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Chapter 330: Not Enough Funds

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“I understand, President Chen.”

Yao Beiguo glanced at his phone and saw that President Chen had already sent him a contact.

He didn’t think too much of it. This renovation person was probably a friend or business partner of President Chen.

After saving the contact, he brought up another matter.

“President Chen, I’ve found a Deputy Manager. I wanted to ask about the compensation package.”

These past couple of days, he and Tao Ze had been busy handling matters related to the club, and they hadn’t had time to discuss this with President Chen.

“Oh? Is it someone from the list I gave you?”

Chen Mo looked at Yao Beiguo with a hint of caution.

“Yes, President Chen, it’s someone from the list you gave me.”

“Good. As for the salary, just make it the same as yours.”

Chen Mo spoke casually. Since the person was on the list he had provided, there was nothing to worry about.

They could just go with the highest compensation package.

“Understood, President Chen.”

Yao Beiguo nodded. He didn’t feel the slightest displeasure about a Deputy Manager receiving the same salary as him. On the contrary, he was genuinely happy for Tao Ze.

After working closely with Tao Ze over the past few days, he had come to understand more about his situation.

He felt that Tao Ze really needed this job to rebuild himself, rather than continue living under that woman’s scorn.

With the club matters settled, Yao Beiguo left the office.

Chen Mo, meanwhile, stared at the remaining System Funds in his mind and fell into deep thought.

The gaming club had only used up 70 million in System Funds. He still had 30 million left that he urgently needed to spend.

Chen Mo rubbed his temples, trying to figure out how to use up the remaining 30 million.

He mentally reviewed all the businesses he currently owned, looking for any area where he could still spend money.

Before long,

He thought of Cangxue Games. At this point, it was the only place where he could feasibly spend the 30 million.

After all, he could always inject more investment into the new project team. What could possibly go wrong?

Of course,

If Wei Yan said the new game project already had enough funding, Chen Mo had already prepared a few justifications.

With that in mind, he pressed the call button for Wei Yan’s office.

There was no response for a while.

Hmm. Not in the office?

Thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and found Wei Yan’s contact.

…

Cangxue Games.

Inside the meeting room.

Wei Yan sat at the conference table, flipping through the documents in his hands.

These were the results of the project team’s recent discussions and revisions, culminating in the latest proposal.

Today, they were going to do a comprehensive planning session based on this proposal.

He had just finished reading through it. While he couldn’t yet judge whether the game would be good or bad, the overall structure was now very complete.

He slowly closed the proposal and looked up at Xu Yuan and Lu Ren.

“Go ahead and walk us through it.”

Xu Yuan and Lu Ren stepped up to the podium with the proposal in hand. At the same time, a PowerPoint presentation appeared on the screen.

【War of Freedom】

Xu Yuan opened to the first slide and began the presentation.

“After several rounds of revisions, this game design has taken shape. Compared to the previous version, we’ve clarified many of the vague elements.”

“First, on the three paths of the map, we’ve added several mechanisms called Defense Towers. These towers will help allied heroes fend off enemy attacks. The towers are powered by an Energy Crystal.”

“The win condition is to destroy at least one lane’s Defense Towers and then destroy the enemy’s Energy Crystal.”

“Second, the Jungle Monsters. After discussion, we’ve categorized them into Minor Jungle Monsters, Buff Jungle Monsters, and Boss Jungle Monsters.”

“Defeating Minor Jungle Monsters grants experience and gold. Buff Jungle Monsters provide experience, gold, and a temporary buff. Defeating a Boss Jungle Monster gives a team-wide buff and gold.”

“The Boss Jungle Monster is designed to be a strategic resource contested by both teams. If one side secures it, their combat power increases, giving them a better chance of winning. For a team that’s behind, securing the boss could turn the tide and offer a comeback opportunity.”

“Third, equipment and character skills. We’ve divided equipment into offensive, defensive, and support categories.”

“Offensive gear includes items that boost magic power or physical attack. Defensive gear enhances magic or physical defense. Support gear provides team utility. Each item comes with unique effects.”

“This allows players to choose equipment based on the character’s traits and the evolving match situation.”

“Finally, the character skills. Since this is a 5v5 battle game, we’ll need a large roster of characters. Therefore, each character’s skill set shouldn’t be too complex. If there are too many skills, players might have trouble remembering them, which would increase the game’s difficulty.”

“After discussion, we’ve decided that each character will have four abilities—three regular skills and one ultimate. The level cap is set at 15, and with each level-up, players can allocate points to upgrade their skills.”

“……..”

Xu Yuan stood at the podium, presenting the finalized game design plan in detail.

Meanwhile,

Lu Ren stepped in to fill any gaps or elaborate on certain points as needed.

Before long, the final slide of the PowerPoint appeared, marking the end of the entire design presentation.

A round of applause followed.

Xu Yuan and Lu Ren returned to their seats.

Wei Yan slowly closed the game proposal in his hands. The presentation by Xu Yuan and Lu Ren had been clear and thorough. Even someone like him, who wasn’t particularly familiar with games, now had a general understanding of how this one would play.

It actually sounded pretty interesting.

He looked up at the others in the meeting room. This meeting wasn’t a large one—only team leaders and those above were present.

“Does anyone have any comments or suggestions about this game plan?”

He waited for a moment. No one spoke.

“If there are no issues, then let’s move on to assigning responsibilities.”

Wei Yan spoke calmly. Developing a game involved many different stages, and each stage needed to be delegated to the appropriate teams.

“Manager Wei, we’ve already worked out the task assignments. However, there is one issue.”

“This game requires a lot of modeling and skill effects… things like that. Given the scope, we may be facing a significant budget shortfall.”

Lu Ren spoke cautiously.

As the Deputy Manager, he was well aware of the project’s budget.

If it were the previous type of turn-based game, the current funds would’ve been more than enough. But now, with the shift to this model—3D modeling, flashy skill effects—all of that costs money.

With the current budget, completing the game as planned would be difficult.

Unless they cut back on the number of characters designed at the start, they wouldn’t have enough funding.

“Not enough funding for the project?”

Wei Yan frowned slightly. President Chen had already approved an additional investment. He hadn’t expected it still wouldn’t be enough.

Should he go and request another round of funding?

Wei Yan was mulling it over, weighing whether or not to approach President Chen again, when his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.

He took it out and glanced at the caller ID.

President Chen?

Wei Yan raised an eyebrow in surprise. He had no idea why President Chen would be calling at this moment.

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