Chapter 134: Visiting Taoyuan Company
As a new company in the game industry, Taoyuan appeared in the interstellar game industry in a different manner from the beginning.
The unique painting style, unconventional leisure and entertainment gameplay, and the all-time popular stealing craze of "Taoyuan Restaurant" surprised the industry when it was released. Almost every major update of the version can bring many surprises.
Many large interstellar game companies have changed their attitude towards Taoyuan from initial contempt to seriousness.
But just when everyone thought that Taoyuan's new game might be very scary and began to prepare related horror games to catch the fast track of this popularity, Taoyuan announced such a novel dress-up game at the end of "The Necklace of the North Star".
"Dress-up game? This..."
What's the fun in this?
Isn't it just changing stickers? What special gameplay can this have?
To be honest, when this news was just announced, many employees in large game companies were stunned.
But the words still took a detour when they came to his lips.
"These 24 sets of solar term dresses have actually been pre-sold for over a million sets. My God, how long has it been since the pre-sale was opened?"
The 24 solar term dresses of "The Necklace of the North Star" are priced quite high due to their exquisite and complex workmanship.
But even so, the purchasing power of fans is still so crazy, which seems to prove that there is indeed a huge market for everyone's love of beautiful clothes?
"Just like before, didn't we expect such a low-cost farming game to be so popular?"
At the emergency meeting of major game companies, a manager of a traditional interstellar battle game company couldn't help but analyze it.
"But changing clothes is a little different, isn't it? The whole game is based on changing clothes. Isn't it a little monotonous? And the audience may be very limited."
Another manager was obviously not optimistic.
This sentence seems to mean that the main audience of dress-up games may still be girls who like beautiful clothes.
"In my opinion, Taoyuan is a small company with a limited budget, so..."
"But my son also begged to buy Beixing clothes. How do you explain this?"
An older manager wiped his sweat and sighed deeply. Fortunately, there are men's clothes in the twenty-four solar terms, otherwise he would be "giving birth to children" soon.
Of course, this is definitely not to say that I am against boys wearing women's clothes, but is the magic of fish soup noodles really that terrifying?
"Also, the animation "The Necklace of the North Star" was originally aimed at attracting young female audiences, but facts have proved that as long as the work is interesting enough, both men and women will like it, and even age may not be a restriction."
"Then do you think Taoyuan, a small company that has just been established for a short time, will make a new low-cost and high-yield hit?"
As soon as this sentence came out, the whole audience was silent again.
It was the same sentence again. No one thought that a novel about a bowl of fish soup noodles would be so suitable for game adaptation.
"The main reason is that their game copywriting foundation is too good. We can't always ask our own copywriting to become the second bowl of fish soup noodles."
A bowl of fish soup noodles brings its own reader traffic. These original readers naturally become the first batch of potential players and have extremely high stickiness.
At the same time, the author's personal expansion and supplement to the original work has given the game settings, copywriting and worldview an extra flavor of the original work. Not only is the quality high, but the plot is also very continuous.
If I had known that I had bought the copyright, how could I have these things now?
It's a headache, it's really a headache.
However, everyone in Deerqin and Taoyuan Company didn't know that Taoyuan is now so valued by the game industry.
At this time, everyone in Taoyuan was happily decorating the office building, looking forward to the arrival of the fish soup noodle teacher.
Since Taoyuan expanded, it also bought several floors in a prime office building in the center of Central Star for use as office space.
The company's scale is small and beautiful, and the atmosphere among members is also very good. After all, everyone is basically a die-hard fan of the book.
"Welcome Mr. Fish Noodle Soup to Taoyuan~"
"Hehehe, I finally see you!"
When Yu Mian stepped into the company, countless colorful hand-pulled salutes were pulled and rang, and golden paper pieces flew all over the sky.
Yu Mian also looked at everyone unexpectedly. He didn't expect that Deerqin and Lina had a little ceremony.
"Actually, there's no need to be so formal. I just came to see everyone. After all, it seems that I haven't been here for such a long time."
Yu Mian held the flowers in her hand and felt like a celebrity visiting her, but she couldn't help laughing.
"No, no, no, this is something everyone prepared on their own initiative. You don't know how long everyone has been looking forward to it."
Lina, a female elf, is outgoing and straightforward. She really complements Deerqin's social phobia in company management.
After greeting Yu Mian and Huo Ting, she enthusiastically introduced the company's current internal situation.
After all, Taoyuan is equivalent to the game company invested by the fish soup noodle teacher himself.
It's just that Yu Mian has never been involved in the management of Deerqin and others as an outsider.
After Yu Mian arrived today, everyone from all departments of the company was communicating and showing their work results in a very serious and enthusiastic manner.
"Taoyuan Restaurant has been running smoothly. Although the popularity of stealing vegetables has passed the explosive period, the interactive popularity is still very high. In the latest issues of Taoyuan Food Competition, we even considered holding an offline chef competition."
The team of Taoyuan Restaurant can now be regarded as the backbone of Taoyuan Company.
After the completion of "God of Food", the game "Taoyuan Restaurant" not only did not gradually decline as many people imagined, but gradually took on the role of promoting the original work.
Among Yu Mian's novels, the subsequent subscription income of "God of Food" has indeed become the one with the most long-tail effect.
Every day, many players buy the original novels to experience the plot of the food game, and the conversion of game copyrights in the novel era has opened up new avenues.
However, the most successful game so far is still "The God of Food".
"The God of Cooking Competition?"
Yu Mian was also attracted by some new ideas of the planning team.
"But in fact, I have also considered cooperating with the Food Research Institute to shoot some food documentaries and put them in the game or on various platforms. I have always felt that food culture will become a very colorful part."
The atmosphere became heated, and even Deerqin, who tried to be invisible, couldn't help but talk about his latest ideas.
"Hey, isn't this the universe on the tip of the tongue?"
Yu Mian took over a latest plan handed over by Deerqin, and after flipping through a few pages, he felt that Deerqin, the elf, was indeed very sensitive in nature and food.
Try to explore some food cultures that are on the verge of being lost or forgotten in some galaxies.
If this is really done, it must be very meaningful, and to some extent it seems to continue the vitality of the original "God of Food"?
"The universe on the tip of the tongue?"
Deerqin was touched by Yu Mian's murmur.
"Wait, this is not my idea. It's just an idea I saw when I was reading the ancient Blue Star classics."
Yu Mian explained quickly.
"It seems that I still need to read more books...it's just that the traditional Chinese characters are a bit difficult to recognize."
Hearing this, Deerqin's interest in learning the ancient Blue Star characters increased a little, but his face was a little bitter.
And the visit of Mr. Yutangmian to the company this time seemed to activate everyone's brainstorm, and everyone spoke freely.
The "North Star's Necklace" team is naturally not to be outdone, after all, we are the next star of hope, okay!
"For example, this North Star dress-up can not only be played on the optical computer, but also in the holographic projection mode, you can try on virtual clothes yourself. Do you want to experience it?"
Under the guidance, Yu Mian curiously tried the test version, and sure enough, he saw himself in the game space changed into a men's dress corresponding to the solar term in an instant.
"It's really amazing, and it can match the body shapes of players of all ages."
Compared to buying Beixing's dress collection offline, you can also experience it virtually online.
Yu Mian was indeed a little surprised at first. The company that he invested in with his royalties seemed to have become very different without him noticing.
And everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the original author, Fish Soup Noodle Teacher, trying on the COSPLAY costume.
"Why do I feel that if Fish Soup Noodle Teacher is the spokesperson or model, it might be sold out on the spot?"
Especially Lina, she almost wanted to secretly take screenshots and take hundreds of photos for her personal collection.
As an elf, is it true that I have no resistance to Fish Soup Noodle Teacher from the first sight?
However, Yu Mian looked up and found that everyone was looking at him. He was a little embarrassed and greeted them: "Wouldn't you all like to try it? Can we take a group photo as a souvenir?"
As soon as Yu Mian said this, the atmosphere immediately became lively.
"Can we really take a photo together?"
This was a group photo with the fish noodle teacher. Everyone immediately began to choose and match their own clothes.
"Why are you running? Don't you want to try it together?"
Yu Mian also quickly grabbed Huo Ting who was trying to retreat.
In fact, before coming to Taoyuan, Yu Mian was still struggling for a long time whether to tell Huo Ting, but when he thought of the sentence "Does consideration mean hiding all the time?" Yu Mian instantly felt that it was better not to hide it.
Otherwise, wouldn't it make him look guilty?
Especially every time when typing, looking at the indigo bracelet on his wrist, Yu Mian always felt that Huo Ting was really cheating, and he could see it as soon as he raised his hand.
In the end, as expected, Secretary Hals set a time when both of them were free to go out together.
Speaking of which, it seemed that this was the first time they went out together after that day.
After being caught by Yu Mian, Huo Ting was silent for dozens of seconds, but was finally included in the group photo with a smile by Yu Mian.
The costume change in the game "Necklace of the North Star" is indeed very well made. For example, after Lina changed into Lixia's solar term guardian costume, it was as if Lixia herself was present on the scene.
As soon as this precious and unusual holographic COS photo came out, everyone was attracted by the photo. I always felt that this photo would become a veteran photo of Taoyuan Company in the future.
Yu Mian was also trying not to laugh as he looked at Huo Ting in the picture. After catching Huo Ting for a group photo, he found that this guy was unexpectedly suitable.
He even weirdly wanted him to try on other styles.
"Hey, don't just look at the photos! The tea break is ready. Do you want to try the latest rice wine developed by the Food Research Institute?"
Lina actually launched the tea break that had been prepared in advance, which was originally intended to entertain the fish soup noodle teacher.
The unexpected group photo made everyone excited and looked at the photos for a long time, and they almost forgot to enjoy the food together.
The reason why Lina was willing to stay in the Central Star to help Deerqin manage Taoyuan was definitely because of the food.
"Teacher Yu Mian, do you want to try the rice wine from the Food Research Institute? It tastes amazing."
Although Lina just brought a pot of rice wine this time, Yu Mian was stunned for a moment and then directly cut off the cup in Huo Ting's hand.
"No, he doesn't drink this, he drinks juice, thank you Lina!"
Lina looked at him suspiciously.
"But he was drinking happily last time? Except for Deerqin who was drunk."
Yu Mian was very upset:
"I drink rice wine and he drinks juice because he is the driver today."
In fact, neither Deerqin nor Huo Ting can drink, but Huo Ting is also very deceptive when he is drunk.
Huo Ting was looking at the glass of juice in his hand, silently recalling what happened after he drank beer last time, which made Yu Mian feel like he was facing a powerful enemy.
"Oh, okay."
Lina looked at the two people curiously, smiled secretly and left.
The atmosphere seemed a little different from the last time they met at the Food Research Institute.
But no matter what, for the elves, these two sitting together are simply too pleasing to the eyes.
Speaking of which, didn't Yin always want to see the fish soup noodle teacher? How come I didn't see him this time?
Lina looked around and found that Yin was in the corner, staring in this direction with a little resentment.
Yin still remembers the dreamlike scene he saw when he was awakened by the sound of water while hiding in the lake that night.
The golden mermaid's tail was like moonlight in the water.
But that scary guy was there again!
Just recalling the feeling of being discovered when he showed his head that night, Yin wanted to shake his head.
And Yin's eyes were always on the string of blue stones on Yu Mian's wrist. If he was not mistaken, it seemed to be the sea marrow crystal that could only be dug in the deep sea. It looked
good on his wrist, much more beautiful than the shells he collected.
Yin, who gradually had a concept of the price on the shore during this period, suddenly found that he, a moonlighter, seemed to be a little poor.
"What are you hesitating about? The fish noodle teacher said he wanted to look for you."
However, Yin never expected that he would be caught by Lina the next second.
After all, the popularity of "Picking Up a Traveling Light Computer" has continued to rise recently.
The strange and appealing black and white illustrations in the book have also caused a lot of discussion, and some companies even claimed that they wanted to hire this painter with a high salary.
However, this mysterious painter never showed up from beginning to end, as if he didn't care about the outside world at all.
Lina, who was nervous about whether Yin would change jobs at first, soon discovered that Yin, this silly boy, had very low material desires. In addition to buying blind box cards, he just wanted to meet the fish noodle teacher.
Why is he so timid now?
"Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, this is Yin. He has wanted to see you for a long time and has prepared a big box of gifts, as I remember."
Lina, who was full of kindness, pulled Yin and waved wildly towards here.
Yin:! ?
"Huh... is it you?"
But Yu Mian felt that Yin was very familiar at first sight.
This is clearly the mysterious boy who helped rescue people after the pleasure boat sank last time.
Later, Principal Charles also had a complicated attitude towards this, saying that the school's underwater security conditions seemed to have to be improved in the future.
After all, fortunately the other party had no malicious intentions this time. What if someone deliberately dived into the water in the future to create some malicious incidents?
"Ah, so you already knew each other?"
Lina was even more curious now.
Yin even came to apply for the job, so he could have been recommended internally.
"I think so. It turns out that you drew it. Why didn't you tell me about it on Star Message before?"
Yu Mian looked at Yin curiously. He didn't expect that this big painter was so young. His long silver-gray hair was casually tied at the head, which made him look more like an artist.
"And Yin, you should hand over this big gift package in person."
Lina even kindly helped Yin move the big box.
This poor child is too introverted. The whole office knows that this guy has been preparing a gift box for the fish soup noodle teacher.
"No - I haven't prepared everything yet."
Yin, who was extremely nervous after meeting him, blushed and tried to stop him, but almost dropped the box instead.
Yu Mian was about to help, but Huo Ting had already stood up and held the box. As for Yin, he only managed to grab the lid.
So a box full of colorful shells, beautifully shaped conchs, and even dried starfish... all filled a box and were displayed.
"Wow, Yin, what are you preparing?"
Everyone looked at the box full of small items in amazement, and they always felt that it was unexpected and in line with Yin's personality.
The main character is someone who doesn't fit in with everyone, and often seems to lack some basic common sense.
Yin felt a kind of despair of being publicly executed.
For some reason, Yu Mian looked at the pile of very familiar shells, and suddenly felt as if he knew who had stuffed things into the door.
[This guy is an aquatic species, and his favorability has been increased? But this favorability seems a bit exaggerated, and it shouldn't be so in theory. ]
The small system silently prompted.
[And he also knows that you live in Xingkong Lake. ]
To be honest, this behavior is really weird, if it weren't for Yin's non-aggressive appearance.
"I, I'm not courting!"
But the next second Yin hurriedly hugged the lid and closed the box tightly, and the cunning excuse he said made everyone silent for a while.
Courting?
No matter how you understand it, it's weird. [撓头.jpg]
Would normal humans use the word courtship?
And is this considered a public confession to the fish noodle teacher? What a true warrior!
Although everyone wanted to do this in their hearts, they never expected that the one who actually did it was Gin, who seemed to have the least courage?
So this tea break that was interrupted unexpectedly ended up in the conference room. Lina and a few others surrounded Gin in the middle. No matter how you look at it, Gin's abnormality was really strange.
Lina, who was responsible for recruiting Gin, was even more nervous.
After realizing that he seemed to have said something inappropriate again, Gin was silent for a moment and finally stretched out his hand as if to explain.
Sure enough, under Gin's control, silver-gray fur appeared on the back of his hand.
"That... I am actually a descendant of a sea otter."
A rare special race!
Everyone thought that only Lina and the others were elves, but they didn't expect that there was a sea otter hiding in the company?
In fact, it is easy to be a little uneasy to expose your true identity, but Yin looked at Yu Mian and explained in a low voice.
"In fact, I have seen Starry Sky Lake once." Do you still remember?
In fact, Yu Mian did react a lot.
It turned out that the figure that suddenly disappeared in the water that day, the shell that appeared at the door the next day, and the strange boy who hid in the water to save people were all looking for Yin?
Yu Mian was a little amused for a while:
"So you are a sea otter, do you usually live in Starry Sky Lake?"
To Yin's surprise, Yu Mian did not ask Lina to fire him directly. Yin was a little regretful that he might not have money to buy blind boxes in the future.
After all, he could not save much money to make a living in the aquarium.
"It has always been like this before, but I recently went ashore and found it very interesting."
After the biggest secret was discovered, Yin simply answered every question very seriously and frankly.
After listening to Lina for a long time, she also felt that this was really a big oolong.
"There is nothing to worry about special races. In fact, I am also an elf."
Taoyuan Company has never minded such things. Well, Yin is really a kid.
But in a sense, he is also a warrior?
It turns out that aquatic races can also read the novels of Mr. Yutangmian and become fans?
After all, Yin's sudden move did quickly shock the entire Taoyuan Company.
Even the cleaning lady knew that the cute boy with silver hair and a silly personality went directly to confess his
love to the fish noodle teacher with a box of shells. "Oh my god, I didn't expect Yin to be so brave. Although I also like the fish noodle teacher, I can't say it to her face. Damn, someone got there first?"
"But why did Yin want to hold a box of shells? It feels cute and weird, hahaha."
"You don't understand at all. We aquatic species have always been like this!"
Yin, who had just walked out of the conference room and heard the discussion, blushed and emphasized seriously.
It was originally a gift of shells.
These are all beautiful shells that I have carefully collected. I have been collecting aquatic creatures since I was a child.
[Wait, I think this guy seems to know that you are a mermaid? ]
Regarding the secret of Yu Mian's fish tail, the small system also keenly realized that something was wrong from Yin's words.
Although colleagues certainly cannot understand what "we" means, they think that Yin means that this is a custom for aquatic species.
But in fact, Yin meant that Yu Mian and himself are both aquatic species, and giving shells as gifts is normal.
"I understand, I guess when we were playing in the water that day, I woke up Yin who lived in the water, and he saw me?"
"After all, Ernis did say that there are a lot of aquatic species in Starry Sky Lake."
Yu Mian understood it completely.
"So you found my fish tail?"
Before leaving, Yu Mian saw that Lina and the others were gone, and quietly confirmed it.
"...I'm sorry."
Yin apologized again subconsciously.
"Okay, don't be too nervous, after all, you told me your secret? But I really can't accept the shells, although they are all very beautiful."
Yu Mian looked at Yin in front of him, and finally refused with a smile.
Yin's expression was obviously broken. If he was clearly rejected, he would really feel uncomfortable.
"But, he doesn't have a fish tail, so he can't respond to courtship."
But just when Yu Mian was about to say goodbye to Huo Ting, who had been silent for a long time, Yin mustered up the courage to seriously point out this problem.
"Uh, when did I court?"
Yu Mian never expected that the topic would be about courtship again.
"Showing the fish tail is a sign of courtship, isn't it?"
Yin was quite persistent about this.
"?"
Yu Mian pulled Huo Ting behind him and was undoubtedly frozen in place.
The "Mermaid Science Handbook (Incomplete Edition)" that the system sent out at the beginning, the second half was incomplete and it didn't say that this was a courtship behavior?
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