Chapter 473 I taught Miyazaki the old thief how to do soul wandering (5K)

When Feng Xiao heard Zeng Wenjie come in, he pretended to be indifferent.

No one likes to have their secrets exposed.

Zeng Wenjie extended his hand to Feng Xiao and said, "Let's go and have a meal together."

Feng Xiao stretched out his hand and placed it in his palm, smiling and said, "Okay, let's have Western food."

Zeng Wenjie said, "Don't you think Fengzhou's Western food is not authentic enough?"

Feng Xiao said, "Although it's not authentic, it's still edible. Besides, their steaks are pretty good too."

Anyway, Zeng Wenjie doesn't like Western food very much, but Feng Xiao has been used to a life of luxury since childhood, so it's not surprising that he is a little unique.

Every place has its own flavor. Foreigners don’t necessarily think that Chinese food is really delicious. Most videos are actually just shot for traffic.

"Why don't we change our taste and eat Japanese food? There is a Japanese restaurant in Century City, and the business is pretty good." Zeng Wenjie said.

"Japanese food is fine too." Feng Xiao thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Then, Feng Xiao said, "Inviting me to dinner is fake, the real purpose is to go and see the progress of the supermarket, right?"

Zeng Wenjie said, "There's a saying that goes 'It's rare to be confused.' I suggest you study it carefully."

Feng Xiao smiled and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. I can't be confused."

When we arrived at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, we saw two Audi A8s parked side by side.

"Drive mine, the W12 is so powerful?" Feng Xiao said with a smile and threw the key to Zeng Wenjie.

"Your mother..." Zeng Wenjie couldn't help but curse.

Having said that, he has never driven Feng Xiao's A8. He thinks the V8 engine is already very powerful, so this W12 must be amazing, right?

Anyway, the gas money Feng Xiao reports every month is really quite a lot. This W12 engine is really a gas guzzler.

I drove to Century City, took the elevator from the parking lot, and went straight to inspect the specific situation of the Haoyoulai supermarket.

The decoration is still in a messy state. After all, the area is too large, and it has two floors, totaling more than 5,000 square meters.

Xue Lu has become full of energy since he had dinner with the leaders of the General Administration last time. He also hopes that he will have the opportunity to become famous and be interviewed by the General Administration.

After receiving Zeng Wenjie's call, Xue Lu hurried over and said in surprise: "Wow, a rare guest!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "Mr. Xue, please don't joke with me. This supermarket is our joint project. I've just been too busy lately, so I don't have time to come over and check it out."

Xue Lu said, "We agreed that I would pay and you would take care of everything. Now I have to pay and take care of everything. I feel like I'm losing out!"

Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "Those who are capable should do more work. Mr. Xue, you are a capable person, so of course you should do more! At worst, I can just pay a little more when I buy back the shares."

Xue Lu thought this was fine. Zeng Wenjie was going to repurchase shares every year anyway, so it would be nice to raise the price a little.

"Mr. Feng, can you tell me what you are not satisfied with and what needs to be improved?" Zeng Wenjie asked.

"It's still a mess, how can I see anything? Let's come back and see it when it's a bit bigger." Feng Xiao looked around and shook his head.

Xue Lu said: "Anyway, we are strictly following the plan you gave us!"

Zeng Wenjie said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xue, I'm not the kind of person who likes to pass the buck."

After inspecting the renovation progress of the supermarket, Zeng Wenjie took Feng Xiao to a Japanese restaurant to prepare for dinner.

Overall, the progress is a bit slow, but after all, we want to build it into a landmark enterprise like DL, so we must put a lot of effort into polishing it.

When Zeng Wenjie is not available, Xue Lu will be in charge, and the rest of the time, someone else will be in charge.

If it wasn't inappropriate, he really wanted to ask Ye Qiansheng to come over and supervise the decoration.

But Ye Qiansheng's experience was limited to snack shops of one or two hundred square meters. He was afraid that such a large supermarket would make him feel powerless.

Besides, there are already too many things to deal with at the moment. If Ye Ling were to keep an eye on the decoration, he would probably go to the kitchen to get some US dollars for Zeng Wenjie.

We sat down in a private room in the Japanese restaurant and ordered a table full of dishes.

This is not intentional waste, but the Japanese food is really too small. A small plate can only hold one piece of sashimi, which is simply insane.

"The Japanese food here tastes pretty good. I guess the chef studied cooking in Japan." After taking a few bites, Feng Xiao nodded and commented.

Zeng Wenjie just felt that everything was bland and tasteless, but he didn't dare to put too much mustard in it, for fear that he would be killed by the smell that would rush straight to his head!

Zeng Wenjie suddenly heard someone speaking Japanese outside. The voice seemed familiar. It seemed to be the old thief Miyazaki?

So he opened the sliding door of the private room and walked out, and sure enough, he saw Hidetaka Miyazaki holding a chef's hand and chattering there.

The chef was also very happy and communicated with Miyazaki in fluent Japanese.

"Hey, Mr. Miyazaki, you are here too?" Zeng Wenjie took the initiative to say hello.

Upon seeing Zeng Wenjie, Miyazaki Hidetaka immediately displayed his unyielding spirit, hurriedly stepped forward, bowed, and shook his hand, saying, "Mr. Zeng, I didn't expect to meet you here! Do you also like the cuisine of our hometown?"

Zeng Wenjie asked, "Mr. Miyazaki, are the cherry blossoms in your hometown beautiful?"

Miyazaki Hidetaka was taken aback and said, "Mingmei!"

Then, Miyazaki Hidetaka introduced Zeng Wenjie to the chef and said, "This is my boss, Mr. Zeng Wenjie. He was the one who brought me from Japan to mainland China."

The chef was quite the Japanese, equally dignified. He came up to me and bowed, shook my hand, and said, "Welcome, Mr. Zeng! We hope you approve of our cuisine!"

"Mr. Miyazaki, why don't you have dinner with us and chat about work?" Zeng Wenjie said.

"Hai!" Miyazaki Hidetaka nodded slightly, "Then please forgive my shamelessness."

When Feng Xiao saw Zeng Wenjie bringing Miyazaki Hidetaka into the private room, he also stood up and greeted him with a smile, saying, "Hello again, Mr. Miyazaki."

"Hello, Mr. Feng." said Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Feng Xiao looked at this little-known Japanese man whom Zeng Wenjie had spent $200,000 to recruit, waved at the chair, and said, "Please sit down."

Two hundred thousand US dollars is enough to recruit a well-known senior talent, but the old thief is not well-known at the time and is still a small fry, so this price would seem particularly exaggerated to him.

Considering Miyazaki's true talent, giving him an annual salary of one or two million US dollars is actually not too much.

Zeng Wenjie said, "This is my first time eating at this Japanese restaurant, but Mr. Miyazaki looks like a regular customer?"

Miyazaki Hidetaka said, "Yes, Chongshan's dishes are very spicy and oily, which I'm not used to. So, I often come here to try them out. After a while, I became familiar with the people there. Their chef also came from Japan."

Zeng Wenjie said, "Mr. Miyazaki, our WG game platform will be launched soon. So, we need to speed up the production of Hollow Knight. This game is not a big production, and I hope to finish it within this year. Next year, I hope you and Yuka can launch a real masterpiece."

Miyazaki nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zeng. I have a lot of experience with Metroidvania games. After all, they were pioneered in Japan. The overall framework for Hollow Knight has already been established, and the current art director is very professional. I'm confident we can complete it within three months."

"Hollow Knight" was originally a small production, produced by a small workshop of two or three people, but its reputation and sales were off the charts, which made this small studio lose all its money. It kept making trouble and the promised DLC was delayed year after year.

"How is it? How do you feel about working in China?" Zeng Wenjie asked.

"It feels good, not as bad as the Western media says, and the people here are very friendly. However, language is a problem and communication is a bit difficult," sighed Hidetaka Miyazaki.

Feng Xiao said calmly: "After all, we don't have a US military base here, so not everyone is good at speaking English."

Miyazaki Hidetaka was embarrassed for a moment, and Zeng Wenjie couldn't help but look at Feng Xiao with amusement. He didn't expect that the woman was quite patriotic, especially in front of the Japanese.

"However, the game market in China is really bad. Players are basically looking for food in a garbage dump." Hidetaka Miyazaki said seriously.

Feng Xiao had no way to refute this. The current online gaming environment was indeed like this. Almost all online games on the market were filled with channels for recharging to become more powerful, and some smaller manufacturers would be driven crazy by piracy and fall into a vicious cycle. They simply did not have the financial resources and energy to develop high-quality games.

This situation continued until 2024, when "Black Myth" came out and swept the world's major game charts, and domestic games began to gradually rise.

Only after capital saw the power of domestic high-quality products did a variety of excellent projects emerge and attract the attention of gamers around the world.

"This is exactly why I invited Mr. Miyazaki from Japan, because I believe Mr. Miyazaki is worth this price, or even much more than this price," Zeng Wenjie said with a smile.

"I will do my best and hope not to disappoint your high expectations." Hidetaka Miyazaki once again demonstrated his spirit of perseverance.

Teach Hidetaka Miyazaki how to make a Souls-like game?

Zeng Wenjie thought this was even more awesome than a young chef teaching Liu Guoliang how to play table tennis.

While eating and chatting, Feng Xiao hardly spoke, and was listening carefully to the conversation between Zeng Wenjie and Miyazaki Hidetaka.

She was very sure that Hidetaka Miyazaki was a nobody in Japan, and he had no reputation in Oracle before. FS was even a small workshop game company, and there was almost no highlight that would make Hidetaka Miyazaki, as a co-producer, be remembered by outsiders.

An annual salary of $200,000 is not a lot in this industry, but for an unknown person, it is a bit too much.

As Hidetaka Miyazaki explained the game "Hollow Knight" and his ideas for future games in a simple and easy-to-understand way, Feng Xiao was sure that this guy really had something. But he didn't know whether he was a genius, because whether the market could accept such a rare and outrageous game was a big question.

If he can stand the test of the market, then he must be a genius;

If he cannot stand the test of the market, it only means that his ideas are too extreme.

Then, Feng Xiao couldn't help but glance at Zeng Wenjie, only to see that he was completely entranced by what he was saying. He even tried to please Miyazaki Hidetaka, saying, "I don't think this alone is enough. We need to add a poison pool here... Well, the poison pool will slow down the player's running speed and also accumulate poison status. We also need to place a trap here. If a player goes to pick up a treasure, a huge elite monster will immediately emerge from the poison pool and attack the player."

Miyazaki Hidetaka's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he exclaimed in admiration, "Mr. Zeng, you really understand games!"

Feng Xiao felt a chill run down his spine. What the hell is this perverted setting? Are you sure the players won't be driven crazy by your abuse?

"We can also make the main storyline vague, the dialogues play tricks, and hide key clues within items like weapons and equipment," Miyazaki said seriously. "I believe fragmented narratives can better stimulate players' desire to explore."

"That's right. We also have to design an extremely complex dungeon. The door cannot be opened from the outside, and players have to find their own way in." Zeng Wenjie said excitedly.

"Yes, the door cannot be opened from this side!" Miyazaki Hidetaka nodded repeatedly. It was fun just thinking about torturing the players like this, and he almost had an orgasm when he heard it.

Zeng Wenjie released the demon in Miyazaki Hidetaka's heart in advance and felt very satisfied instantly.

In the next few years, players will probably enjoy the fear of being dominated by these two underworld planners, Hidetaka Miyazaki and Hidetaka Feng.

After the meal, Zeng Wenjie paid the bill.

Miyazaki Hidetaka bowed and thanked him, "Thank you for your hospitality!"

Zeng Wenjie said, "You're welcome. We should have dinner together more often in the future. We can discuss our game ideas at the dinner table and make a better game."

Miyazaki Hidetaka said: "Hai, please give me your guidance."

After coming out of the Japanese restaurant, Hidetaka Miyazaki went straight back to his residence.

Feng Xiao looked at the Japanese man's back and said, "It seems that the $200,000 was well worth it, huh?"

Zeng Wenjie smiled and said, "Of course."

Feng Xiao said, "Are you so sure that his perverted theory, which seems to be interested in torturing players, can really gain a foothold in the market? Players play games to enjoy themselves, not to be tortured."

"You don't understand the joy of playing against a powerful enemy, and you don't understand the sense of achievement of defeating the enemy after losing dozens of times." Zeng Wenjie laughed.

"I'm afraid the players will curse all your ancestors for generations." Feng Xiao sneered.

"After they defeat the BOSS that has slaughtered them dozens or hundreds of times, they will be eager to thank us for bringing them such a satisfying BOSS battle." Zeng Wenjie said with a smile on his face.

"..." Feng Xiao was speechless for a moment, "Alright, you can foresee the future, you win."

Zeng Wenjie smacked his lips and said nothing more. Feng Xiaojie was too shrewd and had already become deeply suspicious of him.

After getting in the car, Feng Xiao fastened his seat belt and said, "Go back and rest. I'm a little tired today."

Zeng Wenjie said, "It's finally time for a vacation, don't you want to go out and have some fun?"

Feng Xiao said, "I've been playing for many years and have tried everything I could, but I still feel most comfortable staying at home."

Zeng Wenjie thought this was a good idea. It was still early, so he could pay more royalties after returning, pay off the recent royalties, and make advance payments for the next few payments.

Feng Xiao, who is already in the center of the vortex today, appears to be unmoved on the surface, but in fact he hates Jiucheng Capital to death. He even plans to give Xu Yuhuan two slaps in the face the next time he sees her.

With such big news about Malenia, this year's expansion plan will definitely come to a halt.

Zeng Wenjie thought it was a good idea. He would settle down in Fengzhou and shift his focus to developing online sales. After this storm was over, he would move into bigger cities and kill those who had taken advantage of the storm.

"CTMD!"

Feng Xiao was sitting in the car when suddenly four words came out of his mouth.

Zeng Wenjie laughed and said, "I really thought you were unmoved by anything. Looks like you were just pretending."

Feng Xiao glared at him and said, "I'm angry about you. If this affects the selection of the top ten in the country this year, it would be a huge loss!"

Zeng Wenjie was stunned, then reached out and patted her leg, saying, "It doesn't matter. If I can't get it this year, I can get it next year. This WG gaming platform I'm collaborating on with Penguin is very promising. When the time comes, I'll have to go overseas and earn foreign exchange. There's no way the country won't support me."

Enterprises that can earn foreign exchange are strongly supported and appreciated by the country.

Steam is still relatively slow at the moment, but Zeng Wenjie believes that the abilities of the two main creators, Hidetaka Miyazaki and Feng Ji, are enough to open the door to the world.

Feng Xiao sighed and said, "But I'm very unhappy. After all, I'm playing a development game!"

Zeng Wenjie was stunned. What the hell? Are you treating him like a training game? Okay, okay, I didn't expect you, Mrs. Feng, to be so good at it!

Every time Feng Xiao saw Zeng Wenjie speaking in public according to her script, she felt a sense of accomplishment. Moreover, the public occasions Zeng Wenjie appeared on were getting bigger and bigger.

"Tomorrow I will take the initiative to contact my senior brother and ask him to find an inspector to investigate our Marennia, so as to silence the gossips." Zeng Wenjie said while driving.

There is no doubt that this is the best way to reduce losses. What's more, Malenia is not afraid of investigation at all and can withstand any investigation.

At the same time, Zeng Wenjie was also somewhat fortunate that he had not engaged in any illegal operations since he became rich. All his actions were compliant and legal, and had never crossed the line.

He has always been doing business with the idea that "it's not easy to be reborn, but stay away from prison", so he is so upright that the authorities are so happy to support him.

Feng Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, this is the second best solution at the moment."

Zeng Wenjie asked, "So, what's the best thing?"

Feng Xiao said calmly, "Of course, I will sever my ties with Marennia from now on. That way, they won't have anything to say."

Zeng Wenjie shook his head and said, "This is not good. I don't agree. Let's do the second best solution."

Feng Xiao smiled gently and said, "You are the boss, I support whatever decision you make."

Zeng Wenjie looked at her and nodded firmly again.

(End of this chapter)