Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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"President Lin, I have prepared the documents. Our plan will definitely surprise them."

Lin Li nodded.

"Well, don't go into too much detail. Just make sure you know who the people on the other side are. You need to get to know them during dinner tonight so we can move things forward."

At first, Li Qi and Pan Ji didn't quite understand what Lin Li meant.

After all, this meeting hasn't even started yet, and everyone hasn't discussed it.

How did this become related to advancing the work?

However, they soon understood why Lin Li said that.

Because a consensus was reached at the top, progress during the meeting was incredibly rapid.

Apart from a few key issues, such as the company's shareholding, which still need to be discussed, the overall direction is progressing very quickly.

When the afternoon meeting ended.

They even came up with the company name.

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"May Project Starlight be a success!"

"success!"

Li Qi, who was accompanying Lin Li for the first time, felt a little dizzy watching a group of people raising their glasses at the dinner party.

They glanced at Pan Ji sitting next to him and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Are business negotiations really that simple now?

What about that tense atmosphere on TV?

Everyone finished talking in one afternoon, all smiles!

Clearly, the meeting just now did not conform to their preconceived notions of business cooperation negotiations.

but..

This is the case.

During the meeting in the afternoon, Lin Li didn't really talk much about the game operation company.

Instead, they talked at length about the future of Douyin and made plans for the future of the internet.

Zhang Ming's plan left the locals at ByteDance stunned, and he would occasionally chime in with agreement with some of Lin Li's remarks.

This way.

The speakers exuded the air of "internet gurus" and "entrepreneurial elites."

Although Li Qi couldn't understand anything, seeing the people from ByteDance constantly taking notes made him feel like he wasn't there for a business negotiation.

Instead, they changed the venue and held a meeting for Spark executives.

"President Lin is President Lin; he's still the absolute center of attention no matter where he is."

This is after the meeting ended.

Li Qi and Pan Ji shared the same idea.

At the dinner party that evening, the two witnessed Lin Li's social skills once again.

Amidst the clinking of glasses and the exchange of toasts, people became flushed with alcohol and addressed each other as brothers.

If you didn't know better, you'd definitely think this was an internal team-building activity at Douyin...

Compared to Lin Li, Li Qi and Pan Ji, although also trying to integrate, were still somewhat lacking.

The dinner party ended very late, and Lin Li drank quite a bit.

The next day, Li Qi and Pan Ji followed Lin Li to the ByteDance building.

Some disagreements that remained at yesterday's meeting disappeared during last night's friendly banter.

Two companies, both of which are considered large in scale in the country, have officially finalized their cooperation agreement.

The next step is to wait for the legal regulations to be integrated, sign the contract, and go through the procedures.

It's all over.

When Li Qi and Pan Ji followed Lin Li out of the building again, they still felt that the past two days had gone a little too smoothly.

"I never expected that team building activities like dining would be so effective for business negotiations?"

Faced with Li Qi's somewhat naive question, Pan Ji, who was more experienced, smiled.

"It's not that the meal had any effect, but rather that General Manager Lin was present at the dinner."

Whether at home or abroad.

Society is made up of people, and Lin Li is a successful entrepreneur who has insights into the future and is approachable.

At the dinner table, I was patted on the shoulder by this big shot, addressed as a brother, and we chatted.

Let's not say we consider each other close friends.

The favorability rating also kept rising.

In addition, the top management has given the approval, and Mr. Lin himself also owns shares in Douyin.

If you keep stopping them, it's a bit inconsiderate of you.

People who don't understand things can't become senior executives.

“We at Spark are still short-staffed. We’ll need someone specifically to do things like this in the future. If we keep drinking like this every day, I reckon the next game at Spark will be a drinking game simulator.”

Lin Li's words had a hidden meaning, which Li Qi and Pan Ji both understood.

This is a new opportunity.

Anyone with even a little ambition would be excited.

However, just as the two were getting excited, Lin Li suddenly changed the subject.

"Hey, do you guys think if we actually made a drinking party simulator... it could become a hit?"

"what?"

Both Li Qi and Pan Ji thought Lin Li was just saying it casually.

Until a week later...

Chapter 447 A Drinking Party! A Battleground?

"A game development competition?"

One week later, at the Xinghuo Building.

At the monthly reporting meeting.

After the regular meeting, Lin Li started a new topic.

Talk about it.

As the number of projects sponsored by Spark increases.

The monthly reporting meetings at Spark are getting longer and longer.

To increase efficiency.

Lin Li optimized the previous meeting, and he would go to each studio two to three days in advance to organize a two-hour reporting meeting.

The entire meeting consisted of reports from the development team, while Lin Li simply listened and took notes.

Then came today's plenary session.

Lin Li will integrate some common issues and share some detailed issues.

To be honest, this model is highly efficient, but it's not something that just anyone can handle. Many producers get dizzy and overwhelmed after working on just one project.

In other words, Lin Li is very familiar with these projects, has foresight about the future, and is experienced due to his long time on the front lines, which is why he is able to keep the system running.

Of course, the reason why this process is maintained is that the old projects have gradually stabilized. With the establishment of new projects, the old projects such as "Girls' Frontline", "Azur Lane" and "FGO" basically do not need to be worried.

That's why Lin Li was able to discuss new things at the monthly meeting.

It can also continuously initiate new projects.

"Yes, a game development competition. However, this project is not primarily for external use or for globalization. On the contrary, it is an internal matter, a way to integrate like-minded forces within our country and hone our internal skills."

Su Shanshan, Li Qi, Pan Ji, Yuwan, Hai Mao, and a group of Xinghuo executives looked at Lin Li, all somewhat confused as to why this matter had suddenly arisen.

"Before I begin to explain this project, I'll first show you a demo."

Lin Li took a sip of water and gestured to Su Shanshan next to him to open a game demo.

The name of this demo is quite interesting.

[Drinking Simulator]

The game uses the classic top-down perspective of Starfire.

However, when the game demo was released, what surprised everyone the most was not the game itself, but the fact that Lin Li had released the demo beforehand.

Since no department was contacted, it must have been done by the boss himself?

They were wondering about it.

Lin Li had already started the process.

"This is something that Shanshan and I worked on together over the past few days. Take a look, and the topic of our meeting today is related to this demo."

The entire [Drinking Simulator] demo is very simple.

It's so simple it's almost rudimentary; there's no UI at all. Just click the icon and you're directly taken to the game screen.

The footage uses a top-down perspective, a technique frequently employed by Xinghuo.

The art style is the default style of the Spark game engine, and all the scene materials are directly available in the material library.

This has been the focus of the engine department's work this year. Just like Unreal Engine has a resource library, Spark is also building a resource library to facilitate its internal use and use by other game developers after licensing the engine.

Because the source material was directly extracted from the library, the current visuals have a very strong sense of déjà vu.

The scene is a dining table with some grilled meat on it. There are four people around the table: Commander models drawn from "Girls' Frontline: Companions", 95, Springfield, and 97.

Four people are sitting around the dining table.

The scene looked quite harmonious. Lin Li even put some thought into making some animations, showing the group picking up food and pouring wine, which looked quite professional.

"Why is there no UI?"

As the others in the conference room looked at the numerous demonstration screens, Song Shiyu from the Wandering Earth project team raised a question.

Questions are raised in the meeting room; this is the norm at the Spark Conference.

Faced with this question, Lin Li clicked the mouse, the commander picked up a glass of wine, and then four dialogue options appeared at the bottom of the screen.

At the same time, a pale yellow progress bar that was slowly burning appeared at the top of the screen.

"This game is a text-based dialogue game, and the gameplay is very simple."

The core objective of the "Drinking Simulator" is singular.

Maintain a pleasant atmosphere at the dinner party.

Spread out an entire surface around this point.

In the first stage, also known as the beginner stage, there is only one factor that affects the atmosphere of the dinner party: the conversation.

Players can start a conversation or join in on other people's conversations.

During this time, you can also choose to pour wine, add dishes, and perform other actions.

Some of these actions can improve the atmosphere, while others can make the situation awkward.

Lin Li clicked on the first dialogue.

Come on, come on, it's been a long time! Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend...

The game officially begins.

Talk about it.