"Who are you...?"

“I’m new in this company.”

Hearing the other party's question, Fang Zheng suddenly had an idea for a prank, so he smiled slightly and answered.

"I'm here to check... No, I'm here to check on the company's situation, but no one is here... Where can I find the person in charge?"

"…Newcomer?"

After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the figure cautiously walked out from behind the partition. It was a young woman who looked to be in her twenties. She had beautiful long hair tied behind her head with a red ribbon. She wore a white top, a red skirt and black over-the-knee socks. She was a very beautiful person.

However, she looked at Fang Zheng and Asuna with fear, as if these two people were some kind of ferocious beasts.

"Right now... Miss Hazuki Shizuku should be in the room... You can go find her... Just go to the room on the left at the end..."

After saying this, the young woman retracted her head again, like a little mouse returning to its nest.

“…”

Faced with the young woman's inexplicable behavior, Fang Zheng and Asuna looked at each other in confusion, but they did not say much. Instead, they followed each other's instructions and walked to the door of the office at the end with the word "Director" on it. Then Fang Zheng reached out and knocked on the door.

Soon, a lazy voice sounded.

"Come in."

Hearing the other party's response, Fang Zheng also reached out his hand to push open the door and walked into the room. However, at this moment, a fat shadow suddenly jumped out from the crack of the door.

"ah!"

Seeing this shadow suddenly appear, Asuna couldn't help but scream, but when she looked closely...

"cat?"

A fat cat that was not orange in color was running through the corridor at a speed that was inconsistent with its size. Hearing Asuna's scream, the fat cat turned its head and looked at her, then turned around again and disappeared into the corridor with a puff.

That's not cute.

Looking at the fat cat, Fang Zheng shook his head helplessly. His own kitten was still the cutest. It was so small, not even as big as his palm, and it would wave its little paws and meow whenever he touched, hugged, rubbed, or sucked it. Alas... compared with his own kitten, this fat cat was really not cute.

After comparing the two cats, Fang Zheng pushed the door open and entered the room. He saw a mature-looking, white-haired woman wearing glasses sitting lazily on a chair in front of the desk. She frowned and looked at the documents in front of her. Hearing someone coming in, the woman raised her head, glanced at the two people, and then was stunned.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Fang Zheng."

Now that he had found the person in charge, Fang Zheng naturally didn't need to be polite anymore.

"You must be Miss Hazuki Shizuku, right?"

"Ah, you are..."

After hearing Fang Zheng's self-introduction, a complicated expression appeared on Hazuki Shizuku's face. She stood up and looked carefully at Fang Zheng and Asuna behind him.

"I heard from Xiaohua that... this person is..."

"My companion, she is just here to listen."

Fang Zheng waved his hand and sat down on the sofa next to him. At this time, Ye Yue Shizuku also hurriedly came over from behind the desk.

"Then, may I ask what brings you here this time, Mr. Fang Zheng?"

Although from the outside, Hazuki Shizuku is older than Fang Zheng, but Fang Zheng is the new president of EJ after all, so Hazuki Shizuku is very respectful to him. But even so, Hazuki Shizuku is very confused, not knowing what the new president is here for.

"I just came to check on the company's situation... It looks like the situation is not optimistic now. How many people do we have left?"

Hearing this question, Hazuki Shizuku also showed a helpless expression.

"Now, including the human resources team and the programming team... there are less than 20 people left. In fact, many people chose to resign because they couldn't get their salaries during this period. Only a few people stayed..."

Originally, EJ was a small company, and this game production was the largest order they had ever received. Who would have thought that such a mistake would occur? It was a shock to many people. In this case, resignation is understandable.

"Less than twenty people... that's fine."

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows after hearing Ye Yue Shizuku's report, but soon calmed down. This was much better than he had expected. You know, Fang Zheng originally expected that less than ten people would stay. Now it seems that since more than twenty people are staying, then he doesn't need to work so hard and can exploit the slaves... no, employees to his heart's content.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng took out a USB flash drive from his hand and handed it to Ye Yue Shizuku.

"This is?"

"This is the game plan you will be working on next. In three days, I will merge EJ into CC and change it to CC's game development department. You can ask for anything you want. As long as it's not too much, I can satisfy it. But my requirement is that you must make this game in the shortest possible time, pass the test, and launch it on the market together with our new products. Do you understand?"

"I want to take a look first."

Ye Yue Shizuku also became serious at this moment. She nodded, then took the USB flash drive and plugged it into the computer, opened it, and began to quickly browse the game plan given by Fang Zheng. The more she read, the more surprised Ye Yue Shizuku was.

She originally thought that Fang Zheng was planning to continue with the VR game route and create a similar online game. But unlike what Ye Yue Shizuku thought, Fang Zheng actually proposed a plan for an AR game!

That’s right, what Founder brought out was the AR mobile game that was once popular in its own world - "Pokemon"!

In fact, the IP of "Pokemon" is very suitable for AR games. It is suitable for all ages, and the cute monsters always attract a lot of attention. In Fang Zheng's world, due to limited conditions, people can only play this game through mobile phones. But in this world, with the help of advanced AR equipment, Fang Zheng is confident that he can create a more perfect Pokemon world than the era before his rebirth.

Anyway, I am now playing Modern City. The biggest feature of Modern City online literature is plagiarism. It just so happens that there is nothing similar in this world, so I can just use it myself. What's wrong with that?

What's more, can the work of a game designer be called plagiarism? That's called reference! Tribute!

Founder chose this game as its main product after careful consideration.

During this period of time, as players have safely escaped from the death game, public opinion has once again begun to criticize VR games, and some media have even tracked the mental states of many death game players. In this case, ARGUS and EJ, as the "originators", will definitely not be able to make similar combat games again.

Even during this period of time, VR equipment itself may become a taboo in the entire society, and anyone who dares to use it will be doomed.

Although there is no government intervention in this regard in countries such as Japan and Europe, the resistance from society is still a headache. Fang Zheng wants to keep the reborn CC away from the shadow of the past, so it is naturally impossible for them to make a new fighting game based on SAO, and Pokémon is a good direction.

First of all, the game mode of Pokémon is perfectly suited to AR, which can make people feel immersed, and the design of Pokémon is also very pleasing. Although there are fierce battles, there is no problem of personal injury or violent attacks. Not only can it smoothly promote the sales of AR devices, but it can also further promote the reputation of CC.

Fang Zheng had already made a plan. After Pokémon became famous, he would transplant Yu-Gi-Oh as well and create a Duel City!

Just imagine how great it would be to summon a black magician girl to fight alongside you.

Not to mention, this kind of game is the money-making kind.

Fang Zheng made a fortune just by selling Master Balls and card packs.

More importantly, the initial design of Pokémon is very simple. At least it does not require too many resources like online games. The current manpower is more than enough to do it!

As the game director and producer, Shizuku Hazuki certainly understands the value of this project. The more she looks at it, the more excited she becomes. After all, cute games have always been the signature of EJ, and now, they are returning to their old business.

"How's it going? Any questions?"

“No problem!”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Ye Yue Shizuku gave a confident answer.

"I promise you, I will definitely make this game!"