“Hm?
Tencent wants to collaborate with us?”
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.
Tencent’s reputation in the domestic gaming industry was… less than stellar.
Even he hadn’t expected that just a little over three hours after launch, Genshin Impact would already catch their attention.
“But if the price they offer is high enough, it’s not completely out of the question.”
Lin Yuan stroked his chin, looking somewhat hesitant.
“Boss!
You can’t be serious!”
Da Zhuang immediately lost it.
“We are ready to fight to the death, and yet Your Majesty is the first to surrender?!”
Everyone else in the room also began to look distressed.
Sister Xu from finance held her forehead and sighed, already starting to consider finding a new job.
Although Lin Yuan had shown incredible talent in game development over the past six months, he was still young—perhaps unable to resist Tencent’s temptation.
“Hahaha!
Just kidding, just kidding—don’t panic!”
“Genshin Impact is my precious baby.
How could I possibly hand it over to someone else?”
Lin Yuan laughed and shook his head.
Only then did everyone in the meeting room relax and smile again.
“Exactly.
We worked like crazy for half a year to make this game.
Selling it now would be such a waste.”
Da Zhuang nodded firmly.
Xiao Wang beside him also agreed wholeheartedly.
“Players are already calling Genshin Impact the ‘pride of domestic games.’ If we really sold it to Tencent, we’d get drowned in criticism!”
Others chimed in as well.
In the end, the meeting—after lasting several hours—came to a cheerful conclusion.
Department heads returned to inform their teams of the good news, and to prepare for the celebration party that night.
Meanwhile, Wang Xiaomei from the animation department and Director Peng from the voice acting department had already left early to continue their work.
Lin Yuan decided to personally inform them of the game’s success.
He also had something else he wanted to discuss with them.
Soon, Lin Yuan arrived at the animation department.
Wang Xiaomei was, as usual, focused on her drawing tablet.
Even though she was now the head of the animation team for Genshin Impact, her naturally cool personality meant she didn’t like managing too many things. New chapters come out on novelping dot com first.
Most of the time, she simply relayed Lin Yuan’s instructions and occasionally coordinated work between team members.
Whenever she had free time, she preferred to draw.
And ever since joining the project, nearly all of her artwork featured scenes from Genshin Impact.
Wang Xiaomei herself was already stunningly beautiful.
And when she focused on drawing, she exuded an indescribable charm.
Dressed in a black-and-white professional outfit, she drew plenty of attention.
Several young employees in the department couldn’t help but sneak glances at her during breaks.
“Ahem.”
Lin Yuan coughed lightly as he walked in.
Just like a teacher entering a classroom, everyone instantly straightened up and focused on their work.
Lin Yuan shook his head with a smile.
“President Lin.”
Wang Xiaomei noticed him and greeted him with a faint smile.
Lin Yuan nodded and briefly shared the explosive success of Genshin Impact.
When she heard that downloads had surpassed three million, her beautiful eyes lit up with joy.
By now, she fully understood what that number meant.
“By the way, there’s something I’d like your opinion on.”
After talking about the results, Lin Yuan changed the subject.
“Of course, please go ahead.”
Wang Xiaomei brushed aside a strand of hair.
“Have you ever considered becoming a voice actress?”
“Ah?”
Her eyebrows lifted slightly in surprise.
She clearly hadn’t expected that question.
After a brief pause, she replied:
“A voice actress… I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to meet your expectations.”
“I don’t have any talent in that area.
When I was young, my teacher even mocked me for being tone-deaf…”
She looked a bit down as she spoke.
“Tone-deaf?”
Lin Yuan was surprised.
But then—
He suddenly became excited.
Seeing her confused expression, he explained patiently:
“For this character, the voice needs to be very calm and steady—without much variation.”
“For most people, their tone is too expressive, which actually makes it harder.”
“But in your case… that’s practically a special talent.”
“R-Really?”
Wang Xiaomei was stunned.
“That’s actually… great to hear.”
She had always been self-conscious about it, never expecting it to be seen as a strength.
“President Lin… you’re not tricking me, are you?” she asked cautiously.
“Of course not!”
Lin Yuan grinned.
“Look at my eyes—do I look like someone who would lie?”
Wang Xiaomei looked at his squinting smile and felt something was a bit… off.
“Sometimes it’s good to try new things.”
Lin Yuan continued.
“Alright… I’ll trust you.”
In the end, she agreed.
The two of them headed toward the voice acting department to try a test recording.
Watching them leave side by side, many of the young artists in the animation department felt their hearts shatter.
The usually cold and expressionless Director Wang— had shown more expressions in those few minutes than in the past six months combined.
That night, countless young artists would likely lose sleep out of sheer envy.
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At the voice acting department, Lin Yuan and Wang Xiaomei arrived just as Director Peng was recording in a professional booth.
More than ten other booths were also occupied by voice actors working.
So they sat on a bench outside, waiting.
Wang Xiaomei watched attentively, clearly trying to learn from his technique before her own test.
After gathering his emotions for a while, Director Peng finally spoke:
“I wish to buy osmanthus and share wine…
but alas, when shall I see old friends again?”
Before his calm tone faded, his voice suddenly rose with intensity—
“Rise, O earth and stone—bear witness to the heavens!”
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