Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

br>“Boss Ma, just answer these questions based on what you think.
Don’t be nervous.
These questions should be quite simple for you.”

Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words ‘quite simple’.
If those questions were only testing his basic knowledge, then he should be able to pass without a problem, given everything that he had already reviewed.

Of course, Pei Qian couldn’t let his guard down now.

He took the test paper and then retrieved a fountain pen from his shirt pocket.
It was the same fountain pen that he had spent a lot of money buying earlier, but that he had only used a couple of times.
Now, he was prepared to answer the questions.

However, he was stunned when he read the first question.

He briefly scanned them all.

‘What mental state did The Lonely Desert Road take advantage of in its gamers, which led to its success? What was the designer’s motive?

‘Why does Ghost General’s artistic style stand out among all the card games? How should the designer balance his own requirements with the expression of the concept artist’s inspiration?

‘What’s the main reason that Ocean Stronghold’s Red Kilin is priced at 888 yuan? Objectively, what kind of effect does that have?

‘What was outstanding about Game Designer’s sales technique? What’s the central idea behind the game?

‘What does the epitaph in Repent and be Saved reflect on the designer’s thinking? Objectively, what kind of effect does it have?’

There were three pieces of paper in total, and all the questions were short-structured ones.
What’s more, blanks had intentionally been left for Pei Qian to fill in his answers.

Pei Qian raised his head and looked at He An, confused.

This is your test?!

I was f*cking studying so hard to memorize basic knowledge of games and the games that you designed!

Yet, you’re testing me on the games that I created? What’s the meaning of this?!

Had I known earlier, would I still have researched the games that you developed? I would have just watched all of Teacher Qiao’s videos once through!

He An saw the weird and confused look on ‘Ma Yang’s face and smiled.
“Hehe, Boss Ma, did you think I was going to ask you questions about your foundational knowledge of games or the games that I created?

“Foundational knowledge is very basic, and everything’s already stated online.
There’s no point in memorizing it all.
“As for the games that I created… I’m hesitating to admit this, but they are outdated now.

“If you want to learn game design now, you have to study the latest games.

“It’s just as well that you’re interested in games, Boss Ma.
It’s also just as well that you work in an investment company under Tengda Corporation, and you have a certain understanding of Tengda’s game design.

“Learning more about Tengda’s design concept would be very helpful to you.
“So, was I right? The test isn’t that hard, right?”

Pei Qian, “…”

Pei Qian looked at He An and then at the test paper in his hands, feeling all sorts of feelings in his heart.

Forget it.
What else can I do? I have to answer it!

Pei Qian’s pen moved very quickly across the paper as he scribbled and answered the questions.

He An sipped his coffee and waited patiently, looking nonchalant.

Half an hour later, Pei Qian was done.

Although he had not filled all three pages, he had made sure to write at least three to five lines of words for each question.
It looked like he had done it well enough.

For short-structured questions-even if one did not know what he was talking about, they would still have to fill up most of the space.
That was a good habit that Pei Qian had cultivated while he had been in high school.

He An sniggered as he took the test paper back.
As he read it, his expression changed unpredictably.

“The Lonely Desert Road took advantage of gamers’ masochism and argumentative nature to succeed.
The designer’s motive was to make gamers so bored that they would give up on the game altogether.
‘Ghost General’s epic ink oil painting style looked very special among the rest of the card games.
It was an extra benefit that the designer was very creative.
The designer should give up on his own requirements entirely and allow the concept artist to express himself freely.

‘Ocean Stronghold’s Red Kilin was priced at 888 yuan to dissuade gamers from buying it.
Objectively, it looked like it ended up inspiring ballers to spend their money.
‘Game Designer’s sales technique was outstanding because its shoddiness unexpectedly inspired UP Masters to take over the marketing on their own.
The game’s central idea was that ‘a speaker’s fate was to be misunderstood’.

“The epitaph in Repent and be Saved reflected the designer’s wish to dissuade gamers at all costs.
Objectively, it had the opposite effect.
It triggered gamers’ rebellious nature.” As He An read the answers, he frowned and relaxed intermittently.

Pei Qian quietly sipped his coffee, having mixed feelings inside.
He had hesitated for a long time, thinking about whether he should write his actual thoughts or write Teacher Qiao and the others’ over-analysis of his actions.

If he wanted to be honest, he should have written his actual thoughts.
However, he was sure that Boss He would have boarded the first flight out of here if he had done that.

Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to swallow his pride and use Teacher Qiao’s over-analysis to answer the questions.
In addition, he had made use of all of his experience he had acquired as a successful game designer thus far.

However, the problem was that Teacher Qiao had not created a video for every one of Boss Pei’s games.

While Teacher Qiao had not created videos for some of his games, Pei Qian had been asked about the ‘designer’s intent’.
Since he had had no idea how to answer those questions, Pei Qian could only express himself freely.
Although his answers looked ridiculous, Pei Qian had hardly had any other option.

He just hoped to pass!

He An read the three pages once again, his eyes filling with confusion.

“Some questions were very well-answered.
Some were answered in layman terms, but you captured the right idea.
However, some… were quite ridiculously answered.

“Honestly, I can’t tell what your real standard is.”

Pei Qian gave a polite smile.

You can’t tell what my real standard is?

That sounds right.
I can’t f*cking tell what my real standard is either…