togophonebook #313 - Mao Wuyong and Hua Wu are on the show and they are so good that their competitors are defeate
#313 - Mao Wuyong and Hua Wu are on the show and they are so good that their competitors are defeate
Tianyou Capital - President Zhao: "Tell me, why was President Lu willing to invest in 'No Use Tech'? Back then, they were the laughingstock of the investment circle!"
Brilliant Investments - President Cao: "Heh, if President Lu's thoughts could be easily guessed, would he still be President Lu? Wasn't Black Horse Animation the same way back then?"
Yingchuang Fund - President Zhang: "Could it be that Black Horse Animation and 'No Use Tech' have some special, undiscovered shining points?"
Shunwei Investment - President Li:
"If that's the case... it doesn't make sense logically. Think about it, countless investors had taken over Black Horse Animation before Lao Cao, including many big names in the investment circle. 'No Use Tech' is even more so; it's been passed around who knows how many times. Otherwise, the company wouldn't have such a bad reputation.
But none of the previous investors could achieve the kind of success President Lu has!"
Tianyou Capital - President Zhao:
"So, we need to change our thinking. Could it be that President Lu doesn't care whether the company he acquires has potential?"
Yingchuang Fund - President Zhang:
"What you're saying makes it sound like President Lu is acquiring companies for fun. What kind of fool would do that?"
These words reminded President Cao, and after pondering for a moment, he suddenly slapped his forehead:
"I get it! I understand everything!"
The other group members urged: "What do you understand? Stop being a tease."
President Cao said excitedly:
"Acquiring 'No Use Tech' was a well-thought-out strategic move by President Lu!
Think about what kind of products 'No Use Tech' made before?
What impromptu speech glasses, dating glasses, teary-eyed glasses...
Although those bizarre glasses seemed useless, they coincided perfectly with Taoyuan Shenyou's product concept!
They all focused on multimedia, multi-sensory, and multi-interactive experiences.
President Lu certainly knows that his current size can't compare with Longteng Group and the Liu Group at all.
If he were to compete head-on in technology and cost, he simply couldn't win against these two.
But!
In terms of the sensual experience of using silicone game suits and alternate-dimension tactile belts, Taoyuan Shenyou is in a league of its own!
President Lu doesn't compete with them directly but opens up another track.
Only a company like 'No Use Tech' can create such unique products!"
Hearing this, President Zhao of Tianyou Capital also became excited:
"Are you saying that it's not that Black Horse Animation and 'No Use Tech' are awesome, but that they aligned with Taoyuan Township's strategy, which is why President Lu acquired them, and that's why they became awesome?"
President Cao nodded and said, "That's right, it's all President Lu's brilliant planning!"
President Zhang of Yingchuang Fund exclaimed: "From the first day he acquired 'No Use Tech', President Lu foresaw today's success. Such a young man is truly a rare business genius!"
The other investment tycoons in the group also beat their chests and regretted that they had misjudged things and didn't invest in Taoyuan Township in its early stages.
President Cao comforted them: "Everyone, although we missed Taoyuan Township's startup phase, Taoyuan Township is still on the rise. As long as we pay attention to President Lu's movements, we can at least get some soup to drink when he's eating meat!"
The others in the group nodded firmly: "That's right, we're determined to follow President Lu in his business ventures!"
...
One day later.
Jianghai City TV Station's Channel One broadcast a special interview on its "Evening Interview" program called "My Wife is a Savior."
"Evening Interview" is Jianghai TV's most popular and topical interview program, focusing on various aspects of society.
The fact that Taoyuan Township's game could be featured on this program also shows the game's widespread popularity.
After the program started, the female host smiled:
"Hello viewers, welcome to tonight's program.
If you were given the chance to travel to a virtual world and have a heartfelt date with a unique girlfriend, how would you spend this sweet time?
Recently, our city's high-tech enterprise, Taoyuan Township, has provided consumers with such an opportunity.
First, let's take a look at the background information."
Soon, the studio's large screen began to play the grand occasion after Taoyuan Shenyou's release.
The Taoyuan Virtual Realm Mall crashed,
Distributors in various provinces and cities cleared out stores to put game consoles on the shelves,
Players lined up to snap them up, even blocking roads,
And various discussions about the game had been trending on Weibo's hot searches.
Then, the screen switched, and well-known overseas game media outlets also gave the game scores:
Japan's "FAMI Tong" gave the game 38 points, entering the Platinum Hall of Fame.
America's IGN gave the game 9.5 points.
On websites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Twitch, overseas streamers were gnawing on the raw content and streaming the game live.
And the most discussed topic about this game was begging for the game's localized languages:
American netizens: "I'm a student learning Chinese. I just finished 'My Wife is a Savior' and it feels like living in a dream! But seriously, can you release an English version? I want my friends to experience this masterpiece too!"
Brazilian netizens: "Please consider adding more languages. The whole world needs this epic love story!"
French netizens: "My Wife is a Savior changed the rules of VR games! Graphics, story, gameplay, everything feels first-class! But developers, can we give European players some love? Localization, please!"
...
After the screen finished playing, the host smiled:
"Everyone must also be very curious about who made this game and what kind of interesting development stories are behind it?
Today, we have invited Mr. Mao Wuyong, CEO of 'No Use Tech', who developed Taoyuan Shenyou, and Ms. Hua Wu, the game producer of "My Wife is a Savior," to talk about the fun of developing the game. Welcome!"
The audience burst into warm applause.
On the guest seat, Mao Wuyong was wearing a wrinkled suit and looked restrained, while Hua Wu was expressionless and looked sleepy.
This program was broadcast simultaneously on major live streaming websites, and the discussion on the screen was also very high at this time:
"The CEO of 'No Use Tech' looks so dumb, and his suit is also very broken."
"He probably doesn't usually wear suits, so he didn't have time to prepare?"
"Speaking of which, this game was actually made by a girl?"
"Don't underestimate female programmers. Wan Xiaotong, the producer of 'Space-Time Moe Girl', is also a girl."
"The employees of Taoyuan Township all look like social phobes hhhhhh."
The host first interviewed Mao Wuyong:
"Mr. Mao, please introduce yourself."
Mao Wuyong said restrainedly: "I am an entrepreneur who has been starting a business in the field of smart wearables for 16 years. Except for this year, the previous 15 years were either failing or on the way to failing."
There was cheerful laughter from the audience.
The host also laughed and said: "Mr. Mao looks very humble. You must still have shining points, otherwise you wouldn't have been injected with funds from Taoyuan Township.
Mao Wuyong said very frankly: "To be honest, I also can't figure out why President Lu would invest in me. I still can't sleep at night thinking about it."
The program screen started to be flooded with comments at this time:
"President Lu? Is that the ruthless guy who started Taoyuan Township for a year and made several small goals?"
"What's even more ruthless is that this guy graduated from college less than a year ago and is hailed as a "new generation business genius." D Station's Pineapple Ice OL has released a special video about him."
"If it's him, it's not surprising. No one else has the courage and魄力to enter the VR market."
The host obviously also heard of President Lu, and a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes unintentionally:
"I'm actually very curious. After you joined Taoyuan Township, what kind of transformation did you undergo to create such a successful product?
Is Taoyuan Township's management model very advanced and efficient, like many multinational high-tech enterprises?
Such as ERP system, ISO standard, KPI system?
And will President Lu himself often hold meetings like the president in business war dramas to plan strategies for you?"
Screen comments:
"Tsk tsk tsk, when talking about President Lu, this beautiful host's eyes are almost sparkling."
"Hahahaha, young, promising, and rich, which beauty doesn't love him?"
Mao Wuyong was stunned when he heard this question.
What a mess, what multinational model and strategic meeting?
What the hell are you talking about, which dimension of Taoyuan Township is this?
Those messy English words are even unheard of. After he joined Taoyuan Township, he only knew one English word, and that was LSP!
That's right, the company doesn't lack LSP.
After being stunned for a while, Mao Wuyong said:
"Cough, first of all, President Lu never held a strategic meeting. After President Lu acquired us, he completely let go.
President Lu's requirements for us are very simple, that is, to be unconstrained.
President Lu said, how did we make products when we started our business before, and how will we make products after."
The host asked suspiciously: "But, hasn't your previous entrepreneurial route been proven to be unworkable?"
"I also asked President Lu the same question, and he answered like this."
Mao Wuyong honestly imitated Lu Yu's tone and said:
"That's the problem of those stupid investors. They don't understand at all."
In front of the TV, many investors who had laughed at 'No Use Tech' before were broken again:
"We, we are all veterans with decades of experience in the investment circle. How dare you, a young boy! ?"
The live broadcast room was crazy:
"Hahahahahaha, I love President Lu's character so much, crazy! Crazy enough!"
"It's really young and vigorous."
"If you're not vigorous, can you be called a young person? Such a character can achieve great things."
Then, Mao Wuyong continued:
"The second day of the acquisition, Taoyuan Township injected 50 million yuan into us. During the development of Taoyuan Shenyou, they still gave us money, 100 million yuan at a time.
President Lu also said, you can try and make mistakes in product development, and it doesn't matter if you lose money."
The audience below and watching the live broadcast were shocked:
"What kind of fairy investor is this?"
"It doesn't matter if you lose money? Is this because you have too much money to burn?"
"At least, the money we spent on Krypton to Taoyuan Township, Taoyuan Township used it all to develop new technologies, instead of playing finance or speculating in real estate, that's enough."
Mao Wuyong continued:
"After that, we listened to President Lu and sewed all the strange technical details we had made before into this product, Taoyuan Shenyou."
IT colleagues watching the program also broke down:
"Damn, if making products is so easy, we would have succeeded long ago. That President Lu must be trying to interfere with our thinking direction and deliberately encourage employees to say this. It's a smoke bomb, it must be a smoke bomb!"
The host obviously wanted to inquire about Lu Yu's gossip and continued to ask:
"Then... in addition to the instructions issued when he first invested, has President Lu made any interventions in the product later?"
Mao Wuyong thought for a while:
"After that, President Lu basically only gave us instructions on two things.
One is to give money, and the other is to give benefits."
"..."
The host and the audience were silent and speechless.
Mao Wuyong counted on his fingers, as if he was counting his family's treasures:
"The company's benefits are various, more than the employee code of conduct, such as the 543 work system, the reduced efficiency and increased cost system, various shopping subsidies, birthday gifts, project dividends, various unreasonable holidays and team building...
Oh, in addition to this, President Lu will also give us extra pocket money.
Once, President Lu suddenly transferred 10 million yuan to 'No Use Tech' for no reason, and asked me to take my brothers out to have fun.
I thought it would be better to upgrade the research and development equipment than to spend the money on enjoyment.
When President Lu heard my idea, he was furious on the spot and sent a specialist from the company's administrative department to supervise us to eat, drink, and spend the money."
The host smiled awkwardly and said: "Well, maybe President Lu thinks that only after resting well can you work more effectively."
Mao Wuyong shook his head:
"No, no, it should be said that President Lu doesn't seem to care about work efficiency and work results at all,
For example, President Lu didn't even ask about such an important thing as the first release of Taoyuan Shenyou,
But President Lu unexpectedly cares about two things in the company..."
The host's appetite was whetted, and she quickly asked: "Which two things?"
Game and technology industry colleagues waiting in front of the TV also perked up:
"Here it comes, after talking so much nonsense, we're finally going to talk about dry goods!"
They have been waiting in front of the TV for so long, just to find out Lu Zong's exclusive business secrets through the mouth of this seemingly silly employee!
Mao Wuyong frankly said: "Cats and afternoon tea."
"..."
The whole audience was silent again, and even the barrage in the live broadcast room was reduced due to being stunned.
Mao Wuyong did not notice the change in the atmosphere at all and recalled:
"Our company has to pet cats for an hour every day at 10 am, from the management to the grassroots employees, and it must be strictly implemented.
Our cat breeds are diverse, you know, Taoyuan Township has its own cat cafe "Cat's Tea", so there will be a special car to send us cats every day.
President Lu attaches great importance to the mood of each cat, and our cat petting effect will be included in the assessment standards, and we will get extra bonuses for serving the cat owners comfortably.
As for the afternoon tea that starts at 3 pm every day, it is even more important.
President Lu frequently invites employees from our branch to the company headquarters during afternoon tea to receive encouragement for development from the 'Sugar Five Sisters'.
These five sister flowers are all very adorable!
Especially the limited-time refreshing Milk Candy, after putting on white silk stockings, her looks and figure are absolutely stunning! And she loves pouring cream on her white silks…
The host's face turned pale, and she quickly interrupted, "Alright, thank you, Teacher Mao, for your sharing. Let's move on to the next topic."
Good heavens, if she let him continue, the show would be over.
……
She turned to Hua Wu with a mix of anticipation and anxiety.
Although this girl looks drowsy, she... should be a normal person, right?
The host and the show director prayed silently in their hearts.
Host:
"Miss Hua Wu, we know that 'My Wife is a Savior' has achieved tremendous success, even breaking the historical sales record of Peach Blossom Village.
So everyone is very curious, what kind of background do you, as the producer of such a successful game, have that you can briefly introduce to everyone?"
Game industry colleagues in front of the TV perked up again:
"Here it comes, here comes another key piece of valuable information!
From Mao Wuyong's interview just now, we can see that although President Lu's management methods are a bit hands-off, maybe he knows how to recognize and employ people? The talent that President Lu recruits, if not the top genius in the game industry, is at least absolutely top-tier!
Hua Wu is so young and already serving as a producer, she looks like she either comes from domestic BAT or a bigwig from an overseas AAA studio!
As long as we master President Lu's talent pipeline, we can intercept them!
Who doesn't know how to poach people?!"
Hua Wu adjusted her black-rimmed glasses, hiding her dark circles, and said leisurely:
"I graduated from an ordinary non-double first-class undergraduate program. I failed all campus recruitment after graduation and lost my status as a fresh graduate. I have been unemployed at home ever since.
So, before joining Peach Blossom Village, I had no work experience in the game industry. I have always stayed at home playing games and writing novels."
The host was dumbfounded.
This is a little different from the resume she imagined.
She had to say something to keep the conversation going, "Staying at home all the time is not good, you should go outdoors and exercise."
"Indeed."
Hua Wu nodded, "So, I even thought about delivering food at one point."
The colleagues in front of the TV were dumbfounded again.
So, after all this, the producer of this hit game is a useless otaku girl who started slacking off after graduation?!
The host asked curiously, "So, how did you join Peach Blossom Village in the first place?"
The colleagues who had been mentally broken down and exhausted picked up their pens again with patience.
Being able to create a hit game is, after all, a talent. Maybe President Lu has some special interview methods that can attract talents regardless of their background?
Hua Wu thought for a while and said frankly:
"President Lu didn't conduct any complicated layer-by-layer interviews.
He called me, scheduled a time, we talked briefly for about ten minutes, drank a cup of coffee, and that was it.
President Lu asked me a total of three questions,
The first question: What strange writing habits do you have?
My answer: Writing in my pajamas while lying in bed.
The second question: Are you a procrastinator?
My answer: Yes.
The third question: If you could only keep one thing in your room, what would you choose?
My answer: The bed.
Then, President Lu told me to come to work the next day."
This time, the colleagues threw away their pens and notebooks, completely breaking down:
"What the hell is this!
President Lu, you hired a non-double first-class undergraduate girl to be the producer of the new game console's escort title, I won't say anything about you,
I'll just assume you're awesome and bold and like to gamble!
But you're telling me, this is an interview?!
The questions are bizarre enough, but she even told you she's a procrastinator, and you still hired her, you just favor procrastinators, don't you?"
What broke them down the most was that the person recruited in this way actually succeeded!
Who... who can they reason with?
The colleagues in front of the TV were so excited that they were trembling.
The host, after all, possessed professional qualities. Although her heart was churning, she still maintained a calm facade:
"So, Miss Hua Wu, since you are an otaku girl, can you talk about the games you like to play?"
The colleagues covered their chests and crawled up from in front of the TV, patiently comforting themselves:
It's okay, it's okay, maybe Miss Hua has had a talent for appreciating games since she was a child, has read famous AAA masterpieces at home and abroad, and can accurately state the design points of these games?
Hua Wu counted on her fingers, listing them like treasures:
"'Grisaia no Kajitsu', 'The Fruit of Grisaia', 'Senren * Banka', 'Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a shooting star-'…"
The live broadcast comments were shocked: "Holy crap! A Yuzu Soft fan!"
The host had never heard of these things and continued to maintain a polite smile: "Anything else?"
Hua Wu tilted her head: "Have you heard of the Ten Sacred Treasures and Ten Demonic Treasures of GALGAME?"