Chapter 91: Grand's current situation is worrisome?

If the hottest topic at the moment, it's definitely related to Sword and Distant.

Even by this point, players are about to forget Grand!

Yes, in the past two weeks, Grand hasn't even issued a statement.

When Grand Plan, or rather Mr. Qin, launched the check-in system.

Netizens would still talk about Grand a bit.

"Grand Plan has now proposed a check-in system; what can Grand do to compete with them? They won't plagiarize, but maybe they'll also create a check-in system?"

"If they don't plagiarize, what does Grand have to compete with Grand Plan in popularity?"

"Most importantly, by now there's not a single piece of news about Grand's new game; those unaware might think Grand isn't preparing a new game at all!"

"It seems this time, Grand really is done for."

"I feel Grand should abandon online games, focusing their energy on making small games like Plants vs. Zombies; that wouldn't actually be bad."

At the beginning, netizens evaluated Grand like this.

Now......

Everyone's attention is now focused on Grand Plan and Sword and Distant.

Because Grand Plan has come up with another new gimmick.

Game launch countdown!

On the homepage of Grand Plan's official website, a very eye-catching poster appeared.

The poster's background is Sword and Distant, with a large copy hanging on it.

"Sword and Distant launch countdown: 30 days!"

There's still a month left, and Sword and Distant will be launched!

All gamers' enthusiasm has been stirred up.

Grand Plan's official website sees countless netizens clicking each day, and the numbers of comments and remarks keep growing daily.

Mr. Qin even held a "comment lottery" event.

Netizens' enthusiasm naturally rose even higher.

One could say, Mr. Qin has taken operations to the extreme.

At least in this era, there are hardly anyone who surpasses Mr. Qin in ability.

Now when netizens mention games, they only think of Sword and Distant; when they mention game companies, they only think of Grand Plan.

Grand......

It suddenly seems to have completely disappeared.

Grand, inside Lu Yu's office.

The atmosphere feels a bit heavy; Chen Qiao's complexion doesn't look good, and his spirit is... just average.

Over the past two weeks, his pressure has been truly immense.

The pressure from Grand Plan and the internal pressure from Grand have all fallen on his shoulders.

On the day Grand Plan launched the check-in system, he was startled by Lu Yu's decision.

"We don't need to do anything." That was what Lu Yu said at the time.

Faced with such extensive promotion from Grand Plan, does Grand really need to do nothing?

Does that mean waiting to die?

If those words weren't spoken by Lu Yu, Chen Qiao could probably just fire them outright.

But since the speaker was Lu Yu, Chen Qiao gave it a bit more thought.

But... he still couldn't understand why Lu Yu would say that.

Moreover, he couldn't imagine what action Lu Yu would take afterward.

Lu Yu must have a backup plan, right?

At that time, Chen Qiao thought that.

But two weeks have passed.

Lu Yu hasn't done anything!

No! Wrong, Lu Yu isn't doing nothing; he's speeding up game development.

But aside from that, Lu Yu hasn't done anything outward at all!

Chen Qiao is anxious.

He knows Legend is a very good game, but... even a great game, if it lacks promotion, is it... useless?

Does good wine fear a deep alley?

In this era, does such reasoning still apply?

How many good games, before being promoted, have already died outright due to insufficient operating funds?

【53) Moreover......

Moreover…

Now, Grand's internal situation is also... turbulent!

Not only the technical department, but employees from other departments are now asking a question.

"Director Chen, what should we do next?"

It's not that Grand's operations have run into problems, leaving staff unsure what to do.

But rather... staff can't see any hope!

Don't you see, nowadays there's hardly any discussion of Grand online?

Even the critics are gone; doesn't that better show Grand has been forgotten?

By today, even Chen Qiao could no longer suppress the dissatisfaction of the employees below.

At this moment, Chen Qiao came to Lu Yu's Office—in fact… to notify Lu Yu of a meeting.

A general meeting of all employees at Grand Headquarters.

All employees demanded that Chen Qiao give an explanation, otherwise…

The company would definitely really go bankrupt.

At least this meeting decided the fate of at least more than half of the employees at Grand Headquarters.

This matter is even more serious than the last time.

"Little Yu… we're going to the meeting." Chen Qiao looked at Lu Yu with a complex expression and said.

Lu Yu lightly nodded, then left his seat.

…

Lu Yu naturally knows the recent internal situation of Grand; Chen Qiao has already communicated with him many times.

He clearly understands that Grand's current crisis is entirely because of himself.

Without him, Grand might not be able to become industry leader, but at least its operations would be fine.

One could say that the present Lu Yu decides Grand's future.

But… Lu Yu is actually not nervous at all.

If you have already seen the future, you naturally won't be nervous about the present.

At this moment, Lu Yu and Chen Qiao entered the large conference room together.

The conference room was filled with employees from every department.

At this moment, their gazes all fell on Lu Yu immediately.

Their looks were complex—some held resentment, some anger, some confusion, some anticipation.

This represented their attitude toward Lu Yu.

Lu Yu… turned a blind eye to it.

He showed no stage fright, walked straight onto the stage, stood on a stool, and picked up the microphone.

He glanced at everyone present, cleared his throat, and said: "Everyone, actually I didn't prepare to come to this meeting."

"With this time, I'd rather increase the progress of game development."

"But since I'm part of Grand, I naturally should come."

Having said that, Lu Yu paused for a moment, then continued speaking.

"I know you must all be worried about Grand's future and your own futures right now."

"But this actually has nothing to do with me."

Boom—

Inside the conference room it sounded like thunder had struck, and everyone felt as if they had been hit by lightning.

Their faces were full of disbelief.

No one expected that Lu Yu would actually say such a thing.

"This little kid… is he being too ruthless?"

"Because, I have never worried about my own future, let alone Grand's future."

"You lack resolve because you lack ability and confidence."

Lu Yu's words remained sharp, still hard to accept, yet still… pointed directly at the core of the problem.

This is the fact.

Everyone's confusion stems solely from lack of self‑trust.

That is… you're not strong enough, not useful enough!