[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner":3,"chapter-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Not Crazy—This Is the Emperor's Banner",{"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},2291355,4480,"Chapter 15: Fishing","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>Hearing Shen Siyuan confirm that the project was viable, Ding Youguang became even more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I have one thing I don’t understand,” Shen Siyuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you come to me? I don’t seem to be of any help to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t say that, Brother Shen, you don’t realize your own value.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Ding Youguang immediately chuckled with a sly, shifty grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? What value do I have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan himself had never noticed what value he possessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, you need to know—I have no money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm, and then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And this project needs at least one planner, one programmer, and one artist…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Shen Siyuan began to understand why he’d come to him—he was eyeing Shen Siyuan’s team as free labor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t afford to spend money on trial and error, so I can only find people who won’t charge me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, I knew this wasn’t good,” Shen Siyuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why talk like that? Just tell me—can we do this or not?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan had no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go talk to the programmer and the artist. If the game succeeds, we split the profits equally; if it fails, we just waste some spare time—after all, we’re either gaming or binge-watching shows anyway, and time’s worthless…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is still an untapped blue ocean—we’re entering now, and there’s still a chance…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the channel cut? What kind of game do you want to test with?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thirty-seven split. As for the game type, you decide—I’m sure you’ve got more ideas than I do,” Ding Youguang said earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Youguang had just shown him the monthly bank statement, which came from the channel and hadn't had the commission deducted yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all four of them joined this project, each person could earn at least forty to fifty thousand a month, up to a hundred thousand—far more than a salary, and earned while lying down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is there a company? We need a contract,” Shen Siyuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since money was involved, verbal promises wouldn’t do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s a company—I registered it before and never canceled it. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely sign a contract; what belongs to you won’t be shorted by a single cent,” Ding Youguang immediately patted his chest in assurance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll find a chance to talk to Zhou Zhengdao and Li Qunfang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was the programmer in Shen Siyuan’s team, the other the team’s artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Will Li Qunfang agree?” Ding Youguang asked, somewhat worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zhengdao, as the programmer, often drank and ate with Shen Siyuan—they had a good relationship. His skills were excellent; he’d participated in developing every game project in the Game Department, and his technical ability ranked among the top in Guanghui Animation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ding Youguang didn’t know him well—that was one reason he’d come to Shen Siyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Li Qunfang, she was a little girl who rarely spoke, barely interacted with anyone beyond her immediate neighbors, loved anime and cosplay, and seemed to exist in a completely different dimension from Shen Siyuan and the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem,” Shen Siyuan said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, what kind of game should we launch first?” Ding Youguang asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, his question carried a hint of testing—everyone had their own value. Zhou Zhengdao and Li Qunfang’s roles were obvious; without either, the project couldn’t move forward. But what was Shen Siyuan’s value?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fishing game. We can add a points leaderboard and a lottery,” Shen Siyuan said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How so?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you go to an arcade, what game do players play the most?” Shen Siyuan asked in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fishing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan nodded. “Not everyone plays fishing, but it’s definitely one of the most played games.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, fishing is simple to operate—just up, down, left, right, and a confirm button. All these can be controlled with a remote.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In arcades, people play fishing for points, for game coins—whether points or coins, they can ultimately be exchanged for physical prizes. So we can’t just let users play to kill time—we need to hook them. For example, top ten on the leaderboard each month get cash prizes, or the number one gets an iPhone…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that gambling?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, but it’s legal. Do you think our Operations Department does nothing? What kind of events do we run during holidays? Lotteries, probability games—only then can we guarantee revenue…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fishing is just a casual game—it doesn’t seem to have many profit points. If we do this, won’t we lose money?” Ding Youguang’s mind still worked quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can sell VIPs. VIP1 users get double points; higher VIPs get higher multipliers. Then, the player with the most points each month gets a ten-thousand-yuan prize—wouldn’t people recharge to climb the leaderboard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, we can manipulate the leaderboard ourselves—easy for a programmer. We’re both players and referees—it’s all up to us…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe~, Brother Shen, you’re pretty ruthless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pfft, nonsense—I’m just using marketing tactics.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eat… eat…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding Youguang’s face glowed with excitement—he felt he’d found the right person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d originally approached Shen Siyuan for partnership mainly because of his connections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, he’d also used him as a planner—after all, operations and planning weren’t that different; both required game design expertise. And since the project was small and demands weren’t high, Shen Siyuan could easily fill the role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a short time, Shen Siyuan had not only proposed a concrete plan—he’d already anticipated profit points. This boosted Ding Youguang’s confidence in the project even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating, Shen Siyuan bought liangpi and cola, and only then did they return to the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they parted inside the company, Ding Youguang whispered to Shen Siyuan: “Hurry up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The company officially didn’t interfere with employees’ side ventures, but using company resources for personal projects was absolutely forbidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So until the project succeeded, secrecy was essential—that was why Ding Youguang refused to discuss it on corporate WeChat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time they entered Operations, most people were slumped asleep at their desks, only one or two still gaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wenzhuan was also asleep, head on her desk. Shen Siyuan tiptoed over and placed the liangpi on her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw she already had a plate of freshly cut fruit and a cup of coffee on her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, these weren’t bought by her downstairs—they were brought by others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Wenzhuan had many suitors; several company “lickspittles” had been practically hooked into obsession by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one reason Shen Siyuan wasn’t interested in her—if you don’t like someone, say so clearly. What’s the point of stringing people along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, Shen Siyuan only regarded her as a regular colleague—no need to go deep with shallow acquaintances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, didn’t those “hooked” guys know deep down? They were just pretending ignorance, believing they’d be the ones who ultimately won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan had moved carefully, but he still woke Lin Manzhi, who was sleeping beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing it was Shen Siyuan, her eyes lit up. She immediately picked up her phone and pointed at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Siyuan was puzzled, opened his own phone, and saw she’d forwarded her best friend’s WeChat to him.\u003C\u002Fp>",1167,"2026-06-20T03:53:08.657Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","310c4c2ede3c44fe01369e40ae4a2be7ba9de4e3a04f171bea34aa01a0e1fbb1","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-16","i-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-chapter-14",623,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-not-crazy-this-is-the-emperor-s-banner-cover.jpg"]