《I Ask You To Manage The Gaming Company, But You Make Me The Richest Person?》 Chapter 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation On planet Bluestar, Xijing Province. In Dream Game Company¡¯s President¡¯s office. On the president¡¯s seat sat a woman with a gorgeous face, a wonderful figure, and a slightly bulging stomach. She looked around and said, ¡°All of you are department heads of the company. I¡¯ve asked all of you to come here today because I have something to announce.¡± ¡°In the coming days, the company will be handed over to Xu Zhi. He will be managing the company, and I will no longer be involved in any of the company¡¯s matters.¡± ¡°All of you will accept Xu Zhi¡¯s leadership. Do you have any objections?¡± Looking at the man behind the president, who was spinning the keys of luxurious Samurai sports car in his finger, the department heads looked at each other. They were silent, but they were mocking him in their hearts. ¡®This guy just lives off his wife. Who does he think he is? Does he think he can manage us?¡¯ ¡®Just what is so good about this guy? Our lady President, who graduated from Peking University, actually feels assured to hand over the company to him? Not only did she buy him a house and a car, she¡¯s going to hand over the entire company to him. If he takes over the company, I think it wouldn¡¯t take more than three months for the company to collapse.¡¯ ¡®Isn¡¯t he just a little taller, more handsome, and sturdier than me? How can he just take over a large company with 200 people, just like that?¡¯ ¡®President, wake up. You can¡¯t just let go for three years just because you¡¯re pregnant. This company is in trouble now. You have to show the courage you showed when you founded the company in the first place.¡¯ President Qin said, ¡°Since no one is talking, it means that everyone is now aware. Alright, from today onwards, Xu Zhi will immediately take up the position of the company¡¯s President. You guys can leave now.¡± After the department heads left one by one, the originally cold and arrogant Qin Zishu immediately turned into a little woman. If the department heads saw this, they would probably be scared out of their wits. ¡°Hubby!¡± Qin Zishu hugged Xu Zhi gently. ¡°After I go home, I¡¯ll leave the company to you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, honey. You can rest assured and go back to Shanghai to take care of your baby.¡± ¡°Hubby, you¡¯ve worked hard.¡± Qin Zishu rubbed her beautiful face into Xu Zhi¡¯s chest and hugged him tightly. ¡­ In the airport. Xu Zhi watched from afar as the plane carrying Qin Zishu flew into the clouds above the airport. Only then did he return to the parking lot with ease. He pressed the key to the Samurai sports car. With a ¡®biu¡¯ sound, the lights in the Samurai car lit up, and the car door automatically opened. Driving the Samurai car, Xu Zhi gently turned the steering wheel and drove towards the company. He was originally not from this world, or rather, he had transmigrated here a year ago. Before transmigrating, in his world, he was the head of the gaming department of the Tengda Company. He was very wealthy, and his daily life was very comfortable. After transmigrating and learning that this Bluestar world was ten years behind his original world in every aspect, he had made up his mind to make a career out of himself. However, perhaps due to the aftereffects of transmigrating, he met a beautiful woman by chance when he first transmigrated. She was Qin Zishu, and she treated him as if they were destined to be together. She stuck to him 24 hours a day and even bought him a house and a car. It was hard for him to decline, so he became the son-in-law of the Qin family. After all, who did not dream of being the son-in-law in a rich family? Although Dr. Qin Zishu was already 30 years old after graduation, Xu Zhi was already over 30 years old when he transmigrated to this world. The two of them were basically a perfect match. Qin Zishu was smart and beautiful. Back then, she was known as the flower of Jing University. In his previous life, he was also known as the most dashing man in Tengda Company. After coming to this blue planet, he even became much younger. After the two of them got married, they lived a very comfortable life. Not long after they got married, he played the role of Qin Zishu¡¯s close assistant. Cooking and driving on a daily basis was a fulfilling life. Compared to staying up late and working overtime in his previous life, he preferred the current situation, where he could just coast along in life. A month ago, Qin Zishu found out that she was pregnant, and the two of them were extremely happy. However, after her mother-in-law found out, she kept urging her to go home to take care of the baby. Yesterday, she even said that if she did not go home, she would come to Xijing in person. In desperation, Qin Zishu could only hand the company over to Xu Zhi. Originally, Xu Zhi had already gotten used to this simple and unadorned life. However, faced with his wife¡¯s need to go home and for him to take charge of the company, how could he say no? Today was the day he took over the company! ¡­ The Samurai sports car rushed into the company, and the news of the change of the president had long spread throughout the company. Although it was during work hours, no one had the heart to work. As for Xu Zhi, other than seeing him in the company, no one knew anything about him. They only knew that he had suddenly become the president of the company after his sudden marriage with the beautiful President Qin. The atmosphere in the company was a little depressing with the news of this sudden change of President. Dream Game Company was housed in a a three-story, independent building. Although the building was not big, it was more than enough to accommodate the company¡¯s 200 employees. After returning to the company, Xu Zhi parked his car downstairs and pushed open the company¡¯s door. ¡°Hello, President Xu!¡± ¡°Hello, President Xu!¡± ¡°President Xu¡­¡± Everyone tactfully greeted Xu Zhi. The Dream Game Company was founded by Qin Zishu four years ago, and she had absolute authority. No one dared to disobey her words. Faced with the newly appointed Xu Zhi, no matter how displeased they were, no one dared to express it. Xu Zhi smiled and nodded in response, then headed straight for the President¡¯s office on the third floor. After taking over the company, Xu Zhi was full of energy. His previous life¡¯s work experience gave him the confidence to manage the company well in the coming days. In the president¡¯s office, Qin Zishu left him a pile of materials so that Xu Zhi would not have to take over the company in the dark. At this moment, Xu Zhi planned to look through the materials and get a general understanding of the company¡¯s current situation. Then, we would prepare to hold his first meeting. He had been at home previously, so he did not pay much attention to Qin Zishu¡¯s company. Now that he took a look at it, Xu Zhi was a little surprised. Qin Zishu graduated with a doctorate from Bluestar¡¯s Jing University. She founded Dream Game Company when she was still in university as a doctorate student. After only two months of founding, they launched ¡®Saber 777¡¯, a web page game. It was very popular for a while, and its revenue exceeded 100 yuan million that year. After that, they released the next game, ¡®Ghost¡¯s Dream¡¯. In the second year, the highest revenue of these two games exceeded 80 million yuan per month. Then, in the third year of the company, which was last year, the company released their next game, ¡®Real Battlefield 1¡¯, which brought in 100 million yuan in a single month. However, when Xu Zhi flipped open the financial statements, he frowned slightly. Last year, which was the third year of the company, the total revenue of the three games exceeded 1.1 billion yuan. It was considered average comparing to industry standards, and they were outstanding as newcomers to the industry. However, this year, the total revenue from the first two quarters added up was less than 300 million yuan. The difference was immense. It was less than half! ¡°No wonder Zishu has been working overtime recently and the company¡¯s revenue has been declining. Zishu must be losing sleep over this matter.¡± Xu Zhi was very touched when he thought about how Qin Zishu always smiled at him when she returned home every day. ¡°Zishu, if you hand over the company to me, I¡¯ll definitely perform a miracle for you!¡± As the leader of the gaming department in his previous life, Xu Zhi had this confidence! Moreover, compared to before he transmigrated, Bluestar was ten years behind in all aspects. With his thinking and knowledge that was ten years ahead of Bluestar, Xu Zhi did not believe that he could fail.. Chapter 2 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After reading through the material and understanding the big picture, Xu Zhi buried himself in his research. After two hours, Xu Zhi looked up from his research. He roughly understood why Dream Game Company¡¯s revenue had fallen so drastically. In order to verify his idea, he turned on Qin Zishu¡¯s computer and played all three games once, confirming his judgment even more. Saber 777 was the company¡¯s first game. It was similar to the Saber 9999 created by Zachary Games in his original world before he transmigrated to Bluestar. When it was first released, it attracted a lot of attention. However, this game did not have any barriers to entry. After Dream Game Company made money from this game, other game companies immediately started to copy it. Although Dream Game Company kept updating the game, this year, Saber 777¡¯s monthly revenue was less than one million yuan. Xu Zhi had just played for a while, and other than the screen full of flashing treasures, there was nothing outstanding about it. After placing down the report on Saber 777, Xu Zhi did not pay much attention to this game. The novelty of the players had long been washed away by a large number of similar games. Even if he released another game called Saber 888, it would be difficult to replicate the initial explosive success. Meanwhile, the company launched Ghost¡¯s Dream the next year. Even Xu Zhi, who had seen too many games, had a surprised expression on his face. He did not expect his wife to be able to make this game back then. In Xu Zhi¡¯s view, this game was a little similar to the one in his previous life, Backfire Chill. However, due to the current quality of the graphics, this game did not reach the level of the games in his previous life. However, this game had earned a lot of attention back then, in the second year after it was launched, it became even more popular. It also allowed Dream Game Company to reach 1.1 billion yuan in revenue in just three years. However, this kind of game was a novelty to play. After two years, this year¡¯s revenue dropped significantly. Even Dream Game Company¡¯s results were extremely dismal. However, they could still contribute 30 million yuan in revenue every month. Xu Zhi had just tried it out, and he did not have too much critique. It could only be said that the decline in revenue was because the game¡¯s lifespan curve had exceeded its peak. As for Dream Game Company¡¯s latest release, Real Battlefield, in Xu Zhi¡¯s view, it was a huge problem. In short, Dream Game Company was using the web pages to run a shooting game. As he expected, it was easy for things to go wrong. Xu Zhi had just tried it out. It was clearly a shooting game. After entering the game, he carefully counted it and found that there were dozens of character values. This was not the end. The differences between the various firearms were extremely fine, it would probably take him at least a week to familiarize himself with the game. This was not a big deal. It could attract a large number of die-hard fans, but this game was too focused on the quality of the graphics. The players¡¯ computers generally could not keep up with it. In fact, most internet cafes could not play it. In order to attract players, the company tried to compress the game,. In the end, there was only one game mode, which greatly reduced the interest from the target audience. Although the game attracted a wave of attention in the first month of release, the revenue for the following months was decreasing. Today, there was only five million in monthly revenue, which was already beyond redemption. These three games were all the treasures of Dream Game Company. They might have been glorious in the past, but in Xu Zhi¡¯s eyes, they were like fallen leaves that had been hit by frost. If there were no more new games in Dream Game Company, the company might not be able to last until next year if they only sustained themselves with savings. The company would have to lay off employees. However, Qin Zishu had already set up a new game plan. It was called ¡®Real Battlefield 2¡¯. Xu Zhi picked up the new game¡¯s information report and looked at it. His head immediately started to hurt. ¡°Still pursuing realism? Still adding data? Still adding guns? Adding new accessories??¡± Looking at the information of the Real Battlefield 2, Xu Zhi did not see any appeal to it. The game only tried to emphasize on creating a realistic experience, just like the game¡¯s name. They even planned to deliberately increase the difficulty for the sake of realism. This was simply taking a wrong path. One had to know that the players in front of the game were all living people. Dealing with the real world was already tiring enough. They wanted to play games to relax. Yet, you made the game even more difficult to play than the real world. Players were just looking to shoot some enemies, but in the end, you tell the players that they had to match seven or eight types of accessories with their guns first. If they matched incorrectly, the attributes of the guns would also be reduced. Was this not deliberately making things difficult for players? A good game should make the players feel relaxed. They should simply carry their guns and attack, not make things difficult for the players. In Xu Zhi¡¯s view, who was ten years ahead of this world, it was impossible for this Real Battlefield 2 to succeed. Putting everything else aside, if it was so difficult to even shoot, were you trying to tire the players to death? Not to mention how long it would take for the players to learn. Even if it was developed by a good company, how many players would accept a game like this in the current market? Perhaps in the internal view of Dream Game Company, this game needed to constantly pursue realism and constantly increase the various data in order to be successful, but Xu Zhi did not think so. The game was more about providing the greatest entertainment value for the players. If the players were to play your game and laugh, be happy, and be excited, then your game would be successful. The quality of the graphics should never have taken the first priority in the game! In his previous life, there was a simple game about shooting paper aeroplanes. However, it was extremely popular. There were even many simple word games that became popular overnight. Moreover, the quality of the graphics of Real Battlefield 2 was not very good in Xu Zhi¡¯s eyes. After putting down the information about Real Battlefield 2, Xu Zhi rubbed his eyebrows. He was thinking about how he could use his ideas from his previous life to use it in this world. As for Real Battlefield 2, Xu Zhi had already completely rejected it. Suddenly, a thought flashed through Xu Zhi¡¯s mind, and glanced at a file cabinet in Qin Zishu¡¯s office. He opened the file cabinet and inside were game proposals from previous years. These were the proposals that were rejected by the company. In other companies, these kinds of abandoned proposals would have been thrown into the trash, but Qin Zishu still kept them in her office. In a corner of the filing cabinet, there was a row of beautiful words: ¡®Every idea deserves respect!¡¯ ¡°Good wife, you¡¯re so kind.¡± Xu Zhi gave a thumbs up to Qin Zishu, who was about to arrive in Shanghai. From the filing cabinet, he pulled out all kinds of rejected proposals. They formed a pile that was almost as tall as a person. Xu Zhi simply sat on the ground and flipped through them one by one. Compared to writing them himself, Xu Zhi still wanted to explore the potential of Dream Game Company first. He read them very quickly. He wanted to find a game that could capture his attention. He wanted a game that could tickle his heart. However, to Xu Zhi¡¯s disappointment, many of these proposals were not worth reading. Just as Xu Zhi was thinking about whether or not he should write one himself, he suddenly saw a title. ¡®Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯. This made Xu Zhi suddenly think of a popular shooting game in his previous life. It was the signature game of the Tengda Company, and it supported Tengda Company through difficult times. Would this plan have the qualities he wanted? Xu Zhi was looking forward to it. He flipped it open and looked at it carefully. A smile gradually appeared on his face. He said to himself, ¡°It¡¯s time to hold a meeting..¡± Chapter 3 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Dream Game Company, in a large conference room. Xu Zhi stood on the stage. Below the stage sat more than 20 middle-level and upper-level managers and leaders. Wang Kewen, the director of research and development was staring at the table. Ding Xiaomei, the director of operations was talking to He Wei, the director of planning. Around the table also stood Huang Meng, the director of finance, and Zheng Quan, the marketing director. Looking at the newly appointed president, they had stiff expressions on their faces, as if they were waiting to see a joke. After all, what they were most afraid of was having a random leader coming out of nowhere. Xu Zhi could tell what everyone was thinking with just one glance. He did not introduce himself. Instead, he said, ¡°I know. Everyone is waiting to see me make a fool of myself. You are all waiting for me to mess things up and for me to withdraw from my position as the president of this company with my tail between my legs.¡± At these words, the leaders did not dare to meet Xu Zhi¡¯s gaze. ¡°I will say this¡­ Since Zishu has entrusted me with the management of the company, I must be able to shoulder this responsibility. I hereby declare that I will not back down! I want to make the Dream Game Company a force to be reckoned with.¡± After saying this, a few chuckles came from below the stage. However, Xu Zhi did not care. He did not expect others to accept him just because of what he said. He would prove himself with his results. The best part was yet to come. Xu Zhi was the leader of the gaming company, Tengda, in his previous life. He had his style of conducting meetings. He would not speak in riddles with his subordinates and would not deliberately hide anything. He liked to be straightforward. Here, in Dream Game Company, it was no exception. ¡°As for this meeting today, I am not here to get acquainted with everyone! I am not here to discuss anything with everyone. I am here to announce something to everyone.¡± After hearing Xu Zhi¡¯s words, everyone below the stage looked at each other in dismay. They did not know what Xu Zhi was planning. ¡°I¡¯m announcing that the company will stop research and development for Real Battlefield 2 immediately!¡± ¡°What?¡± Wang Kewen, who was in charge of this project, suddenly stood up. Although the others were still sitting in their seats, they all had shocked expressions on their faces. ¡°President Xu, you¡¯re not joking with us, right?¡± Zheng Quan said in disbelief. Xu Zhi did not say anything at this time. Instead, he looked at Wang Kewen, whose face was full of anger. ¡°President Xu,¡± Wang Kewen said with an angry expression, ¡°it¡¯s just your first day in office, and you¡¯re making such a rash decision. Let me ask you, do you actually know the company? Do you know what this game represents to our company?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, President Xu. This is not you use your power as the company¡¯s president,¡± He Wei also stood up and said. Xu Zhi did not respond. Seeing this, Wang Kewen became more confident. He looked at Xu Zhi and said, ¡°President Xu, we absolutely can not stop developing this game. Our R&D department is already more than halfway through the development of this game. We are expected to be able to launch the open beta early next year. Moreover, I¡¯m afraid that you do not know that the company has already invested nearly 100 million yuan in this game. If we were to follow your order and stop development, it will be a great loss to the company. Our company¡¯s revenue is declining, and we urgently need this game to launch. Although President Qin made the decision to hand the company over to you, I personally suggest that you act carefully. It¡¯s best to discuss everything with President Qin.¡± Xu Zhi nodded and replied with a pleasant expression, ¡°I understand what you¡¯re saying, but I just said that I¡¯m here to announce it. I¡¯m not here to discuss it with everyone!¡± ¡°President Xu, you!¡± Wang Kewen widened his eyes and looked like he was about to pounce, but he was pulled back to his seat by the person behind him. ¡°Everyone, listen to me. I¡¯m definitely not fooling around, and I¡¯m not joking with you. In my opinion, even if we invest another 100 million into this game, we won¡¯t be able to get a good revenue out of it if we rush to launch it at the beginning of next year. On the contrary, I think that stopping the losses is the most beneficial direction for the company.¡± Xu Zhi was not an unreasonable person, he explained the rationale behind his decision. After Xu Zhi finished speaking, Wang Kewen slowly rose from his seat again. ¡°President Xu, do you have any reason for saying all this? Why can¡¯t Real Battlefield 2 become popular? Real Battlefield 1 brought in 100 million yuan every month back then. With this result as the foundation, I think Real Battlefield 2¡¯s performance will be good.¡± ¡°It brought in 100 million yuan every month back then? I ask you now, how many months did it bring in 100 million yuan?¡± Xu Zhi asked. Wang Kewen did not say anything. Xu Zhi pointed to Ding Xiaomei. ¡°You tell me.¡± ¡°Only one month,¡± Ding Xiaomei said with some embarrassment. ¡°It seems that everyone knows. If I remembered correctly, this game¡¯s second month¡¯s revenue was 60 million yuan. The third month¡¯s revenue was 30 million yuan. This year¡¯s revenue was only 3 million yuan. I¡¯m afraid that everyone knows better than me. Is this a good game? Would a good game have its revenue halved in the second month? In less than a year, would the revenue drop this much? The company is relying on this game to carry it through the difficult times?¡± ¡°President Xu, this is precisely why we want to develop Real Battlefield 2. This time, the graphics quality has improved a lot compared to the Real Battlefield 1. In addition, we have added more gun accessories and more diverse character data. We will definitely be able to succeed this time. Moreover, if we really stop the development of Real Battlefield 2, we don¡¯t have any other new plans or proposals,¡± Wang Kewen said. ¡°So, you think that Real Battlefield 1¡¯s graphics were not realistic enough, and that¡¯s why the game failed?¡± Xu Zhi asked curiously. ¡°Isn¡¯t that so?¡± After Wang Kewen said this, he turned in a circle, looking at the people around him. They did not say anything and silently agreed. Xu Zhi shook his head and took out the proposal for Jumping the Line of Fire. He placed it on the table and started to ask. ¡°Wang Kewen, let me ask you. If there was a game that only had 30% of the graphics quality of Real Battlefield 1, and other than the character¡¯s HP, there were no other attributes. Guns could not be added with accessories, and it was even extremely unbalanced. However, this game only needed 10 million to be developed, and it would not take more than a month to be developed. Similarly, it could earn over 100 million a month. Do you think it¡¯s possible to have this game?¡± ¡°Absolutely not!¡± As soon as Xu Zhi finished speaking, Wang Kewen replied firmly. ¡°Take a look.¡± Xu Zhi handed the proposal to Wang Kewen. ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you say that we don¡¯t have any proposals for new games? This is my new game proposal.¡± After hearing this, Wang Kewen flipped open the proposal and started reading it. He Wei also went over to have a look. Not long after, the corner of He Wei¡¯s mouth curled up slightly. After reading a few more pages, He Wei looked at Xu Zhi and said as if he could wait to expose him. ¡°President Xu, I think you found this proposal from President Qin¡¯s file cabinet. To be honest, I¡¯ve already read this proposal a year ago. This proposal doesn¡¯t work at all. Moreover, it is similar to another from ten years ago. It only slightly improves the quality of the graphics and adds an internet connectivity function. The quality of the graphics is completely different from Real Battlefield 1¡­ You must have spent a lot of time to find this proposal.¡± ¡°Oh, you¡¯ve seen it before. That¡¯s even better. However, don¡¯t jump to conclusions. I added something new on the last page of the proposal. You should take a look,¡± Xu Zhi said. When Xu Zhi flipped through the proposal earlier, he also added some ideas from his past life. Although there were certain risks, it could guarantee faster money from a game like this.. Chapter 4 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation They flipped to the last page of the proposal for the game, ¡®Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯. They did not read it for long. Not only did He Wei start laughing, but Wang Kewen also found it so funny that he could not stop smirking. ¡°I say, President Xu, this¡­¡± As if he had encountered something extremely funny, Wang Kewen laughed until he could not breathe. He could not even speak properly. After waiting for a while, he still could not stop laughing. He Wei, who was at the side, suppressed his laughter and said, ¡°President Xu, forgive me for being blunt. I myself graduated from Qingshan University with a master¡¯s degree in mathematics. I¡¯m not surprised by the average person¡¯s level of mathematics. But what you wrote is a little too much. I really can¡¯t help it. I think what you wrote is a joke to us? Or perhaps President Xu¡¯s IQ is too much higher than ours, and we¡¯re unable to understand President Xu¡¯s thoughts.¡± ¡°What is there that you don¡¯t understand? Just say it. I can explain it to you,¡± Xu Zhi said as he sipped his water. ¡°President Xu, do you really need me to say it?¡± He Wei asked seriously. It was as if he was eager to embarrass Xu Zhi. ¡°Say it!¡± Xu Zhi said with a calm expression. The leaders at the side were straining to listen to their conversation. They were so curious that their heads were sweating. ¡°Well, President Xu, since you asked me to say it, I will say it. Cough.¡± He Wei cleared his throat and said, ¡°President Xu, you added this in the proposal. Players can carry seven backpacks and switch freely between them in the game. I will tolerate this. Let¡¯s just treat the game characters as Hercules and top-notch Special Forces soldiers, and they can totally carry so many backpacks. However, regarding the last sentence, the mall will be selling hero weapons¡­ Different hero weapons can provide additional bullets to different guns. President Xu, I really can¡¯t tolerate this one.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s take President Xu¡¯s example, and let¡¯s talk about the cop pistol. As far as I know, a cop pistol only has 4 bullet chambers, and one bullet hole can only fit one chamber. However, under the addition of President Xu¡¯s whimsical plan, eighteen bullets can be forced in one pistol. President Xu, if you¡¯re not good at math, I can tutor you for free. Or, can you teach me how to fit eighteen bullets into these four bullet chambers?¡± After He Wei finished speaking, everyone else in the room could not help but laugh. After laughing, they started discussing in hushed voices. ¡°Hahahaha!¡± ¡°No way. President Xu really thinks that game planning is a joke.¡± ¡°If the players find out about this, wouldn¡¯t they laugh to death?¡± ¡°Every single one of our Dream Game Company employee is a graduate. I¡¯m afraid this President Xu hasn¡¯t graduated from primary school yet.¡± Listening to the group of people below, Xu Zhi put down his cup. His expression was as calm as water, and his heart was calm as if he had not heard any of these words. After sweeping a glance at everyone, Xu Zhi asked slowly, ¡°Is everyone finished?¡± There was no emotion in Xu Zhi¡¯s words. The crowd below instantly fell silent. ¡°Looks like we¡¯re done. Then I¡¯ll say a few words.¡± It was August, and the sun was blazing outside. However, the temperature in the Dream Game Company¡¯s conference room seemed to have dropped to freezing point. It was unknown whether it was because the air conditioner was turned on too low, or some other reason. ¡°Dream Game Company. This is the name of our company. As a game company, I don¡¯t know why everyone here has their minds restricted by realism. In my opinion, a game is never real, and it can¡¯t be real. It can¡¯t even be compared to the moon in the water or the flower in the mirror. Why can¡¯t there be a weapon with a lot of bullets, and why can¡¯t there be a cop pistol with eighteen bullets? Everyone here, you should know that we are a game company. Shouldn¡¯t we be bold? Let loose your imagination, and you will find that nothing is impossible in a game. Of course, the game is not detached from reality. It is an art that originates from reality but transcends reality. In a word, the reality in the game should be the background, not the focus of gameplay. If it is impossible in reality, why is it impossible in the game?¡± ¡°President Xu¡­¡± After listening to Xu Zhi¡¯s words, He Wei, who was standing, did not sit down. He gradually closed his eyes, as if he was touched. ¡°Reality should be the background, not the focus of gameplay¡­¡± This sentence kept spinning in his mind. He thought of Real Battlefield 1 that he had planned by himself. The scenes in it wandered in his mind, and he slowly opened his eyes. ¡°I seem to understand the reason for the failure of the Real Battlefield 1.¡± He Wei did not say anything else. He looked deeply at Xu Zhi and sat down. ¡°Does anyone have any objections?¡± Xu Zhi asked while holding the proposal for Jumping the Line of Fire. Seeing He Wei sit down, none of the directors said a word. The rest of them lowered their heads and looked at the table. ¡°Alright, I hereby announce that the company shall stop research and development for Real Battlefield 2. All information on the project will be sealed immediately. From today onwards, Jumping the Line of Fire will become your top priority. Jumping the Line of Fire is not a difficult game to build. The company has built a complex game like Real battlefield, so I¡¯ll give everyone a month¡¯s time for this new game. I want to see the results by then.¡± ¡°Meeting adjourned!¡± Following Xu Zhi¡¯s order, the crowd in the meeting room shuffled out, their expressions uncertain. Xu Zhi¡¯s arrival would undoubtedly bring great changes to the company, but whether it was good or bad, no one could come to a conclusion. Holding the proposal that Xu Zhi gave him, He Wei went to the copy machine and watched as the machine out one copy proposal after another. An unyielding thought arose in He Wei¡¯s heart. ¡®I¡¯d like to see if your proposal is good or not.¡¯ ¡°Boss, what should we do?¡± He Wei¡¯s subordinate came behind him and asked quietly. The entire company had become extremely quiet. There was only one thought in everyone¡¯s mind. It seemed that there was about to be a big change in this company. He Wei handed the photocopied proposal to his subordinates. He looked around the entire department and said, ¡°Stop all work on Real Battlefield 2. Give this proposal to everyone. In one hour, I want to contact all the departments in the company and start developing this new game.¡± ¡°Boss, this¡­¡± He Wei raised his hand and did not let his subordinates continue. He Wei made a cup of coffee and sat on his desk. As a graduate student in mathematics at Qingshan University, he did not have to worry about where he would go after leaving the company. No matter where he went, he would always be a popular person. However, he had a feeling that he could not give up on gaming. He had already decided to devote his entire life to gaming. Recalling the conflict between him and Xu Zhi in the meeting room, He Wei¡¯s brain was like a supercomputer, replaying every word that Xu Zhi said at that time. He Wei closed his eyes and carefully recalled every word. After a while, his coffee was already half-warm. He opened his eyes. He had to admit that what Xu Zhi said was not wrong. He had been too stubborn in the past. Returning to the president¡¯s office, Xu Zhi let out a long breath. After being a househusband for a year, he was still not used to the sudden appointment as the company¡¯s president. Fortunately, everything was planned and did not go wrong. He even felt a little happy. He was happy that he found He Wei, a great general.. Chapter 5 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After listening to his words, He Wei was able to quickly change his train of thought. In Xu Zhi¡¯s eyes, this person was a genius. He was not the type of person who would fire anyone who opposed him. If he was that kind of person, he might have kicked He Wei out of the company just now. However, to Xu Zhi, He Wei was merely explaining his thoughts to him. Although there were some arguments, he did not care. In his previous life, as the leader of the gaming department of the Tengda company, Xu Zhi had never argued with his subordinates. Instead, he would use his own thoughts to assimilate his subordinates and turn them into his capable helpers. The more help one had, the easier it would be. It was definitely not violence and fear that would convinced a person, and Xu Zhi knew this very well. After reading the information for a while, just as Xu Zhi was about to go down to eat something, someone knocked on his office door. ¡°Please come in!¡± Xu Zhi looked towards the door. Ding Xiaomei walked in with a folder in her arms. ¡°President Xu¡­¡± Ding Xiaomei said in a somewhat reserved manner. She was not even 30 years old this year, and she had average looks. She had graduated from university and was able to obtain the position of operations director thanks to Qin Zishu¡¯s appreciation. Of course, she had not made any mistakes since she became the director of operations. In this way, she forcefully suppressed the voices of opposition. From Xu Zhi¡¯s point of view, this person might be a little too cautious, but there was no big problem. ¡°Xiaomei, take a seat!¡± After Ding Xiaomei entered the door, Xu Zhi immediately stood up and pulled out the chair opposite the office table for Ding Xiaomei to sit in. ¡°President Xu, I¡­ I won¡¯t sit. I¡¯ll leave after I ask you a question.¡± Ding Xiaomei looked at the chair that Xu Zhi had pulled out for her and waved her hand. Xu Zhi did not care much and pulled her to sit down. Xu Zhi had always been very enthusiastic about people who took the initiative to ask him for advice. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Xu Zhi asked after Ding Xiaomei sat down. ¡°President Xu¡­¡± Ding Xiaomei was no longer as reserved as she was when she first entered the door. She opened the folder in her hand and pointed at a piece of data as she said to Xu Zhi, ¡°After I received the proposal, I found a problem here. I would like to ask you if there is an extra number written here.¡± ¡°Problem?¡± Xu Zhi looked at the hero weapon that Ding Xiaomei pointed at. There was a stated price of 999, and Xu Zhi shook his head. ¡°There is no problem, and there is no extra number written here!¡± ¡°President Xu, is there no problem? The hero weapon is priced at 999. Will anyone buy it? Do we need to reduce the price?¡± Looking at Ding Xiaomei, Xu Zhi stood up and said with a firm look in his eyes, ¡°Don¡¯t worry and do it boldly. Don¡¯t worry too much.¡± ¡°Oh, okay, President Xu.¡± Putting away the folder, Ding Xiaomei bowed to Xu Zhi and was about to walk out when Xu Zhi suddenly stopped her. ¡°Ding Xiaomei, why are you in such a hurry? Have you eaten?¡± ¡°Not yet,¡± Ding Xiaomei answered. ¡°Alright, I¡¯ve just arrived and am not familiar with the company cafeteria. I¡¯d like to invite you to take me out for a meal, mainly to familiarize myself with the cafeteria. Do you have anything else to do here? If not, let¡¯s leave now.¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, Ding Xiaomei naturally had no reason to reject him. The two of them walked down the stairs together. The cafeteria of Dream Game Company was located at the northwest corner of the first floor of the company. It had an area of nearly 100 square meters, and there were some tables and chairs placed outside. It could completely accommodate the dining needs of the company¡¯s employees. As for Dream Game Company¡¯s three-story building, it was purchased by Qin Zishu in the third year of the company¡¯s establishment. It was located near Third Street in Xijing, and the company had the property rights to land. After a year of greenery development, the surroundings were already covered in trees. It was summer, and the flowers below the company¡¯s building were in full bloom. In Xu Zhi¡¯s opinion, the office environment was definitely top-notch. After they had finished eating, Xu Zhi and Ding Xiaomei sat on a table and chair outside. This table and chair happened to be in the shade of a tree, so it was not only cool but also exceptionally quiet. After Xu Zhi and Ding Xiaomei sat down, the two of them did not say much. As Xu Zhi ate, his mind could not help but think about the next step of the company¡¯s development, while Ding Xiaomei just buried her head in her meal. ¡°¡­ Sigh, have you heard? I heard that President Xu of the company used to be a gigolo.¡± Without knowing when, an ear-piercing sound came from the table and chair not far away. Xu Zhi did not need to raise his head to know that they were talking about him. When Ding Xiaomei heard it, she glanced at Xu Zhi with her eyes. Xu Zhi nodded and signaled Ding Xiaomei to continue eating. ¡°Hey, your news is already outdated. I have something even more explosive. I heard that President Xu used to have nothing in his life. He picked up trash to eat. After that, President Qin bought him a car and a house. He is a son-in-law in her family.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t say. President Xu is quite handsome.¡± ¡°If he¡¯s not handsome, would President Qin have fallen for him?¡± Hearing these words, not only was Xu Zhi not angry, but it also triggered some memories in him. He had just transmigrated to Bluestar, so he had nothing to show for it. Without any identification, all he could do was pick up bottles on the streets and sell them. It was not embarrassing for a man to lower his head in order to eat. Not only did Qin Zishu not despise him, but she also prepared an identification for him and cared for him. This made him very touched, so he could only repay her by marrying her. ¡°If you ask me, this President Xu is in too much of a hurry to take over. I¡¯ve been busy all morning, and it¡¯s all about that so-called new Jumping the Line of Fire thing. I haven¡¯t even had a sip of water.¡± ¡°Who isn¡¯t? It¡¯s not even certain if it¡¯ll work, but he¡¯s already stopped production for Real Battlefield 2. Quite a few people are calling him ¡®Overlord Xu¡¯ behind his back.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a good nickname. I don¡¯t think this Jumping the Line of Fire is that good either. When the time comes, let¡¯s see how he ends up and how he¡¯s going to explain things to President Qin.¡± ¡°Stop talking. Let¡¯s eat quickly. Be careful that the walls have ears.¡± ¡°What are you afraid of? We¡¯re not the only ones saying this, everyone is talking about it.¡± Ding Xiaomei sat opposite Xu Zhi and did not dare to look up at him. Xu Zhi did not know, but she could tell that one of the people who spoke was from the operations department. As the boss of the operations department, she was so embarrassed. Xu Zhi was still unmoved. Seeing Xu Zhi like this, Ding Xiaomei had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue eating her meal. Fortunately, those people did not continue speaking. Ding Xiaomei finally finished her meal, while Xu Zhi had finished his meal and was waiting for her. ¡°Let¡¯s go.¡± Xu Zhi picked up his plate and said to Ding Xiaomei. Ding Xiaomei followed behind Xu Zhi, and the two of them walked towards the dining hall area on the first floor. After Xu Zhi and Ding Xiaomei left, on the dining table not far away from them, a few women stared at the backs of Xu Zhi and Ding Xiaomei with their mouths agape. As they watched Xu Zhi walk into the dining hall. They looked at each other as if a great disaster was about to befall them. Actually, Xu Zhi and Ding Xiaomei did not look at them at all. When Xu Zhi returned to the president¡¯s office, he smiled at the thought that his employees had given him the nickname of ¡®Overlord Xu¡¯ in less than half a day. After he smiled, Xu Zhi did not mind. Xu Zhi never had the intention to care about these discussions behind the scenes. Whatever other people said was none of his business. The only person Xu Zhi could care about was himself. Looking at the documents on his desk, Xu Zhi was filled with renewed vigor.. Chapter 6 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Time flew by, and a week quickly passed. 80% of the employees of the Dream Game Company had committed to the development of Jumping the Line of Fire. The remaining 20% of the employees were mainly responsible for the maintenance and updates of the previous three games. As for Real Battlefield 2, no one mentioned it anymore. Although the Dream Game Company had only been established for four years, it had already formed its own corporate culture. The company was focused, professional, and driven to move upward. Xu Zhi admired this kind of work culture. In just a week, the framework of Jumping the Line of Fire had been established. At this rate, one month would be more than enough time to develop the game. In fact, compared to Real Battlefield 2, which required a year¡¯s time to develop, developing Jumping the Line of Fire was like playing at beginner¡¯s difficulty. Even many of the codes for the Real Battlefield could be used directly on Jumping the Line of Fire. In addition, the requirements in the art aspect were not high, and the guns were extremely simple, so progress was rapid. Xu Zhi was also constantly helping to solve various problems. With his advanced thinking, he could correct some small mistakes in time. Working with Xu Zhi was almost like having the wind in their sails. There were no problems in the research and development process. All they needed was a little bit of time. In fact, the development of a new game carried a certain risk. However, Xu Zhi who had traveled through time knew how to avoid this risk to a great extent. In his opinion, the success rate of this new game was close to 100%. Moreover, the trial cost was not high. Low investment, high return. Anyone would be tempted with results like this. This week, Xu Zhi not only paid attention to the development of the new game, he also put forward his own opinions on the three previous games of the company. For Saber 777, launched a nostalgic update under Xu Zhi¡¯s instructions, which allowed players to experience the classic, older version of the game. There was no need for any research and development for an update like this. Once this was launched, the server was full, and the revenue that day exceeded three million. The company¡¯s employees were dumbfounded. It was also the first time that they realized that nostalgia could be used as a marketing tool and that it could be used for games. For Ghost¡¯s Dream, Xu Zhi used the experience he gained from his past life and launched a few interesting activities in the game. For a time, it actually stopped the declining trend, and there were even signs of the gaming starting to warm up again. For Real Battlefield 1. Xu Zhi¡¯s team cut down the quality of the game¡¯s graphics. Although the number of players dropped for a short while, it increased again after a time. In just a week, the revenue for the three games started to increase. There was much less discussion and gossip about Xu Zhi after that. Xu Zhi also transferred people from the operations and marketing departments and set up a new promotion department. He himself was temporarily the head of the department. Without wasting time, he was already in contact with various promotional channels. Xu Zhi was planning to invest a large sum of money in advertising for Jumping the Line of Fire. ¡­ The gaming circle was not very large, and at the same time, it could not be said to be small. The other gaming companies also heard the news of Dream Game Company¡¯s change of leadership this week, and some of the well-informed ones even knew that Dream Game Company was going to launch a new game. Four-nine Gaming Company. In the dining room, a few department heads were eating and discussing. Just like Dream Game Company, they were also located in Xijing and were about the same size. Hence, they knew a lot of insider information about Dream Game Company. ¡°Hey, what do you guys think Dream Game Company is up to these days? I heard that their Real Battlefield 2 has been under development for half a year. Recently, they suddenly stopped and launched another game.¡± ¡°I heard about it. It¡¯s all because of that new President Xu. The original President Qin became pregnant and needed to go home. Apparently, President Xu is her husband. Then, she handed over the management of the entire company to this President Xu. I heard that he¡¯s very different from the original President Qin. I heard that President Xu doesn¡¯t have any education. He was nothing before, but he rose to the top just by getting President Qin pregnant. He doesn¡¯t know how to manage a company, and he doesn¡¯t know about games. Isn¡¯t this just fooling around?¡± ¡°Ah, times have changed. In the past, it was the mother who relied on her son, but now, it¡¯s the man who takes over. This is a new era, and the changes are too fast.¡± ¡°Hahaha¡­¡± ¡°Haha¡­¡± ¡°Hey, don¡¯t tell me that there aren¡¯t any smart people in their company? I heard that the graphics quality of this new game is very poor. It can¡¯t even be compared to their original Real Battlefield 1. I¡¯m afraid it wouldn¡¯t even be able to generate fast money. Their company¡¯s operations have already been declining this year. It looks like they¡¯re really going down this time.¡± ¡°That woman, she lacks taste and vision. Her company has only been established for four years, and it¡¯s already gone downhill. If you ask me, President Xu¡¯s rise to the top is probably the intention of President Qin.¡± ¡°Are you saying that she¡¯s going to¡­?¡± ¡°Ah, just concentrate on eating. Eat.¡± ¡­ Xu Zhi did not know what his peers were saying about him. Ever since he became the company¡¯s president, he had been fully occupied with his work every day. He did not have any spare time to think about other miscellaneous things. It was already nine o¡¯clock in the evening when he got off work that day. Downstairs in the company, Xu Zhi picked up the car keys of the Samurai. Just as he was about to press the unlock button, he suddenly put the keys back into his trouser pocket. At this time, the sun had already set, but the main streets of the city were not dark under the lights in Xijing City. Neon lights were everywhere. Xu Zhi walked out of the company gate and looked at the road leading to his home. He let out a long sigh, shrugged his shoulders, and started running. He did not want to drive today, he just wanted to run. In fact, in Xu Zhi¡¯s heart, he was also under a lot of pressure. As the saying goes, man proposes, but God disposes. As the president of the company, he had more burdens than anyone else. Running could let him release this pressure. Although it was a hot summer these few days, in the company, Xu Zhi had been wearing a clean white shirt on his upper body and black trousers on his lower body. As he ran, the sweat on his body gradually soaked his shirt. Xu Zhi simply took off his shirt and tied it around his waist. His firm, compact, slightly moist muscles were immediately revealed, and his eight-pack abs were clearly visible. It was clear that he had been exercising quite a lot recently. Although it was already nine o¡¯clock in the evening, the city was bustling with people. The nightlife was vibrant here. Xu Zhi reached a junction with traffic lights, and a crowd was waiting to cross the street. Regardless of whether they were men or women, they looked at Xu Zhi from time to time. Xu Zhi, who was in his thirties, was at the peak of his manhood. He had a handsome face, and he could pass for a movie star. After taking off his clothes, the muscles on his body were revealed. In addition, after becoming the company¡¯s president, he gave off a faintly oppressive aura. Standing in the crowd, he was like a thousand-watt light bulb that had lit up. The few women looked at Xu Zhi and unconsciously bit their lower lips. The green light lit up and Xu Zhi passed through the crowd like the wind. There seemed to be sighs behind him.. Chapter 7 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After returning to the villa and taking a simple shower, Xu Zhi threw his soaked clothes into the washing machine and picked up his laptop to start working again. The progress of Jumping the Line of Fire was very gratifying, but Xu Zhi could not relax. Recalling the memories of his previous life, there were still many things that he needed to do. Especially the Biochemical game mode. To Xu Zhi, this was an essential game mode. It was the best way to play, and it had to be added to Jumping the Line of Fire. In his previous life, the Biochemical mode was already a common mode in all the major shooting games. However, in Bluestar, this was a playstyle that no one had ever thought of before. This was not something that Xu Zhi could explain in just a few words. He needed to elaborate the ideas in detail, and he just happened to have the time today. His fingers danced in front of the keyboard. Xu Zhi was fully focused and quickly wrote down a concrete and feasible plan. After reading it over once, he nodded to himself. Xu Zhi glanced at the time and saw that it was already 11 o¡¯clock. With his back leaning against the office chair, he looked through the glass window. A sky full of stars could clearly be seen from the second floor of the villa. He could also hear the intermittent chirping of cicadas in his ears. Xu Zhi enjoyed the romantic atmosphere of a summer night very much. In the past few days, after Qin Zishu returned to her old home. She would occasionally send Xu Zhi some selfies via a popular communication app on Bluestar called ¡®TT¡¯. After leaving her identity as the president of the company, Qin Zishu seemed to have transformed from a warrior covered in armor to a cute little rabbit. Her selfies were all cute. In fact, Xu Zhi had already realized this long ago after they got married. To outsiders, Qin Zishu was highly educated and beautiful. She was usually cold and aloof, but as soon as she returned home, she became extremely clingy. Especially in the past six months, when Qin Zishu returned home, she was almost like a koala, hanging on to Xu Zhi. Sitting in front of the computer, Xu Zhi¡¯s face revealed a gentle smile as he looked at the selfie Qin Zishu had sent him through TT an hour ago. ¡­ Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed. The research and development project for Jumping the Line of Fire was officially announced as a success. The game version, the server, and all other preparations were already in place. By the next day, the closed beta would begin. As for the participants for the closed beta, there were tentatively 10,000 people. Most of them were players from Real Battlefield 1, and there was also a small number of players who had made appointments through the official website. Xu Zhi did not plan to hold the beta test for too long. As long as there were no major bugs, the beta test would be officially released three days later. The promotional team had already finished negotiating with all the major websites and advertisers. As soon as the beta test was released, all the promotions and advertisements would be launched. For advertisements and promotions, Xu Zhi spent a total of 30 million yuan, which was three times the cost of researching and developing the game. The company¡¯s director of finance, Huang Meng, approached Xu Zhi personally for this. However, after hearing Xu Zhi¡¯s explanation, she nodded in agreement. Xu Zhi liked a quote he heard from long ago: ¡®if one could not bear to part with his child, one will not be able to catch a wolf¡¯. If one wanted to make a high profit, one naturally had to invest a lot. This month, Xu Zhi was like a dragon crawling out of its lair, merging into the company. He personally attended to many things in the company. Not only did he increase the revenue of the three original games, but he was also closely involved with the development of Jumping the Line of Fire. Even Qin Zishu probably would not be able to pull this off if she was here. He Wei, the director of the company¡¯s planning department, had actually become Xu Zhi¡¯s little fan. After he finished writing the proposal for the Biochemical game mode that day, he handed it over to He Wei the next day. He Wei read it for a while before he became excited. He looked at Xu Zhi as if he was looking at a god. He hugged Xu Zhi on the spot and wanted to ask for advice. After Xu Zhi explained the game mode to him in the office, it was as if Xu Zhi took over his his entire brain. In other words, Xu Zhi¡¯s thought process was a blow to He Wei. He felt as if the fog in his head had been cleared. Originally, Xu Zhi wondered if He Wei would jump ship. However, after this, Xu Zhi thought that even if He Wei was offered double the salary, he would not leave the company. It was already eight o¡¯clock at night. Dream Game Company¡¯s employees usually got off work at six o¡¯clock, but at this time, the company was still bustling with people. Although they had made full preparations, there was still a lot of work to be done in the closed beta tomorrow. It was time to see if this game was a success or a terrible failure. If the results of the closed beta were good, there was naturally no need to say much. However, if it turned out to be bad, they had to quickly find the problem. As the company¡¯s president, Xu Zhi was a little more relaxed compared to the busy employees. Xu Zhi turned on his computer and was trying out Jumping the Line of Fire. During the game¡¯s development, Xu Zhi told the R&D department to try their best to improve the experience of the gameplay. That was to say, the feedback from the players should be positive. At this time, Xu Zhi was quite satisfied with both the jumping and shooting experience. There were already three hero weapons on display in the mall. They were all priced at 999. Xu Zhi did not want the hero weapons to be released too late. Just like in his previous life, he wanted to release these trump cards when the game launched. In Xu Zhi¡¯s opinion, there were more rich people in this society than you could imagine. As long as the game experience was good, it would make people happy, and there was no need to worry about items being priced at a premium. However, Xu Zhi gave a strict order to the planning department that hero weapons must maintain a reasonable balance. They could not be too strong or too weak. This was the foundation of the game. In addition to hero weapons, Xu Zhi also created a batch of time-limited skins for guns. Although they were not as expensive as hero weapons, they were all 99 or 88 in price. It was also an option for the players. After testing it for more than two hours, Xu Zhi felt that everything was fine. The launch of this game would definitely cause an explosion in the market. It was already 10 pm when he turned off his computer. He looked around the office and found that there were only a few people left. Xu Zhi walked down to the third floor and saw that the marketing director, Zheng Quan, was still sitting in front of his computer. He walked over curiously. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Its late, why aren¡¯t you home?¡± ¡°President Xu, I¡¯ll be back as soon as I finish this little bit of work.¡± Seeing Xu Zhi appear behind him, Zheng Quan pointed at the computer and said with some embarrassment. Xu Zhi looked over and saw that there was a document on it. The title was ¡®Research on the target audience for Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯. ¡°Director Zheng, work should also be done in moderation. I think this can be done tomorrow.¡± ¡°Director Xu,¡± Zheng Quan smiled and said to Xu Zhi Qian. ¡°I just tried Jumping the Line of Fire today. I suddenly had an epiphany and wanted to do this research in a timely manner. It would be good for the company¡¯s decision-making.¡± When Xu Zhi heard this, he nodded at Zheng Quan. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked Zheng Quan, ¡°Director Zheng, I wonder if you can tell me about your feelings today. I¡¯m very interested to know this.¡± ¡°Director Xu, of course, no problem. Please take a seat.¡± Xu Zhi grabbed a stool from the side and he sat down. Zheng Quan started to talk.. Chapter 8 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°President Xu, my feelings may not have too much depth, but I hope that they can be valuable to you. Let me talk about myself first. You might not know this, but before I joined the company, I was a serious gamer with more than ten years of gaming experience. It can be said that there are no games that I haven¡¯t played before.¡± ¡°Later, in order to survive, I applied for a job. President Qin found me, so I worked hard in the company, and I¡¯ve been doing market research.¡± ¡°Before you came, President Xu, when I worked under President Qin, I had the same opinion about games as everyone else. Or rather, everyone in Bluestar¡¯s gaming circle had the same opinions. I thought that games would one day become like a second world for humans in Bluestar. When that time came, game worlds would become more compelling than reality. We were working hard in that direction.¡± ¡°However, today, when I was testing Jumping the Line of Fire with our company¡¯s employees, I suddenly had a feeling¡­ I seemed to have misunderstood the nature of games. Especially today, when I was playing biochemical mode, it reminded me of a scene from more than ten years ago.¡± ¡°At that time, I was playing a game on TV, and the quality of the graphics was very poor, like a mosaic. However, the joy at that time was something I would never forget in my life. Especially when I was playing a game called Tank Wars with my friends. At that time, we could play all day without feeling tired.¡± ¡°In the past few years, the games on the market became more and more high-definition, but I had lost my happiness. However, did you know that today I actually found this feeling, President Xu? Especially when I was fighting off zombies with machine guns with a few colleagues, my whole body felt as if it was about to explode, and I was filled with happiness. I felt that hormones were coursing through my veins.¡± ¡°I think, we may have taken the wrong path before, compared to the limited graphics quality, games should pay more attention to the aspect of infinite playability. I think President Xu, you led the company to develop this game, it¡¯s the right path! I believe that our game will be popular after the launch.¡± ¡°Also, President Xu, when I was doing this research just now, I found that there is no similar game on the market. That is to say, we do not have any competitors. President Xu, do you know that my admiration for you right now is like a torrential river, endless, overflowing, unstoppable. To be able to work under President Xu, it¡¯s really my¡­¡± ¡°Stop, stop!¡± After hearing the last sentence, Xu Zhi was still nodding. Who would have thought that Zheng Quan would suddenly shift the topic onto him, and it caused him to be a little dumbfounded. However, after taking another look at Zheng Quan¡¯s balding head, Xu Zhi felt that he could not blame Zheng Quan. After all, compared to other directors in their thirties and employees in their twenties, Zheng Quan was already in his forties. This age was an extremely dangerous dividing line in the company. For Zheng Quan, his position as director was at stake. Or to put it another way, with his age, it was already very difficult for him to have a good future in other companies outside the Dream Game Company. A small company might want him, but he might not even be able to take care of his family. As for a larger company, they had already trained their own talents. Zheng Quan was already in his forties. No matter how one looked at it, he was not a suitable candidate. Zheng Quan was naturally a lot more anxious on daily basis. When he faced Xu Zhi, he could only say nice things. However, Xu Zhi did not want to replace him, especially after what he had said today. ¡°Alright, that¡¯s it for today. Let¡¯s go home first. Work hard in the future, I promise to treat you fairly.¡± Xu Zhi stood up and patted Zheng Quan¡¯s shoulder heavily. ¡°Then take care, President Xu. I¡¯ll tidy up here.¡± Xu Zhi nodded and left Zheng Quan¡¯s side. When Zheng Quan saw that Xu Zhi had left, he let out a long sigh of relief. He reached out to wipe the sweat off his forehead and wiped it with a tissue. After tidying up the table, he was ready to go home. Xu Zhi went downstairs to the company and drove away in his Samurai. Speaking of driving¡­ Originally, after he had run home that day, Xu Zhi had thought that he would not drive in the future. He would just run home. Not only could he train his body, he could also release stress. In addition, he could save energy and protect the environment. He could kill three birds with one stone. However, what Xu Zhi did not expect was that after running for less than a week, he discovered that someone was following him. It was a woman with a decent appearance. Xu Zhi originally thought that she was some kind of enemy or something. When Xu Zhi was ready to fight with her, that woman actually stopped him and asked for his contact information. She said that she wanted to be friends with him. He did not know whether to laugh or cry. After Xu Zhi explained that he was married, she still pestered him. Xu Zhi was so scared that he even tried to take a detour the next few days, to no avail. She even gave Xu Zhi a few love letters on the way. The words on them made Xu Zhi blush. They were words like ¡®You are the most fatal poison for women¡¯, ¡®The sky has lost its color when I see you¡¯, ¡®My heart is burning for you¡¯, ¡°I am your little sweet fudge¡¯, and so on. Xu Zhi really did not dare to read any further. Later, he had no choice but to resume driving home. Just like that, when he was driving some time ago, Xu Zhi still saw the woman at the intersection, where she was still searching for him. A few days later, she was nowhere to be seen. He drove home. Although it was late, Xu Zhi still did not feel like sleeping. After looking at the selfie Qin Zishu posted, Xu Zhi opened the online Jumping the Line of Fire forum to take a look. Other than the in-game beta announcement, there were only a few unexpected posts. ¡°What the hell is this Jumping the Line of Fire? There¡¯s no one on the forum either. I¡¯m a player of Real Battlefield 1, and I¡¯m still waiting for Real Battlefield 2. Why is Dream Game Company coming up with this Jumping the Line of Fire game? They¡¯re not going to launch Real Battlefield 2 anymore?¡± ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for the free gifts from participating in the closed beta, I wouldn¡¯t play it.¡± ¡°What kind of game is this? Jumping the Line of Fire? Jumping? Do they want us to jump into the fire pit? Jumping mice? Jumping tigers? Big kangaroos?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s wait and see what happens tomorrow. I have three beta codes in my hands, but no one seems to want this thing. Let¡¯s try this game tomorrow.¡± ¡°Just looking at the name, it doesn¡¯t look fun. Not really looking forward to it.¡± After reading for a while, Xu Zhi turned off his computer. Whether it was good or bad, all would be revealed tomorrow. One could not expect players to praise a game that they had never played before. Thinking too much at this time was just asking for trouble. The next morning, Xu Zhi arrived at the company early, at around seven o¡¯clock. Jumping the Line of Fire had already been launched, and the game could be downloaded in the early hours of the previous night. The closed beta test officially began at ten o¡¯clock this morning. It was still early, and the company seemed to be deserted. Only a few employees who were responsible for maintaining the server stayed up all night, on duty. Xu Zhi walked over. ¡°President Xu.¡± Seeing Xu Zhi, a few employees stood up with dark circles under their eyes. ¡°How is it? How many downloads are there?¡± Xu Zhi asked one of the employees. The computer in front of him was displaying the data in the background of the download server.. Chapter 9 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°President Xu, it¡¯s not ideal. Only 100 people downloaded it.¡± ¡°100 people?¡± Xu Zhi leaned towards the computer screen in disbelief. It was just as the staff had said, only 100 people had downloaded the resource pack for Jumping the Line of Fire. There were only two hours left before the closed beta. If only 100 people had downloaded it, many of the game modes in the game would not be able to proceed. Moreover, just because someone downloaded it did not mean that they would definitely play it. In other words, there would be even fewer people in the game. In Xu Zhi¡¯s heart, he needed at least four digits of players in order for the closed beta to continue. However, there was still a long way to go. Although he had expected that the closed beta would be conducted in a hurry and that there would not be many players, such a small number of people was really out of Xu Zhi¡¯s expectations. After waiting for a while, the company¡¯s employees came to the company one after another. Xu Zhi called a few employees from the operations department and asked them to increase the player threshold for Jumping the Line of Fire. Players who played the other games like Real Battlefield 1 also received invites for Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s closed beta. They also increased the rewards for participating in the closed beta. At the very least, they had to ensure that the beta test was successfully conducted. After a multi-pronged approach, at 9:59, the number of downloads finally exceeded 3,000 people. Xu Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. At this time, it was already 10 o¡¯clock sharp. He was currently in a small meeting room with a few of the company¡¯s Directors, closely monitoring the situation of the upcoming closed beta. ¡°Director Xu, is it time to launch the servers for the closed beta?¡± On the side, the research and development Director, Wang Kewen, saw that the time was up and asked. ¡°Do it!¡± Xu Zhi did not hesitate at all. With Xu Zhi¡¯s order, the closed beta server for Jumping the Line of Fire fire was officially opened. Players could now enter the game to try it out. There was also a computer in the small meeting room. At this time, Xu Zhi did not sit idle. He sat in front of the computer and quickly created an account to enter the game. In the game, there was a chat channel. As soon as Xu Zhi entered, there was a post in the chat channel that was repeatedly flooding the entire screen. ¡°This stupid game is so trashy. The moment I entered, the quality of the graphics gave me a shock. I seem to have traveled 10 years back in time.¡± ¡°This stupid game is so trashy. The moment I entered, the quality of the graphics gave me a shock. I seem to have traveled 10 years back in time.¡± ¡°This stupid game is so trashy. The moment I entered, the quality of the graphics gave me a shock. I seem to have traveled 10 years back in time.¡± ¡­ The few Directors behind Xu Zhi could also see the game. In the small meeting room, following the continuous spamming of the comments, there was complete silence. At this time, it had not even been three minutes since the game was launched. After spamming for a whole minute, this person did not stop. Ding Xiaomei could not help but whisper behind him, ¡°President Xu, do you want to ban his account?¡± ¡°No need.¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi controlled the mouse and entered a game room. This was a team competition room. There were already five people in the game. Xu Zhi had joined the game at this time. As this was a closed beta, there were no restrictions to all the guns. Xu Zhi equipped one of the three hero weapons that was on the shelves, the ¡®AK Kylin¡¯. He entered the game, and a variety of shooting sound effects immediately sounded. Bang! Tatatata! Bang!! Tatatatata! Boom! Xu Zhi did not immediately shoot, but first opened the settings system to adjust the speed of the mouse. After getting the settings that he was satisfied with, Xu Zhi¡¯s character equipped a gun and started to move around on the map called the ¡®Transport Ship¡¯. ¡°Headshot!¡± ¡°Double kill!!¡± ¡°Triple kill!!¡± Xu Zhi¡¯s skills were much better than those of the players who had just entered the game. He could casually kill three people with a single hit. While Xu Zhi was killing, the Directors behind him looked at each other, their eyes filled with confusion. It was as if they were saying ¡®President Xu doesn¡¯t care about the statistics of the closed beta. Why is he still playing the game?¡¯ Xu Zhi did not care what the Directors behind him thought. He controlled his character to fight two rounds in a row before stopping. At this moment, the closed beta had already been going on for more than fifteen minutes. ¡°How many players are there in the game?¡± Xu Zhi turned around and asked. ¡°President Xu, there are only 652 people,¡± Ding Xiaomei hurriedly reported. ¡°Okay. I¡¯ll have to trouble all of you with the beta testing in the next few days.¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he left the meeting room and returned to his office. In the meeting room, the few Directors who were left behind looked at Xu Zhi¡¯s back and were trying to figure out Xu Zhi¡¯s thoughts. ¡®Could it be that President Xu has given up after seeing this data?¡¯ Ding Xiaomei could not help but think in her heart. After all, there were 3,000 people who had downloaded the game. 15 minutes later, there were only 600 players. This data was too bleak. Ding Xiaomei had a good impression of Xu Zhi over the past month. However, she did not really agree with the fact that Xu Zhi had stopped developing Real Battlefield 2. It was just that she was cautious and did not say anything. At this moment, looking at Xu Zhi¡¯s performance, Ding Xiaomei felt a little glad. Perhaps Real Battlefield 2 could be re-developed again. After all, the company needed a new realistic game. He Wei was very confused. He had learned a lot from Xu Zhi in the past month. In his opinion, this game could be successful, but Xu Zhi¡¯s performance made him doubt himself. ¡°Okay, okay. President Xu has returned to the office. Let¡¯s go back to our posts.¡± Wang Kewen said as he walked out of the meeting room. His tone was very serious, but he was already disdainful of Xu Zhi. Following Wang Kewen out of the meeting room, the Directors started to get busy. No matter what they thought, they still had to continue with the closed beta test. Returning to his office, Xu Zhi still had a lot of things to deal with. Not only did he have to deal with Jumping the Line of Fire, but he also had to make decisions for the previous three games. After working for a while, Xu Zhi leaned back against the sofa and closed his eyes. Unlike the other Directors, he had more confidence in Jumping the Line of Fire. Although the data was not good, in Xu Zhi¡¯s heart, he felt that statistics and data of the closed beta were not very important. After all, the maximum number of people in the closed beta was only 10,000. What was important was the small retention rate. When he entered the team competition just now, the Directors might not have noticed the details about the two rounds he played, but he saw that not a single player had left the game early. All of them had fought until the end of the game. This was enough to explain the situation. When the time comes for them to release open beta, the game modes would be attractive enough, coupled with a large amount of publicity, this game would become a snowball-like existence. Xu Zhi did not panic at all. After working in the office for an entire morning, it was time for lunch. When Xu Zhi was having lunch, he felt that there were a lot of gazes looking at him. He knew this very well. The news within the company spread very quickly. In just one morning, the fact that the big data of the closed beta test of the Jumping the Line of Fire was not ideal had already spread throughout the company. These gazes were definitely not out of concern for him, but they were all waiting to see him become a joke. Xu Zhi lowered his head and did not say anything. He picked up a chicken drumstick and chewed it vigorously.. Chapter 10 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The closed beta test was still ongoing. Xu Zhi had maintained his normal routine during the three days of the closed beta test, and was not affected in the slightest. However, the gossip within the company was getting fiercer and fiercer by the day. Sometimes, Xu Zhi could hear all kinds of discussions during dinner, but Xu Zhi remained silent about it. Regarding this, many people in the company were saying that President Xu had completely given up on Jumping the Line of Fire. They were saying that he was disheartened, that he had met his Waterloo. They also said that President Xu was powerless to save the situation, that he was going home soon, and so on. Perhaps others would think so when they saw that Xu Zhi did not care about the data. However, if they could see Xu Zhi¡¯s thoughts, no one would say that he did not care about Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s closed beta test. However, compared to other people¡¯s concerns about the data, he had concerns from another perspective. For example, Xu Zhi had been reading the Jumping the Line of Fire forum for the past two days. And the more he read, the more confident he became. Although many players had left negative comments, and some even called the game lousy, trash, and so on, there were also many players who expressed their praise for it. For example, many people liked the Biochemical game mode and kept praising it on the forums. In a short three days, the game had created a polar contrast among the closed beta players. Those who loved it loved it, and those who hated it hated it. These things could not be seen by the players who were randomly discussing them on the forums, but Xu Zhi could. Actually, from Xu Zhi¡¯s point of view, whether it was the game, or anything else, there would be people who liked it, and people who do not like it. That applied even to money. There would always be different opinions. In this world, something that everybody unanimously loved had yet to appear. There was no such thing. As long as this Jumping the Line of Fire could be liked by a portion of the people, it would be a success. In other words, as long as they could grab hold of the right audience for Jumping the Line of Fire, the discussions of the others would not matter. Today was the third day of the closed beta, and it was already 5:10 pm. The closed beta server had been shut down at 5:00 pm, on the dot. Xu Zhi tidied up his clothes and prepared for a meeting. This meeting was not only to summarize the closed beta, but also to discuss the open beta tomorrow. This was a meeting that had been confirmed a week ago. When Xu Zhi arrived at the meeting room, the leaders of the various departments and some employees who were in charge of the closed beta were already seated and waiting for him. ¡°President Xu.¡± Seeing Xu Zhi enter, the employees who were seated all stood up. Xu Zhi waved his hand and let everyone sit down. ¡°Since everyone is here, good. I won¡¯t say anything else and will go straight to the topic of the meeting. I wonder what everyone thinks about this closed beta. Who wants to speak first?¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, the employees who were sitting below all lowered their heads and looked at the notebooks in their hands. As for the Directors, they were shifting their gazes at each other, but none of them had any intention of speaking. ¡°What? Do you want me to do the same thing as when I was in school? Do you want me to a roll call? Alright, Little Sister Ding, you go first.¡± When she heard Xu Zhi call her directly, Ding Xiaomei did not panic. She took a notebook that she had written beforehand and stood up. ¡°Director Xu, the data for this closed beta is not very good. Up until today, there were a total of 8,500 downloads, and 8,100 people entered the game. Within three days, the highest number of people in the game was 1,930, and the retention rate was also not very good. Most of them entered the game to complete quests and get rewards. There were less than 1,000 players who had logged in for more than half an hour in the game, and the number of people who logged in continuously for three days was only 600 people. Since it¡¯s closed beta, there only invited players were allowed to join.¡± ¡°Okay, you take a seat first.¡± After listening to Ding Xiaomei¡¯s data, Xu Zhi did not say anything. Instead, he pointed on the Director of research and development, Wang Kewen. ¡°Wang Kewen, what do you think about this closed beta?¡± ¡°President Xu,¡± Wang Kewen stood up and said a little embarrassedly, ¡°President Xu, I personally don¡¯t think it¡¯s very ideal. Why don¡¯t we suspend the open beta and then polish the game? Give me another month to further improve the quality of the game¡¯s graphics. At that time, another closed beta might be better.¡± ¡°Suspend the open beta test? Why do you say that?¡± Xu Zhi looked straight at Wang Kewen and said. ¡°President Xu, isn¡¯t it obvious? If this was a open beta test, the results would definitely not be good. In fact, it would be better to polish the game further,¡± Wang Kewen said in an angry tone. ¡°Oh, that¡¯s your opinion. Sit down.¡± Xu Zhi asked Wang Kewen to sit down, and looked at the Directors in front of him. He was too lazy to call for names. Instead, he said directly, ¡°Okay, since we started with Wang Kewen, the rest of you, take turns to state your opinions.¡± He Wei, who was next to Director Wang, stood up at this time. ¡°Chief Xu, I don¡¯t think it¡¯s the game¡¯s problem. In my opinion, this game shouldn¡¯t have performed so badly. Perhaps there are other reasons. President Xu, don¡¯t think of it as delaying the open beta, think of it as finding out the reason for the poor performance before the open beta.¡± ¡°What other reasons do you mean?¡± Xu Zhi asked curiously. ¡°President Xu, I don¡¯t know at the moment.¡± He Wei shook his head. He only knew that there was a problem, but he did not know what the problem was. ¡°Alright, you sit down too.¡± Xu Zhi nodded. He had a higher opinion of He Wei now that He Wei was able to say that it was not the game¡¯s fault. The next person was the Director of finance, Huang Meng. She was a woman in her thirties and had been bought by Qin Zishu for a large sum of money. He Wei had just sat down when she stood up. She started talking. ¡°President Xu, from the looks of it, I think it¡¯s a good idea to stop the loss in time and stop the open beta testing. After all, this is also the reason why President Xu wanted to stop the research and development of Real Battlefield 2.¡± Huang Meng¡¯s sarcastic words gave the Directors beside her goosebumps. Looking Straight at Xu Zhi, Huang Meng continued, ¡°President Xu, after listening to the other Directors just now, in my opinion, this game is unlikely to become popular. President Xu, we previously invested 30 million in advertising fees for this. This is a huge blow to the finances of the company. Including the research and development fees, a total investment of 40 million have been expended. This is not a small amount.¡± ¡°Also, this does not include the other expenses we have to incur after the open beta. It¡¯s not a good business case to invest so much in a game that¡¯s hard to sell.¡± ¡°President Xu, we closed beta to test if there are problems, and now that there¡¯s a problem, I think it¡¯s time to turn back. If we turn back now, we can at least get back half of the advertising money we invested, we won¡¯t lose too much.¡± ¡°Moreover, President Xu, don¡¯t feel embarrassed. There are plenty of games in the market that have been in closed beta for four to five years. Although it¡¯s called closed beta, it¡¯s actually just a matter of delaying. Who knows, the game might just die in the closed beta stage one day.¡± ¡°We¡¯ve been developing for a month, but closed beta is only for three days. We didn¡¯t invest too much at this point. Just treat it as a mistake.¡± ¡°President Xu, what do you think?¡± Huang Meng pursed her bright red lips and looked at Xu Zhi with a smile.. Chapter 11 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°This is your opinion. Alright, you can sit too.¡± Huang Meng did not expect it, but Xu Zhi did not argue with her. Instead, he looked at Zheng Quan next to her. After being ignored by Xu Zhi, Huang Meng shrugged her shoulders and glared fiercely at Xu Zhi before sitting back down. This made Xu Zhi feel a little scared. ¡°President Xu.¡± Seeing Xu Zhi staring at him, Zheng Quan stood up with a notebook. After standing up, Zheng Quan turned around to look at his colleagues behind him. Then, he smoothed out his clothes, straightened his body, and began to speak. ¡°President Xu, and my colleagues, in my opinion, there is no problem with this game. The public open beta will be carried out as usual tomorrow. Moreover, I believe that it will be popular after it is launched in the market.¡± ¡°F*ck, you really know how to lick his boots,¡± Wang Kewen whispered at Zheng Quan. Zheng Quan did not care. He continued, ¡°After my personal analysis, Jumping the Line of Fire that President Xu led us to develop actually appeals more towards social and casual players. Yes, the performance of the closed beta is not ideal. However, in my opinion, there is no problem at all. The majority of the audience for this game will be internet cafe players. In the closed beta, we invited the players who played the previous Real Battlefield 1 and Ghost¡¯s Dream. Most of them have their own computers and are not the final target audience for our game. Therefore, no matter how bad the performance in the closed beta is, it doesn¡¯t mean anything.¡± ¡°On the contrary, I think that as long as we promote it in the open beta, especially in the internet cafe, I think our game will definitely be popular. Speaking of this, I realized that the main focus of our promotions was targeted at internet cafes. I have to say that President Xu is really far-sighted. He is an existence that we can never hope to catch up to.¡± Xu Zhi automatically ignored the last sentence. After listening to Zheng Quan¡¯s speech, he could not help but sigh in his heart. Zheng Quan was not wrong at all. In his previous life, the power of this game had indeed exploded in internet cafes. On the other side, when He Wei heard Zheng Quan¡¯s words, he seemed to understand something and hurriedly recorded it down. ¡°Oh right, speaking of which, I still have something to give to everyone,¡± Zheng Quan continued. After saying that, Zheng Quan lowered his head and took out a stack of documents from under his bench. Then, he handed them to everyone one by one. Looking at the big words on the document ¡ª ¡®Research on the target audience for Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯. The ministers sitting on the bench all looked at Zheng Quan curiously. After handing it out quickly, Zheng Quan said solemnly, ¡°This research was completed under the guidance of President Xu a few days ago. Now, I¡¯m giving it to everyone as a reference. What I said just now is not enough. You can find the details in there. If you have nothing to do, you can take a look.¡± ¡°That¡¯s enough.¡± Wang Kewen looked at the research that Zheng Quan handed to him. He really wanted to throw it into the trash can immediately. However, with so many people watching, he exhaled and suppressed the anger in his heart. ¡°Alright, that¡¯s the end of my speech. President Xu?¡± Zheng Quan looked at Xu Zhi. ¡°Sit down!¡± Xu Zhi nodded and asked to Zheng Quan sit down. The directors had made their stance clear. Originally, Xu Zhi wanted to let some of the closed beta employees behind him speak, but it seemed that there was no need for that at the moment. At this moment, everyone was staring at Xu Zhi, waiting for him to say something. At this moment, Xu Zhi¡¯s heart was as firm as ever. After circling around everyone, Xu Zhi¡¯s gaze was like an eagle. He stretched out his right hand and heavily pressed it on the conference table. ¡°I announce that tomorrow¡¯s open beta will proceed as planned! All departments must not have any problems! Meeting adjourned!!¡± After speaking briefly, Xu Zhi pushed open the conference room door and left. After he left, everyone also left. When the meeting room was empty, the trash can was filled with a few copies of ¡®research¡¯ that had been left behind. Just as the cleaning crew was about to clean up the office, Zheng Quan walked in and picked up a few copies of ¡®research¡¯. He then left the meeting room in a hurry. Xu Zhi¡¯s debut, Jumping the Line of Fire. This was Dream Game Company¡¯s first new game this year. Even if the performance of the closed beta was not good, the employees of Dream Game Company still had high expectations for it. A miracle might happen. After all, if the performance of the new game was good, it would boost the company¡¯s performance. As employees, they could also get higher bonuses. There was still a while before work ended. Seeing the various directors coming out of the meeting room, the employees below quickly surrounded them, trying to gather some information. ¡°Boss, how was it?¡± He Wei had just returned to his desk when a group of people surrounded him. ¡°Open beta tomorrow as usual.¡± After He Wei said that, the people around him all looked surprised. ¡°Huh? Can this work? Aren¡¯t we going to suspend the game to polish it?¡± ¡°Boss, isn¡¯t this open beta going to be suicidal tomorrow?¡± ¡°With such results in closed beta, do you still dare to open beta? With such quality, I think the players will curse us to death.¡± ¡°Yeah, boss, isn¡¯t¡­ isn¡¯t this open beta going to be postponed? If this comes out, the other game companies will laugh at us.¡± He Wei was originally a good-tempered person, but after hearing the words of his employees, his anger also rose. ¡°Enough!! You haven¡¯t even left work yet. What are you talking about? Go back to work!!¡± After shooing away the employees, He Wei took out the things he had recorded in the meeting room. Looking at the insights he had written after listening to Zheng Quan¡¯s words, he could not help but sigh in his heart. It turned out that President Xu¡¯s thinking was so far-reaching. He really could not understand it. He had originally thought that he had learned a lot in the past month. However, at the meeting today, he realized that he was still far behind President Xu. Really, he felt that he had a long way to go. He Wei felt a kind of heartfelt admiration towards Xu Zhi. After dealing with the last email, Xu Zhi lay down on the sofa in the office. This meeting had allowed him to see a lot of things clearly. Putting everything else aside, there was definitely something wrong with Wang Kewen, the head of research and development. His thoughts were still stuck on the quality of the graphics. However, the company had signed a five-year contract with him. If he were to be fired directly, it would cost a lot of money. Moreover, the public beta test would be held tomorrow. It would not be good if he was fired. Xu Zhi had a headache. What should he do to make things right with this person? Other than Wang Kewen, Huang Meng¡¯s performance today surprised Xu Zhi. He could not understand why she did this. Huang Meng had been working in the finance department of a large financial company. Later, she was poached by Qin Zishu to become the company¡¯s finance director. To be honest, there were no problems at work. Xu Zhi had seen the accounts, and everything was done beautifully. Moreover, she had never had any objections to him before. This time, she had inexplicably targeted him. Could there be some hidden reason? Thinking of Huang Meng¡¯s piercing gaze on him, Xu Zhi decided to observe this matter further. As for the remaining directors, Xu Zhi felt that there weren¡¯t any problems. He was more satisfied. Especially for Zheng Quan, Xu Zhi thought that he could cultivate Zheng Quan vigorously. After all, in this century, there were not many talents like Zheng Quan.. Chapter 12 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The next day, Xu Zhi arrived at the company early in the morning to prepare for the open beta of Jumping the Line of Fire. Today was Sunday, and the open beta time was set at 10 am just like the closed beta. Different from the closed beta, there were advertisements of all sizes starting from the wee hours of the morning. All the promotion was to build momentum for the open beta of Jumping the Line of Fire. At 10 am, there were several large-screen advertisements for internet cafe management software, and this was aimed to heavily impact internet cafe players. In just one morning, Xu Zhi had spent nearly 20 million on 30 million worth of advertising fees. It was not an exaggeration to say that he had spent a lot of money. At this time, it was only eight o¡¯clock in the morning. Xu Zhi was not working, and his thoughts were straying from time to time. It was not that he did not have a good rest last night, but the information he learned last night made him unable to calm down. After returning home last night, Xu Zhi thought about it again and again. He was really worried about Huang Meng. She was the company¡¯s finance director and could be said to be the true core of the company. The open beta test was tomorrow. If anything happened to her, neither the company nor Xu Zhi could afford it. For this reason, Xu Zhi specially asked Qin Zishu about Huang Meng on TT. Huang Meng was recruited by Qin Zishu, so she should know a lot about this person. At first, everything was normal. According to Qin Zishu, before she hired Huang Meng, Huang Meng was the deputy finance director of a Fortune 500 financial company. It was more than enough for her to be hired as the finance director of a Dream Game Company. It could even be said to be the perfect role for her. Qin Zishu also told Xu Zhi not to worry. There should be no problems with Huang Meng¡¯s work. However, after listening to Qin Zishu¡¯s explanation, Xu Zhi could not understand one thing. Huang Meng was only 33 years old this year, but she was already a deputy director of a large company. Moreover, her salary was higher than that of the Dream Game Company, why did she come here? What did she see in the Dream Game Company? Under Xu Zhi¡¯s questioning, Qin Zishu said shyly that Huang Meng might have a good impression of her. Xu Zhi did not understand what a good impression was at first, but when he recalled the piercing gaze Huang Meng gave him in the meeting room, Xu Zhi immediately understood what Qin Zishu meant. It seemed that Huang Meng liked Qin Zishu and treated Xu Zhi as her love rival. In that case, everything made sense. However, after understanding the whole story, Xu Zhi was even more confused about Huang Meng. Usually, in the company, Huang Meng would always dress appropriately at all times. Her lips would always be covered in bright lipstick. She was already beautiful and had a good figure. When she dressed up, she looked like a movie star. Such a person¡­ How could it be¡­ Could it be that his wife was too charming? Without waiting for Xu Zhi to think further, Qin Zishu assured him that there was absolutely nothing going on between her and Huang Meng. She assured Xu Zhi that the two of them had shaken hands at most. As for work matters, Xu Zhi was equally assured. Huang Meng had never made any mistakes, and there was no problem leaving work to her. As for his wife, of course, Xu Zhi was reassured. The night of their wedding had already proven everything. However, when Xu Zhi saw Huang Meng when he came to work this morning, she stared at him as if Xu Zhi had slept with her lover. Cough! Looking at the documents in front of him, Xu Zhi suddenly came back to his senses. The open beta was about to begin. What was he thinking? ¡­ The open beta was about to begin. In Bluestar¡¯s Xijing City, it was the same as the year 2009 or 2010 in his previous life. This era was the time when internet cafes exploded in popularity. There were at least three or four internet cafes on a street. If a university was close by, or places where people gathered, there might even be more. During the holidays, the internet cafes would be bursting with customers. There was no chance of getting a computer if one was late. One had to wait behind the person to get on the computer. This was not strange at all. In the short few years after entering the new era, everyone had slowly become rich. With money on hand and the absence of smartphones, the internet cafes were naturally a good place to relax. Whether it was the young people working in factories or the university students who had taken a week of classes, they found the time and went to the internet cafes. In groups of three or five, they would turn on their computers. Regardless of whether it was playing games or chatting in the TT platform, they would all be having a great time. Today, as usual, the internet cafes were packed with people of all kinds. The smell of cigarettes, buttocks, and sweat was all present. However, what was different from usual was that whether it was opening the web page or watching videos, there would be an advertisement for Jumping the Line of Fire frequently appearing from time to time. After the advertisement was closed, it would appear in other places again. Xu Zhi had spent a lot of money on Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s advertisement. He might have spent 30 million yuan just to have a fun time in his previous life, but at this time on Bluestar, it was not a small sum of money. It was enough for him to do a lot of things, especially after making the internet cafe the focus of the game¡¯s publicity. This included adding the advertisements into many of the internet cafe¡¯s software. In the internet cafe. ¡°Boss, there¡¯s something wrong with your computer. Why can¡¯t you turn off this advertisement? I¡¯m already in the game, why is there still this advertisement for Jumping the Line of Fire?¡± ¡°Yes, boss, please swap another computer for me.¡± Regarding these criticisms, the internet cafe owners naturally did not care about them. In their opinion, they could not be bothered to deal with some advertisements. ¡°There¡¯s no time to play. Whether you like it or not, there are too many people waiting to play. What¡¯s the big deal about an ad? Just don¡¯t look at it, and it will end by itself.¡± This situation was not limited to the internet cafes in Xijing City. It was similar to the situation in all the internet cafes in the country. At 10 o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the management software of the various internet cafes even launched large-screen ads about Jumping the Line of Fire. With so many advertisements and notifications, naturally, people clicked on them out of curiosity. Although Jumping the Line of Fire had just come online, it was already pre-installed in the game menu of the internet cafes. Xu Zhi had spent a lot of money to arrange for this. However, it was all worth it. The game had only been released for less than 10 minutes, and more than 300,000 players had already logged into the game. Similar to his previous life, Xu Zhi also divided the servers of Jumping the Line of Fire into different regions. Therefore, most of the players in a server were in the same region, and this ensured that there were low levels of delay in the game. As time passed, the number of people online in the game increased. In the meeting room of the Dream Game Company, Xu Zhi smiled as he looked at the ever-increasing number on his computer screen. This number signified the number of people on the game server. Clap clap clap!! Zheng Quan took the lead in clapping, and the applause in the conference room continued without end. On the side, Wang Kewen looked at the number of people online that had already exceeded 700,000 in just half an hour. Although the applause did not stop, his thoughts were completely different. ¡°This game¡­ We must not just look at the number of people online at the beginning. The important thing is to look at the final retention rate. If the retention rate is not high, everything will be for naught. And the retention rate of this game will definitely not be high. President Xu, let¡¯s see how this will play out for you.¡± Just as Wang Kewen was muttering to himself, the door to the conference room suddenly opened. It was an employee of his. ¡°Not good, sir.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Seeing that the employee entered the room, Wang Kewen immediately stopped clapping his hands and asked, ¡°Could there be a problem?¡± Chapter 13 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation At this moment, Xu Zhi and the other department heads stopped clapping and turned around to look at the employee who had barged in. Xu Zhi was even more nervous. ¡°What¡¯s going on?¡± Xu Zhi asked. The employee heard Xu Zhi asking him a question, and he walked past Wang Kewen to report to Xu Zhi. ¡°President Xu, there are too many players who have rushed into Jumping the Line of Fire in a short period of time. Our default server can only hold a maximum of 1,000,000 online peak value. Now, it has reached 700,000 in half an hour. If this continues, I¡¯m afraid that our server will explode soon.¡± After hearing this employee¡¯s words, Xu Zhi let out a long sigh. This was not a big issue. Although he knew that there would be many unexpected situations in the open beta, the problem of too many people causing the server to explode was not something that Xu Zhi had expected. However, compared to other unexpected situations that might occur, it was not difficult to solve. Without thinking too much, Xu Zhi immediately said to this employee, ¡°Listen, go back now and immediately adjust the server¡¯s load to its maximum state. You must ensure the that players do not experience any difficulty while logging into the game.¡± ¡°President Xu, there is no problem with the server¡¯s maximum load for now, but if it exceeds half an hour, there will be problems like getting stuck.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine. You go and work on it first. Don¡¯t worry about the rest.¡± ¡°Okay, President Xu.¡± After receiving Xu Zhi¡¯s order, the employee returned to his post in a hurry. ¡°Little Sister Ding, what¡¯s the current data of Real Battlefield 1? How¡¯s the server usage rate?¡± Xu Zhi turned around and asked Ding Xiaomei. ¡°President Xu, please wait a moment.¡± After saying that, Ding Xiaomei leaned over in front of the computer to check and quickly said, ¡°President Xu, currently there are 70,000 people online, and the server load is less than 10% .¡± ¡°Alright, immediately connect the excess computing power of Real Battlefield server to Jumping the Line of Fire. I¡¯ll give you half an hour to finish it!¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi turned back to look at He Wei. ¡°He Wei, I¡¯ll give you a task now. Go rent a server immediately.¡± ¡°Okay, President Xu.¡± Although He Wei was the director of the planning department, he immediately accepted the order. ¡°By the way, Huang Meng.¡± Xu Zhi looked at Huang Meng again. He took a deep breath and said, ¡°The finance department will release the money for the rental of the server as soon as possible. Don¡¯t create any problems.¡± ¡°No problem, President Xu.¡± He thought that Huang Meng would refute him, but he did not expect Huang Meng to just nod and reply with a smile. After listening to Huang Meng¡¯s words, Xu Zhi was relieved about Huang Meng¡¯s ability to work. After instructing everyone to get busy, Xu Zhi did not go out. Instead, he continued to sit in the meeting room, holding a cup of water and looking at the various data of Jumping the Line of Fire. The open beta launch was just like a warzone. The soldiers charged forward, killing the enemy bravely. The general sat in the tent and planned everything out. Xu Zhi was the general of the Dream Game Company. He naturally wanted to control the entire situation. Another 15 minutes had passed, and the number of people online had already exceeded one million. It had officially reached the load of the original server. However, on Little Sister Ding¡¯s side, a portion of the Real Battlefield 1¡¯s servers had already been connected. This provided further load for Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s server. There were no problems in the game itself, and the game players did not feel any impact from the overloaded server. Moreover, on He Wei¡¯s side, the rental server was also going very smoothly. It would not be long before the new server could be connected. Of course, the money was also spent. ¡°Hey, by the way, Wang Kewen, what was the name of the employee just now?¡± Xu Zhi suddenly thought of the employee who had just entered. He turned around and looked at Wang Kewen behind him. ¡°President Xu, his name is Hong Wu.¡± ¡°Hong Wu? Okay!¡± Xu Zhi picked up a pen and wrote down the name. Xu Zhi thought that this person was worth nurturing. Sitting behind Xu Zhi and seeing the name written down by Xu Zhi, Wang Kewen pondered endlessly. However, he was not thinking about this employee, but about the new game, Jumping the Line of Fire. From the beginning, he had no good impression of Jumping the Line of Fire, especially after Xu Zhi stopped developing Real Battlefield 2 in order to develop it. In his heart, he had been waiting for Jumping the Line of Fire to fail. He was waiting for it to become a joke. The reason why he had led the research team to develop it was to wait until the public beta to see it turn into a big joke. In the end, the closed beta results turned out to be bad a few days ago. Wang Kewen was laughing in his heart, but he did not expect the momentum to be so fierce in the public open beta. Wang Kewen could not help but ponder about this. Could it be that this Jumping the Line of Fire really had the potential to be popular? Was there really something in the game that he could not understand? Wang Kewen thought about it for a long time. He had participated in the development of the game. The quality of the graphics was extremely rubbish. There was no need to think too much about it. The guns were simple, expensive, and shockingly ugly. It was especially so for a few hero weapons. The bodies of the guns were actually emitting golden light. In Wang Kewen¡¯s view, this was basically the same as some shiny toy guns sold by vendors during the New Year. Compared to Real Battlefield 2, it was a world of difference. Thinking of Real Battlefield 2, he thought of the fact that he had stayed up all night to personally study and conduct research for the sake of even a single gun, striving for absolute truth. Wang Kewen felt a wave of regret, and even some hatred. Real Battlefield 2 should not have been discontinued. If there was a chance, he would definitely get this game back on track. However, looking at Xu Zhi in front of him, Wang Kewen felt that the hope was slim. At this moment, Wang Kewen looked at the constantly increasing number of Jumping the Line of Fire in front of him, as well as Xu Zhi¡¯s smiling face. He could not help but feel angry in his heart. All of this should have been the glory of Real Battlefield 2. ¡°Let¡¯s take a look at Jumping the Line of Fire. Would there even be a single player who pays money in this game? Anyone who spends money here must be mentally ill! There are so many people now, and they are all just playing for fun. When today¡¯s poor revenue is revealed, let¡¯s see what you will do.¡± The more he thought, the gloomier Wang Kewen felt. However, the number of online players in Jumping the Line of Fire, reaching 1.5 million. No matter how unhappy Wang Kewen was, he still had to force a smile onto his face. Seeing Zheng Quan take the lead to clap his hands again, Wang Kewen smiled and thought darkly in his heart, ¡®Flying high and then failing miserably, I¡¯m not in a hurry! I¡¯ll be waiting.¡¯ ¡­ Inside the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe. Wang Dalong looked at the advertisement on the screen in front of him that could not be removed no matter how hard he tried. He was so angry that he clenched his fists. It was not easy for him to go online today. This advertisement was like chewing gum that stuck to the bottom of his shoes and could not be removed. ¡°What is this Jumping the Line of Fire? They should jump down a building.¡± Filled with anger, looking at the game¡¯s repeatedly flashing advertisement, Wang Dalong really wanted to slap the person who posted the advertisement through the screen. However, no matter how angry he was, Wang Dalong could only endure it. His hand could not penetrate the computer screen. On the contrary, if he broke the computer screen, he would have to pay a huge sum of money. At this moment, he once again clicked on the ¡®X¡¯ to close the advertisement in the lower right corner of the screen. However, another one appeared in the upper left corner. Wang Dalong could not contain his anger any longer. ¡°Fine, fine! I give up! I will play Jumping the Line of Fire today!¡± Chapter 14 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After a simple registration, he logged into the game. ¡°Seth? Olmo? Swart?¡± Entering the game, he saw the character options that appeared in front of him, Wang Dalong suddenly fell into a dilemma of choice. Wang Dalong had never come into contact with this kind of game before. He only went online to play some web page games like Saber 777, the choice of character was very important for that kind of game. Each character represented a different career direction. At this time, his mouse kept clicking on the three characters. Wang Dalong squinted his eyes to see if there was any difference. However, these three characters were the initial characters of the game. In fact, apart from their looks, there was no difference. After looking at them for a long while, Wang Dalong finally made up his mind and chose Swart. This character¡¯s name was the longest¡­ So it should be the right choice. Nodding his head, Wang Dalong had always believed in his own judgment. Entering the game, it was first a beginner¡¯s tutorial. Wang Dalong spent more than ten minutes completing it, and then he received a permanent rifle, M16. ¡°What next?¡± Wang Dalong looked at the screen filled with rooms flashing. He was at a loss. It was already past 11 o¡¯clock in the afternoon, and there were more than a million people in the game. There was no lack of rooms in all channels. Wang Dalong tapped left and right, but he did not enter the room. Instead, he entered the game mall. Once he entered the mall, the background music instantly changed. The dazzling variety of firearms in the mall instantly attracted Wang Dalong¡¯s attention. ¡°AK Kirin? M4 Thor? RPK Coiling Dragon?¡± The three hero weapons that were released at this stage firmly occupied the front page of the mall. The golden glow on the guns, coupled with the hero level logo, made Wang Dalong instantly understand what these things were. He could not help but complain, ¡°This game company is too greedy. They are even selling these ultimate weapons.¡± Although he said so, Wang Dalong looked at the M16 in his backpack and could not help but look at the price of the hero weapons. ¡°F*ck, 99,999??¡± Wang Dalong was scared out of his wits. He had played some other expensive games, and the ultimate equipment was only 8,888. This game was too much. He continued to scroll down. The M4, AK, and other guns were all worth a lot of money. He had been in the game for almost half an hour, but he had not played a single game. Wang Dalong first looked through every gun in the mall. He could not explain why, but it was probably the same as a woman shopping in a mall, guns were a fatal attraction to men. However, after looking through everything, he pressed the ¡®top-up¡¯ button again. Top-up means depositing money into the game in order to purchase items. Wang Dalong seemed to have understood something. He should have miscalculated before. The hero weapon in the mall had to be divided by 100 to be the real price. ¡°In other words, this ultimate weapon is selling for 999. It doesn¡¯t seem that expensive.¡± Feeling a little hungry, Wang Dalong tore open the pack of 50-cent Spicy Sticks that he had bought and ate it. He now had a trace of interest in Jumping the Line of Fire. After exiting the mall and looking at the game room, Wang Dalong randomly chose one to enter. Biochemical mode ¡ª Biochemical Pyramid. Looking at the text when the game was loaded, Wang Dalong was dumbfounded. What was Biochemical mode? However, without waiting for him to think too much, he quickly entered the game map. This game had just started not too long ago, and Wang Dalong was standing in front of a staircase as a human. He held an M16 in his hand. He turned the mouse and tried to control his character to move around. Wang Dalong¡¯s character walked aimlessly in the Biochemical Pyramid. Suddenly, Wang Dalong noticed a line of words above his character. ¡°Biochemical Ghost appeared 5 seconds ago.¡± ¡°Biochemical Ghost? What is this?¡± Wang Dalong was like a curious baby, curious about everything. ¡°Three seconds before the appearance of the Biochemical Ghost.¡± ¡°What do you mean, there are only three seconds left?¡± ¡°One second before the appearance of the Biochemical Ghost.¡± ¡°What the hell!¡± Dalong Wang did not control his character anymore. He just stared at the words on the screen. He wanted to know what would happen after this second was up. ¡°The Biochemical Ghost has appeared. You have been selected.¡± ¡°F*ck! Why me?!¡± Looking at the screen, Swart, who was holding an M16 a moment ago, had turned into a little zombie that was glowing red. Wang Dalong was so scared that he jumped on his seat. The unfinished Spicy Sticks in his hand spilled all over the floor. ¡°What¡­ What is this?¡± Before Wang Dalong could do more research on the little zombie that he had turned into, several guns were pointed at him. The little zombie¡¯s initial 2,000 HP was not able to take any hits, and its HP bar was instantly emptied. Just when Wang Dalong thought his character was dead, in less than a second, his little zombie resurrected in the open space of the Biochemical Pyramid. This time, there were even more guns in the surroundings. In less than two seconds after resurrecting, the little zombie died again. ¡°Why can they hit me? Where¡¯s my gun? Where¡¯s my M16?¡± After being killed a few times, Wang Dalong could not help but mutter to himself. ¡°Brother, you¡¯re new, right?¡± On the computer beside him, a player who was also playing Jumping the Line of Fire saw Wang Dalong¡¯s predicament. ¡°Yeah, brother, how¡­ How do you play this game?¡± Wang Dalong looked at the brother sitting beside him. He was holding an M60 in his hand and standing on high ground, firing his gun. Wang Dalong could not help but ask curiously and enviously. ¡°Come, I¡¯ll teach you.¡± ¡°You¡¯ve turned into a zombie or a kind of ghost. You have to capture these humans and infect them. Do you know how to ¡®walk¡¯?¡± ¡°Yes, I do.¡± Wang Dalong pressed the W button, and the resurrected little zombie started to walk on the map. ¡°That¡¯s easy then. Try to capture them first.¡± The player beside him had only played for less than an hour, but unlike Wang Dalong, he quickly grasped the way to play this Biochemical mode. Although this Biochemical mode had never appeared in any games on Bluestar, Xu Zhi had already lowered the threshold for Jumping the Line of Fire to an extremely low level. It could be said that as long as a player tried it for one or two rounds, he would be able to grasp the concept of the game mode. Wang Dalong, who had received pointers from the players next to him, had also quickly mastered the way to play. He was gradually attracted by Jumping the Line of Fire and was having a great time playing. Especially after catching the first person, he felt especially good. And in the next round, when Wang Dalong used the M16 to defeat a small zombie, he felt as if he had been injected with a tube of adrenaline. A warm current surged through his entire body. The more he played, the more familiar Wang Dalong became. He also learned more high-level controls, such as using jumping to the small platform of the Biochemical Pyramid. Pa! Pa! When jumping, every time he pressed the space bar button, Wang Dalong would stand up a little from the chair in the internet cafe. When his character jumped to the small platform, Wang Dalong let out a long sigh of relief and sat back down. Wang Dalong¡¯s actions made the players beside him dumbfounded. He was actually so immersed in the game. After finishing a 17-round round of Biochemical mode, Wang Dalong thought about the player beside him who had given him pointers earlier. He turned to look at his side. After taking a look, Wang Dalong said in a puzzled voice, ¡°Hey, brother, what are you playing now?¡± Turning his head, the player next to him said to Wang Dalong, ¡°This is the Team Competition mode. If you want to play, choose a team competition room.¡± ¡°Okay, I got it. Thank you, brother.¡± After Wang Dalong thanked him, he began to move the mouse to choose a room. While he was choosing a room, he did not forget to tear open a pack of new Spicy Sticks and handed it to the brother next to him.. Chapter 15 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The brother next to him took his chili strip and poured it into his mouth. The two of them did not know each other at first, but because of Jumping the Line of Fire, they were like old friends. After playing two rounds of Team Competition, Wang Dalong was completely attracted to this game. In his opinion, this game was not only very fun to play, but it was also very easy to operate. Especially just now, in the Team Competition, he picked up an AK-S and immediately went for a five-hit combo. This feeling was much more refreshing than when he had slashed other players in other web games. There was one thing that Wang Dalong did not understand. What was the meaning of the ¡®Ace¡¯ in this game? It was not sold even after a round of shopping. He wanted to ask his brother next to him. However, it seemed that the brother had already left. Looking at the time, it was already past four in the afternoon. However, Wang Dalong still felt that it was not enough, so he entered another round of Biochemical mode. Speaking of this Jumping the Line of Fire, what attracted Wang Dalong the most was Biochemical mode. How should he put it? Fighting small zombies gave him the feeling of fighting monsters. Moreover, knowing that these monsters were real people, he felt a special thrill in his heart. Especially when he withstood a wave of zombie attacks from other players and defended a point. That feeling was exhilarating. To sum it into a sentence¡­ Sweeter than first love! Hotter than fire! He entered another round of Biochemical mode. Different from when he had first entered the game in the morning, Wang Dalong had already switched weapons. He was holding an M60 in his hand, and the heavy machine gun¡¯s firepower was sufficient. This machine gun was actually enough, but Wang Dalong had used up all his bullets at the last minute several times. For this reason, he gritted his teeth and topped up again to buy a machine gun magazine. In Wang Dalong¡¯s heart, he could not afford the hero weapon, but he could still afford a small machine gun magazine. Sure enough, with the M60 machine gun magazine, Wang Dalong became the last person on the field to defend. ¡°Dalong, what are you playing?¡± Just as Wang Dalong was enjoying himself, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder. He looked back, and Wang Dalong was full of smiles. ¡°Aiyo, why are you here, Director Li? I¡¯m playing games.¡± The person who came was his buddy Li Tianyuan. He came from a wealthy family and was nicknamed Director Li. Other people might not know, but Wang Dalong knew that Director Li¡¯s family had several coal mines. He was definitely a rich second generation. However, he usually did not put on airs. He could play with anyone, and he was also a gaming expert. ¡°What kind of game is this?¡± Another person just happened to leave beside Wang Dalong. Director Li took advantage of the opportunity and immediately took his seat. He held the membership card and turned it on while looking at Wang Dalong¡¯s computer screen. ¡°It just came out today, it¡¯s called Jumping the Line of Fire. It¡¯s very fun. If you want to play, I¡¯ll teach you.¡± For some reason, facing Director Li¡¯s question, Wang Dalong felt a sense of superiority, even though he had only played for a short while. ¡°Sure, I¡¯m free today. I¡¯ll give it a try.¡± Unlike Wang Dalong, who was a complete newbie, Director Li, who was a gaming expert, had played this kind of shooting game before. He entered the game and quickly passed the newbie tutorial, obtaining an M16 as well. Wang Dalong went over to take a look. Director Li had chosen the newbie character Olmo, but Wang Dalong already knew by now that there was no difference between these initial characters. He could choose anything. ¡°Director Li, what are you playing? Why don¡¯t you come to the Team Competition mode? I¡¯ll team up with you.¡± Wang Dalong volunteered, and Director Li did not refuse. After adding Wang Dalong as a friend, he was invited into a room by Wang Dalong. Entering the map, the two of them did not communicate much. Director Li was obviously getting used to the game. After playing for a day, Wang Dalong was killing his way through. Looking at Director Li¡¯s ranking at the bottom, Wang Dalong felt a little happy. So what if he was rich? He was still beaten down by me. ¡°Director Li, It¡¯s okay. You¡¯re a newbie. After playing for a while, you can be like me.¡± Wang Dalong was currently using an M4, while Director Li was still a newbie with an M16. After Director Li and Dalong Wang finished this round, they played a few rounds in a row. Then, Dalong Wang brought Director Li to play Biochemical mode. However, Director Li was different from Dalong Wang. He was not very interested in this Biochemical mode. Halfway through the game, he exited and entered another round of Team Competition. Dalong Wang accompanied him. In this round of Team Competition, the target was 300 heads, and Wang Dalong was killing the enemies. Director Li, who was at the side, exited after playing for a while. Dalong Wang was in a good mood and did not care. After a while, Wang Dalong¡¯s eyes suddenly straightened. On the left side of the screen, there was a long string of golden words: ¡°A player with a hero weapon has entered. All players in this game have +30% experience and +20% gold coins.¡± ¡°F*ck, a hero weapon?¡± Seeing the golden words, Wang Dalong was dumbfounded. This was the first time he had seen a hero weapon in his entire day of playing. Wang Dalong could not be bothered to play. He immediately pressed the leaderboard. Players who carried hero weapons on the leaderboard would have a golden logo. ¡°Unrivaled Dazzler ¡ª V¡± Looking at this ID, Wang Dalong felt that it was familiar. This¡­ This seemed to be? He turned to look at Director Li. Director Li¡¯s long hair rested on his forehead. His slender fingers pressed the keyboard and swiped the mouse. The character in the game held a shiny golden AK Kirin. Director Li was arrogant and unruly in the game, if God stood in his way, kill God. If Buddha stood in his way, kill Buddha. When Director Li re-entered the game, he was playing against Wang Dalong. At this moment, Wang Dalong stopped fighting against Director Li. He even took the initiative to deliberately allow Director Li to kill him. It was as if he wanted to experience the feeling of being beaten up by a hero weapon. Director Li¡¯s teammates were currently surrounding Director Li¡¯s character like a windmill. ¡°Director Li, you¡­ you bought one AK Kirin?¡± Wang Dalong asked in shock. So far, Director Li had only played with him for one hour. Slowly turning his head, Director Li shook his hair. ¡°No, not one. I bought seven of them!!¡± ¡°What? You bought seven?!¡± Hearing Director Li say this, Wang Dalong looked at the Ak Kirin¡¯s ammo. A hero-class rifle would have extra two bullets. The initial ammo of an AK Kirin was 40/120. At this moment, at the bottom right of the screen, the display was bright and clear: 54/120. ¡°F*ck, Director Li, you¡­ You¡¯re too awesome!¡± Wang Dalong was so shocked that he could not speak. Looking at the M4-30/60 ammo in his hand, Wang Dalong felt the huge gap between them for the first time. Hero-class weapons would not drop even when the character died. Director Li was killing other players at the same time, so he was very pleased with Wang Dalong¡¯s shocked reaction. On top of that, at this moment in the game, everyone was kneeling down, surrounding him. ¡°Big Brother, drop the Kirin away and let me play with it.¡± ¡°Big Brother, add me as a friend and let me play with it.¡± ¡°Big Brother, Big Brother, let me try it.¡± ¡°Tycoon, do you want to take in a disciple? I¡¯ll be at your disposal from now on.¡± ¡°You¡¯re my daddy now. Please let your son play with it.¡± ¡°I took a screenshot. It¡¯s really awesome. This guy even gave up his own father for a weapon¡­ By the way, Big Brother, can you play with me? I¡¯m your long-lost younger brother..¡± Chapter 16 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Director Li did not take these people seriously, but seeing the players groveling to him, Director Li felt exceptionally good. This feeling was even better than buying wine in a bar. One had to know that in a bar, they would not call him daddy, but they did in this game. This gun was really worth it!! As for the money to buy the gun, it was just a drop in the bucket for Director Li. At this moment, Wang Dalong looked at Director Li, who was slaughtering everyone around him. His heart was filled with unspeakable envy. Looking at the black M-4 in his hand, he felt a sense of desolation. But very quickly, Wang Dalong discovered that after Director Li bought the AK Kirin, they started to target Director Li. Moreover, Wang Dalong also discovered that after the initial visual impact, the AK Kirin was not that strong. Other than having a little more bullets and an experience bonus, its other attributes did not seem to be much stronger than other firearms. It could even use a normal AK to fight back and forth. It was not an overpowered instant kill weapon. Wang Dalong was now full of confidence. He raised his M-4 and killed Director Li several times. Needless to say, this feeling was a little different from before. Wang Dalong did not know what exactly was different about this. He just felt that after killing Director Li, he had a greater sense of pleasure than killing other players. It was as if Director Li had become a big boss. Under the targeted attacks of Wang Dalong and his teammates, Director Li was not as glorious as he was at the beginning. The number of kills he had dropped sharply. However, Jumping the Line of Fire had just launched today, so there were not that many experts in the game. Director Li¡¯s Kirin bullets were almost twice as many as the other firearms. He had a huge advantage when it came to firing. The game ended, Director Li still took second place. Wang Dalong was only ranked fourth on this side. Although he was fourth, when the game ended, Wang Dalong¡¯s felt much better than when Director Li first brought the AK Kirin into the game. In his opinion, although this hero-class weapon was powerful, it was not that powerful. Instead, it made the game even more fun. After ending the game, Director Li let out a long breath. Just as he was about to start the next round, Director Li suddenly realized that there was already a circle of people behind him. All of them were staring at their computer screens with wide eyes. Although Jumping the Line of Fire had just launched today, due to the large number of advertisements and the mutual promotion among the players in the internet cafe, it had already occupied half of the computer screens in the internet cafe. Looking up, there were people playing Jumping the Line of Fire in the internet cafe, they were everywhere. The hero-class weapon in Director Li¡¯s hand was like a sweet cake that emitted a fatal attraction, attracting many players to come behind him. With so many players looking at him from behind, Director Li¡¯s excitement was even higher. After playing Team Competition for a while, Director Li immediately topped up to purchase seven RPK Coiling Dragons to play in Biochemical mode. Instantly, Director Li¡¯s surroundings became very noisy. There were surprised gasps, shouting, and inhaling. All kinds of voices chattered non-stop. On the side, Wang Dalong looked at Director Li. Whether it was in the game or in real life, Director Li seemed to be a dashing figure. While Wang Dalong¡¯s heart was desolate, he could only sigh. Didn¡¯t he just have two bucks in his wallet? Look at how smug you are. 10 pm. Director Li blinked his eyes and detached himself from the game screen. He looked at the time. He did not expect that this game could make him so fascinated. Director Li was not only a gaming expert, but he was also a veteran gamer. He had played all kinds of games before. However, today¡¯s Jumping the Line of Fire made him feel a sense of disdain for the previous games. This Jumping the Line of Fire was done really well. The graphics quality was simple, the controls were easy, and the most important thing was that it was particularly enjoyable to play. This was the game that he really wanted to play. Putting everything else aside, he had adopted nearly 100 ¡®sons¡¯ today. He did not like playing Biochemical mode at first, but after he had the Coiling Dragon gun, he was surrounded by all sorts of characters the moment he entered the game. Even zombies did not dare to capture him. To be honest, Director Li had never encountered such treatment before. If it were not for the fact that he still had things to do at night, he probably would have stayed up all night playing this game. After drinking some water and turning off the computer, Director Li planned to go home and play again tomorrow. He glanced at Wang Dalong who was fighting hard with the M60 beside him. Director Li suddenly thought of something. ¡°Dalong, do you want to play my account?¡± ¡°What?¡± Wang Dalong, who had already paid for his internet cafe spot for the entire night, turned his head to Director Li. He took a deep breath in disbelief. ¡°You don¡¯t want it? Then I¡¯m leaving.¡± ¡°Big Brother¡­ I didn¡¯t say I don¡¯t want it.¡± Looking at Wang Dalong, Director Li smiled and logged into his account on Wang Dalong¡¯s computer. ¡°Alright then, I¡¯m leaving. You have fun.¡± Director Li left without looking back. ¡°Alright, Big Brother!¡± At this time, Wang Dalong was shocked and did not know what to say. Looking at the AK Kirin and RPK Coiling Dragon in Director Li¡¯s account, Wang Dalong felt his heart beat faster. That night, Wang Dalong did not sleep at all. According to the statistics of an unknown person, at seven o¡¯clock the next morning, Wang Dalong accepted a total of 249 ¡®sons¡¯, 323 ¡®younger brothers¡¯, and 123 ¡®god-sisters¡¯ in the game. He even surpassed Director Li himself. By the time Wang Dalong walked out of the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe at eight o¡¯clock the next morning, Jumping the Line of Fire had already become a game that he could not forget. He had to admit that this game had made him obsessed, and it made him feel extremely happy and relaxed. Despite being annoyed with the advertisements at the beginning, Wang Dalong loved the game. If he could score, Wang Dalong would definitely give this a full ten points. As for the criticism he had previously made towards Director Li, all of it disappeared overnight! Such a situation was not limited to Wang Dalong at the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe alone. Jumping the Line of Fire, with its extremely high entertainment value, extremely easy to get started nature, as well as the various relaxed and interesting modes, instantly became popular in all the internet cafes. If one had to say that the initial various advertisements had opened up the market for Jumping the Line of Fire. Then, the game itself an extremely attractive. The Biochemical mode was like a magic weapon to retain players. Jumping the Line of Fire was like a sharp knife, forcefully breaking into the game market and making a good start. Also, this was only the second day after the game was launched. ¡­ 9 am sharp. At the Dream Game Company. The company hall on the first floor was packed with all the employees of the company. They were holding a last-minute meeting. All of them looked forward with anticipation. Xu Zhi stood at the front of the crowd, smiling without saying a word. Meanwhile, the head of operations, Ding Xiaomei, was holding a folder in her arms and standing at the highest position. After taking a look at Xu Zhi and getting a positive nod, Ding Xiaomei opened the folder and began to read aloud. ¡°Dear colleagues, yesterday, Jumping the Line of Fire had great success. Now, let me report this good news to you.¡± ¡°Yesterday, after Jumping the Line of Fire went online, the number of online players rose all the way up. At 8 pm yesterday, the maximum number of online players in the game exceeded two million, and the top-up amount exceeded ten million yuan this morning. The grand total number of registered players exceeded seven million¡­.¡± Chapter 17 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Clap, clap, clap, clap!! Before Ding Xiaomei could finish her sentence, the crowd burst into applause. On the first day, the value of the account had exceeded 10 million. This was an explosive amount of money for any gaming company. Although he had already heard the news early this morning, Xu Zhi still could not help but clap loudly. He was more excited than anyone else present. Even when he was developing the game, he knew that Jumping the Line of Fire would definitely become popular after it was launched. However, when this moment really came, Xu Zhi could not suppress his joy. Surrounding him, the employees all had looks of worship. The negative impact of the closed beta a day ago had completely disappeared, and everything seemed to have changed. This was not only the success of the game, but also a validation of his personal way of thinking. After Ding Xiaomei finished speaking, Xu Zhi walked forward. ¡°Colleagues, please let me first express my highest respect to you. Without your tireless efforts this month, without your hard work this month, we wouldn¡¯t have this game, and we wouldn¡¯t have created such an achievement. Please let me salute you.¡± After he finished speaking, Xu Zhi bowed to all of his employees. Compared to the exciting data that Ding Xiaomei had reported, Xu Zhi¡¯s actions at this moment stunned everyone. They had never thought that the boss of the company would bow to his employees. Many people had worked in other companies before entering Dream Game Company. Forget about the boss bowing to his employees, in other companies, it was already considered good enough if the boss did not make the employees kneel down and work for him. Even Qin Zishu had never done this before. Xu Zhi¡¯s actions shocked everyone. There was complete silence. However, Xu Zhi did not think much of it. One reason was that he was really happy today. He had made a good start with Jumping the Line of Fire, which gave him the confidence to do what he was going to do next. The other reason was that he really felt that he could not have done this without these employees. Bowing was nothing. He slowly raised his head and looked at the hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at him. The corners of his mouth lifted. ¡°Alright, I won¡¯t say anymore. That¡¯s all for today¡¯s happy news report. Everyone can go back to work.¡± The crowd dispersed and there was a flurry of discussion below. Everyone was shocked by Xu Zhi¡¯s actions just now. In the small conference room, a new meeting was underway. Just now in the hall on the first floor, it was a staff meeting to announce the good news. In this small conference room, it was a departmental meeting. Xu Zhi still had something to discuss today. Other than Xu Zhi, there were only a few department heads of the company. They clapped again for the successful launch of Jumping the Line of Fire. Xu Zhi stopped and looked at the directors. He started to speak. ¡°There¡¯s something I want to discuss with you today. As far as I know, the customer service department of the company was outsourced. Now, I¡¯m thinking that we should take this matter in-house. We should set up our own customer service department to provide better customer service to the players.¡± After hearing Xu Zhi¡¯s words, the directors looked at each other. Ding Xiaomei said, ¡°President Xu, this is a good thing, but the company has more than 200 people now, and there is no more space.¡± Xu Zhi did not expect that Ding Xiaomei was talking about the company¡¯s space. However, it was true. The three-story building of Dream Game Company could accommodate more than 200 people, but there was no more space. ¡°Let¡¯s not talk about this for now. Are there any other problems?¡± ¡°President Xu, I don¡¯t think our company needs a customer service department for the time being. After all, this is a thankless task. If it¡¯s necessary, we can wait until the scale is larger before setting up.¡± He Wei from the planning department expressed his opinion. ¡°If we set up a customer service department, this personnel aspect will be a big problem. Customer service is not like other departments. The people needed are at an exponential level. I¡¯m afraid we need at least 100 people. This will be a huge burden on our company¡¯s finances,¡± Huang Meng said. Xu Zhi shook his head. He felt that none of these were good reasons. ¡°Actually, you may not know this, but I just came up with this idea early this morning. If our Jumping the Line of Fire wasn¡¯t so popular, I wouldn¡¯t have this idea.¡± Xu Zhi began to express his opinion. ¡°Jumping the Line of Fire has achieved such results the moment it went online. I think that it will become even more popular in the future, which means that there will be more players. I know that we outsourced the customer service department, and their service quality can only be said to be passable. Now that there are so many players in Jumping the Line of Fire, I think that if we outsource it again, the service quality will decline even more. This will be extremely disadvantageous to the development of the game moving forward.¡± ¡°President Xu, you can consider outsourcing to other companies. Many big companies do this. It¡¯s both labor-saving and cheap,¡± Huang Meng said. ¡°No, no, no. If you say that Dream Game Company is only making quick money with Jumping the Line of Fire, of course, you can do that. However, in my heart, the lifespan of Jumping the Line of Fire should be at least 10 to 20 years. In other words, this game must not have any major problems in all aspects. I think that in the future, setting up a customer service department is absolutely worth it.¡± ¡°10 years? 20 years?¡± Wang Kewen could not sit still. In his heart, although Jumping the Line of Fire had made a good start with daily revenue of over 10 million, it was just the first day. After all, they had invested 30 million in advertising fees. Wang Kewen¡¯s opinion, this situation would only last for a few days at most. Players would quit the game because of the trash graphics quality and expensive guns. In the future, the game¡¯s lifespan might not even last for a year. 10 to 20 years, was President Xu talking in his sleep? ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Wang Kewen? Do you have any objections?¡± Xu Zhi asked. ¡°Director Xu, I don¡¯t have any objections. It¡¯s just that 10 to 20 years is too exaggerated. We are all insiders in our company, we know our own family affairs. This Jumping the Line of Fire was created by us in a month. I think that our lifespan is only a few years. We can¡¯t be so blind.¡± ¡°Hahaha, Wang Kewen, you can¡¯t have this kind of thinking. As the saying goes, aim for the stars, and you will land on the moon. If you make games with this kind of mentality, I¡¯m afraid not many games can last a few months.¡± ¡°President Xu, I¡¯m telling the truth. This game was indeed developed by us in a month. The foundation is not good. Some companies take a few years just to develop a game. I think we just need to take advantage of fast and easy money. After that, the main focus is on making a big game.¡± ¡°Big Game? Real Battlefield 2?¡± Xu Zhi immediately understood Wang Kewen¡¯s thoughts. ¡°I¡¯m not saying that a big game is Real Battlefield 2. It¡¯s just that Real Battlefield 2 is a big game. President Xu, I don¡¯t think we can put Real Battlefield 2 aside.¡± Wang Kewen felt that this was a good opportunity. It was a good opportunity for Xu Zhi to restart Real Battlefield 2. He could make some quick money with Jumping the Line of Fire, and then restart development for Real Battlefield 2. There was no problem at all.. Chapter 18 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation However, Xu Zhi did not think so. ¡°Wang Kewen, I remember that I said a month ago to stop all development for Real Battlefield 2. Did you not hear that? For a bad seed, we can not think that it will sprout just because we put time into it. You have to understand that if you plant a bad seed, it will not sprout even if you water it eight times a day and fertilize it ten times a day. Real Battlefield 2 is a bad seed. We need to abandon it.¡± Wang Kewen did not say anything. He just looked straight at Xu Zhi. Xu Zhi continued, ¡°Moreover, you just said that the basics of Jumping the Line of Fire were not well established and that it¡¯s not a big game. Then let me ask you, what is a big game? Is a big game one that invests a lot of time and manpower? Then, in the future, wouldn¡¯t it be enough to make games with a lot of people? Wouldn¡¯t it be enough for each game company to compare who spent a larger budget to develop games? Could it be that a few people can¡¯t make a big game and can¡¯t make a good game?¡± ¡°In my opinion, as long as we walk the right path, even if it only takes a month, Jumping the Line of Fire will become a game that will be popular for 10 to 20 years.¡± ¡°President Xu, I want to take a leave of absence. I have a headache and want to go home.¡± ¡°Leave of absence? I approve it!¡± Xu Zhi waved his hand and said. Meanwhile, Wang Kewen did not say anything. He pushed open the glass door of the meeting room and left. ¡°President Xu?¡± Ding Xiaomei stood up as if she was asking Xu Zhi if she should chase after Wang Kewen. ¡°Sit down! Don¡¯t worry about it.¡± Xu Zhi was not angry at Wang Kewen, but rather, he felt helpless. The helpless thing was, why could he not change his mind? Actually, Xu Zhi still had a good impression of Wang Kewen. After all, he was very persistent. It was a rare quality to be so devoted to the success of Real Battlefield 2. Moreover, he was more enthusiastic than anyone else when it came to work. However, although persistence was a good character trait, Wang Kewen had taken the wrong path, which became a fatal poison. Originally, Xu Zhi had planned that if Wang Kewen continued to argue with him, he would fire Wang Kewen at any cost. However, Wang Kewen said that he had a headache and asked for leave, so Xu Zhi did not have the intention to fire him immediately. After all, Wang Kewen was quite capable, and it would be difficult to find a replacement in a short period of time. Xu Zhi decided to give him a few days off, and then monitor his performance after he returned. After taking a deep breath, Xu Zhi returned to the topic of setting up a customer service department. ¡°Does anyone have any opinions about setting up a customer service department?¡± After the argument between Xu Zhi and Wang Kewen just now, who else dared to have any opinions? Huang Meng glanced at Xu Zhi and did not say anything. ¡°Okay, from today onwards, the customer service department of the company will be officially established. Then, who has a good recommendation for the position of customer service director?¡± ¡°President Xu, I have a person under me who has relevant experience. I can ask him to try,¡± Zheng Quan said. ¡°Okay, no problem. Ask him to him come and see me later.¡± With that, Xu Zhi announced the end of the meeting. Actually, Xu Zhi did not really care who would be the customer service director. He only said that to make his subordinates feel more comfortable. Xu Zhi had always believed that other than technical positions, any other managerial position could be filled by anyone after a certain amount of training. Moreover, the training time would not be too long. It could be done in just a few days. The butt determines the brain. When you sit in that position for long enough, you will naturally become the person needed for that position. After Liu Bang became the emperor, most of the generals and talents around him were from his hometown, Pei County. Could it be that Pei County, where Liu Bang grew up, was so outstanding? Was there talent everywhere? Actually, it was not. The important thing was that Liu Bang provided a platform. There were many talented people everywhere. Xu Zhi believed in this. As for Xu Zhi, he could give the customer service director as a platform to anyone. It was up to him to hand out this growth opportunity. Of course, if the candidate really turned out to be unsuitable, Xu Zhi would naturally change the candidate. When he returned to the office, Xu Zhi had a lot of things to do. He was busy until noon. As for the customer service director recommended by Zheng Quan, Xu Zhi met up with him and said a few words. He felt that the person was not bad, so he let him temporarily become the director. Although Xu Zhi was busy, he did not forget about another thing. Ding Xiaomei had mentioned the problem of insufficient office space in the company. The three-story building that Dream Game Company was currently in might have been sufficient when Qin Zishu bought it, but now, it was insufficient for the needs of their growing company. Of course, it would not be a problem if he forced it, but the company might end up looking like a night market. Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s daily revenue was already over ten million. According to Xu Zhi¡¯s estimates, they would be able to earn at least 300 million this month. With the addition of a few other games, the company was not short of money at the moment. After settling most of the matters at hand, Xu Zhi had a simple lunch. Then, he started wandering around the company by himself. As for the newly established customer service department, Xu Zhi did not want it to be too far away from the headquarters. It would be best if he was nearby. Bluestar¡¯s current level of development was ten years behind Xu Zhi¡¯s world in his previous life. Xijing City had only expanded a little, so it was not very crowded. It was not difficult for Xu Zhi to find a new place for the company. In fact, with the current scale of the Dream Game Company, it was completely feasible to relocate the company¡¯s headquarters. After taking a tour around the area, Xu Zhi took a fancy to a ten-story commercial building 500 meters away from the headquarters. After some thinking, Xu Zhi decided to rent an entire floor as the company¡¯s customer service headquarters. Of course, Xu Zhi did not have the final say. He still had to transfer the money from the finance department. He called Huang Meng and asked her to come over and handle the formalities. Huang Meng did not say anything. The company could totally afford this amount of money on paper. However, when she was paying, Huang Meng could not help but comment, ¡°President Xu, didn¡¯t you discuss with President Qin about renting this floor?¡± ¡°No, what¡¯s there to discuss with this little bit of money? Everything in the company is up to me now. Zishu just needs to rest at home and nurse her baby. I don¡¯t think you¡¯re still doubting my ability, right?¡± ¡°No!¡± Huang Meng shook her head, and then she looked down. She asked casually, ¡°How¡¯s President Qin recently?¡± Huang Meng looked casual, but Xu Zhi understood everything. ¡°Don¡¯t worry. My wife is doing well. She¡¯s been eating well and sleeping soundly. She¡¯s been sending me photos every day,¡± Xu Zhi said with a proud and happy expression. When Huang Meng heard that, her eyes were a little blurry as if she was fantasizing about something. ¡°The two of you, sign it.¡± The property manager of the commercial building at the side looked at the two people who came to handle the rental procedures with curiosity. In his eyes, the man and the woman looked like celebrities, but their conversation really confused him. Especially those words about President Qin, his wife, how was she? It made him confused about the relationship between the two of them. ¡°Okay.¡± Without any delay, Xu Zhi quickly signed the papers. The money had just been transferred, and this floor of the office building now belonged to Dream Game Company. The lease term was not long, only two years. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± After patting Huang Meng¡¯s shoulder, who was still in a daze, Xu Zhi brought her downstairs. As they walked toward Dream Game Company, Huang Meng looked at the building that was getting closer and closer. After struggling for a while, she finally could not help but call out to Xu Zhi.. Chapter 19 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°President Xu, I just heard you say that President Qin sends you photos every day. Can you¡­ can you send me two of those photos?¡± ¡°What did you say?¡± Xu Zhi turned around and asked curiously. ¡°It¡¯s¡­ It¡¯s nothing. Let¡¯s go.¡± The courage that Huang Meng had just mustered was shattered by Xu Zhi¡¯s words. Shaking his head, Xu Zhi did not care. He continued to walk towards the company building. Behind him, Huang Meng looked at Xu Zhi¡¯s back with confusion. ¡­ After returning to the company, Xu Zhi first dealt with the matters after the establishment of the customer service department. From the recruitment training to the configuration of various office equipment, all the preparatory work would take at least half a month. The department had to ask Xu Zhi for many things in the early stages. In addition to Jumping the Line of Fire, Xu Zhi was so busy with all kinds of work. He could not stop working even for a moment. When he finally had time to drink some water, Xu Zhi looked at the time. It was already past six o¡¯clock in the evening. He stood up and looked out the window. The weather today was gloomy as if a storm was brewing. He returned to his computer and opened the Jumping the Line of Fire forum to take a look. The comments on it were all quite pertinent. Compared to before, there were many more comments that praised the game. At this point, Jumping the Line of Fire thread had more than ten million registered players. At this rate, Xu Zhi estimated that this game would become the biggest hit in the Bluestar game market today. It was getting late. Just as Xu Zhi was about to pack up and go home early, Ding Xiaomei suddenly sent him an email. He opened it casually as he stood up, but the contents of the email caused him to sit back down again. ¡°President Xu, a bunch of videos that are slandering our Jumping the Line of Fire suddenly appeared on the Sweet Potato Video website. The number of views is quite high, and they suspect that it was done by another game company. Do you want to respond?¡± The first thought that came to Xu Zhi¡¯s mind when he saw this email was, ¡®Did it come so quickly?¡¯ With his experience from his previous life, Xu Zhi was very familiar with the way game companies slandered each other. These were all normal operations of game companies. After all, the market was not so big. If one company¡¯s game became popular, it would definitely affect another company¡¯s games. Just like Real Battlefield 1, since yesterday, its daily activity had decreased a lot. Although he had predicted it, Xu Zhi did not expect that the Jumping the Line of Fire that had just launched open beta yesterday would be followed by a large-scale troll army so quickly. Opening the Sweet Potato Video website, this was Bluestar¡¯s largest video streaming website. From movies and television to self-made reviews, it covered all the video categories. When he entered the game review page, what greeted his eyes were rows and rows of reviews about Jumping the Line of Fire. The titles were like this: ¡®Jumping the Line of Fire: The birth of an epic-level crappy game!¡¯ ¡®Selling a hero-level weapon for 999 yuan? Buying a string of code with so much money??¡¯ ¡®The new game with trash-quality graphics has become popular. It¡¯s an insult to the players¡¯ aesthetic standards.¡¯ ¡®Jumping the Line of Fire: A low-level game that relies on advertising and marketing!¡¯ ¡®¡­¡¯ Among these videos, the largest number of views had already reached two million. It was the review video with the title: ¡®Jumping the Line of Fire: The birth of an epic-level crappy game!¡¯ Xu Zhi immediately clicked on the play and watched it. ¡°Dear viewers, hello everyone. Today¡¯s commentator, Teacher Li, has brought a new review video for everyone. Uh¡­ First of all, after watching today¡¯s video, you will definitely have an eye-opening experience with the operations of the domestic game manufacturer. At the same time, you will also sigh from the bottom of your heart. You will be wondering, why can a bad be so bad?¡± At the beginning of the video, there was an unpleasant voice. It was as if the voice was deliberately suppressed in the speaker¡¯s throat, making people feel very uncomfortable. Xu Zhi continued to watch. Next was the login screen of Jumping the Line of Fire. ¡°That¡¯s right, dear viewers, what you are watching now is a review video of an epic-level crappy game. First of all, the name of this game is called, called¡­ Jumping the Line of Fire?? Uh, I can only say that the person who named it is really ¡®smart¡¯. Can you be a little more rustic?¡± ¡°Next, let¡¯s enter the game. Okay, I logged in smoothly. Wait, what did I see? The quality of the graphics, this¡­ Could this be an industrial defective product left over from the last century? This quality of the graphics really shocked me. I¡¯m shocked for an entire year.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, let¡¯s take a look again. Maybe the game manufacturer is doing this on purpose. I¡¯m going through the beginner¡¯s tutorial, it seems that the quality of the graphics hasn¡¯t changed much. Well, no hurry. Let¡¯s exit and come back again. We can enter the room again, exit again, and enter again. Eh, it doesn¡¯t seem to have changed much! No way, I have nothing. Can you believe that there are still games with such crappy graphics produced at this time? It¡¯s actually an online game?¡± ¡°When we open the mall again, everything seems to be normal¡­ Well, normal my foot! What the hell is the golden shining hero-level weapon in the first row? I am again shocked for an entire year.¡± ¡°AK Kirin? M4 Thor? RPK coiling dragon? My god, this game is really a little genius for naming names. Why aren¡¯t you called Death God or Zhang Fei? Doesn¡¯t that sound even cooler? Speaking of which, if this was named ¡®Dragon¡¯, I wouldn¡¯t criticize too much, as that¡¯s pretty normal in other games. However, allow me, Teacher Li, to give a free suggestion to the company that produced Jumping the Line of Fire. Other than this Coiling Dragon, you could also name it: King Dragon, Red Dragon, Black Dragon, Fire Dragon, War Dragon, Fierce Dragon, Black Dragon, Sky Dragon, Dragon Slayer. After listening to my suggestion, little friends, do you feel that these are even cooler?¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Seeing this, Xu Zhi was a little shocked. Could this Teacher Li have transmigrated like him? How did he know these names? These were all names from his previous life. It was just that he had not used them yet. He continued to watch. At this moment, this Teacher Li was holding an AK Kirin. He carefully ridiculed the external effects and even bought a new one. Xu Zhi thought to himself that this Teacher Li had invested a lot of money to make this video. ¡°Alright, dear viewers, I also endured the pain and bought an AK qilin. Looking at the lighting effects, I feel like I have returned to my childhood when I held a toy gun named ¡®Pewpew¡¯. I feel younger already. I just want to say¡­ 999 for a gun, can¡¯t you make it a little bit more realistic? Have you seen a game gun that can emit light?¡± ¡°That¡¯s fine. Everyone, look at the gun¡¯s attributes again. Other than gaining experience, it could also add a crazy amount of bullets. Could it be that I am actually playing an immortal cultivation game? Have I had transmigrated to the Xianxia world? Oh yes, there¡¯s something else worth mentioning. Based on the current price of pork, this 999 AK Kirin is enough for me to buy 100 grams of pork. After rounding it up, in order to buy this gun, teacher Li had lost 10 kilograms of pork. Everyone, remember to give me a thumbs up for this video.¡± ¡°Okay, now, let¡¯s enter a game. This is a Team Competition mode. Don¡¯t panic. Those who have watched my previous videos all know that I am an expert in any game or mode. This kind of situation is nothing. Watch me do an eight-kill combo..¡± Chapter 20 - Player’s Strength Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Following that was a game scene. Equipped with the AK Kirin, not only did Teacher Li not get an 8-kill combo, but he was also killed by his opponent. Just like all the players who had hero weapons, Teacher Li was also targeted. ¡°Brothers, I regret it. I spent 999 on this AK Kirin, but it is not easy to use. I feel like I have been tricked. where is the refund button? Ahh! Eh, it seems like I can¡¯t get a refund. What? I just spent 999 to buy a pea shooter? Trash game! Give me my refund!!¡± After a roar, the evaluation started again. ¡°Okay, everyone, please don¡¯t take offense. I just couldn¡¯t help myself. Let¡¯s continue the evaluation.¡± Following that, Teacher Li played another round of Biochemical mode. He deliberately did all sorts of mischief, and the video was made very cheerfully. ¡°Everyone, look, eh, I¡¯ve become a Biochemical ghost. I¡¯ll try to catch another player¡­ Damn, why can¡¯t I catch them? This game is too unbalanced. If I become a ghost, other people will target me. Its like I¡¯m quitting the game. However, for the sake of the audience, I will persist until the last moment.¡± ¡°Alright, this round of evaluation ends here. I, Teacher Li, will conclude with my thoughts. I have a lot to say.¡± ¡°First of all, in my opinion, this Jumping the Line of Fire is worthy of its title as an epic-level crappy game. The graphics quality is trash, and the guns are ugly. It makes people feel nauseous when they enter the game. There is also the childish Biochemical mode, which made me even more confused as to how this game was created. I can only say that this game is actually worse than the worst game in existence.¡± ¡°Then, last night, I checked the game production company and found that it was the company that had previously produced Real Battlefield 1. I previously evaluated that game, and all the data was very balanced, the game¡¯s graphics were extremely realistic. I really wanted to say, how could a company that could produce Real Battlefield 1 produce such trash. Could it be that the game companies nowadays don¡¯t have a bottom line for the sake of money? How sad. I sincerely hoped that the game companies in the future would have a conscience and make better, more valuable games. Alright, I¡¯ll see you all next time!¡± The video ended here, it was exactly ten minutes. After watching the video, Xu Zhi glanced at the video¡¯s upload time. At three o¡¯clock in the morning last night, Xu Zhi roughly knew what was going on with this video. It was probably Jumping the Line of Fire that had just been released in the open beta yesterday. It had instantly become popular in the entire internet cafe. The other game companies could not sit still and paid Teacher Li and the others overnight to release negative reviews of Jumping the Line of Fire. After all, if it was a genuine evaluation, all these reviews would not have appeared in such a concentrated manner. As for the other videos about Jumping the Line of Fire at this time, Xu Zhi did not need to watch them either. They were all the same type. However, Xu Zhi had to admit that this guy¡¯s style was quite humorous. He had basically painstakingly pointed out anything he could find as a flaw in Jumping the Line of Fire. It could be seen that he had put in a lot of effort. However, Xu Zhi scrolled down again and could not help but laugh. Logically speaking, under Teacher Li¡¯s video, everyone should have agreed with Teacher Li¡¯s comments. However, at this moment, it was not what he expected. ¡°Teacher Li, did someone pay you to say this? I played this game yesterday. It¡¯s not that bad. It¡¯s quite fun.¡± ¡°Teacher Li, even ordinary guns can be played in the game. You were the one who wanted to buy the AK Kirin, yet you made a comment about 100 pounds of pork. I definitely don¡¯t like it.¡± ¡°Teacher Li, I could play this game on my three-year-old computer. The poor graphics quality is a good thing.¡± ¡°Teacher Li, I switched from Real Battlefield 1. Real Battlefield 1 is good graphics quality, but it¡¯s not fun. This game is especially fun.¡± ¡°Teacher Li, Teacher Li, play with me next time.¡± ¡°Teacher Li, this game is more balanced. Can¡¯t you see that the 999 AK Kirin only has a little more bullets? Isn¡¯t this good?¡± ¡°Teacher Li, Teacher Li, you were killed with the AK Kirin because you wanted to cover up the fact that you¡¯re a technical weakling? Moreover, Teacher Li, everyone is targeting hero-level weapons at this stage. If you want to buy it yourself, don¡¯t blame others.¡± ¡°Brothers, is there anyone from a large region who wants to join my team?¡± ¡°Teacher Li, this game looks really fun. After watching your video, I downloaded it overnight. I¡¯ve been playing it all night. It¡¯s really exciting.¡± Xu Zhi looked at these comments and first sent a message to Little Sister Ding. ¡°Little Sister Ding, our company didn¡¯t interfere with the comments under these videos, right?¡± After Xu Zhi sent the message, Little Sister Ding¡¯s reply came very quickly: ¡°President Xu, we didn¡¯t. Our company hasn¡¯t made any moves now. I don¡¯t understand what¡¯s going on with these comments either.¡± ¡°Hmm, that¡¯s strange.¡± Looking at the comments, Xu Zhi was a little confused. Could it be that Teacher Li was a cross-dresser? However, other than advertising, Jumping the Line of Fire had never come into contact with these people. Could it be that they were all willing to contribute? He continued to read the comments. After reading too much, Xu Zhi seemed to understand something. Although the open beta of Jumping the Line of Fire had only lasted for two days, its novel playstyle was like cancer, attracting a large number of players. When these players were playing, they did not care about the quality of the graphics. On the contrary, their computers were not lag, and they had smooth gameplay, which was enough to attract them. In addition to the Biochemical mode, Battle Team system, and other playstyles, Jumping the Line of Fire was exactly as he had expected it to be. It became an extremely entertaining and social game. Moreover, the whole bunch of things that Teacher Li had said did not mention the most attractive aspect of this game, which was its playability. So what if the graphics quality was bad or the guns were expensive? Once the players played it, they would find it interesting and especially fun. This was better than anything else. Teacher Li¡¯s ridicule did not achieve the desired result. Instead, it had the opposite effect. At this moment, many people wanted to try playing this game after seeing Teacher Li¡¯s evaluation. Not only that, many players even started to promote Jumping the Line of Fire after playing. This kind of result was something Xu Zhi had never expected. Xu Zhi opened TT again and searched for Jumping the Line of Fire. He found that a large number Jumping the Line of Fire posts appearing in TT in just one day. Entering a group randomly, there was a large amount of discussion about adding friends to invite them to the game. As for the comments under Teacher Li¡¯s video, they were all the genuine comments, and it brought in a large number of players. Whether the grapes were sweet or not, one would know once they ate them. The game was the same. Whether it was fun or not, the players would know once they played it. Just like Wang Dalong and Director Li in the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe, this game had a fatal attraction to certain groups. they would consciously promote Jumping the Line of Fire. Turning off the computer, Xu Zhi was in an extremely good mood. Perhaps his previous psychological goal of Jumping the Line of Fire had to be mentioned again. Xu Zhi had a bold idea, breaking his 100 million a week. The success of Jumping the Line of Fire also proved one thing to Xu Zhi, which was that things from his previous life could work on Bluestar as well. The world might have changed, but human nature did not change.. Chapter 21 - The Storm Is Coming Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Looking out of the window at the summer night sky, there were dark clouds at only seven o¡¯clock. Xu Zhi suddenly had an impulse, he felt like just breaking through everything. Not only did the large dark clouds not affect Xu Zhi¡¯s mood in any way, instead, it reminded him of a sunny day after the rain. Seeing that players are identifying with this game, Xu Zhi was happier than anyone else. At the same time, the ambition in Xu Zhi¡¯s heart gradually rose. Since I, Xu Zhi, was able to attract so many players with a game, I might be able to change Bluestar in the future. I¡¯m not going to fight for hegemony, but to make the world the way I want it to be. Without waiting for Xu Zhi to drive home, the heavy rain arrived on schedule. Xu Zhi had been the president of the company for a month. The sky was cloudless, and the land was dry and waiting to be fed. This heavy rain, which had been held back for a whole month, stirred up waves of fire-like smoke and dust as soon as it fell on the ground. Pitter-patter¡­ It was as if beans were pouring down from the sky. The rain mixed with the dust, and the water vapor connected with the buildings. The misty rain was hazy, and the sky and earth seemed to be occupied by a heavy substance. The line of sight was limited to ten meters. In this kind of weather, it was too dangerous to drive on the road. Xu Zhi sat in his office and waited for the heavy rain to stop. The company got off work at six o¡¯clock. Most of the ordinary employees had gone home and avoided the heavy rain. The majestic sound of the rain made the entire company fall silent. Xu Zhi sat for a while and walked down the stairs. The slightly bright computer screen on the second floor showed that someone was still working. Xu Zhi glanced at it but could not see who it was. When he walked down the first floor, he saw that the entire lobby was already empty. Xu Zhi sat on the bench at the front desk and flipped through the documents. There were all kinds of trivial documents and registration books. He looked up at the company door that was facing the front desk. Xu Zhi did not say a word. ¡°My work is very good. You don¡¯t have to worry.¡± ¡°Yes, yes. It¡¯s raining heavily in Xijing right now. I¡¯ll go back to my room after I¡¯m in the company.¡± ¡°¡­ Okay, I got it. I¡¯ll call back immediately after my salary is paid next month. Okay, take care of your health. I¡¯ll hang up now.¡± The sound of a phone call came from a corner on the first floor. Xu Zhi heard every word. It was a woman¡¯s voice. Ta! Ta! Ta! The crisp floor and the heavy rain outside the house made the sound of walking particularly loud. Xu Zhi turned his head and looked at the source of the voice. At that moment, the person who was about to go home after the call ended also saw Xu Zhi. ¡°President Xu, you¡­ Why are you here!¡± Ding Xiaomei looked at Xu Zhi and was very surprised. She had just seen that there was no one on the first floor, but she did not expect Xu Zhi to be sitting at the front desk. ¡°I¡¯m waiting for the rain to stop. Are you going home now?¡± Xu Zhi said with a smile. ¡°Yes, President Xu, I¡¯m just about to go home.¡± At this moment, Ding Xiaomei lost her calmness when she was at work with Xu Zhi. She was a little flustered, as if Xu Zhi had exposed her secret. ¡°The rain is so heavy. Aren¡¯t you going to wait for it to stop?¡± Xu Zhi looked at the heavy rain outside the house and said to Ding Xiaomei. ¡°President Xu, it¡¯s okay. The bus stop is just outside the office. It¡¯s nothing.¡± ¡°Well, did you just call your family?¡± Xu Zhi continued. At this moment, Ding Xiaomei was standing five meters away from Xu Zhi at the front desk. It was awkward for her to be near him or leave him. ¡°Yes.¡± Ding Xiaomei could only nod. ¡°Then be careful on the way home!¡± Xu Zhi did not say anything else. He could see Ding Xiaomei¡¯s awkwardness. ¡°Then, President Xu, I¡¯ll take my leave first.¡± Nodding, Ding Xiaomei smiled at Xu Zhi and walked to the door. Watching Ding Xiaomei rush out of the company with an umbrella and disappear into the rain, Xu Zhi regained his calm. Ding Xiaomei, who had rushed out of the company, stood at the bus stop and waited for the bus. However, the sudden heavy rain caused every single bus to be filled to the brim. She wanted to stop the taxi, but when she thought of her parents who were sick at home and her younger brother who was in school, Ding Xiaomei clenched her fists. Suddenly, a car stopped in front of her. It was Xu Zhi. ¡°Get in the car!¡± Through the open door, she saw Xu Zhi¡¯s call. It was as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer. Ding Xiaomei had the urge to cry. She got into the car and closed the door. Xu Zhi drove the Samurai and drove Ding Xiaomei away from the bus stop. Behind him were countless people who were still waiting for the bus. After sending Ding Xiaomei downstairs, Xu Zhi went home. ¡­ In the blink of an eye, ten days had passed since the public beta testing of Jumping the Line of Fire. Not only had Xu Zhi achieved his goal, but he had also exceeded it. In the past ten days, the total value of Jumping the Line of Fire had exceeded 300 million, which was the total value of the Dream Game Company in the past quarter. Such an impressive result made everyone smile when they went to work. During this period of time, Xu Zhi had been much more relaxed than before. Other than his daily work, he was steadily pushing forward the matter of establishing a new customer service department. In a few days, the customer service department would officially start work. However, Xu Zhi also felt a little regretful. Because time was tight, the office environment at the customer service department was not very ideal. The renovation was very simple, and he could only slowly make up for it later. As for the other jobs, they were all progressing very smoothly. Jumping the Line of Fire had already undergone a small-scale update. some bugs had been fixed, and a new hero weapon, the Dragon-slaying Saber, had been launched. The number of people registered was still rising. Yesterday and the weekend, the highest number of online players had even broken through to three million. In the previous three games, other than Real Battlefield 1, which was affected by Jumping the Line of Fire, the other two games had also entered a stable stage due to Xu Zhi¡¯s actions. They did not continue to decline, the monthly income was also quite considerable. The various departments of the company also made use of the time when the customer service department was recruiting on a large scale to carry out some small-scale recruitment. As for the matter of Dream Game Company producing Jumping the Line of Fire, it had long spread throughout the entire gaming circle. After the mutual blackmailing failed to achieve results, many game companies had started similar projects one after another, all wanting to take a piece of the pie. As their counterparts in Xijing City, Four-nine Gaming Company naturally did not want to be outdone. Although they had no prior experience in related shooting games, they could not sit still under the temptation of Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s huge success. In the meeting room of Four-nine Gaming Company, the leaders of several departments were in a serious meeting. They had done a lot of research on Jumping the Line of Fire. Everyone had tried it at least once, so they no longer looked down on it. Four-nine Gaming Company¡¯s planning director said, ¡°This Jumping the Line of Fire is really something else, especially the new Biochemical mode. It was really unexpected, and it¡¯s very playable. Also, the hero weapons are not out of balance. They are all successful.¡± The finance director said, ¡°It broke 300 million in ten days. This kind of data makes people envious. This game was only created in a month. There is no more profitable business in this world. Dream Game Company will probably be able to use this game to go public next year..¡± Chapter 22 - Wang Kewen’s Old Classmate Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The director of marketing said, ¡°Their advertisements are also very good. The advertisements on the day of the open beta were overwhelming. Even I received a few of them. It looks like they put in a lot of effort. However, if they can do advertisements, so can we.¡± The director of research and development said, ¡°Since they can do it, we can do it too. I¡¯ve experienced the game. It¡¯s not that difficult to develop. It¡¯s just that many of the things need to be polished, and it might take some time. When it¡¯s done, we¡¯ll invest more advertising money than them. I think it¡¯ll definitely work.¡± ¡°Hey, I know someone from Dream Game Company. Should we poach him?¡± The head of personnel, Wang Fan, interrupted. ¡°Who? We have enough technicians on our side.¡± ¡°It¡¯s the head of R&D on their side. He¡¯s the one who oversaw the development of Jumping the Line of Fire. I know him from before. I heard that he had a fight with his boss recently and is resting at home. If we poach him over, I think the success rate will be higher.¡± ¡°Sure! Try your best to poach him. We can offer him a better salary. We can make him the vice head of R&D and even let him be in charge of the R&D for our new game. We have to be willing to invest in talents,¡± the boss of Four-nine Gaming Company said. He had always been a person who valued talents. To be able to serve as the R&D director of Dream Game Company and even develop Jumping the Line of Fire, he thought that this person must be something special. ¡­ Wang Kewen had not gone to the company since he said he was going home on leave that day. He had heard about the explosion of Jumping the Line of Fire in the past few days at home. However, Wang Kewen still did not care about it. In fact, he even felt resentful. Closing the curtains, Wang Kewen did not go anywhere. In the past few days, he had been playing Real Battlefield 1 that he had developed previously. Every time he won in Real Battlefield 1, Wang Kewen would think about Real Battlefield 2. It was as if he had been possessed. Wang Kewen could not understand. In his eyes, Real Battlefield 1 was so realistic, so fun, and had such high-definition graphics. There were no unbalanced weapons at all. Why could there not be a second one, why did they have to develop some Jumping the Line of Fire? Was Real Battlefield 2 that bad? In Wang Kewen¡¯s heart, as long as Real Battlefield 2 came out, they would definitely be able to step on Jumping the Line of Fire. However, were the people in the company bewitched by Xu Zhi? Why did they not mention Real Battlefield 2? Bang! In Real Battlefield 1, after killing a person using the M4 loaded with six accessories, Wang Kewen¡¯s TT suddenly lit up. When he switched out, it was a message from his old classmate, Wang Fan. He and Wang Fan had both worked in the gaming industry after graduating from university. However, Wang Fan was in Four-nine Gaming Company while he was in Dream Game Company. The company was different, so the relationship between the two gradually faded after graduation. They had not contacted each other for a long time. At this moment, Wang Fan was looking for him. Could it be that there was something going on? When Wang Kewen thought about how the other gaming companies had recently started developing new games to imitate Jumping the Line of Fire, his heart suddenly jumped. ¡°Kewen, are you there?¡± Wang Fan¡¯s message did not reveal anything. ¡°Yes!¡± Wang Kewen replied with a simple word, but Wang Fan¡¯s message soon came again. ¡°After graduating from university, it¡¯s been a long time. Why don¡¯t you come out for a meal? What do you think?¡± Sure enough, Wang Fan was looking for him for something. Wang Kewen¡¯s eyes narrowed. He was almost certain that Wang Fan was looking for him for a specific purpose. He was the director of the R&D department of Dream Game Company, while Wang Fan was the HR director of Four-nine Gaming Company. What else could he have to talk to him about? Thinking about his treatment at the Dream Game Company, Wang Kewen paused. However, he had no reason to reject his old classmate¡¯s meal. He understood what this meal meant. Wang Kewen was a little shaken. Looking at Real Battlefield 1 on the screen and thinking of Real Battlefield 2, Wang Kewen suddenly thought of something. He felt that this might be an opportunity. ¡°Okay, where do we eat?¡± After making up his mind, everything was easy. After Wang Kewen¡¯s message was sent, the two of them decided to meet in a private room of a restaurant. In the private room of the restaurant, the two of them did not eat much of the exquisite dishes. After drinking a few mouthfuls of wine, Wang Fan told him his purpose. ¡°Brother, have you considered coming to our company to be responsible for developing a new game? With me around, not only will the pay be good, you can mention any conditions you have.¡± Wang Kewen, who already knew that this was the case, was not in a hurry to answer. He picked up a fishball and chewed on it. ¡°Why, brother, do you have other thoughts? I heard that you had a fight with your boss. You¡¯ve been at home all this time,¡± Wang Fan continued. ¡°Ha,¡± Wang Kewen laughed lightly. ¡°No matter what, I¡¯m still the head of the R&D Department of the Dream Game Company. If I jump ship, can you give me the position of director? I don¡¯t think so. Also, you don¡¯t know that if President Xu wants to fire me, it won¡¯t be that simple. When I joined the company, we signed a five-year contract. If he fired me, the compensation will not be a small amount.¡± ¡°Hehe.¡± Wang Fan chuckled. ¡°I said, if you have any conditions, feel free to mention them. If you come over, you¡¯ll be the vice director. As long as you do well, it¡¯s easy to I give you the position of director in the future?¡± Jumping the Line of Fire broke 300 million revenue in ten days, this result made the boss of Four-nine Gaming Company very jealous. He also gave Wang Fan a lot of authority to poach people. ¡°The salary can not be lower than that of Dream Game Company.¡±Wang Kewen said the first condition. ¡°Is this a problem? If the salary is lower than that of Dream Game Company, how would I even bring myself to see you today?¡± Wang Fan patted his chest and said. ¡°Well, the second thing. I think you don¡¯t need me to tell you what new game you are developing. After I go over, I want to become the sole person in charge of this new game. Everything will be decided by me.¡± Wang Kewen understood in his heart, the Four-nine Gaming Company wanted him because they liked his experience in developing Jumping the Line of Fire. If they poached him over, they would probably want to replicate Jumping the Line of Fire again. However, Wang Kewen had other thoughts in his heart. ¡°This¡­ I¡¯m afraid¡­¡± Wang fan shook his head. Four-nine Gaming Company had been established for seven years. It would not be easy for Wang Kewen to monopolize the power. However, Wang Fan did not refuse. ¡°How about this? Why don¡¯t you come with me to meet our boss? We old people are very welcoming of talents. It¡¯s easy to talk to him together.¡± Wang Kewen also knew that Wang Fan could not make such a decision. He nodded and agreed with this statement. As for Wang Fan saying that he was going to meet his boss, Wang Kewen felt that this matter was basically done. When he thought of Four-nine Gaming Company, he would be in charge of the power. When he developed the game, he could do things that he could not do in Dream Game Company. Wang Kewen¡¯s appetite was aroused. Looking at the big meal in front of him, he began to eat. If you don¡¯t want me to develop Real Battlefield 2, then I will change my location. When I go to Four-nine Gaming Company, I will develop a new game that is similar to Jumping the Line of Fire. I will add in the main things of Real Battlefield 2. When the game becomes popular in the future, you will regret it. As for if it does not become popular, Wang Kewen did not think about this problem. If Jumping the Line of Fire can become popular, why couldn¡¯t a new game, that has added Real Battlefield 2 elements become popular? Chapter 23 - Job Hopping Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In Four-nine Gaming Company, after Wang Fan dragged the well-fed Wang Kewen to the meeting room, the company¡¯s boss, Zhu Yuxian, personally met him. ¡°Hello, Kewen. Welcome to our Four-nine Gaming Company family.¡± As soon as he came up, Zhu Yuxian gave Wang Kewen a big hug, which made Wang Kewen feel flattered and valued. ¡°I heard from Wang Fan that you were the one who led the research and development of Jumping the Line of Fire?¡± After the hug, Zhu Yuxian did not beat around the bush and asked directly. However, at this time, Wang Kewen hesitated. Others might not know, but he understood. Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s plan was proposed by Xu Zhi, and the details of the plan were completed by He Wei. Wang Kewen could say that he was the head of the research and development department, but in fact, he was just a technical executive. There was still a long way to go before he could lead the research and development. Although he understood it in his heart, Wang Kewen thought of Real Battlefield 2 in his heart. He steeled his heart and said, ¡°Of course. As the director of the R&D department of Dream Game Company, I was naturally the one who took charge of the development for Jumping the Line of Fire.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good! That¡¯s good!¡± Hearing Wang Kewen¡¯s words, the boss of Four-nine Gaming Company, Zhu Yuxian, smiled widely. He looked at Wang Kewen and nodded his head, as if he had found a treasure. As a person who loved talent, and he met a ¡®genius¡¯ like Wang Kewen, the following matters were much simpler. Wang Kewen¡¯s salary was not only twice that of the Dream Game Company, but all his requirements were met. He became the vice director of the R&D department of Four-nine Gaming Company. The most important thing was that he would be in charge of the new game that was about to be developed. No one else was allowed to interfere. Zhu Yuxian even promised Wang Kewen that when the new game became popular, he would be given a full year¡¯s salary as a bonus. The two of them talked for a while and even drank a cup of wine. Their relationship suddenly became as strong as that of old friends. Wang Kewen¡¯s working time had also been decided. It was tomorrow. As for the new game, it would be decided on the same day. ¡°Hey, Kewen, what do you think of our new game¡¯s name?¡± Zhu Yuxian put down his wine glass and suddenly asked. ¡°Name? Name¡­ how about Exceed the Line of Fire?¡± Wang Kewen thought to himself that he would definitely surpass Jumping the Line of Fire when he made a game. The name ¡®Exceed the Line of Fire¡¯ was just right. ¡°Exceed? Okay, let¡¯s use this word! Hahaha.¡± Zhu Yuxian¡¯s mood instantly became very happy because of Wang Kewen¡¯s game name. In his heart, not only did he want a game like Jumping the Line of Fire, but he also wanted to surpass the Dream Game Company. It was best to completely trample on them. Wang Kewen¡¯s words were exactly what he wanted. Looking at Wang Kewen, Zhu Yuxian found him more and more pleasing to the eye. ¡­ After saying goodbye to Zhu Yuxian, Wang Kewen walked out of the Four-nine Gaming Company¡¯s door accompanied by Wang Fan. ¡°Brother, come to work tomorrow. Work hard from now on. Don¡¯t forget your brother when you become rich in the future.¡± Wang Fan also knew how much Zhu Yuxian valued Wang Kewen. At this moment, facing Wang Kewen, Wang Fan¡¯s words actually had an ingratiating meaning. ¡°What are you saying? Without you, I wouldn¡¯t be here!¡± After drinking a glass of wine, Wang Kewen felt like he was floating in the air. ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll call a taxi to send you back. I still have some things to do today, so I can¡¯t accompany you any longer.¡± After Wang Fan said that, he hailed a taxi and gave him 50 yuan for the fare. ¡°Brother, see you tomorrow!¡± ¡°See you tomorrow!¡± Waving goodbye, Wang Fan¡¯s heart was a little complicated. He did not expect that when Dream Game Company had launched Jumping the Line of Fire, he and a few directors were mocked them. He did not expect that when the game came online, they would be slapped in the face. Also, because of this game, Wang Kewen¡¯s salary was doubled. Wang Fan suddenly regretted saying that he knew Wang Kewen in the meeting. However, when he thought of Wang Kewen¡¯s future standing in the company, with their relationship, Wang Fan felt that he was not at a disadvantage. The taxi sent Wang Kewen home. In the Four-nine Gaming Company, Wang Kewen maintained a calm composure. However, when he reached home and closed the door, Wang Kewen jumped up and even happily did an impromptu disco dance. In his heart, there was only one sentence, ¡®Another bright future, another world to conquer!¡¯ ¡°My dream, my ambition, my Real Battlefield 2, has come back to life.¡± Wang Kewen really wanted to shout out the window, but he thought of something else. ¡°No rush, no rush. I¡¯ve been in the Dream Game Company for a few years. I have to at least write a resignation report.¡± Sitting at his desk, Wang Kewen picked up a pen, tore off a page, and started writing. ¡°I, Wang Kewen, because¡­¡± ¡­ Xu Zhi was in his office processing documents. Dong dong!! There was a knock on the door. Xu Zhi raised his head. ¡°Please come in!¡± A woman in a small apricot-yellow suit walked in. It was Gu Wenwei, the director of personnel of the company. Previously, the revenue of the Dream Game Company had fallen. Other than handling the normal staff changes, the personnel department had no other work. They were relatively idle and did not see much of Xu Zhi. During this period of time, not only did the new customer service department recruit a large number of people, even the original departments needed to recruit people on a small scale. The personnel department was busy working round the clock. As the director of personnel, Gu Wenwei had been reporting to Xu Zhi frequently. ¡°President Xu, I need to report this matter to you,¡± Gu Wenwei said after she came in. Gu Wenwei was relatively delicate and pretty, and she had a kind of intellectual beauty when she dressed up. The internal department of the company called her and Huang Meng the two Golden Flowers of Dream Game Company. ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Xu Zhi stopped working and asked with a smile. ¡°President Xu, look.¡± Gu Wenwei handed a piece of paper that was obviously torn from the notebook to Xu Zhi. ¡°Wang Kewen asked someone to give this to me today.¡± ¡°Wang Kewen?¡± Xu Zhi¡¯s interest was piqued, so he picked up the paper and looked at it. ¡°Hehe!¡± After looking at it for a while, Xu Zhi laughed. This Wang Kewen really thought of himself as a big shot. He had given him a holiday, and it had been nearly ten days. He did not think of deducting his salary, but in the end, he took the initiative to resign. If you resign, then resign. The world will still change without you. At least come to the company to meet and tell me in person. What do you mean by giving a piece of paper to the head of personnel? Are you looking down on me? This is a little too extreme! However, Xu Zhi still suppressed his temper and read through Wang Kewen¡¯s resignation letter. Wang Kewen¡¯s handwriting filled an entire page. In the letter, he said that he felt unhappy and depressed. He wanted to change the environment and feel sorry for the company, but there was really no way to wait. In Xu Zhi¡¯s eyes, it was just nonsense. He had just found a new employer. What¡¯s with the sanctimonious facade? He even wrote as if he had been wronged by the company. ¡°Which company did he go to?¡± Xu Zhi placed his resignation letter in a book on his desk and asked. ¡°President Xu, I heard from a friend that he went to the Four-nine Gaming Company. He just got his new position today. He¡¯s the vice director of the research and development department.¡± ¡°Amazing. He just handed in his resignation letter today and he joined a new company on the same day. This speed is really incomparable.¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi turned his gaze to the file cabinet in his office, deep in thought. Suddenly, he thought of something.. Chapter 24 - Hong Wu Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Hey, I remember the contract we signed with him. Not only is there a penalty for breach of contract, he also has one, right?¡± Xu Zhi had previously seen the contract he signed with Wang Kewen. Within five years, if he was fired or took the initiative to change jobs, he would have to pay a penalty of three times his salary. As for the competition agreement, Bluestar currently did not have such a thing. ¡°President Xu, yes, there is such an agreement. Do you want to pursue it?¡± Gu Wenwei asked. ¡°Of course, I want to pursue it now!¡± ¡°Okay! I¡¯ll do it.¡± After Gu Wenwei left, Xu Zhi raised his head and picked up a pen on his desk. Now that Wang Kewen had left, the position of director of the R&D department was vacant. In the Dream Game Company, there was no such thing as a deputy director of each department. The next position under director would be the team leader. Regarding the vacant position of head of the R&D department, Xu Zhi did not plan to recruit people from outside. Instead, he chose them from within. Xu Zhi had met all three team leaders of the R&D department. One of them left a deep impression on him, and he had a good impression of him before. It was the employee who had barged into the meeting room at the beginning of the open beta because the server capacity was not enough. His name was Hong Wu, the third team leader of the R&D department. At that time, Wang Kewen did not say that he was the team leader, and Xu Zhi only thought that he was an ordinary employee. Later, he found out that he was the third team leader of the R&D department, in charge of the server for Jumping the Line of Fire. ¡°Hong Wu, Hong Wu.¡± Xu Zhi wanted to promote him directly to the position of director, but Xu Zhi also thought of what would happen if he could not convince the public. Putting down his pen, Xu Zhi walked out of the president¡¯s office. The main building of Dream Game Company was surrounded by a circle of walls, and there was a gate to the south of the wall. There were two rooms at the gate, and inside was the security department. Although it was called the security department, there were actually only five or six old security guards on duty. They would just open the gate when they see a car, and they would keep watch at night. When they saw Xu Zhi, they would raise their hands to salute him. On the first floor of the building, half of the reception hall was occupied. The rest was the office area for personnel administration. On the second floor, there were offices for the marketing department, research and development department, operations department, and planning department. They were separated from each other. On the third floor, other than Xu Zhi¡¯s office, there was also the location of the finance department and the promotion department that Xu Zhi had previously set up. Overall, the first and third floors were relatively empty, while the second floor seemed more compact. Xu Zhi had previously wanted a department to move to the third or first floor, but the strange thing was that no one wanted to move, so in the end, he just let it go. At this time, when he walked down to the third floor, Xu Zhi started to walk around the various departments on the second floor. After walking around once, everyone was at various positions. When they saw Xu Zhi, they all wanted to bury their heads into their computers, appearing to be very serious in their work. For a moment, the second floor, which was originally noisy, suddenly became quieter than the Mariana Trench. Only the sound of Xu Zhi¡¯s footsteps echoed. Xu Zhi was also experienced, so he understood. When he went to the R&D department, Xu Zhi stopped moving. He stared at the worktables of the employees and observed Hong Wu from there. At this moment, when the employees of the R&D department saw Xu Zhi staring at them, they all felt goosebumps and began to communicate with each other with their eyes. Hong Wu¡¯s third group had quite a number of people. After going through the busy process of the open beta of Jumping the Line of Fire, they had been very relaxed recently. ¡°Brother Hong, what is President Xu looking at?¡± One of the staff next to him winked at Hong Wu. Hong Wu immediately understood what he meant. He blinked, and Hong Wu could not figure out what Xu Zhi was doing. ¡°Could it be that he¡¯s going to lay off people?¡± Hong Wu suddenly thought about it, but he was not sure either. However, there was this possibility. There were a lot of people in the R&D department right now. After looking at it for a while, Xu Zhi was still quite satisfied. He decided to let Hong Wu be the head of the R&D department. However, compared to directly announcing it, Xu Zhi had an additional idea. When he went to the first floor, Xu Zhi took a cardboard box from the human resources department and then took out a few pieces of A4 paper. Xu Zhi did not ask anyone to help him. In a corner, he cut the A4 paper into small pieces of paper. Holding a pen, Xu Zhi seemed to be writing something. Then, after a series of small movements, Xu Zhi carried the cardboard box to the second floor. Clap clap!! The two claps immediately attracted everyone¡¯s attention. Xu Zhi asked the others to calm down and continue working. Only the people from the research and development department stood up. ¡°Everyone, stop working first. I have something to announce. First of all, your former director, Wang Kewen, has resigned.¡± When Xu Zhi said this, no one made any sound. However, their eyes drifted around as they digested this information. Xu Zhi continued, ¡°Then, I, Xu Zhi, want everyone to choose the position of Director. We will choose one of the three team leaders from the R&D department.¡± ¡°Three team leaders, three options. Everyone must write one. Come and get a note from me. Once you¡¯re done, put it in the box.¡± There were a total of 56 employees in the R&D department. Other than Wang Kewen, there were 55 of them. After hearing Xu Zhi¡¯s words, they all went forward and got a note. Holding the note, the employees looked at each other. Their team leaders were a little unsettled. However, Xu Zhi was watching them. No one dared to say anything. They just looked around and communicated with each other. ¡°Everyone, hurry up and write! Don¡¯t hesitate!¡± Xu Zhi urged. After Xu Zhi finished speaking, in less than ten minutes, all the employees had finished writing, and the note was placed into the cardboard box by Xu Zhi¡¯s hand. Although Xu Zhi had asked the other departments on the second floor to sit down and work. However, what happened in the R&D department at this time attracted a lot of attention. Everyone found it difficult to calm down. On the surface, they were working, but in reality, they were secretly paying attention. Xu Zhi suddenly turned his head and called over an ordinary employee from the operations department. ¡°Come, come over here and count these tickets.¡± After being called out by Xu Zhi, the employee from the operations department who was peeping suddenly trembled. However, after understanding what Xu Zhi had asked him to do, he felt relieved. He took Xu Zhi¡¯s cardboard box and started to count the tickets one by one in front of a small blackboard in the R&D department. Looking at the staff member whose name was added to each piece of paper, the team leaders of the R&D department held their breaths. After counting, there was no shortage of 55 votes. No one abandoned their votes. First team leader, 17 votes Second team leader, 15 votes Third team leader, 23 votes Team three did not have the most staff in the R&D department, but they had the most votes. This result had explained everything. Looking at the number of votes, the leader of Team one and the leader of team two glanced at it and sat back down gloomily. At this moment, Hong Wu was a little shocked by the surprise. He had become the Director? ¡°Alright, since this is the case, Hong Wu will become the new director of the R&D department. Come to my office later.¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi put away the cardboard box and the note. He crossed his arms in front of his chest and returned the cardboard box to the personnel department on the first floor. ¡°Brother Hong? Should I call you Director Hong?¡± ¡°Hello, Director Hong!¡± In the second team of the R&D department, the team members at the bottom all praised Hong Wu after Xu Zhi left. The other two team leaders also smiled and congratulated Hong Wu after sighing.. Chapter 25 - Xu Zhi’s New Mission Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation In the President¡¯s office, Xu Zhi was waiting for Hong Wu. Knock, knock! The door was not closed. Hong Wu knocked heavily, and the door swing open from the force of the knock. ¡°President¡­ Xu!¡± Seeing Xu Zhi, Hong Wu was a little embarrassed. ¡°Come and sit,¡± Xu Zhi pointed at the chair opposite him and said. Walking to the chair, Hong Wu carefully leaned his body down. He only sat halfway on the wide chair, and his upper body was straightened. He stared at Xu Zhi without moving his head and neck, looking very nervous. ¡°Don¡¯t be so nervous, relax a little.¡± Xu Zhi was slightly amused by Hong Wu¡¯s actions. Hong Wu sat like this, making it seem like it was the son-in-law¡¯s first time meeting his father-in-law. ¡°President Xu, I¡­ I¡­ Thank you.¡± Hong Wu did not know what to say for a moment. Ten minutes ago, he was still the team leader, but in the end, he had become a director. Not only did he manage 50 to 60 people under him, his salary had also increased by half compared to before. Xu Zhi did not say anything at the moment. He just stared at Hong Wu. Hong Wu¡¯s brows were tightly knitted as if he was trying to find words to say, but his head was like a salt-and-alkali land, pale as a flower. ¡°I thank you for giving me this opportunity.¡± Although it was selected by the employee vote, Hong Wu understood that Xu Zhi had given him this opportunity. Otherwise, how could such a thing happen? Choosing for the position of director was not as simple as voting for the class monitor in primary school. ¡°Hong Wu, relax a little.¡± Xu Zhi picked up the glass of water on the table and poured a glass of water for Hong Wu. ¡°I have high hopes for you. Work hard in the future and don¡¯t feel pressured. If you have any problems, report to me immediately.¡± Holding the glass of water that Xu Zhi poured for him, Hong Wu carefully took a sip. His expression was much more relaxed than before. ¡°How¡¯s the R&D department?¡± Xu Zhi asked casually, and Hong Wu suddenly became nervous. ¡°President Xu, everything is fine in the R&D department. I promise to complete all the tasks you ordered!¡± ¡°Haha!¡± Xu Zhi shook his head and laughed again. He could see that Hong Wu worked very hard. However, he was still young. When he was facing his boss, he was as nervous as when he was facing his teacher in school. In the company, this was not acceptable. ¡°Hong Wu, I¡¯ll give you the first task. When you talk to me, be bold.¡± ¡°Yes!¡± ¡°Okay, there¡¯s still the second task!¡± Xu Zhi sat on the sofa, stared at Hong Wu, and began to say, ¡°I want you to lead the R&D department to develop a computer instant messaging software.¡± ¡°TT?¡± He Wei immediately thought of TT. Could it be that the president wanted to move into instant messaging software? This was not a good direction. ¡°No, no, no, not like TT. It¡¯s UU.¡± He picked up a document from his desk and handed it to Hong Wu. ¡°This is a voice communication software. It can set up group chat voice, one-on-many, direct voice chat. It can set up a self-defined small room. In addition to voice, it can even video call.¡± Xu Zhi was not talking about anything else. It was the YY from his previous life. Now that Bluestar did not have this software, it was a good opportunity for him to fill in the blanks. For this reason, when he was developing Jumping the Line of Fire, he did not ask the R&D department to add the voice system into the game. It was for the purpose of launching this official voice communication software. Xu Zhi believed that with such a large number of players in Jumping the Line of Fire, this UU would definitely succeed. Most importantly, it would also create a moat for Jumping the Line of Fire. Hong Wu flipped through the documents that Xu Zhi gave him. There were some specific details about the UU. After reading a few pages, Hong Wu seemed to understand something. ¡°President Xu, this is a voice software that allows instant communication in Jumping the Line of Fire. However, our R&D department can directly connect to the voice system in the game.¡± ¡°There¡¯s no need for you to connect. Moreover, this software is not for Jumping the Line of Fire as a game service.¡± Xu Zhi¡¯s thoughts were not something the current Hong Wu could understand. ¡°Is there any problem with the R&D department developing this software?¡± Xu Zhi asked again. Closing the document, Hong Wu said affirmatively, ¡°President Xu, there¡¯s no problem. It should be developed in two weeks, or even faster!¡± Xu Zhi nodded. ¡°That¡¯s good. But if you have any gaps in talent in the future, you can look for personnel and directly recruit them. Our company¡¯s scale will soon expand again, so you must have sufficient talent under your management.¡± ¡°Yes, President Xu.¡± ¡°By the way, you¡¯ve become the Director. You can choose the position of team leader of the third group. I¡¯ll leave the decision to you.¡± ¡°Yes, thank you, President Xu.¡± Hong Wu nodded at this time. He remembered every word Xu Zhi said. After saying all that he needed to say, Xu Zhi asked one last time, ¡°Hey, Hong Wu, do you have any opinions about our company now, or any good suggestions?¡± ¡°I¡­ Have a suggestion!¡± Hearing this answer, Xu Zhi was a little surprised. He was just being polite. ¡°Go ahead!¡± Xu Zhi intended to listen carefully. ¡°President Xu, your room looks empty. Why don¡¯t I find you a secretary to share your daily worries?¡± ¡°Ah? Hahahaha¡­¡± Xu Zhi was caught off guard for a moment. ¡°Find me a secretary? That¡­ that¡¯s not necessary. You¡¯re thoughtful.¡± Xu Zhi did not know whether to laugh or cry. He did not think that Hong Wu was talking about this. It was really a pleasant surprise. Perhaps this was him trying to return the favor? Since he had asked Hong Wu to be the director, Hong Wu had thought of finding a secretary for him. It was fine if there was something for the secretary to do, but what if he did not have tasks for the secretary¡­? Brother, this really warmed his heart a little. However, Xu Zhi did not have such thoughts now. ¡°Alright, you can go back first. Thank you for your kindness. I don¡¯t need it for the time being.¡± ¡°Alright then, President Xu, I¡¯ll go back now.¡± After Hong Wu said that, he also left in embarrassment. The reason why he said that was mainly because he felt a little guilty after seeing Xu Zhi personally pouring the water for him. This was usually done by the secretary. As for other things, he did not have any other thoughts. ¡°Ah, it seems like he¡¯s a talent, I didn¡¯t make the wrong choice.¡± After Hong Wu left, the more Xu Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that Hong Wu was a capable person. It seemed that his vision was still as good as before, and he was a little proud. After returning to the R&D department with the documents, Hong Wu first found the other two team leaders to discuss with developing UU. Recently, the R&D department was short of work, and this UU software would probably be produced in no time. As for Xu Zhi asking him to choose the third team leader, Hong Wu did not hesitate and chose someone from the previous team three who did a good job. Although Hong Wu was young, he was very capable in his work. Under his leadership, the R&D department was even better than when Wang Kewen was around. Wang Kewen¡¯s departure did not affect Dream Game Company at all. He could not take anything with him. All the information was sealed in the company¡¯s server. If Wang Kewen wanted to develop a new game in Four-nine Gaming Company, he had to do it himself.. Chapter 26 - Customer Service Department Put Into Operation Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After a few days, the previously established customer service department could officially start work. As the president of the company, Xu Zhi naturally had to go to such a big event. During this period of time, it happened to be the time when graduates were looking for jobs. Most of the people hired by the customer service department were graduates. Compared to the rest of the working class, these graduates¡¯ salary requirements were not high, and they all had a sense of career, they worked very hard. Moreover, the conditions of the customer service department of Dream Game Company were very good. Now that the company had Jumping the Line of Fire, which was like a money tree, everything was spacious. Not only was the base salary as high as 2,300, but there were also car repairs, room repairs, and overtime pay. This was the current Bluestar, and it was not easy for these graduates to find a job like this. Originally, the recruitment requirements were for junior colleges, but many undergraduate students came to apply. Of course, most of them were girls. In their eyes, this job was easy, simple, working in an office building, decent, and protected from the wind and rain. That was indeed the case. Moreover, a full day of work only required eight hours, five days off in a month. This kind of treatment was really not bad. Of course, it could not be compared to the other departments of the Dream Game Company. After all, this was only the customer service department. The employees of the other departments were generally around 4,000 to 5,000, and a few department heads were paid more. The department head of the customer service department was the person that Zheng Quan had recommended before. During this period of time, he had been busy and had done very well. Xu Zhi and a few department heads came to the customer service department office not far from the company. The rented floor was divided into squares. Each square had a computer. Due to the shift-based system, the customer service department had 100 people, currently, there were only 70 to 80 computers. After entering the customer service department, Xu Zhi walked around to inspect it. There were people sitting in front of each computer. As they had not started their official work yet, the computer only displayed the customer service software¡¯s page. On most of the tables, there was a training manual. Under Xu Zhi¡¯s request, every customer service employee had undergone training for at least seven days. During the training, there was also a stipend. At this moment, when they saw Xu Zhi leading a group of leaders of all sizes around, the girls sitting in front of the computer started to discuss in low voices. When they had just come out of school, they were both nervous and curious when faced with such a situation. It was as if they were experiencing a very special experience in life. Moreover, Xu Zhi was different from those leaders in their hearts who had big bellies and messy hair. Regardless of whether it was his figure or his looks, Xu Zhi was very nice. ¡°Wow, he¡¯s so handsome.¡± ¡°Is that the president of the company? I love him, I love him.¡± ¡°He¡¯s too handsome. I can¡¯t take it anymore. I want to work in the company until I die.¡± ¡°I feel like the company president is no different from a celebrity.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, especially his temperament. The moment I saw him, I was conquered.¡± ¡°During training, the president was said to be in his thirties. That doesn¡¯t seem like it. Do you guys think the president is married?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. If he¡¯s not married, do you have the intention to do anything?¡± ¡°Who doesn¡¯t?¡± After walking around for a long time, Xu Zhi received praise from everyone. It made him feel a little embarrassed. Meanwhile, the few leaders behind him held back their laughter and did not dare to make a sound. Xu Zhi stopped in his tracks. At this moment, he wanted to speak. Looking at the gazes on him from the first floor, Xu Zhi began to speak loudly without using any amplifying equipment. Not only did his words sound clear, but they also sounded especially soothing. ¡°Dear new colleagues, Welcome to our Dream Game Company¡¯s big family! On behalf of our dream game company, I would like to express our warmest and most sincere welcome to everyone. I hope that in your future work, you will serve every customer with full enthusiasm and treat your work and life with the most sincere feelings. I hope that everyone can be promoted in the future. I can assure you that Dream Game Company will become an incomparably huge company in the near future. This will not only require my hard work, but it will also require everyone¡¯s hard work. The company will also give everyone the greatest rewards in return. Everyone who joins our Dream Game Company will be able to work smoothly and live a happy life! In the days to come, everyone will take care of each other. Everyone shall bloom their own flowers and everyone will obtain their own glory.¡± ¡°Dream Game Company welcomes everyone¡¯s arrival!!¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, without waiting for the company leaders behind him to applaud, the new employees in the customer service department who were sitting below were all extremely excited. Their palms were about to break from clapping, and some of them were so moved that their eyes were red. Xu Zhi¡¯s words were lethal to these new employees. He nodded in satisfaction. ¡°President Xu, please drink some water!¡± At some point in time, one of the employees went to fetch a glass of water and handed it to Xu Zhi. Xu Zhi took a look and saw that it was a pure-looking woman. ¡°Thank you.¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he picked up the glass and took a big gulp. Perhaps he had used too much force, but when he put down the glass, the water accidentally spilled out and landed on the employee¡¯s chest. ¡°Oh, I¡¯m sorry. Are you okay?¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine, President Xu. I¡¯m going back.¡± With a smile, the woman ran back to her desk. Xu Zhi suddenly stopped smiling. After his speech, there was another activity to begin. It was the official admission of the first customer. Everything went very smoothly. After observing for a while, the customer service department¡¯s matter was almost over. Xu Zhi and the leaders of the various departments began to leave. When he passed by the trash can at the door, Xu Zhi took out a note from his pocket and threw it in. The note was given to Xu Zhi by the pure-looking woman who carried the water. Xu Zhi did not look at it, nor did he want to look at it. He was not a saint, nor was he a bad person. Perhaps with a wave of his hand, there would be a group of women waiting for him, but the reason why Xu Zhi was not willing was whether those women had taken a fancy to him or his money. Just like what they said, ¡®I don¡¯t care who the boss is, as long as I¡¯m the wife of the boss.¡¯ Everyone wanted to be a rich wife. No one cared who the boss was, but Xu Zhi did. If one day he ended up on the streets¡­ Would there still be anyone willing to stuff notes into him like today? Xu Zhi had experienced it before. Qin Zishu, his wife, was the only one. ¡­ After returning to the company, everything was on the right track. Jumping the Line of Fire was getting more and more popular every day, and the new games from other companies were also in full swing. From what Xu Zhi knew, there were at least ten game companies of all sizes imitating the development of Jumping the Line of Fire. Xu Zhi could not stop others, he could only improve himself. At this time, Huang Meng saw that Xu Zhi was no longer as hostile as before. That day at the customer service department, when Xu Zhi threw down a note, Huang Meng saw it. After Xu Zhi left, she picked it up. On it was a phone number with beautiful handwriting. Then, Huang Meng handed the note to the customer service department director. The next day, the girl never showed up for work again. At this point, Huang Meng¡¯s impression of Xu Zhi had changed a little. However, when she thought about how Xu Zhi had ignored her request for Qin Zishu¡¯s photo the last time, Huang Meng was still furious with him.. Chapter 27 - The Scourge of Plug-Ins and Cheats Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Xu Zhi was a little annoyed these two days. Jumping the Line of Fire had been publicly beta-tested for more than half a month. Not only did he have to introduce a variety of measures to prevent the impact of other companies launching new games that imitated Jumping the Line of Fire, but even their game itself also had many problems after more than half a month. The biggest problem was the impact of plug-ins, which were essentially cheats. On the second day after Jumping the Line of Fire went online, there were already plug-ins on the market. Now that half a month had passed, there were more than ten pages of Jumping the Line of Fire cheats on the internet. They were all free! Although this could also help promote Jumping the Line of Fire, in the long run, it would be double destruction for both the game and the players. The game environment would not only become worse but some players who really wanted to play would also be driven away. When a large number of players were driven away by the cheats, only the cheats would be left, and the healthy game environment would no longer exist. Before long, Jumping the Line of Fire would be destroyed by itself. Also, it was not so easy to defend! Since ancient times, it was easy to attack and defend, and easy to destroy and build. Moreover, the development time of Jumping the Line of Fire was only one month. In this aspect, it was innately inadequate, just like a city. The city walls were all made of earth, so there were naturally many loopholes. During this period of time, under Xu Zhi¡¯s instructions, the company¡¯s technical personnel had also sealed some of the plug-ins. However, they suppressed the calabash and raised the ladle. After sealing one, ten more were raised, or even more. As a profitable venture, the plug-ins attracted a large group of people to invest in them. There were even people who started selling plug-ins on forums for Jumping the Line of Fire. Recently, there were more and more voices about the hope for official anti-plug-ins in various large forums. The newly established customer service department had recently received eight or ten feedback calls regarding plug-ins. Xu Zhi saw it, but he did not have a good idea for the time being. His experience in his previous life was not 100% universal on Bluestar. Different conditions meant that he had to do different things. In his previous life, he was in Tengda company, which was a top internet company. The number of employees in the company alone was close to 100,000. There was no lack of talent. In the face of the plug-in, although it could not be completely cut off, it could be controlled to a very small proportion, such as 5/1000, or even smaller. The impact of the plug-in on the game would not be so great. However, in Dream Game Company, although it had already experienced a small expansion, there were only around 200 people other than the customer service department. It was really difficult to get these people to go against hackers. Xu Zhi wanted to set up a special anti-hacking department, but this was different from the recruitment of customer service. It was really difficult to recruit high-end talents. The recruitment had been going on for almost a week, but they were all small fries and could not carry the banner of the department. It was too late for Xu Zhi to spend time training them. When Qin Zishu was around, although Saber 777 and Ghost¡¯s Dream also had cheats, these two games were different from Dream Game Company. Their cheats did not have much lethality. Realistic games were not that popular, and they did not attract too much attention from cheats. Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s sudden appearance brought an unprecedented opportunity to Dream Game Company, as well as an unprecedented challenge. Xu Zhi knew that the anti-cheat issue could not be delayed any longer. Dong, dong! There was a knock on the door. ¡°President Xu, here is a copy of the mid-autumn Festival Employees¡¯ Welfare Plan. Please take a look.¡± His thoughts were interrupted. Xu Zhi smiled and took the plan from the director of personnel. After reading through it and signing, it was already noon. He planned to go down for lunch first. In the restaurant, Xu Zhi was chewing on a chicken drumstick while looking at the table. Although he was eating, he was still thinking about the anti-cheat issue in his mind. ¡°Hey, have you seen the news? Someone got out of prison today.¡± There were people around Xu Zhi who were eating and discussing, but Xu Zhi did not care. ¡°There are many people getting out of prison. There are people every day. What¡¯s so strange about that?¡± ¡°This person has some connections with our company. His online nickname is Panda Man. He was sentenced to three years in prison back then.¡± ¡°Are you talking about the famous Panda Man? I remember that the cheat he created swept through the game market. He was also the assistant to Saber 777 who once ran amok in our company.¡± Xu Zhi pricked up his ears. ¡°It¡¯s him. He seems to be a self-taught hacker who is proficient in creating cheats for any game. I heard that he earned seven figures with his cheats.¡± ¡°I know him. I think he was caught because the amount of money on his bank card was abnormal. In the end, I found out after checking.¡± ¡°That kid is lucky. Back then, it wasn¡¯t strict. He was only sentenced to three years. Now, he¡¯ll be sentenced to at least eight to ten years.¡± ¡­ ¡°Panda Man?? Making a cheat and sweeping the market?¡± After hearing this, Xu Zhi could not care less about the drumstick in his hand. He frowned and started thinking. After thinking for a while, Xu Zhi quickly finished his meal and ran back to his office. On the computer, Xu Zhi was browsing information about Panda Man. ¡°His original name is Wang Xiangliang. He dropped out of high school and became a self-taught worker. His skills are top-notch. He made 82 types of cheats a year. After that, he was caught and imprisoned in Xijing North City Prison. He is released today.¡± ¡°Panda Man, he is released from the North City Prison Today!¡± A line was formed in Xu Zhi¡¯s mind. He felt that this might be an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He could not be bothered to deal with other matters. Xu Zhi picked up the Samurai key and headed downstairs. ¡°Hello, President Xu!¡± Someone greeted him downstairs, but Xu Zhi did not return the greeting. At this moment, he only hoped that he could still make it in time ¡ª to meet Panda Man. In Xu Zhi¡¯s opinion, this person might be a person who could solve their issue. He was so proficient in cheating that he might be able to help him solve the big problem of cheating in the game. Talent was always hard to find at any time. Driving the Samurai, Xu Zhi quickly arrived at the North City Prison. Unfortunately, the prison staff of the Xijing North City Prison were all arranged to work at 11 am. It was already 1 pm, and there was no one at the door. He wanted to ask where Wang Xiangliang was going, but no one knew. His house was rented, and the money he earned from cheating had been confiscated. No one knew where he was going. Xu Zhi held the Samurai¡¯s steering wheel and looked into the distance. He was thinking about where Wang Xiangliang was going. When he was searching for information, Xu Zhi learned that Wang Xiangliang was an orphan, so he had no home to go back to. He had seen his own photo. He was about 1.7 meters tall and had a thin face. Where would such a person go? Suddenly! Xu Zhi thought of a place. He turned the car around and sped away. The street closest to the Xijing North City Prison was Science and Technology Eighth Street, and there were nearly ten internet cafes on the street. Xu Zhi felt that for a person like Wang Xiangliang, the first thing he would do after getting out of prison was to go online. Perhaps he would be found in the internet cafes. He stopped the car and searched seven internet cafes in a row, but he did not find Wang Xiangliang. He raised his head and looked at Ah Long Internet Cafe that he was about to enter. Xu Zhi hoped that he would be able to find something.. Chapter 28 - Wang Xiangliang Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation As Su Zhi searched through the rows of computers, Ah Long Internet Cafe was filled to the brim. He did not find Wang Xiangliang in front of any of the computers. However, what made Xu Zhi feel gratified was that, just like the internet cafe he had searched before, 70% of the players in this Ah Long internet Cafe were playing Jumping the Line of Fire. The shouts and typing sounds in the internet cafe were incessant. Xu Zhi searched around but did not find Wang Xiangliang. He decided to look for the next internet cafe. Suddenly, he found a 1.7 m tall person with a crew cut in the crowd of onlookers at the entrance. The owner of this computer was also playing Jumping the Line of Fire. The owner of this computer was a god among players. At this moment, he was holding a green AWM and killing his way through the game. There were many onlookers behind him, and there were cheers from time to time. The male hairstyle of Bluestar nowadays was all about long hair. Most of the people watching had long hair, and this man¡¯s crew cut was a little eye-catching. ¡°Wang Xiangliang?¡± Xu Zhi leaned over and tried to call out to the man with crew cut. ¡°You are?¡± The man with crew cut slowly turned his head. Looking at Wang Xiangliang¡¯s appearance, Xu Zhi felt like he had won the lottery, and he suddenly felt like he had seen the light. ¡°Wang Xiangliang, it¡¯s really you. Let¡¯s talk outside,¡± Xu Zhi said happily as he pointed at the door. Wang Xiangliang nodded and followed Xu Zhi to the outside of the internet cafe. At the door, without waiting for Xu Zhi to express his intentions, Wang Xiangliang ran to the other side of the street. Xu Zhi was slightly stunned. Although he did not know why, he ran after him with his long legs. Wang Xiangliang was not tall after all. Plus, he had been in prison for three years, so he was not physically strong. Soon, he was caught by Xu Zhi behind him. ¡°Why are you running?¡± Xu Zhi gasped and asked. Wang Xiangliang was so tired that he could not breathe. He squatted on the ground and did not say a word. At this time, many people around them looked at the two of them curiously. Xu Zhi did not want to attract attention, so he pulled Wang Xiangliang to a noodle shop at the side. In the noodle shop, Xu Zhi ordered a bowl of noodles for Wang Xiangliang. Wang Xiangliang did not say a word. Perhaps he was too hungry before, so after the noodles were served, he picked up the bowl and started eating. He did not seem to have enough with just one bowl, so Xu Zhi added another bowl of noodles for him. When he saw the second bowl of noodles was served, Wang Xiangliang was slightly stunned. After he understood that Xu Zhi wanted him to eat, he nodded his head as if to say thank you. When Wang Xiangliang was eating the noodles, Xu Zhi began to tell him the purpose of his visit. After finishing the two bowls of noodles, Xu Zhi also finished explaining most of it. At this time, Wang Xiangliang tore off a long string of paper and wiped his oily mouth. After wiping his mouth, another bowl of noodle soup was served. Wang Xiangliang clearly relaxed. ¡°You are saying that you are the boss of a game company. You came to me to ask me to help you guard against cheats?¡± ¡°Yes! I think you¡¯re a talent.¡± Xu Zhi looked at Wang Xiangliang with his bright eyes. ¡°What games do you have in your company?¡± Wang Xiangliang leaned back on his chair. Although he had just been released from prison, he asked arrogantly. ¡°We¡¯re Dream Game Company. We developed Saber 777 before. You should still have an impression of it, right?¡± Xu Zhi recalled the conversation between the two employees in the restaurant and said. ¡°Saber 777?¡± Wang Xiangliang raised his head and thought for a moment. ¡°That popular web page game? I seem to have an impression of it. At that time, I was the one who made the biggest supporting software. However, does the game from four years ago still use the same anti-cheat?¡± ¡°No, no, no! It¡¯s not that game, but a new shooting game developed by our company. It¡¯s called Jumping the Line of Fire. It¡¯s the game you saw when you were watching at the internet cafe. I saw that you were watching it very seriously at that time.¡± ¡°You said that the game was developed by you guys?¡± Wang Xiangliang was obviously a little surprised. He had wanted to go online after 11 o¡¯clock, but the internet cafe was full of people who played Jumping the Line of Fire. There were no free machines, so he first watched from the back. As for the Jumping the Line of Fire that others were playing, he watched for a while and was attracted to it. Just as he was about to wait for the machine to try it out, he was pulled aside by Xu Zhi. When he heard that Jumping the Line of Fire was developed by Xu Zhi¡¯s company, the way he looked at Xu Zhi was not so arrogant anymore. ¡°It¡¯s our company. I¡¯m not afraid to tell you that there are too many cheats in the game now. I want to invite you to join our company to specifically deal with this problem of cheats. I plan to set up a new anti-cheats department. If you¡¯re willing to come, you¡¯ll be the director.¡± Xu Zhi was very sincere at the moment, he believed that this Wang Xiangliang was a person with real ability and was the person he was looking for. ¡°Me? The anti-cheat director?¡± Wang Xiangliang was obviously shocked by Xu Zhi. Then, he thought of something and laughed. ¡°I think you found the wrong person. I did have some skills before, but it¡¯s been three years. I don¡¯t know anything anymore. Moreover, I only know how to create cheats, not defensive cheats.¡± After Xu Zhi heard that, he said seriously, ¡°Wang Xiangliang, I think there¡¯s only one kind of skill for others. I believe that. But for someone like you who is proficient in cheats and has created 82 types of cheats in a year to sweep the gaming circle, I¡¯m afraid it doesn¡¯t make sense to say that you don¡¯t know how to defend against cheats.¡± Wang Xiangliang looked at Xu Zhi in surprise and stood up. ¡°Thank you for your noodles today. If there¡¯s nothing else, I¡¯ll take my leave first.¡± Sitting on the bench, Xu Zhi watched Wang Xiangliang stand up and walk out of the noodle shop. Then he said loudly, ¡°Why did you run away just now?¡± Turning his head, Wang Xiangliang did not say anything. He just turned his head and looked at Xu Zhi again. After paying off the noodles, Xu Zhi went out and caught up with Wang Xiangliang who was walking slowly on the street. ¡°Let me ask you, why did you run away when you saw me just now?¡± Xu Zhi stopped in front of Wang Xiangliang and asked. ¡°None of your business! If you want my money, I¡¯ll give you whatever I have. Don¡¯t bother me anymore.¡± As he said that, Wang Xiangliang unloaded a backpack that he had been carrying and threw it to Xu Zhi. Xu Zhi took it. The bag was empty and did not have any weight. ¡°I asked why did you run away just now. What are you afraid of? Is it because I called your name? Are you afraid that others will know that you¡¯re Panda Man? Have you ever been in prison?¡± ¡°It¡¯s none of your business! Don¡¯t block me.¡± Wang Xiangliang pushed Xu Zhi away and continued to walk forward. Xu Zhi was not going to let him go. ¡°Wang Xiangliang, the past will always be the past, and the future will always be the future. Each of us has a different past, but the future can become equally bright. You can¡¯t rely on making cheats for your whole life, and you can¡¯t live under the name of Panda Man forever. Come to my company and follow me in the future. I will fulfill all your requests.¡± ¡°Enough!! Don¡¯t bother me anymore.¡± Wang Xiangliang shouted at Xu Zhi. The people around him looked at them as if they were crazy, but Xu Zhi still did not give up.. Chapter 29 - Anti-cheating Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Wang Xiangliang, I¡¯ll say one last thing. If you still want to leave after hearing this, I won¡¯t stop you!¡± After Xu Zhi finished speaking, Wang Xiangliang did not continue walking forward. Instead, he lowered his head and looked at the ground. Xu Zhi also began to speak amiably. ¡°Wang Xiangliang, I¡¯ve heard a saying: You will lose your money the same way you got it. Don¡¯t you think this saying is very true to you? You lost everything in one night. Why? Because your money isn¡¯t from the right source. You can¡¯t control it. Let me ask you, what are you going to do this time? Are you going to move bricks? Go to work? No, I don¡¯t think you will!!¡± ¡°It¡¯s not that I¡¯m looking down on you. This is human nature. When you once earned money that you shouldn¡¯t have earned in the past few years, your heart would change, and it would turn black.¡± ¡°I think that when you come out this time, it might not be long before you go back to making plug-ins and cheats, because it¡¯s a fatal temptation for you. Wang Xiangliang, this is a quagmire. If you get sucked into it again, no one will be able to pull you out.¡± ¡°I, Xu Zhi, don¡¯t have any malicious intentions. What I like is your innate talent. Come to my company. If you have any requests, feel free to mention them. I need your skills, and you need my platform. This is a win-win deal!¡± Perhaps it was Xu Zhi¡¯s sincere words, or perhaps it was the truth in Xu Zhi¡¯s words, Wang Xiangliang finally raised his head. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid that I¡¯ll forget all my skills after three years?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not worried!¡± Xu Zhi said affirmatively. ¡°In my opinion, although three years is not a short period of time, it¡¯s not a problem for a person like you.¡± ¡°Humph!¡± Wang Xiangliang laughed contemptuously. He was not confronting Xu Zhi, but he was confident in his own skills. For a person like him, the technology he mastered back then was not outdated for five years, let alone three years. ¡°Are you sincere?¡± Wang Xiangliang suddenly looked at Xu Zhi with a wolf-like gaze. ¡°If I, Xu Zhi, am not sincere, I will be struck by lightning here tomorrow!¡± Xu Zhi said while clenching his teeth and pointing at the ground. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s not talk about the salary first. Give me 10,000 yuan first. I will go pack up. I will go to your company tomorrow.¡± Wang Xiangliang smiled and looked at Xu Zhi. This was a test. If Xu Zhi refused, he, Wang Xiangliang, would turn around and leave. Xu Zhi also smiled. ¡°What is your bank account number? I will give it to you now.¡± ¡°62389569xxxxxxx.¡± Wang Xiangliang looked at Xu Zhi and recited a number. After a while, Xu Zhi put down the phone. ¡°Alright, I¡¯ve already settled my finances. You can check at any time.¡± ¡°Hahaha.¡± Without saying anything, Wang Xiangliang laughed and left. ¡°Hey,¡± Xu Zhi suddenly called out to Wang Xiangliang. ¡°I haven¡¯t given you my company¡¯s address yet!¡± ¡°No need!¡± Wang Xiangliang did not even turn his head. Looking at Wang Xiangliang who was striding away, Xu Zhi let out a long sigh. ¡­ The next day. From early morning to dusk, Xu Zhi had been waiting for Wang Xiangliang while he was dealing with work at the company. However, just like a lone sail that had gone far away, nothing could be seen on the surface of the sea except for the afterglow of the setting sun. By the time it was seven o¡¯clock in the afternoon, there were only a few employees left in the company. Xu Zhi smacked his lips and prepared to go home in disappointment. On the first floor of the company, Xu Zhi was suddenly stunned. He did not expect Wang Xiangliang to bit sitting on a small bench on the first floor. He was wearing a checkered shirt and was holding a brand-new backpack in his arms. ¡°Why are you here?¡± Xu Zhi asked in surprise. ¡°Didn¡¯t I say yesterday that I would come today? Why? Shouldn¡¯t I be here?¡± Wang Xiangliang stood up with his bag in his arms. ¡°Hahaha!!¡± Xu Zhi¡¯s gloomy mood was swept away. He pulled Wang Xiangliang and walked upstairs. ¡°Let¡¯s go to my office.¡± In the office, Xu Zhi poured a glass of water for Wang Xiangliang and said with a smile, ¡°I¡¯ve been waiting for you all day. I thought you wouldn¡¯t come.¡± ¡°President Xu treated me so well yesterday. I, Wang Xiangliang, can¡¯t come empty-handed today, right? I made some preparations when I went back and spent some time.¡± Wang Xiangliang opened the backpack in his arms and took out a laptop. He spread the laptop on the table and looked at Wang Xiangliang with interest. At this time, after Wang Xiangliang turned on the computer, his fingers swept across the keyboard at lightning speed, and he quickly pulled out a few hidden folders. ¡°I¡¯ve done some research on Jumping the Line of Fire game. There are a lot of loopholes, so it¡¯s very easy to make a plug-in. It¡¯s not that easy to defend against it. Also, because it¡¯s a shooting game, it¡¯s even more difficult.¡± ¡°Before a large amount of data is transferred to the server, a certain amount of calculation will be done on the local computer. It¡¯s very simple to grab the bag and make it transparent.¡± ¡°Defending against the plug-in will be a long process. It can¡¯t be done overnight, and it¡¯s also impossible to skip the process and get the result directly.¡± ¡°I understand!¡± Xu Zhi nodded. He knew that Wang Xiangliang¡¯s words were meant for him. ¡°Good. These folders are some of the patches I made today. I estimate that after joining the game, it can reduce the number of plug-ins by at most 80%, or at least 60%. It can temporarily stop plug-ins.¡± ¡°Are you saying that these patches you made can at least defend against 60% of the current plug-ins? At most, it can defend against 80% ?¡± Xu Zhi asked in disbelief. ¡°That¡¯s right. There are different levels of plug-ins. My patches will be a devastating blow to some low-level plug-ins. This is a small gift for President Xu. However, this patch is limited to this. If you want to improve one step further, it¡¯s not something that can be done with patches.¡± ¡°Then how do you want to do it? Develop a separate login software?¡± Xu Zhi asked humbly. Wang Xiangliang looked at Xu Zhi in surprise. ¡°That¡¯s right. To be precise, it¡¯s a separate monitoring software. On the fragile body of Jumping the Line of Fire, we¡¯ll erect a line of defense and build a separate anti-cheat system.¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid that won¡¯t be easy, right?¡± Xu Zhi had experience from his previous life, so he knew that this was not a simple matter. ¡°Indeed, but this is only a technical problem. Actually, I have other ideas today.¡± Wang Xiangliang took out another piece of paper from his bag. ¡°I¡¯m all ears!¡± ¡°In the past few years, I¡¯ve thought a lot in prison. It¡¯s not only about plug-ins but also about defending against plug-ins. I have some ideas of my own. I think that if you want to fight against plug-ins, you can¡¯t just do it from a technical point of view. Instead, you have to build an anti-plug-in system and fight against plug-ins in all aspects.¡± ¡°The root of the use of plug-ins is human nature. It makes sense to do something from this point of view. No matter how good the technology is, it will be cracked one day, but if we can get players to take the initiative to abandon plug-ins, I think any high-tech plug-ins will disappear.¡± ¡°Last night I wrote down some of my ideas on this paper, I think if we can implement all of it, the plug-ins, this tiger will be tamed no matter how powerful it is..¡± Chapter 30 - Game Announcement Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Xu Zhi took the paper and looked at it. The contents on the paper were very simple. It was a triangular line, and there was a sentence at the top of each line. 1. Establish a technical threshold to improve the security of the game itself, and compress the technical space of the plug-ins. 2. Establish an operating system to guide the players. You can start from many aspects in the forum. 3. Set up a reward mechanism to allow players to participate in anti-cheating and give players rewards for playing the game. After reading it, Xu Zhi nodded. ¡°What you wrote is very good.¡± ¡°It¡¯s more than that!¡± Wang Xiangliang was standing in Xu Zhi¡¯s office and looking out the window. The sun was setting outside the window, and a large patch of clouds was dyed golden yellow. ¡°This process will be very long, especially the last two. For example, I might be able to create a monitoring software in a week that can defend against 98% of the cheats. However, the last two, if done, will be very complicated. It will also consume a lot of time, manpower, and even money. In the end, it will only be able to defend against 1% of the players. These are all things that you need to consider, President Xu.¡± ¡°Wang Xiangliang, I will spare no effort in dealing with anti-cheat.¡± Xu Zhi knew very well the damage that cheats could do to the game. As long as he could do it, he would definitely do it. ¡°I understand.¡± Wang Xiangliang nodded at this time. ¡°Where do you want to work from now on?¡± Xu Zhi changed the topic and asked. ¡°I¡¯ll look at President Xu¡¯s arrangements. I can work anywhere.¡± Wang Xiangliang turned his head and took a look. He had just come up from the first floor. He was quite satisfied with the environment of the entire Dream Game Company. ¡°That¡¯s good. Let¡¯s call it a day. We¡¯ll officially start tomorrow. I¡¯ll arrange for you to work on the third floor. It¡¯s spacious. If you have any problems, just look for me.¡± ¡°Okay, I understand. I¡¯ll be leaving first.¡± After saying that, Wang Xiangliang packed his backpack and prepared to leave. ¡°Oh right, come earlier tomorrow. I¡¯ll introduce you to your colleagues,¡± Xu Zhi reminded him again. ¡°No problem.¡± Wang Xiangliang went downstairs. Xu Zhi watched Wang Xiangliang¡¯s back through the glass as he disappeared through the company door. He sat back down. In fact, he had wanted to treat Wang Xiangliang to a meal, but he did not say it out loud. For a person like Wang Xiangliang, Xu Zhi felt that perhaps it was best to maintain a subtle distance between them. ¡­ The next day, Wang Xiangliang arrived at the company at eight o¡¯clock in the morning. Xu Zhi first arranged an office for him. Then, he introduced Wang Xiangliang to a few directors in the meeting room. The other ministers welcomed Wang Xiangliang, the new anti-cheat director. Nowadays, cheats on Jumping the Line of Fire were becoming more and more rampant. Wang Xiangliang came at the right time. Although they did not know who Wang Xiangliang was, he was invited personally by Xu Zhi. This person must be good. Wang Xiangliang¡¯s first job today was to add the patches from yesterday into Jumping the Line of Fire. With the cooperation of the R&D department, everything was quickly settled. Jumping the Line of Fire had undergone a non-stop update, and the patches had been successfully added to the game. Once these patches were added, the effect on a part of the players who were cheating could be seen immediately. In the internet cafe. ¡°Boss, why can¡¯t I play games on your computer?¡± ¡°Mine can¡¯t play games too? The computer next to me is fine.¡± ¡°I¡¯m still downloading, why did it disappear? My teammates are still waiting for me. Boss, is there something wrong with your computer?¡± The owner of the Internet cafe heard the noise coming from the internet cafe and walked over from the bar counter. The knowledgeable owner of the internet cafe pressed a few buttons on the keyboard of a computer owner and immediately saw the problem with the computers of these players. ¡°My computers are fine, they are new computers. There is no problem at all! You motherf*cker, you were kicked out for using cheats. What are you arguing about? Do you want to play or not?¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t use cheats,¡± a player at the side argued. ¡°You didn¡¯t use it?¡± The owner of the internet cafe walked over and pressed on the computer again. ¡°If you didn¡¯t use plug-ins, how come there is a cheat software here when I press F10? You¡¯re not being honest.¡± After scolding the player, the owner of the Internet cafe dragged his feet and walked back. The players behind him touched their heads and whispered, ¡°X-ray vision doesn¡¯t count as a cheat.¡± The patch that was added quickly had an effect. At this moment, the official forum was in an uproar. ¡°What¡¯s going on? We were having a good time, and then we forced our way out. If we force our way in, we get kicked out again, is this game over?¡± ¡°F*ck, we were having a good time, but we were kicked out. Why can¡¯t we log in again?¡± ¡°I just spent 999 on the AK Kirin. Is this how you treat paying customers?¡± ¡°Dream Game Company, come out and say something.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. I¡¯m an old player who played since the first day. Why was I kicked? It even said that I can¡¯t enter for an hour.¡± ¡°It¡¯s a trash game. If you want to force someone to leave, just say it.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Although there were many clamoring voices, there were also normal voices. ¡°By the way, did you guys cheat? My game is normal.¡± ¡°Indeed, I¡¯m also normal. I wasn¡¯t kicked out. Did you guys cheat?¡± ¡°I¡¯m playing well. There¡¯s no problem at all.¡± ¡°Usually, everyone pretends to be an expert, but now everything is exposed.¡± These normal comments seemed to have touched the sore spot of these players. Some people began to counterattack crazily. ¡°If I cheat, I¡¯ll kill my whole family!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t slander me. You¡¯re slander. Who¡¯s cheating? I¡¯m asking you, who¡¯s cheating?¡± ¡°I¡¯m telling you, don¡¯t spout nonsense. This is the game¡¯s problem. I don¡¯t care about cheating.¡± ¡°If I cheat, I¡¯ll have a bad life. This is clearly the game¡¯s problem. Don¡¯t spout nonsense.¡± ¡°Why doesn¡¯t the company release an official statement? There¡¯s a problem with your game.¡± While the forum was in a heated argument, a game announcement that was written by Xu Zhi suddenly appeared on the game login page. At this moment, it was discovered by the forum players. ¡°F*ck, look, the official announcement has been made.¡± [Game announcement:] [Dear players, since the launch of Jumping the Line of Fire, we have gained a lot of players¡¯ love and support. We are very happy about this.] [However, recently, we have discovered that many players use plug-ins in the game, and this is not only unfair to others, but it will also greatly affect the game experience.] [After our technical department¡¯s investigation, some players who use plug-ins have been lightly punished.] [At this stage, they are only kicked out of the game and banned from logging in for an hour.] [We hope that these players can return to the normal gaming environment and do not maliciously use cheats. At the same time, from today onwards, we will increase the intensity of our attacks on cheats and at the same time, increase the severity of our punishments.] [In the near future, we will be launching a variety of anti-cheats activities. Please look forward to it!] When they saw this news, the forum became lively again. ¡°You still say you didn¡¯t cheat? Can you still say you didn¡¯t cheat? There¡¯s an official announcement. This time, we will let you off easy. Next time, we will probably ban you forever.¡± ¡°Awesome, awesome. This time, even the orphans have appeared.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t delete the posts, don¡¯t delete the posts. I took a screenshot.¡± ¡°Why aren¡¯t you saying anything now? weren¡¯t you shouting happily just now? Why are you all being mute?¡± ¡°Go, enforcers of anti-cheat! I support you!!¡± Chapter 31 - Benefits Plan Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation As for the forum, Xu Zhi had also read it. He only had one feeling, and that was that he had found the right person. Wang Xiangliang had done well! In the following week, Wang Xiangliang made another software to check the login, and the number of cheats Jumping the Line of Fire decreased by 99%. The game environment also changed. Not only was the discussion about cheats on the forum much calmer, but even the complaints about cheats from the customer service department had also decreased by a lot. Of course, all of this was only temporary. The battle between cheats and anti-cheats was like a drawn-out battle. No one would be the first to let go. However, with Wang Xiangliang as a general, Xu Zhi was able to gain the upper hand in this invisible battlefield. In addition to the follow-up anti-cheats plan that he had already started to prepare, the game environment of Jumping the Line of Fire could be said to be at the forefront of the entire Bluestar game market. Regarding the problem of the cheat, Xu Zhi also heaved a sigh of relief. ¡­ As for Wang Kewen, he had been very pleased with himself recently. After switching jobs, he had monopolized the power. In Four-nine Gaming Company, he felt alive. After a long drought, there would always be rain. The development of the new ¡®Exceed the Line of Fire¡¯ was very smooth. It was estimated that it would be officially launched in less than three months. Compared to the one-month development time of the Jumping the Line of Fire at Dream Game Company, under Wang Kewen¡¯s leadership, this Exceed the Line of Fire not only adopted an extremely high-definition graphics quality similar to Real Battlefield 2, even various firearms were more realistic. Even the adjustments of the data were more careful. Comparatively, the research and development time was a little longer. However, Zhu Yuxian, the boss of Four-nine Gaming Company, trusted Wang Kewen very much. He could completely accept three months of time. Faced with Zhu Yuxian¡¯s trust, Wang Kewen worked even harder. He worked late every day and was often the last person in the department to leave. In Wang Kewen¡¯s imagination, this new game, Exceed the Line of Fire, was a huge innovative game based on Jumping the Line of Fire. Not only did it have the basis of Jumping the Line of Fire, but it also integrated the elements of Real Battlefield 2. The two games gradually merged in Wang Kewen¡¯s hands. In his heart, this new game, although the way to play was similar to Jumping the Line of Fire, the guns and graphics were the elements of Real Battlefield 2. Although there was still a certain gap between it and Real Battlefield 2, it could also be considered to realize his dream of developing Real Battlefield 2. This was something he had always been obsessed with. If he really could not make it, there was no problem with a high-quality imitation. In Wang Kewen¡¯s heart, when the game was released, with high-definition graphics and real guns, why would this game not be popular? During this period of time, in order to pursue better effects and to rush time, not only did Wang Kewen work overtime himself, he had also been making his department work overtime. Although the people under him had many complaints, Wang Kewen was not afraid. When the results of the game were out, he believed that all the complaints would turn into praise. ¡­ Xu Zhi had been a little idle recently. All the work in the company was progressing steadily. As the boss, he had a lot of free time. Counting the days, it was almost the Mid-autumn Festival. This was his second Mid-autumn Festival on Bluestar. As the saying goes, the moon is the brightness of his hometown. Recently, Xu Zhi had been thinking about home and things in the past. However, everything could not be returned to the past. Xu Zhi could only feel helpless and worried. Fortunately, before he transmigrated, he did not get married and have children. It could be considered a misfortune among blessings. Thinking about it with some worry, Xu Zhi stood up and looked downstairs through the window. It was past ten in the morning. Outside, it was already bright under the sunlight. There were no secrets under the sunlight. Ever since he became the company president, for some reason, he always liked to look out of the window. It was as if there was an indescribable feeling at work. Whether it was looking into the distance, looking at the top of his head, or even looking at the ground, this feeling had always been there. He did not understand it before. However, now that he thought about it, Xu Zhi somewhat understood. Perhaps, in the year that he had transmigrated, even though he had been happily working as a househusband every day. He had not forgotten everything that had happened in his previous life. Xu Zhi was still the same. He was still the one with a strong sense of ambition. His state of mind seemed to be like a galloping wild horse that did not even turn its head back, becoming the person that he once was. That was true. How could he grind through everything that had happened in the past 30 years in a short year? One had to know that it was the 30 years that Xu Zhi had lived. He experienced every minute, every second of it. Each moment, each day, all added up to the 30 years of his experience. It was not a snap of the fingers! It was also not a paragraph from a book! It was the 30 years when his heart was pumping blood every second. The Xu Zhi of the past had already returned on the first day of his appointment as company president. The last time the HR department had asked him to sign a Mid-autumn Festival employee benefit, Xu Zhi did not seem very satisfied with it. Of course, the benefits were definitely adequate. In fact, it was even better than the previous years. However, Jumping the Line of Fire had been in open beta for a month. Based on the forecast, this month¡¯s revenue could reach one billion yuan. This figure could surpass the annual profit of most of the listed companies on Bluestar, it was not a small amount. With so much money in the company, Xu Zhi felt that he could not let his employees be treated the same as in previous years. In his previous life, in the Tengda company, someone had bought four or five apartments in just a few years because he had joined a hot project team. Xu Zhi felt that although he could not give that much, it was not unreasonable to give his employees 100,000 yuan, right? Xu Zhi felt that it was not too much at all. He did not lie, nor did he speak empty words. He just gave the employees money directly. This was more motivating than anything else. Of course, this matter still needed to be discussed in detail. Xu Zhi called Huang Meng over again. After Huang Meng arrived, Xu Zhi voiced out his thoughts. After Huang Meng heard it, she looked at Xu Zhi with a particularly curious gaze. Xu Zhi felt a little creeped out from being looked at. ¡°Cough! I say, Director Huang, why are you looking at me like that?¡± Today was a sunny day. Huang Meng, who was sitting opposite Xu Zhi, wore a light yellow shirt with small flowers on it. Below it was a pair of straight jeans. At this moment, her right leg was resting on her left leg as she stared at Xu Zhi. Xu Zhi felt a chill on his body. He tightened the hem of his shirt and took a sip of water to moisten his mouth. ¡°President Xu, are you serious? You will pay everyone 100,000 yuan?¡± Huang Meng said. The light red lipstick on her lips caught Xu Zhi¡¯s attention. ¡°Of course!¡± Xu Zhi shook his head and looked at the table. ¡°Well, President Xu, let me do some accounting for you. We have nearly 400 employees now. President Xu, are you going to pay 40 million in one go? Let me remind President Xu that we are not a super big company. I suggest that you reduce the size of our company.¡± ¡°Hiss.¡± Xu Zhi inhaled sharply. He was about to pay 100,000 yuan to his employees, but he had missed one thing. Recently, the company had also added a customer service department. There were 100 people there. Including these new recruits, the company was no longer the same as before, when they only had 200 people. If the customer service department, which had only worked for a few days, was also given 100,000 yuan, the company would not be able to afford it no matter how much money it had. Moreover, this was also unfair to other people.. Chapter 32 - Buying Cars Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°How about this? Everyone in the company who was there before the public beta test will be paid 100,000 yuan each, how about that?¡± Xu Zhi said. ¡°That¡¯s fine, but are you really going to do it, President Xu?¡± Huang Meng asked again. ¡°I¡¯ve thought it through. Let¡¯s do it this way,¡± Xu Zhi said affirmatively. When it came to money, what should be spent must be spent. Whether it was buying bones with thousands of gold coins or developing new projects, only when money is spent would value be born. ¡°By the way, Director Huang, please don¡¯t reveal this in advance. I want to keep it a surprise for everyone.¡± ¡°Of course, no problem.¡± After saying that, Huang Meng turned her chair and stared out of the window of Xu Zhi¡¯s office. Xu Zhi felt a little strange. Why was Huang Meng looking out of the window where he was looking out earlier? Could it be that she also had this kind of tendency? ¡°President Xu, I¡¯ll be leaving first.¡± After looking out the window for a while, Xu Zhi remained silent. The office was a little quiet. Huang Meng got up and was about to leave. ¡°Okay.¡± After Xu Zhi said that, he suddenly thought of something and immediately stopped Huang Meng. ¡°Hey, wait a minute.¡± ¡°President Xu, What¡¯s wrong?¡± Huang Meng looked at Xu Zhi, not knowing what else was going on. ¡°It¡¯s about this. I just thought of something. Director Huang, come out with me again.¡± ¡°We¡¯re going out? Now?¡± Huang Meng frowned slightly. ¡°Yes, now. This is a good thing. You¡¯re in on it too.¡± ¡°I¡¯m in on it too?¡± Huang Meng¡¯s expression turned into curiosity. Xu Zhi had already adjusted his shirt and picked up the car keys. ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi brought Huang Meng downstairs. As they walked, Xu Zhi would jog from time to time. It could be seen that he was in a good mood. ¡°Hello, President Xu!¡± From time to time, people would greet him, and Xu Zhi would respond with a smile. Beep, beep! He pressed the car keys and opened the car door for Huang Meng. ¡°Director Huang, after you!¡± ¡°President Xu, what are you doing?¡± Huang Meng was getting more and more confused. What was Xu Zhi trying to do? ¡°Just hurry and get in!¡± He still did not tell Huang Meng what he was trying to do. Xu Zhi just told Huang Meng to hurry into the car. After Huang Meng got into the car, Xu Zhi got into the driver¡¯s seat from the front of the car and fastened his seatbelt. ¡°Follow me and you¡¯ll know.¡± Rumble¡­ The low exhaust sound of the samurai¡¯s exhaust could be heard. The security guards at the door were very observant and raised the barrier early in the morning. A long time ago, the security guards had recognized the exhaust sound of Xu Zhi¡¯s Samurai¡¯s sports car. As long as this sound was heard, even if they were eating, they had to put down their rice bowls and quickly raise the barrier for Xu Zhi. ¡°Nice to meet you, President Xu!¡± When Xu Zhi drove to the door, the security guard, Old Qin, saluted President Xu. Xu Zhi glanced at him and nodded. Then, he stepped on the accelerator and sped away. When Xu Zhi¡¯s taillights were gone, Old Qin lowered his saluting hand. ¡°Old Qin, you are too attentive. Can he see you after saluting for so long?¡± a security guard at the door said to Old Qin. Although he saluted too, he had never saluted as long as Old Qin. ¡°What do you know? This is etiquette. It¡¯s naturally different if it¡¯s the Boss. Look at the other people in the company. Who have I saluted before? I don¡¯t even smile.¡± ¡°Heh, Old Qin, if you were in ancient times, you would be a great eunuch.¡± ¡°Come on, I, Old Qin, don¡¯t have that ability. At most, I can be considered an imperial guard. I will guard the emperor¡¯s door.¡± ¡°No way, you¡¯re too unambitious. Even in ancient times, you still imagine yourself to be a guard?¡± ¡°What else can I do? Now that I¡¯m a guard, can I still be the emperor in ancient times?¡± ¡°Hey, you Old Qin.¡± ¡­ After leaving the company, Xu Zhi drove West. After driving for almost ten minutes, Huang Meng finally could not hold it in anymore and asked, ¡°President Xu, where are we going? You have to at least tell me something.¡± ¡°If you want to know, then I¡¯ll tell you. I want to buy a car!¡± Xu Zhi said domineeringly. ¡°Buy a car?¡± Huang Meng glanced at the interior of the Samurai. ¡°President Xu, are you still not satisfied with your car? I remember that President Qin spent more than two million yuan to buy this for you. It seems that it has only been driving for less than a year.¡± ¡°Not for me, but for you.¡± As he spoke, Xu Zhi turned the steering wheel and took a turn. ¡°For me? President Xu, why would you buy it for me? President Xu, could it be that you¡­?¡± Huang Meng¡¯s words trailed off as her gaze turned a little complicated. Xu Zhi turned his head and glanced at her. ¡°I say, Director Huang, don¡¯t flatter yourself. Not only will I buy it for you, I¡¯ll also buy it for Little Sister Ding, Zheng Quan, and every director in our company!¡± ¡°President Xu, are you going to buy cars for the directors? You should have said so earlier. I thought¡­¡± Huang Meng smiled and let out a sigh of relief. ¡°What did you think? Director Huang, you¡¯re my rival in love!¡± Xu Zhi said tentatively. ¡°Not anymore,¡± Huang Meng said softly. Although it was very soft, the sound insulation effect of the Samurai was very good. Xu Zhi heard everything. ¡°Director Huang, what do you mean by this?¡± Looking at the road ahead, Xu Zhi asked again. ¡°President Xu, you are pretending to be ignorant. President Qin is pregnant, what else can I do?¡± ¡°Haha, Director Huang, I will not interfere with your personal life. However, I still wish that you, Director Huang, can find the person you want in the future and live a happy life.¡± ¡°Thank you for your kind words, President Xu. Maybe in the future!¡± Huang Meng looked at the car window, a little confused. She did not know if she could live a happy life in the future. In any case, she was not so happy now. Xu Zhi did not say anything more and drove forward. Speaking of buying a car, it was actually because of Ding Xiaomei. In Xu Zhi¡¯s heart, he had never forgotten the scene when Ding Xiaomei took the bus in the heavy rain after work. It gave him this idea ¡ª to give all the directors a car. Xu Zhi thought that although the salary of the directors of the Dream Game Company was not low, only one or two people had a car. The rest of them either took a taxi or took the bus to work. There were many reasons. One of them was that the cars in Bluestar were not cheap. If it were in Xu Zhi¡¯s previous life, a car might only have one year¡¯s salary, and ordinary employees could afford it. Of course, there were other reasons. Xu Zhi did not want to think too deeply about it. He wanted to use this Mid-autumn Festival as a reason to give the car to the department heads as a benefit. Moreover, this car was different from the 100,000 yuan that would be given out. The car belonged to the company and only the directors had the right to use it. There was no loss to the company. In the end, it belonged to the company. It could be considered as adding things to the company. Moreover, when the directors all get a car, the employees below would see it as a kind of motivation. The Third Ring Road outside the city was Xijing City¡¯s car market. Various brands of car stores were clustered together. Xu Zhi drove for less than 20 minutes and arrived at this huge car market. Driving a Samurai sports car, others could see that Xu Zhi was extraordinary at a glance. Every time he arrived at a store, he was treated like a VIP. Moreover, Huang Meng was accompanying Xu Zhi. Needless to say, the enthusiasm of the sales staff was even greater than the sun. A man with a beautiful woman by his side was always somewhat different. He was either handsome, rich, or had a good tongue. Coincidentally, Xu Zhi had all three.. Chapter 33 - UU’s Development Was Successful Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation It did not take too long to buy a car. After choosing a domestic model, Xu Zhi bought ten cars in one go. Including the discount, the final price added up to just over two million. Surrounded by the sales manager, Xu Zhi went back home. As for cars, there were not that many cars in the shop right now. It would take a few days to transfer them from other places. Xu Zhi gave them the address of Dream Game Company and sent them directly to the company in the future. ¡°President Xu, are you done buying them already?¡± Sitting in the car that was going back, Huang Meng could not help but ask. It had only been less than an hour since they left, but Xu Zhi had already brought ten cars. This was a little too fast. ¡°Of course. Otherwise, what are we waiting for?¡± Xu Zhi said with a smile. ¡°That¡¯s true.¡± Huang Meng nodded. For Xu Zhi, if he did not consider the price, it would not take long to buy a car. However, when she thought about how it would take her a few hours to buy a piece of clothing when she was at the mall, Huang Meng still sighed. Men and women were so different. When she returned to the company, it was only lunchtime. After lunch, Xu Zhi continued to deal with his daily work. Jumping the Line of Fire had been online for less than a month. For the time being, Xu Zhi did not have any new travel plans. His work was mainly dealing with Jumping the Line of Fire and the previous three games. During this period of time, Real Battlefield 1¡¯s daily activity had decreased at a visible rate. This was something that no one could do anything about. After all, it was their own company¡¯s new game that had attracted the popularity away from Real Battlefield 1. They could not let their own company¡¯s two games fight each other, right? They could only bear the pain and give up on Real Battlefield 1. Xu Zhi was already prepared to compensate the players after they stopped playing Real Battlefield 1 stopped playing. As for the other two games, daily activity had also decreased, but it was not too impressive. The main reason was the difference in the players they attracted. According to Xu Zhi¡¯s estimation, they could still survive for at least another three years. Suddenly, when Xu Zhi thought of the other two games, he thought of a good idea. The low graphics quality of Jumping the Line of Fire was actually its unique selling point. The company¡¯s game, Ghost¡¯s Dream, was similar to Backfire Chill. Maybe they could improve that game¡¯s graphics quality a little more now. It did not seem like it was impossible. The more Xu Zhi thought about it, the more he felt that there was no problem. Ghost¡¯s Dream playstyle was very fun. The only drawback was that when it was created back then, the graphics quality was not high. If it was placed in the current market, it would already be somewhat unsuitable. In that case, improving the quality of the graphics would increase the game¡¯s lifespan. In fact, it was not impossible to create a high-definition version and call it Ghost¡¯s Dream 2. As he gradually thought about it, Xu Zhi had formed a complete plan. He turned on the computer and typed down his thoughts into a document. After writing for almost an hour, Xu Zhi looked at the full document and felt a sense of satisfaction. Actually, this was originally a planning job, but now Xu Zhi had done it all. After printing out the document, Xu Zhi was ready to discuss it with He Wei. Just as he was about to leave, someone knocked on the office door. ¡°Please come in.¡± Xu Zhi, who had just stood up, sat back down. ¡°President Xu, I¡¯m here to report to you.¡± The new head of R&D, Hong Wu, walked in with a laptop in his arms. He was all smiles. Now, looking at Hong Wu, who looked like he was taking credit for his work, a thought appeared in Xu Zhi¡¯s mind. He found it hard to believe. ¡°Have you already developed UU?¡± Xu Zhi asked. ¡°President Xu, nothing can be hidden from you. It has indeed been developed. Please check it, President Xu.¡± As Hong WU spoke, he turned on the computer and placed it in front of Xu Zhi. ¡°Hiss!¡± Xu Zhi looked at Hong Wu, sizing him up. It had only been ten days since he had arranged for HOng Wu to develop UU. In such a short time, he had already made it? Moving the mouse, Xu Zhi opened UU on Hong Wu¡¯s computer with anticipation. Once he entered the page, it was somewhat similar to the TT on Bluestar. However, upon closer inspection, one would realize that it was completely different. Whether it was the group chat function or the voice call function, they were all things that Bluestar¡¯s TT did not have. Moreover, in order to differentiate the blue background of the TT, UU used a light green page. It was more comfortable for people who were staring at the computer for a long time. As it was still a testing software, the few friends on it were all R&D employees. Xu Zhi tried to join the group chat with a few of the employees. ¡°Can you hear me?¡± ¡°Director Xu, yes.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°We¡¯re on Avenue A.¡± ¡°??¡± ¡°??¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s nothing.¡± After saying a few more sentences and testing other functions, there were no problems with the software testing. He exited the group chat and looked at Hong Wu seriously. ¡°Hong Wu, you did well.¡± ¡°Thank you, President Xu.¡± Hong Wu said with his head lowered. ¡°You really did well.¡± Lying on the chair, Xu Zhi thought for a moment and decided that there was no time to lose. Since Hong Wu had already made the software, the next step was to promote it. ¡°Let¡¯s have a meeting!¡± Xu Zhi suddenly stood up and said. ¡°President Xu, a meeting?¡± Hong Wu asked. ¡°Yes. Tell all the directors to gather in the meeting room now. I¡¯ll be there right away.¡± ¡°Okay, President Xu.¡± After Hong Wu left to gather the other directors, Xu Zhi tidied up a bit. Then, he picked up the proposal for Ghost¡¯s Dream 2 that he had just printed and walked towards the meeting room. ¡°President Xu.¡± ¡°President Xu.¡± ¡°¡­¡± In the meeting room, each director greeted Xu Zhi one by one. Wang Xiangliang was also among them. ¡°Everyone, please take a seat. Today¡¯s meeting is mainly about two things. The first is about our new UU, and the second is about a new game proposal.¡± During this period of time, Xu Zhi had become more and more vigorous. As soon as he stepped into the meeting room and stood on the small stage, he began to talk. The directors below all perked up. ¡°Let¡¯s talk about UU first. I think everyone already knows about this software. It has been developed today. I want to launch it into the market tomorrow.¡± ¡°Tomorrow?¡± Everyone was a little surprised. This was a little too fast. ¡°That¡¯s right. It will be officially launched tomorrow.¡±. ¡°Let me arrange some work for everyone first. Hong Wu, what you need to do now is to ensure that UU¡¯s server can carry up to a million people online tomorrow. I don¡¯t want to see the same thing that happened in Jumping the Line of Fire¡¯s open beta before.¡± ¡°A Million?¡± Hong Wu felt that he was either crazy or Xu Zhi was crazy. He had just developed the software today, and he wanted a million people online tomorrow? Jumping the Line of Fire was popular previously because a large number of advertisements had been put in that day. Now, he probably did not have time to put in advertisements for UU. Could it be that Xu always wanted to use Jumping the Line of Fire to promote it? Hong Wu was a little doubtful. Jumping the Line of Fire did not have such a big ability. ¡°Little Sister Ding, tomorrow in the company¡¯s several games, we¡¯ll put UU on the front page, especially Jumping the Line of Fire. It¡¯s the most important thing. This way, as long as the players register for UU tomorrow, bind their game account, and stay online for five minutes, we¡¯ll randomly give them a hero weapon for three days.¡± Sure enough, Hong Wu was right. Xu Zhi wanted to use the current company¡¯s game to promote. He thought that Xu Zhi was going too strong.. Chapter 34 - To Be Released Tomorrow Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°President Xu, isn¡¯t giving hero weapons a little too extravagant?¡± Ding Xiaomei objected. No one else knew, but she knew that Jumping the Line of Fire had only been released for less than a month, and it was in its peak period. There was still a large rise path. Giving out hero weapons at this time would probably affect the sale of hero weapons in the future. ¡°It¡¯s not extravagant. It¡¯s not extravagant at all.¡± ¡°What if the players receive hero weapons and don¡¯t buy them in the future?¡± Ding Xiaomei asked again. Xu Zhi smiled. ¡°Ding Xiaomei, you still have to catch up on your lessons when you go back, especially when you read psychology books. I can tell you that after we give out hero weapons for three days, more people will buy them. This is actually not difficult to understand. It¡¯s just like the taste test in the mall. Think about it carefully.¡± In fact, after Jumping the Line of Fire came online, Xu Zhi had long wanted to give away hero weapons. He had never had a good opportunity. This time, he could use the launch of UU to kill two birds with one stone. ¡°By the way, the other departments can not stay idle either. We have to do our best to help. After the launch of UU tomorrow, I¡¯m sure everyone will be a little tired.¡± Xu Zhi looked at the directors and said. All the directors sitting down repeatedly agreed. ¡°Okay, the second thing.¡± Picking up the newly written plan for Ghost¡¯s Dream 2, Xu Zhi glanced at He Wei, then turned his head and said, ¡°Colleagues, although we don¡¯t plan to develop new games in the near future, I think that if we reheat the previous game, not only will it be simple, but the effect will be very good. Just like Ghost¡¯s Dream, I feel that this is a very good game. We can try to develop Ghost¡¯s Dream 2.¡± ¡°Ghost¡¯s Dream 2?¡± The planning department head, He Wei, stood up. ¡°President Xu, are you saying that we are going to develop Ghost¡¯s Dream 2?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. I have already written down a lot of related ideas. You can take a look at them later. Of course, we are just putting forward a plan now and are not in a hurry to implement it. Actually, I only have one request for Ghost¡¯s Dream 2. It¡¯s the ultra-high-definition graphics quality!¡± ¡°Ultra-high-definition graphics quality?¡± He Wei was a little confused again. When Xu Zhi was developing Jumping the Line of Fire previously, he had very low requirements for graphics quality. Why did Ghost¡¯s Dream 2 want to pursue high graphics quality instead? ¡°Yes, it¡¯s ultra-high-definition graphics quality. My request is that at this stage, you can make the graphics quality as high as you can. It¡¯s best if every blade of grass and every tree has a texture. You guys can go down and try making this first, and we can observe from there.¡± ¡°Okay, I understand, President Xu.¡± He Wei took Xu Zhi¡¯s document on the idea of Ghost¡¯s Dream 2 and planned to read it after the meeting ended. ¡°Alright, I¡¯ll say a few more words at the end.¡± Xu Zhi could see that many people were puzzled and planned to give them a little more. ¡°As a game company, we must grasp the extent of our understanding of the audience players of the game. For example, Jumping the Line of Fire is a shooting game. Its main focus was entertainment and social networking, so it didn¡¯t matter if the graphics is clear or not. Even if it was a little rough, as long as the core game was there, there was no need to worry about players not playing it. As for Ghost¡¯s Dream, it¡¯s a Wuxia-themed game. If we want to develop Ghost¡¯s Dream 2, we have to understand who was playing Ghost¡¯s Dream 1.¡± ¡°Just like the saying goes, everyone has a martial arts dream. Of course, this doesn¡¯t work in the real world. Swords are primitive weapons, so we can only look for them in the virtual world.¡± ¡°The reason why our company¡¯s Ghost Dream is so popular is precisely that it captures the psychology of these people. They love martial arts and want to realize their dreams in a virtual world. So, our Ghost¡¯s Dream 2 is to fulfill their dreams. We have made the quality of the images extremely high-definition. Not only are we not raising the bar, but we are also extending a welcoming hand to them. Of course, there may be some problems with the computers in internet cafes not being able to run the game properly, but it¡¯s not a big deal. This is not our target group.¡± In Xu Zhi¡¯s view, with the current development of Bluestar, the level of computer development had actually reached a bottleneck. There was no qualitative breakthrough. Based on his experience in his previous life, the next step of development would be to shift the focus to mobile phones. Mobile phones would become people¡¯s second computers. Of course, at this stage, Bluestar was still groping forward, but it would not be long. ¡°Alright, that¡¯s it for today. Everyone, dismissed,¡± Xu Zhi exhaled and said. After Xu Zhi finished speaking, the subordinates slowly dispersed. Beside Hong Wu, Xu Zhi¡¯s newly recruited Wang Xiangliang moved closer to him. ¡°Director Hong, can you send me a copy of UU?¡± ¡°Oh, this¡­ sure.¡± Although he did not know what Wang Xiangliang wanted a copy of UU for, it was going to be released into the market tomorrow. There was no need to keep this software a secret. After sending the compressed package over, Hong Wu turned around and went back to his work. Xu Zhi wanted to release UU into the market tomorrow. This required Hong Wu to do a lot of work. He was busy today. Wang Xiangliang had long heard about UU in the R&D department, but he had been doing anti-cheating for the past few days, so he did not pay much attention to it. When he heard from Xu Zhi that the software would be launched tomorrow, he was suddenly curious, so he asked Hong Wu for this software. For a technical expert like Wang Xiangliang, when a piece of software made him curious, he could not wait even an hour, let alone a day. After installing UU, Wang Xiangliang focused his attention on it. The more he looked, the more uneasy Wang Xiangliang¡¯s eyes became. He did not expect Xu Zhi to be so ambitious. Although this software mainly focused on game voice, in Wang Xiangliang¡¯s view, this software had a kind of potential, a kind of potential to challenge TT. Of course, if this was said out loud, anyone who heard it would laugh. TT was the instant messaging software developed by Bluestar Walrus. It had been nine years since it was launched, and it accounted for 95% of the instant messaging software. It was a true giant. Countless software had challenged it before, but the communication software TT¡¯s moat was too deep, and none of them had succeeded. However, looking at this UU. Wang Xiangliang felt that Xu Zhi¡¯s point of entry was not bad, it was really not bad. He had previously done plug-ins and played games, so there was a need for voice calls in the game. Moreover, now that Jumping the Line of Fire was so popular, if Xu Zhi could use it to launch the UU, he might be able to unify the game¡¯s voice market. After that, there was a lot he could do. However, at this moment, Wang Xiangliang did not want to think about it anymore. Looking at this UU, he could feel that Xu Zhi was playing a big game, and he did not know what Xu Zhi wanted. Speaking of which, the reason why he was willing to join Dream Game Company was that he was moved by Xu Zhi. Secondly, prison food was not that delicious. Xu Zhi found him and was willing to give him a chance. In addition, his attitude was sincere. He had no reason to refuse. However, at this moment, Wang Xiangliang could not see through Xu Zhi. Wang Xiangliang felt that he seemed to have become a chess piece in Xu Zhi¡¯s hands.. Chapter 35 - Full Internet Cafes Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation The next day, many internet cafes in Xijing City encountered a strange thing. Eight o¡¯clock in the morning was the time when the number of people in the major internet cafes was the lowest. Those that paid for the entire night would leave around this time, and it was too early for those who came in the daytime. So the internet cafes were generally relatively empty. However, today at eight o¡¯clock in the morning, the internet cafes were still as lively as eight o¡¯clock in the evening. Many of the people who booked the night went on for a few more hours, and there were many more. It was obvious that they had just woken up. They did not even wash their faces and went straight to the internet cafe to turn on their machines. In order to refresh themselves, the internet cafe was filled with cigarette smoke. It was as if they had arrived at the gates of heaven. There were discussions from time to time. ¡°Are they really giving it away? This can¡¯t be fake, right?¡± ¡°It¡¯s true. It¡¯s all available on the official website. After ten o¡¯clock in the morning, as long as you are online for five minutes and register for a UU binding account, and they will give it away.¡± ¡°Damn, isn¡¯t this too generous? We can get a hero item just like that, but what is this UU?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know either, as long as I get a hero weapon and have fun with it, I don¡¯t care.¡± ¡°Eh, I think the hero weapon given seems to be random.¡± ¡°It seems to be. I just want an AK Kirin, or even a Thor. At the very least, I want a Coiling Dragon. Don¡¯t give me a Dragon Slayer, I can¡¯t play with knives.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t understand. The saber is the most fun. If you play well with a saber, you¡¯re usually an expert. You need to practice more in saber battles.¡± ¡°Forget it. Nowadays, it¡¯s all about one headshot and instant kill!¡± ¡°Tsk¡­¡± ¡°Is the charm of this game so great?¡± After the group of Internet cafe owners figured out the whole story, they found it hard to believe. The activity of this game had caused their internet cafe to be full of people. If there were activities every day, they would be able to make a lot of money. ¡°Boss, turn on the computer.¡± Another person came to surf the internet. ¡°Sorry, there are no more computers.¡± ¡°What? There¡¯s no computer at eight o¡¯clock?¡± ¡°You can head to the back and have a look yourself!¡± Hearing the owner of the internet cafe, the person who came to surf the internet went to the back to have a look. The internet cafe was almost like a vegetable market. Behind each computer, there were two or three people. Some of them were still passing cigarettes to the people around them. He walked over and took a look. Only then did realize that the people at the back were passing cigarettes to the person on the computer so that they would help them log in. Some even paid for the bill. ¡°Damn, this is too lively.¡± Looking at the screen of Jumping the Line of Fire in the internet cafe, as a player himself, he felt an inexplicable sense of pride. There was a sense of recognition from the bottom of his heart. Originally, there might have been people doing other things in the internet cafe, but in this atmosphere, those who had never played before also tried to play. After all, everyone was playing, so it should not be too bad. The game announcement was released early last night. From 6 am to 8:30 am, UU¡¯s downloads had already exceeded 500,000 people. The closer it was to the 10 am event period, the more the number of registrations increased. At this time, it was already jumping in units of 10,000. ¡°Amazing!¡± Inside Dream Game Company, Wang Xiangliang, who had been paying attention to the UU registrations, could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. At this rate, the number of registrations would probably exceed 5,000,000 today. Wang Xiangliang was very clear on what this concept was. Even if Jumping the Line of Fire did not become popular in the future, as long as this software existed, Dream Game Company would not collapse. Just like TT, as long as UU had a foothold in the game voice market and did not make serious mistakes, it would be difficult for others to compete. UU would become a cash cow for Dream Game Company. Wang Xiangliang worked while closely monitoring the real-time registration volume. By 9:50, the registration volume had already exceeded two million people. This made Wang Xiangliang¡¯s expectations rise by a large margin. I¡¯m afraid¡­ I¡¯m afraid that the registration volume would reach ten million today. At this rate, it would probably exceed 50 million in a month. Wang Xiangliang¡¯s heart was beating even faster. If he continued to think like this, Wang Xiangliang felt that joining Dream Game Company was like boarding a spaceship that was about to take off. No, it should be an aircraft carrier. Regarding the number of UU registrations, Wang Xiangliang was not the only one who was shocked. The other directors in the company who knew the number of registrations were looking at UU in disbelief. They did not expect UU to be so popular. In the future, when UU had more people, even if they did not do anything, they could still earn a sky-high income just by advertising. Not to mention, after UU had a large number of users, they could use UU to feed the company and promote the company¡¯s other games. Then¡­ Wouldn¡¯t that be¡­ Looking at Xu Zhi who was in the office, the Directors could not sit still. Xu Zhi did not know he had caused the Directors to be shocked. He himself had expected the number of UU registrations. Jumping the Line of Fire was so popular, and they even gave away hero weapons today. If, after that, UU did not succeed, then it would be a disaster. However, being popular at the beginning was not that impressive. What was truly amazing was that the number of registrations did not slow down. The follow-up maintenance and operation of this kind of software was the biggest part. It could only be said that Jumping the Line of Fire gave UU a good start, but there was still a long way to go. The road ahead for UU was the most difficult. When Xu Zhi thought of this, he had an idea about UU. ¡­ Although all the major internet cafes were full today, Wang Dalong, who was obsessed with Jumping the Line of Fire, was recently a Super VIP of Divine Dragon Internet Cafe. The boss of the internet cafe had especially left a computer for him. Under everyone¡¯s envious gazes, Wang Dalong sat on the sofa in front of the computer and gently pressed the start button. He was not as excited as the others about Jumping the Line of Fire and giving away hero weapons. The reason was still his brother, Li Tianyuan. To put it simply, Director Li gave him an AK Kirin. After all, in Director Li¡¯s heart, he played with Wang Dalong all day long. If he did not return the favor somehow, he would not be able to bear it. Moreover, for Director Li, who had once bought seven AK Kirins, giving him one was just a small matter. After Wang Dalong received the AK Kirin, he had become Director Li¡¯s sidekick, supporting him in the game. Director Li had also arranged for Wang Dalong to have a leisurely job in his own company. He did not have to go to work every day, and his monthly salary was paid as usual. His main task was to play games with him. To be able to earn money just by playing games, Wang Dalong had no worries at all. In high-intensity games every day, Wang Dalong¡¯s skills were completely different from before. Even Director Li was far inferior to him. However, as long as he played with Director Li, his battle record would always be below Director Li¡¯s. In the game, he would even cripple the other party and allow Director Li to take the lead. Under his superb skills, all of this was done without a trace, and his teammates would not be able to discover it at all. This was actually not a technical problem, but a philosophical problem. Wang Dalong had already found his own way of survival.. Chapter 36 - UU Business Department Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Although Wang Dalong was not interested in the hero weapon, he was looking forward to promoting the UU, which could support multiple voice calls. This was still actually related to Director Li. During this period of time, Director Li was pulled back by his family to start a business, so he could no longer come to the internet cafe with him to play Jumping the Line of Fire. However, every night at eight o¡¯clock, Director Li would be online on time on his home computer and fight alongside Wang Dalong in the game until late at night. Although Wang Dalong¡¯s typing speed was already comparable very fast, he felt that there was still something missing just by using words to communicate. Especially for this kind of time-limited game, if you typed one word, the enemy might change their position, and by the time his teammates saw it, it was already too late. Not only that, recently, without face-to-face voice communication, Wang Dalong felt that his relationship with Director Li had become weaker. He could stop playing games, but his relationship with Director Li could not fade. As early as that day when Director Li let him play his account, the things in the account were his annual salary, Wang Dalong had deeply realized this point. Director Li was his ¡®rich wife¡¯! He did not know how many years he would be able to cling onto Director Li¡¯s thigh. The appearance of this UU made Wang Dalong feel a glimmer of hope in his increasingly bland relationship with Director Li. Although he still could not communicate face-to-face, compared to before, it was much better to have voice communication. He was confident that through some changes in tone, he could make Director Li happy. Wang Dalong was confident that, with the right moves, he could stay by Director Li¡¯s side. After downloading the UU, Director Li was not there. Wang Dalong tried out the software with a buddy next to him. The effect was very satisfactory to Wang Dalong. He decided to recommend it to Director Li when he came online at night. ¡°Hey, brother, you are really amazing. Not only did the owner of the Internet cafe give you a special spot, but you also bought an AK Kirin?¡± The buddy next to him who had just tried the UU with him said with envy when he saw the AK Kirin. ¡°Ah, it¡¯s nothing. It¡¯s just so-so.¡± Wang Dalong¡¯s face was calm, but he was excited in his heart. ¡°I really don¡¯t know when I¡¯ll be able to afford it.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be discouraged. Your time will come.¡± ¡­ Yesterday, Xu Zhi had told Hong Wu that UU had to prepare for a million people online today. In the end, when it was just ten o¡¯clock, the number of people online had suddenly reached a million. After that, it was like a wild horse galloping forward without looking back. By 12 o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the number of UU registrations had already exceeded 3.5 million people. At the same time, there were two million UU users online. At 3 o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the number of registrations had exceeded 500 people. The number of people online did not increase any further. After all, many people downloaded UU for the rewards in Jumping the Line of Fire. However, could the number of online players still maintain at around 1.5 million at this time? Many people had already used UU in the game. At five o¡¯clock in the afternoon, the number of registered players continued to rise. Xu Zhi called a meeting at the last minute. The various directors who were in charge were all beaming. If this situation continued to develop, the number of registered players would definitely break through 10 million today. Moreover, this was only the first day of its launch. The potential of UU in the future would be very great. ¡°I think everyone has seen the situation of UU today,¡± President Xu said. Before Xu Zhi finished his sentence, Zheng Quan, who had not had any sense of presence since the public beta of Jumping the Line of Fire, immediately stood up. ¡°President Xu, you¡¯re really amazing. I think this UU will probably be even more popular than Jumping the Line of Fire in the future. In my opinion, this software can be used by anyone who plays any game. I estimate that it won¡¯t take long for it to surpass 10 million. President Xu, I¡¯m completely in awe of you now. You¡¯re my idol. It¡¯s my honor to be able to work under you.¡± Although he had been flattered by Zheng Quan a few times before, he had been more reserved in those times. This time, it was too explicit, and he had done it in front of so many people. Although Zheng Quan was not wrong, Xu Zhi still felt a little embarrassed after hearing it. However, Zheng Quan was already over 40 years old, and his head was almost bald. He did not blush or jump after saying this long. He did not seem to have said enough and continued speaking. ¡°President Xu, ever since you came to the company, I have been filled with anticipation every day at work. You are not only our company¡¯s second-born parent, but also my second-born parent. You have taught me a lot. I believe that you will lead our company to a more glorious future. This UU is just the beginning. President Xu, I will always learn from you. You are my teacher for life.¡± Without waiting for Xu Zhi to speak, after listening to Zheng Quan for a long time, Huang Meng could not sit still anymore. She said to Zheng Quan, ¡°Director Zheng, are you saying that you were not willing to work when President Qin was still here? Is President Qin that unwelcome to you?¡± ¡°That¡¯s not what I meant, Director Huang. President Xu and President Qin are husband and wife. No matter what time it is, husband and wife are one. They are people who will be together for a lifetime. Director Huang, please don¡¯t talk about it separately. Towards President Xu and President Qin, we must maintain the same respect.¡± ¡°You!¡± Huang Meng was infuriated by Zheng Quan. She felt that Zheng Quan seemed to be implying something. She glared at Zheng Quan, and Huang Meng sat back down. After sitting down, she still could not vent her anger and whispered, ¡°You¡¯re already in your forties. Don¡¯t be shameless!¡± Zheng Quan caught her words, ¡°Director Huang, a master will always be a master. No matter how old I am, President Xu will always be my role model. Don¡¯t look down on President Xu just because he¡¯s not as old as you. I¡¯m going to criticize you for your behavior.¡± ¡°You!¡± Huang Meng was angered by Zheng Quan and stood up again. At this time, the other directors wisely chose to shut up. ¡°Alright, alright. Sit down. This meeting is about business.¡± Xu Zhi interrupted the two of them. He did not pursue the matter and started to talk about the purpose of the meeting. ¡°This meeting is actually very simple. The main topic is our company¡¯s UU software. According to my personal prediction, this software can reach 20 to 30 million daily activities in half a year. This is a huge number. By then, it is already impossible for UU to be operated by the company¡¯s operations department, so we have to make preparations in advance.¡± ¡°President Xu, are you going to establish a new department?¡± Ding Xiaomei said from the side. ¡°Yes, I plan to establish a new UU business department. UU will be separated from our company¡¯s internal management and not belong to any department. All maintenance and promotion will be under the full responsibility of UU business department. UU business department personnel will be temporarily transferred from the various departments of the company, and the position of UU business department director will also be temporarily taken by the internal personnel of the company. Who is interested?¡± After saying that, Xu Zhi looked at all the directors below him. This UU had great potential in the future. Becoming the UU business department director was much better than their current positions. Below him, Xu Zhi took a look and found that several of them were interested.. Chapter 37 - Xu Zhi’s New Game Mode Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°President Xu, do you think I can do it?¡± Wang Xiangliang stood up first and said. Xu Zhi was a little surprised. He had thought of everyone, but he did not expect Wang Xiangliang to be the first to stand up. ¡°Wang Xiangliang, your work here is still quite heavy. Moreover, you just came to the company not long ago, so it might not be suitable.¡± Xu Zhi thought for a moment and tactfully rejected Wang Xiangliang. This time, the newly established UU business department¡¯s personnel were all transferred from the various departments of the company. Wang Xiangliang had just joined the company not long ago and was already in charge of this new department. It was likely that it would be difficult to convince the public. Nodding his head, Wang Xiangliang sat back down. At this moment, Xu Zhi thought again and suddenly felt that none of the directors under him seemed to be suitable. ¡°President Xu, I think I can take on the role.¡± Suddenly, Zheng Quan suddenly stood up. The hair on top of his head became messy due to his quick action of standing up. ¡°You?¡± Xu Zhi asked in return. Tidying his hair and pulling it behind his ears, Zheng Quan began to speak with confidence. ¡°President Xu, I think I have the ability. I am the head of the marketing department, and I am very sensitive to this market. With me as the head of UU¡¯s business department, I am confident that I can make UU exceed 10 million daily activities in a month. Moreover, I am sure that I can achieve the target that President Xu mentioned of exceeding 30 million daily activities in half a year, or even 50 million daily activities. A year from now, we might be able to live up to 100 million a day.¡± ¡°Wow!¡± Xu Zhi was shocked. This Zheng Quan was even more daring than him. ¡°Director Zheng, let me remind you that TT¡¯s current daily activity is only 150 million. Aren¡¯t you exaggerating?¡± For some reason, Huang Meng did not like Zheng Quan. She rebuked Zheng Quan again. ¡°Hmph, TT is nothing. Our UU is the future of communication software. Perhaps in the future, our UU will be able to achieve 500 million daily activities. TT is only strong for a moment. As long as we find an opportunity in the future, I believe we can defeat it.¡± The more Zheng Quan spoke, the more energetic he became. It was as if he had a second spring in his life. ¡°Amazing, amazing.¡± Wang Xiangliang, who was sitting at the bottom, heard Zheng Quan¡¯s words and muttered in his heart. He did not expect Dream Game Company to have such high expectations for UU. It was rude of him to stand up just now. ¡°Zheng Quan, do you have the confidence?¡± Xu Zhi asked Zheng Quan seriously. ¡°President Xu, as long as I can become this director, I guarantee that I have the confidence and determination to resolutely complete the goal that you instructed me to do!¡± At this moment, Zheng Quan was like a warrior on a crusade. He clenched his fists and said in front of his eyes. ¡°Good. Then from today onwards, you will be the newly established UU business department director. I don¡¯t have high goals for you. It will be good to reach five million a day within a month, reaching 20 million in half a year. You will also be the part-time director for the marketing department.¡± ¡°Please rest assured, President Xu. I, Zheng Quan, will definitely complete the task.¡± Zheng Quan gritted his teeth and said. After saying that, he turned around and glanced at Huang Meng. ¡°Okay!¡± Influenced by Zheng Quan¡¯s firm attitude, Xu Zhi was also a little excited at this time. ¡°Do you have any other requests? I will definitely try my best to satisfy them!¡± ¡°President Xu, there is nothing else. It¡¯s just that after the UU business department was established, I reckon that there might not be enough office space in the company.¡± Hearing that, Xu Zhi thought about it. This UU business department was an independent department and indeed needed a new environment. ¡°I know that. How about this? Huang Meng, go and take a look at the office building we rented last time. See if there are any floors left. If there are, rent another floor and use it as the office of the UU business department,¡± Xu Zhi said to Huang Meng. ¡°I understand.¡± Huang Meng nodded. ¡°Okay, the meeting will end now. All departments, work harder. Hong Wu, wait a moment.¡± Xu Zhi asked everyone to leave. After everyone left, Hong Wu stayed behind. He did not know why Xu Zhi was looking for him. Could it be about developing Ghost¡¯s Dream 2? However, it seemed like the proposal was still in He Wei¡¯s hands. ¡°Hong Wu, sit down. I¡¯m going to make another arrangement today. Jumping the Line of Fire, I want to add a new mode as the theme for the next big edition. This is a brand new game mode. You might not have heard of it before. It¡¯s called Challenge mode.¡± ¡°Challenge mode? Is this a new way of playing?¡± Hong Wu was very confused. Currently, there were two main modes in the Jumping the Line of Fire. One was Competition, and the other was Biochemical. He had not heard of this Challenge mode. ¡°Yes. To put it simply, in this new Challenge mode, the opponent of the player is no longer the other players, but a large number of monsters controlled by the computer. There will also be a final boss. After the game ends, there will be treasure chests, and different treasure chests will be rewarded with all kinds of rare equipment and unique boss rewards. To defeat the boss, the players will first need to fight the monsters in the 20 to 30 levels. The number of levels in this level depends on the difficulty level.¡± ¡°The number of players is limited to four people or eight people. It is important to work together to clear the level. At the same time, there is a time limit for each level¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± Sitting on the bench, listening to Xu Zhi¡¯s introduction of the new Challenge mode, Hong Wu as if his entire body had been impacted. He had never thought that there would be such a way of playing. If this were to be introduced in the future, perhaps the daily activity of Jumping the Line of Fire would surpass ten million. At this moment, he was very interested in listening to Xu Zhi¡¯s introduction of the new Challenge mode. He really didn¡¯t know what it would look like. As Xu Zhi spoke, Hong Wu remembered that the two of them stayed in the conference room until the evening. After Huang Meng left the conference room, she went straight to the commercial building where the customer service department was located. As it had just been built, there were still plenty of floors, so Huang Meng rented another floor as the UU business department¡¯s office space. The customer service department was one floor above and one floor below. After the rental was completed, Zheng Quan followed her and began to prepare for the UU Business department. ¡­ At eight o¡¯clock in the evening, Wang Dalong, who was in the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe, waited for Director Li¡¯s arrival. He was a little nervous today. He did not know if Director Li could get used to this communication software. He waited and waited until half-past eight in the evening, but Director Li¡¯s icon did not light up. Wang Dalong felt that it was a little strange. Yesterday, Director Li had said that he would log in today as usual. Why did he not come today? What Wang Dalong did not know was that in a luxurious villa, Director Li was so angry that his eyes were about to burst into flames. After eating the dinner prepared by the servants, Director Li had turned on his computer long ago. Then, he encountered something that he had never encountered before. He could not log in. Every time he logged in, the server showed that it was full. Director Li kept trying to log in on the page, but the result was always full. Director Li also tried to log in to other regions, but it was the same. Every region was full. ¡°What the hell? I¡¯ve been busy all day. I can¡¯t even relax at night!¡± It was tiring enough to go out for a day. Who would have thought that he would still be unable to play at night? Director Li looked at the full server and felt that his anger was about to explode.. Chapter 38 - Director Li’s Worries Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation With no other choice, Director Li opened the Jumping the Line of Fire thread forum that he had never seen before. After flipping through it, Director Li found out that there was an event in the game today. The servers were now full. Not only was he unable to log in, but many people were also experiencing the same thing. The game officials said that they were already speeding up the expansion. It was estimated that they would be able to successfully log in at 9 pm. ¡°9 pm, huh? Then I¡¯ll wait for you until 9 pm.¡± Director Li closed the forum and did not try to log in again. He stood up from the computer and went to the living room of the villa. He sat on the spacious mahogany sofa and relaxed. He looked at the dark night scene outside the window and felt a little lost. Recently, his father had asked him to go out frequently to do things. It was also to train him to carry the company¡¯s banner. This made him somewhat resistant. For him, it was not that he wanted to have more fun. It was that he was not very interested in his father¡¯s matters. The so-called ¡®matters¡¯ were either eating or drinking with important clients. Many times, it required so much drinking that he felt like vomitting. Wang Dalong might only know how many coal mines his father had, but Director Li¡¯s family was far more prosperous than Wang Dalong had imagined. If he wanted to, he could eat with different people every single day of the year, but this was not the life he wanted. If you asked Director Li to explain what he wanted, he could not say it. Under such circumstances, the games he played every night after he came back became Director Li¡¯s spiritual companion. In fact, this situation would not last long. Recently, his father had told him to go home early in the evening. After a while, he would start to get in touch with things on a deeper level. It was already impossible for Director Li to play games at eight o¡¯clock in the evening. Staying up all night would become his norm. Thinking of his future life, Director Li really wished that his family was not so rich. It would be great if they only had a little money. He would also be able to have some freedom. Moreover, if his father had worked hard and had a few more children, he would not have been so tired. However, he was the only child in his family, so everything fell on him. Fortunately, his father was still young, so he still had time to get used to it. Speaking of his father, a few years ago, Director Li suspected that his father had an illegitimate child outside, so he specially sent people to investigate. In the end, his father scolded him that night. The facts proved that he was really his father¡¯s only son. He had been strictly controlled by his father since he was young. He had sent people to follow him in the dark, so he had no chance to develop bad habits. His biggest hobby was playing games and spending some money on games. Ever since he was young, Director Li had probably spent more than ten million on games. To him, the godly weapon in Jumping the Line of Fire was a drizzle. Back then, in order to play a game called contending for hegemony, he had given everyone in the guild a bonus. However, that matter was a long time ago. Speaking of which, his father had given him plenty of money to play games. Recently, he had not been able to spend so much money in Jumping the Line of Fire. His hands were starting to itch, and he was ready to spend money. ¡°Young Master, please have some tea.¡± The servant of his house saw him sitting in the living room and brought him a cup of black tea. Holding the cup of black tea, Director Li slowly began to taste it. It was not easy to do business. He had to know a little about everything. He also had some contact with the tea ceremony, and recently, he had started to learn it slowly. Unlike drinking wine, drinking tea slowly showed one¡¯s self-cultivation, while drinking wine quickly showed one¡¯s openness and magnanimity. Director Li had recently learned a lot. After drinking his tea, he raised his watch and looked at it. It was almost nine o¡¯clock. Director Li returned to the computer. He logged in at this moment and succeeded in one go. However, after entering the server, all the channels were still full. After squeezing in one with great difficulty, Wang Dalong¡¯s message was quickly sent over. ¡°Brother Li, Brother Li, are you there?¡± In the internet cafe, Wang Dalong was waiting for a long time, and it was torturous. Director Li did not say that he would not play today, so he had to wait. Looking at the people next to him playing the game, he waited for a whole hour, and finally, Director Li came online. Seeing that Director Li came online, he quickly sent a message, and Director Li¡¯s reply came very quickly. ¡°It¡¯s still the same. You practice with me first.¡± ¡°Okay, Brother Li. Brother Li, I have a software recommendation for you. After you download it, the two of US can communicate in real-time in the game. It¡¯s called UU. Brother Li, do you want to take a look?¡± ¡°Okay, wait a moment.¡± Seeing Wang Dalong¡¯s message, Director Li switched out and started searching for UU. He had seen uu on the game¡¯s homepage just now, but he did not take it seriously. Now that he heard Wang Dalong say it, he decided to try downloading it. Recently, he had been very happy with Wang Dalong. Wang Dalong, whether it was a game or a person, made Director Li feel that he was a good guy. Some time ago, he had even found Wang Dalong a job in his company. After downloading the UU, Director Li registered and logged in. Wang Dalong had already sent his UU number to Director Li and added him as a friend. ¡°Hello, hello, Brother Li, can you hear me?¡± Wang Dalong¡¯s voice came from the speakers. Unlike Wang Dalong who used headphones in the internet cafe, Director Li used a high-quality stereo when he played at home. When he heard Wang Dalong¡¯s voice, Director Li turned the microphone over from the side. ¡°Yes, I can hear you. It¡¯s me.¡± ¡°Brother Li, I¡¯ve been missing you so much recently.¡± Wang Dalong¡¯s aggrieved voice came through, and Director Li laughed when he heard it. ¡°What, have you become addicted to being abused by me recently? Did you miss me so much after being published a little late today?¡± ¡°Brother Li, who asked you to be so skilled? I¡¯ve been practicing the spear for a month, but I still can¡¯t catch up with you. Haven¡¯t I always wanted to chase after brother Li? Brother Li, shall we do the same thing today?¡± ¡°The same. Get a room. I haven¡¯t heard your voice for a while, I almost could not recognize it.¡± ¡°Me too. You sound like you matured a lot, Brother Li.¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± Director Li was a little happy. Recently, someone had praised him for being mature, but he had always thought that it was just polite words. However, from Wang Dalong¡¯s mouth, Director Li felt that it was not just polite, but sincere. After getting a room, Director Li started to practice with Wang Dalong excitedly. Director Li¡¯s skills were not bad, to begin with. In addition to Wang Dalong, who was an invisible expert, he had a 90% chance of winning the game. Today was a little better. Everyone had hero weapons. If it was before, every time Director Li finished one round, his backpack was full of hero weapons, which attracted a large number of players to add him as a friend. When he was in the mood, it was already one o¡¯clock at night. After finishing another round, Director Li seemed to have thought of something. ¡°Wang Dalong, I have an idea. Let¡¯s see if you are willing to do it.¡± ¡°Brother Li, go ahead.¡± With the UU voice today, Wang Dalong could not only give Director Li a precise report every time but also improve his game score by a lot. Wang Dalong was somewhat satisfied with himself.. Chapter 39 - Female Manager Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation ¡°Wang Dalong, I want to establish a battle team. You¡¯ll be in charge of recruiting and managing. What do you think?¡± Director Li said. ¡°Battle team? Brother Li, you want to establish a battle team? That¡¯s a good thing. Leave this to me. Brother Li, what¡¯s the name of our battle team?¡± ¡°Battle team name? Let me think about it.¡± Director Li raised his head and thought about it. He wanted to establish this team. One was for fun, and the other was to spend money. In this game, hero weapons were the perfect match. He could not spend much money alone, so he wanted to spend it by establishing a team. ¡°Wang Dalong, How about¡­ God of War?¡± ¡°God of War? Good name, Brother Li. This can be said to be a perfect match with your identity. However, does Brother Li have any conditions for this team to accept people?¡± ¡°Requirements? Uh¡­ Let¡¯s form a technical team. Your skills are still passable. The requirement for joining a team is to be able to beat you. Then, let me think about the benefits.¡± Hearing Director Li¡¯s words, Wang Dalong had a headache. Director Li did not know that with his current skills, he could already beat 99.999% of the people in this game. If joining a team was such a requirement, only a few people could surpass him. ¡°Sigh, as for the benefits, as long as they join the team, we¡¯ll give them a hero weapon. How about that?¡± Director Li thought for a while and said. ¡°Brother Li, you¡¯re really awesome,¡± Wang Dalong said admiringly. As for persuading Director Li not to give him too much money, Wang Dalong felt that it was not good to say it out loud. Director Li paid for it, but he did not say anything. What right did he have to persuade him? ¡°That¡¯s fine. I will transfer some money to you later. You can start recruiting people. I will be leaving first today.¡± ¡°Director Li, you should establish the battle team first before leaving.¡± Wang Dalong hurriedly said. Director Li wanted Wang Dalong to manage the battle team. This battle team would definitely have director Li as the captain. ¡°Okay, I have forgotten. Wait a moment. After I establish the battle team, I will pull you in as the vice-captain.¡± After Director Li set up the team, he appointed Wang Dalong as the vice-captain and then left. After a while, Director Li transferred another sum of money to Wang Dalong. ¡°Dalong, the money has been transferred. You¡¯re recruiting for us. Make sure of their quality before recruiting them.¡± ¡°Got it!¡± In the internet cafe, after Wang Dalong saw the notification that Director Li had already transferred the money to him. With a shout, he told the owner of the internet cafe to hold the computer spot for him. Then, he ran out of the internet cafe. Not far from the Divine Dragon Internet Cafe, there was an ATM. When he checked the money that Director Li had transferred to him, Wang Dalong felt like he was suffocating. ¡°F*ck, ten, one hundred, one thousand, one hundred thousand¡­ Two hundred thousand?¡± A full 200,000 yuan. Wang Dalong immediately had the idea of taking the money and running away. What could he not do with this amount of money? However, half of it was due to Director Li¡¯s trust in him, and the other half was due to his fear of Director Li. Wang Dalong still suppressed the thought of running away. He obediently returned to the internet cafe and began to use this money to recruit people. Wang Dalong did not know that this bit of money was only a minuscule amount to someone like Director Li. Returning to the computer, Wang Dalong immediately started to flood the various channels. When he flooded the screen, people would immediately think that he was a swindler. Perhaps this was a little too exaggerated. ¡°God of War battle team is now recruiting members. We¡¯re recruiting to form a technical battle team. If you join the team, you will be given hero equipment. Assessment in UU channel: 688. Also looking for a female manager.¡± ¡°God of War battle team is now recruiting members. We¡¯re recruiting to form a technical battle team. If you join the team, you will be given hero equipment. Assessment in UU channel: 688. Also looking for a female manager.¡± ¡°God of War battle team is now recruiting members. We¡¯re recruiting to form a technical battle team. If you join the team, you will be given hero equipment. Assessment in UU channel: 688. Also looking for a female manager.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Damn, you scammer, don¡¯t flood the screen. You¡¯re giving out hero equipment? Don¡¯t lie.¡± ¡°Nowadays, even scammers don¡¯t know how to scam anymore. If you say that you¡¯re giving out name changing cards, I would believe you. Now that you say you¡¯re giving out godly equipment, who would believe you?¡± ¡°If I join the team, do I have to pay an entrance fee? I¡¯ve been tricked before. I don¡¯t believe you!¡± ¡°Scammer, stop spamming the chat. Be careful that I¡¯ll report you.¡± Wang Dalong spammed the chat while opening the UU channel to wait. However, other than him and Director Li, a person came in after spamming for five minutes. Furthermore, that person came in just to scold him. After scolding him, he left. ¡°Wow, nobody came even though we said we¡¯re giving away godly equipment.¡± Suddenly, a person came to UU channel. Wang Dalong immediately pulled him into the voice chat. ¡°Hey, hey, hey. Are you here for the team assessment? Our team doesn¡¯t lie. We really deliver godly equipment!¡±Wang Dalong said in an excited tone. ¡°Brother, I¡¯m here to apply as a female manager.¡± A weak female voice was heard. Wang Dalong¡¯s interest was greatly reduced. ¡°Sure, come and apply. We¡¯re recruiting female managers now, and the salary is 1,500 a month. Are you interested?¡± Although Director Li had never mentioned giving the female manager a salary, Wang Dalong had taken the initiative to give this amount of money. ¡°Brother, is it true?¡± The female voice on the other side suddenly became more excited than Wang Dalong. ¡°Of course it¡¯s true. Why would I lie to you? I¡¯ll pay you once a week. If you accept, I can give you a hundred first.¡± ¡°Brother, what¡¯s the request?¡± The female voice asked suspiciously. ¡°Request?¡± Wang Dalong thought for a moment. It seemed like there were only two people in the team right now. There was nothing else to do except to recruit people. ¡°How about this? If you¡¯re willing to do it, you can recruit people in the game for the time being. You already know how to play Jumping the Line of Fire, right? After that, when you¡¯re managing more people, you can manage on UU. However, I¡¯m telling you, you have to be online at night. You can¡¯t sleep.¡± ¡°Brother, I¡¯m fine with it. I¡¯ll do it.¡± The voice on the other side was extremely excited as if it had found some treasure. At this time, after the impact of the huge sum of money he saw at the ATM, Wang Dalong had gradually become numb to the salary and other things. ¡°I¡¯ll give you 100 yuan today first. Do you want me to transfer the money or use it as game currency?¡± Wang Dalong asked faintly. ¡°Brother, I want the money to be transferred.¡± ¡°Okay, wait a moment.¡± While Wang Dalong was transferring the money, on the other end of the UU Voice, a short-haired girl sitting in a wheelchair in front of the computer was looking at her online bank with a face full of anticipation. ¡°Ah Niu, it¡¯s so late. Go to bed early,¡± her mother pushed the door open and walked in as she said softly. The girl in front of the computer was called Ah Niu. Ever since she lost her legs in a car accident a year ago, she had been staying in her room. Usually, her parents were kind to her and discussed everything with her, afraid that she would take things too hard. Ah Niu stayed in her room all day and did not want to go out. She relied on all kinds of games to numb herself. If not for the car accident, she would have started a new life in college today with her excellent grades. However, the world was unpredictable. Today, she had become a burden to her parents. Her self-esteem was stronger than anyone else. Until today, she had not accepted this fact. Nighttime was the most difficult time for her. She often played games all night long to numb herself. As for looking for a job online, in the past year, she had already been cheated and scammed many times. As for the female manager position that she applied for, Ah Niu felt that her hopes were higher than before. Of course. If the other party said anything suspicious, she would immediately delete this person.. Chapter 40 - Assessment for Team Members Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation After she pushed the door open and entered, she looked at Ah Niu, who was sitting in front of the computer and did not turn her head. Her mother felt a wave of heartache. She knew better than anyone else how strong her daughter¡¯s self-esteem was. Ever since the day she woke up from the car accident, she had never shed tears. However, a mother knew her own daughter. As a mother, she knew how painful it was for her daughter to lose both her legs. The tears did not flow out of her eyes but flowed into the bottom of her daughter¡¯s heart, becoming a bottomless lake. ¡°Ah Niu, mommy will accompany you to bed tonight.¡± Ah Niu¡¯s mother hugged her from behind. During this period of time, Ah Niu was getting more and more depressed. She was afraid, she was very afraid. Ah Niu did not speak. She stared at the online banking page on the computer. When Wang Dalong successfully transferred the money, and the balance in her account jumped from 0 to 100, Ah Niu suddenly cried. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, did I hug too hard? Does it hurt?¡± Her mother was so scared that she immediately let go of her hands. She thought that Ah Niu was crying because she hugged her. ¡°Mom.¡± Suddenly, Ah Niu turned her head. Tears gushed out of her eyes like a fountain. ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Her father also heard the commotion and walked into the room. ¡°Mom, dad, I can earn money now. I¡¯m not a cripple anymore.¡± Ah Niu hugged her mother and sobbed. ¡°Ah Niu, dad never treated you as a cripple!¡± Ah Niu¡¯s father was a middle school teacher. After her accident, his smile disappeared. At this moment, when he saw Ah Niu¡¯s situation, his hands trembled. He did not know what to do. ¡°Ah Niu, tell us, what happened? Tell dad. Did someone say something bad about you?¡± Every time he said something, he had to think about it properly. He was afraid that he would agitate Ah Niu. ¡°Dad, no, I found a job. I made money.¡± Ah Niu raised her head from her mother¡¯s lapels and said to her father with a smile. Her mother¡¯s clothes had been stained by her tears. At this moment, not only Ah Niu was crying, her mother was also crying. This year, she had never dared to cry in front of Ah Niu. She had always sobbed until late at night under the blanket. After Ah Niu calmed down, she told her parents that she had found a truly honest management job on the internet. Although she did not quite understand what it was, if it could make her daughter laugh, even if the job costs money, her parents were also willing. ¡°Mom, dad, you guys go back to your room first. I still have work to do,¡± Ah Niu said with a smile. ¡°Then¡­ then mom and dad will go back first.¡± In response to Ah Niu¡¯s words, her mother and father looked at each other before replying with a smile. Then, they slowly left the room. At this moment, Ah Niu, who had received her first salary, wiped her tears and started her first day of work. ¡°The God of War battle team is recruiting new members. We are forming a technical battle team. Once you join the team, you will be given a piece of godly equipment. Assessment UU channel: 688. Female manager online all day. Welcome to join in the UU channel.¡± ¡°The God of War battle team is recruiting new members. We are forming a technical battle team. Once you join the team, you will be given a piece of godly equipment. Assessment UU channel: 688. Female manager online all day. Welcome to join in the UU channel.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Compared to Wang Dalong, who had been spamming the screen for a long time and not many people came, Ah Niu had only spammed for a short while before nearly ten people had joined the UU channel. ¡°Hey, hey, hey, is there really a female manager?¡± ¡°Missy, Missy, is it true that if you join the team, you will be given a piece of godly equipment?¡± ¡°Yes, if you join the team, you will be given godly equipment. However, you have to pass our assessment,¡± Ah Niu said in a weak voice. Wang Dalong had already told her about this recruitment condition. ¡°D*mn, it¡¯s really a woman. I want to join the battle team.¡± ¡°A woman? Who¡¯s taking the assessment? I¡¯ll join right now.¡± ¡°Little sister, add me as a friend.¡± At this moment, Wang Dalong was beginning to doubt life. He had only just recruited a female manager? Why were these people acting like animals? Was there a need to go so far? Why did no one believe what he just said? There were already nearly 20 people in UU channel, Wang Dalong opened his mouth and said, ¡°Ahem, I¡¯m the assessment officer for the battle team. Those who want to take the assessment, join the Biochemical mode Channel 6, Room 12. The main test will be for rifles. Anything else like a sniper knife fight will be fine. It¡¯s up to you. After getting ten kills, you¡¯ll be considered to have passed if you fight me to a draw. After that, the team will directly give you game coins.¡± ¡°Damn, are you that arrogant? A draw is considered to have passed? I¡¯m laughing.¡± ¡°Get lost, get lost. I want to hear what the young lady has to say. Who do you think you are?¡± ¡°Why does it seem like it¡¯s real? You really gave me a hero weapon. Wait a moment, I¡¯ll leave my friend behind.¡± ¡°Everyone, don¡¯t be anxious. After passing our assessment, you can join our team. We will definitely give you hero weapons,¡± Ah Niu said again. ¡°I¡¯ll do it, I¡¯ll do it. Little sister definitely won¡¯t lie. Wait for me to torture the assessment officer.¡± ¡°You¡¯ve made such a big fuss. Wait a moment, I¡¯m going into the room.¡± In the room that they had agreed on, Wang Dalong¡¯s character was not wearing any equipment as he waited for the examinees to arrive. Just as he said, no matter what weapon it was, it could be assessed. Wang Dalong had full confidence in his own skills. The first person had already arrived, asking for a one-on-one fight with AK. Before entering the game, he even mocked Wang Dalong. ¡°I say, brother, hurry up. My time is very precious. Why don¡¯t we skip the test and you directly give the game currency?¡± There was no response. Wang Dalong started the game. Headshot! Headshot! Headshot! After the game ended, looking at his 10-2 record, this person doubted his life. ¡°You f*cking cheated!¡± There was no response. Wang Dalong kicked this person out of the room and started the next assessment. This person¡¯s name was a little strange. It was ¡®I love you for 10,000 years¡¯. Usually, people who had strange names were experts. Of course, after the first round, Wang Dalong also went easy on him. In the end, this person passed the assessment with a 10-10 record. After he joined the battle team, Wang Dalong gave him some game coins. Not only could he buy a hero item, but he could also buy a name-changing card. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid that I¡¯ll leave after buying the stuff?¡± Just as Wang Dalong had topped up the game coins, the other side sent a message. ¡°If you join the battle team, we¡¯ll be brothers. Don¡¯t say so much nonsense. Remember to change your name and add the ¡®God of War¡¯ before it.¡± Wang Dalong did not have time to talk to him at this time. The people waiting for his assessment had already lined up. From two o¡¯clock in the morning, Wang Dalong began his journey as the main examiner. The assessment continued until ten o¡¯clock in the morning the next day. Although Wang Dalong went easy on them, his skills were too high. At ten o¡¯clock.., there were only about 20 people who joined the battle team. Wang Dalong gave them all godly equipment and name-changing cards. Under such intense recruitment conditions, the news spread like wildfire. The news of the God of War battle team recruiting people and giving out hero equipment spread like wildfire. Not only did the people on the server know about this, the people on the other servers also heard about it. They even created an alternate account to watch the show. On the God of War battle team¡¯s UU channel, there were already close to 10,000 people. They were all people waiting for the assessment. From this day onwards, Wang Dalong had become a humanoid assessment robot. What awaited him every day was an endless number of assessments. After Director Li found out, not only did he not blame Wang Dalong for not having time to play with him, Director Li even set aside a sum of money for Wang Dalong to expand the scale of recruitment. In Director Li¡¯s words, more people made things lively. As for Wang Dalong¡¯s salary for the female manager, Director Li waved his hand and raised the salary to 2,500. In today¡¯s Bluestar, this was more than the salary of a waiter. Meanwhile, Ah Niu also used this job to slowly walk out of the shadow of the past..