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

He slowly put down the documents in his hand, leaned back lazily in his chair, and said in a relaxed tone as if chatting about the weather, "After all, our Peach Blossom Garden is indeed a small company with limited operational experience and publicity capabilities compared to your large group."

Shen Mubai was slightly stunned, then a triumphant smile flashed in his eyes.

As expected, Lu Yu was still too young.

As long as they were willing to let Tianqi take over the publicity, the subsequent operations would be simple.

Tianqi could completely use its own public opinion manipulation capabilities to gradually guide the market trend, eventually shifting players' attention from 'Don't Play This Game' to their own upcoming new game.

They could even create some negative public opinion during the 'cooperation' period to suppress the market popularity of 'Don't Play This Game', and then, in the guise of an 'industry leader', push Tianqi's game to the highest point.

All of this was under his control.

He smiled and nodded, "President Lu is indeed a wise man. We will go all out to ensure that the global promotion of 'Don't Play This Game' achieves the best results."

However, just when he thought he had won this negotiation, Lu Yu suddenly changed the subject.

"But..."

He gently shook the coffee cup in his hand, a meaningful arc rising at the corner of his lips.

"Since Tianqi Group is willing to help, shouldn't we make things look even more impressive?"

Shen Mubai narrowed his eyes slightly, his intuition telling him that Lu Yu's words were a trap.

But before he could think about it, Lu Yu continued with a smile, "I think ordinary publicity might not be enough. If we're going to do it, we should go for an unprecedented big move."

He casually tapped the table, his tone light, "For example, we can launch a super luxurious, global-scale **'immersive game experience exhibition'** directly, inviting all top game media, industry bigwigs, player KOLs, and even well-known movie stars, directors, and tech giants from various countries to witness the charm of 'Don't Play This Game'."

"Of course, since it's a collaborative project, all the expenses for this exhibition should naturally be borne by Tianqi Group. What do you think?"

Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

The senior executives of Tianqi Group's expressions changed slightly.

What the hell was this?!

Just hearing the name of this so-called "global immersive game experience exhibition" was enough to know that the budget would be outrageously high!

If they really did what Lu Yu said, Tianqi Group would have to invest massive amounts of money, manpower, and resources.

And the most important thing was—

The core of this exhibition was actually 'Don't Play This Game'?!

Shen Mubai's face finally changed.

He stared at Lu Yu, trying to see some clue in his eyes.

But Lu Yu still had that calm look, a lazy smile on his lips, and a hint of teasing in his eyes.

—Was this guy really stupid, or was he deliberately setting them up?!

Shen Mubai took a deep breath, trying to keep his tone calm, "President Lu, this proposal... may require more detailed discussion."

Lu Yu blinked and nodded with a smile, "Of course, you can decide the details, I'm only responsible for suggesting a direction."

He got up, stretched, waved his hand casually, "Then I'll leave this to you, I won't disturb you any longer, I'll take my leave."

After speaking, he turned around and left the conference room without looking back.

And the senior executives of Tianqi in the conference room... each had a livid face, heavy breathing, as if they had been fed a whole ton of flies on the spot.

Shen Mubai clenched his fists tightly, his nails almost digging into his palms.

He finally realized—

Lu Yu was fucking doing it on purpose!!!

They originally wanted to use this cooperation to make Peach Blossom Garden take a big tumble, but now, they, Tianqi Group, were being pushed to the forefront by Lu Yu!

The higher they were blown, the harder they would fall.

They... had been played!

In the office area of Peach Blossom Garden Studio, the atmosphere was as quiet and orderly as ever. The sound of keyboard clicks, the low hum of the coffee machine, and the occasional rustling of documents being flipped through intertwined to form a reassuring background noise.

However, Liu Mengyuan's mind was churning today, unable to calm down.

Her fingers tapped lightly on the table, her eyes locked on the computer screen in front of her, her brows slightly furrowed, and a complex emotion flickered in her eyes.

On the screen was a data analysis report on the latest version of 'Don't Play This Game'.

The growth rate was astonishing, the player retention rate was extremely high, and the user feedback on the AI dynamic system was almost overwhelmingly positive...

More importantly, although the team's development pace was already fast enough, there was still a lot of room to expand the core gameplay and worldview of the entire game.

This meant... they could go even further!

Liu Mengyuan took a deep breath, her gaze gradually becoming firm.

She finally understood.

President Lu's layout was far more vast and far-reaching than they had imagined!

[The Beginning of Misunderstanding]

Recalling the past few months, the more Liu Mengyuan thought about it, the more terrifying she found it.

At first, she thought Lu Yu was just a "Buddhist boss" who adopted a laissez-faire approach to company operations and was even a bit too laid-back.

But later, she began to notice some strange things.

For example—

She originally thought that Lu Yu didn't ask about the research and development progress because he was too lazy to manage things.

But what was the truth?

Whenever they encountered technical bottlenecks that were difficult to break through, Lu Yu could always give key inspiration "unintentionally", allowing the problem to be solved easily.

She originally thought that Lu Yu had no interest in market promotion and didn't even bother to ask about the game's publicity plan.

But what was the truth?

Whenever industry competition intensified and opponents such as Tianqi Group tried to suppress 'Don't Play This Game', Lu Yu could always use a way that was "unintelligible but shockingly effective" to easily resolve the crisis, and even turn the tables on his opponents.

Could these things really be explained by "good luck"?

Impossible!

The only reasonable explanation was that Lu Yu had seen through everything long ago, but he just didn't say it!

He seemed to be letting things go, but in reality, he was using a "strategic perspective beyond ordinary people" to guide them, allowing them to grow independently and allowing the entire team to become stronger unconsciously.

This was the true top-level manager!

Thinking of this, Liu Mengyuan's breathing couldn't help but quicken.

She finally understood Lu Yu's intention.

He wasn't ignoring the company, but rather "delegating power to cultivate the team", allowing them to explore, grow, and evolve on their own!

He wasn't unconcerned about research and development, but rather "giving the greatest degree of freedom", allowing them to break through the constraints of the industry and truly create an unprecedented gaming experience!

He wasn't indifferent to the market, but rather "deliberately showing weakness", allowing the entire industry to underestimate them, and when they truly exploded, the entire market would be caught off guard!

This was a grand game, and they were the key pieces in this game!

Liu Mengyuan's eyes gradually became fanatical.

She clenched her fists and secretly made up her mind—

Since President Lu had already pointed out the direction for them, she must not let down this trust!

That night, Liu Mengyuan quietly gathered several core team members and held an "informal meeting" in the conference room.

"Everyone, I have an important matter to discuss with you."

She looked at everyone present with bright eyes, her tone firm and full of fighting spirit.

"We can no longer push the project slowly like before. We must speed up the research and development progress, expand our business, and take the worldview and gameplay of 'Don't Play This Game' to the extreme!"

Everyone was stunned and showed surprised expressions.

The latest novels are first published at Six Nine Book Bar!

"Why?"

Chu Xiong, the program director, frowned, "The current game is already very successful. The player reputation and market feedback are very stable. Why suddenly speed up the pace?"

Liu Mengyuan took a deep breath, her tone with unprecedented firmness: "Because President Lu's layout goes far beyond our imagination."

She lowered her voice, her eyes flashing with a kind of fanatical light: "Have you ever thought about why President Lu never directly gives us clear instructions?"

"Why is it that every time it's a major decision, he always has an 'whatever you want' attitude?"

"Why can he easily control the overall situation, but he always looks like he's 'on a leisurely vacation, not managing things'?"

Everyone looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

Liu Mengyuan tapped the table lightly, her voice low and full of strength: "Because he has seen through everything long ago. He is 'cultivating' us, allowing us to explore, improve, and break through the ceiling of the industry!"

She took a deep breath, her eyes firm: "We must not let down his trust. We must take the initiative to attack, to roll, to explore, and to create an era that truly belongs to Peach Blossom Garden!"

In the conference room, after a brief silence, the atmosphere gradually became hot.

Chu Xiong slowly raised his head, a smile rising at the corner of his mouth: "Listening to you say that, it does make some sense."

Yang Cheng, the art director, also nodded, his eyes flashing with fighting spirit: "Since President Lu has created the best environment for us, we can't let down his expectations."

Zhang Qiqi, the marketing director, bit her lip and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, then let's let go completely and have a big fight!"

Liu Mengyuan nodded vigorously, her eyes firm: "From today onwards, we will fully accelerate research and development and push 'Don't Play This Game' to an unprecedented height!"

In the following months, the entire Peach Blossom Garden Studio fell into an ultra-high-speed "frenzy state".

The code submission records of the program team directly soared from 50 updates per day to 200 times. Everyone was frantically optimizing the AI system to make the game world more realistic and more dynamic.

The modelers of the art team worked overtime overnight, creating an astonishing number of new scenes, characters, and monsters to make the worldview of 'Don't Play This Game' more vast and more detailed.

The publicity campaign of the marketing team was fully launched, and the global promotion plan was rapidly launched. Within a few weeks, the attention of 'Don't Play This Game' soared again, becoming the hottest topic in the game circle.

The entire industry was shocked by the "berserk mode" of Peach Blossom Garden.

However, as the "behind-the-scenes pusher" of all this, Lu Yu was still in a state of leisurely vacation, drinking coffee every day, looking at the scenery outside the window, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

He didn't even know—

He was simply too lazy to manage things, but he was misunderstood as a "deeply thoughtful business genius", thus accidentally promoting the company's rapid advance.

Peach Blossom Garden has unknowingly become the most terrifying existence in the entire game industry.

"President Lu, are you serious?"

Planning Director Liu Mengyuan squeezed the notebook in her hand, the expression on her face can no longer be described as "shocked", but with a kind of "what on earth happened to this world" of daze.

Opposite her, Lu Yu sat calmly on the sofa, leisurely sipped a cup of coffee, and said in a light tone: "Of course, why else would I call you to a meeting?"

"But... can the things you just said really be done?" Liu Mengyuan swallowed and forced herself to not let her reason be overwhelmed by the outrageous ideas Lu Yu had just put forward.

Lu Yu shrugged casually: "You won't know if you can do it until you try it, right? Besides, I'm just making a suggestion, as for how you implement it, that's your business."

The conference room was dead silent.

Everyone looked at each other, their expressions complex.

They had already witnessed the "horror" of President Lu's brain hole, but this time... it seemed to have refreshed their bottom line of cognition.

"First of all, I want to add a 'time reversal' system to the game."

Lu Yu said lightly, his tone as relaxed as if discussing what to eat for lunch.

"Specifically, players can rewind time at any time in the game world to affect past decisions, but these decisions cannot be simple 'save and load', but must allow the NPCs and plots of the entire game world to dynamically adapt to the player's rewind behavior."

Liu Mengyuan: "..."

Everyone in the planning department: "..."

Wait, isn't this the real-life "butterfly effect"?!

Although their game has adopted the most advanced AI dynamic calculation technology, to achieve this level... this is not a general game concept, but a setting close to science fiction movies, right?!

However, Lu Yu's outrageous remarks had not ended.

"Secondly, I want to add an 'ecological evolution system' to the game."

"Every battle and every exploration of the player will affect the ecology of the world. For example, after a powerful monster is defeated, its offspring may evolve new abilities, and even the entire food chain will change."

"For example, if a player plants a tree, ten years later that tree may become a forest, and even affect the climate of the entire terrain."

The corners of Liu Mengyuan's mouth trembled slightly, feeling that her brain had uncontrollably begun to operate at high speed.

All she could think of was—

This isn't just an ordinary game; it's a living, breathing, and truly significant "digital world!"

However, Lu Yu remained calm and composed, continuing to add, "Finally, I'd like to add a 'Civilization Evolution System.'"

"Every choice a player makes will influence the direction of the world's civilization. For example, if a player introduces a new agricultural technology to a village, decades later, that village might develop into a major agricultural power, even affecting the historical progress of the entire world."

"Of course, all NPCs must have autonomous learning capabilities, able to dynamically adjust their understanding based on player behavior."

"In simple terms, we need to give this game world the ability to truly 'self-evolve.'" (End of Chapter)