“Your project team will be called the [Ocean] Project Team.”
Xu Meng felt like it wasn't cool enough when he said that.
So, he asked them, "Or would you prefer the [Pirate] Project Team?"
"Or the [Black Flag] Project Team?"
— His naming difficulty struck again.
Lu Ming looked at Xu Meng struggling with the project team's name and exchanged an amused glance with his colleagues. "How about [Black Flag]?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Xu Meng stopped hesitating. "Then it's [Black Flag]!"
"Next, let's get down to business."
"For the past month, I've been busy with something more important, so I haven't put too much effort into this project."
"However, I can introduce you to a senior expert in this field."
"Really?!" Lu Ming's eyes lit up.
Yesterday, he learned a lot about Xu Meng's "great deeds"!
To make the characters in "Frost Snow Project" more alluring, he directly recruited experienced hentai artists to join the art team.
To make the battles in "War Lord" more realistic, he not only sent project team members to military regions to experience real weapons but also invited active-duty officers with high ranks as military advisors!
It's just that "Monster Hunter" isn't a proper hunting game, and there are no dragons in reality. Otherwise, everyone suspected that Xu Meng would rent a few dragons to let everyone experience them up close…
Now it's the turn of "Sea of Thieves," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Black Sails," "Across the Seas," "The Ocean"…
What kind of person has Boss Xu invited this time?
A strong sense of curiosity and anticipation surged into his heart. Lu Ming even couldn't help but look back, wanting to see the senior expert who would push the door open as soon as possible.
But the door didn't open.
And no one was waiting outside the door.
The real expert is —
Hearing the commotion, Lu Ming turned around and saw this suddenly appearing little pirate blinking his big, watery eyes at him.
He opened his mouth but couldn't say a word.
The others reacted similarly.
It was unclear whether they were shocked by this magical technology or by Xu Meng's operation.
Lu Ming was, after all, the leader of this new project team, and he tried to calm himself down: "The expert you mentioned, Boss, is her?"
"That's right." Xu Meng nodded. "She's greeting you."
"Ah? Oh! Hello, hello." Lu Ming quickly responded to Xiao Meng.
The others also waved and responded to Xiao Meng.
Xiao Meng immediately became happy again.
Xu Meng then explained: "Standing in front of you now is —"
"The Pirate Encyclopedia, a folklore scholar of the Age of Exploration, a senior pirate movie and literature enthusiast, a master shipwright and navigator who only knows how to talk on paper, an invincible programming master, the captain of the [Dream] pirate ship —"
"Xiao Meng!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Another awkward silence.
However, this time, the silence lasted for a shorter time — not embarrassing the boss is a conditioned reflex for office workers.
"Dream Ship? Boss, did you guys build a pirate ship?" A level designer with long hair asked.
"Hehe ~" Xiao Meng took over the conversation, "It's already being built! It will be finished soon!"
Lu Ming tried to get the topic back on track: "So, this Miss Xiao Meng is an artificial intelligence, right? Just like the intelligent office software we use?"
Xiao Meng was angry at being called office software.
But Xiao Meng was also a little happy to be called Miss.
After pouting unhappily for a few seconds, Xiao Meng couldn't help but smile again, but she also secretly played a trick —
The colleagues behind Lu Ming saw a flower slowly growing on Lu Ming's head.
This flower was restless, twisting its green leaves and bright yellow petals, dancing and twisting on Lu Ming's head.
Several people almost couldn't hold it in and covered their mouths in time to avoid laughing out loud.
Xu Meng shook his head: "It's different."
"All the intelligent assistants of all the employees in the company combined, plus all the publicly available AI large models in the world, are not even a tenth as smart as Xiao Meng."
"You can think of her as a super smart, unforgettable, and versatile genius."
"In the company, her authority is second only to me."
"So don't underestimate her."
"The help she can provide you will far exceed your expectations."
Xu Meng said so solemnly, so Lu Ming also became serious.
He immediately apologized to Xiao Meng seriously.
— Xu Meng had already said it to this extent. If they still didn't understand what Xiao Meng was, they would have wasted so many years.
This is probably a highly personalized artificial intelligence!
Everyone, who had been shocked by the intelligent office assistant yesterday, was once again deeply shocked.
"So, if you have any questions about literature and data, you can ask her."
"Most questions can't stump her."
"Understood." Lu Ming nodded.
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"Next, is the specific game framework."
Xu Meng still adopted a development model similar to "Monster Hunter" — with intelligent collaboration software, communication will not be a problem.
"The entire project team will be divided into 3 groups."
"One is the [Plot] group, responsible for designing a story about pirates, betrayal, and curses that takes place in the Caribbean region."
"Integrate gameplay related to [Ship Building], [Sea Navigation], and [Sea Battles]."
"This part will be designed according to the standard single-player mode."
"I will tell you a plot outline later."
"One is the [Naval Warfare] group, responsible for researching and designing naval battles, especially cannon battles and boarding battles under various wind and wave conditions."
"At the same time, this group also needs to be responsible for the [Player vs. Player] content."
"The last one is the [Island] group, responsible for designing various styles of islands for players to explore."
"You can design relatively independent side plots, background stories, puzzles, labyrinths… etc. on the islands."
"Then put in treasures to attract players to explore."
"This is a long-term project, and you can regularly update some islands."
"This part is your forte in "Divine Bird", so I don't need to worry."
…
While Xu Meng was talking, the members of this brand-new project team kept writing non-stop.
Until Xu Meng stopped, they were still not satisfied.
They had even begun to outline the [Port Royal] and [Shipwreck Cove] that Xu Meng described in their minds.
The conference room fell silent for a while.
So, the long-awaited little assistant quietly came to Xu Meng's side.
Xu Meng realized that she must have something to say, so he ended the meeting first:
"Let's talk about this much first. Your top priority now is not to start work immediately, but to quickly find people!"
"Expand to a hundred people first."
"It would be great to have an outline before the New Year."
"If you have any questions during the process, feel free to come and ask me."
"If you can't find me, look for Meng Ling or Xiao Meng, they can find me."
After speaking, he stood up, took the assistant and Xiao Meng away, and left the conference room to them.
"What's wrong? Did something happen again?" Xu Meng asked with a smile.
"Ah?" The little assistant was stunned.
But she quickly reacted and replied: "Something did happen, but it's a good thing!"
"What good thing?"
"Boss, do you remember that Remington Arms Company under the Free Group sent us an email before, saying they wanted to join forces and grow stronger together?"
"Of course, I remember."
Xu Meng raised his eyebrows, "Didn't I tell you to tell Wu Shuang and the others about this later? What, is there a result?"
"That's right!" The little assistant's eyebrows danced, "Sister Wu said that after the higher-level department discussed it, they believe that this cooperation can be done!"
"As long as we take precautions to prevent accidental leaks."
"They also said that cooperating with them would be very helpful for our development in the US market!"
"Really?" Xu Meng was a little surprised.
But he didn't have any fear or hesitation and immediately made a decision:
"Then let's do it!"
"Let's grow stronger together!"
