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Chapter 213 0210 [Is Mr. Feng here for a tour of science?]

Like other major blogs, Kaixin001 has many reporters staking out the site.

These journalists do nothing else but spend their days browsing various websites and reading all sorts of online articles. They then summarize the key points and write news articles, or simply reprint them verbatim in newspapers.

After the Weibo post featuring the photo of Chen Guiliang and Chen Xiaoxu was published, many reporters received text messages and immediately flocked to Chen Xiaoxu's personal homepage.

Chen Xiaoxu didn't write a single word or post a single photo, yet she's about to be featured in numerous gossip magazines.

Her whole family was living in Beijing at the time; she lived with her husband, and her parents lived in another house. When she got home in the afternoon and turned on her computer, she found many netizens leaving messages on her message board.

So Chen Xiaoxu wrote a blog post, roughly saying that she was doing well and thanking netizens for their attention and support.

A few minutes later, after refreshing the page, there was a huge number of comments.

She found it quite interesting and replied to everyone earnestly.

As a result, the number of comments kept increasing, and there was simply no way to reply to them all, so in the end, we had no choice but to leave them there and give up.

She stopped paying attention to the comments and instead sent text messages to top up her phone and buy some items to decorate her little home. First, she painted the house, then she put up wallpaper, and then all sorts of furniture and appliances.

I also bought an electronic cat and an electronic dog pet.

Chen Xiaoxu didn't tell her friends in real life; she just played on Kaixin001 by herself. But she didn't master those mini-games because she had no friends to interact with; she was just foolishly growing vegetables by herself.

A few more days, after the print media reports it, I guess my real-life friends will come to visit.

……

No sooner had Chen Xiaoxu left ByteDance than Xie Yang came running over regretting, "I was too embarrassed to ask for an autograph."

"You don't seem to read 'Dream of the Red Chamber,' do you?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xie Yang said, "I just haven't watched a whole episode, but I often saw clips during the summer vacation."

"You call this a fan?" Chen Guiliang was speechless.

Xie Yang laughed and changed the subject, saying, "Teacher Zheng Yuanjie has joined Kaixin.com. Just an hour ago, our promoters cornered him at the entrance of the residential area."

Chen Guiliang couldn't help but chuckle: "Playing stalking?"

Xie Yang said, "You don't know. Zheng Yuanjie is particularly suited to Kaixin.com! He recently joined Sina Blog, but he hasn't written a single serious article. He just talks about what he's done every day. He even talks about trivial things. This morning, he posted a blog early in the morning saying that he was planning to go out to buy groceries."

“If that’s the case, he is indeed more suited to Kaixin001,” Chen Guiliang said with a smile.

Zheng Yuanjie's approach is to engage in online interaction, rather than simply outputting information through blogs.

Staying on Sina Blog is a waste of my talent.

Xie Yang said, "He had posted photos on his blog before, so we had already figured out which neighborhood he was in. This morning he said he was going out to buy groceries, so I immediately sent people over and they caught him on his way back. Our people explained the Kaixin.com model to him carefully, and he was indeed willing to come over."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Chen Guiliang returned to his office.

He called Game Science downstairs: "How's the contact with Lin Junjie going?"

Qu Guohao said, "His agent is asking for an 800 million yuan endorsement fee."

"I could sign a non-exclusive contract with Jay Chou for 800 million!" Chen Guiliang was furious because the offer was outrageous.

Qu Guohao said, "I plan to let things cool down. You can't rush things at this time; the more you rush, the less willing the other party will be to budge."

Chen Guiliang instructed: "If all else fails, buy the in-game broadcasting rights for 'Cao Cao' and 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'."

“Okay,” Qu Guohao said.

Game Science has been very busy lately.

While busy with the preliminary rounds of the second National College League of Three Kingdoms Kill, they were also busy organizing a Three Kingdoms Kill-themed event for "World Online Game Day".

March 21st this year marks the first World Online Game Day.

All game developers across mainland China hold various events for this day.

In addition to 17173, the organizers of this festival include the State Administration of Press and Publication, the Game Committee, and the Committee for the Care of the Next Generation.

Setting up a special holiday for online games is a way of showing concern for the next generation.

To coincide with the holiday, two new games, "Eudemons Online" and "KartRider," have been launched.

Competition in the online gaming market is becoming increasingly fierce!
Chen Guiliang turned on his computer, opened the portal website, and carefully browsed the latest news about the Two Sessions.

The main topics of this year's Two Sessions are: agriculture, rural areas and farmers, the rule of law, and narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor.

Last year, migrant workers' demands for unpaid wages resulted in two bloody incidents that shocked the nation. Before the Spring Festival, people across the country were helping migrant workers collect their wages, fearing that something similar might happen again.

This year, the central government issued a lengthy document requiring the resolution of the issue of unpaid wages for migrant workers.

In addition, the construction of new rural areas began this year, and agricultural tax was officially abolished on New Year's Day.

Chen Guiliang carefully read every news item from the Two Sessions, trying to combine the spirit of the policies with his own memory.

After looking at it for a while and getting a headache, Chen Guiliang left the portal website and went to follow Zheng Yuanjie's Kaixin.com account, only to find that the account's homepage was deserted.

Chen Guiliang, having nothing better to do, left a message: "Uncle Zheng Yuanjie, do you ever delay your manuscript? I've been behind on my publisher's deadline for a year."

Zheng Yuanjie was decorating his online blog when he saw the message a few minutes later. He immediately replied, "The words that are finally written after a delay are like a full-term birth. Let them develop a little longer in their mother's womb."

“If he grows any bigger, he’ll become Nezha,” Chen Guiliang replied.

Zheng Yuanjie said, "Then let the publisher raise the price."

"I can't increase it. My royalties are 20%, the highest in all of China."

"Trying to show off to me, huh? I'm off cooking!" "Let's follow each other. We can add each other as friends if we follow each other."

Instead of cooking, Zheng Yuanjie searched for Chen Guiliang on Baidu, and the results made him dizzy.

He was too lazy to continue browsing the webpage, so he casually followed Chen Guiliang and added him as a friend.

Then he picked up his phone, went to the kitchen to take pictures of the groceries he had just bought, and posted them on Weibo about what delicious food he was going to make.

This fairy tale king is really suited to playing on Kaixin001 and Weibo!
……

Ao Yanzhen was becoming more and more adept at managing the company, and Chen Guiliang, sitting in his office, actually felt somewhat idle.

He simply left the computer and strolled downstairs to Game Science.

Check out the game development progress!

The title of the side-scrolling game has been confirmed: "Future Era," abbreviated as "NFA."

The research and development team was named "Future Studio".

If we include Shuxia Yehou, who is in charge of plot planning, the studio now has 16 members.

"Mr. Chen!"

"boss."

As Chen Guiliang entered the studio, several members stood up in succession.

The lead planner is Meng Zicong, who was recruited from Target Software by Chen Guiliang through a recommendation from an employee of Pixel Software. He had previously participated in the engine development for "Three Kingdoms Online 2".

Well, the development of "Dynasty Warriors 2" is delayed.

This caused a lot of R&D staff to leave, including the person in charge of developing "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

"President Chen!" Bao Junzhe greeted excitedly.

"You've already started working here?" Chen Guiliang smiled and nodded.

This Bao Junzhe is the Zhejiang University student who came to the Three Kingdoms Kill competition before the Spring Festival. He has no game development experience, but his basic technical skills are solid.

Chen Guiliang asked, "How's the progress?"

Meng Zicong explained, "We have already created the core engine and a playable prototype, and are currently verifying the basic feasibility of its impact feel. We are about to enter the next stage."

Chen Guiliang approached the computer and saw only two rough, humanoid figures.

Meng Zicong sat down and operated the device for a while, and the two humanoid creatures started fighting, with a faint sense of impact.

Chen Guiliang then asked Hu Geng (Shuxia Yehou): "How's the plot design going?"

Hu Geng said, "The framework has been completed long ago, and the plot and scenes for each level are almost finished. I plan to start writing the novel next month and publish it online."

"Very fast." Chen Guiliang nodded in approval.

After touring the studio, Chen Guiliang couldn't offer much help, only offering words of concern and asking about the employees' well-being. Finally, he said, "Once you've made a semi-finished product, I'll invite that kid who's really good at King of Fighters to test your fighting system."

"That's good," Meng Zicong said with a smile.

Chen Guiliang walked away from the studio, and an employee ran out after him.

He chased after him into the corridor, and hesitantly said, "Boss..."

"Speak, what is it?" Chen Guiliang said.

The employee continued stammering, "I have a classmate who's looking for a job... he..."

Chen Guiliang said, "Tell me about his resume."

The employee hesitated to speak: "He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, just like me. However... he studied biomedical engineering, and after graduating with his bachelor's degree, he worked for a while at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences..."

"A biomedical student wants to get into the gaming industry?" Chen Guiliang felt something was off.

The employee quickly explained, "He is particularly fond of the gaming industry, and even gave up his postgraduate entrance exam for gaming."

I truly loved it, so I gave up postgraduate entrance exams and a job at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and then spent all my time in internet cafes playing World of Warcraft. I played until I ran out of money for living expenses, and had to borrow money from classmates. Now I'm forced to leave the internet cafes and find a job.

He worked odd jobs while spending time in internet cafes.

Chen Guiliang asked, "What's his name?"

The employee said, "Feng Ji."

After a few seconds of thought, Chen Guiliang gave a very fair assessment: "This name is very suitable for our Game Science. Let him join Future Studio as a general helper and see what kind of work he can adapt to."

"Huh?" The employee thought he had misheard.

He only asked on Feng Ji's behalf because they were classmates, but he didn't expect Chen Guiliang to agree so readily.

Chen Guiliang explained, "He doesn't want to take the postgraduate entrance exam, doesn't want to work at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and just wants to play games. I can give someone who is passionate about games a chance."

The employee said happily, "Thank you, boss."

After Chen Guiliang left, the employee took out his phone and called Feng Ji: "Damn, are you still playing World of Warcraft? Stop playing and come to work at Youke right now... I'm not kidding, President Chen agreed... Hurry up, right now! Remember to change into clean clothes, you smelled terrible the last time I saw you."

Standing in the elevator, Chen Guiliang was thinking: Could it be that the name of his company, Game Science, attracted the real person here?

It's really quite mystical.

(End of this chapter)