Chapter 65

After the 1.1 version PV was released, the official website and Bilibili homepage were almost entirely filled with positive reviews.

The character Zhongli sparked extensive discussion and speculation among players.

Just as Qin Xiaoyu was reading players’ comments online, Chen Wei suddenly burst into his office, panting:

"Brother Fish! Brother Fish! Big news!"

Hearing the shout, Qin Xiaoyu looked up, glanced at Chen Wei, and replied dryly: “Big news? And you’re this happy?”

“Ah, I’m just too excited! Maybe I didn’t explain it well.”

Realizing he was overreacting and speaking incoherently, Chen Wei took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Then he forwarded an email to Qin Xiaoyu.

Only then did he raise an eyebrow and continue: "Brother Fish, check your email—it’s great news. You’ll know what happened after you read it."

Seeing Chen Wei’s excited expression, Qin Xiaoyu, who had originally planned to shut down his computer and leave, finally opened the email he’d sent.

The email was simple.

It was an invitation from a third-party game review agency named GA.

It notified the Genshin Impact creative team that they had been nominated for five major awards, including Best New Game of April and Most Popular Game.

They were invited to attend the award ceremony in Hancheng.

“Never heard of it. Why get so excited over some obscure award?” Qin Xiaoyu shook his head, feeling no stir of emotion.

In his past life, Genshin Impact had won every award under the sun; Big Wei often complained the office was overflowing with trophies.

Qin Xiaoyu himself had attended countless award ceremonies as the representative.

So he truly had no interest in this low-impact, grassroots-organized ceremony.

"Brother Fish, you don’t seem interested at all?"

Seeing Qin Xiaoyu’s calm expression, Chen Wei was baffled. After puzzling for a while, he continued:

“This is the first time since we started our studio that we’ve been invited to an award ceremony! Before, we could only watch others win, while we sat there envious!”

And

“GA isn’t some random grassroots group—they have deep ties with the TAP platform. Every month, the game named Best New Game gets a week of free promotion on the TAP App Store!”

Although by now, a week of free promotion on TAP meant little for Genshin Impact.

Its effect was even less noticeable than just running an ad on Bilibili.

But Qin Xiaoyu thought carefully and began to understand Chen Wei’s feelings.

For Ah Wei, this was his first-ever award nomination.

After a moment of silence,

Qin Xiaoyu smiled and said: “Fine. Go pick up the trophy when you have time—just to enjoy it.”

“N-no, no way! Absolutely not!!”

After hearing Qin Xiaoyu’s words, Chen Wei shook his head frantically: "Brother Fish, you’re the main creator of Genshin Impact—you should go."

Besides, I get nervous in those settings. If they ask me questions and I can’t answer, I’ll look like an idiot…”

After Chen Wei’s persistent pleading, Qin Xiaoyu finally gave in with a sigh.

Fortunately, Hancheng wasn’t far—it was right next to Yuncheng.

Taking the high-speed train took about two hours, and with paperwork and award collection, it would take no more than half a day.

“Fine, I’ll go tomorrow morning when I have time.”