Zhou Qian joined Phoenix Company and first went through a brief training, then left Tokyo to recruit people from the second week.

She would call Meng Huo to report the situation every few days, but the situation was not as smooth as the two expected. Two weeks passed, and only three people were willing to participate in the construction of comic street. Readers who had no money, no interest, and no plan would not participate.

Especially the plan is the top priority. Some readers are rich and interested, but they have to let them start a business in a strange place, and they still can’t figure out what to do, nor do they know what the market environment is like. These people naturally choose to refuse. No one will easily decide on such a major matter in opening a store and starting a business. Most of the people with financial strength choose to watch, which leads to very few participants.

This result inevitably made Meng Huo feel disappointed, but as he expected, he asked Zhou Qian to continue working. However, at the end of a phone call, Zhou Qian suddenly asked curiously: "Teacher He Xi, I heard that the game "Pokemon"... seems to be called "Pokemon", right? It's about to be released, right?"

"No, I didn't receive this news." Meng Huo frowned and asked, "Where did you hear it?"

"What your fans said just now, the news has spread." Zhou Qian replied strangely: "The source of the news is quite reliable. It seems to be said by people inside the company. Why don't you know Teacher He Xi?"

Meng Huo really didn't know about this. After finishing the phone, he immediately called Jose to ask.

As a result, it was a bit different from what Zhou Qian said. "Pokemon" was not about to be released, but was about to be completed. "Pokemon" ended its main work a long time ago, but it was forced to delay it because Meng Huo sent people to produce "Gundam Seed". Some time ago, Sakura Company expanded its personnel. The people from the game production department returned to their original jobs. They moved to Suhua City and are now working hard to produce "Pokemon" and will be completed soon.

The news leaked by Phoenix Company is that "Pokemon" is about to be completed, but after it was rumored, it soon became about to be released in the readers' mouths, causing many people to misunderstand.

"Jose, can't you do a better job of confidentiality?" Meng Huo sighed: "That game has not been tested yet, and now it's good, everyone knows it."

"There's nothing to do with this, Teacher He Xi..." Jose's voice seemed helpless: "Pokemon has been developed for a long time. It has been discovered by others for a long time, and it can't be hidden... But when it comes to testing, we have now made its test version. Teacher, do you want to try it?"

The voice behind her became anticipated again.

"The test version is ready?" Meng Huo nodded: "Then send someone to bring it over and I'll see how the game works."

He was looking forward to the game experience of "Pokemon", and Jose was also very fast. The next day, someone asked someone to find Meng Huo with a test handheld console. Meng Huo played it seriously for a few days. He compared other handheld games, and then let several employees of Sakura Company play it, and came to a disappointing conclusion - it was unqualified.

Unqualified is Meng Huo's conclusion. The trial version of "Pokemon" was unanimously appreciated by other employees, but it was still unqualified because although the employees appreciated the game, they did not think "Pokemon" was much more fun than other games on the handheld console. Everyone's evaluations were very consistent - the picture was excellent, but the playability was similar to other games.

Meng Huo has the same feeling. According to general company standards, "Pokemon" is definitely a very excellent work. But for Meng Huo, this is a bad work. It cannot be separated from other games. How can it be compared with the "Pokemon" in his previous life?

This game must be rebuilt! Meng Huo issued this order, which caused an uproar in the game production department of Phoenix, which some artists and programmers could not accept.

"Why? It was obviously successful. Why did you need to rebuild it!"

"What's our efforts this year!"

These people seemed both disappointed and angry. When the news spread, He Xi's readers were also in an uproar. The production of this game has actually been leaked for half a year. Many viewers of "Pokemon" are looking forward to its release. However, the news that the release just now came out, and suddenly there was a big turn and said that they would be rebuilt, which was a bit unbelievable for everyone.

“Hasn’t it been successful?”

At the Hexizhi Home Forum, the page of "Pokemon" was even more terrifying.

"Why do you need to rebuild it? Didn't you say it's great?"

"What the hell is going on? What is Teacher He Xi thinking?"

Even Meng Huo could feel the restlessness on the forum even in Jidong. He saw the rare voices of doubt in the last forum, so he specially posted an explanation post.

"Many people say that Pokemon is successful, and I don't deny that. I played the trial version with my own hands, which is indeed a successful game. But this success is just a success in the general sense. The Pokemon I want is not a game in the general sense. I have higher expectations for it, so I decided to let it go back and recreate it."

"I think it failed, but I don't want to blame anyone. "Pokemon" is different from the text adventure game. It is not a game that can be made with scripts and character settings. For Pokemon, the fun and playability of the game are the most important. This time, it is rebuilt to make it more interesting. It is not a happy thing for me to rebuild Pokemon. I hope everyone and all the staff of the game production department can understand it."

This explanation was issued and the situation quickly subsided.

Meng Huo was a little regretful. The failure of "Pokemon" was the result of his negligence. Although he occasionally asked about the progress of the game during the time he left, in fact, he had little contact with Phoenix Company, and most of the time he focused on comics. Before he knew it, the people in the game production department moved this game closer to ordinary games.

He has to go back and rebuild, and this time he has to supervise the production of the game. Unfortunately, there is no time now, so he can only put it aside.

"I didn't expect it to be so troublesome to make a game."

Meng Huo underestimated the game. Real games are different from galgame after all. Perhaps only galgame can be produced smoothly by providing story scripts and image music. Originally, Meng Huo was still thinking about making World of Warcraft one day, but now he felt that it was simply an out of reach dream.

"If you play in the future, you'd better continue to do galgame..."

Thinking about this, Lin Mingzhe called him that night and was actually talking about this.

"Since Pokemon has failed, how about you make a new text adventure game? Teacher He Xi, this is very simple for you, right?"

The reason why Lin Mingzhe called was because Meng Huo planned to let the game production department have a collective holiday, and "Pokemon" needed supervision, and he was not available now, so he could only give his employees a holiday.

But no one is willing to give up their income, so Lin Mingzhe wanted to give these employees a paid vacation with reasonable salary - just kidding, this group of men spent a year making failed works, but now they still have to take paid vacations. Of course, Lin Mingzhe refused to accept it. Instead of letting them take vacations, it would be better to let them do galgame.

"Teacher He Xi, you said at the celebration that the three winners should be dubbed in the new work, right? Then your new work is coming soon, and the text adventure game is good. The development speed of this kind of game is like flying. Now many game companies are ahead of us. Teacher He Xi, you will launch another high-quality product to stabilize our position in this market!"

Lin Mingzhe seemed very enthusiastic. Meng Huo was a little surprised why he was so enthusiastic, but he still replied: "I want to make an animation movie. If you don't want them to have a holiday, then I will arrange them to the animation department to help..."

"no!"

Meng Huo's proposal was interrupted by Lin Mingzhe. After the financial director was excited, he sighed and revealed: "Teacher He Xi, animated movies are movies, movies are too expensive! You have to think carefully. The company's current financial pressure is very high... If you launch a new work, comics and text adventure games are the lowest-cost choices, and the game can be fully utilized by people, I hope you will give up the idea of ​​movies for the time being."

Lin Mingzhe told Meng Huo that Phoenix is ​​now facing tremendous financial pressure.

Phoenix Company is not a listed company. Its main capital comes from two shareholders, Meng Huo and Xu Jing, and its profits are all spent on business expansion. In recent months, they first acquired Sakura Animation, then the sudden surge in business and employee growth after the collapse of Mantiantang, as well as the resource integration of the entire Far East District. Phoenix Company has been investing, and there is a high possibility that there will be problems in the capital chain.

It is difficult for them to support another large expense. They will have to market the Suhua area in the next few months, which will also require a lot of money. Lin Mingzhe hopes that Meng Huo can stop for the time being.

"..." Meng Huo was speechless. He went quickly without paying attention to his finances when he visited the expansion. Although the Far East region was just a region, the expansion here did make Phoenix Company reach its limit. He asked: "When will the financial situation get better?"

"Our investment in the Far East District will take as long as one year to recover, but if it is just a reduction in financial pressure..." Lin Mingzhe paused. He looked through the statements and replied a long time later: "About three months, we are now running into the resources of the Far East District, and we will see results in a few months, and the financial pressure will be much smaller at that time."

"If you want to make an animated movie, Teacher He Xi, it's better to continue in three months."

Three months... Based on this time, Meng Huo can only make galgame. Phoenix has enough experience in making galgame, and it can be fully released in three months.
Chapter completed!