After Playing the Fool and Marrying the Blind Villain [Transmigration] - Chap 82
In an elegant, private restaurant box, there was the sound of wine glasses clinking softly.
Gu Jianshen said with a smile, “Congratulations to The Last Fog for winning the award.”
Li Yuan responded, “Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your hospitality. And congratulations for Traces winning the award.”
Gu Jianshen raised his glass and looked at Pei Yi. “Celebrations come and go, but the biggest contributor has to be Teacher Will.”
Pei Yi only took a sip of champagne and replied calmly, “I’m not the biggest contributor.”
“No mobile game can be made by just one person, at least not here.”
Rather than saying alone was outstanding, it was better to say that all the employees of Nebula Fun Tour and YWY were capable and excellent enough, and that everyone was a contributor.
Gu Jianshen nodded.
Li Yuan also agreed.
Setting down his wine glass, Gu Jianshen said, “By the way, Mr. Li, since both parties won the award together, I have something to discuss with you.”
Pei Yi took a bite of shrimp and asked, “Do you want Traces and The Last Fog to jointly promote?”
Gu Jianshen smiled with a sigh. “I really can’t hide anything from you.”
Li Yuan quickly thought of the key point. “Yes, both games were written by Will.”
“I remember that since the original design competition has been held, the top three winning game architects in the same session have not overlapped.”
Of course, there had been two consecutive game design competitions where there were works created by the same architect—
Just by doing this, the architect made several waves of publicity and gained a reputation.
“Although there is a certain amount of market competition in China’s gaming industry, the categories of the two games are different. If we can use the award-winning double-hitter as one of the highlights of the gimmick and conduct joint waves of heat, we should be able to attract greater audiences.”
“That works, but I’m not pursuing individualism here. It’s okay to use this reason for publicity, but don’t overstate my credit.”
Pei Yi thought the shrimps were fresh and sweet, so he took another bite. “En, I have social anxiety.”
“…….”
Li Yuan and Gu Jianshen were dumbfounded by his last sentence. The former complained directly in the name of his partner and friend, “How can you call this social anxiety-inducing?”
Gu Jianshen smiled and confirmed again, “Will, do you really have no objections?”
Pei Yi nodded calmly. “Why would I object? If I’m not wrong, your ‘Traces’ should be available soon, right?”
Gu Jianshen replied, “En, it’s coming soon. The last round of internal testing will end this month, and the public testing is expected to be launched in early May.”
Pei Yi raised his eyebrows. “Isn’t this just right? The Last Fog only started its first round of internal testing this month, and the public beta will be launched later than yours.”
“If you really want to talk about it, we, YWY, are forcibly borrowing a wave of your promotional heat from your major game company. Why wouldn’t I agree?”
“Nebula Fun Tour’s ‘Traces’ is well done, so it will naturally attract players to our Last Fog game, right?”
Pei Yi was looking forward to both of his works, but YWY Studios was his place of origin now, and he had to think about both the studio and The Last Fog both emotionally and rationally.
Gu Jianshen appreciated his frankness, and didn’t think there was anything wrong with his words just now. “Then I’ll ask the operations department to contact YWY next Monday? Let’s work out a plan.”
Li Yuan, the studio operations director, answered, “All right.”
The three of them ate for a while.
Gu Jianshen brought up another topic. “Actually, I have something else I want to invite Mr. Will and YWY Studios to.”
Pei Yi nodded calmly. “Tell me.”
Gu Jianshen asked, “I wonder if the two of you have ever heard of a live-action movie game?”
Li Yuan was the first to react. “Mr. Gu is referring to the kind of foreign games that use real actors instead of game modeling, and use movie-shooting instead of game scenes?”
Gu Jianshen nodded deeply.
The essence of “movie-like” games was still choice-oriented, mostly in the suspense category.
The screen was completely from the player’s perspective, combined with panoramic VR, and guided players to make different choices through real-life interpretations shot in advance.
With different choices, each play in front of the computer would reach a different ending. In the end, it was like an immersive horror movie.
Pei Yi’s expression changed slightly, and he got straight to the point. “Mr. Gu, you want to make this kind of movie game?”
“In the past two years, movie games have become popular overseas, but there are still relatively few in our Chinese circle.” Gu Jianshen nodded. “Teacher Will, do you know the advantages of this type of movie game?”
Pei Yi put down his chopsticks with a hint of seriousness in his expression.
“From a technical perspective, as long as the game structure and script is in place, it will take much less time than game modeling and save a lot of money.”
“From a publicity perspective, we have many short video platforms in China, and live-action game scenes are far more likely to attract players of different age groups.”
Gu Jianshen initially wanted to give Pei Yi a good introduction, but didn’t expect that the other party would summarize the advantages in just a few words. “Teacher Will, you’ve heard about it before?”
Pei Yi didn’t deny it. “If you want to gain a foothold in the circle, you can’t follow the trend. If you want to innovate, you must be the first to try something.”
He’d had the idea of making a movie game before, but YWY Studios had just been established, and his Last Fog series was not yet ready for distribution, so he had put it aside for the time being.
After all, games were games, and when it came to film shooting and production, he could only be regarded as a layman.
You had to be the first to try something, but you couldn’t make yourself fat in one bite.
Gu Jianshen said bluntly, “I used to work in the game copyright team, and I came into contact with this game mode by accident.”
The cost of genuine foreign movie games was not low, and translation was required to purchase them. There were also already pirated versions on some websites.
“But because of the language limitations, the age range of the gamers cannot be expanded either.”
Pei Yi understood. “So you just want to do it yourself?”
Gu Jianshen didn’t deny it. “I have this idea, but I haven’t told my superiors yet.”
“If a movie game like this is to be done well, first is the script, second is the sense of immersion of the actors, and the third is the setting of the scene, all of which are indispensable.
Moreover, it was necessary to shoot plots with different directions according to different choices. In essence, it was no different from making a “good movie,” except that there was no need to announce sky-high prices in order to hire well-known actors.
“I’m not exaggerating. Weiyi has the abilities and connections to make this type of movie game. The only thing it lacks is a game architect with strong originality, who could also be called a screenwriter.”
Therefore, after Gu Jianshen decided to launch the game after confirming that the changes to “Traces” were good, and he also thought about extending an olive branch to his own company.
It was a pity that he was not a senior executive in the company who could make all the decisions, and Pei Yi had his own career plans and ambitions.
Gu Jianshen extended an invitation, “Teacher Will, if you are willing, can our two families join forces and give it a try?”
Pei Yi and Li Yuan exchanged glances, neither immediately agreeing nor directly objecting. “Mr. Gu’s invitation came so suddenly. We need some time to think about it.”
Gu Jianshen saw some signs of hope. “Of course, I also have to mention this matter to our company’s senior management!”
“If there is a chance for partnership in the future, Teach Will and YWY Studios are definitely the first partners I want to cooperate with.”
Pei Yi raised his glass and said, “Mr. Gu, thank you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the alarm clock on Li Yuan’s cell phone rang.
Pei Yi glanced at the time and confirmed, “It’s time to go?”
Li Yuan nodded. “En, it’s almost time to go to the airport.”
They had booked their air tickets a day in advance, and all follow-up matters related to winning the award could be handled directly at the capital.
Gu Jianshen remembered that they had a flight to catch, and asked, “Is there something urgent at the studio? Why not just stay for another half a day? We’ve only had a meal.”
Li Yuan replied, “Mr. Gu, thank you, this meal is enough.”
Pei Yi wiped his hands with a wet wipe, then smiled and said, “There’s nothing urgent to do at the studio. It’s me.”
Gu Jianshen was taken aback. “Huh?”
Pei Yi didn’t deliberately hide it, and even showed off a little bit. “Wasn’t this a competition to win a prize? I’m in a hurry to go back and show off to my lover.”
“……”
Gu Jianshen was suddenly stuffed with dog food, and his eyes went wide in surprise. “Teacher Will has a lover?”
Li Yuan, who was used to his friend serving him dog food, was unsurprised. “What lovers? They are already husband and wife in the eyes of outsiders.”
Pei Yi raised his lips and said, “Mr. Gu, it was nice to meet you, but we really do have to rush to the airport. Next time you come to the Imperial Capital, Pear Garden and I will entertain you.”
“Okay.”
Gu Jianshen stopped taking up their time, and stood up. “I have a car, can I send you there?”
Pei Yi and Li Yuan looked at each other, and did not reject the other’s kindness. “All right, then we’ll ask you to drive us.”
. . . . . . .
Night fell.
The airplane arrived at the Imperial Capital airport on time. Pei Yi and Li Yuan didn’t check their luggage, so it was convenient for them to leave.
“Pei Yi.”
Li Yan switched back to his most familiar title and complained, “Why are you leaving in such a hurry? Wait for me, I’m going to the bathroom.”
Pei Yi hummed. “Then I’ll wait for you at the exit of the parking lot at B2.”
Li Yuan already understood why his friend was so eager, and teased, “Then you can go back to your family and not worry about the fate of this third wheel.”
“Nonsense, I won’t abandon my allies. The most I will do is take the first step—”
Pei Yi patted Li Yuan’s shoulder and walked quickly. “I’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot!”
. . . . . . .
Bo Yueming had walked to exit B2 when a familiar figure swooped over and burrowed into his arms like a kitten.
“Er-ge!”
The familiar voice carried a pleasant attachment to him.
Bo Yueming took half a step back to stabilize his center of gravity, not forgetting to protect the person in his arms. “Be careful.”
Pei Yi chuckled, and couldn’t help but ask, “Did you miss me?”
Although they were only separated for four or five days, their longing still stretched out, and it wasn’t until the moment they embraced that there was any sign of it stopping.
Bo Yueming lowered his head and nudged the tip of his nose. “What do you think?”
Pei Yi used his peripheral vision to confirm that no passengers were passing by, and exchanged a quick, light kiss with his lover.
But before the sweetness could spread, footsteps came with the sound of teasing. “I say, enough is enough, you two. Did you really think that no one would see?”
Pei Yi didn’t expect Yan Cen to suddenly appear, and instinctively used Bo Yueming’s figure to hide.
Bo Yueming laughed out loud and whispered, “Kitten, what are you hiding from?”
“I…..” Pei Yi’s ears grew red with a hint of warmth, and he felt that his move contained a bit of a poor lie that revealed the truth.
He withdrew from Bo Yueming’s arms and feigned calmness. “M-Mr. Yan, why are you here too?”
Yan Cen pushed up his glasses slightly and asked with a smile, “Why can’t I come?”
He couldn’t stop looking at the elevator hall inside, and it was obvious that his mind was not on his two friends.
Pei Yi got a clue and joked, “Oh, I forgot to mention, Pear Garden is still in Haishi and hasn’t come back.”
“…….”
Yan Cen’s expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
In the next second, Li Yuan’s voice came over from the elevator hall. “Pei Yi, who are you lying to? When didn’t I come back from……”
Li Yuan caught a glimpse of Yan Cen’s figure out of the corner of his eye, and his joking tone unconsciously became lower. “…..Haishi?”
Pei Yi looked at his friend coming over and sensed the subtlety in his tone. He brought the topic back meaningfully, “Mr. Yan, you haven’t said what you’re doing here yet?”
Yan Cen gave a suitable reason, “On behalf of GM, we are here to welcome you back and celebrate your success. Is that okay?”
Pei Yi turned the topic over to Li Yuan again. “Okay, ah, of course I have no objections. What does Mr. Xiao Li think?”
Li Yuan coughed. “I have no problem with it.”
Bo Yueming picked up the small suitcase tossed aside by his lover and answered, “Let’s go first. I’ll take you to a restaurant to have something to eat, then let each of you go home to spruce up.”
“En!”
. . . . . . .
Less than half an hour’s drive from the airport, Bo Yueming and Yan Cen had booked a restaurant in advance to celebrate their victory. In the elegant decorated box, the clinking of wine glasses became even more enthusiastic.
Bo Yueming didn’t stop him. “It’s okay, just have a good time.”
Pei Yi got his lover’s permission, but still didn’t do anything wantonly, only taking small tastes in a measured way.
Yan Cen casually brought up a topic. “I heard Yueming say that you met an acquaintance at the game competition this time?”
“Acquaintance?”
Pei Yi thought of Ke Ming, that proud-faced villain, and said, “It wouldn’t be bad if he suffered a disaster.”
Li Yuan also frowned. “I don’t know how the organizers of the competition arranged it. Pei Yi andI originally thought that Ke Ming’s “Destroy the Alien Beasts” would squeeze out the position of our Last Fog, and we didn’t expect that the one that didn’t win the award would be Mufeng Games’ “Dark Blue Sea.”
If he were asked, ah, Teacher Deng Mufeng was really unlucky. He, his wife, and his team had finally developed this ancient style game.
As a result, he met Ke Ming and his behind-the-scenes funder, who shamelessly took a back door, and fell short in the end!
There were winners and losers in game competitions, and those should be truly fair wins and losses. There should not be such fishing in troubled waters.
Li Yuan was still a little worried. “I wonder if there will be any controversy now that the winners of the competition have been announced?”
Pei Yi replied, “It’s probably unavoidable, but I just don’t know which direction it will go. Pear Garden, please ask the relevant employees to keep an eye on it. Although The Last Fog relies on its ability to win, I’m afraid the villain could gain an advantage.”
Li Yuan understood what he meant, and nodded. “Pei Yi, are you sure that the beta release time of our Last Fog should remain unchanged?”
“Yes.”
Pei Yi made up his mind and swirled his glass twice. “Let Ke Ming pave the way for us first. Sometimes, the “wedding clothes” made by others are very satisfying.”
Bo Yueming and Yan Cen looked at each other, and the latter spoke first, “You two bosses, it’s time to celebrate after work, why don’t you relax?”
Bo Yueming then coaxed his lover in a low voice, “Eat more, don’t talk about work.”
“Understood.”
Pei Yi responded with a smile, and didn’t forget his friend. “Pear Garden, you’re thinner than me, so you should also eat more.”
Li Yuan smiled, and Yan Cen beside him proactively served him a bowl of soup.
. . . . . . .
The four of them became familiar with each other and chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was harmonious through the end of the meal.
Pei Yi drank the last bit of wine, then tore open a candy on the table and put it in his mouth. “Pear Garden, how are you going back?”
“This restaurant is in a remote location, so it’s difficult to take a taxi,” Yan Cen calmly reasoned. “I didn’t drink, so I’ll give him a ride.”
Pei Yi glanced at Yan Cen’s wine glass from the corner of his eye and finally understood—
No wonder he said as soon as it was served that he had a cold and wouldn’t drink for the time being. It turned out that he wasn’t interested in drinking wine, but pears!
Bo Yueming and Yan Cen each looked at each other, and the former unknowingly followed along, “Then you two are leaving first? I notified Lao Fu half an hour ago to come pick us up, and he’s probably coming soon. Pei Yi and I aren’t in a hurry, so we’ll sit and wait for a while.”
Under his lenses, Yan Cen’s eyes were aimed at Li Yuan. “Are you coming?”
Li Yuan hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and chose to follow him out.
The door of the box closed again.
Pei Yi unceremoniously turned to sit in Bo Yueming’s lap. “Tell me!”
“Did you and Yan Cen just collude? Did you just help him abduct Pear Garden?”
Bo Yueming asked back, “Didn’t you also watch Xiao Li leave with him? Why didn’t you stop him?”
“…….”
Pei Yi bit into the candy and changed his words with a hum. “Sweet.”
Bo Yueming cooperated with the change of subject, teasing, “Sweet? Give me a taste?”
Just as Pei Yi was about to move forward, the cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated. It was a message from driver Lao Fu.
Bo Yueming had no choice but to hold back his intention of getting a taste for the time being. He patted his lover’s shoulder. “Kitten, get up first. Let’s talk about it when we get home.”
Pei Yi was well-behaved and cooperative. Only when he turned around did he see a cell phone on the sofa opposite. Judging by the style, it should have been left by Li Yuan.
“Er-ge, Pear Garden left his cell phone behind! I’ll chase him down and return it to him. Maybe I can make it in time!”
Saying this, he picked up the cell phone and hurried out without having time to listen to what Bo Yueming had to say.
Pei Yi still remembered where Yan Cen had parked his car, and headed straight for his destination.
He passed by a lifted off-road vehicle that blocked his view, then stepped on the brakes mid-jog.
In the westernmost corner of the open-air parking lot, the two people Pei Yi was looking for stood outside a black car, but something was off—
Yan Cen had trapped Li Yuan between himself and the car door. The slanting streetlight illuminated them in its glow, making their shadows particularly ambiguous.
“Damn, what’s happening here, ah?”
Pei Yi took two steps back and took cover behind the off-road vehicle to poke out just half of his curious head, staring for a moment for fear of missing any details.
Suddenly, he saw the always gentle and decorous Yan Cen lower his head and kiss him.
“Wow…..ai!”
Before Pei Yi’s sound of surprise could completely escape his throat, he felt a sudden lightness under his feet—
Bo Yueming picked up his curious kitten from behind, and with a clever flip, he lifted him in front of him and took him to the parking space in the other direction.
Pei Yi’s heartstrings only tightened for a moment, and he habitually tightened his arms around Bo Yueming, urging, “Er-ge, put me down quickly, I was just seeing the key moment!”
What happened with his friend and Yan Cen, ah? Didn’t he vow to focus only on his career and not on relationships?”
He went to Haishi for four or five days and kissed him as soon as he came back? Did he see wrong just now?
“…….”
Pei Yi’s mind was filled with curiosity, and he kept glancing toward the west corner.
It was a pity that his line of sight was blocked, and he couldn’t see anything.
Bo Yueming patted his backside lightly. “People have their own feelings to deal with, so a kitten like you shouldn’t get involved in them.”
With that said, he brought the person in his arms back to the parking spot where Lao Fu was.
Lao Fu, who was standing outside the car, saw this scene from afar and was so shocked that he looked away—
Aiyo.
Hadn’t Little Sir only been away for a few days, ah? Why was it that when this person came back, they were already hugging outside before they even got home?
Bo Yueming made a casual excuse, “Lao Fu, go buy two bottles of cold mineral water. Little Sir is thirsty.”
“Ai! I’ll go right away!” Lao Fu responded wisely and hurried away without a trace.
“You saw, didn’t you? If it’s something you shouldn’t see, you should stay away and make room for others.”
Bo Yueming opened the car door with his free hand and put the kitten, who had not seen enough of the excitement, on the seat.
Pei Yi hummed, unconvinced. “I just wanted to give Pear Garden his mobile phone. Besides, I didn’t run up to interrupt them just now.”
As for Yan Cen’s intimate act just now, what if Li Yuan didn’t accept it?
Thinking about it, Pei Yi was a little worried for his friend. “If you ask me, you shouldn’t have stopped me. At least let me…..wu!”
Bo Yueming regarded the chattering lover before him and simply leaned forward to kiss him.
The unfinished words stuck in his throat, and when they came out, they had turned into an ambiguous and seductive whimper.
Pei Yi’s thoughts froze for a couple of seconds. When he reacted again, he couldn’t help but grab the other’s clothing and cooperate.
His lips and teeth were easily pried open, and Bo Yueming licked in, stirring up the desire that had accumulated over time.
There was the drunkenness of wine and the sweetness of sugar.
The oxygen was taken up little by little throughout the deep kiss, with only desire and passion building up layer by layer, accompanied by the occasional slight muffled sound.
After an unknown amount of time, Bo Yueming reined himself in before he could lose control. His fingertips rubbed heavily against the back of his lover’s neck, as if he was controlling the possessiveness that was about to burst out.
“E-Er-ge.”
Pei Yi’s mouth was open slightly, his eyes covered in a layer of mist from the heated desire. He unconsciously embraced Bo Yueming a little tighter, leaning against him to express his subconscious attachment—
During the four or five days he was on his business trip to Haishi, the scent on the jacket he had secretly brought had faded away, making him feel far less stable than he did at this moment.
Bo Yueming kissed his lips again, and didn’t stop for a moment. “Little Sir, do you want to go back and watch the fun now, or do you want to go home with me?”
Pei Yi stared at the handsome face close at hand, his inner curiosity completely replaced by impulse after the kiss.
His Adam’s apple rolled, and without a second’s hesitation, he said, “G-go home!”
