Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 36

After seeing Shen Miaomiao off, Yan Sheng let out a breath of relief.

As he tugged at his shirt, he realized his back was completely soaked.

“Ugh—!!!”

He exhaled a heavy breath of frustration.

Yan Sheng was genuinely pissed.

But at the same time, there was a hint of satisfaction in his heart.

Because from the very day he stepped into YiYou Platform and took the reins as Chief Executive Officer—

He had wanted to take down the "Old Guard" led by Sun Guoping!

Yan Sheng was young, ambitious, and a savvy go-getter with ideals.

The entire market had turned into a giant copycat fest. Today they rip off you, tomorrow you rip off them.

Game variety kept getting duller, while money-making tricks got flashier by the day.

Spin-the-wheel today, limited editions tomorrow, gacha machines the day after.

But no one wanted to seriously focus on the core issue—gameplay!

And the reason the industry had turned into such a toxic mess wasn’t just because the developers were all about profits and saw players as walking wallets.

YiYou, as a platform, had played no small part in this either!

Let’s be clear—

They were one of the top-tier game platforms in the country!

Every move they made could influence the entire game ecosystem.

Logically, as a platform, they should treat all games equally!

When it came to promotional strategies, they should stick to merit-based principles!

But right now? Unspoken rules ran rampant inside YiYou—

They didn’t look at quality, didn’t care about gameplay, and did zero proper evaluation!

Promotions were by default given to the big, “experienced” companies who were willing to grease some palms!

Even if those games were stale, recycled, or downright reskinned.

So what? They still raked in the cash!

In the end, the devs made money, the platform took its cut, and the execs got their perks—triple win.

And the players?

With so much sameness in the market, it didn’t matter whose game they played. They were used to being treated like chumps.

To that, Yan Sheng had just one thing to say: draining the lake to catch the fish—slow suicide.

As a sharp and forward-thinking leader, Yan Sheng knew that if he let these toxic rules keep eating away at the platform—

YiYou would eventually be riddled with holes and wrecked by the storm.

That’s why he made up his mind to push for reform.

He was going to strictly enforce the merit-based approach, keep scouting new designers, and build deep partnerships with them.

Only by doing that could YiYou become the "Huangpu Academy" of China’s game designers—

Always on the frontlines of game innovation, holding the keys to core market competitiveness.

And when the time was right, they could even step onto the international stage.

But—

Innovation always clashed with conservatism.

And when interests were involved, there was no reconciling the two.

So Yan Sheng had been waiting for the right moment to strike—he was determined to kick out those backstabbing, reform-blocking “old-timers” from the company!

And today—

The chance had finally come.

With that thought, Yan Sheng’s expression darkened as he dialed the secretary’s office.

“Tell Sun Guoping to come see me. Right now.”

Yan Sheng didn’t mess around.

Within two days—

YiYou had issued its official “response.”

That day, Shen Miaomiao opened up the YiYou platform like usual.

But before the main screen even fully loaded, a pop-up had already jumped out—

[Letter of Apology]

Shen Miaomiao blinked and tapped to view the details.

What followed was a multi-thousand-word apology letter, stretching out in full—

To all our players, designers, and supporters of the YiYou platform:

First, please allow us to express our deepest apologies...

As she read on, Shen Miaomiao raised an eyebrow.

Gotta say, Yan Sheng really had guts.

Because in the following content, he revealed everything—every data tampering and hidden ranking manipulation.

Down to the last detail. Every backend alteration was timestamped and accompanied by screenshot evidence.

Shen Miaomiao silently gave a thumbs up.

For a company—especially a leading one—to take such a serious, transparent approach to its own faults and make the findings public, it meant they were ready to take whatever heat came with it.

That took backbone. And it was rare.

...Following an internal review, the results are as follows—

1. Xingmang Technology Co., Ltd. has been found guilty of favoritism, tampering with fair execution of the event, and suspected bribery of our staff. As such, they are disqualified from this event, all Xingmang games are permanently removed from the platform, and we reserve the right to pursue legal action.

2. Employees involved have been dismissed and blacklisted. If the sums involved are significant, we will seek intervention from relevant authorities and file criminal charges for embezzlement upon confirmation.

3. Golden Wind Game Technology Co., Ltd., which was affected, will immediately have its random ranking refresh rights restored, its first-round voting position reinstated, and we will announce the compensation plan tomorrow. Please stay tuned!

D*mn!

Even Shen Miaomiao couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath at the severity of those penalties.

Yan Sheng really didn’t pull any punches!

Let’s be real—

Technically, YiYou was a private company, and “corruption” didn’t even apply legally. They usually wouldn’t file any cases.

But this time—

Yan Sheng was dead serious about taking down those who had messed around right under his nose!

Filing for embezzlement just like that!

Even if he couldn’t put them behind bars, he’d make sure they’d never know peace again.

Brutal. And bold.

Shen Miaomiao was very satisfied.

She had never intended to make a huge fuss—just couldn’t swallow the insult. She wanted YiYou to know she wasn’t some fool.

Golden Wind could half-*ss it, sure. But you couldn’t treat her like garbage.

Now that YiYou had punished the people responsible, publicly announced the results, and issued a sincere apology—

Her goal had been achieved.

As for the “compensation” they mentioned at the end? Shen Miaomiao didn’t really care. She didn’t need it.

Far as she was concerned, the matter was closed.

However—

She’d forgotten one little saying: The tree may wish for stillness, but the wind won’t stop.

Just then, the office door was knocked on.

Chu Qingzhou walked in cheerfully with a stack of documents, sat across from her, and handed them over.

“President Shen, this is the custom compensation plan from YiYou. Please take a look. President Yan said if there’s anything we missed, feel free to add!”

Shen Miaomiao paused in surprise.

Then gave a faint smile. “Compensation? I wasn’t after any of that. I just wanted to make a point.”

With that, she picked up the documents.

And then—her smile froze.

On that white paper, printed in black ink, was YiYou’s “compensation”:

1. To make up for the ranking refresh loss, ‘Vampire Survivors’ will be pinned to the top of the refresh rankings starting midnight tomorrow, for five days, until the event ends.

2. To make up for the first-round vote loss, ‘Vampire Survivors’ will have its top vote ranking restored, along with a full-screen announcement, starting midnight tomorrow, for five days.

3. To make up for overall promo losses, ‘Vampire Survivors’ will be featured on the homepage banner starting midnight tomorrow, for five days.

4. Additional terms to be filled by your company.

Silence.

A long, heavy silence.

It was either explode in silence—or perish from it.

Watching Shen Miaomiao’s face rapidly drain of color, looking like she was ready to drop dead—

Chu Qingzhou couldn’t help but speak up.

“President Shen… are you… feeling okay?”

“Why do you look so awful all of a sudden?”