Chapter 88: If Not for Money, Then What

“Fish Brother, whatever you decide is fine—we just handle execution!”

Cai Qiu knew himself well—he could get things done, but making decisions wasn’t his strength.

So since the day Genshin Impact launched, he’d already decided: just follow Qin Xiaoyu. After all, with Fish Brother’s character, he’d never let anyone down.

“Yeah, Lao Cai’s attitude is my attitude.”

Beside him, Chen Wei didn’t know what Qin Xiaoyu wanted to discuss, but he still voiced his support.

Seeing their reactions, Qin Xiaoyu’s expression remained calm, though inwardly he felt deeply satisfied. He glanced at the two and spoke:

“Our studio currently has about five hundred people, but compared to other game companies in the industry, we’re still tiny—not even mid-sized.”

Upon hearing this,

Chen Wei and Cai Qiu instinctively nodded in unison.

Top-tier rivals like Shengda, Mengyi, and Tengmei already had tens of thousands of employees. Even mid-tier companies typically had four to five thousand, with the larger ones nearing ten thousand.

With only five hundred, we’re truly insignificant in the gaming industry.

But

With our current staffing, development and operations for Genshin Impact should be barely sufficient. So both Cai Qiu and Chen Wei were puzzled—why had Qin Xiaoyu brought this up suddenly?

“Fish Brother, are you saying…”

Cai Qiu suddenly had a thought, though he wasn’t sure, so he looked up at Qin Xiaoyu’s eyes and ventured cautiously:

“In the coming period, I need you both to recruit a team of professional anime creators—preferably experienced, high-skill individuals from the industry.”

Qin Xiaoyu didn’t hide it—he directly told them why he’d called them into the office.

Professional anime creators?

Upon hearing those words, Cai Qiu and Chen Wei exchanged glances, then both wore expressions of confusion.

“Fish Brother, you can’t take those player complaints seriously! Making anime doesn’t make money as fast as games!”

After a moment,

Cai Qiu couldn’t help but chuckle wryly as he reminded him.

Though many online players often joked that their studio wasn’t a real game company—that they should just switch to anime,

actually switching to anime would be downright unprofessional.

Undeniably, a great anime IP can bring in massive profits, but most still can’t compare to games.

“We’re not making anime to make money!”

Qin Xiaoyu shook his head—he truly planned to establish an anime division, but from the very start, profit wasn’t his goal.

“Not for money? Then what are we even aiming for?” Chen Wei stared at Qin Xiaoyu, utterly baffled.

Anime production costs are indeed much lower than game development.

But only relatively speaking.

In truth, the cost of producing an anime is still enormous.

Leaving other factors aside, just maintaining a team of staff is a huge expense.

“To serve our next game!”

Qin Xiaoyu spoke slowly, his face expressionless, his voice as calm as still water.

Yet

those simple words caused Cai Qiu and Chen Wei, seated across from him, to leap straight out of their chairs—they were clearly stunned.

At first, they’d assumed Qin Xiaoyu wanted to create a separate anime division to enter the anime industry.

But who could have guessed he was already thinking about the next game…