Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

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"That...that's a normal loan between friends, yes!"

"Oh? Really? A friend borrowed money from you, and he replied 'OK'? He replied that the data has been processed and he can put your mind at ease?"

"I.."

Su Qin never expected that Tencent would discover his hiring of people to process data.

However, she did not give up.

"I only asked her to help me measure the data more accurately; I paid the 1 yuan out of my own pocket! I'm already being very generous by not asking the company for reimbursement!"

The HR person gave a cold laugh.

"Oh? You paid for this 1 out of your own pocket, but because you requested a new investigation, we paid hundreds of thousands more in investigation fees from the public account. Did you also pay for that out of your own pocket?"

"Furthermore, you used the company's publicity budget to launch a public opinion attack on Weibo. Do you know what kind of behavior that is? This is embezzlement of company funds. Not to mention, you also have records of modifying company survey data and causing significant losses to the copywriting team?"

"Severance pay? The company has already been more than generous by not suing you. Otherwise, you'd be in the police station talking to us about leaving, just like Yu Zhong."

"No wonder you made such a mess. You're incompetent, not smart, and don't know your place. The person who hired you was really unlucky."

Su Qin was completely stunned when she came out of the conference room.

She didn't expect it at all.

As one of the main creators of the scattershot technique, I didn't even receive any compensation upon leaving the company.

~~~

Su Qin did not accept compensation.

Yu Zhong immediately demanded compensation.

What HR just told Su Qin was not a lie.

The current Yu Zhong.

I just came out of the police station.

However, his situation was much more complicated than Su Qin's.

First of all, the biggest relationship between Yuzhong and Penguin right now is not employees, but debt.

The debts incurred during the Girls' Frontline 1 era were originally supposed to be repaid after the release of Girls' Frontline 2.

but now.

Because of this incident, Ma Huateng directly disbanded the entire ScatterBomb division.

This means that Yu Zhong's hope of repayment has been completely dashed.

more importantly.

Previously, corruption in the outsourcing of Girls' Frontline 2 animation was also exposed.

In an attempt to shift the blame, Yao Xiaodong made Yu Zhong take the fall.

Ultimately, Yu Zhong was convicted of accepting bribes as a non-state employee, had his illegal gains confiscated, and was sentenced to ten months in prison with a one-year suspended sentence.

The penalty wasn't actually that severe.

Firstly, Yu Zhong didn't have much money to begin with, and couldn't afford the fines for the illegal gains.

As for sentencing, due to the existence of probation, he does not actually have to go to prison; his personal movements are only restricted.

Even because of being sentenced to prison.

Penguin believed he had lost the ability to repay and converted his debt into an agreement.

In the future, if Yu Zhong's personal assets are insufficient to repay his debts, Tencent will not pursue him for repayment.

Although we are not pursuing the debt, the debt has not disappeared. We are just not pursuing it for the time being so that you can live a normal life.

But if you make money, even an extra 1 yuan, you still have to pay back the money first.

In other words, as long as Yu Zhong stays in China for the rest of his life.

Any money they make, the extra portion, belongs to the penguins.

It's only his time when he pays off the debt.

This is a performance-based agreement.

Capitalism is poison.

By taking the blame this time, Yu Zhong has essentially left himself penniless.

However, taking the blame isn't all for nothing.

Yu Zhong's substitution gave Yao Xiaodong time.

Although Yao Xiaodong has been blacklisted by Ma Huateng, he is, after all, a long-time employee of Tencent and has a wide network of connections within the company.

Without finding concrete evidence, they can afford to wait a while.

Yao Xiaodong promised Yu Zhong that after weathering the current storm, he would use a company to buy the copyright of Girls' Frontline and the Girls' Frontline 2, which was under development, at a low price.

The new company will invite Yu Zhong.

However, Yao Xiaodong also said...

That's all he can do. The new company is just an empty shell. If Yu Zhong wants to continue, he'll have to find another company and investors himself.

~~~

I came out of the police station.

Yu Zhong glanced at the sunlight, took a deep breath of fresh air. Although it was a little cool, Yu Zhong felt less depressed.

Despite the current unfavorable situation, he has not completely lost everything.

The copyright for Girls' Frontline has returned to him.

Chapter 416 Chen Rui Watches the Stars

This was the key to his comeback.

At this point, even Yu Zhong had a vague feeling that the Girls' Frontline IP was ruined.

But he had nothing left.

All that's left is a half-finished Girls' Frontline 2.

He needs to find a buyer to finish Girls' Frontline 2, which is still in the early stages.

He will only have a chance to make a comeback if Girls' Frontline 2 doesn't lose money.

He felt that this was not difficult.

After all, Tencent has already polished Girls' Frontline 2 to the DEMO stage, and the development cost is no longer much. These costs have essentially been covered by Tencent.

As for reputation...

Changing the name should solve most of the problem.

What he needs to do now is to find a reliable partner, someone who can understand and support him, to jointly develop this IP and give it new life.

Think of this.

As soon as Yu Zhong returned home, he immediately began his rebuilding efforts.

I picked up the phone and contacted a few friends in the industry.

"Oh? Hmm, okay, I'll contact you next time."

"Hello, it's me, Yu Zhong...?" He hung up on me!

Why aren't you answering?

"Hey, it's me, it's me. I'm not on Penguin anymore..."

"I have a project here, involving young girls..."

One afternoon, a few hours.

Yu Zhong's phone was about to be turned off.

Yu Zhong asked almost everyone he could in the anime and manga community, but surprisingly, not a single person showed any interest.

Got to the back.

Several companies that weren't really involved in the anime/manga/game (ACG) industry actually called him.

They are interested and want to take over.

It turned out that Yu Zhong also wanted the complete production rights to the game.

These people hung up immediately.

He was hanging it up while cursing.

This put Yu Zhong in an awkward position.

Some people even wanted to buy Girls' Frontline's IP after hearing Yu Zhong's comments, but demanded that Yu Zhong sever ties with them.

"I'm speechless. What does this mean? I created this game IP myself! Can't I even control it?"

~~~

At the same time that Yu Zhong was cursing.

Chen Rui from Bilibili, however, was frowning as he browsed the Spark Games platform on his screen.

After May Day, the Xinghuo platform began to exert its strength.

Although Chen Rui is not a gamer, he still took some time to look at Xinghuo's platform.

"The level of completion is truly impressive..."

This was Chen Rui's remark after experiencing it for an hour.

The level of completion he mentioned.

One aspect is the overall UI design.

From the art style to the layout and even the buttons, it's safe to say that this is a platform created by Spark.

One glance.

It has a unique aesthetic appeal.

Secondly, the game platform's various sections are clearly and concisely designed.

The top left side of the main page displays your profile picture and UID.

On the left is the quick game library, and Chen Rui's own account is completely empty in this row.

This quick game card uses a square icon with a long strip of text on the background to form a rectangular card.

Chen Rui only has two quick game buttons: one is Girls Frontline, and the other is FGO, which Chen Rui downloaded to experience.

The quick start card for Battlefront Girls is an icon of 95 with the words "Battlefront Girls" on a gray background next to it, along with some small markers such as game time, honor, and number of achievements.

These elements together form this quick-entry card.

Arknights uses Amiya's icon, along with some cyberpunk-style text.

Clicking once will redirect you to the corresponding main interface in the center of the page.

After entering the main interface.

Just like the main screen of most game launchers, except that the player's save data for the game is displayed next to the center of the screen, on the right side.

The record board includes...

The player's playtime, achievements in the game, badges earned, number of characters unlocked, mascot, and even gacha pull records.

Although Chen Rui didn't play much, he still had some badges on the left.

Further down, you'll see more game information and a share button.

According to the system prompts, you can also receive a corresponding game gift pack and a no-minimum-spend coupon when you share the game for the first time.

If any player clicks the link and downloads the game...

Players will receive in-game currency equivalent to 20 yuan.