"The new boss is coming today. I wonder what will happen to miHoYo?"
"I will be with everyone until the very end."
"Someone investing in our studio, allowing miHoYo to continue operating, that's a good thing, right?"
"It's not an investment, it's an acquisition. I've received definite news from Theresa."
Rita's words fell, and the others fell silent.
Having worked at miHoYo for many years, they had long since developed deep feelings for the place.
Click~~
The door to the miHoYo studio happened to be opened from the outside at that very moment.
Su Luo walked into the studio with a serious expression.
Just as he had imagined, the studio was a delightful bevy of beauties, pleasing to the eye, and the air even carried the scent of air freshener.
But!
There was also something completely different from what he had imagined!
"Kiana? Mei? Rita? Himeko???"
Damn!
Su Luo froze abruptly.
He hadn't transmigrated again, had he?
Honestly, if he had a choice, he didn't want to go to the world of Honkai Impact 3rd at all.
It was too dangerous.
He'd rather stay in this world and continue his current life as a 'negative-millionaire'.
At least, with his own efforts, there was still a high probability he could escape his debts.
He subconsciously retracted the foot that had stepped into the studio and closed the door.
Su Luo stood outside, looking up at the company nameplate.
[miHoYo Studio]
Then he looked outside through the window at the end of the corridor.
The streets were bustling with traffic, a scene of peace and prosperity. He could even see a massive penguin LOGO.
No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like he had transmigrated to the Honkai Impact 3rd world.
"This is it," Su Luo muttered. "Could it be that I haven't adapted since transmigrating, and my eyes are playing tricks on me?"
He pondered, then reopened the door.
His eyes met Rita, dressed in an OL outfit with black stockings, who had already walked to the entrance to greet him.
Things seemed to become clear. The characters from Honkai Impact 3rd had appeared in reality?!
And they had founded miHoYo?
"Excuse me, are you Mr. Su Luo?" Rita offered a perfectly professional smile.
At the same time, her gaze subtly swept over Su Luo, her left eye, conveniently hidden by her short hair, flashing with a scrutinizing light.
"That's me, Miss Rita."
"I didn't expect Mr. Su Luo to know me?"
"..."
Su Luo reacted quickly, telling a small lie, "I looked over your studio's member profiles before coming."
He had been so focused on miHoYo's works earlier that he hadn't paid any attention to the members of the miHoYo studio.
After all, he had been planning to ruthlessly dismiss some of the less useful ones.
However… that was now a thing of the past.
It wasn't that he was thinking with his lower head like his predecessor, but rather… making Honkai Impact 3rd together with the Valkyries, wouldn't that be interesting?
Besides, in this world where copyright awareness was exceptionally strong, where even drawing a doujinshi required authorization, misusing someone's likeness was a major offense.
Therefore, he couldn't let go of any of these girls.
As for not using their images to make Honkai Impact 3rd…
Without Kiana, without Bronya, without Rita, would Honkai Impact 3rd still be Honkai Impact 3rd?
"Shall I take you to see Manager Theresa now?" Rita inquired.
"No need. I'd like to get straight to business," Su Luo shook his head. "Could you please ask everyone to join me in the conference room for a meeting?"
Although he was very curious about their real-life situations, it was better to attend to business first.
Rita exchanged a look with Himeko.
"I'll go get Theresa. Himeko, you take the new boss and everyone to the conference room."
"Alright."
Rita bid farewell to the others and went alone to the manager's office, pushing the door open.
There, she saw Theresa, who had a petite, loli-like appearance, flusteredly hiding a comic book.
"You're secretly reading Homu comics during work hours again. Even though the company is in its current state, I'm surprised you still have the leisure for this."
"Ahem, ahem."
Theresa coughed lightly. "It's precisely because the situation is bad that one needs to relax. Don't you think so?"
"I think a Theresa who argues like this is very cute," Rita smiled faintly.
"?"
"Why are you suddenly… saying this? It makes me want to smash you with Judah… Speaking of which, what's a Judah?"
Teased by Rita, Theresa became somewhat agitated and started spouting nonsense, even uttering a term she herself didn't understand.
This, in turn, left her puzzled.
After teasing Theresa a bit.
Rita, satisfied, got down to business. "The new boss is here. He wants you to go to the conference room for a meeting."
"He's already here?"
Theresa frowned slightly, then, with a little hop, sprang forward from her boss's chair.
She walked over to Rita, adopting an adult-like demeanor.
"What kind of person do you think he is?"
"Not bad, I suppose."
"Oh?"
"He showed obvious delight when he first saw us." Rita led Theresa towards the conference room. "Of course, that's not surprising. Given our studio's special situation, it's normal for any man to react that way upon seeing us."
"Hmm… So what's the reason for your high evaluation of him?"
"Perhaps because… there's a feeling like meeting an old acquaintance in a distant land, a reunion of old friends? And I feel that miHoYo's opportunity might have arrived."
"That sounds a bit mysterious."
…
…
About twenty minutes later.
In miHoYo's largest office.
Su Luo stood on a small platform, his gaze sweeping over the assembled group seated upright and respectfully below, before getting straight to the point.
"Before coming here, I roughly looked over your works."
Before he finished speaking, images of several games produced by miHoYo appeared on the projection behind him.
Upon hearing this, expressions of anticipation appeared on everyone's faces.
Clearly, they hoped to gain the approval and support of this new boss.
Unfortunately, they were bound to be disappointed.
Just because he liked the characters of Honkai Impact 3rd didn't mean he had to suck up to them, calling black white.
"To be honest, with the quality of these works, consumers would probably only pay if they were blind."
As soon as these words were spoken.
Everyone's expression changed, and the atmosphere suddenly grew tense.
Su Luo remained unaffected, seriously adding, word by word.
"However, although the game scripts and creativity are garbage, the gameplay is very smooth, and the art is good. Overall, there are still some commendable aspects."
"What's wrong with the script?"
Kiana, the scriptwriter, hadn't even reacted yet, but Mei, who had been praised, jumped to her feet. "The script for our bestseller, Nonsensical Hero's Great Adventure, was written by Kiana!"
"The script for Nonsensical Hero was indeed quite good. But one success doesn't guarantee success every time."
"..."
Mei wanted to refute, but Su Luo had a point. More crucially, they had indeed released several games that flopped.
She lacked confidence.
"I'm not saying these things to deliberately intimidate you. On the contrary, I believe you all have great potential; you just lack proper guidance."
"Are you saying you can guide us?" Theresa raised her hand and asked.
"That's right."
Su Luo clicked the PPT.
A large Honkai Impact 3rd LOGO appeared on the projection.
"This is our company's new future project, Honkai Impact 3rd!!"