197: I have everything but no money.

Everyone looked at Bi Chengwang with eager anticipation.

Bi Chengwang smiled and said, "Do you still remember our pursuit of games when we were young?"

Everyone lowered their heads.

Most people entered the gaming industry with the ambition of creating a truly fun game.

Very few were solely focused on making money in the gaming industry.

However, as they spent more and more time in the gaming industry, ravaged by life, their youthful aspirations had long been completely forgotten.

Bi Chengwang said, "No game developer, when they first started making games, thought about making a game that would be criticized."

"Have you noticed that many games on the market today are designed purely to make people addicted?"

"Actually, addiction isn't necessarily a bad thing; it just proves the game is fun!"

"But most games make players addicted not to make the game fun, but to make players spend money!"

"Spending money feels good, the more you spend, the better it feels. If you don't spend money, others will have fun, and the more you play, the more frustrated you'll become!"

Everyone nodded.

They were all veteran game developers; they knew the ins and outs of the industry.

To put it bluntly, most web games and online games tried every possible way to stimulate player consumption.

Bi Chengwang continued, "And President Qian's intention is not to make games with the goal of making money, but to stay true to our original aspirations and create a game that brings joy."

"The original purpose of games was to bring happiness to people."

"I don't know when it started, but everything became about money, and the essence of gaming was lost."

"And President Qian just wants to rediscover the essence of gaming!"

Bi Chengwang couldn't help but exclaim, "President Qian truly is a genuine game developer!"

Game developer, game developer!

What is a game developer?

Someone who dedicates their entire life to the gaming industry.

Which author doesn't want to write a world-shattering masterpiece?

Which singer doesn't want to sing widely popular songs?

Which painter doesn't want to create an unparalleled masterpiece that the world will praise?

Similarly, they, as game developers, also want to create a groundbreaking masterpiece that people will praise.

They all want to go out and proudly tell others that they are the author of a certain best-selling game.

Rather than wanting others to know that they made a very money-grubbing online game.

President Qian said that games should 'trick' people in terms of gameplay, to increase the fun of the game.

Ju Yewei strongly agreed with Bi Chengwang's view: "President Qian truly is a game developer!"

"The first time I met President Qian, he told me he was my fan and had played games I made over a decade ago!"

Ju Yewei gave a wry smile and said, "Don't laugh at me, but I've been making games for so many years."

"Only those few games I made over a decade ago are presentable!"

"I don't know when, but the spark in me disappeared, and the games I made weren't liked by people."

"Perhaps it's because I became obsessed with money and forgot my original intention!"

Now, when he makes games, he focuses on how to make players spend more money.

It wasn't just him; almost everyone making games was like this.

It wasn't just the gaming industry; almost every industry was like this.

Single-mindedly focused on making money.

Looking at every customer as if they were walking RMB.

Only wanting to empty their pockets.

For example, those who write novels now, I hear they study things like 'golden three chapters' and various messy tropes, trying their best to retain readers.

The early parts of the book are written very well, captivating, but once the tropes are used up, the book collapses in the middle, leaving only a chorus of criticism.

The author doesn't care at all; they've already made their money anyway.

Very few authors don't worry too much about the early stages but focus on making the novel genuinely good.

I don't know when, but people started evaluating whether a work was good based on whether it could make money, rather than on customer feedback.

Just like celebrities, being infamous is still being famous; as long as they can make money, why bother with whether their reputation is good or bad?

Society is permeated by money, everywhere is permeated by money.

President Qian's goal was very simple: he just wanted them to create a truly good game.

"President Qian's game design proposal has everything, except for making money!"

"His goal isn't to make money, but to help us find our true selves!"

"I've decided to cast aside all past notions and create a pure game."

"Just for fun, not for money!" Ju Yewei said seriously.

Making this decision was not easy.

After all, money is good, and doing this meant giving up the opportunity to make a lot of money.

But sometimes, a person needs to truly live for themselves once.

Not for anything else, just for that undying youth still within their heart.

Bi Chengwang laughed loudly and said, "A man is a youth until death; I'll be young again too!"

The others also burst into laughter, feeling more relaxed than ever before.

"People need dreams, otherwise what's the difference between them and salted fish?"

"In this life, opportunities to pursue dreams are rare; I want to try again!"

"Oh, right, President Qian seemed to have said something about lighting a lighthouse for creativity, lighting a lighthouse for dreams?"

"That's right, President Qian forced us to rest for a month, to make us rediscover creativity, rediscover our dreams!"

"..."

Everyone looked at each other.

Bi Chengwang sighed, "So the boss knew from the very beginning that we were already single-mindedly focused on making money, completely obsessed with it!"

"To help us cleanse our old ways of thinking, he forcibly made us rest for a month."

Ju Yewei added, "Not only that, besides making us change our mindset and use a month to forget the past."

"He also allowed our bodies to get ample rest."

"Before, I always worked overtime, even during critical project phases, working day and night, turning my schedule upside down, and my biological clock was messed up."

"This caused me to be listless during the day and unable to sleep at night, suffering from insomnia every night."

"After a month of rest, I now eat heartily and fall asleep as soon as I hit the bed."

Ju Yewei: "I'm the same."

Everyone else nodded: "Me too."

"I used to think it was because I was getting older, so my sleep quality couldn't compare to when I was young."

"After a month of recuperation, I realized that it wasn't because I was old, but because of all the overtime."

A bald older man stepped forward and said, "I used to constantly lose hair, thinking all programmers were like that."

"But after a month of not staying up late, I've grown quite a bit of hair. Look, isn't it denser than before?"

"It turns out that programmer hair loss, besides being due to excessive brain use, is also because of staying up late!"

Everyone spoke one after another, thanking Qian Ziyong from the bottom of their hearts for letting them rest for a month.

Which boss nowadays, in order to let employees take care of their bodies, pays high salaries and lets employees play in the company all day?

No one's money comes easily.

The boss isn't your father; how could he be so good to you?

Most bosses just see employees as tools for making money.

Only President Qian!

President Qian truly treated them well!