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Huan Kong Game Company, a conference room.

In the center of the pure white triangular table, a cool-looking, meticulously crafted spaceship model with black and red paint was held in the air by a bracket. Its evil appearance contained a hint of iron-blooded ruthlessness, like a heartless dark emperor.

The ship's body was tilted at a 30-degree angle to the conference table, its head pointing towards the ceiling, as if it was about to fly into the vast space.

However, this spaceship model looked quite old, and the paint appeared somewhat dim, no longer as dazzling as it once was.

It was the most popular ship in the original "Cosmic Era" series, called the "Evil King." It was originally the vehicle of the villain BOSS. After the player defeated the villain BOSS, they could use it as their own ship in the second playthrough.

It was precisely because of the initial success of the first game that the subsequent series of sequels were created, and "Cosmic Era" became a signature title for Huan Kong Game Company.

At the conference table, Wu Chi was thoughtfully looking at his phone.

The phone screen displayed the trending topic on Weibo: "Faster Than Light" and "Cosmic Era: X" Released on the Same Day.

He raised his head and looked at the people around the conference table, and said, "Did you all know that 'Faster Than Light' is being released on the same day as us?"

The white-collar worker sitting to Wu Chi's left had a frown of worry between his eyebrows and sighed: "Hey, I said at the time that we shouldn't use a blatant marketing strategy. Those young and vigorous people are directly going to fight us head-on."

"What's there to worry about?" A slightly overweight middle-aged man leaned comfortably against the back of the sofa. Hearing this, he tapped the armrest twice with dissatisfaction, the golden Rolex on his wrist very dazzling. "So what if it's together? It's just competition. Are we afraid of him?"

To Wu Chi's right, a young man in black clothes said with admiration, "Wang Jian is no ordinary game producer. He earned his first pot of gold with a free, quirky game called 'The Demon King Hid the Holy Sword from the Hero' when he first debuted.

After starting the trend of quirky games, he didn't strike while the iron was hot to make a sequel to 'The Demon King', but instead focused on creating the tear-jerking masterpiece 'To the Moon', which has now sold over 1.5 million copies.

He also set his sights on the neglected tower defense field and created 'Kingdom Rush' in one go, which has also sold over 1 million copies.

It can be said that he is a genius-like game producer."

The Rolex wearer said disdainfully: "No matter how much of a genius he is, he is destined to fail this time.

First of all, 'Cosmic Era' is a ten-year-old series. With so many years of emotion, just the name alone will have a group of fans willing to pay for it.

Moreover, our game has been in development for more than a year. How long has 'Faster Than Light' been in development? A month and a half? The space theme is not that easy to do.

Being young and vigorous will lead to a big loss. This time, we'll teach him a lesson."

The man in black agreed and nodded: "We at Huan Kong have a strong accumulation in the space theme. This is our unparalleled advantage.

The technologies of previous generations have been fully utilized in this work. In terms of battle scenes, 'Cosmic Era: X' is definitely the most smooth and cool in the industry.

Although Wang Jian is a genius, he is indeed too arrogant this time, wanting to compete with us with a game made in a month and a half."

The white-collar worker still looked worried.

Although he wasn't responsible for the specific production of the game, he still had some understanding of the game's content.

The protagonist of the game is a space marine who, after a mission, discovers that his home has been illegally invaded and his wife, a scholar, has mysteriously disappeared.

By investigating clues, the protagonist gradually focuses on a mysterious organization, the Apocalypse Foundation.

Because his wife has done a lot of research on the ancient dark empire, the protagonist suspects that the Foundation kidnapped his wife, most likely to use her research to find and inherit some powerful weapon left by the dark empire, thereby unifying the galaxy.

The game is roughly about the protagonist looking for his wife and also thwarting the Apocalypse Foundation's conspiracy.

However, in the later stages of the game, the plot takes a shocking turn.

It turns out that the protagonist's wife took the initiative to join the Apocalypse Foundation in order to use the power of this organization to find the existence of the dark empire. This is her fanatical pursuit as a scholar.

The protagonist will use his unparalleled persuasive skills to convince his wife to realize the harm of this matter, turning her from an accomplice to a spoiler.

In the end, the protagonist and the villain BOSS die together, saving the peace of the galaxy.

Of course, after the second playthrough, you can achieve a happy reunion true ending by meeting certain conditions.

The white-collar worker always felt that something was wrong with the game's plot.

The protagonist's best friend sacrificed himself in the enemy ship's artillery fire to cover the protagonist's rescue of his wife.

Moreover, in order to persuade his wife to change her mind, the protagonist has to take her to see the most romantic space and use love to influence her.

The white-collar worker had also talked to Wu Chi and the planner, but both of them felt that such a plot had depth and layers, and couldn't be better.

Especially the planner, who enthusiastically told him about various "friendship", "love", "sacrifice", "sublimation", etc., which sounded quite reasonable.

The white-collar worker expressed respect for the planner's professional level, but whenever he thought about the plot, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.

Now that the game is about to be released, his worries are growing.

He muttered softly: "What if 'Faster Than Light' sells better than 'Cosmic Era: X'?"

Although the white-collar worker's voice was very soft, Wu Chi still heard it.

He coughed unhappily: "If 'Faster Than Light' sells better than 'Cosmic Era: X', I, Wu Chi, will eat this table on the spot."

The white-collar worker then closed his mouth and said nothing more.

Wu Chi looked at the Rolex wearer again and said, "Anyway, we are sure to win. Do you want to mock him again, or make a bet with him, comparing first-month sales or something, to make the game even more popular?"

This time, the Rolex wearer put away the casual look on his face, and his thick knuckles gently tapped the hardwood armrest of the sofa: "Wang Jian's reputation is still good. Last time, we pretended to accidentally step on him during the promotion, which successfully increased the game's popularity, but it has already caused some players to be dissatisfied.

If we do it again this time, the action will be too obvious, and it will be difficult for players who are biased towards us to defend it. It may be able to increase sales to a certain extent, but it will be detrimental to the game's reputation."

Wu Chi glanced at the "Evil King" model on the table, and a deeply hidden anger flashed in his eyes: "The boss is very dissatisfied with the sales of the previous game. 'Cosmic Era: X' is the last chance. If the sales are not ideal...

As long as it can increase sales, any means can be used, understand my meaning?"