Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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I inquired about Kuro's progress.

A-Dong, who was working overtime, answered the phone and understood Lin Li's meaning.

It's unclear why Lin Li suddenly had this idea.

However, they did report on the current situation, mentioning some technical issues they encountered, and even brought over several key members of the creative team to report together.

Kuro's boss happened to be there too, and he was also pulled over by Adong.

Until this strange "online meeting" was over.

No one realized that they were Kuro's people, not Starfire's.

Why do they need to report to Lin Li when he makes a phone call?

In short, the report was given, and no one in the entire company, from top to bottom, felt there was anything wrong with it.

After hanging up the phone, everyone's first thought was whether what General Manager Lin had said made sense, and if changes were to be made, where should they start?

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After hanging up the phone, Lin Li put on his eye mask and prepared to rest.

at the same time.

Shanda Games.

Huang Yi hurriedly entered the office of Tang Yan, the CEO of Shanda Games.

"President Tang, I heard we acquired Cloudburst Studio? Why didn't anyone tell me about this? Who made this decision? Why did we acquire that thing?"

This was Huang Yi's first sentence upon entering the room.

He is the head of the operations department at Shanda Games. Upon hearing the news today, he went straight to Tang Yan's office.

Tang Yan frowned at Huang Yi's exclamation.

Instead of addressing the problem directly, they asked a counter-question.

"Why didn't you knock?"

Huang Yi really wanted to retort, "What time is it now? I'm just an operations manager."

He was the last to know that the company had acquired the studio.

In fact, if the company hadn't wanted him to take over, he might not even know this information today.

He knew that Tang Yan and he didn't get along very well.

But why did it come to this?

"What time is it, Mr. Tang..."

Huang Yi was speechless.

But Tang Yan, still acting like an NPC, asked the same question again.

"Why didn't you knock?"

Huang Yi really didn't want to waste his energy on these useless things, so he eventually left and knocked on the door.

Tang Yan then nodded.

"come in."

Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Great Game

After a series of bizarre performance art pieces, without waiting for Huang Yi to speak...

Tang Yan answered his question directly.

"This was personally ordered by General Manager Wang of the Group. I am just an executor. I didn't communicate with you before because this was an investment-level development. Now it has been transferred to operations, which is a normal process. Go and prepare. Go to Yunbao tomorrow to investigate the situation of their studio."

At first glance, this statement seems to make no mistake.

But upon closer inspection, it's all flawed.

Do you want to listen to what you're saying? Even if we take a step back and say the studio has already been acquired, you still want me to go and investigate? What am I supposed to investigate?

However, I had a lot of complaints in my mind.

In the end, I couldn't bring myself to say it.

Because of Shanda Games at that time, and when he joined the company.

Although the name is the same, it is actually a completely different company.

By August 2017, Century Huatong had acquired 100% of Shanda Games' equity through three acquisitions over several years, either directly or indirectly.

Century Huatong has become the new owner of Shanda Games.

Subsequently, Century Huatong took over Shanda Games' assets over a year and gradually resumed operations.

Although Wang Ji, the boss of Century Huatong, rarely gets involved in the operation of Shanda Games except when attending business analysis meetings, this does not mean that he cannot get involved.

Just like this time.

As for why this boss, who started his business in auto parts, suddenly started micromanaging and issued such a detailed order.

We need to rewind the timeline a bit and go back to September 2018.

At that time, a report titled "Global Blue Ocean Industry Trendsetter" and Xinghuo's valuation of hundreds of billions of yuan were widely circulated in the industry.

As mentioned before, this report has a far greater influence on those at the top than on the players.

Players just watch the show and that's it.

But for the big bosses in the industry, this report has a much greater impact.

This is especially true for those who are not familiar with the industry but are familiar with the form of communication such as industry reports.

Take, for example, Wang Ji, the owner of Century Huatong.

After reading the report, his first reaction was that he suddenly remembered that Tang Yan had reported before that they had invested in a two-dimensional project with several other companies a few months ago.

Wang Ji has strong execution skills.

This is also why he was able to start his business; he acted on his ideas as soon as they came up.

He made a call without asking about Girls' Frontline 2 or Cloudburst, and immediately asked Tang Yan if he could get his hands on the project.

Since the boss has said that, what else can Tang Yan say in response?

He didn't actually want to go back.

For Wang Ji, this was a minor adjustment to his industry based on the current situation.

However, for those who implement this below...

The big boss's words meant they had to invest real money and effort.

An instruction from Wang Ji.

Shanda Games launched a special task force, and after several months of acquisitions and coordination, finally transformed Girls' Frontline 2 from a joint venture of five companies into a single Shanda company this month.

That is to say, by November.

CloudBoom Studio has become Shanda Studio.

Tang Yan put in a lot of effort to achieve this, and the group's CEO, Wang Ji, even praised him for it at a business meeting.

Therefore, Tang Yan has a positive attitude towards the Girls' Frontline 2 project.

As for why Huang Yi wasn't notified...

This is because Tang Yan knew that Huang Yi opposed the Girls' Frontline 2 project before the acquisition was initiated.

"Mr. Tang, didn't you tell Mr. Wang about the special nature of this project?"

as predicted.

Even though the die is cast.

Huang Yi is still struggling.

Huang Yi's strong opposition to Girls' Frontline 2 stems from his experience.

As a veteran with over ten years of experience in the industry.

He knew very well how difficult it was for an IP to make a comeback once it was disliked by players.

He had made suggestions when Tang Yan and several other companies decided to set up a subsidiary to take over the scattered explosives.

Unfortunately, you can't fight city hall.

Tang Yan explained at the executive meeting why he took over Girls' Frontline 2.

First of all, the one that had the problem was Girls' Frontline Remake, not Girls' Frontline 2.

Secondly, this wasn't a solo acquisition by Shanda, but rather an acquisition by five companies together. Even if there were risks, those risks were shared.

The risk is not high, but if Girls Frontline 2 breaks out, the rewards could be quite substantial.

This statement won the support of the vast majority of people.

Huang Yi had no choice but to accept it.

He thought the matter was over, but today...

But then he suddenly received a message.

After multiple confirmations, it was learned that Tang Yan had completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Cloudburst, which meant that Shanda was now operating Girls' Frontline 2 itself.

This made Huang Yi a little unable to hold back.

"Girls' Frontline 2's reputation has collapsed. The project is extremely risky. Weren't the previous five companies doing very well? Small risk, big reward. Why would you hold a bomb in your arms and gamble?"

For a long time after Perfect World, Shanda, and four other established companies jointly took over the Girls' Frontline 2 project.

The Girls' Frontline 2 project team has remained silent.

It's a casual move.

But now, this seemingly insignificant move appears to have taken a turn for the better.

Shanda wants to bring this idle chess piece back to the chessboard.

Huang Yi didn't understand and continued to argue his point.

I hope I can persuade Tang Yan.

However, Tang Yan was unlikely to listen to any of this at that moment.

The same event can lead to completely different conclusions depending on the perspective.

Tang Yan felt that the project wasn't that risky, but the returns might not be bad.

Moreover, a project that even big bosses value is not something that you, Huang Yi, can simply decide not to do.

However, some things shouldn't be said too harshly.

There really isn't anyone who can replace Huang Yi right now.

"Huang Yi, I'm not trying to criticize you, but when it comes to work, you can't just do the easy tasks. You can't avoid challenging tasks. You're also a senior executive, so you should know about the company's plan to change its name."

"By 19, there was no longer Shanda Games, only Shanda Games."

"New name, new look. The big boss wants to see growth points beyond Legend and wants to seek transformation. This is the group's strategy."

Finally, Tang Yan gave Huang Yi a way out.

"I know that Girls' Frontline 2 doesn't have a good reputation, but would a game with a good reputation end up in the hands of Shanda Games?"

"Moreover, if we can revive a game, doesn't that just prove that our newly established Shanda Games can adapt to the new era?"

Huang Yi originally wanted to retort.

When I heard Tang Yan say that, it seemed to make a strange sense of logic.

Indeed, if Girls' Frontline 2 had a good reputation and hadn't caused any trouble, it wouldn't have been Shanda's turn to operate it...

Chapter Ninety-Eight Unexpected

The next day.