A JRPG in novel form. Star Wars in Middle Earth. Heavily influenced by Final Fantasy games.

Arron bolts a boy who died somehow finds himself revived in a multiverse of his favorite games where his goal is to impress bang and win over the heroines of his favorite games such as srwog final fantasy kof and street fighter.

Arron McGee a boy who died somehow finds himself revived in a multiverse of his favorite games where his goal is to impress bang and win over the heroines of his favorite games such as srwog final fantasy kof and street fighter.

It was all wrong. Her love for him was selfish and evil. Alam 'yon lahat ni Yohan sa simula palang. But the moment she laid her eyes again to that man, the unwanted emotions she left behind in her young and fragile heart went crashing back to her... but she welcomely embraced it. Again. Kahit na mali. Kahit na may masaktang ibang tao.

But reality hits you. Hindi sa lahat ng oras ay papabor sa'yo ang mundo. There are things in life... after you let go of it, you might not get it back. No matter how you try to obtain it again. No matter how hard and keen your efforts are. Maybe because it's now out of your reach, or maybe... the thing you once had was never really intended for you in the first place? Na baka dumaan lang iyon sa buhay mo para turuan ka ng iba't-ibang mahahalagang bagay.

It came to a point when she wanted to escape the fleeting past that has been caging her for years. But that means... letting go of the person she had always hoped. And breaking free from the wicked fantasy she had loved to embrace.


The first installment of Blacklabel Series.

It could be understood now that in this world, people had a high view of video games. This world situation is not like Joshua's previous world, that the people would look down on video games. Video games in the eyes of this world inhabitants, not just pure entertainment, but also an art. Video games are just like knives, it is up to the wielder. A knife could kill people by stabbing them to death, but a knife could also help people by cutting ingredients for cooking.

Joshua feels happy inside his heart. He came to a world where a game is viewed not as destructive entertainment, but as an art! Oh, how he longed this day came to his life where he can freely show his love for a game and not be looked down on. But still, he is a failure in the eyes of society. Because he didn't get a job and just indulge in gaming every day. Just like a knife, he could kill himself if he isn't careful. So he needs to change the people's view of him, now!

Joshua's stomach growled intensely. He then remembered that he had not eaten anything from noon after he got home from grocery shopping. He took a deep breath and stabilize his mind. He can't get too excited yet, because there are so many hurdles in front of him that he need to cross! But firstly, he needs to cook dinner to relieve his starvation. Joshua gets up and walks to the kitchen. He made a simple egg dish with bread and sausages. After he eats until his belly full, he started to think and plan his next step.

The first thing that he needs to do is to spend the mall point in the system mall. He knows that, as a pure gamer with zero experience in game design, he needs to buy the game design book. Although in his previous life, he criticized many games and said that he can do a better job than the game studio, he knew that he just bullshitting. A game is different in the eyes of the game designer than the gamer. Moreover, a thousand game designers could produce a thousand different ways to look at a game.

Ding!
1x Basic Game Design Book is purchased!
Do you want to use the book?
(Yes/No)

"Yes!" Joshua didn't have to think about it for a long time. To participate in the competition, he must know about game design!

So much knowledge about basic game designing invades his brain. After a few minutes, he knows all about the basics of Game Design. In another word, it is a god's blessing that he got a system! Imagine if he needs to read a mountain of books every day, even if he can finish it before the deadline, he will be dead tired and can't finish the game on time!

Now, for the competition requirements, he also needs to establish his game studio. But whats is a good name for his newly established game studio? Thunderbolt Entertainment? Nah, it's already booked by another Almighty Game Designer. What about Tengda Game Company? Nope, it won't work if I didn't deliberately Losing Money to be a Tycoon. Right! What I need badly right now is a miracle, so Miracle Game Studio it is!

Joshua opened his laptop and search for instructions on how to establish a game company in this world. He got the information that he needs, he could complete his company registration online. Fortunately, he just graduated from university and he could apply for a subsidy from the government because he establishing a startup game company. He could also get an exemption of 1-year tax-free. This world treatment of a game company is very good!

All of the registration processes could be processed online. Because he didn't have an office building right now and just work from home, his workspace didn't have to be inspected by the authority. Maybe, it's the advantage of an advanced information era, all of the payment and troublesome process could do online. He was amazed by this world because if this is his previous world, he needs to queue for hours just to apply for establishing a company. Then he needs to give some red envelope to the authorities, then... In short, he would be broke!

Joshua filled in his personal information and game company name 'Miracle Game Studio'. Then, he needs to upload the company logo. Logo... Right, how he could forget about the most important thing of a company. A logo is like a gateway for the player to know his game. When someone sees his logo in the future, they will instantly recognize that the game is made by Miracle Game Studio!

Joshua searches the web for a free vector editor software like CorelDraw in his previous life. He then found one program called 'Vectored'. Joshua opens the program and a splash screen was seen in front of him, 'You just got Vectored'. Hmm, sounds familiar... Anyway, he started to think about his game studio logo. He needs to carefully think about it because he can't casually change it later after his game company became renowned. What can be represented by a miracle? When someone wishes for a miracle, they said to look for a shooing star. So, I just use a shooting star for the logo then!

He draws an eight-pointed star, just like a compass, and colors it white. Then, he draws three curved lines on the right side of the eight-pointed star, one long curved line in the middle, and two other short curved lines sandwiching it. Joshua changes the color of the background to black and adds the text 'Miracle Entertainment Studio' below the logo. Add a 3d filter for embossing effect and... Finished! Joshua then nodded. He was satisfied with his logo design. Very Cool!

Joshua finished the game studio registration and the application is successfully submitted. He needs to wait another week for the verification process. After the application is approved, he needs to pick up the paperwork on the same day. Joshua made an appointment alarm in his phone and then searches the web for a game engine. To create a 32-bit game for a Handheld game that was made 10 years ago, he needs a suitable game engine. Because he only has basic game design ability, he can't create his game engine. But fortunately, there are tons of game engines listed on the web. And the price is very low because it is made for a system that was made 10 years ago. The average price is just around 20.000 Alliance Credit.

He soon found a game engine that had a good review and praise from many authoritative game websites. It is called the 'MicroEngine' game engine. It's priced at just only 19.900 Alliance Credit, still within the budget! It also comes with the bonus of a built-in sound editor, sprite editor, and easy wifi integration! Perfect! Joshua didn't need to think hard about it and quickly bought it, download it, played it a little bit, and satisfied by the performance of this game engine. It exceeds his expectation by a margin!

He can't wait to get started and made his very first game in this world. He fantasized about making a triple-A game, earn loads of money, creates his fantasy world, and get a girlfriend... Cough... Maybe about the last part, he could think about it another time. Anyway, he needs to prioritize creating a game right now.

Joshua needs a game that can propel his Game Studio reputation. He needs some exposure for his first game. By taking first place in the competition, he can get the exposure he needs! The next step is, he needs to wait for the Crimson Go handheld game system and some of the game to arrive. He needs to understand what kind of game that already been made in this world, and what kind of game is the most renowned for the Crimson Go system.

Although he was itching to make the game right now, he needs to be patient. If he rushed to make a game right now, what if his game has been made by another game studio and flopped? Then he didn't have any money left in his account to create a new game, and it would be certain that a group from ghana would come and dance with his coffin...

The next day, after waking up from his sleep, he got a package. The Crimson Go and some of the most famous game cartridges like "Fantasy World", "Gunman", "Protoss" and many more have arrived. He bought the most popular game from each genre for the Crimson Go system.

After playing all the games a little bit, he understood that the quality of those games is just so so! Take 'Fantasy World' for example. It is an RPG game with a cliche story of saving the world and standard turn-based combat. Even the original NES Final Fantasy 1 in his previous life is better than this game and with the same cliche story. And the most depressing fact that Final Fantasy was made in the '90s... But, 'Fantasy World', a game that was made in 2010? Even though the graphics are better than Final Fantasy, but the quality of the game is much worse. Same with 'Gun Man', a worse sidescrolling game than Contra with clunky control, and 'Protoss'... just castrated version of Raiden! Damn... And they said that 'Fantasy World' is the number 1 best-selling game at that time, an absolute classic? They don't know sh*t about a classic game! 'Fantasy World' was made by Liontail Game Studio 9 years ago. Now, they are focused on the MR game and still proud of 'Fantasy World'.

He had some idea of the game he want to make in his mind. By looking at the Crimson Go games sales figure, he knows that for Crimson Go players, an RPG game is the mainstream game. Many classic RPG games flashed in his mind, but for sake of his farsighted plan, he needs to make that most famous two variant game! Yes, two games! He chose to make that game because, he just need to make one game and edit it here and there, and instantly became two games! It's time for this world to taste the addictiveness of catching pokemon and be the very best like no one ever was!

"Those graphics are unbelievable!" -Game Critics

"The best game of the year" - Motaku

"Too much water 6/10" - LGN

Joshua von Karma worked hard and reached his lifelong goal...

Which is, to create a fantasy world in this new world...

A fantasy world that he controls freely...

A fantasy world that he is the only god...

A fantasy world that...

*Slap*!

"Darling, wake up! Someone sends us an envelope full of razor to our game studio again!"

"Huh? Huh! Where is my fantasy world?!"

Slate POV
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I see a tiny ember infront of my face blob. It slowly grows in size and heat. A few seconds was all it took for the ember to grow into a MASSIVE purple and red sun infront of me. The round sun started to contort and reshape itself. The fire turned somewhat humanoid before it started to shrink. The sun compressed until it was about eye level with my floating blob. From the mini sun came out a teenage looking kid. The kid looked cool to be honest. Dark purple spiky hair with a silver highlight on one side, red snake looking eyes and a black and silver reptile tail hanging down his back. He had a black hoodie with a picture of anime meat on the front, grey shorts and no shoes. All in all, the kid looks 16 at best with some hardcore cosplay chops. 
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???: Hello traveler. Welcome to the Uni - Inverse realm. I am Bahamut. One of the 8 Gods of Fantasy Zero.
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Slate: Woh... You are Bahamut? Like the huge dragon from the Final Fantasy games? Your... much smaller then the games showed you. Why are you a 15 year old kid? Plus where am I? Whats the Uni - Inverse realm? 
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Bahamut: Sigh, I get that more often then I would like. It is very inconvenient for me to be walking around as a giant humanoid dragon when I'm trying to speak to glowing blobs about 2 feet tall. But yes, I am the same Bahamut from those knock off games. You are in the Uni - Inverse realm which is the inspiration for those game creators at Square Enix. They just didnt know their ideas came from us. You are rare even by our standards. Our realm lives by one rule...  Fight for your survival and thrive. Your life has been harder than most so the 8 of us gods decided to give you a chance. We will send you to our world  and see how you do. That is... if you accept our offer for a new life. Do not worry though, you will be given a few gifts of your choosing. What do you say?
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Slate: Is there any way for me to return to my previous world and see my family again? If not is there any way for me to know how they turned out after my passing?
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Bahamut: No and not really. You're soul can no longer return to that world because it's time there has ended. You could refuse to come to our world and go to heaven... but the rest of your family will be living a long life and you will not see them for quite a while. Your family is doing just fine by the way. Your mother remarried and your brothers have been successful in life with both work and relationships. That is best I can do for you In regards to your previous family. I'll give you some time to think about your choices. Going to heaven will mean you get to relax for the next 50 the 80 years before your family joins you. Your other option would be to go to Fantasy Zero and stirrup the waters by showing them what the self proclaimed "God of Grind" can do when given a fair starting point. 
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Bahamut gives me a toothy shit eating grin. 
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Slate: What are these gifts you gods will be giving me? ill tell you right now, i dont want an unfair advantage. No invincibility or broken class. No god killer sword from the start or max level stats. ... if their are stats that is.
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Bahamut: I cant tell you about the gifts until you agree to forgo heaven for now and be reincarnated in Zero. I can, however, promise that you wont get such game breaking cheats. what kinda fun is that? 
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Slate: Then im in. I choose to be reincarnated in the Uni - Inverse Realm of Fantasy Zero and turn down Heaven until my time in Zero is done. Hows that?
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Bahamut: Perfect. Now for the gifts. 
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Bahamut holds out his hand and 8 crystals that start circling my blob soul. 
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Bahamut: These are gift crystals. One from each god of this realm. They each grant one gift within reason. you can say your wish and ill let you know if its possible. Oh, before you start... AI's and Unlimited Inventory are a no no. So is time travel and OP wishes. 
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I start pondering what i would need in this new world... maybe a party? but whats a normal party number?
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Slate: Am i correct in guessing that most people in your... our world... party to survive?
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Bahamut: Yes, that is correct. It's normally from 3 to 6 members in a party. Raids normally have somewhere around 20 members per raid party.
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Slate: Can I use a crystal to make 3 party members?
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Bahamut: Yes but within reason. You can't ask for Cloud or Lightning to be one of your party members. As a matter of fact, no known final fantasy characters can a be made as one of your gifts. They already exist on Zero. 
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Slate: ... Ok, no big deal. I want to use 3 Crystal to make 3 party members. One should be a DPS, one should be a Mage and the last one should be a Healer. 
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Bahamut: That is easy enough. 5 gifts left. choose wisely
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Slate: I want a healthy body. the most healthy body to ever exist. I dont want to ever be sick again. 
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Bahamut: That is impossible for your current bloodline and body. Pure human bodies cant handle a gift that strong. You would have to become something else other then human. 
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Slate: Thats ok with me. what are my choices?
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Bahamut: I cant give you any. It would be unfair. You must come up with your own ideas. but know this... mixing with a beast kin would be your best bet. their are many beast kin in Zero. 
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Slate: Does the beast kin have to be from a FF game or can I choose any beast i want?
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Bahamut: You can pick any beast you want but again... dont go overboard.
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Slate: ... ill come back to this. I would like Sora's drive forms from KH2. is that doable?
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Bahamut: May i read your memories so i can know what you are talking about?
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Slate: umm sure? Will it hurt? plus sorry in advance. There are some memories that are somewhat NSFW up here. 
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Bahamut: BWWWWAAAAHHAHAHA!!! MY SIDES!! 
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after about 5 minutes of Bahamut making the room shake and giving me a blob headach... he finally relaxed enough to read my memories.
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Bahamut: Oh that was good. Ahhhhh funny stuff. Ok... here i go. 
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Bahamut lifted his hand to my blob and his hand glowed. A few minutes passed when Bahamut's eyes shot open and his nose dripped a tiny drop of blood. 
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Bahamut: I will be right back
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he blinked out of view instantly.
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... dafuk?

I am not a hero. I am not a villain. I just want to survive and thrive. 

How will i do this? No flipping clue... 

I was born into my original world fighting for my life from the beginning. I continued fighting but i finally lost the battle at 25. Most of my life i spent in a hospital room so almost all my free time was spent playing games or reading. 

My favorite games were the Final Fantasys. 

My life got more intriguing when I was told by The FF God Bahamut that I was to be reborn in the world where every FF game takes its inspirations from. The Uni-Inverse Realm of Fantasy Zero. Before Being Reborn though... I had a few Gifts from the different gods. 

This is where I will Thrive.

I dont own ANY FF characters that might show up. They belong to Square Enix and the other Various Devlopers.

As the release of Thunderbolt Tabletop had given Emperor Dynasty Entertainment a massive headache, the Chairman of Fantasy Gaming Platform, Ding Xing was also highly anxious.
Fantasy Gaming Platform was also a big distribution in China, but they weren't as big into development as Emperor Dynasty Entertainment or Zen Entertainment.
Fantasy Gaming Platform placed huge emphasis on tabletop games, and was also a huge part in growing their player base. Understandably, Ding Xing was shocked when Thunderbolt Tabletop was released.
What is this?
Ding Xing felt that he was caught between the crossfire. Why was he caught between Chen Mo taking on the titans of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment.
And Chen Mo actually used the promotional spot on Emperor Dynasty Entertainment to promote his own tabletop games?
Emperor Dynasty Entertainment too, why did they actually promote it?
Aren't they giving him the shovel to dig their own grave?
Chen Mo is giving away gaming pods through a tournament too? What a barbaric way to do things!
The most infuriating thing was that the players are actually falling for it?
What is the meaning of this!
Ever since Thunderbolt Tabletop went live, the daily active users for Fantasy Tabletop had dropped by tens of thousands, of course Ding Xin was worried.
Ding Xing also wondered how he was caught in the crossfire when it was clearly between Emperor Dynasty Entertainment and Chen Mo.
Ding Xing was now in the same situation as Lin Chaoxu, he wanted to retaliate, but what could he do? His games didn't have a tournament mode at all!
Lucky draws? It wouldn't work well! Even if they had to throw money at it to fix the problem, it wouldn't fix the root of the problem!
However, even if it was in vain, he had to do something. If nothing was done, the players would continue falling, and before long, all of the users of Fantasy Gaming Platform would be gone.
Ding Xing had to bite the bullet, "We are also giving out gaming pods! Everyone will be working overtime to make a tournament mode as well!"
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Chem Mo's actions had stirred waves within the tabletop games community. There were countless video game designers working overtime just to make a tournament mode. If Chen Mo's hate meter could level up, it probably would've gone up by three levels in one week.
However, the fans that were waiting for drama finally got what they asked for. Around four tabletop games started giving out prizes, and many of them started to log into multiple accounts to try and have a chance at the lucky draws.
However, the efforts by the other games are largely meaningless, as the tabletop games that use lucky draw systems didn't require the player to pay attention. It was only because Thunderbolt Tabletop had a tournament mode that players were inclined to grind out in Thunderbolt Tabletop for credits to increase their placing on the leaderboard.
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Sunday.
Dou Dizhu, Mahjong as well as Thunderbolt Poker within Thunderbolt Tabletop had started their finals round. After an hour of exciting gameplay, the first three places of all three games finally emerged.
Chen Mo also had his eyes on the matter, livestreaming the entire competition on Weibo, and released the winners at the end of it as well. He also contacted the winners as soon as possible to send out the prizes as early as possible.
When the competition finished, more focus was drawn to the game, and now more players had their eyes on future tournaments.
"I was shaking the entire lifestream. These final contestants are insane! I didn't know there were this many pros in these tabletop games..."
"Transparent competition with no chance of pulling shenanigans. A few of the competitors were my buddies too. I'll have to give Chen Mo a thumbs up for that."
"Impressive. Chen Mo even managed to give tabletop games an interesting gimmick. All I can say is that he's number one at whatever he does!"
"The designers for other games must be super nervous to experience the wrath of Thunderbolt Gaming once again..."
"Chen Mo really has many good ideas. I don't usually play tabletop games and I was still drawn in by this. Even though I never came close to entering the finals, I still continue to play every day."
"There's no way I could go back to other tabletop games after getting used to Thunderbolt Tabletop. Everything else is just too crude! Thunderbolt Tabletop has the best player experience for tabletop games in the market, bar none!"
"Please let Emperor Dynasty Tabletop know that I'm not coming back..."
"+1"
"Let Fantasy Tabletop know that I'm not going back either."
"Wait for me, previous poster. I'll be right there after I get my hands on the lucky draw!"
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After the first week, Thunderbolt Tabletop reached 2.2 million users, the number of users I Am MT reached in a month.
If this hype keeps going, Chen Mo estimated that Thunderbolt Tabletop could bring Thunderbolt Gaming Platform more than eight million users, and optimistically ten million.
How many players were ten million?
In season one of League of Legends, they had 1.4 million users, and when Season 2 came around, that number became 11.5 million.
That was basically slightly under the number of players Dota2 and Overwatch had.
Of course, there were many inactive players in tabletop games compared to MOBAs. Half of the players were probably inactive players, and there probably weren't many loyal players. Most of the players would probably play a game or two before their long hiatus away from the game.
Moreover, the number of players Thunderbolt Tabletop achieved didn't even come close to the two hundred million of Tencent Tabletop from his previous world.
However, Chen Mo was quite satisfied at this number. At least he now had a playerbase to advertise his future games to.
Chen Mo didn't expect this to profit. He planned to return all the profits back into the community, and even use some of I Am MT's profits as well, continuing to host competitions every week, and giving out gaming pods every week.
If he continued at this pace, he would be giving out one million RMB worth of stuff a month. Chen Mo could still afford that cost, even when including the customer service team as well as the cost of the servers.
Just like the wars on ride sharing apps or bicycle renting apps in his previous life, money burning out of your pocket wasn't a sign to stop. As Chen Mo was set on contending the spot on the hill, he couldn't stop until he converted all the players from other platforms.
Moreover, how much did it actually cost? One to two million a month for that many users? That was a good price to pay in the long run.
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Emperor Dynasty Tabletop and Fantasy Tabletop also started releasing their own tournament modes in the second week, they were also giving out prizes through the tournaments as well.
This managed to salvage a portion of their playerbase, but it was still just in retaliation. As they had a huge number of players, combined with the fact that Thunderbolt Tabletop had a better user experience, releasing the tournament first, Thunderbolt Tabletop without a doubt had all the attention on them in this war of attrition.
The power transfer was already complete. The tabletop games industry which was originally held by Emperor Dynasty Tabletop and Fantasy Tabletop had been severely impacted by Thunderbolt Tabletop's explosive entry to the industry, taking away a huge number of their player base and becoming the third most influential game.
And there wasn't much else the other tabletop games could do other than shiver in their boots.


Chen Mo liked calling himself a video game designer, despite being a mere video game producer.
After dying one day from work-related stress, he transmigrated into a parallel world as himself, right after he graduated. He was now in the body of his younger self, who also aspired to be a video game designer. 
Will he be able to fulfill his dream after being reborn in this oddly different new world, and become the best video game designer in that world?
Follow Chen Mo on his romp through video game classics as he brings the great games of the past to a whole new world in pursuit of his dreams!
Note: This Novel has been continued as a passion project by its translator. The continuation of this novel will not affect the result of Trial Reading or Voting Pool. 

Luhua Primary School. It was time for the final exam again.
The exam wasn't supposed to make students happy, but since a strange fellow named Brother Yu started using the amusement park as a lure, at least, some students were looking forward to the final exam.
Just like the summer vacation, dozens of students could enter the amusement park for free! Although others could still get in the park by spending a little money on tickets, whenever their parents saw those kids with visitor's card, they would always say things like, "look at them, and look at you, why can you not get better scores in school?" It would only make those children felt very annoyed.
So since the winter vacation was coming soon, naturally, everyone was looking forward to the surprises, that Brother Yu was going to bring to them. Zhou Hao was one of the students, who have been preparing for this for a long time. Although for half a year, he was still that naughty, his attitude of learning was a lot of serious, and his performance was steadily rising.
Sure enough, the news of brother Yu's recruitment came out soon.
This time, they were not recruiting visitors, but project experimenters. Apart from those who have good grades, those, who knew how to paint, sing, play musical instruments or had special skills in sports, would also be recruited. It was said that Brother Yu was going to take everyone to play a big game called "The Dragon's Treasure", which would definitely be fun.
The most important thing was that food and accommodation would be included. There would even be special people looking after them. They would also be sent home by special buses during the Spring Festival. The whole event would last about two weeks.
There were 100 places, and the competition would be fierce.
"The Dragon's Treasure" role-playing game is a game, that will allow students to play the various occupations, that exist in different factions in the movie "The Dragon's Treasure". Children can choose to complete a variety of tasks alone or with teams. By completing the task, they will obtain certain points. Points can be exchanged for items in the gift store. Even if they don't get the dragon's treasure, they can still get some other prizes.
In order to make this game happen, Zhou Yu first needed to build a small town, called Fantasy City, where the immortal illusionist Grodo lived in the movie - The Dragon's Treasure. Because it was impossible to build it quickly, so they set up various tents first, and then consider building the real ones later on.
Fantasy City should be a place full of joy, so it should be full of all kinds of games and events. In the animated movie "The Dragon's Treasure", there are many potential game projects, that can be considered to be realized in the real world to form a fantasy-themed gaming center. In the future, when Fantasy city is opened, visitors can obtain points in games, and then exchange the corresponding prizes in the end.
Of course, the two-week long project test wouldn't be fun if it was only about playing these indoor games. Zhou Yu also wanted to design some large-scale competitions and events. Designing these would be very difficult, but Zhou Yu had a good cheat. It was the animation base.
As long as the target audience was chosen to be 6 to 12 years old, it could automatically produce a children's version of "Liar Game". Although not every game will be brilliant, as long as more episodes are produced, there will always be some eye-catching competitive games.
It was with this cheat, that Zhou Yu quickly chose several games that looked very good, and suitable for children to play, and it would not require much effort to make. He then let Zhou Fu arrange the scenes and props he needed.
In addition to games, there were some tasks that needed to be designed. Designing these tasks were relatively simple. Zhou Yu only needed to select a part of the plot of "The Dragon's Treasure" to complete the design of the tasks. If he needed the game to be more complex, he could also mix the game with some confrontational events from the movie, so it would be more competitive.
After seeing the games and the various plot tasks that were designed by Zhou Yu, Zhou Fu had to admit that as long as it was within the scope of interest, boy Yu's creativity and ability to act immediately would be very impressive, but if it was outside his interest, his laziness would be superhuman level, which was a pity for this talent.
One was responsible for the design, the other was responsible for implementation. Without any disagreement, they started to work immediately.
The little boss didn't want to be bothered by anything other than designs, so his business partner had to do all the work.
In order to gather enough NPCs, Zhou Fu searched all the unemployed youth nearby. Temporary workers were definitely needed, and some of the more important NPCs needed people, who were slightly more professional. However, professional actors were every expensive to hire, so they were mainly looking for some acting school students.
Fortunately, there were some acting schools in the provincial city. So it was slightly easy to find students who needed to practice their acting skills. Anyway, the formal project was not yet decided, so they just needed to try it first.
After back and forth, a group of unprofessional amateurs was finally gathered together.
After a few days of chaos in the project area, roles were assigned, clothes were distributed, and dormitories were also tidied up. It finally looked more like it.
There was a wizard tower in the project area of Fantasy City, it was actually the general control room for this project. Zhou Fu temporarily worked as the project manager, giving command remotely to the employees outside, from the general control room. There would be many computers displaying the images, that were captured by the cameras in the project area to ensure that everything was in order.
That was how the project would look like in the future. But at the moment, it was just an empty room.
Electronization was too expensive. Although Zhou Yu didn't feel like he was short of money, Zhou Fu insisted on waiting until later. To be honest, the cost of this project test has totally exceeded Zhou Fu's expectations. Clothing, props, personnel, plus 100 primary school students' two-weeks' food and accommodation, in order to test a project, they had already spend 10,000 already.
Therefore, although Electronization was very good, there was no need to implement it at the moment.
.......
Winter vacation has finally begun, but the Warrior Training Camp in Fantasy City has just begun.
There were supposed to be 100 students, however, only 93 students reported in the amusement park with their guardians. Several of them went to the city with their guardians. One of them got a cold, which was very unlucky. It might take several days for the kid to recover.
Adults could come to the park and see the kids if they were worried about their kids, because they all lived nearby, so it was very convenient for them to come to the park to check. Moreover, they would not be charged for any entrance fee.
He Yuanyuan and Zhou Shuyu were the two girls who worked as cameramen.
Because of the movie "Fruit Pirates", they both benefited a lot from it. Therefore, those two, who were grateful for it, came back to the village during the winter vacation to see if they could help with anything. And then they were immediately assigned with tasks by Zhou Fu.
There were no cameramen to record everything in these two weeks. They could make a simple documentary film or an advertising video to promote and increase the publicity of this project.
Anyway, Zhou Fu tried his best to make this project happen. He didn't want to spend so much money and then came up with the conclusion that this project would not work.
On the first day of the Warrior Training Camp, children needed to choose factions and occupations.
There are three factions in The Dragon's Treasure, namely, the Human kingdom, the Heavenly kingdom, and the Earth kingdom. For the sake of fairness, they drew lots to decide which faction the children should join in. Unexpectedly, there were 93 people reporting to the park, it was very lucky that each faction would have 31 people.
The children's cosplay convention was about to begin immediately.


Zhou Yu, a reclusive otaku, who did not like to go out of his house, was one day forced out of his house by a series of unexpected events.
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"What's wrong?! How come the screen is black?" Sia asked impatiently. She was in the middle of the thrill, and the screen darkened!
After putting down her virtual reality headset, Sia saw people around her glaring at her 'murderously'.
After all, most of the players leave a thread of spiritual awareness outside, afraid that they would be sneak-attacked.
"Why were you screaming while watching the movie?" Mr. Fang issued the warning, "This is a public place; please don't make loud noises here."
"…" This woman of the Ultimate West Realm was torn between being ashamed and jumping up to hit him.
It wasn't a good feeling.
Suddenly, she remembered that she was here to become a disciple of Master Cloud. Instead, they let her watch this stuff?!
While she was mulling over it, she suddenly felt like she had understood many combat techniques. If she were to use a double-handed greatsword now, her combat force would be much higher than before!
"How can it be?!" Astonishment and excitement filled her mind! She couldn't contain herself!
She felt as if she had obtained the legendary battle memories left by some ancient master in her family. If she could understand these memories, she would achieve unimaginable elevation in her strength.
Thrilled, she was eager to continue watching.
"Hurry! Turn on the spiritual artifact for me!"
Mr. Fang said mildly, "It's no use turning it on."
He pointed at the time on the computer beside hers. "It's 12 at midnight, time to close the shop."
"…" Grinding her white teeth, Sia looked like an enraged female puma.
"By the way, if you beat the shop owner or make trouble in the shop, you're no longer welcome in the shop." This sentence ended all her violent urges.
Mr. Fang gestured to the door. "Please."
"!!!" Sia felt like she was going to explode.
Her expressions changed several times. In the end, she cussed in her own tongue to vent her anger and finally walked out.
…
The sales of Final Fantasy had slowly increased to a little over 900. After all, if not for the recommendations of other viewers, few people would spend 100 crystals to try it.
- The morning of the next day -
Mr. Fang had just opened the door when he felt a surge of murderous spirit rush toward his face.
He rubbed his tired eyes and saw about 100 warriors of Ultimate West Realm blocking the door with murderous spirit.
According to the family badges on their clothes, they mostly came from the Red Dragon Family and the Black Dragon Family. As for the Frost Dragon Family, with several high-level warriors still recovering from their injuries, only a few of them came.
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Fang asked, "Don't you know how we handle trouble makers?"
The leaders were Sia, Luo Piaoling, and elders of the two families.
With her hands on her waist, Sia walked to stand before Mr. Fang arrogantly while saying in a heavy accent, "We want to see Final Fantasy! Now! Block us if you can!"
Mr. Fang closed the door and put a notice on it. [The shop owner is resting; not open until the afternoon.]
Nalan Hongwu and the others who had just arrived were surprised, and their faces turned dark. "What's happening?"
The masters of the Tang Family, Wang Family, and other ancient families had just traveled from afar and arrived here, ready to get on the computers in the shop. "The shop is not open?"
"What's wrong?! How come it's still closed at this hour?"
"Resting? What damn excuse is this?!"
Nalan Hongwu stroked his beard, feeling like something wasn't right. "It happened once before when a few kids of our Deserted Sea Realm woke up the shop owner in the middle of the night. I wonder…"
The moment he said it, the family masters immediately looked around with anger on their faces. "Who did it?!"
F*ck!? The warriors of the Ultimate West Realm were stunned, and their faces twitched.
"This… We have something else to do; we need to return to the hotel now."
Run!
They fled.
"You guys! Stop immediately!"
The others had the urge to catch them and beat them to death.
"What should we do now?"
"Should we call and ask the shop owner to open the door…?"
"Let's come back in the afternoon." Nalan Hongwu was too lazy to try since he still remembered what had happened in the last similar incident.
…
When the door opened in the afternoon, the warriors of the Ultimate West Realm looked more subdued.
About 100 warriors filed in and some of them whispered, "What happened today?!"
"I have no idea… I was beaten when I was just walking down the street. How come this city is so dangerous?!" With bruises on his face, a warrior of the Ultimate West Realm said to his friend.
"I want to return to the Ultimate West Realm… The Spiritual State is so dangerous…"
Walking before them, Sia looked awkward and embarrassed when she overheard the conversation.
Feeling a headache, Lou Piaoling touched the scratches on his face and said, "You guys, stop messing around…"
Subdued, about 100 of them each bought a membership card and got online.
At this moment, Fang Qi finally saw a message on the System Interface.
[New Task: New Online Game (Completed)
Task Description: The game can only be activated by unlocking more world views.
World View Unlock: Please unlock more sci-fi world views (5 sci-fi games/movies reaching average sales of 1,000); please unlock more magic world views (5 magic fantasy games/movies reaching average sales of 1,000)
Task Reward: Dungeon Fighter Online Virtual Reality Remake; one luck treasure chest (Large)]
By now, the old games and the rules in the shop had been listed in a big table and glued on the wall.
Only new games would be written on the small blackboard.
Today, the top position of Final Fantasy was taken by a new game on the small blackboard: [Dungeon Fighter Online. Activation price - free.]
The cultivators were swarming into the shop after waiting for a whole morning. Then, they saw that a new game had appeared on the small blackboard.
"Free?" Mo Xian and her female companions exclaimed, "Sir, is this game… free?!"
Afraid that she had seen it wrong, she looked again with wide-open eyes.
There was a line of words below the title. [You can enter the game by clicking on the icon on the desktop; it doesn't need to be activated.]
Nalan Hongwu had also entered the shop and was passing the counter.
"Ugh? Kid Fang finally found his conscience?"
Instantly, chatter erupted before the counter.
Sia was displeased. Due to her yelling, her computer had been turned off yesterday, and now people were making such loud noises.
Soon, she finished the last part of Final Fantasy. After putting down her virtual reality headset, she walked over to the counter and looked at the people around the counter curiously.
"Sir, is this new game really free?!" A cultivator of Yuanyang City asked cautiously.
At this moment, the Jiuhua City Shop and Half City Shop had also put this new game on the small blackboards.
"We don't have to pay money to activate this game?!" Many people felt as if they were in a dream. After all, even Resident Evil needed 5 crystals to activate, which were not much for high-level people but were quite a lot for ordinary players.
It was more so for soldiers of Jiuhua Army; they only played the Legend of Mir 2 since it was paid by the army, and they would hesitate for a long time before they decided to buy other games.
But now, there was a free game?!
Sia narrowed her eyes. In the last two days, she had gotten a general idea about games, knowing that other people had been high-level players in the old games. As proud as she was, she would feel bad if she entered those games now as a newbie.
It was even harder in the online games. It was said that the forces in the Legend of Mir 2 had been firmly established.
However, in the new game, everyone was at the same starting line.
Maybe… I should try this game?!


We’ve had systems that help the MCs make pills, steal skills from legendary masters, and even be forced to show off to earn points, but what about a system that allows one to run a virtual reality internet cafe, featuring all the classic games?

Our MC awakens in a new world (Truck-kun strikes again) and finds himself with a mysterious system that allows him to run a fully self-sufficient virtual reality internet cafe! What? Opening an internet cafe in a cultivator world? You can now surf the internet, watch dramas, and play video games?!

One Emperor Warrior cried after visiting MC’s shop, “Damn, Blizzard completes my life!”
Another Yuan River Realm cultivator gasped after drinking Sprite, “What is this sorcery?” 

What else did the MC bring to the cultivator world? Come join us on this adventure as Fang Qi faces off against cultivation sects and major forces with his collection of modern treasures.

"Zhang Guan won! The score of this set is 6-2. We congratulate Zhang Guan on sweeping Federer with a total score of 3-0 and successfully advancing to the finals of the French Open. We congratulate Zhang Guan on creating history again and becoming the first Chinese player to advance to the French Open men's singles final! This is also the second time after the Australian Open, Zhang Guan entered the Grand Slam final. Zhang Guan's opponent in the final will be the winner of the next game between Nadal and Djokovic!"
At this time, at Philip Stadium, Federer raised his head, his face filled with regret, then he adjusted his emotions, went to the net, shook hands with Zhang Guan, and also congratulated him.
"Congratulations!" Federer said.
"Thank you, Roger, you are great, you are the best tennis player I have ever seen!" Zhang Guan said.
"But I'm not as good as you! For me, you are the best tennis player in the world." Federer smiled, then said, "I look forward to our next fight."
"It must be." Zhang Guan thought for a second and then said, "The next Wimbledon and the US Open in September, we will have a chance to meet again, maybe it will be the finals of the Wimbledon or the US Open!"
"Are there only Wimbledon and the US Open? Don't forget that there is a series of Masters before Wimbledon and the US Open! Are you not ready to participate in it?" Federer asked.
Zhang Guan shook his head slightly, "I don't want to go. I'm going to win four Grand Slams. Maybe I will win another Olympic champion next year. For me, a Glam Slam is enough. And next year there will be an Olympics. Part of the energy will still be put on track and field events!"
"It's a pity that you are missing on the field." Federer's voice continued and said, "I wish you the championship in advance, and I believe you can beat Nadal!"
"Thank you, I will try my best to win the championship." Zhang Guan said.
"No, no, you must win the championship!" Federer smiled, "When you get the French Open championship, I will say that I lost to the champion, it doesn't sound so shameful. Haha..."
...
Next came another semi-final of the men's singles, Nadal against Djokovic.
Nadal has won 19 consecutive victories at the French Open and is still the defending champion of the French Open. Of course, Nadal, who has won the competition, is eager to dominate the French Open for three consecutive years. And Djokovic participated as the No. 6 seed and was in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam for the first time.
There have been four confrontations between Nadal and Djokovic, and Nadal has a certain advantage with 3 wins and 1 loss. The most recent confrontation between the two was at the Roma Masters this year when Nadal scored two straight sets to win the game 6-2 and 6-3.
In the first set, the first four rounds of the two sides defended each other. In the fifth round, Nadal seized the opportunity to successfully break. In the seventh game, Nadal broke again and took the lead with a score of 5-2. However, Nadal got a little lax and was broken by Djokovic in the eighth and tenth games respectively, chasing the score to 5-5. In the 11th game, Nadal broke again, and then in the twelve games, Nadal succeeded, and with a score of 7-5, he won the first set game.
In the first game, there were twelve games, but there were five breaks. This is a breakout battle. When the audience was looking forward to a more exciting game, Djokovic fell off the chain, and he played with more and more impatience after Nadal won the second set with 6-4. In the third set, he lost the game with 6-2. Most of Djokovic's 37 unforced turnovers in the normal game occurred in the last two sets. At this time the young Djokovic also exposed the disadvantage of having poor stability.
Nadal defeated Djokovic and advanced to the final, which means that this year's final will be between Zhang Guan and Nadal, and the final is on the weekend two days later.
...
"Federer lost to Zhang Guan and missed the French Open final",
Although the Swiss king Federer has won countless honors in today's tennis, Roland Garros (French Open) is always his most desirable place, because the French Open is the only Grand Slam event he failed to win. After losing to Zhang Guan in the French Open final, Federer lost to Zhang Guan again in the semifinals today. The French Open final took 2 hours and 48 minutes. Although Federer tried his best, it was still difficult to resist Zhang Guan's powerful offensive and eventually lost by 0-3.
After the match, the Swiss king admitted that the game with Zhang Guan was a physical contest, "I think this is a very physical game. It is very difficult to score from the first ball of the game, and each game takes a long time. I had long expected this to happen, so I was ready to fight hard, and I felt pretty good at the time, which was good for me. But unfortunately, Zhang Guan's mobility is too strong, which is also the reason why in this game, it made me feel difficult after the game started. Zhang Guan performed better today than me, he played very tenaciously."
The Swiss King will make a comeback next year so that he will continue to be full of fantasy and expectation of his career, "I still have a French Open championship left. If I finally win today or have reached the top here last year, then I will lack the many points that are needed to be chased continuously. Just like the French Open championship, it always attracts me. If one day I finally get this honor, that feeling will be even sweeter. I keep giving myself more opportunities, time, and time again for the French Open Champion and work harder. I know what I can do, and I am sure of it. I have completed my excellent French Open tour, and I am okay with the result I have gotten here."
Compared with this year's Australian Open finals, the Swiss King has a lot of feelings, "I don't know how it felt at the Australian Open, but I also think I was disappointed for maybe only 5 minutes. Today I returned to the locker room after I lost and felt disappointed. Of course, the worst thing is that other people keep encouraging me to be proud of myself. Losing is just bad luck."
When asked if he was about to go to Wimbledon to forget the French Open defeat, Federer thought there was no problem, "Once you step on the grass, all the past unhappiness will be left behind. Winning the game naturally makes you happy, but after losing, you better forget it as soon as possible. I am very excited about the upcoming grass game, this is a great opportunity for me to rejuvenate. I hope that I can win the championship for the fifth consecutive time in Wimbledon, it will be incredible if my wish came true. I hope I can create such an opportunity, I am eager to achieve good results in Wimbledon."
Federer is struggling to get out of the shadow of defeat because the next grass game will be Federer's prowess, he will try his best to get out of the shadow of failure and let wish him good luck.
Coach Zhang handed this newspaper to Zhang Guan, and then said, "It looks like Federer knows where his weakness was at."
"To be honest, Federer's condition was really good yesterday. When I hit 7-7 in the first set, I doubted whether I could win." Zhang Guan said.
"Federer's state is indeed very good, I think Federer at that moment, his state should be at his peak! But a tennis match takes as long as two or three hours, an athlete can't maintain the state for such a long time. In the third set, Federer's game state has started to decline." Coach Zhang pointed to the newspaper and then said, "Federer looks like he hopes to use Wimbledon to heal, but I think In Wimbledon, he may lose more cleanly. Wimbledon is grass. The more aggressive the attack, the more you can play at Wimbledon!"
Coach Zhang opened his laptop, and then said, "Don't talk about Federer anymore, the game is over anyway, let's talk about your next opponent, Rafael Nadal."

This is not my original work, I just wanted to continue this novel so I’m translating it on my own free time. Please Enjoy
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Athletics, sprints, high jump, a long jump he could do it all, breaking the world records was known as the “Emperor Track and Field”;
In the arena of basketball with his invincible shots
In the football stadium did not lose a game known as “the undefeated king”
On the tennis court, he won four Grand Slam in one year.
On the track created numerous “firsts”
He is the greatest Olympic champion.
He has many world records
He is the ALMIGHTY ATHLETE

After reading the post, Pei Qian fell into a long silence. 
How the f*ck did this happen? I would tolerate this if Tomorrow is Beautiful had won the Palme d'Or and you wrote this post. 
Yet, you're writing this post even though it did not win the Palme d'Or, and the conclusion of your analysis was that the film could have won the Palme d'Or, but it didn't need to?! 
I can't take this anymore! 
There was only one message between the lines of the post: Tomorrow is Beautiful definitely had what it took to win the Palme d'Or, but it only fell short because of a few specific factors! 
One had to admit that putting it this way worked much better than awarding the film the Palme d'Or directly.
The comments section proved this. 
"I see! Thank you for your explanation, Big Boss!" 
"It's no wonder… there's so much to it." 
"That's right. Locals would understand the final post-credits scene very well. In fact, it upholds the meaning behind the entire film. However, to foreigners, and especially to overseas judges, that scene would have been uncomfortable to watch." 
"Perhaps the judges felt that the final post-credits scene had ruined the entire film's artistry."
"Yes, you can't say much. We understand." 
"Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize even though there were so many factors going against it. Doesn't that prove all-the-more that the film was well-produced?" 
"What a pity. The production team should have just cut the second post-credits scene away before submitting the film!" 
"I think that the production team already knew about this problem but chose not to do anything." 
"Why? Do they have something against the award?" 
Everyone shared their own opinions until another film critic who had watched countless films spoke up. "I also think that the production team did that on purpose. It's actually not hard to understand. 
"First, the production team was definitely clear on the message that the film was trying to convey and the meaning of the pistol-throwing post-credits scene. Otherwise, why did they film it? 
"If they were clear on the meaning, they would also have expected that the judges would not find that scene palatable. Cutting that scene out would have been simple, but they did not do that. 
"I think there could only be two reasons. 
"First, they knew that Cannes preferred films that premiered at the film festival, and they did not expect Tomorrow is Beautiful to win an award, much less the Palme d'Or. They participated in the film festival with a cavalier attitude and had no intention of pleasing the judges. 
"Second, they knew they would be penalized for it, but they insisted on expressing their full message through the movie. 
"If they had cut off that last post-credits scene, the film would have been lacking in something. Maybe the production team stubbornly insisted on keeping the film whole and refused even to cut away an unimportant post-credits scene." 
After reading the analysis, a realization dawned on all the bystanders. 
So that was why!
That was true—how could the production team not have realized what the film critics could see? 
Yet, they still submitted the entire film without any worries. That was akin to entering someone else's territory and competing on their rules, and then winning second place based on one's own abilities, without attempting to cater to the judges at all. 
Was this… the pride of an artist? 
The netizens could not help but feel moved. Indeed, heroes were cultivated from a young age!
Many old artists in the film industry were respectable, but many of them also tried hard to cater to judges' tastes to win awards at international film festivals. On some level, they had given up their own self-expression. 
That was not just sad for certain filmmakers, but also for the entire local film industry in general. 
However, everyone in the production team at Fei Huang Workspace—from the director to the scriptwriter—was young. 
It felt almost like a young knight, proudly participating in a Sword Appreciation Conference with top practitioners of martial arts, using a sword that he had painstakingly sharpened. What's more, despite knowing how to cater to the judges, the young knight insisted on remaining true to himself and ended up defeating everyone else based on his own capabilities. 
Suddenly, it did not seem to matter whether the film won first or second place. Although it had not been awarded the Palme d'Or, the production team had still brought far more meaning to the local film industry than a Palme d'Or ever would! 
The post became extremely popular and triggered passionate discussions! 
For some reason, someone else posted the film's ratings from various major websites. 
"A foreign website released the film's rating yesterday—8.2. Some of you might think that that's no big deal, but judging from other films' ratings on that website, very few movies throughout history have gotten a rating of 9.0 and above. An 8.2 puts Tomorrow is Beautiful among the top 250 films on the database! 
"If we look at the rating as a percentage, we would have no choice but to lash out at our local websites. 
"Before this, Tomorrow is Beautiful had gotten a rating of 8.5 and below on multiple websites. That's especially amusing given that a good domestic movie can easily get a score of 9.5 or more on those websites.
"Everyone can easily see that Tomorrow is Beautiful's rating on TPDb has remained consistent at about 9.1. Although it has been fluctuating slightly, it's still considered very stable! 
"I think that low scores are not representative of how strict a rating website is. You don't have to keep a close eye on the film's ratings on foreign websites. After all, Tomorrow is Beautiful was produced by locals. The message that it conveys can only be fully understood by locals. 
"I hope that this film represents a good beginning for domestic films. We no longer have to strive for recognition at international film festivals. Instead, we can focus on telling our local story well! 
"At this point, I urge everyone to register an account at TPDb and watch Tomorrow is Beautiful one more time on Aili Island. Let us always remember this meaningful and monumental day!" 
… 
After reading the netizens' comments, Pei Qian quietly closed the browser. 
Alright, that's all. I'll give up fighting now. 
Pei Qian realized that netizens were getting increasingly ridiculous. Every now and then, they would pull off a new trick again. He would never have thought that the final comment would push everyone to TPDb and the online version of Tomorrow is Beautiful again.
He wondered how many people would purchase Tomorrow is Beautiful on Aili Island this time and how many people would add more bullet screen comments like 'play it a billion more times', 'treasure of the site', and 'pulling the entire world together' to the beginning of the movie. 
Pei Qian could almost see how things would go when he met Zhu Xiaoce next. The latter's expression would be filled with excitement as he rushed to Pei Qian's side, saying 'Boss Pei! Your decision to share profits with Aili Island was wise and correct!'
Just thinking about it made Pei Qian extremely depressed. 
It was… very tragic… 
…. 
…. 
May 26th, Thursday… 
At the cafe near Handong University, He An's second class with 'Ma Yang' officially began. Pei Qian had not been sleeping well over the past two days because of how Tomorrow is Beautiful turned out. 
To learn as much as he could from today's lesson, Pei Qian still went to bed early the night before. This morning, he woke up naturally with his gravely-injured mental state fully recovered. 
Before the class started, Pei Qian sneakily looked at the heading of today's teaching material. 
'Second Lesson on Successful Designs: Use your foresight to understand how the industry will develop!'
Pei Qian could not help but feel elated. Finally, he could stop hearing about Tengda's plans! 
The previous lesson had been quite good. He had learned that, for games, everything from production to publicity formed one inseparable whole. The right publicity strategy had to be used for different game genres to achieve the best results. 
The only downside had been that many of Tengda's games and publicity strategies had been covered as positive examples, so that Pei Qian felt like He An had been rubbing salt in his wounds. 
Still, he had learned something. Pei Qian planned to apply what he had learned once Struggle was released. He could not resort to false marketing because the System would not allow it, but he could employ differentiated marketing. 
Sometimes, telling half-truths could have a better effect than telling outright lies. 
All in all, the previous lesson had been helpful to Pei Qian. It showed him a clear direction, so that his tuition fees were not paid in vain. 
This lesson looked even more reliable. 
Understand how the industry will develop? It sounded full of useful ideas! 
He An sipped his coffee and slowly said, "What we talked about in the previous session was the most basic of all basic knowledge: Establish the basic concepts of the game's design, decide clearly on its genre, and strictly follow the relevant rules for each subsequent step.
"Today, we're still going to talk about basic knowledge, but it'll be one level higher than before. Simply put, which genre should you choose among the many genres available in the market? 
"Choosing the right genre is half the battle won. 
"Here, I want to give you an example…" 
Pei Qian immediately tensed up. He wasn't going to make an example out of Tengda again, was he?
Let me off, I beg you! 
He An paused for a moment and then said, "MMORPG." 
Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Tengda had never produced an MMORPG. That was great! He was not going to be kicked while he was down today! 
At once, Pei Qian sat up straighter. 
He An did not notice the internal struggle going on inside 'Ma Yang'. Instead, he continued speaking. "For a long time, MMORPG has been regarded as the ultimate genre of games. There was enough support for this in theory because MMORPGs could construct a virtual world for players and provide enough rich content to them. What's more, it was highly expandable. 
"Many people in the game industry had thought about this before. What game could challenge Fantasy World? At the time, everyone concluded that, to compete with Fantasy World, one had to create an even better MMORPG. 
"However… 
"The newest development in the game industry has proven that this was wrong. No better MMORPG than Fantasy World has appeared, but another game genre that could challenge MMORPGs has. 
"That's right, I'm talking about the most popular battle games in the country or even the world: GOG and IOI!" 
Pei Qian: "…" 
He was now suicidal. MMORPG had only been the introduction. They still landed back on this topic in the end. 
Noticing that 'Ma Yang' looked strange, He An suspiciously asked, "Boss Ma, is there a problem?" 
Pei Qian tried to force a smile. "No, no problem at all. Is that related to today's class?" 
He An nodded. "Of course! I emphasized before that choosing the right genre is half the battle won. Top game designers cannot come up with a better MMORPG than Fantasy World, but they can come up with a better game genre than MMORPG! 
"Obviously, that shows a keen sense of smell! 
"Just think about it. If you could sense the limitless potential of IOI while other first-tier game designers fought within the boundaries of MMORPG, you would be one step ahead of them. That gives you the advantage and allows you to dominate the market… think about a butterfly flapping its wings. It looks like a minor move, but it could cause a world of change in the end! 
"Tengda Games is way ahead of other game developers. It first invested in IOI and then developed GOG. Obviously, it's the butterfly that's working hard to flap its wings. Boss Ma, as a manager in Tengda's investment company, you should understand more about this than me, right?" 
He An smiled as if thinking that 'Boss Ma's' own experience could give him more enlightenment and understanding of today's class. 
Pei Qian was speechless. At the same time, he was extremely conflicted. 
How should I tell Teacher He that Ma Yang was the one who invested in IOI, but I'm not the real Ma Yang? What's more, even the real Ma Yang had not invested in IOI because of his keen sense of smell but out of pure interest…
Forget it, trying to smooth that out would be extremely troublesome, and He An would probably not understand anyway. 
Pei Qian nodded quietly, expressing his agreement with whatever He An had said. Then, he asked a question to change the topic.
"Teacher He, according to that theory, does that mean that choosing a sunset game genre would guarantee failure?" 
He An pondered for a moment and then said, "There are no guarantees in this world. 
"Gamers may still like retro games—even mosaic-style games—as long as the content is rich enough and the gameplay is novel enough. After all, there are many gamers in the world. One just has to find the right target audience; even a small group of gamers can sustain a game well. 
"However… there's nothing wrong with your theory. 
"The older a genre is, the smaller the group of gamers who enjoy it. If you invest a huge amount of money in such a game, you would greatly increase your risk of failure. 
"You might even end up losing everything." 
At that point, Pei Qian's eyes lit up. That's great! There are more ways to incur losses now! 
Pei Qian asked, "Teacher He, if I invest a huge amount of money in a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game now… what would happen?" 
He An smiled. "You would do better to give the money to me. At least I would thank you. You could also make ducks and drakes of the money so that no one would know about it." 
Pei Qian grinned. 
Who said that this course was useless? I know what kind of game to develop during the next cycle now! 
Teacher He, you really are my guiding light! 


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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