Thank you for all the feeding, my darlings! There will be another update later!
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 31
As a reward for Mr. Zhang's dedication to his work, Assistant Jiang brainstormed ideas and helped Zhang Chaohe procure many necessities for raising geese.
This includes: pet diapers – for geese with their straight digestive systems, wearing diapers can minimize damage to the floor!
Bird collars – Zhang Chaohe can now put collars on vegetable leaves and take geese out for walks!
There were even two adorable baby goose pet outfits!
Zhang Chaohe suddenly realized that running a business wasn't such a big deal! He spread out the goose-raising equipment he had prepared on the table, took a group photo, and sent it to Cheng Jixue, sincerely inviting her to walk the geese together that evening, only to be ruthlessly rejected.
Because Cheng Jixue was on her way to another city to take her costume photos.
Lu Xun's film "Crazy God" had to postpone its start due to the scheduling issues of the male lead, Jing Suizhi. They could only take the costume photos first, and Cheng Jixue had to stay in another city for the next two days.
Not to mention walking geese together.
Zhang Chaohe immediately felt guilty. He knew there was a filming assignment today, and Cheng Jixue had stayed up all night yesterday to make him boiled fish—yet as the boss, he showed no concern whatsoever for the company's future cash cow. It was such a dereliction of duty!
He asked for Cheng Jixue's schedule, vowing to find a time to walk the geese together, only to discover that in addition to her schedule for two dramas, Cheng Jixue had also taken on a role in a nationally popular TV program.
This program, called "National Treasures," is a cultural exploration program produced by CCTV in collaboration with key national museums. It explores the historical stories behind national treasures and cultural relics, aiming to inherit and promote national culture and spirit.
It can be said that it is of very high quality in terms of both audience and program value.
Not to mention that Cheng Jixue is honored to be able to perform on the same stage with the leading figures of the Sheng, Jing, and Chou roles in Peking Opera.
Zhang Chaohe felt gratified... It seemed his money-making robot was working hard today!
Let me sneak a peek at the other money-making machines!
Then Mr. Zhang realized that all his familiar friends were busy with work commitments, while he was the only one with free time. He not only delayed his work hours but also openly slacked off during work!
Zhang Chaohe deeply reflected on his behavior and immediately randomly picked a lucky document from the desktop to review... However, after glancing at it, he felt that he and some of his hard-earned money had been deeply hurt!
This project proposal for the physicalization of the IP of "Drunken Blade" is said to be a fusion of the wisdom of the entire project team and classic cases. When Mr. Zhang opened it, the first page was a collaboration plan with toilet cleaner.
Zhang Chaohe: ...
Sure, cleaning products are very common, after all, who doesn't have toilet cleaner at home?
On the second page, the IP is being gamified, and the adaptation direction is—idle tower defense??
Even if the proposal were for a martial arts RPG mobile game, it wouldn't be this speechless. The bold suggestion put forward by the genius planner completely broke Xiao Zhang's defenses!
How do you turn a martial arts world into Plants vs. Zombies?!
He flipped through the pages again and found that the brands he was interested in for collaboration with the clothing and catering industries were all quite good—either Hengxiang or Shengjing, both of which were excellent!
Zhang Chaohe called out to his assistant Jiang in a daze, his face full of doubt about life: "Could it be that these old fogies in the project team were sent by the rivals to ruin us?"
Assistant Jiang couldn't help but chuckle: "Perhaps you should listen to their reasons first?"
With an hour left before the end of the workday, the entire "Drunken Blade" IP project team was dragged to the president's office by Assistant Jiang to face a barrage of questions from CEO Zhang.
Everyone thought they would have to work overtime against their will, but then Manager Zhang glanced at his watch and said proactively, "It's almost time to leave work, so let's get to the point—why did we choose to collaborate with Toilet Cleaner?"
The team leader looked around pleadingly, but all the guys were just pretending to be weak, so he could only answer with tears in his eyes: "The other party has a very good reputation and sales volume. The toilet cleaner is also the most highly rated product under the Black Cat toiletries brand."
"So do you think it's fitting for the characters to have Master Lin and Jade-Faced White Fox spray toilet cleaner into the toilet?" Boss Zhang loudly vented his personal grudge.
He spent two sleepless nights watching "Drunken Blade" back then, crying his eyes out, and now he has to see these two iconic characters suffer such humiliation in a collaboration between his own company...
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
The team leader nodded obsequiously, but was speechless inside—when General Manager Yao was in charge, he never made things difficult for anyone over such trivial matters. What's wrong with toilet cleaner?
You think you're so great, so high and mighty, that you don't need toilet cleaner!
Just because it's your company doesn't mean you're in the right! Is there no law?! Anyway, toilet cleaner sales are already high, and the revenue won't be bad, so what's the point of picking a fight over something so trivial?
When he looked up, he saw that General Manager Zhang, who was sitting behind the desk, had dark eyes and an unfathomable expression, and was surrounded by a cold aura comparable to the Siberian cold front!
It's as if it can see right through you.
"Oh." Mr. Zhang chuckled emotionlessly, "Then tell me, how are decisions made in a tower defense game?"
This question is much easier to answer—the team leader had anticipated this question and gave a detailed explanation, covering everything from market positioning and target audience to revenue expectations.
In short, according to his description, adapting "Drunken Blade" into a tower defense game, if not making a fortune, would certainly be a significant milestone in the history of game development!
Zhang Chaohe stared at the other person with a sarcastic expression for a while, and finally got really angry. He slammed the proposal in his hand on the table—the plastic clips immediately made an exaggerated cracking sound.
Assistant Jiang rushed into the office, wary that Boss Zhang might suddenly punch the sixth team leader at any moment.
“If you had used even half the brain you used to fool me when you were making your proposal,” Zhang Chaohe said with genuine sneer, “you still wouldn’t have submitted this piece of garbage.”
The team leader flew into a rage—what does this greenhorn know? This is all market forces at work! A complete novice who only needs to send money is trying to pontificate here?!
"According to your logic, wouldn't it be better if I just turned it into a money-making web game? Not only would the story background be relevant, but all the skills, weapons, and dropped materials from the original work could be copied directly. Even the maintenance costs and development difficulty would be reduced, and most of the operating costs could be saved!"
"Oh, the target audience for web games is precisely office workers. Most people in this age group have read the original work, so there is a good readership base and the ability to spend money. The revenue is sure to be very good."
When Zhang Chaohe was angry, he spoke very quickly, almost like a heavy mortar attacking indiscriminately, which made the team leader, who was about to glare to express his anger, stare blankly!
"Besides market positioning, aren't pay-to-win browser games just about making enough money and then shutting down? We can keep going, grow bigger and stronger, first open the current server, then the commemorative server, and finally launch a dedicated server, guaranteeing you 999 damage in one hit, whoever gets killed is doomed—"
"Isn't this more promising than your idle tower defense game?" Zhang Chaohe made no attempt to hide his sarcastic tone: "It's incredibly promising! I'm going to make history in web games and start competing with console games. What do you think?"
Assistant Jiang, who was standing guard by the door ready to rush in and stop people at any moment, nodded secretly: I think so too.
"If you can't do it, find someone else to do it." Zhang Chaohe slammed the entire project proposal onto the floor in front of the team leader. "If you don't want to do it, just go through the resignation process."
He always felt that throwing other people's work on the ground was extremely impolite. However, this guy's half-hearted attitude was infuriating—even if you're going to be completely nonchalant, you can still find reasons to argue with your boss; one of you is worth ten.
"You're not Du Ze's good brother, are you?" Zhang Chaohe looked at the dumbfounded team leader with suspicion.
The other person's face turned pale, his lips trembled with anger, and he could only stammer, unable to utter a single word.
Assistant Jiang quickly stepped in to smooth things over, saw the planning team off, and returned to find Director Zhang lost in thought. She tentatively asked, "You said before that you wanted to enter the game and entertainment industry, is that really true?"
It's hard to believe that Mr. Zhang, who usually seems quite good at slacking off, was able to defeat the seasoned planning team leader in such a short time with a reason that was both sarcastic and well-reasoned.
“Of course,” Zhang Chaohe pointed to the second computer in the office, “I have to make back the money I spent on the computer!”
Assistant Jiang: What a simple reason!
Zhang Chaohe immediately seized the opportunity to cry and complain about how hurt he was, saying that his work-related mental health and investment mental health had been severely damaged and he was feeling depressed. Then, Assistant Jiang, in a daze, allowed General Manager Zhang to be late and leave early.
Mr. Zhang quickly grabbed his Goose food kit and fled the scene without looking back!
He was almost home when Assistant Jiang realized that someone's actual working hours today might have been three hours?
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Zhang Chaohe rushed home to visit Caiye, who had been confined for a day. Presumably bored, Caiye took out his frustration on the cabbage leaves that were being fed to him, pecking the once fresh bok choy and sweet corn to pieces.
They even plastered half a wall with sticky corn kernels!
Faced with the two-legged creature's indescribable gaze, the cabbage leaf flapped its wings triumphantly, as if to say, "If you're not convinced, then fight me."
However, the two-legged creature simply wiped its feet and wingtips before diligently cleaning the bathroom. After everything was cleaned up, it even took out a small red calfskin collar.
A round and cute little bell hangs from the collar, making a crisp and pleasant sound when it shakes slightly.
The vegetable watched with curiosity as the other animal fastened the collar around its neck, and then the two-legged creature put a leash on it: "Come on! Let's take you for a checkup!"
Yes! Mr. Zhang angrily rebuked the planning team for leaving get off work early, all because he wanted to take his beloved goose to the vet for a full check-up!
The ladies at the pet hospital couldn't help but smile when they saw a handsome young man dressed in cool clothes carrying a large goose in his arm.
Caiye is very obsequious. Zhang Chaohe has to use force to subdue it if he wants to hold it, but the young ladies are very compliant when they want to hold it. It even actively spreads its wings to show off its beautiful feathers!
Zhang Chaohe waited dejectedly in the lounge. He was the only one in the room. Bored, he knocked on the gaming companion's phone again: "Are you there? Playing games?"
The delivery guy is on call 24/7. When a potential client knocks on his phone, he quickly replies with "1".
To avoid the client thinking he was being perfunctory, the delivery guy added, "Understood, I'll go get the people!"
Soon, the bullying team in the Rift regrouped, and during matchmaking, the sponsor asked, "Do you guys usually play many other games?"
One of the girls in the team laughed and said, "Of course there are a lot! Our Tofu Bro is a game streamer, he plays all kinds of games!"
Zhang Chaohe was very interested: "Really? Can you recommend some popular games? I'm thinking of playing some other ones lately."
The gaming companion—also known as Tofu Baibai—is quite embarrassed. His main job is as a gaming content creator on a pink-themed platform, where he has gained countless fans, especially for his wide range of interests and the positive atmosphere of his live streams.
Besides serious game reviews, he also does some entertaining game-related content, including "bringing clients" (or "sponsored streamers"), which is one of his services. He happened to be live-streaming at that moment, and his chat with his sponsor was being broadcast live to the viewers in the chat room.
Several very popular game names flashed across the screen. Doufu Baibai was multitasking, trying to grab the blue buff while repeating the names. Suddenly, several strange comments almost made him stumble.
[The boss's voice is so magnetic and sexy, I'm in love!]
You know what, that voice does sound familiar.
[Isn't this just a vocal fry? Calling phlegm stuck in your throat "magnetic"? Unbelievable.]
【Huh? You're making this up out of thin air? You've never heard of a vocal fry, have you? This isn't it!】
Soon, the comments section erupted with arguments about whether the boss's voice was actually a vocal fry.
Tofu white: Headache.
The sponsor, unaware of the fierce competition unfolding in his livestream, continued to ask, "Besides otome games and real-time battle games, are there any fun turn-based games or open-world exploration games?"
Both types of games were on Zhang Chaohe's observation list. He had been playing all sorts of games recently, but he hadn't encountered any particularly outstanding ones in these two categories.
Doufu Bai thought for a moment and said, "There are quite a few turn-based games."
He gave several examples in succession, "but I feel that the worldviews are not very good, and the storylines are too fragmented. I guess I will have to send them soon."
Zhang Chaohe let out a long "hmm".
"There are a lot of open-world console games, right? — Sigh! Speaking of delayed games, there is one: Have you heard of 'City of Exile'?"
The white tofu sound had a slight change in tone.
Zhang Chaohe asked sharply, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Tofu stammered, denying. "Um... 'The City of Wanderers,' 'The City of Wanderers' is truly a work full of regrets!!"