"This person's game is quite interesting. Let's ask if they're willing to sign a five-year contract and join Yogame for five years."
In Yogame's conference room, Teng Feng, the overall head, looked at the recent game download data on the platform.
The game called "Get Over It: Digging for Ascension" had experienced an incredibly rapid increase in downloads. In just three days, it went from being unknown to reaching the top position on the popularity chart.
Day One: It was just Brother Yin playing the game.
Day Two: His fans joined in, causing a frenzy.
Day Three: The entire streaming platform, including non-gaming streamers, started playing the game encouraged by their fans.
Soon, it became a moment of universal heartache.
With simple mouse-based gameplay, it provided everyone with the most intense pressure.
Unlike the popular "1-hit KO" games flooding the market, where players can pay to level up and become stronger quickly, this game was designed to be exceptionally challenging, causing players to feel a mix of emotions.
"Finally, talk to him about buying the rights to the game. It's a waste for him to operate it. Selling the game permanently for 10 yuan? That's just devaluing the game!" Teng Feng watched streamers madly smashing their keyboards.
Even netizens commented under various clips: "The game designer must own a keyboard factory."
Some observant netizens even noticed a significant increase in keyboard sales on a certain online shopping platform.
Customer service representatives from various stores received many peculiar questions:
"Is this keyboard of good quality? Can it withstand being smashed several times?"
"Is there a pressure test? Is it waterproof?"
"Can you give me a discount? I want to buy more, so I won't mind if it gets damaged."
...
Teng Feng snorted. If he were managing the game, he would definitely introduce some features, like allowing players to pay to revive once, buy skins for various containers, or purchase grappling hooks for temporary rescues.
Of course, each session would have limited uses, and VIP players could use them more times.
Looking at the game designer's profile, he couldn't help but sigh. The student was still in school and didn't understand business at all.
Kids at this stage were very naive when it came to game development, not considering money-making aspects.
"Let's get a designer to contact him and invite him to our company. His talent is quite good, and he's worth cultivating." After saying this, Teng Feng closed the designer's profile.
There were dedicated staff members responsible for contacting Ye Feng about this matter.
The content on the multi-functional screen in the conference room changed after the information about "Get over It: Digging for Ascension." It switched to preparations for the TGA annual awards at the end of the year.
It was only March, but they were already getting ready for the year-end event.
Although Yogame was a gaming platform, their people were also involved in game development.
"This time, our target award is the Best Independent Game." Teng Feng spoke seriously.
This award, established over a decade ago, was meant to recognize outstanding works in the category of Best Independent Game. It was aimed at honoring those games that cannot invest a significant amount of money in development and promotion but excel in innovation and fun gameplay.
The people in the conference room nodded in response, but there wasn't much excitement.
Because it was the same every year.
...
That day, Ye Feng received a message from Yogame.
"An offer to join? And a proposal to buy the game? They want to buy the rights to the game for two million yuan?" Song Shan stood beside Ye Feng, his breathing becoming rapid.
He looked enviously at the email Ye Feng had just received.
"That's amazing! You'll be part of the Yogame in the future! Isn't this job too good?" Song Shan exclaimed.
This was one of the benefits of becoming famous while still in school. Many big companies would extend invitations, and with a simple agreement, one could join them and receive a generous salary.
Ye Feng glanced at the email, showing no emotion in his eyes.
In fact, he didn't even hesitate. He immediately replied to the email.
[Thank you for the invitation, but it conflicts with my career plans. I'm not considering it for now.]
Song Shan couldn't even stop him in time before Ye Feng had already sent the email.
"What are you doing? This is a rare opportunity!" Song Shan quickly grabbed the mouse, trying to retract the email, but it showed that the recipient had already opened it, making it impossible to retract.
Seeing his reaction, Ye Feng smiled.
From the original host's memories, Song Shan was the person he was closest to in this world.
If he hadn't come from another world, agreeing to this job offer would have been the biggest achievement of his college life.
Song Shan genuinely cared for the original host.
"I sent you some weapon information to your email. Go ahead and create the models." Ye Feng directly handed over the file to Song Shan.
"What do you mean? Do you know who you just rejected?" Song Shan was speechless. Was this guy serious?
"Digging for Ascension made some small money, so this time, let's invest in creating a new game." Ye Feng turned to look at Song Shan.
"Do you call two million a small sum of money?" Song Shan was astonished. Wasn't this a considerable amount?
"This time, how much do you plan to invest?"
"Of course—"
"All in!" Ye Feng handed the game proposal to Song Shan.
[Dead Cells]
Song Shan opened the game proposal and found that it contained everything from level design to weapons, various monsters, and special abilities...
Basically, all the essential elements for a game were well-defined.
Now, he finally realized that Ye Feng was serious about this.
"Starting your own game studio? That's quite a big leap..." Song Shan was at a loss for words.
"That's why I need you to help me. Otherwise, I'd have to work on this forever," Ye Feng replied.
"Alright, since you're going crazy, I guess I have no choice but to accompany you. Just remember to take care of the food!" Song Shan laughed and returned to his computer desk. He opened the email that Ye Feng had just sent him.
"My goal isn't grand; I just want everyone to give me a comment of 'Super Hard' !"