhi’s order, the crowd in the meeting room shuffled out, their expressions uncertain.

Xu Zhi’s arrival would undoubtedly bring great changes to the company, but whether it was good or bad, no one could come to a conclusion.

Holding the proposal that Xu Zhi gave him, He Wei went to the copy machine and watched as the machine out one copy proposal after another.

An unyielding thought arose in He Wei’s heart. ‘I’d like to see if your proposal is good or not.’

“Boss, what should we do?” He Wei’s subordinate came behind him and asked quietly.

The entire company had become extremely quiet. There was only one thought in everyone’s mind. It seemed that there was about to be a big change in this company.

He Wei handed the photocopied proposal to his subordinates. He looked around the entire department and said, “Stop all work on Real Battlefield 2. Give this proposal to everyone. In one hour, I want to contact all the departments in the company and start developing this new game.”

“Boss, this…”

He Wei raised his hand and did not let his subordinates continue. He Wei made a cup of coffee and sat on his desk.

As a graduate student in mathematics at Qingshan University, he did not have to worry about where he would go after leaving the company. No matter where he went, he would always be a popular person. However, he had a feeling that he could not give up on gaming. He had already decided to devote his entire life to gaming.

Recalling the conflict between him and Xu Zhi in the meeting room, He Wei’s brain was like a supercomputer, replaying every word that Xu Zhi said at that time.

He Wei closed his eyes and carefully recalled every word. After a while, his coffee was already half-warm. He opened his eyes. He had to admit that what Xu Zhi said was not wrong.

He had been too stubborn in the past.

Returning to the president’s office, Xu Zhi let out a long breath.

After being a househusband for a year, he was still not used to the sudden appointment as the company’s president. Fortunately, everything was planned and did not go wrong.

He even felt a little happy. He was happy that he found He Wei, a great general..