ROSGT Chapter 147: You Have Great Potential in This Area
### Volume 1, Chapter 147: You Have Great Potential in This Area
"Fork Brother, where did you and Sis find this little girl?"
Inside the apartment, Fang Xi looked at Wang Shiyu, who was sitting at the dining table eating noodles, and asked Ye Chui curiously. Robert, Ai Wa, and Fang Xi had instantly taken a liking to Wang Shiyu as soon as they met her. It had to be said that such an adorable little cutie was irresistible and universally appealing. Even Ye Chui found it hard to resist her charm.
Ye Chui smiled wryly at Fang Xi and explained, "She sneaked into our car and came back with us. My sister and I didn't even realize she was sitting in the back seat..."
"Fork Brother, I understand," Fang Xi nodded at Ye Chui. Sitting in a car driven by his sister, who would have the mind to check if there was someone in the back? You’d be more concerned about your own safety.
"So what are we going to do with this little girl? Are we going to keep her?" Fang Xi continued to ask.
Fang Nan and Ai Wa sat on either side of Wang Shiyu, clearly adoring the little porcelain doll-like girl, and seemed eager to hold her in their arms. Even Robert, who was standing by the table with shining eyes, looked unusually fond of her—if they didn’t know him well, they might have thought he was some kind of creepy uncle.
"Keep her... do you think she’s a pet? She ran away, and Qian Xiaomai is definitely worried and looking for her. I need to contact Xiaomai right away," Ye Chui said, feeling a bit distressed.
Hearing Ye Chui's words, Wang Shiyu suddenly paused her noodle-eating. She looked up, her large eyes instantly welling up with tears, and her cute, pinkish face showing a pitiful expression: "I don't want to go back to Qian Xiaomai. She has no humanity, always forcing me to do exercises and solve equations, and she steals my chicken meatballs. She just bullies little kids. I don’t want to go back, Fork Brother. Please let me stay. I'll be very good, I promise. Waaaah, I don't want to go back..."
"Okay, okay, Little Yu, you don’t have to go back. You can stay here," Fang Nan quickly comforted her, looking at Ye Chui with pleading eyes.
Ai Wa also spoke in her stiff accent, "Let this little girl stay here. If it bothers you, I can wear more clothes."
—Whoa. So you know you’re usually very scantily clad!?
Ye Chui rolled his eyes. Seriously, she’s totally acting, can’t you see that?
"Fork Brother, let her stay. She’s so pitiful," Fang Xi suddenly chimed in as well.
The chubby guy couldn't stand seeing such a cute little girl crying.
Robert also pleaded, "Yes, Professor. I think this little girl is quite pitiful too. Let her stay."
"..."
Ye Chui felt a bit exasperated: You guys are all falling for her adorable act...
Beep beep beep beep.
Ye Chui's portable computer beeped. He glanced at it and felt like crying.
Bai Miyun had sent a message: "Just let her stay."
Darn it, even the super recluse Bai Miyun has been completely won over by her cuteness!!!
It seemed like if Ye Chui didn’t agree, he might end up alienating everyone.
"Waaaah..." Wang Shiyu cried loudly, her sobs heartbreaking and pitiful.
"Alright," Ye Chui had no choice but to nod. "Shiyu can stay... but I must contact Xiaomai tonight."
Wang Shiyu immediately stopped crying and smiled brightly: "Thank you, Fork Brother." Then she resumed eating her noodles, turning to Fang Nan and saying, "Sister, these noodles are a bit salty."
Fang Nan: "..."
Ye Chui rubbed his face: "See? She’s totally acting..."
Ye Chui consoled himself: Qian Xiaomai must be frantic by now. It serves her right for being so nasty.
Thinking about Qian Xiaomai’s despicable act of stealing Wang Shiyu’s chicken meatballs, Ye Chui mused: Maybe she wouldn’t be too worried after all.
"Fang Xi, how is the game development coming along with Ai Wa?" Ye Chui pulled Fang Xi aside and asked.
"We’ve completed about one-fifth of it," Fang Xi replied after some thought. "Ai Wa’s skills are quite impressive. She seems even better at programming than I am."
"Of course, she’s been in that line of work for a long time," Ye Chui said with a smile.
"Ah?"
Fang Xi was puzzled. What did her line of work have to do with programming skills?
Remembering Robert’s evaluation of Fang Xi, Ye Chui patted Fang Xi’s shoulder, smiling encouragingly: "You have great potential in this area. Learn well from Ai Wa. I have high hopes for you. You might even surpass her!"
"..."
Fang Xi shuddered, his face turning pale. What did Fork Brother mean by that? His expression was a bit creepy...
Ye Chui had no idea that his "line of work" and Fang Xi’s "line of work" were completely different things. Without noticing Fang Xi’s change in expression, he continued, "Show me the current progress of the engine you’ve developed."
The studio was currently developing two games. Fang Xi and Ai Wa were working on a role-playing game.
Developing a role-playing game required creating a game engine first. Once the engine was developed, creating similar games would become much easier.
The current development of the arcade fighting game was moving swiftly thanks to the arcade engine. A new fighting game could be completed in just a week.
However, role-playing games were different and more complex. They required various items, maps, quests, and more. The game needed to be optimized, balanced, and stable. The development cycle would be longer, but the audience would be broader. Fighting games, after all, could seem too violent, while role-playing games were suitable for all ages.
The game "Jin Yong’s Heroes: The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that Fang Xi and Ai Wa were developing was more of a test. Most of Ye Chui’s focus was still on fighting games, leaving little energy for role-playing games. Developing "Jin Yong’s Heroes: The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was partly to complement the novel and partly to get Fang Xi and Ai Wa familiar with creating a role-playing game engine. Ye Chui named this engine "Sword Rain Engine."
"Yes, this looks pretty good, but the quest system template is a bit too simple. Adding difficulty levels would be better. And the item collection system also needs some adjustments..."
Ye Chui reviewed the demonstration of the Sword Rain Engine on his portable computer, occasionally offering useful suggestions. As a seasoned gamer with rich experience, he had valuable insights.
Fang Xi listened attentively.
After a while, Fang Xi couldn't help but ask, "Fork Brother, I don't quite understand. We’re doing well with fighting games. Why develop other types? Sure, role-playing games seem interesting, but our fighting games are already very popular."
"Fang Xi, do you remember Hai Feng Company?" Ye Chui asked with a smile.
"Of course, they developed 'Heavenly Wolf Legend' and tried to compete with us but ended up getting crushed," Fang Xi replied.
"Crushed by us?" Ye Chui shook his head. "You’re wrong. Actually, we’re the ones who suffered."
"We are?"
Fang Xi was confused.
‘Heavenly Wolf Legend’ claimed to challenge Ye Chui’s new game ‘Fatal Fury,’ but ‘Fatal Fury’ was a huge success, expected to sell over a million copies, while ‘Heavenly Wolf Legend’ might sell only twenty or thirty thousand. ‘Fatal Fury’ completely outclassed ‘Heavenly Wolf Legend.’ How could they have suffered?
"Right now, we dominate the gaming market. Almost all gamers recognize us, and other companies’ game sales combined don’t even match a fraction of ours. However, 'Heavenly Wolf Legend' used the competition with us to create a buzz, breaking through this monopoly. Their game might have sold only twenty or thirty thousand copies, but it could have been just two or three thousand without our competition. So, who really benefited?"
Ye Chui concluded, "It may look like we crushed them, but they were the ones who gained."
Fang Xi understood, feeling a sense of crisis. "That’s so despicable!"
"That’s business," Ye Chui said calmly. "This is just the beginning. More companies and games will emerge, and good games will appear one after another. Our dominance will soon be challenged. We’ll have competitors and might even lose to them in some areas."
No industry could have an absolute ruler forever. The tides of fortune were always changing. Who could predict the future?
Ye Chui understood this well. He never got complacent about his current achievements. In the original world, gaming had developed over half a century to reach its current state, but that was due to technological limitations. In this new world, with technology no longer a constraint, gaming would develop explosively. It might only take five years or so to reach the same level.
Realizing this, Fang Xi felt the urgency. "Fork Brother, do you mean our current games could sell a million copies, but in the future, sales will decline, and we might even lose our top spot to other companies?"
"Sales will definitely decline as players get tired of the same type of games."