togophonebook #329 - Parade team building, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan show off their love, City Travel Simulator proje
#329 - Parade team building, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan show off their love, City Travel Simulator proje
To alleviate employee stress and restore their mood, and also to gather material, Lu Yu decided to start a new round of city walking tours.
The next day, everyone gathered at the company entrance.
Having not gone out to play for a long time, Liu Mengyuan also dressed up carefully.
She wore a fresh white dress, the skirt swaying in the breeze, with lace trim and pleated designs adding a touch of playfulness and romance.
She wore a delicate straw hat, adorned with small flowers on the brim, her long hair draped over her shoulders, swaying in the breeze.
Her makeup was exquisite, with a light pink lip gloss outlining her full lips, and a slight blush making her cheeks look delicate and lovely.
Her small, tender feet lightly stepped into white canvas shoes, and she carried a small handbag, a stark contrast to her previous JK girl image.
[Girlfriend changed to a completely new image, mood is pleasant, leisure points +100]
"What's wrong, does it not look good?"
Seeing Lu Yu stunned in place, Liu Mengyuan covered her mouth and chuckled.
"No, no, it looks very good."
Lu Yu coughed lightly and explained today's travel arrangements to the employees.
For this walking tour, Lu Yu still decided to start from Jianghai City, picking some niche streets for a team-building walk.
For the first stop, they visited the Wukang Building on Wukang Road, and then went on a spending spree at nearby handmade ice cream shops and dessert shops:
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla ice cream, smoked salmon egg tarts...
Lu Yu took a sip of coffee and smiled at Liu Mengyuan, "The coffee here doesn't have any advantages compared to the coffee you make at home."
After being praised, she was a little embarrassed: "Coffee is actually about the atmosphere."
That's what she said, but the system light screen revealed her true feelings:
[Liu Mengyuan is in a pleasant mood because of your praise, leisure points +60]
After eating, everyone continued to stroll aimlessly.
The two held hands throughout, causing the employees behind them to look sideways.
Damn!
They were force-fed dog food!
Passing by a Tokyo barbecue restaurant,
Outside the shop, the tempting aroma of charcoal barbecue wafted over, whetting everyone's appetite, and Lu Yu directly booked the entire place.
Inside the store, rows of barbecue grills were neatly arranged, and the employees sat around the grills, using tongs to pick up the freshly grilled slices of meat, sucking the fragrant juice, closing their eyes in satisfaction, and feeling the mellowness and taste of the food.
Looking at the endless rows of fur shops, buyer shops, creative office shops, flower shops ahead...
Lu Yu waved his hand:
"No matter what brand it is, just buy it, the company will reimburse all expenses!"
"Yay, President Lu is generous!"
The employees cheered and started a crazy shopping spree.
At noon, everyone came to a French restaurant called "Enjoy" and continued to book the entire place.
This restaurant is located in a quiet alley and has a retro industrial style decoration, and the food is also quite unique:
Golden toast slices are covered with fresh avocado puree, and a light fruity aroma wafts over.
The fresh wide noodles are paired with a rich cream sauce, with a rich and soft taste.
The golden puff pastry of ham and cheese wraps fragrant cheese and salty ham, and every bite exudes a tempting aroma.
The crepe is sprinkled with fine powdered sugar, the surface is crispy, and the inside is soft and sweet.
[All the employees of Taoyuan Village feel happy because of shopping, leisure points +3200]
After eating and drinking to their fill, Lu Yu thought to himself: Very good, I will soon earn back the points that Fan Langtao lost!
Hua Wu said at this time: "President Lu, are we going back to the company in the afternoon? There are still some new project proposals that haven't been finished..."
Lu Yu waved his hand: "Go back to the company? What company are we going back to? We won't do anything else for the next week, we'll just stroll the streets!"
In the afternoon, everyone went to wander around the roads near the old concession in the old city.
Tall plane trees lined both sides of the road, and small western-style houses were scattered among them.
There were shops on both sides, and there was also a newly opened coffee bookstore, which had a huge bookshelf wall filled with books that a blogger had brought back from his travels around the world.
In the bookstore, Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan would always choose the same book, and then the two of them would take their hands away at the same time, as if they were electrocuted.
The others looked sideways:
"Damn! You have to show your love everywhere, you guys are really annoying!"
In the evening, everyone visited a particularly unpopular comic exhibition at the corner of the street. The theme of the exhibition was related to emotions.
On the message board at the exit of the exhibition hall, every visitor could leave their emotions on the drawing board. Lu Yu found dense messages on it:
"I hope I can change the job I don't like."
"I want to lie down but I can't, it's so uncomfortable."
"Let's just treat this place as a temporary crying spot for adults o(╥﹏╥)o, I really don't want to be involved anymore!"
Lu Yu sighed secretly in his heart:
Like when I first traveled to this world, the public's anti-involution emotions are gradually rising,
Perhaps, everyone is eager to put down the burdens of reality and temporarily escape this world,
Then, Taoyuan Village is slowly exerting influence on this world!
...
At night, everyone took a sightseeing bus and continued to tour the unpopular neighborhoods at night.
Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan sat in the last row of the sightseeing bus.
After walking all day, Liu Mengyuan was panting tiredly.
She stroked her chest and ridiculed herself: "I feel my heart is beating a little fast, it seems that the intensity of recent exercise needs to be increased."
Lu Yu smiled mysteriously:
This thing, in fact, has nothing to do with how much exercise you do,
I checked on the Internet, if people who like each other get close, their hearts will beat very fast.
Liu Mengyuan was stunned: "Really?"
Lu Yu said seriously:
Of course it's true, if you have any doubts, you can always ask me to help you manually measure your heartbeat... Of course, you have to guarantee before the measurement that you won't think of me as a pervert."
"Puchi, you can even say that..."
Liu Mengyuan laughed blushing, secretly turned her head to scan his face, and quickly turned back.
Lu Yu continued:
How should I put it, I think you have changed a lot since we first met a year ago,
Do you know what your biggest problem was at that time?
That is, you wouldn't laugh, or you rarely laughed. Now, whether it's in the company or on outings, you can always find all kinds of things to make yourself happy. I think that's great."
Liu Mengyuan: "Before graduating from university, I was always under the protection and supervision of Sister Su, and I had never experienced the baptism of the outside world. I could only feel my own instinctive joys, anger, sorrows, and joys. To the outside world, my heart was closed..."
Lu Yu smiled:
So, the more this is the case, the more you need to take various street walks and watch more travel-related movies,
Just like the movie "Lost on Journey" we watched in the coffee shop today,
Similar travel activities themselves are interesting enough,
After all, every street is also a microcosm of urban life, and every corner is an adventure. Even if the mountains and rivers are exhausted, new surprises will be found after the light at the end of the tunnel."
Liu Mengyuan felt a jolt in her heart!
Huh?
A new chicken soup story related to "life"?
She silently wrote down Lu Yu's words in her heart.
He can always inadvertently say golden sentences that make others admire him. He is indeed the man I have set my sights on!
I don't know if it's the effect of the succubus halo, but she felt a little flutter in her heart and her breathing became hot.
She suddenly flicked her long hair and said with a charming look in her eyes: "Do you want to... measure my heartbeat with your hand now?"
At this time, the employees and other passengers sitting around were all quiet, listening intently.
Here it comes, the most exciting part is coming!
Lu Yu was surprised: "Huh? This, this is not appropriate, in public."
Liu Mengyuan whispered: "It's okay, this is the last row, it's dark..."
The eavesdroppers were anxious: President Lu, don't be a coward if you are a man!
"Then... excuse me."
Lu Yu rolled up his sleeves...
...
A moment later.
Lu Yu returned to a sitting position, but his eyes were full of aftertaste.
[Feeling girlfriend's devil figure, mood is pleasant, critical hit occurred, leisure points +220]
Liu Mengyuan lowered her head blushing, a slight blush spread from the tips of her ears to her neck, charming and lovely.
Lu Yu looked at his empty right hand and subconsciously made a void grabbing motion.
To relieve the embarrassment, he took out a "China Travel Atlas" and began to browse:
"Cough, well, let's study the subsequent walking routes,
Why don't we take some time to go to Zheshang Province next time?
Although I haven't been to Zheshang Province a few times, Ningbo is really big!"
Liu Mengyuan was a little embarrassed: "It's... it's okay, if I drink more papaya juice, it can be even bigger."
"Ah?"
Lu Yu looked confused: "I'm talking about a city, what are you talking about?"
Liu Mengyuan blushed suddenly and began to punch Lu Yu with her pink fists:
"Shrimp head man!"
At this time, the male passengers who were eavesdropping were in turmoil:
"Envy ah ah ah ah ah!"
[Showing affection and boasting in front of other passengers, mood is pleasant, critical hit occurred, leisure points +260]
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...
A week later.
After a week of street walking, the employees of Taoyuan Village have walked all over the streets and alleys of Jianghai City.
Although their lost mood has been restored, everyone feels very confused,
Now is a tense moment of internal and external troubles in Taoyuan Village, why would President Lu do this?
After returning to the company, everyone was confused for a while. He Chuming, the client programmer of the Leisure Studio group, suddenly slapped his head and said in the development group:
"So that's it! I understand, I understand everything!
Everyone, think about it, President Lu took us to walk the streets for a week, in fact, it has two meanings.
The first meaning, of course, is to hope that we can relieve our mood.
The second meaning is probably that our project team, from the process of walking the streets this week, is collecting materials for the new game."
Hua Wu chuckled: "I thought of this a long time ago, the plan has already been written!"
Afterwards, Hua Wu called the company's leadership and studio backbone to the conference room and released a new document on PPT: [Project Proposal for "City Travel Simulator"]
In the PPT, Hua Wu wrote:
"City Travel Simulator" is a game designed to allow players to experience the fun and charm of city walking tours through immersive VR experiences.
Players will play as backpackers in the game, exploring various urban attractions, cultural monuments, and landmarks, and experience the customs and local conditions of street shops in different cities.
The game contains multiple city maps, covering well-known cities around the world. Players can choose different destinations to explore,
Urban buildings will be presented in realistic 3D models, including famous attractions, landmarks, historical and cultural relics, etc., allowing players to experience an immersive visual feast.
Players can freely walk, sightsee, and interact with various shops and environmental items in the city sandbox, participate in local characteristic activities, taste local delicacies, etc.
Players can customize tour routes, choose transportation, purchase souvenirs, etc. according to their own preferences and interests, creating their own unique travel experience.
After reading this project proposal, the conference room fell into a brief silence.
Level planner Lv Rui:
"Excuse me, this game sounds too boring at the moment,
The game seems to be just a simple city roaming, lacking enough challenges and stimulation, which may make players feel bored."
System planner Ding Shaofu:
"Indeed, although the virtual reality experience of VR technology is very good, it still lacks the immersive feeling of personal experience compared to real travel. I think it is impossible to truly replace the fun of real travel if it is simply designed like this."
Copywriter Zhou Lei:
"Moreover, because our game is positioned as a small game, the work schedule is tight, and the content must only be superficial and cannot deeply explore the city's history, culture, and humanistic characteristics,
To put it bluntly, it may only be suitable for short-term leisure and entertainment, and it will feel boring and monotonous to play for a long time."
Market planner He Wenshu:
"Currently, there are few purely virtual tourism games on the market, mainly with simulated flight and driving as the theme,
In fact, the main fun of this type of game lies in the operation itself, and travel is just a gimmick.
Before us, I am afraid that someone has tried ideas similar to ours, but why can't we see similar games on the market?
That's because all projects with this idea died in the womb!"
These comments from everyone made Hua Wu, who was originally full of confidence, instantly dim.
However, Lu Yu's brows stretched out at this time, and he was ecstatic in his heart!
This game does sound very mediocre, doesn't it? Isn't that settled?
He showed a satisfied smile and nodded lightly:
"Hey, everyone, don't say that, I think Miss Hua Wu's idea is very good!
It is precisely because others have not tried this subject matter that we must open up this blue ocean!
You can just do it according to the ideas on this project proposal.
Oh... that's right!
We can't let our publicity offensive fall behind either. I think... let's just mix and cut the travel photos we took while walking the streets into a promotional PV!"
"President Lu, shouldn't we... consider this more carefully?" The others exchanged glances.
"No need, it's settled!"
...
Three days later, Peach Garden Village's official Weibo released the concept trailer for the game "City Travel Simulator":
The style of this trailer was a real-person travel VLOG.
The screen first showed Peach Garden Village employees wearing casual clothes and backpacks, stopping to admire the classical architecture of the Wukang Building on a sunny street.
Then, the scene cut to a coffee bookstore, where employees chatted and laughed while enjoying delicious food, quite relaxed and happy.
Subsequently, the camera switched, and the employees were selecting their favorite goods in boutiques, flower shops, and fur stores, shopping like crazy.
Next was lunchtime, and the employees were enjoying avocado, ham, and cheese crepes in a French restaurant with retro industrial decor...
Subtitle: "Leisurely City Travel and Encounters"
The scene changed, and the back view of Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan holding hands appeared in the frame. The two shuttled between various small shops, with Liu Mengyuan occasionally acting coquettishly, asking Lu Yu about her favorite items.
They sat together enjoying French cuisine, and Lu Yu carefully poured a drink for Liu Mengyuan.
On the night sightseeing bus, the two figures leaned against each other...
Subtitle: "Come on a pleasant walking tour. Peach Garden Village's new work is coming soon, stay tuned."
As soon as the video was released, the players were dumbfounded:
"Is this trailer serious? It looks like a casually shot company team-building VLOG. I want to play a game, not relive your vacation photos."
"Hiss, although it looks very perfunctory, it is in fact very perfunctory. It has the same awkward drama vibe as before. Are you really stubborn!"
"I watched the trailer three times, and it feels like a virtual version of a city stroll simulator. It feels completely unappealing! I can guess the gameplay at a glance."
"Playing this game is destined to have no sense of immersion. Why do you think we can't stroll around in reality? Is it because we don't want to?"
"It is estimated that only petty bourgeois and fresh people like this set. It feels ungrounded. This game is destined to not be popular."
At this time, in the Long Teng Group office building.
Fan Langtao sat at his desk, watching the trailer, the documents in his hand had been unconsciously crumpled into a ball.
Unlike the other players' focus, Fan Langtao watched the couple's lovey-dovey part throughout the whole trailer.
Although he couldn't see the faces of the two because of the shooting technique, he could roughly guess that it was Lu Yu and Liu Mengyuan!
Good heavens, you are showing off your affection to the whole internet?!
His expression became more and more manic, his brow furrowed, and the corners of his mouth twisted unnaturally.
"Too much!"
A roar of unwillingness mixed with envy broke the silence of the office. Fan Langtao's face flushed red, and his hands clenched into fists.
Okay, Lu Yu, so you're playing mind games with me?
The next day.
Under his instruction, the Long Teng Group's public relations department contacted Jian Feng, the North Editor of the Central Plains Five Editors, and launched a new commentary:
"Real-Person Shooting, Small Awkward Dramas Appear Frequently, Who Does Peach Garden Village Think They Are Looking Down On?"
"Recently, Peach Garden Village released a new short film for "City Travel Simulator", trying to show the characteristics of the new product through real-person shooting. However, as a professional game editor who pays attention to details, I have to question this short film!
From the content point of view, this short film completely lacks innovation and highlights. Although the travel filter is added very professionally, it cannot hide the emptiness and boredom of the game's gameplay.
The previous short film of "Code Name Shinkansen" has already disappointed players in terms of reputation. So, what is the motive for Peach Garden Village to shoot another one?
I boldly guess that the reason why Peach Garden Village is so willful is that they simply don't take players seriously!
This self-entertaining approach reveals unparalleled arrogance in its bones!
Peach Garden Village, who exactly are you looking down on?"
After Jian Feng's manuscript was sent out, a large number of Long Teng's water army accounts forwarded it to drive the rhythm.
At this time, Liu Mengyuan was anxious when she saw the online public opinion was surging.
She also felt uncertain about the existing gameplay of "City Travel Simulator", but she understood that Lu Yu's purpose of taking them to stroll around was definitely not that simple.
It was time to let the members of the project team continue to understand Lu Yu's true intentions!