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Chapter 177 0174 [Confusing Human Behavior]

Airport, waiting hall.

Chen Guiliang looked at the text message he had just received, feeling extremely conflicted.

Replying to Tao Xue's message is like giving her hope, and the girl will become more and more deeply involved.

Not replying to her messages would be really inappropriate. After all, they were friends, and Chen Guiliang even had a business relationship with her brother.

Moreover, Chen Guiliang is not heartless.

That day, Tao Xue hugged him and cried bitterly, which moved Chen Guiliang and made him feel heartbroken. He could no longer say any cruel words.

It seems he's fallen for Tao Xue.

But Bian Guanyue was also deeply in love with him, and specifically chose to study at a school in the capital. Even when Chen Guiliang was most in need of money, she took out the dowry her grandfather had saved for her before his death, and didn't even write an IOU for hundreds of thousands of yuan.

How many girls could do that?
"Senior, have you boarded the plane yet? Be careful!" This was a text message from Tao Xue.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Guiliang replied, "Still at the airport."

Tao Xue replied instantly: "The school is really something. I just got home for a day and they're already saying we have to make up classes. Some of the students from rural areas don't have phones or internet access, and the school is even making students living in townships go and notify them."

“If you look at it from another angle, the school leaders are the ones with the biggest headache. It’s just normal summer tutoring, but they’ve made it so complicated,” Chen Guiliang replied.

"Haha, that's right."

"..."

While we were chatting, Bian Guanyue sent another text message: "I learned how to make sweet and sour pork ribs from my grandfather. I'll make them for you next time."

Chen Guiliang sighed, realizing that nothing had happened between him and Tao Xue, and he hadn't even actively pursued her. He'd even said he was already in a relationship and wanted Tao Xue to back off. But now he felt like a complete jerk.

Do I have a scumbag constitution?
I must have been single until I was thirty in my past life!

"What you made must be delicious," Chen Guiliang replied casually.

Tao Xue sent another text message: "Li Yuchun posted photos on Kaixin.com today. A lot of people liked them, and I liked one too."

“I prefer Zhou Bichang’s singing,” Chen Guiliang replied quickly.

Another message came from Bianguanyue...

Chen Guiliang went from being conflicted at the beginning to becoming somewhat numb, engaging in mechanical two-way chatting.

How the hell am I supposed to sort out the relationship between these three people?
Han Han has two women, and they can get along harmoniously. How does he do that?
Chen Guiliang really wanted to learn from Han Han, mainly because he had no experience in this area.

"Brother Wei, have you ever been in a relationship?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Yang Shuo also went out with Chen Guiliang this time. He shook his head and said, "I've never even held a girl's hand."

Alas, I seek guidance from the blind.

Chen Guiliang sent Li Xunhuan another text message: "Do you have Han Han's phone number? Please send it to me."

Li Xunhuan quickly sent the number.

Chen Guiliang started a three-line chat: "Hello, I am Chen Guiliang."

Han Han: "Hello."

"If I may ask, how do you manage relationships with two girls at the same time?"

"????"

"Sister Weishi said you have several girlfriends. I would like to ask you about it."

"I like them, and they like me. It's that simple."

How should we get along?

"I won't lie to them; I'm sincere with them."

"You have a clear conscience, right?"

"Correct."

"Brilliant."

Chen Guiliang stopped talking to this scumbag and continued chatting with Bian Guanyue and Tao Xue online.

A few minutes later, Han Han sent another text message: "Take care."

Chen Guiliang asked curiously, "You've overturned your car before?"

Han Han did not reply.

Yang Shuo sat beside him, watching Chen Guiliang type rapidly on his phone, having already been sending text messages for over ten minutes. He couldn't help but sigh: Being a boss must be so busy; handling work like this every day, his fingers must be worn out from typing.

Finally, the painful yet joyful chat ended with the words, "I'm going to board the plane now."

……

This was Yang Shuo's first time on an airplane, and also his first time visiting the international metropolis of Shanghai.

He finds everything fascinating.

But he remained relatively calm, carefully observing everything before him.

"What are we here for?" Yang Shuo asked.

Chen Guiliang said, "I'm participating in an event. Its English name is ChinaJoy, and its Chinese name is China International Digital Entertainment Expo."

"Oh." Yang Shuo was completely confused.

Chen Guiliang said, "You'll start by doing odd jobs, like setting up the booth and handing out flyers. Ask questions if you don't understand anything; you'll learn a lot gradually."

This year's ChinaJoy will last for three days: the first day for industry exchanges, the second day for public experiences, and the third day for player celebrations.

Chen Guiliang's purpose this time is to promote "Three Kingdoms Kill" and gain more media attention, while also taking the opportunity to seek cooperation with distributors—recharge card distributors, physical card distributors, and Hong Kong and Taiwan online game distributors.

"boss!"

"Mr. Chen!"

Chen Guiliang led Yang Shuo straight to the hotel.

The team is already waiting for him.

There are two leaders.

One of them was Liang Bin, a business development specialist from Game Science, who was responsible for making initial contact with the agents when Chen Guiliang attended the summit forum.

Another was Tian Yongzhe, an offline event specialist borrowed from ByteDance, who was responsible for setting up booths, player demos, cosplay performances, and so on.

Qu Guohao, Chen Guiliang's former leader, has been transferred to be Tian Yongzhe's deputy.

The reason Qu Guohao wasn't put in charge was because Tian Yongzhe had already made preliminary plans, so there was no need to change people at the last minute.

In addition, the staff who came with them also had to work as cosplayers.

Yang Shuo followed them upstairs in the elevator and saw a group of demons and monsters in the corridor leading to the guest rooms.

A man dressed in a yellow Taoist robe and wearing a Taoist wig with his fingers pointed forward, declared: "The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!"

Standing opposite him was a man with a bull's head covering his body, wielding a giant axe and shouting, "Mother Earth walks with you... Damn, that's pathetic. For the glory of the tribe!"

Behind these two were other men and women, all dressed in strange costumes.

Yang Shuo was shocked, seeing such a scene for the first time: "Are they filming a movie?" "It's like when you were a kid pretending to be Guo Jing, but these are all game characters," Chen Guiliang explained.

Yang Shuo understood instantly.

Chen Guiliang asked the minotaur, "Are you from Jiucheng?"

"Yes, you play World of Warcraft too?" the Tauren asked in return.

"I've played it."

Chen Guiliang looked at Jaina behind the Tauren. Although she was not particularly beautiful, her chest was even more revealing than in the game.

He then looked at Xu Fengyin's cosplay of Zhen Ji, and found that she wasn't even as revealing as Jaina.

The clothes are too conservative!
"Boss, how do you think our cosplay is?" Cao Cao asked, shaking his cloak.

"Are you Chen Di?"

"Correct."

"Damn, with that fake beard and helmet, I almost didn't recognize you."

The Three Kingdoms Kill cosplayers at Game Science were all company employees who did the role on purpose. When they weren't performing on stage, they were also responsible for other activities.

Youke is short-staffed, and some of its employees were borrowed from ByteDance.

Chen Guiliang asked, "How did you all get involved with Warcraft?"

Chen Di, who cosplayed Cao Cao, said, "They were also employees of The9 who made cameo appearances. We met while staying at the same hotel, so we changed into our costumes and had a friendly spar."

Chen Guiliang told them to change out of their strange costumes and called a meeting to discuss the details of the activities for the next three days.

The next day.

When Chen Guiliang led his team to the venue, he saw many "familiar faces".

Of course, he knows those "acquaintances," but they may not know him.

The opening ceremony lasted half an hour, with speeches from the State Administration of Press and Publication and leaders from Shanghai.

Next, Chen Guiliang went to attend the summit forum.

Others are doing other things.

Chen Guiliang was a nobody in the industry; only Chen Tianqiao, Ding Sanshi, and a few others were allowed to give speeches on stage. Even Lei Jun (CEO of Xiaomi) sat obediently below listening to them boast.

Fortunately, the boasting didn't last long, followed by a roundtable discussion, where the guests exchanged ideas in groups.

Sitting at the same table with Chen Guiliang were Park Heon-joo (a Korean) from Lianzhong, Wang Zijie from Jiuyou, Yang Jin from Yangcheng Guangtong, Zhang Chun from Target Software, and Liu Kun from Pixel Software.

Apart from Lianzhong, they are all game companies that are slightly less powerful but have outstanding performances.

Yangcheng Guangtong was once a shining star, having distributed the game "Legend 3".

9Game is the distributor of "Audition Online," which is currently extremely popular.

Two years ago, Lianzhong already had over 2 million registered users and 1500 million monthly active users, with servers located in China, the US, Japan, and South Korea. This is a common enemy of Youke Interactive Games and QQ Games!
Park Heon-joo looked a little unhappy. He felt he should sit at the same table as Chen Tianqiao and Ding Sanshi.

Liu Kun knew Chen Guiliang, and they had even lent each other programmers: "Boss Chen, we meet again."

“Yes, we are destined to meet,” Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

Zhang Chun of Target Software hands out business cards to everyone he meets. When he handed one to Chen Guiliang, he said, "Mr. Chen, I've heard so much about you. 'Three Kingdoms Kill' is really making waves this year."

“Likewise,” Chen Guiliang said. “I especially like ‘Tianjiao’.”

The five Chinese people at the table exchanged business cards, and one of them also gave one to the Korean guy.

Chen Guiliang sat down next to Yang Jin from Yangcheng Guangtong and asked in a low voice, "Isn't Lianzhong's CEO Bao Yueqiao? At the very least, send another senior executive. What kind of nonsense is it to send a Korean as a representative?"

Yang Jin laughed and said, "The South Koreans are seizing power."

Chen Guiliang expressed his incomprehension, saying that internal power struggles were one thing, but to even fight for a place at events was simply ridiculous and made him a laughingstock.

The behemoth Lianzhong, which was acquired by the Koreans just two years ago, has already been severely damaged.

The South Korean headquarters didn't trust Chinese employees, replacing all the managers and department heads at Lianzhong with South Koreans sent from headquarters. This resulted in ineffective communication between Chinese executives and lower-level employees.

These South Korean middle managers forcibly transplanted the Korean system to China, causing a significant loss of Lianzhong users. Whenever a dispute arose, they would file complaints, leading to the headquarters constantly replacing senior Chinese executives.

This kind of reckless nonsense will continue for several years.

One Korean team would return to South Korea, and then a second Korean team would be sent. This process would involve changing teams four or five times, until Lianzhong was almost driven to its death before it finally stopped.

The host, arranged by the event organizers, said: "Good morning, gentlemen. Our first topic is the current predicament of China's online game industry and how to break through it."

Yang Jin began by stating his opinion, arguing that there were too many cheat programs and private servers, and that computer hardware and internet speed were also significant limitations. He then went on to discuss how the system should be developed, etc.

Zhang Chun was about to speak when the Korean beat him to it.

That Korean guy named Park Heon-joo can actually speak Chinese: "The biggest problem with Chinese online games is that Chinese people don't understand the internet. Our Korean casual game platforms are all web-based games, so there are no game lobbies to get in the way. Because Korean websites are very clean, they can run driver plugins. But these plugins are often mistaken for malware by Chinese antivirus software, making it impossible for web games to run in China!"

"Chinese people are stupid; they have absolutely no idea how to make games. Your most popular online games are all licensed Korean games. I believe that if the Chinese online game industry wants to develop healthily, it should learn from Korea in every aspect, from management models to gameplay. Chinese game companies should also hire Koreans as senior executives."

The other five people at the table, plus the host, were all bewildered by the Korean's remarks.

Is this guy insane?

Chen Guiliang always felt that such brainless words and actions could only appear in trashy, low-quality online novels.

It doesn't make sense; a normal person wouldn't do something like that.

I never expected to run into him in real life today.

You practically snatched the right to represent Lianzhong at events from the Chinese founders. And you've already offended your competitors right off the bat. What's the point of all this?

Just want to vent your frustration?

It's just baffling.

Park Heon-joo's thoughts were actually quite simple: he was unhappy about being seated at this table.

Moreover, he could only act as a subordinate at the Korean headquarters, but he could become a grandfather figure at Lianzhong in China. These few months of grandfatherly treatment bred his temper.

What others might find outrageous is actually what Park Heon-joo truly thinks!

The few Chinese people present didn't even feel anger; their minds were completely filled with confusion. Everyone was wondering: What's going on with this guy?

The host reminded him, "Mr. Park, please watch your words."

“I’m just stating the facts,” Park Heon-joo continued to express his dissatisfaction. “Furthermore, I want to lodge a protest with the organizers. Lianzhong is the largest casual gaming platform in China, and I was seated at this table, which is not in line with my status.”

The host said, "If you have any objections to the event arrangements, you can appeal afterward. Please do not cause trouble now."

"Hey, Brother Bang," Chen Guiliang called out.

Park Heon-joo was talking to the host when he heard this and turned to look at Chen Guiliang.

Chen Guiliang smiled and raised his middle finger.

"Hahaha!"

Everyone at the table burst into laughter, and even the host laughed.

(End of this chapter)