Since they are reborn, they must be supported by the school beauties.

Chapter 271 Mutual Complementarity
Lu Youyou has always been enthusiastic about Chen Cheng's affairs, so after learning about the layout of the house, she gave her own thoughts and suggestions.

She told Chen Cheng, "You need a master bedroom and a study. I suggest you choose the master bedroom in the middle apartment, turn the bedroom next to it into a study, and leave the master bedroom in the apartment on the left for your uncle and aunt. It will be convenient for them to stay when they come to visit, and it won't disturb your work. The secondary bedroom next to them can be turned into a guest room. If other relatives come over, there will be a place for them to stay. The other secondary bedroom can be turned into a tatami room. It can be used for drinking tea, and it can also be used for sleeping when there are more people."

Chen Cheng nodded and asked her, "Should I combine the bedroom next to mine with the master bedroom and turn it into a walk-in closet? We can put the study in the other bedroom."

Lu Youyou exclaimed in surprise, "That bedroom is over 20 square meters, and it's all been turned into a walk-in closet?"

"Correct."

Chen Cheng said decisively, "Break down the wall between it and the master bedroom, and seal up the original door to create a U-shaped walk-in closet."

"Oh my God."

Lu Youyou exclaimed, "Such a big walk-in closet, how many clothes would it take to fit them all? I see you only have a few outfits to change into. A double-door wardrobe would probably be enough. Isn't it a waste of your talents to have such a big walk-in closet?"

Chen Cheng looked at the square-shaped second bedroom and smiled without saying a word.

He doesn't have many clothes, but this house is a return gift for Lu Youyou. Girls definitely love beauty and have a lot of clothes, so such a large walk-in closet must be very practical.

However, he didn't want Lu Youyou to notice anything amiss, so he stroked his chin and muttered, "Okay, I'll think about it. The main problem is that the place is so big, and I don't know what to do with it all."

Lu Youyou said, "You can use the house on the left for leisure and exercise. You work in front of the computer every day, and you will definitely need to exercise or relax occasionally."

"Row."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "I have an idea. I'll think about it carefully when I get back."

Lu Youyou nodded and said, "You're going abroad soon, so there's no rush to renovate the house. You can take your time to think about it. If you find a suitable company to renovate it for you, I can come over often to help supervise the work."

Chen Cheng readily agreed. He also planned to find a renovation company to come and measure the house and come up with a design plan, and do the basic waterproofing and demolition work. He wasn't in a hurry for the interior decoration, and could work on the design plan little by little. His biggest worry was that he wouldn't be here, and the renovation company would be perfunctory or even cut corners. He also thought it was unreliable to expect Lu Youyou to come and supervise the work, since renovation work is done during the day and she is usually busy with her studies, so how could she keep an eye on things?

He planned to ask Su Zishan for help, asking her to introduce a reliable decoration company and find a knowledgeable supervisor from Jinhan Real Estate. He would pay a higher supervision fee and have the supervisor come over every day to oversee the construction and materials used.
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Since the leave of absence was completed, Chen Cheng moved out of the school dormitory and booked a room at a hotel next to the company for the time being.

He invited Su Zishan to dinner and told her about buying a house.

He had intended to ask her for help finding a renovation team, but after she learned about the apartment complex Chen Cheng bought, she subconsciously asked him, "Our family owns several apartments under construction around here. Why don't you buy from us? I can even ask my dad to give you a big discount."

Chen Cheng could only lie to her: "I just want to buy a ready-built house. Your Jinhan Real Estate's buildings haven't even been topped out yet."

Su Zishan said, "Since you're going to America anyway, what's the rush for a house in Jiangcheng? You can buy a pre-sale apartment or something, since those developments are all of a higher standard than what you bought."

Chen Cheng thought to himself, what's the use of a high-end property? It might collapse before it's even finished being built, and whether he'll even receive the house is still unknown.

However, he coaxed Su Zishan, saying, "Sister Shan, I plan to start the renovation as soon as possible while I'm in the United States. It might be finished by the time I come back. Then we can just let it air out a bit and move in. It will also give me a place to stay when I return to Jiangcheng. If we buy an off-plan property, we might not even be able to take possession of it by the time I come back from the United States."

"That's true."

Su Zishan wasn't very clever and didn't see through Chen Cheng's lies. After realizing that what Chen Cheng said made sense, she put the matter out of her mind and said to Chen Cheng, "The company that did our home renovation is quite reliable. Their craftsmanship and aesthetics are top-notch in Jiangcheng. I'll ask them for you later."

Chen Cheng handed her the keys directly and said, "If you think it's good, then it must be really good. You can have them go see the house later, and then give me a price quote for the drawings. Let's see a design first, and then we'll talk about the details later."

"Row."

Su Zishan agreed and asked him, "When are you leaving?"

Chen Cheng said, "I've arranged to meet He Xiang and the others at your shop for drinks next Monday and this Saturday, as a farewell party. I'll be going to Shanghai on Sunday to catch my flight. By the way, Sister Shan, will you be at the shop on Saturday?"

"exist."

Su Zishan nodded and said, "How about I invite Lu Ning to come along? You didn't give us any time to see you off."

"Okay."

Chen Cheng readily agreed and asked her, "Are there any large booths available on Saturday? Could you reserve one for me?" "Yes."

Su Zishan casually said, "Business hasn't been good lately. With that infectious disease outbreak, many people are afraid to go out and have fun."

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "That's normal. Everyone is afraid, so this period will definitely be a bit difficult. But don't worry, once this storm passes, everyone will come out and engage in revenge spending. The money lost during this period can be earned back in a while."

Su Zishan said, "Our store is doing alright. Even with fewer customers, we can break even and even make a little money. But my brother's two stores are in a more awkward situation. I heard that hardly anyone goes there these past two days."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "It's the same for him. He'll get through it."
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In the past two days, the development of campus Facebook has continued to advance steadily, and the revenue of the game platform has begun to enter a period of rapid growth. The "Wild Card" version and the "Multiple Bombs" version of Happy Landlords have been favored by many users. The ever-increasing multipliers and the setting of Happy Beans have made many users very addicted, and the daily recharge amount has continued to grow.

Chen Cheng pulled another stunt. He had the graphic designer create a UI for score calculation. After winning each game, the multiplier and the number of Happy Beans would be tallied, along with a praise slogan. Most importantly, a one-click posting function was added to the statistics page. Once the posting was clicked, the score would be automatically published on the student's personal Facebook post, and it also supported one-click replay.

The so-called one-click replay means that friends can watch the entire game by clicking on a link shared by the other party.

Initially, the technicians thought this feature would be difficult to implement, and even if it were implemented, the cost would be too high. After all, the entire card game process is in video format, and the server would have to save their games and generate videos for them to watch. If everyone were to watch their friends' card game videos all the time, the pressure on the server and bandwidth would be enormous.

But Chen Cheng's way of thinking is different from theirs.

Chen Cheng instructed them to record the source code of the game. Once a user shared their score, the original data of that game would be preserved.

However, the original data is very small, consisting of nothing more than what cards users A, B, and C received and what cards they played within what time period.

Chen Cheng also doesn't let users see the actual video of the game. Instead, when users click the viewing link, they are automatically redirected to the game platform's software, where the source code is loaded, allowing users to re-simulate the game within the software.

In this way, users only need to download a small amount of raw data, and then use the game code built into the local software client to easily recreate the entire game.

This is similar to users playing online games. When A appears here, it's not that the game transmits the other player's image, but rather the code of the other player's actions. The local software then recreates the action based on the code and the built-in model. This not only saves bandwidth significantly but also semi-forces users to download.

After all, if you want to see your friends' card games, you have to download the client.

To encourage sharing and watching friends' games, Chen Cheng has enabled a tipping feature. After watching a friend's game, users can send flowers or other items. These items can be purchased with Happy Beans. Users who receive tips can also exchange the gifts for Happy Beans.

He knew very well that most of his friends wouldn't be interested in card games shared by men, but it would be different if women shared them; they would definitely get special attention from men. With the gift feature, not only could he increase the enthusiasm of female users to share card games, but he could also increase the platform's overall consumption, achieving multiple benefits at once.

As Chen Cheng predicted, this feature, once launched, brought the gaming platform a large number of new users in a short period of time.

Many girls, after winning a hand of cards, will share the game on their personal social media and then actively invite friends to watch the whole game. Some even go so far as to ask friends for tips in exchange for "Happy Beans".

To further incentivize them, Chen Cheng also launched a "Daily Best Card Game" competition. Within 24 hours after each card game ends, the winner of the most popular card game will receive ten million Happy Beans.

The current exchange rate for Happy Beans is 1 to 10,000. One yuan can be exchanged for 10,000 Happy Beans, and 10 million Happy Beans is one thousand yuan.

Although Happy Beans cannot be withdrawn as cash, they are a symbol of status for those who enjoy playing Happy Landlords.

Popularity is calculated using a formula that considers factors such as the number of rewatches, likes, and donations to arrive at a score. This can further incentivize users to actively share their games.

This strong synergy between gaming and social interaction is something that no company in later generations has ever done. It immediately ignited the enthusiasm of today's netizens and directly gave Facebook games a significant edge over their competitors.

Even if a platform like Lianzhong World wanted to organize card game sharing, it wouldn't know where users should share it, since they don't have a platform like Renren.com.

In fact, many of their users started migrating to the school's Facebook gaming platform because of this feature.

For them, they don't use Renren (a Chinese social networking site), they only like to play card games online. But now, as long as they register a Renren Facebook account, they can save their winning games through the sharing function. Some classic games can be savored for a long time after winning, and this function can perfectly save such games completely.

Whether it was Wu Wukai back then or Xuxu Baobao later, many of their classic live stream moments came from recordings of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

Now, this feature has been implemented by Chen Cheng many years ahead of schedule.

Thus, the website and the game platform complement each other through this small collaborative feature.

(End of this chapter)