[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game":3,"chapter-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Game Development: Starting from a 2D Game",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2271084,4435,"Chapter 23: You Call That","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>As for cars, Qin Xiaoyu had no particular fondness for them; even in his past life on Earth, when he was earning several million a year,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his vehicle was nothing more than one worth less than three hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But still,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was his first car in this parallel world—and it could rightly be called a luxury vehicle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after signing the exchange agreement with Qinya and seeing her off, he couldn’t resist deciding to take it out for a drive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also about time for dinner, so he planned to invite Cai Qiu and Chen Wei to grab a quick meal at a nearby restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu pulled out his phone, sent them both a WeChat message, and walked toward the Kulinan parked outside the café.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car was brand-new; even the protective film on the seats remained intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the license plates had already been installed in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gaohe really thought of everything,” Qin Xiaoyu muttered to himself, opened the door, and started the engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he arrived at the parking lot beneath the studio, Cai Qiu and Chen Wei happened to be walking out of the stairwell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They glanced around, and their eyes were immediately drawn to the Kulinan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What stunned them even more was that the driver’s seat held none other than Qin Xiaoyu—their familiar friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Holy shit, Cai Qiu, is that Fish Brother? Did I just hallucinate?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wei wasn’t sure, stared at the man inside the car for a moment, then turned to Cai Qiu beside him and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have some confidence—you’re not seeing things, you’re blind! That’s Fish Brother, damn it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu shot back, then sprinted straight toward the car, saying with envy:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, you’re being unfair. If you’d accepted Gaohe’s investment, we wouldn’t have said a word, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Qin Xiaoyu felt a wave of exasperation and sighed: “What nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t accept any investment—that’s true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I traded five percent of my shares for this car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the vehicle—if I told you Gaohe gave it to us to celebrate our launch, would you believe me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone else had said this, Cai Qiu and Chen Wei would’ve dismissed it entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the speaker was Qin Xiaoyu, and the giver was Gaohe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They found it somewhat plausible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tsk tsk—a Kulinan? Just handed out like that? Poverty has limited my imagination; I can’t even process this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu opened the door and slid into the passenger seat, still envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fish Brother, next time you see Boss Gao, ask him if he’s got extras—get us one too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Wei, climbing into the back, grinned and joked as he leaned toward Qin Xiaoyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you dreaming about? You think Gaohe’s a walking god of wealth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu rolled his eyes, then added: “Stop drooling. Once the game starts making money, before we go home for the New Year, I’ll buy each of you the same model.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among startup teams, a strange phenomenon often emerges:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many can endure hardship together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after success, they often turn on each other over unequal profit splits, breaking bonds and parting ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cai Qiu and Chen Wei are still taking the bus, while he’s already driving a luxury car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This must leave them feeling a little bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Xiaoyu said what he did partly to spur them on, and partly to make a statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this wasn’t some idle, empty promise tossed out carelessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Genshin Impact could develop in this parallel world as it did on his past Earth…\u003C\u002Fp>",589,"2026-06-19T22:23:19.067Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0d1dfc3afe9b1c701c64d78db2551bafb1e5e5a2471f4ec2e0348dfd695ecb24","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-24","game-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-chapter-22",89,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgame-development-starting-from-a-2d-game-cover.jpg"]