Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 64 What to Do with the New Game?

Chapter 64: Chapter 64 What to Do with the New Game?

Xiao Mingyu quickly calculated the results.

"According to a total bonus of 800,000, that would be 47,000 for the third tier, for three people; 94,000 for the second tier, for five people; the first tier is Zhao Haiquan, with 188,000."

Gu Fan nodded, "Okay, let’s distribute it based on that."

Xiao Mingyu was stunned, "Huh? President Gu, are you serious?"

Gu Fan looked at her, "What kind of question is that? I never joke with people. Besides, isn’t this the result you calculated?"

Xiao Mingyu didn’t know what to say for a moment, clearly the amount was challenging her perception.

"All right, President Gu, the second-tier bonuses are all going to the core members, consider it a morale boost for the new team; awarding the first-tier bonus to Zhao Haiquan, although it might seem like choosing a general from among the dwarves, buying a horse’s bones for a thousand gold makes sense.

"But isn’t the third-tier bonus a bit too generous? No matter how you look at it, these three testers didn’t even fulfill their basic duties...

"They didn’t find the ’Strategic Dragon Synergy’ BUG, did they?

"Even so, they’re getting a bonus of 50,000 each month, isn’t that a bit..."

Gu Fan thought to himself with a chuckle, what do you know? It’s because they didn’t find the BUG that they’re getting the bonus!

If someone had discovered the BUG at the beginning, that would have been a real hassle, whether the game could make money or not aside, but certainly, the person who found the BUG would have been the first to be fired by me.

Gu Fan cleared his throat softly, "Every employee in the company has their purpose and irreplaceable position, you should trust my judgment as the company’s number one worker.

"Let’s go ahead with this."

Seeing Gu Fan’s determination, Xiao Mingyu didn’t say anything more.

After all, Gu Fan was the boss, and Xiao Mingyu, a worker, had no need to rack her brains to save money for the boss; that would be far too sycophantic.

When everyone gets a bigger bonus, it’s a universal celebration, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Still, Xiao Mingyu remained somewhat baffled as to why President Gu insisted on calling himself "the company’s number one worker." Wasn’t he the boss?

With that, Xiao Mingyu quickly went about her own business.

Today is July 2nd. By this Friday, which is July 5th, the bonuses will be distributed!

...

Evening.

Gu Fan hummed a tune as he walked to the door, suddenly sensing a chill emanating from behind the door ahead.

He quickly stopped whistling, restrained the smile on his face, and after calming his emotions, he took out his keys to open the door.

Sure enough, Lilith was already waiting for him!

At that moment, Lilith, with her hands clasped behind her back, was staring out the window of the living room, somehow exuding the solemnity of "Autumn Wind over Wuzhang Plains."

Perhaps she was influenced by "Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon."

Gu Fan carefully tried to test the waters first by offering a bag of chips.

After Lilith casually took it and began to eat, Gu Fan let down his guard a bit and asked in a low voice, "Lucifer hasn’t given you too hard a time, has he?"

Lilith glanced at him, "Not really.

"Anyway, I’m still considered a positive example in Hell for exploring new business opportunities, the temporary setback of a single game doesn’t affect me much.

"But if the next game fails too, that would be another story.

"What’s more critical is that I’ve started to doubt my own design abilities!

"Gu Fan, honestly, from the standard of you Humans, is my design quality really that bad?"

Gu Fan coughed softly, "Of course it isn’t bad.

"In fact, just the formal aspect of your planning proposal alone could be said to surpass the game designers of the Human World by 90%; the format is very good.

"Your designs are creative, with quality, and rigorous... with a format."

Lilith grimaced, "If you can’t give compliments, then don’t!"

Gu Fan said somewhat sheepishly, "Hey, you are not human after all.

"By demon standards, you’re already the strongest game designer in Hell, don’t belittle yourself unnecessarily."

Lilith sighed despondently, looking just like a rebellious girl afflicted with second-year-syndrome who didn’t want to go to school.

"But why does my game always have all sorts of strange BUGs!"

Gu Fan said sincerely from the bottom of his heart, "It’s perfectly normal for games to have BUGs. Is there even a game in this world that doesn’t have BUGs? Such a thing simply doesn’t exist."

"I think rather than contemplating the metaphysical issues of BUGs, it’s better to stop and think hard about what the next game should be to turn the situation around."

Lilith nodded seriously, "Mm, you make sense."

"Last time with ’Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon,’ actually your idea was good, and the negative emotional gain in the beginning was very steady. If it weren’t for that outrageous BUG... sigh! Nevermind, let’s not talk about it anymore."

"It’s also my fault for not making the design proposal clear. If I had just added one more line that after clicking on any ’Strategic Dragon Synergy,’ all other ’Strategic Dragon Synergy’ would grey out and become unclickable, then we wouldn’t have had all these issues!"

"So, about the new game, do you have any ideas?"

Gu Fan kept his face expressionless, but he was secretly delighted in his heart.

Alright, it seemed like his plan to gain Lilith’s trust had just advanced a big step!

As a Hell Demon, Lilith was obviously completely distrustful of Gu Fan, the programmer, at the beginning, even refusing to let him have any say in the game design.

But as time passed, and as Lilith ran out of inspiration for making games, she began to seek suggestions from Gu Fan.

’Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon’ was born because of Gu Fan’s advice.

In Lilith’s eyes, the initial direction of this game was correct, there was just a minor BUG. If this time Gu Fan could give another appropriate direction, they might be able to create a new game that could be called a "Negative Emotion Harvesting Machine."

But Gu Fan didn’t rush to express his own ideas immediately. Doing so would seem too eager, as if he had ulterior motives.

Lilith, after all, was a suspicious demon.

"President Li, I’m just an unthinking programmer after all. I’m good at writing code, but game design and such, I just wing it.

"The idea for ’Destiny of the Sleeping Dragon’ already cost me quite a bit of brainpower.

"As for what to do with the new game, you should think about it yourself. I am unable to assist."

Lilith was not happy, "Cut the crap!

"The contract states that if there are any other matters, they should be dealt with according to ’Hell’s Contract Code.’

"Rule 34193 of ’Hell’s Contract Code’ states that when a demon seeks advice from a human with whom a contract has been signed, the human may not refuse!"

Gu Fan nearly spat out blood, "What the hell!"

This ’Hell’s Contract Code’ which had a whopping 114514 items was a supplemental clause when they first signed the contract, as long as the receipts from a convenience store that hadn’t been pulled for a month, how could Gu Fan possibly read through each and every one.

However, Lilith probably wasn’t lying, as demons place great importance on contracts. Since she said there was such a rule, there most likely was one.

"Fine, let me think..."

Gu Fan pretended to be in a difficult state and started racking his brains.

Lilith was satisfied with his condition and sat down on the sofa beside him, "Perfect, let me give you some hints.

"What do you think is the most terrifying punishment if Humans went down to Hell?"

Gu Fan had an indescribable expression, "How can you say ’most’? Things like climbing a mountain of knives and plunging into boiling oil, if you compare sufferings, there’s no upper limit.

"The tortures in Hell are basically those from the Human World, they could be done, too, but then the game platforms wouldn’t pass the review..."

Lilith cleared her throat lightly, "Ahem, first of all, let me clarify that climbing a mountain of knives and plunging into boiling oil are punishments you would find in the East’s Netherworld, not something we practice."

"In terms of creativity... we’re a little lacking."

Uh?

Gu Fan took this opportunity to ask a question that had puzzled him for a long time, "Then I want to ask why I’m not under the jurisdiction of our Eastern Netherworld?"

Thinking it was a rather sensitive issue, he didn’t expect Lilith to be indifferent about it.

She waved her hand casually and said, "Hey, to use the slang of your internet giants, this is called a job rotation.

"Although we’re not part of the same system, every few hundred years we do swap territories. We learn from each other’s advances and prevent fraud.

"Back then, your Eastern Netherworld had too many bad debts, so it had to use that monkey surnamed Sun to balance the books. To avoid such situations from happening again, the heads of the Eastern and Western Hells exchanged ideas and decided to rotate posts periodically.

"If one day you die on a trip abroad, maybe you will meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land."

Gu Fan’s mouth twitched slightly, "That idiom is not used that way!"