In the Internet age, who still makes traditional games?

《Frost Snow Project》 wasn't encountering internet trolls for the first time.

It happened once right after its release.

But that's normal.

— In this world, the gacha game circle is a very magical place. Anyone who mixes in this circle will be attacked sooner or later.

When 《Frost Snow Project》 was first released, it enjoyed a premium package thanks to its relatively rare positioning—being attacked by both players and internet trolls.

However, this "welcoming ceremony" only lasted for three or four days.

Afterward, probably seeing the "doomed to fail" aura of 《Frost Snow Project》, the rival companies quickly stopped recharging the internet trolls' accounts.

Then, 《Frost Snow Project》's popularity rapidly plummeted.

"What's the situation this time?"

"Could it be that some rival company has unique insight and believes that 《Frost Snow Project》's transformation will pose a threat to them?"

"Hmm..."

Xu Meng pondered for a few seconds, trying to find the mastermind behind the scenes.

But there were more than a dozen gacha game companies with recognizable names, making it impossible to guess.

In the end, he could only make a note in his little notebook and throw his phone aside to go to sleep, feeling annoyed.

...

...

The next day, as soon as he arrived at the company, Xu Meng rushed to the operations department to find the person in charge to make trouble.

"Do you know who is hiring internet trolls to stir up trouble for us?"

"Ah?" Operations Director Song Zhicheng blinked blankly, clearly unprepared for this question.

Seeing his expression, Xu Meng helplessly pressed his forehead.

That thought from yesterday surfaced in his mind again—how can we make a good game with this bunch of incompetent people?

But he shook his head, shaking that excessive thought out of his mind.

He took out his phone, opened the comments section of the 《Frost Snow Project》 account, and pointed it to Song Zhicheng.

Song Zhicheng flipped through a few pages and said uncertainly, "Were these posted by internet trolls?"

Xu Meng took a deep breath and raised his hand to cover his chest.

— Behind him, assistant Chen Mengling had already reached into her inner pocket.

"You're asking me? You're the operations director, I'm the operations director! ?"

Song Zhicheng was silent.

"No, haven't you been in this industry for more than 7 years?" Xu Meng looked at him like this, feeling somewhat disappointed that he wasn't living up to his expectations. "Haven't you met some industry friends or internet troll leaders or something?"

Song Zhicheng was speechless.

After a long while, he finally squeezed out a sentence: "I... I don't like internet trolls, I haven't had much contact with them."

"?" A question mark slowly appeared on Xu Meng's head.

You're doing gacha game operations, and you've even reached the position of director. It's normal not to like internet trolls, but not having much contact with them is a bit...

"Both of my previous resignations were because I was fired for refusing to use internet trolls to attack competitors," Song Zhicheng confessed somewhat awkwardly.

"..."

Xu Meng wanted to say something, but felt a little unable to speak.

So the operations director of Zhu Meng is still a noble idealist?

Not easy.

It's just a pity, buddy, you chose the wrong path.

You shouldn't have come to a gacha game company; you should have gone to those companies that make single-player games.

That place is full of idealists, each one more stubborn than the last.

Xu Meng sighed weakly, "Forget it."

"It's okay if you don't want to attack competitors, but you can't sit still and wait for death when others attack you. Like this, try asking your former colleagues about it."

"It's okay if you can't find out."

"If you can find out which company it is, you don't need to find internet trolls. Just tell me, and I'll personally curse them back."

"Ah? Oh, okay." Song Zhicheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly after realizing what he meant.

"Also, remember to hurry up and contact the virtual streamer girls I asked you to contact, and don't be stingy with the budget."

"Understood, I'm already making appointments."

"Okay, tell me as soon as you find out." Xu Meng instructed again before leaving the operations department.

When passing through the open office area, he clearly felt a restless atmosphere flowing among the crowd.

Unlike the turmoil caused by yesterday's news that the company might close down, the boss successively cutting the heads of the copywriting and art departments, and drastically adjusting the work content.

There was no anxiety in this atmosphere, but rather a surge of secret joy and anticipation.

Especially a few people, who were smiling particularly lewdly.

Xu Meng didn't understand why.

"What's going on with them?" he asked Chen Mengling.

The assistant pointed to Chen Wanzhong not far away, "Although the reactions are different, the reason is the same."

Xu Meng looked in the direction she was pointing and found Chen Wanzhong restless, his face flushed, and he clenched his fists from time to time to encourage himself.

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"What's he nervous about? Is he going on a blind date?"

"Didn't you say to send an invitation to the brokerage company to invite models to provide them with material? The models will arrive this afternoon," the assistant finally revealed the answer.

"Chen Wanzhong is too nervous, but in order to do a good job, he can't help but look. He's doing psychological construction."

"The other employees simply haven't seen many models in real life, and are probably looking forward to watching a live show or something."

"Watching a live show?" Xu Meng shook his head subconsciously.

But after shaking his head, he fell into thought again.

In order to achieve the effect of gathering material, they quoted the actor brokerage company double the price, so that they agreed that during the shooting process, staff other than the photographer would be allowed to watch.

The company is indeed short of money, but the appearance fee for an 18th-tier model for an afternoon is actually very low.

— So low that Xu Meng wondered how they survived?

However, even if the appearance fee is low, they still have to be respected.

Xu Meng asked his staff to adjust the large office dedicated to motion capture, and also vacated a rest area and dressing room.

The staff who were watching were not swarming to watch the monkeys, but demarcating the viewing area and prohibiting taking pictures.

— The motion capture venue is the largest indoor space in Zhu Meng, so large that it exceeds the scale that Zhu Meng should have, and it is easy to accommodate so many people.

Undoubtedly, this is also a legacy left by the former boss Zhang Yang.

In short, Xu Meng asked to professionalize the process as much as possible to eliminate the possible embarrassment of the models.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem impossible to turn this "material gathering" into a show-watching team building event.

The models can get an extra red envelope to subsidize their lives.

The employees can also eliminate the anxiety of company turmoil and layoffs, boost morale, so as to invest in the hot and fiery overtime schedule afterwards.

"Do you want to watch too?" he asked the assistant.

The assistant was a little embarrassed, but seeing that Xu Meng didn't seem to be joking, she immediately nodded excitedly, "Yes! I really want to!"

"Then let's do it this way, you go find Brother Zhang and Sister Chen and let them take care of it."

These two people, one is responsible for external liaison and the other is responsible for internal coordination, are among the few "older" employees in Zhu Meng who are over 40 years old, with rich experience and quite reliable.

Especially Sister Chen, who is in charge of administration and personnel, has excellent relationships in the company.

Xu Meng watched the assistant trot all the way to find someone and nodded with satisfaction.

Having a company is more comfortable than fighting alone.

It's so great to be a hands-off shopkeeper!

He unscrewed the thermos cup, took a small sip of wolfberry tea, and leisurely came to the workstations of the artists to watch them draw the new version of the character art.

He was most familiar with Ding Nian and Xu Fang, so he walked over to look at their paintings.

But the moment he saw Ding Nian's screen, half of the wolfberry tea he had drunk spurted directly from his throat.

"Cough cough cough!!"

He coughed frantically, choked.

Ding Nian, who was concentrating on painting, turned around blankly.

On the computer screen beside her, there was a red-haired mature woman lying on her side on a dark red sofa, drinking red wine, completely naked from head to toe.

That was Tongque, the female character with the most roles in the early stages of 《Frost Snow Project》.

"You cough cough! Why are you drawing a character with no clothes on?" Xu Meng asked with difficulty while coughing.

I did say to make the character more sexy, but I didn't say not to wear clothes!

This thing can't pass the censorship!! !