After returning to Hanhai City for a while, Ren Pingsheng presided over the first meeting of Wanyou Games after its launch.

Sitting in the spacious conference room, observing these familiar subordinates, Ren Pingsheng really felt that things were changing.

Indeed, as reported by Zhai Daocheng, the net worth of the company's executives has risen after the listing of Universal Games, and all of them have improved a lot from the line and mental outlook of their bodies compared with the past.

This is the charm of entrepreneurship, this is the power of listing, this is the beauty of the capital market, as long as you can break through innovation and win market opportunities, then the capital market will also reward you in its way.

However, as wealth grows, so does the human heart.

Although Xu Tao and the members of his small circle pretended to be casual on the surface, rarely made eye contact with each other, and seemed nothing to others, but in the eyes of Ren Pingsheng, the more they were like this, the more they proved that there were ghosts in their hearts.

The reason why they pretended to be business as usual was just waiting for Xu Tao's VAM agreement to take effect, in order to usurp the control of Wanyou Company, and everything they were doing now was to paralyze Ren Pingsheng and make him unable to detect Xu Tao's plan, and under this calm sea, the undercurrent was surging.

However, Xu Tao and the others would never have thought that Ren Pingsheng, who was no different from the past, had already seen through their tricks in their hearts.

The reason why he did not expose Xu Tao's tricks for the time being was only because the time was not yet ripe.

To deal with the threat of the VAM agreement, it is not so simple, Ren Pingsheng has not yet completed the layout, he needs to stabilize Xu Tao and others.

Before the official start of the meeting, Ren Pingsheng chatted with his executives and clearly felt the changes after the listing.

In the past, when we were together, we talked about the problems encountered in game development, what strategies our competitors had, and who found what kind of good ideas...... And so on, all around the core work of the company.

And when we get together today, everyone is more interested in what the current housing prices are, who has changed to a big house, who has changed to a luxury car, who has what brand of clothing they are wearing, and discussing with each other where to go on vacation next.

This is human nature, but it also needs to arouse Ren Pingsheng's vigilance, because people's inertia is easy to develop, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, if a person loses the passion for entrepreneurship, then he will soon be reflected in the work.

Although Wanyou Games is listed, it does not mean that there is no need to continue to develop in the future, Ren Pingsheng still has great expectations for the company, and he has more plans to implement.

It's time to straighten people's minds.

However, to Ren Pingsheng's relief, his good brother and the company's president Lin Lisong, the company's COO Luo Changyu, the company's CFO Fu Huizi, and the company's CLO Qin Zhenwei, the core backbones, have not been carried away by the growth of wealth, and their work attitude and enthusiasm have not changed much from before the listing.

These people, together with Liu Yijun and Zhai Daocheng, were drawn within their own red lines by Ren Pingsheng.

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The meeting officially began, Ren Pingsheng faced these subordinates who were already very familiar, and did not pay too much attention to details, he first focused on the research and development of the new expansion of "Ideal World".

According to the rhythm of updating an expansion pack every eight months for listed online games, the new expansion pack of "Ideal World" will be launched around June 2008, which is the first expansion pack launched after the launch of Universal Games.

CEO Xu Tao first stated that he would conscientiously follow the instructions of the chairman and do a good job in the research and development of the new expansion film, and patted his chest on the spot to ensure that he would definitely come up with the best answer sheet before the end of June.

Regarding Xu Tao's statement, Ren Pingsheng was not surprised.

Although Xu Tao has been plotting to seize power in a small circle, he does not dare to easily confront Ren Pingsheng before the VAM agreement is fulfilled, so as not to alarm Ren Pingsheng, the tiger;

Therefore, in the matter of doing a good job in the research and development of the expansion film, Xu Tao firmly stood on Ren Pingsheng's side.

Next, COO Luo Changyu talked about the design ideas of the R&D department, and the new expansion pack launched a new gameplay method - colonization system on the basis of the previous expansion "Ideal Home".

The so-called colonization system is a whole set of content that encourages players to explore the new maps provided by the new expansion, and build new social systems, new social organizations, and even new nations.

Players can start by building settlements, build their own houses little by little, and then join different organizations to fight against randomly generated bandits and invading armies in the system, and continuously improve the level of technology and civilization through mutual cooperation between players, and finally new countries and new capitals will appear, forming a new game force.

The reason for the design of this colonization system, Luo Changyu believes that "Ideal Home" has been a great success, the houses and homes built by players in the existing game have been saturated, and the five main cities originally provided by the game can no longer be expanded, and things are scarce and expensive, which further pushes up the price of existing land and real estate, which is extremely unfriendly to the new influx of players, many people due to economic reasons, can not experience the fun of buying a house, getting married and other series, and even renting a house has become a very difficult thing.

Moreover, the "Ideal Home" expansion has formed a set of self-running economic system, if blindly expanded in the five main cities, it will directly cause the decline in housing prices in the main city, seriously affecting the interests of these players who have bought houses, so after weighing the pros and cons, the launch of a new map and colonization system, encourage new players to go to the new map to build and develop, which can not only alleviate the land congestion in the five main cities, but also provide players with more game content, is a design that kills two birds with one stone.

Luo Changyu's thinking and design of the colonial system has been highly affirmed by Ren Pingsheng.

In his opinion, Luo Changyu's colonial system already contains the core gameplay of sandbox games such as "Minecraft" and "Fallout 4" in the later generations, although it is still a little too advanced for players in this period, but if it can be organically combined with traditional Chinese culture and launch a design that fits the mentality of domestic players, the new expansion can achieve breakthrough results.

In particular, this gameplay is the first time that this gameplay has been proposed among similar online game manufacturers and developers in China, which is very in line with the research and development ideas of Universal Games based on innovation, and can also avoid mutual plagiarism within peers.

Ren Pingsheng nodded approvingly at Luo Changyu and said:

"The design of the colony system was very creative, and I agreed to develop it in this direction. ”

Luo Changyu was recognized by Ren Pingsheng, and he didn't have a very happy expression on his face, but just listened to Ren Pingsheng's next words very carefully.

All the veterans who started a business with Ren Pingsheng know their boss's speaking style, and after he praises you, he will definitely point out his opinion next.

Sure enough, Ren Pingsheng said with a thoughtful look on his face:

"Have you thought about how to connect the map of the new expansion with the existing game world?"

Luo Changyu thought about it, shook his head and said:

"I haven't thought of this yet, these maps are still just a prototype, and the story background and mission design have not yet begun. ”

Ren Pingsheng nodded lightly and said in a deep voice:

"Ideal World is based on ancient Chinese myths and legends, and we made sure that the new expansion was connected to the original game content so that it would not be confusing to players and maintain the original game experience. ”

Ren Pingsheng's words hit the core concept of game design, and everyone at the bottom showed a look of agreement.

While observing the reactions of his subordinates, he slowly said what he had planned.

"In China's history, there are two main directions for China's expansion to the outside world, one is to the north and the other is to the west. The nomadic steppes in the north, the white mountains and black water forests in the northeast, both of which are relatively backward in terms of civilization in history, only the vast Western Regions are the connecting channel between the Eastern civilization and the Western civilization, and there are many small countries with splendid cultures and various races, I think it is a better choice to design the map of the new expansion in the Western Regions and on the Silk Road. ”

When Ren Pingsheng recounted this vision, he naturally remembered what he saw and heard at the "Silk Road Journey" Gobi Challenge at the beginning of the year, the mysterious and boundless desert, the ruins that can be seen everywhere, the society where ethnic minorities live together, and the colorful civilization, all of which left a deep impression on him.

Although he got lost in the Gobi and was sent to the hospital for treatment, Ren Pingsheng was still full of curiosity and yearning for this region of the Western Regions and the people and things that happened on this Silk Road.

Therefore, when Luo Changyu proposed the design of the colonial system, Ren Pingsheng quickly connected the development of the Western Regions in Chinese history with it, and he said with fascination:

"Think about it, since the Han and Tang dynasties, how many Chinese sons have fought bloody battles in the Western Regions, laying a stable and stable development space for China and expanding new frontiers for the grand territory of the motherland. Zhang Qian sent an envoy, Ban Chao opened the border, Xuanzang learned from the scriptures, and Tang destroyed Gaochang...... How many singing and crying stories have happened here, "Liangzhou Ci", "Guan Shanyue", "From the Army", ...... How many psalms have been left here that have been sung through the ages. “

"In the Western Regions in history, the raised hands are all historical allusions, and the hanging hands are legends, the rise and fall of the family and country, grievances and hatreds, grape wine, orchid and hu dance....... There are so many elements to develop and too many civilizations to write about. “

"The vast majority of the players of "Ideal World" are lovers of Chinese civilization, and if you combine the cultural background of this story, you will definitely be able to gain their recognition and like. ”

Ren Pingsheng's exposition won the admiration of everyone present, combining the historical and cultural materials of the Western Regions with the colonial system, which can not only speed up the development of new expansions, but also make this new game mechanism closer to domestic players and more interesting.

Including the scheming Xu Tao, everyone was impressed by Ren Pingsheng's creativity and inspiration.

Don't look at Mr. Ren has been away from the front line of creation for some days, but his treasure knife is still not old.

Everyone unanimously asked Mr. Ren to give the new expansion a name, Ren Pingsheng took it seriously, and after thinking slightly, he said:

"It's called "Ideal World: Expedition to the Western Regions". ”

This name is vivid and catchy, once again showing Ren Pingsheng's talent and ability to refine words, and won unanimous applause from the audience.

In the praise of everyone, Ren Pingsheng smiled and did not speak.

He couldn't help but think of the Uyghur girl with bright eyes and smart dancing, and her beautiful figure with two long braids seemed to appear in front of him, and his ears seemed to hear her voice calling herself "uncle" with a thick exotic accent.

Is she still in the Western Regions? Has her dream of stardom come true?

Ren Pingsheng's eyes were covered with a layer of memories, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.