The Supreme Archbishop of Fontaine

The release of the Liyue region brought a huge surprise to all players.

It could even be described as a shock.

In China, Genshin Impact's popularity reached its peak, while overseas, players' enthusiasm was even higher than in its home country.

This brought Genshin Impact massive popularity, massive buzz, and a massive influx of new players.

Of course, it also brought in massive revenue.

"Without even a beta test, within just the first month of launch, we've already achieved substantial profits," said Fu Xuan, the general manager of miHoYo, with a serious expression during the meeting.

"And this month, with the release of the Liyue region, global player registrations are skyrocketing. It's safe to say that over the next two years, until Kiana runs out of ideas, Genshin Impact will continue to bring in significant cash flow for our company."

"Who's running out of ideas?!"

Kiana loudly retorted, only to see everyone else nodding in agreement with Fu Xuan's words. This made her even more frustrated.

"Do you all really not believe in me?!"

"Then show us something worth believing in!" Fu Xuan couldn't help but roll her eyes. "When I asked you to outline the main storyline after Sumeru, you had no answers. You're great at setting up plot hooks, like how Sumeru is a godless nation like Mondstadt... But can you at least explain why Sumeru has no god? Can you tell me how you plan to develop the Sumeru storyline? I had Mei and the others help with the planning, but you rejected every idea, saying it wasn't what you wanted—so what do you want?!!"

If it weren't for the fact that miHoYo had achieved such rapid success, going from company founding to game launch in less than a year with massive profits largely thanks to Kiana, and if Fu Xuan's divination hadn't unexpectedly shown that the game still had a bright future, Fu Xuan might have kicked Kiana out of the planning team.

In all her years, she had never seen a game producer like this—someone who dug plot holes without any idea how to fill them. Who in the world had ever seen such a game producer?

Reading the well-reasoned theories about Genshin Impact's storyline online made Fu Xuan blush. She was too embarrassed to say, "Sorry, our idiot producer hasn't even figured out the next part of the story or the character designs yet." How could she trust Kiana after that?

Could she even trust her at all?!

Most people who watched the Teyvat Chapter Storyline Preview probably thought miHoYo already had a complete story plan, maybe even the ending figured out, just waiting to be developed—who would have thought that even the game producer herself couldn't make sense of the cryptic lines in the PV?!

"Putting aside everything else, can you at least finalize the character design for The Supreme Bishop of Fontaine? Can you clarify what kind of character he is?"

Fu Xuan looked at Kiana with utmost seriousness.

To be honest, everything else could be dealt with later.

The ship will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge. Future problems can be handled in the future. Maybe things will just work themselves out by then.

—But The Supreme Bishop of Fontaine was something Fu Xuan wanted to figure out right now.

And it wasn't just Fu Xuan.

When Fu Xuan asked the question, Elysia, Bronya, and Jingliu also turned to Kiana, hoping for an answer.

Well, there was a reason for that.

And their reasons were somewhat similar.

They were all a little too embarrassed to share with others.

Namely—they had all dreamed about The Supreme Bishop, this game character.

What exactly they dreamed about isn't important, but suffice to say, it was a dream so vivid and memorable that it couldn't be forgotten upon waking like most dreams.

Why would they dream about a game character?

—No one thought too deeply about that.

After all, it seemed pretty normal.

Sure, it was a bit surprising to realize they could have such dreams, and also a bit surprising to find out they were attracted to that type of 2D guy, but that was about it.

There was no resistance to it, since it was just a dream, but... wanting to flesh out The Supreme Bishop's character, to enrich the image of the man in their dreams, that was a pretty normal desire, right?

—But Kiana, this idiot, knew nothing about the character she herself had created.

She didn't even know if The Supreme Bishop was a hero or a villain, and she hadn't even decided on his name yet!!

"Let it flow naturally. Don't push me. I have my own plans, and you'll find out in due time."

"What's his name?"

"Ugh..."

See? This is what she's like.

So, Fu Xuan turned her head away from Kiana and continued with the previous topic.

"Anyway, before Genshin Impact crashes and burns, it should still bring us terrifyingly high net profits. The global gaming market is currently worth over 600 billion, with more than 50 billion flowing through it every month. Last month, Genshin Impact captured one-fifth of that market, and its share is still growing. At the same time, Genshin Impact is rapidly expanding the market itself. So, over the next two years, our company conservatively estimates monthly revenue of at least 10 billion in liquid assets, which is more than enough to launch our next project."

"A subsidiary?"

Jingliu stroked her chin, then glanced at the empty seat at the head of the conference table.

"Where's Qingque? Why isn't the CEO here for such an important meeting?"

Fu Xuan replied with a straight face, "I caught her at a mahjong parlor yesterday. She's currently under house arrest for reflection and hasn't been released yet. Don't worry about her. Let's just continue our meeting."

"Eh? Really?"

Elysia said in surprise:

"But I just saw Qingque entering a mahjong parlor on my way here!"

Fu Xuan's face darkened instantly, and he immediately turned around and left the meeting room: "You guys keep driving for now, I'll go and bring our CEO here."