The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 29 Burn a programmer as a sacrifice
Xu Meng thought that [Game Observation] had published a new article.

But when I clicked on the link, it turned out not to be the case. It was just the author of the previous article who posted the update.

The dynamic content is exactly the same as what the assistant said, kneeling neatly and cleanly——

[Prediction failed!]
[I was wrong! Sorry! @DreamBuildingGame is awesome! @Frost and Snow Project is awesome!]
[Tomorrow, "Frost and Snow Project" will be updated, and Huo Dao will apologize on live broadcast.]——
Looking at the comment section again, the official account of [Game Observation] also reposted Huodao’s post, admitting that the previous prediction was wrong.

Not only did he retract his previous remarks and apologize, he also expressed his admiration for the courage, decisiveness and execution of the Dream Builder boss.

Xu Meng shook his head, not feeling any satisfaction from revenge.

If he hadn't taken over Dream Building, the company would indeed have gone bankrupt, and the prediction of [Game Observation] was correct.

The basis for their prediction is also the revenue difficulties of "Frost and Snow Project" and the financial difficulties of Dream Building.

There are no personal grudges or malicious curses here.

At most, [Game Observer] secretly inquired about the company's situation, which made him a little unhappy, but it was not a big grudge.

As for Huo Dao's apology live broadcast...

There is nothing to pay attention to.

The anchors and up-players who have announced that they will broadcast "Frost and Snow Project" tomorrow are everywhere, and there is no shortage of Fire Blade, a living fossil that has been out of fashion for more than ten years.

He replied to his assistant, "I understand," then threw his phone aside and went to sleep.

The last night of May has passed.
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6 month 1 day.

The day that determines the fate of the dream has finally arrived.

The client of "Frost and Snow Project" began to update automatically at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the employees of Dream Building started to worship gods early.

Some people worship Emperor Yongzheng, who was good at curing the eighth prince (BUG); some people worship King Wen of Zhou, who wrote the 64-character YiJingOS operating system by hand; and some people worship the fathers of computers, John von Neumann and Alan Turing.

In short, I pay my respects to everything I can think of.

It’s not their fault that they engage in these metaphysical things; they really are unsure of themselves.

——The construction period is too tight and the testing time is too short.

Zhumeng's tight financial situation does not allow them to continue testing slowly. At this time, there is no other way except to engage in metaphysics and seek psychological comfort.

Xu Meng is different.

He doesn't engage in these metaphysical things.

He just invited a stunt team over.

The employees watched as a group of strangers carrying cameras walked into the office, adjusted the desks, replaced old computers, turned off the fire alarm, and laid a "carpet" made of strange material.

The boss chatted with the leader.

After chatting for a while, he took a bottle and a box of matches from the man, as if he was practicing lighting a fire and pouring water on others.

After waiting for a while, several firefighters came in with fire extinguishers.

Then the boss came over and asked everyone to cooperate and sit further away.

Everyone followed suit in confusion.

Ten minutes later, everyone saw a man in a bulky plaid shirt walk out of the crowd, sit in front of an old computer and start typing.

After a few knocks, the boss Xu Meng also entered the camera and spilled the bottle of unknown liquid in his hand on the man's clothes.

Then he threw away the bottle, took out a match, struck it, and threw it at the man in a cool manner.

The next second, raging flames rose up!

The office staff were so frightened that they stepped back and screamed in shock.

The man surrounded by flames stood up instantly, screaming "Ahhhhhhhh" and running wildly along the laid "carpet".

Everyone along the way panicked and gave way.

Finally, in the horrified eyes of all the employees, he screamed, flew out of the office, rolled over and disappeared in the corridor.

"1120! Call 120!"

Everyone was so terrified that their legs became weak and they could not speak clearly.

But in fact, the next second after the stuntman disappeared from the camera, the team members guarding outside the door rushed up with a fire extinguisher in hand and sprayed him non-stop.

The terrifying fire was completely extinguished within seconds.

Aside from the wig on his head, the stuntman was unharmed.

——The stuntmen’s bodies and clothes are not only coated with fire-resistant gel, but they also wear rainproof fire suits and padded clothes under their plaid shirts, and fire-resistant underwear inside. All the three layers of clothes here are soaked in a large amount of flame retardants, and the protection measures are fully maximized.

Of course, despite this, it is still a highly dangerous job, and the shooting time is often very short. Just like this time, from the time the stuntman was set on fire to the time the fire was extinguished, it took less than 10 seconds in total.

Xu Meng watched the whole process and was amazed.

The performance team was very professional and quickly came over to show Xu Meng the video effects. They seemed ready to burn another one on the spot if Xu Meng didn't agree.

Xu Meng took a look and found no obvious flaws, so he quickly nodded.

The stuntman then began to take off his clothes piece by piece.

This kind of "self-immolation performance" is also extremely dangerous and expensive in stunt performances.

——At least it’s much more expensive than hiring low-level models before.

But Xu Meng still gave the stuntman an extra red envelope.

He probably knew that the high price quoted was for the entire team, and the actors who actually performed the dangerous performances would not receive much more.

The stunt team cleaned up the scene and left quickly.

After reporting, the firefighters supervising on the scene also left.

Only the Dream Builder employees were left with confused expressions, not understanding what was going on.

In other words, you roughly know what happened, but you have no idea why you did it.

Xu Meng did not explain, but just told everyone to do what they were supposed to do.

Everyone was already unsettled by the update of "Frost and Snow Plan", and now they couldn't help but let their imagination run wild. They could only wait and chat and speculate in the small group.

This atmosphere continued throughout the morning until the update and maintenance of "Frost Project" was completed.
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Orange Juice, the P station up-host who was ganked by the trailer of "Frost and Snow Project" yesterday, is a person who does not hold grudges. He started broadcasting early today and planned to challenge again.

Anyway, it was the first time it was blocked yesterday, and it only lasted for 10 minutes, so it’s not a big deal.

After the update is complete, the Frost and Snow Project launcher needs to be restarted.

Juice is nothing new, just make sure.

The next second, a brand new launcher popped up.

The new version of the launcher UI has been greatly changed and is completely different from the old version.

The old login UI is very conventional, with a static image background, an automatically rotating news banner image, and a few text links below the banner image.

In today's new UI, the entire background has become dynamic!
The strong wind blew, Heyin's skirt fluttered, the gold chains and jewels on Tongque's body danced on her skin, Heyin's snow-white thighs and Tongque's towering breasts complemented each other, and appeared before our eyes!
The camera slid, and behind them, little Ning Xi jumped out holding flowers and pulling Burxi.

Burshi stumbled unexpectedly, and her breasts, which were already too small to be contained by the armor on the front of the bunny girl costume, shook violently, almost making people worry that they would spill...

The visual impact was so strong that Orange Juice subconsciously leaned back.

But the next second he immediately moved closer to observe the details.

The entire launcher is a dynamic picture, with only a yellow login button in the lower right corner.

Three seconds later, an activity picture half the size of the old UI popped up on the left.

There is even an option to [Hide UI] in the lower left corner.

Orange juice is decisively hidden, continue to appreciate.

The water friends in the live broadcast room also became excited:

“Awesome!!!”

“I declare this the most awesome game launcher I’ve ever seen!”

"It's worthy of being called Dream Dairy!"

"What should I do if I suddenly feel hungry?"

"By the way, how did Dream Building do this? Can the launcher still play videos?"

“It should be a moving picture effect, right?”

"Just put a few hundred pictures and switch them in order, that should be enough."

……

"Bullshit!" Orange Juice suddenly got excited. "With this smooth animation, hundreds of them? I'll eat shit if it's less than 800!"

Amidst a bunch of comments about "eating and drinking for free", a netizen jumped out and said:
"Would you like to bet? If it's less than 800, you'll eat shit. If it's more than 800, I'll let you board the ship!"

"Let's bet!" Orange Juice said without hesitation as he opened the computer storage disk to look for the folder where the launcher background image was located.

"Brother, you may not know this, but I used to be somewhat of an insider in the industry!"

(End of this chapter)