The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 228 Final Reckoning! (Two in One)

On the plane, Yin Zhiyuan's face was numb.

After a moment of silence, he couldn't help but ask the same question for the fourth time: "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

“It only took one week to make it???”

Xu Meng rolled her eyes and said, "Why don't you go ask the research institute?"

"We can only see the parameters, and the specific effects can only be known after they are implemented."

"But if there is no fraud over there and the data provided is real, then it was indeed done."

Is the National Joint Laboratory for Materials Science committing fraud?

Yin Zhiyuan shook his head subconsciously.

how is this possible.

So many people are watching this project now. Who dares to commit fraud at this time?

But he still couldn't believe it: "But this is too fast..."

In his common sense, such major technological breakthroughs are always positively correlated with time.

Even if an unreasonable genius appears, the time required to make substantial progress is often measured in years.

Especially when it comes to materials science experiments that are full of randomness.

But now...

With the rapid advancement of the special working group, after Xu Meng handed over the experimental process, the product was produced in just one week.

This doesn't seem like creating a new material from scratch at all, but rather more like reproducing the results of an already published paper!

Even many published papers are difficult to reproduce.

In comparison, Xu Meng's behavior is too outrageous!

Completed within a week...

I guess there was no detour at all. After running-in the equipment and running the experimental process smoothly, the finished product was produced in just a few tries!

Yin Zhiyuan felt that his scientific research knowledge had encountered severe challenges.

Not only him, but the five other members of the special operations team who were traveling with him also began to doubt their lives.

Only the young assistant Chen Mengling has no knowledge of scientific research, and has no other ideas except that the senior is awesome.

Two and a half hours later, the plane landed in Shenyang.

Without any unnecessary procedures, the group went straight to the laboratory.

The staff in the laboratory all looked very happy when they greeted us.

Just a few days ago, the superiors suddenly asked to put the ongoing project on hold, and all equipment, personnel, and laboratories made way for this sudden task.

Of course, no one dared to slack off in their execution, but since their schedule was disrupted and their experiments were postponed, they couldn't help but complain.

Especially the magical operation of first giving the physical properties of the compound and then giving the synthesis steps.

——Shouldn’t we synthesize the new substance first and then measure its physical properties?
The product hasn't even been manufactured yet, and you're already writing down the requirements?
Are you a product manager here? !
But later, when they followed the experimental requirements step by step, they finally synthesized a "new" substance that completely met the requirements!

Everyone was silent as they looked at the magical compound that kept changing color with the electromagnetic waves.

Their first reaction was similar to Yin Zhiyuan's, feeling that what their laboratory was doing was not "creation" but "secondary verification."

The earliest experiments should have been completed in other laboratories.

Therefore, people are extremely curious about the real creator of this "Substance X" - the mysterious initiator of the experiment who has been kept strictly confidential.

After confirming the other party's arrival time, a group of people waited at the door early, wanting to see who this great person in the industry was.

Then they saw a group of people walking in, surrounding a young man.

"?"

They looked at their colleagues, confusion in their eyes.

A young graduate student named Chen Zhi suddenly recognized Xu Meng and his eyes widened instantly.

But he was afraid of making a mistake, so he didn't dare shout out.

When the leader came forward to shake hands and say hello, then led a group of people to the laboratory, he followed the crowd in a daze, not daring to show his head at all.

He was afraid that Xu Meng would suddenly wave at him and say, "Hey! Isn't this the bastard who poked me in the ass yesterday?"

Then he is completely finished!

He took a day off to play games yesterday!

The teacher was dragged by the senior leader to do an experiment, but the level of the experiment was too high and he, a lowly worker, could not participate.

In this situation, no one usually cares if you play games out of boredom.

——The premise is that you don’t get caught in the act in front of the big boss!

Who would have thought that Xu Meng, a game developer, would suddenly land in the Materials Research Institute? ?
You've crossed too far!

Apparently Chen Zhi wasn't the only one who was confused.

Because he followed the crowd and actually walked into the electromagnetic shielding room.

Therefore, he saw a magical scene -

The transparent observation room is filled with red...

"substance."

Apart from this word, it was difficult for Chen Zhi to describe what was in the observation room at this moment.

The observation room was filled with this red substance of unknown nature.

At first glance, it even looked like the entire observation room was stuffed with a giant piece of jelly.

When he saw this thing, he was worried whether the observation room could be cleaned.

But immediately, he stopped worrying.

Because the big boss stepped forward and pressed [2] on the keyboard himself.

This red jelly instantly turned orange!
"What..." Chen Zhi opened his mouth in surprise.

Before he could even ask his question, the leader pressed [3] again.

The orange jelly turned yellow again.

Then came green, cyan, blue...

The observation room changed into a whole cycle of red, orange, yellow, green, indigo, blue, purple, black and white.

Finally lead the mouse click to stop.

The white "jelly" disappeared instantly, and the observation room returned to the familiar appearance of Chen Zhi, looking empty.

It was as if everything I just saw was an illusion.

Xu Meng smiled and applauded, thanking the other party for the presentation.

Then he pulled out a hard drive.

"Can this be plugged into the control system?"

Naturally, no one rejected him.

So after Xu Meng was busy, something even more bizarre happened -

The white tiger that Chen Zhi saw in the game yesterday appeared in the observation room!

It just shrunk to the size of a normal tiger.

The white tiger walked leisurely for a few steps in the observation room, then lay down and began to lick its fur as if no one was around.

Chen Zhi was completely stunned.

His teacher, his colleagues, his boss, and even those who came with Xu Meng...

Every one of them was stunned.

——A lifelike white tiger appeared out of thin air. The visual impact is much stronger than the simple color change!

Everyone crowded in front of the glass in the observation room, staring at the white tiger licking its fur.

Everyone was still surprised and didn't know what to say, Xu Meng suddenly said: "I'll go in and take a look."

After saying that, he took out his tactile gloves and walked towards the entrance of the observation room with his laptop.

Yin Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment.

After realizing what was happening, he grabbed Xu Meng without hesitation and held his arm tightly.

"no!"

"You can't go in!!"

Safety has not been verified yet!

A female researcher from the task force looked at the head of the lab and asked, "Do you have monkeys here?"

"What?" The gray-haired general manager turned around and said, "Monkey?"

"No." After realizing what was happening, he shook his head and said, "We are not a pharmaceutical research institute, how can we have experimental monkeys?"

Xu Meng shook his head. "As long as the experimental procedures are strictly followed, there will be no risks."

"No! You stay outside!" Yin Zhiyuan said firmly.

The female researcher also advised: "Wait a moment, we can coordinate and transfer a few monkeys over, it will be quick."

Others also tried to persuade him.

Xu Meng had to give up the idea of ​​going in and began to wait boredly.

Because Xu Meng was not an expert at all and was too young, the researchers in the laboratory were extremely curious about him and had a lot of questions to ask, but they didn't know how to start.

We can only communicate the situation with the special operations team.

Instead, Chen Zhi, a nobody, quietly approached Xu Meng, who was typing on the computer, and greeted her cautiously:

"Boss Xu?"

Xu Meng raised her head: "Who are you?"

"I'm a Dream Building player! I have the complete character encyclopedia of Project Frost, 10000 kills with the howitzer of Lord of War, and the complete set of Fantasy games."

"Oh!" Xu Meng immediately put on a smile, "Thank you for your support, thank you for your support."

"Is it hard to do scientific research?"

"No, no." Chen Zhi quickly shook his head - just kidding, the teacher was watching him from behind.

"Boss Xu, are you still working?" He was full of admiration. At the same time, he subconsciously glanced at the computer screen.

But I found that the screen was not a work software, but a page of the overseas social media warble.

Xu Meng is replying to a post:

"Good die!"

"?" A question mark slowly appeared in Chen Zhi's head.

Good Die?
Solid tape? White chip? Good chip?

It can't be... a literal translation, right?
He subconsciously raised his eyes and took a look at the dynamics that Xu Meng replied to.

[Due to some shortcomings of "Nebula Special Forces", its performance in the early stage of launch did not meet the expected results. We have to announce with great regret:
The game will be removed from all platforms (including Sony Game Station and Vapour Game Store) starting immediately, and the servers will be shut down on November 11.

After the servers are shut down, refunds will be arranged for all players who purchased the game.]
"It's really a literal translation..." Chen Zhi immediately understood.

He looked at Xu Meng again, and his eyes changed drastically.

It turns out that Boss Xu also secretly opens a smurf account to curse his opponents and wish them a good death!

It feels more intimate!

"Yes, I'm working." Xu Meng closed the page without changing his expression and nodded in acknowledgement without any shame.

Chen Zhi held back his laughter.

Just when he was about to ask about the white tiger in the observation room and whether this new material would also be used in the gaming field, the page that Xu Meng had just closed suddenly popped up again.

"Is the computer broken?" Chen Zhi wondered.

Xu Meng was not surprised and went straight to the reopened page.

It is still the page of warble, but it is no longer the official account of Sony Game Station, but the latest release of a gaming media Gamespot.

That was an internal email sent by Sony Game Station's CEO to employees.

[Today, I want to share some important changes coming to Sony Interactive Entertainment Studio Business Group.

We continually evaluate our game portfolio and project status to ensure we are meeting both short-term and long-term business priorities.

As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen our business, we have had to make a difficult decision regarding one of our studios, Crossfire Studios.

As already announced, Nebula Assault was great in some areas, but other areas just didn't appeal to enough players that we are pulling the game offline.

After careful consideration, we have decided that the best path forward is to permanently abandon this game and close the studio.

I would like to thank everyone at Crossing the Fire Studio for their craftsmanship, innovation, and dedication.

We will also learn from the lessons of Nebula Attack and continue to improve our real-time service capabilities to achieve future growth in this area.]
"Hahaha, good death!" Chen Zhi laughed out loud on the spot.

Xu Meng glanced at Chen Zhi and stopped pretending.

Reply directly to this comment: "A lesson worth $3 million, Sony Game Station is really easy to learn!"

Seeing Xu Meng being so weird, Chen Zhi covered his mouth and laughed.

As he was laughing, he discovered something wrong——

The account Xu Meng used to reply to this news was actually [Xumeng]!
And it seems that there is also a blue V for real-name authentication!

"Boss Xu...your real name?" he asked stupidly.

"Yes, what's wrong?" Xu Meng asked back.

Chen Zhi opened his mouth, but was speechless.

Normally, as a company founder, a business owner, or a public figure, one will pay close attention to one's public words and deeds on the Internet and try to create an elegant and friendly personal image.

This will be great for the company's brand image.

But Xu Meng openly posted her real name online, and even commented on "Nebula Special Forces" with her real name, saying "It's a good death"...

This is... too fierce!
Without any surprise, Xu Meng's appearance instantly ignited the enthusiasm of countless players. The comment area exploded in popularity, and players from all over the world responded to him:
"As expected of Boss Xu, he plays it realistically!"

"Surfing the Internet again! This is the second time I've seen you!"

"Duhuo Studio got what it wanted!"

"Nebula Special Forces was removed from the shelves and Fire Crossing Studio was closed. It was a great day. The only flaw was that SBI didn't die with it."

“When will the global competition of Lord of War start? Hurry up!”

"When will the second season of Survival Contest be launched?"

……

……

At Duhuo Studio, Johnson also saw this internal email and Xu Meng's reply.

But he no longer had time to be angry with Xu Meng.

He got wind of it yesterday and knew that "Nebula Special Forces" would be removed from the shelves today.

I also learned that the group's handling of Duhuo Studio will be carried out in the next two days.

He also took out the "layoff order list", considered the recent performance of all employees, and carefully adjusted the order of 8 of them.

But he never expected that what he was waiting for was not large-scale layoffs.

Instead, the Duhuo Studio was completely closed!

Johnson contacted his friends at Sony's headquarters to verify the authenticity of the internal email.

The friend responded: "This is true, I'm so sorry."

Just 10 minutes later, the head of the studio, his old friend of many years, pushed the door open and walked in with a dejected look on his face.

"I received group phone calls and emails informing me that the studio will be closed soon."

"Thank you for your hard work in notifying the staff."

After saying that, he shook his head and left the office.

Joknson slumped in his luxurious leather boss chair, losing all his strength.

What should I do next?
After a moment of stunned silence, his professionalism made him stand up again and pick up the phone.

……

Ten minutes later, the official account of Duhuo Studio released a statement:

"This is the last announcement from Duhuo Studio.

The original idea of ​​Duhuo Studio was to bring the fun of multiplayer games to more players.

We’ve built a really amazing team along the way.

They can:

Based on the existing engine, a new custom FPS engine is built that can run stably on consoles and PCs and has abundant expansion space.

Mature project integration management can carry out technical preparation, game development and preliminary testing simultaneously, ultimately providing players with an excellent FPS gaming experience.

Although our results in terms of sales and IP operations were not as good as we expected, new ideas and attempts to implement them are crucial to the development of the gaming industry.

The talent and individual skill level of Duhuo Studio is truly world-class.

If you are interested in working with this great team in the future, please contact us via email.

Finally, thank you to the many teams, partners and fans who have supported us along the way.

——Duhuo Studio
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Obviously, the main purpose of this "final notice" is not to respond to the internal email.

This is totally a "job notice"!
After boasting about the abilities of the studio's employees, he lightly mentioned the tragic failure of "Nebula Assault" which resulted in huge losses.

It was as if the matter had been turned over and from now on everyone could just pretend that it had never happened.

When it’s time to find a job, find a job; when it’s time to cooperate, cooperate.

Neither your career nor your life will be affected.

but……

How is that possible!

Xu Meng leads the charge——

[World-class? Does it mean $3 million investment, 1000 copies sold, $4 output? That's first-class indeed, even money laundering is not as ruthless as you guys.]
Players followed suit:

“The employees are talented, but Sony Games Station doesn’t want any of them!”

"The fans who supported you along the way? They can't be the 6 people who are still online now, right?"

"Bah! A few days ago you were saying that all players were freaks, and now you're a fan?"

"Who would dare to cooperate with you? Is there too much money and nowhere to throw it?"

"[To promote the game industry forward], by promoting diversity and sexual minorities? Stop being disgusting!"

"Closing Duhuo Studio is the wisest decision made by Sony Games this year!"

……

If Johnson hadn't previously called players freaks, the closure of Duhuo Studios might have really won the sympathy of many players.

After all, Duhuo was once a star studio that players had high hopes for, and many of its employees had participated in the production of well-known shooting games, so it could be called a "veteran team."

But his previous statement completely destroyed the last bit of mercy of the players.

Now I’m just afraid that they don’t die thoroughly enough and will stay to continue poisoning the gaming industry!
Speaking of cancer...

Many people think of another important team——

SBI, Super Baby Co., Ltd.

SBI is absolutely to blame for the disastrous defeat suffered by Nebula Special Forces, Sony Games, and Duhuo Studio!

But now "Nebula Special Forces" has been removed from the shelves and shut down, Sony Game Station admitted the loss, and the Duhuo Studio was completely closed...

Everyone paid the price, but they were unscathed?
Who can bear this? !

Of course, Xu Meng would not just watch SBI play dead and easily get through the whole storm.

Taking advantage of this opportunity that has attracted the attention of global players and industry insiders, he will use the network of contacts and interests that he had already organized, centered around the two founders of SBI.

Together with the 3 million US dollars that Sony Games injected into "Nebula Special Forces", it flows along this network.

Released in its entirety!

And it is released to the entire network!
In just a moment, SBI, which had been playing dead in silence since the release of "Nebula Assault", was brought to the center of the spotlight!

　Keep asking for monthly votes!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)