You said you would make games by yourself, but how did you become the richest man by doing nothing?

Lu Yu pondered for a moment. This week, he had only fixed some underlying code bugs and hadn't fully understood all the gameplay.

So, in his mind, it was still just a regular farming simulation game.

He decided to stick to his original guess and said, "At most, around 1000 concurrent online players."

Although he said that, he was still faintly worried.

Would the game perform too poorly after launch, leading to a collapse of Taoyuan Village's reputation?

...

The Saturday before the game's release.

Donghai City Television's Channel Nine broadcasted a new episode of "Electronic Sports World."

In the program, the host and Wuya, one of the "Central Plains Five Editors," discussed the new changes in the landscape of Chinese-style martial arts games and the development trends of martial arts game PK move sets.

As they chatted, near the end of the program, Wuya suddenly said:

"Actually, I've recently been trying out a game from a new field, which is Tenghui Company's new game, 'Dog Girl Paradise Adventure.'"

"Oh?" The female host was quite surprised.

"I didn't expect Teacher Wuya to be so... young at heart."

A hint of red flashed across Wuya's face, but it quickly disappeared.

"I'm playing this game not because of its theme or type, but because it's produced by Tenghui.

As the largest game manufacturer in China, I have a good impression of Tenghui, especially their Chinese-style martial arts game 'Diya Tomorrow Sword,' which I gave a very high rating.

We game critics really hope that leading manufacturers like Tenghui can set a new example in game innovation."

Taking a sip of water to moisten his throat, Wuya changed the subject.

"Of course, I've also noticed that 'Dog Girl Paradise' has recently caused quite a bit of controversy online.

As a completely independent, objective, and neutral media person, I have to stand up and say something fair.

In fact, I believe that the vast majority of players don't care at all about which of two similar games came out first or later, or who is imitating whom.

Everyone only cares about which game is more fun and which game is more refined.

And this point already has an answer.

Please, director, switch the screen; let's all look at the big screen together."

Soon, the big screen behind the guests began to play a detailed comparison of the visuals between 'Cat Girl Paradise' and 'Dog Girl Paradise.'

Wuya stood up, holding a laser pointer, and began to explain the details everywhere.

"As you can see, whether it's the resolution and quality of the textures or the fineness of each detail, Tenghui's new work completely surpasses its competitors.

And the competitor's imitation looks like it was pieced together with generic components bought online, revealing a sense of poverty everywhere.

After all, Tenghui is a large company; its technology and manpower are not something a small studio can compete with.

So, with the core mechanics, gameplay, and even the main story of these two games being exactly the same, I would recommend players to play the more refined work of the big manufacturer."

After saying all this in one breath, Wuya breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Through years of experience, he had perfected this set of rhetoric.

First, blur the key points, ignore the facts, and then directly draw a conclusion: who came first, who came later, who imitated whom is actually meaningless; players only need to care about whether the game is fun.

After this top-tier comparison, Wuya directly delivered the final blow:

"I've been in the game appraisal industry for more than thirty years; I wouldn't say I've developed a keen eye, but I can say that I'm almost never wrong.

We in this industry often say, 'See the big from the small.'

Taoyuan Village Company's first product is so perfunctory, I can assert that this manufacturer's subsequent new products will definitely be mediocre."

After the program aired, the online frenzy rose to a new climax again.

On Weibo, the hashtag #TeacherWuyaCritiquesTaoyuanVillage# once again topped the trending searches.

"Wow, even the highly respected Teacher Wuya, one of the Central Plains Five Editors, has entered the fray?"

"Wuya is now worth a lot of money; Tenghui's PR must have been willing to spend a lot to get him to speak up."

"Upstairs, don't just throw around accusations of PR; are people not allowed to speak the truth?"

Now, the online opinions are fluctuating, and the voices supporting Taoyuan Village have weakened a lot.

The reason, of course, is that Tenghui Interactive Entertainment's new product's promotional offensive is overwhelming, filling everyone's appetite and expectations.

But on the other hand, Taoyuan Village, apart from a promotional image that is beautiful but incomprehensible, has not released any news about the new product.

Gameplay, genre, story theme, nothing is known.

Even the release date is unknown, highlighting a sense of indifference.

This naturally makes the voices of players supporting Taoyuan Village in this online controversy smaller and smaller.

In the Cat Girl Paradise forum, many posts expressing wavering confidence have gradually emerged.

The newest novels are first published on Liu Jiu Shu Ba!

"They released a promotional image and then disappeared; could Taoyuan Village Studio have already run away? No way."

"Impossible, last time there was a guy who passed by Taoyuan Village Company when buying fried dough sticks and said that Taoyuan Village's boss has 1.8-meter-long legs."

"That post was exposed as fake; that building is not Taoyuan Village's office at all; the fried dough stick guy has now become the forum's pet."

In addition to flame wars and meaningless posts, there are also many dry analysis posts predicting gameplay.

In the forum, almost 90% of the players believe that the code name 'island' is a horizontal scrolling game, but the stage has become an island.

This is also why many people are not optimistic about Taoyuan Village, because Tenghui's new work is also a horizontal scrolling game.

Tenghui is a large company and is good at stacking content, while Taoyuan Village has at most a few dozen people; whether they can compete head-on with Tenghui, which has tens of thousands of people, in terms of marketing and content stacking is questionable.

Of course, there are also some fans who are sticking to the public opinion front.

Among them, there is a forum user with the ID "Little Round Round" who is very active and posts everywhere:

"No, I believe in Taoyuan Village, believe me, the game will definitely be very fun!"

...

Monday, eight o'clock in the morning, cat cafe.

Amidst the four people's uneasy and expectant gazes, "My Leisurely Island Owner Life" officially launched!

Moreover, it was launched almost simultaneously with 'Dog Girl Paradise Adventure.'

Shortly after the game's release, a system prompt popped up in front of Lu Yu:

[This round's cycle is about to be settled. The current Leisure Points are 378.5, which are being exchanged...]

[37850 yuan has been credited to your personal account.]

[Congratulations on completing the extra task for the cycle: releasing a second game. Reward: one random surprise effect draw]

A lottery turntable appeared on the system screen, spinning wildly, bursting with blue light, and then stopping at a certain position:

[Colorful Festival Lv2] Effect: Within the next 90 days, if users feel happy from Taoyuan Village Company's games or other products, the host will also receive Leisure Points, with a rebate ratio of 0.01%.

(Note: Within each settlement cycle, the host can only receive Leisure Points from the same user once)

[Currently, Taoyuan Village Company's operating funds are 749000 yuan]

[The next settlement cycle is: 90 days later]

[Extra Task: Before the cycle settlement, release a third game produced by Taoyuan Village Company, and the theme of the game is modern urban type.]

[Task Reward: Random surprise effect]

[Because the host caused the company's employees to produce multiple critical hits in the previous settlement cycle, a serendipity task has been triggered. Please open the task list to view]