Chapter 67:
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Tang Yu and Xiangling were having dinner when Silver Wolf called.
"Tang Yu, Genshin Impact is almost finished. If you're free today, come to the company and take a look!" Silver Wolf's clear voice came through.
Hearing this, Tang Yu wasn't too surprised.
With Silver Wolf's abilities, it was actually quite slow that it had taken a whole month just to complete the initial version.
"Alright! I'll head over right away." Tang Yu hung up the phone and looked at Xiangling. "I'm going to miHoYo Studio to check on things. Do you want to come along?"
Xiangling had her hair tied in a cute bun today. When she shook her head, she looked exceptionally adorable.
"I won't go. Today I need to research a new menu item. The competition is in two days."
"Okay!" Tang Yu smiled. He had almost forgotten about the National Chef Competition.
Only after Xiangling mentioned it did he remember.
He gave her a few more instructions — be careful, stay safe, etc. — before driving out.
Half an hour later, he walked into the miHoYo Studio office.
Da Wei quickly came forward to greet him.
The other staff members also greeted him one after another.
Tang Yu smiled and returned the greetings to everyone.
Silver Wolf was sitting in her office chair. When she saw Tang Yu, she waved at him.
"Come over quickly."
Tang Yu walked over to her.
Behind him, Da Wei spoke up: "Miss Silver Wolf is truly a programming genius. Without her, this game probably wouldn't have been ready for another six months."
Tang Yu didn't turn around. He chuckled and said: "That's exactly why I made her the Technical Director."
"Stop chatting. Come look at this — how's the graphics?"
As soon as Tang Yu reached her side, Silver Wolf quickly took out her phone and opened the Genshin Impact prototype for him to see.
The moment he looked, Tang Yu was immediately drawn in by the visuals.
Silver Wolf's version of Genshin Impact was very similar to the one from his previous world on Earth.
But there were also some changes.
For example, the main cities were about five times larger than in the original version.
Liyue, Mondstadt — each major city looked grand and majestic.
The tiny ports from the original? What even were those!
The load capacity of the Serenitea Pot had also been doubled!
Players could build to their heart's content!
And the most important part: The mosaic censorship on character models from his previous world's Genshin was completely gone here!
After improvements, Silver Wolf's version of Genshin Impact was even more attractive than the original.
After checking everything, Tang Yu gave Silver Wolf a big thumbs-up.
However, Da Wei looked worried as he said: "Our Genshin Impact crushes every game on the market in both gameplay and graphics."
"But…"
"But what?" Tang Yu turned and stared at Da Wei.
Da Wei sighed. "But what if the big game companies copy our game?"
"Last time, our game was stolen by Penguin. Because they released it first and they're a giant company, we ended up being called the copycats."
Hearing Da Wei say this, the other employees also voiced their concerns.
"Boss, the housing system in this game is very new, but will players really accept it?"
{I'm not worried about the game itself. I'm just afraid of being copied!} {Exactly! Being copied is so disgusting. Now that the game is done, we're not afraid of being sued — we're afraid of being disgusted!} {Last time's incident left a really bad taste in my mouth. Capitalists are truly shameless!} {.....}
Tang Yu swept his gaze across the employees. His expression remained calm as he said softly: "You don't need to worry."
"When this game launches, it will definitely sweep every other game on the market."
"As for copying, you need to worry even less about that."
At this point, he looked at Silver Wolf and signaled for her to explain.
Silver Wolf understood. She nodded and said: "I've placed anti-counterfeit markers in the code. If anyone dares to copy us, we'll dare to sue them."
"Even if it's Penguin, so what? I refuse to believe they can still slander us in the face of ironclad evidence."
Hearing Silver Wolf's words, everyone's eyes widened.
They hadn't expected Silver Wolf to go this far.
For a moment, excitement appeared on everyone's faces.
Whether their studio could rise or not depended on this game.
"Right now the characters still don't have voice acting," Silver Wolf said meaningfully while looking at Tang Yu.
Tang Yu thought for a moment, then leaned close to Silver Wolf's ear.
The other employees tactfully turned their heads away and stopped listening to their conversation.
Tang Yu whispered: "Except for Hu Tao and Xiangling's voices, use AI generation for now. Later when I bring over the other characters, you can replace them with the original voices."
Silver Wolf nodded and chuckled: "As expected, you're planning to bring more people over."
Tang Yu smiled without confirming or denying it.
There were so many beautiful girls in his system mall. It would be a waste not to bring them.
"Da Wei!" Tang Yu called out.
The other party quickly turned around.
"How are the arrangements for the game's release going?"
"Uh… we ran into a small problem," Da Wei said with a frown.
"Tell me."
"We approached several domestic game publishing platforms for cooperation. They didn't refuse, but their revenue share is too high."
Hearing this, Tang Yu also frowned.
The gaming industry in this world was similar to his previous one.
Games relied on publishing platforms to be released.
Because these platforms had huge traffic, the chances of the game selling well were higher.
But if the cut was too high, it wasn't worth it.
Why should we develop the game, and you do nothing but list it on your platform and still take a big share?
If it was 10-20%, that would be acceptable.
Anything higher, even a dog wouldn't agree.
And since Da Wei said the cut was quite high, it was definitely more than 30%.
"We'll build our own official website. Players who want to play our game can download it directly from the official site."
After thinking for just a moment, Tang Yu made his decision.
Hearing Tang Yu's words, Da Wei and all the employees were shocked.
Da Wei said: "Our studio doesn't have any reputation yet. I'm afraid…"
Tang Yu looked at him and smiled: "You're afraid no one will download it?"
Da Wei nodded.
miHoYo was just a small game studio.
Hardly anyone knew about it.
Asking players to come to their own website to download?
Was that even possible?
It was possible, but the chances weren't high.
"Although their cut of over 50% is a bit much, in the early stage of game release we don't really have a choice. Building our own download channel on the official website isn't very wise," one employee spoke up.
Tang Yu glanced at that employee and said: "I know what you're all worried about, but I'm the boss. Just do as I say."
"You might have forgotten — I'm a big streamer with tens of millions of fans!!"
Uh…
When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.
That's right!
Their boss was a huge internet celebrity. How could they have forgotten that!
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