Losing Money to Become a Tycoon: Starting with Games
Chapter 340: The Guardian of Justice — Zadkiel
This spot happened to be an empty workstation, the position where Lu Mingliang had previously sat.
Pei Qian led Tang Yishu over to it. "From now on, this will be your workstation. When you have nothing to do, just sit here and do whatever you feel like."
"Alright, go take care of the Encouragement Master first."
Tang Yishu nodded and quietly went off to arrange the cat food, litter box, and other supplies.
Li Yada and many of the other employees quite liked Yin Tang as well. However, Yin Tang had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment and was clearly not very comfortable with it. Before long, it hid behind a money tree and refused to come out.
After watching for a bit, everyone returned to their own desks and continued working.
Pei Qian paid special attention to Bao Xu's state and found that he was still seriously focused on playing his game. Even when Yin Tang walked past his feet, he didn't spare it a glance, his concentration was absolute.
Pei Qian was very satisfied with this.
However, just as Pei Qian was about to return to his office, he saw Li Yada answer a phone call and then exclaim in surprise, "Huh? They're not selling that copyright anymore?!"
Pei Qian immediately stopped and asked with feigned concern, "What happened?"
Li Yada hung up the phone, looking helpless. "Uh… it's nothing."
"We were previously negotiating with a domestic copyright holder over a character IP from an old animation. Everything was going smoothly, but they suddenly called just now to say… they're not selling it anymore."
Pei Qian frowned. "Huh? Why aren't they selling it?"
Li Yada was just as confused. "I don't know either. They just said the original author doesn't want to sell it, so it's not for sale anymore, even if we offer more money, they won't sell…"
Pei Qian couldn't help but feel astonished.
The effect was immediate!
He had just brought Tang Yishu back, and the luck had instantly turned around.
Pei Qian struggled to suppress his delight and comforted her instead. "It's fine. If they won't sell it, then they won't sell it. Buying IPs is all about fate anyway."
"If we really can't get enough IP characters, we can always make original ones!"
"Our company has so many employees, just pick a few and use them as prototypes for heroes in the game. That works perfectly."
Pei Qian thought to himself that since this game was destined to be cannon fodder against IOI anyway and bound to lose money, they might as well let the employees have some fun. Turning everyone into heroes in the game—how nice would that be?
Li Yada thought for a moment. "Then, President Pei… can I put you into the game?"
Pei Qian nodded. "Of course you can!"
Li Yada continued, "There might be some artistic adjustments, secondary creative interpretation of your image. Is that okay too?"
Pei Qian waved his hand. "No problem at all, completely fine! Do whatever you want."
"Alright!" Li Yada happily returned to her seat.
Pei Qian glanced at Tang Yishu, who was busy feeding Yin Tang, and then returned to his office in satisfaction.
Meanwhile, Li Yada opened a new document and decided to design a dedicated hero for President Pei right away.
First of all, this hero's role should be a tank.
President Pei was like a towering tree, his great and solid presence shielding Tengda's employees from wind and rain.
Therefore, this hero should be designed to be relatively tall, with a sturdy build, looking dependable and reliable.
President Pei has always pursued perfection in quality and never hesitated to spend large sums of money.
Therefore, his passive ability should allow him to use additional funds to forge even more powerful equipment.
President Pei is a visionary entrepreneur. He always enters sunset industries that others are not optimistic about in an open and upright manner, diligently cultivating those fields and earning returns through his own talent.
The more his competitors and hired trolls smear him behind his back, the greater his achievements become instead.
Thus, his first skill should include both active and passive effects.
The passive effect allows him to accumulate bounty through last-hitting, symbolizing his hard work and perseverance in a given field.
When he has taken a certain amount of damage and then secures a kill or assist, the accumulated bounty is converted into additional gold.
Furthermore, when he is attacked from behind, there is a certain chance to ignite his fighting spirit, increasing his defensive stats and scattering a large number of golden attack effects around him, dealing damage and applying a slight slow to enemies.
Actively casting the skill can also produce the same effect.
President Pei strictly controls working hours and never allows overtime. For employees who secretly work overtime, he forcibly drives them out of the office area.
Therefore, President Pei's second skill should knock back enemies in a fan-shaped area and prevent anyone from re-entering that area for a period of time.
President Pei is passionate about expanding into new fields. One outstanding employee after another is sent off to take charge of new businesses, achieving impressive results.
Therefore, President Pei's third skill should throw a friendly unit a certain distance. Upon landing, it deals a small amount of damage and applies a slowing effect to enemy units in the area.
Lastly, the reason President Pei can continuously grow stronger and keep improving lies in his constant self-discipline.
Thus, President Pei's ultimate ability is Self-Discipline: his movement speed is greatly increased, his health and resistances are boosted, and at the same time he frequently takes minor damage from behind, allowing the passive effect of his first skill to be triggered repeatedly.
After that, Li Yada decided to design a unique appearance for President Pei.
Since he is a tank hero, his physique must be tall and imposing—a towering giant with broad shoulders and powerful arms.
At the same time, because he is often subjected to malicious attacks from behind, his back should be filled with all kinds of weapons, including knives, swords, daggers, spears, and more.
The overall impression should resemble a thousand-armed bodhisattva radiating Buddhist light, yet also evoke the Mahamayuri, embodying both divinity and ferocity.
When taking attacks from behind, this hero should continuously release golden weapon attack effects around him.
Finally, there is the hero's name.
Guardian of Justice: Zadkiel!
"Zadkiel" actually comes from the Jewish and Christian angelology, she's the primary archangel associated with kindness, mercy, and benevolence. Li Yada believed that President Pei was a great person, and that this angel perfectly conveyed his noble character.
After reviewing the design draft, Li Yada felt extremely satisfied.
"Mm, we should get the concept art done as soon as possible. President Pei will surely be very happy to see his own exclusive hero appear in GOG, right?"
Of course, Li Yada also knew that players wouldn't necessarily call this hero "Guardian of Justice" or "Zadkiel." More likely, they would come up with a brand-new nickname.
"It's just that… I wonder what the players will end up calling this hero?"
"I'm really looking forward to GOG going online as soon as possible."
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In the office, Pei Qian watched TV dramas while keeping his ears perked up, listening to the sounds outside.
"Yin Tang, come here quick, it's time for some dried fish!"
"Huh? Why did the water dispenser suddenly start leaking? Call maintenance, quick!"
"Holy crap, why is that bug we just fixed acting up again…"
"Have you submitted the request for the art assets yet? I'll revise it a bit more…"
Amid perfectly normal work-related conversations, strange remarks would occasionally be mixed in.
Pei Qian couldn't help but sigh in amazement. Tang Yishu's aura effect really was immediate!
Perfect. Just let her stay at the company and keep exerting her influence. She could come sit around whenever she had time, maybe this effect would slowly accumulate and eventually trigger some kind of qualitative change?
...
After setting up the litter box, food bowl, water bowl, and everything else, and personally watching Yin Tang scratch around in the litter box for a good while before finally peeing, Tang Yishu cautiously returned to her workstation and sat down.
As she passed by other people's desks, Tang Yishu carefully kept her distance, as if afraid that getting too close to others might bring them bad luck.
Fortunately, Tengda's desks were especially wide, and the workstations were spaced far apart, so Tang Yishu didn't feel overly cramped or anxious.
She carefully sat down in the office chair and was very surprised by how comfortable it was. She gingerly leaned back, then, feeling a bit embarrassed, curled herself up slightly.
She had used computers during her school's computer classes, but she had never seen such grand dual monitors before. The massive desktop setup felt overwhelming, almost imposing.
She tentatively tapped the keyboard, which immediately produced a crisp, pleasant click-clack sound, startling her so much that she instantly pulled her hand back.
This keyboard was much louder than the ones used in her computer class.
But after seeing everyone around her rapidly typing away at their keyboards and writing documents, Tang Yishu once again reached for the keyboard and mouse, opening a webpage to look up the homework her computer teacher had assigned earlier.
The computer was loaded with all kinds of games, but Tang Yishu didn't recognize any of the colorful desktop icons. She simply ignored them and quietly browsed the internet.
Every so often, she would turn her head to look at Yin Tang. Seeing the little black cat playing with the office plants, she felt reassured and turned her attention back to the computer.
At this moment, a girl with a round face and big eyes came over beside her. "Hello? You're Tang Yishu, right?"
Tang Yishu hurriedly stood up. "Hello."
Hao Yun smiled. "Oh, no need to stand. I'm Hao Yun from the HR department. This is your internship contract."
"Your monthly pay is 3,000 yuan. There are no strict requirements on working hours. Take a look, if there's no problem, just sign it."
Tang Yishu took the internship contract and read it from beginning to end.
The contract was very simple—no traps, no hidden clauses. Aside from the salary of 3,000 yuan being a bit too high, there were no other issues.
Tang Yishu looked up at Hao Yun. "The money… is a bit too much."
Hao Yun smiled. "It's not much. That's just Tengda's normal salary level."
After Tang Yishu finished signing the contract, Hao Yun pulled out a stack of cash from her pocket—ten crisp hundred-yuan bills in total.
"This is advance pay that President Pei asked me to give you. Go buy yourself a thick coat. It's getting colder, and although the company heating is warm, the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors is large, it's easy to catch a cold."
"Come have lunch with us in the cafeteria at noon. The food from Moyu Delivery is really good."
"O-okay." Tang Yishu nodded repeatedly, a little at a loss.
Although the clothes she was wearing were quite thin, her heart felt warm.
That warmth didn't seem to come solely from the office's heating.
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Friday, November 26.
Pei Qian rode in a car to the filming site of A Better Tomorrow.
The movie was being shot at a local studio in Jingzhou. Since the entire film didn't involve many large-scale scenes, breaking it down revealed only a few simple settings:
The male lead's capsule living space, including the large screen inside it;
Exterior shots of a futuristic city;
The talent show stage;
The male lead's luxury mansion…
None of these scenes were particularly difficult to handle. As long as the costumes, makeup, and props were done with enough refinement, and the sets were given a sufficiently futuristic feel, it would be fine.
Some of the more complex scenes were simply filmed against a green screen and enhanced with special effects in post-production. In any case, there weren't that many scenes that required effects.
The capsule living space where the male lead lived was quickly constructed. A large portion of the male lead's scenes took place here, and they were all solo performances.
Because the setting was simple and easy to film, it naturally took priority.
While many of the other sets were still being built, filming on this side could already begin.
After arriving at the crew, Pei Qian found Zhu Xiaoce and followed him to the filming site.
Many crew members were busy at work. Pei Qian had no idea what they were all doing and felt awkward asking, so he quietly followed behind Zhu Xiaoce.
Zhu Xiaoce probably assumed that President Pei was there to inspect the shoot. He immediately went all out, directing the staff to take their positions and make preparations.
In reality, Pei Qian had come purely to observe. He had never seen a movie being filmed before and found it quite novel.
He had heard that film crews usually worship the gods and burn incense before filming, but he didn't see any of that—and didn't particularly care either.
He was simply there to join in the excitement, and maybe, just maybe, see if he could introduce a few setbacks into the filming process.
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